Power of An Amulet

Power of An Amulet

                                                                  Chapter Four: All Aboard the Friendship Express

  As we walked through Ponyville, random people- sorry, ponies (I must get used to my new grammar!)- kept throwing me glances and looks.

  "Um, why is everyone staring at me?" I asked Twilight as we walked down the dirt path. "Oh, it's just strange seeing a new alicorn, that's all. And it's everypony, not everyone." she said, and corrected me. "Oh, alright." I nodded.

  We soon arrived at a cake shaped building. Rarity explained that it was called Sugar Cube Corner. A bakery. She said their friend, Pinkie Pie, lived and worked here.

  We walked in, soon to be happily greeted by a short, blue pony with swirl top pink hair. "Oh, hello Twilight, Rarity. Oh- and who's this beautiful young mare?" she said, with a smile. "Oh, hi Mrs. Cake. This is Amber. By the way, do you know where Pinkie is? We're looking for her." Twilight said. "Oh, Pinkie? I believe she went to the market. Said she needed more supplies for her party cannon." Mrs. Cake answered. "Party cannon?" I asked. "Oh, well, it's... It's rather hard  to explain. You'll just have to see it for yourself." Rarity said. "Well, thanks Mrs. Cake. Come one, girls." Twilight said.

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  A few minutes later, we were at the Ponyville market. I saw many stands and vendors. Some stands sold fruits and vegetables, like carrots and cherries. I also saw beautiful flower stands too, with roses and lilies.

  Then something caught my eye.

  I saw a bouncing pony hopping from stand to stand. Her coat was light pink and she had a very curly hot pink mane and tail. She was also being followed by a yellow pegasus with a long pastel pink mane and tail. In the pink one's saddle bag, I saw confetti and streamers hanging out.

  "Hey Pinkie! Hey Fluttershy!" Twilight called, waving her hoof. The two ponies turned their heads, and trotted over.

  "Hey Twilight, Rarity, Spike and random alicorn I've never seen before!" Pinkie smiled. I noticed she had three blue and yellow balloons as her cutie-mark.

  "Pinkie, Fluttershy, meet Amber. She's an alicorn as you can probably tell." Twilight said.

  "I-I didn't know that t-there was another alicorn." Fluttershy stuttered in a quiet voice. She had three pink butterflies as her cutie-mark.

  "Neither did we, but that's why we're going to see Princess Celestia in Canterlot. We have to go get Applejack and Rainbow Dash now, so come on." Twilight said, turning around and trotting away. We all shrugged, and followed her.

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  We soon found ourselves at a farm. Specifically, an apple farm. "Sweet Apple Acres." I read aloud from the sign. "Yep, this is where a friend Applejack lives! She's an apple farmer, like her family!" Pinkie smiled, hopping down the path towards the farm house. "The name makes that obvious..." I sighed, galloping to catch up with everyone.

  Before I could ask where their other friends were, a blur of colors zoomed past, before rocketing into the sky again.

  "Rainbow! Give back my hat!" A southern accent yelled behind us.

  I turned and saw an angry looking orange mare with a yellow mane and tail, which were both tied with red bands. She also had three red apples as her cutie-mark.

  "Sorry AJ! I can't hear you from all the way up here!" Rainbow smirked, sitting on a cloud. "Rainbow Dash! Stop fooling around! We have something important to do!" Twilight yelled, a magenta aura forming around her horn. Next thing I knew, Twilight had disappeared and reappeared on the cloud with Rainbow. She grabbed Applejack's hat off Rainbow's head, then flew down next to us.

  "Thank ya kindly, Twi." Applejack said, once Twilight returned the hat to it's owner. "Come on girls! We're going to Canterlot!" Twilight smiled.

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  Next thing I know, where on a train heading up a mountain to Canterlot.