The Remains of Friendship

"I brought the balloons!" Pinkie Pie snorted and laughed as she skipped over to the picnic blanket. Rainbow Dash laid on the grass with her thick, black shades on.

"Hey Pinkie, your in Celestia's Sun!" Rainbow said, as she was tanning.

"Oh Rainbow, just move", Rarity said sitting on her red couch. She flicked her mane back, keeping it out of her eyes.

Applejack and Fluttershy trotted over. "Sorry y'all", AppleJack said, panting. "Fluttershy had an incident with her animals."

"Angel never sits still", Fluttershy sighed.

"Hey - where's Twilight?" Pinkie said, twirling her head all the way around.

"She said she would be here early", Rarity groaned. "Well, you can't blame a Princess."

"A Princess would make time to hang-out with all us", Applejack snapped, "She's always like, 'Oh, I have to meet Princess Celestia' 'I have Princess duties' 'I need a hoof-icure'.

"She never says the last one", Rarity said.

"Don't get in a big fight", Pinkie Pie said. "Were here for a picnic, and she'll be here when she gets here! She Pinkie Pie promised. I know she wouldn't break it!"

Flying through the sky was a purple star. The star crash landed, falling on it's face.

"Twilight!" Fluttershy said. She flew over. "Are you okay?"

Twilight got up. "I-I'm s-sorry", She panted. "R-r-royal b-business."

"As usual", Applejack snorted.

"Stop being a wise-pony Applejack", Rainbow said, sitting up. "Twilight is late. She never is late, give it a BREAK."

Rainbow went back to tanning.

"What happened?" Rarity asked from her couch.

Twilight sat up, rubbing dirt and some worms off her face. "Princess Celestia had me in charge of the Castle while they flew to Mare-topia."

"Excuses, excuses, excuses!" Applejack yelled. "Y'all can't make plans for y'all friends. Gotta always be your King Folk! I'm leavin'."

And with that, Applejack stomped off. No-pony followed her. Twilight stared at her with lost words tumbling in her dumbfounded brain.