The Things I'd Never Do

        About an hour later, Rose, Spike, and Twilight were sitting at the end of a large dining table, eating some eggs quietly.

        "I really should get a smaller table set up in the kitchen, or use another room for normal meals," It was Twilight who finally broke the silence "it's irrational to use this massive table all the time, especially when it's just the three of us."

        "I did notice that it seems a bit lonely in here," Rose said quietly, then added with a nervous laugh: "and that's coming from me."

Okay, she's talking, and she actually has a sense of humor, that's a good sign. The princess thought

        After they had finished eating, and spike had cleared the table, Twilight led Rose out of the castle, and towards Ponyville.

        "Okay," the allicorn said "I've got a few errands to run in town, and I figured I could introduce you to my friends while we're out, I'm sure they'd like to meet you, and I, you know, don't want them showing up at the castle, without them knowing that you're there or anything. Pinky would flip out, but, you'll understand what I mean by that when you meet her. Anyway, afterwards, if they're not closed by then, I figured that we could take you by the PAA, and get you registered for adoption."

       "Okay, your highness, I mean, umm, Twilight."

         Twilight sighed inwardly, Rose was still having trouble referring to the Princess so casually, which made sense. It's only been a couple of hours, I won't say anything yet.

        The allicorn and the pegasus arrived at a small, brightly colored building towards the center of town, which Rose recognized as the bakery from the night before. Upon entering, they were greeted by the same bouncy pink earth pony that the filly had met the night before.

        "Hey Twilight." The mare said. "Great party last night. You haven't seen Vinyl by any chance, have you? I forgot to pay her in all the craziness."

        "Don't worry about it, I payed her already."

        Pinkie Pie suddenly seemed to notice Rose standing behind Twilight.

        "Oh my gosh." She said "I remember you from last night. I'm so sorry, I was really distracted by the party preparations when you left, and I didn't get to say anything. I tried to find you afterwards to see if you were okay. You just looked so sad and lonely, and, well I couldn't help but overhear your conversation with Apple Bloom. My mind was somewhere else at the time... And I noticed that I had never seen you around town before, and I know everyone in town. But, I'm glad to see that you found her Twilight."

        The Purple allicorn looked down at Rose.

        "Well, looks like you've already met some of my friends," then, addressing Pinkie, "yes, I found Rose here on the streets last night. We talked it over, and Rose will be staying with me at the castle while we get her put up for adoption."

        "Awww." Pinkie said, bending down so she was eye-to-eye with the tiny pegasus "You don't have a family? Now I feel really bad that I didn't talk to you when I had the chance. Don't worry though, Twilight will take care of you until they find you a good family, you're in good hooves."

        "In the meantime, I'm going to put together the best, most super spectacular 'welcome to Ponyville, Rose' party that ever was put together!"

...

        After Twilight had finished her business with Pinkie, they were off again, next stop, Sweet Apple Acres. As they were walking, they suddenly heard frantic shouting coming from above.

        "NOSE DOWN! KEEP YOUR NOSE DOWN! LEFT! TURN LEFT, NO, YOUR OTHER LEFT! PULL UP! PULL UP!

        What appeared to be a cloud with two pegasi riding on top came careening out of the sky at breakneck speed, sailing mere feet over the crouching forms of Twilight and Rose, and hitting the ground behind them. Upon impact, the cloud dissipated, violently depositing it's riders in a tangle of legs and wings.

        "Oh, there are some of my friends now," Twilight said "we should go help them, and I can introduce you."

         "Okay, but what were they..." Rose started to say.

         "It's best not to question it."

        They walked over to where the two pegasi, who had managed to untangle themselves. One of them was blue with a rainbow-colored mane. The other was grey with a blonde mane. Rose noticed that no matter how hard she tried, the second mare couldn't seem to get her eyes to look in the same direction.

        "I'm glad I caught you two," Twilight said "long story short, this is Rose Aphid, I met her last night, she has no home, and will be staying with me until we can find her a more permanent home."

        She then turned to Rose.

         "Rose, these are two close friends of mine, I would like you to meet Rainbow Dash and Derpy Hooves."

         "Nice to meet you," the gray mare said "I'm sorry that you don't have a home,  but don't worry, Twilight will find you a good home."

        "Thank you." Rose said timidly.

        "Come on, don't be so shy, any friend of Twilight's is a friend of ours." Rainbow Dash said.

         "Oh," Derpy exclaimed "if you have time you should go meet my little sister, Dinky. She's about your age, and I think she's at Sweet Apple Acres with the cutie mark crusaders right now."

         "Oh yeah, I met the crusaders last night" Rose replied in her tiny voice."

         "We were just heading that direction," twilight said "I just wanted to introduce Rose to all my friends, anyway, good seeing you two."