Rain Blur

"Hey Pinkie, are you in here?"

Rainbow Dash was trotting into Pinkie's room. Unsurprisingly, it smelled like cupcakes.

She managed to get to Sugar Cube Corner without knocking somepony over. Since she flies so close to the ground, ponies around the corner wouldn't be noticed until it was too late. It was a miracle that she was never sued by any of them. Only one pony she crashed into threatened to sue her, but in Rainbow's eyes, she deserved it by how she torments Scootaloo and her friends.

When she arrived, Mrs. Cake told her that Pinkie might be in her room. As Dash trotted around, she tripped over Gummy and landed headfirst into a full bathtub, which was about to overflow. The cyan mare shot up from the tub and latched herself to the pole that hung up the curtain. She stared at the tub and watched a pink head slowly rise from the water, with a grin plastered over her face.

"Hiya Dashie."

"How can you stand that! The water is freezing!"

Pinkie ignored the question completely, and directed her attention to the toothless alligator.

"Gummy, your supposed to be in my room silly!

Rainbow Dash slowly dropped herself onto the floor. Somehow, even with her flinging herself out of the tub, their were no droplets of water anywhere.

"Hey Pinkie, can we go in your room?"

"Sure!"

Dash walked into her room and sat on the floor. She was still soaked, but it would dry up quickly. Pinkie's rug would be soaked though.

I'm sure she won't mind.

The party pony's room was actually very clean. It had a few pastries here and there, but that's the usual with Pinkie. If there weren't cupcakes or muffins anywhere, then there was something to worry about.

Her bed was made, and all of her tables were clear of any candy wrappers. The comforter was pink with with a darker pink pony attached to 3 balloons. It seemed to symbolize Pinkie Pie's love for balloons. The tables were all wooden with a large, covered container in the middle. The rug was yellow with a light green trim.

What was actually puzzling was that instead of pink walls, like they were last week, they were white.  Rainbow decided not to think so much about it though. After all, the last time she was here was a week ago. She could paint the walls in a week.

"So! What did you want to talk about Dash?"

"Huh?" While Rainbow Dash was studying her walls, Pinkie had slipped in with out her noticing.

"Well, me and Rarity are gonna go find Vinyl and you need to come with us. I'll explain later."

"Okie-dokie-lokie!"

"We are gonna meet up with Rarity downstairs. Is there anything you want to take with you?"

"Nope!"

Rarity finally arrived at Twilight's new castle. She was still used to going to the library. She trotted in, passed the massive doors, and walked into a large, open room. The thought of hanging up some drapes excited her. Many ponies would come through this particular room for many years. All of the Canterlot ponies would gaze upon the drapes and admire them. Then she would talk to them about her new line and-

"SPIIIIIIIKKE!!!"

"Coming!"

Rarity followed their voices. It seemed they were in throne room. It was one of the only rooms she remembered how to get to so far. She couldn't imagine how hard it must be for Twilight to keep from getting lost.

"Twilight? Are you in here?"

"Rarity! What brings you here?" Twilight was perched on a pile of books, sorting them alphabetically by category and then by title. It seemed that a batch of Princess Celestia's books were dumped on the floor while she was doing something else within the castle. She looked curiously at Rarity, waiting for an answer.

"Well, could you teach me the cloud walking spell? I need to go up to Rainbow's house." She replied, walking closer to the mountain of books.

"Why do you need to go to Rainbow Dash's place? Does she need a new bed for Tank?"

"No, I am needed for something of a different nature."

"Well, I have no problem with teaching you. It would be great practice if I ever get my own student."

"Wonderful! Do I need to read a book or will you demonstrate how to do it?"

"First, read these three pages." Twilight was levitating a  hardcover book to her. It was slightly worn, but was in good condition.

"After you finish, we will practice it outside. Ooh! This is going to be so fun!" The alicorn started prancing in a circle around the pile of books. After she finally realized what she was doing, she halted immediately and apologized.

"Sorry, I'm just really excited." She spoke with a sheepish smile.

"That's quite alright dear. So I read just these three pages?"

"Yep."

Rarity read the title, Everything About Cloud-Walking Spells. It was a long list of uses, types of clouds you could walk on, and how to perform the spell. She read through the pages and scanned back over the instructions. Twilight would definitely need to demonstrate this for her.

"Twilight, I finished these pages. Can we practice the spell?"

"Yes, we need to go outside. Do you want to try it on the balcony?"

"That sounds marvelous dear."

They trotted through the room. The walls were glistening as if they were just polished. Their hooves clacked against the crystal floor. Twilight lead Rarity to a large doorway that went out onto her balcony. That balcony was crystal like the rest of the castle. It overlooked both the Equestrian countryside and Ponyville.

"So I will just levitate a cloud over here and cast the spell on you. Watch how I go through the steps to preform it."

Rarity watched closely as Twilight's eyes darted over the page that listed the steps and read each aloud as she continued the spell. After about thirty seconds she cast it on Rarity. It didn't make her feel any different, but it was cast because Twilight levitated her onto the cloud and she didn't fall through it.

"Now cast the spell on me and see if you got it down."

"But your an alicorn Twilight. You don't need to have the spell to walk on clouds anymore."

She thought about what Rarity said. She couldn't make her wings disappear. She couldn't recall a spell that would prevent her from walking on clouds either. They would need a non-pegasus pony to cast it on.

"I didn't think about that. Maybe we could get somepony to help us?"

The scurried over to the railing and looked around. They both saw Applebloom staring at the castle with her head cocked. It seemed that she had just finished riding on Scootaloo's scooter. Neither Twilight or Rarity had any idea why she looked to confused. Nonetheless, the needed help, and she was their only option.

"Hey Applebloom! You wanna help us out?" Twilight shouted.

"Sure!" She hopped to her hooves, waiting to be told how to get up there. To her surprise, there was a bright flash and she was in front of the two older mares.

"Ok Applebloom, Rarity is going to cast a spell on you. The see if you can walk on this cloud."

"Are you sure this is safe? I don't want to turn her into an apple pie." The unicorn whispered to the lavender mare. Twilight nodded.

"Well here goes nothing."