Everyone sat down at the dinner table and made cheery conversation. Applebloom kept trying to get Applejack to say that Butterscotch was in fact her boyfriend when he really wasn't. Rarity was babbling about the new fashion line she was thinking of for the next big school event.

" Ponies are definitely in style these days. People are still ordering the head bands from the Fall Formal campaign almost a full four months ago..."

Rarity turned to her friends.

" Can you believe it was almost four months ago since we first met Twilight?"

They all shook their heads.

" Time goes by so fast," Pinkie Pie said as she stuffed some pie in her face.

" Where is this Twilight of yours, anyway? Last time you told me she transferred to another school. Then, just a month ago, you said she came back. Now, you're all making it out to be she's not there anymore. Is she some delinquent? Cause the vibe I'm getting is that she's a bad girl who skips school," Granny Smith said.

Rainbow Dash grinned as she tried to hold back a laugh. " No, grandma. She's just a friend who came by to visit last time."

" Yes, she lives in the next city," Sunset Shimmer told her.

Big Macintosh chewed the broccoli in his mouth slowly. " Speaking of next city, is that where this fellow lives?"

He gestured to Butterscotch. The girls all glanced around at each other.

" Uhh, yeah," Applejack lied. " Sure...heh, is from the, um, other city..."

Hearing Applejack lie for the first time hurt Rainbow Dash's ears. She wasn't at all very good. I mean, why would the Element of Honesty be good at lying?

" Butterscotch has been living with some relatives in the next city. His school is on spring break and he came to visit his twin sister here," Rainbow Dash said and she nudged Fluttershy with her elbow. The girl took it as her cue to nod in agreement.

" Well, it's real funny you never mentioned having a brother," Applebloom said to Fluttershy.

The girl swallowed and smiled innocently. " I am usually never asked about family so its never been mentioned."

" You're family is pretty odd then. Even if no one asked me about my family I would've listed all my relatives!" Granny Smith told her.
Butterscotch and Fluttershy chuckled nervously.

Rarity yawned.

" Well! That was a wonderful dinner if I do say so myself! It's time I go to bed. School is tomorrow."

She got up and left the table.

" You're sleeping in AJ's room!" Granny Smith called.

She turned to all the other girls.

" I'd love to have you girls up all night to talk to, but your friend is right. Lets clean up the table."

They did so and quietly. They were all feeling droopy eyed anyway.

" Pinkie and Rainbow Dash, you two will be sleeping in the same room as AJ and your other friend," Granny Smith told them. " You twins will be sleeping in Big Macintosh's room. There'll be too little space in AJ's room for one more person and we can't have a boy in there!"

Butterscotch and Fluttershy blushed.

They all got ready for bed and said good night to each other. Butterscotch borrowed an old shirt from Big Mac and some jogging pants to wear as pajamas. The two of them looked at the bed. It wasn't very big surprisingly. Big Mac was going to sleep downstairs on the couch. Fluttershy got under the covers and made herself as comfortable as she could. Butterscotch gulped and awkwardly went in the bed beside her. They lay awake deafly aware of the other person for a long time. That night was the most awkward night they had ever went through. And almost no sleep was gained from it...

***

Dusk Shine and the others were outside Butterscotch's cottage facing Dismay. It was already dark out and the boys were even hungrier. Missing lunch and dinner heightened their fatigue and they frowned half-lidded at the spirit of chaos.

" I didn't do a thing to Butterscotch!" Dismay said, her voice full of hurt and denial.

" Right. And we're supposed to believe you how?" AJ asked.

Dismay crossed her arms. " Because I'm your friend! And friends trust each other to tell the truth!"

Berry belly flopped on the ground and yawned loudly. " Yeah, yeah. You're Butterscotch's friend, not ours. And anyway, if the Element of Honesty can tell you're not telling the truth, then why should we listen to you?"

" Because I didn't do anything to him! He's the last pony I'd ever harm," she said.

Dusk Shine rolled his sore, sleep deprived eyes. " Funny, because your print is all over this!"

The colt pointed toward the dancing flowers that Dismay had enchanted earlier the other day.

She gulped. There really was no way to get out of this one, even if she was innocent.

Dismay sighed dramatically and frowned. " It's true, I came over here and enchanted those flowers. But enchant them is all I did! It was supposed to be a nice thing for Butterscotch to see as a sign of our friendship. I sure hope he saw it..."

" You're stalling!" Elusive called.

" Y-Yeah. Only those who are lying would (yawn) stall!" Rainbow Blitz said. He walked over to the chicken coop.

" See this? The chickens are everywhere and haven't been fed!"

The Pegasus went to grab a wondering chicken that went behind the coop as proof of what he was saying. But instead of seeing him come back with the chicken they heard a loud "WHOA!!!!!!"

Immediately his friends shook off their sleepy mood and rushed to where their friend was. But the thing they found was a swirling pink thing and the chicken Rainbow Blitz had attempted to grab.

" What in all of Equestria is this..?" AJ muttered.

" This is..." Dusk Shine murmured.

He looked back at Dismay accusingly.

" It's a portal!"

The spirit of chaos gulped.

" I hadn't realized I opened a portal...eh heh..."

Author's Note

Only a few more chapters to go before Book 1 is complete and I can go back to writing "Happenings in Dimensions: Book 2". Mind you, in Book 2, Butterscotch and his friends aren't in it. They'll be put back into the story by Book 3. But that doesn't mean don't read it, no! Please do or you'll not understand what's going on. Book 2 is bound to be better and greater than this one, I assure you!