Tale of Two Worlds

Twilight Sparkle was in the middle of cleaning the library, even though nopony had came in today. It was part of her usual routine, and that’s not something the over-punctual purple unicorn was about to blow off. She was in the middle of dusting off the top bookshelves, when the small purple and green dragon known as Spike ran down the stairs, holding a rolled up piece of parchment.

“Hey Twilight, I got this letter from the Princess. It seems pretty urgent.” In a moment’s notice, Twilight was directly in front of Spike, levitating the letter out of his hand. “Oh no, I hope nothing happened!” Twilight opens up the letter and begins reading aloud:

“My Faithful Student,

I have sense the taint of chaos coming back to Equestria I fear that something evil has come to ponyville once more. My royal duties keep me in Canterlot and as such I need you to investigate. Be weary Twilight, chaos is unpredictable and takes many forms.

With haste, Princess Celestia.”

Twilight’s eyes grow wide, you can see the fear in her eyes. The chaos that will soon take over Equestria if her and the other Elements can’t stop it. “Oh no...” The unicorn quickly straps on her saddlebags and walks towards the door. “Spike, I’m going to begin my investigation.” Twilight says as she opens the door. “Where do I even start... Huh?” Twilight is cut off at the sight of a light blue Earth pony with a short black mane and tail in her doorway.

“Oh, uhh hi! Twilight Sparkle I presume?” Twilight nods. “We need to talk.”

The sight of Twilight was enough to set off my fanboy again, but I managed to keep my thoughts collected. I would need them to be for this. Twilight looked very confused. “Oh.. umm ok? Are you new here? I haven’t seen you around.” Looking Twilight directly in the eyes, I respond.

“Yes, I’m new here. I have an important message. And you’re gonna need to get the othe Elements for this.”  Twilights eyes widen, and rainclouds begin to fly in, covering Ponyville with rain. Not now, I’m not ready! “Strange, I didn’t know we had rain scheduled for today.” Twilight quickly turns her attention back to me. “What’s so important that you need all of us for? And more importantly, how do you know who we are?”

“I’ll get to that, just do it, please! It’s urgent!” I plead to the purple unicorn, hoping that I will set my plan in motion. The rain slowly begins to subside as Twilight responds. “Well alright. Do you want to come with me, or meet us somewhere?”

“Let’s meet up somewhere. I don’t know where everything is, so I’ll just meet you back here.” Twilight nods. “Alright, I should have everypony here in about an hour.” I nod and walk off, off to explore the town I have only seen on T.V. and my dreams.

Twilight Sparkle ran through Ponyville, scanning every inch of it for the others. “Rainbow? Raaiiinboow!” Rainbow Dash looks down from the cloud she was resting on at her name. “Oh, hey Twilight. What’s up?” The rainbow-maned pegasus pony smiles at her friend. Twilight clears her throat. “Rainbow, I need you to gather up all the girls and bring them to the library. It’s important.”

Rainbow, knowing Twilight, doesn’t question anything she tells her is important. If there was anypony to listen to, it’s Twilight. “Uhh, alright. Will do!” RBD flys off towards the edge of the Everfree. “I’m gonna go get Fluttershy first!” Rainbow continues flying, wondering what could be so important that requires everypony. “Be quick, Rainbow!” Twilight’s tone was hurried as well as her words, and Dash knew that whatever this was had to be important.

As she reached Fluttershys cottage, she could hear the soft voice of her best friend tending to her animals. “Now Angel, you can’t be so picky with what you eat... You have to eat what I have, if you don’t mind...” Dash chuckles to herself as she knock on the door.

“Fluttershy! I’m coming in!” Rainbow opens the door to see Fluttershy dive behind a couch, clearly spooked by the noise. “Oh... Hi Rainbow...” Fluttershy hovers over the couch, embarrassed, in front of her rainbow-maned intruder and closest friend. “Sorry... It’s just you were so loud that you scared me..”

Rainbow looks at her timid friend, clearly unamused. “Well come on! Twilight needs us at her place! She says it’s important! Go get Rarity while I get Applejack!” “Umm, ok...” Rainbow Dash flies out of Fluttershys house with astonishing speed, straight towards Sweet Apple Acres, while Fluttershy, on the other hand, timidly hovers out of her cottage, shutting the door behind her before moving on to the Carousel Boutique. “Oh, I wonder what could be so important...”

Twilight Sparkle was looking into anything she possibly could about chaos returning, and the new strange pony, before being interrupted by a friendly pink pony barging in her house, followed by what appeared to be the rest of Ponyville. “Hi Twilight!” Twilight looks around with widened eyes, knowing this is no time for a party.

“Pinkie, who are all these ponies?”

“They’re here for the party I’m throwing for our new friend Silver Tongue, silly!”

Twilight stares at Pinkie as she bounces up to the top of the stairs. “Everypony! We need to set up the party fast! Silver could be here any minute!”

“Bu- I- Yeah, bu- Pink- *sigh*” Twilight sits back in a chair as she accepts the inevitability of this party. “Well... maybe it’ll be quick?” Twilight is already choking on her words, knowing anything Pinkie-related is never quick. Except the set up. Everything was in place and everypony was already in their places. Even Twilight, and she didn’t even remember hiding! The party was set up faster than anypony could imagine.

“Okay everypony, Silver Tongue could be here any minute.” Pinkie quickly shuts off the lights and goes straight back to her hiding spot. “Now everypony, be quiet.”

Rainbow Dash was at Sweet Apple Acres faster than seemed possible, but alas, Dash was the one to pull off the impossible. “APPLEJACK!” Rainbow called out, looking for her country friend. “Well, howdy there, Rainbow. What can ah do fer ya?” Applejack, all sweaty from a hard day of apple bucking walked up to the speedy pegasus, fanning herself with her hat.

“Twilight needs us at her place, she says it’s important!”

“Well, alright then, let’s go!” Applejack and Rainbow Dash both take off for Twilight’s house, unintentionally beginning a race between the two rival friends. Dash easily pulls ahead during the last half of the way, gaining a good amount of ground. “C’mon Applejack... You can beat ‘er...”

Fluttershy and Rarity reached Twilights house, and open the door to complete darkness. “Oh, why is it so dark?” Fluttershy and Rarity both stumble around for the lights, when suddenly...

“SURPRISE!!!”

    “Eeep!” Fluttershy, in a fit of fear, quickly hid behind Rarity, while Rarity was in a state of mild shock. “Oh, you guys aren’t Silver Tongue.” Pinkie bounced out of the crowd of disappointed ponies. Fluttershy slowly moves out from behind Rarity as she asks Pinkie the question on both of their minds. “Silver Tongue? Who is Silver Tongue?” Pinkie just stared at her quizzically, as if she just asked what the sun was. “Fluttershy, darling, you simply must learn to be braver!”

    “Oh... I’m sorry...” Fluttershy looks down at her hoofs as Rarity gives her a reasurring pat on the back. “Aaaanyyyways, Silver Tongue is the new pony in town, and I’m throwing this party for him! Geez, where have you been under a rock?” Rarity huffs and flips her hair. “If oyu must know, I was designing my new fashion line.” She says as she smugly holds her nose in the air. “You and your fashion, you’re such a silly marshmallow!” Pinkie says with a pat on the head.

    Applejack reaches the library where Rainbow is already waiting for her. “What, that’s it?” Rainbow says smugly. “Let’s go.”

“SURPRISE!!!”

    “Aww, you guys aren’t Silver either!” Pinkie gives a small disappointed pout. “Silv- Ah, what does it matter.” Applejack and Rainbow take their places in the group as Pinkie shuts off the light once more. “Well, somepony needs to go find Silver!” Pinkie looks around expectantly.