Friends Forever

Canterlot City, Canterlot Heights; 45 Celestial Court

It was about noon in Canterlot City on Sunday, the past couple of days for the Sparkle family had been spent packing and moving and today was the day that they'd get the very last of their things from their two story home in Canterlot Heights. Night Light had the truck all packed with the last of his and his wife's furniture along with their children's things and were now waiting on their children to finishing packing whatever small things they had left from their room's however they had a feeling the hold up was more so the fault of the young than the elder since little Twilight Sparkle was very against moving to a new house.

She'd never had to do this before and they remember a similar situation happening when Shining Armor was a boy and he simply refused to want to leave the apartment they used to live in when he was very young. Twilight had yet to see the new house as her parents wanted to keep it a surprise however the young girl was making this much harder than it needed to be.

"Twily c'mon we've gotta go!" Shouted Shining Armor who'd packed his last bag and slugged it over his shoulder as he awaited his little sister to get a move on so they could leave.

"I DON'T WANNA!" Screamed Twilight Sparkle, the cranky little five year old prodigy girl didn't want to leave her nice big home.

"Well tough cookies Twi, we've gotta! C'mon-" Shining groaned as he marched down the hall to his sisters soon to be old room to find his little sister in what remained of her bedroom with the last of her things still not packed up as she indignantly lay on the bed curled up on her side, refusing to want to leave. "Twilight Sparkle you get up right now...we've gotta leave" Shining said assertively

"NO!" Twilight shouted indignantly in a cute but whiny high pitch octave

He groaned knowing this was going to be a real chore. "Twily I know you don't wanna move to a new house but it's really not that bad..." Shining tried to explain

"Nu-uh! It is so that bad!! Moving to a new house means I'll have to leave this one! I LIKE THIS ONE!" Twilight whined as she didn't want to leave the super big room which had been hers for all of five years. "I.DON'T WANNA.MOVE!" Twilight threw a whiny tantrum and sounded like she was actually going to cry.

"Twily trust me when you see the new house it won't be that big of a deal; besides think of all the new friends you'll make; the place we're moving too is said to be a really nice place, lots of kids to play with..."

"But I have you...and smarty pants and my books...I'm fine..." Twilight pouted with a hrumph.

"Heheh sorry Twi but I can't be there all the time, I've gotta find my own friends and so do you....and Smarty pants is a good friend but it'll be better to have friends that aren't toys...and books can only be your friends for so long before you get lonely...and..." He chuckled and hugged his little sister and tickled her sides. "We'll be closer to Cadence so you can even spend more time with her! Hehe and so can I..." Shining chuckled

"Shiny and Cady sittin' in a tree....K.I.S.S.I.N.G!" Twilight teased playfully, her normal cheery expression returning just a little.

"Well look at who knows how to spell and sing, so talented." Shining teased right back and then brought twilight into a strong embrace. "I know it's hard to accept change Twily but trust me...everything will be fine; you'll see...I bet you'll make tons of new friends when we get to town"

"I guess..." Twilight said with apprehension.

"C'mon, let's get the rest of these things packed up and get outside, mom and dad are waiting for us"

"Okay..." Twilight said still pouting but she complied and aided her BBBFF in packing away her things so they could move to this new house. Mommy and daddy said it was because it was getting really expensive to live in this part of Canterlot Heights and her daddy had gotten a better job in a friendly neighborhood and so did her mommy so she knew it was for the best but she didn't like the fact they had to switch homes, she liked this current home and had so many memories here...albeit only about 3 years of which she can remember...but still!

"And hey tell ya what, once we get to the new house I'll call Cadence and we can all go to the park, the playground over there is really nice" Shining said with a warm smile

"You mean it?!" Twilight cheered

"Of course Sparks" Shining affirmed tussling the girls hair. "But only if you hurry up and pack..."

With that Twilight Sparkle rapidly packed all of her things and put her backpack on her back and grabbed her stuffed donkey doll Mr.Smarty Pants and gave a cute broad smile at her big brother as she eagerly awaited to leave.

"I'm ready!" Twilight said sounding a lot like a certain undersea cartoon character with how high an octave her voice was at such a young age

"Atta girl! Up ya go!" Shining said picking the little girl up and hoisting her onto her shoulder which gained an excited squeal of joy from the young girl.

"EEeeeheheheh! You're the best Shiny!" Twilight said with a smile

"Ain't I?" Shining said with a grin and walked them out of the house making sure Twilight was safe riding on his shoulders as he brought her downstairs and outside to the moving truck where their parents Twilight Velvet and Night Light waited.

"C'mon you two we've got a lot to unpack when we get to the new house...You alright little star?" Night Light asked little Twilight Sparkle who rode on her big brothers shoulders.

"Mhm" Was all Twilight answered, she was alright but still a bit pouty about having to have to move but knew it was for the best.

"Don't worry sweetie your gonna love the new house! I've even met a couple of the neighbors. Plus doesn't your old High school buddy and his wife live in the area dear?" Velvet asked

"Oh yeah your right Vel. Moonlight Shine &Bright Dusk and if I'm correct they have a daughter...um what was her name again?" Night Light wondered snapping his fingers to jog his memory.

"Moon Dancer, she's actually Twily's age."

"Really?!" Little Twilight asked

"That's right Twily, so you see? You've already got a new friend waiting for you when we arrive; and all the other couples around the community we're going to have kids too I think so I'm sure you'll make plenty of friends" Twilight Velvet smiled.

"Well what are we waiting for?!? Let's go!" Twilight cheered with newfound optimism.

"Atta girl; c'mon you two, get in; time to go home." Night Light said with a fatherly smile as he opened up the truck allowing his kids room to get in, it was a rather large moving truck that had room for the four of them to ride with the front having room mainly for 3 people was Twilight was small enough to where she could ride on her mothers lap. As Night Light started up the truck, Twilight gave one last longing look at her old home and waved it goodbye as they drove off.

The ride was about an hour and some change long since they hit a little bit of traffic and stopped to get lunch since they'd spent a good amount of energy moving and driving around most of the day. After the hour of driving they'd finally arrived to the community they'd now call home. It was a rather large community but not one of those super boring ones where all the houses looked the same, with the same lawn, same garage; same everything...nope. This was a super big place, many different houses of all shapes and sizes and while everyone's lawn was well trimmed each lawn had something that made it special...there was even a farm close by! Twilight loved animals and always hoped to have a furry little friend of her own someday.

As the truck pulled up the the new house which was a decent sized two story house with an attic and full basement, the outside was purple and blue with the families symbol stamped on the door. Their exact address was 06 Friendship Place in the community of Ponyville Commons, it was almost like its own little town with how many different roads and such there were; there was even a couple of stores that were special to this part of the community but that anyone could come to even if they didn't live there like an animal shelter and a clothing shop.

"Here we are Twily! Do you like it?" asked Twilight Velvet.

"It's...amazing!" Twilight Sparkle said in awe

"Oooh and lookie who's here! Your favorite babysitter!" Velvet cheered as she looked to see Cadence waiting near the house.

"CADY!!" Twilight shouted as the teenage girl with pink skin and multi-color hair with purple pink and yellow being the main colors and a blue heart shaped crystal locket around her neck approached with a loving and warm smile.

"Hey there's my little ladybug! So good to see you Twily! Hi Mrs.Velvet, Hi Mr.Night Light..." Cadence greeted them all with a kind smile and then when she looked at Shining Armor she blushed and giggled girlishly and twirled a lock of her hair on her pinkie finger. "Hi Shiny..."

"Heheh sup Cady" Shining said with his normal cool yet boyish charming smile deciding as usual to 'play it cool' and it was at this time Twilight decided to play 'annoying little sister' and make teasing kissy face sounds and noises at the two of them to which Shining Armor responded by tickling the five year old girl.

"Anyway Cadence sweetheart we've got a lot of stuff to unpack but we've got a couple of the neighbors helping us out, that nice boy and his father from the farm offered to help us unload the truck. Shining we'll need your help too" Velvet said with her typical level of motherly nagging

"Oh yeah the Apple family, I actually babysit their daughter Applejack." Cadence said

"Really? Don't you babysit for everyone around here now?" Night Light asked

"Uh-huh! It's a lot of work but it's worth it for these little angels though...hehe the biggest handful has to be little Dashie though...girl can't stay still for more than 10 seconds." Cadence chuckled.

"Oooh yeah hehehe I totally forgot Ol' Rainbow Blaze had a little girl" Night Light said with a smile. "He's been distant since well...you know" Night Light's expression was grim for a slight moment.

"Yep, I'm actually gonna be watching her today along with a new little one; she just moved here too from Cloudsdale if I'm not mistaken." Cadence affirmed. "I'm actually going to go meet her parents now and then go meet with Blaze in the park to pick up little Dashie." Cadence looked to Twilight. "Wanna come with Twily?"

"Can I mommy?" Twilight Sparkled asked with an adorable pouty face

"Of course Twily, go and have fun with Cadence, we'll handle the unpacking..."

"You mean me Shining and the apples will while you tell us where everything go-ow!" Night Light began to respond until she got a smack upside the head from his wife and he grumbled. "One of these days Vel...One of these days!"

"Huh so that's what "bickering like a married couple" means..." Shining looked between his parents.

"Word to the wise son...women...can't live with em...or without em...or win against em..." Night Light sighed

"Good to know that you still know your place dear." Velvet teased with a grin

"oookay that's enough of that...c'mon Twily; let's go." Cadence said opening the door to the truck and picking up little Twilight from her mother and carrying her on her shoulders for a bit before putting her down and allowing her to walk with her. They walked down a couple of blocks to a house that was yellow and green with butterflies on the door. Knocking on the door and ringing the doorbell Cadence would wait and Twilight would stand nervously next to her and in the yard she then noticed a little white bunny hopping around.

"Just a minute." A calm female voice said from inside. When the door opened it revealed a woman with yellow skin and a ruby red head of hair and green glasses framed on her face. "Can I help-Oh Cadence dear! Are you here for little Flutters?" Mrs.Shy asked

"Hi there Mrs. Shy; yup I am..." Cadence said with a smile as Twilight hid away behind her leg a little

"Oh and who is this little cutie?" Mrs. Shy asked curiously noticing Twilight acting much like her daughter

"Don't worry ladybug you can say Hi, Mrs.Shy is really nice..." Cadence moved her leg and encouraged Twilight to say hello to the woman

"U-um Hi..." Twilight said with an embarrassed and bashful blush as she tugged at her ponytail

"Well hello there; whats your name sweetie? Are you new around here?" Mrs. Shy asked

"M-Mhm...um T-Twilight...Twilight Sparkle..." Twilight answered still blushing bashfully.

"Such a lovely name; well it's nice to meet you Twilight and welcome to the neighborhood; you can just call me Mrs. Shy; heheh you remind me so much of my little girl."

"R-Really?" Twilight said in surprise.

"Oh yes! You are so cute and adorable; heheh and shy just like her...speaking of which; Flutters; sweetie? Can you come in here; Cadence is here! and she brought a friend!" Mrs. Shy called out to her daughter.

From the living room came a little girl about Twilight Sparkle's size with long pink hair and butter yellow skin and sparkling blue eyes. Her face was covered by her long hair a little bit and she slowly and shyly trudged into the room but tried her best to smile. She wore a simple white shirt with a green skirt and had on yellow shoes.

"U-Um...Hi Cady...um who is that with you?" Fluttershy asked in her timid tone as she noticed her babysitter but not the small purple skinned girl who stood before her...she always was frightened meeting new people.

"Hi Shy; don't be scared; she's a friend, isn't that right Twily?" Cadence said with a smile

"H-Hi there...I'm Twilight...Twilight Sparkle..." Twilight said introducing herself the way her big brother taught her

"I-I'm-" She mumbled something

"Huh? I couldn't hear you..." Twilight said a bit confused as to what the girl said

"I-I said I'm..." She mumbled again

"Um..." Twilight was very confused now.

Clearing her throat a little she spoke up a bit"Ahem...F-Flutter...shy...m-my name is Fluttershy..." Fluttershy finally said with a blush as she fully introduced herself, she always was super shy and scared around new kids but this girl didn't seem like a meanie like some of the kids from Cloudsdale...she seemed nice.

"Nice to meet you Fluttershy; I um...I like your hair..." Twilight said doing what else her family taught her and complimented the young girl; her hair was truly pretty, it was so long for a girl her age; one would think she'd have extensions but it looked so natural.

"Oh...um...thank you...I like yours too...the streaks you have are really pretty..." Fluttershy blushed and smiled

"heheh thank you! Mommy and daddy said I was born special with them" Twilight cheered happily feeling more at home talking to Fluttershy now.

"Aww would you look at that? In town only a few minutes and already she has a new friend! Well girls we're going to the park while Twily's mom and dad unpack and if your both good little girls I think I some ice cream may be in order!" Cadence said with a smile which instantly got the girls attention.

"Yay!" The girls cheered

"Well it looks like you all have things to do, now that you're here I can run out to the store, I'll be back in a couple of hours, wanted to prepare a nice little fruit salad for the new family that moved into town." Mrs. Shy said smiling toward Twilight.

"Well thank you Mrs. Shy; I'll be sure to take good care of lil Flutters...Oh and congrats!" Cadence said with a knowing smile

"What are you-" Mrs. Shy asked before Cadence shot her a knowing glare

"C'mon Mrs. Shy you can't hide this kind of thing from me...plus you're showing more than you might think." Cadence smiled looking at the woman's belly and instantly saw her blush.

"Oh my...um heheh what can I say? Mr. Shy and I have just had a...Spark...going on lately..." Mrs. Shy said bashfully.

"Heheh it's alright...so...boy or girl?"

"Not sure yet but with how much it's been kicking? Probably a boy...Fluttershy never made this kind of commotion when I was carrying her." Mrs. Shy chuckled.

"Well I won't hold you up; c'mon girls." Cadence said letting both of the girls walk with her and when they got outside it was then Fluttershy noticed the little white bunny Twilight saw before. As they walked away the little creature followed them taking a particular interest in Fluttershy.

"Heheh I think you just made another new friend Flutters." Cadence said with a smile stopping their walk to see that the bunny was intent on following them.

"Huh?" Fluttershy pondered looking down at the adorable little creature who sniffed her leg and then cuddled up next to her lovingly. "awww aren't you just a cute little angel?" Fluttershy said picking up the little bunny and cuddled him close. "I'm gonna call you Angel Bunny!" Fluttershy said appointing the furry little creature a name to which the bunny nodded in agreement as they all kept walking.

After walking for 10 minutes they finally reached the community playground which was very large and housed a very complex but incredibly fun looking jungle gym. The park even had swings, slides, seesaws, merry-go-rounds, monkey bars; you name it. It was truly a child's paradise and one child in particular was having the time of her life as she bounced from place to place in the massive rainbow colored jungle gym. She was a small with almost spikey like hair but her hair was all the different colors of the rainbow something that Twilight and Fluttershy had never seen before. She wore a white t-shirt with a cloud and lightning bolt on it that was also rainbow colored as well as a skirt with shorts underneath and she didn't seem to have a care in the world as a man that appeared to be her father cheered her on.

"Go Dashie Go! That's my girl! Faster kiddo!" Rainbow Blaze said with an encouraging grin

"You got it daddy!" Rainbow Dash bellowed following her dad's command to go faster and she did, jumping and running from one end of the playset to the other; she was a natural born speedster and so she was always trying to go faster and be the best.

"Hey Dashie!" Called Cadence

"Awesome! Cady is here!!!" Rainbow said jumping down from the monkey bars she was currently hanging off of and made a dash for Cadence and pounced at her jumping up and giving her a hug almost tackling her to the floor.

"Gyahhahahah! Well hey there little lightning bolt; energetic as ever I see!" Cadence giggled having caught Dash in her arms.

"Always! Say who are you two? I've never seen you 'round here before..." Asked Rainbow Dash with a curious look on her face.

"My names Twilight Sparkle...I just moved here."

"I-Im um...Fluttershy; I um...I moved here with my mommy and daddy a couple of weeks ago"

"Oooooh yeah! I think I remember you; daddy said you and your family are from Cloudsdale right?" Rainbow asked with a grin

"Mhm..." Fluttershy nodded

"Me too!" Rainbow said with a cheeky smile

"R-Really?" Fluttershy asked in surprise

"Yup, daddy and I moved here about a year ago; I really like it here but don't really got a lot of friends 'cept for Cady here and daddy." Rainbow explained having gotten down from Cadence's embrace to be on eye level with the other girls. Grinning broadly she'd poke a thumb to her chest and puff out her little chest pridefully and proclaimed her name. "The names Dash...Rainbow Dash but my friends call me Dashie...you girls wanna be friends?" Rainbow asked with a smug smile.

"Sure" The two girls replied

"Well too bad; ya gotta earn it." Rainbow said with a glint of mischief in her eyes.

"Oh dear..." Cadence rolled her eyes and giggled taking a seat on a nearby bench to watch the childish events unfold.

"How?" Asked Twilight Sparkle.

"Ya gotta catch me!" Rainbow darted off toward the jungle gym " If ya can!" She laughed gleefully leaving the two girls in the dust.

"Hey! Come back here!" Twilight shouted. She'd played tag with Cadence and Shining Armor plenty of times so she knew how to give chase and while she may not have been very fast she certainly wasn't slow. Running as quickly as her little legs would carry her she took off after rainbow dash. "C'mon Shy! We've gotta catch her!!"

"B-But she's so...fast...and that jungle gym is so...b-big..." Fluttershy whimpered shrinking in fear of the large metal contraption but then noticed that Angel bunny had taken off into the thing and she gasped in fright for the little creature and gave chance suddenly pushing aside any and all fear she had of the large jungle gym to make sure her little bunny friend would be okay.

As the seconds turned to minutes neither Twilight or Fluttershy could capture the ever elusive and speedy Rainbow Dash who evaded their every move with acrobatic grace and flair with a combination of almost inhuman speed! One could even notice a rainbow coattail flowing behind the young girl as she dashed and zipped about. When a full twenty minutes had gone by and the girls still hadn't caught rainbow they'd taken a moment to breath on the platform near the slide.

"She's...too...fast!" Fluttershy panted and whined

"We can't...give up though! She wants to be our friend but we gotta catch her first" Twilight said panting as well.

"Heheh you girls are real fun! I've never had anyone else chase me this long!" Rainbow boasted with a broad grin swinging upside down from the monkey bars by her legs in a carefree fashion.

"I'm gonna take a little break...is that okay?" Twilight asked Rainbow

"Sure thing, I've got lots of energy to spare." Rainbow said

"Okay, you wanna come too Fluttershy?"

"Sure um if that's okay with you of course..."

"No probs 'Shy; you go and take a breather..." Rainbow said having called Fluttershy by the nickname only Cadence or her mom ever called her.

"Okay...thank you Dashie..." Fluttershy muttered.

As they walked off Angel bunny followed and perched himself atop Fluttershy's head. Descending the jungle gym through the slide together they'd reach the floor and crossover to Cadence who'd gotten the hint that the two kids were a bit tuckered out and may have wanted a snack though she'd forgotten to bring snacks with her luckily for them however the snack truck was just pulling up and it was operated by. The little community had many wonders and one of them was this special and handy dandy little food truck that sold snacks and other such goods around the neighborhood 24/7 and it was operated and co-operated by the two families who'd lived in the community for the longest; the cake and apple family. Currently it was being driven by Mr. Cake while his wife Mrs.Cake manned the register and booth.

"Hiya Mrs. Cake!" Cheered Cadence.

"Afternoon Cady sweetie so good ya see ya; oh and are these two new?" Mrs. Cake asked

"Mhm; say hi girls." Cadence said with a smile

"Hi; I'm Twilight Sparkle, I just moved to town."

"I-I'm um Fluttershy" Fluttershy answered quick and spoke low and Cadence giggled a bit leaning over to Mrs. Cake.

"She's very shy..." She whispered

"Ya don't say?" Mrs. Cake chuckled. "Anyway girls what can I get cha? It's on the truck! Since your new and all"

"Hm well one second let's see if Dashie wants anything...HEY DASHIE!!! YOU WANT A SNACK?!" Cadence yelled out to Rainbow Dash

"A ZAP APPLE COLA AND SKITTLES PLEASE!!!" Rainbow called back almost instantly

"Hehe of course, so yeah one ice cold zap apple cola and a bag of skittles; Twily how about you?" Cadence asked

"Um...I'll have some starbursts and an apple juice please." Twilight asked

"And for you flutters?" Cadence asked

"Do you have any fruit? Mommy says I shouldn't eat a lot of candy..." Fluttershy muttered

"Well of course sweetie; hows a nice bowl of chopped baked cinnamon apples sound? The apples a fresh picked from Sweet Apple aces over yonder there." Mrs. Cake said pointing to the farm whose trees spread across the land.

"That sounds nice; yes please...and um...do you have any carrots?" She asked as Angel bunny popped up from her hair.

"D'awwww how precious! Of course sweetie in fact heres a little carrot cake for you little guy" She handed the little bunny a decent sized slice of carrot cake which she nibbled on for a moment and then swallowed whole making Fluttershy giggle.

"And as for me I think I'll have an ice cream cone...hm...in fact...can we make that three sunades in cups to go Mrs. Cake?"

"of course deary you know we always look out for you! You probably our best costumer and you've been such a big help ever since you moved into the community...hehehe everyone is calling you a princess or some such." Mrs. Cake teased with a giggle

"Oh my that sure is flattering; hehe here that girls? Your babysitter is a princess!" Cadence said with a broad grin. "And as princess I decree that my loving subjects shall get free sundaes of any flavor they like with as many topping as they like! Don't worry 'Shy it'll be our little secret." she gave Fluttershy a reassuring wink and turned to Mrs. Cake. "I'll have a vanilla & chocolate swirl with whipped cream coco sauce rainbow sprinkles and a cherry please."

"Ah a classic; and you girls?"

"Vanilla with the purple swirly goo stuff rainbow sprinkles marshmallow & strawberries please!" Twilight answered

"Um...oh my uh...cookies and cream with marshmallow coco sauce whipped cream and hot fudge please...um if thats okay..." Fluttershy muttered

"Comin' right up girls! Oh dear um what about Dashie?"

"We've got enough for now, I'll get her a sundae later if she wants one and I'll pay for it"

"Nonsense she's a great girl and has been really down lately trying to make friends...saw the poor dear getting bullied the other day by some boys who go to the pre-school around here." Mrs. Cake lamented.

"Oh my, was she alright?" Cadence asked worried

"She seemed just fine but I could tell some things they said really hurt her feelings...I think it was about her hair..." Mrs. Cake grimaced a bit

"What do you mean her hair-Oh....Ooooh dear that's...that's just awful! How cruel...." Cadence looked to Rainbow who still swung about carefree and happy and could imagine how hurt she must've felt being mocked for the natural pattern of her hair since it was very in tune with the LGBT flag.

"I know, I would keep an eye on her just in case hon."

"Thanks for the heads up Mrs. Cake."

"Anytime dear; here ya go!" Mrs. Cake handed all the snacks and food to Cadence and Cadence gave the girls each their respective snack and carried what she could. Giving a final thank you to Mrs.Cake for the generous gift they made their way back over to the bench where Rainbow Dash had already come to wait so she could retrieve her snacks.

"Thanks a bunch Cady! You're the best!" Rainbow cheered grabbing her soda and candy from Cadence.

"No worries Dashie...and hey...if those bullies ever bother you again? You tell them to fear Princess Cadence; got that squirt?" Cadence said with a smirk and tussled the little ones already messy head of hair.

"Eheh right...Can do! That is if I don't send 'em packin' first! They were picking on this girl with weird eyes that went different ways who was snacking on a muffin...it wasn't right." Rainbow huffed and popped a few skittles into her mouth.

"That was very noble of you Dashie to stick up for someone else like that, did she say thank you?"

"Uh-huh, she even gave me a muffin; she's super nice and really silly too; I like her...Her name is Derpy"

"Well it sounds like you do have some friends, and how about Twily and Shy? Are they your friends? They didn't manage to catch you after all..."

"Hm oh yeah hehe they're totally my friends!" Rainbow cheered.

"We are?" The two girls asked

"Yup! I really just wanted to see how long you girls would chase me till giving up but you weren't gonna give up I can tell; heheh plus you two are super fun to play with and you both are really good friends with Cady already; of course we're friends!" Rainbow cheered with a broad grin.

"Yay" Fluttershy quietly cheered

"Hehehe I guess Shiny was right; I am gonna make a bunch of new friends here." Twilight said with a smile as she sat next to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and Cadence. Her smile was plastered to her face but she didn't mind and never before was so so happy to have been so wrong, making friends was actually really nice. These girls were really fun to play with and shared a lot in common with her plus Cady was their babysitter too! And since it seemed they all lived so close by that meant they could play together all the time and Twilight couldn't help but smile at that. She was looking forward to all the new friends she'd make along the way and she could just tell they would all be something special.