Twilight stared angrily out the window of their train car, lazily watching as green hill after green hill rolled by. The beautiful waterfalls of Canterlot were growing ever more distant as they approached their destination, though the beauty of it all was left unappreciated as the unicorn was busy fuming about even being here.

She just couldn't believe that the Princess didn't believe her! Not only that but in her reply, she somehow decided that now would be a fantastic time to inexplicably have her leave Canterlot! Apparently she was being sent to help oversee this year's Summer Sun Celebration, held in a small town named Ponyville.

Why? Twilight had no absolutely no idea. In fact, she was fairly certain that the Princess actually had other ponies whose sole job it was to organize these kinds of events.

'Ugh, I don't have time for this! I need to get more research done about Nightmare Moon! Maybe once I get a full-fledged report written up, rather than just a letter, the princess will actually take this seriously!' She thought, already thinking up an outline for her paper.

Unfortunately, Twilight would likely have very little time, if any at all, to do that. Not only was she to make sure that the entire celebration went off without a hitch, but she was also being tasked to 'make some new friends' while she was in Ponyville. Twilight knew the princess saw some great importance in finding new friends, but Twilight could never understand why.

The only bright side about this whole ordeal was that the princess was having her stay in the town's local library. Unfortunately, any books stored there will probably be old and outdated editions of the ones she already had at home anyway. Plus, it was a public library, meaning she would probably have frequent visitors. Even more distractions.

'Other ponies just get in the way or clog up my schedules! I don't see why I should have to waste time 'befriending' more of them when I could be studying!' Twilight inwardly groaned, eventually deciding not to work herself up any further and to instead think about something else for a minute.

Taking a break from glaring out the window, she inspected the train car she was seated in. Despite the upcoming celebration in Ponyville, it car was completely vacant of other ponies, not that she minded much. Spike was taking full advantage of this, laying out across the row of seats opposite her as he napped. Snoring pretty loudly, he created tiny puffs of smoke that fumed from his nostrils with each exhale.

'I hope he doesn't set off a fire alarm or something...'

Twilight was still wearing the same school uniform she had on earlier, though had since changed out of her soiled panties. In her rush to catch their train, she'd very nearly left the house without doing so, though thankfully, Spike had reminded her just as she was walking out the door. She'd quickly changed into a pair of simple white cotton panties from her dresser.

The train she had been scheduled to leave on was only going to be at Canterlot Station for so long, the tickets for it being sent along with Celestia's reply. Worried about being late for the train, she didn't have the chance to wipe nearly as well as she probably should have and a shower had been out of the question. Even now, Twilight could still feel a slight stickiness residing between her cheeks, though thankfully the smell wasn't strong enough to be worried about.

The trip through the Canterlot and to the train station had gone well well at least. Surprisingly, she had gotten used to the occasional stares that her revealing outfit drew. Though it was probably helped by the fact that, apparently, some new fashion trend involving short tails was getting wildly popular. At least according to the many advertisements they'd passed along the way and all the mares with cleanly cut short tails and outfits that seemed designed to draw one's eye to their rear end.

And while she was thankful that not as many ponies had been looking at her, to this day, Twilight could never understand how anypony could go around wearing clothes like that without suddenly burning up from embarrassment. She still wished she'd had time to change into something a little less revealing before they left. The nostalgic feeling her uniform initially granted was no longer present. The angry side of Twilight's mind wondered if the princess had somehow planned it all.

Twilight blushed, suddenly imagining a different situation where Spike hadn't reminded her to get changed before they left. She could picture herself stepping into a crowded train car, that heavy load still resting inside her panties. Sure enough, some pervy stallion would probably slowly work his way behind her. Then, he'd casually guide his hand all the way down until he finally slipped into her—

*Tooot! Tooot!* The train suddenly let loose a series of loud whistles, thankfully ripping Twilight from that quickly intensifying train of thought before it could get out of hand.

"Ah, we're almost there." She mumbled, taking a deep breath as she recovered from the unexpected scare.

'I guess I'd better wake up Spike before we stop. We need to make it to that library as soon as possible!' She thought, trying to ignore the small wet line that now lingered in the front of her panties.

"Huh, its a lot different than Canterlot, that's for sure" Spike mused, looking around the comparatively tiny train station that sat at the edge of the town of Ponyville.

He was hefting two rather heavy suitcases over his shoulders which Twilight had brought along for the trip. He didn't really mind the weight too much though. Ever since turning eighteen, his strength had increased dramatically and he was now probably more fit than most stallions his same age.

With broad shoulders and toned muscles that were even visible underneath his scaley hide and shirt, he felt pretty proud of his body. Though, he'd never even eaten particularly healthy or even exercised that much in the past. He and Twilight just chalked it up to it being part of how dragons grew up.

Nearby, Twilight was bent over, inspecting a town map that was posted on the wall of the tiny train station. This gave him quite the view of her perfect panty-clad rear, though he tried his best to not stare... too much.

"So uh, where exactly are we headed?" Spike asked, briefly putting down their suitcases and scratching one of his spines.

"To the Golden Oaks Library." Twilight read aloud. "According to this map, It's located near the center of town. Based on my calculations, the quickest route for us to take is probably... that way." She explained, pointing down one of the four dirt roads that lead off from the platform in the direction of the town...

Spike had not been prepared for this. Back in Canterlot, most of the nobles and rich ponies often treated him like some kind of savage beast, glaring at him from across a room with disgusted expressions on their faces. Over time he'd just gotten used to it over time learning to ignore their snobbish attitudes.

He had been expecting it to be a little bit easier in Ponyville, but he was not expecting this kind of reception. Most stallions they'd encountered so far either looked at him in awe or seemed downright terrified of him. It probably didn't help that he towered over a majority of them. The few who didn't seem anxious due to his appearance were instead upset about how their wives or marefriends were looking at him.

He had already received a number of sly winks and dreamy bedroom eyes since entering the small rural town. Spike was also fairly certain that one orange mare, in particular, had been bending over just a little more than necessary to pick up a carrot which she happened to accidentaly drop moments after spotting him. It felt very strange indeed, though he definitely wasn't complaining about the change, however jarring it was. Twilight, of course, didn't seem to notice any of this happening, far too focused on navigating them to the town's library as fast as physically possible.

Evidently, the fashion trends that had caught on so well in Canterlot had not yet made it to Ponyville. Most ponies were just wearing simple-looking outfits and wore a wide variety of different mane and tail styles. Just about the only familiar thing he'd seen so far was a mail carrier that still had on the same type of outfits as they did in Canterlot.

As he and Twilight passed through the town's bustling marketplace, Spike took note of some of the miscellaneous shops and stands scattered around it. Most appeared to be selling various farm produce or other common goods, but a few offered special nick-nacks or were merely there to haggle and barter.

From the looks of the long line extending out of it, the most popular among the different destinations was a small tent set up in the center of the market. A sign over the the entrance read: 'The Tented Tights'. He quickly made a mental note to check it out later. If for no other reason than to see what was being sold there that could attract such a long line. That is, if Twilight allotted him any free time at all.

Pretty much the only instance which Twilight had stopped walking so far was back when they’d passed a small shop with a very specific name: 'Quills And Sofas'. She seemed to give it a long hard look before swiftly marking its location on a map that she’d been sketching as they traveled. Apparently the one at the station hadn’t been accurate enough for her standards.

'Something tells me that they're gonna get be getting a lot more business while we are here.' Spike chuckled to himself, remembering the last time they’d gone out shopping for quills in Canterlot. 'That poor clerk pony...'

Upon finally arriving at the library as the map had indicated, they were instead met with a... tree. Well, according to the sign hanging over the front door, this tree was evidently Ponyville's public library. Twilight looked visibly disappointed at the rather small structure, and in all honesty, Spike didn't feel very excited about this revelation either. There couldn't possibly be much room inside a tree, right?

However, both were pleasantly surprised as Twilight pushed open the front door, only to discover that it was far bigger on the inside than from the outside.

"Woah, that's pretty trippy," Spike said, repeatedly sticking his head in and out the entrance.

"This. Is. Fascinating! I had no idea magically grown treehouses could be enchanted like this!" Twilight gushed, her downtrodden attitude vanishing as she darted from place to place inside of the library, inspecting anything and everything she came across.

While Twilight was busy nerding out, Spike finally set down their suitcases on a small wooden table in the center of the main room. The walls were made from almost nothing but bookshelves, all of which were filled with various books of different shapes and sizes. With Twilight preoccupied, he decided to take a quick look around the rest of the place while she analyzed the tree's magical properties.

It was surprisingly homey for a public library. There was a small but fully functional kitchen attached to the main rooms past another small but equally packed bookshelf-lined area. The upstairs was primarily dominated by a single master bedroom with a connecting bathroom and had a small balcony that overlooked the space in front of the tree.

As he looked around, something was becoming more and more apparent. The was a lack of another bed for him to sleep in. There was just the one that Twilight would be using. But upon coming back downstairs to let the unicorn know, Twilight looked puzzled by his observation.

"Well, I just figured we could sleep together while we are here, though if it really bothers you I can—"

"Nope! That doesn't bother me at all, don't you worry about a thing!" He quickly blurted, laughing nervously as Twilight rolled her eyes.

He and Twilight hadn't slept in the same bed together in a very long time. Not since she was still living with her parents when he was much younger. She looked at him with a raised brow as he maintained a nervous smile, but otherwise remained completely clueless as to why he was acting so weird.

"Just try to tone down the snoring please, if at all possible. You can be pretty loud and I don't want to suffocate from the smoke you make."

"Fair enough." He shrugged, now very much looking forward to tonight.

'That is if I can actually get any sleep with her snuggled up next to me...'

"Anyway, let's go Spike. I want to get this overseers checklist finished as soon as possible so I can have some time to do more research before the celebration tonight."

And with that, they set out for the first item on their list: The banquet preparations...

Passing through a much less congested side of Ponyville, on their way to the farm on the other side of town, Spike couldn’t help but enjoy the rural feel of this place. Though the openness of the land where they lived in Canterlot was nice, it really lacked the same warm and tranquil atmosphere.

But then, as he was following Twilight, he happened to glance over and noticed a very strange looking building that stood out from all the others. It resembled a cake more than it did a store or a house, looking like something right out of a children's book.

Looking down, he spotted a pink mare with a bizarre poofy mane of the same color that seemed to be watching them from over the top half of the building's double-hung front door. She was excitedly bouncing up and down, donning a somewhat unnervingly wide smile as she eyed the two of them.

Suddenly, just when Spike was about to point this out to Twilight, the mare ducked down behind the lower half of the door, disappearing without a trace. There was an eerie silence for a few seconds as he wondered who that was.

"Well, that was creepy..." Spike quietly murmured to himself, still closely watching the doorway in case the strange mare decided to reappear.

"What's creepy?!" A high pitched bubbly voice suddenly blurted from his direct right, nearly causing the dragon's heart to leap out of his is chest as he tripped and fell backward onto the ground in surprise. At the same time, Twilight spun around, also startled by pony’s exclamation.

"Opsies! Didn't mean to scare ya, sorry about that!" The earth pony giggled.

‘It’s that same weird mare from the building! How the hell did she get behind me so fast?!’

Once he was able to calm down his rapidly beating heart, Spike was able to get a better look at her. She was wearing a bright white t-shirt with light-blue sleeves and a pair of jean shorts that tightly hugged the mare’s broad hips and slightly chubby thighs. The way her shirt was loosely draped over her large, easily D-cup, breasts highlighted their size as her top half seemed to jiggle as she bounced in place like a filly overdosed on sugar.

"Oh! Um... h-hello there. Uh, my name Twilight Sparkle. Was there... something you needed from us?" Twilight asked, sounding pretty unsure about this pink mare herself.

"Are you two moving into town?!" The mare asked excitedly, completely ignoring Twilight's question as a visible glint flashed in her eyes.

"Well, um, I don't know about moving in, we are only staying here for—"

But Twilight’s assertion was cut short as the mare let loose a dramatic gasp, her entire body looking as if it were filling with air before she suddenly vanished in a pink cloudy blur. Along with a sputtering sound, akin to that of a balloon losing its air, she left a trail of pinkish smoke that lead off in a random direction. Both Twilight and Spike shared mutual looks of complete and utter confusion, as well as a slight hint of fear. After waiting for a few more moments to see if the mare would return, they decided to keep moving before anything weirder happened.

'I really hope the other ponies in this town aren't as strange as that one...' Spike thought, checking over his shoulder again.

"Here we are, Sweet Apple Acers," Spike read off from their checklist as he and Twilight passed underneath the gate to the town's apple farmstead.

It certainly looked like an apple farm, with branching dirt paths leading up a hill from the main gate, a big farmhouse sat in front of them, and a large red barn just to the right of it. Twilight could see a fairly expansive field of corn to the left as well, isolated amongst the huge apple orchard that made up most of the property from what she'd seen on the town map.

"Come along Spike. Hopefully we can get this done as quickly as possible," Twilight sighed, leading the way as they approached the farmhouse. With any luck, the ponies running this place would keep things short and to the point. They'd probably be in and out within a few minutes or less.

Eventually reaching the front door of the older wooden building, Twilight was about to reach out and knock when a heavily accented voice called out behind them.

"Y'all lookin for somepony?"

Twilight and Spike turned around to see an orange mare with a messy blond mane and tail striding towards them from the barn. Her hands rested on her hips where her cutie mark, a trio of bright red apples, peered up over the edge of her blue denim daisy dukes. A red checkered shirt was tied in a tight knot around her torso, only partially covering the mare's sizable C-cup breasts.

Indents from her nipples visibly poked up through the patterned fabric and a hint of each of her red areolas peeked out near the top. With a distinct lack of fabric covering most of her body, mare's impressively muscular body was on full display. It probably didn't help that her shorts were also left unzipped, leaving only her most private areas hidden while leaving practically nothing to the imagination.

Clearing her throat as she tried not to focus on how undressed this mare was, Twilight stepped up to greet her as she extended a hand.

"H-hello there, my name is Twilight Sparkle and-"

"Well, howdy-do Twilight," The country gal interrupted, reaching out and taking hold of her hand. "A pleasure making yer acquaintance! The name's Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acers are always lookin forward to meetin new friends!" 'Applejack' greeted enthusiastically.

"F-friends? A-actually-y" Twilight tried to say as her whole body was shook violently by the farmer's powerful arms. She did eventually let go, though it took a second for Twilight's arm to realize that.

Applejack turned and shook Spike's hand next, clearly noticing, but not seeming to care as he stared directly down at her chest with wide entranced eyes and a slack-jawed expression. In fact, after giving the dragon a quick look up and down herself, she seemed to put a little effort into jutting out her chest a bit more. Thanks to his natural strength, Spike wasn't nearly as affected by the earth pony's overly firm handshake.

"So, what can I do ya for?" Applejack asked, her hands returning to her hips as she turned back to Twilight again. "I don't reckon I've ever seen either of y'all around here before."

"Well, uh, we are just here to, um, check up on the banquet preparations for upcoming the Summer Sun Celebration. Your family is going to be providing the food for it, correct?" Twilight asked, not sure if she was even dealing with the right pony.

"We sure as sugar are! Would you care to sample some of what we have ready?" Applejack offered with a wink.

"Er...well I suppose I really should, shouldn't I? Just as long as it doesn't take us too long..." Twilight groaned. Her hopes of having time to get some more research done already felt like it was dwindling.

"Well alrighty then! Come on and follow me. I'll show ya where we have it prepared." Applejack chuckled, turning and leading them back towards the big red barn beside the farmhouse.

As they followed along, Twilight couldn't help but notice old brown stains that decorated the seat of this mare's denim shorts, likely evidence of some long break-less days working in the fields. This, combined with her round supple ass cheeks that were practically bursting from her shorts, made the sway of her hips almost hypnotic. Twilight quickly turned away once she realized that she was staring. That didn't seem to occur to Spike, however, as his eyes remained trained on Applejack's butt as they made their way into the barn.

'I really hope this food is worth it...'

*Grroaaaann*

"Ugh... I ate way too much pie." A bloated Twilight muttered, following slowly after Spike as the two made their way back through town for the next pony on their checklist.

Almost the moment Applejack had gotten them both seated in her barn, she'd rang a small metal triangle, calling up a whole host of different family members out of nowhere. All of them carried different apple-related pies, pastries, and a multitude of other apple-themed foods. Twilight had tried to politely turn down the meal but eventually gave in to the pressure and had her fill and then some.

Spike, by comparison, was feeling nice and full. Easily digesting solid gemstones, a bunch of sweets didn't really make much of a dent in his metabolism. It probably helped that he ended up having a pretty small portion for breakfast this morning though. He did kinda feel sorry for Twilight. She did not look comfortable all bloated like that.

At the same time, her uniform had gotten even tighter. Honestly, it was kinda amazing that none of the buttons had ripped yet. Glancing down at their list, the next pony they were tasked with finding was supposed to be commonly seen flying around this area of Ponyville.

"Hmm, apparently a pegasus pony by the name of Rainbow Dash is supposed to be clearing away the clouds for the celebration..." Spike said, looking up into the still quite cloudy sky hanging above them.

"Hmph, well she clearly isn't doing a very good job, now is she?" Twilight remarked, failing to notice the speeding shadow racing towards her at high velocity.

*Slam!*

Spike quickly whirled around to find Twilight and a blue mare with a wild rainbow mane and tail lying in a heap on the ground. The two had splashed down into the middle of a large muddy puddle off the dirt path. With Twilight on the bottom, she was now covered in mud and murky water.

'This must be Rainbow Dash then...'

"Uh, are you alright under there Twilight?" He asked, walking over.

Twilight groaned from underneath the dazed pegasus who slowly got up and shook the mud out of her wings. The pegasus was wearing a pair of grey sports shorts and a dark-blue sports bra overtop a fairly flat looking chest. Her lean and well-toned body was clearly that of an athlete, though she didn't appear to be quite as muscular as Applejack, especially in the legs department.

The rainbow headed mare chuckled to herself as she noticed Twilight's condition. Finally able to stand up from the puddle, Twilight was utterly drenched.

"Heh, um, here let me help you." Rainbow chuckled, taking to the air with a single flap of her large wings.

Flying high up into the sky, she grabbed a nearby cloud and pushed it over Twilight’s head. But by the time the unicorn realized what the pegasus was about to do, it was too late. With a swift single kick, an entire cloud's worth of rain poured down on the purple mare all at once.

Peeking her head out over the cloud's edge, Rainbow stifled a giggle as she struggled to keep herself from falling into a laughing fit at the sight of the soaked unicorn. All the mud had at least been washed away but, Twilight's mane and tail now lay flat and her uniform was completely soaked through.

Spike blushed as she turned away from him to glare up at the rainbow-haired pegasus. Twilight's panties were rendered semi-transparent and he could just faintly make out the details of her marehood as her tail flicked angrily to one side. A faint light-brown streak also followed up along her crack.

"Oops, hehe, I guess I overdid it a bit," Rainbow chuckled underneath her breath, whipping away a few tears. "Here, how's this!"

The pegasus suddenly swooped down from the cloud, flying quickly towards Twilight who raised her arms to brace for impact. But she was taken by surprise as instead the speedy mare whipped right past and began flying around and around in tight circles.

Within moments she'd created a miniature tornado, with Twilight standing at its center. Spike held up his hand to shield against the powerful vortex, finally lowering them once Rainbow had lept out from the twister and landed next to him. Apparently satisfied with her handy work, she crossed her arms confidently and leaned back with a cocky smile.

"No, no, don't thank me! You're quite welcome!" She boasted as the dust in the air began to settle.

The moment it was fully cleared, Spike's eyes bulged. Twilight was now dry, but both her mane and tail looked like they had been inflated like a balloon before then being scrambled in a blender. It actually kinda reminded him of that Pink mare that they’d met earlier.

"Pffft...Ahahaha!" Rainbow laughed, falling to the ground as she couldn't contain herself at the sight of Twilight’s new hairdo. Spike too found himself chuckling a little but he quickly went silent upon receiving a deadly glare.

"You are Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked, an icy tone evident in her voice.

Standing up proudly, Rainbow nodded.

"The one and only! Why? You heard of me?" Rainbow Dash asked, fearlessly flying right up into Twilight’s face.

"I heard that you are supposed to be clearing the sky for the Summer Sun Celebration," Twilight growled.

Twilight was clearly done with this mare's mischievous antics. But taking a moment to calm herself down before she did something rash, Twilight let out a stress-ridden sigh and once again introduced herself.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle and the Princess has sent me here to check on the weather." She called up to Rainbow Dash, who had already gotten bored, and was now reclined on top of another cloud above them.

"Yea, yea, that'll be no problem. I'll get to it once I finish practicing,"

"Practicing? Practicing for what?"

"Well, duh! The Wonderbolts!" Rainbow exclaimed, pointing over to a poster pinned to the side of a nearby building.

It depicted the heroically posed Wonderbolt captain wearing her very tight flight suit, with her fiery mane flowing in the wind. Spike wasn't all that familiar with the various members of Equestria’s elite air force, but he was pretty sure that they'd been to one or two air shows a few years back. If she was remembering correctly, the mare on the poster was named 'Spitfire'.

"They are going to be having a big show tomorrow morning after the celebration, and I'm gonna show em my stuff!" Rainbow boasted, doing a quick backflip and landing back down on her cloud.

"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight scoffed, clearly unimpressed.

"Yup!"

"The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?"

"Ahuh, that's them!"

"Oh please, they would never let in some lazy pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day," Twilight chuckled, rolling her eyes as she dismissed the pegasus's foolishness.

"Hey! I could clear this whole sky in ten seconds flat!" Rainbow shouted back.

"Oh really? Well, then why don't you prove it." Twilight challenged with a smirk. Even the weather team in Canterlot sometimes took a whole hour to clear the skies over the city, it was impossible.

Immediately Rainbow shot up into the open sky, dashing from cloud to cloud in rapid succession and clearing each one away with less than a second between them. As Spike was counting down in his head, he started to trail off at around the five-second mark. Both his and Twilight’s jaws dropped as entire swaths sky were cleared in almost an instant before their very eyes. The once cloudy expanse above the town was now completely empty.

"Heh, you two should see the looks on your faces!" Rainbow snorted, hovering down between them while dusting off her shoulders sarcastically. "You're a laugh Twilight Sparkle, I can't wait to hang out some more!"

Before either of them could say anything, the speedy pegasus darted off into the sky again, performing tricks and stunts along the way.

"Wow, she's amazing at that," Spike sighed, still in awe of what he just witnessed.

Twilight groaned. "Whatever, come on Spike, we need to keep going. Who's the next pony on the list?"

"Uh, right, well next up is the mare in charge of the decorations. According to this, we should be able to find her somewhere in the town hall, where most of the celebration is being held. It's some unicorn named: Rarity..."

Author's Note

Fun Fact Of The Chapter: The Golden Oaks Library in the show is probably, most definitely a TARDIS...thats a well know fact...right?

Wrote practically the whole chapter before realizing I had completely forgotten Pinkie Pie. Sorry for the delay. Enjoy!