Make myself a winner

Meanwhile, Luster Dawn and her friends stood in front of a house with peeling paint and a broken window.

"This our new house," Yafa the yak said proudly. "Gina hates her Dad, so she moved in."

"Yep, I hate him so much. Isn't it great?" Gina asked.

The curtains next door twitched, a green unicorn face peeking out at them before it disappeared.

Luster shivered but told herself off. Who knew? The neighbour could be nice!

They walked inside the house. Inside was even worse. It was sort of grubby, peeling newspaper included. There were rough spots where old furniture used to be.

"It could use some work, but we can help you out. Right, girls?" said Luster.

Hamburger raised his hoof good-naturedly.

"And Hamburger," added Luster.

"It's no problem, Luster," Hamburger replied. "Can we get this party started? I even made mini-quiches for our break. My younger siblings love them. Gina loves them too."

"Darn right, I do!" exclaimed Gina. "They're the best, Dawnie. You haven't lived until you had those quiches."

"Can we get started?" Winter Gale asked. "The faster we start, the sooner we can eat."

"Best friend kirin right," Yafa said.

With that, the group of friends started lugging furniture into the house. Gina and Yafa directed them where to put the couches, chairs, and paintings.

It was a lot of stuff, and they had to take a break to eat the mini-quiches. They ate in the living room.

Luster asked Gina about her friendship mission, where she had to apologize to Savarin and what happened to her scarf.

"What scarf?" Gina asked, cramming a few quiches into her mouth.

"Never mind," Luster said quickly, thinking that Gina didn't want to talk about whatever had happened to it.

"That unicorn didn't take my apology," Gina said a bit sadly.

Yafa patted Gina's shoulder. "You did your best."

Gina nodded eagerly and made a face. Hamburger burst out laughing, and the usual conversation resumed.

Until there was a streak of smoke twirling with green. A letter appeared in mid-air, and Luster Dawn grabbed it with her telekinesis.

"Why is she sending you a letter now?" Winter asked. "There's nothing serious going on."

"Maybe she needs our help," said Luster.

"Don't get into a tizzy," said Hamburger. "You should read it first."

Gina giggled, whispering tizzy under her breath until Hamburger nudged her.

Luster opened the letter and read it out loud:

"dear Luster Dawn,

Come to Canterlot castle straight away. It is urgent."

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A train ride later, Luster and her friends were standing in front of Twilight Sparkle on her throne. A mysterious potted plant rested on the throne on her left.

Leafy had just spent half-an-hour explaining what had happened to Kirin Grove and everything about the Fire Flower, which made him cry.

Luster had never seen a plant cry before.

"Is anycreature hurt?" Luster asked.

"No, I sent somecreatures to help," Twilight said. "I'm more worried about the kirin that caused this. We need to find her and her friend soon before they hurt anycreature."

The throne room door opened and in stepped Gallus. "Your Majesty, she's arrived."

"Send her in, please," Twilight replied. "There's somepony I want you to meet. She heard what happened to Kirin Grove, and she wants to help."

Luster blinked at her friends, confused.

Nettle stepped into the throne room, grinning around at the group. "Is everypony ready to kill a villain or two?"