The Two Sisters

Several weeks had passed since the defeat of Nightmare Starkiller. The rebuilding of Maretime Bay was going well. As well as the rebuild of Canterlot. Within the first week of searching, Sunny and Twilight had found the amulet used to banish evil. It had been hidden in the gemstone cave outside Ponyville. With the artifact in their possession, Twilight was able to bring back everyone who had been lost hundreds of years ago. She knew it would be a huge adjustment to make for everyone who had been lost to time to suddenly be thrust into the future. But she knew that with the help of her friends, it would be a smooth transition.

Sprout in the meantime, had been offered a deal by the district court upon Sunny's request. The city would grant him his status as deputy once more, in exchange, he would have to attend Princess Twilight's school of friendship to help fully reform him.

Sunny had fully taken over as the Elemental Queen and had become the ruler of Equestria. Occasionally she would enter the realm of past, present, and future and seek advice from the guardian Celestia she had created. Using past memories from ponies of the olden days to help encourage her and help unite the kingdoms once more. Luna and Winter had moved fully into Maretime Bay, settling in a cottage along the shoreline among the many shops. Winters army, which he had used to invade Equestria, had been disbanded and the bat ponies had returned to their native lands on the outskirts of Equestria to be with their families.

As for Celestia, Discord, and the mane 6. They had all returned to their previous lives duties and passions. With the help of Hitch and Fluttershy, Applejack was able to clear the orchards of critters and insects so that Sweet Apple Acres could thrive once more. It'd been Fluttershy who had discovered Hitch shared her ability to talk to animals, and had agreed when he wasn't busy, to help her fix up the animals sanctuary in Ponyville.

Rarity had gone back to dress making and had reopened all of her boutiques across Equestria. Fluttershy had employed the help of Alphabittle to open a new sanctuary for animals in Bridlewood. After she had found out he loved animals just as much as she did. Discord, being his, well... usual chaotic self. Had moved in with Fluttershy to help her take care of the animals. Of course this meant her cottage would be a little disheveled due to the occasional lack of gravity and the singing tea bags. But she wouldn't have it any other way.

Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich had continued to throw parties and spread laughter across Equestria. Helping establish connections with the friendlier kingdoms such as the Yaks, Changelings, Hippogriffs, and Kirin.

Rainbow Dash had once more taken up her duties as head of the Wonderbolts. Immediately enlisting Zipp into the academy upon seeing her flying abilities. She was also in charge of training cadets in the new military branch Sunny had created. The Equestrian Air Defense Force. They would be comprised of over 2,000 well trained, well armed, Wonderbolts. It was a push to increase Equestria's security in case of another invasion or hostile takeover.

This had also been the same for each one of the different kingdoms. Of course each kingdom still retained its sovereignty and ideals, however they were now part of a massive peace keeping agency called, The United Kingdoms of Earth. The UKE consisted of Equestria, Yakyakistan, The Griffin Kingdom, The Dragonlands, The Changeling Collective, The Crystal Empire, Britaly, Coltypt, Maretonia, Saddle Arabia, The Kirin Empire, Trotsylvania, Great Britony, and the Diamond Dog Empire.

Each country would send a delegate or ambassador to conferences and meetings where Queen Sunny would help solve disputes between them and enstill harmony across the globe. Each country was also to have their own military for protection. This also meant that if one Kingdom was in trouble, another could offer assistance.

Among all this change, Sunny was busy getting much needed relaxation after the hell she had just been put through several weeks ago. Which is why she was visiting Mount Aris, home of the Hippogriffs. Almost immediately after the meeting with the mane 6 and mane 5 had been adjourned, Sunny had traveled to Canterlot with her friends to assess the damages and how long it would take to rebuild the capital. She had also began taking notes and planning how she would run an entire country. Twilight had been busy spending much needed time with her favorite dragon so it was just Sunny and her friends. It was Izzy's idea that she needed a vacation away from all the work she was putting in and so here they were.

"Woahhh," said Izzy, looking out the window as the Friendship Express chugged along the tracks towards Mount Aris. The tall snow covered mountain loomed over the entire area as snowflakes fell rapidly.

"It was a good thing I packed extra scarves!" Said Pipp, pulling out some sparkly scarves for her friends to wear from her suitcase. "A celebrity never leaves home without her wardrobe."

Sunny and the others let out happy noises and gladly accepted the scarves.

"Thanks Pipp, I never knew you were so into fashion." Said Sunny, wrapping the magenta scarf around her neck. The pink pegasus smiled and waved a hoof dismissively.

"Bahhh, its just something you pick up when you're famous. I'm TERRIBLE at making anything clothing related. But I do know my fashion. Rarity made them for us!"

Everyone admired the scarves. Sunny's had been magenta, the same color as Twilights fur since she was basically Sunny's hero. Pipps was a white one with diamonds and microphones weaved into it, because she shared a close bond to Rarity. Zipps was rainbow colored with hints of her mane color here and there. Izzy's was pink with cupcakes and tea cups because of her bubbly personality that she shared with Pinkie Pie. Hitch's was yellow with pink hues. It had sheriff badges and animals patterned into the fabric because of his relation to Fluttershys ability to talk to animals. And surprisingly, Sprout's was a rustic orange one. It had apples woven into it.

"I don't see why you wanted me to come along Hitch," said Sprout, taking his scarf and wrapping it around his neck.

"Because you're our friend Sprout. Even if you made mistakes in the past, it doesn't mean you stop being our pal," said Hitch.

Everyone nodded in agreement and smiled at Sprout who blushed slightly and smiled as well.

"Thanks guys, I'll try not to ruin our fun though while we're here," he said.

"Hey look!" Shouted Zipp, pointing a hoof down the tracks.

Everyone gathered at the windows and poked their heads out. A ways down on the tracks, was a herd of four legged creatures stampeding across the path. The train slowed and blew its whistle, eventually coming to a stop in front of the galloping creatures.

"What are they?" Asked Pipp, watching the herd continue on across the tracks. The creatures were skinny, white and very tall. In fact they kind of looked like-

"Why they are a very special outcome of chaos magic. Used to be bunnies you know." Said an all too familiar voice behind them. The group turned and saw Discord sitting on a seat, drinking tea and wearing a monocle.

"Discord? What are you doing here?" Asked Sunny. The draconnequus smiled and poofed away the tea cup and monocle.

"Well when I heard about your little vacay, I decided that I could use some time off too," he said.

Hitch looked at him then at the mutated rabbits.

"Discorddd, return those rabbits to normal," the sheriff said.

"But they look positively better don't you-"

"Discord."

The draconequus sighed and snapped his fingers, the herd of mutant rabbits now having been returned to normal and scampering away. Discord folded his arms and flopped onto the bench as the whistle sounded, and the train lurched forward, picking up speed.

"You're no fun, you know that?" The draconequus said, mumbling to himself.

Sunny looked at Hitch who looked at her and shrugged his shoulders. Everyone sat back in their seats as the Friendship Express chugged toward Mt. Aris station.

~~~~~

"Mt. Aris Station! End of the line!" Called the conductor. Sunny and her friends took their baggage from above them and stepped out onto the platform.

"So," said Sunny, "what should we do first?"

Pipp immediately raised a hoof.

"Why don't we all go to the spa and get massages?"

Everyone muttered their agreements. Everyone except for Hitch and Sunny. Izzy turned and looked at Sunny.

"Hey, you alright Sunny? You do want to go to the spa don't you?"

The alicorn rustled her wings and shifted on her hooves, looking at Hitch.

"Well... actually.. Hitch and I aren't really, comfortable. Letting somepony else massage us. Since we got together, we both agreed to some things and one thing we mutually agreed on, was we would only massage one another."

Hitch nodded and looked back at Sunny.

"We both felt uncomfortable having someone else massage us. But, we wouldn't mind joining you for a mud bath or hooficure," said the sheriff.

Izzy smiled and hopped ahead of the group.

"Well alrighty then, let's make some ground ponies!"

Sunny, Hitch, Zipp, Pipp, and Sprout all followed Izzy up the mountain towards the village.

"Alright everypony I've got my luggage and-"

Discord stopped short when he noticed the group was gone. Frowning and snapping his fingers so his bags floated behind him, the draconequus followed their path.

"How rude, leaving a good friend behind."

~~~~~

"Hello! And welcome to Mt. Aris! How can we help you today?" Asked a bubbly hippogriff standing behind the hotel counter.

"I'd like a room for 7 please-"

"Oh that won't be necessary Sunny, as the Lord of Chaos I packed my own room." Said Discord, floating up behind the group and tossing his suitcase at a bellhop. Who proceeded to fall over due to its weight.

"I can't get a signalllll," complained Pipp, raising her phone into the air. The hotel clerk spoke up.

"We do apologize, our cellphone towers are still being put up. We expect to have wide coverage of 5P speeds soon enough however. Might I interest you in our complimentary wifi?"

Pipp nodded quickly and zipped over to the piece of paper taped to the desk with the password. Sunny giggled and looked at Hitch who smiled at her. Sprout was currently looking at a decorative fish tank on the wall. There were all kinds of colorful fish inside as well as a larger and more sinister looking fish. Who scared the hell out of the poor red earth pony by appearing out of nowhere.

"Ahhh!" The deputy exclaimed, falling backwards over some suitcases.

"Oh don't worry about Rufus, he's our exotic guest. A Uniwegian Razorback Ridge, rare in these waters. They're harmless despite their mean look," said the hotel clerk. "Now, let me see what I have available for a party of 6..."

"You named that thing Rufus????" Sprout asked incredulously, staring up at the piranha-like fish.

While the clerk was checking her computer, Izzy pulled out a plastic tube of tennis balls and trotted over to a fruit bowl on the coffee table in the middle of the room. Snickering, she began swapping out the oranges for the tennis balls. Putting the juicy fruit into her saddlebag.

"Izzy!" Shouted Hitch, making the unicorn jump. "What do you think your doing?"

Izzy slowly turned around and smiled, hiding the tube of tennis balls behind her with her magic.

"Nothinnnn," she replied innocently.

Hitch scoffed and trotted over to her. Peeking his head around her to see what she was hiding. Upon seeing the tennis balls, the stallion gave the unicorn a quirky look.

"Izzzzy, did Pinkie Pie give those to you?" He asked.

"Give what to me?" Izzy asked, tossing the container in a random direction. Hitting the poor bellhop on the head, who was just recovering from Disocrd's suitcase.

Hitch sighed and smiled. "That mare, I swear she's a bad influence on you Izzy," he said, chuckling.

"Okayyyy, so I like a few pranks. Who doesn't?" She asked, smiling and biting into an orange she materialized from her saddlebag.

"Looks like deluxe suite 6 is available. I'll have Jeremy here take your luggage up for you," said the receptionist, handing Sunny the key. "Enjoy your stay at Mt. Aris Spa and Resort."