I’m Going On An Egg Hunt!
“Oh, my—look, Angel—it’s an egg!”
My pet bunny circled the egg as he sniffed it from every side. He detected nothing “off” about it, but still, he did not know what to make of it.
“Constance? Hummingway? Did either of you lay this egg?”
My songbird denied having laid the egg, as did my hummingbird. I put my front hoof on the egg, but it felt hollow. I picked it up anyway; my curiosity caused me to do so. I let Angel hop onto my back, and then, the two of us went for a stroll, hoping to find out more about the egg.
“GOOD MORNING, EVERYPONY—and HAPPY SPRING SACRAMENT!”
Pinkie Pie had whipped up a whole batch of chocolate eggs for all my friends—including herself—and some gem eggs for Spike. The baby dragon gobbled the gem eggs all up.
“Is everypony ready for the super-duper Spring Sacrament ceremony yet?! Are we?! Huh?!”
“Calm down, Pinkie Pie. We need to get everything in order. Fortunately, I have a checklist! Everypony, we have to follow the rules of the ceremony to the letter!”
“Another egg!”
A couple of ducks carried their old nest—which was now too small for the both of them—on their backs. I took it from them with my wings, which they let me do.
“A basket? Oh! Why, thank you!”
I put the pink egg—which I had found first—into the nest, followed by the blue egg—which I had just found. Next, Angel found another pink egg. Unlike the first egg, however, that pink egg was more crimson than pink. I put that egg into my basket as well, and then, my bunny and I continued our egg hunt.
“Hang on—aren’t we forgetting somepony?”
Rainbow Dash was right. Somepony was missing—and she knew exactly who was!
“I’ve always known that Fluttershy is shy. Perhaps she thought the ceremony was too scary for her liking. Either that, or she’s gone to stock up on some fresh fruit for her critter companions.”
“That may be so, Applejack, but Fluttershy or no Fluttershy, we need to finish the preparations. Everypony? Spike? Did I forget to add anything to the checklist?”
“Oh, my goodness! Three more eggs—one purple, one orange, and one red! I wonder how all those eggs got here. Their colors are not at all natural.”
Angel shook his head in agreement. I put the three eggs into my basket and looked at all of them. Then, I saw something very special about them.
“Angel, look at the colors of these eggs! They’re the same colors as the Elements Of Harmony!”
Angel nodded his head in excitement.
“There it is, everypony—the Fountain Of Harmony!”
The Fountain Of Harmony stood in the center of the town square. It had seven “eggcups”—one up high in the center and six down low around it.
“Look, everypony! Your Cutie Marks are on the lower eggcups!”
Spike could see the following pictures: a butterfly, a balloon, a spark, a gem, an apple, and a lightning bolt.
Fluttershy’s Faithful—100%!
“Oh—my—goodness!”
There—directly in front of our eyes, lying on a patch of soft grass—was the most colorful egg that either of us ever saw. It was much bigger than any of the eggs that I had in my basket now.
“Who do you think could have laid that egg, Angel? It couldn’t have been any of my birds. None of them lays an egg as big as that one is.”
Angel shrugged and shook his head. After I put the last egg into my basket, he and I went straight back to Ponyville. The egg hunt was over; the both of us enjoyed every step thereof. Little did either of us know that our best friends were already waiting there for us.
“I wonder whether this will require the Elements Of Harmony.”
“It’s well worth a try, Twilight! I brought the crown and necklaces!”
My friends put the Elements Of Harmony on. However, neither Spike nor any of my pony friends put the Element Of Kindness on. Something was very wrong.
“Has anypony seen Fluttershy yet? I wonder what’s keeping her. I could go look for her, just in case. I’ll be back in one flick of a pony’s tail!”
“Angel, I need to trot carefully, or else all the eggs will break!”
I let Angel ride on my back again while I carried the basket of eggs in my wings. This was exactly like an egg-and-spoon race except in that nopony else was racing against me.
“Slowly, Fluttershy. Slowly as a tortoise. Slowly as a snail.”
I kept my eyes on the eggs in my basket at all times. I knew the way to the Ponyville Town Square like the back of my hoof. I trotted slowly and carefully all the way to Ponyville. I hoped with all my heart that I would make it on time.
“Fluttershy! Thank Celestia you’re here! Where were you?! What happened to you?!”
“Guess what, Rainbow Dash! Angel and I went on an egg hunt! Look at how many eggs I found!”
“Whoa! Six of them are the colors of the Elements Of Harmony!”
Right there and then, Rainbow Dash and I knew exactly what to do.
Now, at long last, the Spring Sacrament ceremony could begin.
Spike had held on to the Element Of Kindness for me. Once I showed up, he put it on my neck.
First, I put the pink egg into the “butterfly” eggcup. Next, Pinkie Pie put the blue egg into the “balloon” eggcup. Then, Twilight Sparkle put the crimson egg into the “spark” eggcup.
Rarity put the purple egg into the “gem” eggcup. Then, Applejack put the orange egg into the “apple” eggcup. Next, Rainbow Dash put the red egg into the “lightning bolt” eggcup. Finally, I took Spike in my hooves and flew up so that he could put the big, colorful egg into the central eggcup at the top.
The big, colorful egg hatched on the spot!
“Awww—how cute!”
A new creature—a baby—had been born!
“Congratulations, Fluttershy! You saved Spring Sacrament Day! Thank you kindly!”
