Equestrian Tales

~Pinkie Pie's POV~

“Hello, my friends!” cried Princess Celestia. I gasped. "HI PRINCESS LUNA AND CELESTIA!" I squealed.

Fluttershy cowered at the sight of the two princesses. “Hide me,” she whimpered to Rarity, who held her head high, showing off her glamorous outfit.

I bounced around Princess Luna. “Hi!” I cried. “How are you? What’re you doing here? Why did you call us? And why aren’t you all eating cupcakes?”

Luna looked slightly alarmed, but I’m sure that’s just me. After all, who doesn’t like cupcakes? “We~ I mean I~ am fine. I came with my sister to escort thy~ I mean the~ ponies to Canterlot because of reasons beyond our~ I mean my~ control. And… um… we~ That is, I~ don’t have any cupcakes.” “Well, now you do!” I opened my bag and handed her a cupcake. “I always have some! Yummy!”

Twilight was acting all formal with Princess Celestia, Rainbow was showing off her moves to no avail, Fluttershy was hiding, Applejack was saying hi to Luna, and Rarity was adjusting her mane. Suddenly, Celestia cleared her throat. “We should be on our way,” she said. “Of course!” Twilight gushed and climbed into the carriage. Rainbow hung back, mumbling that she would fly. Fluttershy, who’s afraid of heights even though she’s a pegasus, clambered into the chariot, her wings folded neatly against her sides.

Applejack and I, who are earth ponies, have special talents even though we can’t do magic or fly. Applejack’s super-duper-fuper-luper-wuper-guper-huper strong, and fast, too. I have my “Pinkie Senses”, which tell me what’s about to happen. A tail twitch means something’s going to fall, a shoulder ache means there’s an alligator in the tub… and so on. Twilight and Rarity are unicorns, and Fluttershy and Rainbow are pegasi.

Princess Celestia and Luna are alicorns, which are unicorns with wings. Or is it pegasi with horns…? Or maybe earth ponies with wings and a horn? For the record, I have no idea.

“We’re almost there!” cried Twilight after several hours aboard the chariot. Rainbow had come over and stepped into the chariot after flying her wings numb. She was still exhausted.

We neared the gates of Canterlot, but then lightning struck. Celestia and Luna swerved to one side as the bolt struck the chariot. Fluttershy screamed and hid behind Rainbow. Rarity’s dress was ripped in her hurry to get away from the strike.

The chariot slowly fell apart, and then…

We were falling. The princesses had become airborne like Rainbow and Fluttershy, but they were acting oddly. “Help!” screeched Twilight to Princess Celestia. Ignoring her pupil, Celestia started soaring away with her two guards and Luna. “Wait!” Spike yelled over the crashes of thunder overhead.

They didn’t look back.