It's you...

by Pinkiemlp97

Let's look for the bright side

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Canterlot, a city where Canterlot University is located. Boys and girls study what they will develop into and become in the future. At this university everything is calm, anyone would want to finish their studies here. This was the case for six friends who were starting their senior year.

At the entrance there was a girl with glasses talking to her friend with yellow/orange hair. They were waiting for their friends, they all agreed to meet at the entrance.

“Hello girls”

The two heard a low voice, they both turned and found a girl with pale yellow skin and aquamarine eyes.

“Oh Futtershy, hello, how are you?” Twilight said, greeting her friend with a hug.

“Hello Fluttershy, are you just here?” Sunset Shimmer asked, greeting her friend with a hug as well.

“I'm fine, thank you and no, I actually arrived a few minutes ago,” answered the pink-haired girl. “I called them about three times, but they seemed so focused on their conversation that I didn't want to bother them,” explaining.

"Oh really?" Twilight asked. “Sorry, it seems like I got really excited telling Sunset about my technological advances that she made on vacation,” she said, scratching her head, a little embarrassed for not noticing her friend.

“Only you would think of continuing studying even on vacation”

The three saw where the voice was coming from. Not so far from where they are, they saw three girls walking towards them. One girl with pink hair looking very happy, the other a blonde with her classic cowboy hat and the last one who made the comment had multicolored hair.

“How are you girls? "I missed you so much," said Pinkie, catching the three of them in a hug with a big smile.

“We miss you too Pinkie Pie,” Twilight said, barely breathing.

“Pinkie, I think they understand that you missed them,” Applejack said, trying to get the pink haired girl to let go of the others who seemed to be barely breathing.

The party girl released the hug, freeing her friends. Pinkie was very affectionate when it came to her friends or family.

The girls moved a little away from Pinkie Pie so they could breathe.

“Uff, thanks Applejack.” Twilight said relieved.

“Seriously, Twilight, vacations are for having a great time, not for studying,” said Rainbow Dash, shaking her head.

"Dash is right, I should at least give you time to yourself," the blonde said, putting an arm around Rainbow's shoulders.

“Also to cook cakes or cookies,” Pinkie said as she pulled a cookie out of her hair and ate it.

“Says the one who spent half of her vacation harvesting apples,” Rainbow said, raising a somewhat annoyed eyebrow.

“Hey, I already told you I had to help my family that day… Big mac got sick,” Applejack said, rolling his eyes and moving his arm away from his girlfriend's shoulders. “Besides, I'm not the only one who had an excuse to miss our outing, again,” the blonde continued, making quotes with her hands.

“Mine is justifiable,” said Rainbow, “I want to stay in shape to be the captain of the team, and it is obvious that they are going to choose me, I am amazing,” she pointed out to herself.

“Okay girls, we understand,” Sunset interrupted before the discussion could go any further. “I don't think it's necessary to ask them what they did on vacation,” she thought. “It's good to see you again”

“It's also a pleasure to see you Sunset and you too,” Applejack said, referring to Fluttershy and Twilight, who had remained silent. They responded with a smile.

“For your information, Rainbow, I wasn't studying all the time,” Twilight said, looking at the sporty girl.

“Really, then what did you do?” She asked, crossing his arms with a smile.

“I went on a cruise with my family and Shining Armor and Cadance were able to go with the newborn Flurry Heart,” Twilight said with joy at seeing her brother again and her sister-in-law.

Rainbow opened her eyes more “I admit, you beat me… that must have been amazing”

“Wow,” Pinkie expressed with excitement.

“Although Shining got a little dizzy, he thought he was over it,” Twilight confessed a little sadly.

“It must be horrible to feel that, is it better?” Fluttershy asked, a little worried.

Hearing the pale pink haired girl, Rainbow looked at her askance. She hoped this time to achieve her goal.

“It was only for a while after he got over it, but at least we had a good time.”

“How good… I can't imagine how she felt… ha ha ha” spoke Applejack, who had remained silent when he mentioned dizziness. But he couldn't hide. “I know very well how she feels,” thought.

“Everything okay blonde?” Rainbow asked, looking away from Fluttershy.

“Yes, everything is fine,” she replied, showing a half-fake smile.

“Of course…” she said, not so convinced.

Pinkie Pie did her best not to laugh, she knew well that Applejack also gets seasick with anything related to the sea.

“Changing the subject, are you ready for our last year?” Sunset commented.

“I'm going to miss you girls,” Pinkie said sadly.

“Pinkie Pie… we're just starting the year,” Fluttershy answered calmly, putting a hand on Pinkie's shoulder.

The girls nodded.

“Exactly, we still have the rest of the year to learn new things,” said Twilight, adjusting her glasses. “And speaking of studies, I think we should go in.” Seeing how the other students entered, leaving few outside.

“You're right, we're all here,” said Applejack.

They all started walking to the door meanwhile, Pinkie Pie jumping next to Applejack, Sunset Shimmer walking ahead and Twilithg reaching the door about to open it, until a blue haired boy opened it for her.

“Wait, let me open it for you” The boy said politely, until he saw the girl to whom he opened “hello Twilight” he said friendly looking at the girl with violet eyes. “Hello girls,” He said, looking at the others who approached. Pinkie and Applejack who were about to reach the door waved at him.

“Hello Flash,” said the girl with glasses as she entered, “thank you for letting us in.”

“How are you Flash?” Sunset commented, arriving at the door, “How's the band going?”

"Well, we hope to move forward," Flash answered as he entered, "hey, have you considered my suggestion of creating a band with your friends?" I ask.

“To tell the truth…” Sunset was going to answer, while she thought about what her friend suggested to her a couple of months ago.

Pinkie Pie and Applejack were about to enter until they noticed that two of her friends were missing.

Rainbow Dash, who was a few steps behind the others, She looked at her yellow-skinned friend and approached her. “Hello Fluttershy, how… have you been…?” asked forcing a smile

“Hello Rainbow Dash,” the pink-haired girl greeted. “Everything is fine… I guess…” she answered, looking down.

“Cool…” said Rainbow scratching her head, she was hoping to have a topic to talk about, but again an awkward silence was present.

“Girls, are you coming or what?” Pinkie Pie shouted from the door with Applejack next to her. Breaking the silence.

Fluttershy started walking, leaving Rainbow behind. The athlete looked down, sighing in defeat and walked.

Lately the two friends have had problems communicating. Before they were close since they have known each other since they were little. Rainbow Dash doesn't quite know when her friendship started to decline, but this year she's determined to find out why. Fluttershy for her part knows very well the reason for his estrangement.


On the outskirts of the city, specifically at the airport, a purple-haired girl was coming out with a wheeled suitcase in her hand, accompanied by her family.

“It's nice to be back,” said the older lady.

“You said it yourself Cookie,” her husband replied, hugging her from the side. “It's been like 2 years since we've been back” he turned his head to look at her daughters “happy to see your friends again Sweetie Belle?” Hondo asked the younger girl with a smile.

“I can't wait to see the girls,” Sweetie Belle answered with a happy expression.

The mother smiled when she saw her daughter happy. “And you, Rarity, are you happy to be back?” Her gaze went to the eldest daughter who was distracted looking around her. “Rarity…” called to her daughter once again.

"Hmm…?" Finally the eldest daughter reacted. “Sorry mother, did you say something?” Rarity asked, directing her gaze towards her mother.

“Ask if you are happy to return”

“I really don't know how to feel,” Rarity responded, looking down. “Besides, I don't have friends to socialize with.”

“Come on, honey, don't make that face, I'm sure you'll make good friends at university,” said her father, putting a hand on her shoulder showing her support.

"Yes, sister, don't be discouraged," the youngest spoke, showing a smile.

"They are right... and mother, I will not disappoint you with my studies" Rarity said with confidence.

“That's how you talk,” she responded, returning a smile to her daughter.

“Well, how about we go eat something, we still have to wait for the other things to be brought,” Hondo said to change the topic.

The family was heading inside the airport to go to the cafeteria.


Back at Canterlot Univercity. The girls were in the hallways where the lockers are. After finishing the first hours of classes.

“Mmm… too bad… I was hoping that this year we would share classes together” Pinkie Pie commented a little discouraged while she compared the time sheets of her friends.

“I don't think it's that big of a deal, let me see?” Applejack said taking the leaves comparing them.

The girls got together to see what classes they shared.

“Well, some of us have arts together,” Applejack began to say.

“Apparently Sunset and I share Calculus” Twilight continued.

“There is also pastry, but only some of us share it,” Fluttershy followed.

“But at least we have music and sports all together,” Dash finished. “Get ready girls, I'm going to kick your asses,” he commented smugly, crossing himself.

“Yessss…” Said the party girl, not so convinced of what her friend said.

“What was that Pinkie?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

“You forget that Sunset and AJ will be there,” Twilight said.

“Ahhh right,” she let out a defeated air, “but I will do whatever it takes to keep them from taking my position as captain,” Dash said defiantly.

“I'm not interested in being one,” Sunset said with a calm face.

“Me neither,” Applejack said.

“Well, unless you and Applejack start compe-” Pinkie was interrupted by Sunset's hand before she finished saying the last word.

Sunset looked at her and Pinkie nodded her head hoping she would get her message. She slowly removed his hand from her mouth. Pinkie just smiled at her friends, the three of them sighed in relief. They knew perfectly well how Applejack and Rinbow Dash got when they started competing. On the other hand, the two girls looked at their friends a little confused, they were going to ask, but they let it go.

“Hello girls, shall we interrupt something?” They heard a voice behind them, they turned around. She was a girl with purple and teal hair accompanied by a gray-haired girl with a star-shaped brooch in her hair.

“Hello Starlight, hello Trixie,” Twilight greeted. The others also began to greet

“And regarding your question, you didn't interrupt anything, we were just talking about the difference in schedules we have,” Sunset spoke. “Pinkie Pie is a little sad about that” pointing at her

“Yes, with Trixie we also noticed that there is only one class that we do not share.” Starlight commented. Trixie nodded.

"What!?" Pinkie exclaimed, appearing behind them, surprising both girls, then she took the papers of Trixie and Starlight to compare them with the others. “It's not fair, we barely share some classes,” Pinkie said, a little sad.

“We meet Lyra and Bon Bon, they seem sad about it too” Trixie said.

“I imagine being away from your girlfriend would make you like this,” Applejack said feeling empathy.

“But it's not that they don't see each other all day, she also needs time to spend with friends, so she doesn't feel alone,” Rainbow Dash continued sympathetically. “The two of you would see each other during recess or if you have, in music or sports like us,” he finished saying, looking at the blonde with a smile. Applejack put an arm on the athlete's shoulders.

“Rainbow is right,” Pinkie said, changing her expression from sad to a smile. “Let's look for the bright side.”

“But you were just sa-“ Trixie was interrupted by a nudge from Starlight. This after looking at her she smiled at Pinkie Pie

“It's a matter of time to get used to it, you'll see, it will almost be as if we were not separated” Sunset said looking at her friends with a smile.


In another part of the city, a car was parked outside a large house that looked like a mansion. Once parked, the family got out of the vehicle.

The two daughters opened the front door.

“I didn't remember it being that big,” said the youngest girl, surprised, seeing the inside of the house.

“It's normal for you to see him like that, since you're still little,” said Rarity, smiling at her sister. “To my taste, I see it a small.”

“Come on, Rarity, I grew up a little,” said Sweetie Belle, pretending to be upset.

“Girls, less talk and more help,” said her father.

The two turned around heading to the car.

“It's going to take us forever to get all this down,” Rarity said, looking at the trunk and the moving truck.

“Rarity, don't exaggerate,” Cookie said, taking a box. “At least a few days, but counting the cleaning, perhaps in a week we would be settled. Now start helping”

“You heard her mother,” Hondo continued, taking another box. “Look for the positive side”

“This way I will take advantage of buying new clothes, the ones I have in the closet must have already gone out of style” Said the eldest daughter.

She went to the trunk to start helping unload the things, followed by her younger sister and the Belle family entered the house.


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