It was a beautiful day in Canterlot City. Rarity and Sunset Shimmer were hard at work in Rarity’s boutique, designing a brand-new outfit for Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy—Rarity’s creative mind paired perfectly with Sunset’s sharp eye for detail. Everything was going smoothly until the door burst open and Sweetie Belle stormed in with Diamond Tiara following behind. Both had their backs turned against each other and to Rarity’s alarm, their dragon badges were glowing with a red aura that radiated heat—not literal flames, but they looked as if they could feel the burn.

Concerned, Rarity paused her work. "Sweetie Belle, darling, what on earth has happened?" she asked.

Sweetie Belle crossed her arms, her face flushed with frustration. "There’s an upcoming school play at Canterlot High and I auditioned for it! But Diamond ruined my audition!" Her voice was sharp with anger.

Diamond Tiara looked equally offended. "I would never ruin your audition! I was just trying to help!" she shouted back.

Sweetie Belle spun around, her eyes flashing. "Help? Yeah, right. I’m not your friend anymore! I’m done with you!"

Diamond Tiara gasped, genuinely hurt. "You can’t be serious!" she pleaded, her voice trembling.

Unfortunately, Sweetie Belle had already turned away, refusing to look at her former friend. The tension between the two filled the room, the heat from their glowing badges only intensifying the hostility.

Before things could escalate further, Rarity held up her hand. "Enough, both of you! We’re not letting this ruin your friendship." With a quick glance at Sunset, she made a decision. "We need to go to Dragon Land immediately."

“Great idea, Rarity.” agreed Fluttershy.

“Yay! Another Dragon Land adventure!” Pinkie exclaimed happily.

“Ugh, fine.” Sweetie Belle sighed as Diamond huffed behind her back.

With that, the girls were gearing up to head to Dragon Land, hoping to find a solution before Sweetie Belle and Diamond’s friendship was scorched beyond repair.

They went to Rarity’s room, put their dragon badges on, gathered in a circle and held Rarity’s dragon scale. “I wish, I wish, with all my heart, to fly with Dragons, in a land apart!” They all recited in unison as the dragons on Rarity’s walls flew off, swirled around them all and off they went!

In Dragon Land, Ord and Cassie were going to the School in the Sky, getting ready for an important event called art project day.

“Are you ready, Ord?” asked Cassie.

“Ready? I can't wait!” replied Ord in excitement.

Suddenly, Zak and Wheezie have popped up from their knuckerhole and have made a safe landing, almost surprising their friends. Once they landed, Wheezie’s head was, well, twisted the other way.

“Hey! Where is everybody?” asked Wheezie.

“Try turning around.” Zak replied, as Wheezie followed Zak’s instruction.

“Oh, there you are!” laughed Wheezie, which almost embarrassed Zak.

Suddenly, their human friends have started to resurface, which made their dragon friends happy.

“Hey!” Cassie replied.

“You're here! You're here!” Ord replied as he gave them a big hug.

“Hi, everybody.” Fluttershy said.

“What's the big surprise?” asked Rarity.

“Today is Art Project Day at the School in the Sky!” Cassie replied.

“Everyone gets to work on a special art project the whole day and Quetzal gives us all kinds of super-great stuff to use.” Ord explained.

“We get to let our imaginations run wow-wow-wow wild!” Wheezie giggled.

“We never had an Art Project Day project before.” Sunset replied. “I mean, Pinkie and I did an art project together and we did it through working together.”

“Wanna work together, Sweetie?” asked Ord.

“Sure!” Sweetie replied.

“This is gonna be the best school day ever!” Ord cheered happily.

Inside the building, every dragon was very excited for their art projects and Quetzal was watching them, greeting them and giving the students instructions.

“Buenos días, niños. You may begin.” signaled Quetzal

“What sort of art can we make, Quetzal?” Pinkie asked.

“Whatever you feel like, Pinkie.” Quetzal replied.

And so, everyone was working on their projects. Moments later, everyone was doing their finishing touches with their art projects.

• Diamond Tiara = a bracelet constructed out of shimmering crystals and glitter.
• Rarity = a cape bedazzled with jewels.
• Sunset Shimmer = a clay sculpture of a phoenix.
• Fluttershy = a School in the Sky diorama (working with Cassie)
• Pinkie Pie = a tiny confetti cannon
• Zak = a city building sculpture
• Wheezie = an unfinished miniature ball toy balance board
• Sweetie Belle = the what-do-you-call-it (working with Ord)

“Hey, watch out! You're gonna ruin it!” Zak yelled as his art project was almost covered with paint.

“Looks like you could use a little color over there!” Wheezie said, as Zak used a paper towel to clean up his project.

“Never mind.” Zak said as he cleaned up his project. Pinkie laughed at Wheezie’s ditziness as she was making a tiny handheld confetti cannon.

“Careful…careful…” Cassie whispered as she tried to make their project steady as Fluttershy is holding it carefully to make sure it doesn’t move.

Diamond Tiara is working on her bracelet gluing some crystals together. With the virtue of patience, she successfully glued them together.

“Oh, that is satisfying.” Diamond sighed in relief as she saw the connected crystals shine.

Rarity is working on her cape as she attached some gems to a blanket of fabric. She sure was loving the bling and shine.

“You will soar across the sky and spread happiness to everyone, my fellow bird.” said Sunset as she was making her clay phoenix sculpture, remembering her song.

Sweetie Belle and Ord are working on their project which is impossible to describe, but they make it work. Ord brings out the yellow paint to paint the sand yellow. Instantly, he accidentally got the paint on his mouth and Sweetie's hair. They laughed at their newly-painted looks playfully.

“Okay, niños! Time to finish up!” Quetzal ordered as everyone complained upon hearing that. “Before you go home, let's have a look at your handiwork.”

First, he went to Pinkie, Zak and Wheezie’s projects and he was very impressed.

"Zak, how wonderful! I can see you put a lot of work into your piece." he replied.

“Thanks.” Zak laughed.

"Wheezie, It's beautiful!" Quetzal said as Wheezie laughed happily.

He went to Pinkie's project and was mesmerized by it.

"It's my mini-handheld confetti cannon." Pinkie explained as she pushed a button and confetti blasts out.

"Woah! That is very good. Great job." Quetzal said as Pinkie became even more enlightened.

Second, he went to Cassie and Fluttershy’s project and was very impressed.

"Qué linda, Cassie and Fluttershy! It's so realistic! You should be very proud." Quetzal replied.

Third, she went to Sunset’s project and was impressed with the artwork.

And what have we here? Quetzal asked Sunset.

“It's a Phoenix!” Sunset said.

"It looks like it's getting ready to fly across the sky. Muy bien!" Quetzal said.

"Gracias!" Sunset replied, feeling thankful.

Then, he went to Diamond Tiara and asked her what she made.

“Diamond, what is this you are making?” asked Quetzal.

“Just some bedazzling bracelet, to represent beauty.” explained Diamond as Quetzal was very impressed with the brightness and the glitter. Diamond smirks at her ex-friend, Sweetie Belle, showing that her bracelet will be even better than whatever Ord and Sweetie Belle made.

Sweetie smirked back with an even dirtier look.

"Whoa, Sweetie. What happened between you and Diamond?" Ord asked in concern.

"Oh, I'd rather not talk about it. I'll just pretend that she doesn't exist." Sweetie replied as Diamond heard the whole thing and gasped.

"Who does she think she is? Talking about me like that?" Diamond whispered, feeling offended.

"Oh, my. What happened." Quetzal asked, worried.

"Long story short: Canterlot High is having an upcoming talent show. Sweetie Belle was auditioning to get it. I was trying to assist her, but she saw it as I was trying to ruin her chances of getting in. She's mad at me because of it. What should I do?" Diamond asked.

"Well, the only way to make things better between you and Sweetie is to talk about it." Quetzal replied.

"What if she doesn't want to talk to me?" Diamond complained.

"Si. I know she'll want to talk to you, but just give her more time to reflect. Okay?" Quetzal explained.

"Okay. Thanks, Quetzal." Diamond answered, feeling appreciated.

Sweetie Belle hears the whole thing and she realizes what she did to poor Diamond. She realized what she did was wrong. "Quetzal's right, Ord. I do need to talk to her. I hope things get better between her and me." Sweetie explained, understanding what she had caused in the first place.

"I know you can do it, Sweetie." Ord said, clearly hoping she would restore her friendship with Diamond.

"Thanks, Ord." Sweetie replied, hugging her big friend.

He moves on to Rarity, who made her jewel-ified cape.

"Hola. It's my cape that is decorated in jewels and glitter. That way, I can impress anyone if they see me. They'll basically love this new fashion trend." Rarity explained as she put on her cape. Quetzal was of course impressed by it.

Finally, he went to Sweetie and Ord. "Ord. Sweetie. Magnífico. Such a wonderful…" he exclaimed, impressed by what the duo made. "What do you call it?" he asked.

"See this tower? The crystal is attached to this string on top. You can swing the crystal from the tower and it makes a pattern in the sparkle sand." Ord explained the project.

"...and you can knock the tower down with this wrecking ball, because the blocks have a string running through them and you can set the tower up again just like that!" Sweetie continued, pulling the string that has the tower stand upright again.

"Bueno. It's nice to see two good friends working together so well." Quetzal said happily.

Outside the building, everyone prepared to head back to their homes to show their projects to their families and Ord was carrying his and Sweetie’s hard-worked project. Sweetie wanted to take it back home.

"Ord, can I hold it?" asked Sweetie.

"No. I have to hold it. I’m taking it home to show my mommy." Ord replied.

"I want to show it to my parents too! My friends especially will love it, too!" Sweetie said.

"But it’s my art project, Sweetie." argued Ord.

"We both did it!" argued Sweetie.

"But it’s my school and I invited you to help me with my project because you’re my best friend. Besides, it’s my favorite color."Ord said

"But I did just as much work as you!" Sweetie complained as she tried to reach up to grab the what-do-you-call-it, but Ord lifted it so she couldn't reach it.

"You know, when I'm at home and my brothers and sisters wanna play Dragon Jacks, we have to take turns. Maybe you two can take turns bringing your ...your what-do-you-call-it home." Cassie explained.

"Good idea, I’ll go first." Ord said.

"How come you get to go first?!" Sweetie complained.

"I’m bigger." answered Ord.

"That’s not right!" argued Sweetie.

"Yes it is!" Ord argued back.

"No it’s not!!!" Sweetie yelled as she accidentally stomped her foot in anger onto Ord’s toe, making him shout and cry in pain. Sunset and Pinkie gasped in anger upon seeing that.

“Oops. Sorry, Ord.” Sweetie apologized.

“Are you okay, Ord?” asked Cassie in concern as Fluttershy approached the hurt dragon and comforted him.

“Sweetie Belle stepped on my toe by accident and it really, really hurt! I thought she was my best friend in the whole world but……. I guess we aren’t friends anymore.” Ord said, crying in pain as everyone gasped in shock.

“I can't… BELIEVE IT!!!” Sunset exclaimed in shock.

“Oh, heavens! Looks like Sweetie has just lost two friends in one day now!” Rarity panicked, looking at Diamond Tiara with a disappointed look for what she might’ve done to end the friendship with Sweetie Belle she had once.

"I thought you were my best friend too, but I guess you’re not! I’m taking this home right now!!” Sweetie yelled as she took the What-do-you-call-it and ran away angrily.

"Give it back!!” Ord cried as everyone chased after the young girl.

Moments later, Sweetie Belle approached a knuckerhole a jumped down it, hoping Ord and the others wouldn't follow her. Unfortunately, everyone found, jumped and slid after her.

One ride later, she popped up but lost grip of the what-do-you-call-it along with everyone else. It was going to break, but luckily, Ord caught it before it hit the ground! It sure was a close call!

Sweetie Belle sure was relieved until Ord just passed by holding the what-do-you-call-it. She wasn't going to take not being able to keep it, so she approached her ex-friend dragon and they ended up in a tug-of-war match over the project. Everyone was so worried that it may get even worse for Sweetie and Ord. Luckily, Wheezie was able to stop them from their argument.

"I hate it when you guys fight, especially over that... what-do-you-call-it." Wheezie exclaimed in annoyance.

"Your shouting is giving me a headache!" Zak complained as Fluttershy and Pinkie nodded in agreement.

"You know fighting about that isn't going to fix anything." Fluttershy agreed.

"Yeah, your fighting is starting to hurt my ears!" Diamond said, showing that she has her earmuffs on to block off the argument.

Sunset has an idea on who should take the what-do-you-call-it. She suggests that she chooses one of them with a round of Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

"What's that? It sounds scary!" Ord complained as Diamond hand-slaps herself.

"Of course, the big blue scaredy dragon is scared of a little game." DIamond teased as Sunset gave her a dirty look.

"What?!" Diamond asked, trying to act innocent.

"Don't worry, Ord. It's not scary. I'll say a rhyme and whoever I point to when the rhyme ends gets to take the project home." Sunset explained. Sweetie and Ord loved the idea and Sunset began to rhyme away. Once the rhyme ends, it's Ord who gets to take the what-do-you-call-it home.

"Hooray! I won!" Ord cheered.

"Fine." Sweetie sighed in defeat and sat down with her head low as Ord left to show his mom the what-do-you-call-it.

"Oh, sorry for your loss, darling." Rarity said as she approached her sad sister as Sweetie sighed sadly.

Ord was on his way to show his mom what he and Sweetie Belle made, but he started to feel sorry for Sweetie. "I won it fair and square and I really want to show it to mommy. Sweetie did as much work as I did and she looks so sad." he thought as he looked back at Sweetie sitting down sad with Rarity comforting her.

"Cassie? Fluttershy? Can I ask you something?" he asked.

"Of course, Ord." Cassie replies.

"What do you need help with?" Fluttershy asked.

"I don't feel happy. I mean, I feel happy for me winning, but I feel sad for Sweetie losing. I want to hold our project and show my mommy, but I bet Sweetie wants to take it home too. I wish there was some way we could both have it and I really, really want to be friends with Sweetie Belle again. What do I do?" he sighed in worry.

"I think you should tell Sweetie what you just told me." Cassie answered.

"What if she is still upset and doesn't want to talk to me?" Ord asked.

"I think Sweetie wants to be friends again as much as you do." Fluttershy explained as Ord gained his confidence.

"Okay. I'll talk to her." Ord exclaimed as he approached Sweetie Belle and was ready to set things straight and regain his friendship he had with her. "Sweetie? I know we both want the art project, but I don't like it when we're mad at each other. I really just want to be friends again."

"Me too, Ord." Sweetie said, feeling all cheered up. "I'm sorry I stepped on your toe."

"That's okay." Ord replied as he shook hands with Sweetie.

Diamond Tiara witnessed all that and knew just what to do. She approached Sweetie and is going to set things straight with her.

"Uh, Sweetie? I am sorry for ruining your audition for the talent show. I just want to help and I know you didn't mean to say all those hurtful things. How about this: since I got into the show, how about we perform our act together. Friends?" Diamond asked as she held her hand out towards her friend.

"Friends." Sweetie Belle replied, shaking Diamond's hand. Sweetie has started over and is now friends with Ord and Diamond Tiara. With that, Sweetie's badge is glowing.

She has learned that arguments can get in the way of friendships. The only way to resume friendships again is to apologize and talk to them about it.

"But what are you gonna do about the... The what-do-you-call-it?" Zak asked when Pinkie Pie got an idea.

"Maybe you can cut the what-do-you-call-it in two, so you can each take half!" Pinkie suggests. Everyone loved her idea and went along with it. It wasn't long until they ran into a problem.

"Wait. How are we gonna split it?" Sweetie asked, worriedly

"Why don't you use your fire breath?" Sunset suggested as everyone agrees with it.

"Oh, no. My fire breath is too big. There'd be nothing left. It was Pinkie’s idea. Pinkie Pie, you do it." Ord replied.

"Uh, no thanks. My fire breath would burn some parts of your project down." Pinkie said nervously. She obviously didn't want to risk ruining the project when she'd try to split it into two.

"Stand aside. This is a job for Super Wheezie!" Wheezie declared, wanting to help.

""Oh, no, you don't. You'll just make a mess. This needs to be done just right. I'll take care of it." Zak replied as everyone chose Zak split the project in half so Sweetie Belle and Ord can have their half to take home.

"Suit yourself." Wheezie groaned, disappointed that she didn't get to have it her way.

Zak uses his fire breath to split the project in two. He sure was successful!

"Hooray!" Everyone cheered in unison.

"Great job, Zak!" Sunset cheered.

"Thank you, thank you." Zak chuckled. Unfortunately, it wasn't long until Sweetie Belle and Ord had another problem.

"What's the matter?" Cassie asked in worry.

"I thought you would be happy with your half, darling." Rarity said, concerned.

"It doesn't work now." Sweetie complained.

"Yeah. The crystal is supposed to line up with the sparkle sand and now the wrecking ball doesn't have anything to wreck." Ord continued.

"It was better before." Sweetie cried.

"It's ruined! This is the worst day of my whole life! Now I have nothing to show my mommy!" Ord cried in despair. It seemed that everyone's ideas on how Ord and Sweetie Belle should share the what-do-you-call-it made everything worse.

"Oh, it's okay Ord. I'm sure that everything will work out soon." Fluttershy cooed, comforting Ord to make him feel better.

"I know. Why don't you just make another what-do-you-call-it?" Sunset asked.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Diamond asked.

"Yeah! We can ask Quetzal!" Sweetie replied as she giggled with Diamond while Ord hugged her.

Sometime later, everyone is at the School in the Sky to explain to Quetzal what happened.

"...and so after we figured out that when we split the what-do-you-call-it in two. it wasn't as good
as the whole one, so we decided the best idea was to make a new one just like it." Ord explained.

"We can take turns bringing it home!" Sweetie continued.

"Yeah, it's going to work indeed. I can see that it's going to work out perfectly!" Pinkie exclaimed as her badge glows yellow and she suffered a tiny magical tickle attack and she laughed from it. Eventually, her badge stopped glowing and she recovered.

"After that, we're best friends again!" Ord exclaimed in excitement.

"Buenaidea. I think you two have discovered an excellent solution. Come in, niños." Quetzal replied, allowing everyone back into the School in the Sky.

Eventually, Sweetie Belle and Ord have finished their new what-do-you-call-it. They worked together and teamwork makes the dream work!

"There! All finished." Ord exclaimed upon the project's completion as Rarity hugs her sister.

"I'm so proud of you, darling! You found a way to make things right with Ord indeed." Rarity cheered as Sweetie Belle giggled, loving the achievement.

"Magnífico." Quetzal said, loving the new what-do-you-call-it.

"It's just as good as the first one." Sunset said happily.

"Better!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she grabbed a handful of confetti out her hair and threw it over Sweetie Belle. "I'll clean that up..." she said sheepishly.

"Ord?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Yeah, Sweetie?" Ord replied.

"I think you should take the what-do-you-call-it home first." Sweetie offered, clearly giving Ord a kind offer.

"Are you sure?" Ord asked.

"Sure. You're my best friend and that's what friends are for!" Sweetie answered as she hugged her friend. That means that Sweetie Belle and Ord are indeed friends again!

"Aw, that's nice to see that you two put your differences in the end." Fluttershy cheered.

"That's exactly one of my favorite things about friendship. Everyone talks about their problem and everyone moves on." Sunset explained.

With that, it was time for Sunset, Diamond, Sweetie, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy to head home. “I wish, I wish, to use this rhyme, to go back home, until next time.” they recited in unison as they finally went home after a long friendship-fueling day.

A week after Sweetie Belle restored her friendship with both Ord and Diamond Tiara, it's time for the annual Canterlot High talent show! After many acts from students of the school, Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rarity wish Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara good luck with their act.

"...and now everybody, for our final act: let's give a warm welcome to Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara singing ‘One and the Same’!" Vice Principal Luna announced as the audience clapped and cheered.

Once the song ended, everyone held a applause riot while Sunset Shimmer and the girls were backstage cheering for the duo. As the duo went backstage, the girls were excited by the performance.

"That was amazing!" Sunset cheered.

"Yeah, you both did great! All it took was a little teamwork and everything worked out great in the end." Fluttershy said as Diamond and Sweetie high-fived each other.

"I am so proud of you, darling!" Rarity cheered as she hugged her sister and Diamond.

"Aw, shucks." Sweetie giggled.

"Once the talent show's over, how about we throw a Congratulations Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara party?" Pinkie asked as everyone loves the idea!

In the end, Sweetie and Diamond won first prize at the talent show and everyone enjoyed the party Pinkie set up!

The End

Author's Note

I don't own One and the Same and its lyrics.

It belongs to Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. It's one of the songs from Disney Channel's original movie "Princess Protection Program".