YEAH!!!

Time to Celebrate!!!

in the week following her Veterinary Practice opening, Applebloom quickly grew in popularity. that's thanks to her first customer being the son of one of the richest ponies on the planet! and it's Twist, of all mares. Twist!! Her old lisping friend from before she met Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. She always figured that since she got her Cutie Mark when they were fillies, Twist just stopped hanging out with her. She never figured Twist moved to Trottingham. There wasn't a note or anything. Guess her parents didn't bother to tell. and Tiara, who moved here just a couple of years after her, didn't know about her being here either, so imagine her surprise.

Applebloom felt like looking her up, but didn't feel like it. Twist is now one of the richest Ponies on Equestria, and all that's from a world-wide candy business she founded. or took over or inherited- for some reason, that's the part nobody's been able to figure out. and Applebloom would feel out of place hanging with a wealthy entrepanuer.

............ Imagine how sheds feel if word got out that she and Tiara were dating. Yeesh, even Filthy Rich will be surprised. He hates Filly Foolers.

Back to the first subject. Ever since she helped the son of one of the richest Ponies in Trottingham, and being more gentle and caring and family friendly then the other guy's, Applebloom's Veterinary Practice quickly spread. It even reached the ears of Emil, the only vet in Trottingham before Applebloom came. He offered her a position in his practice but she refused, saying she wishes to do this by herself to prove herself.

She always is stubborn.

High up on a hill overlooking Trottingham, where the rich and elite live, a certain entrepanuer was reading a newspaper from yesterday. She was so busy that she never got the chance to do so. She finished with the second pages and flipped to the third, seeing a face she never saw in years.

Applebloom's face was plastered on a small ad, following by a small article saying, 'the up and coming Vet to give Emil a run for his money.'

the Entrepanuer smiled with a chuckle. "Applebloom..." she closed the paper and chuckled again. "it's been forever." She thought for a moment. "Hmm.... maybe i should look her up.

"CHEERS!!!"

6 mugs and 2 bottles of water clanged together as Applebloom and her Torttingham friends cheered. 1 week and already, her practice is known thoughout the city. It even got the ear of Emil, so that's something. Of course, A.P. has a feeling that that's mostly due to her standing, with her step-brother Zilver being related to Trixie, who's married to Princess Luna. Well, whatever the case, she made it and she's known thoughout the town, too. She can't wait to write home to Applejack about this.

"Let me be the first to say Congratulations to Applebloom." Zim said. "in just a week, she's become as famous as Emil and already has 3 appointments from 3 other rich bigwigs. Congrats, cous."

Applebloom blushed and scratched her neck. "Ah, stop, Zim. you're gonna make me blush."

Zim chuckled like a doofus and took a big swig of his drink. Breeze rolled his eyes and sighed. Zim is a idiot. "So, bet you dodn't expect to be this famous in just a week."

"Yeah. i wasn't planning on being famous. and i wasn't expecting word to get out about me for at least another month."

"That's business for you." Cannon said. "It all depends on the first customer you get, and lucky for you, you got the son of one of the most richest and famous ponies around. and thanks to Word of Mouth, you got famous for helping the pet of Twist's son. Plus, i'm sure it's your approach. Emil is a vet from the Gryphon Kingdom and a city slicker. Your a country girl from a town that lives very close to nature. And you were trained by Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness. That's a plus there."

Applebloom shrugged. "If you say so. Doesn't really matter to me. As long as i have my business and Tiara, i'm happy enough." Tiara went aw and nuzzled up next to her.

All of her friends, however, are peeved. "We don't fit into that equation?" Rise asked.

Oh crud. She forgot that. she chuckled sheepishly and sank in her seat.

*Hic. Hic. Hic.*

She drank way too much. Applebloom drank way too much back there, she's having trouble walking, can't think properly, and even speak right. The only way she's being able to get him is thanks to Tiara. Snowdrop is busy carrying Zim him as well, and he's out cold. Applebloom, on the other hand...

"Heh he hheeeeeeeehhhhh.... you are..... so beautiful, Tiara... *Hic* so..... bucking beautiful..." Tiara knows she's drunk off her plot, but it's still nice to hear a compliment. "Everyo stallion....... mare..... whabeler........ got ynothing on mabrlage...." Yep. one too much. now she's speaking gibberish. She looked to Snowdrop and she rolled her eyes as well. Applebloom cannot hold her liquor.

"Marrrr...... helllllllllll...... sertfgothgjtbeoaoutbg!*%&&#&$(&%^!(%^."

Tiara annoyingly looked to the camera. "Really. sure your not drunk yourself?"

Hey, shut up. just go along with it, okay? besides, think the keyboards acting up.

"Something's acting up but i don't think it's the keyboard."

Hey, i can erase you. all i have to do is hit backspace.

"Shutting up."

Good. now let's get back to this, shall we?

Snowdrop dropped the passed out Zim on their bed and sighed and groaned. He weighs more then he looks. His snoring quickly filled the room and reverberated though her ears.

"Ugh. we need to do something about your snoring." she closed her ears and walked out. she closed the door behind her. She leaned on the door and slid down, sputtering on the way. And that's the father of her baby. Yeesh. Scary thought. "Hope Tiara is having better luck with Applebloom."

"♪......there's always room for you......♪" Applebloom hiccuped again. "♪....if you want to be my friend.....♪" Tiara quickly plopped Applebloom down on her bed. A.P. instantly fell on her side. "♪we are.... we are, on the cruise..................♪"

Tiara groaned with a sigh. Not that song. She hates that show. She never figured Applebloom for a fan.

"Okay.... hopefully you'll be sobered up tomorrow." Applebloom hiccuped in reply. She really can't hold her liquor. "ugh. and your breath smells terrible. I hope alcohol breath doesn't count." She said, remembering her unborn baby. She got up off the floor and groaned; she's getting heavier every day. "Well, i better head for home. I--" Applebloom had fallen asleep when she fell and snored up a storm.

Tiara lightly chuckled at her slumbering form. She walked over and kissed her on the forehead. "Goodnight, Applebloom." She pulled a blanket over Applebloom and headed out the door.

"mnyah..... Taraia..... merryh me..."

Tiara stopped at the door for a moment and looked back. First time she had Applebloom talking in her sleep, but that's not what stopped her. Did Applebloom just say, 'Tiara, Marry Me?' That could just be the alcohol talking but.... then again. She quickly shook her head, dismissing the thought. "Yeah. Probably just the alcohol." she headed out the door and closed it behind her.

Snowdrop picked up some fallen magazines that Zim had the unfortunate of running into on the way in and put them back on the table. At the same time, Tiara came down from above and grabbed her coat.

"Heading home?" Snowdrop asked.

"Yeah. Drunkies asleep, and i think i got a contact high."

Snowdrop lightly chuckled. "same here. You'd figure for being part of the Apple Family, and for just being country folks in general, they'd both be able to hold their liquor."

"Guess not." the both of them said in unison.

Tiara put her coat on one hoof at a time then headed out. "Night, 'Drop."

"Night, Tiara." Snowdrop was too tired to walk all the way back upstairs. So, she laid down on the couch and fell asleep then and there.

Tiara closed the door and headed for home. This would be the first time she would be home since the blizzard. In fact, she wonders if her dad is even worried about her. It has been a while since she actually slept at home. Wonder if he knows about her and Applebloom- he's certainly not letting it be known.

Tiara was barely two steps away when she bumped into a pony heading the opposite direction. "Oh, sorry." Tiara said.

"No no, it's my fault. i didn't watch where i was going." the amber-grey Mare with a long scarlet mane and crimson-colored glasses said. Tiara blinked in suspicion. She feels like she saw this mare before but can't piece it where. Her look made the mare a bit nervous. "Un.... is something wrong?"

Tiara was hesitant with a reply. "No... you just remind me of someone."

"Oh. well, i'm told i have that effect of people." She finished that sentence with a chuckle. "Listen, do you know a Pony named Applebloom? i heard she lives around here. do you know where?"

Applebloom? Tiara got suspicious. Why is she looking for Applebloom? "Yeah... she lives right here." she pointed to the house to their right. "But i'm afraid she won't be able to talk. She had a bit too much to drink and is just out of it."

The Mare was disappointed. "Oh. that's too bad. i was hoping to talk to her."

"Talk to her?" Now Tiara got suspicious. "Okay, who are you and what's your relation to Applebloom? are you looking to buy out her building?"

"What? no no. exactly the opposite. i was just hoping to talk to her. Well, when she walks up, tell her a old friend from Ponyville dropped by." the mare turned and left.

She was barely 5 feet away when Tiara walked up. "Wait, old friend from Ponyvillle?" With that clue, Tiara took another close look. "Wait... Twist? Pepperment Twist?"

Twist raised a eyebrow in confusion. "You... know me?"

the two of them stopped and Tiara walked in front. "It's me. Diamond Tiara. From Mrs. Cheerilee's class?"

Well, this is unexpected. Twist expected to talk to Applebloom. She didn't expect Tiara. "Tiara?" the pregnant mare nodded her head in approval. Of course, as they haven't seen each other since grade school, Twist naturally freaked out. "Whoa!? Tiara! You didn't come here to bully me again, did you?!"

Tiara was confused by her response but realized that she never saw her in 20 years. "Twist, Twist, Twist. i changed. i'm a nice mare now. Ask Applebloom herself when she wakes up."

Twist isn't so sure about that. It takes more then time to change someone, and even then it's not guaranteed. "If you say so. Didn't expect to run into you here."

"Same here. i moved to Trottingham 18 years ago with my dad when he got transferred here."

"Oh. oh, well that'll explain it." Twist muttered.

Tiara just noticed this but... Twist looked different. "Wait... wasn't your hair curly? and didn't you have a lisp? and had freckles?"

"Changed it and lost it." Twist said in quick possibly the simplest way. Tiara gave her a stern look. she needs more info then that. "I changed my hair when i reached puberty. same thing happened with the freckles and lisp. they just went away. Poof."

Tiara exclaimed in understatement. the sudden sound of a chiming bell echoed though the city, signaling that it was now 9 o'clock. "Oh, geez. i better get home." Tiara said with a slight hint of worry.

"Same here. I promised my son i'd read him a bedtime story."

Tiara nodded and headed for home. Twist turned and followed alongside her. "You have a son?" Tiara asked.

"Yeah. Tall Tale. I had him 5 years ago with my husband. He's a Diamond Dog."

If Tiara had a drink, she'd be spitting it up right now. "A Diamond Dog?!"

"Yep. Hound is a nice guy and a gentle soul." Tiara's not arguing. she's just surprised. "Anyway, it was though him and the newspaper that i learned that Applebloom was here. Surprised she moved here, and that you live here. Guess fate works in mysterious ways."

Tiara shrugged. "If you say so. but if you ask me, Fate is overrated." Twist raised a eyebrow in confusion. Tiara gestured back to her belly. "If Fate has a plan for this guy, i don't see it."

"OH! You're pregnant!" Twist cooed.

"Not by choice. i was taken advantage of by a very, very mean Gryphon and now i'm stuck with it." She lowered her head and groaned. "I don't know what i'm going to do. Dad said he would support me financially and Applebloom and my friends are willing to help. But... but I don't know what to do." Twist is surprised. She never saw Tiara like this before. To see her so vulnerable is... Tiara sighed and broke that line of the conversation. "So, what's new with you?"

She should've seen that coming. But Twist didn't pursue it. it's clear this is a tough subject matter for her. "Nothing much." She said, going along with it. "Me and Hound are planning on having another kid but we can't find the time. We're both too busy."

"I can believe that."

"OH, and is it true? Is Applebloom really a duchess?"

Should've expected this to come up. "Technically, yes. there's 2 ways that she is. One of them is that her sister, Applejack's, husband Zilver is sister to Trixie Lulamoon, who is married to Princess Luna. The other way is that he's also the brother to Halo, Twilight's husband. and Twilight's brother is married to Princess Cadence."

Twist scratched her head in confusion. "Sounds complicated."

"It is. But how she and her family got to there is complicated as well."

Tiara then went into detail about what happened after she and Twist moved away from Ponyville, about the humans arriving, the turning into human fiasco caused by Trixie, the Winter War, Discord's return, the giant dragon Oscurita, and everything else in-between.

"Wow." Twist exclaimed. "That's.... a bit much."

"Tell that to Applebloom. she was in the middle of it."

"True."

The two of them reached the upper echelon of Trottingham and passed though a large pair of iron gates. "Well, here's where we part ways." Twist said.

"well, you want to see Applebloom, right? Just come to her practice tomorrow. She'll have a terrible hangover but she'll be there. Her practice is across from the Theater."

Twist nodded. "I'll do just that. See you tomorrow, Tiara." She turned and left, heading for her home. Tiara nodded and did the same. Twist sure has changed a lot. She's no longer the shy lisping filly she remembers. She's now grown-up and beautiful. Funny how time can change you.

Eyes bloodshot and head rining, Applebloom's head rested on the counter in the lobby of her practice. Despite 12 cups of coffee and a very cold shower, Her head and stomach still hurt like they're going to burst.

"My poor little cranium." She groaned.

"Told you not to drink that much." Tiara said, reading a magazine on a chair. "But you went and did it anyway."

Applebloom groaned again, this time sounding like she agreed.

The door opened up and the bell rang. To her, it may as well be a large bell her head is inside of. "Please.... not so loud...."

The response was something she didn't expect. "Guess Tiara was right. you are hungover."

Applebloom snapped her eyes open. She knows that voice. It's not lisping, but she recognizes it. "Wait..." she lifted her head up and looked to the door. "Twist?"

Twist smiled with a smirk. "were you expecting someone else?"

Applebloom smiled wide. her hairs differnet and she lost her freckles but it's still Twist. "Twist!" she tried to bolt up but her head began to hurt horribly. "Oh! migraine. alcohol migraine!"

Twist winced in sympathy pains. She had those and they are not fun. "Long time no see, Applebloom."

It really is her. She never expected Twist to show up. "Twist!" She exclaimed with a big smile. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, i went to your house to meet you last night but i bumped into Tiara and she told me you were drunk off your plot and that i should wait for today."

"Good thinking..." Applebloom groaned, looking to Tiara with hungover eyes. She returned to Twist and smiled. "We have so much to catch up on!"

Twist chuckled. "That we do. But first... i have a business proposition." Both Tiara and Applebloom weren't expecting that. "How would you... like an endorsement?"

Both mares blinked. "Endorsement?" they both said.

Yep. Endorsement.

Now not only does her practice have the financial help of her Marefriends father, she now has a ringing endorsement from one of the richest Ponies on the planet. 'The Apple's Bloom Veterinary Practice. Now Fully Endorsed by the Twist and Shout Candy Company.'

Seeing that on the billboard out front made Green Star snarl like a demon. "Dammit, Dammit, Dammit!" He kicked a potted plant and sent it flying though a window.

Applebloom's face beamed when she saw the new sign. "OH, THIS IS JUST TOO GOOD!" She happily cheered, jumping up into the air.

"Figured you'd like that." Twist said with a smile.

Applebloom chuckled like a idiot. "Got my practice. It's fully endorsed. And i got a wonderful Marefriend! This has been the best week ever!"

"Marefriend?" Twist asked. "I never knew you were a Filly-Fooler."

"Neither did i. Yet, time with Tiara changed that."

"Tiara?"

"Yeah. We're Marefriends." Tiara chimed in. "But, un.... mind keeping this a secret, please? If my Dad found out, he might blow a gasket. He's not the biggest fan of Filly-Foolers and if he finds out his only daughter is one..."

"i get it, i get it." Twist looked at the two. They do seem happy together and they both mean it. "But... how are you two going out? I thought you hated each other."

Applebloom sputtered. "That was then, this is now. We were fillies. We hated a lot of things."

True 'dat. "Well, you two do seem like you're made for each other."

Applebloom and Tiara looked at each other with big smiles. "We know." they both said. Twist joined in on the smile as well.

"Oh, We have a lot of things to catch up on!" Applebloom exclaimed. "You up for some coffee?"

Twist nodded. "Sure. i'm open."

"Tiara?"

"I'm good, thanks. someone's gotta keep an eye on the place. Plus, Coffee makes Silver Crown all wired and moves around constantly."

"Okay. Be back soon." Applebloom and Twist walked off, both already chatting up a storm.

Tiara watched them leave and smiled. Time and Fate does have a way of bringing friends together again. It's good to let them do some catching up. And she doesn't have to worry about Twist trying to steal her girl; she's already married herself. Besides... this would give Tiara time enough to think.

Time to think... about what to do about Silver Crown.

Author's Note

guess the show that song drunk Applebloom sang and you get a cookie.