The chance of a lifetime

by Rarity Belle

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Fluttershy, Adventure, Twilight Sparkle, Discord, Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Original Character
Length: 6366

After an incident in Canterlot, Fluttershy finds a baby Draconequus who has more to him then he gives away.

On what was such a normal evening in the EverFree, Fluttershy find a sleeping baby Draconequus who reminds her of somepony she fears the most. But the questions start to rise, who is he? Where is he from? And above all, where are his parents?

Meanwhile in Canterlot, the Princess of the Sun, Twilight Sparkle and her teacher in magic, Latsyrch might know more about the matter.

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Donations are welcome.
A story that entered my mind after seeing 'Keep calm and Flutter on', have to admit, it was nice to work on this for as long as I did. But over time, other projects got a hold of me and tangled me further down. I might finish it one day, but chances are very unlikely.

Title card made by: Anima-dos
Edited by: Rarity Belle

Published 2013-04-25 20:10:02 UTC
Last updated 2013-04-25 20:10:02 UTC

Prologue

Life is something interesting...

As much as you think it goes just in a straight line...

In reality, it goes every way but...

It was a normal spring evening in the land of Equestria, most ponies made themselves ready to go to bed or already where, some stayed out of bed in order to enjoy the calm weather for just a little longer, some watched upon the stars through a telescope on the balcony of a library, as others made a trot together through the streets, filling them with a posh and southern accent. But some, or better said one, was caring for the many animals around the outskirts of Ponyville. One yellow coated, pink maned Pegasus was still doing her job as best as she could, even if the sun had set she was still as busy as one can ever be.

“Uhm, let’s see here... The beavers got their wood, the otters their fish, the birds their worms, Angel had his carrot... Mister Bear!” she shocked up from the sudden realization before flying back to the small cottage she always had called ‘home’. It was a lovely little home, filled with holes and walkways for little creatures. Visitors and ponies who passed by often wondered themselves how one was able to live in such a house. But when you are used to it, it feel natural for you. Being normal is not set in stone, normal differs from pony to pony.

The yellow coated Pegasus searched high and low in her cabinets for the special jar of honey she always kept behind of the polite bear of the forest. “Oh, where did I left it, where, just where...” But eventually, the missing jar was found on a spot she never truly expected it but didn't bother to question its placing.

She rushed back out of her home again while heading straight for the EverFree Forest. Making her way over towards the cave of the bear she loved so very much. Through makeshifts paths the Pegasus hopped over outgoing roots and ducked for low hanging branches while her eyes kept looking out at anything that might slow her down.

Eventually she came on the small open plain before the cave and she took the sealed jar from under her wing and gently placed it before the entrance while almost whispering, “Mister Bear? Are you home? Or awake?”

A small amount of time began to pass by before the white teeth of a creature at least three times bigger than the Pegasus, but she didn't even move. Suddenly a terrifying roar left the cave as the white fangs disappeared. Any sane pony would just make sure to get away for their lives, but this mare didn't even blink at it.

There it came, out of the darkness of the cave came the creature to whom the teeth belonged and from where the roar came from. A humongous brown bear left the cave on its hindlegs while stretching its fore ones as another yawn left his mouth. Those roars caught up, were in reality just loud yawns, but the echo of the cave changed them drastically. A smile came to his face as the little Pegasus got caught in his eyes before they fell upon the sealed.

He blinked a couple times under a small ‘hmm’ sound and pointed with one of his paws to the jar, and then back to him while speaking in the language of the bear. Which mostly involving growling. He growled something friendly in a manner of saying, is that for me?

She gave a nod under a small and shy smile. “Why yes, yes it is for you.”

He sat down on the ground upon hearing her words and took the jar ever so gently before taking of the lid. He wanted to dig his paw into it, but then realized something. Without a second thought he offered the jar to the Pegasus and growled softly, Would you like some as well?

She gently shook her head before she spoke again. “As much as I honestly do appreciate the offer, this jar is just for you mister Bear.”

He only smiled before digging his paw into the jar and began to eat ever so happily. The Pegasus got allowed a small giggle to leave her mouth after which she said. “I sadly have to go again, be good tonight alright!”

Mister Bear waved back while his paw was covered in honey and kept waving until she was completely out of sight before returning to his beloved honey.

She walked back home a little bit different than she had come as she took the long route home, leading her past wonderful places in the forest, a field of illuminated flowers in the moonlight, a small pond as peaceful as her mind before coming to a plain where the moon shined on for the whole of the night.

The mare was trotting under a small hum and her eyes closed towards this particular plain. Her ears kept themselves perked all the time for sounds around her. But the sound that would fall into her ears soon enough, is something that will not only change her life, but also that of her friends.

A coursing river...

A stream...

Simple things life is often compared with by many...

As she kept wandering near the plain, the sound of a soft snoring caught up in her ears, but it wasn't a snoring she remembered from any creature she knew. The eyelids gently opened themselves, therefore revealing the moderate cyan eyes she had as they watched over to the small open field.

But there, in the middle of it, laid a small figure, even smaller than she was, about the size of a little filly. One of her hooves moved over to her mouth as a small gasp left her mouth. Without a second thought, she quietly galloped over to the figure and inspected it ever so gently. But this being, was not a being she could place in her mind so easily. No known creature in her mind could match the, randomness, that this being had. However, she remembered one kind from books and unpleasant personal experiences that told her enough about this little fellow.

The being where she had laid her eyes on, where she stood next, was looking exactly like the spirit of chaos who lives under the name of Discord. There was one big exception which being the age and size. Given the looks it had, she could only assume it was a male of some kind and she would stick that until proven otherwise.

She couldn't get it over her heart to just leave the being here. The mare gently lowered her head before carefully nudging the little guy, hoping it would wake him up. It appeared to be working as the snoring died down in order to make place for a soft moan of waking up. The dark brown eyelids carefully moved up in order to reveal the yellow eyes and the red pupils.

The Pegasus allowed a warm smile to leave her face as the little creature its eyes fell upon her and only cocked its head a little, clearly not understanding anything the meaning of the smile. She gently lowered herself on her hooves, laying next to him while her wing gently got place over him in order to keep him comfortable and warm.

He however, first found it very uncomfortable that she laid next to him and tried to get away as fast as possible. But as the warm wing was placed comfortably over his cold body, he went into the exact opposite direction and snuggled her body ever so gently. “There, there.” she gently spoke in response to the snuggling, “But what is a child like you doing out here... Are you lost?”

He gave a simple nod in response as the snuggling turned over into cuddling. The Pegasus mare began to wonder things even more, “Do you know where your parents are?” He only shook his head in a negative way as the mare began to feel sorry for the little child, she couldn't leave him here. Not like this. Who knows where his parents are or what they might be themselves. No, she couldn't do it. “Do you have a name?”

He wanted to respond to this question, but only some underage blabbering left his mouth in a cute way while the mare let go a gentle giggle while beginning to nuzzle his little head. “You are adorable.” she spoke in a soft voice. “But we have to return to my home, come, sit on my back if you want.” She opened her wings in order to let him out and he understood her spoken words for he crawled upon the back of the mare who tucked her wing back in nicely.

As he made himself comfortable on the back of the Pegasus, he placed his head against her neck while his eyes closed themselves in order to fall asleep again under the peaceful sounds of the forest as she gently rose back up on her hooves while beginning to carefully trot back through the forest, towards her cottage.

The journey itself was quite the peaceful one in and of itself, much to the relief of the mare. Through the trees and on the horizon, the lights of the cottage became visible while she kept trotting in the same pace, not willing to wake up the being on her back.

When she did finally reach her ever so loved home, the Pegasus carefully opened the door after which she entered the structure while closing the door behind her, “Angel, I am home.”, she said as the white bunny laid on his favorite spot on the couch.

The mare quickly but gently, made her way up to the bedroom where she carefully woke him up. His eyes opened under a cute yawn and a soft moan while blinking a couple times before she stood next to the bed, allowing him to glide off of her back and into the bed to sleep further which he did.

But before he could sleep again, the Pegasus released the hardest question she could ask to him, but she needed to be sure. Under a loud gulp and an even softer voice than normal she brought out what was haunting her mind. “D-Do you have, p-parents?”

He turned his little head towards her as she spoke her words, only to shake his head, confirming the thoughts of the mare. She had already thought it would be that way and couldn’t get it over her heart to let him just wander around in the endless wilderness of the world.

She gently crawled back into the bed herself, lifting her head up with a hoof as her elbow rested on the pillow. “Then... I can be your mother.”

His yellow and red eyes shot open upon those words and only blinked a couple of times before crawling closer to the mare and hugging her tightly as some tears made their way down his face and into her coat, she wrapped both of her forelegs around him as she began to hum very softly.

The humming had the side effect of both calming him down and allowed him to sleep peacefully but kept snuggling his newly adoptive mother. The humming of the mare slowly died down as her own eyes closed themselves and she questioned herself ever so gently. “I hope you know where you got yourself into, Fluttershy...”

Chapter 1

Unexpected events do their turn all the time...

Placing a pony on a crossway that will make them decisions they rather don’t want to...

It is up to them, which way to go...

Right, left, straight ahead...

Or back...

The afternoon sun was standing high on the skies above Canterlot, the upclass ponies where al minding their own business as the streets were always crowded, but further up the road, stood the magnificent castle of the royalties of the land, the home of the Princess of the Sun and the Moon. Not a single cloud could be seen in the skies, but in the statue garden of the Castle, one mulberry coated mare, living under the name of Twilight Sparkle, was meditating there for she was following a very heavy lesson in magic.

An elderly, grayish blue coated stallion risen on his hindlegs while supporting himself on a cane was watching the little Unicorn with great interest. His old voice spoke loud enough to dig itself through the concentration of the mare. “Very good, very good miss Sparkle, allow the flow of magic to not only come from your reservoirs, but from your whole body. Take deep breaths and keep thinking of the place I told you about.”

Twilight kept taking deep inhales through her nose as she exhaled through her mouth while her eyes were closed in a gentle manner. Her mind was wandering off to misty mountains and caverns old before she found that one spot in her mind, her center. A wonderful pond hidden deeply in a friendly looking forest. But as she did this journey through her mind, she began to speak gently. “Yes mister Latsyrch.”

He gave her a simple nod in return before returning to his speaking. “In order for you to perform a blast of harmony, you need to be in your center, go to the very middle of the place before you and stay there, whatever may happen, do not get scared. I shall guide you through it.”

Twilight was standing before a small, shallow pond in her mind. But after hearing the words of Latsyrch, she took a gently step forward, towards the water. She expected her to hoof to sink straight to the bottom of it, but oddly enough, her hoof stayed on the surface of the water.

Surprised by this turn of events, she carefully placed all of her legs on the surface before venturing further to the center of the small, motionless pond. As she stood in the middle, her eyes closed themselves as well as deep in- and exhales left her nose. “I am there, the middle of the middle.”

“Good, very good. Now, soon enough you will feel that you sink into the ground, being pulled gently down as you face countless events of your life that either make you happy, or depress you. Do not, I repeat, do not, gaze upon them for too much, as these memories are the mind natural defense against intruders for the center. Do you understand?”

The mare gave another nod of understanding as his old eyes gazed upon the many statues in the garden. Many of them were unknown of just how they got there, but one stood out of every single one. The statue behind Twilight, the statue of the last of his kind, the statue of a spirit the complete opposite of where Ponies stand for, the statue of the spirit of Chaos, the stone imprisonment of Discord himself.

Back on the pond, Twilight did indeed feel the gently tucking downwards and soon enough, she plummet down again in her mind, the water began to rage in a whirlpool below her, but she kept standing while her soul fell out of her body and into the created abyss.

As her soul opened itself eyes, it was falling gently into the darkness, it gently looked up to her mindly image of herself, letting to a small smile upon the sight, before turning herself back into the darkness, hoping he was right about guiding her through.

Latsyrch allowed his eyes to fall back upon the mare and he could see she was traveling to her very center while a small smile appeared on his face, “Maybe she doesn't need my help.”, he spoke gently while using the cane to leave on a bit more.

Twilight’s soul past countless memories, reformed into horrible ones making any sane pony just willing to crawl back up again, but she was determined, she would succeed, one way or the other, she will push herself through this matter. Her soul closed its eyes again in order to escape the sight of the memories before she landed on her hooves on a solid floor.

He saw she had reached her very center as a very distinct shiver took place in her body, making the smile even brighter, “Twilight, if you can hear me. This is what you have to do, raise on your hindlegs and spread your forelegs out to the side, point your horn up towards the gate you just came through. Charge up your horn and fire the harmony tome that was given to you by the Princess, shoot that spell up to your mindly image who will send it through its horn over to the horn your body has.”

The ears of the soul caught up the spoken words and she did was was asked from her, indeed raising on her hindlegs and spreading her forelegs out to either side. A couple deep breaths took place as her eyes opened themselves to see the white room she was in now, the center of a pony, the center of its very existence. Her eyes gently gazed up to the small whirlpool of water above her and saw her mind image, this created a small smile upon her face before the eyes closed themselves again and she began to collect her magic, allowing her horn to be coated in the raspberry coloring as she began to remember the given tome by the Princess.

Soon enough, her entire body began to cast itself in the raspberry coloring as the beam of harmony shot up from the horn of the soul, straight to the body of the mindly image, whose horn also began to shine before acting like a middle stop for power, guiding it to the Unicorn herself. The horn of the living Twilight started to shine in the same coloring while she tried to hold it back, the aura was flowing vibrantly before sparks of magic left her horn. But something went terribly wrong during the cast, the power given had become too great and the stallion took a deep note of it, he threw his cane off of the side while walking over to Twilight on all four of his hooves. He knew there was not that much time left, but letting this beam being shot into the skies, would have unseen consequences. He did the only thing that was right in his own mind.

With a lot of force, he managed to turn the body of the Unicorn as she tried to keep her horn into the air. But after some struggling, the inevitable happened. The beam of magic, the harmony spell she tried to cast, got shot out of her horn at full force towards a statue. Latsyrch didn't even dare to watch and closed his eyes, for all he could hear was the shattering of something.

The soul of Twilight eventually discharged herself before being sucked back into her mindly image which on her turn knocked the living mare back to reality as she opened her eyes, only to see the dust coming from a broken statue. “W-What happened?”

Upon hearing her voice, the elderly stallion opened his eyes as well before he opened his mouth. “A powerful beam of Harmony, f-far stronger than I ever expected it to be... You, accidently, s-shattered a statue with it...” He didn't even care just which statue has been broken, for all he cared for was the mare he had been teaching, making sure she was alright.

But some of the guards, accompanied by the Princess herself, walked into the statue garden after hearing the deafening release of energy. Celestia walked up calmly towards the hugging ponies before her eyes eyes fell upon the rubble from the statue, pondering her own mind of which statue would have been standing there. She then turned her attention back to the teacher and student while she spoke softly. “Are you two alright?”

“W-We are your Highness, just, just a little shocked of w-what happened.” answered the elderly stallion as Twilight was only blinking.

“Your Majesty, the statue that has been shattered was the statue of the spirit of chaos.” one of the guards spoke as he galloped up to her.

“Discord?” the white Alicorn questioned. “Double the patrols and keep a watchful eye out for chaotic magic. We can’t have that event happening all over again. As for Twilight here, you have been doing more than enough, go home and take a long rest my faithful student.”

Twilight gave a small nod as the hold between the mare and stallion got separated and she began to make her way home, still questioning herself just what might have happened, Latsyrch managed to pick up his cane again before he said, “Do you truly think he was able to survive such a powerful beam, Princess?”

A small sigh left the nose of the Alicorn as she spoke again. “Discord is an unstoppable force, only willing to topple the world into chaos, now with his disappearance, I do not take any chances old master.”

While a small but thoughtful moan left the mouth of the stallion he eventually made his reply. “But what if, he is truly gone... What can we do then your highness?”

“With Discord truly gone? We could only dream of those times, but this tale is not mine to tell, neither is it his. Time has to tell this tale...”

If they only know what truly happened in that stone imprisonment as the harmony beam made its way through it...

Chapter 2

Turns and twists never stop...

The flow of time is never set in stone...

As the morning sun gently began to peek over the hills of Equestria, ponies far and wide managed to hoist themselves out of their bed as some couldn't resist it and kept in bed. The soft yellow coated Pegasus belonged to the first group of ponies. Ever so gently the warm rays of the sun teased her nose softly what resulted in a cute sneeze to occur before a soft sniffle could be heard as her eyes opened themselves under a small yawn.

While she was trying to wake up she inspected her position only to let her eyes fall upon her ‘son’. A sigh of joy left her nose as she gently nuzzled him. “Wakey wakey.” her soft voice spoke. And in response, the little creature opened its eyes after a long and satisfying night of rest but he wasn't in the mood to do anything.

The mare carefully opened her wings as she left the bed but kept standing next to it in order for him to crawl on it which he did with great joy, “First we shall have some breakfast and then we are going to visit most of the little critters and after that, you are going to meet your aunts.”

His eyes opened themselves widely upon the words but could only do as the Pegasus did so. The went first to the kitchen where Fluttershy began to prepare a bottle of milk for him and after some careful measuring with both the amount and temperature it was finally given to him and he was sucking from it with great glee, truly enjoying it as the mare continued on with her day.

Normally she would have been flying all around in order to feed her little critter friends, but given with him on his back, that task was fairly much given out of hooves but she apologized for her late arrival to every creature she encountered and explained her situation. Lucky enough for her, they did all understand it and after the early morning had past they returned back home where she took place in a chair while placing him next to her. “You need a name... How about, Daveak?” The little creature only cocked his head a little at the name before nodding in an agreeable manner. “Then you shall be named, Daveak.” Fluttershy began to cuddle her adopted son ever so lovingly as he could feel the love she was giving to him deep in his heart, warming it up ever so slowly before he began to cuddle back. As he cuddled her he released some of his love for her what resulted in a light squee to do its turn.

“I just hope all your aunt can come today Daveak, would be nice to see them all at once now wouldn't it?” she said in a caring tone before whistling gently. His yellow and red eyes gently peek up upon hearing it but he kept cuddling her ever so lovingly and time didn’t had to pass long enough for a couple birds to fly in through an open window and all hovering just before Fluttershy. “Would you please, please go to Ponyville and tell my friends I am organizing a small party at my home as a celebration for something special?” The birds first looked down to each other before turning their attention back to Fluttershy under a nod of acceptance and they flew away just as they came, through that open window.

And there they flew, majestically through the Equeatrian skies. A falcon, an eagle, an owl, a seagull and a pelican. All of them talked to each other own language as they made up a plan for which of them went were. After some long talking, all of them nodded and went a separate way while keeping an eye out for the friends of the Pegasus that cared for them.

While the eagle was soaring through the skies while its eyes scanned the ground and air below it couldn't find the mare it was looking for. But when it gazed down once more in order to hopefully find where it went for, it crashed into something rather, unexpected. A tortoise being suspended in the air with some sort of flying device. “Hey Tank, there is an, eagle... Behind you.” said a cyan coated Pegasus mare as she inspected her pet. “Wait a minute, you are one from Fluttershy.”

The eagle pushed its head backwards to be out of the grasp of the shell before shaking its head lightly to get everything right again. It began to fly again while gazing upon the Pegasus, recognizing her from the race but didn't want to bump its pride even more. It began to speak in its own language as she replied. “Uhu, alright, yes. Yeah I am there! Count Rainbow in for that.” The bird nodded and took off again, soaring back through the skies, back to the cottage to tell the news.

Where the eagle just had delivered the message, the falcon was just reached its place of destination as the eyes gazed over the land filled with apple trees in order to find his mare. There she walked, under a couple of trees. In its mind the falcon did some complex calculations before soaring down through the branches and over her, nearly knocking her hat off. “Wow nelly, why the rush birdy? Ain’t no mice ‘round here.” she said after fixing her hat and gazing upon the bird, “Hold a minute...” But more time to speak was her not granted as the bird did its story.

The cowgirl listened carefully before giving a nod. “Fluttershy giving a party, Ah gotta see that for maself, nice to see the rest as well again together at times we don’t have to save the darn world. Ah’m in.” And just as she spoke those words, the falcon was off in the skies again to return the news.

But somewhere else in Ponyville, a Unicorn was having a bit of a seagull problem as it had flown through the open door and landed straight in a pile of used fabric. “How do you dare to enter one's home without permission!? Hm? Do you have words to...” but before she could speak further she was interrupted by a loud screech of the gull what caused the mare to cover her ears. “Okay, okay, okay, fine, say your words!”

Just then the gull cleared its throat and told its story while the mare listened carefully. “Party at the cottage? What has that mare been thinking... But alright, I shall be there.” And so said, so done, the seagull flew back up and out through the door but not without having pecked the head of the mare for her rude words. The Unicorn growled a little before rubbing the sore spot with a hoof.

And lastly, there was the owl going towards the treelibrary of Ponyville. As it flew through an open window its eyes fell upon the other owl and they both began to talk a little in their own language. But just when the conversation was going well, the mulberry mare of the home made her appearance and she giggled at the sight. “So Owlowiscious, it seems you are having a new friend, or is this your girlfriend?”

The pet got a deep red blush over its face as the other owl gently nudged him with her wing before turning her attention back to the mare thus telling her story. The mare listened carefully while nodding gently. “So Fluttershy is giving a party because of a special event that happened. This might just get interesting. And I don’t think I have anything planned for today so that should not be a problem. Could you tell I shall come?” The turned its head a complete one hundred and eighty degrees before turning back to Owlowiscious and moved its beak over his cheek before taking off.

Owlowiscious however, only blushed even deeper before covering his face with his wing while Twilight let go yet another giggle. “Seems you are hitting on the girls Owly.” The only response she got was an loud ‘who’ in the manner of ‘shut up’.

The pelican however was having a bit of trouble finding his pony and eventually landed in the middle of two where he began to walk around until the singing of a mare fell in its ears and the voice got immediately recognized. Under some odd waddling it made its way over to the famous candy shop dubbed, Sugar Cube Corner and made its way over to the kitchen to meet the pink mare.

But as her cyan blue eyes fell upon the bird, she only smiled while giggling as an toothless alligator popped out of her mane. But when the pelican began to speak, her attention turned back to it with a cocked head. “Fluttershy giving a party? I am in for that! Oh, before I forget, can you take Gummy with you?” And before the bird you return anything, the alligator was stuffed in its mouth sack in order to stay there. Under some soft muttering of its own the pelican left the shop and began to fly away back to the cottage where they all were waiting on it to return.

All of them were bringing the joyful news of the mare being available the afternoon and Fluttershy couldn’t be more happier. “Oh thank you all so much for doing this for me. I promise I will give you an extra treat tomorrow”

The birds sung their songs happily before taking back off into the air again, but the pelican spit out Gummy before flying away and Daveak left his mother and crawled down to the floor as Fluttershy kept her eyes on the alligator, know it was as tame as could be and was toothless. “Well Daveak? What do you think of Gummy?”

While he carefully made his way over to the green lizard, it only closed its pink eyes eyes one before the other as the creature cocked its head gently. But in a lightning flash, Gummy was attached to the white tuft in the tail and nommed on it in a cute manner. “D’aaaaww! He likes you!” But in the eyes of Daveak, all he saw was a monster will to eat him and turned himself into the highest gear, using both his arms and legs to run around hoping to get rid of, it.

After a couple runs around the table, Fluttershy thought it was enough and she stood up from her chair before making her way into a collision course with her son. But years of taming animals had not been for nothing as with one swift movement she caught the mish mash and the gator and ticked Gummy under his left foreleg.

Much to Daveak’s surprise, Gummy let go as a hissing that sounds like laughter could be heard. He only blinked a couple times in surprise. Gummy was placed back on the ground in order to just roam around, or sit in one spot as he always did as Fluttershy brought her son to bed for his afternoon nap. But also, to have her hooves a little bit free in order to prepare for the upcoming party she had planned to.

While she prepared everything slowly, her mind couldn't stop thinking just how her friends would react to her being a mother. But they had to accept that fact for she was not going to place him into an orphanage, no way, no how. “Guess time will decide fate for tomorrow.”, she mumbled softly in herself before she tried to dispose the thoughts and began to hum softly in herself.

Chapter 3

The past, the present and the future, one of them set in stone, the other two moving around with each second...

But dwell too long in one, and you will loose your mind...

“Now then Owly, will you take care of the house while I am gone?” echoed through the treelibrary as Twilight found herself standing by the door, ready to make her departure. The pet owl flew up to her and nuzzled her cheek a little bit while letting out a confirming ‘who’.

“No Owlowiscious, not ‘who’...” spoke Spike in a slightly annoyed tone as he hugged the foreleg of the mare who began to chuckle softly at all the affection.

“Uhm, guys, I am only gone for a couple hours, not days.” But neither of the two cared for it as they kept hugging and nuzzling. “Alright, that is enough, otherwise I am going to be late, now we can not have that, can we?” The both of them released her with a smile and she trotted out of the library, humming happily to herself while waving back to them.

But once she was out of sight, Spike closed the door and chuckled softly in himself. “When Twilight is gone, Spike dances on the table.” And before the owl could even react, he was gone into his basket and pulled the blanket over him in order to take a deep nap. The owl set himself on the stand as his right wing planted itself in the face, shaking his head in it.

As Twilight was walking through the streets, one familiar Unicorn got caught in her eyes, a Unicorn with a white/grayish coat, mane of deep purple with a amazing curl in them and warm, inviting sapphire blue eyes. An incarnation of what many would believe by the definition of ‘true beauty’. The Unicorn living under the name of Rarity, the Element of Generosity.

“Hey Rarity, going to the party of Fluttershy as well?” the lavender mare asked as she walked up to her.

The mare her ears turned themselves into the direction of Twilight before her head did the same. “Hm? Oh yes, yes I am. It is quite the odd thing for her to do such a thing all of the sudden, what do you think her reason for it might be darling?”

“There you ask me quite the lot...” They began to walk together, continuing on towards their destination. “...I suppose the best thing is to just wait and see for herself.”

Rarity gave a small nod with her head as her eyes turned themselves back into the cloudless skies, bathing gently into the warm rays of the sun as they fell down upon the land. “I guess that is indeed the best we can do. Maybe we meet the others on the way there as well.”

A soft chuckle left Twilight as she gently gave a nudge to the white mare. “Who knows.”

But as much as they wanted to meet the rest of their friends, things didn’t turn out as they wanted for Applejack was still sweating on the farm, rounding up the final chores to do before refreshing herself. Pinkie was still busy baking the many cupcakes and pies for the Cakes who took care for their children. As for Rainbow Dash, well, she was napping in a tree on the Acres. Snoring quickly and hidden deep within the leaves of the mighty tree, making her practically invisible. “Woowie, final tree to buck today, then off to Fluttershy.” Applejack chuckled to herself while positioning herself so, so she could kick out the apples in one powerful stomp of her hindlegs. “One, two, three... Four!” With a crushing speed, the hoof of the cowgirl made contact with the trunk of the tree, sending the shock of impact through every single branch it had. Soon enough, many apples would fall down to the ground and into the cart she had with her. But next to apples, something else dropped to the ground as well. A much louder ‘thud’ followed up by an annoyed groan did its turn behind the tree.

The cowgirl blinked a couple times at the other sound while shaking her head. “What in tarnation...” Only then she moved over to the other side and saw Rainbow Dash rubbing her head. “Dash? What in the name of sanity are ya doing here?”

“Alright, alright, I was busy napping alright! Gimme a break will you.”

Author's Note

And this is where I lost the touch...