Shysage knew the record of PonyRos' takeover would be tough. He spent all morning, and only had a bare outline for the events, based simply on what he remembered.
And Shysage really had no clue where to start with his research on Star Dusk. Well, Princess Twilight vaguely remembered her, and suggested Shysage talk to Zecora.
Most of the Unicorns that had spent any time in Ponyville usually spent some time with this talented, magical Zebra. This interview was on his list now, anyway.
Shysage realized that he would probably need to talk extensively with Shining Armor about the events early on. That interview was on his list now, too.
This account would be slow and hard...
At about noon, Fluttershy and Summer came in the door of the Canterlot Recorder's house.
Shysage closed everything, and turned the 'compy' off, then got up and hugged both of them.
It was clear they had both been crying quite a bit.
"Summer, please tell me what is hurting you both so..." Shysage asked quietly.
Summer and Fluttershy both started weeping softly...
"My Twin is really hurting again..." This was all Summer could say.
Shysage hugged both sisters as they wept softly.
While hugging these two amazing mares, Shysage felt through some options. He was a 'Fluttershy' too...
The 'rape' issue had been dealt with. It probably wasn't that.
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Shysage just sighed...
Hurting and waiting...
Well, he knew what to do, anyway...
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"Summer, can we fly to the Portal together? I need to talk to your Twin. And Fluttershy, if we go slowly, I would like for you to come too, if that's ok." Both mares immediately smiled...
And Shysage almost started crying bacause of that...
The three of them headed off to Princess Twilight's Castle. Once inside, they found her in the Library, of course.
All three bowed, then quickly hugged Princess Twilight tightly one at a time. They all loved their Princess.
"Princess, we just want you to know, the three of us are heading to the Portal to go see Summer's Twin. I hope that is ok." Shysage asked.
Princess responded "Well, if everypony stays with you, that's fine. Would you like me to send for an Air Coach?"
"No, Princess, I think this will be a leisurely trip, and we will just have fun flying together on our way there, but thanks though" Shysage replied.
"Aww, I wish I could come..." Princess Twilight said softly and immediately...
Shysage paused a minute.
"Well, actually, Princess, you can, if you want, it's really up to you. We won't be staying in the Equestria Girls world very long though." Shysage said.
"Let me tell Spike..." Princess Twilight said quickly.
The rest just smiled.
The trip to the Crystal Palace, to the Portal was slow, and took until late in the afternoon. They had to stop maybe four times to rest. They all were flying slowly for Fluttershy's sake, but still, she did very well. This was probably the longest trip Fluttershy had ever flown.
This was to be a leisurely trip, so nopony complained. Nopony would have complained anyway, they all just enjoyed being together.
They landed on the broad avenue next to the Crystal Palace. Shysage didn't want to try to have Fluttershy land on the small balcony of the Portal room.
They walked through the entrance of the Palace, and immediately ran into Shining Armor. Princess Twilight immediately hugged her brother, and they talked briefly. Then Shysage discussed an interview at some point, about the early days of PonyRos' takeover. Then they were on their way up to the Portal room.
The four of them were soon in the Equestria Girls world, and it looked like it was morning there.
From the Portal wall, they walked around to the Soccer field, guessing Rainbow Dash would be there, playing Soccer.
As soon as she saw her Princess, Rainbow Dash immediately bolted across the grass to her, and bowed, then got a big hug from everypony present.
Princess Twilight immediately asked Rainbow to 'text' her Twin to meet them at Fluttershys, which Rainbow quickly did.
"What brings you ponies here?" Rainbow asked.
"I think Summer and I are going to drag her Twin off on a vacation of sorts. And some amazing friends just couldn't keep away. We won't be here long though." Shysage said slowly.
Rainbow then said "Hang on a minute, I'll be right back."
Rainbow ran across the field, talked to another girl for maybe five minutes, then quickly ran back.
"I wouldn't miss time with you ponies for anything" Rainbow said with a smile.
They all walked slowly over to Fluttershy's apartment. Once they crossed the road, and were in the grass in front of the apartment, ALL the rest of the Equestria Girls spilled out the door of Fluttershy's apartment, and everypony bowed to Princess Twilight again, right there.
Princess had them all up quickly, and just took her time hugging everypony.
Of course, the Summers and the Fluttershys were hugging together now too, maybe weeping softly. Shysage couldn't really tell.
Shysage actually felt bad now... He should have brought everypony else anyway... Even though it had only been a few days maybe since they parted last...
It was too late now... Or was it...
Once Princess was done hugging everypony, Shysage called she and her Twin aside.
"Princess, I feel bad now. I really should have seen this, and brought everypony along... I suppose we could take everypony back, but I don't know. This is all really up to you I think."
Equestria Girls Twilight Sparkle said simply "It's Friday. I think everypony can come for a day or two."
"Everypony please come here a minute" Princess Twilight said.
Once everyone was gathered and quiet, Princess said slowly "I know this is a 'spur of the moment' thing, but Equestria would like to invite you all to Equestria for a day or two.
"We can wait if any of you have obligations here, though. And we really want to avoid anypony feeling left out, or like they are missing out, if you need to stay for some reason.
"So, I need to hear from you amazing ladies. Will this work?"
Rarity mentioned her projects could easily wait until next week.
Equestria Girls Applejack and Pinkie Pie both said "Just a minute", then got out their 'cells', and probably sent a text message off, then waited.
Rainbow Dash said nothing, and had a huge smile on her face. Shysage guessed she had texted more than just Twilight Sparkle, and was actually hoping for this.
Everypony just talked quietly together for a few minutes.
Applejack said first "Big Mac said it's fine, we can finish the south orchard next week."
Pinkie Pie said, a little more bubbly "Mr. Cake can get a sub -- Let's go to Equestria!!!"
And it was settled. Some amazing ponies in Ponyville were in for a big surprise.
Everypony left their stuff in Fluttershy's apartment, then the group headed back to the Portal.
Summer and Shysage went last, and everypony was soon in Equestria.
Once everypony was back in Equestria, they again bowed to Princess Twilight. They just got into the habit of doing this now. Princess again brought them up quickly.
"Shysage, can you please go find Princess Cadance or Shining Armor? I think I would get lost if I tried..." Princess Twilight asked.
Princess Cadance was close, and Shysage asked her to come to the Portal room. Princess Cadance came in, and hugged Princess Twilight tightly.
"Princess, the two Summers and I are headed to Canterlot" Shysage said, anticipating what was coming.
"Thats fine Shysage. Princess Cadance, I think we need some Air Coaches" Princess Twilight said with a smile.
Shysage and the Summer Twins hugged the Fluttershy Twins tightly.
Both Summers had been very quiet, and stayed close together since they had arrived in the Equestria Girls world. Shysage could tell his Mare's Twin was really hurting...
Both Summers and Shysage hugged their Princess, then headed to the Balcony, and were soon on their way, flying to Canterlot.
This was to be a relaxing trip Shysage said, so they just took their time and flew calmly, and enjoyed the view together, as best as they could anyway.
It took maybe one and a half hours to fly to Canterlot, and of course, they needed to stop by and hug Cel and Lu.
They were all soon enjoying a nice dinner in the Princess' Annex with Cel and Lu, and realized they should probably spend the night there. Evidently Cel and Lu were already making preparations for such visits, and had added two new guest rooms near the large bedrooms they normally slept in.
Shysage said calmly that he and the Summers would all sleep in the same room, probably together, and on the floor. Shysage suspected being alone would be very hard for Twin right now. Shysage got a hug from his Mare for this.
As soon as dinner was done, mom hugged both Cel and Lu tightly for a few minutes, then asked which room was theirs. The Summers disappeared inside, and Shysage was pretty sure they were probably Soul-Linking to try to help Summer's Twin...
Shysage noticed the matching 'royal Red' couch in the 'sitting room', and then briefly explained that Summer's Twin was hurting, and so mom was hurting too. Both Cel and Lu had Twins now, so they immediately understood.
Still, Shysage hugged his girls tightly for a while, then he headed for the same room.
He was right, they were Soul-Linked, and weeping together.
Shysage was on his belly near them, and quickly fell asleep. Tomorrow would be a tough day...
The Summer Twins probably slept little, and both looked like it had been a terrible night.
They ate breakfast with Cel and Lu early the next morning. Evidently, Cel had a busy day ahead, and the family knew Lu needed some sleep.
Still, both amazing Princesses group hugged with Shysage, mom and her Twin, and cried with Twin a few minutes.
Shysage asked if Cel had a map of the realm, and of course she did. Shysage said he wanted to head to Manehatten, but wanted to get a better idea how they should find it.
Cel offered and Air Coach ride, but Shysage said they were taking a liesurely flying trip, and just finding their next destination would be fine.
Lu mentioned that a large river flowed past the city. All they needed to do was fly East, then follow the first large river they found, and they would find Manehatten.
Shysage and the Summer Twins were soon on their way. After flying about 2 hours, they stopped for a rest, a snack, and some water.
Ordinarily Shysage would have hugged and kissed his Mare some. His Mare was tending to her hurting Twin. That was all that mattered.
They took to the air again, and soon found the river. At this point, they could also see the city off in the distance. They just followed the river until they got much closer.
Shysage asked that they follow him, and that he would find a nice place to stop.
Shysage led them down along the 'inland' edge of the city. About halfway down, Shysage found a large, lone Oak tree maybe half a mile outside the edge of the City. He headed for that tree. Then they all landed, then sat down.
Equestria Girls Summer could conceal her pain no longer, and was crying openly... It was clear to Shysage she was hurting a lot...
Shysage's Mare said quietly to Shysage "Stallion, my Twin is hurting a lot, and it is rapidly getting worse... I'm not sure this is the best time to--"
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Another stallion walked quickly towards the 3 ponies at that point.
Once this stallion got close, he walked very slow, then stopped, maybe ten feet away, and sat down. He looked completely amazed too...
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Equestria Girls Summer Rain recognized this stallion instantly, froze, then burst into tears, and was just sobbing... She was almost hysterical...
Equestria pony Summer was absolutely shocked...
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It was Shysage's Twin... It was Equestria pony Shysage...
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Shysage's Mare just sighed to herself, and began to cry... She should never have doubted her Stallion.
Her Twin, Equestria Girls Summer had been exposed to a lot of the details of Summer and Shysage's relationship; she was Summer's Twin, and there were no secrets between Twins. Summer and Shysage did go out of their way to 'be careful' about this.
And Equestria Girls Summer had made it clear a few times, that she was waiting for Shysage to find his Twin...
But what Equestria Girls Summer had to endure during PonyRos' takeover, the 'wontonness spell' kicking in on her, Summer and Princess Celestia, along with the prospect of Shysage having to 'take care' of her Twin before her very eyes... Equestria Girls Summer was just exposed to far more than she could take... She was overwhelmed with the feelings she had to carry inside...
As Equestria Girls Summer had proceeded rapidly to the emotional 'boiling point' over the last few days, Equestria pony Summer's amazing Stallion had, the whole time, been leading them to the one, single stallion... the ONLY stallion in all of Equestria, that could, and would take care of her hurting Twin, and quickly erase all of this...