My Little Pony: Equestrian Quest

by KHXhero

Chapter 01: Preparations and Reunions

Chapter 01: Preparations and Reunions

It is a beautiful day in Canterlot... with the birds singing, clear skies, the temperature is again not too cold, but not too hot either. One of the birds flew down and landed on a hoof of a pony, who soon petted the little creature. The yellow pony was a pegasus, with long pink mane, and her cutie mark consists of butterflies. After she petted the bird, it flew off her hoof and took off flying. The pegasus, who is very well known as Fluttershy, watched the bird fly back with its family, with a smile on her face. But her little peaceful moment was interrupted after hearing a voice coming from below her calling to her.

"Fluttershy?" the voice called. Fluttershy then flew to the ground, toward a building where some ponies were moving stuff in, and hauling stuff out. They were moving tables and chairs in, as well as some confette and decorations... As the yellow pegasus flew past them, she spotted a orange Earth Pony pulling a cart holding a ladder and some hammers. The orange pony also had a yellow mane and tail, both with a ponytail, like a farm girl would wear. She also wore a brown cowgirl hat too, and her cutie mark were of apples. Fluttershy knew this farmpony, in fact it was her that called her name.

"You need me Applejack?" Fluttershy asked, seeing the Earth farmpony coming to a stop.

"Where were ya girl?" Applejack asked as she stopped by the building.

"Oh, I was tending to a bird." Fluttershy said. "Do you need me for something?"

"Well, not at the moment." Applejack said as she pulled the latter out of the cart, and placed on the side of the building.

"Are you sure?" Fluttershy asked. "I could take one of those boxes in, help with the decorations, or maybe... unless, you don't want me to... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that."

"Girl you don't have to be sorry." Applejack said, trying to open the latter, but it was stuck. But the earth farm mare turned around and then kicked it with her rear hooves, causing the latter to open perfectly.

"I know... but I... well..." Fluttershy said. "I want to help, but yet I'm afraid that I'll do something wrong and well... Oh, I'm beginning to feel frustrated again... I need to kick something." Fluttershy then lifted her right rear hoove and kicked the cart... softly. The cart didn't move, nor was it affected by her kick.

"Fluttershy it's alright." Applejack said. "If it makes you feel better, you do whatever makes you comfortable."

"Oh, thank you Applejack." Fluttershy said with a smile and relief. She then walked toward the cart and placed a box of decorations on her back. It was a medium size box, but it was light enough for Fluttershy to carry. She then walked inside, humming on her way in. Applejack then grabbed a hammer from the cart and climbed up the latter. She looked at a nail that was a bit loose on the side, and began to tighten it back on with the hammer. But suddenly, unknown to Applejack, a blue pegasus with magenta colored eyes was slowly approaching her from below. The blue pegasus had a rainbow colored mane and tail, and her cutie mark was of a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt. She slowly approached the Earth pony.

"Hey Applejack!" The pegasus called, causing Applejack to jump back as she dropped her hammer, which was falling to the ground.

"Oh, I Got It!" The rainbow maned blue pegasus called as she quickly flew down at lightning speed and grabbed the hammer.

"Got It!" She called. Applejack just sighed in relief.

"My, that was a close one." Applejack said as she took the hammer. "Thanks Rainbow Dash."

"No problem." Rainbow Dash said. "Just your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash here to help." Then Applejack tapped her hammer on Rainbow Dash's head.

"Ow!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Hasn't anypony told you never to scare somepony like that?!" Applejack asked. "Seriously, you almost gave me a heart attack." Rainbow Dash couldn't help but sighed.

"Oh come on, you gotta admit that was funny." she said.

"Well sometimes you pranks can hurt people." Applejack said. "I remember what happened when you scared Fluttershy."

"Please, don't bring that up." Rainbow Dash said. "She pranked me back, almost scaring the living hay out of me."

"And you deserved it." Applejack said. "Look, enough with that, I need you to help me with some of the work for Twilight's Birthday Party, can you handle that?" Rainbow Dash gave a determined salute.

"Of course." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well good." Applejack said. "Now I need you to pull that wagon filled with decorations into the building please." Rainbow Dash looked at the wagon, and looked at Applejack as if she saw something that was... how do you say it, oh yes, too easy and not something more challenging or dangerous.

"Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Just pull that, with no flying, into the building?"

"Yep." Applejack said. Rainbow Dash again sighed in disappointment.

"Fine." Rainbow Dash said as she flew to the Wagon and then Applejack attached the handle bars on Rainbow Dash's sides, and securing it tight.

"Have fun." Applejack said as she continued to her job, leaving Rainbow Dash to grumble and move the stuff inside. As she went inside, she saw somepony looking at various straps, throwing some away to the side. She was tossing them away with her magic, revealing herself to be a unicorn. Her skin was snow white, and her eyes were blue, and her curly but stylish hair was bluish purple, and she was... beautiful. Her cutie mark was of three blue diamonds.

"No. No. Oh goodness no." The unicorn said. "No that one won't do." She accidently and unknowingly threw a strap in Rainbow Dash's face.

"Hey, watch it Rarity." Rainbow Dash said. The unicorn, who is well known as Rarity turned her head.

"Oh sorry dear, I didn't see you there." Rarity said.

"What are you doing?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I'm trying to see what colors go well with the decorations..." Rarity said. "Since it is Twilight's birthday, Pinkie Pie asked me to find colors that match Twilight's color scheme, which includes her mane, eyes, and skin." She then used her magic to pull a lavender strap.

"Oh no, that's not good either." Rarity said as she discarded it. Rainbow Dash looked at the strap, seeing it matches Twilight's lavender skin.

"This one matches Twilight's skin." Rainbow Dash said.

"But it's not lavender enough." Rarity said, and then continued to another lavender string. "Oh, That's Too Much Lavender!" She throws the strap in Rainbow Dash's position and then pulls out another lavender strap. She then gasped with a smile.

"Oh this one is perfect." Rarity said as she hung it up at the ceiling.

"Ok...." Rainbow Dash said as she walked away seeing how everypony else is working hard on the decorations and setting up everything. She turning her head toward Fluttershy, who placed a box of decorations on the ground. "Gee, don't ya think their getting carried away?"

"Well as long as nopony gets hurt, I'm ok with anything." Fluttershy said.

"Yeah, but I feel like everypony is trying too hard, just like Twilight always does..." Rainbow Dash said, and then begins to feels a bit paranoid. "Just hope everypony in here doesn't become eggheads like she is." Fluttershy looks all around herself and smiles.

"Oh I hope that Twilight is surprised by the surprise party." Fluttershy said.

"Well, that IS the point!" Rainbow Dash said, annoyed. "And it's not just a surprise party, it's her birthday party."

"I know, but I just hope that she isn't startled by the surprise." Fluttershy said. "Because Good Surprises are good, but startled surprises are really startling...-"

"SURPRISE!" a voice shouted above her, causing Fluttershy to fall on her back. The pegasus looked up and saw a pink Earth pony with blue eyes, with a light red wacky bushy mane and tail with her cutie mark representing balloons. It was Pinkie Pie... yeah it was Pinkie Pie alright, because when anypony see a pony with that color and wacky hair, and she loves to shout Surprise, It's definitely Pinkie Pie, and as everypony knows, she loves to throw any kind of parties.

"Oh Pinkie, you startled me..." Fluttershy said.

"Sorry about that Fluttershy, I'm just practicing my surprise entrance, when we surprise Twilight for her Birthday party." Pinkie Pie said. "SURPRISE!" Her second shout caused Fluttershy to fall backwards again.

"Pinkie Pie, can you please stay quiet while we finish the decorations?" Applejack asked as she came inside. "And aren't ya suppose to be overseeing the whole operation?"

"But I am overseeing the operation." Pinkie Pie said. "In fact, I'm actually running the operation. I check on everypony who's working on the decorations, the baking, the music, and most importantly, the balloons and sounds!" She then pulled out a birthday party horn and blew into it, making a funny sound right in Rainbow Dash's face.

"Um hello, more working, less messing around Please!" Rainbow Dash said. "I want to get done setting up the party as quickly as possible!"

"But I am working on the party Dashie!" Pinkie Pie said. "I'm seeing if this party horn is working, and it does! Oh, and we're gonna need some music! For Example!" She then ran out of the building and came back in with a small cannon.

"Oh my..." Fluttershy said. "No offense, but do you always bring that with you?"

"Fluttershy, that's a number one rule I follow everyday on my schedule." Pinkie Pie said. "Never Leave Home Without My Party Cannon."

"Oh for the love of pete-" Rainbow Dash said, but then Pinkie Pie then pressed the button on the top of her cannon, and then it fired confette, balloons, and other small party decorations. "TA-DA!"

"Wow, the room looks perfect." Applejack said as she looked and saw the room was nearly complete.

"Heh, guess it is gonna go faster than I thought it would." Rainbow Dash said.

"Nice, oh time for some nice fashion music!" Pinkie Pie said. She then ran out the door and came back inside, holding several instruments, consisting a banjo, cymbals, a tuba, a tamborine, a harmonica, a bass drum, and an accordion. She then began to play them while dancing around. A pony walking behind Applejack looked at Pinkie Pie.

"Uhhhh... is she ok?" the pony asked.

"Don't worry fella." Applejack said. "That's just Pinkie Pie bein' Pinkie Pie."

Meanwhile... at the Canterlot train station, the train approaching the town began to slow down, and within a few seconds, it came a complete hault at the station. The doors began opening, as a few ponies exited the train, and two of them was Twilight Sparkle and Spike.

"Well, almost feels like home sweet home again..." Twilight said looking at the town and the castle.

"Wow... is it just me or does Canterlot feel a bit new everytime we come here?" Spike asked. "Because whenever I come back here, it looks a tiny bit smaller, or the castle just looks more shiny. Twilight?" Twilight wasn't paying attention to what he was saying again... She was thinking again, about the dream.

"Twilight?" Spike asked as he snapped his fingers.

"Huh?" Twilight asked coming back to reality. "Oh right, the castle looks pretty as always... right?"

"Are you sure you're feeling ok Twi?" Spike asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Twilight said. "I'm just feeling a tiny bit off today."

"Hmmmm... maybe you need some time at a spa." Spike said.

"Spike, Day Spa is all the way back at Ponyville." Twilight said.

"Don't they have a spa here in Canterlot?" Spike asked.

"I don't think they do-" Twilight said, but then the two then turned to their right to see a sign that said Canterlot's New Spa and Sauna House, Come Today! Twilight and Spike were a bit surprised, since last time they came to Canterlot, there wasn't a spa, but now there is.

"Well I stand corrected. There is a Spa." Twilight said with a smile. "Come on Spike." Spike then felt a tiny bit paranoid.

"Wow... Canterlot is getting new everytime we come here." Spike said as he followed her inside the building. After a few minutes, Twilight was just a foot away from the hot tub. She then placed her hoof inside it, feeling the hot water touch it. She gasped a couple times as she stepped inside, but then, she felt more relaxed.

"Ahhhhhh...." Twilight said as her body sank a bit deeper into the hot tub until the water reached her neck. "That feels much better." Soon Spike got into the tub as well, and soon sank in, and placed his hand and arms on the edge.

"Feel better now?" Spike asked.

"A little bit." Twilight said. "Finally got my mind clear again..."

"So, what are we going to do after this?" Spike asked.

"Well, we're going to see my parents first, see how well they've been doing, have lunch with them, then we're meeting Shining and Cadance at the train station, and then we head for the party." Twilight said.

"Wow, still remember the checklist method?" Spike asked.

"Always follow it, ever single day." Twilight said.

"Hello, welcome to Canterlot's Spa and Sauna House!" a voice said behind the two. The alicorn mare and baby dragon turned around surprised to see a young pony filly. The filly was a light gray unicorn with a mane mixed with graysih mulberry with pale light grayish rose streaks, and her eyes were a pale light grayish harlequin. Twilight and Spike recognized her, for she was Sweetie Belle, Rarity's little sister.

"Sweetie Belle?" Twilight and Spike asked.

"Twilight? and... Spike?" Sweetie Belle asked "What are you doing here at the spa?"

"Just to get a bit relaxed before we go to the party." Twilight said. "What are you doing here?"

"We're trying to get our cutie marks." Sweetie Belle said.

"We?" Twilight and Spike asked. Then they see two fillies running out of the manager's office, as a broom is thrown in their direction. The first on that ran out was an light gamboge pegasus filly with grayish purple eyes and a moderate cerise mane, named Scootaloo, and the other was a pale light grayish olive colored pony with gamboge eyes and her mane was an amaranth color, and she had a large crimson bow on her head, who was Applejack's little sister Apple Bloom.

"You Girls Are Terrible Spa Ponies!" The Manager's voice shouted. "You're All Fired!"

"Awww, but we were only here for about ten minutes!" Apple Bloom said.

"Wow, it's been ten minutes already?" Scootaloo asked.

"Time flies when we're crusadin'." Apple Bloom said, who turned her head to see Twilight and Spike in the hot tub.

"Twilight?" Apple Bloom asked. "What are ya doin' here?"

"Just relaxing for a while until we head for the party..." Twilight said.

"Well, I was feeling relaxed... until now." Spike said.

"So... doing your little crusading again?" Twilight asked.

"Yep." Sweetie Belle said. "We were hoping to be Cutie Mark Crusading Spa Ponies, but I guess that didn't work either."

"Don't worry girls, you'll get them eventually." Twilight said.

"Well, at least it didn't end as crazy like the last ones we attempted." Scootaloo said.

"Last ones?" Spike asked.

"Well Last week we tried to be Cutie Mark Crusading Constructo Workers." Apple Bloom said. "But it didn't turn out so well..."

"Let Me Guess." Twilight said. "You girls lost control of one of the vehicles?"

"Yes." Sweetie Belle said.

"And you guys accidently tore down a tree?" Twilight asked.

"No." Sweetie Belle said. "Scootaloo accidently ran us over."

"What?!" Twilight asked.

"Well, I am just a filly." Scootaloo said. "I don't even know how to drive a tractor." Spike couldn't help but snicker, as he was imagining the whole thing in his mind.

"Ummm you're parents know about it right?" Twilight asked.

"Mmmmmaybe?" The three Cutie Mark Crusaders said at once.

"And then we tried to be Cutie Mark Crusading Balloon makers." Scootaloo said.

"Pinkie Pie let us borrow her Balloon Machine." Apple Bloom said.

"That didn't sound... dangerous." Twilight said. "Of course what Pinkie Pie does and whatever she has can be... unpredictable.

"Well it wasn't fun for me." Sweetie Belle said. "We were tryin' to figure out how the machine worked, but we were inside the machine, and then it turned on, and me and the girls got inflated! Inflated like Balloons!" Twilight looked at the little crusading fillies.

"Really?" Twilight asked. Spike then began to laugh, also re-imagining the Crusading fillies as inflated balloons in his mind. "Spike, it's not funny."

"Aww come on, you got to admit, it does sound funny." Spike said.

"Well, I thought it was pretty fun being inflated like a balloon!" Apple Bloom said.

"That and I was able to fly!" Scootaloo said.

"Even after all that, we're not getting anywhere close to getting our Cutie Marks." Apple Bloom said.

"We're probably never gonna get our cutie marks." Sweetie Belle said.

"Hey come on girls." Twilight said. "You shouldn't give up."

"But we've been tryin' so hard to get 'em, and we tried almost everything we could think of." Apple Bloom said.

"Well, have you girls thought of anything you ARE good at?" Twilight asked. "Like, dancing, or singing, or designing and painting?" She is actually referring to what the crusaders ARE actually good at. You see, Scootaloo has great painting skills, Sweetie Belle has a wonderful singing voice, and Apple Bloom is good at corpentry and decoration. But what is ironic is that the crusaders don't even realize it. The girls began thinking about it, and then they smiled.

"You know what, You're Right Twilight!" Scootaloo said. Twilight smiled.

"Yeah, we can think of things that we Could be good at and try those things to get our Cutie Marks!" Sweetie Belle said.

"Ooo, Let's Try Being Cutie Mark Crusading Gliders!" Apple Bloom called.

"YAY!" The girls called.

"Girls, that's not what I-" Twilight said. But the little fillies ran off happily, singing their Cutie Mark Crusaders Theme Song. Twilight couldn't help but sigh, but then she smiled. Spike looked at her.

"They didn't take your advice correctly did they." Spike said.

"Nope..." Twilight said. "heh, they'll figure it out someway." Soon, the two were done at the spa, got dried off before leaving, and then headed straight for Twilight's parents' house.

"Must be nice to be back at your old house huh?" Spike asked.

"Sure feels like it." Twilight said as she knocked on the door. The door opened, showing a tall grayish azure stallion unicorn with moderate amber eyes and a neat dark phthalo blue mane, with his cuite mark being two crescent moons, one big and one small. It was Twilight's father, Night Light.

"Hi Dad." Twilight said.

"Twilight you're here!" Night Light said as he gave his daughter a big hug. "Welcome back sweetie. Velvet, she's here!"

"I'll be right down!" A voice called from upstairs.

"Mom busy as always?" Twilight asked.

"Yep." Night Light said. As the three came inside, a light grey female unicorn mare with light arctic blue eyes and a mane mixed with moderate purple and white, came down the stairway. It was Twilight's mother, Twilight Velvet.

"Hi Mom." Twilight said.

"Twilight, you're back!" Velvet said as she came down and hugged her daughter tightly.

"Oh it's so good to see you again." Velvet said. "I always tell your father, how much I miss you."

"I missed you too mom." Twilight said with a smile.

"How's our little princess?" Velvet asked.

"Good as always mom." Twilight said. "And You?"

"Oh fine as usually dear, but I'm a lot more happy now that you're here." Velvet said.

"Hello Velvet." Spike said. "Hello Night Light."

"Great to see you too Spike." Night Light said. "Keeping our daughter out of trouble?"

"Yep." Spike said, but then they heard a sound, as if something was growling in the room. Everypony looked at Spike, and then Spike looked down at his stomach, which was making that sound.

"Guess I'm hungry again." Spike said, as the others laughed.

"Good thing I made some sandwiches before you guys came." Velvet said. "Oh I almost forgot your present."

"My present?" Twilight asked.

"I was going to wait until we get to the party but what the heck." Velvet said as she went into the room to get the present.

"Mom, it's ok, you guys really didn't have to get me any-" Twilight said.

"Happy Birthday Twilight!" Velvet said as she held out a book. Twilight looked at the cover, seeing that it was some sort of How to book. It was called How to be a Princess.

"How to be a Princess?" Twilight asked as Velvet gave her the book.

"Well you are a princess after all." Velvet said. "We knew you were trying to figure out more on how to be a princess so, with Princess Celestia's premission, I was allowed to give it to you for keeps. And besides, you sure do love to read."

"It was my idea too." Night Light said. Twilight opened the book and flipped through the table of contents, and began to form a smile.

"Wow, this has everything I need to be a great princess!" Twilight said, and then hugged her parents tightly.

"Thank You Guys!" Twilight said.

"You're welcome kiddo." Velvet said.

"Velvet, please don't call her kiddo." Night Light said. "She's a young adult mare now."

"You can say that, but she'll always be my little girl." Velvet said as she hugged her daughter, as Twilight giggled.

"Say, did my friends pay you guys a visit?" Twilight asked.

"Yep, they're were in such a hurry." Night Light said. "Probably getting your-" But then Velvet covered his lips with her hooves.

"Now Night Light, we don't want to spoil the surprise." Velvet said.

"What surprise?" Spike asked.

"I think I'm beginning to imagine." Twilight said. "Oh, did you guys hear from Shining Armor yet?"

"Oh, we just got a letter saying that he was coming." Night Light said. "I'm surprised that he is, especially since Cadance is due very soon."

"Well we better get to the train station to meet them." Velvet said.

"But their train isn't coming in a couple hours yet, and I haven't eaten anything too." Spike said.

"Really?" Velvet asked as she looked at the clock in the room. "I must be losing time again."

"Ok, we better eat first." Night Light said.

"Good idea." Twilight said as they headed into the kitchen.

"Hey Twilight, did you happen to bring any cooking books?" Night Light asked.

"Why, what happened to yours?" Twilight asked, and then there was silence.

"Uh Oh..." Twilight, Velvet, Night Light, and Spike said.

Later that day, the family decided to go out to eat, after Twilight and Spike realized that her parents accidently lost their other cooking books. But the good news it they had money to go out to eat at one of the restaurants in Canterlot. When they were done, they headed straight for the train station.

"Ok, so back to the cooking books." Twilight said as they got to the station. "You guys lost them? How?"

"We were cleaning out the house a couple days ago, and after that we realized that they were missing." Night Light said.

"Let me guess, you threw them out by accident?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I didn't throw them out." Velvet said.

"Hey, here comes the Royal Train!" Spike said, pointing at the tracks. The ponies turned around to see a royal train, from the Crystal Empire arriving. Soon, the train came to a hault, and the doors opened, revealing a stallion coming out of the train exitdoors. His skin was white, and his mane was moderate sapphire blue with moderate cerulean with dark phthalo blue streaks, and his eyes were moderate cerulean as well. His cutie mark was of a shield with three stars over it, and on the shield was Twilight's Element of Magic star on it. It was Twilight's big brother Shining Armor, Captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard and of course the Co-Ruler of the Crystal Empire.

"Twily!" Shining called with a smile.

"Shining!" Twilight said as she hugged her brother. "How's are you doing?"

"Same as always." Shining said. "You?"

"Always the same too." Twilight said, unaware of Spike's muffling from beneath the bags. But her attention was then drawn as she saw another taller pony exiting the train. The pony was a pale light grayish cerise colored alicorn, with beautiful light purple eyes, with her long mane colored with moderate violet with moderate rose and pale gold streaks. The edges of her wings were faded with purple as well. Her cutie mark represented a sky crystal heart. She bore a yellow crown with a purple small diamond. She had a yellow gold collar, as well as yellow glass slippers on her hooves. But not only that, she was also 11 months pregnant. It was Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, the princess of love, co-ruler of the Crystal Emprie, Princess Celestia's step-niece, Shining Armor's wife, and also Twilight's former foalsitter from years ago. But some ponies, such as Twilight and Shining, know her as Cadance.

"Princess Cadance." Twilight said as she approached her.

"Twilight." Cadance said with a smile as the two bowed to each other. Since they're both princesses, they both respect each other, but they're actually close friends, well actually they're sister-in-laws. They've known each other since Twilight was just a young filly, when Cadance used to foalsit her long ago, always having fun together.

"Sunshine, Sunshine, Ladybugs Awake. Clap Your Hooves and Do the Little Shake." Both of the alicorns said doing their little silly cute nursery rhyme dance and embraced each other as they laughed.

"It's really good to see you again Twilight." Cadance said.

"Good to see you too." Twilight said. "Sorry you guys had to come all the way out here, especially since..." Twilight points at Cadance's stomach, which as swollen due to her being in the final stage of pregnancy.

"Oh it's alright." Cadance said. "I can manage. Besides, We really didn't want to miss the party."

"That and we really wanted to see you again." Shining said. "Say, where is Spike?"

"Oh he should be around here." Twilight said. Then Spike managed to get the suitcases off of himself, and he got back on his feet and brushed himself off.

"Oh sure, nopony noticed me under that pile of suitcases." Spike said as he grumbled a bit. Shining couldn't help but laugh.

"See you're doing fine." Shining said as he hugged the baby dragon. "Keeping my sister out of trouble?"

"Well, we haven't gotten into any trouble since that Centaur almost tried to destroy us almost a year ago." Spike said, referring to the time when Tirek almost destroyed all of Equestria but was soon defeated by Twilight and her friends. "How have you been doing?"

"Just fine." Shining said, as Cadance stood beside him.

"Hello Spike." Cadance said.

"Hi Princess Cadan- WHOA!!!" Spike called as he examined Cadance, but looking straight at her tummy.

"Wow... guess Twilight was right about you hitting your eleventh month." Spike said, resulting to Twilight placing her hoof on her head, with Shining couldn't help but chuckle.

"Ummm... Thanks Spike." Cadance said.

"Does it really get that big?" Spike asked.

"Yes it does..." Cadance said as she blushed. Spike moved his head closer looking at her pregnant stomach.

"It does look... very mysterious..." Spike said as he reached his claw out to rub it, but he was soon pulled by the tail by Twilight, who began pulling him away.

"Spike, don't start acting weird in front of a princess." Twilight said.

"What?" Spike asked. "I can't help it! The whole where baby ponies come from and circle of life is just really interesting."

"I'm surprised you are interested in the circle of life." Twilight said.

"I never said I was interested in it." Spike said.

"Well that's not what I see." Twilight said. "I think it's cute you're actually interested-"

"Hey, I'm not being cute!" Spike said, as Shining and Cadance chuckled as he blushed.

"Ok ok, no fighting you too." Velvet said. "So, how was the train ride?"

"It wasn't that bad." Cadance said. "I didn't feel sick this time."

"Why would you feel... oh." Spike said, remembering that sometimes pregnancy can cause nausea and morning sickness.

"Oh, I just realized that I left that book for Twilight back at the house." Velvet said. "Twilight, would you mind go getting it for me?"

"Sure thing mom." Twilight said. "Come on Spike."

"Ok, meet you guys at the-" Spike said, but then was quickly pulled by Twilight as she dashed off back to the house.

"Come on Spike." Twilight said.

"Why do I have to go with you?" Spike asked.

"Because, you're my number one assistant." Twilight said. "And not only that, the Assistant Guide for Dummies said you have to stick with me."

"How did you know I was reading tha-" Spike asked.

"Because you fell asleep with it a few nights ago." Twilight said.

"Oh... Ok." Spike said as they headed back to the house, as Night Light, Velvet, Shining, and Cadance waved.

"Well, that should keep them busy for a while longer." Velvet said.

"We better head to the party." Shining said.

"You think they're done setting it up?" Cadance asked.

"I hope so." Night Light said, as they headed to the party, hoping to see if it's well and done.