Watching A New Generation

by Shadow Dragon

Glowin Up

A background filled with lights is seen that quickly zooms in on Chromatically colored Pipp raising her wings and turning around, before switching to her running across a beach.

“Isn't that your perfume commercial?” Zipp asked quite confused as to why they were seeing that.

Pipp is seen flying to get to a rather large perfume bottle that had the name 'The Pipp' on it.

“I figured it out, it was bugging me for a minute but Pipp is kinda like Rarity.” Pinkie yelled

The rest just looked at them rather strangely, plus the young ponies who weren't used to the crazy Pinky Pie.

The Meanwhile, from inside their dungeon cell, Sunny Starscout looked out the barred window, lost in her thoughts.

"Something is not right," Sunny said. "We haven't seen a single pony flying, except the royal family." She said, without getting a response. "Izzy? Are you listening?"

"Well you know, pegasi can't fly." Those words came easily out of Zipp, Pipp tapped him lightly with her hoof.

That earned them a look of confusion from the others, that seemed to be recurring now, feeling confused and surprised by things. Maybe because they had just seen a hate song and didn't have much time to process it before they changed.

Turning her head, Sunny looked to see Izzy, reclining in a massage chair, that was put in the dungeon, with cucumbers over her eyes, and a coconut drink with an umbrella, at her right.

"This isn't dungeony at all," Izzy commented.

In fact, the dungeon cell that both Sunny and Izzy have been sharing is more of a luxury spa room, than a traditional jail room. It has towels, a fountain, flowers, a bowl of fruit, relaxing scent insences, and a luxury furniture on the other side of the massage chair, complete with a crystal chandelier.

"That looks like a Canterlot vip massage parlor, it leaves your mane feeling relaxed." Rarity smiled at the screen, she had only been to a Canterlot massage parlor once, but it was beautiful and what she needed.

“Mom usually says that as part of the royalty we have to be aware of the interrogation of the prisoners but that we cannot be in a dirty and neglected place.” Contrary to what Rarity said, Pipp explained a little about why she looked so well cared for the place.

"Hey!" Izzy and Sunny both looked over to see Zipp by the bars.

"I'm sorry you two got thrown in here," Zipp apologized. "But I have to talk to you."

"Princess?" Sunny Starscout greeted the pegasus.

"Your majesticness," Izzy stammered. "Y-Your Graceful Highness."

"Zipp," She interrupted. "Just call me Zipp."

"Ok, Zipp," Sunny greeted. "I'm Sunny. And this is my friend."

"Izzy Moonbow," Izzy introduced herself.

"Sunny, Izzy," Zipp began. "I really need to ask you something important." Glancing to the side, making sure they're alone, Zipp leaned in closer and whispered, "About magic."

"Zipp, please tell me what's going to happen isn’t what I think is going to happen." Pipp turned to look at her sister, Zipp avoided her gaze. The was all the answer Pipp needed.

"That's why we're here," Sunny spoke on behalf of Izzy. "Maybe you can tell us how yours works? Izzy has no idea how the unicorns lost theirs.

"Whoa, whoa, wait," Zipp interrupted. "Lost theirs? As in no magic?" Sunny and Izzy both shook their heads. "Well, that changes things. Listen," Zipp continued. "I might have some information that could help, but first, you need to tell me about this." Reaching into her wings, Zipp pulled out a familiar journal, returning it to Sunny.

"My journal!" Sunny exclaimed happily, reclaiming her notebook. "Thank you, Zipp. I never thought I'd see it again."

"Wait- my cutie mark is in your book?" — Twilight was able to see the book up close for the first time and there was her mark.

"It was from dad, he was investigating the six of you so I guess that's why it's there," Sunny said as she passed a hoof through her backpack where the book was kept.

"Yeah, I can be pretty sneaky when I want to be," Zipp boasted.

"Nice!" Izzy smiled. "I'm only medium sneaky."

“Sneaky Club!” Izzy held up a hoof as she turned to the seat where Zipp was sitting.

Zipp laughed at that but quickly walked over to Izzy and clicked hooves together before sitting back down. Twilight and company saw something fishy in the fact that she didn't fly to make the trip shorter.

"So where did that come from?" Zipp asked.

"It was my father's," Sunny answered. "Why?"

"That star..." Zipp pointed to the star on the cover

A robotic fanfare interrupted the three mares, turning their attentions to see, at the end of the hallway, were a couple of pegasus guards, rolling a red carpet across the floor, making way for the night's star performer, Princess Pipp, who had just taken a selfie, for her PippSqueaks.

Pipp was walking on the red carpet, when she noticed her sister.

"Zipp, what are you doing here?" Pipp asked. "Mom said to stay away."

"Oh, so what are you doing there?" Rainbow Dash couldn't help but smugly to the other pegasus.

“True sister, what are you doing there then?” Zipp could not stand it and confronted her sister with a smile on his face.

“And how will I know?” Pipp defended herself after a few seconds before answering “I probably knew that I would find you there and also the content.” Pipp didn't know that she was doing her version of the future there either, but the news of a couple of Ponies that aren't Pegasus could be quite good and It was a pretty high possibility.

"Right," Zipp smirked. "Then why are you here?"

With a scoff, Pipp pulled out her phone, "For the content," She answered, ready to take a selfie, posing with a duckface.

Reacting fast, Izzy wrapped her hoof around Sunny, bringing the earth pony mare close for the shot.

Upon seeing the princess working a phone, with little to no trouble, hooves and all, Twilight Sparkle stared, slack-jawed, dumbstruck.

"H-H-How can she work with a phone like that?" Twilight asked.

"Same as everypony else?" Zipp replied confused by the question .

"But...she's got hooves!"

"So?"

"...Well, I...I, uh...When did Equestria started developing phones...like that? And touch sensitive?"

"You seriously don’t have phones?"

"I've owned a phone!" A flustered Twilight raised her voice, before she answered bluntly, "From... another dimension."

"Right..." Deciding not to question any further, Zipp decided to drop the question, as both she and Twilight turned their attentions back at the scene unfolding before them.

"Princess?" Sunny began. "Why isn't anypony flying?"

Princess Pipp gasped, before she regained her composure with nervous chuckles, "Everypony knows that only royals can fly, of course."

"What?" Sunny exclaimed, with Izzy.

"I know, it's not fair, but that's just the way it is," Pipp continued, before she spread her wings, fluttered around and spun herself around. "If there was some way we could teach the citizens to fly, you know we would in a wing-beat. Right, Zipp?"

"Yeah," Zipp began, with a hint of sarcasm. "In a wing-beat."

That seemed to confuse some (seems the day to be confused)

Just then, Pipp's phone vibrated, to which she looked to see what it was notifying her, "Oh, dress rehearsals. Gotta go. And so should you," Pipp said to Zipp, before she took her leave, singing, "Me-me-me~ Red feather, yellow feather, red feather, yellow feather..." Following the princess, the pegasus guards rolled the carpet after her, with Zipp watching her sister leave, who ended her song with a trill.

"Is that exactly their job?" — Hitch asks no one in particular about the work of the guards.

"There aren't usually many things to worry about so it's something they usually do," Pipp replied, there were always two guards watching over her, just like Zipp, but they always lost her.

"I guess that's something that doesn't change much over time," Twilight whispered to herself, because several of the things the guards did was just stand guard at doors and act as escorts her brother Shining Armor being the exception though.

Turning her attention back to Sunny and her companions, Zipp explained, "I have to show you something," With that, the rebellious princess walked over to a touch pad, mounted on a wall, and puts her hoof up to the screen, which scanned her hoofprint, and unlocks the cage door.

"At this point, nothing surprises me with Equestria and its technology," Twilight shook her head.

Pipp shook her head, she had been expecting it but seeing it was something else.

"You coming or what?" Zipp called to the two mares.

With that, Sunny galloped after the pegasus. Izzy lingered for a moment then giggled to herself as she swapped the ball on her horn for an orange, in the bowl of fruit. Once that task was done, Izzy and Sunset followed after Sunny and Zipp.

Meanwhile, outside of Zephyr Height's border, Sheriff Hitch had just climbed up to the steep cliff of the mountains, catching his breath, having been exhausted from his long journey from Maretime Bay.

Of course, like the critters back in his town, he was greeted with snuggles from the local critters – bunnies – who have already taken a liking to him.

"They don't even leave you alone outside of town, huh." Sunny tapped Hitch lightly with her hoof. The colt had been very thoughtful ever since the whole situation with Sprout. His friend just snorted in annoyance but feeling amused.

Not willing to be deterred by the cute and cuddly affections he was receiving, Sheriff Hitch turned his attention to the task at hoof, when he noticed a familiar sticker on the ground.

"Litter," He said. "I mean, a clue," With that, the competent sheriff proceeded to investigate the scene, finding one of Izzy Moonbow's hair, hanging on a branch. "Hmm. Unicorn hair," He deduced, with the bunnies following him, watching as he picked up a feather, and tasted it. "Pegasi."

"I didn't think you'd be willing to lick that." Zipp snickered.

“Bird feathers taste different! It was the only way to be sure!” Hitch defended himself, slightly embarrassed

The sheriff proceeded to be on his way, placing his ears next to the ground to confirm, "Track's gone cold," Nevertheless, the sheriff of Maretime Bay's optimism was undeterred as he shook his head.

"Sunny, Sunny, Sunny, Sunny," He shook his head. "You think you've escaped? Well, think again. I will not eat, I will not sleep... Well, maybe a quick nap and snack if I can't find you in the next few hours. But after that, nothing will stop me!"

With that, Sheriff Hitch was met with a round of high-pitch cheering and applauses, as he looked down to see a whole herd of bunnies, clapping their ears in admiration of his vow.

"Aww, they're so cute." Fluttershy cooed at the rabbits on screen.

"Oh, thank you. Thank you," Hitch said to the bunnies. "No, no. You're too kind." Resuming what he's about to say, Hitch declared, "Also..."

One of the bunnies shushed its fellow members, as they listened to what the stallion had to say.
"I'll follow you wherever you go. Weather harshest deserts, the coldest tundras, no trail too dangerous, no clue too small. The past matters not! It's justice..." Before Hitch could continue, he was interrupted by the bunnies, to which he let out an exasperated sigh, as he looked at the little critters.

"What? What?" He asked, to which the bunnies pointed with their ears, telling him to turn around, which he did, to see Sunny and Izzy's mugshots. "Gotcha!"

"So what can stop you is a monologue." Sunny laughed at Hitch who just rolled his eyes gracefully.

"The point there, is that I found you, Sunny." Hitch gave Sunny a playful shove.

Back in the castle, Zipp had lead her new friends to her destination, sliding a grated platform to the side, revealing a lift beneath them. With a spread of her wings, Zipp glided down, safely landing on the lift.

"Watch your steps!" Zipp called, to which Sunny and Izzy had some rough landings.

Pressing a lever, Zipp activated the lift to take herself and her friends to the floor of the large room, which is revealed to be a ruin of some sort.

"Where are we?" Sunny asked.

It's amazing, right?" Zipp asked, as she lead the three mares around the place. "I'm pretty sure it was some sort of station for when earth ponies and unicorns used to visit, Zephyr Heights," The princess explained, while Sunny walked over to look at a poster, advertising a visit to Maretime Bay, with Izzy following.

"It's like everypony just forgot," Zipp said.

Sunny held a hoof up, brushing the dusts off the poster she was looking, and was in awe to see the lighthouse she and her dad lived in, was on the poster. To further Sunny's heartfelt awe, her eyes widened to see a large billboard saying: Visit Bridlewood. On the billboard, it showed an image of a Unicorn, Pegasus, and Earth pony, exploring the woodland together.

"Wow," all the future Ponies couldn't help but be impressed, with the exception of the ones who already knew it was there.

“Wait, isn't it, the Canterlot Train Station?” Twilight watched the scene some more. She did not know where Bridelwood was or if it existed in her time, but many of the general characteristics of this place reminded her of the train station.

“Wait, are you telling me that the city of the Pegasi is where Canterlot is supposed to be? I thought it was a stationary version of Cloudsdale on the ground.” Applejack asks while processing this new information

“There is no such thing as a stationary cloudsdale, that’s the point, what's more, where is Cloudsdale supposed to be?!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she started to fly towards the only pony she knew about the future, facing Shadow Dragon.

"I have the same information as you," Shadow Dragon answered calmly, Rainbow was about to ask for more answers.

"Rainbow Dash, dear, this is showing us many things, it may show us more about what could have happened," Rarity called Dash before she could do anything crazy.

Dash returned to her seat with some annoyance, when she sat down Fluttershy put on a hoof and patted her back in consolation.

The future ponies watched this exchange in silence.

"This is proof!" Sunny exclaimed. "All ponykinds did used to be friends!"

Sunny smiled while looking at Izzy, "My dad was right."

Meanwhile Zipp was looking up sadly at a large, worn out, dusty poster. Hanging on the wall, was a poster of the Wonderbolts.

“Who where those ponies?” Zipp asked that and turned to see Dash and Fluttershy. There were only signs and some strange records that she didn't understand about those pegasi.

“The best of the best elite flyers! The Wonderbolt!” Rainbow left her previous anger to focus on the subject she liked the most “The fastest of the fast and I'm their leader, that's how cool I am.” Dash gloated.

"Wow," Zipp was drawn to that topic, although she didn't ask anything else, maybe she would if they let her ask after she finished looking into the future.

"Must be really weird," Sunny began. "Being the only pegasi that can fly."

Unable to keep it to herself any longer, Zipp sighed, "The truth is, we can't fly either. We've been faking it."

They all look just as shocked as Sunny and Izzy on screen.

"And that's a plot twist," Pinky Pie commented a little less surprised than the others, before making an exaggerated version of her shock.

“How? Why?” Applejack turned to see the two princesses.

"Mother says that it helps make the pegasi see that we still have remnants of magic, that everything is fine," Pipp replied with embarrassment as she looked at her phone, she knew her followers, if something like that were revealed, everything would go into chaos

“But it's a lie.” Only Pipp heard that accusation from her sister.

"Faking it?" Sunny asked in shock, with Izzy and Sunset sharing her surprise. "But-But how?"

"You'd be surprised what some wires and good lighting will do," Zipp answered, while sulking over to a blackboard with equations and a diagram of a pegasus's wing.

“Reveal Zipp!” Rainbow Dash tried to bring out the awkward situation Zipp and Pipp seemed to be having.

Pipp was just processing Zipp's take on the lie about flying silently.

Meanwhile Twilight was focussed on the equations trying to figure out what they were for

"But I'm just tired of living that ridiculous lie," Zipp ranted. "That's why I come down here – to get away from all of that, and...well, to do this."

With a canter and a leap, Zipp landed on a lever, which activated the machinery in the room, turning a giant fan to spring to life, blowing a gust of air, that carried Zipp up high. Once airborne, Zipp laughed as she did some flips and a few loops.

"Wow!" Sunny gasped.

"Whoa!" Izzy marveled. "Her sparkle is so bright right now!"

Twilight muttered to herself “So that’s what those calculations were for. Quite impressive that she figured all that out on her own.”

Several could not help but smile, Zipp seemed quite happy for the freedom that this machine gives her to fly, they hoped that whatever was happening would be resolved so that she could fly freely.

Rainbow firmly stated “Scootaloo needs one of those things yesterday .”

“I think I can make one for her.” Twilight replied and sent a glance towards Zipp silently wondering if she could give any pointers for such a thing

Zipp gliding down, out of the air current from the fan.

"But that's not why I brought you down here," Zipp began. "This is what I wanted to show you."

She turned around, guiding their attention, up to what was left of a stained glass wall, with a familiar pink star, at the top.

"I never thought that my cutie mark would be so popular in the future," Twilight murmured.

"Oh, my stars!" Sunny exclaimed, looking down at her journal, to see the star matched with the one on the cover.

"This was made a long, long time ago," Zipp lectured. "When we still had magic."

"It's beautiful!" Izzy commented.

Still gazing at the stained glass with wonder, Sunny turned to see an image of a pegasus, with a horshoe-shaped crystal, with wings, hovering above its head.

"What is that?" Sunny asked, pointing at the crystal.

"That's the Pegasus crystal," Zipp confirmed. "It's part of my mom's crown." and Walking to the other side, Sunny glanced up to see a stained image of a Unicorn, with a piece of the stained glass smashed above its head.

"Hmm. Where is the Unicorn crystal?" Sunny asked, looking around the room.

Sunny lifted a tarp up to reveal the missing glass shard of the said crystal. Sunny had a smile before the earth pony had an epiphany, turning her attention to the Pegasus crystal's reflection on the floor.

Sunny slid the crystal in place with the Pegasus crystal, showing a perfect fit.

"Look," Sunny pointed.

"They fit?" Izzy asked.

The future ponies were ecstatic, that was probably the solution to the magic.

For their part, the Mane Six smiled at their innocence, a quest was never what it seemed and was always more focused on cultivating friendships, it reminded them of their first quest in search of the Elements of Harmony. The crystals were probably similar in that respect.

"These two crystals belong together," Sunny stated. "United."

"So, what are you saying?" Zipp asked.

"Maybe you lost your magic because the crystals were separated," Sunny theorized.

Izzy and Zipp shared Sunny's theory, with Izzy asking, "So if we put them back together..."

"...magic will return?" Zipp ended.

"And all three ponykinds will get along again!" Sunny nodded.

"All right!" Zipp smiled.

"Oh-ho-ho!" Izzy chortled.

“Equipment to bring back the magic!” Sunny screeched in her seat.

Twilight muttered to herself “It’s definitely not that simple.” The solution was never that simple

"But what about the unicorn crystal?" Zipp asked.

"Well, if you're looking for crystals," Izzy began. "We've got like a gazillion of them back in Bridlewood."

"I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Bridlewood will actually turn out to be the future of the Everfree forest," Rarity commented, feeling many coincidences with all the places.

"Then that's where we'll go next," Sunny declared. "After we get the pegasus crystal from your mom, of course."

"Ooh, that'll be tricky," Zipp cringed. "She never takes her crown off."

.a montage is shown of the queen, first her sleeping, then in the bath, and finally she goes for a swim, and apparently she wears a rubber swimming cap, over her crown.

"I...I didn't need those images in my mind." Zipp closed her eyes, she knew her mother never took it off but she never wanted to think about it thoroughly. Beside her Pipp thought the same.

"So, what do we do?" Sunny asked.

"I got it!" Zipp exclaimed. "Pipp's performing at tonight's royal celebration. All eyes will be on her, especially my mom's. She'll be distracted. So we just need to swap the real crown with a fake."

“She would notice that they take away her crown.” Pipp said thinking about the failures of that plan “Also, are you going to use my show as a cover?”

"She won't notice, she'll have her eyes on you, trust me," Zipp replied, avoiding answering the last thing.

"Ooh, I can craft a decoy!" Izzy bounced. "But I will need a box of macaroni, a tube of glue, 14 gooey bunnies and three jellybeans. Oh, and glitter. Lots of glitter."

A wave of brightness fills the screen as Zipp’s voice could be heard "I'll get the supplies,” On screen Zipp drops a bag down to where Sunny is waiting “I'll pass them off to Sunny, and then she will get them to Izzy.” Sunny passes the bag to Izzy who was right next to her “Once you produce the decoy, get your flanks to the palace." Izzy is shown putting the supplies together and producing a surprising accurate look-a-like of the crown

"A very impeccable job dear." Rarity looked at the crown, it looked pretty good for the materials used, she was pleasantly surprised even when the crafts were only a secondary feature and not very important for fashion.

Zipp’s voice could be heard speaking as it switches to night “Everypony who's anypony will be there, so security will be tight. I'll distract them, so you can sneak in."

Sunny and Izzy are shown sneaking around

"Maximum sneaky," Izzy stated.

The royal family were walking down the red carpet and all being photographed by the cameras.

"You'll need to be stealthy," Zipp’s voice added. "Carefully make your way to the Grand Hall, but watch out for the guards."

Sunny and Izzy were using a table and it’s cloth as cover to slowly sneak around the castle, suddenly the table bumped into something making a noise, a guard looked but only saw the table and turned away

"Those guards are very clueless," Hitch grimaced, he's just a sheriff but he saw a lot of faults in that job.

“Eh there doing a better job than our Royal guard, admittedly not by much though.” Twilight commented

"I'll open the door to the back stage of the Throne Room," Zipp explained

On the way to the show Zipp subtly touched another screen causing a big golden door to open, the table moved directly in front of it and Izzy and Sunny quickly sneaked in behind the queen's throne just as Zipp’s voice finished the plan

"And once Pipp starts singing, my mom will be so caught up, that swapping the crowns will be easy-breezy."

"Easy-breezy," Sunny commented. "Sure..."

The camera rises to the top where the royal family is getting ready, up on her perch, Zipp was leaning against the railings, with her mother and sister.

"I hear you paid our guests a visit," Queen Haven spoke to her daughter.

"Pipp told you?" Zipp asked in shock.

Zipp couldn't help feeling a little hurt at that.

"Oh, you know she tells me everything," Queen Haven replied, while she was working on powdering herself. "I wish you would tell me more. You're going to be queen one day. You'll wear this crown. And trust me, it is heavier than it looks."
"Actually, there is something I wanted to tell you," Zipp began. "The Unicorns don't have any magic," She relayed, while keeping Sunset Shimmer a secret. "I think it's tied to why we can't fly..."

"Zephyrina!" Queen Haven exclaimed, turning to her daughter. "I don't know what silly ideas those unicorns put into your head, but we have a duty to protect our citizens. Pegasi are happy enough knowing that we royals can fly. Why would you want to disrupt things?"

Zipp grimaced, her real name really wasn't the best, she loved her nickname that much more.

"Because it's a lie," Zipp reaffirmed her statement.

“Lies are hard in the long run, especially when you're one of those who knows the lie.” Applejack said her thoughts out loud, remembering the situation with the Flim Flam brothers and how in the end she couldn't lie to her grandmother.

"It makes them feel safe," Queen Haven replied. "Oh, one day you'll understand. Your sister does," Queen Haven smiled when Pipp arrived, carried by wires, "Oh, and here she is now."

"Me-me-me~" Pipp sang, warming up her vocals.

“I'm mostly interested in my pipsqueaks feeling entertained, but I was being honest when I said that if I could, I would teach them to fly.” Pipp whispered to her sister, maybe she wasn't as affected by the lie as her sister but it was because she wanted to keep her fans happy and calm because if she knew them like she thinks she does than they would riot if they ever learned the truth

"Showtime!" Queen Haven declared with a spread of her wings.

Backstage a stallion is shown with screens viewing the show as he declares “We are go for launch.” And pulled a lever

With that, the lights dimmed dark, followed by the sound of upbeat, pop music playing in the background, as the royals were carried up and gently lowered into the room.

"Remember to smile!" Queen Haven smiled to her daughters as they flapped their wings, for show.

"Ugh!" Zipp groaned in disdain, as both she and her mom took their seat on their thrones.

Cloudpuff yapped as he took a sit besides Queen Haven. Looking behind her mother's throne, Zipp looked to see Sunny and Izzy were all in place for the next phase of the plan. Just as Zipp had said, her sister, Pipp, made a grand entrance above her adoring fans, as she proceeded to sing, and "fly" to further captivate the audience. leaving Pipp for the last thing she sings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLILnXTTq6A

[Pipp Petals]:

We got the light
We’re coming in stronger
We’re in it together
If you want it it’s all inside your mind
We got thе light
Won’t wait any longer
We’ll get it togеther
If you want it then you can paint the sky

Just as Zipp said, all eyes were all on Pipp's performance, including Queen Haven's.. As this happens, from there, Sunny made the swap with the fake crown that Izzy had crafted, while Sunny stole the real crown. but is noticed by Cloudpuff as they leave.

With that, the two mares galloped towards the nearest exit. Unfortunately, a guard was at the door. Fortunately, he was too busy talking to someone, possibly his marefrind, on the phone, to notice.
"No, you hang up," The guard insisted.
Sunny and Izzy quickly closed the doors, when they heard a dog whimper, to which they turned to see the royal dog, Cloudpuff, growling and flaring up his wings.

Change the scene back to Pipp singing

We don’t fly like we used to
We take what we’ve been through
And we can feel brand new
Ooh-hoo-hoo
I know I am a fighter, I feel the fire
I’m shinin’ brighter
Ooh-hoo-hoo

Meanwhile in the background Sunny and Izzy galloped away from Cloudpuff to another door, only to find Sheriff Hitch, in a paper-thin pegasus disguise, complete with a mustache.
"Sunny Starscout," The sheriff barked. "You're under arrest..." Before he could finish, Sunny closed the door on him.

"Rude," Hitch scolds Sunny as she rolls her eyes.

Suddenly Cloudpuff steels the crown from Sunny, Sunny and Izzy chased him, while Sheriff Hitch dashed in, only to find himself enchanted with Princess Pipp's performance, swaying his hip to the sound of her enchanting voice.

Glowin' up kind of love
Dip and slide through the cut
Glowin' up kind of love
We say "Hi", you say "What?"

"Hitch, stopped again by the music," Sunny scoffed to which she received a snort.

Everywhere that I’ve been
Yeah, they say I’m say different
But I’m good in my skin
Ooh-hoo-ooh (Hey)
If it doesn’t feel right
Break it in with tie-dye
And don’t you stop ’til sunrise

We don’t fly like we used to
We take what we’ve been through
And we can feel brand new
Ooh-hoo-hoo

Sunny and Izzy try to chase Cloudpuff only to hide when Cloudpuff ran past some guards
Cloudpuff returned to the throne, wagging his tail as he sat at the base of the step. Before her mother had time to notice, Zipp quickly stepped in, struggling to pry the crown away from the dog.
"Give… it… to… me!" Zipp grunted, pulling the tiara off, while Cloudpuff ran off with the pegasus crystal into the crowd.
At that moment, Sheriff Hitch had finally found his targets and was closing in on them. Thinking fast Sunny and Izzy hide behind some curtains only to find the Pegasus in charge of the special effects.

“Ahh it’s the prisoners!” The pony yelled in shock backing away

Sunny and Izzy try to reassure him to keep him quiet but end up chasing him instead

I know I am a fighter (Fighter), I feel the fire (Fire)
I’m shinin’ brighter
Ooh-hoo-hoo

We got the light
We’re coming in stronger
We’re in it together

Zipp tries to chase Cloudpuff but gets cut off
Cloudpuff suddenly crashed into the Hitch’s leg, dropping the pegasus crystal in the process. "Huh?" Hitch asked confused
When Hitch looked down, like all the little critters, the little dog immediately took an instant liking to the stallion.

"If they had me on their team, everything would have been easier." Hitch couldn't help but laugh lightly at the silly chase for the dog and the Crystal.

"Oh, so you want to be part of a robbery, Sheriff? How daring.” Zipp couldn't help but scoff.

“Yes, Hitch, do you want to have your photo in the register of a police station?” Sunny ran her hoof over Hitch’s back and continued the taunt.

“Welcome to the club! , We don't have a club but we could! Team to bring back the magic!” Izzy vibrated in her seat not so attentive to the mockery towards Hitch.

"I don't want to be part of a robbery!" Hitch tried to defend himself.

"Uh-huh," Sunny laughed before taking a light hit to her side and proceeding to laugh more.

Meanwhile Sunny and Izzy are seen trying to calm the special effects pony down
Sunny said “Please calm down.”
Izzy reassured “We’re not gonna fry your brain okay.”
Unfortunately that was the wrong thing to say as it scared him and he accidentally presses a button and the spotlights began to flicker out of control, interrupting Princess Pipp's performance.
"What the..." Pipp said in confusion.
Next thing everyone knew, the spotlight shines on Sheriff Hitch. The pegasus crowd all shared confused looks at the new pony. Then, out of impulse, Hitch started to dance and sing, awkwardly. It also didn't help that Hitch didn’t know the words

Throwing up
Find a glove
Fly around,
bup-bup-bup
Doing stuff that I love
You're like, why?
I'm like what?

The group of Future ponies (even Hitch) couldn't help the laughter that came out, the Mane Six kept slightly calm but laughed lightly (except Pinkie and Rainbow who laughed as much as the youngsters).

Sunny, Izzy and the special effects pony all paused to look at the screen to see Hitch performing very poorly, none had any reaction for the sheer absurdity
"What is happening?" Princess Pipp asked, unsure as to how her spotlight could be taken by this strange Pegasus.
Back with the Special effects if suddenly remembering the situation he was in jumped backwards accidentally pulling a lever in the process
At the same time, Sheriff Hitch continued to sing awkwardly, with Cloudpuff howling with the stallion

Crisp and dry
Eat some mud
Glowing up
Lovey dove...

Along with the lights, the cables also fail causing it to start spinning. Princess Pipp was zipping around, out of control. Using the distraction, Zipp slipped in and snatched the pegasus crystal Cloudpuff had stolen, leaving Sheriff Hitch with the said dog, while the rebellious princess regrouped with Sunny and Izzy as the special effects pony ran for his life out of backstage

"I got it!" Zipp handed the crystal to Sunny.

"Yes!" Sunny cheered as she took the crystal and tucked it away in her saddle bag.

"Let's go!" With a gallop, Zipp lead the group to an exit.

"Freeze!" Hitch suddenly commands shifting the focus towards them

"It's the prisoners!" One of the pegasus recognized Sunny and Izzy from their mugshots.

At that moment, Pipp came swooping down and knocked Sheriff Hitch's fake wings off, blowing his cover.

"Another earth pony!" Another pegasus shouted, causing Hitch to take his leave, leaving a heartbroken Cloudpuff behind.

However, the surprised didn't stop with Hitch, when Princess Pipp had finally came to the end of her flight, to which she hung upside down, with the wirings revealed in the spotlight, above an entire audience of shocked Pegasi.

"She's a fake!" A Pegasus fan exclaimed.

"FAKE!" Another shouted, while one of the reporters in the room snapped a photo.

"The royals can't fly either?"

Knowing she's in big trouble, Princess Pipp desperately looked around the room, spotting her sister, Zipp, who had stopped to look back at the commotion.

"Zipp?" Pipp pleaded.

Sunny and Izzy were galloping towards the exit, only for Sunny to bump into Zipp.

"Zipp! Hurry!" Sunny shouted, with the reluctant princess following.

"You... just- The show?" Pipp processed what had happened a bit, Zipp leaving everything aside through the Crystal. Leaving her hanging in front of so many cameras, she couldn't process it.

"Ehh, if it helps, I think it was an incredible show." Fluttershy shrank a little in her seat feeling the discomfort.

Pipp remained silent processing what was shown on the screen. She was going through many emotions at once.

However, in the process, Sunny had dropped the pegasus crystal from her saddlebag.

"She's a fake!" A random Pegasus shouted and took a picture with a flash of light