Two months had passed since Aria and Adagio had their blowup and had been spending very little time together. Adagio's friendship with Sunset had grown and Aria, outside of going to school, had spent more and more time alone at home.
Another morning arrived and like she had been more and more recently, Aria woke up to an empty house. While she had grown to detest her older sister over everything that had happened recently, she still looked into her room secretly hoping she was there. As she headed down to fix herself some breakfast there was a knock on her door. She groaned, "Ugh, who could that be?"
She answered the door and it was Sunset. She asked, "May I come in?"
Aria sighed, "Sure, what do you want?"
Sunset replied, "Given that you two haven't spent much time together recently I'm not sure if you remember this or not but today is the day Adagio graduates."
Aria grunted, "Oh, and she couldn't come and tell me this herself?"
Sunset replied, "She just doesn't feel like putting up with you and besides, I'm graduating today too. I thought I would see if you wanted to come to the ceremony."
Despite Aria having no desire to be anywhere around her sister, she decided she would go for Sunset, "Sure, why not? It's not like I have anything else to do."
While Sunset could tell that Aria wasn't exactly thrilled to be doing this, she was happy that she would at least show up to the ceremony. Aria asked, "So what time is this going to happen?"
Sunset replied, "The ceremony starts at two this afternoon."
Aria simply nodded and affirmed that she would be there. As Sunset left something began to cross her mind, she realized there was one other she wanted to see her graduate but worried that she may not be able to come.
When she got home she opened the book she used to communicate with Twilight and wrote,
"Dear Princess Twilight,
It is me, Sunset. First I would like to thank you for everything you have done for me, helping me see that friendship is far better than trying to manipulate others through fear. I do want you to know that today is a very special day for me. Today is the day that not only do I graduate, but also Applejack and I don't know if you care or not, but Adagio is also graduating. I hope you can make it but if you can't, I will understand because I know how busy princess life is.
Sincerely,
Sunset Shimmer"
In Ponyville it was just another day as Twilight and Starlight were busy having another magic competition. As they were having a contest on how quickly they could turn objects into something else, the two heard a buzzing noise. Starlight stopped casting her spells and asked, "Twilight, what is that buzzing noise?"
Twilight stopped and discovered that the book she has kept hidden from Starlight was notifying her that she had a message. She grabbed the book and opened it. Starlight headed her way and asked, "What is that Twilight? Why was your book vibrating?"
Twilight replied, "Just a message from a friend." She teleported into her chambers and read the message. She said, "Wow, Sunset's graduating! I've got to go and watch this."
She took a quill and wrote her reply,
"Sunset, that is wonderful news! You bet I'll come. See you soon!
Sincerely,
Princess Twilight Sparkle"
While Twilight was ready and raring to go, she knew that she couldn't just disappear without telling Starlight and grabbing Spike. She teleported back downstairs to find Starlight with a curious look on her face. She asked, "Twilight, what was all that about?"
Twilight replied, "Well uh," While this was one thing Twilight didn't want Starlight to know about but realized that given Starlight saw the book vibrate with her own eyes, she had to tell her. She continued, "Well Starlight, some friends of mine need me to go and visit them."
Starlight asked, "Was that what was up with that book?" She gave Twilight a more curious look and continued, "And how are they able to communicate with you through a book?"
Twilight knew that this would not be the easiest thing to explain and something else crossed her mind, she thought that maybe this would be a great opportunity for a friendship lesson. She asked, "Starlight, what would you think about going with Spike and I to visit my friends?"
Starlight replied, "I'd love to! Where do they live?"
Twilight said, "Follow me." She then yelled out, "Spike, come here, I need you."
Spike came running out of the kitchen, "Yes ma'am!"
Twilight replied, "Our friends in the human world need us."
Spike asked, "What's going on? Is it anything bad?"
Twilight replied, "No and Starlight is coming with us."
Spike asked, "Really? Are you sure you want her knowing about the mirror and portal."
Starlight had a nervous look on her face and replied, "Mirror, portal, what are you talking about?"
Twilight said, "Just follow me and you'll find out."
Starlight followed Twilight up to her chambers where she saw this mirror. Starlight had never seen anything like this before as it had all sorts of wires connected to other devices. She asked, "Twilight, what is that thing?"
Twilight replied, "It's a very long story but it is how I visit my friends in the human world."
Starlight had heard about humans before, from a chance encounter with Lyra when she was at the comic store buying the latest "My Little Human" comic book. She gave Twilight an odd look and asked, "Humans? You're joking, right?"
Twilight activated the mirror and replied, "I'm not joking." Twilight saw Starlight give the glowing mirror a look of uncertainty and continued, "Once we go through this mirror you'll see that humans are real."
Starlight sighed, "Ok, I'm still having a hard time believing you but I'll come."
Twilight, Starlight and Spike headed into the mirror. Twilight and Spike were excited to see their friends in the human world while despite knowing that Twilight wouldn't lie about something like this, Starlight was full of skepticism. She wouldn't believe in these human friends of Twilight's until she saw them with her own eyes.