"This is it, senorita Fiesta." The servant told her, as they came out the door. "The lands of hacienda Flair."
The earth pony mare gazed out across the fields, taking in the beautiful countryside. Endless green fields of corn, with a large red barn sitting atop the nearby hill. All of the servants turned to bow to Fiesta as she passed them, and she nodded, returning the gesture. The mare could only admire all there hard work.
"So this... it all belong to mi familia?" The earth pony asked in confusion. "But.. I was always told I come from a long line of party planners and entertainers. I never thought of us as farmers."
"Your family used the hacienda as a place to plan and carry out fiestas, senorita." The servant explained, as she guided Fiesta towards the barn. "Each generation paid for these parties, with the crops they grew and harvested here. And the rest was given to the ponies who worked so hard on the hacienda here."
Fiesta trotted up to the barn, walking inside as two of the farming ponies opened the barn doors. Huge bins, filled with corn, grains, and sugarcane lined the barn, filling the whole structure with an entire harvest season's work.
"De workers on the hacienda , they kept this place running, even after the last of the Flair family in Maretonia died off?" Fiesta asked in shock. "I can't believe everybody stayed that loyal to mi familia for so long!"
"Your family did so much for all of these ponies, and their families." The servant pony explained. "They have served loyally all the way up until the death of your last cousin. But they have continued to work, tilling the land, selling off the crops to maintain and upkeep the estate."
While the servant was showing the surprised mare around, the figures of Moonlight and Sunny Salsa finally emerged from the house. Both of them had smiles on their faces, and were nuzzling one another as they trotted out to the barn.
"I am so glad we made up, senorita." The stallion told her, as he rubbed his face against hers. "Otherwise, I would never have known how much you actually cared."
"Save it for when we get back to the capital, mi princpe." She giggled, playfully shoving his face away with her muzzle. "Right now, we've got to go and catch up with the little tour group ahead."
The two Maretonian ponies arrived at the barn, just as Fiesta was coming out of it. Moonlight rushed up and gave the other mare a hug.
"Fiesta, so glad we caught up to you!" Moonlight exclaimed happily. "So, enjoying the tour of your new estate?"
"Oh, claro que si!" Fiesta Flair replied eagerly. "It's just... I never realized just how much mi familia actually did for so many ponies."
"Oh, si! The flair family are well-known for their parties and generous philanthropy among the ponies of Maretonia." The prince agreed, as he motioned to the servant that he'd gladly take over the tour. "You come from a long line of fiesta planners, and branches of your family were once spread out all over the kingdom making ponies smile." He gestured towards the back of the property, as the servant pony trotted off. "Perhaps you'd care to see the story for yourself?"
Fiesta and Moonlight followed the stallion towards the back of the estate, where a small step pyramid with Maretonian markings all over it stood. Ascending the staircase to the small chamber at the top, Fiesta followed the other two in, to find a brightly painted chamber, entirely covered in elaborate carvings.
"Wow, all dese cuadro, dey show a lot of parties!" Fiesta exclaimed happily, looking form scene to scene on all of the murals. "Here's a bunch of ponies hitting a pinata, and over here a bunch are dancing and eating cake! Was all of dis done by mi familia?"
"House flair has one of the oldest and strongest party planning traditions in all of Maretonia." Moonlight agreed, remembering the stories she had heard at court. "Your earliest known ancestor, Xochitl Flair, planned the wedding celebration of the first emperor of the Miratinan empire, to the kwetzketl empress." she pointed a hoof up at one of the murals. "And there is another of your ancestors. Celebración Flair, planned the party for the peace treaty after the war with Equestria." The Pegasus laughed. "Both Princess Celestia and Duke Auriken ate too much cake that day."
"Wow, I never knew I had such a deep family history here." She thought to herself. "So, a really big part of me does come from Maretonia; who I am, where mi roots are." She glanced back up at the murals. "Maybe I really do belong here, after all..."
"Remember Fiesta, where you come from- your patria- is only half of the equation." Sunny Salsa replied, putting a hoof on her shoulder. "It's what you choose to do with yourself that truly makes the difference."
"Si, I totally agree with-" But at that moment, Moonlight spotted something on one of the paintings. "Hey, wait a minute... whose that Unicornio Pegaso -that alicorn- pictured with the partying ponies?"
"Si... I can see her, too. Over in the painting with Princess Celestia and Luna. And there she in the one celebrating the defeat of Generalissimo Bendito Dictador, the pony tyrant who tired to take over Maretonia." Moonlight looked over at Fiesta. "She shows up in a lot of different paintings, from a lot of different time periods. Just who is this alicorn?"
"Uhhh, I wonder what that could be about?" Sunny looked around nervously, sweat dripping down his brow. "Maybe the artists were just being creative?"
"Sunny, do you know something about this that we don't?" Moonlight asked curiously, raising an eyebrow. "I've never seen anything about a Unicornio Pegaso in any generation of the royal family."
"Wait, why do you think she's from the Maretonian royal family?" Sunny asked, getting even more nervous. "That Miriatian crown on her head? That could be from any country that.... uh oh..."
"Prince Sunny, what are you trying to hide?" Fiesta asked, trotting over towards the nervous stallion. "Is there an alicorn in the Maretonian royal family?"
"I...er... uhhhhhh..." The prince stammered out, before they heard a loud cry come from outside the structure.
"Help, somepony help me!" Watercolor cried out, soaring over the grounds of Hacienda Flair, before, flying up to land on the edge of the pyramid. "Pepperdance has been shot!"
Al three ponies rushed out, to find the weeping Pegasus mare standing over the unconscious and barely breathing Jaguar knight...
....with a feathered arrow sticking out of his side.