As the Twilight, Night Mist and Spike arrived at Ponyville, they got an interesting reaction from a pink pony, than were introduced to what seemed like the whole of the Apple Family, of course with a royal greeting. After a filly named Apple Bloom put on a cute face to have them stay for brunch, Night Mist said, "Come on sis. It's not every day these ponies get to dine with royalty. And I think you might find you like these ponies if you get to know them. And the celebration's not til tomorrow. We have til late at night tonight, and it's not even noon yet."
"But Nighty. Princess Celestia entrusted us with," she was cut off as Night Mist clamped her mouth.
"None of that Twily, you know our mother isn't going to just have a meltdown if you take it easy a little more," Night Mist insisted.
"He's right Twi, come on. Besides, I haven't had anything since breakfast," Spike added.
"Oh, fine," Twilight agreed in defeat.
With that, they sat and began chatting with the Apple Family. "So you're the son of Princess Celestia, Raibow Dash keeps tellin us about?" Applejack inquired.
"That's right. Well, adopted son. As you can see, I'm no alicorn," Night Mist admitted.
"Ya'll don't have to be an alicorn to be part of the royal family. I have an aunt in Baltimare who's Pegasus, even though I'm Earth Pony. Have to admit though, and heed no offense you highness, I've never seen a Bat Pony around here before. Ya'll are really rare round here it seems," Applejack stated.
"I hear that a lot. And I don't take offense. I haven't seen any other bat ponies either. Was kind of baffling. But then again, I was living at the Castle. Not sure if any nobles in the area were bat pony, I'm sure there are others in other parts of the kingdom. Who knows, maybe I had an uncle or aunt out there. Or both. But I don't know. My parents went to the Elysian Fields when I was really little. Not even sure how it happened," Night Mist sighed.
"I can understand how that feels. My parents were gone when my little sister was just a wee little baby. We don't even know what exactly happened to them either," Applejack admitted as she placed a hoof on Night Mist's shoulder.
"Well, I mean, I had my mother Celestia to look after me. And from what I understand, your Grandmare, Granny Smith was really good to you," Night Mist inquired.
"Yeah. She's been great. But hey, maybe something at the Library can help you find out more about Bat Ponies. I'm sure I saw a book there once about Bat Ponies. Did they have any in Canterlot for you to look at?" Applejack wondered.
"Now that you mention it. The Library seemed to lack that particular field for some reason," Twilight chimed in, finally hearing a subject she could relate to.
"Well, that's odd, usually the Ponyville Library gets its books from Canterlot's library itself..... maybe we asked for the only copy?" Applejack pondered.
"Could be. I mean, how many books on all three races really get published. Perhaps we overlooked the copying spell to make more copies of the same book. It's not the first time something like that has happened," Twilight stated.
"Well, even so, the brunch was nice, and it was great to get a chance to meet your family, but before Twilight gets herself in a state of panic, there are other areas of the Summer Sun Celebration's preparations we have to attend to, to ensure that we don't have a repeat of what happened in Las Pegasus," Night Mist shudders before adding, "I can still smell the gumdrops."
Applejack chuckled, "Well, twas a pleasure maken yer acquaintances yer highness's. Hope ta see ya'll at the start of celebration tonight."
"We'll be there," Twilight stated as she hurried Spike and Night Mist along.
After getting away from the farm and Twilight finally feeling the weight of too much Apple Pie, Spike states, "Hey, Rainbow Dash got the pleasure of clearing the clouds for the celebration."
"Well, she's not doing a very good job is she?" Twilight retorted.
"Twily!!! Heads Up!!!" Night Mist warned before pushing Twilight out of the way of an approaching blur of Rainbow.
Soon, Twi and Spike watched as a rainbow maned cyan pegasus mare took a roll with Night Mist into a puddle of mud. "Whoops, sorry Prince Night Mist, uh, I was practicing a maneuver," the rainbow maned pegasus.
"Let me guess Rainbow Dash, didn't go according to plan. You don't need to make elaborate excuses to meet and greet me you know. But, do you mind? You're cutting off my air supply," Night Mist informed her.
"Oops, sorry," Rainbow Dash stated as she lifted herself off of Night Mist and helped him up.
"Rainbow Dash, always in a rush," Twi shook her head.
"Oh Princess Twilight, I didn't expect to see you here," Rainbow Dash jumped before bowing.
"Usually I can't get her nose out of a book, but thankfully mother Celestia got her mind focused on the celebration," Night Mist joked.
"How goes the cloud clearing by the way?" Spike asked, before Twilight would get into a fuss.
"Fine, I know there's still a few to clear. I mean, I could get them done in 10 seconds flat," Rainbow Dash stated.
"Then why don't you?" Twilight asked in monotone.
"Well, I'm practicing for the Wonderbolts your highness, I want to show my stuff," Rainbow Dash proudly admitted.
"And you don't think clearing the clouds in 10 seconds flat wouldn't impress them?" Spike tried to save Rainbow from more of Twilight's bantering.
"Well, maybe, but they are not here yet," Rainbow Dash pointed out.
"Why wait for the approval of the Wonderbolts? You got Royalty here to judge your speed and expertise. 10 bits says you can't clear them in 10 seconds flat," Night Mist challenged.
"You're on," Rainbow Dash accepted.
She soon zoomed off and started cloud busting while Night Mist stated, "Offer that mare a challenge, and it will be hard for her to refuse, unless she knows the challenge is something beyond her limits, which aren't very many."
"That'll be ten bits Princy, ten seconds flat," Rainbow Dash bragged after landing next to Night Mist.
"Awww, okay, but can you pay us the ten bits tomorrow?" Night Mist asked.
"Nah I'm good for it, I'll pay you the ten bits now," Rainbow Dash answered as she payed him ten bits.
Twilight looked at the two, completely confused. "Rainbow Dash lost a bet a couple weeks ago, and owed me 20 bits. She didn't have it on her at the time, so I had her on an I.O.U status til she could get it, and we met up again. I cut her pay up in half by making this bet, and losing," Night Mist explained.
"Clever," Spike stated.
"You guys are always a a riot when we get to meet. I can't wait to hang out some more when you get time your highnesses, but I can see you have some other things to take care of before that happens. Don't be a stranger you two," Rainbow Dash orders, before speeding off.
"She never changes. But that's what I like about her," Night Mist admits.
"What's next?" Twilight asks.
"Let's see, ah here we are, decorations," Spike answered.
They soon headed for the town hall, where the main decor would be at.