//------------------------------// // Reunion Part 1 // Story: Remembrance (The Audio Drama) // by Nira Lightshine //------------------------------// "Okay! So…what just happened!" Galaxy exclaimed, looking down at the spot where her mentor once stood, and now there was a blackened and charred spot on the rug where she was. And the book was there too. But Twilight was gone. "She must have completed the spell from Starswirls book," Celestia said, looking at Galaxy, while Luna looked at both frowning a bit. "Awesome…great…perfect. So how do we get her back!" Galaxy said picking the book up with her magic as she did so. "Galaxy, you need to relax. There's nothing we can do for her here." Luna said putting a hoof on her shoulder to get her to calm down. "Luna's rights. I'm sure Twilight is fine on her own. We should continue to do our duties until she is back." Celestia said, before adding, "And Galaxy, since Twilight isn't here. I want you to guard the elements in her absence." "W-w-w-wa-wait! You want me to do what! I can't watch over the most important elements in all of Equestria. Do you know how many times I've fallen on my face today?' Galaxy, after all, was clumsy. And she knew it, but the other princesses tended to ignore it to not hurt her feelings. "Yes, you can Galaxy! You have been studying with Twilight for this reason. She believes in you and so do we." Luna assured her. "If you really think that way then…" Galaxy would put her hoof up in a salute. "I will accept this duty princesses." She said proudly. Both Luna and Celestia giggled at her excitement before Celestia said, "We shall put our trust in you then. Now me and Luna have to finish preparations for Cadance today. The Elements are in the Library." She said as she and Luna walked out. Galaxy would look down with trepidation in her voice as the princesses left, "Greattttt…" She would then walk toward Twilights library to study for her next exam and keep the elements close by at the same time. ---Ponyville--- Twilight would hear birds chirping and animals making noises, "That's weird, why…oh. Ahhhhhh!" She screamed as she started to fall. She was above the trees in a place she thought that looked familiar, but as she tried to flap her wings…she wouldn't feel them there. And as the branches hit her on the way down, she yelped and groaned out in pain. And then hit the ground, "Owwwwww! Wait, my wings! Where have they-" She was cut off by a voice she'd not heard in years. "Twilight! Oh, there you are Twilight! What are you doing out in the middle of nowhere?" Asked Spike, who was so much smaller then she had last seen him. "Huh! Spike! Your so-tiny!" She squealed at how cute he looked. "Uh ya Twilight. Maybe because I'm a baby dragon. Did you lose some brain cells when you disappeared?" He asked looking concerned. "Disappeared?" Twilight inquired, wondering why he was so tiny and thought something was starting to feel off about the situation. "Ya, we were going around checking on the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you disappeared." He said pulling out a parchment as he did so. "The Summer Sun Celebration? That doesn't make any sense. I have to go find Princess Luna. She'll know what's going on." She said getting up and starting to walk in a random direction. Something still felt familiar about this place to her. "Um, who is that?" Spike asked as he stared at her. "What do you mean who is that? She is Celestia's sister. The one who helped me get here! Wherever here is." Twilight said whirling around to look at Spike with a slight twitch in her eye. "Righttttt? But Princess Celestia doesn't have a sister. And when have you started calling her Celestia." He said. "Spike, how can you not." She gasped. "The mare in the moon." She whispered. Spike sighed, "Ya, you keep talking about how Nightmare Moon will take revenge at the Celebration tomorrow. But don't you think if it was that big of a deal Princess Celestia would have done something to stop it?" "N-no. It can't be. It's impossible. It's theoretically improbable." Twilight muttered to herself. As more and more clues started to come together in her head. "Uhhh, Twilight. Are you going to stop whispering to yourself so we can move onto the checklist? Next up is checking the food at Sweet Apple Acres." Spike said. That clicked in her head, the final piece of the puzzle, "Sweet Appl- Applejack!" She practically screamed as she ran off, desperate hope in her heart…were her friends here and alive? ---Sweet Apple Acres--- As Twilight panted and arrived at the front gate, she would see an orange earth pony mare with a blonde mane and tail and a brown Stetson hat being worn on her head as she prepared food, and the family reunion about to start too. Twilight stopped and felt tears in her eyes, 'It really is her. Oh my Celestia…it is Applejack.' She thought as she would come up. And as her hoofsteps got closer, and curious green eyes met hers. A bright smile appeared on Applejacks face. "Well howdy. What can I do ya for?" She said brightly to her. What she was probably not expecting is the sudden shooting forward. mare and the hug she would receive, "Applejack! It's you! It's really you! I can't believe it." She said hugging her friend, one she'd not seen in over thirty years now. "Uhhh, it's nice to meet ya too. Aren't you here to sample the food for the Summer Sun Celebration?" Applejack said pulling away. "What? No! I'm here to bring back the elements of harmony." Twilight said while Spike facepalmed which caused Twilight to glare at him. "The Elements of whoeey whatey? I'm sorry Sugarcube. I've never met you before, and I don't know anything about any Elements of Har-Mo-Ney. Now, how about you taste some of the food?" She asked. "Yes! Please!" Spike shot forward eagerly. ---Near Ponyville Square--- As they walked back into Ponyville. Twilight would give a soft groan, "I ate too much pie." She grumbled quietly to herself. She really needed to get better control of herself, but gosh darn it! The Apple Family pies were always soo good! But as these thoughts came to her, she would think about why she was here. 'That was weird. First Spike didn't know who Luna was. And Applejacks alive, but didn't know me…it's almost like.' She stopped with the sudden realization, 'I went back in time.' She then turned and grabbed Spike, "Spike!! What am I the princess of!" "Uh, I hate to break it to you Twilight. You aren't a princess. You aren't even an Alicorn." He said and then was dropped. "Oh my Celestia! I did it! I really am back in time!" She shouted and pranced a bit in place in joy and then stopped, "Wait…now what do I do?" She thought to herself, 'Do I go and revisit my friends…or try to get the elements now?' She thought to herself, almost drowning out Spikes next words. "Ugh, these clouds really need to be cleared. I heard a pony called Rainbow Dash is supposed to do that!" Suddenly something hit Twilight in the side. And just like the first time, she ended up in the mud with a Cyan furred and Rainbow Colored mare on top of her. "Uh oops! Excuse me. Let me help you with that!" Rainbow Dash said quickly zipping away. Twilight though remembering what happened last time was quickly getting up and was preparing a spell. But as Rainbow flew overhead with a cloud full of rain, she shouted, "Wa-wait Rainbow don't!" But too late. She was now drenched in rainwater and glared up at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow saw her wet and drowned mare look and laughed loudly at this, "Wait, let me try this!" She shouted as she started to fly around Twilight sucking the water out. But all it did was what it did the first, a frazzled mane and a guffawing pair of a pegasus and baby dragon. Who she glared at both for their laughter, "Rainbow! I need you to listen to me!" She shouted, realizing too late she said her name without having been given it. But thankfully Rainbow just used it to stroke her ego, "Woah! You know my name. Am I that famous already?" She asked jumping up and giving a proud stance. 'Shoot! Think Twilight. What do I tell her? This is where we meet. I can't tell her about the Elements.' She thought and then said, "I uh, just heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear." "Oh that. That'll be easyyyyyy!" Rainbow got up into the air. Twilight thinking of the chance she was being given, would give a playful smirk before turning away, "Ah okay. We should move onto-" But she was cut off. "Wait? Aren't you going to ask me how I'm going to do it." Rainbow asked. "No, I think I'm okay. Goodbye." Twilight said starting to walk away. "You don't think I can do it, do you? Well, I'll have you know. I can clear this sky in ten seconds flat." But all she got was silence as Twilight stopped and turned her head to give her an eyebrow raise, "That’s it! You asked for it!" Rainbow shouted as she dashed into the air, to do exactly what she said she'd do. But as she turned around. Spike and Twilight were gone. "Huh, that Twilight is a weird pony." She said shrugging and flying off to practice for the Wonderbolts more. ---At Town Hall--- "Now if I remember correctly, the next thing on the list should be." She was interrupted though by Spike. "So beautiful," Spike said as he floated in the air with his tail. To think in a few years, he wouldn't need his tail for such a thing. "Yes Spike, the decorations are beautiful. But we are looking for-." She was interrupted again by him. "No. Not the decorations…herrrr." He said as he floated closer to the object of his affection, while Twilight gave a roll of her eyes, before stopping as she saw her friend Rarity, she forgot just truly how much that coat glimmered in the light. "No! NO! NOOOO! Oooh yes!" Rarity would say as she would find the perfect ribbon, "Ribbons do give the perfect personal touch." She said. "Rarity!" Twilight shouted, her eyes alight with joy as she rushed up to her. Rarity frowned in confusion as she saw a pony come up to her, one she didn't know. But knew her, "Oh hello yo-oh my stars! Darling! Whatever happened to your mane!" She shouted as she started to play with the mane trying to see how to fix it. Twilight giggled at this, same old Rarity. Too busy to try to fix someone else's hair, "My name is Twilight Sparkle. And sorry about that. We're here to uh…uhh." She couldn't remember now, why was her mind failing her on this one thing! "Check on the decorations?" Spike chimed in, raising an eyebrow at this. "Yes! Check on the decorations. Nothing else! Just the decorations." She laughed embarrassingly as she tried to shrug this off as if it was nothing. "Righttttt. Well, we can't let you go out there with that mane do. Not..hmmhmm, that it's not lovely of course. Come, we have a lot of touching up to do." She said pulling Twilight with her, but Twilight wouldn't resist. What she would have found annoying the first time…she would do this all again just to have these beginning moments with her friends…even Rainbow Dash's. So as she stood on a stand, waiting for Rarity to finish up what she was doing. Twilight smiled letting her hair be curled and played with, she would smile with joy. She missed these days, and as she and Spike walked out. She sniffed a bit, knowing she wouldn't have time with them. But would have to cherish what time she had, "Twilight are you okay? You've been acting really strange today." Spike asked as they started to head toward what sounded like singing birds. "NO of course not! Your acting crazy Spike. Now come on, let's go see how Flutter- I mean how the music is getting up to." As they walked along the path, heading toward Fluttershy's cabin, the singing birds would get louder. Until suddenly they came across a canary yellow and pink colored pegasus pony singing with her birds, "Wow that sounds amazing!" Twilight shouted. Which scared the birds and the Pegasus, "Ooh! Sorry, I probably scared you. My name is Twilight Sparkle." The pegasus squeaked her name, though Twilight knew it to be Fluttershy. Though as Spike came out, Twilight was again bowled over by Fluttershy charging to see Spike, "A baby dragon! Oooh, I've never seen a baby dragon before! It's so incredibly wonderful. I don't even know what to say!" She said wings flapping happily. "Hi, I'm Spike!" He said as Twilight got back up but unlike the previous time. She wouldn't be trying to escape Fluttershy and just started walking as Spike and Fluttershy followed talking. "Hi Spike. I'm Fluttershy!" She said flying behind them excitedly