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// Epilouge: The Day After 
// Story: Friendship Solving Trip with Pinkie. Yay. 
// by RebelNarrator45 
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The ride home from Manehattan was quiet....at least on Starlight's part. Pinkie talked almost non stop, until a glare from her companion made her hush for a while. Then she finally spoke again, blue eyes locked concernedly on Starlight.

"Twilight seemed mad yesterday." Her voice was deadly serious.

"Yep."

"It was because we...well, I, got in so much trouble. Right? Sorry. I should have listened to you." Pinkie looked sad now. 

Starlight sighed. "Its ok, Pinkie. I'm not mad. Its not all your fault anyway." She didn't even want to think of what Twilight was going to say to them.

Pinkie shifted in her seat and managed a small smile as she locked eyes with Starlight. 

"Do you think she'll yell?"

Starlight slightly arched one eyebrow. "Its Twilight. And she's mad. I would say yes, she will probably yell." 

Pinkie looked thoughtful. "What if I go in blasting my party cannon with a big cake that says 'I'msosorrywegotinsomuchtrouble' on it? And balloons?" 

Starlight had to laugh. "The cake and balloons might be fine, but uh, I'd leave the cannon out of it for now."

The conductor chose that moment to call out through the car,"Next dtop, Ponyville! Next stop, Ponyville!" 

"Ooh, good! We're home!" Pinkie said with an excited bounce, apparently forgetting what awaited them on thier arrival. 

The train chugged and screeched to a halt, and Starlight and Pinkie left the train car and stood on the station platform. Starlight looked at her friend.

"Alright. Time to report to the castle." She started walking.

Pinkie followed along at her side. "We should throw an apology party after." She said cheerfully.

Starlight resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Fine." She said, then muttered under her breath, "If we both live through Twilight's lecture."

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Starlight began to wish they'd just stayed in Manehattan the second they entered the castle library. Twilight was, of course, waiting. And she was, of course, looking quite stern. In fact, the look she threw at them was enough to make Starlight think that teleporting clear out of Equestria might be a good idea. Pinkie seemed to not see it though.

"Hey, Twilight!" She greeted, with only slightly less than her normal enthusiasm. "We're back!!"

"So I see." Twilight's tone was unamused and firm. She pointed a hoof at the sofa. "Sit. Both of you." 

Starlight grimaced. Yep. This was going to be unpleasant. Before she could move, however, Pinkie gave a cheerful laugh and a second later a large cake and a massive bunch of multicolored balloons appeared in front of the somewhat startled Twilight. 

"These are yours!"

Twilight blinked at the cake, on which had been written the long apology Pinkie had come up with earlier on the train. Starlight wasn't even going to ask how her friend had summoned up a cake and balloons from nowhere. She didn't want the headache she was sure would accompany trying to figure it out. 

Twilight arched an eyebrow and stared intensely at Pinkie in slight amusement. "I appreciate it. But right now, I would rather have an explanation of how you two ended up in so much trouble."

Starlight sat down, and Pinkie came and plopped down beside her. Over the next fifteen minutes, Starlight explained...with frequent input from the pony at her side. When they finished, Twilight was pacing and looking like she didn't know whether to laugh or yell. She finally paused and rubbed her head. 

"I'm...not going to say anything else." She announced at last."You completed your task and saved a friendship problem." Her eyes narrowed slightly. "Though I would appreciate it if next time, you would stay out of jail."

Starlight rubbed her neck with a hoof and gave a slight chuckle. "Heh. Yeah. We will."

Twilight shook her head. "Well then. This matter is closed. Now, how about some cake?" She summoned plates and a knife.

KABOOM!!! 

The blast made both Starlight and Twilight yell in shock. Colored confetti rained down on thier heads as Pinkie giggled hysterically. 

"That wasn't as fun as the big cannon ball of cake, ice cream, and confetti in Manehattan..."she said cheerfully. "Ooh! Next time we're there I should grab Twinkle and we can add more stuff to the cannon ball!" 

Starlight turned to her mentor. Leaning close, she said in a low, urgent tone,"Twilight, I'm begging you. Next time that map calls me and her to go somewhere together...just find a way to send me to the moon first. Please?" 

Neither Pinkie nor Starlight could figure out why Twilight suddenly collapsed in the floor in a fit of laughter.