The first morning of the cruise began, but people woke up earlier than expected. The workers on the cruise reopen the shops and other rooms at five in the morning. They do this to avoid any huge crowd filling the hallways, while passengers don’t get in the way. And when it comes to the number of activities, they don’t want anyone to miss out on what they paid for.
“Hey Twilight, wake up.” Human Twilight tries to wake up the Princess Of Friendship while Fluttershy is by the other side of the bed.
“Twilight, please wake up.” Fluttershy said kindly.
Princess Twilight’s eyes slowly open up until she lifted her body up from her bed. “Why did you wake me up so early?” She yawned.
“The petting zoo is open and the animals there are amazing.”
“Why can’t we wait till later? You know I’m having a hard time to get myself awake after the work I did.”
Human Twilight, then gets a water bottle from her cooler and gives it to her counterpart. Even when Princess Twilight sleeps, she gets exhausted when she tries to be motivated for the day.
“If we don’t hurry, we won’t be able to see what Fluttershy can do with the animals.” She replied.
Unfortunately Princess Twilight already knew Fluttershy is good with animals. Out of all the places on this boat, the petting zoo was the last place she wanted to go. But at the same time, her shy friend will always feel sad if she doesn’t go with her to the zoo.
She moved her blanket while she moved her legs to the side, standing up from her bed. “Okay, we can go.”
Her friends smile at each other. People, especially Princess Twilight always get in a grumpy mood once they’re up from bed, but later, they soon get into their normal attitude.
After they waited for their princess to get dressed in her uniform, they leave their cabin and head to the petting zoo. Like the gift shop, the zoo itself remains the same as it is. The center has the birds inside their glass set, the bunnies are sleeping inside their mini houses and the sheep are playing around in the room.
The Twilights and Fluttershy came inside and like before, Fluttershy instantly adores the animals around her. She takes a seat on the blue couch where the multiple color sheep are at. With no situation at the moment, she places her hand on one of the sheep.
“Aren’t you and your friends just lucky to see me again?” She spoke to the pink sheep which it licks Fluttershy’s hand. “Well, I guess I’m right.” As she looks at her hand.
Meanwhile Princess and Human Twilight are looking at the birds inside their glass wall. “Do you have another pet?” Human Twilight asked.
“Yes I do, as a matter of fact, she’s an owl.” Princess Twilight answered. “She’s called Owlowiscious.”
“That’s a really nice name but for me, I can’t replace Spike.”
“You’re not replacing him.”
“But that’s what he thinks if I ever get another pet. He’s always a little…”
“Jealous?” The princess guessed while giving an eyebrow.
“Yes…”
They didn’t know what to expect from what they’re going to say next. So many awkward moments they have between them, but at the same time they never discuss anything new from the other. Their mind on animals is something they wanted to show Fluttershy their friendship to her. The only thing the Princess Of Friendship doesn’t know from her is her powers, other then her ability to talk to animals.
“Hey Fluttershy.” Human Twilight called which got her animal lover’s attention.
“What is it?” She asked.
“Can you show Twilight...your magic ability on the animals?”
Fluttershy looked in all directions in the room. Even if the employees are okay with the Rainbooms using their magic, she’s still afraid of a mistake she might cause. Her geode glowed in sparkles as she looks at the birds. The magic causes two of the birds to fly out of the glass when Human Twilight opened the safety door at the corner of the glass.
“What are you going to do with them?” Princess Twilight asked while Fluttershy picks up the two birds with her hands.
Then she finally makes them fly behind the Twilights and pecked them on their backs. “Oh...yes, that feels...wonderful…” Human Twilight moaned.
Princess Twilight never got her back of her body this pure to make her fell into slumber. “You’re right...Fluttershy you're the…” Just when she was about to finish her sentence, she lays her body on the couch with her counterpart, while the birds continue to peck faster.
Fluttershy has her hands wrap behind her back. “I know Twilight. The best girls who takes care of animals.” Soon the two Twilights’s eyes slowly close up. Their bodies were unable to beat the pecking from the two birds as they continue to sleep. “I guess waking up earlier was a good idea. Now you’re sleeping in my sanctuary.” Fluttershy lid her eyes.
Then, two little girls make their way to the zoo. While one of them saw the Rainbooms from time to time, the other girl was another someone Princess Twilight met on the beach last year. And she’s Water Lily’s sister.
“So Lily, what do you want to do in the petting zoo?” Her friend Technicolor Waves asked.
“Play with the sheep in there, I love sheep and how different they’re colors are compared to the normal ones.” Lily smiled.
As they entered the zoo, Lily stopped before she was about to play with the sheep. Not only she’s surprised to see Fluttershy and Human Twilight in this occasion, she’s shocked to see Princess Twilight again.
“Twilight!” She shouted which caused the two Twilights to wake up from the couch. The birds was about to fly from being disturbed but Fluttershy uses her powers to flow them back in their glass while she closes the safety door.
“Did any Equestrian magic damage the cruise!” Princess Twilight reacted.
“Actually, one of these two little girls called your name.” Fluttershy corrected.
“And I’m feeling to go to sleep afterwards.” Human Twilight placing her glasses back on.
Once the princess saw Lily Pad again, she made an embarrassing smile while trying to fix her hair. “Oh, sorry we just got up earlier.” She giggled awkwardly.
“So do we. It’s what my mom always say, you get more time if you wake up earlier in the morning.” Technicolor added while she wraps her arm around Lily.
“She’s right. Are you going to do something on this cruise?” Lily asked.
Just when Princess Twilight was about to answer Lily Pad’s question, her human counterpart fills her in since she hasn’t seen everything of what this cruise has. “Well, she doesn't have any because I’m showing her the activities.”
“And this is her second day so she hasn’t made her decision of what she wants to do.” Fluttershy added.
“They’re right.” The Princess signed. “I know you want me to play with you, but I’m still getting used to what this cruise has. I haven’t been in this world for a long time and last year was just a coincidence.”
Both Lily and Technicolor felt a little sad especially Technicolor Waves when her friend told her about Twilight back on the beach. Lily Pad never understood what Princesses are during her times in Equestria when she was with Sunset and the others to get back to safety after the whole cruise destruction months ago.
“Okay then, but maybe later, can we? I have other friends who want to meet you.”
“Yes we will, just make sure your friends are patient.”
“We’ve seen your castle, they’re more than respectful to understand your life.” Technicolor added.
Princess Twilight then turned to Fluttershy. “No offense Fluttershy, but I still need some rest, I’m still tired.”
“Well you might need to rethink that.” Fluttershy said while acting unsure. Then they heard a noise in the hallways and soon, it’s starting to pick up. Human Twilight looked in the hallways and was surprised to see a crowd of screaming children.
“We need to head to the pool, we might get ourselves stuck in here if we head back to our cabin.” Human Twilight grabbed her friend’s arms as they rushed out of the petting zoo. All the kids came in the petting zoo as it’s completely filled with all the animals took notice.
“On second thought, I’m starting to miss the times when I woke up so soon and I couldn’t get out of the crowd.” Princess Twilight thought. “I sometimes forget I was an ordinary pony like everyone else.”