It took about an hour for Lyra and Bon Bon to pack up their things for the weekend at Hope Hollow. Once Twilight returned, she gave them the map that leads to Hope Hollow and reminded the two about everypony who lives there will greet them once they arrive.
It wasn’t hard for Lyra and Bon Bon to find the entrance to Hope Hollow, thanks to the directions of their map.
“Well, we’re here.” Bon Bon said with the luggage on her back. They’re amazed from the huge rainbow billboard attached to the trail to Hope Hollow.
“Do you think the citizens made this? This must be a hundred feet tall!” Lyra commented.
“I don’t know, but they must really have a passion for the Rainbow Festival.”
Lyra turned to her friend before she continued on the trail. “What do you think the Rainbow Festival will be like since it’s only going to be the two to us?”
Bon Bon got the impression that ponies who live in Hope Hollow would easily do the festival to have fun, but not to outside ponies like her and Lyra. Twilight never told her what she and her friends did the last and only time they went to Hope Hollow.
“I’m not sure. The Rainbow Festival sounds like a great name but the tradition sounds…”
“Ordinary like the other festivals we’ve seen in the past?”
“Sounds like that.”
The two ponies looked at each other for less than a minute. The festival may have tons of activities but the question remains, will Bon Bon and Lyra love them? The festivals they went to in the past were similar whenever they come across. Even if most of them took place in Ponyville, it was still the same festival with a different theme.
“Why don’t we get to…” Lyra looking at her map. “Petunia’s motel. Right now, there’s not enough time to do anything in the village.”
Bon Bon agrees as she and Lyra finally go on the trail with their hopes still attached for the Rainbow Festival.
Once they arrived at Hope Hollow, the sun has finally set over the hills and mountains until tomorrow. Lyra and Bon Bon looked all over the place in the village. It’s mostly quiet with some of the citizens either doing yard work or sleeping in their houses. Lyra and Bon Bon found Hope Hollow and nice place, not the best but not mediocre.
“This is kind of like Ponyville, but smaller.” Lyra commented.
“I thought it was going to be a little bigger.” Bon Bon added.
Then they heard two filly colts flying over the village, they saw them getting along with each other as they make their way to their house before bedtime.
“Do you think those two ponies are ready for tomorrow?” Lyra asked.
“I think, maybe we should talk to them in the morning about the festival since we’re going to be guests of honor for this festival.” Bon Bon replied.
Without wasting anymore time, Lyra and Bon Bon tries to find the motel they’re going to be staying for the weekend. In the map Twilight gave them, it shows the important buildings like Kerfuffle’s fashion shop and Major Sunny Skies’s office. They finally made it to the motel, unlike last time due to the gray, colorless situation Twilight had, there's no way it will happen the same way to Lyra and Bon Bon. Lyra knocked on the door and it wasn’t long until the pony inside answers it.
“Hello, my guests of honor.” The light purple and red pony smiled. Since Twilight told her everything about Lyra and Bon Bon, she knows how to make these visitors comfortable while arriving. “I’m Petunia Petals and I will guide you to your apartment, come inside.”
Lyra and Bon Bon went inside of Petunia’s motel as they check the place out. “So Twilight told you everything about us? Bon Bon asked.
“Of course!” Petunia smiled. “We want to give you the best rainbow experience in the morning. And I got to say, I wanted to thank you two to come over.”
“For what?” Lyra blinked.
“So we can have another festival. We love the Rainbow Festival so much and after decades of our rainbow generator losing all its color, we still have the motivation to do more. Ponies can’t even wait for next year’s festival.”
Both Lyra and Bon Bon we’re surprised in they’re expressions. It was like they’re being treated the respect as guests in the village. “What do you think the Rainbow Festival will be like?” Bon Bon asked.
“You’ll find out in the morning, it’s getting late. Let me show you to your room.” Petunia guided Lyra and Bon Bon up the stairs where their room is. Petunia opened the door and showed the visitors their apartment. Thanks to the colors back in Hope Hollow, the walls are painted in the six main colors of the rainbow. The mattresses were more comfortable than rough, and the windows shows the views of the village while also looking at the Rainbow Festival. Lyra and Bon Bon entered the room with their luggage still on their backs.
“You two should get some rest and I’ll make you a proper breakfast when you wake up.” Petunia smiled as she closes the door. While Luna and Bon Bon begin to unpack their things, they both look at the windows as they saw most of the street lights being turned off.
“I can’t believe this is going to be our first vacation weekend outside of Ponyville and Canterlot.” Bon Bon replied.
“Why, are you already feeling homesick and Canterlot activity sick?” Lyra giggled to which her friend rolled her eyes, not laughing at the joke at all.
“It’s not that I’m homesick, It’s just feels...odd for doing something different for a change.”
“Well that’s what happens when we go to Canterlot for the fiftieth time. I’m sure Hope Hollow will have something Ponyville and Canterlot would never have.”
Bon Bon tries to respond to Lyra’s opinion but she really tired from the day she had. “Maybe you're right but…” She then yawn until Lyra decides to help her with her unpacking.
“You just go to sleep, this will be great for both of us.” Lyra lid her eyes in her sweet side. Bon Bon accepts the help from her best friend as she tucks herself on her mattress. It didn’t take long for Lyra to unpack her friend’s things, soon she turned off the light in the room and tucked herself in on her mattress. With everything they brought for the weekend, all that’s left is what their Saturday is going to be like tomorrow, when the Rainbow Festival begins.