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// Chapter 16: The Tough News 
// Story: A Giant Adventure to Equestria 
// by ThePinkedWonder 
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It's been three days since I received a Pink Heart of Courage, for helping save Twilight's life from Queen Chrysalis five-and-a-half weeks earlier, and made up for lying to her and the others during my first three weeks in Equestria. I still felt a little sore from my still-healing injuries from Chrysalis's blast, when I protected Twilight and Starlight from being hit by it, but man it was g-l-o-r-I-o-u-s when my big sisters blasted Chrysalis after she hurt me! I still wish I had popcorn for that.

But, since Twilight and Starlight learned the counterspell to the Nightmare Prevention Spell, I didn't have to always be bite-sized, and they improved it so the effect could last up to three days. Though, since I was immune to nightmares in my four-inch-tall form, Twilight asked if I would want the counterspell intentionally inactive on some nights so I'd have no nightmares. I liked and did the idea, but I also wanted it inactive during the day sometimes as well, for a reason Twilight and Starlight were very familiar with.

How could I be on one of my big sisters' heads, if I wasn't small enough to do it? I still wanted that as a thing I only did with Twilight or Starlight, so I was never on the heads of the other ponies, which they all completely understood. I even started being on Starlight's head around the others, not just when we were alone, or only around Twilight or Spike, like I did at first.

But even better, the thought of returning home, and possibly even take Twi and the others with me to visit and meet my parents and sisters, put me in one of my best moods yet in Equestria! The counterspell just needed to be improved some more, so the effect creates a portal leading to my world, according to what Twilight said it would do.





Standing in a huddle in front of one of the green doors in the library in Twilight Sparkle's castle, Twilight, Starlight, and Spike, all with frowns, debated on the best way to tell Eric some tough news they discovered the previous day. Starlight and Spike wanted to tell Eric immediately, but Twilight hyperventilated over potentially breaking the heart of the human she cares of as her little brother. Thus, they decided to wait a day to give Twilight time to calm down before breaking the difficult news.

"Okay, Eric's in the library, right?" Spike asked.

"Yeah, he is. But--" Twilight blew a sigh full of sorrow "--oh my Celestia, how are we going to tell him? It's going to break his heart, and he's been so happy lately."

Starlight proposed, "Maybe it would help if just one of us tells him?"

"It could, but who's going to do it? You, me, or Twilight?"

Starlight rested a hoof on her cheek, and briefly lowered her head in thought. "Well, out of the three of us, he's the closest to you, Twilight, and you're the first one he met in Equestria. So maybe you should tell him."

"I think Starlight's right, Twilight. He might take it better if he hears it from you."

"I guess you're right, so I'll tell him. But I still don't know how I'm going to say it."

But thinking about the previous day, Starlight suggested, "Then again, maybe I should tell him. We saw how you hyperventilated yesterday over it."

"No, I think I'll be all right to do it."

"You need some time to think of what to say?" Spike asked.

"No. Even if I did, it might not do any good, so I'll just go in and tell him as gently as I can."

"Okay, good luck, Twilight. Spike and I will go check on something, but we'll be back to see how he took it."

Twilight took a deep breath to help steel herself to do one of the hardest things of her life. Then, she forced her hooves to walk toward the door in front of her, one hesitant step at a time.







On a purple couch in the library of Twilight's castle, near one of the bookshelves, at my "real" size, I sat relaxing, with a one-foot table sitting beside the couch and a half-filled cup of blueberry juice sitting on it. I was trying to think about how to introduce my parents and human big sisters to my pony big sisters, Dragon little brother, and pony friends. They never watched MLP themselves, so they had no idea who Twilight and the others were. 

And then there were those bronies I had to keep in mind that, after they got over the shock that they exist, would get...ideas if they saw my pony friends and sisters. To avoid having to send them all to the moon my way if they were to try anything, especially to my pony big sisters -- with an uppercut to the jaw -- I was wondering if my family and I should keep them hidden. 

Or for that matter, just keep them out of sight because of the chaos that seven talking ponies, three of which can use magic, and a small talking Dragon in itself might trigger in my world.

Anyway, as I was in thought about how to handle things, Twilight crept through one of the green double-doors and I turned my head to her. Twi's eyes were closed as she walked in, her ears were drooped, and she wore a frown showing something was wrong, but I overlooked it since I was in such a good mood.

As Twilight opened her eyes and walked towards the couch I sat on, I said, "Oh, hey, Twi. Funny you're here, because I was thinking about how to introduce you to my family back in my world. If the portal the counterspell will make will let you and the others pass through it, that is."

"Uh, about that--"

"Ever since the first night we knew each other, you loved to ask me questions about my world. Soon, you might finally get to see it for yourself!"

"Yes, I did ask a few questions about your world, but, Eric--"

"Ha, a 'few'? Twilight, you asked me like five hundred questions about my world since we met! Instead of 'Princess of Friendship' maybe we should call you the 'Princess of Questions'!"

"Okay, I get it. I asked a lot, but I really need to tell--"

"But I'm still gonna have to figure out how to explain you all, since ponies don't talk in my world and we don't have Dragons, but I told you all about that already."

"I remember, and how Unicorns, Pegasi, and Alicorns don't exist there, but still--"

"And not everyone in it knows about you and Equestria and especially not about the part that you exist. Maybe my family could hide you, or you could use magic to make yourselves invisible to everypony -- er I mean everyone -- but me and my family."

"I-I guess that might work, but it--"

"Oh, I've been in Equestria so long, now I'm saying 'everypony' without meaning to. But you're gonna love my sisters back home, and they'll probably try to teach you and Starlight new ways to mess with me. Though, try not to listen too much if they do--"

"ERIC!!"

That yell made my heart skip a beat, and I almost jumped off the couch! "Whoa! Hey, why did you yell at me like that, Twilight?! What did I do?"

Twilight gasped and much more gently said, "I-I'm sorry about that, Eric. I didn't mean to yell, and you didn't do anything wrong."

"Okay. But in that case, even if you didn't mean to, why did you yell?"

"I-I just wanted to tell you something, but you kept cutting me off."

"Well, what is it?"

Twilight sat down beside me, and the look in her eyes seemed to ooze sympathy. Because of how ponies sit on couches compared to me, my head was up to the upper part of Twilight's chest, so I had to look up to her face. Twi's face looked down to me. In a gentle voice, she started, "Okay. I'm glad you are sitting down, because--"

Before Twilight got any further, Rainbow came walking through the same green door Twilight did. "Twilight, Eric, there you two are!"

"Oh, hey, Rainbow. And yes, Eric and I are here, but can we have a--"

"Don't worry, Twilight, I won't be long. I just want to ask if you two wanted to watch my next Wonderbolt show? I got some new moves I can't wait to show you all!"

"Yeah, I would! I never got to see your shows in person, because" -- I looked in Twilight's direction -- "somepony kept putting her hoof down on taking me."

Rainbow laughed and added, "Oh, yeah. Twilight was too worried about you flying off her head if I or the other flyers came too close. And I thought Starlight was sometimes the 'overprotective' big sister."

Twilight sighed and said, "Okay, I get it, I overdid it sometimes when I tried to look out for Eric. But, Rainbow, can you give Eric and me a min--"

But Twi would get interrupted again. Applejack trotted into the library through the door Twilight and Rainbow used to get in. "Hey there, Twilight, I thought ya might be in here."

"Of course she is, Applejack. If egghead here isn't in her room, she's probably here in the library sitting on her favorite purple couch, but Eric's sitting with her this time."

"Ha! Rainbow, I still can't get over that 'egghead' nickname you like calling Twilight. Maybe I should've asked if I could call her 'egghead' instead of 'Twi'."

"Well, too late, because I already called 'dibs' on calling Twilight 'egghead'."

Not enjoying this nearly as much as Rainbow or me, Twilight groaned and rolled her eyes. "Okay, that's enough about me being an 'egghead'. I'm trying to tell--"

Now Fluttershy decided to come into the library. "Oh, there you guys are. What's going on?"

"Nothing, Fluttershy. I was just asking Twilight and Eric if they wanted to go to my next Wonderbolt show, since Eric's tall enough to not 'fly off Twilight's head' like Twilight was worried about."

"Oh yeah, Eric. Ya always did want to see one of Rainbow's shows, but Twilight wouldn't take ya," Applejack reminded.

Rainbow said, "And when Twilight saw Starlight trying to sneak you to it because you didn't stay completely in Starlight's mane, she lost it!"

With Twilight growling, I cracked up laughing as I thought about how furious she got at Starlight, when Starlight tried to take me to a show without Twi knowing. "And after you got done chewing out Starlight, she never wanted to try that again, because you were one mad pony, big sis!"

"Come on guys! I'm serious! I need to--"

Now it's Rarity's turn to interrupt Twilight and walk into the library! "Hello, darlings! What are you all doing in here?"

Applejack greeted, "Hey there, Rarity."

"And we're not doing anything. Other than asking Twilight and Eric if they want to come to my next Wonderbolt show."

With Twilight facehoofing, Rarity turned her head to face me directly and said, "Oh, that's right, Eric! You have never been to one of Rainbow's Wonderbolt shows before."

"And I can't wait now that I'm 'big enough' to go. I tell you, Twi, sometimes you remind me of my mom. In fact, you two would probably get along great because she likes making things organized almost as much as you do!"

"Really? Maybe instead of 'Twi' you could call Twilight 'Momlight'!"

I couldn't help breaking out of laughter at that nickname idea! "Ooh, 'Momlight', that's a good one, Rainbow!" I reached my fist out to Rainbow and we did a "fist/hoofpump" as we kept laughing.

Twi groaned even louder than the last time she did, because that pony was not amused! "All right, that's enough of picking on me for trying to be a good big sister! I have something very important to--"

Poor Twilight got interrupted again: Starlight and Spike came in, but both were frowning about something. Starlight's ears were drooped down, just like how Twilight's were when she walked in.

"Oh, uh, hey guys. Starlight and I didn't know you all were in here."

Starlight asked, "Did...you tell him yet, Twilight?"

"No, not yet, Starlight. I'm trying to, but I keep getting--"

And we can't leave out the party pony! But instead of hopping through one of the doors to the library, Pinkie popped her head out from under a green rug on the floor. "Oh, hey guys! What's going on in here? Ooh, ooh, are you planning a party? Because my Pinkie Sense's been telling me that somebody's gonna be needing one reaaaaaly soon. But, I don't know why, and why it's 'somebody'."

I knew not to ask Pinkie how she came out from under that rug, so I didn't. As Pinkie crawled out from under the rug, her mane was twitching, and I figured it was because of whatever her Pinkie Sense picked up.

Now at her limit, Twi gritted her teeth and, in her "Royal Canterlot" voice that forced the whole library to shake, screamed, "Okay, that's it! Can't you guys give me just ten seconds to tell Eric I won't ever be able to send him back to his world?!"

Yep, that dampened the mood. My mouth dropped and my eyes grew huge. I felt a punch in the gut, and another punch, then I felt nothing but numbness. I looked down at my hands, and saw them shaking from the shock. Thoughts about my family filled my head, and I was so excited at the chance to see them and my world. I was so ready to fish with my dad again, taste my mom's lasagna, which was my favorite food, watch my favorite movies with my sisters, and introduce them all to Twi, Starlight, and the others. And maybe even take them to visit Equestria. And suddenly, I knew none of that would happen.

Twilight had her mouth covered with her hooves. In a semicircle around the couch Twilight and I was on, everyone else faced Twilight and stood in stunned silence.

After five seconds, with me still in the biggest state of shock of my life, Rainbow, with a frown, asked, "Wait, you're serious? Didn't you say that once that 'counterspell' was strong enough, it would get Eric back to his world!"

Even though Twilight uncovered her mouth, she didn't say anything. She simply nodded her head with her eyes closed. She was serious. Never wanted her to be joking more than this moment.

"So what happened?!" Rarity questioned, which I was thinking in my head as well, but I was too stunned to form words in my mouth.

After taking a deep breath, Twilight explained, "Well...when Starlight and I were learning the counterspell, we thought we could make it strong enough to cast it in a way to make the magic still in Eric create a portal. But, it turns out the magic doesn't work like we thought it did, and the counterspell won't work on it in a way for it to create a portal."

"So how did that magic from that 'Nightmare Prevention Spell' even get him in Equestria in the first place?"

"Well, Applejack, that's something Starlight and I tried to find out. But, from what Eric told me, all the magic didn't enter him all at once, and the rest went in him when he was at the pond near his house. It seems like, when the last waves of it entered him as it made him fall asleep and shrunk him, in a freak accident, it triggered a portal that brought him to Equestria. And nothing I can find out can teach Starlight or me how to trigger a portal again."

"And the shrinking itself was a freak accident too, because the spell wasn't supposed to do that. But if Twilight or I try to guess how to use the counterspell to create a portal, we could kill Eric with it long before it's done correctly, if it's even possible. So he's stuck in Equestria, forever."

"Eric? Are you all right?"

I heard Fluttershy ask if I was all right while she stared at me with big sad eyes, but I couldn't say anything yet. The pure shock I felt was wearing off, allowing a flood of emotions to fill my body, and I could barely process the difference between them. Sadness. Anger. Disbelief. Disappointment. Frustration. It was so confusing that my eyes couldn't even form tears, despite definitely feeling upset enough to start the waterworks.

Still sitting on the couch I was on, Twilight turned her head to me with even bigger and sadder eyes than Fluttershy's. "Eric? I didn't mean to yell it out like that, but I--"

Somehow able to hold everything in, but with my hands still shaking, I turned my head to Twilight and, in more of a whisper, asked, "So...I'm really stuck in Equestria? And I will never see my world or family ever again?"

In what might have been one of the most painful things that Twilight Sparkle ever had to say, she solemnly answered, "Yes. And I know how you feel, but--"

I guess hearing that final confirmation was all it took to force out one of the emotions I felt: anger, though it came with tears. Twi reached for me with a wing to wrap around me, but with tears flowing from my eyes, I gritted my teeth, stood up from the couch fast enough for the wing to wrap nothing but air, faced Twilight, and yelled, "No! How could you 'know' how I feel, Twilight?! I know you once risked being trapped in that 'other' human world forever to stop Sunset Shimmer, but even so, you chose to do it! I don't have any choice at all! I...I really believed I would go back home eventually, because you kept telling me you would do it! But now...after all this time, now you're telling me you can't?!"

"I-I know I told you that, and I truly thought I could, and I'm so--"

"Just stay away from me. I need to be alone!"

"Wait, Eric, don't go! Please, just talk to me!"

I didn't listen and, with tears flooding down my cheeks even more than they were before, I stormed out of the library while sprinting between Applejack and Rarity to get to the nearest library door, and both ponies had their mouths open from the shock of my screaming. Once out the doors, I made a beeline down the hallways of the castle to my room. I bet I left a trail of tears as I did.





After the heartbroken Eric Reed fled the library in tears over never seeing his family and home world again, Twilight Sparkle and her friends stood motionless in shock. Most of all Twilight, who had her head down and forelegs over her face in guilt and sorrow.

Rainbow finally broke the silence and remarked, "Well, that was something."

"I can't imagine what Eric's feeling right now," Fluttershy admitted.

"I can't either. The poor darling has been so excited about going back to his world and take us with him, and the only thing he was 'worried' about was that we might not be able to visit him."

"And now, forget takin' us: he won't be able to go," Applejack finished.

"Okay, I know he's hurting, but did he really have to yell at Twilight?" Rainbow pointed a hoof at Twilight, who still had her head down and covered. "I mean, he should know that she did the best she could, and it wouldn't be her fault if that counterspell or whatever can't get him back to his world!"

With a deep sigh, Twilight corrected, "No, Rainbow. It is my fault."

"Huh? What do you mean 'your' fault, Twilight?" Spike questioned.

"Yeah, how can it be your fault? When we mastered the counterspell, we didn't do anything wrong and it just didn't work the way it needed to open a portal. But it wasn't your fault."

Twilight raised her head to face Starlight, while uncovering her face to reveal watery eyes as well as a frown filled with pure guilt. "No, I mean it's my fault that all this is happening to him."

"Hold on, sugarcube, why do ya think that?" 

"Yeah, Chrysalis was the one that ruined that spell you and Starlight did, right? So why is it still your fault?" Pinkie asked.

"It's my fault because I got the idea to learn the Nightmare Prevention Spell. If I didn't, there would've been no spell for Chrysalis to 'ruin' so it's still on me. Plus, if I thought to be more careful, maybe I could've prevented it from happening."

Rainbow tilted her head down to think of something to ease Twilight's guilt, but she couldn't help wondering if Twilight truly had a point. "O-Oh, well, maybe. But s-still."

Fluttershy asked, "Does Eric know you feel this way?"

Twilight shook her head with her eyes closed in the process. "No, I never told him. He hated for Starlight or me to feel bad about things that have happened to him in Equestria. I didn't want him to become worried about me."

"Well, that sounds like something he would do because he loves you and Starlight. He hates to see either of you sad," Rarity admitted.

"Or anyone he cares about, like the rest of us," Pinkie chimed in.

With a sympathetic frown, Starlight walked to and placed a hoof on Twilight's right cheek. "But, I think he should know how you feel. You told him he can talk to you about anything, just like I told him he can tell me anything, and I bet he would want you to tell him anything that's bothering you." Starlight rested the hoof on Twilight's cheek back to the floor.

"Maybe, Starlight, and I was even going to tell him today, but he's hurting too much for me to do it now. You saw how he was, and I have never seen him act that way."

With a comforting smile, Fluttershy assured, "He was upset, but that was just anger talking, but he's not mad at you. He knows that you would do anything for him, and if you can't get him back to his world, it's not because you didn't try your best."

"And, sugarcube, if he knows how much yer hurtin', he might not feel quite as bad about himself. Plus, he needs ya right now."

With a frown full of concern, Rarity implored, "So go to him, Twilight. He needs you more than even he knows."

"And after you talk to him, Starlight and I will come and do what we can," Spike finished.

After a moment to think, Twilight nodded her head with a more determined frown. "Okay, I will. Thanks, guys."

Twilight Sparkle ran out of the green doors of her library and through the hallways to Eric Reed's bedroom. She needed to both be there for Eric and finally confess to him the pain she hid. Even Princess Luna advised Twilight, during a nightmare on the previous night over being unable to return Eric back to his world, to tell him how she truly felt.

As she trotted down the hallways, looking down at the trail of tears Eric left and believing that the pain ravaging his heart was all her fault, Twilight's determined frown again became one of sadness and guilt. She fought against her own tears, feeling that she failed as Eric's pony big sister.





Now in my room, lying on my stomach on my bed, I had my face buried in my white pillow that got wetter with each passing second, and just kept wailing. Considering how I was feeling, it was fitting that the blanket I lay on, that my hands clenched so tight, was blue. Sunlight shone near my bed almost like a ray of hope, but I needed a lot more than sunlight to cheer me up. No offense to Princess Celestia.

But now, along with the other emotions in my body about not being able to go home or see my family again, another emotion was attacking my heart: guilt over how I treated Twilight. I never snapped at my big sister like that before, and it was now how she was frowning when she came into the library sunk in. I just couldn't believe I missed it, and the anger and disappointment I still felt were aimed at me now. I felt like the worst friend and brother ever.

I un-clenched my blanket, but before I could get off my bed to run to and apologize to Twilight for going off on her, or even stop bawling, three knocks came from my bedroom door. 

I kept on weeping as, from behind the door, a familiar voice full of compassion and guilt said, "Eric? It's me. Look, I know I let you down and you were right: I don't know how it's like or how you feel. I should not have talked like I did know it, and I am so sorry. I also know you said to leave you alone, but there is something else I need to say that's important, and then I'll let you be, so can I say it? Please?"

After I stopped weeping, I wiped my eyes and answered, "Yes," in a tone that Twilight probably barely heard.

"Thank you. First, I know you said that Chrysalis made the Nightmare Prevention Spell go wrong. But...even so, I'm the one that tried to learn it in the first place, so it's still my fault all this has happened to you. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had to face the dangers of being so small before I could fix your size. Or felt the need to lie to stay safe during your first three weeks in Equestria. Or...or even be stuck in Equestria at all, and you would still be happy in your world."

I stayed quiet and still, and just kept listening.

"I...I never meant for it to happen, and I will never forgive myself for taking you from your home world and...how you almost got killed, all because of something I did. This is a reason why I have been a...little protective of you sometimes. It would be bad enough if I let something happen to you because I care about you so much, like how I care so much about Spike and my other friends. But...in your case, it would feel like...*sniff*...like I did it. You...*sniff*...never wanted Starlight or me to feel bad about you being unable to leave Equestria, so I never told you all this, until now."

That got my attention, big-time. I gritted my teeth and made a fist out of disappointment of myself over how the buck did I not figure this out sooner, despite already knowing it's partly why Starlight's sometimes a bit overprotective of me. The reason for the sighs Twi sometimes did, but refused to tell me why she did them, even though they became rare after she got out of the hospital, became crystal clear. With Twilight's voice breaking, and probably with tears flowing from her eyes if they weren't already, she kept going.

"I...*sniff*...know saying 'I'm sorry' wouldn't get you back to your world, even though I am so so sorry. And after how I...*sniff*...broke your heart like the worst friend, sister and pony ever, I will even understand...*sniff*...if you h-hate me now, but..."

My heart couldn't take hearing any more. I sprung off my bed, ran to and opened my door, and I gasped at the shape Twilight was in. She was shaking from emotion, which I never saw her do. Tears poured from her eyes to the floor, though her eyes didn't have the time to turn red. One of the most heartbreaking frowns ever was on her face, and her ears were drooped again. I wrapped my arms around my big sister and, while she wept, Twilight wrapped her forelegs around me.

"No, no, please don't think like that, Twi, and I'm sorry I yelled at you before. Even if all that you said is true, you busted your flank to help and protect me. Did...*sniff*...did you forget how you jumped into fire and got badly burned to save my life, because I didn't! You're my best friend and big sister that's been there for me since you saw I wasn't a 'bug', and I could never ever hate you! I...*sniff*...I love you, big sis!"

That got Twilight to stop shaking and weeping as she whispered, "You really...*sniff*...mean that, little bro?"

"Buck yeah I do! It's just I...*sniff*...I'll never get the chance to live my dream of becoming a professional Baseball player in my world, like I told you about before. Worse, by now, my family have to think I'm dead and I...*sniff*...I will never get to tell them how much I love them, or say good-bye, or even tell them I'm alive. I will never blame you or Starlight for this, but it's...*sniff*...it's just not fair, Twilight...*sniff*...what did I ever...*sniff*...did I do something gravely wrong...?"

As my own shaking from pure overwhelming emotion returned, and I wailed harder than I had ever done in my life, which even echoed throughout the hallways of the castle, Twilight entered "big sister" mode. She released her forelegs off me, used her magical telekinesis to break my hug on her and made me sit on the floor. Before I could ask why she did it, Twilight sat down and wrapped her forelegs and wings around me, effectively "cocooning" me. Because of how ponies sit, my head was at the height of the mid-part of Twilight's chest, so that's where I had my face buried, and the tears from my crying got some of the thin hair on her chest moist. Since she can "cocoon" me with her wings the best if I'm sitting or on my knees, Twi made me sit down before doing it.

In addition, Twi gently rubbed my back with a hoof, which reminded me of how my mom rubbed my back when I was upset. Added to the calming warmness emitting from her body, she really felt like a mom here, and I needed this side of her. It slightly calmed me down and made my wailing turn into "just" whimpers, but I couldn't stop shivering from emotion.

In an extremely soft voice tone that I rarely hear from Princess Twilight Sparkle, she reassured, "Shh, I'm here, and everything's going to be all right. I love you too, and listen to me: don't you even think that you did something so wrong to deserve the pain you're feeling, because you didn't, okay? I'm going to make up for telling you over and over I'd send you back to your world, then not be able to do it, I promise. I don't know what I will do or how. But what I do know is that I'm an Alicorn and the Element of Magic, and even if I must give up my Alicorn wings to do it, your best friend and big sister's keeping her promise."

Thanks to the vibes of safeness I felt while in my best friend's/big sister's forelegs and wings, how she told me that everything would be all right, and she'd do something, I stopped my shaking and whimpering to stay still, but kept sniffing. A second later, I heard hoofsteps, or should I say hoofsteps and clawsteps coming our way. Twi moved her wings to "un-cocoon" me, but kept her forelegs around me, though she stopped rubbing my back. I unburied my face from Twilight's chest to see Starlight and Spike running down the hallway to us. They had tears pouring from their eyes too and they joined our hug, making it a group hug.

Turned out, big sis Twilight stopped rubbing my back because it was big sis Starlight's and little bro Spike's turn to do it.

"And I'm sorry too, for also telling you I'd get you back to your world and now I can't do it, and I also promise to make up for it. I...*sniff*...I will even become an Alicorn if it means doing it."

"And I promise to...*sniff*...do my best to help Twilight and Starlight do it."

"Thanks. I love you guys."

We stayed in that hug for another minute before we broke it up. I felt a little better, but still wanted to stay in my room for the rest of the day. Twilight, Starlight, and Spike stayed with me for a while, before leaving me alone so I could have some space, though I made sure to say that I wasn't mad at any of them. Especially not at Princess Twilight Sparkle.

As for the others, I guess they thought it'd be best if only Twilight, Starlight, and Spike were with me, so they stayed away...mostly. At one point, when I was alone in my room, Rarity came to give me a pint of ice cream as well as a hug while she was there. Ha, makes sense that Rarity would know that ice cream could help.

But back to Twilight and Starlight: they became two mares on a mission. They were dead-set on keeping their promise to make up for being unable to get me back to my world. After a while, they found a way to do it. And it may or may not be what you think.

And Starlight Glimmer may or may not have gotten Alicorn wings to do it.