It was just another day in Ponyville. The birds were singing, ponies were playing with their friends, and cutie marks were glowing. Well, cutie marks don't always glow unless you've been called on a friendship mission and today, Princess Twilight and Fluttershy were called on a friendship mission.
"I can't believe that Fluttershy and I were called on a friendship mission!" Twilight said excitedly.
"But you both have been called on a friendship mission before," Starlight said confused why Twilight sounded so happy.
"Yes, but this is the second time the map paired two ponies who have already been on a friendship mission together. The first one was with Applejack and Fluttershy not too long ago," Twilight explained to Starlight.
"Right. So, where is Fluttershy? I would have expected her to be here by now."
"Same here. I wonder where she is?" Twilight asked. Just then, Fluttershy came in and standing right next to her was an earth pony filly that looked to be around the same age as the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She was a pink filly with a purple and white mane and tail, she was wearing a propeller beanie hat, her cutie mark was a screw and baseball. The one thing that threw Starlight off was her eyes. They were endless purple swirls.
"Sorry, I'm late. I was asked to watch Screwball but once her father left my cutie mark started to glow and I had to talk to everypony to see if they could watch her," Fluttershy explained.
"I could watch her," Starlight said. Both Twilight and Fluttershy looked her as Screwball started to look around the throne room.
"Are you sure, Starlight?" Twilight asked.
"This room is huge! Does this map have every place in Equestria?" Screwball asked.
"I'm sure. I'm the school counselor and I've watched fillies before. I'm sure Screwball will be a piece of cake." Fluttershy and Twilight looked at each other worried.
"Well, if you sure. Screwball's father should be here by sundown. I left a note letting him know that I was bringing Screwball here. She is a really sweet filly. You two should have fun together," Fluttershy told her.
"Just make sure you keep her out of trouble."
Starlight scoffed. "If I can handle running a school with Discord causing chaos, I'm pretty sure I can handle a filly," Starlight said boastfully. Fluttershy and Twilight looked at each other knowing how hard Screwball can be.
"Okay, Fluttershy and I should be back once we solve the friendship problem. Have fun!" Then Twilight and Fluttershy left and as they left, Spike entered the room.
"Hey, Starlight. Hey, Screwball," Spike walking by both of them. Spike stopped once he saw Screwball. "When did Screwy get here?" Spike asked confused.
"Fluttershy was going to watch her but I'm going to today."
Screwball walked over to Starlight after looking at the friendship map and thrones. "Yeah, my daddy should be back to get me by sundown," Screwball said happily.
"You sure you can handle Screwball? She can be a handful," Spike commented.
Starlight scoffed. "I can handle it." Spike was concerned since Screwball was Discord's daughter but he didn't want to tell Starlight since Screwball normally wanted to tell other ponies herself.
"Okay," Spike said then he left.
"So, what do you want to do, Screwball?" Starlight asked.
"Hide-and-seek! I hide and you seek. You have until sundown to find me." Starlight was a little struck by this since Screwball was giving her a deadline.
"Okay. Do you know your way around the castle?"
Screwball nodded. "My daddy showed me a few months ago. Now, close your eyes and count to 20!" Starlight turned around away from the door, closed her eyes, and counted to 20.
"18, 19, 20! Ready or not here, I come!" And so began Starlight search for Screwball. "Okay... If I was a small energetic pink filly, then where would I hide?" Starlight asked herself. Starlight teleported to every room of the castle to find Screwball but she was unable to find her. "Where could she be?" Starlight was so distracted she didn't even notice somepony come from behind her as she was searching in the library.
"Whatcha doing?" Starlight screamed in fear. She turned around and saw Trixie drinking a chocolate milkshake.
"Trixie? I thought you were on tour." Trixie stopped drinking her milkshake and got into a dramatic pose.
"I was but the grreat and powerful, Trrixie wanted to visit her great and powerful, friend!" Starlight smiled at the antics of her best friend.
"Actually, I'm watching Screwball, she's a pink earth pony around the CMC's age. We're playing hide-and-seek and she's hiding in the castle but I can't seem to find her."
"Did you try reading that scroll on the table?" Trixie asked as she resumed to drink her chocolate milkshake.
Starlight turned around and saw the scroll on the table. "Huh, when did that get there?" Starlight used her magic and read the scroll. "How to find Screwball in three easy steps. Huh? Guess, Screwball left this for me. If you're reading this, then you are playing hide-and-seek with me, Screwball, and the only way to find me by sundown is to follow these three easy steps. First, I love chocolate. Chocolate milkshakes, chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream, it's my favorite food of all time! Okay, so if Screwball loves chocolate then maybe she ran off and hid in Sugarcube corner," Starlight concluded.
"Oooh! Can I come? It would be a good chance for me to spend time with my great and powerful friend!"
Starlight smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I could all the help I can get." Starlight then left the throne room with Trixie behind her.
"Oh, yes you do, Starlight. Yes, you do," Trixie whispered with a mischievous smirk.
"You say something, Trixie?" Starlight asked.
"Uh... I finishing drinking my milkshake and since we're going to Sugarcube Corner I thought that I should get another one." Starlight looked at Trixie but shrugged her shoulders and continued to walk to Sugarcube Corner. 'Hide and seek is going to be so much fun.'