As it turmned out, Pinkie Pie had already reserved a large room to set up in. Then she proceeded to ask several questions. Rapid-fire.
"D'youlikecake? Whatkindofcakedoyoulike? D'youlikepartygames? Howoldareyouandyouandyouandyou?-" the questions wouuld have gone on, but she was stopped again, this time by Bright Blade. Pinkie snorted and said, in a muffled voice, "'M rmbllng 'gin, urntai?"
Everypony nodded.
"But," said Blue Moon, "We'll all answer your questions in order."(1)
Bright Blade said, "Yes, red velvet, never got the chance, 32."
Blue Moon put in, "Hardly ever tried, I don't know, most of the time I AM the party, about 36, I... think? though Mommy Fortuna kept me busy. So I was hard pressed to keep track."
Soup Bowl went next. "Maybe?, potato is as far as I've gotten, only if they're fun, 40."
Amalthea said, "What's cake? Willing to try it, no clue, about 100, I think? I'm fairly young for a unicorn where I come from."
Pinkie nodded at each of them in turn, then dashed off to the kitchen to do some baking. Then she came back and, with a shot from her patented Party Cannon, there was a party set up.
Bright Blade stared, wide eyed and slack-jawed "How...?" he queried, clearly very near speechless.
In unison, the rest of the Mane Six said in unison: "It's Pinkie Pie; Don't question it!"
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"...So then I said, "My Lady, I am a hero, and we heroes know that things need to happen when it's time for them to happen. A happy ending can't come in the middle of the story"."
Soup Bowl continued, "So what if there isn'tt a happy ending?"
Blue Moon finished, "There ARE no happy endings. Because nothing truly ends."
Soup bowl continued, "I tokd him to let Amalthea here stay the was she was at the time, but he refused. Then I accused 'him(2)' of not caring about anything but 'his' magician status. But 'he' said..."
Bkue moon picked up, without missing a beat, "WELL I WISH I DIDN'T! I wish to God that I didn't care about anything but ny magic, but I DO! I do" That was probably a bad idea, yelling like that; it, uh... attracted the Red Bull." she said, her ears drooping.
Bright Blade patted her on the withers with one hoof. "To be fair, we were looking for it anyway. I doubt we would have caught it off guard."
"The Red Bull? What is it?"
Three of the new herd looked pointedly at the obvious fourth. Blue moon spoke up. "Was; It's kind of... quenched, you might say. Well, I'd heard a few tales, to tell the truth. That the Bull wasn't real, -busted- that the bull was a ghost -also busted-... My going theory was that it was a demon summoned by Lord Haggard; what caused him to develop such a hard heart."
Amalthea spoke up, "All that I was told was that my kind travelled the roads long ago... and the Bull chased them, covering their footprints."
"How awful!" Fluttershy said, bringing her forehooves to her mouth.
"Either way, it seemed to be made of hellfire. Or balefire. Either way, some kind of eldritch energy."
Twilight thought aloud, "Hmm.... bawsed on your description, it was most likely an Outsider. Summoned ny lord Haggard, at the price of his heart."
"Even more awful!" Fluttershy exclaimed again.
"Well it's gone now." Blue Moon said. "Amalthea... Well, I'kk let Bright Blade tell the next part."
Bright Blade picked up, "Well, when Amalthea sprained her ankle and couldn't move any further. Blue Moon here came uo with a sort of spell, all 'his' own, changing Amalthea back to her natural form. It began attacking her in earnest. "I asked- no, demanded that Blue Moon do something, but 'he' refused, saying tat that was what heroes were for. The last thing I remember of that was being knocked aside."
Soup Bowl continued, "After that, Amalthea became angry enousgh to fight it back to the ocean. Its defeat summoning all of the unicorns that it had banished. Haggard's castle was destroyed. Amalthea used her magic to restore Bright Blade to life. After that, we started to converse about our plans for the future, then Princess Celestia appeared. And that, as they say, is that." There was some applause from the assembled "crowd", making the four heroes smile and blush.
"Well, don't expect any books in the future or anything. Not from us, at any rate."
"Yes, well, you four nave had quite the adventure." Celestia said. "Feel free to make this your new home. You four deserve a little R&R after al of that.consider this to be an... extended vacation. You have a whole new world to explore! Your lives on the other side may have endeds, but here they are just beginning! This is basically Tabula Rasa for the four of you."
Just then, Luna noticed what time it was. Or rather... the time it was supposed to be. "Uh... Sister? We need to do some re-arranging?"
Celestia looved outside and noticed that it was still daytime out there. "Oh my! Yes!" her horn sparked to life and the sun dipped below the horizon, making way for Luna's magic to do the opposite.
Luna said, "I think it's time to call it a night. I have dreams to watch over and Celestia has winks to catch. We shall see you all some time in the future. Merry part." she said, before heading to her room.
Celestia got up, stretching and yawning. "Rooms 2 through 5 have been reserved for the four of you." then she gestureed at the Mane Six. "You all get the usual rooms. Good night." With that, she left to go to her chamber.
"I guess that's enough parttying for the nonce. Let's catch some Zs ourselves, hmm? Tomorow is going to be rather busy."
"Why is that?" Amalthea asked.
"We need to show the four-"
Felis coughed.
"Sorry. Five of you around town. Until then, good night"
Heading to their respective rooms, they all went to bed for the night, confident that the next day would bring adventure anew.