Chapter 12:Letter of Hope
“Twilight wake up!” Spike said
Twilight yawned, she had just woke up
“Spike what is it?” she asked “this isn’t hearts warming morning”
“Sorry,” Spike said with an embarrassed look “you just got a letter from Celestia and with all that's going on I thought you’d want to see it as soon as everypony else wakes up”.
“A letter from the princess?” Twilight said with intrigue “all right then let me see” Spike pulled out the letter and Twilight opened it with her magic and began to read it to herself.
Dear Twilight,
I’m glad you told me what you’ve found because Canterlot got some visitors as well, a giant penguin named Dedede and apparently is the king of dreamland an area of Popstar he also carries a hammer, another was one you’d recognize, Adeline a human from Popstar who has the ability to bring anything she paints to life. Ribbon is another human-like creature called a fairy and comes from a planet near Popstar called Ripplestar, she also carries a large crystal it is unknown what it is but she says it's a gift from Ripplestar so that she can use it to help her friends, another was yet another human named Susie, she is apparently the President of a company and has inherited the position from her father who apparently had fallen into madness and passed away. The final was a small one, a little orange creature named Bandana Dee(probably for the blue bandana he refuses to take off) he carries a spear and is very determined to care for his King, according to King Dedede Bandana Dee is a waddle dee a species from popstar that mainly serve the king and are the minions of Dedede, I hope this info helps you. Also, I invite you, your friends, Spike, Kirby, Meta Knight, and Zan, and the animals to the Summer Sun Festival that is happening tonight. The Festival is being held in Canterlot this year due to far more royal duties to attend to than I expected and sadly even with Luna’s help we haven't been able to nullify those nobles, for the time being, I hope to see you soon.
Sincerely, Celestia
“Spike clear my schedule for the next few days!” Twilight called with excitement
“what is it?” Spike asked, “what did she say?”
“the princess has invited us to the Summer Sun Festival!” Twilight said with a gleeful smile on her face. “She also said to bring Kirby and the others as well as my friends and you”
“finally! I've been waiting for all year for this!” Spike said with excitement “because the last one was well you know just after you become a princess and then we had to give away the elements...”.
“I’ll go get Rarity and the rest of our friends,” Spike said
“I'll meet you guys at the train station!” Twilight called after Spike
Twilight immediately began packing, she got her saddlebags down and after around ten or some minutes in the library figuring out which books are best for the trip she finished packing. She then began to trot to the front door of the castle along the way she stopped by the room she gave to Kirby Meta Knight, Zan, Tranza, Sectonia and Rick, Kine and Coo to let them know that it's time to head to Canterlot she also stopped by to wake up Starlight and help her pack her saddlebags, they exited the castle and trotted towards the train station. After a bit they soon arrived at the station and her friends were waiting along with Spike carrying Rarity’s large amount of luggage
“Howdy sugar cube how's it hanging?” Apple Jack asked
“quite well actually,” Twilight said with a smile.
“I must say that it is quite strange having both my usual appointment with the fashionistas boutique and the summer sun festival both happening in Canterlot this year,” Rarity said
“why would it be strange it makes things easier for both your appointment and a party!” Pinkie says with her almost eternal smile.
“It's just a bit off-putting since there's been next to no summer sun festivals ever held in Canterlot unless you count last year's” Rarity responds
“Do you think the princess will have me do a rainboom for everyone?” Rainbow dash asks
“probably” Fluttershy whispers
“Poyo?” Kirby says as he tilts his head to the side
“no Kirby” Meta Knight clarifies “I doubt that she’ll be able to make an explosion as big as the ones that you can do with crash”.
“Crash?” Starlight asks
“it's one of his copy abilities,” Meta Knight says “it's very rare but if Kirby can find a being powerful enough it can grant him the crash ability, it has the power to cause massive explosions up to a supernova if Kirby can channel in energy for long enough”.
“Supernova...” Twilight said as her eye twitched,
she knew that amount of firepower is only achievable by an exploding star and if gravity affects it too much it could form a black hole, something that huge could have catastrophic outcomes! It came as a surprise to her that their planet is still there, she looked down and saw the train coming
“The train is almost here everypony“ Twilight said
the train pulled into the station and after waiting for all the exiting passengers to leave the platform after being intrigued by Kirby and his friends, they got on and took their seats. After around ten minutes the train started up and began to make its way across the hills and toward Canterlot, it was quite a while before
“seriously! you just stood there as he fell into another portal!“ I heard Meta Knight say to Zan,
“I couldn't get to it fast enough!“ Zan said
“well, that just means we have more work to do now just get everything back to normal“ Meta Knight said crossing his arms and shaking his head in disappointment. Coo winked at Twilight while Rick bent down a bit to scratch his head with his foot,
“so who are your friends?” she asked Meta Knight
“well if you find us strange our friends are even weirder,” Meta Knight said, “first there's Marx he’s Kirby best friend and has lived in Kirby's shadow for a long time before he tried to gain as much power as Kirby and that led to his corruption and was presumed dead after the great explosion of Nova, he came back years later and has now had a romantic interest with Driblee, he’s a puffball like me and Kirby except armless, likes to bounce on a ball and never takes off his hat”.
“Speaking of Driblee she is the queen of the water snakes a species we came across in a cave system near Kirby’s house she also has the power to control spit and manipulate any form of water to her liking, don’t tell her this but I personally noticed her during Kirby’s gourmet race with Dedede, hiding behind the stands watching them compete”.
“Oh!” Twilight said that reminds me Celestia said in her letter that she found Dedede, two humans, a fairy, and waddle dee in Canterlot” Twilight said, “was the waddle dee wearing a blue bandana?” Meta Knight asked, “yep,” Twilight said. “Think Fast everypony! were coming up on Canterlot,” Rainbow Dash said, Twilight grabbed her saddlebags and Spike began to pile up Rarity’s luggage the train soon stopped and they stepped out into Canterlot.