Twilight sighed as she collapsed on her old bed at the library, "I am absolutely exhausted," she announced to Spike, "I never thought that I'd miss my wings, but my hooves are killing me."
Spike snickered, causing Twilight to give the baby dragon a dirty look, "Sorry," he confessed, "I'm just having a hard time believing that you're an Alicorn Princess from the future. What is your official title anyway?"
"Princess of Friendship, Leader of Equestria," Twilight announced, splitting her jaw in a yawn, "Now if you don't mind, it's been a long day."
"You're the Princess of Friendship?" Spike asked, "But you're a terrible friend, you forgot Moondancer's birthday party, and you never hang out with them just to hang out."
Twilight shot up from her bed, "Moondancer? Oh my goodness, I forgot about her, and there were others too, I can't remember their names right now though, we kind of drifted apart after I moved to Ponyville."
"Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, Lyra Heartstrings, and Moon Dancer."
"Yes them, Lyra lives here in Ponyville, right, we can look her up in the morning," Twilight suggested, before frowning once more, "No wait, Lyra lives in Ponyville in the future, she's probably still living in Canterlot. Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Lyra all continue to be friends," Twilight announced, "But Moondancer, she was super upset that I didn't come to her party, so upset she swore off friendship. I can't have that happen, first thing tomorrow morning I'm going back to Canterlot to see her."
"The party yesterday?" Spike asked.
"Exactly," Twilight exclaimed, "She was so looking forward to it, and I totally didn't go."
"Don't worry she'll understand, you had to save all of Equestria."
"But she didn't understand," Twilight muttered, "Then again, I waited until after I became the Princess of Friendship and had the Castle of friendship before talking to her again. I bet apologizing for missing her party earlier might just make a difference."
Spike rolled his eyes as Twilight fluffed her pillow before turning out the lights.
Twilight glanced at the door to the dorm, "This is Moon Dancer's room?" she asked, glancing at Spike. They had gotten up at dawn to catch the early morning train to Canterlot and were now standing in the middle of the dorms of the School for Gifted Unicorns.
"Well it was three days ago," Spike insisted, "I don't think that they reassigned rooms in the past three days, did they?"
Twilight gulped forcing down the uneasiness that seemed to be bubbling up inside her constantly, for the first time since waking up two days ago, she was in uncharted waters, she had no idea how Moon Dancer would react to her showing up just days after her party.
She raised her hoof up and knocked, once, twice, three times, "Maybe she's at the library," she announced as the doorknob turned, "Or not."
The door opened and a pony with glasses peeked through the door, "Yes, can I help you?" she asked.
"Hi, Moon Dancer," Twilight said, shuffling her hooves slightly, what exactly was she suppose to say, "I'm really sorry I missed your party the other day, something came up."
"Like what?" Moon Dancer asked.
"Well," Twilight shifted her weight, "I had to go to Ponyville, and..."
"I heard about what happened," Moon Dancer announced, "It's all anyone will talk about. I can't get any studying done because of it. There's even a rumor going around that you're actually from the future and that's how come you knew so much about Nightmare Moon."
Spike giggled, "Well, actually..."
Twilight rose a hoof to the baby dragon's mouth, "What Spike is trying to say is I studied a lot about Nightmare Moon and discovered that she was going to escape. I went to Ponyville because that was where the Summer sun festival was being held this year, but I feel terrible that I forgot about your party, and I didn't want you to think that I just up and moved without saying goodbye. So," Twilight giggled, she was rambling, it had been a very long time since she had simply rambled, "I'm moving to Ponyville, and I was wondering if you would like to have lunch with me before I leave."
"Well..." Moon Dancer started.
"I know how important that party was for you," Twilight interrupted, "Is there any way I can make it up to you?"
"Twilight," Spike cut in, "You need to let Moon Dancer speak as well."
"Right sorry."
"Lunch sounds nice."
"Great maybe we can invite Minuette and the others as well." Twilight offered, "It would be good to see them again."
"You talked to them four days ago." Moon Dancer pointed out.
"Oh yeah, I forgot," Twilight said softly.
"So you're really moving to Ponyville?" Lyra asked as they all sat around a table at a nearby cafe that was popular with the students.
"Yeah, for now," Twilight explained, "Princess Celestia thinks that I'll learn more about the magic of friendship in Ponyville than I would ever learn here in Canterlot."
"Well, I did hear that Ponyville is the friendliest place in all of Equestria," Lyra announced, looking around at her friends, "I think it might be a wonderful place to live."
"So, um, I'm sorry I ran off the way I did," Twilight said once more, since they had all met for lunch she had said it like a hundred times.
"It's no problem," Minuette insisted, "How often do we get to say that our friend saved Equestria from eternal nighttime."
"Not very often," Lemon Heart added, "But I bet you and your new friends from Ponyville are going to be busy, what with you being the bearers of the Elements of Harmony and all."
Twilight smiled, thinking of all the adventures and misadventures that she and her friends had been on, adventures that she will have to go through again. She grimaced slightly as she thought of some of the less favorable ones, did she really have to fight Discord and King Sombra and the Storm King again?
"I have to confess, I think that this latest adventure would be the first of many."
Spike glanced at the clock on the wall, before glancing at Twilight who was still talking with her friends, "Um, Twilight, you have a meeting with Princess Celestia in five minutes," He finally announced, "You wanted to go over what you want to study in Ponyville with her."
"You're right Spike," Twilight announced, standing up, "I'm sorry, but I have to go."