Chapter 3: Sister’s Take Flight
In the distance Zephyr Heights came to view as a worker Pegasus flew towards it. But was bump into another Pegasus who then twirled around in mid flight as the first one spoke out. “Hey! Watch it, I'm flyin' here!” he scolded the Pegasus he bumped into as he flew off on his daily day.
Inside the Zephyr Heights Castle, Pipp was in her room trying to get her things in a suitcase. Today was the day Zipp and Pipp was at their home castle getting a few of their personal belongings they would bring to the Crystal Brighthouse so they have the comfort of home while moving close to their friends.
Pipp was struggling as she tried to close her bag as she struggled and panted from the attempts to close her bag as she pushed it, lay on it and then hopped on it to get it shut. “Get-in-get-in-get-in-get-in-get-in!” She repeatedly tried to keep it shut.
And then, after that failed attempt, clothes were bursting and scattered everywhere as a piece of clothing landed on Pipp’s head.
“Augh, come on!” Pipp groaned in frustration at trying to keep her things in place as she moved the piece of clothing out of her eye view as she looked in the mirror and now had sparkly eyes. “Ooh!” she awed at herself and took out her phone for a selfie. “Cuuute!” She sang the last one as her phone clicked as it snapped the picture.
Zipp came to her sister’s door as she knocked. “Hurry up, Pipp. Mom wants to say a "little" goodbye.” She smiled and quoted on the little part, knowing that their mom would say a longer goodbye so she can keep her daughters here as long as she can. She then hears Pipp grunting and panting as she is struggling with her suitcase. “Everything okay in there?” she asked from behind the door.
Pipp is now standing on her bed while glaring at her bag as she pants. “Yep! Totally... fine…” She then backflip as she dived to her suitcase. “Hi-yah!” She cried out as she dived straight to her bag.
Zipp had enough as she opened her sister’s door and saw Pipp landed in her bag with a thud, Zipp looked at her sister in confusion on why she jumped on her bag.
Pipp took a breather as she looked at her sister with a smile. “Phew! Hey, Zipp. Just finishing all my packing.” She said as she got off her suitcase with a smile, but then her eye’s widen as her suitcase starts straining as the clips open up, causing all of Pipp’s clothes to fly out and spread out to the entire room, and Cloudpuff was in it as well as he flew out, Pipp looked nervously as her clothes spread out as a cloth was on her back and another on her head as she looked at Zipp, who was looking confusing at her sister on why she packed so many of her things, and Pipp saw that Zipp is dress like a queen with the royal garments, a necklace, a crown and a robe on her as Zipp hold Cloudpuff in her hooves as the flying dog barked.
Pipp looked at her sister with sparkling eyes and a smile. “Aww, Zipp!” she said as she took out her phone and took a picture of Zipp wearing royal garments, finding it beautiful.
Zipp then turns to the mirror and gasps in shock at what she is wearing, she grumbles furiously as she shakes the royal garments off her, not a fan of wearing anything royal, as she toss Cloudpuff away as he hopped away with a bark.
Zipp shook off the remaining of the clothes as she spoke to her sister. “Ugh, let's go.” She told Pipp that they needed to leave as she grabbed her bag. “Grab your bag.” she told her as she placed the bag over her.
Pipp cleared her throat as Zipp turned to her. “Ahem. Bag?” She asked sheepishly as she turned to the corner. “About that…” She stated as she revealed that she packed two dozen or so bags as Cloudpuff barked and jumped into the pile.
Zipp gasped in shock, seeing so many bags that her sister have packed, wondering why she would need all her stuff for.
Back at the Crystal Brighthouse, Sunset was in a study room, with some of Sunny’s father's records and collections of old Equestria that she once knew.
Sunset was going through the books of Argyle’s old records, trying to review his history of what he had of old Equestria.
“Come on, Argyle. Give me a hint.” Sunset whispered to herself as she is reading through one of his books, she is trying to read through Argyle’s old journals and records to see if she can find the answer, she need to find out how Equestria lost its magic the first place, how did the friendship faded that cause the creatures to divide, and what matter the most is, what happened to Twilight and the rest of her friends. “Some of these records review most of Twilight’s old adventures she and her friends went to, but the rest doesn’t even happen, at least, that what I know of at least. Most of the history has been lost, but Sunny’s father kept a big pack and importance of Twilight’s and old Equestrian history. But it’s all mixed up.” She thought to herself as a thought came to her mind. “It’s like that somepony has ruined Twilight’s legacy and her hard work that causes the creatures to divide from a lie to make everypony think that each tribes is bad to each other. But how does this happen in the first place? Who caused Twilight’s hard work and dream to be broken? Who could’ve done this? And what happened to my friends, Twilight is an Alicorn like Luna and Celestia, she would’ve lived a long life to be in this time period, so what happened to her and what happened to Equestria?” She asked herself as she was going through Argyle’s old notes.
And then a moment later, a door opened up behind her, Sunny opened the door to check on Sunset and speak to her of the news.
“Hey, Sunset.” Sunny called out.
“Hi, Sunny. You came here for something?” Sunset asked.
“No. I just wanted to tell you that the parade in Zephyr Heights is about to go live on TV. I was just wondering if you could join us to see ZIpp and Pipp on a live show.” Sunny asked, wanting her to see Zipp and Pipp in a parade.
Sunset thinks for a bit as she sighs with a smile. “Sure. I would love to join you to see Zipp and Pipp on tv. Got nothing better besides going through your father's old notes.” she said as she closed the book and put it back on the shelf with the other records of Argyle’s old research.
Sunny saw this and spoke out in a little concerned tone. “You were trying to find answers about your friends and how Equestria was divided through my dad’s stuff, right?” she asked as Sunset nodded her head yes. “Sorry for not getting all the answers my dad didn’t find, Sunset. It’s been generations since the true history of Twilight and the rest of the Guardians of Friendship, that we don’t know what truly happened that caused all of this.” Sunny said to her in an apologetic tone, wishing that her father would find out the reason why as well.
Sunset looked down a bit, looking at the toy figures of Twilight and her friends on the high shelf, looking down seeing the toy version of her friends. “I don’t blame you, Sunny. I just wish I knew what happened that caused this in the first place when the three tribes and every other creature were divided.” Sunset then turned to Sunny as she continued. “Normally, when this sorta thing happened, I would go to Twilight, and she would find the answers to this sorta thing. But since she’s not around anymore, it would be impossible to find out what caused the creatures of Equestria to divide and cause lies that were in the History of Twilight and her friends, because what they say about the three tribes was a fluke, and that’s low.” Sunset added. “I know that there has to be an answer to all this and see if we can prevent this for the future of Equestria and see if we can find out about Twilight and the others. But it’s like finding a needle in a whole lot of hay stacks, with how screwy Equestrian History is now, it would take a long, long time to find out the truth to all this.” She finished with a down look.
Sunny then put a hoof on Sunset’s shoulder as she smiled at her. “Hey, we may not have the answers to this mystery yet, but I know someday we will find it, Sunset.” She said, “But hey, you have me and the others as friends now, with the magic returned, the three tribes together, and you still have the human counterparts of the Guardians of Friendship back in the human world you told us about. Since time moves differently between here and there, they are still around, and you can stay in Equestria a lot longer since they will still be around by the time you visit them, and they will visit you sometimes.” She added with a smile, knowing the differences of time between Equestria and the Human world, the Human Mane 6 would still be around, no matter how long Sunset would stay in Equestria.
Sunset put a thought to it, and then smiled at the comfort words that Sunny gave her. She then hugged Sunny, who giggled at Sunset as she hugged her back, as Sunset spoke out. “Thanks, Sunny. You really know how to comfort a pony who is down.” She said in a soft tone with a smile.
Sunny smiled back as she said. “I learned from the best.” She said to her as they kept hugging for a moment.
The two ponies broke up as Sunny walked out the door to prepare to see Zipp and Pipp on TV, Sunset stopped for a brief moment, taking one last look at Sunny’s toy figures of the original Mane 6, she smiled at those toys as she spoke up. “Someday, me and my friends will find the answer, Twilight. And we’ll make sure to keep your legacy going, but for now, I will spend some time with my friends. I promise, I won’t leave them, and we will keep your legacy going. Count on it.” She said to the toys as she walked off and close the door as she joins Sunny and her friends to see Zipp and Pipp on TV.
Outside the Zephyr Heights Castle, a crowd of ponies were outside the front door, waiting for something as the door creaks open, causing the crowd to cheer as they see a balloon version of Queen Haven come out first as it squeeze through the door and out to the outside as the crowd cheered.
“And here come the royal balloons!” Skye Silver announced that two more balloons, one looking like Zipp while the other looked like Pipp, came out of the castle wall as the crowd cheered on. Two Pegasi got confused as they bumbed into something in all of the cheering going on, one Pegasus hit a statue while a Pegasus foal hit the front face of the Queen Haven balloon, grunting in surprise from those hits.
Dazzle and Skye cringe at that sight of almost crashing into each other. “Ooh! Another close call, Skye.” Dazzle announced.
Skye sucks air through teeth as he replies back. “There's been a lot of those lately, Dazzle.” he pointed out with a smile, ever since the Pegasi start to learn how to fly right, they have been crashing a bit lately, the students that Zipp taught been teaching other Pegasi how to fly with the teachings that Zipp taught them about, but it’s slow going for the rest of them and takes time for the other Pegasi to master their flying skills.
Dazzle replied back with a smile. “It's true. But you know what they say, Skye. Progress over perfection!” She stated that not everything could be perfect in one day as she saw something that made her gasp. “Here comes the royal family now!” she called out as she saw Queen Haven and her daughters coming with a float that is pure gold with their thrones on it.
The crowd cheered on seeing the royalties as they went past the crowd through the parade. The three royalties wave to the ponies that are here.
Zipp was waving nervously, not used to having this many ponies admiring them. “Oh?” She questioned as she saw the balloon version of herself, which is getting close a bit and she freaked out a bit. “Oh-AUGH! For the record, mother, this is not a "little" goodbye!” She called out to her mom as this is not the definition of the word ‘little’ mean.
“Smile, Zephyrina.” Haven told her daughter with a smile. “This is all for you.” she pointed out as she continued to wave to the crowd. Zipp rolled her eyes, thinking her mom went a little overboard with the meaning of goodbye.
Pipp was then blowing kisses, loving the crowd, and then a banquet of flowers came towards her as she caught it. “Aww!” She said in appreciation.
A group of fillies and foals screaming with excitement as they threw the flowers, an Earth Pony filly was about to fall in excitement as the other earth pony filly catches her before she falls to the ground.
Pipp then brought out her phone camera and clicked excitedly as she took a selfie and striking a pose.
Zipp then turned to Pipp as she gasped in shock as Pipp was trying to take a picture with them together. “Ah!” Zipp yelled out as she ducked from the camera view. “Pipp, no pictures!” She called out, reminding her no more pictures with her in it.
“Come on, Zipp.” Pipp tries to convince her sister. “Just one? Don't you wanna remember today?” She asked about the goodbye parade they are in, wanting to remember this day.
And then a foal who is wearing a Zipp mask came up right in front of Zipp. “I love you, Zipp!” it cried out as Zipp cringed at the sight as the foal went back down to the crowd.
Zipp turned to Pipp. “And which part exactly would I want to remember?” She questioned while feeling disturbed at what she just saw.
“Oh, I don't know.” Pipp said rhetorically. “How about the loving send-off from your mother? The queen?” She pointed out as she got straight to Zipp’s face as they touched muzzle while leering at each other.
“Enough!” Queen Haven shouted, hearing her daughters’ argument. “Zephyrina, you are the future queen. Now sit up straight and wave!” She said sternly to Zipp, who was now scared and sweating from her mother’s outbursts, as she returned to the smile and wave thing.
Zipp then smile adn wave nervously as she looked at Pipp, who was looking at her back, with a leer look. Pipp sighs at her big sister’s rebellious personality as she waves to the crowd as well, not looking at each other.
The birds are chirping outside of the Crystal Brighthouse, with four ponies of the mane 6 watching tv on the couch, seeing their friends, Zipp and Pipp, in the goodbye parade as Zipp and Pipp turned away from facing each other as they are waving at the crowd.
“Look! There they are.” Sunny called out excitedly as she put her front hooves in the air in cheer. “Hi, Zipp. Hi, Pipp.” she called out.
“Huh, Zipp wasn’t kidding when she said their mom always makes a big goodbye to see her daughters go.” Sunset snorted in amusement, finding it funny that Zipp and Pipp’s mother would go that far for a simple goodbye.
“I know. Right, Sunset. Even I find it funny to even see it, but great to see them on live TV.” Sunny added with a smile.
The tv then flip to the next scene to show foals screaming on screen to the royalties.
“Are those pegasi crying?” Hitch asks in confusion.
“Actually, it sounds like they are screaming in excitement.” Sunset corrected the sheriff. “Guess Zipp, Pipp and Queen Haven have more fans then they take credit for.” She added with a little laughter.
Izzy sighs dreamily at the cheers. “I know exactly how Pipp and Zipp feel right now.” she said as she was having a flashback on how Bridlewood felt like when she was leaving for Maretime Bay.
Flashback.
Izzy then twirls her bag from her hoof to land on her back as she is prepared to move to the Crystal Brighthouse to stay close to her friends. The Unicorns were cheering for Izzy to live her dreams as she walked down the pathway and blowing kisses to them as she waved to the ponies.
But then it revealed that Izzy was only daydreaming the whole time while walking through the forest through the path to Maretime Bay with no pony around as the wind blew past her with leaves flying through the wind and a lone Unicorn foal played a kazoo to her as Izzy kept smiling.
End of Flashback.
Izzy smiles at that memory, completely oblivious of what really happened while lost in her little world. “I remember it like it was yesterday.” she commented.
Sunny, Sunset and Hitch look with a bored expression a bit at Izzy’s forgetfulness. “Uh, Izzy? That was yesterday.” Sunny reminded Izzy just moved here a day ago while heading to the Crystal Brighthouse.
“Was it? Oh!” Izzy questioned with a smile, she forgot that she told them about that. But then saw something on the tv that made her cheer. “Ooh, look! The queen!” she squealed as the others looked at the Tv with exciting looks.
“Let’s keep on watching the whole goodbye thing. I’m kinda looking forward to what happens next between the royalties.” Sunset pointed out as they all looked at the TV where Queen Haven was giving a speech to the crowd with her daughters’ pictures over them.
On the stage Queen Haven made her speech to the crowd. “It seems like only yesterday my daughters were adorable little fillies.” she said as she pointed out to the pictures of Zipp and Pipp that were taken over the years, one when they were fillies, one where Zipp was not amused with the picture and Pipp was laying on a cloud, and then finally one where Pipp pose to the camera and one with Zipp sleeping on her bed. “But look at them now!” she gestured to her daughters to the side as the crowd cheered them.
Pipp is blowing kisses to the crowd as Zipp was blushing in embarrassment after their mother revealed those photos in public, as she looked around trying to get her mind off of the pictures.
In the Crystal Brighthouse, the four ponies laugh at those pictures, sure they have seen enough of Pipp’s but Zipp and those embarrassing photos, that’s funny, no wonder she doesn’t like the camera facing her.
“Hahahaha! As much as I feel bad for Zipp, but that was too embarrassing, and funny at the same time!” Sunset said while laughing at Zipp’s embarrassment, feeling sorry for the Pegasus.
Izzy laughs her head off. “Ahahah! Even from here, I can see her sparkle is a little shy right now after that!” she added.
Sunny laughed a bit as she calmed down and spoke. “Oh, when Zipp gets back, she will never hear the end of this after what we saw.” she said.
“Yeah.” Hitch replied with a snort. “I mean, I took pictures over the years and I look great in each one.” he added with a prideful smile.
“That’s because you have one pose and for some reason, make a hit on the papers, even on the calendar.” Sunny pointed out as she picked up a calendar, ripped out the pages, each time, Hitch pose stays the same but he wears a different outfit in each one.
Sunset chuckles at this. “You only have one pose for a photo, what are you trying to prove? You only have one photo pose for every photo so you can keep your looks.” she snorted as the other girls giggled at Sunset’s joke as Hitch looked with a bored look, not finding it funny.
“Let’s just get back to the screen now.” Hitch groans as the other went back to watch Zipp and Pipp.
At the stage, Queen Haven then starts to sob in seeing her daughters go. “All grown up... and leaving me…” She then realized that she was crying as she clears throat and recompose herself. “And to celebrate their new adventure together, I now present…” she turned to two of her guards on the other side as they remove the tarp, revealing a stone statue of Zipp and Pipp doing a flight pose as the crowd cheered
A few Pegasi took pictures of the statue as they flew closer to it, but didn’t realize they were about to bump into each other as they shouted out and smak into each other, there’re wailing as one Pegasus crash into the statue while the other screamed as it collides against the balloons, napping them and letting them go in the process.
The crowd gasp at this as the royalties look on in worried as the balloons got into the other Pegasi flight paths as they tried to invade but then crash into things, a blue Pegasus crash into the Queen Haven balloon as it popped, causing Queen Haven to duck as the blue Pegasus nearly hit her as he flown over her.
The blue pegasus then crashes to the strings of Pipp’s balloon, which causes the strings to snap and the blue pegasus to get stuck as the crowd gasps at what is happening as balloon Pipp starts to float away. The blue pegasus starts to regain his focus as he realize that he is tangled and is now floating away as she screamed in panic.
Pipp looked on with a cringe. “Yikes!” She then heard ponies screaming. “Huh?” she asked as she saw the yellow pegasus trying to keep her flying together as Pipp duck and turned, she nervously whimpered as the yellow pegasus was coming back as she duck again as the yellow pegasus is screaming.
The yellow pegasus continued to scream and zoom as she smacked Thunder, sending him flying in a roll. Thunder screamed as he smakc right into Zipp’s balloon. “Oof!” he grunted from impact.
The crowd gasps at this as Zipp, Pipp and Queen Haven brace themselves for what comes next as Thunder whimpered nervously as he clutches Zipp’s balloon, keeping him steady.
The royal family and the crowd then release relieved sighs, finding it safe now.
Queen Haven then sighs in relief, seeing the outcome finally over as she continues her speech. “As I was saying…” What they didn’t know is that Zipp’s balloon is starting to squeal high-pitched air, with Thunder notice as he is worried about what comes next. “May I now present, Sisters Take--” She was interrupted when Zipp’s balloon explosively deflated as wind of the explosion came right at the royal family as Thunder wails from being blown away, along with a couple of other Pegasi with them, the wind stop, which leave the royal family their manes a mess from being blown back from the wind as Queen Haven finish her speech in an amuse tone. “..Flight.” She finished.
Queen Haven, Pipp, and Zipp looked at each other as they both smiled as they and the crowd started laughing, finding it funny after all that and finding their manes funny as well from being blown from the wind.
Pipp then took out her phone as Zipp and Queen Haven huddled together for a family photo, Pipp then clicks her camera as they tooked the photo, which Pipp labeled it naming “SISTERS TAKE FLIGHT!” with a heart emoji and a pony smiley face emoji on it to remember this day.
Back at the Crystal Brighthouse, the mane 4 laughs at what just happened, they were a little worried at first but in the aftermath, they find it funny like every other ponies that are in the goodbye parade.
“Gotta say, that was some goodbye. And the aftermath was hilarious.” Sunset commented with a giggle.
“I know. That was funny.” Sunny replied with a smile. “Hey, Sunset, did any of that remind you of anything from Twilight and her time with your friends?” she asked the alicorn.
Sunset thought for a minute until a memory was brought up to what Twilight had told her. “Oh, there was the time where Twilight’s coordination of being the Princess of Equestria, she and her friends overslept, and when they tried to make up the time at rush hour, it ended up in disaster that made them all have a laugh, even Twilight and her friends find it funny, and it was then on she was ruler of Equestria.” she smiled at that memory of what Twilight have told and showed her for when she was first crowned as Princess of Equestria.
“Ahaha!” Sunny laughs at that. “Oh, I wish we could’ve seen that, it would be funny to see it.” She said.
“Trust me, it really would. And I know Twilight would if she was reminded of that, then we all have a laugh.” Sunset added as the mane 4 laughed at what she said, Sunset smiled fondly at that memory from what Twilight showed her, sure she wasn’t there but she did saw the moving pictures of the event from her journal and find it funny too.
Zipp and Pipp then started flying pass their statues as they leave Zephyr Heights and on their way to Maretime Bay to be with their friends.
Pipp then turned to her sister as they flew through the sky. “Zipp? Aren't you gonna miss Zephyr Heights, even a teeny bit?” She asks her, wondering if she would miss their home, Pipp would but she wants to know if Zipp would as well while moving to Maritime Bay.
“I dunno.” Zipp answered as she smiled at her young sister. “But... I know I am ready for a new adventure. You know, together.” she added with a chuckle, wanting to go on adventure with her sister and friends by her side.
Pipp smiles at Zipp’s answer. “Yeah, me too. All we really need is each other.” She said as she stuck her hoof out, wanting Zipp to touch it as Zipp smiled at her sister with joy.
Zipp and Pipp touched hooves as they held onto each other as they flew to Maretime Bay. Behind them, Thunder and Zoom were carrying Pipp’s bags.
“All you need is each other?” Thunder asked in confusion. “Then what's in the bags!?” He questions as he is tired as he and Zoom carried them.
A suitcase behind Thunder zipped open, revealing Cloudpuff inside as he barked. By the time the two Pegasi realize, Zipp and Pipp will ask them to take Cloudpuff back to their mom, not realizing that he stowed away in one of the bags.
End of Chapter 3.