//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Ep 4: Ali-Conned // Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Make Your Mark // by JesusG0987 //------------------------------// Chapter 2 Ep 4: Ali-Conned On Maretime Bay, the ponies were all going about their daily lives, when suddenly Sunny passed by rolling skating very fast, while she dodged some ponies she almost crashed with. "Pardon me, excuse, but also, I have a really important announcement! One that will change all of our lives!" Sunny stated, as she kept skating around. Some ponies stared at her curiously, and others just looked with bored expressions. "Hurry, come listen!" Sunny instructed, as the ponies came closer to her. "Ponies of Maretime Bay: I have some alarming news... We eat too much junk food!" she said with worry. Ironically, Toots was eating a bag of chips and an earth pony mare at his side was popping bubble gum. "You're just saying that to get us to come to your Smoothie Cart!" Dahlia said, standing at Toots side as well, while he nodded in agreement. "What?! No! But it is something we need to talk about" Sunny pointed out. "Why constantly eat junk food, full of, well, junk, when we have amazing new earth pony powers we could be using to create fresh fruits and veggies of our own?" she pointed out, taking out some fliers with fruits and vegetables images from her bag. "Imagine the possibilities!" she told with a smile. "Like what?" Toots asked. "We could magically combine plants to make them more delicious or, or even invent new flavors of fruits." Sunny said, as she gave some of the fliers to the ponies around. "We can grow as ponies by growing our own food!" she stated with a smile. However, it wasn't enough to convince the ponies. "Not another one of Sunny's lost causes..." Dahlia complained as she facehoofed herself. Then she walked away, and the ponies around threw the cards to the ground, not interested in Sunny's idea. "Ugh, yuck to that. And yum to you!" Toots said, as he threw the card and ate a donut, then walked away happily after eating the donut. Sunny looked on with disappointment that her idea was rejected. "Hey! How's your rally going?" Zipp asked with a sheepish smile, as she arrived along the rest of the Mane 6. "So far, it's been nothing but failure." Sunny said with disappointment, pointing at the cards spread on the ground. "Nopony in town even took one, did they?" she asked with concern. "To be fair, these fliers do have a giant 'no' sign across a picture of French fries." Zipp pointed out, since the reverse of the fliers had exactly that: a big red circle and a line over French fries. “Wait, Sunset, how come you didn’t go with her to speak at the rally?” She asked Sunset, wanting to know why she wasn’t there when Sunny spoke out. “I was going to, but Sunny told me that she wants to do this on her own this time if she wants to learn how to be the symbol of Unity.” Sunset answered, saying that she wanted to at first, but Sunny kept insisting that she will do the announcement to learn a thing or two, and Sunset couldn’t take no for an answer. “Ah. Okay.” Zipp said, seeing the point as Sunset turned to Sunny. “Sunny. I know you are trying to take these announcements seriously, but you need to come up with more important matters other than junk foods.” Sunset said, stating that Sunny’s announcement needs some work. “You just need to find another way to get ponies to listen, and you can’t just pop one up out of the blue.” She added. Twilight then sneakily went out of the necklace as she looked at Sunny. “Sunset’s right, Sunny. You just need to find other ways to get ponies to listen. Don’t worry, this happened to me before, and it took a lot of time and practice to get them to listen.” She said with a comforting smile, seeing that Sunny is trying to be the symbol of unity. Sunny sighs, finding both Twilight and Sunset right about this. “I know, Sunset and Twilight. But there are so many things that need changing." Sunny stated. "How can I make the world a better place if nopony is willing to listen?" she asked, walking in circles on her own place. "With all our new earth pony powers, there's so much potential!" she said, as her Cutie Mark started to glow and her friends stepped back a little surprised. "I just want to help!" she said out loud, while her Alicorn form appeared. This made the earth ponies around Maretime Bay gasp in awe and surprise at Sunny's sudden transformation, as they all started to walk towards her and muttered between themselves, with Twilight going back to the necklace to stay hidden.. "Okay, tell us more about them fruits and vegetables, Sunny!" Toots said with a smile, while the other earth ponies nodded in agreement. "I finally got your attention?" Sunny asked excitedly with a giggle, not noticing that her horn and wings appeared. Sunset however sees the ponies' reactions and frowns at this, while noticing Sunny doesn’t know she is in her Alicorn form. “Does Sunny even know that her Alicorn magic is on?” She asked the others, who nodded their heads in agreement, seeing this as well and frown as she felt something might have happened. A bit later, Sunny was delivering smoothies at her stand with Sunset’s help, while Hitch and Izzy played with Sparky behind it and Zipp and Pipp stood at Sunny's side. "Woo! I am over the Luna-moon!" Sunny cheered. "The response in town went from zero to 100 in seconds. Ah! What gives, right?!" she asked with a smile to Zipp and Pipp. Both sisters laughed a little before Zipp lay on the stand while Sunset smirked in amusement. "I think I can solve this mystery pretty quick." she assured Sunny with a smirk. "Or, maybe you should just use that Alicorn mirror of yours..." she said. “Yeah, Sunny. It’s something that you have on you right now.” Sunset said in agreement with a smirk. "I have something in my face, again don't I?" Sunny asked with a bored expression. "Ah, I knew it––" she said, bringing out the alicorn mirror, and then her eyes widened when she saw the golden horn and wings. "My Alicorn magic? Ah! It was an accident!" she cried out, pulling the mirror away. "Oh, this keeps happening..." she said with worry, while Zipp and Pipp looked at each other confused. “I thought you had controlled your Alicorn magic by now, Sunny. Yet it still pops up from time to time?” Sunset asked, seeing that Sunny still didn't have complete control of her magic after a little practice she had. “I thought so as well, Sunset. But I still don’t know how to keep it under control. I manage to get my sudden magic bursts under control but my Alicorn magic keeps popping up every now and then, I just can’t seem to keep it in.” Sunny replied, saying that she got her magic bursts under control but her Alicorn magic kept showing up out of nowhere without her knowing, she doesn’t have the transformation part down yet.   "But that isn't a bad thing, it's a wonderful thing!" Pipp pointed out with a smile, pointing at the line at Sunny's stand, with the three usual fillies dressed as Alicorns. "That line is full of eager ponies who want to listen to you and Sunset." Pipp added with a smile. "Am I jealous about that? No! Never. Because I'm secure in myself" she assured with a nervous smile, while Sunny stared at her concerned and Zipp a little annoyed. "And I have thousands of followers on multiple platforms validating my every move" she added with a sheepish smile, while Zipp and Sunset stared at her with a raised eyebrow. "Ah... not that that matters. It doesn't!" she finished with a nervous chuckle. “Nice save, Pipp. But aside from that, just because me and Sunny are alicorns, doesn’t mean we want popularity from these ponies, they must treat us as normal and see us as a symbol of Friendship and Harmony of the three tribes of Unity.” Sunset pointed out as Sunny nodded in agreement, wanting that as well. Meanwhile the line of ponies waiting to take a smoothie on Sunny's stand started to chat excitedly and looked at Sunny and Sunset, while Sunny herself looked on nervously while Sunset raised an eyebrow. "Why are they all looking at us?" Sunny asked nervously to the sisters and Sunset. "Because, well, look at you! You're an Alicorn along with Sunset!" Pipp replied, as Sunny looked at her horn and wings while Sunset raised an eyebrow. "Soon, everypony will be watching your every move while breathing down your neck at every moment, shouting 'Sunny, Sunset, Sunny, Sunset, Sunny! Ah! We love you!’" Pipp said excited, laying on the stand and smiling at Sunny. Sunset saw this as she pushed Pipp off the stand. “Whoa!” She called out in surprise from the push. “Not helpful, Pipp. We are not that much of celebrities as you are. And you are stressing Sunny out here.” Sunset pointed out while giving Pipp a look, really doesn't like how Pipp is putting more pressure on Sunny right now. Pipp realizes what she is saying as she gives a sheepish chuckle. “Uh, sorry.” She apologizes to both Alicorns about her choice of words. "That is... a lot." Sunny said with a nervous smile. "I'm not used to all this attention" she pointed out a little worried. "I, uh, I need some... space. A-hum. Yeah! Space. Okay" she said, ducking on her own stand and looking again at the Alicorn mirror, sighing and groaning a bit frustrated as Sunset put a hoof on her shoulder . "I gotta get a hold of this. I don't want to be an Alicorn right now." she stated. “Calm down, Sunny. Remember, your magic is connected by emotions, you just need to calm your mind and get it under control.” Sunset said in a comforting tone. “Just take a deep breath and focus, calm your mind and control your magic.” She added with a smile. Sunny nodded to Sunset as she took a deep breath and calmed down as her horn and wings faded away, and Sunny looked again at the mirror. “There we go! Phew! Finally" she cheered quietly, closing the mirror and putting it away. “Great. Now come on, we got smoothies to sell.” Sunset said as she and Sunny get back to their smoothie sellings Back at Opaline's Castle, Opaline herself watched in disbelief how Sunny could summon her Alicorn form, unlike the other Alicorns in the history of Equestria like Celestia, Luna, Twilight or even Opaline herself, and the fact Sunset knows about this and is helping Sunny to control it. "Sunny can transform into her Alicorn form and this Sunset Shimmer is helping her control it?" Opaline asked herself in awe. "I've never seen this before... And she doesn't want to always be an Alicorn?" she asked again, opening her wings in anger. Behind her, Misty was slurping loudly a smoothie that only Celestia knows where she got it from. "However, if I can get Sunny to embrace her Alicorn powers, just imagine what we could accomplish with another Alicorn by our side.” She said to Misty. “What about Sunset Shimmer?” Misty asked Opaline, wondering what to do about Sunset. “I’m still learning more about that certain Alicorn, Misty. Until we learn more about her, she’ll have to wait.” Opaline answered, saying that she needs to learn more about Sunset before planning something for her. “But with Sunny, I'll be even closer to the magic I need." She stated with an evil grin. said to Misty. "Totally" Misty said, slurping loudly from her smoothie again. This time, Opaline's eye twitched. "What is that?" she asked Misty with a frown. "A smoothie!" Misty replied. "It's got jicama in it, which isn't my favorite, but it still tastes like happiness." she explained with a smile. "Want some?" She asked Opaline if she wanted any. Opaline immediately replied by hitting the smoothie with a fire blast from her horn, which startled Misty from that. "This is no time to drink vegetables!" Opaline said. "But it is time to plot. We have a job to do," She stated as she gave a grin at Misty. “  "Misty, I'm going to need you to infiltrate" she ordered. "But how?" Misty asked. "Ugh! Join a group of ponies! Blend in! I don't care!" Opaline replied with annoyance. "Just do whatever you have to do and find a way to get Sunny vulnerable and find out more about Sunset." she ordered, and then she walked towards the boiler. "And as for Sunny's compact... Well, I think it could use a little extra Alicorn magic, don't you?" she stated, and then she started to laugh maniacally while she used her magic to change her reflection aspect to look exactly like Sunny in her Alicorn form. Back at Sunny's stand, Izzy and Zipp were helping her and Sunset out to deliver the smoothies. Then, Zipp got out of the stand and flew away, while Pipp sat on a table with Hitch and Sparky. Pipp sighed frustrated, but nopony seemed to care, so she sighed louder, but still nopony paid her attention. Nopony, except Hitch and his baby dragon. "Something bothering you, Pipp?" Hitch asked her in confusion. Pipp looked over at Zipp, who came back rolling a giant watermelon over to Sunny's stand.  "Don't mention it to Zipp, but yes!" Pipp told her friends, raising her wing to cover the conversation from Zipp, who is rolling a giant watermelon to Sunny’s smoothie stand, as she brings out her phone. "None of my Clip Trots have been doing well!" she explained. "These super popular and adorable ponies, the Filly Four, have been totally slaying the game!" she added, showing one of the Filly Four Clip Trots to Hitch. "I'm not saying it's a competition or anything, but this post had got thousands of hooftaps!" she said, looking at the likes on the video of the Filly Four she showed. "My latest post only got three likes and one monkey. And I don't even know what a monkey means! I even asked Sunset about the monkey thing but even she doesn’t know!" She cried out with panic, slamming her cheek on the table with frustration. "In a little bit of a slump?" Hitch asked Pipp. "I've been trying everything lately, singing loudly, singing softly, singing in general..." Pipp explained, moving her hooves to prove her point while Spark looked confused. "Oh my hoofness" Pipp said suddenly. "What if I've been..." she stopped and gasped dramatically, putting her hooves on her mouth. "... shadowbanished?!" she cried out with worry. Hitch just stared at her, not understanding why she was so dramatic so suddenly. "I don't know what that means, but it sounds ominous." Jazz said, arriving suddenly and sitting at  Hitch’s side, putting a hoof on her cheek while Hitch decided to slurp from his smoothie and check on his phone. "Thank you, Jazz" Pipp thanked with a nervous look. "Shadowbanishing is when your content gets blocked to viewers!" she explained. "I mean, it has to be that, right?" she asked with panic. "There can't be any other explanation!" she pointed out.  Hitch started to laugh suddenly, which made Pipp feel even worse. "Why are you laughing at such a serious time as this?!" Jazz scolded Hitch. "Oh, sorry!" Hitch apologized. "It's just this video of Sparky. You gotta see it!" he explained, as Jazz and Pipp got closer to Hitch to look at his phone. The video showed Hitch extending a fork with a cucumber slice to Sparky, who had hiccup and then let out his dragon fire at the cucumber, which turned into a rock. Sparky licked the rock a bit, and then he hugged it cutely, while thousands of heart emojis popped up. "Aw!" Jazz and Pipp said as they looked at Sparky's video. "That was so adorable. Wow." Jazz said to Hitch. "And look at all these comments, shares and likes..." Pipp said, grabbing Hitch's phone and checking the stats of the video. "... and monkeys. What does that mean?!" she cried out desperately again. "Yeah, my little buddy has some sort of magic touch!" Hitch said, pointing at the baby dragon that just kept smiling at his smoothie. "I call it 'Sparky's Spark'. All of his stuff goes viral." He explained. "Hmm, viral, you say..." Pipp commented, looking at Hitch with a smug while the sheriff grabbed his phone back. "Do you think I could borrow him for a little bit?" Pipp asked Hitch with a nervous smile and her wings open. "Dragon-sit? Usually, Izzy and sometimes Sunset do that." Hitch pointed out, while also saying sometimes Sunset dragon-sit Sparky with her knowledge of dragons, and a little helped with Twilight recently with her experience of taking care of Spike, as he rubbed the back of his head before turning to Pipp with a smile.. "But sure! I could use a little 'me' time" Hitch told Pipp with a smile. "And you can bond with Sparky!" he added, pointing at the baby dragon, who slurped happily from his smoothie. Pipp laughed nervously. "Yes, yes. Bonding!" Pipp repeated nervously. "That's exactly what I plan to do, and definitely not crack the code of 'Sparky's Spark'." she assured with a nervous chuckle. "Not that." she said, slurping from her smoothie, lying that’s what she’s going to do to get her viral back up again. Back at Sunny's stand, the line kept growing while Sunny, Sunset, Zipp and Izzy gave smoothies. "How can I help you, fellow thirsty and engaged citizen?" Sunny asked Windy, who was the first on the line right now. "I'll take the Alicorn-Special!" Windy said excitedly. "Alicorn-Special?" Sunny was confused as she looked at Sunset, who shrugged in confusion as well. "Uh, we don't have anything like that." she said. "I don't really care what it is." Windy stated. "I just want a smoothie that an Alicorn, like yourself or Sunset, would drink." she said with a smile, while the ponies behind her cheered in agreement. "Okay, sure. Yeah, I'll conjure that up." Sunny assured, while Sunset,  Izzy and Zipp looked at each other confused, and then got back to work. "But I kinda want it made by the Alicorn Sunny, you know?" Windy pointed out a little nervousness. “Wait, that’s what you mean, Windy?” Sunset asked with a raised eyebrow as Windy nodded her head in response. "Please, oh please, do the Alicorn-thing again, Sunny!" Seashell pleaded. "It's so cool!" Peach Fizz said with a smile. "The thing is, it doesn't exactly work like that" Sunny said with a nervous smile, which caused disappointed looks on Windy and the three fillies. "Why don't I help you with your orders and tell you about this awesome idea I have instead?" she suggested. "Ugh!" the ponies groaned, as they started to walk away from the stand. "To get more ponies interested in fruits and veggies, we can build a community garden!" Sunny explained, as her body started to shine in a golden light, and Zipp looked at her a bit surprised.  “Seriously, that’s all you ponies care about?” Sunset said in a little anger at the ponies that all they want is to see Sunny as an Alicorn. "A massive one, where everypony can practice the art of––" she tried to add, but then she sneezed and the whole stand shook, which made the ponies look back at her. "Excuse me" Sunny apologized for the sneeze. "I think some dust got kicked up. Anyway, I––" she tried to talk once again, but this time Zipp cut her off. "Uh, Sunny? You're an Alicorn again" Zipp told her, touching her left golden wing. "So sparkly!" Izzy said with a smile, touching the other wing while Sunny brought out the Alicorn mirror again and looked at her reflection. “We really gotta help you get that magic under control.” Sunset added, seeing that they need to figure out how to get Sunny’s magic under control later. "Amazing!" Glory said with a smile. "Gorgeous!" Peach Fizz said in awe. "Wow! I wanna be like you when I grow up!" Seashell commented with a smile. "You do?" Sunny said with a hopeful smile, letting the mirror open and putting it on the table.  "Are there any super-cool causes we can help with right now?!" Peach Fizz asked excitedly. "Really?" Sunny asked with a smile. "Actually... there are!" she assured, then she pulled a list of some ideas she had. "Um... Okay! Let's see" she said, rolling out the list that was large enough to even get out of the stand, while the ponies around stared at it in shock. "We can start with some planters around town and save 'Airhorns for Armadillos!' for later" she stated with a smile. "That name kinda speaks for itself..." she said, not noticing that her reflection on the Alicorn mirror moved and looked at her with an evil laugh, with Opaline’s voice laughing. Sunset then felt that strange sensation again. “That feeling again? Why do I keep sensing it? And why do I have a bad feeling that things might not go as planned?” She asked herself quietly, wanting to know where that feeling was coming from. Later on, Glory made a little hole on a planter while Peach Fizz put a seed on the earth and closed the hole. Then Seashell used her magic and made the seed grow into a big berry plant. "All my dreams are coming true" Sunny cheered with a bright smile. "The community is literally growing together!" she added, then she squealed happily. “Sunny. Don’t you think these ponies are more into our Alicorn stats than the cause?” Sunset asked Sunny, saying how these ponies have been lately. “Well, yeah. But maybe it's because they’ve never seen an Alicorn before.” Sunny said, saying that the ponies must be just excited since they never saw an Alicorn before, much less two as she and Sunset walked towards the Pippsqueaks. “What are you growing over there? Grapefruits?" She asked them. "Ah, no, uh... zucchini?" She asked again. "It's a grape-chini!" Seashell replied, showing the fusion between a grape and a zucchini to Sunny. “A grape-what?” Sunset asked, confused at what she and Sunny were saying. "A combination, grepefruit-zucchini!" Glory added, while both she and Peach Fizz lifted up one of the grape-chinis. "Oh. Interesting!" Sunny said in a bit of confusion. "I'm just happy you're all showing such enthusiasm," she confessed with an honest smile. “Yeah, very creative you three.” Sunset added with a smile. The fillies got so happy at Sunny and Sunset's words, that Glory and Peach Fizz let the grape-chini fall. "We made the Alicorns happy!" Peach Fizz cheered, and then the three fillies squealed excitedly, while Sunny felt uncomfortable to be referred to as 'the Alicorn' while Sunset just raised an eyebrow at this. "Neigh-way!" Seashell said suddenly, looking in a certain direction, while her friends and Sunny stared at the same direction. "Is that..." she added. "The Filly Four!" the three fillies said, as the four ponies stared at the other four ponies walking towards them. They were all wearing sunglasses, and the first three ponies posed dramatically, while the fourth one, being Misty in cover and with a fake butterfly Cutie Mark, tripped and fell into a Trash Can. "Sunny, Sunset, we've been looking for both of you everywhere!" Sugar said to Sunny, who looked a little anxious while the fillies just squealed like fangirls. "It's so nice to finally meet." she said, lowering her sunglasses a bit, while Misty got out of the trash can with a sheepish smile and the other two looked at their phones. "We went to school together, Sugar." Sunny pointed out, a bit nervous, having met her before back in her school days. "I sat next to you in––" she tried to add, but Sugar cut her off. "I'm Sugar." Sugar introduced herself, completely ignoring Sunny's comment. "This is Rosedust." she pointed at the green earth pony mare with light blue mane. "Lily." She presented the pink earth pony mare with a purple mare and a white stripe. "And uh... what's that new unicorn's name?" She asked Rosedust, while Misty was trying to hide the whole time. "Minty?" Rosedust replied, unsure and careless to tell the truth. "That slot is always on rotation, so we forget. Ha!" she said with a fake laugh. "We were just about to go shopping. Wanna join?" Sugar asked Sunny and Sunset with a smug. “Yeah, I don’t think so.” Sunset said with an unsure look. "I don't need to go shopping, but..." Sunny tried to say, and then Lily cut her off. "But if you come with us, everypony is going to see us together and we're super influential." Lilly told her in a very egocentric tone. "Imagine what you could do with all that power." Misty added. "Exactly, Marcy!" Sugar said with a smile. "Misty." Misty corrected. "Whatever. All you have to do is hang out with us." Sugar stated. "And stay in an Alicorn like your dear Sunset, of course." she added, placing her hind leg around Sunny's neck. “That’s not your call. We make our own choices of who we want to be.” Sunset said with a stern tone at the Filly Four. "Right!" Sunny said with a nervous chuckle, walking away from the Filly Four. "Uh... One sec." she said with a nervous smile. "I just need to freshen up. Over there." she pointed at an alley. “Sunset, you think you can take care of things with the garden while I’m gone?” She asked Sunset. “Uh, sure. I can try.” Sunset answered Sunny. "Freshen up? In a hardware store?" Sugar questioned. "Weird, but okay." she added, while Sunny quickly walked away from the mares, while Misty lowered her sunglasses and looked at Sunny strangely while looking at Sunset while wondering. Sunny, on the other hand, marked Pipp's number, while Pipp was reading a magazine in her salon as she picked up her phone and answered the call. "Hey!" she greeted, not even reading who called her. "Pipp!" Sunny called out in panic. "The Filly Four want me and Sunset to hang out with them." she explained worriedly, while Pipp's jaw dropped in surprise. "What should I do?" Sunny asked. Pipp gasped as she threw her magazine away and dropped her phone in shock. "The Filly Four?!" She asked Sunny, grabbing the phone back. "They're the ones eclipsing me on social media! They're like..." She chuckled a bit before continuing. "... super-famous right now." she explained. "They are?" Sunny asked, as she walked deeper into the alley to keep the conversation away from the Filly Four. "Yeah!" Pipp replied. "You need to do all you can to get them on your side" she stated. "Ah, your school days are coming full-circle, Sunny. You and Sunset are going from misfit to popular pony!" she added with a smile, while Sparky suddenly appeared at her side and she patted his head with a smile. "Okay! I'm gonna do it then." Sunny assured, ending the call with Pipp. However, she still felt unsure about the idea, and it made her horns and wings disappear. "Oh no, no. Not now!" she begged, but her Alicorn form was already gone. "Sunny..." Opaline's voice called to her from the Alicorn mirror on her bag. Sunny looked around to see who was calling her, but she found no one. "Sunny..." the voice called again, and this time Sunny could hear it from her bag, so she opened it and took out the Alicorn mirror. She opened, and her reflection started to talk with her. "Sunny." her reflection called out. "Is this... me?" Sunny asked in confusion. "Yes." Opaline, disguised as Sunny's reflection, replied with a smile. "Hello, me! Hello, you." she said. "Wow!" Sunny said, hopping excited. "I need to share this with Zipp and Sunset right away!" Sunny stated, turning around and running to look for Zipp and Sunset. "Wait!" Opaline told her, which made Sunny trip and threw the mirror in front of her, while Opaline chuckled a little bit. "This 'magic mirror' is only for Alicorns, Sunny." She explained.  “Wait. Sunset is an Alicorn, can I show this to her?” Sunset asked her ‘reflection’. “Um. You could… But this mirror has been imprinted with you so you can’t show this to her.” Opaline lied, not wanting Sunset into this. I'm your inner voice. I'm here to guide you." She assured her. "You are?" Sunny questioned. “Sunset is usually my guide to teach me more about magic and friendship.” She added, stating how Sunset had been teaching and helping her with the ways of ancient Equestria of the Guardians of Friendship when they first met. "Yes!" Opaline reassured. "Sunset is a good mentor to you, but if any other type of pony uses it, it will lose its enchantment." she explained, while Sunny looked worried at her 'reflection'. "Because Alicorns are special. You are special. Haven't you noticed?" she asked Sunny, while the mare placed a hoof on her chin as she thought about it. "No, no." Sunny said. "But I do feel... different." she explained a little down. "Not different. Special. Better even." Opaline assured, while Sunny grabbed the mirror again. "Why be a basic, boring earth pony, when you can be an Alicorn like Sunset?!" She asked Sunny, as 'her reflection' opened her wings and showed that the wings were permanently attached to her. "Then how... How do I stay an Alicorn?" Sunny asked to 'her reflection' desperately, this time willing to become an Alicorn, permanently if possible. "Find the source of your power and harness it." Opaline instructed her. "Then all your wildest dreams can come true!" she assured her. "Even the community garden?!" Sunny asked with a hopeful smile. Opaline stared blankly at her. "That's your wildest dream?" she asked in disbelief. "We'll work on that, but yes!" she assured her, trying to play along. "I've been drafting my garden dream board at the Brighthouse!" Sunny explained with a bright smile, while her horn and wings appeared once again. "Oh, I really want it to become a place where I can help other ponies use their magic." She stated. "A place where everypony can––" she tried to add, but then 'her reflection' cut her off. "Yes. That's it! Look." Opaline told her, as Sunny looked at her Alicorn form with a smile. "Go take what's rightfully yours." she instructed once again. "Wow. Thank you so much... Me!" Sunny thanked 'her reflection', a.k.a. Opaline. "Uh... Mirror me? Sunny-Squared?" she kept asking, while Opaline looked at her with a bored expression. "I'll come up with a better name soon." She said in assuredness, then she squealed excitedly and closed the mirror to put it away. At Opaline’s Castle, Opaline gave an evil laugh after Sunny put the mirror away.  “Sunny's easier to manipulate than I thought.” Opaline said with a smirk as she walked around the pond. “As long as Misty puts on the pressure on Sunny and gets more information about Sunset, too, she'll be on our side in no time.” She said while looking at the pond with a smirk, thinking that her plan will be easier than she thought. Meanwhile, in Mane Melody, Pipp sat Sparky on a chair, while the baby dragon looked at Pipp with a smile. "Okay, Sparky. I need your help here" Pipp told the baby dragon. "I can't risk losing all relevance in the digital world" she stated, twirling Sparky on the chair once. "I must go viral. What gives you that 'spark' I'm missing?" she asked him, but Sparky replied with a giggle. "Hmm. Let's see..." she said, taking out her phone and looking at a video of Sparky dancing adorably, with thousands of heart emojis popping out. Then the video moved to Pipp doing something similar, but barely getting some likes. Then, another video of Sparky crying appeared, once again getting thousands of likes in seconds. A video of Pipp doing the same appeared, and once again, it barely got any likes. And then, another video of Sparky wearing different outfits also got thousands of likes, while the video of Pipp doing the same didn't get any. Pipp looked at the videos with sadness, while Sparky appeared at her side with his pacifier. He took it out of his mouth and put it in Pipp's, as he laughed a bit. "Can you please not right now?" Pipp begged, with the pacifier on her mouth. She slowly got up and threw her phone away, as well as the pacifier from her mouth. "Ugh! What does Sparky have that I don't?!" she questioned, looking at the baby dragon with a frown. "I have to get to the bottom of this." She stated, pulling out another phone from down her wing. "Good thing I carry several phones on me for good measure." she added, now looking at a picture of the Filly Four getting thousands of likes and gasping. "No! Oh, my eyes! It burns!" she cried out, throwing the phone that Sparky caught in time, as he extended it to Pipp, who looked at him concerned. Back in Maretime Bay, Sunny got back with the Filly Four and Sunset, who was helping the Pippsqueaks with the gardening, while the Filly Four were taking lots of selfies of themselves. "Alright!" Sunny said, landing near the other mares. "Feeling much better. After looking at gardening tools, I'm in!" She assured them with a smile. “What?” Sunset asked in confusion on what changed Sunny’s mind. "Perf! Then let's get shopping." Sugar stated. "I have another idea!" Sunny said, as she flew in front of the Filly Four. "I decided I'm going to make an announcement about this huge project I've been working on and I want to get everypony involved." She explained. "Only if they want to get involved, though." She added. Since the Pippsqueaks were still there, they immediately replied jumping in front of Sunny.  "Yes!" Glory said first with a smile. "We do!" Peach Fizz added. "Please!" Seashell added. “Wow. You three really have the energy.” Sunset said in surprise that the Pippsqueaks wanted to help out that quickly. The Filly Four looked surprised at the fillies enthusiasm, and Sugar even lifted her sunglasses a bit, but then she smiled. "The Filly Four would love to help." She said, walking towards Sunny  and Sunset and placing her hind hoof around Sunny's neck. "We'll rally all the ponies in town to hear the news! We're here for you two. she said, pointing at Sunny and Sunset's chest, then she took out her phone and lifted her glasses up. "Burt first, smile!" she told Sunny, as they both smiled at the camera. "That is so going viral" she assured, while Sunny looked excitedly, but nervous at the same time. Sunset saw this and gave a worried look at Sunny. “You sure you're okay with this, Sunny? I get the feeling you might not want to do this.” She said to Sunny with a concerned look. Sunny gave an unsure look to Sunset. “To be honest, I’m not sure, Sunset. But I won’t know for myself if I don’t try.” She said to Sunset as she’s going to give this a try and see how this plays out as she walks off. Sunset watches Sunny go as she is worried for her. ‘What changed Sunny’s mind about this? And I get the feeling she might not like it.’ She thought, while wondering what changed Sunny’s mind and had a feeling that Sunny might not like it. Back at the Brighthouse in the bedroom, Izzy was doing some Unicycling stuff for 'Izzy Does It', as put a tea cup on her desk and brought out a frying pan with a smile as she crushed the tea with it. "Perfect!" Izzy said. Zipp, at her side of the room, kept researching the evil forces Twilight said through the message as she is trying to solve this mystery. Then, Hitch entered the room singing to himself cheerfully. "Whoa, there." Zipp said, walking towards Hitch. "What's gotten into you?" she asked him with a smile. "Yeah, you seem so... chill." Izzy said with a relaxed tone, while Zipp nodded in agreement. "Pipp offered to watch Sparky for the afternoon and I finally got some much needed 'me' time." Hitch explained with a bright smile. "Which is going to end with myself, a bubble bath, and the newest Bridlewood Beatnik jazz album." He added with a relaxed tone, pulling out an album that had an abstract drawing of Onyx and Jasper on it. "Cool, cool." Zipp said, and then she realized something. "Wait–– You let Pipp do what?" she asked him about the thing he mentioned about Pipp and Sparky. "No doubt Pipp's having a relaxing time with Sparky, too." Hitch answered Zipp with a smile as he searched around as Izzy walked close to them. “Now, where did I put that hydrating face mask?" He questioned himself, while Zipp and Izzy looked at each other a bit confused. Meanwhile, Pipp was having trouble with Sparky, since he was still a baby and needed to be taken care of. He was making gibberish noises on a makeshift hammock Pipp made to entertain the baby dragon. Just for the record: she was terrible at dragonsit. Pipp sighed in defeat. "Oh, Pipp. What have you gotten yourself into?" She asked herself with worry, pulling out her phone. "Up-and-up he goes, like the Filly Four." She said in frustration. "Oh! Why can't I get one thing to trend? What is my skill set if not this?!" She cried out, looking at her phone. "What is my Sparky's spark?!" she questioned in sadness and frustration. Then, Sparky threw an orange to her head, but Pipp thought that something finally popped into her mind. "I have an idea!" She said excitedly, but then the baby dragon threw an apple to her face, and she realized that she still had no ideas at all. "Nope. It was Sparky." She said to herself while looking at Sparky. Sparky threw another apple at her face, also holding her phone to record her, and the camera showed Pipp getting hit by the apples that Sparky kept throwing at her. "Ow!" Pipp cried out multiple times, while Sparky just giggled at her. Back with Sunny and Sunset, they were being treated like actual Alicorns princesses by the three fillies, while Sunny and Sunset sat next to each other while they felt really uncomfortable with this kind of treat. “This is not what Celestia does with her subjects.” Sunset muttered to herself, seeing this is not how Celestia treated her subjects back in her day. "Would the Alicorns like to be fanned with an earth pony-grown branch?" Glory asked them cheerfully, holding a tree branch with her mouth and moving it like a big hand fan. "Or maybe they would like to try one of these fresh earth pony-grown grapes, made by me?" Seashell suggested, with the grapes on her forehead, while Sunny smiled sheepishly. "Uh... okay? Thanks!" Sunny said nervously, as she tried to grab one of the grapes, but then Misty stopped her. “Yeah… Thanks?” Sunset said, feeling uncomfortable about this. "No, no. You two mustn't lift one perfect Alicorn-hoove of yours." Misty said with a wink. "You both deserve to be treated like the Alicorn-royalty that you both are, all the time, forever." she declared, while the fillies walked away and Sunny and Sunset looked at Misty confused. "Isn't it nice?" she asked her with a smile. “Yeah, that was a little uncomfortable and weird coming from you.” Sunset said to Misty, finding that uncomfortable from that as Sunny nodded in agreement with Sunset. Sugar suddenly appeared at Sunny's side, and Misty walked away. "You have to tell us, how do you get your mane so shiny?" she asked her, touching her mane. "Does it feel weird when you glow?" Lily asked Sunny, appearing at her other side. "What's it like being ethereal?" Rosedust asked her about the golden horn and wings. Sunny, feeling too overwhelmed and uncomfortable, stood up and extended her wings to part the Filly Four. "Uh, I gotta go, you know, do the 'Ali' stuff I do." she said with a sheepish smile, flying away from the mares and landing in front of a crowd of ponies carrying signs that pretty much indicated they loved Sunny... as an Alicorn. "That's the Ali-part of being an Alicorn. So. Yeah. Sunset, think you will be okay on your own?" She asked Sunset as she winked at her. Sunset got the picture as she winked back at her. “Sure. And I gotta do some Alicorn-thing as well. I’ll be back when I can.” She said as she stood up and walked in the opposite direction of Sunny. “Great. See you in a sec.” Sunny said, walking away nervously. "Anything for the Alicorns!" the three fillies shouted, which made Sunny and Sunset to run now and escape the crowd. "I love you, Alicorns!" Toots said in the crowd. Sunset made it to an alley as she took out the necklace. “Sunset to Twilight. Come in Twilight.” She said to the necklace. The necklace then opened up as Twilight appeared. “I’m here, Sunset. And I saw it all. This is more crowded than the time when I first became an Alicorn.” She commented, having seen the whole thing through the necklace as she remembered how popular she was when she first became an Alicorn herself. “I’m starting to see why you don’t like the crowd admiring you much.” Sunset said with a chuckle before speaking in a concerned tone. “Twilight. Sunny doesn’t like to be famous by just her being an alicorn, all she want is ponies to join her as just herself.” She explained “I saw her reaction. Kinda like me when I went through that with my friends.” Twilight said, having memories of having this kind of experience before. “Sunset. You have to help Sunny to stop this burden and tell everypony about her feelings. Because if this doesn’t stop, Sunny will lose her confidence of being the symbol of Unity.” She pointed out that if Sunny feels this way, Sunset has to speak to the ponies to stop this outcome. “Are you sure it will work? I mean, these ponies don't seem to be interesting in Sunny’s true self. They just want to see her alicorn form.” Sunset pointed out. “I know, but those ponies need to hear this themselves to know that they are hurting somepony’s feeling. And I do not want Sunny to feel this way.” Twilight replied, not wanting Sunny to be more hurt than she already is. Sunset thought of what Twilight said, seeing that if she doesn't speak out for Sunny, her confidence will be crushed. Sunset took a breath as she looked at Twilight with a determined look. “Okay, Twilight. I will do this for Sunny. And I will not let her dreams be crushed.” She said to Twilight. Twilight smiled at Sunset. “Glad you made the right call, Sunset. And go out there and help Sunny.” She said as she with a proud smile as she went back into the necklace. Sunset smiled at the necklace. “And thank you for the advice, Twilight.” She said, glad to have her old friend by her side as she begins to walk back to where the crowd is. At the same time, Sunny returned to the same alley from before, and took out the Alicorn mirror to talk again with herself, or should I say, to talk with Opaline. "What should I do?" Sunny asked 'her reflection'. "I feel so lost." she said with worry and pain. "Continue on this path to glory." Opaline, once again disguised as Sunny, instructed her. "You are an Alicorn. You should be praised, admired, feared." she stated with an evil grin that Sunny didn't notice. "But I don't want that!" Sunny replied at the edge of tears. “Sunset told me that Alicorns are just like everypony else! I don’t want ponies to just remember me as an Alicorn!” She cried out. "Do you remember how horrible it was before?" Opaline asked her, reminding her of those times before she even met Izzy and Sunset when absolutely nopony listened to her and her ideas about a unified Equestria. "How nopony would listen to you? How small you felt?" Opaline added. Sunny sobbed a bit, looking at the ground with pain since remembering her life before Sunset and Izzy's arrival was always painful for her. "Yes I do." She replied with sadness, closing the Alicorn mirror. And then, both her horn and wings faded away. "No! Come back. Come back!" She pleaded desperately, but her Alicorn form faded anyways. Sunny looked at the ground broken, feeling that nopony cared at all about her unless she was an Alicorn. And, unfortunately, it was the truth. "Sunset helped me learn that I don't need to be an Alicorn for ponies to like me, right?" She said, now sobbing and letting out tears of pain. "Right?" she asked again, turning around and looking at the ponies gathering. At the square, the ponies gathered around as Sunny and Sunset returned. Sunny then came from behind the ponies, with Sunset from the front, as she spoke to the nearest pony. “Excuse me! Can you point me to where the podium is? I need to—” Sunny tried to speak but was cut off. “Shhh! The Alicorn is gonna speak!” Toots shushed Sunny. “But I'm not the... Ugh, never mind.” Sunny groans with an irritated look as  she walked to the podium. “What are you doing?!” Misty called out as she came behind Sunny. “You have to be in Alicorn form or else our plan— I mean, your plan isn't going to work!” She cried out in panic, while also covering up her true plan. “We'll see about that.” Sunny retorted as she got on the podium and cleared her throat as she spoke through the microphone. “Hello? Testing... My fellow ponies—” She tried to speak but was cut off. The ponies then started to groan and started booing at Sunny. “Alicorn! A-li-corn! A-li-corn! A-li-corn!” They all chanted out. “Sugar! Pssst! Sugar Moonlight! Why is everypony really here?” Sunny asked the two ponies. “Yeah. Why are they here?” Sunset said while feeling anger boil in her for booing at Sunny. “Well, duh. We want you both to like us.” Sugar Moonlight said in an obvious tone. “But of course we like you. You're my friends.” Sunny pointed out that they’ve been friends since their time in school. “Well, not you Sunny. The Alicorns. None of the ponies here actually care about these silly causes. At least Sunset is an Alicorn.” Rosedust said while still looking at her phone. “Nopony even liked you before, Sunny.” Lily said while pointing her phone at Sunny while showing herself as her Earth Pony form as she swipes it to show Sunny’s Alicorn form. “But you're cool now. At least when you're an Alicorn.” She told Sunny. Sunset was about ready to snap as Sunny looked both disapportment and broken. “This isn't what I wanted. At all.” Sunny cried with pure sadness, and then ran away towards the Crystal Brighthouse. “Sunny!” Sunset called out as Sunny ran off back to the Brighthouse. Sunset then looked at the Fillies Four and the crowd, seeing that they don’t care about Sunny’s efforts, that made her really mad. She snapped as she stomped her hooves so hard, it caused everypony around her to stop chanting as they got startled. “You ponies have no right to do that to Sunny! You crushed her spirit and confidence because you want to see the Alicorns! You ponies are hurting Sunny!” She yelled out in rage as the ponies around her flinched at her outburst. "B-But we didn't do anything wrong." Dahlia tries to protest but is a bit scared. “Really, Dahlia!” Sunset cried out as she continued to yell at them in her Royal Canterlot voice. “You ponies hurt Sunny’s feelings, all because you wanted to see the Alicorns! You ponies don’t even care about the effort she’s done and the risks she took while trying to help ponies! Sunny has done more for us than any of you ponies could! Something you all seemed to have forgotten!” She continues to vent out as she stomps to the crowd, who backs away a bit as she glares at them. “Sunny has risked everything to help bring the three tribes together! She brought us together! Helped bring back the magic! Helped make Equestria the way it should be! When you ponies were afraid to be friends with one another when all of you were afraid of each other all because of some rumors and fake lies! And this was before Sunny became an Alicorn! She did so many great things as an Earth Pony and this is how you repaid her!? That’s not friendship or harmony! That’s using her for power and fame! I’m looking at you, Fillies Four!” She glared at the Fillies Four, who flinched at that as Sunset returned to the crowd. “Alicorns are like everypony else! We’re not gods! We’re guardians that help ponies in need when they are having trouble if needed! Yet you just see Sunny as a nopony when she’s not an Alicorn! Well news flash, Sunny is better than any of us! Unlike someponies I am looking at, they don't seem to care!” She yelled out while panting as she glared at the ponies. The crowd looked at each other, muttering as they forgot the good deeds Sunny had done for them, like restoring magic and bringing the tribes together again. And they are all starting to feel guilty as they mistreated Sunny as they all lowered their heads down in gult. Misty was among the crowd, but is feeling frightened from Sunset’s outburst, seeing how angry she is when her friends are being mistreated, making a note to not to get on her bad side. Sunset continued to glare as she spoke again. “Now I expect you ponies to apologize to Sunny from every single one of you! Or you’re all gonna see why you shouldn’t ticked off an Alicorn other than making them mad at this! I’m out of here!” She called out as she flew away, flying back to the Brighthouse to comfort Sunny after what just happened. The crowd then went their separate ways as Misty is the only one standing, still scared from Sunset’s outbursts and made a note about her as she walked off, seeing that this plan has failed, Opaline would not be pleased while also being conflicted by Sunset from what she just said. Meanwhile, Sunny made it to the Brighthouse and quickly ran up stairs, where she met Izzy and Zipp. "Hey, hey, Sunny!" Izzy called to her. "We have something really exciting we wanna show you that we've been working on and––" she tried to explain, but then Sunny looked at her with teary eyes. "Do you wanna show me, or show the Alicorn?" Sunny asked them with both anger and sadness, which worried Izzy and Zipp, and then Sunny sobbed a little. "I can't do this!" she cried out, walking towards her room, while Zipp and Izzy looked at each other with worry. Sunset then came in as she gave a concerned look at Sunny, who went into the bedroom as she walked towards Zipp and Izzy. “Sunset, what happened?” Zipp asked, wondering what just happened. “Yeah. There’s something I gotta tell you two.” Sunset said, knowing that she needs to tell them what has happened today as she spoke to them. After a few minutes, Sunny was crying on her bed, while Zipp, Sunset and Izzy looked at her with worry. "Go away." Sunny pleaded to her friends as she sobbed. “Sunny. We don’t want you to be alone after what happened.” Sunset said as she placed a comforting hoof on Sunny. "Sunset told us what happened. We don't like to see you hurting, Sunny." Zipp said with lowered ears and worry. "Hey, what's wrong?" Izzy asked her, sitting near her bed to listen better. "It was a lie." Sunny started to explain, not sobbing anymore, but still sad. "Nopony actually cares about these causes, they only care about me being an Alicorn!" She said with sadness. "I don't want to be followed and adored just because of what I am. I want ponies to believe, truly believe, in what they're fighting for, that they can make the world a better place for every ponykind." She stated, still a bit sad. "Being an Alicorn doesn't make you any different!" Izzy assured her with a smile. "It makes you the same." she added. "It does?" Sunny asked, still unsure. "You're everypony, all-in-one! Like Zipp's spy gear." Izzy said with a smile. "Or one of those pens you push that has every color!" She added with a cheery tone. "But as an earth pony or an Alicorn, you've inspired all of us to be better ponies. That's your true power." She assured her. “Izzy’s right, Sunny. Being an Alicorn doesn’t make you different, you’re still the same, just with a new look.” Sunset said with a comforting smile as she sat next to the other side of Sunny. “Take it from me, when I first became an Alicorn, I didn't feel different. I may look different, but I don’t feel any different.” She said, stating her experience when she first became an Alicorn. And then the necklace starts to open as Twilight pops up and speaks with a comforting tone and smile. “That is true Sunny. When I first became an Alicorn, I still felt the same as I always have. At first I had no role in my Alicorn stats yet, and then once it came, I have found my purpose and I’ve been still myself even from the beginning” Twilight said with a smile. Finally, Sunny got up from her bed and smiled. "Thank you, Izzy, Sunset, Twilight. I guess that is true." She said, feeling better from what the three ponies just said. "And really, really wise?" Zipp said, looking at Izzy, Sunset and Twilight with a smirk. "I carry the limitless knowledge of my Unicorn ancestors." Izzy said cheerfully, looking at the ceiling, while Zipp looked too confused. “And we had experienced this before.” Sunset on behalf of her and Twilight. “It’s true.” Twilight chuckled. Sunny laughed a bit before reply. "Okay. I'm ready to see whatever you two were talking about earlier" she said with a smile. "Good. Cause I think it'll put you in even better spirits." Izzy assured with a smile. "Shh, Auntie Buttons! Not now!" she said suddenly to the ceiling, while Sunny, Sunset, Twilight and Zipp looked confused. "Come on!" Izzy told Sunny, as the three, along with Twilight from the necklace mares got out of the room, while Zipp stayed and looked confused at the ceiling before following them. Back with Pipp, she kept complaining about not being viral anymore while Sparky played around the salon. “Am I never going to go viral? Pipp asked herself as she sobbed. “Am I?!” She cried out dramatically. "Zipp was right! The likes and validation, it isn't worth it" Pipp stated suddenly. "This isn't fun anymore! So what's the point?" she questioned, laying frustrated on the ground. "I'm just going to stop and... be me own, un-viral self. Be an obscure, but sane, popstar princess." She assured herself with a smile now. And then Sparky came in front of her and let out a small dragon flame that reached Pipp's tiara and turned it into a ridiculous bow. "Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no, no!" Pipp cried out in panic, and then Sparky turned on her camera phone and recorded her. "Sparky!" she scolded him, while the baby dragon edited several videos of funny stuff that happened to Pipp the whole day. He started to laugh out loud, dropping the phone while Pipp grabbed it and looked at it. "Sparky, you created this?" she asked him. Sparky hiccuped a bubble and said something that sounded like 'Yeah...' to Pipp. "But... but... it's unflattering! It's embarrassing!" Pipp said with panic. "It's... It's... Hilarious!" she stated, now laughing a bit, as Sparky laughed with her as well. The video kept playing, and Pipp kept laughing at herself. "You know what? It actually feels kinda good to laugh at myself. Thank you." she told Sparky, then she ducked and the baby dragon sat on her back. "Well. As fun as that was, we have somewhere super important to be right now, huh?" she said. She walked towards the exit, but when she passed in front of a mirror, she stepped back a bit and looked at her reflection, more specifically to her bow. "Um... I will fix that later." Pipp told Sparky, finally walking out of Mane Melody. Back at Opaline's Castle, Opaline was groaning and complaining about Sunny not wanting to be remembered just because she's an Alicorn. "Foolish of me to think that Sunny could understand her Alicorn greatness! And this Sunset Shimmer has seen what it is to be a true Alicorn and gave it to Sunny!" Opaline complained. "But I'm not giving up. I don't need another Alicorn! I can finish this ourselves! The way it's always been." She said with confidence. "Opaline!" Misty called out, entering the room with a smoothie that she quickly threw away. "Um, I have to tell you that... our plans failed." she said with disappointment on herself. "I know they failed." Opaline scolded Misty. "That Alicorn clearly doesn't understand what it means to be one." She said angrily. "She's a disgrace to my kind, and this Sunset Shimmer seemed to truly know what it is like to be an Alicorn. No wonder she is Sunny’s mentor. So I'll do them a favor: I'll take their powers, all of their power!" She assured me. "But to do that, we'll need to go directly to the source." she said, walking towards her boiler and looking at images of the Crystal Brighthouse. "The Brighthouse, home of the Unity Crystals. The one place I can't glance inside of." she said with frustration. "I need to find a new way in. And I know just the thing..." She stated as she used her magic on the pond as it started to create something as Opaline and Misty watches on. Outside the Brighthouse, Izzy was leading Sunny to a new area, while Sunny walked with her eyes closed with Sunset and Zipp watching, they told Sunset what they did and nodded her head, seeing that this is something Sunny wanted. "Okay, just two more steps to the left. Oh, one to the right." Izzy told Sunny, who obeyed and moved a step to the right. "Take it back now, ya'll!" she said cheerfully. "Izzy!" Zipp scolds her. “This is not the time to follow a music dance song!” Sunset scolded as well, seeing that Izzy was playing around. Izzy chuckled a bit before speaking. "Okay, okay." She replied, getting back on track. "And now!" She instructed Sunny. Sunny decided to open her eyes excited, and then her jaw dropped in awe and disbelief. "Oh! A community garden?!" She asked excitedly. "Ta-da!" Izzy said with a cheery tone. "What do you think?" Hitch asked her, standing behind her with Pipp at his side and Sparky ran around the garden. "We knew you've been hoping to build something like this forever." Pipp told her with a smile. "So, we made it happen!" Zipp added with a smile. "A little helping hoof for the pony who helps all of us to be better." Izzy added. “We wanted to surprise you, Sunny. And after what happened today, this should make you happy about something you dreamed of making.” Sunset said with a smile. Sunny looked around in disbelief and joy. "I... I'm..." she tried to say, then her Cutie Mark glowed and once again her Alicorn form appeared, with a bright golden light covering her body. "So grateful for all of you" she assured with a warm smile. "You turned into an Alicorn again!" Hitch pointed out. Sunny looked at her wings and horn with a bright smile. "I know, but this time it feels different. I think I can only transform into an Alicorn when I feel like I'm truly helping somepony, because that's my best self." she said with a smile. “That’s what being an Alicorn is all about, Sunny. Helping sompony and being yourself.” Sunset adds with a proud smile. Twilight got out of the necklace as she gave a proud smile at Sunny. “Sunset’s right, Sunny. You just have to be yourself to be a great Alicorn. Never change who you are and always help ponies. That’s what you truly are.” She said to Sunny. Sunny smiled at both Sunset and Twilight as she hugged Sunset, Twilight can’t be touched but the necklace is on Sunset’s neck. “Thank you, Sunset and Twilight, for being there for me.” She said with a grateful smile as Sunset hugged back while Twilight smiled at the young pony. "So you can't just do it for any reason." Zipp said, with her phone on her hoof. "It has to mean something special! Fascinating..." she said with a curious tone. Then, her phone chimed and Zipp checked it out, and it was something that she didn't expect. "Uh... Pipp? Did you mean to post this?!" She asked her sister, showing the video Sparky made of her. "Because it's hilarious!"She said to her sister. The others  started to laugh at the video, while Pipp looked on happily. "Yup!" she replied smiling. "Sparky found a way to show me that it isn't always about being perfect. It's about being true to yourself." She said with a smile. "We like you for who you are, Pipp" Sunny told her with a smile. "And you all like me for who I am. No matter what kind of pony I am! And I know I can change the world with that" she stated with joy. "Hey! Where is Sparky?" Zipp questioned, looking around. "Sparky!" The Mane 6, and Twilight, all shouted together, starting to look over the baby dragon. Hitch quickly found the baby dragon standing over a plant that had the form of Pipp's head, and the baby dragon let out another flame that added to the plant the same ridiculous bow Pipp had over her head right now. "Oh no! I totally forgot." Pipp said, a bit worried, looking at the bow on her head. Hitch recorded the whole thing with his phone. "And that one's gone viral too." he said with a smile. "What can I say?" Pipp said with a little smile, and then Sparky started to throw apples over her head again. "Ouch! Ow! Sparky! Enough with the apples already!" She complained to him. But then the baby dragon started to laugh, which ended on all of the Mane 6, and Twilight, started laughing as well. “Sparky reminds me of Spike when he was a little hatchling.” Twilight said with a smile, remember how much of a hoof full Spike is when he first hatched. “I bet it does, Twilight.” Sunset said as they kept laughing with the others as they enjoyed their moment of laughing. End of Chapter 2: Ep 4.