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After the ponies walked out of the train, their jaws dropped. They stared at what was in front of them. Nopony said a word. Nopony made a sound. Everypony was just staring at the amazing place that was in front of them.
“Is, is that, what I think it is?”, asked Spike with a shocked expression.
“Yes, it is”, replied Twilight.
The speakers turned back on, with Stephen Fisher announcing, “Ladies and Gentleponies, welcome to the City of Kransitogo!”
The city looked amazing. There were so many awesome looking buildings, with tons of detail and color. There were so many attractions and fancy machines operating the city. There were these awesome water features, rainbows shining through the sky, and just so much more.
The ponies there looked really kind and friendly. The Peace Family soon walked/flew out of the train and in front of the rest of the Ponies.
“Alright”, said Stephen Fisher. “Just follow us to our hotel and we’ll explain everything in the hotel’s auditorium!”
All of the ponies followed the Peace Family, and admired the city they were in. One of the buildings had a titanium popcorn volcano on its roof, along with, a giant titanium root beer bottle pouring a titanium root beer river, and a titanium sugar mountain with giant candy and pastries on it, being made of, you guessed it, titanium!
Another building had iconic video game characters on it, of which the characters are in pony form. But one of the scarier buildings was this building on a black hill with dead grass. Thunderclouds surrounded the building, and the building was rundown and it was falling apart. Finally, It had a giant sign that read: “The Kransitogo Tower Hotel”. The building made everypony concerned.
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The ponies soon arrived at the hotel. The hotel was also amazing. It had thirty floors, it was 1000 feet wide, and it had a lot of attractions attached to the building. Everypony marveled as they walked through the gates.
It was only a matter of time before they walked into the auditorium and waited for the Peace Family to announce the plans for the trip.
“Can we get this over with? I want to have fun right now!”, exclaimed Rainbow Dash.
Twilight got annoyed and said, “Rainbow, be patient! We just got here!”, to Rainbow Dash.
The lights started to dim, and the curtains started to open. Everypony shut their mouths as they watched the Peace Family members walk on stage, with Stephen Fisher being the one to talk on the microphone.
“Good day, our fellow ponies!”, shouted Stephen. “We are so glad you could join us for our vacation! We understand how excited you all are to explore the city and have as much fun as possible, but first, we need to establish some things. This trip will last for two weeks. Each family will get their own room to stay in each night, and certain rooms will be connected with others depending on your relationships!”
“But for a warning, please do not leave the city during our stay. This place is located in a dangerous section of Equestria, and what exists outside of the city’s wall isn’t safe. There are these cursed entities that wait for somepony to walk outside the walls completely exposed! These entities are antimatter, so if one of you touches one of them, you’ll be neutralized, and you’ll be wiped from existence! Both you and every trace of you will disappear! It would be like you were never born! So I advise you, please stay inside the wall! It’s for your own good!”, Stephen warned, making everypony worried.
“But anyways, your room keys are under your seats! They have your room numbers, so you’ll know where to go! So to wrap everything up, grab your bags, and head to your rooms! This is the Peace Family signing off!”, concluded Stephen, as the Peace Family closed the curtains.
The ponies grabbed their bags and walked out of the auditorium, chatting about the entities and their safety. They got into the elevators and went to their rooms.
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Soon enough, Applejack and her family made it to their room, being impressed at what said room looked like. It had multiple bedrooms, a giant tv, a giant window, a fancy bathroom with a hot tub, a couch made of the fluffiest felt, an automatic kitchen, and much more.
Applejack then laughed when Apple Bloom and her dog, Winona, jumped onto the couch bunching herself in the fluff and giggling while doing so. A few minutes of exploring the room later, they unpacked their bags.
Afterwards, the four family members decided to just relax by laying on the circular carpet, with each member’s head pointing towards the center of the carpet, and their bodies pointing towards the edge of the carpet, with Winona resting on his belly in the middle of the four. Nothing much, just a little family relaxation time.
While the family relaxed on the carpet, something mysterious was happening underneath not just the hotel, but the entire city. There was this dark and dim laboratory, with a figure wearing a black cloak working on some kind of device.
His assistant then walked up behind him, holding a bucket filled with parts.
“I’m back!”, he said, with the cloaked figure replying with, “Finally! Do you have the parts I asked for?”
“Yes I do!”, he returned, giving him the bucket. The cloaked figure rummaging through the parts, chuckling with evil joy.
“Splendid work!”, he said, as he dumped the parts onto the table. “Soon enough, my plan will come into fruition! And thankfully, nobody knows about the secrets of this town!”, he chuckled, before giving out a small, yet menacing evil laugh.
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Back in Applejack’s hotel room, her and her family were still relaxing on the carpet. It has been an hour since they started relaxing. Applejack soon got up remembering that Stephen told them that the rooms had doors connecting to other rooms, and they’d be sorted based on their relationships.
She found a door connecting to the room right next to hers, and it’s revealed that the room right next to her room is Rainbow Dash’s room, where she’s sharing a room with her tortoise, Tank, her parents, Scootaloo, Scootaloo’s parents, and Scootaloo’s aunts.
And she found another door, with that one leading to Rarity’s room, where she’s sharing her room with Sweetie Belle, her parents, and her cat, Opalescence.
That’s when Apple Bloom woke up, and got excited that her room was right in between Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo’s rooms. The trio met up with each other in Applejack’s room and hugged each other out of excitement.
Then it was dinner time. Since they just got there, Applejack and her family decided that they wanted something simple for dinner. They decided to order hayburgers from the local Hayburger King. And boy, were they delicious.
“Wow, if Twilight got a taste of these, she’d die of happiness!”, said Applejack. Cut to Twilight’s room, where she’s lying on the floor with her eyes wide open and her pupils the size of a marble, smiling with a full mouth, and holding a bitten hayburger in her hand. “Twilight, are you okay?”, asked Spike with a concerned look, while holding a gemburger in his hand.
After dinner, Applejack’s family decided to play a simple game of Poniopoly before brushing their teeth, showering, and preparing for bed. It was a peaceful night.
Everything was quiet, the lighting was perfect, the beds felt like clouds, and the air was as fresh as a fully original Pixar movie.
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But little Apple Bloom was having a hard time falling asleep. She couldn’t stop thinking about Family Pony, with Red Fiction’s final words before leaving,
“You won’t know you’re missing until you watch it!”, sticking in her head.
And it appears that her friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo have the same problem, as Apple Bloom’s door knocked, and she answered it, only to find the two fillies standing there.
“Mind if we come in?”, Scootaloo asked, with Apple Bloom replying with, “Sure, come on in!”
The trio sat with each other on the couch, knowing what each other was thinking.
“Did Red Fiction’s last words stick with ya’ two as well?”, whispered Apple Bloom, with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle nodding in return.
“I just can’t stop thinking about Family Pony!”, Scootaloo said.
“It seems like a great show to watch!”, added Sweetie Belle.
Apple Bloom thought for a moment, and then she had an idea.
“What if we just watch ONE episode of the show tonight, and then we’ll decide if we like it or not!”, she said.
“Are you going to tell Applejack that you’re going to watch a cartoon she doesn’t want you watching?”, asked Sweetie Belle, with Apple Bloom replying with, “Um, well, uh… *sighs* well, no”
Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo gasped at her response.
“You’re going to lie to your older sister?”, asked Sweetie Belle with a shocked expression.
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Apple Bloom’s ears drooped. She knew not telling her sister about her plan was dishonest. But the temptation to watch Family Pony was REALLY strong. She was conflicted.
“I don’t wanna have ta’ lie to my sister, but Ah’ don’t know. The temptation is too strong for ma’ own good!”
Scootaloo decided to reply with, “Hey, don’t worry! It’s not like you’re being dishonest about something REALLY bad! You’re just watching a cartoon! You’re not secretly running an illegal operation!”
Apple Bloom thought for a while, and made a decision. “Fine, we’ll watch Family Pony! But we are only gonna watch ONE episode! One episode, and no more! Understand, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo?”, she said, with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo nodding. They turned the television on, and quickly muted it before sound could come out of the speakers. Apple Bloom went onto Hulu and clicked on the highest rated episode on the site, Road to the Multiverse. She paused the episode before the intro started, and tried to turn the volume up to 5%.
Unfortunately, she accidentally turned it up to 73%, and turned it back down to 0%. She had a tough time turning the volume to the correct volume, and by mistake, she pressed the play button while the volume was 100%.
The theme song blasted at loud volume, causing the remote to fly out of Apple Bloom’s hand. The Crusaders plugged their ears.
That’s when Applejack ran down the stairs, grabbed the remote, and shut off the TV. The Cutie Mark Crusaders then looked behind them, to find an angry Applejack glaring right at them, with Rarity and Rainbow Dash joining her.
“Busted!”, Applejack said sternly, causing the Cutie Mark Crusaders to swallow with fear.
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