It’s been five days ever since Nightmare Moon’s defeat and Princess Luna’s return, and Solight and Spike moving into Ponyville’s Golden Oak Library, along with the alicorn’s pet Orthros, Winter Frost, or ‘Winter and Frost’. Also, Princess Celestia returned the Elements back to their rightful owner. The day after that there was the ‘Gala Ticket Fiasco’ in which Solight had gotten two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala from the sun princess, but their friends were okay with whoever the alicorn chose. Later, a mob of ponies chased after Solight for the ticket. Some point after that, Draco had sent a guard with thirteen tickets to the alicorn by the Princess Celestia’s orders. Yesterday, when it was Applebuck Season, they all helped Applejack out in the end when she needed help.
Jasper smiled at Carrot Top after buying some carrots from her before placing them in his cloak. “I’ll see you again next time, Carrot Top,” said the sheep.
Jasper was currently in Ponyville’s Market, buying ingredients to make some curry for tonight’s dinner, namely rice, vegetables, and even some spices that he either needs to acquire or replace, and maybe ingredients for some apple crumble pie and ice cream as well if the sheep felt like it. Also, there was something important he had to do today as well.
The carrot farmer smiled. “Can’t wait, Jasper,” she said.
Jasper walked away from Carrot Top’s stand and headed off towards his next destination.
“Now, all I need is sugar, which I can get from here, and I’ll need the other spices, which I can only buy in Canterlot,” thought the sheep. “So, I should start heading to Canterlot afterwards so that I can head back home and start on making the pie and ice cream.”
Unfortunately, since Jasper didn’t know where in Ponyville they actually sold sugar, the sheep eventually found himself near Sugarcube Corner, lost.
The sheep decided to ask to see if someone knew. “I’ll ask the Cakes if they know where I can buy some,” thought Jasper.
“Hey, Jasper. What are you doing here?” asked a voice.
He stopped in his tracks. The sheep didn’t need to turn around to know who the voice belonged to. “I’m just buying some ingredients to make some curry, apple crumble pie, and ice cream tonight, Solight,” answered Jasper.
Standing off to the side of him was the alicorn, Spike, and Winter Frost who was being led around by a leash held in Solight’s magic.
The sheep had met the Orthros on the same day the alicorn had moved their stuff to Ponyville. He was surprised to meet them, but Jasper did love how cute and affectionate Winter Frost was.
The young dragon smiled at the sound of the food. “That sounds delicious,” he said.
The sheep nodded. “It sure does, Spike,” agreed Jasper. “What about you two?”
“We’re going to the store to buy some dog food for Winter Frost before it runs out,” the young dragon informed.
“I see. By the way, Spike, how’s your training going?” asked the sheep. “Have you been able to send letters to the others yet?”
A few days ago, he brought up a theory to the two. Jasper’s theory was that ‘if Spike can send letters to the sun princess, then maybe he can also send letters to others as well, and what if they could send letters through the young dragon like the Princess Celestia can?’. As soon as Solight heard that they, with Spike’s help, decided to train him to see if it’s possible by attuning the young dragon’s magical flames to the night princess and the alicorn stallion’s magic signatures, and then send them letters. They had been training for days.
Spike looked a bit embarrassed. “Well…” he said, pausing.
The alicorn patted the young dragon on the back, sympathetically. “Spike’s dragon flames are attuned to Princess Luna and Grandpa Draco, but only bits and pieces of the letters we’ve sent have made it through. I theorize that since Spike has only been sending letters to Princess Celestia and has been receiving them from her for years, his flames need to adapt to sending letters to others who aren’t the princess until he can send intact letters,” explained Solight.
The sheep smiled. “Even if it’s only bits and pieces, I think it’s amazing that you’re able to send letters to others now,” he complimented.
Hearing that made Spike happy.
“Out of the way, dweeb,” yelled a rude sounding female voice.
The group turned to see that the voice belonged to a female griffin. She was standing behind the Orthros as Winter Frost seemed to be in the female griffin's path.
“You don't have to be so rude. It only takes a few seconds just to go around them,” advised the young dragon.
She didn’t seem to care. “If I wanted your advice, then I would’ve asked for it, but I didn’t,” said the female griffin, rudely.
Winter whimpered, scared of her, while Frost growled. Then, the female griffin roared at the two, scaring the both of them, causing the Orthros to run away.
He got worried about Winter Frost. “Winter Frost! Come back!” called out Spike. The young dragon ran after the Orthros.
The alicorn was planning on giving her a piece of their mind, but when Solight turned to talk to the female griffin, she had flown off into the air, leaving.
They scoffed. “So rude,” said the alicorn. Solight turned to give an apologetic look to Jasper. “Sorry to cut our chat short, but I have to go help Spike catch Winter Frost before they get too far.”
The sheep smiled. “It’s okay. We can talk again next time,” he said.
The alicorn nodded, happy, before flying off after Spike and the Orthros.
Jasper was smiling for a few seconds before frowning. “That griffin was such a jerk. Hope she gets what’s coming to her,” he thought.
The sheep was going to leave, but then Jasper saw something pink in the corner of his vision. Jasper turned to see that the pink thing was Pinkie Pie.
“I should ask Pinkie Pie if she knows where I can buy some sugar,” he thought.
The sheep walked over to the party pony who was grinning for some reason.
“Hey there, Pinkie Pie. If you don’t mind me asking, why are you grinning?” asked Jasper, curious.
She continued to grin. “No reason~,” said the party pony, a mischievous tone in her voice.
The sheep did not believe Pinkie Pie at all. “Uh-huh. What are you up to?” he questioned.
“Nothing~,” sang the party pony.
Jasper decided to take a wild guess. “Are you planning a party for that griffin that yelled at Winter Frost? Because if so, you shouldn’t,” he said, serious tone. “I can tell that she’s a jerk, seeing as how she was acting towards Spike and Winter Frost.”
Pinkie Pie smiled. “Oh, don’t worry about that. Once Gilda sees the party I’m having for her, she’ll definitely stop being a meanie,” she said.
The sheep shrugged, seeing as he won’t be able to change the party pony’s mind, but at least Jasper now knows the name of the female griffin from before. “If you say so. By the way, do you know any stores where I can buy some sugar?” he asked.
“I sure do! You’ve just got to…” answered Pinkie Pie.
After she gave the sheep directions, Jasper said goodbye to the party pony while promising to attend the party, and headed for the store.
Some Time Later
Pinkie Pie was holding a party at Sugarcube Corner, and everyone was invited. The sheep found out that Gilda was actually an old friend of Rainbow Dash’s. The only ones who were attending the party were ponies who could make it, Jasper, Solight, the young dragon, and Banana Pie, while Winter Frost was outside, laying down on the ground, greeting or being greeted by passing ponies. The others couldn’t make it because Cinna had her part-time job as a mailpony, Melon wanted to sell more of her watermelons, and also didn’t want to go to a party that was for a jerk like the female griffin, and Gentle Hope was seeing some patients right now.
He was chatting with the alicorn and the unicorn stallion while eating some cheese cubes. “I hope that Gilda griffin doesn’t cause any trouble at the party. Pinkie Pie really wanted to welcome her to Ponyville,” the sheep said, frowning.
Banana Pie nodded while eating a Banana Nut Muffin. “Banan,” he agreed.
They took a sip of punch. “Well, you’re not the only ones who feel the same way. Though, I have a feeling that Pinkie Pie’s just doing this just to convince Gilda to be friendly instead of a jerk,” said Solight.
The three watched as they saw Gilda walk into the bakery.
“Well, let’s hope Pinkie Pie’s plan works,” said Jasper.
It did not work as over time, it seemed that everything was made into a prank towards the female griffin, Pinkie Pie’s ‘shocking’ hoofshake, the trick candles, the cup with a hole in it, the present for Gilda, and so on. She became mad and thought that the party pony did it, but it turned out that while the hoofbuzzer was Pinkie Pie’s prank, the other pranks were caused by the rainbow pony just to get Gilda to have fun and make friends. In the end, her friendship with the female griffin was over, and Gilda left. Afterwards, Rainbow Dash was cheered up by her friends and everyone continued the party.
The sheep was now chatting with the alicorn and the unicorn stallion again. He had a curious look on his face as Jasper looked at Solight. “I have a question for you, Solight,” he said.
They looked back. “Yeah?” said Solight.
The sheep pointed at a pair of slimy, green-colored hoofcuffs that were hidden behind the alicorn, levitating in their magic. “Why did you buy my ‘Icky Sticky Slime Hoofcuffs’ a while ago?” he asked curiously. It was something the sheep finished making yesterday after they helped the apple pony with Applebuck Season.
The alicorn smirked evilly as they watched the rainbow pony and the pink pony. “Let’s just say that I want some payback against two certain mares who pranked me today,” answered Solight, mischievously.
The two mares’ prank involved a sports ball and some fast-acting glue. They had kicked the ball, but it ended up stuck to the alicorn’s leg as a result. The end result was Solight with a naked foreleg.
“Wish me luck,” they said.
“Good luck,” said Jasper. “That’s not what I made them to be used for though.”
“Banan,” said Banana Pie.
The two watched as the alicorn trotted over to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. They started happily chatting with the two mares. After a few seconds of chatting, Solight looked behind them and saw what was there. The rainbow pony and the party pony were both curious and decided to follow their gaze. As soon as they did that, the alicorn quickly hoofcuffed the two together and teleported away, grinning. The two mares were stunned. They both had different reactions as Pinkie Pie was both amazed and excited since was handcuffed to her best friend, while Rainbow Dash was both concerned and impressed at the same time.
“Wow,” said the sheep.
Everyone else’s attention was now diverted as they watched the rainbow pony try to pull and break apart the hoofcuffs by flying away.
Jasper knew that wouldn’t work. “Wait for it…” he thought.
The hoofcuffs ended up stretching but didn’t break apart at all. After a few seconds, they instantly retracted, pulling a worried Rainbow Dash back to the side of a happy party pony.
The sheep watched while eating a cookie. “There’s no use trying to break them apart. I made them resilient enough to not be broken by even an Alicorn like Celestia,” he thought. There was nothing that Jasper could do since Solight had the only key to that pair of hoofcuffs. It was better to just wait until the alicorn decided that their prank was over.
Spike walked over to Jasper and the unicorn stallion.
“Hey, Jasper. Banana Pie,” greeted the young dragon.
“Hey, Spike,” greeted the sheep.
“Banan!” greeted Banana Pie, happily.
He turned and pointed at what’s going on. “Do you know what’s going on?” asked the young dragon, confused.
“Solight bought those things from me without telling me why, and then he used it to hoofcuff the two of them together as part of some payback against them for pranking them. They currently have the key that will free them, so Solight will probably return eventually,” explained Jasper.
“Okay. That explains it,” said Spike, understanding.
The three watched as a struggling rainbow pony continued to try and escape the hoofcuffs.
Meanwhile
Draco was trotting through the Canterlot Castle’s Royal Garden and sighed. The alicorn stallion felt better as dealing with the nobles in his court was both tiring and frustrating. Some had wanted things like approval for a new business in Canterlot or some other business venture, while others had complaints like Luna being back on the throne after everything she caused. Draco’s threats towards them involving ‘bodily harm’ convinced them to drop the subject completely.
“One day, I’ll either have them removed from their positions as nobles or imprisoned, and I know it’ll happen,” he grumbled. Suddenly, there was a rustling noise behind the alicorn stallion. “Huh?”
Draco looked behind himself to see where it was coming from. He saw two heads popping out from a bush before they quickly went back in.
He was on guard. “Who’s there?” questioned the alicorn stallion.
There was no response as whoever was hiding in the bush were silent. Draco decided to trot over to the bush, and then he used his magic to grab and levitate whoever was hiding in the bush, out. As soon as they were levitated out of the bush by the alicorn stallion’s magic, Draco’s eyes widened in surprise as he pulled out two foals, a colt and filly.
Draco’s surprise was over, and instead the alicorn stallion became concerned.
“Hello there, young foals. Where are your parents?” asked the alicorn stallion.
The two foals looked away, not looking at him.
“We don’t know,” said the colt.
Draco felt bad for them. “What are your names?” asked the alicorn stallion.
He decided to start first. “Dusk,” answered the colt.
“Dawn,” answered the filly.
The alicorn stallion smiled. “Well, Dusk, Dawn. Would you two like something to eat?” offered Draco. “I can have the palace chefs cook you two something.”
Dusk and Dawn were both silent for a few seconds as they were deciding on whether to take his offer or not. In the end, the two nodded. The alicorn stallion smiled and placed Dawn and Dusk onto the ground. Afterwards, he started trotting towards the castle while the two slowly followed after him.