“TWILIGHT!!”
Twilight Sparkle nearly toppled off her reading chair as her front door was slammed open.
“Pinkie!? What have I told you about doing that!” Twilight reprimanded.
“Sorry! But I need a travel to the moon spell really badly!” Pinkie explained.
“Pinkie, why would you possibly need to go the moon?” Twilight questioned.
“Not me silly, my sister Maud needs that spell. It’s been her life-long DREAM to go to the moon, and I promised I’d get her there!” Pinkie clarified.
“Well, while that is very kind of you, I’m sorry to say I don’t have a spell that can get you to the moon. At least not one that lets you come back..” Twilight reported.
“Aww sugar dough, thanks anyway Twilight.” Pinkie solemnly turned to exit the library.
Twilight watched her friend walk away, she could tell this was important to Pinkie. This was the most dedicated look she’d seen in Pinkie’s eyes in a while now.
“Wait!” Twilight called out. “I might not have a spell, but I’m sure the princess of the night might have one”.
Pinkie looked back at Twilight with a shine in her eyes.
“Oh thankyouthankyouTHANKYOU TWILIGHT!!” Pinkie squealed as she pulled Twilight into a tight hug.
“Hehe, d-don’t thank me just y-yet..” Twilight gasped through Pinkie’s bear hug.
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“I can’t believe I’m doing this..” Twilight Sparkle muttered under her breath as she stood at the doorstep of Canterlot castle.
The sheer magnitude of the structure serving as a reminder of not only the importance and integrity of the castle itself, but the princesses that reside inside.
“Princess Luna is a figurehead of history and culture and I’m about to just walk into her house and ask for a favor like it’s NOTHING?! This is ridiculous, I’M ridiculous!” Twilight rambled in a last minute panic.
“Is she ok?” Maud asked her sister.
“She’s fine, she does this before making most decisions!” Pinkie happily explained.
“Doesn’t seem very healthy.” Maud observed.
“Ok, I just need to knock on the door and humbly request a meeting with the princesses. Simple! Easy...” Twilight psyched herself up.
As Twilight raised her hoof to knock on the castle’s entrance, the door suddenly swung open. Twilight looked up to see Princess Luna standing before her.
“Oh, er, hello there Twilight Sparkle. I was just going out to get the grocer- I MEAN, meet… important diplomats..” Luna smiled awkwardly.
“…HELLOLUNACANYOUSENDHERTOTHEMOON?” Twilight quickly spat out before putting a hoof over mouth.
“This is painful to watch.” Maud commented.
“Ehehe.. sorry about that. It’s just, I have an, odd, favor to ask you. You see, my… friend? I think so at least.. anyway, my friend Maud here has always wanted to go to the moon, and, I was hoping you may have a spell to help with that? Maybe?” Twilight gave her best smile.
Luna stood in thought, quickly mulling over the, truthfully, odd request. She herself has been to the moon plenty of times, but she had never considered sending another pony there.
“I will be honest with you Twilight Sparkle, I have no idea if I posses the power to do what you ask of me. I have never explored my abilities in such a way..” Luna began to ponder.
“Oh, well, thanks anyway Luna.” Twilight smiled, sincerely this time. Twilight turned tail and began to trek back to Ponyville.
“Well now hold on, do not leave yet. Why don’t you come inside so we can study your theory further.” Luna invited.
“That would be amazing Luna, but what about those important diplomats you were meeting?” Twilight asked.
“Oh, it’ll be fine, sister can go another day without coffee creamer.” Luna brushed off.
“What?” Twilight tilted her head.
“NOTHING let’s go inside now!” Luna rushed the three mares inside.
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“Ugh, another failed test.” Luna huffed as she zapped a chair with an attempted “send to the moon” spell. The chair was teleported half way through the ceiling, half of it poking out the floor above.
“Hmm, maybe your stance is off. Try pushing your back left hoof three inches back.” Twilight suggested. “And Pinkie, have you come up with a better name for this spell yet?”
“How about the ‘I went to the moon, now you can two!’ spell?” Pinkie happily wrote down and presented.
“Uhh.. no.” Twilight declined. Pinkie frowned and ripped out another piece of notebook paper.
“I thought it was a good name.” Maud complimented.
“Ok, we’re go for attempt #42!” Twilight announced. “Ready when you are Luna!”
Maud placed a potted plant in front of Luna and stepped behind Twilight. Luna prepped her stance, with Twilight’s suggested alterations, and aimed her horn.
With a spark of blue light, a beam shot across the room and struck the plant dead on. A flash of light enveloped the room as the plant disappeared with nothing but smoke in its place.
“So far so good, do you feel an added presence on the surface of the moon?” Twilight asked optimistically.
“I.. I think I do! Pinkie Pie, check the telescope!” Luna quickly ordered.
Pinkie bounced off the floor and ran to the balcony to scan the moon through Luna’s telescope.
“I see it! I see it! There’s a little potted plant near my 4th favorite crater!” Pinkie bounced excitedly.
“I can’t believe it, we did it! This is extraordinary!” Luna cheered. “Thank you dear Twilight Sparkle, I can see why my sister takes such a liking to you.”
“T-thank you princess.” Twilight blushed, crossing her front hoofs over.
“This is so exciting, I just might scream. Ah.” Maud cheered(?) enthusiastically(?).
“Wowie Luna! That was the most amazingly awesome spell I’ve ever seen! Can you do the part where you bring it back now?” Pinkie asked with anticipation.
“T-the part where I what?”