Twilight, four of her friends, and Spike had gathered just outside the town of Ponyville. She had told them she felt something late last night and decided to go find out, they of course went along to help their friend.
“Are you guys sure you want to come with me? I think whatever is was I can handle.” Twilight asked.
“Sure thing Twi, why, we’re your best friends and never leave you alone.” Applejack explained to the mare while patting her orange hoof onto her violet back.
“Yeah, Applejack’s right.” A rainbow maned pegasus said as she hovered above the group. “Whatever is out there better watch out for Rainbow Dash.”
Twilight shook her head, it was always when her friends decided to come along something went wrong.
“WAIT!” A bouncing bubblegum colored pony screamed at her friends as she ended up in the middle of them all.
“Pinkie, was on earth it so important you had to come screaming at us?” Rarity asked.
“Yeah, what’s all that yellin’ for Sugarcube?” Applejack asked.
“THERE ARE THREE NEW PONIES IN PONYVILLE! THAT MEANS WE GET TO HAVE A SUPER-MEGA-WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY!” Pinkie Pie screamed.
“Wow, are you sure it was three new ponies?” Twilight asked, shocked by this new mystery but still not completely over the mysterious magical burst from the night before.
“Yep, they were walking into town! They came up and talked to me and I realized they must be new because I know everypony in Ponyville and I didn’t know them. This means I had to have a Welcome to Ponyville Party for them and I couldn’t have a Welcome to Ponyville Party without all of Ponyville so I had to come find you. I knew I had to find you before you left because if you left then you wouldn’t be here for the party...!” Pinkie Pie explained.
“We get it Pinkie.” Rainbow Dash interrupted.
“Good, then you all can come over to the party!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“Oh but we already told Twilight we would help her Pinkie” Rarity explained but Twilight quickly stopped her.
“No it’s fine. Besides, it would be better if I did this alone.” Twilight offered. If she knew Pinkie then she would meet these ponies as soon as she got back...especially if she made a Pinkie Promise. “Plus, I’ll Pinkie Promise that as soon as I get back from investigating I’ll meet these new ponies, is that alight with everypony?” The five friends looked at each other then back at their unicorn friend.
“You know you can never break a Pinkie Promise... NEVER!” Pinkie shouted, somehow popping up right behind Twilight and then back to the back of the group.
Twilight quickly composed herself and got back to the matter at hand. “You guys go have fun. I’ll be back before lunch if that makes things any better.”
Before any of her friends could argue with her Twilight was gone, leaving a dust cloud behind her.
“How ‘bout you tells us ‘bout them new ponies Sugarcube?” Applejack asked her friend as the group began walking towards Sugarcube Corner.
“Well, their names are Authora, Flutterwing and Pipsqueak they told me they were all sisters but two of them were unicorns and the other was a pegasus. And it gets weirder then that!”
“How in Equestria could it any stranger than a pegasus in a family of unicorns Pinkie?” Rarity asked. Pinkie kept on bouncing, her tone only getting slightly more serious.
“About ten minutes before they walked into town my right ear starting feeling funny and my left eye got all numb. That means a funny pony is coming into town. I got it a few hours before Twilight came and this is the first time I’ve had it since.” Pinkie explained.
“Great...another Pinkie Sense for me to remember.” Rainbow Dash thought.
Before the group knew it, they had arrived at the gingerbread house shaped bakery known as Sugarcube Corner.
They all quickly walked through the door and met the three ponies Pinkie it had been rambling about.
“These are the ponies I told you about. That’s Rainbow Dash, and that’s Applejack, Fluttershy and Rarity. Twilight Sparkle was busy going off somewhere but she made a Pinkie Promise to meet you guys later and you never break a Pinkie Promise because breaking it breaks a friend’s trust and losing a friend’s trust is the quickest way to lose a friend!”
Applejack walked up to the pegasus pony.
“Hiya Sugarcube, mind introducing yourselves?” Applejack asked kindly.
“Oh of course,” The mare said, “My name is Flutterwing, but everybody just calls me Flutter. This is my older sister Authora,” Flutterwing said motioning towards the pony to her left. “And this little cutie is our youngest Pipsqueak thought we just call her Pip.”
The four ponies got a good look at the ponies.
Authora had a dark raspberry coat with a medium sized large horn on her head. Her mane was the same color as coffee and fell down to her neck. It wrapped around her forehead and nearly covered half her eyes. The mare had eyes the color of tears with a faint line of mauve around the lashes.
Her cutie mark fit her like a glove. It started with a flat book opened in the middle. Above it were the theatre masks with a midnight blue ribbon twirled around them. The masks themselves were both the color of sand and it was all together beautiful.
The mare just to right had a dark purple coat with wings resting on her back. Her mane was flowing back her neck, striped with yellow and pale orange. Flutterwing’s eyes were the color of the sky with delicately curved lashes.
Her cutie mark was, as her sisters would put it, perfect. It had a light purple butterfly flying on a breeze. The design on the wings was utterly perfect, one pony would think she had a butterfly resting on her flank.
The filly standing behind them looked annoyed at that whole thing. She was a unicorn like her older sister, but looked nothing like her. Pipsqueak had a neon green coat with a short unicorn’s horn atop her head. She had a red and dark red colored mane and tail in a cut similar to Rainbow Dash’s. Her eyes were the color of dirt but with a small fleck of forest green in there. She had no cutie mark, but something about her just screamed she was a daredevil.
“Well, nice meetin’ ya’ll.” Applejack said.
“Yes, it is delightful to see new ponies here.” Rarity said, giving a gracious smile to the new ponies.
Authora turned to Fluttershy, noticing she was being very quiet and extended her hoof out.
“Oh...right...sorry. I’m terribly shy. It’s very nice to meet you.” Fluttershy managed to say. Authora gave her a warming smile, revealing nearly shining teeth.
Applejack and Dash were talking with Pipsqueak.
“Nice to meet you Squirt.” Dash said, while standing on the yellow floors of the bakery. She looked her magenta eyes onto the filly just bigger than a certain orange filly.
“Don’t call me Squirt. Don’t call me Pip either. Stutter just likes calling me names and getting others to follow.” Pipsqueak groaned.
“Oh but Pip the name fits you perfectly!” Flutterwing grinned. Flutter did like to tease her sister about her name, especially when she was so tiny. Authora let out an exasperated sigh.
Not this again. We haven’t even been here an hour. She thought.
“You just think that because I’m short. Stutter seems like a good nickname for you seeing how when you fly you’re wings sometimes stop.” Flutter gasped.
Authora nudged her shoulder onto her pegasus sister, even giving both her sisters warning glares.
“This isn’t the end Pip.” Flutter went on.
Applejack turned to Authora, realizing something.
“Authora, you haven’t said a word since me and my friends showed. Somethin’ wrong?” Authora’s eyes immediately filled with tears and she ran off from the group.
“Not this again, come on Pip. Thora!” Flutterwing yelled as she ran off with her sister.
“What was that about?” Dash asked.
“Oh yeah! How could I forget to tell you that! It was something Flutterwing made sure I knew!” Pinkie Pie said while holding her hoof up to her face.
“What was it?” Rarity asked. All ponies looked at their pink friend
“Authora can’t talk. She lost it a few days before coming to Ponyville.”