Hey you remember the episodes in MLP called Just for Sidekicks where Spike has to take care of the Mane Six’s pets as the Mane Six go to the Crystal Empire to welcome the Equestria Games inspector and in Games Ponies Play where it actually shows the Mane Six welcoming her? Well good, because I don’t, but this chapter is connected to them. So like Wedding Captures, I’m On A Float, and a couple of other chapters I made, I recommend you watch the episodes first if you haven’t already, which I strongly doubt, because you either watched all the episodes, or watched some beginning episodes and then never watched the show again, it’s rarely in the middle.
So… Twilight's House, Friday morning, Spike was getting the mail for Twilight and I was inside with Twilight, helping her clean up the place. My friend Crystal Iceblast was there too reading about the Crystal Empire. It's kinda ironic seeing Crystal reading about a place all about crystals. I bet she’s addicted to those crystals. So I just finished cleaning Twilight's bedsheets as Twilight was making a research paper for Celestia.
“Flare, thanks for coming over to help me with my chores.” Twilight said.
“Oh good because I didn’t volunteer; you just gave me a broom and asked me to start sweeping, and then do your laundry, and then give Owlowisious a bath…” I said as Owlowisious gets shown with his feathers all poofy much like Flufflepuff.
“I didn’t know feathers could do that.” Spike said.
“And you didn’t even give me a chance to say ‘no, I’m busy because I have to send in this bag of can tops to the schoolhouse’.” I said, showing Twilight my bag of soda can tops.
"Sorry, Flare, but I have to concentrate. I'm writing a research paper for Princess Celestia and Spike can't do all my chores himself, since he was helping AppleJack all of yesterday after she saved his life from Timberwolves." Twilight said.
“Yeah, and little did Spike know that he could just use his firebreath on them since they’re… you know… made of wood… Spike!” I reminded him as I turned my head towards him when I said his name and I glared at him.
“I can’t think straight when my life is at risk, you know.” Spike informed me.
“Well yeah think while your life is at risk because over the 50-50 chance you have, I’d rather take the survival 50.” I advised him.
“Hey I threw a rock in one’s mouth, that’s brave.” Spike said.
“Mmhm.” I nodded sarcastically. “Hey Twilight?”
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Did you pay attention about what I axed before?" I asked.
"Yes, Flare, I heard you. You were wondering why you were doing all my chores." she said, continuing to read some of her books for the research paper.
"Yeah she’s confused.” I said.
"Sorry, Flare, I'm not really paying attention. I got this paper I need to do." she said.
"Of course you're not paying attention, you're broke. Celestia pays all your taxes, and you have no job, and you're putting hard-labor on a baby dragon.” I reminded her.
"Well, it's what the princess planned out for me. She wouldn't be giving me all of this if she thought I couldn't handle it." Twilight said.
"Which princess?" I asked.
"Flare, you know the answer to that question." she said, sounding a bit annoyed, but was really concentrating on her work.
"Yeah, its Luna isn't it? Luna right?" I kept guessing. "Twilight is Luna? It's Luna right?"
"No, it's Celestia!" she said.
"Well why didn't you say so?" I asked. “Gotta answer my questions, sista. Don’t live me hanging.”
"Wow!" Crystal said as she was reading. "The Crystal Empire was under a dark curse and it disappeared for a thousand years?"
"That's what happened." Twilight said.
"But wait, Luna helped defeat the evil king? Luna was imprisoned for a thousand years, and she came back before the empire returned! The empire disappeared first, then Luna, then Luna came back before the empire did. How is that possible?" Crystal asked.
"She does have a point you know." Spike said, bringing the mail to Twilight.
"You know, I really don't know how to answer that." Twilight said.
"Did the statue that imprisoned Discord only last a thousand years?" Crystal asked.
"It's kinda weird seeing the Helmets of Armory only last a millennium." I said.
"They're called the Elements of Harmony, and....." Twilight stopped for a sec, and then groaned. "I got work to do!"
"Everypony's got work to do Twilight; everypony's got work to do." Crystal said as she continued reading.
"Anyways, I got the mail, Twilight." Spike said, giving her some letters.
"Most of them are probably bills." I said. "That's all I get all the time. It's been weeks since I received anything from home." Twilight opened the letters to take a look at them.
"Oh look! It's a letter from Princess Cadance!" Twilight said, opening it.
"You mean, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?" I asked in a fancy voice.
"She thinks being called that is unnecessary." Twilight said.
"Whatever, but I really can’t believe I got her name right. Usually it takes a while for me to remember big words.” I said.
“Same here.” Crystal said. “But it’s been a while since the wedding, right?”
“That is true. What Crystal said is true.” I nodded in agreement.
Twilight sighed, and began reading the letter: "Dear Twilight Sparkle, You and your friends are needed at the Crystal Empire this Saturday to welcome the Pony Games Inspector. It's imperative that the Crystal Empire gets chosen to host this year's Equestria Games. The Crystal ponies are way too busy to host the welcome, so you, Rarity, AppleJack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy are invited to come help out. The train tickets are already inside the envelope for Saturday morning's 10:00 train. Hope to see you then! Princess Cadance."
"Now for the time: Is it 10:00 AM or PM?" I asked.
"Oh we're going back to the Crystal Empire? COOL!" Spike yelled in excitement. “I hope they remembered my heroics!”
"Hope you all have fun!" I said.
"Ooooh, umm, the invite list doesn't include you Spike." Twilight said looking at the invite list. "It's only me and the girls."
Spike looked down, upset. "Oh... I see. Well... it's okay."
"NO IT'S NOT OKAY!" I yelled. "Spike saved the Crystal kingdom when that demon king came to enslave all! Spike saved the day and this is how Cadance repays him?!"
"Yeah, how is that?" Spike asked angrily.
"I don't know, Spike. I'm really sorry." Twilight said, feeling bad. Spike then sat down on the floor with his head on his knees. Twilight felt really bad, but knew how to make it up to him. She sat down with him, and gave him a hug. "Hey Spike, you remember that 4-layered gem cake you wanted to make so bad?"
"Yeah." Spike said, looking up at her.
"Well, when we're gone, I'll allow you to make it." she said, smiling at him.
"Well... okay, but I need ingredients." Spike said.
"I saved a whole bucket of gems just for you for this occasion! I have a cook book for you as well. You can get started right away!" Twilight said.
"REALLY?!" Spike cried in happiness. Twilight nodded.
"Really." she smiled.
"In that case, I'll get started right away!" Spike said happily as he ran into the kitchen, which I didn't know Twilight had, to get his ingredients.
"See, Flare? He should be fine while we're gone." Twilight said to me.
"Spike was still pretty upset that he wasn't invited. I seriously need to have a talk with Cadance." I said.
"Flare, its fine. This cake project should give him time until we come back." Twilight said.
"Well.... I'll think about it." I said.
"I better go tell the girls, I'll see you around, Flare!" Twilight said, trotting out of the library. Crystal kept reading the Crystal Eingdom book. The section she was in now was about a purple crystal pony. She saw her photo on the covers, and she had some beautiful sparkly dark blue head along with dark blue eyes and she had a theater comedy symbol as a cutie mark.
"Hey, Flare, check out this pony!" Crystal informed me.
"What pony? I don't see another pony here other than us." I said.
"No come here, this is really interesting!" Crystal instructed me. So I came over to check out what she was looking at.
Crystal started reading about the pony: "When King Sombra came in power to enslave all of the Crystal Empire, all the Crystal ponies lost their powers and had no love inside them. They were all miserable and have lost their crystallized coats; all except one. This crystal pony was so happy that she tried to make other crystal ponies happy as well, but was unsuccessful. When King Sombra found out that there was a crystal pony still happy, he came to her personally, in attempt to make her miserable. He tried to make her miserable, but was unsuccessful because her happiness was so strong that she couldn't get… Flare what does this word say?”
“Effected.” I said.
“…effected by the king's dark magic.” Crystal continued. “This proved as a… umm…”
“Distraction.” I said.
“…distraction, so Princesses Celestia and Luna used the Elements of Harmony to banish Sombra unguarded.” Crystal continued. “She was one of the victims for when the Empire disappeared, and her fate is unknown."
"Wow, the Pinkie Pie of the Crystal Empire!" I said.
"I know, it's so awesome!" Crystal said excitedly.
"What's her name?" I asked.
"Her name is Willow Iceblast!" Crystal said and then she smiled at me with a squee. I just looked at her, confused.
"She has the same last name as you." I pointed out.
"I know, but it could be just a coincidence. Alot of ponies have the same last name! Like Daring Do and Ditzy Do, but they're not related." Crystal said, but then she thought it over for a sec. "Are they?"
"I-D-K." I said.
"Hmm, wait a sec." Crystal said and thought it over.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Oh thanks for making me lose my train of thought, Flare! Choo choo!" Crystal complained and glared at me.
"Sorry." I said.
"Now I think I heard this name before." Crystal said as she looked back into the book. "I think I need to do a little research."
"What are you doing right now then? You don't call this research? Lion face." I teased.
"No, I call this reading because this is a pass time. Research is when I'm reading to find information. Right now I'm reading just for fun." she informed me.
"Well, I'm gonna think of a plot to destroy Cadance for not inviting Spike. I'll axe you what you find out later. T-T-Y-L!" I said as I trotted out of the library. Crystal just looked at the book and started top think. Well of course she's thinking, she's not brainless! I did say she has a few mental problems but that’s not much, so don’t go hating on her. You hate on her, you hate on me, and I know you don’t want that, because that’s bad luck.
"Hey Spike?" Crystal yelled from across the library.
"Yeah?" Spike yelled.
"Mind if I take this book with me?!" Crystal asked.
"You gotta ask Twilight!" Spike answered.
"Too much effort; I'm just taking it with me!" Crystal said as she takes book and trots out of the library. She heads back to her house to take out her family tree. Seriously she has a tree in her back yard with the names of her family on it. She takes a ladder and sets it down against the tree. Now, I don't know why she uses a ladder since she's a pegasus after all, she can just fly, but I wasn't there to say so..... I just said 'so' right now..... yeah the word 'so'..... no I don't sew. Crystal starts searching the tree for the name 'Willow Iceblast', but she had no luck in finding the name, so… I said ‘so’ again… she goes back inside the house to look for family portraits. She searches all over the house for it, but all she can find is a moldy donut under her couch, and yes she does eat it. Gross, huh? Don't say 'eww' to me, she was the one who ate it! She then gives her mom a call for info, but it took her a while to realize she never even knew her parents. I know it's pretty sad, isn't it? So she continued looking for her family portraits until she finds a book in her bathroom in the medicine cabinet. Why does she keep it in there? She takes the book and sits down on the couch. She opens the book, but the only pictures in the book were pictures of her in her younger years, and there was nopony else. There were many blank pages and blank spaces where there should be other pictures, but all there was there were pictures of her in her younger years, all the parties she went to, the games she played, when she was toilet trained, all the pranks she pulled, etc. She never realized what was supposed to be in those blank pages and frankly she doesn't care...... for now.
Crystal starts pacing across her living room many times, she plays Free Cell on her computer, she paces again, she reads, she paces again, then she plays Free Cell on her computer, she reads, she paces, she reads, and reads, and plays Free Cell, and paces, and paces some more- Okay I think I made my point. She then went to bed early that night but kept her eyes opened; she kept them opened for an hour as she just laid there. Her eyes opened in a flash a few moments after she closed, and then she said, "I'm going to the Crystal Empire tomorrow. Also, I need to remember not to eat moldy donuts under couches." Her face suddenly turns green and she runs into the bathroom.
Earlier that night though, I was in my trailer, writing down some blueprint plans. I said to my fish; "This is it, fishies! It's time to put my plans into action! I'm going to the Crystal Empire tomorrow with the others, and I'll teach Princess Cadance a lesson she'll never forget! Teach her not to invite Spike after she saves her precious kingdom!" I then laughed a bit, but the laugh seemed to be like three large pants.
"Go home, Flare. You're drunk." my fish Piddles said.
"Uhh, he's already home, Piddles." Rainbow corrected him.
"I know, but still, his plan is crazy! It won't work!" Piddles said.
"It's kind of a waste of time to take revenge on a princess for not inviting his dragon friend to go. Wouldn't you say?" Pearl asked.
"What? Oh I don't care about that. I mean his plans talk about a cookie in the middle of the street, and the princess coming to eat that cookie which is on the middle of the street, and then Flare places an anvil on a tree, and when the princess eats the cookie, the anvil falls on her. I mean that's crazy! Even Darrel can think of a better trap than that!" Piddles explained.
"Exactly!" Darrel said. "Instead of a cookie, it should be a hot fudge sundae! More ponies will come if it's a hot fudge sundae!"
"Mmmmm! Now I'm hungry!" Yoyo said, rubbing his belly.
"You're always hungry!" Dorthey said to him.
"I still think it's a waste of time for Flare to come up with an action like this." Pearl said.
"Oh he'll learn his lesson. He always does. The part of Equestria which makes this Equestria is ponies learning about friendship." Rainbow explained.
"That and showing myths that’s existing. Unicorns shouldn't exist, neither can pegasi, magic exists, dragons exist, and there are even sticks that glow! I mean, sticks can't glow, that's impossible! Who's ever heard of a glow stick?" Yoyo explained.
"I can't just standby and see Flare get himself arrested for trying to assault a princess. We need help." Pearl said. "Rainbow, call for Apollo." Rainbow whistled, and Blaze's phoenix Apollo showed up at the window.
"Hello, my aquatic friends." Apollo greeted the fish.
"YAY! APOLLO'S HERE!" Darrel cheered, and then jumped out of the tank to give him a kiss.
"Ew, that's gross. No offense, Darrel." Apollo said, wiping his cheek.
"None taken!" Darrel smiled with a squee.
"Apollo, we need some help." Pearl said.
"Of course, Pearl! How can I be at service?" Apollo asked. Spike bursts into my trailer eventually, and ran into my room.
"Hey, Flare!" he greeted me.
"WHOA!" I yelled, because he startled me. "Holy Wizard of Strength, brah! Have you ever heard of knocking three times and saying my name three times after those three knocks?”
Spike just stood there for a few moments, and then knocked on my door three times, but not the way Sheldon Cooper does it. Spike just pounded the door three times, and then Spike said, “Flare, Flare, Flare.” I just gave him a glare. “What? I did what you said.”
"You stink.” I said in an annoyed tone to him. “Anyways, what do you need buddy?”
"Oh I just wanna know if you need me to look after your fish?" he asked, tapping on my fish tank.
"HEY, IT'S THAT DRAGON!" Darrel cheered and started swimming to him.
"Does he have food?" Yoyo asked.
"I hope he made a hot fudge sundae trap!" Darrel said excitedly. Pearl facefined herself and sighed.
"Why?" I asked.
"I heard you're going to the Crystal Empire to avenge Princess Cadance, so I thought maybe I could look after your fish while you're gone!" Spike suggested.
"Thanks, Spike, but they can take care of themselves. Rainbow's guarding the tank, I can install the automatic fish feeder, and no I don't have any gems to give you, sorry." I said.
"Oh... I see." Spike said, feeling buzzed. "How about the phoenix?"
"Phoenix? What phoenix?" I asked as I then turned around and saw Apollo talking to my fish. I got startled because I didn't know he was there. "WHOA! Apollo, when did you get here? I just told Spike he had to knock, the same goes with you, brah!" Apollo just stared at me for a few moments, and then he knocked on the window. "That’s not the way I like it, but whatever.” I then turned to Spike and said to him, "Anyways, that's Blaze's phoenix. You're gonna have to axe him."
"Well, I'll be fine with five gems." he said, looking at the gems he has in the bucket.
"What happened to the gems Twilight gave you? Was that not enough?" I asked. Spike didn't say anything. “Well?” I asked again.
“I’ll be a better pet sitter than Pinkie as a foal sitter.” Spike said, trying to use a cutaway gag to change the subject. Well he started up one, might as well explain it.
The gag shows Pinkie feeding some apple sauce to the Cake babies. “Ok, Pound and Pumpkin, here comes the airplane!” Pinkie starts making motor sounds as she swings the spoon around and was about to insert the spoon into one of the baby’s mouths. Just then, Pinkie’s tail starts twitching and the motor sounds that Pinkie is doing sounds more realistic. The Cake babies then frightenedly pointed behind Pinkie where an airplane named the Aeroderp suddenly crashes through the ceiling. “What are you two so scared of? It’s just apple sauce.”
“I’m here for my muffins!” Derpy said excitedly as she exits the jet. The cutaway ends, but it wouldn’t have been necessary if Spike just answered my question, but I can’t right now because normally cutaway gags either change the scene or forces us to say something relevant to the story. The scene changes after this one.
Morning came, Crystal leaves her house, carrying her satchel, and the Crystal Empire book in her mouth. She tosses the book in her satchel, and takes a deep breath. "It's time to be reunited with my possible ancestor!" she said excitedly as she started trotting over to the train station, where I was too there buying a ticket for the ride. "Oh hey, Flare!"
"Sup sista?" I asked. "You going to the Crystal Empire too?"
"Yep! Are you going?" she asked.
“Uhh, duh! If I asked if you were going too, it obviously means I'm going." I corrected her.
"You could be going somewhere else, like Mareami.” Crystal reminded me.
“Nope, still not ready to return home yet,” I said, “but soon.”
“How soon?” Crystal asked.
“Soon enough for you to quit pestering me about it.” I said. “Anyways let’s get on the train.”
Once the two of us went inside one of the train cars, Blaze, Psyche, Engineer, and Aqua were inside. "Oh you guys going to the Crystal Empire too?" Crystal asked.
"Well since I heard ya were goin’, I wanted to try their spa out. I heard their spa is the best of the best. I’ll need that relaxation.” Aqua said.
"I heard they have the best science museum ever! I really wanted to check it out!" Psyche said excitedly.
"Princess Cadance gave me an invention to install some speakers into the stadium where the Equestria Games might take place." Engie said. "Since they disappeared for a thousand years they might not know the technology of today, and ah'm gonna fix that!"
"I wanna audition for the games!" Blaze said excitedly. "Also, Flare, we came to keep an eye on you."
"How can you take off your eye and put it on me?" I asked.
"Apollo told me what you were planning. Don't do anything stupid." Blaze warned me.
"Dare to be stupid, brah. Dare to be stupid. I don’t need to sing that whole song again.” I said. Eventually, the Mane Six went into the train, but they went in the car in front of ours and they didn't know we were there. The train started a couple minutes later, and we rode on to the Crystal Empire. On the way, I talked to my friends, and axed them a few silly questions. "Alright, so, who would you rather eat with? Justin Bieber's fans or Jabba the Hutt?"
"How about neither?" Aqua asked.
"Neither is not an option, neither is both." I corrected him.
"Neither doesn't mean both." Engie corrected him.
"Neither doesn't.... wait.... dang it Engie, you confused me! I forgot what I was saying!" I complained.
Engie chuckled. "That's just how ah roll, partner!"
"Hey Psyche, what made ya so interested in their science museum?" Aqua asked
"I read online about the secrets of a certain Crystal Empire artifact that can be used to read other pony's minds." Psyche explained.
"What makes ya so interested in readin’ pony's minds?" Aqua asked.
"I was psychic when I lived at Trottingham. I thought I could be the best psychic in Equestria, but... then I ended up banished from Trottingham." Psyche explained.
"That's pretty deep, partner." Engie said.
"You wanna know pretty deep? Try running away from home at the age of five after a whole school really wants you gone. Life wasn't easy when I lived alone for so many years with nothing but memories of my past." Blaze said, looking at a picture in his wallet that shows him and Rainbow Dash when they were fillies. "I'm still having nightmares about those times."
"Hey, it shows we all have somethin’ in common. My hometown was destroyed, and that's how Wind Racer and ah moved to Ponyville; Psyche was banished from his town; Blaze ran away from home at a young age; Flare ran away from home for the same reason; Engie was raised at a military school; and Crystal was raised at a foster home." Aqua explained. "So really, we all ran away from our homes. That's somethin’ we all have in common."
"Aqua, stop talkin’ like we’re a bunch of sappy wimps.” Engie advised him.
“You know, I never thought about all of us having something in common like that.” Blaze said.
"Yeah but most of us for different reasons." Psyche said. Meanwhile, Crystal was at the end of the train car, looking out the window, staring at the arctic weather going on outside.
"'Eh Crystal? What's wrong?" Aqua asked.
"N-nothing." Crystal said. "Just.... personal matters."
"Huh?" Aqua was confused.
“It’s her time of the month again.” Engie said.
“Oh shut up, Engie.” Crystal instructed him.
“See? Ah was right.” Engie said.
“What happened, Crystal?” Psyche asked.
“Oh hush, Psyche. Nopony cares what you think.” I said to him. I then turned to Crystal and said, “C’mon Crystal, tell us!”
“You know already, Flare.” Crystal reminded me.
“I know, but nopony else does.” I whispered to her.
"Anyways, we were at Twilight's library yesterday. Iwas reading about the Crystal Empire and I found out that I have a crystal pony ancestor." Crystal explained.
"Oh really? Well I guess it turns out you has family after all." Engie said.
"Aw c'mon, Engie! We are her family, and she knows it, don't you Crystal?" I asked her.
"Huh? Oh yeah, sure, whatever you say, Flare." Crystal said.
"I thought of Crystal to be a cheerful pony; this must be really serious." Psyche whispered.
"I can hear you, Psyche." Crystal said. "And I can be cheerful whenever I feel like it! So why don't you all get off my back?!" she yelled at us as she takes all her stuff and marches over to the caboose car.
"You mad sis?" I commented.
“Wow, I haven’t seen Crystal this upset since that English lecture.” Aqua said.
A cutaway shows the Noble Six sitting down at an English class where Cheerilee was giving a lecture. “Now remember class the IE rule. It’s always I before E, except after C.” Cheerilee explained.
After Crystal looked down at her laptop keyboard, she began to get angry. “MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIE!” she cried. The cutaway ends.
Throughout most of the train ride, we keep hearing the Mane Six in the car in front of us with their welcoming song. "Just listen to them! They sound like a bunch of cheerleaders." Psyche said.
"It kinda gets annoyin’ after a while." Engie said.
“So…” Blaze started.
“So what?” Engie asked.
“So… what’s up, man?” Blaze asked.
“Tryin’ to start small talk, Blaze?” Engie asked.
“I don’t have any thing better to say. We see each other almost every day.” Blaze said.
“You and me or all of us?” Engie asked.
“All of you.” Blaze said.
“Well I have something to say.” Psyche said.
“Yeah nopony cares, Psyche.” I said to him.
“You’re taking me as the Meg Griffin of the group pretty seriously now, huh?” Psyche asked.
“Shut up, Psyche.” I said as I gave him a mischievous smile.
“So how’s Water doing?” Blaze asked. Nopony said a thing though. “Flare?”
“Oh you’re talking to me?” I asked.
“Yes I’m talking to you.” Blaze said.
“You didn’t say my name the first time so… yeah.” I said. Blaze gives me a funny look. “Water is fine, why do you ask?”
“Just wondering, man. I care for your family.” Blaze said.
“Trying to hit on my sister, brah?” I asked.
“What? NO!” Blaze said.
“Because not only are you married already, but if any of my friends are going to date my sister, it’s Aqua.” I said.
“Oh gee thanks.” Aqua said.
“I’m not hitting on your sister, bro.” Blaze corrected me.
“What is she not good enough for you, Blaze?” I asked.
“I’m not saying that!” Blaze corrected me.
“Because you’d be lucky to have a gal like her!” I yelled at him.
“I see.” Blaze said.
“Yeah.” I said upsettingly.
“Ah’ve hung with her alone before. Not really my type.” Engie said.
“You know who’s my type, somepony with huge amounts of enthusiasm!” Psyche said.
“Like me?” I asked.
“Nah, too much enthusiasm.” Psyche said.
“Crystal?” I asked.
“Maybe.” Psyche said.
“Pinkie?” Engie asked.
“Most definitely.” Psyche said.
“Psyche has a crush on Pinkie! Psyche has a crush on Pinkie!” Engie teased.
“She’s over in the next car if you wanna tell her, man.” Blaze advised him.
“N-no thank you.” Psyche blushed. The train finally stopped, and it sounded like in the next car, the Mane Six fell over or something. "Oh finally! I thought they'd never stop!" Psyche said feeling relieved.
"Teaches them to read the signs that say 'remain seated'." Aqua said. We all got up and exited the train car. Crystal ran out like a flash, knocking into Blaze in the process and he fell over.
"Clumsy much?" I teased Blaze.
"Shut up, man!" Blaze said angrily as Aqua helped him back up.
"She must be pretty excited. She really wants to meet her relative." Aqua said.
"Y’all think she's still alive after all these years?" Engie asked.
"Rainbow Dash told me that the Crystal ponies don't remember anything after the Empire returned. It was like they were in a time capsule for all these years." Blaze said.
Engie whistled. "These poniehs are old!"
"Excuse me, sonny? Who you callin’ old?" an old crystal pony asked and hit Engie in the head with a cane.
"OW!" Engie yelled. "WHY I OUTTA!" Engie wanted to attack her, but Blaze and Psyche held him back.
"Bring it on sonny boy!" the old crystal pony yelled.
"No, please, we’re sorry for everything, ma'am. I promise it won't happen again, just please move along." Aqua said, pushing her away gently.
"Don't touch me, sonny boy!" the old crystal pony demanded as she hit Aqua in the head with her cane.
"OW!" Aqua yelled as he rubbed his head. "What a rude mare.”
"Look, as much as I'd love to stay and help argue with old shinny mares, I must be on my way to check out that science museum." Psyche said, trotting off.
"The spa sounds pretty promisin’! I gotta go check it out!" Aqua said, trotting off as well.
"Well, those stereo systems won't install themselves." Engie followed. “Unless ah actually make them do that. Maybe ah should.”
"Don't do anything stupid, Flare." Blaze instructed me.
"Brah, relax! I know what I'm doing!" I promised him as I trotted off.
"I hope so, man. I hope so." Blaze said as he flew off. Crystal trotted off too, and took a look around the Crystal Empire.
"Wow, this place looks beautiful!" she said. "Where do I go to start?"
"I'm not sure, friend, but the games inspector is coming, and we must keep her happy." a purple crystal pony told her. "Are you happy, outsider?"
"HAY YEAH I'M A HAPPY OUTSIDER!" Crystal said to her, and gave her a hoof bump. "I'm just gonna look for my ancestor, Willow Iceblast."
"Oh, well I hope you have good luck finding her!" the pony said. "By the way, my name is Willow Iceblast!"
"Please to meet you, I'm Crystal Iceblast!" she greeted and shook her hoof.
"Wow! Funny, we have the same last name!" Willow said.
"Yeah we do, don't we?" Crystal asked. "Well, I better go look for Willow. Pleasure to meet you Willow!"
"Pleasure to meet you as well, Crystal!" Willow said. Then they both trotted away to opposite directions. Alright after that, I just have to say..... WOW! Just WOW! Crystal didn't even recognize her and Willow acted the same way. I guess that proves they are related, or maybe Crystal is looking for a different Willow, I have no clue. I remember when I used to get yellow smiley stickers at Walmart. It's too bad they don't have those anymore, I miss getting those. Oh wait, I was just talking about Willow and then I ended up talking about Walmart. Another WOW! Anyways, the Crystal Empire was absolutely beautiful! I can't believe I never been here before! I thought the Crystal ponies were a myth at first. What puzzles me is all crystal ponies are earth ponies. Where are the crystal pegasi or the crystal unicorns? Crystal was wondering that too, she asked herself those things as she was walking across town to look for her relative, which she already found at the train station. So Crystal started looking all around for her.
"WILLOW?! WILLOW ICEBLAST?! MY NAME IS CRYSTAL ICEBLAST! I'M YOUR DESCENDENT AND I WANT TO MEET YOU!" Crystal yelled out in the streets. "WILLOW?! WILLOW ARE YOU?!" Crystal then yells at Ms. Harshwinny’s (the pony games inspector's ear). "WILLOW?! WHERE ARE YOU WILLOW!? WHERE IS MY WILLOW?! WILLOW ICEBLAST?!"
"PLEASE STOP YELLING IN MY EARS!" Ms. Harshwinny yelled at her. “It’s bad enough that I had such a rough time getting a decent welcome around here!”
"Well sorry, ma'am. I'm looking for my relative. Her name is Willow Iceblast." Crystal explained.
"You don't say?" Harshwinny asked sarcastically, trying to pull her suitcase.
"You're not from around here, are you?" Crystal asked her.
"What makes you think that?" Harshwinny asked as she rolled her eyes.
"Just a hunch, I suppose. I don't really have a reason. Do you have a reason?" Crystal asked.
"Probably because, uh, I'm not a crystal pony? Ever thought of that?" Harshwinny asked rudely.
"Oh right, that too." Crystal said. "What's in that bag of yours? A bowling ball? It seems you're having trouble carrying that."
"It's just extra clothes and paperwork." Harswhinny said.
"Paperwork, huh? You on a business trip?" Crystal asked.
"I suppose you can say that." Harshwinny said.
"Oh cool! I love business trips! You must be one of those international fire fighters!" Crystal said.
"Uh, fire fighter?" Harshwinny asked.
"Yeah, check out those clothes! You're totally a fire fighter!" Crystal said.
"Uh, yeah, sure, whatever." Harshwinny said, still dragging her bag down the street.
"So you gonna go check into a hotel?" Crystal asked.
"I'll check into a hotel after I go visit the princess." Harshwinny said.
"Pardon me, Miss, but the princesses are in Canterlot." Crystal said.
"No, I'm talking about Princess Cadance." Harshwinny said.
"OOOOOH! I didn't know Cadance lived here, I thought she lived in Canterlot?" Crystal asked.
"Well it turns out you thought wrong." Harshwinny said.
"So Miss Fire fighter?" Crystal tried getting her attention.
"Please, I'm really busy right now." Harshwinny complained.
"Busy what? Walking?" Crystal asked.
"I need to go to the palace and to talk to the princess after the Equestria Games." Ms. Harshwinny explained.
"Oh you competing?" Crystal asked.
"No, I'm the inspector." Harshwinny said.
"Really? You don't look like an inspector." Crystal said.
"Oh as if you know what an inspector looks like." Harshwinny said to her rudely.
"I do so know what an inspector looks like! I met Health Inspector Jones when he visited Flare's shop." Crystal said.
"I'm not a health inspector, I'm a games inspector! So if you please so kind! I have to be at the palace right now!" Harshwinny raised her voice at Crystal.
"Then why are you standing here next to me?" Crystal asked. Harshwinny started steaming and got glared at Crystal. "Wow, what do they call you? Miss Harsh Whinny?"
"Miss Harshwinny actually." Harshwinny said.
"Harshwinny? Well I can say you are the winner of harshness." Crystal teased her and laughed. Harshwinny started steaming again as she took her bag, and walked away from her. As Crystal stopped laughing, Ms. Harshwinny was already gone. "Harsh Whinny? Where did you go Harsh Whinny? Oh well, I wouldn't be surprised is she was an ancestor to Psyche." she said and laughed. "That would be so ironic!"
Meanwhile, I was near the Crystal palace, I set a cookie down on the sidewalk, then I pulled the rope that's carrying an anvil, and I hung it on the tree. I chuckled behind the tree, waiting for Cadance to show up, but then I spotted the cookie on the ground, and I said; "Ooo a cookie!" I ran towards the cookie and tried to pick it up, but the anvil fell on my head and I passed out.
Over at the stadium, Blaze was talking to Shining Armor about auditioning in the Equestria Games. "So, Shining, you think I can sign up for the Equestria Games?" Blaze asked.
"Sure, Blaze, sure! Any friend of Twilight's is a friend of mine!" Shining said. "But, we're already planning the Wonderbolts to fly across the stadium before the event when we sing the Equestria National Anthem; are you sure you won't be with them?"
"I might, but I wanna see if I can get myself into the games itself." Blaze said.
"Well we'll see, Blaze, but I think you’ll have to wait until the auditioning at Rainbow Falls in a few months to do something.” Shining said.
"I'll be willing to take a chance to tie my wings during the event. My wife Rainbow Dash did it during the Running of the Leaves event back in Ponyville. I think I can handle it too." Blaze said.
"Great!" Shining said, and then he turned to Enige and yelled from across the stadium. "HEY, ENGINEER! HOW ARE THOSE SPEAKERS COMING ALONG?!"
"They're goin great, partner! Ah'm on mah last one!" Engie yelled, installing the last speaker near one of the doors, but then Crystal charged right inside, and knocked over the ladder Engie was on. The ladder lost it’s balance and Engie was holding one of the speakers. He fell down with the ladder, and since all the speakers were connected by a wire they all fell down and broke. "AW SHOOT, CRYSTAL! NOW AH HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN!"
"Crystal, what's going on?" Blaze asked.
"I'm looking for my relative still. A crystal pony said some are practicing for the Equestria Games, so I figured she might be here." Crystal said.
"What's wrong?" Shining asked.
"Crystal is looking for her ancestor who is a crystal pony." Blaze told him.
"Her name is Willow Iceblast. I had the feeling she might be here." Crystal told him.
"Well I'm sorry, Crystal, but there's no ponies here by the name of Willow Iceblast, but there is a pony by the name of Oak Freeze if you're looking for a pony similar." Shining said.
"I'm not playing games, Shining! I have a long-lost relative, and I want to do all I can to meet her!" Crystal yelled.
"Well... I don't normally hang around the kingdom that much; I'm still the captain of the royal guard in Canterlot. I'm just here because Cadance wants me to coach some of the contestants for the games." Shining explained. "But my wife should know she's over at the spa right now getting her mane done. Why don't you go ask her?"
"Awesome! Thanks, Shining!" Crystal said.
"Your welcome, Crystal!" Shining said.
"Ah good, this speaker is still workin!" Engie said, putting one of the speakers back up, but then Crystal knocks into Engie's ladder again as she runs out, and he falls over with the speaker and it breaks. "AW, DARN IT, CRYSTAL!"
“You have a lot of crazy ponies down there in Ponyville, Blaze.” Shining said to him.
“I know but it’s even crazier up in Cloudsdale.” Blaze said. “My wife really wanted Cloudsdale to be the location for the Equestria Games, but the Cloudsdale wasn’t accepted.”
“Why though?” Shining asked.
A cutaway shows Ms. Harshwinny just arriving at Cloudsdale via helicopter. Once the helicopter lands, the Cloudsdale mayor welcomes here to town. “Ms. Harshwinny! Welcome to Cloudsdale! We have a special welcoming just for you which includes a lot of chewing gum because pony’s ears pop every time they visit here because of the altitude.” The mayor said.
“Why thank you. That sounds very divine.” Harshwinny said as she steps out of the helicopter, but once she steps out, she starts falling right through the clouds and plummets to her….. injuries. Ever since then, Cloudsdale was never nominated to be the location of the Equestria Games ever again. The cutaway ends there.
Back to me, I was wearing a bandage on my head. I set up another trap back at the same tree I was at before. It was similar to the first trap, except I had an apple pie, and I didn't have an anvil, I had a huge rock. I set the apple pie down, and I pulled the rope leading the rock up onto the tree. Soarin the Wonderbolt was there on the scene and he spotted the pie at the same time I did. "Ooo, an apple pie!" we both said at the same time, and we both ran towards the pie as the rock fell on both of us, and we both passed out.
Over at the spa, Rarity was dressing up Cadance's hair for the games inspector, and Aqua was laying down on one of the spa tables getting a massage as he had some of that spa mud stuff on his face with cucumbers. "Are we almost done, Rarity? Twilight and the others can't hold the games inspector for much longer." Cadance said.
"Relax, dear! I'm almost done. Just give me 10 minutes." Rarity said.
"That's what you said 10 minutes ago." Cadance complained. Crystal opened the door and charged inside the spa.
"WILLOW ARE YOU HERE?!" Crystal yelled as a bucket of water fell on her head. "AAH! WHAT THE HAY!"
"Crystal?" Aqua said.
"Crystal? Aqua? When did you two get here?" Rarity asked.
"What happened? Crystal and Aqua are here?" Cadance asked.
"Ya just noticed?" Aqua asked.
"A BUCKET OF WATER FELL ON MY HEAD!" Crystal yelled.
"Yeah I don't know how that happened." Aqua said.
"Princess Cadance? I was wondering, do you know what came first? The chicken or the egg?" Crystal asked.
"I'm sorry, dear? I'm not sure what you're saying." Cadance said.
"Please, Crystal, Cadance needs her hair-dress done for the Games Inspector." Rarity said.
"I can see that, but I need her to answer that question, also the question about is she knows of a pony named Willow Iceblast?" Crystal explained.
"Actually yeah, I know of a pony by that name. She was the only one who was immune to King Sombra's magic." Cadance said.
"I know that! I think that pony is actually my ancestor, so I want to know where she can be." Crystal explained.
"Of course, Crystal! She runs an ice cream stand. She travels around town trying to sell as much ice cream as she can." Cadance explained.
"Oh no! She can be anywhere! I'll never find her!" Crystal complained.
"Today is Saturday, right? What time is it, Rarity?" Cadance asked.
Rarity looks at the clock; "It's 2:30."
"Ah good! From 3 to 5 she stops and sells ice cream at the science museum every Saturday. By the time you're there, Willow should be there."
"Ah, thank you, Cadance!" Crystal said. "Nice make-up, Aqua!" She tells him and runs out.
"What make-up? This is one of those spa masks.” Aqua corrected her.
"Hey Aqua? Are Flare, Blaze, Psyche, and Engineer here as well?" Cadance asked.
"Yes. Blaze and Engie are at the stadium, Psyche's at the science museum, and Flare is probably setting up traps around town." Aqua said.
"Why is Flare setting up traps?" Rarity asked.
"He's mad because ya didn't invite Spike to help with the Games Inspector greetin’." Aqua said.
Cadance starts laughing. "Really? Wow! Flare cracks me up sometimes!"
"Hold still, dear! Your laughing is ruining my concentration!" Rarity complained as Rainbow Dash suddenly crashes into the spa window and started sliding down the window. Rarity heard the noise, but she didn't care, and just continued with Cadance's mane. “By the way, dear, Fluttershy’s cutie mark changed into Twilight’s after the train stopped before we got here. You have any idea how that happened?” Rarity asked Cadance.
Meanwhile, back at my trap spot, I put a helmet over my bandaged head before I set up my next trap. "Safety first!" I said as I then placed a garlic roll on the sidewalk and I pulled on a rope behind the tree, and this time I used a giant bell. I hung it on the tree and waited for Cadance. I heard footsteps coming from where the garlic roll is, so then I dropped the bell on whoever was walking and it made a big ding as it fell. "YES! I got her! See Cadance? This is what you get for not inviting your empire’s greatest hero!” I said as I lifted the bell back up and I saw it was Ms. Harshwinny under the bell. Her body was shaking and she held her ears.
"AAAH! MY EARS ARE POPPING!" she yelled.
"Umm…” I said in a very nervous tone. I just dropped the bell back on her and ran away, but I came back shortly after, lifted the bell, and took the garlic roll. "MINE!" I yelled at her face and I dropped the bell back on her and ran away. I then ran back, lifted the bell, and shoved the garlic roll in her mouth, and dropped the bell back on her, and ran away again. As the bell dropped back onto the ground, a small crack appears on the side of it.
“What have I done in the past life to deserve this?” Harshwinny complained to herself as her voice echoed inside the bell.
Meanwhile with Psyche was at the museum, he was checking out all the Crystal Empire artifacts. "Wow!" he said. "Who knew these crystals can store enough power to power the Empire Stable Building in Manehatten for 2 weeks? That is really interesting! Why don't we power our homes using these?"
“Because the government doesn’t like that.” a random crystal pony said.
“Good point.” Psyche agreed
Meanwhile, Crystal charged inside the museum. "Psyche!" she yelled as another bucket of water falls off the door and onto her head. "AAAH, WHAT THE HAY?!"
"Huh? Oh hey Crystal! Did you have any luck finding your relative?" Psyche asked.
"Not yet, but I heard she runs an ice cream stand around here." Crystal said.
"Uhh, please excuse me asking, but why are you all wet?" Psyche asked.
"Oh another bucket of water fell on my head. That's twice today that happened!" Crystal said.
"Oh yeah, when I went to get some coffee, a bucket of water fell on me too. I really spazzed out after that." Psyche said.
"Yeah, yeah, nopony's interested, Psyche." Crystal said to Psyche, looking annoyed. Psyche sighed and rolled his eyes. "Have you seen a purple crystal pony with an ice cream cart?"
"Y-yeah, she's in the Crystal Empire History section." Psyche said, pointing north.
"Thanks, Psyche!" Crystal said, running towards the history section.
"Why does everypony talk to me like I'm Meg Griffin?" Psyche asked himself. “Shall I place a pink hat on my head or something? Is that what everypony wants?! HUH?!”
“I need an adult.” A random crystal kid said in freight.
“What a coincidence. My friend’s sister says that all the time.” Psyche said.
Crystal ran into the history room and found the ice cream stand and she found Willow near it. "Huh? Oh hey Willow!" Crystal greeted her.
"Oh hey! You're that pony from the train station! Crystal, right?" Willow asked.
"Yeah!" Crystal nodded.
"Did you find your relative yet?" Willow asked.
"Cadance says she’s supposed to be here with an ice cream cart." Crystal said.
"Oh I'm running this ice cream cart!" Willow said excitedly.
"Really? Wow, I still can't seem to find Willow anywhere!" Crystal said.
"Wow, bad luck today, huh Crystal?" Willow asked.
"Don't get me started! I was running across town trying to find Willow, and two buckets of water fell on my head today!" Crystal complained.
"Come to think of it, when I was serving ice cream at the library, a bucket of water fell on my head there too, and another when I went to the public restroom!" Willow complained.
"No way!" Crystal said in shock.
"Yeah way!" Willow said.
"Wow!" Crystal said in shock.
"I know right?" Willow said. They were both silent for a few moments, but then they both started laughing.
"So you're my long-lost relative, huh?" Crystal asked.
"I would assume so. I missed out on so much on my life. By the looks of our family tree, I would assume I'm your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother!" Willow said.
"Wow! Does that mean I'm... part Crystal pony?" Crystal asked.
"There's only one way to find out. If the Crystal Empire is chosen to be the one to host the Equestria Games and we all power the Crystal heart with our happiness, that's how we'll know if you're part crystal pony!" Willow said.
"Alright, sounds cool! It's good to finally meet you, great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandma!" Crystal said, hugging her.
"You missed a great." Willow informed her, hugging her back. They both laughed. "It's good to meet you too, Crystal! Anyways, it’s might be a while until we get the news on how things went with the Equestria Games lady, what do you wanna do?”
“Let’s talk.” Crystal said. “Tell me about yourself.”
“Well as you can see, I’m running an ice cream stand.” Willow said.
“Do you have rocky road? I love rocky road! So weren’t you gonna buy a half a gallon, baby.” Crystal said.
“I do have that! Want some?” Willow asked.
“Oh I can’t, I don’t want to spoil my dinner.” Crystal said.
“But isn’t it just a quarter to 3?” Willow asked.
“I suppose, but still, I’m keeping an eye on my calories.” Crystal said. After that, Crystal and Willow just stood there in silence, looking at eachother and then looking around. I guess they didn’t have much to talk about anymore so I’ll leave it there.
As time went by, Cadance was about to announce which location is gonna host the Equestria Games. "And the winner for the Equestris Games is: The Crystal Empire!" Cadance announced in front of the whole kingdom. "Well done everypony!" Then all the crystal ponies powered the heart, including Crystal Iceblast, and aurora borealis colors started spreading across the sky, like from when Sombra was defeated. "WHOA!" Crystal yelled in excitement. "I guess that means.... I guess that means.... I'm a mare!"
"Not just that! This proves you are part crystal pony! Your happiness just powered the crystal heart!" Willow said.
"Whoa! I'm part crystal pony!" Crystal cheered. "Look how shinny and crystaly I am!"
"It looks like your friends are crystally too!" Willow said, pointing to Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rarity, AppleJack, Blaze, Psyche, Aqua, and Engie with their coats and manes sparkling and reflecting across the walls of the empire. Rarity starts squeeing really loud. "I'm so gorgeous... again!" Rarity yelled in excitement.
"Pretty, pretty, shinny, shinny!" Pinkie said excitedly.
"Wow, look at me, Rainbow!" Blaze said.
"Are you kidding? You're not as nearly shinny as I am!" Rainbow said.
"Oh yeah?" Blaze asked, smirking at her.
"YEAH!" Rainbow said smirking back.
“Is this the part where we start laughing at eachother?” Blaze asked, still smirking at her.
“Eh… 15 more seconds.” Rainbow said, smirking back.
"Hey, where's Flare?" Aqua asked. Cadance was waving at everypony down at the streets, and then a giant net dropped down on her. Cadance gasped out of shock.
"CADANCE!" Shining yelled, trying to help her out of the net.
"What just happened?" Cadance asked.
"Where did that net come from?" Shining asked. I started charging at Cadance, and I yelled; "LEROOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS!" and then I tackled her, and she fell.
"FLARE?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Cadance yelled.
"Flare, get off her!" Shining ordered me, pulling me off her. "What's wrong with you, man? Why did you attack her?"
“She invited Twilight and all of the- ooo, look at my coat! Look how sparkly I am!” I said as I observed my crystallized coat.
“It’s a side-effect of the crystal heart. It’ll wear off by the time we leave.” AppleJack informed me.
“Nyeh!” Rarity whined.
“So what was all that about, Flare?” Cadance asked.
“You invited Twilight and the girls over to welcome the Games Inspector, but YOU didn't invite Spike! After all Spike did for this kingdom! He saved your flanks! How can you not invite him to the welcoming?" I asked Cadance.
Cadance just laughed. "Oh, Flare! You rub me the wrong way!"
"I'm not even rubbing you.” I corrected her.
"Flare, this is nothing. It's just a welcoming thing! Spike would have no interest in doing something like what Twilight and her friends did." Cadance explained.
"But he might wanna visit! Ever thought of that? Do you not like Spike?" I asked.
"Of course I do, he's just the cutest little dragon ever! I would've thought he would have better things to do then come and welcome a Games Inspector!" Cadance said.
"Hmm... I guess that's true." I said. “But how about a little respect, huh? Where’s a statue of a hero when you need one?”
“You think Spike should have a statue? It shall be done.” Cadance accepted.
“Really? Wow that was easy.” I said.
"Don't worry, Flare! I promise, when the actual pony games comes on, I'll invite him to come." Cadance promised.
"Pinkie promise?" I asked.
Cadance just tilted her head in confusion. "What?"
"It's something to do with Pinkie Pie." Shining said.
"Ah, I see!" Cadance nodded.
"I apologize, Cadance. I guess I should've just talked this over with you, before I assaulted you. You're not gonna punish me right?" I asked.
Cadance chuckled. "Of course I am!" Then next thing I knew, I was writing down on a piece of paper; "I will talk my problems, not assault." 50 times.
"I'm so glad you finally reunited with your ancestor, Crystal!" Blaze said.
"Yeah, but I still don't understand where the buckets of water came from." Crystal said.
"Lion face." I said. Then they all looked at me. "What?"
"Well I suppose that answers our question." Psyche said.
"Well, at least look at us! We're all sparkly, and shinny, and we look expensive!" I said, checking out my crystal form.
"Oh no, our crystal forms won't last when we leave the city." Willow informed us.
"Go back to your writing, Flare." Cadance ordered me.
"Go back to your writing, Flare.” I teased her. “Don’t think this is over Cadance! I’m still mad at you!”
"That is another 50 times!" Cadance said, smirking at me. Then they all laughed.
"You're joking right?" I asked.
"Of course I'm joking, Flare!" Cadance said.
"Oh good, I'm just axing." I said.
"I know." Cadance said.
"Wow, nopony even noticed I kept saying 'axe' instead of 'ask', does anypony realize it?" I asked.
"I knew it from the start, Flare!" Twilight said. "I just wasn't gonna say anything!"
"You troll!" I said to her, and we all laughed again. So that was my first visit to the Crystal Empire. We all went home shorty after, and our crystal forms didn't last, but it was fun regardless! I just hope Spike didn't waste all those gems he earned back at home. Also why was our point of view of the Mane Six waiting in line for the train different from Spike’s point of view? I didn’t really get that one bit. I hope to see Willow Iceblast again sometime in the future, and we will, but how about a little goodbye with her before we conclude the chapter?
The Noble Six and Willow all went to the trainstation, but this was before the Mane Six came so we had time on our hooves. “Well, Willow, it was great meeting you!” Crystal said.
“It certainly was, Crystal! I guess that’s how you got your name. You were named after this particular empire.” Willow said.
“I was?” Crystal asked.
“I have no idea. I was away for a thousand years so you think I know what happened to your close reletives?” Willow asked.
“You think you can help me out, Willow? You think you can help me find out who my reletives are? I never seemed to meet them. I barely know who I am.” Crystal said.
“You’re Crystal Iceblast, and you’re a very fascinating pony. That’s all you need to know.” Willow said as she smiled at her.
“Awww, I’d really blush if I knew what that word meant.” Crystal said.
“Fascinating?” Willow asked.
“No, ‘very’.” Crystal corrected her.
“I know we haven’t gotten to know each other that much but you’re always welcome here.” Willow said.
“I know… it’s a public city.” Crystal reminded her.
“Oh get outta you stranger!” Willow teased her as her and Crystal gave each other a hug.
“Ya know, for a distant relative, she looks pretty young.” Engie said.
“Strange things happen in Equestria. You’ll never know what you’d find out there. You may have a distant relative that you never knew you had. Hey, maybe not even your family knows about.” Crystal said.
“I hope I have a relative that owns a chocolate factory. That way I can get my chocolate mints for free at my shop.” I said.
“Flare, I hope you learned your lesson.” Blaze said to me.
“I wrote the same sentence 50 times. I’d have to be Bart Simpson if I don’t learn my lesson.” I said. “But then again, like the Mane Six, we all seem to forget our lessons shortly after and may have to repeat our morals later on. Anyways, let’s get on the train and watch as scenes from different episodes compare each other.”
“Good idea.” Crystal agreed. And so we all went on the train and did so.