“Princess Celestia!” shouted Twilight. “Thank the heavens you are here.”
“Yeah Princess; now you can experience Derpy too!” said Dash leaning across to Celestia's ear, “I'm willing to throw in a royal discount.”
“Sure, just take me to the portal Rainbow Dash,” said Celestia before winking at Twilight.
*****
“Hey no queue jumping!” “I was here first!” “You may have royalty but this is no way to behave!”
“They'll forget about it soon enough,” said Celestia, “this portal does have quite the influence.”
The three reached the portal and found Spike ready to enter. Brushing him aside Celestia raised a her hoof. Her horn glowed and the portal began to close; the swirling shades disappearing as it consumed itself.
“The portal is now closed. I have also removed nearly all memories of its contents from anypony who entered.”
“Well that was easy enough,” Twilight said cheerfully.
“You doubted even me, my most faithful student?”
“No, of course not, Princess! Just even so, after all the trouble we've been through.”
Rainbow Dash shook her head. Her desire for muffins had been extinguished and she was now feeling quite embarrassed.
“Muffin-Taster? Really? You better not tell anypony about this.”
“Of course not, Rainbow Dash. As long as you return all the bits you took,” said Celestia.
“Aw, come on. They don't even remember why they paid!”
“You do not deserve a reward for such tomfoolery. I would say I am disappointed in the both of you but this portal and Derpy's childish antics do seem quite tempting to the best of us; even me. You have also brought this unexpected class of magic into my midst so for that I congratulate you as I wish to study it further. I had no idea portals could be used to this extent. Farewell to the both of you.”
Celestia then proceeded to leave without saying a word more. Twilight could hear a multitude of apologies outside due to various ponies' rudeness to the princess.
“Not even a letter?” Twilight said, slightly saddened.
“Well you didn't learn much. Other than to listen to me more often. The Princess did like the portal after all.”
“I do hope you are joking Rainbow Dash,” said Twilight. “Now excuse me while I go and hand out every pony’s bits back.” Twilight left leaving Rainbow Dash behind. Spike too, who was busy searching for the gems he had foolishly thrown away.