Princess Luna continued to trot through the palace gardens, admiring the beautiful array of flowers as she watching Rainbow Dash soaring above with Timmy riding on her back. A smile of warmth crept across the princess’s muzzle as she witnessed the sight. She closed her eyes, took in a deep breath of the fresh morning air, and felt her heart flutter for the realization that soon, the little boy will officially be her son.
Soon my little prince, you’ll have a true loving family that you deserve. I promise to give you the life that a small one such as you should have, a life that was unjustly taken away from you from those poor excuse for parents. She let out a soft sigh as she opened her eyes to see Rainbow Dash hovering down towards the garden.
She trotted toward the two “Hello Rainbow Dash and Timmy.” She looked at the small child and gave him a warm smile “Did you have fun flying with Rainbow little one?”
Timmy smiled brightly at Luna and gave her a nod “Yes I did Miss Luna. Miss Rainbow made sure I was safe, but also showed me how fun it was to fly.” He leaned forward on Rainbow Dash’s back and gave her a big hug around her neck.
Rainbow let out a light-hearted chuckle and reached up with a hoof to rub at his little hands “I’m proud that you enjoyed it little buddy. Maybe next time if it’s okay with Princess Luna I can take you to my home of Cloudsdale.” She looked back at him and reached up to ruffle at his hair playfully.
He let out a giggle “What is Cloudsdale Miss Rainbow?” He looked at her curiously.
She leaned on her forelegs to let him climb off her back and she sat up on her haunches. She placed a hoof on his shoulder and smirked down at him softly “Well little guy, Cloudsdale is not only the home of yours truly, but all Pegasus ponies. It is also the place where we control all the weather that occurs here in Equestria.” She smiles confidently.
He looks up with a wondrous smile “Oh that sounds neat Miss Rainbow.” He turned his head and looked up at Luna “Miss Luna, could I maybe go visit Cloudsdale with Miss Rainbow one day?” He gave her a hopeful smile.
Luna gave a light chuckle at his excitement and placed a hoof gently on his back “Of course you may dear. It would be a great learning experience for you as you learn of how Equestria strives.” She looked down at him with a warm smile, and then turned to a guard who stood watch at the entrance to the gardens “Guard, could you come here please?”
The guard nodded and trotted up to the three, and bowed his head to the princess. “Yes your highness, what is your command?”
She gave him a nod and carefully brought Timmy forward before her “Could you take our young friend to see my sister for a little bit?” She looked down at Timmy “Sweetheart, the guard is just going to take you to Tia, okay? I’d like to talk with Rainbow Dash for a little bit, and then I’ll be there when I’m done.” She nuzzled at the top of his head gently.
He nodded as he looked up at her “Yes Miss Luna.” He gave her a soft smile and turned to Rainbow waving a hand at her “Bye Miss Rainbow, I had so much fun this morning. Thank you for taking me flying.” He gave her the same soft smile.
Rainbow smirked proudly “Ah… you’re welcome kid. Anytime you would like to go flying with the awesome one, just let me know, and I would be more than happy to take you for a ride.” She gave him a wink and reached out to ruffle his head playfully once more “You have a good day little buddy, and I’ll see you later.” She waved a hoof at him.
The guard couldn’t help but smile at the sight and leaned down on his forelegs “Hop on young lad, there is no need for you to wear your little legs out walking.” He gave the child a wink as Timmy climbed up onto the guard’s back. The guard stood back up and bowed his head to Princess Luna, nodded to Rainbow and turned to trot back into the castle.
Once they were out of the clear, Luna turned to Rainbow Dash “My dear friend Rainbow Dash, could I ask a favor of you?” She gave the cyan mare a hopeful look.
Rainbow nodded “Sure thing princess. They don’t call me the Element of Loyalty for nothing.” She saluted with a hoof and let out a chuckle. She smiled proudly “What would you like for me to do princess?” She looked at Luna curiously.
Luna sighed softly “Well Rainbow Dash, I’ve decided to officially adopt Timmy as my own and Tia thought we could have an adoption party for the small child.” She let out a light giggle “And I was wondering if it would be okay with you Rainbow Dash if you could perform your special Sonic Rainboom for Timmy at the party?” She gave Rainbow a hopeful smile.
Rainbow shot up in the air, cut a backflip in midair, and stuck a pose with her left foreleg raised up in the air. She smirked proudly “Aw… yea! A sonic rainboom will be no problem for the greatest flier in all of Equestria! I would be more than honored to give the little guy an awesome welcome to Equestria.” She hovered down to the ground and bowed her head to Luna.
Luna let out a light chuckle from Rainbow’s enthusiasm “I knew I could count on you Rainbow Dash. I hope Timmy will enjoy the party when it gets set up and Tia and I take him to it.” She let out a soft sigh.
Rainbow Dash trotted up to the royal sister and patted at her back gently with a hoof “Don’t worry princess, the cool little dude will love it! “She gave Luna a reassuring smile “Besides, if Pinkie is going to be organizing it, then it will definitely be a celebration to remember.” She let out a chuckle and gave a smirk.
Luna let out a chuckle of her own and nodded in agreement “I believe you’re right Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie does indeed know how to throw a party.” She smiled brightly.
Rainbow nodded “Yes she does.” She rolled her eyes at the fact as she hovered up into the air “Well princess, if there isn’t anything else you’d like for me to do, I’m going to go and practice my skills and prepare myself for an awesome performance for Timmy.” She smirked proudly.
Luna nodded “That sounds like a good plan Rainbow Dash. Thank you again my friend for doing this for the little one.” She gave Rainbow a warm, thankful smile.
Rainbow shook her head softly “No problem Luna.” She saluted with a fore hoof “I’ll see you later princess.” She smiled softly and shot off into the sky.
Luna smiled and let out a soft sigh as she turned to trot back into the castle.
Down in Ponyville, inside the Sugarcube Corner Pinkie Pie was in the kitchen preparing the variety of confections the sweet shop had to offer for the day. The owners of the shop, the Cakes were upstairs tending to their children, Pound and Pumpkin Cake. Pinkie Pie brought in a tray of freshly baked muffins to put in the dessert case when she spotted Twilight trotting in.
“Hi Twilight! What you are doing on this super-duper wonderful day? Are you here to buy some cookies, cupcakes, muffins, or…” She was cut off as Twilight gently placed a hoof against her muzzle.
“Calm down Pinkie!” She sighed heavily and rolled her eyes “Now, if I take my hoof off your mouth, will you let me speak?” She earned a vigorous nod from the pink mare. She took her hoof off Pinkie’s muzzle as she gave her a warm smile “Anyways, I’m not here to purchase any sweets today Pinkie, but I’m here to ask a favor of you. What do you say?” She gave Pinkie a hopeful smile.
Pinkie beamed “Of course you silly filly. You know Twilight, whenever you need anything, you can either ask me or the others. That is what friends are for.” She placed a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder “So what do you need my silly filly of a friend?” She let out a giggle.
Twilight shook her head lightly and let out a soft sigh “Well, instead of me telling you, I think you should read this.” She levitated a scroll out of her saddlebags she was wearing and unrolled it in front of Pinkie for her to read.
Dear Twilight Sparkle,
I’m writing to you to let you and your fellow Elements of Harmony know that after last night’s heinous events concocted by my poor excuse for a nephew, Princes Blueblood that I have made the decision of banishing him from Canterlot Castle. From now on when you and your friends come to Canterlot, you will see him living among the citizens of Canterlot. Also, my sister taught him a lesson he would never forget by turning herself into Nightmare Moon, but don’t worry, because it was only for this one time.
The other reason I wanted to write is to inform you all that my sister and I have decided to officially adopt Timmy as our own. You all have come to welcome the child warmly into our home of Equestria and Luna has taken the role of mother for the little boy. My only request my faithful student is if you could ask your fellow element, Pinkie Pie to throw a party for Timmy. We can celebrate his adoption at Sugarcube Corner, because my sister and I would like for the ponies of Ponyville to meet him.
I’ll be waiting for your response.
Your teacher and friend,
Princess Celestia
After reading the letter, Pinkie gasped loudly, beamed with a face-splitting smile, and shot up in the air spreading out her forelegs in joy. She landed back down onto the floor “YIPPEE! Of course I’ll throw a party for the sweet little cutie pie! I’ll make sure that he has the best first ever ‘Welcome to Equestria’ party he ever had!” She pounded her fore hooves in determination.
Twilight shook her head lightly with a light-hearted chuckle “Thank you Pinkie. I’ll let you get started putting the party together and I’ll go see the others to ask if they would like to pitch in contributing to this special occasion.” She gave Pinkie a nod.
Pinkie saluted “Okie dokie lokie Twilight. I promise when I’m done, this party is going to be super-duper awesome!” She leant her head forward to whisper into Twilight’s ear “Don’t tell Rainbow I said that, because that is her word.” She gave Twilight a wink.
Twilight lightly giggled and nodded “Don’t worry Pinkie I won’t tell Rainbow you used her word.” She patted Pinkie on her back “I’ll come back later to check up on how it’s going. For now I’m going to go see Fluttershy and ask if she would like to pitch in. Spike is already at Rarity’s assisting her and she’s working on some new outfits for the little one to wear.” She gave Pinkie a smile before turning and trotting out of Sugarcube Corner.
Rainbow Dash was flying high above Ponyville, preparing for her Sonic Rainboom when she spotted Twilight trotting toward Fluttershy’s cottage. She smirked and flew down toward the lavender unicorn “Hey Twilight!” She called out.
Twilight stopped in her tracks and turned her head from left to right, and then looked up to see Rainbow Dash flying down to the ground. She waved a hoof “Hey Rainbow Dash, what you are you doing? Don’t you have cloud duty today?” She asked curiously with a warm smile.
Rainbow Dash came to a slow flight, flapping her wings steadily, and hovered down onto the ground. She smirked proudly and shook her head “Nope, today’s a free day for me. I’m just warming up to perform my one and only awesome Sonic Rainboom! I’m going to do it for Timmy at his adoption party that Luna wants to throw for him.” She smiled brightly.
Twilight looked at the cyan mare curiously “Oh, you already know about the party?” She reached a hoof up to her head and scratched at the back of her mane.
Rainbow chuckled “Of course Twilight. When I was at the castle watching after the little guy and taking for a little ride on my back, Princess Luna asked me if I could perform my Sonic Rainboom for Timmy. I couldn’t let only Princess Luna and Princess Celestia down, but also the little dude. He deserves a show he’ll remember forever, and I plan on giving him one.” She placed a hoof against her chest proudly.
“Well, that sounds like a great idea. I’m sure Timmy will enjoy watching you perform Rainbow Dash.” Twilight gave her a warm smile “I’m on my way now to Fluttershy’s to see if she would like to participate in the party somehow. Would you like to come?”
Rainbow Dash “Sure, I can practice some more after. I’ve got to get my wings a little rest anyways.” She stretched out her wings and folded them back against her sides. The two continued on their way to the home of Fluttershy.
As they arrived at the cottage, Twilight was about to knock on the door with a hoof until the two mares heard a commotion going on inside “Would you two please try to get along with each other… um… if that is okay?” They could hear the timid voice of Fluttershy.
“But Fluttershy…. He spilt my cup of tea!” Twilight and Rainbow then looked at each other with their mouths agape, because that was the voice of Discord.
“Um… that is true Discord, but you did kind of eat his carrot… and that wasn’t nice. So… um… if you could put him down, I’d truly appreciate it.” Twilight and Rainbow looked at each other confused. They decided to trot inside to see what the commotion was all about.
They gasped when they entered, because they witnessed Discord holding Angel Bunny upside down by his tail. Angel Bunny was flailing his little arms and feet unable to escape from the grasp of Discord, but to no avail. Rainbow Dash couldn’t help but fall backwards onto the floor laughing.
Fluttershy shook her head at Rainbow Dash as she saw the two and hovered over to them “Um… hi there Twilight and Rainbow Dash. I’m sorry about… well this.” She motions toward Discord and Angel.
Twilight held a hoof up and shook her head softly “That’s okay Fluttershy. Is there anything we… “She cut herself off as she turned to see Rainbow still rolling around on the floor laughing “I mean I can do to help?”
Fluttershy shook her head “No… um… everything will be okay.” She turned toward Discord “Isn’t that right Discord?” She gave him just a little of her infamous stare.
Discord snickered at the struggling rabbit in his grip, but then looked at Fluttershy “Eh… I guess so Fluttershy. Jeez, I never can have any fun.” He sighed heavily and released Angel Bunny, causing him to fall to the floor and landing on his head.
Angel stood back up and chittered angrily, waving a paw at Discord. “What? I let you go, you little fur ball, what else do you want?” Discord crossed his arms and quirked an eyebrow down at the rabbit.
Fluttershy hovered over to Discord and touched him on his shoulder “Well Discord… um… you owe Angle Bunny an apology. So say you’re sorry… um… if that’s okay.” She gave him a pleading look.
Discord closed his eyes and shook his head “I won’t unless he apologizes first.” He let out a grunt of annoyance.
Fluttershy looked down at Angel with the same pleading look “Angel sweetheart, will you please apologize to Discord? And if you do, then he’ll apologize to you.” She hovered down onto the floor and nuzzled at his cheek.
Angel smiled a little at being nuzzled and let out a sigh as he nodded slowly. He reached up a bunny paw to shake with Discord “Oh, well that was easy.” The draconequus said as he reached down with his talons to shake the bunny paw. He let out a sigh “I guess since you’re animal enough to apologize Angel, I’ll give you this.” With a snap of the fingers on his lion paw, a carrot magically appeared in front of Angel.
Angel hopped up and down excitedly as he grabbed the carrot and scurried off. Discord grunted “Hmph… not even a thank you.” He sighed heavily as he turned to the two guests as Rainbow was finally stood up from laughing, wiping a tear away from her cheek “So what are two of my wonderful pony friends doing here today?” He asked with a grin.
Twilight looked at him and Fluttershy “Well, I came to ask you Fluttershy if maybe you would like participate in a little party that Pinkie is planning.” She gave the timid Pegasus a warm smile.
Fluttershy smiled warmly and nodded “Ooh, I’d love to Twilight. Who is the party going to be for… um… if it’s okay for me to ask?” She gave a blush.
“The party is for the little guy you and I saved from those poor excuses for firewood the other night Flutters.” Rainbow Dash spoke up with a smirk “Princess Luna asked me if I could perform a Sonic Rainboom, and of course I accepted.” She smiled proudly “I’m going to give the kid an awesome show!” She held her foreleg up in a victory pose.
Fluttershy, Discord, and Twilight let out a soft chuckle. Fluttershy nodded “Oh that sounds wonderful Twilight and Rainbow Dash. Of course I’ll pitch in with the party. I can get my song birds to come and perform a song for the little one.” She beamed warmly.
“Oh, that is the little human you told me about, isn’t it Fluttershy?” Discord asked curiously as Fluttershy looked up and nodded. A sly grin formed across his muzzle “Oh, I’d love to meet he little lad.” He looked at Twilight with a pleading face “Twilight, would it be okay if say I would to join this party?” He put his lion paw and eagle hand together in a begging manner.
Twilight sighed softly “Well, if you promise not to do anything extreme, I guess it’ll be okay.” She gave him a nod and soft smile.
Discord placed his eagle hand against his chest “Oh, I promise Twilight. I won’t do anything extreme, but could it be just a little bit of fun chaos?” Twilight rolled her eyes but reluctantly nodded “Then this little child shall enjoy the magical showcase of the one and only Master of Chaos Discord!” He let out a chuckle, earning a light giggle from the three mares.
“Well, then it’s settled.” Twilight spoke up “Fluttershy, would you care to join us to go see Applejack. We’re going to ask if she would like to join in the festivities as well. You can join us too Discord.” She gave them both a hopeful smile.
Discord gently waved a lion paw “I’ll be okay here. I’ll watch over your animals Fluttershy while you’re gone, okay?” She patted the yellow Pegasus on the head, earning a giggle.
Fluttershy nodded “Okay Discord.” She turned to her animals “Alright my friends, I’m going to be gone for a little bit, but Discord will make sure nothing bad happens while I’m gone, okay?” The animals chittered and chirped. Fluttershy turned to look up at Discord “Alright Discord, I’ll see you later.” She trotted over to join Twilight and Rainbow Dash as the three exited the cottage.
Discord followed behind to watch them leave and waved a lion paw “Bye Fluttershy, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash.” They each waved a hoof back as they turned to trot toward Sweet Apple Acres.
Discord made sure they were a good ways away before closing the door behind him. He looked at all the animals and with the snap of his talons they were instantly knocked out. He grinned slyly as he watched them sleep peacefully.
Well, since Fluttershy and the others are gone, it looks like I need to pay Princess Celestia and Princess Luna a visit. I’d like to meet this young human beforehand.
With another snap of his talons he vanished.