The party at Golden Oak Library was a celebration on many levels from joyous to depressing to excitement to lovingly touching. After their new friends from Ponyville had learned about the last day of the Metarex War, Tails and Cosmo told them about the Team JAG Band and a brief summary of the heroic organization where it came from, and the Revival concert with the remaining memory potion showing the ponies the touching moment of Cosmo’s return. Conversations and fun went on later and later into the night until it got so late, they ended up staying up until after dawn, and decided to sleep through the morning together to get at least some rest.
Fortunately for most of them, it was a quiet day without much business to worry about, so they woke up around midday and enjoyed a quick brunch of tomato soup and sandwiches. The two visitors seemed to have finished their meals first, especially Tails who downed it all and drank the soup straight from the bowl like it was water.
“Wow, you must be really, really hungry this morning, Tails,” said Pinkie Pie, who popped up from under the table next to him to look at his empty dishes. “There’s not a crumb or drop left.”
The two-tailed fox laughed at himself, saying “I guess it’s because after everything from last night, I developed a big appetite today.”
“I feel the same way, but you devoured your meal as if you haven’t eaten in a week,” Cosmo joked. She was sitting next to between Tails and Twilight, and turned to the second to say “I’m sorry for his table manners, Twilight. I think he’s developed some eating habits from some old friends.”
“It’s quite alright,” Twilight replied with a smile, then had another spoonful of soup. “Actually, judging by how you two are, I’d say you were both feeling much better and healthier than how you were both found.”
“And much happier too,” Fluttershy added, smiling herself.
After having the last bite of her sandwich and cleaned her mouth with a napkin, Rarity then said “Love is known to heal many wounds after all, and I just love this delicious delicacy we’re having. It’s simply divine and flavorful that ‘heals’ my empty stomach.”
“Darn tootin’ it would,” Applejack said. “That there soup is made from the finest homegrown tomatoes in Ponyville, all natural and picked at the perfect time.”
Just then, a belching sound was heard. Everyone wondered where it came from, and most eyes led themselves towards Rainbow Dash, the only pony who would be so open to do so among her friends. She looked back at all of them and said “Hey, don’t look at me.”
At the same time, Cosmo looked straight at Tails thinking it was him, and with a glare that was read as disappointment. “It wasn’t me either, I swear,” he said, trying to defend himself.
“Twilight!” yelled another voice, with footsteps echoing their way towards the group. Spike had appeared, and he was carrying an armful of scrolls that he sat down in nearby open space.
“Twilight, I think Princess Celestia is starting to send you your things from Canterlot. None of these looked to be messages from her, but I guess that…” He then looked like he was going to burp again, and did so, but to Tails and Cosmo, this was not an ordinary burp, for not only did he show to breathe fire but more scrolls appeared, and a book.
“How did he do that?” Cosmo asked, surprised in wonder, but felt a little weird at the same time.
“It’s a little magic Spike has,” her alicorn friend explained. “Spike has a magical gift to send and receive notes and letters directly with Princess Celestia. It’s how she and I have communicated since I moved here to Ponyville.”
“Yeah,” Spike added, and then belched again to reveal two more books, but be began to not look so well. “But last time she sent this much, it hurt, a lot, and made me very tired, and sick.”
Now Cosmo could only feel sorry for the little guy, thinking how much he helps out his friends and what lengths he goes to to do it. “Don’t you worry about Spikey Wikey,” Rarity told her. “He’ll be fine, and just needs somepony to look over him for a while.”
“So who’s the lucky one to do it?” Rainbow asked.
“I will! I will! I’m great with babysitting, and you can learn that from the Cakes since some ponies didn’t believe me at first,” Pinkie stated, referring back to when she babysat for some very ‘interesting’ twins.
After the little dragon belched a pile of papers that flew all around him, Twilight said “It’s alright, Pinkie, I’ll watch over him. I’ve been meaning to do some research anyway.” She then turned to look at Tails and Cosmo to ask “Why don’t you two go out and explore Ponyville while I work? I won’t be busy for too long and can catch up with you later.”
“Yeah, and we can take turns showing you around at what makes Ponyville so awesome,” Rainbow added. “You can see firsthand at how the fastest pegasus ever does in action.”
Even though they still felt a little fatigue from a couple days ago, the two really wanted to get a closer look around, especially Tails. “That sounds great,” he said happily, “but we wouldn’t want you to spend so much time on us. We wouldn’t want to interfere with your jobs or responsibilities.”
“Think nothin’ of it. We’d be mighty disrespectful for not showing you around ourselves,” Applejack said.
Just then, her eyes widened with a self-realization. “Shoot! I need to get back to the farm and help Big Mac and Granny Smith. Y’all can go on without me, and I’ll catch up like Twi, but right now, I gotta go!” The orange mare then finished the rest of her meal in a flash, thanked for the hospitality, and raced off back home.
“Tails,” Cosmo whispered into her beloved’s ear, “what about finding a way back home? Shouldn’t we focus on that first?”
She had a valid point, but he already knew about this and answered her with “We will, but we should enjoy ourselves at the same time. Besides, they’re being so nice to us, it would feel rude to say no, and I’ll admit that I am interested to seeing more to this world of magical ponies.”
“Alright,” she replied. “I am interested to look around, too.” Her attention then directed towards the ponies as she said “We’d love to see your hometown.”
“Wonderful. I know you’ll just love all the good things there are in Ponyville. In fact, I wonder where we should start,” Fluttershy said, sounding quietly overjoyed.
This caused a contagious wave of ponder to be caught by the other ponies, and openly thought of ideas. With a few moments of pondering, Twilight said “I’ve got the perfect solution,” and told her friends what she thought.
They came to an agreement and set out right after the couple cleaned themselves up a little nicer. When they all left, the purple mare used her magic to bring Spike’s bed down to let him lay in while he regurgitated what was many books and scrolls from her fellow princess. She got him all settled and some water and medicine to take when it was done before beginning to go through some of the books she already was going through the day before, picking up where she left off.
“There’s got to be something here to help them get back home,” she said, mainly speaking her thoughts aloud in concern for her newest friends. “I’m glad they’re happy and trying to enjoy themselves here, but that still doesn’t change that they’re here without knowing how to get home. I also don’t want to feel like I’m forcing myself to find a way to send them back, but why do I feel this way? Am I afraid to lose great new friends who have so much to offer ponykind, not to mention a wonderful new friendship?”
She silenced her thoughts and went back into her books to keep researching, trying to find answers to her questions, which led to thinking if she would be unable to find all the answers in the seeking for.
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Tails and Cosmo followed their friends as they were given a grand tour of Ponyville, a beautiful community full of friendly faces and a harmonic atmosphere easily seen. They saw how the town had wide open spaces and many homes and buildings spread out, occasionally some cluttered close together, all while listening to their pony friends talk about the town. The group soon found themselves walking up to the back of everypony’s favorite confectionery business.
“Hey! It’s Sugarcube Corner!” Pinkie yelled, pointing add it with her hoof. “We really, really, really have to stop here for a snack!”
“I don’t know, Pinkie Pie. We did just eat after all,” Rainbow Dash said.
“I agree. Perhaps we could just step inside to have a look around,” Rarity suggested.
Cosmo said “That sounds more than alright to-“
“WHAT?!” interrupted Pinkie. “And not give these two a true taste of cakey greatness straight from the source?! I say not!”
Before the couple could say a thing, the pink mare pushed them around the building and through the front door. Inside, behind the main counter was the Cake family, who saw the three abruptly enter, followed by the other three mares.
“There you are, Pinkie Pie,” said Mrs. Cake, holding her baby colt Pound Cake in her arm. “We were wondering where you were. Are these two your new friends you told us about?”
“Yes indeedy, Mrs. Cake,” the pink mare replied, and made the introductions between the Cake family to the couple, describing her employers as “the best bakers in Ponyville!”
“We wouldn’t call ourselves that, but that you Pinkie,” Mr. Cake said as his baby filly Pumpkin Cake was on his back. “Would you two like something to eat? We just made a new Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue cake and would love a second opinion for its tastes.”
Not wanting to be rude, Tails answered with “We’d love to try some, thank you,” acting very kind, and still feeling hungry.
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Their stay there was just for half an hour, during which time they tried the cake, which Pinkie nicknamed the ‘MMMM,” along with a couple cupcakes and cookies. The baby twins found themselves being played with by Cosmo and Tails, and loved every moment of it, including playing hide and seek under the fox’s two tails. They all gave the cake a great review, and the group left the shop with a box of various baked goods and candies to share, discovering where they were walking to just as they got out the door.
“Oh look, the market’s open again,” Fluttershy said happily.
“I take it this is a market place where you get most things you need?” Tails asked.
“Yes. Many ponies set up their stands to sell what goods they have such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, tools, just about anything you can think of,” the yellow mare explained. “It’s perfect that we’re here because I need to pick up some carrots for Angel Bunny.”
“Well let’s go into the market then. We wouldn’t want to keep you from getting anything you need,” Cosmo said, and the group decided to do so.
They walked passed a couple stands and the couple saw how well and diverse the market place was, perhaps not seeing such a place since their times at a planet called Marmolin. When they found the carrot vendor for Fluttershy to make a purchase, the others stood and looked around more as Cosmo asked “Does every pony have a stand here?”
Rarity answered her with “Not all ponies, darling, just those who don’t have a store to work out of or sometimes a traveling pony. Nevertheless, it’s the best place for us to find some of the best things we need.”
“Everypony indeed, my dear Rarity. Glad to say there are some friends to see,” said another voice, this one not belonging to anyone in the group. When they all turned their heads they saw a zebra stepping towards them, carrying a saddle bag of purchased goods. “A lovely day to see you again, but who are your two new friends?”
“What’s up Zecora?” Rainbow Dash greeted her, then made the next round of introductions between ponies and Mobians. “That’s Tails and Cosmo, a couple otherworldly friends who got here somehow.”
She then focused on the couple to say “This is Zecora, a real traditional pony who’s great with magic like Twilight. She doesn’t actually live in Ponyville, but somewhere nearby.”
Tails looked at Zecora and said “Nice to meet you. What brings you here?”
The zebra smiled and replied “It is nice to meet you as well, and my reason’s here, I’ll show and tell.” She then showed her saddle bag’s contents to the couple and ponies. “I was low on some herbs and hay, so I decided to come here on this lovely day. If I might say, it’s not often that I do, meet those new such as you.”
“And coming from where Zecora lives, that says a lot,” Pinkie added.
“Well, we’re not exactly from around Equestria,” Cosmo said, and told the zebra a shorter version of the couple’s story of being there. “Our friends have been kind enough to show us around their home. Would you like to join us, perhaps have a treat?”
“Your story seems quite eventful, and surely not forgetful. I would join you in touring strut, but I’m afraid I must return to my hut. I promised some ponies a special brew, which I mustn’t delay to do,” Zecora replied.
“Oh, well we wouldn’t want to keep you held up. We’d feel just awful is we did,” Fluttershy said.
Zecora smile and stated “It was nothing of trouble, but I’d love to learn more of your couple. Feel free to visit me during their stay, and if solutions are needed, I’ll try to help find a way.”
“Thank you, Zecora. It was great to meet you and will try to visit your home soon,” Tails told her, and then pulled a cupcake from the box of treats to share. “Here, have a snack if you’d like.”
“You are truly a most kind kitsune, Tails, and in your quest do I hope no fails. And Cosmo, my dear, your story was intriguing to hear. Thank you all for a nice talk, but it’s time for me to start to walk,” the zebra said, and the group parted ways with her and continued the tour of Ponyville.
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After leaving the market, they strolled down one of the paths that would lead them to town hall. As the two visitors looked around at the town and its lovely décor and architecture, Cosmo’s eyes looked in the direction of a building whose structure stood out more than the others. Intrigued by the sight, she stopped walking for a moment to try to get a better look. When Rarity noticed, she asked “See something in particular, Cosmo?”
“Yes, but it’s not a big deal. I just saw that building over there and wondered what it was,” the Seedrian answered, and pointed towards it.
When the unicorn pony turned to see it, she was most pleased to say “Oh, well that’s my home, dear Cosmo. That’s the Carousel Boutique, where I make all my greatest fashionable attires for ponies to sophisticate themselves when such manners are needed.”
“Oh,” Cosmo said, “well it’s lovely home, even from all the way out here. I can only imagine how nice is it on the inside.”
“It is a charming little place, I can assure you that,” Rarity replied. Her face then lit up with an inspired idea and said “You must definitely go inside it tomorrow and I can show you some of my favorite creations. In fact, I would love to design you some new clothes to wear. That way you wouldn’t have to wear the dress you have on over and over.”
“Really? That’s very generous of you, but I couldn’t ask you to do that. I’ll be just fine in the clothes I have on now,” said the Seedrian.
Just then, she felt a tap on her shoulder and saw Tails, who only took a few steps further away before turning around. He then said “I’m sorry for interrupting, but I think a couple ponies are short on patience up there,” and he pointed towards where the rest of their group where.
“Come on, you snails! We haven’t got all day!” Rainbow called out from the distance.
The three stragglers caught up with the others, who stood out in the open grass that surrounded town hall. Several recognizable ponies were seen around that area such as Miss Cheerilee, who met the couple with a kind welcome. There were Snips and Snails running to somewhere, Thunderlane and a group of pegasi handling their weather jobs, a duo of musicians with near polar opposite backgrounds, even the muscular Bulk Biceps, who was fleeing for his life after a close encounter with a butterfly swarm.
They ran into several different ponies in that time while directions towards other locations, such as Fluttershy’s cottage and a couple town landmarks like the clock tower. A couple hours would pass before they went off to walk and explore the town more when Applejack’s voice was heard coming towards them.
“There y’all are! I was wonderin’ where you’d end up by now,” she called out, but she wasn’t approaching them alone. Meeting together between a close group of houses and the town hospital, the orange mare led herself and her company to her friends and asked “How much of Ponyville have y’all covered already?”
“A whole lot! Well, not all of the lot by checking out every single building and saying hi to every single pony we see, but still a lot!” Pinkie Pie said.
“What she means is we’ve mostly been walking around, making just a few stops and saving others for tomorrow,” Rarity added.
“And how are you two enjoyin' the grand tour of the town?” Applejack asked the two sightseers.
Both smiled as Cosmo replied “It’s such a beautiful community, and has such a traditional tone that echoes through it.”
“Darn tootin’ there, youngin. I was around when Ponyville was not around, and it’s been the same style since it came to be,” said another pony, an elderly one riding in a wagon being pulled by a big red colt.
“Shoot, where are my manners?” the orange mare said. “Tails, Cosmo, this is my brother, Big McIntosh, and dear ol’ Granny Smith.”
“It’s very nice to meet you. Applejack’s told us about your great apple farm, and we’d love to visit it when we can,” Tails said.
Granny Smith took a look at the couple for a moment, and then replied “Well aren’t you two just the cutest couple outside of Equestria. Applejack’s told us all about you and your visit here, hasn’t she Big Mac?”
“Eeyup,” the red colt said.
“So what brings you all into town?” the yellow pegasus asked.
“We needed some new supplies for the farm. Big Mac’s here to haul what Granny Smith’s keen eye spots what’s best we need,” the orange farm mare explained.
“Well we were about to walk towards the east market and the spa. Why don’t you join us?” Rarity suggested.
“Nnope,” Big Mac answered, with Granny Smith immediately following with “We’d love to join y’all, but we’re gettin’ what we need from the hardware store the other way.”
Cosmo then said, with a little disappointment “Oh, that’s alright. It’s a shame we couldn’t learn more about you, though.”
“That’s mighty appreciated, Sugarcube, but there’s always tomorrow,” Applejack said. “I’ll show you around the farm then, but for now I can join y’all for the rest of the tour.”
“Then let’s get moving. I’m eager to see if Rarity can walk past the spa without going in it for once,” Rainbow teased, all the ponies but the white unicorn sharing a little laughter.
Since Tails and Cosmo were still getting to know the ponies more, which the town tour has helped with, they didn’t quite understand the cyan pegasus’s joke, so they just minded themselves for the moment. Afterwards they saw Rarity lead the group with her head pointed up in disgust of the joke, and the others followed after saying goodbye to Applejack’s family. As they walked, Tails told the orange mare “You’re family seems really nice.”
“Thank ya, but I wish I could’ve found the entire family for the two of ya to meet,” she replied.
“Oh? There was a member missing?” Cosmo asked.
Applejack answered “Yep, the sprout of the Apple family. Her name’s Apple Bloom. Couldn’t find her anywhere, so I assumed she was off with her friends, the Cutie Mark Crusaders.”
“The Cutie Mark Crusaders?” the couple asked together.
“They’re a group of fillies who work together to try and discover their cutie marks. But more importantly, they’re the best of friends, just like how the six of us are together,” Fluttershy explained, adding some reference to their missing alicorn friend.
“Sounds like an adventurous little group, much like all of you,” Tails said, thinking of a couple eventful stories that were shared last night.
“Indeed,” Rarity said, “and most of which are little siblings of ours. Apple Bloom is Applejack’s little sister as Sweetie Belle is mine. As for Scootaloo, she really idolizes Rainbow Dash, so she sees her as…”
Her speaking slowed down during the last few words as they walked by the spa, and her eyes locked onto the open door. She never wanted to miss an opportunity to pamper her body, but fought not to at her best to stay with her friends.
Pinkie Pie popped right in front of the unicorn’s face to try to get her attention. “Oh Rarity, anypony in there?” she said as she saw how her friend’s eyes were still locked on the spa. “There’s always other times to get fancy, silly, but only one time to give anybody new a tour of town, so come on! Let’s go!”
“Yeah, Miss Fancy Hooves,” teased Rainbow Dash. “We’ve still got a lot of ground to cover as it is, so let’s not drag the day out longer for you to get a hoof-icure.”
Both Tails and Cosmo couldn’t help but share a quiet chuckle, and they continued on walking away with the rest of the ponies, with Rainbow keeping herself flying in the air, and eventually Rarity who snapped back into her common sense. When she caught up she said “I’m terribly sorry for that. It’s just so hard to resist rejuvenating one’s self so, comfortably.” They all forgave her and held nothing against the actions, and continued the tour through the town’s eastern marketplace, and around a section of clustered homes and buildings.
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They soon saw the hospital and began walking around the other side of the cluster when a couple dark clouds began to hover towards the group.
“That’s strange. There weren’t supposed to be any clouds hovering around today,” the cyan pegasus stated.
“Well you are part of the weather patrol. Perhaps someone missed these when clearing the clouds today?” inquired Rarity.
Cosmo looked at the clouds, then back at Rainbow. She then said “Rainbow Dash, do ponies control the clouds here, or all the weather?”
“Actually, it’s all the weather,” answered not Rainbow, but Tails.
“Twilight told me a lot about the different ponies here, and pegasi are the ones who help control and create all sorts of weather and aerial feats, even rainbows and snowflakes.” He then pointed his finger up towards one of the clouds and added “They can clear clouds right out of the sky when needed, and can let out what they may contain, such as rain, and thunder,-“
What happened next shocked them all, but more specifically the intellectual fox, as a bolt of lightning shot straight out of the cloud he was pointing at and striking right down on him. The electrical bolt surged through his body without notice, leaving him standing still in his place as smoke trails rose off of him. Fortunately he wasn’t in direct contact with Cosmo or the others, so he took it all, but it didn’t leave the shock value any less different.
“Tails! Are you alright?!” Cosmo gasped loudly as she stared at the stunned expression on his face.
Fluttershy wasn’t in her best condition either, the occurrence putting her in a shocked paralysis herself, but not as literal as her friend’s condition. She yelped at what happened, to which Pinkie tried to comfort her by saying “It’s ok, Fluttershy. It was just a teeny-weeny lightning bolt.”
“But-but-but-but-but-“ the yellow pegasus stuttered, unable to speak clearly at first. “But-but-how did it…?”
“How the hay did that go off and happen?” Applejack said, asking the obvious.
“I’m going up there to find out,” Rainbow stated, and dashed her way to the cloud in less than two seconds. Who she found was not a complete surprise among the realization, and expressed herself as both unsurprised and annoyed.
“Derpy?! Are you kidding me?!”
“Hi Rainbow Dash!” the grey pegasus said in a goofy tone of voice. This was not an ordinary pony compared to any other, however, mainly because of her eyes not being properly aligned. “I’m just helping to take care of these clouds. Gotta get them away from here before somepony gets hurt.”
“Well you’re not exactly doing that, if you haven’t noticed,” the cyan pegasus said, giving her a mad stare and pointing her hoof down towards the ground. “In case you weren’t looking, you managed to strike straight down at my friends, and one of them took the hit.”
Derpy poked her head through the now whiter cloud to see Rainbow’s group, and the two-tailed fox still standing in the same position.
“I’m sorry,” she told those below, “I just don’t know what went wrong.”
“Well, it’s alright, my dear Derpy Hooves,” Rarity spoke. “Accidents can happen every now and again after all.”
“Just watch what you’re doin’ before you do it next time, alright?” Applejack suggested.
“No problem, and don’t worry. I’ll get these clouds taken care of right now,” Derpy answered, and gave Cosmo a little demonstration of pegasus abilities as she kicked the cloud she was on into nothing. She was about the kick the other ones, which still had whatever there could be built up inside, and failed to noticed a certain pony still airborne with her.
“Derpy, wait! Stop!” Rainbow cried, but not fast enough as the grey pegasus kicked one cloud, and lightning struck out of its side.
It just slightly missed the cyan mare, but managed to reach and strike a nearby house’s chimney top. After that, the pony bounced on the second cloud to let rain gush out and pour itself all over everyone but Applejack. Rainbow raced over to stop Derpy and yelled “Please stop! Please, just stop!”
Noticing what she did this time, the grey pony bowed her head sadly and sadly said “I’m really sorry, Rainbow Dash. I really don’t know what in the name of Celestia went wrong.”
The cyan pegasus kept herself collected to the best of her abilities and said “It’s cool. Just, don’t do any weather jobs unless I say so, got it?” Her friend nodded sadly and began to fly away, until another voice called out to her.
“Don’t leave yet, come on down!”
The voice came from Tails, who shook his head after that minute of frozen shock, and then shook his whole body up to shake off the feeling the lightning gave him. The pegasus flew down and stood in front of him and Cosmo with a sad look on her face, showing her regret. Even with her eyes the way they are, she got a good enough vision of the two to say “Hey, you’re not from around here, are you? Guess nobody warned you about the weather.”
“Not really, we’re here for a ‘visit’ of sorts,” the fox replied. “I’m Tails, and this is my best friend Cosmo.”
“It’s nice to meet you…” Cosmo began to say, but tried to remember the name Rainbow Dash called her. “…Derpy. That is your name, right?”
Derpy nodded happily at first, and then said “Yes it is. I’m Derpy Hooves. It’s very nice to meet you two, and I’m really sorry about how I struck you with lightning like that.”
“It’s alright. I’ve taken worse,” Tails said to her.
The ponies standing around him had a hard time believing this at first, watching him take the full power of lightning and shake it off as if it was merely nothing. Their mind processed the reality of it while recalling the visions they saw last night, and when the current event and the memories merged, it began to make some sense. Any disbelief that lingered was based from being right there, as a more physical part of the event, than the sights of another dimension’s past.
A couple minutes of conversation passed between the three before the grey pony said “Well it was nice to meet you, but I better be going. I need to deliver some mail before the day’s over.” She then opened her wings and hopped into the air as she said “It’s was great to meet you! I’ll see you all later!” and began to dash off. She managed to fly off towards the town post office without a problem as the others reflected on the time they just spent.
“She was a nice pony,” Cosmo said.
“Yeah, especially when she’s not causing trouble for everypony else, which isn’t too often really,” Pinkie added.
“Sad to say that her mishaps are, well, an often occurrence in these parts,” Applejack followed, feeling some shame in her honesty.
Tails then said “That doesn’t matter to us. She was very kind and respectful, just like all the other ponies we met here today. I have to say, even with that lightning incident, this tour has been wonderful for us. It’s great to see so meet so many new faces, not to mention the sights of your town.
"Thanks a lot for all this, it means a lot to Cosmo and me.”
“You don’t need to thank us,” Fluttershy replied cheerfully, or cheerful to her expressions. “It’s been a pleasure for us.”
“Yeah,” added Rainbow, hovering above the couple. “You’re pretty cool to hang out with anyway. Sooner or later we should get you a sky-high view,…” and paused herself to zigzag around in the sky for a moment before hovering higher up and saying “and show you how it is from my perspective.”
“Flying around, huh?” pondered the two-tailed fox, who then gave his body a little stretch before giving his two tails a spin. He then flew up next to the cyan pegasus and said “I think I’d be up for some sky fun, and maybe Cosmo and I can see what else pegasi can do.”
“So, where should we go next?” Cosmo asked, and then noticed the sun’s position. “It’s getting pretty late in the day. Maybe we can save the sky fun for another day and stick to the ground for the rest of the day?”
The ponies began to think of where was best to go next, and their answer came to them not by mental thought, but physical appearance. “There you are everyone!” called a voice, and running up to them was Twilight. She reached them quickly and said “I hope I haven’t missed too much already. I was thinking we’d go to the café for a snack and…”
Her notice then immediately drew towards Tails, who looked like he had been charred a little on his fur. “What in Equestria happened?”
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Later that evening, somewhere between Cloudsdale and Ponyville, a small pegasus filly was trying to navigate a walk, but she felt very challenged. This was because she was no ordinary filly, for she was blind and could not see in front of her own hooves let alone where on the ground she was. Lines of dried tears decorated her cheeks after much time crying, and she couldn’t help but feel depressed. Taking what she learned about nature from school, her navigation wasn’t completely impossible with the help of moss and where the sun’s warmth was hitting her, but being blind, she couldn’t see something in front of her that forced her to trip over.
There was a moment where she felt pathetic and weak, more than she had ever admitted to anypony, but her body then felt a strange sense of warmth. When using her hoof to find this source, she found that it was from what had tripped her, and judging by the feel of the object, it was a stone with particular edging and shape, like what was described to her of being something called a gemstone. She held the gem, unable to see its purple color and glowing light from its center, and held it close to her as she felt the night air began to drift. Placing the item under her wing, she continued to move on, lost and alone, to wherever she may call a ‘safe’ and ‘new’ home.