//------------------------------// // 4 - Someone Pink, Someone Blue // Story: Six Two Six Three // by lunabrony //------------------------------// Fluttershy marched the children right up to the front door of Twilight's Library. Apple Bloom was behind her, Angel behind Bloom, and Sweetie Belle in the rear. None had spoken during the entire walk to the Library, and both fillies had their heads low to the ground. They knew they'd been caught going outside in the middle of the night, and it would be morning in a few hours. They were probably going to be grounded harder than they'd ever been grounded before. Pointing into the Library, Fluttershy glared at them. "You two know you could have been killed, right?" "Yes, Fluttershy." The two echoed. "The other girls have gathered to discuss what we're going to do about Stitch," Fluttershy said. "You can tell them what you were up to." "Do we have to?" Apple Bloom groaned. "Yes. It's the responsible thing to do. Do you think any of us would be ignorant enough to bring an alien like that into Equestria for our own amusement?" With that she kicked the door open, only to be confronted by two figures seated at a table in the entryway. One was Pinkie, who was stuffing her face with sandwiches being handed out by the other figure. Yet another alien. "Yo," he said. "Fluttershy! You gotta try this!" Pinkie squealed. "Alright, that is it!" Fluttershy squeaked. "Will somepony please tell me where all these critters are coming from?!" From the side room, still another large guest to add to the already crowded Library. But this one in particular was even more unexpected than all the other aliens combined. "I think I can answer that," Princess Celestia said. "The others are already present, waiting for you. Minus Rainbow Dash, we'll have to fill her in later." "Where's Dash?" Fluttershy asked. "She and Scootaloo are at the Cloudsdale Cloud Corral Competition, or C4. They'll be back in a few days." "What?!" Sweetie asked. "Why weren't we told of this?!" Pinkie rolled her eyes. "It's obviously a clever invention meant to write several characters out of the story so the author doesn't have to deal with writing for so many characters at once." Princess Celestia stared at her. "Or... maybe just poor timing," Pinkie said, chomping down on another sandwich. "...Anyway." Celestia continued. "Come with me. It's time you all got some answers, and prepared yourselves for the trials ahead." "No more aliens?" Fluttershy asked. "No more aliens," Celestia promised. "I'll explain everything."