Twilight walked around the library looking at her friend. “Well, we could get the other girls and go to Fillydelphia. I mean, we haven’t took a vacation since...” The princess trailed off trying to think. “Actually, I can’t remember the last time we went somewhere...” Twilight sighed.
“But we don’t know if they are coming here!” Trinity mumbled. “There is no way to get in touch with them!” She whined.
“I know, we could send them a letter through Spike!” Twilight smiled. “Whimsy’s a royal dragon in his blood, he should be able to retrieve it!”
“Will it hurt him?” Trinity couldn’t bare seeing her little dragon hurt. “He’s just a baby...”
“So is Spike!” Twilight reassured her. “I’m sure he’ll be fine. Spike coughs up letters from Princess Celestia all the time!”
Spike blushed. “It doesn’t hurt. I mean, they come up like fire!” Spike sighed. “Well, like letters but they come out of my stomach... “ The dragon paused. “Well...”
“Okay...wait, did you say Princess Celestia?” Rarity’s mouth fell agape.
“Yes.” Twilight smiled. “I was a student of her’s.” Twilight sighed. “We’ll just get my friends together and send Whimsy a letter.” She laughed. “...and then we can tell them what’s going on...” Twilight finished. “Because, I don’t think you will be able to act like Rarity. She’s very proper and sophisticated.”
“Oh...” Trinity sighed.
“But it will be fine. My friends are very understanding and friendly!”
“Okay...but I’m not really open to most people...” Trinity smiled sheepishly.
“You were open to me?” Twilight began walking over to her door.
“That’s because you are a princess!” Trinity made Rarity grin a smile so wide it made Rarity look funny. “I don’t react well with strangers...” She trailed off.
“Oh...then, you’ll probably be good friends with Fluttershy...” The alicorn mumbled.
Trinity couldn’t help but notice how diverse her group of friends were. In all honesty, she was hoping it would consist of merely unicorns but she was so very wrong. There were two earth ponies and two pegasi. They all seemed to be very nice as they went up and greeted the two of them.
“Hi Rarity, Twilight!” An orange earth pony greeted. “How are ya’ll doin’?” She had a strange accent. Like the kind that Trinity would expect all country ponies to have. Western and farm style like. As if the cowgirl hat on her head wasn’t enough.
They decided to meet for a picnic so a yellow pegasus was flapping a checkered quilt in the air.
“Good.” Twilight answered for them.
Then, a Pink earth pony started bouncing into the scene. “I brought the cupcakes!” She yelled in a high pitched voice.
“Great! Where’s Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked the pink pony.
“I don’t know!” The pink pony dropped the box of cupcakes onto the blanket and sat down.
Rarity wasn’t talking that much, in fact she seemed to be acting strange.
“What’s wrong Rarity?” The pink pony bounced up and walked over to her. “Are you sick?” She tilted her head the side.
All these ponies Trinity had seen before at the coronation but it seemed weird to be in front of all of them at the same time.
On instinct, Trinity felt her face growing hot as the pink pony continued staring at her.
“Pinkie...” Twilight shoved her with her hoof and she fell backwards.
“Incoming!” A shouting came from overhead as a cyan color pegasus came flying towards them. She was holding something in her mouth. It looked kind of like a muffin box. “Derpy suggested I bring these.” She plopped the box on the blanket.
“Well, muffins and cupcakes...” Twilight smiled. “Sounds great!”
Fluttershy flew overhead. “Don’t forget, I told Discord to bring the cucumber sandwiches!”
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “Discord’s coming?”
“Yes.” The yellow pegasus had such a graceful tiny voice. It made Trinity feel at peace. “But he said he’d be awhile...” She looked at the ground and some of her mane fell into her face.
“Ah, who needs him!” Rainbow Dash waved her hoof.
Twilight huffed. “Okay, girls...” She sat down and gestured for Rarity to sit too. “I have something to tell you.”
“Oh boy!” Pinkie went over and sat on the blanket.
Once every pony was settled in, Twilight looked at Rarity who seemed very uncomfortable.
“This grass is very lumpy!” Trinity tried to cover up the face she making. She sighed. “It’s like the ground is full of rocks!” She tried to lay down but that made the situation even more awkward.
“Okay...” Twilight looked at her friend and then to the other four. “I am afraid...” Twilight had to gather her thoughts for a moment.
Meanwhile, Trinity was trying to gather up her courage. “You know what Twilight, maybe I should tell them...”
Twilight’s eyes widened. She was mostly shocked that Trinity had said anything. Since she said back at the library she wasn’t good with other ponies. “Umm... Okay, Rarity!” Twilight winked.
Rarity opened her mouth to speak trying to gather her words before she spoke. “As Twilight was trying to say-” She gulped, taking in again Rarity’s accent. It wasn’t her’s. She wasn’t used to having one. She never had one before and having Rarity’s accent made feel like she was in some popular snob.
“I brought the sandwiches!” Out of the blue, a draconequus appeared with a bunch of sandwiches. “I hope you don’t mind but I put ranch dressing on some for a little extra taste.” He sat down putting the plate on the blanket.
Rarity sighed and looked at their new guest joining the picnic. “Oh my, what are you?” She looked at the creature before her. Never in her life had she seen such a thing. He looked dreadful, like a creature that was made in Frankenpony’s lair. An animal that’s been ripped apart then put back together.
“Oh, Rarity you know who I am!” The draconequus put on an evil glare.
“Rarity?” The yellow pegasus looked at her friend. “Is everything okay? Surely, you know who Discord is? Right?”
Rarity sighed. “No.” She stated.
Only the pink earth pony gasped and looked around. Everypony else just looked confused.
Putting on the most stern face, Trinity was prepared to tell the four what Twilight and her had been holding behind their backs. “I am not-”
“Wait!” The draconequus cut her off. He poofed up an x-ray machine and some monitors and Rarity was connected to them all. However, it seemed like the unicorn was going to have a panic attack. Discord also was immediately in a nurse’s outfit with the face mask and everything. “Hmm, your vitals are fine and you seem to be a healthy unicorn. I bet it’s all those salads you eat!” He smiled. “But wait, there is something off...” He looked very closely at the white pony.
Rarity growled a bit annoyed at the creature’s weird ways. She took a glance into the yellow and red eyes of his but they just sent shivers down her spine. Putting all of her energy into this unicorn’s horn she blasted the draconequus back with her horn making him land on his bottom. “As I was saying-”
She was interrupted by the orange earth pony. “Rarity was that really necessary?”
Trinity looked at the pony. She couldn’t say it was, but she was tired of these ponies questioning her. “I am not Rarity!” She yelled. She sighed and looked around but most of them were not phased by this comeback of her’s. In fact, most of them tumbled backwards laughing their heads off. Especially, the pink one.
The only pony not laughing at her was Princess Twilight, and the quiet yellow pegasus. The dragon Spike wasn’t laughing either.
The cyan pegasus with the rainbow hair was the first one to stop laughing. “Hah, Rarity that’s funny! I mean, I wasn’t thinking of you to be the prankster but-”
“I am not joking!” Trinity cried. “I’m really not Rarity...” She looked saddened and stomped her hoof. “You know what?” She angrily looked at the four ponies and charged up her horn.
“Trinity! Wait!” Twilight yelled.
With a blast of her horn all of the ponies around the alicorn and her, transformed into plants.
Twilight gasped and looked at her friends in horror. AppleJack was a baby apple tree in a large pot; Pinkie Pie was a cocoa bean plant; Rainbow dash was a small multicolor daisy. However, accidentally the unicorn hit Fluttershy too and she was a rose bush with pink roses in bloom.
Twilight stared wide-eyed at all of her friends as plants. “Trinity, change them back!”
The draconequus chuckled a bit. “Haha, glad I wasn’t in the impact zone. Good thing too. You have quite the temper.” He winked at Trinity.
When Trinity realized what she did she shrunk back and curled up in a ball. “I am so sorry!” She saddened her pupils shrinking a bit. “I don’t know what came over me!”
In a flash, she beamed up her horn and shot a counterspell at Twilight’s friends.
When they transformed back everyone was checking out their hooves and limbs for any damage.
Discord laughed hysterically. “I like her more than Rarity!” He went over to Trinity and put his lion paw over her shoulder. “Wanna be friends?” His question made Rarity’s ears fall back to her head.
“I don’t know...” She replied.
“Discord!” Twilight yelled. “Anyways, Rarity is not herself. This is Trinity Dream.” She told her friends.
Pinkie gasped. “Oh!”
Trinity looked around at everyone. “Please, don’t hate me after what I just did. It was an accident. I have anger management problems.” Trinity mumbled.
“It’s cool.” Rainbow replied.
Fluttershy thought for a minute. “Wait, then where’s Rarity now?”
“In my body. Which is why we need to get a letter to her.” She told everypony.
Spike stood up with a cupcake in his mouth. “Yeah! And I am going to send it!” The dragon seemed so sure of himself.
“Alright then.” The farmer pony replied.
Trinity smiled. “Okay, let’s get to it!” She made a paper and pen levitate over to Spike. “Well, what should we-”
Trinity was interrupted by a strange cackling sound. Before them, a flaming letter was starting to appear in the air. She shrieked as it landed in front of her.
The half burned parchment ended up falling onto the blanket making it become engulfed in flames. “Oh my gosh!” Trinity backed up and so did the other ponies.
“Discord!” The alicorn just couldn’t get used to the draconequus today.
“It wasn’t me Sparkle!” The draconequus seemed offended. "Honestly, why do you keep blaming me?" He turned away crossing his arms.
“Then who-” Twilight was cut off by a huge bucket of water splashing on the blanket.
“Now that was me!” Discord replied grinning.
Twilight huffed and levitated the soaked letter up to her face.
“It’s from them!” Twilight beamed. “Whimsy must have sent it...”
Spike laughed. “Hah, kind of embarrassing for Whimsy. Setting fire to the paper! Hahaha!” He rolled on to his back. “At least my first sending went smoothly!” He kept chuckling.
Trinity huffed and glared at the purple dragon. “At least it’s somewhat intact.” She watched as Twilght read the paper.
“Dear Friends, I bet you are quite aware of the horrible monstrosity that has happened, I didn’t really want to write that but Rarity insisted.” Twilight and everypony chuckled at that. “I want you to know that I am safe in Fillydelphia with Trinity’s family-”
“Well, why wouldn’t she be safe!” Trinity ranted. “It’s my house! My family are nice people and they would never-” The unicorn looked around glancing at everypony as they gave her weird looks. She laughed, and then looked at Twilight. “Continue.”
“We really need to come up with some way to fix this before my appointment with Claire De Val-the fashion pony. I thought of coming to Ponyville, but now I think we should all just meet in Canterlot.” Twilight squinted at the rest. “I will have to bring Sweet Dream because she loves adventures. She keeps begging. I do hope we can fix this soon. Your friend, Rarity and Whimsy, and Sweet Dream. P.S. I will have to tell you all about the days I am having here! It is torture! See you soon.” Twilight finished. “Hmm well, at least we know that she is somewhat okay.”
Pinkie Pie looked at everypony. “So are we going to go on a roadtrip or what?” She beamed.
“Yes Pinkie...” Twilight told her.
“Horray!” Pinkie bounced around.
“I can get us there in a flash!” Discord was about to snap his claw but Fluttershy grabbed it.
“Discord, we need to grab our belongings first.” Fluttershy told him.
“Oh alright...”
Rarity’s ears flattened again. “I don’t know what to bring... I don’t have anything to bring!” She panicked.
“I’ll help you pack what Rarity would need.” Fluttershy told her.
“Thanks. Anyways, I haven’t been properly introduced to you guys...” She told the ponies. Honestly, she really hasn't, she only knows all their names from Twilight talking to them. Sure, she knew their names from Twilight but other than that, they are still strangers to her.
“I’m Pinkie Pie! I love parties and parties! Oh! And cake and pie...” She kept rambling on about sweets and balloons.
“Okay...” Trinity smiled at the pink pony. “I get it.”
“You better be a party pony!” Pinkie glared.
“I am...” Trinity squealed.
Pinkie replied with one of her happy smiles.
The orange earth pony looked at her then. “Ah’m AppleJack! Pleasure to meet ya! Uh... Trinity was it?”
“Yeah!” Trinity laughed.
AppleJack looked to the cyan pegasus munching on some apple pie. “This is Rainbow!” She gestured.
“Hey..” The pegasus muttered. “Rainbow Dash!” She corrected holding up a hoof.
Fluttershy hovered in the air over to her. “Um...” The yellow pegasus seemed to be struggling, but then seemed to gather her courage. “I’m Fluttershy...” She trailed off. She wanted to look brave in front of Discord.
Trinity smiled at the four. “Nice to meet you all!”
“Now, let’s start writing that letter.” Twilight peeked at Spike.
The other five nodded and they went to writing.
“Wait!” The draconequus shouted.
“What?” Twilight growled. He really was starting to get on her nerves now.
“I didn’t even get to introduce myself...” He poofed himself into a tuxedo.
Off to the side, Twilight rolled her eyes, while Trinity blushed a little.
“My name is Discord.” He extended his claw.
Trinity nodded. “I know... You only mentioned it like two times already...” She took his claw in her hoof and shook it. Her face was still red with embarrassment and nervousness.
The alicorn sighed. “Anyways...” She giggled to herself. “Spike,” She looked at the dragon as he held up a pen.
Everyone started to discuss how to write the response.