The Disney Tales of Equestria
It's a Small World
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Three days has passed in the towns of Ponyville and Disney Town as the pony citizens and the Disney citizens have now been accustomed to their new lives in their new world, but yet, there is also an amount of organized chaos in their new lives.
During those three days, the businesses from each town have been booming, each store has been crowded with new customers. Over at the Crazy Cow Real Estate, Clarabelle and her fellow coworkers had been scrambling as they look over the new properties being put up for sale over at the side of Equestria. The Cakes are slightly overwhelmed with the rising cake orders and the large, hungry crowd at Sugercube Corner. The weather factory up on Cloudsdale are having a hard time catching up to the week's quota making up enough clouds, wind and rain for their merged world. And the train stations all over are getting cramped up with more people and ponies taking up space while getting to their destination.
Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and his son Max, Daisy, Clarabelle and the boys Hewey, Dewey, Louis arrived at the Ponyville Train Station to meet with Twilight Sparkles, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders--Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo--who are already awaiting their arrival to board the train towards Agrabah. Rarity looks very tired and frazzled after completing the dresses for the Princess of Agrabah, so she wants to make a wonderful impression for the royal family. She has her cat Opalescence laying on top of her luggage.
"Hey, everybody!" Mickey greeted.
"Hi, Mickey and the gang!" Pinkie greeted with her cheerful smile. "We're so glad you make it! I mean, I always thought you would come with us to explore our whole new world. Who knows what's going to be out in Agrabah once we get there? Surely--"
"Ya better save your excitement 'til we hopped on the train, Pinkie," said Rainbow Dash.
Pinkie takes a deep breath and then goes to a deep whisper. "I'm so nervicited."
"Rarity, darling," said Daisy. "You look, oh so, tired."
"I just finished putting the final touches on the dresses this morning," said Rarity, sounding so tired. "I've never been this nervous before in my life! What if the Princess of Agrabah doesn't like them?"
"I can assure you that the Princess will absolutely LOVE your dresses, Rarity," said Daisy. "You have amazing tastes in fashion and you're an brilliant designer, so I imagine that every single princess in this new world will want to have a dress custom-made from the one and only Rarity of the Carousel Boutique."
"I thank you for your kind words, Daisy."
The train whistle blows, the conductor pops out and begins announcing to the crowd.
"Rides to Canterlot, Agrabah, New Orleans, Fillydelphia, and Provincial Town, ALL ABOARD!"
"Come along, everyone," said Minnie. "We better get on board."
"Spike," said Twilight. "Make sure the library is all neat and organized when I get back."
"You can count on me, Twi," said Spike.
"We'll be heading out, kiddies," said Applejack, talking to Max, the nephews and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "So be on your best behavior while Mac and Granny watch over you, so don't even think about getting into trouble, okay?"
"Yes, ma'am!" The kids spoke in unison.
"A-hyuk! What are y'all waiting for?" said Goofy. "We're off to New Orleans!"
"We're off to Agrabah, Goofy," Donald reminded Goofy.
"Right." Goofy lets out his trademark chuckle.
One by one, the conductor looks over their tickets and allows them entry, when shortly after being on board they have taken their seats. Just as the conductor is about to signal the train to take off, a white earth pony with a brown mane rushes to the station with a ticket in her mouth, gasping for breath. The conductor sees her ticket and allows her on board. He then signals the train to take off and the train blows his whistle to tell everyone to enjoy their ride.
The earth pony sighs in relief when she hopped aboard the train. She trots over to the seating area, where the seats had almost been filled up already. Minnie sees the earth pony, whom she recognizes at the time when their worlds had merged.
"Hello there, Silver Dream," Minnie greeted.
"Oh, hi, Minnie," Silver Dream greeted. "Do you mind if I sit here? Everywhere else is full."
"Go right ahead. You can sit at the end here cause Mickey's sitting next to me."
Silver Dream sits at the aisle seating and puts down her light brown pack. Mickey comes back with two cups of hot tea for him and Minnie and he sees Silver Dream sitting with them. After a brief introduction, Mickey doesn't mind sharing their row with their new friend.
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Two hours later, they arrived at the Canterlot Train station. The Mane Six and the Disney Team, along with Silver Dream remained on their seats as the various folk and ponies were hopping off and newer faces were hopping on the train. The Disney Team were bedazzled by the sights of Canterlot.
"Holy cow!" said Donald. "Sure looks like a pretty nice place."
"I wanna stop and go shopping at their plaza right now," said Clarabelle.
"But we're supposed to be on our way to Agrabah, right?" Fluttershy asked.
"Of course, we're going to be on our way, dear Fluttershy. "We're just saying that we should make a trip here on on our way, maybe."
Silver Dream looks out the window and many different folk and ponies walking all over the streets of Canterlot. The train blows it whistle and takes off to its next destination.
"Hey, guys," Silver Dream spoke. "Can I ask you all a question?"
"Sure, Silver Dream," said Twilight. "You can ask us about anything."
"Okay. Umm...do you guys ever think...well, even though everybody and everypony say that our two worlds is just one big world, do you believe that our new world is actually small?"
There was a moment of silence, for Silver Dream's question had lingered inside their minds.
"Gee," Rainbow Dash spoke. "I never thought of that."
"Oh, I see what you're trying to say," said Mickey. "You're worried that our population might cause a bit of overcrowding of our homes and cities, right?"
"That's one way of putting it," said Silver Dream.
"I appreciate your concern," said Twilight. "To be honest, this is our first time back in Canterlot since the incident and I too was concerned about the sudden overpopulation of my old hometown, but from the way we saw just now, it looks like they had living situation handled so we can share our space. I don't think we need to worry about that."
"I guess there's a good reason why our new world may be smaller than we imagined," said Mickey. "We all stick together now."
"A-hyuk! Let's not forget what else our new world has in store for us," said Goofy.
"We won't find out 'til we get there, that's for sure," said Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, that reminds me!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Since we're on the subject of small worlds, I recall hearing this song for the first time. I think it goes something like this."
Pinkie takes her backpack out from under the seat. She pulls the string and pops out a record player and the device then plays a charming instrumental.
Pinkie Pie:
It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
Goofy:
It's a small world after all
Goofy and Pinkie Pie:
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world
Everybody and everypony else jumps in and sing along.
Applejack:
There is just one moon
Rainbow Dash:
And one golden sun
Fluttershy:
And a smile means friendship
Twilight Sparkle and Rarity:
To everyone
Mickey, Minnie and Clarabelle:
Though the mountains divide
Donald and Daisy:
And the oceans are wide
Silver Dream:
It's a small world after all
Everyone:
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world
The record player then plays out an instrumental break, which makes everyone dances cheerfully and laugh to express their fun times and also to express their friendship in this small world.
Everyone:
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small
Small
World!
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Night has fallen and every living soul inside the passenger cart had fallen asleep. They won't reach to Agrabah until morning, so they had taken the opportunity to rest for the night. Even while the train is moving, not a soul is bothered by the small noise of the train whistle and the chugging on the tracks.
The moonlight lingers over the sleeping travelers, but a tiny moonbeam lands on Silver Dream's cutie mark, which causes to glow and dim.
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"Yen Sid," spoke Celestia. "Have you found any hint of the darkness yet?"
"Not yet, I haven't," I replied. "But I did feel a strange presence. I cannot fully understand what it is yet."
"I felt it too, just now. It doesn't feel like it came from an evil origin, but it is still a mystery."
"There is another detail you should know, Princess. I have located a living soul in Agrabah who has a corrupted soul. It is not the darkness we are searching for, but it is something that our students must be cautious of."
Alas, who knows how many corrupted souls to find in this small, small world? The best thing to do is to find one of them and prevent them from doing the most evilest of deeds. And what about this strange presence the Princess and I felt? If we feel it again, this is something we must deeply research on.
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To Be Continued...