It was a bright clear day in Ponyville, where the school foals were wondering if their teacher would murder them during a play set in the medieval times and Lyra was being trialed for having feelings of an almost human nature, which will not do. Of course, we will not discus those events. There are actually many things that we shall discus.
Near the town square is Twilight Sparkle's castle. We see her with her friends and Spike in the room that has a map of Equestria. As they already know (but experienced twice), the map shows their cutie marks at a spot in Equestria. This time, however, the cutie marks are in various locations. Fluttershy's cutie mark is located just above Manehattan, Twilight Sparkle's is directly in Manehattan,and Applejack's and Pinkie's are located in Baltimare.
"Why is our cutie marks spread out in various locations around Manehattan?" asks Rainbow Dash, whose cutie mark is also in Baltimare.
Twilight Sparkle replies with "I have no idea, but Rarity's cutie mark isn't on the map. Maybe she isn't needed for this friendship problem?"
"That sounds like good luck," says Rarity. "I have an order to complete in three days! Plus, somepony hid all the knives so I can't stab anypony! (suspiciously insane laughter)"
"Ignore her," yells Pinkie Pie, the joyful of the bunch. "Her mind was lost after she read a story! It had the name of a baked good, so it must be a good story!"
After an intense debate of what the whole multi-location thing meant and telling Pinkie Pie what that story was about, the ponies decided to exit the castle. However, when they all left the room, the cutie marks gone static, only to reappear at Canterlot...