The sun rises over Equistera as Twilight gets ready for her day. She had a lot on her mind and wanted to take a small break from all her work. She looked over her small map of Pony Ville and Canterlot's borders between each other. Celestia's student had studied it good, but could not find a good place to take a small vacation.
"Ugh, no where." She thought to herself. Twilight was the only one in the room, besides Discord hearing every word. She looked through her map again, and found a small spot on it, labeled 'Hana No Mura.' Twilight thought deep about this place, because of what Discord and Spike told her about the village. "Oh, I've heard about this village before! Discord gave me a small flower from the village, no wonder I remember it. Maybe I should tell Spike I'll be taking an absence for it." Twilight thought with good pleasure and ideas. As she trotted through the halls of her beautiful castle, she felt different from when she normally traveled in it. She felt... As if the shadows had eyes, staring at her. She thought it was Discord, but knowing how he changed for the greater good, she kept trotting, slowly. Twilight turned her head back for one second and... "Wait, did the shadows just..." Twilight shook her head a little because she thought the shadows started to jump at her, and only found it to be not true at all. "Huh. It's probably me. Never mind." She once again began to trot and went to look for Spike.
"A vacation?! Twilight, we have more than enough work that needs to be done, and while everypony and everything is depending on us to get our job done, you want to take a small absence?!" Spike was shocked when he heard the words Vacation and Absence. He couldn't believe that Twilight wanted to take a small vacation, possibly for a few days, and all the stuff they needed to get done for their people.
"Spike, if work truly needs to be done, we can have Discord use his magic to get them done, and it'll possibly make everpony feel a bit easier and happier. Besides, Discord takes vacations when he gets his job done, and we haven't taken a day off... Yet." Twilight reasoned with Spike in a calm manner, and put her hoof on his shoulder. The baby dragon sighed and looked at her.
"Well... Point taken. I'll come with you and your friends. You plan on bringing Caring Slash with you?" He asked, smiling a bit. Twilight blushed a little and looked at him with an embarrassed face, before starting to giggle a little.
"Of course I am, Spike. He'd love it too." With that being said, Twilight and Spike went to go tell her friends about their vacation plans. She once again felt like the shadows were watching her, but paid no attention. Little did she know, it wasn't just a small hallucination in mind, it was for REAL. They scuttled outside the castle and into a forest.
As Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie heard about this, they really didn't have any complaints about the idea of taking a vacation.
"I'd really love a vacation. It'll give me time to show my new clothing to other ponies. Such a beautiful thought!" Rarity said, smiling a bit.
"I've been wanting one for a while now. Very nice that the patience paid off." Rainbow admitted, a small smile on her face.
"S-so it's settled?" Fluttershy asked in a calm voice.
"We'll get situated then!" Applejack chuckled a bit.
"Yay!" Pinkie giggled. As they finished the conversation, they began to pack up for the vacation of a lifetime.
"This will be exciting." Twilight thought as she packed.