“What do ya’ll think is the reason why Twilight is makin’ us get up this early for a meetin’ girls?”
“Oh, I’m sure Twilight has a good reason.” Fluttershy stopped to look at the rest of the group, “Right, girls?”
Rainbow Dash suddenly swooped down in front of her. “You said that last time, and it turned out she called us over to deal with an emergency of a missing book. A missing book!”
“Calm down Darling.” Rarity interjected. “If I remember correctly we gave Twilight a stern talking to after that. She know’s not to abuse the map to call us for trivial matters.”
Meanwhile, Pinkie had been bouncing alongside. “I don’t know about you gals, but my tail’s been a-twitchin' since this afternoon. I can’t even guess at what it means!”
The girls entered the map room to find that it was empty. Sharing confused glances, they started to call out for Twilight. The door on the far side soon opened, and Spike stepped through. “Hey, girls.” He said with a wave, “They’re through here.” He stepped back and motioned them to follow him.
“‘They’re’?” Rarity asked, “Who are they, Spikey?”
Spike chuckled. “I don’t want to ruin the surprise. He approached the next door, pulling it open, and stepping out of the way. The group looked in to see a group of ponies laughing with each other. Alongside Twilight, there were two mares; one orange -yellow with a red and yellow mane, the other a brighter yellow with or orange and yellow hair. The latter’s fur looked almost like scales, and she had a dragoness tail. They then noticed the two foals.
A whip crack could be heard, accompanied by a pink blur. Next thing the group knew, Pinkie had the two foals in a tight hug. “Eeeeeee! Not only do I get to throw a welcome back party these two”, she pointed at Sunset and Adagio, “but I get to throw a welcome to Ponyville party for these two!” She lifted the two foals in her grasp.
The rest of the group got over their shock, and moved forward into the room, taking turns to embrace both Sunset and Adagio. Rarity pulled Sunset to her, “Darling, it is so lovely to see the pair of you again. It’s been, what, ten years now?”
Sunset blushed, and looked down. “Thirteen. And I’m so sorry, we never found the chance to come back, what with her and all.”
“Her?”
“Oh…” Sunset’s face turned into a scowl. “Twilight! I told you to tell them!”
Now it was Twilight’s turn to blush. “Ugh, nevermind.” Sunset moved over and grabbed her wife and daughter, moving them so everypony could see. “Everypony, I’d like you to meet our daughter, Splendid Scale.”
A chorus of gasps and squeals made its way around the room. Everypony seemed to want a chance to hug Splendid. Everypony but Rainbow, who turned to Twilight.
“Who’s the other filly?”
“Ah.” Adagio floated over. “That would be Splendid’s best friend Sunny. Concerned for Splendid’s well-being, she followed us through the portal, and she is stuck here with us for a few months.”
“So she’s from the other side huh? That means she has never seen a Wonderbolts show; I’m gonna blow her mind, both of theirs.”
Applejack shoulder checked the mare sideways. “Ain’t you got enough fans Dash? Or is this you trying to find a replacement now that Scootaloo moved up from fan-filly to squadmate?” Rainbow’s face went red, and she flew to the other side of the room in a huff.
Twilight, Sunset, and Adagio spent the next half hour explaining the situation to the newcomers, and Splendid tried her best to wrap her head around the fact she now had two of every auntie.
Once they had finished, Rarity asked the most important question yet. “Now that you’re mostly settled in, what do you plan to do while you’re here? I would love to take you to see Manehattan.”
Sunset and Adagio looked at each other in thought, both unsure, until Twilight started to speak. “Actually, I was going to ask them to come with me to Canterlot. I haven’t seen Celestia or Solar Spark since Friday, so I thought they might be ok with a trip there. You are all invited of course.” Twilight smiled.
Sunset looked worried. “I haven’t talked to Princess Celestia in over fifteen years, and we still never quite resolved things.”
Twilight wrapped a wing around Sunset’s back. “It will be fine. Celestia has mentioned before she’d really like to see you, so don’t worry.”
Suddenly Pinkie bounced up between them. “Yeah! She still loves you, dummy. That, and I’m sure you really want to meet her and Twilight’s son!”
“THEIR WHAT?!” Sunset turned a furious gaze on Twilight, who at least had the decency to look sullen.
“Ok, so there may have been a few things I haven’t told you...” Twilight said and grimaced at Sunset’s gaze.
Adagio tried to calm her wife with a hoof on her shoulders rubbing her neck and whispered soft calming words into Sunset’s ear. A soft hum-like purr was heard from Sunset when she did.
“Alright, I'm okay…” Sunset sighed softly as she spoke, “How you two fell for each other I… don't think I want to know, because… because I still consider her like my mother.”
Twilight rubbed the back of her neck with a foreleg. “I know, which is why I kept it quiet. Honestly, I didn't want to freak you out...”
“It’s ok Twilight, it’s irrational, and I’ll get over it.” Sunset sighed. “Heh, it’s funny really. You and the other Twilight have very different tastes in partners. You're with Celestia, which here can work. Back through the portal it couldn’t. The other you surprised us all... she’s with Sonata.” Sunset finally giggled out.
“WHAT!?”