“Pinkie, is something the matter darling? You haven’t touched your food.”
The pink haired teen sighed, poking at her salad with a fork. She glanced up at Rarity with a look of confusion. “Well, of course something’s wrong! We just became super-duper best friends with this super-duper awesome girl, who even was a pony princess from another world and had a talking dog, but then she had to leave and I couldn’t follow her which is really really sad because Twilight was really fun and I wanna see her again and meet her friends too!” She explained, frowning by the end of her ramble
“Well o’ course we miss Twilight,” Applejack agreed. “But yah tried goin in that portal thingy, and it was closed. And besides, even if it were open, ya’ll don’t belong in her world. She was only here to get back her crown.”
Pinkie sighed. It had been a few weeks since Twilight went home. Sunset Shimmer apologized to everyone for the terrible things she did and apologized to the five girls for ruining their friendships, and even became good friends with the five girls. Sunset Shimmer turned out to be a good person. She had her flaws, but the five girls understood and helped her make friends and learn some great things about friendship. But even with a new friend like Sunset, she missed Twilight very much. “I guess you’re right, Applejack…but what if it reopens soon and I miss my chance to go in and see her again? Oh, I wanna see her again really badly. Plus, what if she forgets about me by the time I do get inside the portal? A-“
Applejack held her hand over Pinkie’s mouth. She heaved a sigh and looked over at her. “We all wanna see Twilight again.” The rest that were sitting there - Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy – nodded in agreement.
“But the portal’s closed. And Twilight even said that it wouldn’t open again for a long time. And who knows how long that is. Pinkie Pie sighed. “Yeah…a long time...”
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It was fall of 2015. Two years since Twilight had come to retrieve her crown. Pinkie Pie was out of school by now, working at a bakery down the road. She enjoyed working for Mr. and Mrs. Cake, especially when she got to see their twin babies. Pinkie Pie hopped down the road towards home, after working at the bakery. On the path home was her old school, Canterlot High. She sighed at the memories of going to the school. Her best friends. She wondered what Sunset Shimmer was up to.
Her expression quickly changed when she remembered those three days, when Twilight came. How much of a great friend she was, how she reunited Pinkie’s other friends. She sighed at the thought, walking up to the horse statue at the front of the school, where Twilight and Spike disappeared after saving the school from Sunset Shimmer. She frowned, pressing her hand against the marble, watching her hand slowly shimmer through the-
Pinkie Pie gasped, jumping away from the statue, clutching her hand in fright. What just happened? She wondered. Slowly and carefully, she touched the statue again. Sure enough, her fingers started going through the marble. She pulled her hand back, staring at the statue in confusion and curiosity. After looking around, checking to see if the coast was clear, Pinkie Pie looked back at the statue. She took in a deep breath, looking into her reflection on the marble with determination. “Let’s do this…ooh! I’m so nervocited!” And with that, she stepped through.
---
She squealed with delight as she tumbled and twisted through the portal, giggling at all the colors. Suddenly, she tumbled out, landing with a face plant to the floor. Pinkie Pie grumbled in pain, peeling her face off the floor and surveying her surroundings. The room was very sparkly, which was a plus in her book. Even the floor seemed to be made of crystal. Pinkie stood up, wanting to get a better view but quickly face planted again. “Well that didn’t work. “ She grumbled, peeling her face from the floor once again. “But why couldn’t I-“she gasped when she realized something. “I can’t feel my fingers. I can’t feel them. Where are they?” Pinkie Pie screamed, lifting her hands in front of her face. She screamed again when she realized that she couldn’t just feel her fingers…they weren’t there. Not even her hands were there. They were replaced with bright pink hooves. “Oh my gosh! “ Pinkie Pie stood up, this time on all fours and looked down at her legs. They were bright pink, almost like her skin color. She tried to walk, almost ending up waddling. She wasn’t used to walking on all fours. It certainly didn’t feel right. She looked around the room, seeing if there was anything to see her with. After turning around completely, she saw the mirror behind her. “Wasn’t that where I came out?” she said to herself, walking up to it.
She screamed again when she saw a pink colored pony in the mirror. She had a pink poofy mane, a bit darker then her coat color. Her eyes were light blue, much like Pinkie Pie’s eyes. “Wait a sec, that’s me! I’m a pony!” she squealed, turning to the side to get a better look at herself. She got a bit confused to see three balloons, two yellow and one blue, on her flank. It reminded her of her favorite skirt.
“So, if I’m a pony, does that mean I’m in Twilight’s world? Oh my gosh, this is the greatest thing ever! I’ve gotta find her!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, walking towards the door, which proved to be a bit difficult. Once she got to the door, she lifted her right hoof and pushed it open, losing her balance and tumbling into someone. Pinkie yelped, bouncing back and looking up at the person-oh, pony. He – at least she was pretty sure it was a he - was dressed almost like a knight. He had silver armor on over his purple coat. He also seemed to be glistening, like a crystal. He looked down at her with a glare. Pinkie Pie smiled innocently, but that obviously wasn’t going to work.
“Your Highness, I found her in the castle hall, sneaking around it seemed.” He said, pushing Pinkie into the throne room. She slowly looked up, gasping at what she saw. A bright pink pony sat on a throne of crystals. Her mane was tricolored yellow, pink, and purple, flowing long and curling at the very ends. But not only that, on her back sat wings and on her head, a horn. Pinkie sat there, with a look of amazement, while the alicorn sat there with a look of confusion.
“Pinkie Pie? What are you doing here?” she asked, standing up from her throne and walking towards her.
“How do you know my name? I came through the portal because I -“
“You what?!” The alicorn exclaimed. “How did you come through the portal?”
“Well, I –“Pinkie Pie stopped abruptly, registering what the pink pony was saying. She knows her name was confused as to how she came through the portal. Maybe there was another version of her in this world, just how there’s a girl like Twilight who lives in the city and has a dog named Spike.
“Did I say portal? I meant door.” Pinkie said with a grin.
Cadence nodded. “Right…well, thanks for visiting Pinkie Pie. The guard will escort you to a room.” She said. “Oh I didn’t want to spend the night. I gotta see Twilight.” Pinkie said.
“Uh huh...well, he’ll escort you to the train station.” Cadence said. The guard nodded, walking out of the throne room with Pinkie at his side.
Pinkie Pie was even more amazed when she saw outside. Everything was made from crystal, even the ponies. Everything sparkled and glistened under the light. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.
It didn’t take too long to get to the train station. The guard bought Pinkie a ticket to ‘Ponyville’. “Ooh, is that where Twilight lives?” she asked with a grin. The guard raised an eyebrow, sighing before holding the ticket out for her. Pinkie tried to grab it with her hoof but it didn’t work very well. She desperately tried to pick it up off the ground where it fell, but not having opposable thumbs turned out to be a problem. She groaned, looking around at another pony who had just bought a ticket. She watched the pony as she bent her head down to the counter, taking the ticket in her mouth and heading towards the train. Pinkie Pie looked down at her ticket, craned her head down to the ground and grabbed it with her mouth.
“Hey! It worked!” she said through her clenched teeth, grinning at the guard. He sighed again, trotting back off towards the kingdom. Pinkie Pie got on the train, took a seat and looked out the window. And, she again, was very nervocited about what was to come.
Pinkie Pie quickly got off the train when it arrived, a grin plastered on her face as she looked around at all the colorful ponies. She could hardly believe what was happening. She was a pony, in a pony world, about to see Twilight again. She squealed to herself, happily skipping away from the train station.
With widened eyes, Pinkie looked around at the beautiful town of Ponyville. It was quaint but pretty, with ponies trotting along the roads. There was a school house, a boutique, an apple stand, a-
Pinkie let out a flabbergasted gasp when she saw the apple stand. Is that Applejack?! She squealed in her mind, running over to her. But when she got closer, she realized it was a pony, not Applejack.
“Oh, howdy Pinkie.”
Pinkie Pie quickly turned back to the orange mare, who was smiling at her as if they knew each other. She sounded just like Applejack. “I thought ya’ll were working heavy at Sugarcube Corner today.”
“Wait, you know me? I’m Pinkie Pie…” She gasped when she came to a realization. “I am in Ponyville! And if there’s me and you, then everybody else should be here too! Applejack, where’s Twilight?”
Applejack blinked in confusion. “Uh…where she’s always at?”
“Which is where?”
“At the library?
“And where’s that?”
“Thataway.” Applejack pointed her hoof towards a huge tree, with windows and a door and even a balcony.
Pinkie Pie squealed. “Thanksies!” she bolted towards the said library, leaving confused Applejack behind. But, the country pony was used to these type of antics by now and simply shook her head and went back to running the apple stand.
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Pinkie knocked on the library door, shaking excitedly as she waited for someone to open it. When the door did swing open, she thought she was gonna shoot off like a rocket at who she saw. “Oh, hi Pinkie Pie.” Spike said, smiling up at the hyper filly.
“Spike!” She squealed, tackling him to the ground. “Ooh, I missed you so much!” She squeezed the life out of the baby dragon.
“Uh...Pinkie? We just saw each other an hour ago. I bought a sapphire cupcake.”
“Well of course you saw me an hour ago, but I’m me! Ooh, I didn’t think a dragon would be cuter then a dog!” Pinkie Pie squeaked, finally letting Spike go, grinning at him.
“A dog? What are you talking abou-“ The baby dragon’s voice fell short when he remembered. Two years ago, exactly thirty moons ago…He ran up the stairs of the library, where Twilight sat there reading, leaving a leaping Pinkie Pie.
“Twilight, we have a problem.”
Twilight Sparkle turned her head to look at Spike with a confused look. “What, you need help finding a book?” she asked.
Spike shook his head. “No, bigger. Pinkie Pie’s here.”
Twilight chuckled. “You can deal with Pinkie on your own can’t you? Besides, she doesn’t have much of a problem finding books-“
“No, Pinkie Pie’s here. Not our Pinkie Pie.”
Twilight sighed, shutting her book and standing to her feet, looking down at the pink pony below. “She looks like Pinkie to me.” She spread her wings and flew down to the bottom floor, smiling at Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie looked over at the purple alicorn, her eyes widening as well as her grin. “Twilight!” she screamed, leaping towards her for a hug, squeezing her tightly. “I missed you so much; I have so much to tell you! And you have so much to tell me. You really are a pony princess. It’s so amazing; I can’t believe this is happening. Did you miss me, or have you forgotten about me? Well you do have your own me as a pony, so maybe you haven’t. But if you have, it’s me! Pinkie Pie!”
Twilight stared at Pinkie, confusion filling her expression. “Uh…slow down. Now, what do you mean you miss me? When was the last time you saw me?”
“Like, forever ago!”
“Give me an exact time.”
“Hmm…two years? You came to Canterlot High to get your crown back from Sunset Shimmer.”
Twilight’s jaw dropped. “I…you…what?!”
“Yeah! And I found out the portal in that horsey statue was open and I went through it. And now I’m a pony! Isn’t this great?!”
“No! This isn’t great! What if you don’t get back within three days to go home? What if-“ Twilight stopped herself, using the breathing technique Cadence taught her to calm down. She inhaled through her nose, bringing her hoof to her chest and exhaled through her mouth, gently swinging her hoof forward. “Pinkie, it’s great to see you again. I've missed you and Applejack and Fluttershy and Rarity and Rainbow Dash so much. But this isn't your world. You…you don’t belong here.”
“Oh but can’t I stay for as long as I can? I need to catch up with you and meet your friends! Oh, and what would happen if I met your friend Pinkie Pie?”
“I…I don’t know. I didn’t meet myself in your world, and Princess Celestia never mentioned-“
Pinkie Pie gasped. “You have a Celestia in your world too?!”
“Y-yes, except she’s not a principal, she’s a princess. Princess of all of Equestria actually. She raises the sun every day and her sister, Princess Luna, raises the moon.”
“That is so cool! This is so exciting; I can’t wait to meet everyone else!” Pinkie giggled, hopping out the door.
Twilight’s eyes widened. “Wait, Pinkie! Don’t-“ Twilight groaned. “I was gonna write to Princess Celestia about this before she left.” She grumbled.
Spike came out from under the desk. "So...That was Pinkie Pie from that other world? But how did she get here?"
Twilight sighed. "She must've came through the portal. She seems like the type of pony-well, person," Twilight felt weird whenever she said that word, since it was so alien to her. "That would check the portal a lot. Remember when she wouldn't stop checking her mail box for a letter from Rainbow Dash?"
Spike nodded. "So what now?"
Twilight walked over to her desk, parchment, quill, and ink all set up for a letter. “I going to inform the Princess about this situation...before something goes wrong."
Pinkie Pie hopped along the roads of Ponyville, quickly getting accustomed to her new form. She had to admit, it felt very strange to be a pony. Fur covering her whole body, no fingers and toes, ears on the top of your head, a tail, and a long nose. But she came to the conclusion that it was very much worth it to see Twilight again, and to soon meet the rest of her friends.
Pinkie Pie screeched to a halt when she saw a familiar looking character cross her path. This yellow mare wore brown saddlebags over her back, the buckle holding them closed in the shape of a butterfly. Her long pink mane hid most of her face, but Pinkie caught a glance at her cyan eyes.
“Fluttershy!”
The pony in question turned her head, smiling softly at the pink pony who had just called her name. “Oh, hi Pinkie Pie. I was just on my way to Sugarcube corner. I heard you were running out of food for Gummy, so I made him some more this morning.”
Pinkie gasped. “Gummy? No way, that’s so cool! Can I come too?” She squeaked, hopping a few times to catch up with her, now hopping at the speed Fluttershy was walking.
“O-of course. I guessed you would be. Aren’t you working right now?”
“I’m sure I am.” Pinkie Pie said with a grin, keeping the grin as she followed Fluttershy to Sugarcube Corner.
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Dear Princess Celestia,
I have imperative news that I just learned only a few minutes ago. I don’t have too much information for you right now, but I do know this. Pinkie Pie, from the world I went to to retrieve my crown approximately two years ago, came through the portal. She found out the portal was open and wanted to come see me again. I would’ve kept her in my sight to make sure she didn’t cause trouble, but she ran off before I could discuss the situation with her. Right after I send this letter to you, I’m going to go find her.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle
Twilight rolled up the letter and gave it to Spike, quickly galloping out the door to search for Pinkie Pie.
Currently, Celestia sat on her bedroom floor, relaxing as she read an intriguing novel. She hardly flinched as the letter appeared before her eyes. Her horn glowed gold as she lifted it off the floor, opening it up to read it, her expression growing more worrisome the more she read. She wasted no time writing a response, sending it quickly before rising to her hooves. She exited the room, turned to the guard outside her door and said. “Get the carriage ready. My sister and I need to get to The Crystal Empire at once.”
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“Pinkie, could you get those cupcakes for me dear?”
“Can do Mrs. Cake!”
The true pink party pony hopped into the kitchen, putting oven slippers over her hooves before sliding the tray of delicious vanilla cupcakes out of the oven. She set them on the cooling rack, about to hop back upstairs when she heard the customer bell ring. She hopped over to the front counter, grinning at Fluttershy. “Hi Fluttershy! You here with Gummy’s new batch of food? He’s so sad that his food bowl is empty…why are you looking at me like that?”
Fluttershy’s eyes were wide, her ears drooping in fear. “P-Pinkie? How…” she squeaked as the other Pinkie Pie hopped into Sugarcube Corner.
True Pinkie squeaked in surprise. “Mirror pool!” She yelled in panic, hiding behind the counter. Human Pinkie slowly walked over to the counter, a confused look on her face. “What mirror pool? I’m not a mirror pool. How could I physically be a pool anyway? Pools can’t walk, or talk. Neither can mirrors. Well, it sometimes looks like it does since the person looking into the mirror is talking.”
“Person?” Fluttershy whimpered.
“Is that you Pinkie Pie? I’m Pinkie Pie too! Ooh, is that the Cakes? Hi Mr. and Mrs. Cake!” She waved to the stunned baker couple standing in the kitchen, fear and confusion in thier eyes. “Pinkie Pie, please don’t hide. I’m not dangerous, I Pinkie Promise.”
True Pinkie slowly poked her head up from behind the counter. “P-Pinkie Promise?
“Yep.”
”Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”
The two gasped as they acted out and spoke the Pinkie Promise in unison, gasping again as the gasped in unison.
Fluttershy had by now ran out of the bakery to find Twilight.
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Twilight galloped through the roads of Ponyville, asking ponies she passed if they’ve seen Pinkie Pie. Most of them said Sugarcube Corner, but the princess knew that pony Pinkie was at the bakery, not the Pinkie she was looking for.
“Rainbow!” she called to her vibrant friend who was flying through the sky. Rainbow Dash looked down at Twilight, landing on her hooves on the dirt path.
“Hey Twi. What’s up?”
“Have you seen Pinkie Pie?” Twilight asked.
“Well, yeah. I stopped by Sugarcube Corner for my daily dose of their apple cinnamon muffins. Ah, those are so good. Anyway, I saw her working in the kitchen.”
“No, besides there.”
Rainbow Dash tapped her chin with her hoof, trying to think of anywhere else she’s seen Pinkie Pie after that. “Now that I think about it, I think I saw her and Fluttershy heading back to Sugarcube Corner.”
Twilight’s eyes widened. “Oh no, that’s not good. If she finds her-”
“Finds who? Why do you need Pinkie Pie so badly?”
“Because, she…it’s hard to explain, I’ll tell you later.” Twilight ran off towards Sugarcube corner.
“Hey, wait for me!” The curious Rainbow Dash called, flying after Twilight. But the two screeched to a halt when they saw Fluttershy running towards them.
“Twilight, oh you’ve gotta come to Sugar cube corner, quick. It’s Pinkie. She’s…I-I don’t even know.” She stuttered.
“I was on my way there, just now. Pinkie came to the library earlier today. She’s not the normal Pinkie Pie.” Twilight said as she continued to run towards the bakery.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“I told you, it’s hard to explain. Just follow me.”
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“You have a party cannon?! Oh my gosh, that is the greatest thing ever! There’ve been so many situations where I’ve needed something like that.”
“I know! They’re so useful. I’ve even used it to beat up Changelings.”
“Ooh, what are those?”
“These creepy buggy guys that can look like anypony!”
“That’s horrible!”
“Don’t worry, Twilight’s brother and princess Cadence took care of them. Ooh, you should’ve been there, it was so cool!”
The three ponies watched in horror as the two pink ponies spoke to each other at a hundred miles an hour. Rainbow Dash leaned over to Twilight’s ear to whisper. “How are we supposed to get them to stop talking?”
The two Pinkies turned their heads, both grinning (one a bit more than the other) at Rainbow.
“Hi Dashie!”
“Oh Celestia, that’s creepy.”
Twilight sighed, taking a step forward. “Pinkie-“
”Yeah Twilight?”
Rainbow Dash shivered.
“Look, pony Pinkie, can you step forward?”
The Pinkie on the right took a step forward, smiling at her friend.
“Ok. Pinkie, remember when we had the Mirror Pool incident? And we had trouble telling you and the other Pinkies apart?” Pinkie on the right frowned, hanging her head and nodding.
“Well, it’s even harder to tell you two apart. Here, let me explain. You all remember when I went into that other world to get my crown back from Sunset Shimmer, right?”
The four other ponies nodded.
“Well, Pinkie here – “ Twilight motioned her hoof toward Pinkie on the left. “ – is from that world. She found out the portal was open and came to visit me. She’s from a parallel universe. She’s a parallel version of our Pinkie."
“Oh, my.” Fluttershy muttered.
Twilight smiled nervously at the two pink ponies. “Now, Pinkie – “
”Yes?”
“No, you Pinkie.”
Pinkie on the left smiled. “Yeah Twilight?”
“Would it be alright with you if you wear something? Just so we can distinguish you two without having to ask or get confused.”
Pinkie nodded. “Sounds good to me. Ooh, is Rarity gonna make it? I haven’t met Rarity yet, this is so exciting!”
Twilight sighed. "Alright. And also, how about we call you Pinks? Does that sound good to you?"
“Thank you for shopping at Carousel Boutique! Hope you like the new apron, Bonbon.” The boutique owner called, waving to the cream colored candy making mare as she trotted off, shopping bag in mouth. Rarity sighed, about to turn back into her shop so she could work on her designs when she saw five ponies trotting towards her. “Oh! Hello girls!” Rarity smiled. Ah, it’s always nice to see Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttersh- her eyes widened as she realized that she counted two pink ponies hopping along beside three of her friends. She stuttered a bit under her breath before falling backwards, onto the ground.
”Rarity fainted!”
“Stop doing that. It’s freaking me out.” Rainbow Dash muttered before she quickly flew over to Rarity. The girls brought Rarity back into the boutique, laying her down on her couch.
“Is she ok?” Fluttershy asked.
“I think so, she just fainted. I think she saw our two Pinkie Pies.” Twilight said, sitting down on the floor beside the couch, the rest of her friends doing the same. The two Pinkie Pies continued to chatter as they waited for the glamorous unicorn to wake up.
“So wait, what are fingers?”
“Well, they’re like teeny tiny legs attached to my arm, which I use to pick things up. It’s a lot easier than hooves. And I also have fingers on my feet, since I stand on two legs normally. But I don’t use them to pick things, they’re short and stubby.”
“Wow, people sound funerific! You should talk to this unicorn I know named Lyra. She-“
“Sh! She’s waking up.” Twilght whispered. The five ponies stood up, looming their heads over Rarity, watching her stir slightly. Her eyes opened gently, looking up at her friends. Rarity had to blink a few times, rubbing her eyes, trying to stop seeing double. But there were still two Pinkie Pies. “Could you all please explain to me why there are two Pinkies here? I thought we resolved this problem years ago.”
Twilight sighed. She explained to Rarity the Pinkie Pie situation and why they came to her. “Really? Oh, well you all are just in time than. I was going to show you all this today anyway, once I was finished. It’s a line of hair accessories I’m planning on starting. And six designs are based on us. I’m going to have them be different colors. I’m calling the line…Simply Fabulous!”
She pulled back the curtain, revealing six jeweled mane clips sitting on a table. The first one was a magenta star-shaped gem, surrounded by five smaller white gems, one gem a bit bigger than the other four. The second had two red rounded -heart shaped gems. The third was a white, almost blue gem with a red, a yellow, and a green ribbon hanging from it. The fourth were three blue gems, of course extra sparkly. The fifth had three light pink gems. And the sixth-
“Here you go Pinkie.”
Both Pinkies stepped forward.
“Oh, sorry. Pinks, you can wear this to help us tell you two apart.” Rarity said, clipping the mane clip into her poofy mane. In her mane were now three oval shaped gems, the middle yellow and the two on the side blue. Pinks giggled, looking up from the corner of her eye at the sparkly clip now in her mane. “It’s so pretty!”
“Rarity, these are all so lovely.”
Rarity smiled at Fluttershy. “Thank you dears. I’m not quite finished though. I need to find another gem for Applejack’s and finish cutting one of the gems small enough for Twilight’s. But when they’re done, I’m going to give them all to you.”
“Rarity, ah’ve got that cake yah asked fo-“
The group turned to Applejack, all of them wide eyed as well as the orange cowpony.
“What in tarnation is goin on in here?”
The two Pinkies gasped and squeaked ”Applejack! Hi before Pinks ran over with a wide grin. “Hi! We ran into each other earlier. I never explained. I’m Pinkie! Actually, I’m being called Pinks so to not confuse everyone. And I also have a pretty pin in my hair to not be confusing too. I missed Twilight so I came through the portal to see her and now everybody’s freaking out about it and Rarity fainted!”
Applejack blinked in confusion at Pinkie, glancing over her shoulder at Twilight. “Twilight, what in tarnation is goin on here?”
Twilight sighed, explaining yet again the situation they were in, in a less complicated way then Pinks just described.
“Ah see…anyways, as ah was sayin. Rarity, ah brought that apple cinnamon cake yah asked for Sweetie Belle’s birthday.”
Rarity smiled. “Why thank you, Applejack. I would bake it myself, but I thought it’d be better to have the best baker in Equestria make it for her. She loves your cake, as do I.”
“Oh shucks, thank you kindly Rare for the compliment.” Applejack said, flipping her ponytail over her blushing cheeks. She trotted back out the door, coming back in with a large box on her back. It smelled heavenly of apples, cinnamon, and deliciousness.
“Ooh, that smells delicious! When is Sweetie Belle’s party?” Pinks asked.
“This Saturday!” Pinkie said, hopping in place due to excitement. “Wanna come? It’s at Sugarcube Corner!”
“I am so there!”
Twilight shook her head. “Pinks, you can’t go. The portal closes on Thursday. You have to get back to your home before then.”
Pinks frowned. “Aww…Oh well. Besides, I’m throwing Sweetie Belle a party too. The Sweetie Belle in my world, I mean.”
Twilight sighed. “Speaking of the portal, I should probably head back to the library. Princess Celestia should’ve written back by-“
The alicorn was interrupted by Spike running in with a letter in hand. “Celes…tia…wrote…back…” he panted, holding the letter out to Twilight from the ground that he fell onto. Twilight took the letter via her magic, opening it and reading it allowed.
”My Dearest Twilight,
Do not worry too much. As long as you keep Pinkie in your sights, she shouldn’t cause too much trouble. But I’m going to need you and both Pinkies to come to the Crystal Empire before the gate closes. We don’t want to worry her friends and family back in her home with her being missing. Although, since she’s here anyway, she deserves to meet her parallel friends and experience the wonderful life of being a pony.
Princess Celestia”
Pinks grinned. “Ooh! Can I meet Sweetie Belle? And Applebloom? And Big Mac? And Flash Sentry? Ooh, and-“
“Pinks, yes, you can meet everypony.” Twilight said, blushing softly at the mention of her ex-boyfriend. “And I’m sure we’re all hungry. So how about we go grab a bite to eat?” she suggested. Everypony seemed up to that.
“Ooh, and I know the best place. Come along girls.” Rarity said, leading the group out of the boutique.
