When the guards returned, Twilight had Spike hop on her back and they hopped in the carriage, ready to go. Her friends just thought Twilight was visiting her brother, but the truth is, she was moving. As they flew, Twilight thought and thought hard about telling her friends the truth, but they already left, no use now. She sighed. Did she have everything? Of course I do, she thought, I checked the house twice before I left. But for some reason she felt worried she left something important.

Pinkie Pie was busy decorating Sugar Cube Corner for her party. "Okay, Pinkie?" Mrs. Cake asked. "You sure you got everything under control?" Pinkie nodded and Mrs. Cake left the room. Pinkie hung up some balloons. "Yellow for Fluttershy, white for Rarity, orange for Applejack, blue for Rainbow, and pink for me!" She quickly popped the purple balloon. "This WAS for Twilight, but she won't be here!" She stomped on it. She tossed it in the trash. She covered it with old banana peels then repeated the process. What she didn't know was Rarity was watching outside, but she walked in. "Sweetheart," she said. "you're taking this too hard. I missed Rainbow's party when I went to Canterlot for a meeting with Fancy Pants!" This was true and Pinkie knew it. She sighed. "But this is DIFFERENT! This is MY party! Look at my cutie mark! I'm not used to people missing MY parties!" Rarity understood, well. She knew she couldn't make Pinkie feel better, and that was that. Have a good birthday, was all Rarity said before she left.

((Mwahahaha! Short chapter! Next coming soon.))