"Time passed for Twilight Sparkle, with her becoming a talented unicorn mare." Discord pointed out.

Twilight was in her room, while putting on her mother's necklace.

"Twilight?" came up AJ, "Your father wants a word with you."

Discord said outside, "In mere minutes, the tree house rattled with Twilight's shouts."

"You're married?!"

We see that inside the house, Twilight is fuming and pacing around while Night Light looked on, "How could you be married?! I mean, do you even know this mare?! And how come I've never heard of her?!"

"I met her while on business in Manehatten. We seemed to hit it off good, so… we got hitched…"

Twilight gave off a look of fury as her horn glowed and spit out sparks.

"I know, I know. I should have told you sooner, but she's coming here now and with her two daughters that are close to your age. They'll be living here from now on. So, think you can get along?"

She sighed and calmed down with her horn stop glowing, "I guess, but I'm still pretty ticked that you suddenly got married."

"Well, they should be here any moment…"

The flying chariot came flying down, with three mares as its passengers. Once the chariot came to a complete stop, Suri Polomare stepped out looking happy until she saw what was in front of her.

"Is this the right place?!"

The two girls were right behind her. Their names were Derpy and Sunset Shimmer. Night Light and Twilight came out to greet them.

"My dear." Night Light went to Suri.

"My darling." she gave off a phony smile.

"And these must be your daughters."

"My talented Sunset Shimmer, and my… special Derpy." she saw Twilight, "And you must be Twilight Sparkle."

"Pleased to meet you."

"Yes…" then she turned to her new husband, whispering, "I thought you said you lived in a castle…"

"Oh, no, I said a stallion's home is his castle."

Discord watched from the sidelines and said, "Awkward…"

Moments later, Sunset was posting posters on the other side of the space of Twilight's bedroom. The posters were of Prince Flash Sentry and of him in his band.

"What's with the Prince Flash pin-ups?" questioned Twilight.

"Oh, Sunset Shimmer is president of the Prince Flash Sentry's fan club." said Derpy.

"Exactly," said Sunset, "and I know everything about him. Hopefully, that will get him to notice me and make his princess."

"So, you'd rather make the lives of the mythological creatures of Equestria miserable, too…"

"What are you even talking about?" Sunset demanded.

"Prince Flash's uncle, Sir Sombra, is making things terrible for the creatures of the land. He isolated them from the ponies to make them work harder than they need to. They're slaves and laborers, and I'm sure his nephew will be just like that when he takes the throne…"

Sunset scoffed, "I don't know what you're griping about. If you ask me, Sir Sombra has made our lives better by making the non-ponies do all the work. He's letting us enjoy life better, and Flash will take up the throne as the best king we had! And I… will be his queen…"

"Good luck with that…" breathed Twilight.

Unfortunately, Sunset heard that, "Oh, I don't need the luck, I'm sure of it. I just… need something that will stand out from the rest…" she eyed the pearl necklace around Twilight's neck, "Like that necklace you're wearing…"

"Sorry, not going to happen. This was my mother's."

"Aw, how sweet, but come on, at least let me try it on. Hand it over."

Twilight bit her lip as her horn glowed to the subtle command. Her magic removed the necklace and put it around Sunset Shimmer's neck.

"Well, why, thank you." she raised her eyebrow, clearly thinking something strange was going on.

Days later, as Night Light was packing his suitcase, Twilight was helping him.

"I have some business to take care of in Canterlot; I'll be back in a few weeks."

"I'll miss you…" tears welled up in her eyes.

"It's going to be alright…" he magically gave her a tissue, which she took with her magic and wiped her eyes. They gave each other a hug.

He magically took his suitcase and went out the door.

"Hey Sparkle!" yelled Sunset in the other room, "Get me some water!"

Twilight groaned as her horn glowed, and then magically got the glass of water.

The royal train chugged along the tracks as Prince Flash read a section in the paper, saying, Royalty Comes to Ponyville to open Barnyard Bargains!

"Uncle, must I go to this store opening?"

"It is your royal duty…" Sir Sombra hissed.

"Yes, and as your royal adviser, the great and powerful Trixie, I advise you must keep up public appearances every once in a while."

"If… you say so." Flash said in doubt.

"You are to be king in a week. You will take over and I will step out…"

Flash looked out the window, feeling unsure if he wanted to be king.

A crowd of ponies gathered to the entrance of Barnyard Bargains, cheering on for the royals. A guard handed Flash the scissors to cut the ribbon. His fan club screamed with delight. Meanwhile nearby, Twilight and Fluttershy were carrying picket signs. Fluttershy was struggling with her sign.

"Come on, Fluttershy! They're about to start!"

"Oh… I don't know about this, Twilight… I don't want the prince to get mad at us, especially Sir Sombra…" she squeaked.

"Their tyranny will be known! We have to help the other creatures of land from their oppression! You want that, don't you?"

"Yes…"

"Then come on. We'll do this together." she jumped on a statue and held up her sign with her magic as she shouted, "Free the diamond dogs! Free the griffins!"

"Um… Yeah! Free those innocent creatures…" Fluttershy tried to boldly say.

Flash noticed the purple unicorn and her protests. He found it interesting, and her very interesting… This mare showed no taste towards him like the rest of his adoring fan club.

In the crowd, Sunset noticed Flash looking over and saw he was looking at Twilight's complaints. This is did not bode well for her and quickly went to her smart-mouth stepsister, "Sparkle! Stop this! Go home, now!"

Twilight had no choice as her horn glowed. She quickly told Fluttershy, "Sorry… I have to go."

"Twilight?"

"Get lost!" Sunset yelled. Fluttershy replied with a yelp and galloped off.

Flash was confused as to why the mare suddenly had to go, and then one girl in his fan club asked, "Hey, Prince Flash! Are you a fast runner?"

"Uh… not really?"

"Get him, girls!" another girl shouted and with a scream of joy, they began to go after him.

Flash knew then he had to get away and galloped as much as he could.

"Should we go after him?" a guard asked Trixie.

"Nah, the colt could use some exercise." she replied while Sombra gave an evil chuckle.

Twilight was near the edge of the Everfree forest. True, the command was that she go back home, but at least she was able to loop-hole by figuring out how to get home. Suddenly, she heard a rumbling and turned to see a cloud of dust moving towards her. In front of that cloud was Prince Flash running for dear life. He came closer to her and eventually, they collided and he grabbed her into nearby bushes. The cloud moved right past them.

"What do you think you're doing?! she demanded to him.

"Apologies; I was merely avoiding being ambushed."

"Well, you should have thought of that before getting yourself a fan club."

"That fan club was not my idea! Some pony else thought that up! Do you think I like strange girls following me around? In fact… you're the first that doesn't seem too keen with me…"

"I'm a little more concerned on where you stand as a prince. Now, if you excuse me, I have to get home."

"Wait a second, hold on!"

Her horn made her stop.

"Come here."

To the command, she followed and faced him, "Yes?"

"You're more worried that I won't be a good ruler?"

"Pretty much."

"What's your name?"

"Twilight Sparkle."

"Twilight Sparkle… Do you prefer that or Twilight?"

"Well… just to my friends and family 'Twilight' and for you, sure…" she slightly blushed, seeing now he really wasn't all that bad.

He, in turn, slightly blushed, "Because, Twilight, I, too, have worries on being a good ruler. I don't think I'm up to it."

This surprised her, "You don't?"

"I'm not even sure I want to be king, let alone the prince."

"But… you have to! Your kingdom needs you! I can see right now that you would make a great king…"

"You think so…?"

"I know so…"

They gazed into each other's eyes until a clear of the throat interrupted them. They turned to see Sunset Shimmer.