The CHS Open House

Right now Sunset Shimmer was lying flat on her bed totally absorbed in rereading one of her favorite book, "The Moon Key by J.R. Stampfl." She had found it completely by random chance when her mom had taken her to a Salvation Army store and she had thought the cover was interesting and bought it for just a quarter.

The book was so amazingly addictive and such a great story at least in Sunset's opinion, that she fell in love with it and loved it so much she reread it three times in a row after finishing it the first time.

She was just getting the chapter where the main character Wendy Hilton was trying to transform herself for the Blue Moon Halloween Ball. She was just getting to the part where Wendy entered the surprise location that LATCH had chosen to have this ball which was fitting for her transformation into Cleopatra by showing up at the Temple of Dendur in the Egyptian Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when there came a loud knock on her bedroom door.

"Sunset?"

"Uh? Oh! Hi, Sunfire! What's up?" she asked looking up from her book surprised to see her mom.

"I love it that you like to read and educate your mind and aren't just one those lazy kids who just play X-Box all day, still we have a lot of shopping to do today if we are going to be ready for tonight. So time to get going to the store."

"Tonight? What are you…OH MY GOD! I forgot!" she yelled as she slapped her forehead for being a dolt.

"No need to feel bad, sweetheart, everybody forgets something even important events get forgotten. So don't feel dumb you forgot that tonight you are hosting your first slumber party.

We did get all the approved paperwork and guest passes straighten out and taken care of with the head of the housing and people in charge of our small community. So your friends will be able to stay here tonight and well into Sunday tomorrow before they have got to go home.

Still we need to stock up on things like food and other necessities for the party so let's get going before the stores get too crowded."

"Alright! Give me a second to mark my place in my book! There! Let's go! Um where is Yin Yang? I thought he want to help since you both were so thrilled when I took Dr. Destine's advice and decided to throw this sleepover party."

"Your father is getting things ready for the upcoming tax season. He likes to stay ahead of the game when it comes to taxes, not just at work but our own personal ones. He doesn't like the IRS any more than anyone else and we so do not need them on our backs.

We so do not need them taking away from our savings or the other things we've been setting aside for. Which includes both your trust fund and college money. Therefore your dad will be super busy with that for most of the day, but he'll be back in time to help get ready for the party before the girls get here at five, don't fret about that, honey," Sunfire explained as they got into their car and buckled up.

Sunset seemed to remember something as she buckled up and then recalled what she was thinking about based on her mom's words.

"I once saw a clip on YouTube where the Joker said he's crazy enough to take on Batman but would not want to take on the IRS. Which seems funny I guess that he rather take on a rich playboy running around in a mask and cape but not take on the IRS.

Though personally the better clip was the next one down when Harley Quinn beat the shit out of the douchebag for trying to replace her. Now I love a moment of woman empowerment and seeing someone get their long overdue just desserts!"

Both mother and daughter laughed their heads off over that and were in a good mood the whole time they got what they needed for Sunset's first slumber party from a variety of stores.

They manage to get all they wanted and more, but with how much stuff they got maybe they should have used those coupons that those seemingly nuts at time people on the TLC show "Extreme Couponing" did. Not that they're a fan of the show but sometimes you flip through channels and watch something for a few seconds to check it out.

Though personally for Sunset and her parents? Most of those shows on TLC seemed to have ruined a lot of lives by making people's lives public at least in their opinion so some reality shows were a bad idea and it was no wonder so many couples had ended in divorce or other ways their lives had been ruined because they been thrust into a world where people put them on pedestal and then became shocked over things that happened based on the reality show they were in.

Sunfire and Yin Yang had really taught Sunset something important since she had come to live with them. One thing was NO-ONE not some athlete, actor, or anyone even the President of the USA should be put on a pedestal.

You had to remember that every single person is human and to put someone on the pedestal was what really ruined their lives when people became shocked when something that really could happen to anyone is so unbelievable to some.

The other thing they had taught her is everyone no matter how good they may have been in the past or how well you know someone is exempt from commenting evil. She understood that one better based on watching "Snapped" with her folks.

Even the most kindhearted folks are fully capable of making the choice to commit the most awful of sinful crimes and that's murder. EVERYONE IS CAPABLE OF THAT AND IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE JUST FOOLING YOURSELF!

So one don't put anyone on a pedestal and two don't think someone could never commit an act of evil because EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE AND DO IT. NO ONE IS IMMUNED FROM IT AND IT ONLY TAKES ONE CHOICE AND YOU WILL DO IT.

Sunset really understood just based on herself that there was good and evil in all of us and how one bad choice can make or break you. So she had been paying a lot more attention to her parents' lessons since Princess Twilight had come the first time to this world.

Still for now life lessons and what matter on the inside of a person aside they had a party to get ready for. To help them with getting things ready they'd popped into their vast entertainment center CD player all the Rascal Flatts CDs they owned and while Sunset, Sunfire and Daybreak worked to get ready for the party their favorite songs made the mood much happier and funner to get things done.

At least Yin Yang last night had finished getting the guest room where the girls would be sleeping all ready. So he didn't have to do that when he got home at three-thirty still carrying a lot of folders to do more tax preparations for. Though he had picked up a couple boxes of sherbet with three huge two gallons of assorted flavors of Hawaiian Punch to help make a great big bowl of punch for the girls. He was then sent to finish making that whereas Sunfire finished making homemade pizzas in the oven. Which left Sunset trying to finish planning the things like what games to play and trying to figure out what DVDs that her friends might like to watch.

Sunset had huge butterflies in her stomach as she glanced at the family zodiac clock when it showed her that her friends were due to arrive any moment. She never felt this nervous and though she knew her friends found her folks cool she still want things to be perfect.

The separate wall phone by the front door rang to let them know that the girls were wanting to come in. So they punched the code numbers in and they knew the door downstairs unlocked.

Still seeing Sunset was about to go insane her parents took her aside for a few minutes and assured her everything was going to go fine and that no matter what things would work out just fine.

The girls knocked on the door and taking a deep breath Sunset let them in.

"Hey girls, Welcome to my home I hope we have a great time for tonight's party and that you enjoy tomorrow community activities as well. Let me help get you guys settle in the guest room. It's this way."

"We're not all sleeping in your bedroom?" Rainbow Dash asked confused as she readjusted her duffel bag on her shoulder.

"Um my room too small to fit us all. So you can all stay in the guest room which is pretty big. Yin Yang just cleaned it up yesterday and put fresh sheets on the bed. So it's a nice spacious room."

"Does this place come with a way for me to get outside if I need to go?" spoke a voice from Twilight's bag with Spike poking his snout out to look around.

"Spike! This is a girl's slumber party! What are you doing here? And you better not mess up this nice apartment if you are gonna stay. I'm sure Sunset's parents be more than a little steamed!" Rarity berated the dog who jumped out and stretched himself out.

Twilight looked a bit guilty and sighed. "Sorry, Sunset, but he refused to be left home alone. He said he wound find one way or another to come and I just couldn't lock him up. It seems even crueler now that he can talk so the thought of caging him is almost unbearable."

"It is fine, Twilight, in fact we suspected he party crash so we already okayed him to stay the weekend as well and Yin Yang promise to take him outside later to join the other people who own dogs so we don't have to spoil our girl time. Also Sunfire made him his own special bed to spend the night in. Here we are. The guest room what do you think? I actually helped decorate this one," as she opened the door and showed it to them.

Last time Twilight been here she hadn't really take the time to take in the details of the room. So as she and everyone else took a look around they really started looked it over.

The walls had been painted with very realistic murals. With the of course the sunrise on the right wall and on the left the sunset. The front and back wall had been painted to show off different kinds of things of the night a full moon on one end and the new moon on the other.

Above them was a large light that was half sun and half-moon with the rest of the ceiling made to look the heavens above with stars painted in the true formations they learned about before they saw that mentor shower.

The carpet was made to really embody the Northern Lights as was the bedspread on the king sized bed. There was a large lovely looking vanity, closet, wardrobe and a few squishy chairs.

"So what do you think? We thought a celestial theme make for a good way to make guest calm and relax. Also the ceiling does sparkle and twinkle like the real stars outside. So you guys like?" You also should notice the small water foundation we set up over there. So does this get your guys stamp of approval?" she asked nervously.

The girls were all quiet for a few minutes then all broke out in smiles and everyone but Twilight again ponied up and squealed delightfully it was perfect and they have tons of fun tonight!

Seeing her friends' approval and being so happy caused Sunset to pony up in response and that meant everything was great. Still Twilight tried to hide the fact she still didn't understand why she still couldn't pony up herself.

She just figured since being touched by Equestrian Magic and being friends with these girls so blessed by it she would've by now ponied up herself. She felt she had learned a lot about the subject of friendship, but still no ponytail, no ears and no wings. She was starting to wonder if she ever be able to pony up.

Sunset left the girls for a few minutes to go get settled in the guest room and too see if things were ready in the dining room for their first activity. She then heard a noise towards her bedroom and went to see what it was.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Daybreak! Didn't meant shut you in by accident!" when she realized she had accidently trapped her kitten in her room. By then the other girls had finished getting settled and she felt she might as well show them her bedroom.

The girls were impressed by it as well. Twilight having already seen it didn't say much but her eyes fell upon Sunset's bookcase and she thought she take a closer look at her reading material because if she didn't pay attention to the guest room she probably didn't really take a good look at some of Sunset's reading taste.

Sunset saw Twilight by her bookcase and then explained to her about some of her taste in books. She told her she had exactly 210 books on her bookcase and that some of the series she had collected included the "Eragon" "The Last Dragon Chronicles" "Fablehaven" "Chronicles of Narnia" and "Harry Potter"

She then pointed out some her favorite authors and their works for example were books by Cornelia Funke who had written books like "The Thief Lord and Inkheart" She also liked Gail Carson Levine famous for her book "Ella Enchanted" Other writers she liked and had many books of were the Newbery Honor author of the enteral great book "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and the popular late British best-selling author Eva Ibbotson. Her favorite book of hers was "Island of the Aunts"

Some of her other personal favorite books were the famous book "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O Dell, the magical mystery book called "Whispering to Witches" by Anna Dale and another Newberry book called "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park.

So clearly Sunset loved young adult novels that had adventure, fantasy, magic, love and friendship. Furthermore she also obviously loved many Newbery Award Winning Authors who had heart in their work and had still realistic personal growth for people and characters.

Before Twilight and Sunset could talk more about her book collection they heard Sunfire call them all to dining room for homemade pizza and to play the game Sunset had chosen.

The girls were surprised to see there was a board game on the table that had their pizza and fruit punch awaiting them. The soon saw this was evidently a "Harry Potter" themed board game given what the board looked like.

Sunset explain she gotten the game when she had gone garage sailing with her parents and it had only cost fifty cents. But it was basically a "Harry Potter" version of the classic "Clue" game.

Basically you had to move around the board and try to make it too a room then make a guess of who cast what spell and where and then try to make it to Fluffy on the third floor and try and guess the right answer. If you got the answer right you won. If not you were out of the game.

You also had to avoid a very pesky ghost who could knock you back to the starting point and also hope to get the Hogwarts crest to get the special cards need to open the secret passageways and get to the third floor and help you solve the mystery. Also if you got lucky enough to get the Invisibility cloak you didn't have to worry about the ghost because that made you immune to him.

At first Rainbow Dash and Rarity didn't look so thrilled playing a board game and Pinkie Pie was a bit too busy at first eating three slices of pizza to pay attention but as it was Sunset's home and her party they began to play.

It was actually a lot of fun and it was no surprise that Twilight one being one of logic and reason who wouldn't be hard for her to win a game of deduction. She moved the purple Sorting Hat piece to the top floor and made her guess by stating

"I say it was Draco Malfoy who cast the Petrificus Totalus Spell in Transfiguration Class!" and she turned out to be right!

Everyone admit they had a good time playing the game and now felt it was time to veg out and watch a movie. So they went to see what kind of movies Sunset owned.

She pointed to one large case part of the entertainment center. All the DVDs where in alphabetical order. They saw a lot of movies but couldn't tell which were the ones were Sunset's and which were her parents. They saw she had quite a few animated TV series on DVD and also movie series as well.

She had a lot of movies made from Disney and DreamWorks and a few other companies. She did point out a few of her personal favorite movies. Like "Fools Rush In" was her favorite romantic comedy, favorite comedy was "Dr. Doolittle" favorite love story was "The Princess Bride" favorite fantasy adventure was "Stardust" favorite God themed one was "Courageous" and she had just about every single Hayao Miyazaki film ever made.

The movie the finally ended up choosing to watch was the Miyazaki film "From Up on Poppy Hill" and they ended up watching with the Japanese being spoken but with English subtitles as no-one but Sunset herself knew Japanese well enough to make do without the subtitles.

After the film ended the girls went back to the guest room where they just gossiped and did each other hair and nails. The gossip dealt with things like school, families, the Rainbooms, their boyfriends, and how it was actually getting closer for the Equestrian Games to begin. These Games that Sunset and Solar Flare be participating in would last a full three months and she was eager to see if she could win as she had been putting in so much training and the girls had stood right by her.

Finally Sunfire came in about a quarter to eleven and told them it was time for bed. They did not need to be up all night even if it was a sleepover. So Sunset let her friends get into their sleeping bags and they all allowed Twilight to take the bed and then they said goodnight and Sunset went back to her room and soon they were all sound asleep.

The girls had an awesome time the next day joining in some of the community activities that went on in the small park area of the gated community and overall it was a great weekend and they were a bit sad to see it end. Still they talk more about it at school the next day.

Sunset felt better because it looked like things were going well for her as she told her parents that night after her friends had gone home. It was like things were going well for her. She had the best friends anyone could ask for, she had an A+ average at school, and her therapy treatments were going well, she had great parents and a very loving pet and best of all the Equestrian Games would start soon and she get a chance at personal glory! So things were looking up! Things got even better the next day at school for Sunset.

Sunset and her friends were all gathered around the Wondercolt statue just still talking about how the slumber party went and also talking more about their boyfriends, or at least Fledge and Twilight were a confirmed couple and though all the girls had been kissed at the carnival they did not feel they were official couples quite yet. So one confirmed couple and the rest were semi-couples.

Still just talking about what they liked to do for future dates and other romantic escapades that they all were hoping to have was filling them up with a lot of hormones that were getting ready to send the over the moon!

In fact everyone but Sunset and Twilight had ponied up just talking about how in love they were and all that they hoped the Magic of True Love was just as powerful and enchanting as the Magic of Friendship when someone was able to bring them back down to earth.

"Wow! This is so cool to watch and be great for my web show! I still can't get over how cool you all look when you pony up! This is great!" cried out a familiar voice and everyone turned and ponied down and saw Tecna Mark was filming them with a small teal digital video camera.

"Hey, Tecna! What's up? How's tricks been?" Twilight called out cheerfully as Tecna put down the camera and hurried over to them. She looked absolutely elated by catching the girls ponying up.

"Hello, girls! I hope you had a fun and fabulous weekend! It must have been fun if you all ponied up!"

"We had a sleepover party at Sunset's place, darling. Did you capture my natural beauty with that camera? I don't have any zits right? Don't need to be recorded if I do! Oh boy!" Rarity exclaimed in a panic as she took out a compact to check her face.

Applejack just shook her head and muttered in slight disgusted but loud whisper, "The world is not gonna end if you have you picture taken or you're filmed just because of a zit! We all get them so people need to stop thinking it's a life or death thing! It ain't that big a deal for crying out loud! We all get them so just quite overreacting to something so stupid! Geez Louise!"

"You wear cowboy boots and a cowboy hat all the time? Do you even care about how you look, Applejack?" Rarity snapped back crossly as she closed her compact.

"I don't judge others on how they look. Yes there is nothing wrong with looking your best and being presentable. But people make the biggest fuss over stupid things that are really not a big deal at all.

Again, Rarity, every person on this planet will have a little bit of acne at one time or another. It ain't that big deal it happens to everyone. So no need to fuss about it. Just like I think it's beyond stupid and ridicules that people waste valuable time, energy and resources trying to look younger or have hair on your head.

It's not that big deal if you are bald and we all age anyway so why try to change that fact of reality? We all get older and age so really we waste billions of dollars trying to look like we are still spring chicks?

We could use all that money on things that actually matter like finding cures to diseases like AIDS and cancer, or save the environment so plants and animals don't go extinct, or clean up this one and only planet we get to live on!

We don't need all those stupid ass garbage products to look younger or have hair on your head! It's what matters on the inside anyway and again we all freakin' age! So we don't need to look like we still in our twenties!

Accept life as it is and quite wasting money that could be put to actual good use instead of trying to find the Fountain of Youth in a glass bottle when things that actually matter is the planet and people on it not if you don't have a stupid wrinkle or a freaking stupid zit!

We don't need all those garbage we waste money on! Just like we don't need a cell phone with a bazillion functions that we really don't need or make I-pods that hold more music or whatever we are wasting time and energy and money on!

The world needs to get its fucking priorities straight and forget about a lot of stupid pieces of paper and a few pieces of metal and actually focus on what really matters!

We only get one life to live and one planet to live on and once that's all gone we are all gone!

So if you have a zit big whoop! We have people dying left and right from hunger and cancer and we have sludge in the ocean killing wildlife and other things destroying the only home we will ever get!

It's not like we can all get up and move to another planet once this one been destroyed past the point of saving! We only get this one planet!

So quite worrying about shit that isn't at all important and you and the rest of the human race can get its greedy fat heads out of their big fat asses and get our priorities in the right order on what actually matters in life!" Applejack finished passionately and was breathing hard as everyone absorbed her truth.

Tecna actually caught the whole speech on video and was impressed because she herself had been wanting to say the exact same thing for years as well! So she was impressed that Applejack just flat out said what needed to be said.

"I love how honest you are Applejack! And the fact that more people need to wake up and realize what actually matters in life and not the stupid shit we think matters when it doesn't!"

"Well thanks for agreeing with me, Tecna."

"Welcome."

"So, Tecna? Why are you filming us anyway? And what's this about a web show?" Sunset inquired curiously to the savvy hot young teenager.

"I've decide to start doing a web show on what's going on at CHS and its students and of course showing off all the kinds of magic here. Not just you guys ponying up either.

I think we realize magic by now comes in many forms and I want to shred the veil that modern day media showcases as what the 'real world' is like. I blame most of problems we have in life due to movies, games and TV portraying reality in a light that is far from the truth.

My parents and I all agree that some things in life have gotten worse because of modern day media which how we have so many shitty problems that could have been avoid if the modern day media didn't spread messages like… give me a second.

Ok like for example how the modern day media ruins life and portrays reality into something it should not be?

There is a lot of TV shows, movies etc. that have young teenagers having sex. That what has led to more teenagers thinking they need to lose their virginity as soon as possible and that's how we ended up with more teen pregnancies! Because kids are being influenced to think they need to go screw the first person they can find or they are not normal! Never even bothering to really think of the consequence of it!

Or that being skinny is the only way to actually be a worthwhile person when in fact most people are overweight and yet thanks again to the media it's like being fat makes you less of a person and being skinny is the only way to be sexy or worth something.

Also no offence to any of you or anyone on Earth, but that it also says it's wrong to be single and that you can't be happy without a boyfriend or girlfriend. People can be happy and never go on a date or have sex.

Also its time the world also got over that it wrong to fall in love with the same sex. Love is a gift and we should be allowed to give our hearts to anyone. For all that does matter when it comes to love is finding someone who makes you happy, safe and gives you a reason to life.

All that other shit that it's against God? We as humans have made up a lot of bullshit and we let our own fears of not understanding the simple truth of life and call it sin.

Love is not a sin so yeah you can be happy without a significant other but there is nothing wrong with being with whoever makes you happy and any other shit people think matters? Doesn't!

Also yes people are sometimes born in the wrong body! I have a cousin who is a transgender and I don't think them as a freak or that it's a mental disorder. Life is a beautiful and complex thing and well the point of me doing this new web show of mine is to show reality as it truly is and not how it's portrayed.

I want the real issues that actually matter be shown. Because the only way we will make the world and the human race better is education and learning to accept others for who they are and not trying to mold ourselves to be someone else idea of normal when there is no normal and we should be true to ourselves.

You guys pony up a lot when you are true to your most distinct trait, right? But you also pony up when you are truly filled with true friendship or the real Magic of Life.

So I'm doing this web show because I want the real world to truly be seen and not sugarcoat and made into a fairytale. I want to really show what really goes on and what really matters!

So I'm calling my web show "The Real World Unenchanted" and I'm hoping you do not mind me filming you guys every once in a while and that Sunset if it's okay with you first I mean, I'd also love to film you when you compete in the upcoming Equestrian Games."

"Sounds like an awesome idea to do this web show to me, Tecna." Rainbow Dash blurted out and the other girls all nodded and murmured agreements.

Sunset smiled and replied, "I think it be very cool you want to film me competing. So yeah you have my permission! Thanks!"

"Great! Well if you guys could come up with a musical number so I could have a wicked cool opening for my web show which will be updated every Friday at 4:30 that be great!"

"We'll do everything we can to help you out, Tecna. Won't we girls?" asked Twilight and everyone not only pony up again from agree with it but Pinkie Pie shot off three party cannons to show her support!

"That's great! Thanks! Maybe you could all swing by my place later this week and we can work on a soundtrack for my web show and also my mom like a few CDs of your songs to play at her boutique, oh and those homemade beauty products you made Rarity? Selling like hotcakes. Think you could come up with a few more we could use for some gift baskets for a door prize and charity drawl we'll be having soon?"

"No problem, my darling Tecna. We will all be happy to help you or anyone at CHS in any way possible to spread the Magic of Friendship!" Rarity informed her happily as she slightly ponied up from this.

By this time everyone was walking down the main hallway to get to their lockers.

"Great! We'll got to jet over to my locker and hope that this new lock works better than the last. I've the worst luck with locker locks. They keep breaking on me! See you later! Bye!" as Tecna turned the corner and hurried to where her locker was.

"Oh boy how awesome is gonna be that we are gonna not only be on a web show but make the soundtrack for it? We'll go viral for sure and achieve instant fame in less than ten minutes! Oh yeah this is so kicking awesome!" Rainbow Dash squealed as she pony up again and Applejack and Sunset had to yank her back down to the ground,

"Better to keep our feet on the ground and not pony up so much, Dash. At least not for a while." Applejack warned her as Rainbow Dash calmed down and opened her locker and nodded.

"Yeah, Applejack, whatever you say."

"Hey, Rainbow Dash why is there a picture in your locker of Soarin' and he's not wearing a shirt?" inquired a curious bubbly Pinkie Pie which caused Rainbow Dash to blush redder then a fire truck and she slammed her locker shut.

"Um…Pinkie Pie?" Fluttershy whispered softly to the exuberant young girl.

"Yeah, Fluttershy?"

"You should not be looking into someone's locker or into anyone private stuff ever. It's not nice and it's invading their right to privacy. So don't steal a peek into anyone else locker okay?"

"Alright, so I should not ask why you have a hand drawn heart shaped picture of you and Rusty in your locker either?"

Now Fluttershy was blushing and then all girls glared annoyingly at Pinkie Pie who did seem to genuinely not understand that she was both embarrassing her friends and invading their privacy at the same time.

Though before they really could make her get that Vice Principal Luna's voice came over the PA telling the students to report to the gym ASAP.

So all the girls quickly closed their lockers and everyone made double sure that Pinkie Pie didn't' see that all of them with the exception of Sunset of course had some kind of picture of their boyfriends in their locker door along with however else they decorated their lockers.

They quickly hurried to the gym and took their seats in the bleachers and wonder what this assembly was about. They soon found out as did the rest of the school as the beautiful Principal Celestia walked as if she was still a princess across the stage and just glowed with the radiance one would expect royalty have.

"Good morning students of CHS, I hope you all had a good weekend. I like to think life has many challenges and having a lot of different experiences both here at school and outside of it will truly prepare you all for the day when you all have to make very hard but wonderful choices that will play a part in your future lives beyond this school.

But for now let's show why we are proud of our school and how everything about Canterlot High School has played a part in shaping you into who you are right now and how you have also shaped the future of this school by what you are doing in the present.

To do this my sister and I are delighted to inform you all that we will be having an Open House this Friday Night! Luna if you could tell us some more about it? Please?"

"Gladly my sister. We would love it if all you showcase both your school pride and who you are at the same time. So we wish for each student to do some kind of exhibit to show who they are and also all of you make some kind of contribution to show how being a Wondercolt has helped you become who you are and how what you do here now will shape your future after you left.

For those who might not realize this, I and my sister before becoming Principal and Vice Principal of CHS attended it ourselves. More than likely a few of your own parents attended the school when we're students.

Which is why we want to honor the past, celebrate the new and find out who you all are right now and who you'll become when you leave," Luna explained excitedly and everyone was looking pretty happy about it.

"So to help you with part of getting the school ready for the open house we'll have a few of the teachers help you get ideas by looking at the yearbook section of the library and you can check out the trophy room as well.

Though perhaps the best people to help you all would most likely be your own parents for many of you are the children of CHS alumni and so let's give both the old students, the current ones and the ones yet to come a grand open house!

To help prepare for the open house all afternoon classes for this week are canceled. So let's go have some fun and make this the best open house ever!"

This resulted in everyone cheering and already starting to plan how each of them would meet this challenge. Most of the Mane Seven seemed to know already what they wanted to do and already also thinking they might go ask if they could perform at the open house as they needed music.

Only two out of the seven weren't sure how to deal with this. Sunset and Twilight weren't sure for two different reasons. Twilight was obviously because she hadn't been a student long, Sunset just felt unsure and uneasy given her past and just feeling mixed up already on the inside.

So while the other girls hurried to find a private place to go plan Sunset and Twilight hung back for a few moments in the gym both knowing they were thinking the same thing.

"So what do you think I should do, Sunset? I've only been going to CHS for a few months and well expressing myself is something I'm still learning to do. If not for you and all our friends and of course Fledge I be alone in what I thought was best for me. In an independent study program alone with only soulless books for company.

Dean Cadence was right when she said it was important for me to make friends, but it wasn't till what happened at the end of the Friendship Games I realized how important having people in your life was."

"Yeah, I didn't realize it either that power is only an illusion and life is meaningless if you don't have people to fill it with. Oh speaking of Dean Cadence your other self wanted to know more about her as in Equestira Dean Cadence is the Princess of Love, Ruler of the Crystal Empire and mother to newborn Princess Flurry Heart.

So your other self Princess Twilight like to know about this world Cadence so she may relay it too the Princess one who liked to know more about who she is in this world."

"Well, I'm still in contact with Dean Cadence if you wondering that. She wanted to keep in touch when I transferred here. So she calls me every other week to check on how I'm progressing here. Truthfully I think my brother tries to listen in because he likes her so much.

So I guess if my brother is her husband in Equestria and father of her child maybe one day that will happen here as well?"

"Could be? Who knows for sure? I'm just not sure what I should do for my own personal project. I want to do something special and I want to make my parents really happy.

They still have some anxiety even though my therapy session with Dr. Destine seem to be helping some. I just wish she and her office wasn't so I don't know business like. I mean the lady wears a navy blue business woman suit and I just wish she was a bit more laidback and little more playful and fun. But I can't say how this lady is too look or do her job.

I just feel if you're gonna be a doctor or therapist you should have some fun and be somewhat a friend with who you are treating and not see it as a job but some time to have fun.

Treating patients as people and caring about them as a person and not just a client or patient really makes a difference or at least in my opinion it does."

"Well I guess you are right still…"

"Hey why you two lollygagging again? Everyone else left ten minutes ago. We may not have classes for this afternoon doesn't mean we can miss first period also," Fledge spoke from the gym doorway.

"Fledge! Are we that late? Is the teacher mad us for being late?"

"She's not mad, mad, she just wanted me to come get you two, as she figured a few students forgot in the excitement of the assembly that we still had class for the morning at least. So I was one of the students ask to find the ones who hadn't showed up yet. So let's book it!"

"Gotcha!" as they took off running to their classes though as they were running Sunset's journal fell out of her backpack and Twilight managed to catch it, however Sunset had already gone to her class on the other side of the building.

Therefore returning it would have to wait till that afternoon. Twilight did take a few seconds when she had finish her schoolwork in school wide study hall before lunch to examine this peculiar book. She was still wanting to understand magic somewhat better and was wondering just how this book was able to talk to another world version of herself.

Flipping it open to her surprise she didn't see any writing on any of the pages, they were all blank. Which was odd since she knew Sunset wrote in this so much. So where all the letters she had written before she had come to CHS and after she started to attended it.

She spent at least fifteen minutes trying to figure it out when the bell rang for lunch. So she resigned herself to not understanding it at the moment and went to return the book to Sunset who was grateful to have it back as she was wondering what happened too it as it had not been in the Lost and Found box in Celestia's office.

Twilight watched like a hawk whilst the other girls found an empty classroom and began brainstorming and talking excitedly what they were going to do and wondering if they should invite their boyfriends who didn't attend the school to the Open House.

While everyone else was talking and planning Sunset was sitting in a corner by herself seemingly writing in the journal. Twilight was wondering what she was writing about.

Sunset letter was the following.

"Dear Princess Twilight and Prince Fledge,

I was afraid for a little bit today that I'd never speak to you guys again as the journal went missing for a short bit. Turned out it just fell out of my backpack when I was running to class after this assembly telling us we are having an open house this Friday. But the other Twilight found it and returned it to me.

I think I'd be lost if I didn't have you both still to talk too. I'm happy and thrilled to have many friends here at CHS and I really love my parents and I love my kitten Daybreak so much. Still I don't want to lose you both either.

My session with the new therapist are going as well as one can expect I did as she suggested and had a great sleepover this past weekend. And things here are only going to get better for a lot of people.

We are going to be internet stars or at least help with a web show that fellow student Tecna Mark is doing called "The Real World Unenchanted." I'll try to explain later what exactly a web show is but now is not the time.

We have to plan out what we are doing for the open house and I have to think of something to do for it myself. Not sure what exactly I'm going to end up doing but I want it to be something special.

Oh before I forget Twilight told me she still in contact with this world's Cadence as this world one still cares deeply about her and wants to make sure she's okay and doing well.

Well gotta go now. Gotta go think of something. Talk to you later.

Love your friend Sunset Shimmer."

She had just put the book back in bag when she realized the other Twilight was watching her write her letter. She felt a moment of uncomfortableness and then motion her to come over.

"Is there something you liked to know? Since you were watching me write my letter and you did find my journal. So I gotta ask are you trying to still figure out how magic works?" she asked causational in a hushed tone so the others would not hear them.

"Yes, neither of us or any of us really understand how magic works in this world, and part of me is wondering if I'll ever pony up. I just feel since I was touched by magic and have learned so much about friendship I should have pony up by now.

Still I guess I'm also curious on how this book works. I'll be honest I looked at it and the pages were blank. But if you write in it as often as you do how come they are blank?" she inquired in a quiet voice.

"Well, I can at least explain why the pages are blank or at least appear to be blank to you. When Princess Celestia gave me this book she put a charm on it so if someone found it they could not read any of it so they would not find out what was not any of their business to know in the first place.

So there is tons of writing in here, Twilight, it's just invisible to everyone else eyes except mine is all. So unlike how we still have to explain to Pinkie Pie why not to look into our lockers no-one else will be able to read what I write is all."

Blinking in surprise she played with hair a moment and smiled sheepishly, "Well, I guess being as smart as I am, I should have at least figured unlike diaries of this world there would be a magical spell to keep things private so it's not blabbed to the world like what happens in this world.

I guess that means only you can read the reply as well?"

"Well, to be honest yeah I think that's how it works on this end. But I think it's also somewhat two other factors that come into play. As the other book was originally Princess Celestia's though ownership passed to Princess Twilight when she got the book.

So I think it also matter who technically own the book as both Princess Twilight and Prince Fledge in Equestira write in this to me. So I guess it depends on ownership who can read the reply or who can reply.

Still I have a feeling if you for example wrote something it would be read by the other you and perhaps if you wrote the letter you could read the reply. Again magic works strange in this world as it does in Equestira."

Twilight hung her head looking a bit sad, "I see," was all she said, this bothered Sunset a lot.

Taking Twilight's hand into hers as they both touched the book at the same time she whispered to her. "I'm giving you permission to do something if anything ever happens to me and someone needs to contact Equestria."

"Huh?"

"In the event something happens to me or anything bad occurs I give you full permission to use my journal. Also if something seriously bad happens or if I ever go back to Equestira I bequest the book to you so we can always remain in contact. I promise you that right now. That I Sunset Shimmer promise you Twilight Sparkle that in event something happens to me you can use the book or if I chose to leave the book will be yours."

"Wow. I'm honored and I accept, Sunset," so both girls hugged at this moment not noticing the book was glittering and glowing a usual color. The glitter was Twilight's coloring and the glowing was Sunset's but by the time they came out of the hug the book was back to normal.

This gave both Twilight and Sunset the perfect idea to do their exhibit together to shown how they both grown and how each had helped the other and soon other ideas were coming to the whole group.

The week went by really fast and soon it was Friday Night and everyone had gotten school thoroughly cleaned up and cleaned up themselves as well. So the place was impeccable and so where the students.

The parents and friends of everyone had such a good time enjoying each student personal presentations, the group ones and how the school banded together to put together a special tribute to the whole school and all who were part of its family.

This came in the form of both a movie helped by Tecna's new camera and web show but also a concert as well showing off all kinds of musical numbers with the Rainbooms performing a special song that was called "We Love CHS" that was singing about how CHS was more than just a high school it was also a part of them like a home where family and friends were forever.

Again as the Rainbooms performed the music, which they got some extra dancing help from Fledge. He'd gotten the rest of the girls' boyfriends to be backup dancers to the point they were doing gymnastic moves throughout the crowd, all the girls except Twilight ponied up.

So it was a great ending to the Open House which both Photo Finish got for the yearbook and Tecna was going to use for an episode of her new web show. So one way or another everyone would remember this night.

The girls and their boyfriends had agreed to stay late and help with clean up so it was almost like a date for everyone else. Still Sunset was the only one without a sweetheart. So when she was taking the trash out back to the dumpster she was alone when her journal lit up telling her she gotten a reply letter.

Hurrying over to read it under the light of the street lamps she read the letter.

"Dear Sunset Shimmer,

Hello from everypony in Equestria, well to be more accurate it's just me and my husband but a lot of ponies have asked us to extend their greetings to you for them. Even Princess Celestia wanted to say hi and ask how you are doing.

Things for now are calm and uneventful in Equestria but there is a reason we wanted to tell you others are asking about you. Fledge can you explain it for me, please?

Okay, I'll try my love. It seems when we went to this strange meeting for only royals which is the Princesses and myself something is going on that the rest of Equestria doesn't know about.

It was only the four princesses and myself. Princess Cadence had left Shining Armor in the Crystal Empire to look after Princess Flurry Heart with whom Sunburst is already trying to teach her some basic magic.

Still we were summoned to talk about a strange surge of magical energy that seem to coincide with your last letter. It was like when that letter came here there was a huge flux of magical energy even more powerful then Flurry Heart's was before we got that under control.

It only last a few moments but another strange thing was everypony cutie marks light up for those few moments of magical energy power surge. The brightest were our closest friends but the ones that really went off like a supernova in brightness were my own and Twilight's was so bright it lit up the night as bright as day.

So we don't know what's going on but something is going on. We think it's connect to you and something going on, on your end of things.

My mentor Princess Celestia says for a moment that power surge was more powerful then all six of Equestria Alicorns magic put together! That's pretty darn powerful!

So for now just be on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary and we will do the same. For now it time we get some sleep. We have a lot more to do and we don't know if we will get it all done. So for now goodnight.

Love your friends Princess Twilight and Prince Fledge."

Sunset closed her magic book slowly and was starting to wonder what could she have done that might have set off such a magical power flux in Equestria. She didn't have much time to think as Twilight came dragging a huge bag of garbage outside and looked like she needed help.

So she put her journal back in her bag and helped heave the super heavy twenty pound bag of garbage into the dumpster and then the two girls hurried back inside to help finish with clean up both laughing and smiling as their friendship was growing stronger between them.