The sun began to rise slowly over Ponyville. The warm rays of light gently rose upon Twilight's face through the large circular window next to her bed. Her eyes slowly opened. She gave out a small cute yawn as she stretched her legs out, pulling the cover from off of her by accident. Her purple coat was displaced out right, showing off her cutie mark, a spiky geometric figure to represent a sparkle, after her own name no doubt. Slowly she got up and looked over at her assistant, a baby dragon named Spike under his covers. It's only natural for her to get up first. Despite how helpful he is around the library and in everyday activities, he acted much more "mature" for his age. Speaking of mature, it looked almost as if Spike was getting too big for his bed, maybe he's starting to grow.

She slowly got up and walked over to her mirror, where she saw how messy her hair was. She giggled slightly at herself and shock her head to have her mane reveal her lovely unicorn horn. It began to glow and a brush on the dresser levitated. She proceeded to comb out her messy mane back into the tidy style she always has. She turned around and again her horn glowed. This time it was her sheets that levitated. She neatly made her bed before going downstairs to her kitchen where she proceeded to make breakfast.

Twilight hummed to herself as he prepared a small meal for two. Spike probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon, but it was best to get his food ready anyway. She continued to hum to herself while, unknowing to her, Spike come from upstairs, quite literally. He had jumped down from the second floor and softly landed on the wood floor. He proceeded to walked over to the fridge. As luck would have it, twilight opened it behind her back and took out some daisies for the meal. Spike reached into the fridge and grabbed the orange juice carton just in time before Twilight closed the fridge.

Gaining momentum in her breakfast preparations Twilight started to sing out an old lullaby from her fillyhood. Spike, orange juice in hand, now had to get a glass for it. He took a small hop and he levitated up high to reach the cupboard above the sink. As he did, Twilight turned around and looked for utensils. Spike, still in midair, took a minute to open the cabinet and grab a glass cup to pour his juice into before closing the cabinet and coming back down just as Twilight turned back around.

"Perhaps I made too much..." She said to herself as she looked at Spike's plate. She shrugged and slide some onto another plate. The fridge magically opened again for Twilight to put the extra in. Spike placed the orange juice in the fridge, and without skipping a beat, grabbed the plate of food that Twilight was putting in. Smiling as she gazed at her own work, Twilight glanced to her left to look at the clock. Spike, walked out back through the open door he came in from. The clock being in the opposite direction of the door, never saw or heard Spike, however as he stepped out of the kitchen, the wooden panel he was on squeaked. Twilight, startled, turned fast just in time to see Spike extend his wings and propel himself up, back to second floor. The purple pony's eyes widen and she gasped.

"Spike? Spike?!" She exclaimed as she ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs. There he was though. She wasn't seeing things. Spike was sitting on his bed eating the food she had made half asleep. His wings out in plain sight.

"Spike!" She shouted at him, waking him from his trancelike state.

"W-What's wrong Twilight? Is it zombies? Are we under attack by ZOMBIES?" He groaned as he lifted his cover to hide himself from said attack.

"No, spike, look! Look at your back!"

Spike looked up form under his cover with an odd look on his face.

"What chu talkin' bout Twilight?" He did as she said and turned his head to see his back. He saw his wings. He extended them and closed them again before turning back to twilight and saying calmly,

"It's just my wings." However, after a second of processing what he saw and said, his eyes widened and he jumped up from his bed.

"By Celestia's name! I've got wings Twilight!"

"Yeah, but why? HOW? You didn't have them yesterday!" Shouted Twilight as she pointed her hoof at Spike's wings.

"I-I don't know. Does this always happens with dragons?" He asked as he turned to look at his dear friend.

"I don't know either...oh wait!" Twilight took off again, she headed down to the library where she began looking book by book for something on dragons. She had read every book in there, but taking another peek wouldn't hurt. She needed an explanation. Spike flew down and hovered by Twilight as she diligently searched the library. In all her excitement of running back and forth, she accidently bumped into Spike, who was flying at eye level to her.

"Ahk, Spike, could you stop flying all over the place?" She said as she held her snout with her hove. "Wait, how do you even know how to fly? If you JUST grew your wings shouldn't you need to learn to fly?"

Spike looked more puzzled than her as he looked at his wings.

"Geez, well, I don't know Twilight. I just kinda do. It's like-" However, he was interrupted by a burp. His own burp. A scroll appeared from green flames he spouted.

Both of them stared at the scroll from Celestia. Spike, feeling a little sick from delivering the scroll, runs off to the bathroom to bilge out some undesirables. Twilight's horn glowed and the scroll floated over by her face. It opened and she began to read.

"To my most studious apprentice, I am receiving a guest from a kingdom from far away. I would like you here for their arrival, I believe you will have much to learn from this visit. Your caring teacher, Princess Celestia."

Twilight looked up from the scroll and groaned. "Now? But we're having a crisis over here, how can I ignore Spike's situation?"

Twilight heard footsteps from behind her. She turned around and there stood Spike, with another scroll in hand. Twilight took it and read it out loud again.

"PS. Do not worry about spike, bring him too." Twilight gasped and looked around. "How did the Princess know I had doubts?"

Spike clears his throat, trying to regain composure. "M-Maybe she knows more about dragons..and knew I would age up today."

Twilight decided not to put too much thought into it. She instead began to pack. Usually when Princess Celestia summons her, she stays at the castle for multiple days. Twilight takes a suitcase and starts packing, blankets, books, and other essentials.

"Spike, will you prepare the hot air balloon?" She asks from upstairs. She turns and is startled by SPike being right behind her.

"Oh goodness! Spike, how did you get behind me without making any noise?" Smiling, Spike said,

"Feet don't make noise in the air." To that, Twilight rolled her eyes before asking.

"So, about the balloon?"

"Oh yes. It seems someone punched a hole in it, so we can't take it..."

"What?! So we have to take the road there?! Do you know how long it'll take us?!" Twilight's shout sent Spike flying to the other side of the room. Upside down, Spike says,

"It's not too far away. A day maybe. When did Princess Celestia need us there?"

Starting to pace back and forth Twilight responded, "The letter didn't specify, but what if we get there and it's too late? The Princess said she wanted us there for the ARRIVAL! Forget packing, we need to go NOW!"

Spike, still upside down on the bookcase began to levitate, this time by Twilights magic. Rushed, Twilights runs out, both the suitcase and Spike levitating behind her as she ran. Up the road, an orange pony stood at a stall where she was selling apples to a customer.

"Thanks Applejack!" said the filly that bought an apple pie from her.

"Well, you're mighty welcome young filly, now you come back anytime ya hear?"

"I sure will." said the young pony before walking off, while balancing the pie on her head.

Applejack went back to relaxing on the counter. As she did, she noticed a gust of wind in the distance.

"Now ain't that odd? I don't believe I've seen a gust form in the town before." However, as she squinted for a better look, she saw a purple dot getting progressingly larger. Her eyes widen as she realized it was Twilight, running at full speed...at her stall? Applejack took cover under the counter as she heard Spike shout at Twilight "Watch out!"

One second later Applejack finds herself under broken piles of wood planks, squashed apples, apple pies.

"What in tarnation, how many times is my stall gonna get torn down in one week?!" Shouted our Applejack as she popped her head out of the rabble. Next to her, Twilight pops her head out as well.

"Oh, I'm so sorry AJ, I got a little carried away..."

"A little is a bit of an understatement." Said Spike as he fly down and hovered just over the rabble.

"Oh my...Are those wings on Spike's back?" Applejack asked as she looked at Twilight. "What, did you use some sort of magic spell on him?" Twilight shook her head as they started to get out from under the rabble.

"No, he quite literally grew them overnight. I was trying to figure out if it was normal, but we were summoned by Princess Celestia to be at her castle by the time of a visit from a very important guest."

"However." Said Spike as he hovered between the two ponies. "The Princess didn't say when the visit would arrive, so Twilight here got off in a hurry to get there."

"So ya'll ponies need a ride?" Asked AJ as she started to clean up the mess and the wasted apples. Something she's grown used to doing over the past year.

"Why yes, but our balloon has a hole in it, we can't just-"

"Ah, but that.s where you're wrong my dear Twilight, you see Rainbowdash owes me a few favors for breaking my stalls, which, by the way, you guys owe me one too. So all I gotta do is get a pulling cart from back at the farm and Rainbowdash will get us there in no time.

"You'd do that AJ?" asked Twilight with a huge smile on her face, once would say it might even rival Pinkypie's smile.

"Of course! I'll always help a friend in need. Sides, I reckon the Princess would know a thing or two about Spikes sudden growth spurt."

"That's what I said!" exclaimed Spike as he and Twilight followed Applejack to her farm to ready a pulling cart. After a few minutes of getting the cart ready, and a few more in convincing Rainbowdash, they were ready to go.

"So let's get it straight, I pull this cart to Canterlot and I'm off the hook?"

"Yup." responded Applejack as she, Twilight, and Spike climb onto the cart.

"All 87 favors right?"

"Yup."

"Then let's get this over with." said Rainbowdash, getting hyped over not having to pay back every individual favor.

"Are you sure about letting go of every single favor?..." asks a reluctant Twilight. Applejack leans close, holding a hove on her right side to whisper to Twilight.

"Don't you worry, knowing Rainbowdash, she'll owe me another by the end of the week."

With a tug of the rope around Rainbowdash's mussle, they were off. Rainbowdash races off on the road, leaving a trail of dust behind. Twilight and Spike hold on to the cart, scared half to death about whether the cart will hold, AJ on the other hand is having a blast as she holds onto the rope. Over the next few minutes, Rainbowdash began to slow down. It was subtle at first, but at one point, Twilight noticed how tired Rainbowdash looked. It's only natural. She's not used to having so much weight pull her back, plus since Canterlot is by a cliff side, the road up to it is up a mountain. The strain on her having used a lot of energy at the beginning was no help either. Long story short, Rainbowdash could use a lesson on pacing.

"Hey, Rainbow, you alright?"

"What are you talking about...I'm great!" bluffed Rainbow like usual. She never was good at saying she couldn't do something, a little something she and Applejack have in common.

"We could take a break, we're ahead of schedule anyway." Rainbowdash was about to say no, but her fatigue caught up to her. She simple laid down and everyone got off the cart. Twilight came to RD's side and gave her some water she had packed. By pure chance, they had stopped right by a pond. It was still morning, so the sun made the water glisten. It was a beautiful sight no doubt. A moment that didn't last long enough. The girls heard a scream come from the forest nearby. Twilight, Applejack, and Rainbowdash ran over towards where they heard it from. Spike tried to follow, but not being accustomed to his wings just yet, lagged behind them. It wasn't a long run. They quickly found a pony and stallion surrounded by a pack of dogs, no doubt trying to rob them.

"Hey!" called out Applejack. "What do you think you're doing?!"

One of the dogs turned around to see who was screaming. When he saw it was just three ponies he opened his mouth to shout.

"Stay out of this if you don't want to get hurt." However, the dog was shocked, it wasn't him that said that, rather, no one from the pack had a chance to speak out. It was the stallion that warned Applejack as he stepped forward to face the pack.

"Are you crazy?!" asked Twilight

"Yeah, you can't handle all of them by yourself." continued Rainbowdash. Had she not been completly wiped out by the pulling the cart, she would have jumped into action, but try as she might, her wings wouldn't move.

Together, the entire pack charge at the stallion. He leaped forward and head butted the one in front of him before leaning back on his two back legs to avoid a slash of one of the dog's knife. With his front legs free, he hit two of his enemies with his hooves, knocking them back. He turned around slightly began dodging and jabbing as the occasion arose. out of the corner of his left eye he noticed one of them lunge itself towards him. To that he leaned down, his front legs now holding him up, he kicked the incoming dog upward. At this moment, he was doing a handstand , his body completely stretched out, something all of the dogs who remained conscious saw as an opening. All together again they used they knives to stab forward. The stallion saw what they were up to and bent his front leg before throwing himself up all of the dogs ended up hitting each other in the middle ground. as they tried to recollect themselves they were quickly greeted by the stallion once again. Having grabbed onto the dog he had kicked into the air, he used him as a board to land on top of the pile of canines under him. He stood victorious over the body of his defeated foes. He raised one of this front hooves, as to stomp and continue to battle, but was interrupted.

"Silver!" shouted the mare behind him. "I think that's enough, no need to beat them further."

To that the stallion grunted and looked over at the Twilight's group, whom were in awe at the scene that happened in front of them.

"You three, who are you?" He asked in a very stale voice. Everyone could get a good look at him now that he was still. He was a well built stallion, an Earth pony since he had no horn or wings. His fur was grey, with his mane being charcoal black, hanging loosely over his right eye which was completely hidden. His cutie mark was quite odd though, it was sort of insignia that consisted of two colors, pink and yellow. It was kind of misplaced to his color scheme, however, he had a necklace on of the same insignia.

"I'll ask again. Who are you three?"

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