Another day in Ponyville for the Sparkle family. Nothing exciting happening, no new adventure. Just a peaceful afternoon with each other. After everything that had happened, this was the best thing they could have asked for. “How’s lunch comin’ guys?” DJ asked from the dining room. Nyx, Spike, and Twilight were making lunch for everypony to enjoy.

“Few more minutes, Dad!” Nyx yelled back. A moment later, there was a knocking at the door.

“Can you get that, dear?” asked Twilight from the kitchen.

“I’m on it!” DJ said back while getting up from the table and heading to the front door. He opened it to find one of his friends waiting for him. “Hey there Ditzy! What’s goin’ on girl?”

“Hiya DJ!” the mailmare greeted. “I got a special delivery for you!” Ditzy put her head inside her mail bag and pulled out a small brown package. She put a clip board on top and said, “Sign here, please.”

DJ picked up the pen in his deep blue magic and signed his name for the delivery. Ditzy hoofed him the package and stowed the clipboard back in the bag. “Thanks, Ditz. Hey, wanna stick around? We’re just about to sit down for lunch.”

“Thanks for the offer, DJ, but I already have plans with the Doctor after I finish my route. Thanks for the offer though.”

“No problem, Ditzy. See ya around.” DJ watched as the grey pegasus mare flew off, narrowly missing one their neighbors’ houses on the way. DJ chuckled at the sight and closed the door. He then focused on the package in his magical aura.

“Who was at the door?” asked a pale blue unicorn sitting at the table, also awaiting lunch.

“Ditzy; she had a package for me. Only, I don’t remember ordering anything. Twilight?” he called.

“Yes, dear?”

“Did you order an extra book this week? Ditzy just dropped off a package and, based on the size, I’m guessing it’s a book.”

“No DJ. I already got all my orders for the library and I haven’t placed any others yet.” Twilight then walked into the dining room. “Have you opened it yet?”

“Was just about to.”

“Then get to it! The Great and Powerful Trixie does not like to be kept in suspense!” Twilight and DJ sighed in exhaustion. It was taking longer than it should to get Trixie to use the first pony instead of her usual third.

“Trixie, could you go get Dusk and Scootaloo? Lunch will be coming out momentarily.” Trixie sighed and got up from the table.

“Trixie will do as you ask, Twilight. But you better not start without Trixie!” DJ chuckled softly and then began to open the package. What he pulled out shocked him greatly and the same went for Twilight. It was a book, like DJ guessed, and its cover was that of a familiar looking alicorn staring off into the distance, her horn lit with her unique magic, standing in front of a large mage of Equestria. The title and author were just as surprising as the cover. It read From Equestria and Beyond: The Personal Memoirs of Princess Pixel Berry and it was written by the same pony.

“What the what?” asked DJ to the open air. “Pixel wrote a book?! When did she become an author?”

“I have no clue, DJ, but why did you get a copy?” Then Twilight noticed something sticking out of the book. “Hey,” she said pointing to the object, “I think there’s a letter with it.” DJ pulled out the slip of paper from between the pages and read it aloud.

“Wow, this should be interesting,” DJ commented.

“What should be?” asked Scootaloo walking in the room. Trixie followed behind carrying a small, indigo colored, alicorn colt in her magic. The colt was smiling and laughing as he floated around his family. Twilight smiled at her son, Winter Dusk, as she took him in her magic and put him in his high chair at the table.

“It’s this book that your aunt Pixel Berry sent me, Scoots. Apparently is talks about her adventures since she came to Equestria,” DJ explained. Not even a second later, Nyx and Spike came out carrying a large plate of sandwiches, a large bowl of soup, and bowls for each member of the family. The two spread the dishes out and then walked over to DJ to join in the conversation.

“Are we going to hear the story?” asked Nyx who had a glimmer in her eyes. Even after all these years, Nyx loved being read stories. DJ laughed a little.

“I don’t know, Nyx. You know your mother doesn’t like anypony reading at the table,” DJ said with a smirk at his wife, who proceeded to elbow him in the gut. “Oof!”

“Just read the dang thing already!” All eyes snapped up and over to the table where a grey coated stallion was digging into their lunch. His black hair was messy and unkempt, like DJ’s, and his eyes showed no emotion at all, despite the smirk that was still present as he ate. DJ gave him a deadpanned stare.

“What are you doing out?” he asked the stallion.

“I got the munchies,” he shrugged in response. DJ face-hoofed.

“You are worse than a pothead, Malice.”

Malice only sneered in response. “I’ll take that as a compli-sult.” DJ sighed in exasperation and the others sat down at the table. DJ, Malice, Twilight, Trixie, Spike, Nyx, Scootaloo, and Winter Dusk all began to dig into their meals. As they were beginning to finish, Nyx voiced her question again.

“So, are you gonna read to us, daddy?”

DJ looked up from his food and found everypony staring at him. DJ snorted a little and picked up the book in his magic and levitated it in front of him. “Alright, alright. Let’s see, ah, there’s a foreword. We’ll start there!”

Scootaloo and Spike let out mutual groans. “Ugh, just skip to the story,” they spoke together. Twilight was quick to shush her daughter and little brother.

“It’ always good to start at the beginning, you know that. Now then, Pixel Berry, let’s what you have in store for us.

The Sparkle stared at DJ in shock of Pixel’s oh so personal foreword and dedication. Even Trixie was wiping tears from her eyes. Malice was the only one not showing emotion, mostly because he didn’t possess such capabilities.

“Wow,” Spike commented. “That’s deep; especially for Pixel Berry.”

“Wait,” started DJ, “when did Berry become the Princess of Lightning?”

“I am not too sure on the details myself, honey,” said Twilight. “Celestia just announced it while you were gone and everypony seemed to accept it. The story goes that when Pixel was crowned she caused a large bolt of lightning to crash down on the topmost spire of Canterlot Castle to prove she was as such. There was no damage, though. I didn’t see it myself, but others say it was quite the sight.”

DJ grumbled about missing the good stuff, but Malice got him to refocus on the book. “Come on, get on with the story!”

“What’s with you?” DJ asked, his nose in the book.

“What? Just because I am murderous demon, doesn’t mean I don’t like a good story. Now does it?”

DJ stared blankly in response to Malice’s words, but just shook it off. “Okay, back to story…” and DJ began to read the story that his sister had kept from them for years:

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