Twilight Sparkle hadn't been a Princess for very long, but already Princess Celestia had given her a place to rule over. She was standing outside her mentor's quarters, sighing as she was trying to pluck up the courage in order to knock on the big double doors. She had lived at this castle ever since she was a young infant (her parents having to be nowhere in sight), since than the almighty Princess Celestia and her younger sister have been raising the young unicorn. She is now an adult, who after her long years in magic training and studying, became an alicorn and was announced as a new Princess of Equestria. Only now she fears of just how ruling over someplace will be like, and if she will do it justice or not.

Finally Twilight decided to just go back to her room and forget about talking to her mentor, when the doors suddenly opened and made her jump in surprise, as before her now stood Celestia.

"Twilight? What are you doing here so early in the morning?" The pure white mare asked as she seemed quite surprised to see her student at her door.

"Well.......I ummm......" Twilight paused as she nervously looked to the older Princess and took a deep breath, "Princess, I need to speak with you," Twilight stated with a now more serious look on her face.

Celestia was silent for a moment as she just stared blankly at her student, before she smiled to her slightly, "What is it Twilight?" Celestia asked, that smile never leaving her lips.

"You told me that I would be the new Princess of some place right?" Twilight asked.

"Yes that is correct," Celestia simply answered with a nod.

"But you didn't tell me what that place is like, and I was just wondering if I'd be a good enough Princess for them as all," Twilight explained.

"Ahh so that's what this is all about, there's nothing to worry about Twilight, the town that you will be ruling over is called, 'Ponyvile' and is only small. The ponies in it are very humble and welcoming, I'm sure you'll fit right in," Celestia reassured her worried student.

"That's good to hear then," Twilight sighed in relief as she smiled back to her mentor, What was I thinking? Of course Princess Celestia would give me a very welcoming place to rule over, I'm not sure why I was even worrying so much about it all,'
Twilight thought as she was now much more relaxed and open-minded about this town that she would soon be ruling over.

"Yes the one above it may seem much more less-accepting, but they should come around after a while," Celestia interrupted Twilight from her happy and relieved thoughts, while she talked about the bigger town that was just above Ponyvile.

"Wait...are you saying that I'm going to be ruling over two towns now?" Twilight asked as her feelings of worry all came rushing back into her mind.

"Well technically yes. There's a bigger town in the skies just above Ponyvile called, 'Cloudsdale', it's inhabited by only pegasi, while Ponyvile is home to all kinds of different ponies and other animals," Celestia explained.

"How in Equestria am I going to rule over two towns at once? Plus I've only just gotten used to flying and all, so how will I be a good ruler if I can't even be up there very much?" Twilight asked now in a panicking state.

"Calm down Twilight," Celestia smiled to her student as she chuckled slightly.

Twilight took a deep breath as she calmed herself and looked back to her mentor with a smile.

"Now listen I know it sounds tough and all, but you'll be fine, the ponies on the ground will be sure to welcome you nicely, and the pegasi will soon warm up to you as well in time, okay?" Celestia explained to Twilight as she rested a hoof on the younger mare's shoulder.

Twilight just nodded before she sighed again as she looked up to her mentor with a small smile, knowing to trust in the older Princess, after all she had never been wrong yet.

"However before you think about packing to head off, I have someone that I would like you to meet," Celestia explained as she started to lead her young student along the long hallway and soon stopped at two big closed double doors.

Twilight looked up at the doors, then back to her mentor wondering who it was that she was going to introduce her to, 'Maybe it would be some strong stallions from the royal guard being sent to come along and make sure nothing happenes to me, or maybe it's a powerful unicorn of some sort, who's going to teach me all the ways of being a good ruler, or....or....or....' Twilight happily thought to herself as millons of possibilities ran through her mind, feeling over-excited as she wondered just who could be waiting behind the doors.

Celestia happily knocked on the big double doors then stepped back slightly, patiently awaiting an answer. Unfortunately it would seem that she did not get one. She tried once more, knocking louder this time and frowning a little, while Twilight looked upto her questionably. Again there was no answer.

'It's not normal for anypony to ignore the Princess like this, I wonder what kind of pony this is, I mean it's true that they may be busy with something at the moment, but that's no reason to be this impolite as to not even open the door and come and greet us,' Twilight thought as she didn't know if she was so sure about this 'great' pony anymore, true she had yet to meet them, but from where she was standing they weren't making that much of a good first immpression right now.

"Excuse me, Young Dragon are you awake?" Celestia called out as she knocked again, and hoped she would get an answer this time.

'Did she just say 'Dragon'? are they meant to be coming with me?' Twilight questioned in her mind as she suddenly felt very nervous about meeting this new face now, after all she had never met a dragon before, and she had no idea what they were like since they weren't that many that lived near to the ponies of Equestria, plus there were hardly any books on them considering the fact that they haven't been known to partially like ponies all that much, and so there really wasn't anything about them for Twilight to have studied unfortunately for her.

"Coming,"

Twilight froze as she heard a voice come from inside of the room, which was soon accompanied by faint footsteps slowly becoming louder as within a few more moments the doors were opened to reveal the young dragon.

Twilight looked up, expecting to see a very tall and fierce looking dragon, only to see nothing when she looked. She was slightly confused as to why there was no one there until she heard them speak up again.

"Sorry I didn't answer right away Princess Celestia, I heard the knocking but I was....busy, and I didn't know if it was you or just the guards coming to check on me or something,"

Twilight's eyes cast down as she heard the voice come from a lower level, her eyes widened as there in front of her stood a baby dragon, with purple skin and bright green spikes going down its back, of all the dragons she could've met, she never imagined that this little one was the one she was meant to meet.

"So in other words you were sleeping right?" Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow and a slight smirk to the young dragon.

The dragon just smiled nervously as he scratched the back of his neck with a single claw and avoided the mighty Princess's gaze.

"Right then onto the topic at hoof, Twilight this is 'Young Dragon', and he will be accompanying you on your travels to Ponyvile," Celestia stated as she gestured to the little dragon with a hoof.

"Oh so this is the new Princess I've been hearing about then?" the young dragon questioned, looking to Twilight.

"Yes this is Princess Twilight Sparkle, I have the up-most certainty that you'll be of great help to her," Celestia answered with a small nod to the dragon, while he looked to Twilight and smiled to her kindly.

"Well Princess Twilight it is an honor to meet you, Princess Celestia has informed me about your new role as the ruler of Ponyvile, and Cloudsdale, today is your moving day, correct?" the young dragon asked as he politly greeted the younger Princess with a small bow, while Twilight smiled nervously back to him.

"Yes that's correct, and it's nice to meet you too umm...Dragon," Twilight nervously replied as she looked up to her mentor for a moment, 'What was I getting myself all worked up over? Of course the Princess wouldn't have a fully-grown dragon go with me, plus besides the fact that he didn't answer the door at first, he seems to be well-mannered enough, maybe I was wrong about him,' the mare thought as she looked back to the dragon and smiled to him.

"He was found abonded near to the castle as an egg, a few years back, and has been one my most trusted assistance's since," Celestia added as she was gald to see the two greeting each other nicely, having no doubt that they would get along well.

"Hey I thought I was working as a body-guard," the dragon stated in a whining tone, while his smile formed into a frown as he looked up to Celestia.

"Yes that too of course," Celestia smiled as she rolled her eyes to the small dragon, before turning to her student.

"But wait, if he's been here for that long then why have I never met him before now?" Twilight asked.

"Well I wasn't too sure how you would act towards meeting each other back then, plus all you used to be interested in was studying, if it wasn't something about magic or a new test for you of some sort, you would never go for it," Celestia explained happy to admit that she always did like that side of her student, but there were times when she would've liked her to be a bit more out-going, she never did like meetting new ponies no matter dragons.

"Oh, right," Twilight nervously smiled to her mentor, kind of regretting asking her that question now. "So why is he just called 'Young Dragon'? Doesn't he have a real name?" she asked, changing the subject and shaking off her nervous feeling.

"Well if you like Twilight, you could give him one," Celestia stated with a smile.

"Really?" Twilight looked to her mentor, not sure she could think of a good name for the young dragon.

Celestia just nodded to her student, believing that this may be the perfect way for the two to create some sort of bond between them. Twilight swallowed slowly as she looked back to the young dragon.

"Are you okay with this?" the young Princess asked.

"Please anything would be better than being called, 'Young Dragon' all the time," the dragon joked, causing Twilight to smile to him again.

Twilight looked over the small dragon, wondering what kind of name she should give him, trying to put lots of thought into the young dragon's name, 'Hmmm...what could I call him, it's got to be something that fits him well, and has to be something that other ponies can remember easily, but I also don't want it to be too common of a name, and it needs to be a name that shows he's unique, hmm...' Twilight thought for a while before a name suddenly popped into her head.

"How about 'Spike'?" she asked, going with the first name she could think of.

"Spike'? Wow I wonder how you came up with that," the dragon stated in a low tone before he caught Celestia giving him a stern glare, and made a cold shiver go down his spine, "Err...I mean that's a great name, thank you ever so much Princess Twilight, I'll be sure to bring it great justice," he bowed nervously as he smiled, and glanced to Celestia, sighing with relief as she smiled back to him and nodded, her death glare disappearing from her eyes.

"Are you sure you don't mind? Because I can think of a better one if you like," Twilight suggested worried that the dragon didn't like his new name, and felt like slapping herself in the head for coming up with such a boring name that sounded like it would fit a dog more than a dragon.

"Nonsense Twilight, Spike is a lovely name, wouldn't you agree Spike?" Celestia asked as she looked to the newly named Spike with a warning look in her eyes.

"Why yes Princess it is a great name, and I no doubt live up to it," Spike now smiled as he nodded to Celestia, before he gave Twilight a kind smile, and she smiled back to him with slight relief in her expression, glad that the dragon was not disappointed in the name she had chosen for him.

"Right then you two don't have much time so you better get packing, the ponies in Ponyvile will be expecting you there soon," Celestia stated as she turned away from the two, and started to head back to her quarters, before Twilight quickly stopped her.

"Wait, so will I be living on the ground in Ponyvile, or in the sky in Couldsdale?" the mare asked worring that she may have to jump between the two in order to try and be a good ruler to both places.

"Well I did talk to the ponies in Ponyvile about you living there with Spike, consindering the fact that he doesn't have wings, and flying really isn't your strong suit either," Celestia explained as she turned back to her student with a smile, "But really it's up to you where you want to live from here on out, I won't be there to make your decisions for you okay?"

"Okay I understand, thank you for everything Princess Celestia," Twilight smiled to her mentor while the elder Princess just smiled back to her, "You'll tell Princess Luna that I said 'Thank you' as well right?"

"Of course," Celestia nodded before Twilight ran up to her and nuzzled her softly, looking close to tears as she looked up to her mentor who had been like a Mother to her ever since she was a young filly.

"I have the up-most certianty that you'll bring great joy to these two towns, you've never let me down before after all, and I'll be right here if ever you need me for anything," Celestia nuzzled the younger Princess back, before Twilight nodded to her holding back her tears, and looking to her mentor with a confident expression.

"You'll be fine Twilight," those were the Princess's parting words as she left her student with her new companion Spike, as the two packed up all their belongings into saddlebags, and were soon off together to start their new life in Ponyvile where Twilight's true role as a Princess of Equestria would begin.

... ...

After the two had all packed up and headed off together using a map that Celestia had provided for them, with Spike ridding along on Twilight's back as she flew to their destination, Ponyvile was near in their sights and as Twilight started to slow down, she looked up into the sky, gazing up to see clouds-upon-clouds already guessing what was up there waiting for her.

'That must be 'Cloudsdale', she thought before she thought she saw a small figure in the sky, upon squinting her eyes and looking closer, she was almost sure that it was a flying figure, and it definitely didn't look like a bird. The figure seemed to be watching her, but she couldn't quite make out what the figure looked like, after all they were quite far away from her at the moment, 'Is that one of the pegasi from Cloudsdale?' she wondered before Spike tugged on her mane a little and caught her attention.

"Hey Princess Twilight, land here, we've come to entrance of the town," the young dragon stated as he pointed down to the ground while he checked the map that was in his claws right now.

"Huh, oh right, okay," Twilight snapped back to look at Spike, before slowly droping down and landing on the ground, just outside of Ponyvile. She looked to the small town for a moment, before she looked back to Spike, while he jumped off her back and checeked the map again, just to make sure they were in the right place.

Twilight glanced back to where she had seen the flying figure before, but either they had now gone or she was too low down to see them, as she sighed slightly and turned to look to Spike again, deciding not to let seeing that figure bother her, as she pushed all thoughts about what the pegasi that lived up in Cloudsdale were like to the back of her mind.

"You know you can just call me Twilight if you like, in fact I would kind of prefer it," Twilight stated as Spike looked to her, taking his attention away from the map for a moment.

"You sure?" he asked as he folded the map up and slipped it into his bagpack, unsure if he should go along with what Twilight said or not after all he had been calling Celestia and Luna 'Princess' for so long now, it would seem disrespectful to call Twilight any different.

Twilight just nodded to Spike with a smile knowing that she would be more comfortable with Spike if he was calling her by just her name and not adding 'Princess' to it all the time.

"Very well, after you Twilight," Spike smiled as he nodded to Twilight, still feeling a little un-sure but decided to respect the young Princess's wishes and prove to be someone that she could learn to trust in time.

Twilight nodded happily to Spike as she then looked to the entrance to the small town again, and took a slow deep breath, before her expression formed into a confident one as she remembered Celestia's reassuring words, and nodded to herself as she walked into the small town with Spike following close behind her.

And upon entering the town, it was no surprise that the Princess was turning a lot of heads, as she nervously looked around the town, ducking her head down, while Spike just smiled to her slightly.

"What are you getting so worried about Twilight, you're their princess now, you shouldn't be trying to avoid looking at them like this," Spike stated feeling a little sorry for the clearly nervous Princess.

"I'm not avoiding them, I'm just sacred that they won't like me as their new ruler as all," Twilight confessed as she looked around at all the staring ponies, as some now started to slowly apporach her, making her feel like she was some sort of caged animal.

"Remember what Princess Celestia said you have nothing to worry about, why don't you just start by introducing youself to them all?" Spike suggested with a smile as he gestured to a few of the ponies that were walking up to greet their new Princess.

Twilight took a deep breath and counted to ten slowly in her head as she nodded to Spike with a smile, before she looked to the ponies that were all looking to her, "Hello ponies of Ponyvile, my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle, and I have been sent here by Princess Celestia to tell you all that I will be your new ruler from today on, I hope we can all get along," she spoke in a clear and confident tone, feeling butterfiles fluttering around in her stomach as she swallowed slowly.

And as expected as soon as the ponies had heard the word 'Princess' they immeditaly crowded around their new ruler, welcoming her into the town and bombarding her with countless questions, which she couldn't answer of course. Twilight's worry making itself know again as she nervously smiled while looking around at all of the ponies that were surrounding her now.

'Maybe we should have waited till we were in a more secluded part of the town,' Spike thought as he looked to the over-whelmed Princess and felt sorry for her again.

"Alright, alright, back up ya'll, give the Princess some space, she can barely get a word out with you talking to her all at once like that," a voice rung louder than the others as the ponies now all looked to who the voice had come from, and quieted down in the process.

Twilight's eyes widened as she saw an orange farm pony walk up to the crowd, gesturing for them all to back up a little, while the ponies all did as they were told without any protests, agreeing to let their new Princess have some space as they all stayed slient for a minute, making it possible for Twilight and Spike to now hear themselves think again.

"Umm...t-thank you," Twilight said in low tone nervously, to the farm pony feeling like she should've been the one to quieten them all down, and felt a little ashamed that she wasn't.

"It's no probelm really Princess," the farm pony stated as she turned to Twilight with a kind smile, before she turned back to the other ponies again, "Now I'm sure the Princess will get to meeting you all, and answering all your questions soon enough, but for now let's give her a bit of time to settle in alright, so all of you go back to what you were doing,"

The ponies, listening to the farm pony all nodded as they walked off and went back to what they were doing before Twilight and Spike came into the town, while a few stayed a little while longer, only turning to leave when the farm pony gave them a stern stare. Twilight sighed slightly as she looked to the farm pony and smiled slightly to her, while she had now turned back to her.

The farm pony was an Earth pony who had an orange coat, along with a long blond mane that was tied up loosely in a small red band (tail to match), bright green eyes, an old looking stetson hat sitting atop of her head, three red apples as her cuite-mark, and a southern sounding accent to top it all off.

"So you're our new Princess right?" the farm pony asked.

Twilight just nodded nervously with a smile, berfore she introduced herself, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, it's nice to meet you,"

"Well howdy Princess Twilight, my name's Applejack, I live on the farm here in Ponyvile called, 'Sweet Apple Acres'," the farm pony introduced herself in return as she gave the Princess a small bow.

"I've heard of that place, you make the best apples in all of Equestria right?" Spike spoke up, recongising the name of the farm Applejack had mentioned.

"You bet ya, best darn apples ya ever did see, and they taste even better then that," the mare stated as she looked down to Spike with a smile.

"I'm Spike by the way, Princess Twilight's trusty assistant, and bodyguard," Spike stated proudly to Appjack with a smile, while Twilight just smiled slightly and rolled her eyes.

"Nice to meet ya Spike," Applejack replied with a nod to the baby dragon, before she looked back to Twilight, "So how was your trip over here, I hope it wasn't too hard to find, we are quite the small town,"

"Oh no, it really wasn't any trouble," Twilight stated with a smile back to Applejack, now feeling much more calmer, yes she did see the odd pony stare at her as they walked past, but she decided to not pay much attention to them, and just focused on the pony that she was talking to right now.

However that was soon changed as a white pony came running over to them at full speed, "Applejack, darling, I heard that the Princess is here already, we weren't expecting her till later, and the place that she will be living at isn't ready yet. Oh everything is ruined, what are we going to do?" the other pony asked in a worried voice, while she looked to be in quite the panicked state (maybe even more so then Twilight was right now).

Unlike Applejack this pony looked quite high-class, plus she was a unicorn, seeming like she should be living in a place like Canterlot, rather than Ponyvile. Her coat was pure white, her mane was dark purple and was styled in a fancy way, with a cutie-mark made up of three blue diamonds, and sapphire eyes with long eyelashes, not to mention how prim and proper her voice sounded, putting Twilight's tone to shame. Despite living in a small town like Ponyvile, there was quite the high chance that anypony could mistake this regal looking pony for being from somewhere like Canterlot, or even Manehatten.

"Now calm down Rarity, I think you may be scaring the Princess a little," Applejack stated as she calmed the white unicorn down, and gestured to Twilight for a minute with a smile.

The unicorn looked to Applejack, confused before she looked to Twilight and went speechless and wide-eyed gasping slightly, looking back to Applejack again in surprise, while Twilight smiled nervously to her.

"Hello, I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, it's nice to meet you," Twilight introduced herself, while the unicorn was still too stunnded to say anything, just standing there like some statue while she tried her best to form words with her lips, but to no avial.

Applejack elbowed the unicorn as she tried to get her to come back to her senses, luckily it worked as the unicorn shook her head and composed herself, clearing her throat slightly as she looked to Twilight and smiled politly.

"Please the pleasure is all mine Princess," she bowed her head and felt kind of embarrassed as she let royalty see her in such a unladylike state.

"We're sorry about coming here so early, we ended up finding this place faster than we first thought," Twilight apologized as she felt a little ashamed for not telling the ponies they would be coming earlier than expected.

"Oh no, not at all we're glad that you found our little town without any problems," the unicorn smiled as she lifted her head and reassured the young Princess.

"This here is Rarity, she owns the dress-makers shop here in Ponyvile," Applejack stated with smile.

"Oh Applejack it is more than just a 'Dress-makers shop' it's a beautiful boutique that ponies come from near and far to see,"

"Ah so it's a lot like ma farm then?" Applejack smirked knowing that she was winding Rarity up by saying this.

"It is nothing like your farm, how could you even compare the two like that?"

"Quite easily actually," Applejack just smiled as Rarity galred to her for so much as thinking to compare her wonderful boutique with the Earth pony's farm.

Twilight and Spike just smiled as they chuckled slightly at the two poines, guessing that they were friends. Twilight sighed slightly, feeling relaxed and comfortable about how 'normal' the two ponies were acting around her right now, she felt at ease as she wondered if all the ponies in Ponyvile were as kind and welcoming as these two.

... ...

Later into the day Twilight and Spike had met a VERY energetic and excitable bright pink Earth pony named Pinkie Pie, who co-onws the bakery in Ponyvile, a timid and very shy pegasus pony named Fluttershy, who helps to take care of most of the animals in Ponyvile, the Mayor of the town, Mayor Mare, and many other ponies that both Twilight and Spike had forgotten the names of by now.

And now as it was coming around to mid-afternoon, Applejack and Rarity showed Twilight and Spike where they would be living while they stayed here in Ponyvile.

"It's a library?" Spike questioned as him and Twilight looked at a big oak tree, which had a sign on it that read, 'Golden Oak's Library'.

"Well it's not exctaly finished just yet, we wanted to convert it to look more like a castle, but that was before we knew you were coming so early," Rarity stated with a slight sigh, disappointed that they didn't get around to finishing it before Twilight came.

"If it's not to your liking, we can find a new place for and Spike if you like?" Applejack asked hoping that their small town could accommodate to their Princess's needs.

"Well-

"No thank you, this will do fine," Twilight cut Spike off as she smiled and covered Spike's mouth with a hoof.

"Really, are ya sure Princess?" Applejack asked with a slightly confused expression, as Rarity copied the farm pony.

"Yes, this is just perfect, thank you," Twilight smiled, honestly feeling like she couldn't be happier at getting to live in an actual library, even if it was much smaller than the ones in the castle in her old home.

Spike just glared slightly as he removed Twilight's hoof from his mouth and looked up at the Library for a minute, "I guess if the Princess likes it, then so do I,"

Twilight just smiled to the young dragon as Rarity and Applejack were still a bit surprised, but smiled as well.

"Also can you guys do something for me?" Twilight asked as she turned to look to the two ponies that she had been getting along with well.

"Of course," Rairty smiled.

"What do you need Princess?" Applejack asked.

"Well it's exactly that," Twilight stated.

Applejack and Rarity looked at each other with confused expressions as they weren't too sure what Twilight meant. Applejack looked to Twilight again as Rarity copied her, "Umm.....It's exactly what?" the farm pony asked.

"Can you two be so kind and stop calling me, 'Princess'?" Twilight asked kindly.

Rarity gasped as Applejack just looked surprised, after all they had always called Celestia and Luna, 'Princess' so now that Twilight, their new Princess was here telling them not to call her that, neither of them were really sure how to answer her at first.

"But Twilight dear, a Princess is what you are, don't you want ponies to know of your title?" Rarity asked being the first to speak up and question this matter.

"Well yes, while it may be true that I'm a Princess, I'd rather that you didn't call me as such, after all I'm just another pony like the both of you when it comes down to it," Twilight explained with a smile as she really didn't like being called, 'Princess' all the time and thought this was a good way to make things a little less formal, and a lot less nerve-wracking for her.

"Fair enough, as you wish Prince....I mean Twilight," Applejack shrugged as she nodded and smiled to Twilight, while Twilight smiled back to her. Rarity agreed to just call her Twilight as well after some convincing from Applejack, making Twilight feeling like a little bit of the pressure that was on her had been lifted now.

"Well would you like us to show you the inside of your 'New home'?" Rarity asked with a smile to Twilight.

"Would I?" Twilight asked excitely as her eyes lit up and a bright smile formed on her lips, before she blushed nervously and composed herself, while Spike just chuckled slightly at the book-loving Princess.

"I mean yes, That would be great, thank you," Twilight stated with a nod and cleared her throat slightly, while Applejack and Rarity just smiled to her kindly.

At that moment the group of four all heard a laugh come from somewhere as they all looked around, before Rairty elbowed Applejack.

"Oww, what was that for?" the farm pony asked as she rubbed her wounded side with a hoof, glaring to Rairty slightly.

"It is impolite to laugh at somepony's interests like that Applejack," Rairty stated.

"It wasn't me who laughed though,"

"Oh, I apologise then," Rairty smiled nervously as Applejack just glared to her again.

The four hearing another laugh all looked around again, before Twilight looked down to spike, and raised an eyebrow to him, "You know it wasn't that funny Spike,"

"Hey it's not me either," Spike stated as he folded his arms across his chest and looked back to Twilight with a stern stare.

"Then who is it?" Twilight asked as she looked around again, all of them scanning the area, but unfortunately none of them finding the culprit, however as the laughs were slowly getting louder and more clear, Applejack started to solwly recognise the sound of the voice as she knew right from the start that it sounded somewhat familiar to her.

"Come out already!" the farm pony called out as she looked around the rooftops of the houses now, knowing that the culprit would likely be up there.

"AJ, Rares, long time no see ay?" the four heard a voice call out to them, as they all quickly looked over to the rooftop of a nearby house and saw a dark figure standing there, before the figure came into sight as she flew into closer view.

"Who's your nerdy alicorn friend with the pet baby dragon?" the pony asked as she revealed herself to the four, and instandly caused Applejack and Rairty to glare to her.

Twilight looked to the flying pony as she was slowly flapping her wings, keeping herself just above the ground as she smiled to Applejack and Rarity. She was a pegasus, with a bright blue coat, and an un-tidy rainbow mane of all different colours, along with a cutie-mark which was a white cloud with a rainbow coloured lightning strike, and dark magenta eyes, as well as a tom-boyish voice that might just confuse a few ponies. Twilight was sure she had never met this Pegasus before, but somehow in that moment, she felt like she had seen her somewhere before.

"Hey I'm not her pet, I'm her assistant, and just who are you anyway?" Spike asked as he galred to the pegasus already feeling like his wasn't going to get along with this particular pony.

"Leave it Spike, the likes of her ain't worth wasting your breath on," Applejack stated.

"AJ I'm crushed, and I thought we were friends," the rainbow pegasus faked a gasp and smirked to the farm pony, knowing that she was only winding her up more by saying that.

Twilight hadn't even spent a whole day with Applejack and Rarity in order to know them all that well yet, but as she looked to the two of them, they both just seemed so full of hate all of a sudden. Their welcoming and humble expressions had gone as they looked to the rainbow pegasus with clear distaste in they're eyes,'I don't get it, for whatever reason the atmosphere has completely changed, just who is this Pony?' the young Princess wondered as she looked to Applejack and Rarity, beforee looking to the pegasus again.

"If you don't mind me asking, but what is a ruffian like you doing down here? You always say you hate being in our town," Rarity asked looking to the pegasus with the same glaring expression that Applejack had on.

"Actually I do mind, since my reason for being here is none of your business,"

Rairty growled under her breath at the pegasus's reply, while the rainbow pony just smirked back to her.

"But if you must know, I heard from a few of the pegasi that our new 'Princess' is meant to be coming here today," the pegasus pony explained as she looked bored now and just sighed slightly, "So where is this Princess anyway?"

"She's right in front of you Rainbow," Applejack stated, gesturing to Twilight while Rarity just rolled her eyes.

"Wait you mean this is the so-called 'Great Princess' that is going to rule over our town and yours?" the rainbow pony asked as she looked to Twilight, looking her up and down, before she turned back to the other two ponies.

"Yep that's her, Princess Twilight Sparkle," Spike stated proudly as he gestured to Twilight, causing the young Princess to smile and blush nervoulsy, while the pegasus raised an eyebrow to her.

"Huh, no offence and all, but I thought you'd be a little...taller I guess,"

"Rainbow Dash! What is wrong with you? You can't just say something like that to our new princess, we're so sorry Twilight, just ignore her," Rairty scolded the pegasus, while the flying pony just looked back to her with a blank stare.

"What? It's not like I was being mean to her by saying that,"

"That's not the point,"

"Alright you two that's enough," Applejack silenced the two as she stood between them, before Twilight nervously spoke up, feeling like she should be the one to take control of this now heated situation since she was supposed to be their new ruler after all.

"Excuse me I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" the Princess asked nervously while the other ponies now all looked to her.

"Oh right, name's Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer throughout all of Equestria, and born and raised in Cloudsdale," the pegasus proudly stated, sounding like Spike with that ego of her's shining through as Twilight's eyes widened a little.

'She's from Cloudsdale? I knew that the ponies from Ponyvile and the pegasi from Cloudsdale didn't get along all that well, but just a minute ago Applejack and Rarity looked like they had some sort of terrible grudge over her,' Twilight thought as she looked to Rainbow Dash and smiled for a minute, 'She doesn't seem all that bad though,'

"Wait if you're our new Princess, then why are you just standing around here?" Rainbow asked as she tilted her head to the side and slowly droped down onto the ground.

"Well we were going to show her and Spike the inside of their new home before you showed up," Rarity explained as she was turned away from the pegasus slightly now, but was still glaring to her.

"That sounds boring," Rainbow commented as she chuckled slightly, smirking to Rarity, before she looked back to Twilight, "Hey I've got an idea, you wanna come to Cloudsdale Princess? I can show you around if you like, I'll give you the grand tour,"

Upon hearing that Twilight looked up, and could only just about see the outline of the clouds that made up the town known as Cloudsdale high up in the sky, before she looked back to Rainbow Dash and smiled slightly to her.

"That sounds like fun," she nodded to Rainbow, while the pegasus just smiled back to her.

"Twilight, what are you doing? You don't know this pony as well as the one's here in Ponyvile," Spike whispered to Twilight as he seemed concerned for the young Princess.

"Relax Spike, she doesn't seem all that bad," Twilight whispered back leaning down to Spike.

"All she's been doing since she showed up is teasing us all, plus Princess Celestia warned you of how the pegasi in Cloudsdale aren't as welcoming as the ponies here in Ponyvile,"

"True, but I'm going to need to go up there some time or other, after all I am going to be the ruler of both down here and up there right?" Twilight smiled as it was obvious to Spike that her mind was clearly already made up, "Listen you stay down here with Applejack and Rarity, and meanwhile Rainbow Dash can show me around up there, I'll be back before you know it, alright?"

"But...But I..." Spike just sighed as he guessed there wasn't any point to trying to talk Twilight out of this, and the young Princess most certainly didn't look like she was going to change her mind anytime soon.

"Fine but, don't be too long okay, Princess Celestia said we should stick together," Spike replied as he gave in reluctantly.

Twilight just nodded with a wink to Spike as she looked back to Rainbow Dash again, and smiled to her, "Rainbow Dash, I've decided to take you up on your offer,"

"Really?" Rainbow asked seemed excited now.

"Twilight are you sure about this?" Rarity asked, while her and Applejack looked to the Princess with worried expressions, them both knowing what the pegasi who live up in Cloudsdale can be like when meeting other ponies for the first time.

"Yeah, I'd loved to come with you Rainbow," Twilight nodded with a bright smile.

"Now hold on a minute Twi, are ya sure you don't want one of us to come with you?" Applejack asked while Rarity nodded in agreement.

"That would be nice I guess, but none of you can fly, and my back still hurts from carrying Spike all the way here," Twilight wasn't exactly telling the truth by saying that, but she believed this was something she could only do on her own, so having somepony else there to help her along the way, wouldn't really count for anything.

"Alright then, come on Princess, let's see if you can keep up," Rainbow stated as she spread out her wings, and smiled to Twilight, before taking off into the sky.

"Just be careful Twilight, I'm not sure what I'd do if anything happened to you up there," Spike stated still looked awfully concerned for the young Princess, not really sure if he should trust that rainbow pegasus with her.

"Don't worry Spike, it's like Princess Celestia said, I'll be fine," Twilight replied with a smile to the young dragon, before she patted him on the head, and nodded to Applejack and Rarity, taking off a minute later and flying after Rainbow Dash.

'Not even one full day with us, and the Princess is already been whisked away by the 'Enemy',' Applejack thought as her, Rarity and Spike all watched the Princess quickly try and catch up to Rainbow Dash not wanting to be left behind and not knowing where to go from there, the three hoping that she would be okay up there on her own.

Author's Notes:

And they never saw the Princess again... (Just kidding ;P)

Thank you ever so much for reading. :D
(this chapter has been edited, and looked over as there were quite a few mistakes, since I did write this while being very tired, but it should be all fixed up now)

KillerChinsaw ;)