As early morning arose in Ponyville, Spike the dragon was awoken by birds singing in his window, and also a strange, but joyful sound of a voice humming a soft tune. The young dragon quickly stumbled out of his bed, and left his bedroom, making his way slowly down the staircase of the Golden Oak library, hearing the fairly loud sound of the soft humming growning clearer as he came to walk into the living area of the tree, surprised to see the pony Princess that he shared this home with, laying in the center on the floor, while she happily hummed to herself, glancing to a book that lay open in front of her, looking like she was more or less just skimming through the pages, then actually reading it.

"Twilight?" Spike questioned as he walked closer to the alicorn, surprised to see her not only up and bright looking this morning, but also seeming like she had now gotten her smile back.

Twilight's soft tune stopped as she raised her head from looking at her book, and turned to Spike, smiling to him as she greeted him 'Good morning',

"Spike, what are you doing up so early?" the Princess asked as she closed the book she had been glancing to with her magic, obviously seeming that she had other things on her mind right now that were more interesting to focus on.

"I could ask you the same question," Spike stated as he raised an eyebrow to Twilight, wondering why she seemed so happy, when the last few days all she had done was mope around, because of what had happened between her and a certain cyan pegasus.

"What do you mean, I'm always up early," Twilight said as she stood up from the floor, and placed the book she had been looking through, back into its orginal place where it belonged, smiling to Spike again, as for some reason she seemed to have a strange perky aura to her, that seemed a little out of place for what had been going on in her life lately.

"You haven't been recently, so what's with the sudden change, is this about Rainbow Dash?" Spike asked, guessing that the two had made up, but still not understanding why the Princess seemed to happy about that.

"I already told you last night Spike,"

"No you came out of your room in the evening, telling me that you had gone to Rainbow's and talked to her. You didn't actually tell me what had happened," Spike pointed out, remembering that Twilight had come down for some dinner last night, and seemed much more like herself, but there was none of this awfully cheerful attitude then.

"Well, let's just say we worked it all out," Twilight explained with a bright smile, sighing happily.

"And...what about the kiss?" Spike asked, clearly wanting to hear more of the story.

"I just got a little swept up in the moment, Dash said she understood, and that was all there was to it," Twilight nodded as she turned and went to head for the front door of the library, "Anyway, I need to go out for a bit alright?"

"Why, where are you going?" Spike still wasn't satisfied with the answer that Twilight had given him for his eariler question, but it seemed like it was the only answer he was actually going to get from the Princess.

"Just into town, I have an idea that I want to explain to Applejack," Twilight stated as she was ready to leave, turning her back to her assistant with a wave of her hoof, before she opened the wooden door with her magic.

"But wait Twilight, don't you want some breakfast first?" Spike quickly asked, wanting to hear more about what had really gone on between the Princess and Rainbow Dash yesterday.

"I already ate, I'll be back later okay," Twilight replied before she left out the door, closing it behind her with her magic, and leaving Spike standing there, wondering just what was going on with the alicorn right now.

... ...

Twilight happily walked through the market in town, hoping to find the pony that she had been wanting to talk to all morning, looking all around for the pony in question, while she greeted every mare, stallion and foal that came walking past her, giving them all a bright smile, looking like she was well and truly happy to see all of them.

The Princess hadn't been into the town in a while, and she hadn't left her home for a good few days, feeling the slight breeze flowing through her mane, and hearing the hustle and bustle of the crowds in the market, enjoying the humbling air that was all around her right now, she hadn't realized it before, but she really had missed seeing how well these poines got along with each other, now if only they could do the same with the pegasi up in Cloudsdale then all her problems would be solved.

"Twilight!"

Twilight's ears pricked up and twitched to the sound of a familiar voice calling out her name, turning to the voice as she scanned the area around her, smiling happily when she saw the farm pony that she had been looking for. Twilight quickly walked over to her friend, making her way over to the farm pony's stand where she was selling apples from her family's farm to the ponies of the town.

"Good morning Applejack," Twilight greeted the earth pony happily, while Applejack looked a little confused, not only surprised to see the Princess out and about like this, but also to see that bright smile on her face, looking like something great had happened to her, when only yesterday, she seemed all too depressed with something that had gone on with her and Rainbow Dash.

"So I'm guessing that ya and Rainbow made up then?" the farm pony asked with a slight smile, guessing that that was the reason behind the Princess seeming more like her normal-self now.

"Ah yeah, everything's fine now," Twilight smiled nervously as she was beginning to get the feeling that she was maybe a bit too chipper about what had happened between her and her secret marefriend.

"That's good, so what was it that ya two were fighting about anyway?" Applejack asked, happy to see Twilight smiling again, although she was still wondering what had caused the Princess to be so down in the dumps in the first place.

"We weren't really fighting to be honest, it was just something that we needed to talk about, there's nothing to worry about really," Twilight explained, shifting her eyes a little. She had never been that much of a good liar, but she was fairly certain that she could keep her relationship with Dash a secret for the most part.

"Well it's good to hear that ya were able to work things out with her," the farm pony replied with a nod, getting the feeling that the subject of what had gone on between her and Rainbow probably wasn't something the Princess wanted to talk about, and plus it wasn't really any of her business to try and get involved in something that didn't really concern her that much.

Twilight just nodded in return, glad that the earth pony seemed satisfied with her answer, and didn't push her for more detail on the subject.

"So was there something that ya needed?" Applejack changed the subject, wondering if there was a reason as to why Twilight had come up to her, she certainly did seem like she was looking for somepony when she first saw her walking through the market.

"Well yes actually, could you possibly help me think of something to plan for Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked with a slight smile, hoping that Applejack was willing to help her out with getting Dash to start fresh with the ponies of Ponyville.

"Why?" Applejack wondered why the Princess had worded her question the way she had, not understanding what Twilight was excatly asking her to help her with at first.

"Well I was thinking that I could get Dash and you all to meet and talk to each other for a little bit, but the last time I saw you and Rarity talking with her it didn't go that well," Twilight explained, remembering how that first time seeing how Dash was around the ponies of Ponyville was when she first came to live here. She guessed it wouldn't be easy to get Dash to see that Ponyville was filled with humble and kindhearted citizens, but she was hopeful that the pegasus would agree to at least try and get along with Applejack and the others a little better then she had done previously.

"Well if ya want to arrange a little get together, ya know who the best pony to talk to is right?" the farm pony smiled as she understood what Twilight needed help with, and had a good idea of just who could also help them out in a big way.

"Who?" Twilight looked a little confused as she thought of all the ponies that she knew of, wondering which one could be the most helpful in this partical situation.

"Well Pinkie Pie of course," Applejack replied as she was a little surprised that Twilight hadn't thought of talking to Pinkie about all this rather then her, but considering the fact that she had had a lot of things on her mind lately, and she was a little closer to Applejack then she was to Pinkie, it did make sense that she thought to go to the farm pony first.

"You're right, do you really think she will want to help out?" Twilight asked, remembering that Pinkie Pie was a pony who often planned parties, and although she hadn't really talked to her in a while, she was hopeful that she would be happy to help.

"If it's Pinike Pie we're talking about, I reckon she'll be more then happy to lend us a hoof," Applejack smiled and she was certain that Pinkie would definitely want to be a part of this, once she knew that there may be a party involved.

... ...

Twilight and Applejack quickly made their way to the Ponyville bakery, 'Sugarcube Corner' where the energetic, party pony known as Pinkie Pie lived. The two mares walked into the bakery to find the pink earth pony happily mixing ingredients together in a bowl while she looked to a recipe book that stood open in front of her. She was standing in the kitchen behind the counter, as she took her wooden spoon out of the mixture and licked the cake batter she was making, tasting it carefully, and them smiling to herself with a nod approving of the delightful taste it left on her tongue.

Twilight looked to the pink pony, seeming a little uneasy, as she looked back to Applejack for a moment, thinking that the baker obviously seemed busy right now, so maybe it wasn't a good idea to come here at this time, maybe they should just come back later. But before Twilight could think about turning to leave, Applejack walked up to the pink earth pony and smiled to her, getting her attention and greeting her kindly.

"Hey Pinkie Pie, ya got a minute?"

"Sure, what's up Applejack?" Pinkie asked as she stopped what she was doing and greeted Applejack and Twilight with a big, cheerful smile, "Princess Twilight, so good to see you," the pink pony happily walked up to the Princess and gave her a quick tight hug, Twilight just smiled as she hugged Pinkie back and still felt a little uncomfortable, but was less nervous now, she had forgotten how easy it was to get along with pretty much all the ponies in Ponyville and although she had met this one before she wasn't as close to her as she was to Applejack and Rarity.

Once Pinkie had pulled away from Twilight, letting her go, and standing back, she waited to see what the two ponies wanted to talk to her about with a smile on her lips. Twilight was still feeling a little uneasy as she nervously looked to Applejack for a moment, before the farm pony nodded to her with a kind smile, encouraging her to tell Pinkie about what they had planned, and see if she could be of help to them.

Twilight took a deep breath as she looked to Pinkie's smiling expression, feeling that these ponies were a lot easier to talk to then the pegasi up in Cloudsdale were, she had only really talked to Rainbow Dash, but then that's because she felt a little intimidated by most of the pegasi who lived up there.

"Listen Pinkie Pie, I've been thinking that there may be a good way to try and get Rainbow Dash to get along with all of you again, she may even start to...tolerate being in your company, so I was wondering do you know of any way she could meet up with you, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity, and hopefully try and start a fresh?" Twilight asked, not too sure how well Pinkie was going to take this, she didn't know what Pinkie thought of Dash or any of the pegasi living up in Cloudsdale, and she didn't know if Pinkie's relationship with Dash was any better than it was with Applejack and Rarity's, after all she had never seen them two talk or even meet each other before. This pony was the only one she hadn't seen Rainbow interact with and so it did scare a little to see what her reaction would be.

"Well nothing brings ponies closer together then celebrations right, so how about we throw a 'Welcome to the group' party, or maybe it should be a 'Settling our differences' party..." Pinkie paused as she thought of different names for this party, constantly saying them out loud happily, while Twilight looked back to Applejack, wondering if Pinkie's answer was a yes or not.

"They all sound great sugarcube, so are ya able to help us then?" Applejack asked, seeing that the Princess needed a little help at this point, as Twilight sighed with relief and thanked Applejack mentally, as she wasn't too sure how to react to Pinkie suddenly seeming very interested in this topic now.

"Well duh! Of course I'll help out, it's not a party without Pinkie after all," Pinkie stated proudly as she smiled happily and agreed to help the two out with getting this little 'party' organized and all worked out. And with that it was all coming together as Applejack smiled to Twilight, causing the Princess to smile back in return, while Pinkie went off on a long excited ramble about what colour streamers to use, what juicy flavour of punch to make, what party snacks they would have, and so on, constantly sprouting out new ideas for this party loudly while she walked around the kitchen with a spring in her step.

This was good, things were all starting to fall into place, a small party was in the works for Dash to meet up with Applejack and the others, this would give her the chance to start a new and try and get to know them all a little better. Things were now beginning to look up, and Twilight was sure that it wouldn't be long before she could find more then just one pegasus from Cloudsdale included in events like this. All she needed to do was pluck up her courage and find more pegasi like Rainbow Dash who were more than willing to make a change.

"This means I get to see Dashie again, it's been ages since I saw her last," Pinkie thought out loud as it seemed like she hadn't seen the cyan pegasus in forever, and was more than happy to meet up with her again.

"Wait Pinkie Pie, do you know Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked, wondering where that little nickname came from all of a sudden, Pinkie didn't seem like the kind of pony that Dash would like to hang around with, so Twilight really doubted that they would ever get along very well.

Pinkie just nodded happily as she smiled to Twilight, while Applejack caught the Princess's attention,

"She used to always call Rainbow by that name, and always tried to make friends with her, but I don't think Rainbow cared much for her at the time. They did meet once or twice I think before the big separation of the two towns, but sadly it seemed like Rainbow was one pony who Pinkie wasn't able to find a friend in," Applejack explained, knowing that Pinkie and Rainbow had met before, but also knowing that they never really got along all that well, they didn't agure like Dash and Rarity did, Rainbow just didn't seem like she wanted to be near to the pink pony, and she never would talk to her for that long,

"Rainbow just never showed any interest in Pinkie, much like she did with most of the ponies she met in Ponyville, she either made an enemy out of them, or just acted like she didn't want anything to do with them, she always was kinda distant," Applejack explained while Twilight looked a little taken aback, Dash never seemed like the distant type, and yet that's what she used to be like around a lot of the town? It definitely didn't sound like her at all.

"You say that now Applejack, but mark my words once this party is over, Dashie and I will be the best of friends, and she will no doubt be open to talking with the other ponies here in Ponyville, I can guarantee it," Pinkie announced as she sounded so sure of herself, causing Twilight to become a little anxious, after all although the party was all being worked out now, she still had to get Dash to agree to come to it, and she had no idea just how she was going to do that as she sighed deeply.

'Would Dash even come if I asked her?'

... ...

Twilight left Applejack and Pinkie to talk about the party more, having said all of her ideas already, now she had to go and see if the 'Guest of honour' was actually going to agree to come or not, she wasn't sure it would go well, but she was staying optimistic that she would be able to convince the pegasus to come along.

The Princess flew up to Cloudsdale, quickly making her way over to Rainbow Dash's cloudhome, landing at her front door and taking a deep breath, before she knocked and waited for an answer, hoping that the pegasus was home, so that she wouldn't have to go looking for her.

Luckily the door was soon opened, and Twilight was greeted by Dash, smiling slightly when the pegasus looked a little surprised to see her, before Rainbow just smiled back to her kindly.

"Oh hey Twilight, what are you here for?" Rainbow asked, she knew that Twilight and her were probably going to be seeing a lot of each other now that they were working on getting the towns to make up togther, but she hadn't said anything about them meeting up today.

"What, do I really need a reason to come and see my own marefriend?" Twilight's smile formed into more of a smirk as she didn't want to just ask Dash out right if she would come to this party she was planning or not.

Rainbow didn't reply, as she just raised an eyebrow to Twilight, she could tell that she was definitely up to something, they had only been dating in secret for a couple of days now, but Dash could easily see through the Princess's act that she just came here to see her, something that she didn't believe for a single second.

"What do you want?" Dash asked as she stepped aside to invite Twilight into her home, as she felt like whatever the Princess had come here to talk to her about, it probably wouldn't be something she would like to hear about.

"Well it's nothing big, or anything you need to worry about really, I mean you may not want to go through with it, I understand, but if you can just listen to me for a little while and-

"Just get to the point will you," Rainbow rolled her eyes as she cut Twilight's nervous rambling off, while the alicorn followed her inside and the pegsus closed the door behind her.

"Right, listen Dash, you know how we talked about how we would go back to trying to find ways for you to be more included with the ponies of Ponyville, so that we could start working towards ending this feud between the two towns?" Twilight souded a little uneasy as she really wasn't sure how well the pegasus was going to take this and if she would agree to it or not.

"Yeah," Rainbow nodded wanting Twilight to continue.

"Well I talked to Applejack and Pinkie Pie about maybe getting a little meeting oragnized so that you can maybe get to know them all a little better, and both of them thought the best idea would be to throw a small party just with us six going, it'll be you, me, Applejack, Rairty, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy," Twilight explained what she and the others had planned to Rainbow, while Dash just stood there, listening to her, and looking to her with a blank stare.

"So would you be alright with coming along and meeting up them all again?" Twilight asked with a nervous smile on her face, hoping that the pegasus would at least think about her answer before saying anything, but unfortunately that didn't seem like it was likely to happen.

"No," Dash answered simply, as she just stood looking to Twilight with a bored expression.

Twilight was a little surprised to hear Rainbow just turn down the offer so quickly, although she shouldn't have been really since she was kind of expecting for things to go this way.

"Why not, it would be a great opportunity for them all to see just how willing you are to patch things up between the two towns, plus it will give you the chance to make a better impression on them then you have previously. Come on Dash why can't you come?" Twilight seemed a little disappointed as she really wanted to see this work out, but if Dash wasn't going to agree to come... well she wasn't sure what they're next step would be.

"Because I don't want to," Rainbow replied with another simple answer, cleary making it seem like she would never agree to this little 'party' no matter how much Twilight tried to talk her into going to it, "Besides parties aren't really my thing,"

"Really, I thought you wouldn't mind going to a party every once in a while?" Twilight got the feeling that Rainbow was now just making excuses, when the real reason was that she simply just didn't want to be around any of those ponies from the sickening town she knew as 'Ponyville'.

"I don't mind them, it's just..." Rainbow pasued as she sighed a little and glanced away from Twilight for a moment.

"You just don't want to go to a party if ponies from Ponyville are there right?" Twilight asked, finishing off Rainbow's sentence for her, and having the feeling that what she said was very true.

"No, it's just those certain ponies that I don't really feel like meeting with," Rainbow mumbled out, as she was now turned slightly away from Twilight, kinda wishing that she hadn't had let the Princess in now, wondering if she should have just ignored the knocks at her door, causing the mare to think that she wasn't at home.

"You like Fluttershy don't you?"

"Yeah I guess,"

"Dash..." Twilight paused for a moment as she sighed deeply, "If you really want to try and make amends with Ponyville and have the towns getting along again, then you have to at least try and interact with them, otherwise this will never work out," she explained hoping that there was some way she could possibly get the pegasus to simply just tag along to this little party, even if it was for only a little while.

"Well then maybe that's just the way things are going to be, listen I'm sorry Twilight but we're just going to have to find another way. I'm not going to this 'party' or whatever it is," Rainbow stated, while Twilight wasn't understanding why the pegasus was being so stubborn about this.

"I know you don't want to meet with the ponies in the town, especially ponies like Applejack and Rarity, since your relationship with them isn't the best, but can't you at least try and just come along, I'm not asking you to make friends with them, all I'm saying is for you to meet up with them for a little while, you don't even have to talk with them if you don't want to, and who knows you might actually like spending time with them," Twilight tried to think of different ways that she could try and get Dash to agree, but it didn't seem like any of those were going to work, as Rainbow just stood with her head turned away, and her gaze focused on the cloud floor.

"I really doubt that," Rainbow remarked in a low tone, still intent on disagreeing with Twilight, believing that if she just kept refusing, the persistent Princess would eventually just give up trying.

"You don't even have to stay for that long, if you want to leave you can, all I ask is that you stay for a few minutes and that's all," Twilight said trying to reason with her stubborn marefriend, only to get complete slience in return.

"Come on Dash, can't you at least just try this, for me?" Twilight moved closer to Dash, as she gave the pegasus a serious look, causing Rainbow to look back to her for a minute, she didn't say anything in reply, but at least she was actually looking at her now.

"I'll talk Spike into letting me stay over at yours for the night," Twilight suggested, thinking that bribing the pegasus just might work, after all she was quickly running out of ideas right now.

"Can you really do that?" Rainbow asked, seemed slightly interested now. Twilight just nodded with a smile, certain that she could no doubt talk the young dragon into letting her spend the night at Dash's, the Princess had been to Rainbow house enough already, so she didn't think Spike would mind much with her just going there for one night.

Rainbow stood thinking for a good while, as Twilight waited for her answer, she reckoned it would probably still be a 'No', but she had to stay positive about this, plus Dash might just end up surprising her.

"Fine, I'll come along," Dash finally answered, not seeing a way out of this, she knew that Twilight would keep pestering her until she agreed, so she decided to just give in already, she really didn't want to go to this 'party', and meet up with all those ponies she would much rather forget about (well expect for Fluttershy that is), but she figured she could just leave if she really wanted to, that is what Twilight said after all, and she didn't mind having the Princess round at her's for the night, that sounded like an added bonus to her, and may have been one of the things that won her over, and got her to agree finally in the end.

"Really?" Twilight looked a little surprised at first, she wasn't expecting Rainbow to agree to come, maybe she should've just bribed the pegasus into it from the start, looking hopeful as a bright smile was now starting to form on to her lips.

"Yeah, but I'm not going to enjoy it alright?" Rainbow stated, certain that she probably wouldn't stay long at this party, she might come and stay for a few minutes, maybe talk to Fluttershy for a bit, but that would be it.

Rainbow was going to say something more about Twilight not getting her hopes up too high, that this meant that everything was going to turn out great because of this, but before she got the chance to open her mouth and start talking again, Twilight tackled the pegasus to the floor, pinning her down on her back, while she smiled to her.

"Umm...Twilight?" Rainbow looked a little caught off guard as she really wasn't expecting Twilight to suddenly tackle her like that, looking up to her, wondering what she would do next, as the Princess leaned in a little, there muzzles now ony inches apart,

"Hey Twi-

Rainbow's eyes widened as she was surprised to suddely have Twilight lean down and lock their lips together in a kiss. Dash was taken aback at first, not really sure how to react to this, but as she looked to her marefriend she soon closed her eyes and kissed the Princess back, smiling when she heard a slight plesant moan leave Twilight's lips, allowing her to deepen their sweet kiss a little. It didn't last all that long, as their lips parted a few minutes later, while they both looked into each others' eyes with smiles on their faces,

"Thank you Dash, thank you so much," Twilight happily cried as she nuzzled into Dash's neck lovingly, causing Rainbow to chuckle slightly at the tickling feeling Twilight's mane made against her fur, sighing slightly as she smiled to the Princess now feeling kind of glad that she had agreed to come along to the party, it may turn out to be something that she might just actually end up enjoying after all.

The party was being orgainzed, Rainbow Dash was now coming, all the pieces were falling into place, the only thing was whether it would all turn out okay, Twilight was determined to make things right between the two towns, however she always knew it was going to be a challenge for her.

Author's Notes:

It's good to be back

Thank you ever so much for reading

KillerChainsaw ;)