Apple Jack woke up the following day being the first one up. She gave a large yawn as she got out of her bed slowly in order not to disturb Winona. She head for the kitchen to fetch a glass of water and on her way, she was surprised to see Twilight sleeping at the balcony. She slowly opened the glass door as she moved closer to her.

"Twi?" She said softly as she gently put her right hoof on Twilight shoulder.

Twilight did not respond. All she did was snore lightly.

Apple Jack began to shake her shoulder but all she did was just give a slight groan. Apple Jack soon decided to use force as she gave a small shout. "TWILIGHT!"

The shout reminded Twilight of the Tragic dream she had as she woke up with a startle.

"Whoa there Twi, Its just me." She said as she held her to calm down. "What are you doing sleeping on the balcony?"

"I just.... had a bad dream." She said as she looked aside with her face down.

"Care to talk about it?" Apple Jack asked politely.

"I'd rather not talk about it." She said. "It's too painful."

"Come on Twi, you can trust me." Apple Jack says, "I promise that I won't tell a single soul. Pinkie promise."

"Pinkie promise?" Twilight asks.

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Apple Jack says.

Twilight sees that she can trust her as she told Apple Jack all what she experienced in her dream to the letter.

At the end Apple Jack gave her a warm smile as she said, "It was just a dream. Not reality. I don't know if dreams come true but I can definitely tell you that there is no way a dream like that could ever happen here."

Twilight seem comforted by her words as she gave a light smile.

"Come on. Lets wake the others. We have about 2 hours before the ceremony starts." Apple Jack says as she stood up.

"Oh. The Canterlot Festival. I almost forgot!" Twilight says as they head for the bed room.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODMOOORNIIIIIIIIIING EVERYPONY! YEEEHAW!" Apple Jack shouts as she flipped the lights on that shone brightly.

Every pony was startled by her shouting as Rainbow Dash flew up and hit herself on the roof. "OW!" Rainbow shouted.

Spike fell off his bed as he tried to pull over the blanket. "Gahh!"

Fluttershy gave a cute squeal rather than a scream as she sat up and grasped onto her blanket. The same went for the pets but Winona wasn't startled since she was used to Apple Jacks morning shouts. Rarity, however was still sound asleep with the help of her ear plugs that blocked any trace of sound.

Apple Jack moves next to her as she shouts right at her ear. "WAKE UP RARITY!"

All Rarity does is flinch a bit. As the wise ponies once said, 'Action speaks louder than words.' Apple Jack shoved Rarity right out of her bed. The feeling of falling instantly woke up Rarity as she fell on the ground with a thud. Rarity got up and glared at her as she took off her ear plugs.

"You know you could just shaken me." She said angrily.

"I would have done that but.... my way is better." Apple Jack said as she chuckled.

"Wait... where's Pinkie?" Rainbow asked curiously looking around the room.

"I thought I saw her a while ago." Fluttershy said as she rubbed her eyes.

"Lets go look for her." Twilight said as she got out of the room. "Pinkie?" She yelled hoping for an answer.

"I'M IN THE KITCHEN." Pinkie shouted.

They all head for the kitchen as they were surprised by the delicious site that met their eyes. Pastries of all sorts were set on the dining table, daisy sandwiches were in plenty, salads, oats and many delicious treats. Not forgetting cake of course. Pinkie had an apron on along with a chef's hat that were stained with flour and dough as well as icing.

Spike's tongue went across his lips as he began to drool as he say a huge bowl of gems on the table.

"Dig in every pony!" Pinkie said.

"H-how did you make all this in such a short time?" Twilight asked, "You ere only gone for a few seconds."

"It's a secret." she said as she whispered into her ear after giving an ear to ear smile.

They sat down as they munched to their fill, enjoying every single thing. They all finished Pinkie's delightful breakfast meal as their bellies were now slightly puffed up.

"That was wonderful Pinkie!" Rarity said.

"Your welcome." Pinkie said happily.

Even the other pets had enjoyed. Opal was busy having a little cat nap after finishing some tasty tuna. Winona had a very tasty treat of multi flavored biscuits. Owlowiscious had a nice bowl of fruits. Gummy was busy eating cake that he had recently jumped on as he was covered in sweet chocolate. Tank had a nice bowl of greens to munch on as well as Angel , but his had more carrots than greens. Spike was dead asleep once again with his head it the bowl after munching on the delicious gems.

After the mane 6 had finally prepared themselves two hours later as they head out, but before they left Twilight had one last thing to do.

"Spike?" She called out at the door.

Spike immediately woke up and rushed to her. "Yes?" He answered.

"I need you to take care of our pets while we are away ok?" She said.

"Again?" Spike said as he remembered the last time he did that where it didn't go quite well. Not to mention giving out a load of gems in order to cover his story and ask for help.

"I'm sure you can handle it Spike, just do it like last time." She said since she found Spike had been responsible of them in the end, not knowing what really happened when she was away.

"Yeah... Last time." Spike said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Bye." Twilight said as she shut the door.

"Bye." Spike said as he knew he had one hell of a day ahead of him.

"Twilight, I'm going to greet Coco for a while but I will catch up with you." Rarity said.

"Go ahead Rarity. We won't be far." Twilight said.

Rarity separated from the group as she trotted towards Coco who was browsing through some old fabrics that were being displayed for sale.

"Busy browsing through I suggest?" Rarity said as she stood behind Coco.

Coco, easily recognizing Rarity's voice, turned around to confirm if it was her. "Rarity?"

"Hello darling." She said with a warm smile.

They were soon in a loving embrace that only lasted about 5 sec as they let go.

"How long has it been since we last met?" Coco asked.

"About 5 or 8 months. Give or take." Rarity said. "How has everything been?"

"Everything is going great. I finally opened a new store for my new collection of clothes." Coco said.

"Oh that's great news!" Rarity said.

"My designs were so productive that I got funding from one of the most Famous celebrities around?" Coco said.

Rarity was impressed by her statement. "And who might that be?" She asked out of curiosity.

Before Coco could say anything, Fancy Pants, one of Equestria's famous fashion celebrities approached the tow in their conversation.

"Good morning ladies." He said in his calm composed voice.

"Good morning Mr. Fancy Pants." Coco said.

Rarity, who was dumb founded by the site before her,almost   had lack of words. "Y-your Fancy.... P-Pants." ,she said. Despite saying the same thing when they met for the first time in Manehatten.

"Ah. Rarity, jolly good to see you again." He said.

"Oh. So you've already met him before?" Coco asked as rarity responded with a nod.

"I see you have met my new associate Rarity?" he said.

"He is the one who was kind enough to fund me." Coco said.

"Of course, I couldn't let such talent go to waste. Now I really must go. It has been good having a quick chat with both of you. Tally ho." He said as he strut away.

"That was... Fancy Pants. Right in front of me.... and he spoke to me." She said as she began to fan herself.

Meanwhile as the rest of the mane 6 were trotting by, Apple Jack set eyes on the pony she was hoping not to see in a very, very long time. Trender Hoof, the stallion who fell for Apple Jack the moment he set eyes on her. "Oh no." Apple Jack said.

"Whats wrong Apple Jack?"  Pinkie asked as she looked at her hopping backwards.

She points at where Trender Hoof was as he was talking with some other ponies. "Take a wild guess."

Twilight looks at the direction in which she was pointing to as she spot him. "Is that Trender Hoof?" She asked.

"Wait, as in Trender Hoof, the stallion who saw hearts everywhere when he saw Apple Jack? Baahahahaha!" Rainbow said as she laughed.

"Quiet Rainbow! I don't want him to see me." Apple Jack whispered.

But it was too late, Rainbow Dash's laugh drew his attention as he walked towards them.

"Oh tail feathers! He's coming here!" She said as she lowered her hat to cover her face.

Before Trender Hoof came any closer a mare scared half to death shouted. "Changelings!"

Every pony looked at the direction on the mares hoof, that pointed at a large army of changelings up in the air as they stayed at the front line of Equestria showing no signs of attacking.

"Lets go girls." Twilight said as they all ran to the castle.

All Trender Hoof could do was watch as they all ran, missing an opportunity to talk with Apple Jack.

Rarity heard the commotion as she saw the others run toward the castle. "Excuse me darling but I really have to go now." She tells Coco as she follows her friends, not giving Coco a chance to say goodbye.

The Mane 6, along with Princess Celestia, Luna and Cadence, as well as Shining Armour. Stood at a high balcony close to where the changelings were, with an army of guards as well. Chrysalis who was at the front and center of her army looked down at them as she gave a slight grin.

"What a cute reunion of family and friends. Isn't that right?" Chrysalis said as she gave a light chuckle.

"Why are you here Chrysalis?" Cadence asked.

"Oh look, if it isn't the queen of love herself. It's been a long time since our last encounter." She said.

"Get to the point Chrysalis?" Shining said.

"Revenge." She said, "Revenge for ruining my plans. But... that's not why I'm here."

"Then why are you here!?" Rainbow shouted.

"Suffering, I want all of you... to relive the suffering I faced. To rebuild my empire, my people." She said.

On the far left side of Canterlot, a very long carriage pulled up as several guards who stopped it.

"What is in the Carriage?" One of the guards asked.

A mare who was one of the 5 ponies who were pulling it said in a calm voice, "They are fabrics we wish to sell, as well as gifts for the Princess of the sun and moon. The ponies were in old clothes that were dirty and torn and their faces filled with grief that one would have mercy on them. The guard looked at them with pitiful eyes as he let them in, not looking at the contents of the carriage.

Little did he know that in the carriage was a rather large groups of changelings ready to attack on command. The 5 ponies were changelings as well in disguise.

"There is no way you can defeat us when we are united." Celestia says confidently as she stood tall.

"Poor naive Celestia. There is a way..... The element of surprise." She says as her eyes gave a light flash and what followed were screams of terror from afar.