A few weeks had passed since the moment where I had my personal score finally settled and also since Twilight became a Princess. During that time, I learnt that I was no longer needed to do my voluntary work stuff and in addition to that, I was aware of the Summer Sun Celebration that was coming up once again and we all had to be there to see the eclipse or something, at least there's no Nightmare Moon to deal with this time around.

When I woke up one morning and stretched, I heard a knock on the door as if right on queue, I opened it to see who it was.

"Morning, Prince darling." Rarity greeted as she kissed me.

"Morning my love." I replied, "What brings you to my home today?"

"Twilight is going to be learning to fly with her wings at Canterlot and Rainbow Dash is teaching her, wanna come along?"

"Do you even need to ask, you know I will be there for any of you, no matter what it is."

I then hugged her and began kissing her around her neck which made her giggle.

"Oooh my dear, not in front of Ponyville."

"Alright, we'll save it for later. Let's go."

We left my home and she walked with me to the train station where I saw the others and Spike.

"Well, if it ain't the mighty Prince Bond." Applejack greeted first which took me back slightly.

"Oh yeah...guess that's one of the things I'll have to get used to, as if I wasn't that royal already." I responded as I looked around myself.

"What's wrong? Isn't being a Prince super fun?" Pinkie asked curiously.

"It is, but that doesn't mean you all should call me Prince from now on, you know I'm never going to change."

"We do, it's just that we're not used to having royal ponies as close friends." Fluttershy said.

"And we've always called Celestia and Luna princesses first before their first names." Dash added.

I could see Twilight's expression, she seemed concerned about something.

"Well, either way, let's not waste any time. This is all about Twilight and her soon to be awesome flying." Spike intervened.

This made Twilight slightly smile, but not show a genuine one.

We then boarded the train to Canterlot where there was a moment of silence, I walked over to Twilight who was looking out the window as the others were chatting.

"Are you okay, Twilight?" I asked gently.

"I'm just worried that I'm not going to be able to fly." Twilight sighed.

"Cheer up, you'll get the hang of it. You just need some good practice and you'll be flying with colours, just like me and all the pegasuses."

I put a hoof on her shoulder and smiled.

"You know Bond," Twilight said as she turned towards me with a smile, "I don't know what any of us would do without you being there for us."

"It would be a whole lot different, I'm sure."

Sharing a quick hug, I sat down beside Rarity whilst Twilight did the same.

We shortly arrived at Canterlot, when we got the train, Dash took the lead to where ever we were going.

"Okay everypony, we're heading out to the Canterlot fields by those two building." she said in an announcing way.

When we got there, we all stood in a row and watched Dash began teaching Twilight about flying.

"So first of all Twilight, get those wings flapping slowly and upwards to where I am right now." Dash ordered.

"Okay, here I go..." Twilight said in an almost whisper voice as she began using her wings.

She then flew off the ground slowly, I and the others watched as she flew up towards Dash and thinking that maybe she'll get the hang of it quicker than she thinks, but still, at least I'll be here, just in case.

"You gotta really flap 'em hard." Dash said.

So twilight flapped her wings a bit and nearly lost control.

"Whoa!" she exclaimed as she landed on a tree branch with a bird's nest.

Okay, maybe she needs to practice more than I thought.

"Uh, maybe not quite that hard."

Twilight then got off the branch and started flying again, learning to land but she struggled and landed on the ground a little hard.

"Lookin' good up there, Princess Twilight." Applejack commented as she helped Twilight up.

"Applejack, you know you don't have to call me that." she replied.

"Why do you protest so?" Rarity asked. "You've already given up wearing your crown all the time. The least you can do is embrace your new title."

"If other ponies want to address me that way, I suppose it's fine, but...not my friends. It just doesn't feel right." she sighed "And neither does all this flying business. The Summer Sun Celebration is only two days away, and I'm never gonna be ready to perform my part."

I then looked around Canterlot to see some of the decorations being put up...how on earth did I miss all that happening?

"Not if you spend all your time down here, you won't!" Dash responded, "Now get up there and show everypony the big finish!"

Twilight got into focus mode and then flew up and around us and she seemed to be enjoying it...until she lost control by flying into the grey clouds before she started falling. This was my signal to rescue her, so I flew up quick and grabbed her before she hit the ground.

"Got you just in time." I said as she let go once we landed by the others.

"Phew, thanks for that, Bond." she replied, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Wow! That was a big finish!" Pinkie exclaimed.

The rest of us stayed in silence, since there was no way we could question her behaviour and Celestia knows I tried twice before already.

"I guess you still need to learn about flying, but we'll leave it for now and come back to it tomorrow." Dash said.

"So what's next?" I asked.

"We're heading to the castle, I hear the glass frames of Twilight and you have just been put up." Rarity answered.

"A glass frame of me? Damn I'm good!" I exclaimed as we began walking to the castle.

When we got to the throne room, we looked at the two new glass frame designs on the left side, there was Twilight in one frame and me next to her. I had to admit, I felt a bit of pride and happiness seeing myself on there, I never believed it would happen to me at all. I see that they were able to get my good side showing, I did look quite the stallion on that side, always.

"You both look amazing, darlings. They've really captured your regality." Rarity commented.

"Thanks, I do look like I'm a hit with the mares." I smirked.

Rarity giggled slightly which I noticed got Spike confused.

"I suppose." Twilight said who was still unsure about it all.

"Oh, don't be so modest." Rarity replied, "It's everypony's dream to someday wear a crown and have their coronation ceremony preserved in stained glass for all to see."

"I don't know if it's everypony's dream." Dash disagreed.

"Most of my dreams are about frosting!" Pinkie added, showing us how she eats frosting.

"We'd better get going. We don't want to miss our train." Fluttershy pointed out.

"Fluttershy's right." Applejack agreed, "Don't know about y'all, but I've still got bushels to do to get ready. The official celebration may be here in Canterlot, but hoo-wee, has the Mayor put us in charge of one heck of a party back home." she paused seeing Twilight looking sad, "Aw, don't look like that, sugarcube. You get to be right there with the other Princesses when Celestia raises the sun."

"And I'm honoured. Really, I am." Twilight responded. "It's just that the Summer Sun Celebration is what first brought us all together. It just doesn't feel right not getting to spend such a special day with my Ponyville friends."

"It doesn't feel right to us either, darling." Rarity agreed, "If the Mayor wasn't so desperate for our assistance, we'd most certainly stay here in Canterlot. And of course we do understand that your royal duties must come first."

"And of course, I was scheduled to be with you, preparing and all, but I had to flat out refuse because of my personal reasons and the Princess understood, besides from the way I see it, the image of myself on that window is more than enough." I said, "The Summer Sun Celebration may have brought us together, but it's something much bigger that will always keep us connected." I then pointed my hoof to the frame image of us with our elements. "For example, The seven of us are united by the Elements of Harmony. No amount of royal duties is going to change that. Right, everypony?"

All the others nodded and agreed.

"Right, Pinkie Pie?"

"Creamy, creamy frosting... " Pinkie said as she began drooling.

"You should take that as a yes." Fluttershy commented.

By the later afternoon, we were at the train station where us six were about to board before we looked at Twilight and Spike who was staying with her for obvious reasons.

"We're gonna write you and give you so many details, it'll be like you're in Ponyville with us! Right?" Pinkie asked.

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." We all replied in unison.

"And you will be with us right after the Celebration. We already have an appointment on the books to discuss the royal upgrades to your loft decor." Rarity added.

"Oooh, I wish I could upgrade my home." I said randomly. "I need to install a high definition TV."

The train whistle blew.

"All aboard for Ponyville!" The conductor said.

All of us giggled at my randomness as we got into a group hug before we got on the train and waved at Twilight and Spike until they were out of sight.

"Well girls, at least I now get to show my true affection for my special 'princess'." I said slyly as I kissed Rarity on the cheek.

"Woah there, lover boy." Applejack giggled, "Save that for later, we still got a lot of work to do on our part with Ponyville and all."

"Yeah, like making all the fabulous sweets and cakes...with f-f-f-frosting." Pinkie sighed.

"Here we go again." Dash muttered.

Rarity and I blushed slightly, there was a bit of silence for the rest of the journey. As soon as we arrived into Ponyville by sunset, we saw most of the whole town decorated in preparation for the Celebration in two days time. All the mares had to go their separate ways in order to do their part for the event. Which left me wondering...what could I be doing?

Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Dash all left their ways, leaving Rarity and me for some alone time.

"So if it's alright with you darling, I've got one dress to to design before doing the rest tomorrow." Rarity said to me, "You don't mind waiting, do you?"

"Of course not, I'll be flying around Ponyville checking on things if you need me." I replied before kissing her as she walked to her home whilst I flew up and flew around the town slowly, seeing all the ponies at work.

When it was the beginning of nightfall, I landed down and walked to Rarity's home...I opened the door and headed on inside to find Rarity just finishing up with the mess in the centre of the room.

"Evening darling, I just finished with the first of many dress for the day. Are you alright?" she asked.

I closed the door behind me.

"I guess so..." I answered but not totally focused on it, "I'm still a little uneasy about what the future holds for me since I'm a Prince as far as the window glass frame in the castle is concerned."

"If it's to do with our love, it shall never change."

We then shared a loving hug before exchanging kisses before she grabbed my hoof and took me up to her bedroom. I could see that she getting tired but she didn't seem to let it get the best of her, she wanted to show her love to me and so did I. We got the bed and in seconds, engaged in a moment of passionate love with mostly kisses.

"You see my dear? Our love will not be different, we'll always be just the way we want it to be." Rarity said as she laid beside me.

"You're right...I just forgot about that for a second." I replied, "Mind if I sleep with you tonight, I don't think I could be anywhere else but here right now."

"Of course darling, anything for us to share the love together."

We then shared another kiss before we pulled the duvet cover over us and snuggled closely before we fell asleep together.

When I woke up the next morning, I saw Rarity was not beside me, I then heard screams coming from downstairs. I got out quick and galloped down the stairs to find spiked vines growing around the house.

"What is this...I don't even...DAH!" I exclaimed as I felt a vine from behind me, causing me to gallop out of the house to find Rarity comforting Sweetie Belle before I noticed other ponies around town all panicking and rushing.

"What's happening here?" I asked as I hugged Rarity, "And why is the sun and the moon together?"

"Something very strange is going on, and I for one would like an explanation too!" she replied.

"All I know is the sky's split in two, and these clouds moving in sure aren't from around here." Dash explained.

"Neither are all these crazy plants! They're comin' from the Everfree Forest! And try as we might, us Earth ponies can't do anythin' to get rid of 'em! " Applejack added. "Don't suppose you know any magic that might stop 'em from spreadin'?"

"I'm afraid I haven't learnt that kind of magic yet." I answered with disappointment.

"And this whole raging forest situation seems to have left my horn on the fritz." Rarity said as her horn flickered with no aura around it.

"We have to figure out something! I don't know how much more of this Ponyville can take!" Fluttershy yelped, "I don't know how much more I can take!"

"The forest is expandin', y'all, and judgin' by how fast it's movin', it doesn't seem content just takin' over Ponyville. Ah reckon before long, it'll cover half of Equestria!"

"I guess I could try to keep them at bay for now." I suggested, "But it would be so much better if Twilight was here to help us."

"Wait a second, that's it... we should try the library" Pinkie gasped.

"Good idea sugarcube, let's get going now."

We galloped to the library and no sooner were we checking through the books, we saw a flash of light appear and then a loud thud by the window. It was Twilight who collided into the books and Spike who is probably knocked out from when he hit that window, I'm surprised it didn't break.

"Oh, thank goodness!" Rarity exclaimed as I helped Twilight up.

"Oh, I hope you know we wouldn't normally go through your books without permission..." Fluttershy said.

Just then, the door opened and we saw Spike crawling in.

"Sweet ground!" he said whilst kissing the floor, "Sweet, sweet, wonderful ground!"

"Okay, I get it! I need to work on my flying!" Twilight said, rolling her eyes.

"I dunno if you've noticed, but the Everfree Forest is just a teeny-tiny bit out of control." Pinkie stated.

"No...you don't say." I said with a sarcastic tone.

"Guess it turned out you were missin' something here in Ponyville after all." Applejack said.

"But perhaps you already know what's causing all of this calamity. Has Princess Celestia sent you to dispel it posthaste?" Rarity asked.

"Not exactly. You see, Princess Celestia is, well... she and Princess Luna are both-"

"Gone missing!" Spike said, cutting Twilight off.

We all then gasped.

"I don't know who has taken them, but I've got a hunch we're going to need the Elements of Harmony to get them back."

We then retrieved our elements from the display case, it wasn't that long ago I was wearing my element of faith necklace again.

"Oh, yeah, just like old times." Dash responded.

"A-boo-yah!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"You see, just like I told you, we'll always be connected by the Elements." I added.

"Now we just gotta figure out who to aim these bad boys at so we can get Celestia and Luna back and keep the rest of Equestria from becoming plant food! Any ideas?" Applejack asked.

"I haven't found squat in any of the books I've been looking through!" Pinkie said as we saw her colouring in photos on a book, "Oopsies! Missed a spot!"

So much for serious business...

Twilight pondered for a moment after that random moment, "Half day, half night... strange weather patterns... out of control plants. I think I'm starting to get a pretty good idea of who we're up against."

"Wait...you don't mean Discord?" I asked.

"That's exactly who I meant, come on all, we need to call him out in the town square."

There was no further words needed, we all trotted out of the library and towards the centre of the two square which was yet to witness the amounts of vines showing up. We all formed a circle and began using our elements in a rainbow colour, when a bright light appeared and vanished, we saw Discord who was singing in a bathtub.

"Winter Wrap Up, Winter Wrap-ooh!" he sang before noticing us, "Now, Twilight, you know Princess Celestia said that you were to give me a heads up before you summon me with that little spell she gave you. In case you haven't noticed, I was in the middle of a particularly invigorating shower."

"E-nough! Release Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, and stop the Everfree Forest from invading!" Twilight demanded.

"Why, whatever are you talking about?"

"Don't you play dumb with us, Discord! We know you're the one behind all of this!" Applejack snapped.

"Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love what you've done with the place, but I couldn't possibly take responsibility. I'm reformed, don't you remember?"

"Yeah, right! This has got your cloven hoofprints all over it!" Dash retorted.

"I'll have you know that I have only one cloven hoof. Such accusations. And here I thought we were friends."

"Drop the act, buster! We're onto you!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"I have to admit, this does look like something you would do, even though we need more evidence." I added.

"Oh come on, I'm innocent. Would I lie to you?" Discord asked innocently.

We all answered yes except Fluttershy.

"Um, maybe?" Fluttershy answered on her own.

"Well then, it seems we've reached an impasse. I'm telling the truth, but you think I'm lying. What do friends like us do in a situation like this, Princess Twilight? Congrats, by the way, on the promotion. You totally deserve it."

He then slid towards me.

"Oh and I haven't forgotten about you, Prince Bond Racer. I heard that you and your sister took on the Dark Wonder...pretty impressive."

"I say we blast him back to stone!" Dash declared.

"Works for me!" Applejack agreed.

"Hear, hear!" Rarity added.

"Hey! We can't do that! What if he really is telling the truth?" Fluttershy said as she flew in front of Discord.

"Well, finally! Somepony willing to give me the benefit of the doubt. The rest of you could learn a lot about friendship from my dear friend Shutterfly here." he said, grabbing Dash by mistake.

"Um, it's Fluttershy." I whispered.

"Oh, right, whatever."

I rolled my eyes...he still has a lot to learn.

"If you're not the one responsible, then help us figure out who is!" Twilight demanded.

"I suppose I could, but after all the hoof pointing and besmirching of my good name, I just don't know if I'm up to it." he then started knitting with the vines. "Why don't you ask your zebra friend if she knows anything?" he then added as he knitted a vine-made arrow pointing towards the forest.

"Zecora!" Twilight exclaimed as we saw Zecora walking out of the forest with most of her potions and crafts.

"From my home, I have had to flee! The forest has grown too wild, even for me!" she said.

"Any idea why all this is happenin'?" Applejack asked.

"I'm afraid it is a mystery to me as well, but I may have something that, if combined with a spell... I do not dare to use it myself, the results would be tragic. It only responds to Alicorn magic." she paused as she took out a small bottled jar of white liquid, "Princess Twilight, you can turn the potion from purple to white. After a sip, you may see why the sky is day and night."

As Twilight began to drink the potion, we didn't see anything happen of the sort.

"Doesn't seem to be worki-"

Twilight was cut off when her eyes went all bright white...looks like it's flashback time and the rest of us are not involved...