The sun shone onto the peaceful town of Ponyville, where I resided. Of course, I didn't reside in any normal house, but a large tree-like crystal castle smack dab in the centre of town. I was still asleep during this time. That was the thing about me; once I was up, I wasn't tired at all. But when I was asleep, I slept like a log.

I heard a rooster call and I slowly but surely woke up. Not thirty seconds after I got out of bed, my younger sister ran into my room and pounced on me.

"Moring big brother!" she shouted.

"Ack! Ah! Jeez, Halley! You've gotta stop doing that!" I shouted with a small smile on my face.

"Sorry bro," she said "But I always like to come in and give you a huge hug!"

This was Halley Comet, my younger and ten times more upbeat sister who's thirteen, making her three years younger than me. She's a Pegasus with a yellow mane, blue coat and turquoise eyes. She's also fast enough to catch up to the likes of Rainbow Dash. Her cutie mark is that of a comet.

"Don't you mean crush my lungs?" I joked.

"...maybe..." Halley puffed out her cheeks "Anyway, this time's important! Blitz is waiting for you by the castle entrance!"

"What? He is?" I asked "Odd... he doesn't usually come out of his reading alcove Saturdays..."

"No, silly!" Halley rolled her eyes "He wants to talk to you about something."

"Oh, well then in that case I better get going!" I said as I rushed out of my room, down the hallway, down the stairs and eventually the main hallway. Unfortunately, my mother caught me doing this and stopped me in my tracks.

"Just where do you think you're off to young mister?" my mother asked calmly as she spotted me running through the castle. She looked just about the same as I saw her in those old pictures of her, except she began getting a small grey streak in her hair, probably due to the fact she's a mother.

"Um... Blitz is waiting right outside the castle and I want to say hi to him?" I said slightly scared of my mother.

"...alright, you may go" she said "But no running!"

"Um... okay?" I said.

"And stop answering everything I say in a question!" Twilight said as she walked off to somewhere else in the castle. After that, I finally reached the door to the castle. There stood my childhood friend, Blitz Wing. He, being Rainbow Dash and Soarin's son, was a Pegasus with a light blue coat, a red mane and green eyes. His cutie mark was a book with a lightning bolt through it. He was the complete opposite of both his parents, since he liked being at home and reading. That was the thing about us; we were the complete opposites from our parents, so we became fast friends.

"Hello there, Midnight" he said "I came over to ask if you wanted to have a slow cruise around town with me."

Oh, I forgot! My name's Midnight Sparkle, son to Twilight Sparkle and Bookworm. I'm the only known male Alicorn who lives in a castle and happens to be a Prince! Not to brag, of course. My cutie mark is like my mothers, only orange instead of pink.

"Hey Blitz!" I said "Um, sure I'll come with you. Hold on..." I turned back to my hallway "MOM!"

"Yeah?" I heard a faint voice from the castle say.

"CAN I FLY WITH BLITZ FOR A WHILE?!"

"Yes, honey..." I heard the voice say again.

"She says I can go" I said facing back at my best friend "Alright... ONETWOTHREEGO!"

And with that, I was off. I left my friend in the dust, but he never minded and just flew after me as fast as he could, which was actually decently fast.

Seeing that I left behind my friend, I slowed down to let my friend catch up. Blitz Wing eventually came up to me and asked "Do you always have to make our 'cruise around town' a race?"

"Maybe..." I said making the same face my sister gave me earlier.

"Well, perhaps today we can simply have a nice fly around?"

"Sure buddy!" I said.

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The flight had been pretty boring, but as long as my friend was happy, I was happy. Eventually though, we came across a cottage right next to the Everfree Forest. It was none other than Fluttershy's cottage! Only, it was looking somewhat prettier now that I could compare it with some pictures my mother showed me all those years ago.

"Hey, do you think we should drop in to say hello?" suggested Blitz.

"Um, sure, if you want to..."

We slowly made our decent down to the residence of the animal loving mare. We knocked on the door, and the door opened to not Fluttershy, but a completely different mare.

"Hey boys" she winked "What's up?"

"The sky" I joked "Hahaha! Yeah, that wasn't funny. Anyway, how're you doing B?"

Spring Blossom was the daughter of Fluttershy. She was a yellow Pegasus with golden eyes and a white mane. Her cutie mark was three pink blossoms. She always had a tomboyish personality, which made it harder for Fluttershy to keep her steady when she was a filly. However, when Spring Blossom sees dying flowers, she does everything in her power to make sure they live on. I've always had a crush on her, but it was never so big that I couldn't speak to her without stuttering.

"Me? Just fine" she answered "My mom just made some tea. Wanna come in for some?"

"That's quite alright, Spring" Blitz Wing said "However, if you'd like to join us on our small flight, we'd be more than welcome to let you join."

"Love to, but I gotta help mom out a bit" she said as she looked back at her home "Being single AND pregnant doesn't really help either. Maybe some other time?"

"Sure" I said before I turned around and took off "Well, see you around!"

"Bye, Spring!" said Blitz before he took off and followed me.

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Some more time passed and we eventually came across the Carousel Boutique, which we came to the agreement to visit there, fully knowing what would happen.

We knocked on the door and it opened up to two nearly identical twins with white coats and blue curly manes. Their cutie marks were a piece of ribbon on one and a ball of thread on the other. They were also brother and sister.

"Why hello there dearest friends!" the stallion said "Dearest sister Ribbon, please bring them inside!"

"Of course dearest brother Thread!" Ribbon said as she pulled me and Blitz inside her home "So, what shall we do with them?"

"I say we make them more formal!"

"Agreed!"

"Uh, guys? That's really not-" was all I managed to say before the twins began dressing us up.

"... and a tie here, and some hair gel there..." said Ribbon who was working on Blitz.

"Don't forget the shoes!" Thread reminded her.

"Wouldn't dream of it!"

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After the makeover, the twins showed us a mirror. I'll admit, they did a pretty decent job. But what do you expect from the son and daughter of the famous Rarity and Fancy Pants?

"TA DAH!" they both shouted "Well, what do you think?" they both said at the same time.

"It's... uh... pretty good actually" I said "That, and it's as tight as hay."

"Ribbon? Thread? What have you done this time?" said a new voice that just entered the room. We all turned to see Fancy Pants, the twin's father.

"Daddy!" said Ribbon in shock "We were, uh, practicing on, uh... mannequins?"

"Y-yeah!" spoke Thread nervously "Really life-like ones!"

"Uh huh..." said Fancy Pants with an eyebrow risen "You two know you're not supposed to do this without my or your mother's permission and supervision. Remember last time?"

The twins shuddered at this thought "Yes dad / daddy..." they said once again at the same time.

"Good" said the older blue mane stallion. He then turned to us with an apologetic look in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, you two" he said "But you know how they can get. If you like the suits, keep them. A gift from me to you."

"That's alright, sir" Blitz said "I like the suit, but I don't think my friend here cares for it too much..."

"Jeez it's hot in this thing!" I said "Somepony! Anypony! Get me out! AHHHHH!"

"He's also a total drama queen..." snickered Ribbon. Fancy Pants had heard it all though, so he just didn't say anything.

"Please come back any time, you two!" he said as he helped me get that blasted suit off "We'll be waiting!"

"Thanks Mr. Pants" I said with a double meaning "We'll be sure to drop by. By the way, where's Mrs. Rarity?"

"Out shopping" Fancy Pants replied simply "If you see her, please tell her to stop looking at that Celestia forsaken dress..."

"Will do!" I said as I took off once more.

"Thank you!" said my best friend as he did the same.

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The last stop was Sugar Cube Corner. That's where we all went to just chill... and maybe bug the hay out of Pumpkin and Pound Cake, the owners of the bakery. We both landed right at the entrance where we were immediately greeted by two very noticeable jumpy mares. One being pink and the other being blue. I think my mother said her first reaction to Pinkie Pie's daughter was: 'Sweet Celestia, now there are two of them!'"

"Hey, hey, hey!" said the blue mare "Welcome to Sugar Cube Corner! What'll be, super duper friends of mine!"

"Oooo! Maybe they want cupcakes, or muffins..." said the pink one.

"Or strawberries and chocolate!" suggested the blue one.

"Or chocolate rain!" shouted the pink one.

"NO!" literally everypony in the bakery shouted.

"Aw... bummer..." said the pink mare.

"Cheer up mum!" spoke the blue mare "At least we still have some chocolate milk in the fridge!"

"Yeah! Thanks Bubble!"

Bubblegum was, most obviously, Pinkie Pie's daughter. Pinkie was considering having a second foal, but LITERALLY EVERYPONY IN TOWN told her that wouldn't be necessary. Bubblegum's mane is bright pink and very poofy and her coat is blue. Her cutie mark is a few sticks of bubblegum. Her personality is much like Pinkie's, only WAY crazier, however that works. Although, I suppose it's because Pinkie Pie has matured a bit from my mother's time as a young adult.

"So," Pinkie turned back to us "What'll it be?"

"The usual" I said "I don't feel too awake this morning."

"Same for me!" Blitz said

"Two Super Duper Ultra Deluxe Smoothie Surprises, coming riiiiight UP!" said Bubblegum as she joyfully bounced her way to the bakery kitchen.

"Oh that silly filly" Pinkie said "She reminds me too much of myself when I was younger. I'm so proud!"

Blitz and I just looked at each other before we took a seat at one of the booths. Low and behold, our friend Little Mac was waiting for us. Little Mac is only eleven, but he's VERY mature for his age, so we let him do things we wouldn't let most other fillies and colts to do. He has a light orange coat, a brown mane and blue eyes. He doesn't have a cutie mark yet. He always carries around his little blue neckerchief everywhere he goes. He was named after his mother's brother

"Ey' guys!" he said in a country accent "Ah've been waitin' fer ya all mornin'!"

"Sorry buddy" I said "But maybe if you told us that you were waiting here, we'd come earlier."

"Oh. Sorry..."

That was another thing about Little Mac; he's a little forgetful. We all forgive him, though.

"Order up!" said Bubblegum who had come over to our table with our drinks "Here you go! I added extra berries in yours, Blitz..." she said with a wink.

You see, she doesn't know we all know this but, Bubblegum has a huge crush on Blitz Wing. For as long as I could remember, she's been gushing over him ever since grade school. I think Blitz shares the same feelings, but he never says.

"Thanks Bubble!" he said "Wanna join?"

"I guess... I hope Mr. Cake doesn't notice me slacking off. Although, he's usually in the kitchen. Or making a delivery. Or shopping for ingredients. Or..."

Everypony just rolled their eyes at Bubblegum's randomness.

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At the same time, a mare was looking over Ponyville from a cliff. She had a black robe and a hood over her head.

"This town is breaking the order of things" she said "The castle mustn't be there. It's ugly! It's breaking the order! However, I'll deal with that later... now? Ha, ha, ha... now, I finish what I started all those years ago!"

Author's Notes:

So, who is this mysterious pony overlooking Ponyville? What is her goal? Why am I so lazy? Find out on the next episode of Soap! Er, I mean, The After Years. Yeah...
Well, first real chapter! Yay! Spelling mistakes? Point them out in the comment section and I'll fix 'em right up! Got a question or any concerns? I'll answer them to the best of my ability without spoiling.
Until next time, I'll see ya later Scraggsters!