Okay, she'll be coming around here somewhere, Twilight thought to herself. She was walking down the main street of Ponyville, looking right and left while Spike was beside her. In time, the young dragon would occasionally look up at her, seeing the way she was looking around, and gaining an expression than made it clear he was confused with her behaviour. To this, Twilight merely put on a smile for him, which seemed to alleviate his concerns. However, whenever he wasn't looking, the young unicorn just kept on looking around. Okay, Pinkie, where are you? I know you're here, about to dart for cover because you think something's about to fall. And I'll be there with Spike to see you and start off that whole "Pinkie sense" thing. Eventually, Twilight stopped, letting out a sigh, which caught Spike's attention yet again.

"Something wrong, Twilight?"

The unicorn looked down at him, putting on a small smile as she patted his head.

"It's nothing, Spike. Just thinking about some stuff."

After hearing that, Spike gained a look of mischievousness.

"Let me guess...stomach still not settling down after our little restaurant visit?"

Twilight rolled her eyes at that.

"When they said the salad was going to be spicy, I wasn't expecting it to be that spicy!"

Spike did his best to stifle a laugh at that, to which Twilight merely shook her head. However, it was here that Twilight's face lit up, as she saw, at last, that Pinkie had arrived on the scene. The energetic earth pony was darting about, finding whatever cover she could, from carts, to benches, and even a flower pot. Twilight giggled at the sight of her like that. Pinkie sense. I never understood it, and in all the years afterwards, I never did. But...it's part of who she is. Gotta go with the flow sometimes, as Fluttershy's friend Tree Hugger would say. Walking towards her friend, Twilight began to call out.

"Pinkie! Good morning!"

Pinkie, upon hearing that, immediately stopped her frantic search for cover, instead turning towards Twilight and gaining a massive smile on her head, waving her hoof in an energetic manner.

"Hiya, Twilight!"

However, as she did this, her tail began to twitch uncontrollably, causing her to squeak in a manner not unlike Fluttershy, before darting to hide underneath a nearby bush. Rolling her eyes at this, Twilight began to approach Pinkie, all while keeping an eye on things above her. Once she and Spike were beside the bush, she finally spoke up to her friend.

"You okay there, Pinkie?"

Without warning, a bright pink mare's head popped out of the side of the bush, causing the other two to back away slightly.

"It's my Pinkie sense! My tail's twitching! That means something's about to fall!"

Okay, Twilight thought to herself, got to play this right. I don't want to appear as dismissive as I was the first time. But, I can't appear to accept it too easily either. I have to wait for the right moment. However, as she thought this, she head a sound coming from both above and behind her. It was the unmistakeable sound of somepony flapping their wings. A small smile crept onto Twilight's face as she realised that. And here she is. Looking down to the side, Twilight, at that moment, pretended to be interested in having seen something. However, as she moved to inspect whatever it was she made up, she was taken aback by the sound of Spike yelping in surprise. Turning, Twilight saw that, as expected, he had a massive frog covering his face. Giggling at this, Twilight used her magic to levitate the creature and gently lay him down on the ground. After wiping away the frog's slime off his face, both Spike and Twilight looked up to see, as Twilight knew, that Fluttershy was up there, carrying a cart-load of frogs behind her. As the pegasus mare looked down, she seemed truly apologetic.

"Oh! My goodness! I'm so sorry, Spike! I didn't see you there!"

Spike, letting out a sigh, merely shrugged his shoulders, to which Fluttershy smiled. Twilight, looking up at her, began to speak.

"What are you up to, Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy smiled at her unicorn friend before pointing to the frogs behind her.

"Oh, I'm just trying to help these little guys out by escorting them back to their home in the Everfree Forest. It’s a long journey and they're much safer if they travel by air."

Safe for them, but not for you, Twilight thought. But, she kept on smiling as she called up to her friend once more.

"Oh, there's no need for you to do that, Fluttershy. Allow me."

Fluttershy looked down at Twilight, seeming confused about what she meant. However, both she, Spike and Pinkie looked on as Twilight closed her eyes, with her horn beginning to glow. They all knew by now that whenever Twilight cast a spell, something big was going to happen, and so all of them began to back away slightly. However, Fluttershy noted, to her surprise, that soon enough, all of her frogs were becoming bathed in the magical aura of Twilight's power. There was a bright flash of light, and when it died down, they all looked on with shock to discover that the cart was now empty. Twilight, opening her eyes again, smiled when she saw this. The same spell I used on the parasprites. Those frogs will be safe and sound back in their home, and Fluttershy won't have to put herself in the path of a hydra because of this. Looking back up, Twilight called up to her friend.

"I'm sorry for surprising you like that, but I figured I'd help. I know how much you hate going to the Everfree, so I thought it'd be best for me to lend a hoof."

Fluttershy looked from the cart to Twilight, and then gained a look of uncertainty before breaking into a smile, albeit a very small one.

"Oh...um...okay then. I guess I'll take the cart back home. Thank you, Twilight. I appreciate your help."

Twilight smiled at that, watching as Fluttershy began to fly away. Okay, one problem down. Turning, Twilight opened her mouth to speak to Pinkie, but closed it and gained a look of surprise when she saw that the latter was no longer there. Turning her head from left to right, the young unicorn took a few moments to find her, as did Spike. Eventually, they saw her, once again hiding, but this time by trying to stuff herself into a small hole on the side of a nearby tree. Planting a hoof to her face, Twilight let out a sigh before walking up to her, poking her in the flank a little to get her attention.

"Um...Pinkie? You okay in there?"

The back half of the mare, which was all Twilight and Spike could see sticking out of the tree, wiggled about a bit, which seemed to indicate a "yes", at least as far as Twilight could figure. There was a brief struggle on Pinkie's part for a few moments before she finally managed to pull herself out, taking a massive gulp of air. However, this moment was brief, as she turned to Twilight with her usual massive smile.

"I'm great! But there's a lot of falling things today! And my Pinkie sense is in overload!"

Spike looked to her with confusion.

"Er...Pinkie sense?"

Pinkie looked to him and nodded.

"Yep! It's my super-super-special sense that lets me know when stuff is going to happen. Twitching tail means something's gonna fall! And that's just one thing I can sense!"

Twilight looked down to her assistant, who seemed to be very interested in what Pinkie was telling him. She smiled at this. Spike. Always ready to believe in incredible things. I should have learned a thing or two from him the first time around. But, she kept quiet as the young dragon finally spoke up again.

"That sounds awesome, Pinkie! But..."

For a moment, Spike glanced up at Twilight nervously before looking back to Pinkie.

"Is there anything behind your Pinkie sense? Some explanation for how it happens?"

Twilight had to stifle the urge to laugh at what had just happened. Spike knows me all too well. He knows I'd be unwilling to accept Pinkie's explanation and is trying to satisfy me beforehand. Believe me, Spike, I appreciate it. But I know from first-hoof experience that there's no explanation to be had here. Yet again, Twilight stayed silent, watching as Pinkie shook her head at the young dragon.

"Nope! It just kinda...happens!"

The pink mare smiled widely at that, oblivious to the nervous way Spike was glancing from her to Twilight. In time, however, Twilight merely giggled, placing a hoof upon Spike's shoulder.

"It's okay, Spike. I don't need to understand everything about this."

Spike turned to her with a raised eyebrow.

"But...you always try and understand everything about...well...everything!"

Twilight nodded.

"True. But, since coming to Ponyville, I've come to learn that there are a lot of things going on that I don't think I'll ever truly understand or figure out. Why Nightmare Moon returned at that specific moment after a thousand years. Why dragons need so much gold when they have no real use for it. Stuff like that happens a lot around here, so Pinkie's Pinkie sense is just going to have to be one of those things I'll need to accept."

Spike looked to her, still clearly surprised at what he'd just heard. But, Twilight just kept smiling at him. Believe me, Spike, there was a time when I would have more than lived up to your expectations. She fought against the urge to grimace at that thought. I can't believe how unwilling to accept Pinkie's abilities I was back then. I know that, at heart, I'm a scientist, and every fibre of my being wanted to understand every single detail about her sense, but the way I went about it was just plain rude at times. I'll fully admit, to myself if nopony else, that her sense still intrigues me. But, I’m content to just...know that it's there. Besides, at least this way, I won’t have to end up hospitalized after having followed her around like some creepy stalker. Patting her assistant once more on the head, Twilight turned yet again to Pinkie.

"Say, Pinkie? Spike and me were planning on going to the Cakes' for some lunch. Care to join us?"

At the mention of her surrogate family, Pinkie squealed with joy and began bouncing up and down in a frantic manner before darting off in that very direction, leaving a rather bemused Twilight and Spike.

"Well...I'll take that as a yes," Twilight concluded.

As the two of them laughed together, they began to follow Pinkie, and as they did, Spike looked up to Twilight with a smile.

"Pinkie's Pinkie sense sounds incredible! Can you imagine how great it would be to know the future like that?"

But, as he looked forward again, his eyes off Twilight, the latter's smile began to fade after hearing his words.

Great? No, Spike. Not all the time.