"Twilight, wake up, breakfast is ready!" my son Spike yelled.

"S-spike, what time is it?" I asked as I blearily rubbed the rheum from the corners of my eye and stumbling across the pile of blankets as I swallowed to remove the dry cotton-y taste that comes from sleeping with my mouth open. I stumble again as I head into the bathroom. Having been a former male, I'm not used to the shift in gravitational balance that comes with having breasts. And don't even get me started on the moods that female hormones give me, now that I inhabit this female form. I bend over and grab a metallic tumbler that I use as a water glass and fill it with cool refreshing water to rid me of my thirst and squint with slight distaste at the dark bags that accompany the flesh around the bottom of my eyes. The female hormones bother me that I don't look pretty enough, but my formerly male mind couldn't care less about some 'minor' blemishes. I place my head in my hands as a headache forms and I collapse to my knees as memories of other lives overwhelm me. My life is so much more confusing now than it ever was before the Mayan end of the world!

“11 am Why?” The 5 foot tall purple and green baby dragon asked as he entered the room to get me up. But when he saw me on the ground he rushed to my side. “Twilight you okay what’s wrong”

“I have something to tell you. I'm not just-" I start as Spike placed a claw on my muzzle.

"Dakota, I already know! You told me three weeks ago. I was shocked but I remembered how you were around the Princess."

"I did?" As the pain faded I started remembering that day clearer than crystal. "It's still weird that I have over 550 years worth of memories from my past, even though I just woke up here. Oh and Spike, call me Twilight, I'm still your mother. We can't let anypony know the truth, not yet anyways."

"When can we?"

"What's today's date?"

"June 20th. Why?"

"Well, tomorrow I'll finally see mom again. Both of her."

"Tomorrow is the Summer Sun Celebration right? I take it you want me to send the letter about Nightmare now?"

"Sure, Aunty won't know that I've packed already."

"Okay," Spike said and picked up the letter I had him write warning Celestia about my Mothers’ return.

'Might as well follow the plot for now,' I thought as Spike sent the warning with his dragonfire.

"We've got half an hour till she writes back telling us to go to Ponyville. You get the steak?"

"Even though I know that we both can eat it, I still find it weird to see a pony eat red meat. I've yet to see you eat gems though. You sure you're a Dragonoid and not just a pony with a rare digestive system?"

"Spike, I've told you before, Celestia doesn't know about my other Forms and if I Shifted past alicorn she'd sense it. Don't tempt me!"

"Well, I got the steak and cooked it just how you like it bloody rare."

"Heh, Rare." 'I can't wait till he meets her.'

<After breakfast>

"That was good Spike."

"Thanks-" Buurrpp "Well you were right. Half an hour on the dot."

"Let's see what she said!"

"You know what she said! Go to Ponyville, oversee the prep and make friends."

"Remember this is a slightly different timeline so I think we should at least read it to be sure."

While Spike was right about the letter, for the most part, Celestia also wrote: "Be ready for anything my dear student!"

'Well, at least this ‘Tia acknowledged my concern. Though I feel I’m forgetting something’ “Hey Spike didn’t we have a party to attend today? Besides my Ponyville welcome party I mean.”

“Yeah now that you mention it, it’s Moondancer’s birthday today! You want drop in and say hi?”

“No, I have a better idea. Write this down Spike.

Dear Moondancer ,

I’m sorry I can’t show up to your party as the princess has sent me to Ponyville to oversee the Summer Sun Celebration preparations. Consequently, I will be staying at the Golden Oaks Library for the next week or so.

If you should desire to find me, please find a way to reach Ponyville by 8:00 pm tonight as I’ll be celebrating with the locals. Lyra is already heading down to see Bon Bon tonight. I think the others would like to come as well. I promise that the party in Ponyville will make up for any rudeness I committed earlier this morning, so please try to make it.

Your friend,

Twilight Sparkle

Got all that Spike?”

“Yep. Want me to send it?” he said as he rolled up the short letter and placed a ribbon with my cutie mark on it to identify who sent the letter.

“Please. If you don’t, Moondancer will become so depressed it would take me three weeks to help her back out of her shell.” I said as I checked my bag to see if Truth had dropped in any goodies into it since my arrival into this world. He hadn’t at that moment, but I knew that he would later.

“Would it really be that bad?” he asked after he lit the letter aflame to send it to Moondancer with my hope that she would actually come down to the party tonight.

“Yes, trust me on this, it would be that bad.”

“More foreknowledge.”

“Yeah. Sometimes knowing the future can be a source of heartache, but in this case I know it’ll help majorly, even if all she does is read the note,” I said as I headed to the door. “Come on! Let’s go!”

“It was you who held us up in the first place!” Spike said as we headed to the carriage Aunty ‘Tia had sent for our trip down the mountain.

'Pinkie had better get ready! This party will blow her mind!' I thought as we boarded the carriage. My brow dipped and my eyes narrowed as a smile slowly grew on my face at the thought of my soon to be best friends.