“To Joe´s!!” the six ponies and a dragon said, hitting their mugs full of hot cocoa.

“I´m going to miss this place,” Twilight Sparkle said. “I used to come here everyday after school. I was here so much that Cadence used to tease me I had a filly crush on Joe.”

Twilight then noticed the looks she was getting from Rainbow and Rarity.

“I DID NOT HAD A FILLY CRUSH ON JOE!!!”

The girls laughed at Twilight spreading her wings in anger but Spike wasn't paying attention.

“I can´t believe he´s going to close this place,” he said, looking at his half empty mug.

“It comes a time for every business pony to move forward, Spike. It always happens,” Applejack tried to explain.

“Yeah, will you ever close Sweet Apple Acres?”

“Now that's  different. You see, Sweet Apple Acres is my family inheritance and…” Applejack began but Spike wasn't in the mood to listen.

“I myself have considered eventually closing Carousel Boutique, move here to Canterlot or maybe Manehatann...” Rarity said with all seriousness.

“You mean you´re not going to give Sweetie Belle the store?” Rainbow asked, half joking.

“Oh please, that girl can´t tell a loose fabric from a ghost!” Rarity said, but they could tell she didn´t meant that. “No, I can tell that Sweetie´s future doesn´t lead to fashion. She´s..she´s going to find her own path.”

“Yeah, those little fillies, they're all going places,” Applejack said and Rainbow shared the sentiment, gulping on her mug.

There was a small moment of sad silence, that got broken by Fluttershy, “Remember when we all came here after the Grand Galloping Gala?”

They all nodded and laughed at the memory.

“I dragged the Wonderbolts here after one show. The fullest the place ever got, Joe told me,” Rainbow Dash said.

“I managed to convince Trenderhoof and Fancypants to give this place a try. It became a fashion trend...for about two weeks,” Rarity said.

“And remember that time we came here to celebrate after we helped Joe on his secret agent mission to stop the Griffon Kingdom from obtaining the secret recipe to Princess Celestia´s three flavours cake?”

“Pinkie Pie, that never happened! Donut Joe is not a secret agent, you made that up!” Rainbow Dash yelled.

“Oh, so your Daring Do can be real but my con Mane can´t?” Pinkie retorted, adding air quotes to Daring Do.  

“Okay, that's totally different! For a lot of reasons! First one…”

Pinkie covered her ears and sang “lalala” while Rainbow argued and the girls laughed, but Spike didn´t joined the laughs. He wiped some tears and said “I don't want him to go…”

“Spike, it´s okay to be sad but you also need to think of Joe. He´s moving forwards, with a bigger business and his new family. We shouldn't regret he´s leaving, we should be celebrating the times we shared,” Twilight said, lifting his chin and the little dragon smiled.

“Really got into that Princess role, eh?” Applejack joked, raising her mug and winking at Twilight who blushed.

There was another silent pause but this time they were all smiling. Fluttershy broke it again, raising her cup.

“To Joe.”

They all nodded and raised their cups.

“To Joe!”