The rest of the girls were in the library talking to Twilight as Flash and Alli stared at Copper, Twilight's supposed brother. Twilight waited impatiently for Celestia to respond, pacing back and forth in the living room.

"Twilight, darling, running a groove in the floor won't make the letter arrive faster." Rarity said, watching disdainfully as Twilight ignored her.

"I can't help it…" She muttered, going back and forth before stopping in front of Spike. "Anything?"

He rolled his eyes. "You'd know." He said yawning. "Why did you have to wake me up Twilight, couldn’t have waited till tomorrow?"

"Technically it is tomorrow." Copper said as everypony looked at him.

"Whatever, you know what I meant." Spike said, folding his arms across his chest.

Alli sighed and got up, walking over to Twilight and stopping her forcing her to look into his eyes. "Twi, everypony's just as curious as you… but it won't help matters pacing. We need to take a deep breath and calm down." He held a hoof near his chest and took a deep breath before exhaling and moving his hoof away from his chest as he exhaled. "Try it." He said with a smile.

She paused, biting her bottom lip nervously before putting a hoof against her chest and taking a deep breath, then exhaling it, moving her hoof away. The difference was instantly noticeable; she was a lot more relaxed. She smiled at him and kissed him gently on the cheek. "Thank you."

"Don’t thank me, thank Princess Candace, she taught me…" Alli chuckled.

Spike started to hiccup before he shot a small green flame out, a scroll materializing out of it. Twilight caught it with her magic. She quickly skimmed through it, Alli reading over her shoulder.

"What's it say?" Flash asked, Fluttershy leaning against him.

Twilight was silent as she looked up at Copper. "According to Princess Celestia… and my parents, he's my adoptive brother. But why don’t I remember you?"

Copper sighed. "I wasn’t around when you were born or a filly. I was out hunting this and that. Hay I left when Shiny was little." He paused, taking a breath. "But I still wrote letters every now and again to Mom and Dad, asking how you two were. They were so excited to tell me that you were accepted as Celestia's student…" He chuckled.

"But why come back now?" Twilight asked.

Any trace of humor left his face and he seemed to age. "While traveling the world in the Sky's Iron, I've seen a lot of gatherings of individuals protesting Celestia's reign. Granted that’s not unusual but a few days ago, I saw a protesting group attack innocent citizens… Thought I'd stop by and let her know." He said.

The temperature in the room dropped a few degrees. "What? Why would they do that?" Twilight asked in a small voice.

"I don’t know Twiliy but it's starting to get bad out there." He sighed. "On top of it all, the zebra tribes are in total chaos. Apparently their leader was murdered a month ago."

"What? Why didn’t we hear about this?"

"I don’t think the Princesses want us to know how bad the world is outside Equestria."

Silence prevailed in the room. "Wh-what do we do?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'm not sure… what can we do?" Flash asked, looking at Twilight.

She shook her head. "I'm not sure, as far as I know Equestria hasn’t had a war since Celestia banished Nightmare Moon to the moon."

"All we can do is trust in the Princesses; they haven't led us wrong in a few thousand years." Copper said.

Silence once again reigned in the room, the assembled ponies at a loss at what to do.

Copper looked at Twilight with a small smile. "Well it is nice to see you Twiliy, even if you don’t remember me."

She shuffled uncomfortably. "The same as you, I just wish somepony told me that I had another brother…"

Before he could respond, there was a knock on the door. The ponies looked at each other before Spike got up and walked towards the door. "It's a public library; you don’t have to knock…" He trailed off, letting in the Mayor, flanked by two royal guards.

The mayor looked like she hadn't slept in a few days, faint bags underneath her eyes. "Good morning girls, Alli and Prince Flash but I was wondering if you could explain to me what is floating outside the library."

Copper blushed slightly. "That would be my zeppelin ma'am."

She nodded. "Then I take it you must be a Copper Sparkle?"

"The one and only." He said, giving a little bow as his scarf touched the ground.

She smiled. "I was wondering if you could move your blimp so it doesn’t disrupt the weather pegasi. We're supposed to get another heavy snow storm within the next few days." She looked at Dash. "And Cloudsdale is asking for that report Ms. Dash." She said, still smiling as a hint of annoyance seeped into her voice.

Flash and Dash shared a look, both wearing small smiles. "I'll get right on that." Dash said, a faint red hue to her cheeks.

Mayor Mare sighed. "I'll let them know." She turned around and went to leave.

"Wait, Mayor Mare?" Twilight asked. "Are you feeling ok? You look… rather tired."

She turned sadly towards Twilight. "It's been a stressful few weeks Ms. Sparkle, nothing to be too worried about. I'll just be glad once Winter Wrap Up gets over."

Twilight nodded. "Same here, it's always relaxing after the winter season."

"Well, I'll let you get back to your little meeting, Mr. Sparkle if you will." She said, the two guards following her out.

Once she left, everypony looked at Flash and Dash. "There's supposed to be more snow?"

They nodded. "Yeah, it's supposed to hit hard till end of the month." Dash said, closing her eyes as she thought.

"Well Twi, Ah'd love ta stay and all but Ah got ta help Big Mac finish the west side of the orchard before more snow hits." Applejack tilted her hat slightly at Copper. "Pleasure ta meet cha."

"Likewise." He said nodding as she walked out the room, his gaze following her out.

"So… Coppy, how long are you planning on staying in Ponyville?" Pinkie asked.

"I'm not sure, maybe a couple weeks. I don’t really like staying in one place too long..." He said, fixing his scarf. Pinkie was silent, staring at him intently. He nervously glanced at the rest of them and they shrugged. "Um… yes?"

The look was gone, replaced with a smile. "Oh nothing; well I better go see if the Cakes need any help." She said, hopping out of the library.

Copper watched her go. "Is she always like that?" He asked, looking at the remaining group, who shook their head. "I'm beginning to get the feeling I should be afraid of her."

"Welcome to the club." Alli chuckled as Flash held a hoof to his face.

"Whelp, I guess I should start working on those reports." Dash sighed getting up and stretching.

"Need any help?" Flash offered.

"Nah, I got this covered." She walked over to the door and waved goodbye before disappearing with a blue blur.

Flash and Fluttershy briefly shared a look before they got up. "Well it was nice to meet you Copper but me and Fluttershy have to go take care of her animals." Flash said, holding out a hoof.

Copper shook it. "Nice to meet the son of Luna."

Fluttershy waved goodbye to the remaining two Elements before Flash and Shy left, hoof in hoof. He watched them leave before he turned to Twilight. "They a couple?"

"Actually their engaged." She said with a smile.

"Oh… that’s good then."

Rarity walked up to him and inspected his scarf. "Excuse me but don’t you think it's time to retire that piece of clothing?"

He grabbed it. "Not anytime soon."

"But it's absolutely dirty and ragged. I shall make you another if you'd let me."

He sighed, looking at the flayed ends. "It's much more than a simple 'scarf'. A very close uncle gave it to me…"

"Well I'm sure it has some sentimental value, but it's simply atrocious."

"I'm sorry Miss Rarity but I'm not giving up the scarf."

She huffed. "Fine then." She said, turning her nose up away from him. "Well I would love to stay and chat but I have work to do and ponies with a sense of fashion to help." She said, looking once at Copper before walking out of the library.

"Don’t worry she's usually not like that. She doesn’t understand sentimental clothing." Twilight said, looking at Copper.

He shrugged. "Wouldn’t be the first time I've made a mare mad."

[….]

Flash and Fluttershy walked around Ponyville, resting against each other as they wandered. Neither had a destination in mind and wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet.

"Well it's been a long time Flash." A voice said from behind them. They both turned and that unicorn they rescued, Stakes, stood underneath a tree, smiling at them. Flash smiled and waved as Fluttershy looked afraid of him as he walked over to them.

"Hey Stakes, it's been quite some time." Flash said, looking at Shy to see her looked worried. "What have you been up to?"

"Not much, just looking for my uncle." He briefly bowed to Fluttershy, whose face turned bright red.

"How's the search going?"

"Not as well as I'd hoped." Stakes said, looking disappointed. "You'd think in such a small town I'd found him by now."

"I'm sure you'll find him, you just gotta keep looking." Flash reassured him.

He faintly smiled. "So what were you two love birds up to?"

They blushed. "Well… we were going to go back pick up around the house; we haven't had a chance yet."

"Cause of that thing?" He pointed at the zeppelin.

Flash nodded. "Apparently Twilight's long lost brother was here to report to Celestia."

Stake's face slightly drained of color and his ears flicked as something passed through his eyes. "Oh really? What was he reporting?"

Flash blinked. "I'm really sure I'm allowed to say anything."

Stakes nodded. "It's ok no worries." He paused. "Well I should let you two get back to doing whatever you planned to do." He bowed to Flash and Fluttershy. "Have a nice day." He said, trotting away.

"Good luck on finding your uncle." Flash said loudly and waved goodbye as Stakes disappeared into the crowd. "Well… that was interesting." He said, putting his hoof down. I wonder why he looked scared there for a moment. He was brought out of his thoughts when Fluttershy grabbed him. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing… it's just…" She squinted in pain. "My stomach hurts…"

His eyes grew wide. "Are you sure you're ok?"

She smiled at him. "Yeah, I just need to eat something I think."

"Come on, let's get you home." He insisted, grabbing her hoof lovingly. They were silent as they made it back to the house and he led her up to her bed. "You get in bed and I'll try my hoof at cooking again."

She looked at him for a moment before nodding. "Just be careful…"

He gave her a lopsided smile. "Hey, it's me were talking about."

She giggled. "Exactly."

He dramatically held a hoof over his heart. "Oh your lack of faith hurts Shy…"

She leaned forward and kissed him. "Please be careful…"

He closed his eyes and kissed her back. "Don't worry, I will. Just relax and I'll be back in a little bit ok?" She nodded and he walked out of the room and into the kitchen. Angel was waiting for him, lounging on the table eating a carrot. "Hey Angel."

The bunny looked at him for a moment before nodding and hopping off the table, disappearing into the house.

He watched the bunny disappear before sighing to himself, running a hoof through his mane as he scrounged together some lunch for the two of them; a daisy sandwich with a side of mashed potatoes. He smiled and grabbed a tray from the pantry, putting the plate in the middle as well as pouring her a glass of orange juice. He balanced it on his back and made his way upstairs, walking into her room.

She was silently petting Angel as the bunny relaxed on his owner's stomach. Flash smiled as Angel saw him and blushed slightly and moved closer to the two. He grabbed the tray off his back and set it on the bed right next to her. "There you go 'Shy." He blushed.

She did as well, startled. "Oh… um… thanks." She said, smiling at him as she grabbed the hay sandwich and started to eat.

He smiled at her as he turned around. "I'll be downstairs if you need me ok?"

"Oh… um… what are you going to do?"

"Practice my guitar for a bit, it's been a few days since I've played it." He said. "Maybe pick up around the house."

She nodded. "Ok… if you need any help, I'll be here."

"Ok." He said, walking downstairs and hunted down his guitar. He held it in his hooves, plucking the out of tune strings and gently tightening them. He smiled as it was easier than he thought it'd be. Hmm… He strummed a few chords, trying to find something to play.

"Just a small town mare, living in a lonely world

She took the midnight train going anywhere…"

He paused, startled by the song that sprung up in his head. He quickly grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled it down, smiling as he heard somepony knock on the door. He paused, walking over and opening it. He was surprised to see Twilight standing there. "Hey Twi, what are you doing here?"

She frowned at him. "I'm not sure… Princess Luna sent a scroll through Spike, asking for you and me to head to Canterlot immediately." She said, looking confused.

"Really? No pony else?" She shook her head. "Well… that's odd…"

"What's going on? I mean, if you want to tell me…" Fluttershy said as she came downstairs, Angel nestled on her back.

"Hey 'Shy." Flash said, nuzzling her cheek. "Apparently Mom asked for Twilight and I to go to Canterlot."

"Oh… um why?"

"We're not sure." Twilight said.

"Oh… ok…" Fluttershy said, looking worried.

Flash leaned down and kissed her. "It'll be ok, just relax and we'll be back before you know it."

"Ok…" She said.

"When do we leave?" Flash asked Twilight.

"Well, the scroll said immediately, so I'd say whenever."

"How are we getting there?"

Twilight levitated two train tickets in front of her. "Well I have train tickets but I could teleport us there if you want?" She looked at him.

He shrugged. "That's up to you, I don’t really care."

"How about we teleport? It'll give you a chance to practice."

"Alright." He said, leaning down and kissing Fluttershy on the cheek. "Guess we'll be back."

Fluttershy nodded, nuzzling his cheek before she took a few steps back as both of their horns started to glow. "Alright, just visualize the castle."

"I'm trying… it's hard when you've only been there a few times."

"Ok… then try this, visualize Princess Luna."

He was silent, bringing up a picture of Luna. He held it firmly in his mind. "Ok, I got it."

"Alright, now try and attach a string of magic to her."

He did as he was told, the string becoming stronger the more he focused on Luna. "Ok-" He started but was interrupted as they suddenly disappeared, the room glowing in a bright light.

[….]

The guards watched them closely as they were led to Luna's private chambers. The guards were more than surprised when the two ponies appeared in the middle of the throne room. They grumbled as they all recognized Flash and Twilight and immediately sent them to Luna's room.

"Well that could have ended badly." Flash whispered to Twilight as she nodded.

They paused outside of the room, two Shadow guards looking impassively at them. A guard walked up to the two and whispered something to them, before a Shadow guard walked up to Flash. He inspected him closely before turning to eye Twilight. After a few minutes of awkward silence, the guard finally sighed and the door opened.

Flash and Twilight walked past the guards and entered the darkness.

The only light once again came from the roaring fire, the curtains blocking the sun. Luna was at her desk, her head in her hooves.

"Mom?" Flash asked, slowly going closer to her.

She jumped slightly and turned around, bags under her eyes. "Oh Vash, it's good to see you." She said, standing up and giving him a hug. She turned and looked at Twilight. "Good afternoon Twilight, how are you?" She asked, giving the unicorn a hug too.

Twilight and Flash shared a look. "I'm fine Princess Luna but how are you? You look exhausted."

She faintly smiled. "It's been a rather rough couple of days."

"We heard from Copper."

She was silent. "Ah yes, Twilight's foster brother. He stopped by after you Vash." She said with a faint smile that quickly disappeared. "He didn’t bring good news." They nodded. "It didn’t help matters when the griffon ambassador brought this." She said, levitating a scroll to the two.

King Yakivec extends the flag of negotiations to the Princesses of Equestria. He requests that the negotiations take place in his kingdom. All he asks is that the lost Prince of Luna joins the ambassadors. He'll hold an open court on the thirtieth day of this month and wait till noon for the assembly to arrive. They will get a tour of the city and not have to worry about expenses; the King will gladly cover any costs.

Signed,

Ahsasu, scribe to the king of the Griffon Empire.

Twilight and Flash stared at each other. "They want me to go?" Flash squeaked.

Luna nodded. "Indeed."

"But why? I don’t know anything about politics."

"I don’t know but I fear you must join them."

"But… but what about Fluttershy? I can't leave her now…"

Luna put a hoof on his shoulder. "Vash, I understand your pain but Equestria comes first. You won't be gone long, maybe a week."

"Don’t worry, we'll watch over her." Twilight said, looking sadly at him.

He was silent, staring at the ground. After a few minutes, he finally sighed. "I guess I don’t have much of a choice."

"She'll understand…" Luna tried to tell him.

He nodded. "When do they leave?"

"Tomorrow."

Flash sighed again. "Ok… "

Luna gave him a hug. "Thank you Vash, you don’t know how much this means to us."

He hugged her back. "I know. I guess that's what it means to be a prince right?" He asked.

"One of the hardest lessons you have to learn." Luna agreed.

"Is there anything else? I guess I should head back and explain this to Fluttershy." Flash said.

Luna levitated the scroll over to her and duplicated it, giving him a copy. "This might make it easier for her."

Flash nodded and looked at Twilight. "Go ahead; I'll be back after I talk to Princess Celestia." She said.

"Ok, I'll let everypony know." He gave her and Luna a brief hug before teleporting back to Ponyville.

[.…]

Fluttershy took the news surprisingly well and Flash looked relieved. "Are you sure you're alright?" He asked again, wanting to make sure.

She nodded. "I'm fine, upset but I understand why you have to do it. It's not like I want you to but we don't always get what we want." She faintly smiled.

He hugged her. "I love you."

She buried her face into his chest. "I love you too and I wish you didn’t have to leave."

"I don’t have to leave till tomorrow… so I was wondering what you'd like to do for the rest of the day."

She was silent. "Why don’t we watch a movie?" She offered.

He chuckled. "That's always fun but what movie would you want to watch?"

"Well there was a new movie that came out recently that has Hayes Starwert…" She said, her face turning red.

Flash smiled and nuzzled her. "Do you want to go see… what's it called?"

"Um… Vertigo."

"Hmm… sounds interesting." He said. "Come on; let's go see if we can find it."

They left the cottage and headed to the schoolyard once again, seeing what movies they had playing. Unfortunately, they didn’t have Vertigo so they decided to try the movie theatre that opened last month. It was a huge building easily the third biggest in town, behind the Carousal Boutique and the town hall. It was painted a bright red on the outside and had red carpet leading up to the doors.

Flash paid for the two tickets and they were a few minutes early, the lights on in the room. They sat in the middle of the room, able to see the screen easily. They were the only ones in the room. Flash moved the arm rest up and they snuggled together as the movie started and a few ponies trickled in.

When Hayes Starwert showed up on screen, Fluttershy made a small eep and her face turned bright red. Flash chuckled, nuzzling her gently as they focused on the movie.

[….]

They walked out of the movie theatre, Flash excitedly retelling the best parts of the movie. "How did they make the camera spin and do the zoomy thing at the same time?" He asked her, figuring she knew the cinematographic magic.

She giggled. "I don’t know but I really liked the movie."

"So did I, I really like Hayes Starwert. I think he's an excellent actor." He chuckled as she blushed.

The sun was going down, the last of its rays lighting the town. "Let's go home and have some dinner." Fluttershy said, grabbing his hoof and they walked home.

When they arrived, Flash started to feed the animals as she made them a 'special dinner' as she called it. She wouldn't let him into the kitchen to see what she was doing so he stayed outside, watching the moon travel it's path, lit by stars. He hummed a few notes from the song that appeared earlier in his mind, wondering if he should go back inside and write it down.

"Oh… um… dinner's ready." Fluttershy's voice came up behind him. He jumped and turned around as she held a hoof to her mouth. "Did I scare you?" She asked.

"Hehe… maybe a little bit…" He blushed, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

She giggled. "Come on scaredy cat." She said as she turned around. He leaned forward and gently blew on her ear and she eeped, jumping into his hooves as he laughed. She blushed, pouting as he bent down and kissed her.

"Who's the scaredy cat now?" He said after they broke the kiss.

She shook her head and they walked inside and his jaw fell. The lights were out around the house, the only form of light came from two candles on the kitchen table. The table itself was decorated with a light green tablecloth, with food neatly stacked on top of it. Two helpings of spaghetti laid in the center, along with a pan of rolls and two glasses with a bottle of water off to the side.

"Um… I hope it's not too much… but I thought you'd like to have a special dinner before you went away." Fluttershy said nervously, her face bright red as she hoofed at the floor.

He picked her off the ground, holding her close as he kissed her passionately. She was surprised at first but closed her eyes and gave herself to the kiss. They seemed to meld together, neither wanting the moment to end as the world melted away.

Finally, they broke the kiss and stared into each other's eyes. "Fluttershy, I wouldn’t want to spend my last night with you any other way." He said, smiling as he gently set her down.

He walked over and moved her chair for her, pushing her towards the table after she sat down. He grinned at her and sat down as she deviated up the food. "I hope you like it…" She said.

"It looks amazing 'Shy." He said, pouring equal amounts of water. She blushed and continued to eat.

He followed her lead and dug into his food. Somehow she found a way to make the spices blend perfectly with the tomatoes and bring out the flavor of both. He sighed contently. "Fluttershy, I stand by my words earlier." She blushed.

They ate silently, the candles burning steadily. They enjoyed the meal as they finished the spaghetti and rolls. Flash took the plates and washed them as Fluttershy relaxed on the couch, gently rubbing her stomach. After he finished, Flash sat next to her and she rested her head on his chest, feeling his heart beat. She sighed.

The clock in the corner chimed ten times and they looked at it for a moment. "I guess we should get to bed…" Flash said sadly.

Fluttershy nodded, getting off him as they walked up the stairs. He sat on the bed as she wondered into the bathroom for a moment. He closed his eyes and yawned, stretching out his muscles.

"Oh Flash…" Fluttershy's voice interrupted him, her voice strained to keep level.

"Fluttershy, are you-" He paused in midsentence, his face exploding in red. He stared at her outfit.

"Well… I-I thought that we could spend some quality time together… and well, Rarity insisted that she make the outfit… I can take it off…" Fluttershy said, her face redder than his.

"N-no it's ok… wear it if you're comfortable with it." Flash stuttered, his mind elsewhere.

"D-do you like it?"

He nodded as she slowly walked up to him and kissed him. He wrapped his hooves around and pulled her to bed, the kiss unbroken.

[….]

"Is it too late for me to join? I wanna find Gilda and try and talk to her." Dash asked, looking at Flash.

"I'm not sure; you’d have to ask Princess Luna."

"Ask me what?" The Princess herself asked. Everypony nearby bowed as she quickly told them to rise.

"Mom? What are you doing here?" Flash asked.

"What? I can't see my son off before he goes on a mission?" She asked, a playful smile on her lips. A scroll floated to Flash. "That and I forgot to give you that."

"What is it?"

"A list of bargaining items." She said. "Just in case."

He nodded, burying it in his saddlebags so no pony would steal it.

Luna looked around, noticing a pony missing. "Where is Fluttershy?"

Flash shrugged. "I'm not sure, she said she had to leave but she'd be back before I left…" He paused. "Why?"

Luna giggled. "That I can't tell you, it's for her to know."

"Uh huh…" He said suspiciously.

"Princess Luna, I have a question." Dash said, looking at the guardian of the night.

"Oh? Then please, ask away." Luna said, looking at the pegasus.

"Can I join the ambassadors and Flash? I have a friend I'd like to try and find."

Luna tilted her head. "A griffon?"

Dash nodded. "Me and Gilda were best friends back in flight school and well she stopped by last year and we didn’t part on the best of terms… I was hoping maybe seeing if I could find her and try and talk to her."

Luna was silent as she stared at Dash before turning to Flash. "That is up to you Flash; you'd be in charge of her. If she did anything wrong, it'd be on your hooves."

Flash looked at his partner in crime before sighing. "Of course you can come Dash… besides, I'm sure you'd tag along even if I said no." He chuckled.

She smiled and hugged him briefly before disappearing back to her house.

"Who's in charge of the weather now that me and Dash are gone?" Flash asked Twilight.

She paused, thinking. "I think Thunderlane is in charge then."

He nodded as Dash came back, a pair of saddlebags at her sides. "Wow that was fast." He said.

She smiled. "They don’t call me the fastest pegasus in Equestria for nothing." She said, puffing her chest out as she spoke.

"5 minutes before we board!" The conductor yelled from the train, disappearing inside.

Where is she? Flash bit the inside of his lip, scanning around for the yellow pegasus. Finally he saw a small yellow dot in the sky slowly grow larger and the shy pegasus landed in the middle of the group, something in her saddlebags making noise. She sighed.

"I'm glad I'm not late." She said as she hugged Flash.

"Where did you go?" He asked, nuzzling her cheek.

"I had to go pick up your gift."

"My what?"

Her face turned scarlet. "Well… you gave me an engagement necklace." She said, holding a hoof on her necklace. "So I thought I'd get you something." She lifted up a flap on her saddlebag and rummaged around for a moment. She pulled out something wrapped in a cloth. "Sorry that it's not wrapped or anything… I didn’t have much time…" She trailed off, looking away.

He kissed her gently. "It's ok 'Shy, I know it was kind of a spur of the moment thing."

She hoofed him the thing wrapped in cloth. "I wasn’t sure what to get you… since you’re an alicorn… but I thought you might like it…" She stuttered, her face red as everypony watched the two.

He held it for a moment before unwrapping and stared at it. It was a golden necklace like the one she had, except it was his cutie mark in dark emerald gem. Embedded in the middle were small purple butterflies. The inside sloshed around and it looked like it was some magenta color that filled it.

His mouth moved, but no noise came out as tears filled the corners of his eyes. He gulped and leaned down, hoofing her back the necklace. She smiled and clasped it around his neck, the necklace sticking out proudly. He smiled and kissed her as they hugged.

"Thank you Fluttershy." He whispered to her.

"All aboard the train leaving for Appleloosa!" The conductor said.

"Well… I guess that's our call." Flash said.

There was a round of hugs as the girls said goodbye for Flash and Dash. Finally, Fluttershy gave him one more hug, a few tears in both their eyes. They kissed before Flash walked to the train, waving goodbye. Fluttershy gulped and tried to stop the tears as the train started moving away from the station, Flash and Dash waving goodbye out a window.

A few moments later, the train was a speck in the distance as the girls went to leave, Fluttershy saddened. "Wait one moment girls, I have a favor to ask you." Luna said, looking at the group.

They paused and looked at the night monarch. "Yes Princess Luna?" Twilight asked.

"Well Vash's birthday is three days away and since he won't be here, we'll have to celebrate it when he gets home…" She said, a small smile on her face.