Twilight soared next to the Pegasus drawn carriage, energetically flying loops around the moving carriage. Four months after Sunset adopted them Twilight's wings started to grow a lot and she started to become restless, the rest of them guessed it was a growth spurt.

"We will be landing soon miss." On of the pegasus guards who's name was Meteor said, ignoring the Thestral flying around him.

"Okay Meteor." Sunset said still in thought. "Why had her mentor not believe her? Had she proved not trustworthy in the past?" She was pulled from her train of thought by the Firefox kit Twilight decided to call Ignis leaped onto her back. At that moment the carriage landed.

"Finally." Sunset said hopping out."Diamond, Derpy, and Garble can you three search the library we will be staying at with. Me, Trixie, Ignis, Spike, and Twilight will get the things for the Summer sun celebration as fast as possible and be join you."

When the others left for the library Twilight looked up at Sunset and asked, " what about making friends?"

Sunset looked at Twilight. "We have more important things to do like stop Nightmare moon, and save Equestria. Friendship is not important."

At that moment a pink Thestral trotted up to them. Twilight then said,"we could at least introduce ourselves."

Sunset looked at the pink Thestral and awkwardly said, "Um hello."

But the Thestral cat-like eyes bulging gasped, leaped into the air, and streaked off to Celestia knows where and in a blur she was gone. Leaving a confused Sunset, Twilight, Spike, and Trixie.

"Well, that was.... weird." Trixie said after a bit.

"But not important." Sunset said, "Lets go."

"Do Thestral's really act like that." Twilight asked herself.

Twilight was seated on Sunset back in front of the apple farm with a list in one hoof and a pen in the other. "Are first stop Sweet Apple Acres."

"Yeeeee ha," said a cheerful voice.

Sunset, Twilight, Trixie, and Spike look in the direction they had heard the voice to see an orange earth mare with a western style hat kick a apple tree and cause the fruit to fall into the buckets.

Sunset sighs "Well let's get this over with," she says glumly as Twilight hopped off Sunset's back.

They headed over to the orange pony and Sunset said, "Good afternoon, I am Sunset Shimmer..."

Whatever Sunset was about to say was interrupted as the pony took her hoof and shook it very fast as she said, "Well how do ya do Sunset. A pleasure makin your acquaintance. A'm Applejack, we here at Sweet Apple Acres, sure do like makin new friends."

Sunset replied in a shaky voice, "Friends? Actually I..."

"So what can I do you for." Applejack said letting go of Sunset's hoof and Twilight and Spike had to stop it from shaking like crazy.

Sunset rolled her eyes seeing them try not to laugh and said to Applejack in her most polite tone “Nice to meet you, Applejack. I'm here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, and I hear that you and your family are in charge of the food?”

Applejack smiled. "We sure are, care to sample some?"

"Well as long as it doesn't take too long," Sunset replies, anxious to get to the library.

Applejack then rang a triangular bell and shouted "Soup’s on, everypony!"

Twilight had just enough time to spread her wings and fly up as she saw ponies running in her direction with Ignis on her back. But Sunset, Trixie, and Spike were not as fortunate. They land next to and outdoor table, all three feeling a little dazed by the stampede that had taken them by surprise as Twilight landed next to them.

Once Sunset's, Trixie's, and Spike's senses came back into focus, Applejack introduces them to the Apple family. There was a long list of ponies and she finished off as she said, "Big Mackintosh, Apple Bloom, And Granny Smith. Up an’ at ‘em, Granny! We got guests!"

Sunset smiled and said, "Well, I see that the food situation is handled, so Spike, Twilight, Trixie, and I will be on our way."

"Aren'tcha gonna stay fur brunch?" Apple Bloom asked, putting on her pleading face.

"Can we?" Twilight said making the same face as Apple Bloom.

Sunset replied as apologetically as she could, "Sorry guys, but we have an awful lot to do."

"Awwwwwwwwwww," the Apple family and Twilight says in unison.

"Oh, alright, we'll stay." Sunset said not able to resist Apple blooms and her daughter look.

The Apple family immediately cheered and the feasting began with Twilight going strait for the apple pie and starts to talk to Apple Bloom.

Twilight what in a very happy mood as she flew next to a walking Sunset who at the moment felt stuffed. Trixie and Spike were a few feet away from the two.

"Oh, I ate too many caramel apples." Sunset moaned.

Trixie looked at Twilight and thought,"I'm surprised you are feeling fine yourself Twilight. You ate a lot of apple pie today.

Twilight flapped her wing as she looked at the sky, "There's supposed to be a Pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the sky."

Sunset looked up at the cloudy sky and said, "Well it looks to me that she isn't doing a very good job at all, is she."

“Look out!” Somepony shouted.

Sunset swiveled around to face the source of the loud warning scream, finding herself right in the path of a blue Pegasus flying at them like a bullet.

The cyan Pegasus rose from the mud puddle and began to shake the mud from her fur and rainbow mane as she looked below her seeing a orange Unicorn mare and purple Thestral filly. "Hehe...oops." She says, flying off Sunset and Twilight.

Sunset out a groan as she moved to push herself back up onto her hooves. Before she could fully figure out what was going on, the Pegasus began to bounce up and down on the cloud, causing it to release the water within as rain. It did get the mud off them, but it soaked them all the way through. Her attention was drawn away from the Pegasus by a familiar sound. Next to her Twilight now laid sprawled on the ground, moving to sit up. The filly let out a whimper and curled into a ball, wrapping her wings around herself.

Sunset glared at the Pegasus and grabbed her in her magic.

"HEY!" the Pegasus yelled. "What's the big idea?" She slammed her hooves against the magic holding her, glaring at the Unicorn that now held her.

"The big idea?!"Sunset snarled back. "The big idea is this." Using her magic, she dragged the captured Pegasus over to where Twilight sat, curled into a ball. "Hitting me is one thing, but Twilight, who is just a filly is another. Now," she plopped the Pegasus mare on the ground in front of Twilight, "apologize!" She released her from her magic, but her horn continued to glow so she was ready to grab her should she try to leave.

For her part, the Pegasus mare look properly ashamed and embarrassed. She looked at the Thestral filly and said,"Hey Twilight, I didn't mean to hit you or her. I'm... I'm sorry."

Twilight peaked out from her wings, Sat up, and meekly said "Okay."

"That's better." Sunset said using a heat spell to dry herself off. When she notice the Pegasus trying not to laugh she asked, "what's so funny?"

Those words tipped the Pegasus over the edge, and she burst out into uncontrollable laughter, falling backwards in her mirth as she pointed at Sunset's mane. Spike, Trixie, and even Twilight soon joined the weatherpony in her laughter, and the Unicorn finally looked up to find her mane had curled up into a frizzy mess.

A orange filly who had seen everything then approached Sunset and said, "Forgive me miss, but, (snicker), but, you may need (snicker) to go to the salon here in Ponyville," she said.

Sunset sighed and rubbed her temples. It was going to be a long day. "So... I'm guessing you're Rainbow Dash," she said firmly, catching the laughing Pegasus's attention.

"The one and only," Rainbow Dash said, launching herself up into the air with her chest out proudly. "Why, you heard of me?"

"I'm Scootaloo, Rainbow dash's biggest fan, and founder of the Rainbow dash fan club." Scootaloo said eagerly.

Sunset looked up at Rainbow dash and said,"I heard you were supposed to be keeping the skies clear. I'm Sunset Shimmer and Celestia has sent me here to check on the weather for the celebration," Sunset said, with some annoyance and hint of pride.

"Oh the weather, that'll be a snap. I'll do it in a jiffy, right after I'm done practicing," Rainbow Dash said.

"Practicing for what?" Twilight asked folding her wings.

"The Wonderbolts. They're going to be performing at the Summer Sun Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show them my stuff your highness," Rainbow Dash said with enthusiasm in her voice.

"The Wonderbolts?" Sunset said raising her eyebrow.

"Yep," Rainbow Dash replies.

"The most talented fliers in all of Equestria?" Sunset asked.

"That's them" Rainbow Dash said.

"Oh please, they'd never except a pegasus that can't even keep the sky clear for one day." Sunset says rolling her eyes.

Rainbow looks at Sunset, "I could clear the sky in ten seconds flat."

"Prove it." Sunset dared.

"You might want to move." Scootaloo says to Twilight.

Without further ado, Rainbow Dash took off into the air and flew at all the clouds using impossibly sharp turns Sunset had only seen it Twilight's flight.

Rainbow Dash landed lightly on the ground in front of where she thought she had left Sunset. "What did I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat. I would never leave Ponyville hanging," she said, standing confidently with her head held high.(She looks at Sunset's expression) "You should see the look on your face. You're a laugh Sunset, I can't wait to hang out some more."

Rainbow Dash soon took off and Spike said, "Wow, she's amazing."

He looked at Sunset's frizzy mane and snickers. Sunset soon walked off towards their next destination annoyed, and Spike said, "Wait, it's kinda pretty once you get used to it."

"Decorations," Twilight said out loud as she read off the list as they entered the town hall.

"Beautiful..." Spike said, the words coming out in an breathless whisper.

"You're right, Spike,” Twilight said approvingly. “This is beautiful indeed." The Thestral commented

Sunset smiled "Yes, the decorations is coming along nicely. This ought to be quick, I'll be at the library in no time."

I have ever only seen these types of decorations in stores around Hearth's Warming." Trixie muttered, looking in aw.

"Not the decor," Spike said, "her." The young dragon pointed, causing the two Unicorns and Thestral with him to look in that direction. There looking through the ribbons was a white Doe with a purple mane and antlers.

"Somepony has a cruuush," Twilight and Trixie said at the same time, there voices taking a musical lilt to it.

Spike either didn't hear them, or didn't care as he gazed at the doe with hearts in his eyes.

"How are my spines? Are they straight?" Spike asked, to which Sunset simply rolled her eyes. She then began trotting swiftly towards the Deer before her with Twilight and Trixie following behind, Spike simply staying back near the door, immobilized in a half-dreaming state.

"Good afternoon!" Twilight said trying to catch her attention.

"Just a moment, please," the white Deer responded, without even bothering to look back. "I am in the zone, as it were."

She levitated over the next ribbon, a large smile on her face as she tied it into a rather large, shimmering red bow onto a thin, supporting pole. "Oh yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why Rarity, you are a talent. Now, um, how can I help you? Oooh my." She spluttered once she saw Sunset's mane. "Darling whatever happened to your coiffure?"

"Oh, don't mind me." Sunset said "I'm just stopping by to check up on the decorations, and then I promise I'll be out of your hair."

"Out of my hair? What about your hair?" the doe asked as she pushed Sunset towards the boutique next door

"Hey, what are you doing?! Where are you taking me?! Stop pushing me with your antlers! Help!" Sunset said as she was directed towards the boutique.

They were soon at the boutique and Rarity was deciding the best look that would suit Sunset. It had taken longer then the young mare had hoped, but she had finally made a decision on an outfit, Spike still in a trance, having followed them all the way saying nothing.

"Now go on dear. I believe you were going to tell me where you were from."Rarity said.

Sunset sighed. "Well I'm from Canterlot, and I"

"Canterlot?!" Rarity gasped "You're from Canterlot?! Oh the glamor! The sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there."

Sunset looked around and finally spotted Twilight. "Say Rarity Why don't you dress up Twilight well I use the bathroom."

"WHAT?!" Twilight cried and ran off.

"Darling can you get her." Rarity asked but Sunset was already gone so she looked a Trixie.

"Your cloak is beautiful darling."

Twilight peeked out of her hiding place when she heard the discussion about Trixie's cloak from behind a manikin. Giving a sigh of relief she started to walk back, only to bump into a fawn around her age.

"Oops, sorry." The fawn said helping Twilight to her hooves.

"That's okay." Twilight said reassuring as she got up. "What's your name."

"Sweetie belle. What's yours."

Well the two talked Sunset returned, and Rarity said. "Where were we. Oh yes I can't wait to hear all about it. We are going two be the best of friends, you and I.......... Emeralds? What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies."

When Rarity hurried off, Sunset sought this opportunity and said running off, "Quick, before she decides to dye my coat a new color."

Spike was still out of it and Twilight had to pick him up and fly after Sunset with Trixie and Ignis in tow. When they were a good distance away form the building, Spike said, "Wasn't she wonderful?"

"Focus Spike we have one more thing to do." Sunset said.

"Okay, music is the last one on the list." Twilight said as they walked to there final destination. Sunset smiled at those words.

Soon, both of them heard a faint sound birds, which seemed to be chirping in rhythm. They soon find the source of the sound as the see a yellow Sea pony and Silver sea pony filly with glasses conducting a chorus of birds. Everything seemed to be going well until one bird seemed to be off pitch. The yellow Sea pony left the little pool she was in and walked up to him and said, "Oh my, um, stop please everyone, um, excuse me sir? I mean no offence, but, your rhythm is just a tiny bit off. Now follow me please, a one , a two, a one two three..."

"Hello," Sunset said.

"Ahh." The yellow Sea pony screams as her birds fly off.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music with my assistant and daughters and it's sounding beautiful," said Sunset.

The yellow finned Sea pony shifts her front hooves shyly. Sunset was feeling a bit uneasy herself by the silence and said, "I'm Sunset Shimmer... What's your name?"

"Um, I'm Fluttershy," the sea pony said lightly.

"I'm sorry what was that?" Sunset asked.

"Her name is Fluttershy, and i'm Silverspoon." Silverspoon introduced exiting the pool.

"Hello Silverspoon, it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work." Sunset said as she starts to leave.

Fluttershy mumbles something no pony could make out and Sunset said as she turned away to her assistant, and daugthers "Okay, well that was fast."

"Huh, a baby dragon and fire fox," Fluttershy exclaimed as she rushed knocking over Sunset.

"Well, well, well," was all Spike said.

"Huh, he talks. I didn't know baby dragons could talk, that's just so incredibly wonderful, I, I just don't know what to say," Fluttershy said.

Grabbing Spike, Twilight, Ignis, and Trixie with her magic, Sunset said, "Well in that case we better be going."

"Wait, what's his name?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'm Spike," Spike said.

"Hi Spike, I'm Fluttershy. Wow, a talking dragon, and what do dragons talk about?" Fluttershy asked, who was unable to notice Sunset's annoyance.

"Well what do want to know?" Spike asked.

"Absolutely everything," Fluttershy said.

"Oh, I mean if that's alright with you, Sunset I mean," Fluttershy said.

"No it's fine really." Sunset said even though she was mentally screaming "Oh Celestia no, please don't take long."

"Well I started out as a cute little purple and green egg." Spike started.

"And that's the story of my whole life.... Well up until today. Do you want to hear about today?" Spike asked.

"Oh, yes please," Fluttershy said with her enthusiasm.

All of the sudden they were at the library and Sunset seized the opportunity to get some alone time and said as she whipped herself around to face Fluttershy, "I am so sorry. How did we get here so fast? This is where we all are staying while here in Ponyville, and my poor baby dragon and daughters needs there sleep."

"No we don't, wah oof," Spike said as Sunset made him and Twilight slip off her back.

"Aww, wook at that. There so sweepy they can't even keep there wittle bawances," the orange Unicorn said in a babyish tone and gave Fluttershy an awkward smile.

Fluttershy then swooped over, picked up Spike and Twilight and took him inside as she said, "Poor things, you simply must get them to bed."

Sunset galloped in after her said, "Yes yes, we'll get right on that. Well, goodnight." as she slams the door.

"Hmpf, rude much?" Spike asked annoyed at Sunset's behavior.

"Sorry Spike, but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming and we're running out of time. I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now where's the light?" Sunset asked as she looked around for the switch.

All of the sudden, the light came on by itself and there were many ponies all around who all said at the same time, "SURPRISE!!!," making the Sunset, Twilight, Trixie, and Spike jump in surprise.

After Sunset calmed herself she sighed thinking 'oh no, more distractions'. The Pink Thestral came up to her and said, "Surprise. Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie, and I threw this party just for you. Were you surprised, were you were you, huh huh huh?"

"Very surprised. Libraries are supposed to be quiet," Sunset said extremely annoyed.

"That's silly, what kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean duh, boooooring. See I saw you when you first got here, remember. You were all 'Hello' and I was all 'Huuh', remember?" Pinkie Pie said as Sunset and Twilight started to walk towards the snacks and drinks.

Pinkie Pie continues, "You see, I've never seen you arrive here before, and if I've never seen you arrive here before, then you must be new, because I've know everypony, and I mean everypony in Ponyville. So that meant that you don't know any ponies then you must not have any friends around here. And if you don't have any friends around here then you must feel lonely, and that made me so sad. So I had an idea, and that's why I went 'huuuh'. I'd just throw great big, ginormous, super duper, spectacular welcome party and invite everypony in Ponyville. See, and now you have lots and lots of friends," Pinkie Pie finished.

Sunset hadn't realized she had drank hot sauce and turned around holding her breath.

"Are you alright there sugar?" Applejack asks.

Sunset then felt as if her entire body had caught fire, including her mane and tail. She made a bolt for her bathroom upstairs to wash it down with water. Pinkie Pie watched with the rest of her friends and said, "Awww, she is so happy she crying."

As Sunset made it further up the stairs, Twilight grabbed the bottle she had poured and said, "She drank hot sauce."

"That goes great with cupcakes." A cream colored Thestral foal with a curly red mane and glasses said to Twilight. Twilight raised a eyebrow before dumping some on a nearby cupcake and eating it. The others gave her a shocked look as Twilight said with her mouth full, "she's right, it's good."

"I'm Twist." Twist introduces.

"I'm Twilight."

Many hours later, Sunset was resting on her bed as she tried to block out the noise. Just then Garble opened the door and he said, "Hey Sunny, Pinkie Pie's starting pin the suit on slendermane, wanna play?"

"No! all the ponies in this town are CRAZY! Do you know what time it is?!" Sunset asked in her annoyance.

"It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration, everypony has to stay up, or they'll miss Celestia raising the sun. You really should lighten up Sunny, it's a party," Garble said as Sunset mocks him while closes the door behind him. He then walked over to the snacks ware , Durpy, Diamond, Applebloom, Sweetie bell, Scootaloo, and Silver spoon were. Twilight, Trixie and Twist were with Pinkie and her three Thestral sisters Marble, Limestone, and Maud, and a group of Thestral fillies, and two unicorn colts. Twilight was currently blind folded and trying to pin the suit on the drawing of a suitless Slendermane.

Meanwhile Sunset was still mad in her room. "Here I thought I'd have time to learn more about the Elements of Harmony, but, silly me, all this ridiculous friend making has kept me from it," Sunset said thinking there's no time left to study.

She stared out the window at the moon as she tried to vent her anger, but as soon as she caught a glimpse of the moon she got up and started saying, "Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night. I hope Celestia is right. I hope I am just overreacting."

Just then the door swung open again and Garble this time with Twilight said, "Come on Sunny, it's time to watch the sunrise."

Soon the ponies make their way to the town hall. All of the ponies whispering about their excitement to see Princess Celestia raise the sun. Sunset walked to the back of the town hall with the four foals and two dragons, Twilight on her back. Pinkie Pie skidded over to Sunset and Twilight and said "This is so exciting, are you excited, cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited, well, except for that one time I saw you walking into town and I said 'huuh', but I mean really who could top that?"

Soon Fluttershy signals her birds to announce the mayor's arrival. "Mares and stallions, as mayor of Ponyville, it's my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration."

All the ponies cheer and the mayor continues, "In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this, the longest day of the year."

Sunset, Twilight, Trixie, Durpy, And Diamond looked out the window at the moon and watched in fear the mare in the moon disappear, and not leave her mark as the Mayor continues, "And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who give us the sun and the moon each and every day. The good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestira...."

Fluttershy signaled her birds to be ready as the Mayor said, "Princess Celestia."

Rarity pulled the rope to draw back the curtains and once they did, nopony was there as Rarity said, "Huh?"

"What do we do," Twilight whispered to Sunset as she noticing the look of fear on Sunset's face.

"Remain calm everypony. there must be a reasonable explanation for all of this," the mayor said.

"Oo, oo, I love guessing games, is she hiding?" Pinkie Pie asked, staying exited as always.

Rarity came out where every pony could see her and said, "She's gone."

This in turn made everypony gasp, and Pinkie Pie said, "Ooh she's goooood. Waah!"

Everyponies attention turned back to where a blue mist of some kind had formed. "Oh no...... Nightmare Moon," Sunset whispered, crouching in fear.

Spike, Garble, and Trixie faints at the site of the mare as the dark Alicorn said, "Oh, my beloved subjects, it's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun loving faces."

This made the foals in the room huddle together or hide behind their parents except Twilight who got off Sunset's back without her noticing, whispered something to Durpy, then sneaked off.

"What have you done with Princess Celestia?" Rainbow Dash asked.

She was about to attack the mare when Applejack held her back and said with a mouth full of Rainbow Dash's tail, "whoa there Nelly."

The Alicorn laughed wickedly and asked, "Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?"

Pinkie Pie then said, "Oo, oo, more guessing games. Um, Hockey Smokes, how about Queen Meany, no, Black Snooty, Black Snooty, (mumbling sounds as an cupcake was shove in her mouth and Applejack tries to play an innocent smile)"

"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend, did you not see the signs?" Nightmare Moon asked as she continued to make the ponies cringe in fear.

Sunset was frozen in fear. She had battled other ponies but she was more scared then she had ever been. However she was broken out of her fearful trance when she heard Twilight shout at the front." I know who you are."

Nightmare Moon jumped down in front of Twilight and grinned showing off her sharp teeth said, "Well, well, well somepony who remembers me, a Thestral foal no less. How cute. So little Thestral who am I."

"You're the M-mare in the M-moon. N-nightmare Moom." Twilight whimpered feeling that this wasn't a good idea anymore. Nightmare moon was just as tall as Celestia and Five times as tall as herself. Plus Nightmare moon could easily kill her right then and there. Twilight tried to back away but Nightmare moon grabbed Twilight with her magic and lifted her up to her face. "I'm not done questioning you, foal." She said firmly. "How do you know that."

"A book." Twilight whimpered.

"Leave her alone!" Sunset cried Teliporting to where Twilight and Nightmare moon were.

At that moment the mayor shouted, "Seize her, only she knows where Princess Celestia is."

The royal guards began to close in on her as she said, "Stand back you fools."

Using her magic, she swatted them away like flies knocking them unconscious, and soon disappeared in her mist and flew through the doors as they opened with Twilight. Rainbow Dash finally breaks loose from Applejack's grip and flew after the mist while she yelled, "Come back here!"

She didn't get very far and the mist was too fast for her. "Nighttime, forever?" she asked to no pony in particular.

She then watched as Sunset bolted out of town hall with Spike, Trixie and Garble on her back as well as Durpy, Ignis, and Diamond running to keep up.

"Where is she going?" Rainbow Dash asked herself as she followed the orange Unicorn.

Author's Notes:

I'm back! Also read this to explain a few things about pony types in this story.

Also.
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Fluttershy

Rarity

Rainbow and apple jack are not any different. Also Barnyard Bargains is in Canterlot and has no connection with Sweet Apple Acres or Ponyville. And the CMC have there cutie marks, and are different from the cannon marks.

Apple bloom

Sweetie bell

Scootaloo