Twilight stared angrily out the window of their train, watching as green hill after green hill rolled on by. The beautiful waterfalls of Canterlot were growing ever more distant as they approached their destination. Though the beauty of it all was left unappreciated as the unicorn fumed about even being here.

She just couldn't believe the Princess that didn't believe her! Not only that but in her reply, she somehow decided that now would be a fantastic time to inexplicably have her leave Canterlot! Apparently she was being sent to help oversee this year's Summer Sun Celebration which was being held in a small town named Ponyville.

Why? Twilight had no absolutely no idea. In fact, she was fairly certain that the Princess actually had ponies whose sole job it was to organize these kinds of events.

'Ugh, I don't have time for this! I need to get more research done about Nightmare Moon! Maybe once I get a full-fledged report written up, rather than just a letter, the princess will actually take this matter seriously...' She thought, already thinking up an outline for her paper.

Unfortunately, Twilight would likely have very little time, if any at all, to do any of that. Not only was she to make sure that the entire celebration went off without a hitch, but she was also being tasked to 'make some new friends'. Twilight knew the princess saw some great importance in finding her some new friends, but Twilight could never understand why.

The only bright side about this whole ordeal was that the princess was having her stay in the town's local library. Unfortunately, any books stored there will probably be old and outdated editions of the ones she already had at home anyway. Plus, it was a public library, meaning she would probably have frequent visitors. Even more distractions.

'Other ponies just get in the way or clog up my schedules! I don't see why I should have to waste time 'befriending' more of them when I could be studying!' Twilight inwardly groaned, eventually deciding not to work herself up any further and to instead think about something else for a minute.

Taking a break from glaring out the window, she inspected the train car she was seated in. Despite the upcoming celebration in Ponyville, it car was completely vacant of other ponies, not that she minded much. Spike was taking full advantage of this, laying out across the row of seats opposite her as he napped. Snoring pretty loudly, he created tiny puffs of smoke that fumed from his nostrils with each exhale.

'I hope he doesn't set off a fire alarm or something...'

Twilight was still wearing the same school uniform she had on earlier, though had since changed out of her soiled panties. In her rush to catch their train, she'd very nearly left the house without doing so, though thankfully, Spike had reminded her just as she was walking out the door. She'd quickly changed into a pair of simple white cotton panties from her dresser.

The train she had been scheduled to leave on was only going to be at Canterlot Station for so long, the tickets for it being sent along with Celestia's reply. Worried about being late for the train, she didn't have the chance to wipe nearly as well as she probably should have and a shower had been out of the question. Even now, Twilight could still feel a slight stickiness residing between her cheeks, though thankfully the smell wasn't strong enough to be worried about.

The trip through the Canterlot and to the train station had gone well well at least. Surprisingly, she had gotten used to the occasional stares that her revealing outfit drew. Though it was probably helped by the fact that, apparently, some new fashion trend involving short tails was getting wildly popular. At least according to the many advertisements they'd passed along the way and all the mares with cleanly cut short tails and outfits that seemed designed to draw one's eye to their rear end.

And while she was thankful that not as many ponies had been looking at her, to this day, Twilight could never understand how anypony could go around wearing clothes like that without suddenly burning up from embarrassment. She still wished she'd had time to change into something a little less revealing before they left. The nostalgic feeling her uniform initially granted was no longer present. The angry side of Twilight's mind wondered if the princess had somehow planned it all.

Twilight blushed, suddenly imagining a different situation where Spike hadn't reminded her to get changed before they left. She could picture herself stepping into a crowded train car, that heavy load still resting inside her panties. Sure enough, some pervy stallion would probably slowly work his way behind her. Then, he'd casually guide his hand all the way down until he finally slipped into her—

*Tooot! Tooot!* The train suddenly let loose a series of loud whistles, thankfully ripping Twilight from that quickly intensifying train of thought before it could get out of hand...

"Ah, we're almost there." She mumbled, taking a deep breath as she recovered from the unexpected scare.

'I guess I'd better wake up Spike before we stop. We need to make it to that library as soon as possible!' She thought, trying to ignore a new small wet line that lingered in the front of her panties.

"Huh, its a lot different than Canterlot, that's for sure" Spike mused, looking around the comparatively tiny train station that sat at the edge of the town of Ponyville.

He was hefting two rather heavy suitcases over his shoulders which Twilight had brought along for the trip. He didn't really mind the weight too much though. Ever since turning eighteen, his strength had increased dramatically and he was now probably more fit than most stallions at the same age.

With broad shoulders and toned muscles that were even visible underneath his scaley hide and shirt, he felt pretty proud of his body. Though, he'd never even eaten particularly healthy or even exercised that much in the past. He and Twilight just chalked it up to it being part of how dragons grew up.

Nearby, Twilight was bent over, inspecting a town map that was posted on the wall of the tiny train station. This gave him quite the view of her perfect panty-clad rear, though he tried his best to not stare... too much.

"So uh, where exactly are we headed?" Spike asked, briefly putting down their suitcases and scratching one of his spines.

"To the Golden Oaks Library." Twilight read aloud. "According to this map, It's located near the center of town. Based on my calculations, the quickest route for us to take is probably... that way." She explained, pointing down one of the four dirt roads that lead off from the platform in the direction of the town...

Spike had not been prepared for this. Back in Canterlot, most of the nobles and rich ponies often treated him like some kind of savage beast, glaring at him from across a room with disgusted expressions on their faces. Over time he'd just gotten used to it over time learning to ignore their snobbish attitudes.

He had been expecting it to be a little bit easier in Ponyville, but he was not expecting this kind of reception. Most stallions they'd encountered so far either looked at him in awe or seemed downright terrified of him. It probably didn't help that he towered over most of them. The few who didn't seem anxious due to his appearance only seemed to be upset about how their wives or marefriends were looking at him.

He had already received a number of sly winks and dreamy bedroom eyes since entering the small rural town. Spike was also fairly certain that one orange mare, in particular, had been bending over just a little more than necessary to pick up a carrot which she happened to accidentaly drop after spotting him. It felt very strange indeed, though he definitely wasn't complaining about the change, however jarring it was. Twilight, of course, didn't seem to notice any of this happening, far too focused on navigating them to the town's library as fast as physically possible.

Evidently, the fashion trends that had caught on so well in Canterlot had not yet made it to Ponyville. Most ponies were just wearing simple-looking outfits and wore a wide variety of different mane and tail styles. Just about the only familiar thing he'd seen was a mail carrier who still wore the same type of outfits as they did in Canterlot.

As he and Twilight passed through the town's bustling marketplace, Spike took note of some of the miscellaneous shops and stands that were scattered around it. Most appeared to be selling various farm produce or other common goods, but a few offered special nick-nacks or were merely there to haggle.

From the looks of the long line extending out of it, the most popular among the different destinations was a small tent set up in the center of the market. A sign over the the entrance read: 'The Tented Tights'. He quickly decided he would definitely have to come by and see what was being sold there to attract such a long line, if and when he any free time at all.

Pretty much the only time Twilight had stopped walking was back when they were passing by a small shop with a strangely specific name: 'Quills And Sofas'. She seemed to give it a long hard look before swiftly marking its location on a map that she had been sketching as they went. Apparently the one at the station wasn't accurate enough.

'Something tells me that they're gonna get be getting a lot more business while we are here.' Spike chuckled to himself, remembering the last time that they to go out shopping for quills in Canterlot. 'That poor clerk pony...'

Upon arriving at the location of the library that the map had indicated, they were instead met with a... tree. Well, according to the sign hanging over the front door, this treehouse was evidently Ponyville's public library. Twilight looked visibly disappointed at the rather small looking structure, and in all honesty, Spike didn't feel very excited about this revelation either. There couldn't possibly be much room inside a tree, right?

However, both were pleasantly surprised as Twilight pushed opened the front door, only to discover that it was far bigger on the inside than from the outside.

"Woah, that's pretty trippy," Spike said, repeatedly sticking his head in and out the front door.

"This. Is. Fascinating! I had no idea magically grown treehouses could be enchanted like this!" Twilight gushed, sprinting around the inside of the library as she inspected anything and everything she came across. Her attitude had performed a complete one-eighty as she started taking notes on the other side of her map.

While she was doing so, Spike set down their two suitcases on a small wooden table in the center of the room. The walls were made from almost nothing but bookcases, all of which were filled with various books of different shape and size. With Twilight preoccupied, he decided to take a quick look around while she evidently analyzed the tree's magical properties.

It was surprisingly homey for a public library. There was a small but fully functional kitchen attached to the main room past another small but equally packed bookshelf-lined room. The upstairs area was primarily dominated by a single master bedroom with a connecting bathroom and had a small balcony that overlooked the area right in front of the tree.

As he looked around, something was becoming more and more apparent to him. The was a lack of another bed for him to sleep in. But upon coming back downstairs to tell Twilight, she looked puzzled by his comment.

"Well, I figured we could just sleep together while we are here, though if it really bothers you—"

"Nope! That doesn't bother me at all, don't you worry about a thing!" He quickly blurted, laughing nervously as Twilight rolled her eyes.

He and Twilight hadn't slept in the same bed together in a very long time. Not since she was still living with her parents when he was much younger. She looked at him with a raised brow as he maintained a gitty smile, but otherwise remained completely clueless as to why he was acting so weird.

"Just try to tone down the snoring please, if at all possible. You can get pretty loud and I don't want to suffocate from the smoke you make sometimes."

"Fair enough." He shrugged, suddenly looking forward to tonight.

'That is if I can actually get any sleep with her snuggled up next to me...'

"Anyway, let's go, Spike. I want to get this overseers checklist finished as soon as possible so I can have some time to do more research before the celebration starts tonight."

And with that, they set out for the first item on their list: The banquet preparations...

Passing through a less congested side of Ponyville, on their way to the farm on the other side of town, Spike happened to glance over to his left and noticed a very strange looking building that stood out from all the others. It honestly resembled a cake more than it did a store or a house. It looked like something right out of a children's book.

Looking down, he spotted pink mare with a bizarre poofy mane that seemed to be watching them from over the top half of the building's double-hung doorway. She seemed to be excitedly bouncing up and down, wearing a somewhat unnervingly large smile as she eyed the two of them. Suddenly, just when Spike was about to point this out to Twilight, the mare ducked down behind the lower half of the door, disappearing without a trace.

"Well, that was creepy..." Spike quietly murmured to himself, still eyeing the doorway in case the mare decided to reappear.

"What's creepy?" A high pitched bubbly voice suddenly blurred from his direct right, nearly making his heart leap out of his is chest as he tripped and fell on the ground. At the same time, Twilight spun around, jumping from the sound of the loud voice.

"Opsies! I Didn't mean to scare ya, sorry about that!"

It was the very same pink mare Spike had seen before. She giggled as his dumbfounded expression, giggling as she stood above him. Once he was able to calm down his rapidly beating heart, Spike was able to get a better look at her. She was wearing a bright white t-shirt with light-blue sleeves, and a pair of jean shorts that tightly hugged her broad hips and slightly chubby thighs. The way her shirt was loosely draped over her large easily D-cup breasts appeared to highlight their size as they jiggled while she bounced like a filly that overdosed on sugar.

"Oh, um... hello there. Uh, my name Twilight Sparkle. Is there... something you needed from us?" Twilight asked, sounding pretty unsure about the pink mare herself.

"Are you two moving into town?!" The mare blurted excitedly, ignoring Twilight's question as a visible glint flashed in her eyes.

"Well, um, I don't know about moving in, we are only staying here for—"

But Twilight was cut off as the mare let loose a sudden dramatic gasp, her entire body looking as if it was filling with air before she suddenly vanished in a pink blur. Along with a sputtering sound, akin to that of a balloon losing its air, she left a trail of pinkish smoke that lead off in a random direction. Both Twilight and Spike shared mutual looks of complete and utter confusion, as well as a slight hint of fear. After waiting for a few more moments to see if the mare would return, they decided to keep moving.

'I hope the other ponies in this town aren't as strange as that one...' Spike thought, checking over his shoulder again.

"Here we are, Sweet Apple Acers," Spike read from their checklist as he and Twilight passed underneath the gate to the town's apple farmstead.

It certainly looked like an apple farm. With branching dirt paths leading up a hill from the main gate, a big farmhouse sat in front of them, a large red barn just to the right of it. Twilight could see a fairly expansive field of corn to the left, isolated amongst the huge apple orchard that appeared to make up most of the property from what she'd seen on the town map.

"Come on Spike. Hopefully, we can get this done as quickly as possible," Twilight said, leading the way as they approached the farmhouse. With any luck, the ponies running this place would keep things short and to the point. They'd probably be in and out within a few minutes or less.

Eventually reaching the front door of the older wooden building, Twilight was about to reach out and knock when a heavily accented voice called out behind them.

"Y'all lookin for somepony?"

Twilight and Spike turned around to see an orange mare with a messy blond mane and tail striding towards them from the barn. Her hands rested on her hips where her cutie mark, a trio of bright red apples, peered up over the edge of her blue denim daisy dukes. A red checkered shirt was tied in a tight knot around her torso, only partially covering the mare's sizable C-cup breasts.

Indents from her nipples visibly poked up through the patterned fabric and a hint of each of her red areolas peeked out near the top. With a distinct lack of fabric covering most of her body, mare's impressively muscular body was on full display. It probably didn't help that her shorts were also unzipped, leaving only her most private parts hidden while the rest left practically nothing to the imagination.

Clearing her throat as she tried not to focus on how undressed this mare looked, Twilight stepped up to greet her as she extended a hand.

"H-hello there, my name is Twilight Sparkle and-"

"Well, howdy-do Twilight," The country gal interrupted, reaching out and taking hold of her hand. "A pleasure making yer acquaintance! The name's Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acers are always lookin forward to meetin new friends!" 'Applejack' greeted enthusiastically.

"F-friends? A-actually-y" Twilight tried to say as her whole body was shook violently by the farmer's powerful arms. She did eventually let go, though it took a second for Twilight's arm to realize that.

Applejack turned and shook Spike's hand next, clearly noticing, but not seeming to care as he sted directly down at her chest with wide entranced eyes and an open mouth. In fact, after giving the dragon a quick look up and down herself, she seemed to put a little effort into jutting out her chest a bit more. Thanks to his natural strength, Spike wasn't nearly as affected by the earth pony's overly firm handshake.

"So, what can I do ya for?" Applejack asked, her hands returning to her hips as she turned back to Twilight again. "I don't reckon I've ever seen either of y'all around here before."

"Well, uh, we are just here to, um, check up on the banquet preparations for upcoming the Summer Sun Celebration. Your family is going to be providing the food for it, correct?" Twilight asked, not sure if she was even dealing with the right pony.

"We sure as sugar are! Would you care to sample some of what we have ready?" Applejack offered with a wink.

"Er...well I suppose I really should, shouldn't I? Just as long as it doesn't take us too long..." Twilight said with a sigh. Her hopes of having time to get some more research done already felt like it was dwindling.

"Well alrighty then! Come on and follow me and I'll show ya where we have it." Applejack said, turning and leading them towards the big red barn beside the farmhouse.

As they followed along, Twilight couldn't help but notice many old brown stains decorating the seat of this mare's shorts, likely evidence of some long break-less days working in the fields no doubt. This combined with her round supple ass cheeks made the swap of her hips almost hypnotic. Twilight quickly looked away once she realized she was staring. That didn't seem to affect Spike, however, as his eyes remained trained on Applejack's behind as they made their way towards the big red barn.

'I really hope this food is worth it...'

*Grroaaaann*

"Ugh... I ate way too much pie." A bloated Twilight muttered, following slowly after Spike as they made their way back through town for the next pony on their list.

Almost the moment Applejack had gotten them both seated in her barn, she'd rang a small metal triangle, calling up a whole host of different family members seemingly out of nowhere. All of them carried different apple-related pies, pastries, and a multitude of other apple-themed foods. Twilight had tried to politely turn down most of it but eventually gave in to the pressure and dug had her fill and then some.

Spike, by comparison, was feeling nice and full. Easily digesting solid gemstones, a bunch of sweets didn't really make much of a dent in his metabolism. It probably helped that he ended up having a pretty small portion for breakfast this morning. He did kinda feel sorry for Twilight though, she did not look comfortable. At the same time, her uniform had gotten even tighter than before. Honestly, it was kinda amazing that none of the buttons had ripped yet.

Glancing down at their list, the next pony they were tasked with finding was supposed to be commonly seen flying around this area of Ponyville.

"Hmm, apparently a pegasus pony by the name of Rainbow Dash is supposed to be clearing away the clouds for the celebration..." Spike said, looking up into the still quite cloudy sky hanging above them.

"Hmph, well she clearly isn't doing a very good job, now is she?" Twilight remarked, failing to notice the speeding shadow that was racing down towards her at a high velocity.

*Slam!*

Spike quickly whirled to find Twilight and a blue mare with a wild rainbow mane and tail lying in a heap on the ground not far behind him. The two had splashed down into the middle of a large muddy puddle, with Twilight on the bottom, now covered in mud and water.

'This must be Rainbow Dash then...'

"Uh, are you alright Twilight?" He asked, walking over.

Twilight groaned from underneath the dazed pegasus who slowly got up and shook the mud out of her wings. The pegasus wore a pair of grey sports shorts and a dark-blue sports bra overtop a fairly flat looking chest. Her lean and well-toned body was clearly that of an athlete, though she didn't appear to be quite as muscular as Applejack had been. Especially in the leg department. The rainbow headed mare chuckled to herself as she noticed Twilight's condition as the unicorn was finally able to stand up from the puddle, utterly drenched and muddy.

"Heh, um, here let me help you." She chuckled, taking to the air with a single flap of her large wings.

She flew up high into the sky, grabbing a nearby cloud and pushing it directly above Twilight. But by the time she realized what the pegasus was about to do, it was too late. With a single kick, an entire cloud's worth of rain poured down on her all at once. Peeking her head out over the cloud's edge, the pegasus was trying very hard to keep herself from having a laughing fit as she saw the drenched unicorn. While all the mud had at least been washed away, Twilight's mane and tail now lay flat and her uniform was completely soaked.

Spike blushed as she turned away from him and glared upwards at the rainbow-haired pegasus. Twilight's panties had also been thoroughly soaked, making them look semi-transparent in a few spots. He could just faintly make out her marehood through the fabric as her tail flicked angrily to one side. There was also a faint light-brown streak that followed up along her crack.

"Oops, hehe, I guess I overdid it a bit," Rainbow chuckled underneath her breath. "Here, how's this!"

The pegasus suddenly swooped down from the cloud, flying quickly towards Twilight who raised her arms to brace for impact. But she was taken by surprise as instead the mare whipped right past her and began flying around and around in tight circles. Within moments she'd created a miniature tornado, with Twilight standing at its center. Spike held up his arm against the powerful winds, finally lowering them once Rainbow lept out from the vortex and landed next to him.

Satisfied with her handy work, she crossed her arms confidently and leaned back with a cocky smile.

"No, no, don't thank me! You're quite welcome." She boasted as the dust in the air began to settle.

The moment it was fully cleared, Spike's eyes bulged. Though Twilight was now dry, both her mane and tail looked like they had been inflated like a balloon before then being scrambled in a blender a few times over. It kinda reminded him of that Pink mare they met earlier.

"Pffft...Ahahaha!" Rainbow laughed, falling to the ground as she couldn't contain herself. She held her stomach as she laughed uncontrollably at Twilight's ridiculous new hairdo. Spike too found himself chuckling a little but he quickly went silent upon receiving a deadly glare.

"You are Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked, an icy tone evident in her voice.

Standing up proudly, Rainbow nodded.

"The one and only! Why? You heard of me?" Rainbow Dash asked, flying right up to Twilight.

"I heard that you are supposed to be clearing the sky for the Summer Sun Celebration," Twilight growled.

Spike could tell that she was already totally over this mare's mischevious antics. Taking a moment to calm herself down before she did something rash, Twilight let out a stress-ridden sigh and once again introduced herself.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle and the Princess has sent me here to check on the weather." She called up to Rainbow Dash, who had by now already gotten bored, and was reclining on top of another cloud up above them.

"Yea, yea, that'll be no problem. I'll get to it once I finish practicing,"

"Practicing? Practicing for what?"

"Well, duh! The Wonderbolts!" Rainbow exclaimed, pointing over to a poster pinned to the side of a nearby building.

It depicted a heroicly posed Wonderbolt captain wearing a very tight flight suit, with her fiery mane flowing in the wind. Spike wasn't all that familiar with the members of the flight group, but he was pretty sure that they'd been to one of their air shows a few years back. If she was remembering correctly, the mare on the poster was named: 'Spitfire'.

"They are going to be having a big show tomorrow morning for the celebration, and I'm gonna show em my stuff!" Rainbow boasted, doing a backflip before landing back down on her cloud.

"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight scoffed, clearly unimpressed.

"Yup!"

"The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?"

"Ahuh, that's them!"

"Oh please, they would never let in some lazy pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day," Twilight said, rolling her eyes as she dismissed the pegasus's foolishness.

"Hey! I could clear this whole sky in ten seconds flat!" Rainbow shouted back.

"Oh really? Well, then why don't you prove it." Twilight challenged with a smirk. Even the weather team in Canterlot sometimes took a whole hour to clear the skies over town.

Yet immediately Rainbow shot up into the sky, dashing from cloud to cloud in rapid succession and clearing each one away with less than a second between them. As Spike was counting down in his head, he started to trail off, both of their jaws dropping as entire swaths sky were cleared in almost an instant before their very eyes. Within moments, a once mostly cloudy view was now empty.

"Heh, you two should see the looks on your faces!" Rainbow snorted, flying down between them while dusting off her shoulders. "You're a laugh Twilight Sparkle, I can't wait to hang out some more!"

Before either of them could say anything, the speedy pegasus darted back off into the sky, performing more tricks and stunts along the way.

"Wow, she's amazing at that," Spike sighed, still in awe of what he just witnessed.

Twilight groaned. "Whatever, come on Spike, we need to keep going. Who's next on the list?"

"Right, well, next up is the mare in charge of decorations. According to this, we should be able to find her somewhere in the town hall, where most of the celebration is being held. It's some unicorn named: Rarity..."

Author's Notes:

Fun Fact Of The Chapter: The Golden Oaks Library in the show is probably, most definitely a TARDIS...thats a well know fact...right?

Wrote practically the whole chapter before realizing I had completely forgotten Pinkie Pie. Sorry for the delay. Enjoy!