Today, in Equestria’s little town of Ponyville, it seemed like any normal sunny day. Lots of pony folk chatting, working, eating or drinking, buying what they needed to buy and going about their normal lives. And on the other side of this quiet little town, stood the large crystal castle of Equestria’s Princess of Friendship: Twilight Sparkle.

Inside the castle’s shiny crystal walls was it’s own library, filled to the brim of anything ponies ever needed to know or things they never thought they knew. Inside said library, there were two familiar characters present: Princess Twilight herself and her recently graduated friendship student, Starlight Glimmer. Twilight was currently replying to a pile of fan mail sent by a fair amount of admirers and Starlight was just reading any kind of book that interested her. She chose to read about the history of the Hippogriff Kingdom. The book was first published a few weeks earlier.

Suddenly, both ponies heard a familiar buzzing noise coming from one of the books. This particular book also happened to be glowing a bright purple light. Twilight smilied a warm smile. She knew what is was. It was Sunset Shimmer’s Message Journal. The journal was placed on a nearby table, but Twilight simply levitated the journal over towards her. She opened the glowing book and inside was the latest diary entry from Sunset about her adventures in the human world.

“Hey, Starlight.” called Twilight to the other side of the room, “Sunset Shimmer has been up to some shenanigans again. Let’s see what she’s written.”

Twilight read Sunset’s written words out loud with Starlight listening with interest.

“Dear Twilight,

Still enjoying my new life here in this world. Me and my friends have been through quite a lot recently.

Pinkie babysat this sweet little girl called Lily Pad, Rainbow and Applejack were competing with each other to see who’s in the most school clubs, I managed to help Rarity design a new fashion display, our Twilight was surrounded by a swarm of giant, singing plants and Fluttershy impressed an entire class with her math skills. Oh yeah, speaking of, thanks to Twilight’s study program, we all managed to pass our final exams.

So, yeah, that’s all from my latest update, so to speak and I hope life in Equestria is good too.

Your friend, Sunset Shimmer.”

Both ponies each smiled their own satisfied smile.

“Well, it seems Sunset is still enjoying her life in that world.” said Twilight gladly.

“Yeah.” Starlight agreed. “And you know, despite meeting a mysterious girl who trapped Sunset and her friends inside a void mirror and being attacked by a “glamourous” 10 foot version of herself, I kinda liked hanging out with Sunset. It felt weird but fun walking around on two legs instead of four, that movie me and the girls watched was spectacular and... I can never forget the taste of the food in that world. The popcorn, the veggie burgers and, especially, the ice cream. For some reason, the ice cream in that world tastes a little bit better than the ice cream here in Equestria.”

“In any particular way?” Twilight asked, curiously.

“I don’t know. It just had more of a yummy taste.” Starlight answered. “You know,” she thought, “I kinda want to taste that ice cream again, so I can tell you exactly what it tastes like.” And then, after a few moments, Starlight came up with a brilliant idea. “I know.” she cried. “How about you ask Sunset, on your little message journal, to send some tubs of the ice cream from her world, through the portal and into the castle.”

They then looked at the big mirror on the far end of the library room. The mirror that gained access for anyone, if desired, to step in the human world and to turn into the very creatures who inhabited it. Twilight thought about her idea.

“But, why can’t you just go through the portal yourself and buy the ice cream yourself?” she questioned.

“Well, I’m pretty sure the money Sunset uses in her world isn’t the same money we use in Equestria.” Starlight replied.

“And” Twilight continued, “are you sure you’re just going to send ice cream through the portal? Not that... red, fleshy stuff Rarity warned me about once?”

“Uh, nope. Just the ice cream.”. Starlight then realised. “You know, I’m surprised neither of us came up with this idea sooner.”

“What do you mean?” Twilight asked.

“Well, from what I can remember, the technology from the human world looks more advanced from our own. I mean, huge screens with moving, flashy pictures, little thin devices you can send messages on, big, curved machines on wheels that move by themselves. If we had access to that technology, we could probably make Equestria a much better place.”

“But, Starlight,” Twilight warned her, “you forget that there are evil forces all over Equestria who could use that technology as weapons against us, making them more powerful than ever. And besides, aren’t we all satisfied enough with magic? I mean, there’s no technology in the human world to make you teleport yourself to the kitchen or turn yourself invisible or make you travel back in time.”

“Oh okay.” sighed Starlight. “Looks like the only thing we’ll be importing will be food.”

“Alright.” said Twilight. “I’ll ask Sunset for the ice cream as soon as I’m done with this fan mail.” And with that, Twilight carried on with her work and Starlight took her Hippogriff history book and took it to read in her bedroom.

Soon, the fan mail was signed, the message was sent and Sunset gave Twilight the simple reply of “Uh.. okay. If that’s what Starlight wants”. About an hour later, Sunset was standing next to the portal at Canterlot High School holding a large tub of “Flavour-tastic Ice Cream”. She placed the tub through the portal where it then appeared on the other side in the library. She placed the tub down onto the ground and pulled her hands hooves back in.

Twilight lifted up the tub with her magic, grabbed a spoon from one of the kitchen’s many drawers and took them up to Starlight’s bedroom. On the way, she admired the colourful and detailed artwork on the tub’s packaging. “Starlight?” she called, knocking on the bedroom door. “The ice cream’s here.” She opened the door and trotted in.

“Oh, nice.” said Starlight excitedly, sitting on her bed. “Oh, do tell Sunset I said ‘thanks’.” Starlight grabbed the tub and spoon with her own levitation magic and floated the tub close to her lap. She opened the lid and all the swirling colours of the sweet, frozen goodness met Starlight’s vision. She dipped the spoon into the ice cream and, immediately, into her mouth. Then, all of a sudden, the delicious, exquisite, wonderful taste of the ice cream was coming back to her.

But what also came was a certain feeling. A feeling that told her to keep eating this ice cream, no matter what. Keep eating and never stop because it tastes so good.

“Well?” asked Twilight, “How does it taste?”

Starlight paused for a moment. “Uhh... I think I might need to have a few more bites in order to describe it. This might take a while.”

“Oh. Alright.” said Twilight with a tiny bit of concern. She exited the room and Starlight continued eating, much to her delight. After 15 minutes, Twilight returned into the bedroom and found that Starlight had eaten the entire tub clean. Twilight hadn’t noticed, but Starlight had also gained a small bulge in her stomach from the eating. Twilight asked again what the ice cream tasted like, but Starlight thought it was too soon for it to end. She thought that no matter what, she wanted more!

“Oh, uhh.... actually I think I’m going to need more in order to properly describe it. Uhh, do tell Sunset to send us, say, 15 more tubs. I really need to make a definite description.”

Twilight looked more concerned for her friend than before. “Ooookay. If that’s what you’d like.” Twilight exited and trotted downstairs to write Sunset the message.

Starlight lied back onto her back, her hooves under her head, and sighed calmly. “This is going to feel great.”

Author's Notes:

This is my first time writing a fanfic, so please excuse me if I’m missing out on any basics in writing.