Morning arrived starting a new day in Ponyville. Sunset Shimmer and Spike awoke to start their day. As usual, Twilight opted to remain in bed. Sunset made a quick food run, but Twilight opted not to eat. It had been days since the incident the trip to buy groceries and Twilight's mood had made no improvement.

"I'm worried about Twilight." noted Spike.

"Things have been fine." replied Sunset.

"Well, except for Berry Punch spitting in her face." sighed Spike.

"I need to have a talk with Berry about that." muttered Sunset annoyed.

The unicorn shook her head.

"It's okay Spike." said Sunset.

"But, Twilight just wants to sleep all day." said Spike worried.

"Twilight isn't feeling well and resting is what you do when you don't feel well." said Sunset.

"I guess." mused Spike.

"You know, I'm just as worried as you." admitted Sunset.

"Well you're doing a good job of hiding it." said Spike.

"I'm trying to be strong." noted Sunset.

"Thanks." whispered Spike grateful.

The two shared a hug.

"I've got to go to Canterlot." revealed Sunset.

"What for?" asked Spike.

"You know who wants to speak with me." answered Sunset.

"And see how she's doing." guessed Spike.

"Yup." confirmed Sunset.

"It's so great to know Princess Cel - you know who - is still worried about Twilight." said Spike.

"Yeah. It'll be great seeing Philomena again." said Sunset.

Sunset grabbed her saddlebag.

"You can count on me." vowed Spike.

Sunset left and Spike was alone with his pseudo - big sister. Spike cleaned up and spent much of the time reading Power Ponies comics. However, he never once forgot about Twilight and always kept an eye on her. Twilight did not move and wound up taking a nap. Once she awoke, she was hit with an unfriendly greeting.

"Good morning Twilight." said the voice.

Twilight let out a sigh.

"What time is it?" asked Twilight.

The lavender unicorn poked her head out the window.

"Not yet noon." mused Twilight.

"Using the position of the sun to figure out the time. You are a smarty." cooed the voice.

"Whatever." huffed Twilight.

"Well you are a sleepy head." said the voice.

"I don't have the energy." replied Twilight.

"It seems like you never have energy." noted the voice.

Twilight let out a defeated sigh.

"You're right about that." confessed Twilight.

Twilight sat in her bed.

"I don't hear Sunset." noted Twilight.

"She probably left you." stated the voice.

"She wouldn't do that!" snapped Twilight.

Downstairs, the baby dragon heard this.

"Twilight's awake and mad about something." noted Spike.

The baby dragon put his comic down and headed to Twilight.

"I'm just saying." said the voice casually.

"Maybe you're right." muttered Twilight.

Twilight shook her head.

"Sunset would never leave me." said Twilight.

"Oh, are you sure?" asked the voice.

"She knows exactly how I feel." answered Twilight.

"You are birds of a feather." admitted the voice.

"Exactly." sighed Twilight relieved.

"But, that doesn't mean she won't leave you." said the voice.

Twilight became alarmed.

"What do you mean?" asked the unicorn anxiously.

"She's attempting to reform and keeping you around wouldn't do that image any good." answered the voice.

"Oh Celestia. That's true." said Twilight panicking.

Twilight took a moment and took a deep breath.

"I can't lose my head. Last time I did that all of Ponyville was fighting over Smarty Pants." said Twilight.

"You're confident she won't leave." said the voice.

"I know she won't!" declared Twilight.

"You might be right." said the voice.

Twilight sighed in relief.

"Keeping you around makes anything bad she did look insignificant. It's the perfect distraction." said the voice.

Just like that Twilight's calm was gone.

"Sunset wouldn't use me." replied Twilight.

"Like how you used her." cooed the voice.

"I didn't..." began Twilight.

"Making her murder a filly doesn't count?" asked the voice smugly.

Twilight felt her heart break.

"She could never truly forgive for that. The only logical answer is this is all a ruse." said the voice.

"Oh no." gasped Twilight horrified.

"Nopony wants you here. Celestia was just throwing you a bone with that sentence." continued the voice.

Twilight felt her stomach getting queasy.

"You might lie to yourself and deny it..." began the voice.

Twilight shook her head.

"But, deep inside you know it's true." finished the voice.

"No!" cried Twilight in despair.

"Um Twilight..." came a concerned voice.

Twilight turned to see Spike standing next to her bed.

Twilight anxiously gulped.

"Spike, when did you get here?" asked Twilight worried.

"When you said "exactly" to yourself." answered Spike confused.

Twilight began going over scenarios in her head.

"Who where you talking to?" asked Spike.

"Myself." answered Twilight quickly.

The unicorn realized how this might sound.

"I'm not crazy." added Twilight shiftily.

"I never said you where." noted Spike as his worry grew.

"Smooth move." said the voice cruelly.

"Shut up!" cried Twilight.

Spike was taken aback.

"Geez Twilight, I didn't mean to make you mad." said Spike.

Twilight felt guilt sweep over her.

"I was talking to myself." replied Twilight.

"Twilight, I'm worried." said Spike.

Twilight was struck by a ping of guilt.

"Spike...look at me." requested Twilight.

The baby dragon did as requested.

"I promise you that everything will be okay. I am never going to leave you again." promised Twilight.

Spike began to smile.

"Thank you Twilight!" exclaimed the baby dragon.

Spike hugged Twilight tightly.

"It'll all be okay." whispered Twilight soothingly.

Twilight stayed with Spike for a while until the baby dragon felt comfortable. Once Sunset returned, Twilight decided to head off to the Everfree Forest and inspect the Castle of the Two Sisters more. Sunset was unsure, but Twilight noted she would not have to worry about being harassed at the old castle. After putting on her saddlebag and kissing Sunset, she was off. Twilight managed to sneak out of town and spent several hours drawing detailed maps of the entire layout of the castle. Once she was finished Twilight began sneaking back home, but was interrupted by the sounds of struggling.

"Darn it!" cried Scootaloo frustrated.

"It looks like she's trying to fly." mused Twilight.

Scootaloo heard the voice and began to panic.

"Who's there?!" asked the filly.

Twilight emerged into the open field.

"Twilight!" gasped Scootaloo.

The orange pegasus began to back away.

"I'm not going to hurt you." noted Twilight gently.

"How can I believe that after what you did?" asked Scootaloo vocally.

Scootaloo's eyes quickly darted around.

"Please, let somepony have heard that." begged Scootaloo.

Unfortunately, nopony was coming.

"This field is so far away I doubt anypony could have heard you." noted Twilight.

"You knew what I was doing." realized Scootaloo horrified.

"Yes." answered Twilight.

Scootaloo felt her legs wobble.

"I saw you where trying to fly." noted Twilight.

Scootaloo scoffed.

"What's it you you?" asked Scootaloo defensively.

The filly stomped her hoof down.

"Are you going to make fun of me too?" asked Scootaloo accusingly.

"I would never do that." answered Twilight.

It didn't take a pony as smart as Twilight to figure out what happened.

"But, I take it some pony did make fun of you." stated Twilight.

"Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon." revealed Scootaloo.

"What did they say?" asked Twilight.

"They made fun of the fact I can't fly." answered Scootaloo.

Twilight was appauled, but needed to be adult.

"Scootaloo, that is horrible of them." began Twilight.

Twilight could easily see the hurt in the eyes of the pegasus.

"But, you cannot let them get to you." continued Twilight.

"But, I'm a pegasus that can't fly!" exclaimed Scootaloo.

"And I'm a unicorn without magic." replied Twilight.

"I totally forgot." gasped Scootaloo.

"That's fine." said Twilight.

"It's gotta be harder for you since you actually could use magic." mused Scootaloo.

"Oh it's been hard adapting, but the important thing is I'm not giving up." said Twilight.

"Maybe...you're right." muttered Scootaloo.

"In the end, it doesn't matter if you ever fly." said Twilight.

"What?" asked Scootaloo heartbroken.

"It doesn't matter because you've got two great friends." explained Twilight.

"But, I was jerks to them." noted Scootaloo.

"They'll forgive you. It's gotta take more than that to end your friendship." said Twilight.

Scootaloo began to earnestly smile.

"Not to mention you have an awesome sister." added Twilight.

"Thank you Twilight." said Scootaloo grateful.

Twilight smiled back.

"And who knows, maybe one day Diamond Tiara will see the error of her ways and reform." suggested Twilight.

Scootaloo scoffed at the idea.

"Like that'll ever happen." said Scootlaoo dismissively.

The next day came and everypony was excited for the flag bearer competition being held in the Crystal Empire. The winning team would be flager bearers for Ponyville at the Crystal Games. Twilight stayed home, but did secretly hope the Crusaders won. Eventually, Sunset went out leaving Spike and Twilight alone. By the time she returned, the yellow unicorn was beaming.

"Great news!" exclaimed Sunset.

"A new Pony Ponies movie is coming out." guessed Spike hopeful.

"The Cutie Mark Crusaders will be flag bearers for Ponyville." revealed Sunset.

Twilight came down stairs.

"That's great!" declared Twilight.

"According to Rainbow, both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell weren't even sure they'd be taking part." noted Sunset.

"But, they've been practicing a routine." replied Spike confused.

"Apparently, Scootaloo got down because she couldn't fly." said Sunset flatly.

Twilight remembered their little talk the night before.

"But, Scootlaoo was there waiting for them at the station. She had a talk with another pony who helped her realize it didn't matter if she couldn't fly because she had great friends by her side." explained Sunset.

Twilight had to suppress a weak grin.

"I'm glad they won. They deserved it." said Twilight.

Author's Notes:

A/N: That is where we'll end things. I hope you liked my rendition of "Flight to the Finish" with Twilight. Next time, we'll continue focusing on Twilight's inner demons because "Pony Ponies" sucks. Please review.