She was wearing teeny tiny blue shorts, her long and athletic legs were positioned on the ground in a leaping stance. Her muscles constricted as she was awaiting the signal. Her hands placed forward on the ground, she looked concentrated at the track before her, only a small glance and a cocky smirk she gave her opponent beside her. She closed her eyes feeling the air, breathing it in, her rainbow colored hair waiving gracefully.

"Ready… set… GO!!" the coach shouted.

Rainbow Dash leaped with all her might, letting the pair of her strong trim legs carry her to the finish line. Leaving her rival in the dust, the coach pressed the button on his timer.

"Wow, Rainbow Dash, you broke your own record, 10.49 seconds on the 100 meter!"

"No sweat coach, I'm used to breaking records!"

"I'm sure you will be able to join the Wonderbolts, the competition is coming up soon, this will be a great chance for you to shine."

"Thanks coach!" she turned to look at the loser of the race, "What's up Tunderlane, can't keep up?!"

"That's not it at all…" he coughed "…I think I have a cold."

"Yeah, yeah, keep telling that to yourself."

Rainbow Dash caught a fresh towel that was thrown at her, "Thanks, Gilda!" she wiped the sweat of her face.

"That was awesome, Dash, your amazing on track as always."

"Why thank you."

"Are you done with practice today, I'm so horny and just looking at your sexy legs makes me w…"

"Shut up, Gilda! What if someone will hear us?"

"So what, let them all know."

"That's just the thing, I don't want them all to know!"

"Oh, Dash, will you relax already."

"No, Gilda I can't relax, my whole career will be at risk letting anybody know of my sexual orientation!"

"Okay, okay…"

Rainbow Dashed sighed "Now let me take a shower and get changed."

"Ooh, can I peek?"

"NO!!" Rainbow Dash brushed her off.

As tempting as it was, Gilda didn't peek at the dressing room, respecting Rainbow's wish. Once she got out, wearing her cool shades, they walked together outside Cloudosseum to Dashe's place. Right in front of them grinning and smiling was standing, well, she wasn't particularly standing, more like jumping on the spot, wearing all pink, Pinkie Pie.

"Hi, Rainbow Dash, I figured I could find you here." Said Pinkie Pie jumping up and down in excitement, or rather she was jumping up and down in nervousness.

"Mm… P-Pinkie, hi," confused of the sudden visit since years, said Rainbow Dash.

"I know it's quit sudden," her fluffy pink hair was wiggling as she jumped, "and we haven't seen each other for a while now but I just thought we could all get together like the old times. I organized a great party for our reunion!"

"A reunion?!" during their chat Gilda stood quietly but couldn't take her freezing gaze off Pinkie. "Pinkie, do you know how much time has passed?! Meeting with everybody will be… I don't know… awkward. Besides I have a competition to get ready to."

"C'mon, it will be fun, there will be lots of balloons, punch, fun games and most importantly cupcakes, I've ordered a huge stock of hash cupcakes," she whispered the final part of the sentence to her ear.

"Who else is gonna come?"

"Well, you’re the first I'm asking, lucky you," she giggled guiltily.

"No, Pinkie, I'm sorry but I'm too busy."

Rainbow Dash and Gilda walked away. Pinkie Pie stopped jumping, her puffy pink hair seemed to have lost volume, she tucked her hand in her pocket, five colorful invitations, each designed specially for every single one of the girls, holding a special mark on it. When they were together they thought each of a special symbol that represents them, they were calling it a cutie mark. Pinkie Pie briefed through the invitations and tucked them back in her dress pocket.

"I won't give up!" she said to herself and walked on to her next destination.

When Rainbow Dash and Gilda got home, Rainbow went to feed her pet turtle, Tank, while Gilda went to the bath to take a shower. She quickly got out with nothing but a towel on, drops of water dripping off her spiky boyish haircut.

"Dash, why the long face?"

"I-It's nothing."

"Forget about that Stinky Pie bitch."

"I wasn't thinking about that!"

"Now your acting all tsundere."

"Tsundere?! What's that?"

"Sorry wrong genre," she paused to clear her throat. "You have to be honest with yourself, forget about these idiots."

Why she had to appear now of all times, she said to herself through clenching her teeth.

Seeing Rainbow's mood isn't getting any better, Gilda slipped the towel on the floor revealing her naked body. She was also on the track and field team together with Rainbow Dash and despite her body being a little masculine she was without a doubt a fine woman.

"Ooh!♥" Gilda's attempt to grab Rainbow's attention was a success. "Well I guess I can forget about them tonight."

Gilda jumped at Rainbow Dash like a Griffon, taking her clothes off…

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Twilight Sparkle was sitting at home going through her books, cleaning off the dust and ordering them in genres alphabetically, double checking everything, it was not an easy task, reshelving day was never an easy task to clear. The books piled on one another and she could really use some help. Spike her childhood friend would generally be there for her, helping her with her library chores but today Spike was extra busy with his own work delivering mail.

Just as her hands and eyes started to get tired, Spike stormed into the room.

"Twilight, emergency!" he spouted, breathing heavily.

"What is it Spike, your early today, have you done with your delivery already? I could really use a hand."

"No, that's not the case, I have an important telegram to give you."

"A telegram, from who?"

"It's from your brother, Shining Armor!"

"Now that's supposed to be interesting, last time he showed up from nowhere was as a plot device, I wonder what is it this time," she opened the envelope and unfolded the parchment. "Dear Princess Celestia, I really wanted to thank you for last night, the way you **** and @#$% was better than I ever had before… Spike I don't get this, the words are blurry, some written in symbols I can't comprehend… what spread all over her face?"

"Give me that," Spike snatched the letter back and looked into it. "Some code or something, guess it's the wrong letter."

Spike handed Twilight the other envelope. She read:

"Dear Sister, I must inform you of an emergency situation, a war is at bay and Ponyville may be in danger. Pack your stuff and get on the first train to Canterlot ASAP! Burn this paper right after you've done reading and tell no one about it."

Twilight's jaw dropped, in shock she stood there for a couple of long seconds, she reread the telegram to be sure she hasn't misunderstood anything, then rushed to the working desk and burned the paper from the candle flame.

"Spike, hurry, get a suitcase, pack the rare books and archived history records. I'll pack my stuff."

She hurried to her bedroom and opened all drawers and wardrobes, she started throwing her garments in complete disorder into a large traveling suitcase. As she was taking out clothes from the drawers, a shirt tangled in the wooden frame of an old picture that was hidden at the bottom of the drawer, the picture fell and the glass shattered all over the floor.

It was a photo of six young girls in their teens, they looked very happy together. The picture was very nostalgic and brought back memories. Twilight stared at the faces in the picture, especially of her own, she was happy, yes, she really was. She took her gaze off the broken frame closed the suitcase and rushed outside. Leaving her memories behind.

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She was working very diligently, feeding the birds, cleaning the rabbits' cages, taking out the trash, wiping the floor. She loved animals to death and cleaning after them or taking care of them was not a burden to her. She worked under a wicked man who paid her no more than to an illegal immigrant, or he could forget to pay her at all. Fluttershy was a beautiful and kind girl, but she lacked assertiveness and thus treated like a doormat, letting everyone to step on her.

"You missed a spot there!" yelled the manager at her.

"O-Oh, s-sorry, I'll clean it up right away," she replied with a small voice and pressed the squeegee harder against the floor.

"Don't forget to get all the food packages in order on the upper shelves."

"I-I already ordered them, sir."

"A new shipment arrived just now, you stupid cunt, start moving that ass if you want to get any payment this month."

The boss walked out of the shop and just before he left he tripped over the canned food stand, and all of the cans rolled on the floor, "and clean this up too!" he yelled and left.

That was just a small bit of Fluttershy's daily routine, she always dreamed of opening up a pet shop of her own but didn't have the courage to do so. Every day she would come home and cry, pitying herself for being who she is, she couldn't leave the shop because she was afraid something would happen to the animals with only the manager there. He was a monster and shouldn't be entrusted with those defenseless animals.

As Fluttershy got back from work, she opened the cage of her pet rabbit Angel, "Hi, Angel, How were you today?" she cuddled him in her arms. "What is it Angel? You want to ask me how was my day today? Well my day was wonderful, I got to talk to the animals in the shop, feed them and care for them, this was clearly a… this day was… a good day…" two waterfalls of tears dropped on the poor Angel. "Today was a good day…" she cried, squeezing him tightly.

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It was a month since the ugly incident with the Canterlot celebrities that left the new business that was successful thus far, in pieces. Rarity's designs were stunning but she wasn't your typical city girl, the way she dressed and talked though didn't gave out her origin. But one night at a presentation of her new line of dresses she got tackled by the celebrities and made fun off. Rarity couldn't swallow her pride anymore and decided to tackle back. That action proved devastating as that celebrity had major influence on the market, leading her shop to get shunned and all her collections to be taken off the fashion magazines in the city.

Rarity was lying in her bed in only her bathing robe leaving outside the fact the last time she took a shower was three days ago. So unlikely of her hair that always looked flawless and stunning, was a complete catastrophe. The curtains blocked the sunlight and the room was filled with gloomy darkness. Her persian cat Opalescence left home just a couple of days ago, when rarity went into depression and ignored her cries for food, leaving that alone she was ignoring her own hunger as well.

With absolutely no one to comfort her she decided there is nothing left for her in the city of her dreams. She took her robe off and entered the shower for the first time in a long while. The cool water running down here broken body shook here from the depression she was in, a mere shower can't fix a hurt soul but it was as if a sound of an alarm clock played by the mind that commands you to get back on your feet or else you will die. People do have an instinct like that, they go into depression and out repeatedly, it's like a never ending cycle, a sinus wave with 2 different peaks. In women you can see it physically, men suffer from psychological periods though.

Packing her stuff, getting dressed she noticed Opal's absence. She called for her a couple of times and decided it will be better on it's own without her irresponsible self.

On her way out with luggage in both hands she notices a familiar figure approaching.

"Prince Blueblood."

"Rarity."

Prince Blueblood was Rarity's chance into royalty, after one of her presentations, he took her to his place where they spent a magical night together and if not the latest incident, they might have still been together.

"Look, Rarity I came to say something."

Rarity put down the bags on the ground, was there any hope still.

"I have something important to ask of you."

"Yes, Prince." Her eyelids flapped like butterfly wings.

"Could you not talk to anyone about us sleeping together?"

"What?!!"

"I mean I'm royalty and all and it won't look good if I were to be said that I was with someone like you… hmm, I mean someone from the countryside."

"I can't believe you just said that!"

"Please it's very important, can you do that for me?"

"You have a lot of nerve you piece of shit, you fucked me and now you're saying you want me to shut up, you knew well who you were doing that night… You know what, HEY!! LISTEN UP EVERYPONY, I HAD SEX WITH PRINCE BLUEBLOOD AND GUESS WHAT, HE HAS A SMALL DICK, I FAKED MY ORGASM, HE WAS SURE HE IS THE KING OF SEX…"

"Rarity!"

"Get the hell outta my way!" she took the bags and left.

"HEY DID YOU HEAR PRINCE BLUEBLOOD HAS A SMALL DICK!!" she heard someone shout from far behind. She smirked.

On the way to the train station just by the second, standing back to back, she missed the newly arrived Twilight Sparkle.

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Pinkie Pie knocked on the door to Fluttershy's house but there was no answer, she knocked again and still there was no reply.

"Fluttershy, Fluttershy it's me, Pinkie Pie, I know we haven't talked for a long time but I want you to open up." Still not even a sound came from behind the door. "I know your there Fluttershy, please, open up, I'm making a party for us six, you know, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity, I really want you all to be there. Remember how fun it was together."

Still nothing. She took the invitation and slid it through the door. But Fluttershy couldn't hear Pinkie's voice. She was sitting on the floor of her apartment slightly whispering to herself over and over again: today's a good day, tomorrow will be a good day while rivers of tears dropped on Angel's lifeless corpse that she unconsciously strangled in her arms.

To Pinkie's knowledge Rarity now lived in Canterlot so she came down to Sweet Apple Acres looking for Applejack. The farm looked awful, the past seasons were dry of rain and business was not successful. All loved Sweet Apple Acres and its goods but apples became a rare material so prices went sky high leaving the farm in dangerous state of going bankrupt.

Granny Smith was very sick too, she was old and needed a lot of care that AJ couldn't provide sometimes trying to bring food to the table. Big Mac had his own troubles, the back was killing him and he couldn't work like he used to. Apple Bloom helped a lot around the farm but it was hard on her and most of the time she was escaping home with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo drowning her trouble with alcohol and drugs.

"Is anybody home??" said Pinkie in a loud voice.

"Apple Bloom, see who's that idiot that shouts there."

Apple Bloom came out of the house, she immediately recognized the familiar face, "Yo, Pinkie what's up, haven't seen you in years."

"Oh, Apple Bloom, you’ve grown so big… are those tits?!" she noted staring at Apple Bloom's developed teenage body. "Where's your sister?"

"She's inside, Granny Smith isn't doing well at all, if we won't get the medicine soon, we're afraid she's not going to make it."

"Oh, is that so…" pinkie's smile disappeared from her lips almost instantly, she put the invitation away in her pocket.

"What do ya want with sis, you haven't talked to her for ages, something happened?"

"N-No nothing at all."

"Tell her you stopped by?"

"No that’s okay, I'll come by later."

"Whatever."

Pinkie's hair lost more volume like a popped balloon, she decides then to go to Twilight Sparkle's, back in the old days she would always help in a pinch, she's smart and dependable, hopefully I can get her to cooperate, she thought.

Knocking on the door it opened by itself.

"Twilight! It's me Pinkie Pie!" she said entering. "Wow look at that mess."

Books and scrolls were scattered all across the floor, Pinkie never saw the library that way especially with Twilight in charge. She stepped on to the 2nd floor calling her name again and again, but there was nobody home. The drawers of Twilights personal stuff were open, some even lied on the floor as if the place was abandoned, left in a frantic rush. Pinkie Pie reacted to a sound from below, she stepped on a broken glass. When she left her foot she saw the old photo of the gang. She lifted it up and looked at it for a long while, her hair as if became completely straight and tears started flowing from her blue eyes onto the picture.

That time, those people, those smiles, seemed surreal, as if in a fairytale so distant and untouchable. Pinkie lay on Twilight's bed, picture in hand and weeped.

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Apple Bloom couldn't stand any other minute at Sweet Apple Acres and ran to Sweetie Belle's place, she was surprised to find her friend occupied with the sudden arrival of her sister Rarity.

"Apple Bloom are those… tits?!" said Rarity the moment she saw the adolescent Apple Bloom.

"Is this some kind of a running gag?"

"Oh honey, I'm just kidding."

"What made you come back to Ponyville sister?" asked Sweetie Belle.

"Well I have my own reasons, not anything pleasant to the ears. Better tell me what's going on here in Ponyville."

"Nothing much," said the two.

"How's Sweet Apple Acres, from what I heard lastly harvest was very poor."

"Poor is not enough of a word to describe the state of the farm right now."

There was a moment of silence then Rarity asked, "Hmm, how… How's Applejack."

"You sure became friendly out of the blue."

"What do you mean?"

"Pinkie Pie was looking for sis earlier today. I don't know what happened between you all but she could really use some help from her old friends."

Rarity looked Apple Bloom deep in the eyes, there was absolutely no-one in Canterlot who understood her despite her stylish fashion sense and behavior. AJ who they seemed to have nothing in common had the best time together. That was in the past, she thought, but I guess there is nowhere for me go to, she laughed to herself at heart realizing, Ponyville is my home where people loved and respected me the way I am.

"Let's pay your sister a visit," finally said Rarity.

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"How are you doing Twily?" asked Shining Armor helping the newly arrived Twilight with the bags.

"Could be better, what's going on?"

"We better get inside," he led her inside the castle.

Once no one was in the room, curtains down, he continued, "There is a war coming up Twilight, a big war with the changeling empire. Ponyville might turn into a battleground, I had to warn you."

"Shouldn't we evacuate the entire town in such case?"

"No. Queen Chrysalis is planning a surprise attack on Canterlot, that's the intelligence we received, when the attack commences we have to look surprised. But that's just the thing we will be ready, we will crush the changeling empire! The battle shouldn't be dragged to Ponyville we won't even let them close, trust me."

"When is the attack?"

"Three days from now, don't you worry Ponyville will be safe nobody will even know about the battle, it is best not to worry the citizens."

"But you are worried about me," she frowned at him.

"Well of course I am."

"It's not fair, I was warned, safe and sound in canterlot but what about…"

"What about who?! Don’t tell me your worried sick about your friends that you haven't spoken to in ages… oh Twilight I'm sorry."

But it was too late to realize the harshness of his own words, Twilight Sparkle was running toward the train station back to Ponyville, cursing herself for leaving them out of the news despite what happened in the past, they have the right to know, leaving the differences aside.

"What have I done," Shining Armor face palmed.

"Everything will be fine, Twilight is a strong girl. We are ready for this battle, preparations are going smooth, there is no doubt that the changelings will attack in three days, maybe she'll get back by then. I was her foal-sitter once, I know she's going to be alright."

"Thanks for the support Cadence."

"Princess, Captain," Princess Celestia walked into the room.

"Princess Celestia, all troops are prepared and ready, they're itching for battle," the captain of the royal guard reported.

"That is good to hear Shining Armor, How's the transfer of the troops from the Crystal Empire coming along Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?"

"All as planned your highness."

"Very well, remember that your marriage was very important for the sake of Canterlot, we will attack at both flanks and catch them off guard, I'm leaving the rest of the preparations to you captain. If something urgent pops up address all to princess Luna, It will be night time soon."