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The one way it will be great for me is if they leave it as a cliffhanger. Still we will see; I mean I am sure people thought "pfft royal wedding" at the end of season two and that became completely epic.

Time for more tear jerkers!

I had to think on it some time about what about this I didn't like, and I believe I have figured it out: It isn't the idea that twilight is transformed (ascended) into a alicorn that bugs me; I figure at some point towards the end (or at the end), she would. What bugs me is that I feel that it is too soon; that her story as a dorky unicorn student of magic hasn't been fully told or realized yet and that this feels rushed. Perhaps it will be great,perhaps it will be a cliffhanger (oh how I hope so), but I felt that it should have been reserved for the final fourth season.

It isn't the fact Twilight becomes an alicorn that bugs me (although I think they should save that for the end of the sires as a whole), but how will they deal with all that is supposed to happen in the final in 22 minutes and still make it a good story and not horribly rushed? I could see it as a two parter though.

Carrot was smiling widely with a blush on his otherwise gray face as the dancing troop of mares stopped to pose for his camera, smiling as they gave their best show pose for the earth stallion. Not missing a beat, Carrot started to take some photos, aye this alone made the convention worth it, they were so stunning! Before Carrot could get more pictures in, Dash suddenly flew up next to him, admonishing Carrot for supposedly leaving her behind. Carrot just looked shocked, she thought he was ditching her? She finally got to hobnob with the panelists, including the guests of honor, even the very actress who plays Daring Do in all the films, Silver Flash! Why would she want to keep hanging out with some dorky fancolt like himself? Carrot was about to say those very words to Dash in a display of self-deprecation but before he spoke, that nagging at the back of his mind stopped him. [colour=#ff8c00]Whit ur ye daein' dumbtail! ay coorse she wants tae hang out wi' ye, wa else woods she be upsit she lost ye, noo dornt be a dumbtail an' be happy she foond ye![/colour] Why did Carrot's inner monologue always sound like his old man? Didn't matter though, it was right. [colour=#ff8c00]"Sorry abit 'at Dash, Ah guess Ah misunderstuid whit ye wanted, Ah shoods hae told ye whaur Ah was gonnae be insteid ay jist wanderin' aff."[/colour] Before anything else could be said, one of the dancing mares suggested that they pose with his "marefriend", given her spot on Daring Do look. Carrot just nodded, not even bothering to correct them on their assumption but instead stood back as they quickly collected around "Daring Do" and posed for the picture. With "Daring Dash" in the group, suddenly the pictures were even that much more alluring. One of the mare's eye lit up with an idea, she hoofed over her camera to Carrot before turning to Dash [colour=#dda0dd]"Can I get a closer picture with you?"[/colour] Carrot smiled as he took the camera, curious to what kind of pose the pretty lavender unicorn mare would take with Dash. He stepped positioned himself so they both clearly would be in the image, [colour=#ff8c00]"Ready when ye ur!"[/colour]

Braeburn watched in awe as the tree rapidly grew and darkened before them; it was the strangest sight he had ever seen, well the second strangest, haunted ghost lanterns still took the winning spot in that category. Braeburn rubbed the back of his mane with his forehoof as he sat back up close to Willow, [colour=#daa520]"maybe it's the spooky magic combined with your family's green hoof that's what's makin' the tree grow darn tootin' fast"[/colour]. Granted it was just an educated guess on Braeburn's part but as the eerily twisted dark branches grew, and the odd midnight blue, almost black leaves formed, he couldn't help but connect it directly back to the nature of the black unicorn's powers. He didn't find it frightening but instead oddly fascinating, even appealing in it's own curious way. [colour=#daa520]"Ah'm alright, thanks though! The apple tree just surprised me, ah wonder how long it'll grow this fast?"[/colour] Although the midnight blue tree had momentarily caught the focus of the two ponies, Braeburn hadn't forgotten what he said in his daze. He wanted to confess his feelings to her, but for some reason, the words stuck in his throat. He made several little noises. This was ridiculous! He flirted with mares all the time! Why couldn't he do it now? [colour=#daa520]Open yer mouth and say something, Braeburn![/colour] [colour=#daa520] "I think a different sort of tree goes real great in this apple orchard. I'd love to have more different things here."[/colour] [colour=#daa520]No, something about her![/colour] Braeburn got back up one all fours and stood close to Willow Wisp as he smiled awkwardly while his eyes focused on the bizarre flora before them. [colour=#daa520]"Ah mean umm.. Isn't it great that two so very different ponies can share something together?"[/colour] [colour=#daa520]That wasn't much better, what would yer cousins say now if they saw ya fumbling like this?[/colour] [colour=#daa520]"Ah mean, ah'm glad ah have somepony special to share this with."[/colour] As if on cue, the tree shimmered in a bright but eerie blue for a second and suddenly jumped into height to some eight feet tall, with little budding black apple blossoms.

[colour=#800080]Cheerilee[/colour] Cheerilee smiled as Ingrid placed her forehoof around the school teacher’s neck; they were comrades-in-arms, facing down the daily disasters that comes with the territory of teaching the next generation of ponies; she could help but giggle and smile at that thought. [colour=#800080]“Well I will say this was probably one of the most unusual circumstances I had to deal with when it came to a room full of foals, but it isn’t the most wild or wacky one! When this is all over, we should hang out the local inn, I can tell of the time we went on a field trip to your cousin Apple Bumpkin’s farm and the insanity that happened there, or the time we took a trip to the petting zoo, now there was a time where things really got strange with animals. Ever seen foals attempting to joust on the back of a pig or a goat? I have!”[/colour] Cheerilee started to pick up some of the streamers and cups on the floor with her mouth,[colour=#800080] “I think we can get all of this, sure it’s a mess, but it isn't unusual for these rambunctious foals. We have to hurry though, if I know this bunch, they are too hyper to stay asleep for long, especially Applebloom, being her birthday and all.”[/colour] Cheerilee surveyed the barn, it was going to take a determied effort, but it was doable, it didn’t have to be spic and span, just not have the look of the inside of a pigsty. At that moment Granny Smith commented on something Cheerilee up to this moment didn’t notice, much to her shame. One foal remained unfazed and fully alert, Haywire, and she wasn’t causing trouble, she was going out of her way to help! [colour=#800080] “Yes, she is Mrs. Smith. Umm, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble Mrs. Smith, could you convince your brother to step outside, while the three of us clean this place?”[/colour] Cheerilee turned and gave Haywire and encouraging rub on her mane, [colour=#800080]“thank you so much for helping Haywire!"[/colour] Cheerilee gave a large, cheerful smile of encouragement, [colour=#800080]“between the three of us, I know we can do it! Let's get started!”[/colour] [colour=#FF8C00]Carrot Fields[/colour] Carrot Fields just smiled awkwardly, he didn’t want to embarrass Rainbow Dash, he just wanted to… Well truth was he wanted to be the courageous stallion to the rescue, but that was such a coltish way of looking at things. [colour=#ff8c00]“I’m sure ye coods hae worn them out, Ah jist uhh.. wanted tae make sure we got th' eggs as quick as possible, don’t want tae keep th' foals waitin!”[/colour] That sounded good right; he didn’t want Dash to feel inadequate at all. Fortunately Dash appeared to accept that, or she just wanted to change the topic, either way she quickly, if a little messily, got the eggs and pranced back inside with Carrot in tow. Once inside he gave a broad if dorky smile as Dash introduced him, he had already met Applejack of course, and the white unicorn too, although briefly. She looked a bit of a mess but wow she was gorgeous none the less! Then there was the pink one, really incredibly cute but Carrot’s normal admiration was tempered by his recall of what the pink earth mare did to his sister’s setup. [colour=#ff8c00] “Ummm… hello there”.[/colour] Before he could even think of anything more to say, Applejack put her foreleg around him and mentioned last night. He clearly remembered, it was his sister that had him deliver some supplies for the party tonight, and although she no doubt had her own motivations to have him visit the neighbors at Sweet Apple, Carrot didn’t mind visiting. He really needed to learn to get better at talking to mares anyway, and it seemed like a good excuse as any. He wasn’t even surprised that Applejack was working in her carrot patch, as no doubt Purple Haze knew that too, the cunning little filly! Carrot blushed, [colour=#ff8c00]"That’s reit, actually showed Applejack haur some ay uir auld family secrets tae makin' sure th' carrots woods graw thick an' juicy! "[/colour] He had even a larger awkward grin and blush as he suddenly realized that sounded rather like loaded innuendo, or at the very least a very dull subject to anypony who wasn't a farmer. The Carrot suddenly remembered, [colour=#ff8c00]“Och we awreddy hae a cake! I mean uhh.. well can still hae two, but thaur is a foo sized birthday cake out in th' main hall ay th' barn! Mah sister, Purple Haze is watchin' it reit now; it’s 'er masterpiece!”[/colour] Carrot gave a flat look in the direction of the pink mare, [colour=#ff8c00]“sadly lae rest of 'er desserts got destroyed.”[/colour]

[colour=#9999cc]Flitter[/colour] Flitter gave a small smile as she was served another round of the cider,[colour=#9999cc] “could you leave the jug please, I’ll pay for it all.” [/colour] Flitter sighed as she quickly drank the hard apple mixture, the yellow pegasus, who appeared to be the guard type, didn’t seem to interested in talking. This night was becoming as gloomy as the weather outside; why wouldn’t Cloudchaser just tell her what was wrong? Flitter sighed and clumsily poured herself another drink, at least it was making her feel more relaxed, much more relaxed, almost tired. Nahh, it wasn’t that late, was it? [colour=#cc6699]Martini Paradise[/colour] Martini Paradise listened closely as the distressed lavender pegasus told her lament. Martini loved to listen to her customers and she loved when she could offer real advice even more. It seemed the solution to Cloudchaser’s problem was an easy one, at least in theory, [colour=#cc6699]“well hun, as you say, she is very important to you, do you really want to have some lie divide the two of you? Wouldn't it be better in the long run to simply tell her the truth of the situation you are in?” [/colour] Martini smiled warmly, [colour=#cc6699]“the inn is open you all of you kind pegasai tonight; you two could use the back area where the bedrooms are to talk privately, that way you don’t have to be embarrassed in front of anypony; now go talk to her, you don’t want some guilty secret hanging over that pretty head of yours.”[/colour] Hopefully having help set the dispirited Cloudchaser on the right path, Martini returned to listening about the intriguing dig Pocket Change spoke of, curious to what was found there that made everything so hush-hush. It wasn’t as if the barmare unicorn had any interest in magical artifacts because of personal desire, it was just the general fascination with hearing about the mysterious, thanks to Brazil Nut’s many fantastic tales. She wasn’t aware of the corrupting properties before now though. Martini poured another drink into Pocket Change’s mug and smiled [colour=#cc6699]“I suppose that is why you never see any unicorn using those magic enhancing knickknacks, because of what you said about making the user corrupt. I suppose that is why they have special unicorn agents go through digs like that. I wonder if such artifacts are illegal to use?” [/colour] It made sense if they were, of course that wouldn’t stop some ponies. The conversation turned back towards the Wonderbolts, and flight, and Martini couldn’t help but chuckle at Pocket Change’s blushing in regards to the suits being the only thing a Wonderbolt wears while “in uniform”. [colour=#cc6699]“Hon, why would they wear anything under the suit, you are not wearing any clothes at all, neither am I, nor are most of us.”[/colour] His was an odd notion although Martini would have to admit Soarin’ suit over there did accentuate his handsome physical features; is that what Sunrise Beach saw in him? Martini hoped not, she wasn’t ready for her daughter to be interested in male ponies yet. Martini shook that thought from her head and again focused on the Wonderbolt mare’s tales, especially about this odd unicorn that almost got some of the Wonderbolt’s killed. [colour=#cc6699] “So let me get this straight, she somehow had butterfly wings, lost them, panicked so much on the way down she knocked you all out and that rainbow maned pegasus over there saved you all from death?”[/colour] That was a pretty amazing tale, the blue pegasus with the rainbow mane sounded like she was some real big deal, yet there she was, blushing and flustering over Soarin’ like some school filly with a crush. Why wasn’t she a Wonderbolt? Maybe she could only fly well in emergencies? [colour=#cc6699]“Just a suggestion, perhaps you all could buy the rainbow maned pegasus another round of drinks, strike up a conversation, you'll seem pretty enamored with her"[/colour], Martini winked.

Cherrilee felt relieved that Apple Bumpkin reiterated she wasn’t going to require any payment for the damaged tree. It was a good thing the farmer pony’s cousin hadn’t returned; Carmel appeared to be far more concerned with any possible financial setback to Tiny Apple Valley and may have demanded payment. The last thing Cheerilee needed was another dock in her pay for damages caused during a class field trip; even one was too many. [colour=#800080]“Thank you for your kindness Miss Bumpkin, er, Apple Bumpkin.”[/colour] Given how the field trip had gone so far, being more informal towards the apple farmer felt appropriate. Cheerilee turned back to the concerned sister of Haywire and smiled,[colour=#800080] “I assure you that Miss Haywire will have plenty of time to think about why we don’t allow either slingshots or firecrackers on field trips or school grounds when she stays after school all of next week and helps clean, and while she spends the next few weekend learning responsibility while she helps out at Sweet Apple.” [/colour]Hopefully that would calm Haywire’s fiery sister. [colour=#800080] “Oh, and If it wouldn’t be too much to ask Miss Haymaker, we can have another *sigh* conference about what we can do to find a more productive outlet for Haywire’s energy.”[/colour] Maybe this time the family-teacher conference will work in helping Haywire not be such a little mischievous foal, still this would be what, the fourth one this year? Before she inquire further, Cheerilee’s attention was suddenly turned by a plea for help by one of her students in the juice making vat. She gave a quick awkward smile to Haymaker and turned to gallop to the vat, but before the school teacher could adequately respond, Bumpkin was already climbing in. Cheerilee was relieved, that is until the farmer mare suddenly came crashing back down right into her with Snips and Remington in tow! Cheerilee was knocked back from the impact, her head swirling in a haze from colliding with the wooden floor. Twice now she had ended up in a pile of ponies, a record even for her field trips. She just laid there in a woozy daze for a few seconds, [colour=#800080]personal time off, when this is all over I am definitely going to request personal time off; perhaps the Gallopagous Islands, I could use a week, nay a couple weeks, on a beach. [/colour]That was certainly a pleasant though, but first thing first, the foals, were they alright? Cheerilee shook and lifted her head as she rubbed the side of it, [colour=#800080]“uhh..students, what-“[/colour] . Before the schoolmare could finish her sentence, she found her muzzle pressed up against Bumpkin’s. Cheerilee just blushed fiercely, twice in one day she found herself inadvertently in inappropriate situations, in front of the class no less! Fortunately Bumpkin sat up, even if she didn’t move from atop the now thoroughly embarrassed teacher, at least she, as well as Haywire, were thinking about making sure everypony was alright; an injured student was the last thing poor Cheerilee needed. [colour=#800080]“I’m alright Haywire, thank you though, and Miss Bumpkin, may I get up now please?”[/colour] She really did need that vacation.

PeeWee is the phoenix hatching Spike rescued in Dragon Quest. There is a series of pictures of the two of them in the start of the episode with the final image showing Peewee back with his parents.

Trixie frowned as all the other ponies kept chattering on. [colour=#6699cc]"It was not hidden by a princess,"[/colour] she informed Rain Leaf, [colour=#6699cc]“It was hidden by a Doctor, and I have been informed by The Doctor how to find it!”[/colour] If only The Doctor hadn’t been so ... frustratingly cryptic about it! A secret room that could only be reached from beneath, through the X that marks the spot? But the X was on the floor! You could only go down through it! She stared at the floor while everyone else looked upwards for a few minutes, turning around the center as she considered it … then looked up to the four corners of the room, where the X stretched to. There were four pillars there, supporting long, graceful arches out across the ceiling, connecting each pillar to each other, forming the square of the room and … and an X along the ceiling, as well! A ring of stones was set into the ceiling, right at the center of the arched X, with a wide round stone set within. Trixie grinned impishly. [colour=#6699cc] "Fear not, all of you! You don't need to flit about aimlessly nor worry about torches nor staircases! For the Great and Powerful Trixie shall reveal the location to you, at this very moment! Behold, the X that marks the spot! As my awesome power and magnificent brainiac brilliance reveals to you the location!"[/colour] She reared up, dust lifting around her as her magic aura glowed brightly, and a blast of purple light shot up from her horn to strike the big round stone in the middle of the room, a shower of sparks and a rain of twinkling lights floating down over all the ponies. For a moment there was nothing - no reaction, no revealed secret, no nothing. Blast that Doctor! He was embarrassing her! But just as she was about to open her mouth, there was a rumbling, and a shower of dust from around that circular stone, and suddenly it dropped from the ceiling in a rush, making the floor shake as a new pillar struck into the center of the room. Trixie jumped in surprise, as it barely missed crushing her, a mere inch from her nose. Her eyes were the size of saucer-plates, and her pupils tiny. Was that crazy Doctor trying to KILL her?! She took a step back; looking up along the pillar... it wasn't stone, but instead a round, metal, spiral staircase, leading up the center of the room into the dark room above. [colour=#6699cc] "Ha-ha! Behold! The Wise and Scholarly Trixie has revealed the way forward!"[/colour] Trixie looked directly at Rain Leaf with a proud smile as she again lit up her horn with a lavender glow. [colour=#6699cc] “Come now my little winged companion and no need for lanterns, producing such trivial magic as light is nothing to Trixie! I’ll lead the way!”[/colour] Trixie trotted up the stairwell full of confidence; it looked as if Whooves was leading her on the right path after all! As she entered the dark room, she looked about cautiously, her horn only providing enough light to bath everything in a pale lavender glow. As she looked up she could just tell the wooden ceiling was rotting away but otherwise undisturbed. What did strike her odd though was the room was still pretty dark. It wasn’t that large! It was as if something was absorbing some of the light emanating from her horn, preventing her from seeing any details. [colour=#6699cc] “I don’t like this…”[/colour]

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Braeburn laid there flat on his back, eyes closed, a swirl of stars orbiting about his wobbly and clouded mind. In this state of confusion and blurred vision, particular recent words swirled around in his head. He couldn’t exactly recall what. Something… special, with Willow Wisp, something they shared… [colour=#daa520]“Well that’s great cuz’ ah really like you”[/colour]. Wait? What did he just say? Brabeurn quickly lifted his head, finally realizing where he was and what had happened only to suddenly find his muzzle pressed up against Willow’s, not expecting her to be so close. His eyes widened to saucers as he blushed fiercely and smiled, even as he resisted the instinct to quickly move away. Braeburn moved his head back slowly and looked downward for a moment as he felt both embarrassed and shy, [colour=#daa520]“heh, sorry about that”[/colour]. Well that wasn’t entirely true, he wasn’t really sorry. What he wanted to do is lean his head back forward and kiss her, but that would have been uncalled for. [colour=#daa520]“Ah’ll be alright ah think, thanks though.”[/colour] The goldenrod stallion looked back towards the tree; the once light green sapling was now a dark green young tree with even darker leaves that stood as tall as a full grown buffalo. Before he could say anything more a burst of eerie blue light briefly emanated from the tree flowed outward and it suddenly grew again, this time to twice the height it was before, its form dimmed to an even darker shade of teal. Tiny midnight blue buds forming at the end of its branches. [colour=#daa520] “Whoa… Ya don’t suppose that is supposed to happen, do ya?”[/colour]

This is the official thread for information and chatting about the eleventh episode of season 3 - "Just For Sidekicks"! Looks like Spike is up for another episode, so that is now two for Spike and zero for Rarity this season? Looks like Spike will be in charge of all the pets when the gals Have to be away; what could possibly go wrong? The episode airs at (9:30am Central/10:30am Eastern on January 19th). This thread will not be locked and thus commenting is open as soon as you see this; remember though, there are spoilers in the comments section so read at your own risk if you haven't seen the episode! Some would view this as an attempt at trolling They would be right

Man, now I want to app as his brother.

Braeburn smiled with pride. Any praise for the farm made his heart swell; it was a labor of love after all, a monument to the can-do mentality of hard working farmer folks in general and the Apple family in particular. This was the first time he heard to it described like an oasis; he liked that comparison. [colour=#daa520]“Aww thanks Miss Willow. Truth is, it’s ah done through hard work, grit, and determination; thar is no secret or anything to how w’all did this. We just wanted to make ah new home for ourselves. Believe it or not though, this area isn’t ah true desert, it’s more of ah steppe. Just w’all have to be extra careful since w’all have to depend on natural weathers for rain out here.”[/colour] It was true, because of the fact Applelossa was so far out on the frontier, pegasai didn’t regularly control the weather like they did in most of Equestria, which explained the harsher climate. In the Pinto, ponies had to rely on the occasional natural storm and the water underground, and hope prankster griffins didn’t cause too much of a weather fuss, although that was rare. The goldenrod stallion picked up a watering can as he watched Willow Wisp use her magic on the seedling, curious to see what effect it would have on the mysterious kernel. She said something about how her magic had a weird effect but when the seeding appeared, it looked completely normal; it was even green, he figured it would be black from what she said before. “[colour=#daa520]Hey!! That’s darn tooting! Maybe y’all have your dam’s talent w’th plants also! A regular mistress of magic!”[/colour] Braeburn brought forward the watering can, determined to do his part to start their first tree together. He sprinkled some of the fresh water on the tiny plant. Before he could react though, the seedling suddenly turned a much darker shade and shot upward as a young tree, knocking Braeburn back. The goldenrod stallion fell flat on his back, the watering can landing right on his noggin, knocking him silly. .

This is the official thread for information and chatting about the tenth episode of season 3 - "Keep Calm and Flutter On"! Fluttershy gets her first feature episode of the new season, and in this round she'll be playing the role of counselor. Her client; well we will say he is most unusual. The episode airs at (9:30am Central/10:30am Eastern on January 19th). This thread will not be locked and thus commenting is open as soon as you see this; remember though, there are spoilers in the comments section so read at your own risk if you haven't seen the episode! She's a professional!

Carrot Fields smiled awkwardly in front of the griffin dealer, he did actually know what he wanted, one of the adorable Daring Do plushes, oh and the brushable action figure! Those were both so cool! Well to a total Daring Do fancolts like himself. Still… He was embarrassed about the idea of buying them for himself, [colour=#ff8c00]"weel ah was gist looking' at some figures fur mah baby sister! Let's see…"[/colour] Before he could pick out his purchases, one of the other mares dressed like Daring Do came flying by, swiped one of the props and took off. Carrot was still impressed how accurate she looked, and cute too! Of course so was Dash, she was spot on with that paint job he did. He hoped she was still having a blast and he was glad to be of such a help to her getting in, even if he felt pretty lonely now. Oh well, at least he can still get the figures. [colour=#ff8c00]"Sooo.. Ah ink she woods want 'at large Darin' Dae plush, an' ummm…"[/colour] There he spotted a cute little Daring Do and Princess Veil action figure set; Carrot pointed to the pair and smiled broadly, trying not to allow any red to show through the gray of his fur, [colour=#ff8c00]"'at set right thaur, she will loove 'at!"[/colour] Perhaps things will be alright after all, that is until that annoying reporter pegasus made a reappearance. Carrot didn't honestly expect to see him again, and right away this same pegasus came out with the insults. This guy was a reporter? Carrot starts to answer; [colour=#ff8c00]"Och, nae, Ah never wanted tae be an athlete, Ah was always tay busy wi' farm work. This is th' first one ah ever got tae go tae, because it's th' first time one's bin in th' same town aam liven' in..."[/colour] And then he trails off, getting distracted as a dozen cute mares wearing dancing mare costumes from "Daring Do and the Lost Oasis" walk past, his neck craning. [colour=#ff8c00]"Uh ... and I ... um ... went to ... uh ... scuse me. You stay retie hair an' keep bin' bitter, old, an' washed-up. I'm gonnae gang get a picture of those mares, an' hae fun."[/colour] Carrot smiled to the griffin dealer, [colour=#ff8c00]"ah'll be right back wit' bits!"[/colour]

[colour=#ff8c00]Carrot Fields[/colour] He had successfully defended the cake! It was about as worthy of story and song as all his time in the REA - which was to say, not difficult. He would have stayed there all afternoon if his sister had needed him, but he was glad he didn't have to. [colour=#ff8c00]"Cheers Purple! I'll see whit ah can dae for ponies haur." [/colour]He blushed at the fillies comment but instead of quipping back he just gave his little sis a hug, [colour=#ff8c00]"I'll be back suin, nae way we canna have ponies try your delicious cake!"[/colour] How could he help? It looked like all the tipsy foals had successfully been calmed down, the farm animals shooed back out of the barn, and he certainly wasn't any good at cooking, as his sister could most assuredly testify - but he heard a wail and a commotion outside. His curiosity piqued, Carrot followed the noise. Upon exiting the barn, Carrot was greeted by a surprising, if a little humorous, scene. There was Rainbow Dash, fleeing before a the swarm of angry, pecking, scratching chickens. Carrot stood in stunned immobility for only a moment before moving into action. He a beeline gallop to a nearby opened bad of feed an quickly grabbed it with his teeth and tossed it the chicken's way, it's contents spilling out all over the grass. No surprise the chickens instantly went for the food and forgotten everything else; if there was one lesson any farmer knew about poultry it was that they were surely stupid. Carrot looked at the single smashed egg that had landed on Dash's flank as she'd been fleeing the chickens. [colour=#ff8c00]"Now ye kin get as many eggs as ye need. These birds winnae e'en notice!"[/colour] Carrot grinned proudly, to be the dashing stallion, saving the day by ... tricking chickens ... eh, he'd take it. [colour=#800080]Cheerilee[/colour] Cheerilee watched in amazement as each foal succumbed to the hypnotic effect of the swirling pendulum. One by one each of the tipsy little ponies dozed off into dreamy bliss; it was just the opportunity they needed to take care of the mess and get the party back on track! She just needed to relax first, if just for a little bit. She felt tired suddenly… Maybe if she just closed her eyes for a moment. [colour=#008000]“Looks like your students haven’t outgrown naptime yet, eh Cheerilee?”[/colour] Cheerilee suddenly opened her eyes upon hearing Ingrid, [colour=#800080]"huh? What?"[/colour] The purple mare rubbed her eye with her forehoof. [colour=#800080]"Oh… Umm, yeah I guess they still have a bit of growing up to do!" [/colour] Hrrrm, that wasn't a very funny response. Quickly collecting her thoughts as she smiled awkwardly, Cheerilee gave the beige unicorn a hug, [colour=#800080]"thank you though, I was almost at my wit's end on how to salvage this whole thing. Never in school have I ever had a day like this, and have I ever had some whoppers of a day. Ask me to tell you about the Tiny Apple Valley field trip sometime!"[/colour] The purple earth pony mare gave quick look around, [colour=#800080]"shall we clean this place up? With luck, when the foals wake up, the new food will be ready and this room won't look like it got the business end of a tornado."[/colour]

Braeburn chucked as the listened to Willow Wisp’s backstory; he had completely forgotten about the errie blue glow that the black unicorn mare emitted in the dark. He always figured it was something that came to be when she entered fillyhood as an aspect of her blossoming unicorn magic, it had never occurred to Braeburn that a pony would be born with a magic aura! Her parents seemed to have taken it well; maybe such things weren’t that unusual with unicorns? [colour=#daa520]“Ah have to admit, when ah first saw your glow, ah was a bit… uhh, surprised.” [/colour] Truth was he was scared, he hadn’t known that it was Willow at first, and managed to trip all over himself in fright. Not his best moment. Braeburn again rubbed the back of his mane nervously.[colour=#daa520] “Ah admit, at first ah wasn’t sure what to all make of it, but once I got used to y’all glowing, I found it quite fetchin’…”[/colour] Brabeurn blushed, that no doubt sounded awkward and dorky, and what kind of compliment was it to a mare that the magic they can’t control glow is ‘fetchin’”?! [colour=#daa520] “Well ummm… anyway, that’s pretty dog gone interestin’ tale, and ah’ll bet there aint much knowledge of all them supernatural stuff, so y’all probably got an exciting job discovering all sorts of new thangs, or um, old thangs! Shall we’ll go plant them there seeds now?” [/colour] It was as good as time as any given how much Braeburn flet he was flubbing his compliments to the pretty mare. With the bag of seeds in his mouth, Braeburn trotted out to the far edge of his homestead, an isolated area that was bereft of apple trees. The area was nothing but an open field of short grass with a small creek than ran nearby which marked the boundary of the goldenrod stallion’s land. “[colour=#daa520]This looks like ah good spot, ah figure this way it be safe no matter what happened.” [/colour] With that scraped the ground with his forehoof and carefully dropped one of the seeds into the scarp before covering it back up with the soil. [colour=#daa520]“Shall we water first or y’all want to try magic first?”[/colour]

Braebrun beamed with pride and joy, if there is one surefire way to get to an Apple’s heart, it is by complimenting their cooking. [colour=#daa520] “Ah’m glad you love the pie. Ah can’t take credit for makin’ it all mahself, my little cousin Apple Pie did most of the work, and the crust came from ah friendly pony called Honeysuckle, that’s the apiarist ah mentioned earlier. Oh I do have more if ya’ll wanna take some back with y’all to Ponyville!”[/colour] Braeburn chuckled as Willow Wisp complimented on how the earth ponies of the family do so well, but it just came natural to them. [colour=#daa520]“Taking care of animals and making things grow, that’s our earth pony specialty; our own brands of magic ah guess y’all could say. Sure it isn’t outward or thru dem spells, but through innate understandin’ of the earth and all living things. It’s similar to have th’ pegasai can just control the weather as if it’s all second nature to ‘em.”[/colour] Braeburn closed the bag of seeds and smiled, [colour=#daa520]“still ah wouldn’t think it hurt if y’all did try some of yer unicorn magic on the seed, we can do that once y’all are finished with the pie.” [/colour] He had no idea how Willow’s unicorn magic would affect the seed, yet again he had no idea what would happen in general once it was planted. At least there was an open space at the edge of the farm with nothing but short steppe grass; they could plant it there, a safe distance from anything else. Who knows it could be a whole new tasty brand of apple that be a best selling treat, and his farm would be the only supplier! Just as interesting to Braeburn was the fact the pretty unicorn mare mentioned that most of her family were of earth pony stock. [colour=#daa520]“Sounds like you come from a family of florists and herbalists! Ah wonder if any of them live here in good ol’ APPPPPLLOOSA! We do have a few gardener types around! I hope y’all don’t mine me asking though, what all got you into ghosts and the supernatural? Did it all have to do with yer father’s specialty?”[/colour]

Martini Paradise blushed wide eyed at Shining Armor's joking suggestion that the royal couple take Martini home with them. Sure it was said in jest, and sure it was mainly in reference to her bartending skills, but it was still a shock to hear, especially when Martini let her mind briefly wander to what else such a situation would entail with the beautiful couple. She shook her head back into reality and took another sip of the amazing vintage - It was really hard to describe, it was like drinking an elixir of love and compassion. As Martini listened to the alicorn princess' story of her father it dawned upon her this is the very first time she ever heard about any of the parents of the royals. The very concept of any of the princesses having parents never even occurred to the unicorn barmare before, but it made sense - Every other pony had parents, so why shouldn't the alicorns, right? Cadance's description of her education sounded much like Martini imagined it would, and a clear contrast to the unicorn mare's own sad lack of formal schooling. What did surprise Martini was Cadance's curiosity about Martini's other hobbies. Not many ever asked Martini what she was into, mostly it was the barmare listening to whatever the customer found interesting about their own life. [colour=#cc6699]"Well as much as I enjoy doing this, I have just as much passion for the outdoors, especially the forest and the beach! I love the beach… Grew up on the Gallopocous actually and its so very beautiful, but you probably knew that already."[/colour] Martini blushed as she smiled and took another slip of her drink, [colour=#cc6699]"lately I have been more into delving into exploring mysterious ruins, caves, and even getting into archeology! All thanks to a one Brazil Nut!" [/colour] Martini blushed some more at that last sentence, she was really becoming infatuated with the earth pony explorer, she just wasn't sure if he liked her in the same way. Of course she now wanted to ask the princess of love for advice, but she didn't want to impose - Cadance and Shining were her customers, after all. [colour=#cc6699]"Speaking of fascinating and far off places, that vineyard sounds amazing, do you still visit it today? I'd sure love to see what wonderful wines are produced there!"[/colour]

Trixie snickered at Pathfinder's "nice hooves" comment towards the brown earth pony as she laid there on her side, wrapped in her old lavender gray blanket, [colour=#6699cc]"you know Pathfinder, he's single and available!" [/colour]Trixie smirked; she couldn't help herself when it came to getting in a few barbs at the Doctor; it wasn't as if she disliked him or anything, it just amused her to see him put on the spot in any occasion. Trixie started to drift off once Whooves got his wagon engine working; she still didn't understand how that whole contraption worked, but it did, and despite the humming noise, it kept the inside of the wagon warm. She didn't even mind that he laid down right next to her; as long as he kept his back to her and not make any moves, she welcomed the extra warmth. Trixie mind wandered into a dream state, visions of the Staff filled her dreamy head as she envisioned using its secrets to somehow become the greatest show mare on all of Equestria! Her magical shows featuring magnificent three-dimensional stories brilliantly displayed across the entire sky in a dazzling cornucopia of colours; adoring fans showing her with flowers and bits, as well as their adoration, lots of adoration. Her stage then morphed into an opulent room where she sat on a luxurious silken bed, eating delicious fruit sherbet on golden plates. Beautiful maidens fanning her… That fanning was getting a bit too hurried… Trixie's eyes suddenly blinked open, a gray shaded tail swinging back and forth covered her immediate view. [colour=#6699cc]"Hey! The Great and Powerful Trixie is trying to get her beauty sleep! You think looking *this* good is easy!?"[/colour] Trixie picked up the annoying pegasus mare, along with her pen and paper, with her magic and turned her around so the tail would be facing away from the now very annoyed unicorn, before plopping Pathfinder unceremoniously back onto floor. [colour=#6699cc]"There! Now try to write quietly!"[/colour] With that Trixie covered her face with her blanket, determined to get through this night with at least a few hours of sleep.