A beautiful day showered all of Equestria is sunlight. With plenty of clouds busted and rain not expected for a few days, the Mane 6 and Spike met up in the fields outside of Ponyville to hangout.
"I brought CUPAKES!" Pinkie squealed as she brought a large good smelling box out of her saddle bag. "Discord made some of his famous cucumber sandwiches for our picnic," Fluttershy whispered, producing a tray from her own bags.
Rainbow dash happily chowed down on her friends offerings. "Where is Dr. Chaos anyway?" The speedster asked. "Discord left to work on something in Manehattan for the Princess. He'll be back soon." The other Pegasus explained. "Well wherever he is, he sure makes a mean sandwich." Applejack said happily, following Rainbows lead.
"Speaking of being somewhere else, where's Twilight and Spike?" Pinkie asked, divvying up her treats. "Here we come!" A voice sang from the distance. The ponies looked up to see the student of Celestia careening down from the sky with Spike clinging to her back.
"Twilight, your gonna overshoot it! Pull up!" Spike screamed. "I can do
It I can do it I can do it!" Twilight said to herself as she did her best to stick the landing, but after a moment she realized she would not be sticking the landing. Instead, she was crashing face first into the hillside.
"GIRLS!" The alicorn squealed in panic as the ground rushed towards her and Spike. "We got you Twi!" Rainbow Dash yelled, grabbing Fluttershy and taking flight to snatch their friends out of the air. The pegasi stuck the landing and dropped Twilight and Spike by the other ponies.
"Ugh. Talk about a rough landing." The baby dragon moaned as he tried not to lose his lunch. The ponies laughed as the pegasi set Twilight down. "Good job Twilight! You barely even crashed this time!" Rainbow Dash laughed as the Alicorn smoothed out her mane. "Gee thanks Rainbow Dash." Twilight said sarcastically as she sat down with her friends.
"Well at least I can finally eat lunch! Rarity?" Spike said lovingly, fluttering his eyes at his fashionista crush. "Of course Spikey Wikey! A nice big jewel for your sandwich." Rarity said, pulling an emerald the size of a hoof out of her bag and handing it to the dragon." "Alright!" Spike cheered, grabbing one of the sandwiches and stuffing the jewel inside.
But before the dragon could consume his treat, a burst of fire shot out of his jaws and took the shape of a scroll. "Huh, a message from the Princess? It's been a while since she sent one of those." Twilight wondered aloud as she opened the note. "Well what's it say Twilight?" Applejack asked. "Yeah, which big bad monster does the princess need taken down this week?" Rainbow Dash boasted, shadowboxing a cloud as she spoke.
"Princess Twlight, I am sending you this scroll to give you and your friends an important assignment. One of the Royal guard of Canterlot is coming to Ponyville with questions about the magic of friendship. I can think of no better group of friends to teach him these lessons. Please help this colt find his way. Princess Celestia." Twilight read aloud.
"Well that sounds like fun! We never really did get to teach anypony about friendship." Rarity said happily. "Call me Professor Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie cheered to everyone's skepticism. "Let's stick with Pinkie for right now." Dash said. "That's PROFESSOR to you!" The party pony shouted. "Alright alright Professor!" Rainbow Dash yelped as she scrambled back. "So what's this colts name anyway?" Applejack asked as she picked up the Pegasus.
Twilight read further to find it. "Midnight Thunder, Lieutenant to Shining Armor. That's weird, my brother never mentioned having a lieutenant." Suddenly, Rainbow Dashes eyes widened and her name stood up on end. "M-Midnight Thunder is coming HERE?!" The flyer squealed in panic. "Do you know this colt Rainbow Dash?" Rarity asked. Dashes eyes bounced around her friends before steadying. "Nope! But I just remembered that I need to do something really important that will take a long time and I gotta go!" Dash sputtered.
"What in transition do you have to do right now?" Applejack asked suspiciously. "Tank...needs his shell waxed! Yeah that's it!" Rainbow Dash said with her most suspicious face ever. "Looks okay to me!" Pinkie said, inspecting the hovering amphibians shell. "Well you for know anything about turtles so I gotta go!" Dash exclaimed before flying off.
The ponies blinked and stared awkwardly at the smoke trail their friend left behind. "Well that was weird." Twilight said, trying to break the awkwardness. "Fluttershy, your from Cloudstale. Do you know this Midnight Thunder?" Rarity asked. "Or why Rainbow Dash is acting like a cow on a rattler farm now that he's coming?" Applejack added on.
The timid Pegasus thought for a moment. "That name sounds familiar, but I don't think I ever met him." Fluttershy admitted. The other ponies seemed to agree, but Applejack was skeptical. "Are you SURE?" The earth pony asked, her voice dripping with skepticism.
"O-of course I'm sure," Fluttershy stuttered. Applejack continued to stare down her friend, in something the ponies had deemed 'the honesty look.' Similar to Fluttershys 'stare,' Applejacks look had a tendency to force the truth out of anypony. "Fluttershy, you tell me the truth!" The country mare demanded.
"...Gottago!" Fluttershy squeaked out before speeding off into the sky faster then any of her friends had ever seen her go. "What in Equestria are those ponies hiding?" Twilight asked. "What we need is a gumshoe!" Pinkie yelled, producing her Sherlock Holmes cap and slapping the Watson hat on Twilight.
"Oh not again Pinkie!" Twilight said in exasperation. "Yes again! There's a mystery a'hoof and I intend to solve it! With my trusty assistant Twilight, and our rookie constables Applejack and Rarity!" The Pinkie proclaimed, slapping cop hats on her friends. "Excuse me?" Rarity asked. "We are going to solve this case whether you like it or not!" Pinkie proclaimed. "Fine Pinkie. Let's detective this thing." Twilight reluctantly agreed. "Yay!"
