Chapter 2

This one seems to be getting read by lots of people, so I have to make another chapter! Let's get to it!

It was the mailpony. God! She had to be interrupted during her cleaning session for some mail! It was just ridiculous! When Twilight was about to storm off back into her library, she noticed something about the mailpony, and then it hit her. They had the same cutie marks!

"Sir!" She called out, not knowing what she was going to say next. The stallion turned around, and only then did she see. He also had a horn, but he didn't have any wings, fortunately. That would have made things too similar. He was a blue, almost purple coat, and an even darker shade of blue for his mane. The stallion noticed her staring at him, then decided to be the first one to talk.

"My name's Duskray," The stallion said, then he directed his attention to her flank. "Is that your REAL cutie mark?" He asked, obviously concerned.

Twilight wasn't paying attention, since she was still focused on his cutie mark. After asking again, she snapped out of her daze and replied.

"Yeah! It represents my ability with magic," she said cheerfully, though still surprised and confused about the whole thing. "But why are they the same!"

"I'm not sure," Duskray replied, seeming to get more and more worried. "But it may be worth finding out!"

Twilight had never agreed to something as much as she agreed to that! They both ran out of the castle, and ran through Ponyville, trying to find a decent place to sit.

When Applejack made it to the shaking trees, she wasn't prepared for what she say. There was an orange stallion with a light red mane, but that isn't what caught her attention. One of the first things she noticed was his cutie mark! It was almost identical to the one she had! She looked at her flank, as if making sure her cutie mark was still there, and then ran right up to the stallion.

"What're ya'll doin here?!" Applejack yelled, demanding an answer. The stallion just simply turned around and looked her right in the eye.

"I'm tryin to help with this here harvest!" He replied, with almost the same level of anger in his voice. "I aint tryin to take your apples!" He just went right back to bucking.

"Well we don't need none of y'all's help!" She screamed, getting even more furious, "Us apples can get it done by our lonesome!"

She could see that the stallion was getting just as angry as her, but that didn't make her back down.

"I'd think you'd be appreciatin some my help!" He boomed, making even the apples in Appaloosa hear, "But I guess I came to the WRONG FARM!"

When he stormed off, Applejack realized her mistake. Her and Big Mac wouldn't even come close to harvesting all the apples they had, so she could use some help from another hardworking pony.

"Excuse me," Applejack said, sounding apologetic and angry at once, making the stallion look back. "I think that we might appreciate your help."

The stallion nodded his head, then bucked a tree right next to him, making all of the apples fall.

"I'm Applebuck," He said, still not seeming to be as happy as Applejack hoped. "I'm Applejack," she replied.

"Are you ok?" The Stallion asked when he landed.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Rainbow Dash said, careful not to sound weak to the pony next to her.

The stallion next to her had a light green coat, with his mane of all sorts of colors! His mane was styled similarly to Thunderlane, but with many more colors.

"Man, you should have seen what happened!" The stallion went on, almost laughing at the thought of it. "You were just sitting there, and then-VWOOSH! I fly right past and-"

Rainbow Dash didn't really care about what had happened, since she was focused on something else; his cutie mark!

"-You started falling, and I didn't want to get blamed, so I started-" The stallion was interrupted by Rainbow kicking him square in the chest, knocking him back about a foot.

"I don't really care what happened," Rainbow Dash snapped, "But I do want to know about that cutie mark!" The stallion looked almost dazed when she said this, and he took a little bit of time to reply.

"My cutie mark? What about it?" He asked, genuinely confused. It hit Rainbow that this pony wasn't bright at all.

"Why is it the same as mine?" Rainbow yelled, pointing her hoof at his mark, and then at her own. This seemed to be enough for the stallion to get.

"Well, I don't know! Maybe it's a coincidence!" He yelled. Than the question Rainbow Dash had was blurted out.

"What's your name, anyway!" She asked, and an answer came in no time.

"My name's Rainbow Flash!" He said, and this was when Rainbow thought that coincidence wasn't much of a stretch! Similar names, the same cutie mark, both pegasi, it seemed too coincidental.

"Wanna go for a fly?" He asked, and Rainbow could never turn down a fly. Though he took off fast, she couldn't flap her wings without pain from her fall earlier. Rainbow Flash noticed this, and flew back to meet her.

"Maybe a walk would be better," He said with a sigh. Rainbow gave a weak smile, disappointed to not being able to fly, but they walked with each other.

She only opened the door a crack, but that just made the singing get louder. Fluttershy was already scared out of her feathers, but she knew that somepony was out there, but they couldn't mean harm. Not while singing like that, anyway.

As she walked around the animal pen, she heard the singing coming from her chicken coop. as she looked behind it, she saw a stallion pegasus with a shining scarlet coat. His mane was a deep magenta, and had almost piercing green eyes. He was also singing in one of the most beautiful voices she'd ever heard. He noticed her standing near him, watching, so he stopped singing, but kept looking forward, and away from Fluttershy.

"Oh," she whispered. "I'm sorry if I startled you." She looked at his cutie mark, and she gasped.

It was the same.

"Hey," she asked, trying to keep her voice down. "What's up with your cutie mark?"

The stallion seemed to get offended by this, and he covered up his flank with his tail and whimpered.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! It's just," She went on, "It's just the same as mine."

The stallion turned around, looked at her cutie mark, and gasped as well.

"So, uh, what's your name?" Fluttershy asked, trying not to come off as nosy.

"Its… Chirpsong," He whispered, almost completely inaudible.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you," Fluttershy said, still trying to not come off as nosy.

"I said, it's… Chirpsong," He whispered again, this time with a little more volume.

Fluttershy was lucky since she talks so softly naturally, so she has very good ears.

"Well my name's Fluttershy," She replied, hoping to not come off as too happy, "And I'm so happy to meet you!"

Chirpsong seemed to perk up at this thought, then thought it was safe to start talking.

"Would you, maybe, want to sing a duet together?" Chirpsong asked, though sounded more sheepish and cowardly.

"I would love to!" Fluttershy said happily. "Let me go and get some of my birds!

She was being robbed, she thought, this was a robbery! No one would be in her house before it was open! All she could see was a shiny white-coated stallion with a glistening black mane running around her kitchen, seeming to be making something in a pan, then running into her workroom and working with the fabric. When she walked into the room, she couldn't believe her eyes. The dresses were gorgeous, as well as the suits the stallion was working furiously on near the sewing machine. When he noticed her walk in with her mouth wide open, he started to talk.

"I'm so sorry, mare, but when I noticed the fabric in your shop, I just had to help myself," He said, not sounding apologetic at all.

"You… You…" Rarity couldn't even think of the right words to use before the stallion rushed out of the room to attend to breakfast. He came back with a full set of plates garnished almost perfectly with the food he was making.

"I'm sorry if I gave you a fright," He said, still being too excited to be sorry. "I was trying to be quiet, but then I got hungry."

"A FRIGHT!" Rarity screamed, loud enough for anyone to hear, and making even the stallion cower in fear. "I THINK IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN A FRIGHT! I THOUGHT YOU WERE ROBBING ME!"

"I didn't take anything, I swear!" The stallion said, cowering away from the crazy mare. "M-My name's Bowtie."

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU WERE PHOTO FINISH!" Rarity bellowed, "GET OUT OF MY SHOP!"

As Bowtie started to walk out of the door, Rarity was still steaming about the whole ordeal. But while looking around her shop, and at the breakfast, she noticed how good everything really looked.

"Uh, Bowtie?!" Rarity said, trying not to yell, but also trying to be heard. "Would you maybe like to go have tea later?"

"Sure, I guess," Bowtie said, obviously still rather mad, "But you'd better buy."

Everyone was partying, and it wasn't thanks to Pinkie Pie. She was beginning to get sadder until she saw someone in the center of the crowd. It was a light blue pony with sky blue hair, and he seemed to be making balloon animals for everyone. When he looked over at Pinkie, he jumped off the platform he was standing on and walked over to her.

"Hey there, little mare!" He said cheerfully, "Why are you so glum?"

Pinkie was hesitant to talk to him at first, but it didn't seem like he wanted to hurt or use her, so she talked.

"This party was mine!" She said, getting even sadder, "And you stole it from me!"

The stallion looked a little confused, then it seemed as if it all clicked right into place.

"Oh, come on, little lady! It doesn't matter which of us caused it, but Twist is the one who has to be happy!" He replied, with a cheery tone. This didn't make Pinkie Pie any happier.

It took her a little time to notice, but her and the stallion had the exact same cutie mark of three balloons!

"Hey, I've never seen you around before! what's your name?" Pinkie asked.

"Hm? My name? It's Party Hat!" He said gleefully, though also seeming to get a little ticked off. "Now can I please get back to the party I have going on?"

Though Party Hat kept going and having fun, but Pinkie Pie didn't leave, and she kept following him, watching to make sure he didn't leave. When the party finally did end, Pinkie was behind schedule, but she didn't care.

"Hey," said Pinkie when the party had ended, "Wanna head to the next party together?" Party Hat gave a glowing, almost too happy smile.

"I would love to," he replied.

"But come on, Twilight! Doesn't it seem a bit too coincidental?" Spike asked worrisomely. "I mean, the cutie mark, the horn, even your personalities! It seems a little-"

"Spike, SHUT UP!" Twilight yelled, "You're just jealous that I found someone who likes me, and you can't!"

"But that's not true!" Spike said, getting angrier. "You're just too blinded by love to see-"

"BLINDED by LOVE!" Twilight exploded. "In that case, you're too blinded by jealousy to see that what we have is true love, and something you could never get!"

Spike gave up. He threw his arms up in the air and stormed off. He knew that he was right, but he didn't know how to convince Twilight when her love was too-. He caught it.

"I AM just trying to ruin her love, aren't I?" he said to himself. "Maybe I should just give this stallion a chance." Big Mistake.