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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was created by Lauren Faust, based on characters created by Bonnie Zacherle. Songs written by Daniel Ingram. All related characters, likenesses and concepts are owned by Hasbro, Ltd.

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Chapter 1: Surprise!

Daring Do Dazzle worked at her house, with the opened Seven Sided Chest of Chicomoztoc, alongside various papers, journals, books and notes, over her desk. She was writing something on a notebook, and upon finishing, she read what it said:

"Hekwikwale Ketzalkoātl-yxāekȳnitzin īxaetlaetkiwh ītēon-Teotiwakan-wȳohāl."

Daring Do sighed hard, this was going to be a long night. She grabbed some large books and some of her notes and got to translating the text. Night was starting to gave way for morning, as Luna's Moon descended below the horizon, and Celestia's Sun rose above it, when the archaeologist finished her work.

She looked at it with a smile of triumph and read it aloud, "'The greatest treasure of Empress Quetzalcoatl is in the fortress of Teotihuacan.' Wonder what that treasure is. Or where that fortress is for that ma―"

Then she noticed writing on the parchment she had taken out from the chest, writing she hadn't noticed before.

She grabbed the parchment and growled in frustration. "Really!? I spent two weeks deciphering that other part! How could I have mis―!?"

Her eyes widened in realization, she gave a defeated sigh and closed her eyes, reclining on her chair.

Then she said softly, "That Quibble Pants guy was right… I'm losing my touch…" She straightened up, and put the parchment on the desk again. "Doesn't matter now! Time to work!"

And with that, she got back to working, deciphering the writing.

Two weeks later...

Twilight Sparkle waited for the train at the platform of the Ponyville station. But she wasn't just standing there, no, she was pacing around nervously, muttering to herself. Or at least she did, until a familiar voice broke her out of her trance.

"Howdy, Princess! How're ya?"

The young alicorn frowned and turned to her hat-wearing friend.. "Applejack, I tho―"

"Yeah, yeah, Ah know, Twi," the freckled earth pony replied, "Ah'm just teasin' ya."

Twilight's expression softened as she smiled warmly, and then noticed the three fillies trailing behind Applejack. "Apple Bloom! Sweetie Belle! Scootaloo!" She shouted upon recognizing them.

"Twilight!" The three fillies cried in unison and glomped the Princess of Friendship, who didn't even budge.

"What are you doing here, girls?" she asked.

"We're waitin' for mah favorite cousin: Babs!" Apple Bloom replied from her spot on Twilight's back.

"Ah invited her to that Con thingy," Applejack added, "Ah hope ya don't mind."

"Nah, I don't mind at all, Applejack," replied the purple alicorn, while the Cutie Mark Crusaders let go of her. "Did you get her an All-Access Pass too?"

"Eeyup."

"Great!"

At that moment, a mint green unicorn mare arrived at the platform. Twilight saw her, and trotted towards her.

"Lyra!" the Princess cried to the unicorn.

Lyra Heartstrings turned around, wide-eyed. "Uh... Hi, Twilight. Uhm, this is strange…"

"Yeah, I know what you mean," Twilight Sparkle said giving a glance to Applejack, who understanding what was going on, nodded and turned to keep the Crusaders busy. Then Twilight turned back to Lyra and continued, "I'm sure you spoke to the others from Canterlot, right?"

"Yup," the unicorn replied. "That's why I'm here. They also said you went there a while ago and―"

"Apologized?" the Alicorn completed. "That's why I came to speak with you. I wanted to apologize for being such a bad friend back when we were at school. You didn't deserve to be treated like that, and neither did the others. That's why I went there that time. You were the last one left, and I'm sorry I took so long, but ―"

"That's okay, Twilight," the mint green pony replied, her eyes wet. "I understand, you're a Princess now, and you must be busy. And I want you to know that I forgive you, for everything. That's what friends are for, right?" She said winking, then continued pointing to Applejack "And I'm so happy for you, because you moved on and made new friends here in Ponyville, just like I did…"

With that, both old friends hugged each other, tears coming out of their eyes. They stayed for a moment like that, then let go and cleaned their eyes.

Twilight was the first to speak, "Speaking of new friends... Where is Bon Bon?"

"Oh yeah, her," Lyra replied, then suspiciously moved her eyes side to side "She's… uhm… busy… with… uh... something…" Then her ears dropped and gave a nervous chuckle.

Twilight narrowed her eyes, then opened her mouth to say something, but no word came out. Because at that moment a rainbow-colored blur smashed into her, dragging her to the dirt beyond the platform, where both crashed spectacularly, carving a long gouge that stopped at the roots of a tree.

Lyra initially sighed in relief, but then, the realization of what just had happened, hit her and she cringed, alongside Applejack and the CMCs, at the sight of the crash. Immediately after, they all started galloping towards the crash site.

Lyra caught up to Applejack and said, "Hey, Applejack!"

"Yeah? What is it?" The farm pony replied.

"I want to thank you."

The blonde pony's eyes went wide and slowed down to a stop. "Thank me? Fer what?" Then she turned to the unicorn.

Lyra had stopped at about the same time as Applejack had. "For making friends with Twilight, of course! You have no idea how much she has changed since we were in school! And it's all thanks to you and her friends!"

"Aw shucks, Lyra… Thanks…. but... can we continue later? Ah think Twi may need our help now…"

The unicorn went wide-eyed. "Oh, right!"

Then, both rushed to the crash site.

Meanwhile, in the skies above Ponyville, a pink-maned pegasus mare, with a very light gray cyan coat that seemed almost white under the sun, flew towards the town. However, as she neared it, the glare of a reflection blinded her, forcing a landing on a cloud above. She sat on it for a moment. shaking her head for a moment to clear her vision.

Once her vision cleared she noticed the massive structure that had blinded her, a sparkling crystal palace, that glimmered under Celestia's Sun.

Princess Twilight Sparkle's castle, she thought. Then she squeed and started stomping rapidly until she felt a soft landing behind her.

The pegasus whirled around to see another pegasus mare, who watched her curiously with her amber eyes. Then that mare's right eye drifted upwards.

"Hello!" Said the cross-eyed pegasus enthusiastically.

"Uh… hi?" replied the other, slightly taken aback.

"I don't think we have met before," the bubbly pegasus said, "What's your name?"

"Uhm… Sunny Skies…" Replied the other pegasus. "And yours?"

"Nice to meet you, Sunny!" Replied the cross-eyed mare, ignoring the question. "Muffin?" Then she asked, offering said confection.

"Uh… Thanks," said Sunny receiving the muffin, then took a bite from it . "But you didn't tell ―"

"Well, gotta go," replied the bubbly pegasus hastily. "Lots of mail to deliver! See ya!"

With that, the bluish-grey pegasus dove down to the town… just to crash on a random building's wall.

Sunny Skies cringed, then looked at the castle, and back to the downed pegasus. She repeated the same action for some time, until she sighed and said to herself, "The castle can wait." She gulped down the rest of the muffin and then dove down to help.

Meanwhile, at Carousel Boutique, Rarity got ready to do her pending tasks for the day, when the doorbell jingled, signaling the arrival of a customer.

The unicorn immediately turned around to say her usual greeting. "Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where every outfit is chic, unique and magnifique! I'm Rarity, how may I help you?"

Then Rarity noticed that her customer wore a trenchcoat, hat and sunglasses, concealing most of its body, and leaving very little to see.

The customer spoke with a very gravelly voice, "So, you're Rarity, the famed designer, and the best seamstress in all of Equestria."

"Pfft, oh you flatterer!" the fashion pony replied, "but really, how could I help you? Unless you want to keep flattering me, of course, darling."

The customer cleared his throat and continued, "Ah, yes." He gave Rarity a box. "The garment in this box is damaged, I would like it to be repaired. Do not open it, until I leave!"

"Oh, my, my. Why the mystery, Soarin'?"

"It's beca― Wait, what?" The disguised Wonderbolt dropped the act immediately. "How did you ―?"

"Oh please, Soarin'! Remember that whole Wind Rider debacle, darling?"

"Uhm… yes…"

"Well, I only met him once," she moved near him, until their muzzles were nearly touching. "Imagine how much easier it would be with somepony I see in almost every soirée I get invited to in Canterlot…"

"Oh…" The Pegasus' eyes widened. "Oooooooh… That makes sense…"

"So..." She turned around in a flirty way. "You didn't answer my question…" She swung her head back to see him directly.

Soarin' blushed and stammered, "I… well... oh, yeah. Because Spitfire would kill me if she knew what happened! Uh… I mean, not literally, but…"

Rarity narrowed her eyes. "Yes, I know, darling. I'm not some brainless bimbo."

The stallion lowered his head ashamed. "Oh… I'm sorry, Miss Rarity. I… didn't meant to insult you…"

Rarity closed her eyes and sighed. "No matter, darling... After all, you aren't the brightest Wonderbolt…"

"Thanks, I ― Wait…" Soarin' went silent for a moment. "I… I totally deserved that one."

Rarity smirked. "Well, now all of this has been sorted out, I think I need to get back to work." She then gave Soarin' an aside glance. "And don't worry, Spitfire won't know it from me, Mister Mysterious Gentlecolt."

"Uh, thanks Miss Rarity. I'll come back later." And with those words, the Wonderbolt left hurriedly.

The grey-white unicorn closed the door behind him, as she took the uniform out of the box.

"SWEET CELESTIA! What did that stallion do to this poor ensemble!?"

As Sunny Skies dove down, a yellow and pink blur rushed in and blocked her way. The pegasus opened her wings to slow down her fall, followed that with an Immelmann turn, then turned to the left with a half barrel roll and finished by gliding down to land besides the pink-maned, yellow pegasus who had been the blur.

"Oh my goodness!" said the newcomer, in a soft, soothing voice. "Are you alright?"

Sunny decided to watch silently, while the blonde pegasus mare stood back on her hooves and said, "Yeah, I'm fine, 'Shy, thanks!"

Then the near-white pegasus decided to speak, "I'm sorry, I didn't meant for this to happen to you…"

"Bah, don't worry. It always happens!" said the violet-gray mare dismissively, as she lifted off. Then she flew away.

Sunny turned to the yellow pegasus at her side and asked, "Is she serious?"

"Yes," replied the soft voiced mare bluntly. Then she turned to see Sunny Skies. "She really is very accident prone. Luckily, she never gets hurt… as far as I know."

"And here I thought it was because I asked her name…"

"Oh, don't get me wrong, her name is a sensitive subject, she... doesn't like it." The yellow pegasus sighed. "And the nicknames she's known with are mean, I don't like using them."

"I see…"

"Yeah, I know, right! Some―"

"HI, FLUTTERSHY!" A pink earth pony suddenly shouted.

The yellow pegasus "eep'ed" and jumped behind Sunny. "Pinkie Pie! You sca―"

The mentioned mare didn't seem to notice the jumpy pegasus' indignant expression. "You'd never guess what! There's a ―" Then she suddenly noticed Sunny Skies, gasped loudly and dashed away at an impossible speed.

The near-white pegasus blinked and said, "What just happened…?"

"Don't question it, she's just Pinkie Pie..." replied the other one.

"Oookay…"

The pink-maned yellow pegasus suddenly widened her eyes. "Oh my, I have had forgotten!" Then added hastily. "I have to take a poor bird to Doctor Fauna! Sorry, have to go now. Have fun!"

And with that, she left as fast as she could.

Sunny took a moment to react, then she cried, "Hey wait! I didn't… catch… your… name?"

But by the time she had finished that sentence, the other pegasus had already left. Sunny sighed, looked in the direction the pink earth pony had left, shrugged and took to the skies again.

Twilight Sparkle groaned and spat dirt as her vision cleared, then started to get back on her hooves. Initially she didn't notice the weight on her back, but as soon as the young Princess fully stood up, she felt it and bucked it off her. She shook the dirt off her coat, mane and wings, then turned, to see the weight she had bucked off was Rainbow Dash.

The alicorn frowned and started shouting, "Rain-bow. DASH! What's wrong with you!?"

The mentioned mare groaned and replied in a low voice, "Not so loud, Twilight, my head is thumping…"

"Your head is thumping!? Your. Head. Is. THUMPING!? Rainbow Dash, you could have hurt ME!?"

"Hurt you?" The rainbow mare started hovering in annoyance, and put her nuzzle in contact with Twilight's. "Hurt you!? Come on Twilight! I have seen you crash harder than the time I broke my wing ―"

"Ooooh! I remember that one!" Pinkie Pie said, appearing suddenly besides a very startled Applejack, who had arrived some time ago, and, until then, had been watching the scene amused, alongside Lyra and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"― and then walk away like it was nothing!" Dash finished, then backed away to see Twilight's reaction better.

Twilight pointed at Dash with her hoof and opened her mouth to argue, but immediately after she closed her mouth and retracted the hoof. Then she tried it once more with the same result.

Finally she took a pensive pose and said, "You know, Rainbow, you're not wrong."

"Say WHAT now?" Applejack suddenly shouted, taking her gaze from Pinkie and fixing it on the purple alicorn.

"Yeeeah, I'm with AJ on this one," the cyan Pegasus added.

"Well, Applejack," said Twilight while flying out of the gouge. "It's just that I have been an alicorn for about two years now, but I still don't know the full extent of the limits of my body."

"Oooooooh," said everypony present in unison.

"Yeah, as soon as I have time, I will start running tests to know my limits!"

"Oh, oh, oh," Apple Bloom suddenly interjected, raising her hoof. "Maybe me and mah friends can help!"

"Yeah!" Sweetie Belle echoed, "We can help you, Twilight!"

"Of course!" Scootaloo finished, "The Cutie Mark Crusaders are on the job!"

Then the three girls shouted together "YAY!" while high-hoofing, which caused a massive air shockwave.

Twilight stood silent for a moment processing what had just happened. "I had forgotten how loud you girls can be," she said, then shook her head and continued, "but you know what? You're hired, Crusaders! I'll use your help."

Applejack rose her eyebrow quizzically. "Twi, are ya sure? Ya'know mah sister and her friends: When they try som'thin'… it ends badly…"

"Exactly!" Twilight replied, a little too excited.

But before anypony could reply to the Princess, the whistle of the Friendship Express was heard, making everypony gasp and rush back to the station to welcome the guests.

Octavia Melody and Vinyl Scratch walked towards the Castle of Friendship. The gray earth pony had an expression of annoyance, while the blue-haired unicorn trotted happily at the vanguard.

"Ugh…" Octavia stopped. "Sister, I know you are all about finding me new friends, but… are you sure this is the best place?"

The DJ unicorn produced a notepad and a pencil, then wrote, "Of course!"

The earth pony sighed and muttered, "Blast…"

Just at that moment a near-white, pink-maned pegasus landed in front of them.

DJ Pon-3 gestured her sister towards the the pegasus, making the cellist roll her eyes and groan.

Regardless she advanced towards the pegasus, and said with a gruff tone of voice, "Hello."

The pegasus jumped on her hooves and turned around. "Uhm… hi…?"

"Yes, I was wondering if… uhm… you―" Octavia started, then turned to see her sister… who had already left and was blocks away from them, her headphones on and wobbling to her music.

"Uh...yes?" Asked the pegasus, smiling despite her confusion.

The musical pony glared at her, annoyed. "I'm doing this because my sister put me up to it! And since she left―"

Before Octavia could complete that sentence, both ponies were grabbed by somepony in a trenchcoat and a fedora, and dragged inside a building, where four other ponies were already waiting.

At the sight of the scene, the pegasus muttered, "What's… going… on?"

Back at the train station, the girls arrived just as ponies started to pour out of the Friendship Express.

They stood there for a moment, then Rainbow shouted and waved, "Hey, Quibble!"

An ochre earth pony with a grayscale mane returned the wave. "Hi, Rainbow! Guess what? I decided to give the later books a chance, like you asked me to. But really, even after what we went through, I still think the idea of an alicorn being among the ones helping Daring Do in the latest book is completely ridiculous."

"Is that so?" Said Rainbow Dash, exchanging a knowing look with Twilight. "Hey, I want ya to meet one of my friends, Twilight!"

"Oh hello, I―" He then noticed the outstretched wings, and a light that seemed to come from behind her.

Applejack then scowled at the CMCs, who immediately turned off the light with sheepish grins.

Once Quibble Pants stopped gawking, he said, "You-you-you're the-the-the Princess. Of. Friendship!"

"Yes, I am." The purple alicorn replied.

"Why you didn't tell me you knew the Princess of Friendship!?" The male earth pony asked the rainbow Pegasus.

Dash shrugged. "You didn't ask."

"Also, she's very close to another celebrity," Twilight said, then winked to Applejack.

The farm pony returned the wink and said, "Yeah, as in she sees this one everyday in her bathroom."

Pinkie then suddenly rushed to Rainbow, grabbed and shook her. "What!? Reaaally Dashie? You have a celebrity in your bathroom and I wasn't told about it!?"

Everypony stood in a stunned, awkward silence for a moment.

"Right…" The Princess finally said. "Quibble Pants, let me present to you, Rainbow Dash, the latest recruit of the Wonderbolts!"

The male earth pony's jaw dropped.

Applejack whispered to Pinkie. "You do realize Ah was talkin' 'bout Dash's reflection in'er mirror, right?"

"Ooooo! I didn't know Dashie's reflection was a celebrity!" The peppy pink pony replied.

The farm pony facehoofed.

Before Quibble could say anything, an orange pegasus Royal Guard approached Twilight Sparkle and asked, "Princess Twilight Sparkle?"

"Yes," she replied, turning to the Guard.

At the affirmative reply, the Guard continued, "I'm Captain Flash Sentry, I was sent here by Princess Celestia, along with these Guards, to act as the security detachment for your Royal Castle."

Twilight stammered for a moment, "Flash… Sentry…?" But she quickly recovered and said, "Please, go back to Canterlot and tell the Princess, that the Princess of Friendship doesn't need protection."

"Her Majesty thought you might say that, so she sent this letter," the captain replied, handing said letter to Twilight.

The purple alicorn took it and read it:

"Dear Princess Twilight:

I'm sending this detachment of Royal Guards to help you with the security of your event, aside from Captain Flash Sentry and Guards Night Thunder and Donut Steel, who will be acting as a Ceremonial Honor Guard for your castle.

With regards, Princess Celestia."

Then the young Princess gave the Guards an annoyed glare, and read them the letter out loud.

The three mentioned Guards dropped their jaws, while the other ten or so Guards snickered.

At the same time, the Princess turned to her friends and said, "Sorry girls, duty calls."

But before she could leave, she heard someone calling, "Princess Twilight!"

"Sunburst?" She said, recognising the voice and turning around.

"Yeah," the stallion replied, between pants. "I got permission from Princess Cadance for some days off to visit Starlight!"

"But―"

"Yes, I know it's not the best moment, but it's the only time I could get these days off"

"Fine," she said, mildly annoyed. "You all, follow me." And she left, followed by the Guards and Sunburst.

Everypony watched her go for a moment, until Rainbow Dash noticed Quibble Pants gaze.

"So Quibble," Rainbow said, "Are you ogling my friend?"

"No..." he replied unconvincingly.

"Yeah, sure…" Applejack said, wiggling her eyebrows.

The stallion stood there, nervously looking at both mares for a moment, until he finally broke. "Okay, fine! I find Princess Twilight and the other Princesses attractive. The older ones probably more, but I digress. Also, I couldn't help but notice that she moves her rump like she's still a v―"

"Oookay, this is getting into TMI territory…" The rainbow mare interrupted.

"But, he didn't told us anythin' we didn't know, right, Rainbow?" Applejack remarked, following that by hoofbumping Dash.

"What do ya mean by that, Applejack?" Apple Bloom suddenly asked.

"Yeah, I have the same question!" Another filly's voiced echoed.

"Babs?" Applejack cried upon realizing whose voice it was. "When did ya get here?"

"A moment ago," the filly replied, blowing her mane off her eyes. "Everypony was busy gawking at the Princess when I got here."

"Ah see…" The blonde adult mare said, her eyes wide. But she quickly regained her composure and said, "Ah know! Why don't ya fillies go to Granny, and ask her to tell ya one of'er stories?"

The four fillies cried in joy and rushed away to Sweet Apple Acres, not sooner Applejack had finishing saying that last sentence, making her sigh in relief.

Then suddenly Quibble said, "This is weird…"

"What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I mean," he replied, "ponies keep coming out from the Friendship Express, more than it should realistically be able to hold!"

The cyan mare's eyes widened in realization. "You're right!"

"Freeeaky!" Pinkie remarked, while she appeared above... from outside view... hanging upside down.

Meanwhile, at the human world, Sunset Shimmer meditated over what had happened over the last months. She had finally successfully wielded the power of the Magic of Friendship, and along her friends, prevented the unraveling of the fabric of spacetime itself. Then they gained magical powers, saved Camp Everfree and the filming of the latest Daring Do movie, all while redeeming two people corrupted by the power of Equestrian magic. They were now hailed as local heroes around the small town of Canterlot.

She turned around to see her friends, who were now happily interacting with their two latest friends, Juniper Montage and, Princess Twilight's apprentice, Starlight Glimmer, her new best friend.

Sunset sighed and muttered to herself, "Guess the time has finally come…"

A piano melody was heard in the background as she started singing:

I may not know what the future holds
But hear me when I say…

And as her singing rose into a crescendo, the music turned into a triumphant orchestral score.

That my past does not define me
'Cause my past is not todaaaaaaaaaaay.

[End of Chapter One]

(Thanks to SkarmorySilver, World-Jumper, Jay - Awesomeness Central and Tomash for their beta reading, you guys rock!

On another subject, the language translated by Daring Do, is a constructed language called Pwōniþletōlli, which was created specifically for use in this fanfic.)