The ponies who were inside were chuckling to a joke that Pinkie had told them. Rarity glanced over smiling at Fluttershy and Katie. Katie timidly, but warmly smiled back.

"You going to be okay?" Fluttershy asked Katie gently before she walked closer to their table.

"Yes." Katie replied softly.

"Okay..." Fluttershy then continued on and led her back to the table.

"And then I said 'Oatmeal, are you crazy?'." Pinkie got to another punchline, she then turned to see Fluttershy and Katie coming back and she smiled to them.

Katie smiled back softly. She sat down again after Fluttershy did. The Mane group continued to have their treats until they finished and were about to go their separate ways.

Katie left with Cherry and the group, walking next to her and Fluttershy. "So... What's going to happen now?" She asked quietly.

"Um, well, would you like to have a look around?" Cherry asked.

"I-If you want..." Fluttershy added.

Katie thought a minute and then nodded softly. "I'd like that." she says, smiling a bit more.

Cherry and Fluttershy then smiled. A look around Ponyville it was.

"Stay close." Fluttershy told her.

Katie nodded, and walked next to Fluttershy, but not close enough for anyone to be uncomfortable. Cherry and Fluttershy took turns pointing out places that they passed and occasionally gave a wave or greeting to the ponies they knew that happened to spot them. Katie nodded along, smiling. It was so pretty here.

There were two young earth fillies who were talking and one sounded cruder than the other, but thye gave polite smiles and waves to the mares.

Cherry was not buying it. "Hello, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon." she forced herself to say.

Katie looked over too. She kept quiet so not to sound rude by her voice being too quiet at first.

"Girls..." Fluttershy nodded to them and kept going with Cherry and Katie.

The earth fillies waved them off, then looked to Katie's flank and then looked to each other.

"Who ever heard of a grown mare with a blank flank?" the filly with a silver tiara on her head whispered to her friend with glasses.

Katie felt their gaze and then realised and blushed slightly.

"I don't like those girls too much..." Cherry mumbled.

"Oh, Cherry, I'm sure they mean well..." Fluttershy shrugged.

Katie looked at her best friend and new friend. Everything was going well so far so good. Katie gave a gentle sigh. She wondered what she would have to do to get a cutie mark. There was then a sudden rumbling which made Fluttershy back up and squeak slightly.

Cherry sighed and rolled her eyes slightly. "Oh, boy..." She knew what was coming.

Katie pulled Fluttershy close in surprise, and to protect the youngest one. She would've grabbed Cherry, but she didn't seem scared. The rumbling continued until a puff of black smoke appeared and there came a strange mutant creature that Cherry had never seen before.

"Oh, it's so good to be a friend instead of a foe!" the creature smiled and came to the pegasus mare. "Oh, hello, Fluttershy..."

"H-H-Hello..." Fluttershy gave a greeting.

"Oh, Cherry, you're here too?" the creature sounded delighted. "What a small world!"

"It's a small world after all." Cherry rolled her eyes.

Katie giggled at that. She couldn't help it.

"Oh, and who is this we have here?" the creature smiled to Katie, leaning over to her and took out a magnifying glass with a Sherlock Holmes hat and a pipe that did not emit smoke, but bubbles. "A new friend?"

"This is my friend Katie from back home," Cherry explained. "Katie, this is Discord, he's the lord of chaos, really close to Fluttershy, and a pain in the butt on occasion."

"Cherry..." Fluttershy whispered about that last bit.

Katie blushed, moving her head back to put a bit of distance, but held out a hoof.

"Well, hello there..." Discord smiled and shook his paw in her hoof.

"Hi." Katie said quietly.

"Charmed, I'm sure..." Discord bowed to the new alicorn in town.

"We were just showing Katie around." Fluttershy told the draconequus.

"Oh, do you like it here?" Discord asked Katie. "It's no inter-dimension, but it is nice, isn't it?"

"It's quite nice." Katie smiled slightly.

"I hope you enjoy your stay..." Discoed pinched her cheek with a chuckle.

Katie winced slightly, but tried to keep her smile. "Th-Thank you." she manages to say.

"Okay, that's enough," Cherry came between Katie and Discord. "We gotta get going."

"We do?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes, don't you remember?" Cherry grinned nervously. "You were gonna show Katie your animal friends!"

Katie carefully rubbed her cheek. She nodded, knowing best to play along. "It was... A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Discord." she says.

"Oh, please, you can just call me 'Discord'," the draconequus insisted. "Nice to meet you as well, Katie..." he then gave a small glance at her, not just noticing she was an alicorn, but she had a blank flank. "Well... Ta-Ta for now!" he then waved and disappeared with a smoke cloud.

"Just be thankful he's not dangerous anymore..." Fluttershy said to Cherry.

"He's lucky." Cherry scoffed.

Katie blinked slowly, then shook her head clear. "He was... Interesting." she says softly.

"I think that's what everpony can say about Discord." Fluttershy smiled.

Katie smiled, relieved that that word wasn't offensive, as she had meant no offence.

"Anything positive..." Cherry smirked.

Fluttershy gave her a look for that.

Cherry saw that and looked down shyly. "I'm sorry."

Katie gave them both a hug. Fluttershy gave a peaceful smile while Cherry gave a half smile.

Katie then let them go. "Shall we continue on?" She asked quietly.

"Of course..." Fluttershy smiled and took the lead.

"As long as there aren't anymore surprises..." Cherry agreed.

Katie nodded, following the two.

Cherry and Fluttershy continued on as they passed more pony folk.

"Oh, that reminds me," Cherry spoke up. "Is Dr. Hooves in town?"

"I haven't seen him, sorry, Cherry." Fluttershy replied.

"That's okay..." Cherry shrugged.

Katie tilted her head. Could it be he was a Time-Pony? She shrugged and continued to follow them, looking around as she did.

They passed the school and there was the school teacher mare herself.

"Good day, Cheerilee." Fluttershy greeted.

"Yes, hello." Cherry also greeted.

Katie glanced over and bobbed her head politely.

The earth mare waved to them as she went about business.

Soon, they ended the tour and Fluttershy had brought them to a woodsy cottage.

"This is my home." Fluttershy informed Katie.

Katie looked at the cottage and smiled. "It's lovely." she said sincerely.

"Why thank you..." Fluttershy smiled. "I have to feed my animals now, would you like to come inside?"

"Yes, please." Katie said, softly and happily.

Cherry gave a small smile as always. Fluttershy led the way into her cottage. Katie followed in, her eyes wide with wonder. Fluttershy opened the door.

So far, the only visible creature was a white bunny who appeared to be meditating. Cherry gave a quiet look to the bunny, she did not like him most of the time.

Katie looked at the bunny. She gave a quiet gasp. "So cute~" she quietly cooed.

"Angel Bunny, we have a guest." Fluttershy told her bunny.

The bunny looked annoyed that he was disturbed, but looked curiously to Katie.

Katie smiled gently. "Hi, there." she greeted quietly.

Angel came up to Katie and seemed to examine her, he then finished and gave a bow, when he bent his head, his ears lowered with his head. Katie did a horse equivalent of a curtsy in return. Both because the bunny was cute in bowing and that she knew how horses did that anyway. Fluttershy gave a small smile to this. Angel Bunny seemed to smirk at that, but he then hopped off.

"Exuse me." Fluttershy said, going to the kitchen to feed her bunny.

Katie giggled. "Silly bunny." she smiled.

"Don't let looks fool you..." Cherry muttered.

Katie looked at her, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"He can be a bit of a spoiled brat, trust me." Cherry told Katie.

"Oh..." Katie says simply. She offered a smile to her best friend/sister.

Cherry gave her traditional small smirk back.

"Is there any history I should know, so I don't happen to make a mess when talking with others?" She asked softly.

"Well, you should know about Luna and Celestia as long as you're here, very important figure heads." Cherry said.

Fluttershy came back from feeding her animals. "Oh, yes, they're very important in our world, Katie."

Katie jolted in surprise at Fluttershy's sudden arrival back inside.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you..." Fluttershy was worried she had scared Katie.

Katie took a breath. "I-It's okay." she breathed softly.

"Did you tell her about Luna and Celestia?" Fluttershy whispered.

"I was just about, maybe one of us could talk about Luna and the other Celestia?" Cherry suggested.

Katie looked at them both, waiting patiently.

"Well, Celestia is a famed alicorn princess," Cherry explained. "She's most known for being a mentor for Twilight, usually she, or the others write letters to her after they learn a lesson about friendship."

Katie nodded to show she was following along.

"She was the one who gave me access here to whenever I want." Cherry then whispered to Katie and showed her medallion.

"Oh." Katie nodded.

"You'd like her." Cherry smiled.

"Princess Luna is Celestia's sister," Fluttershy then said. "Many call her 'The Princess of the Night'."

Katie smiled and then turned her attention to Fluttershy. She gave a soft smile and nodded.

"Did you tell her about... Erm... The beginning?" Fluttershy asked.

"Um, should I?" Cherry smiled nervously.

Fluttershy looked to her, then came to Katie and told her about Celestia and Luna's origins of how they ruled together until something horrifying and mighty overtook Luna. Katie listened with wide eyes. She found it unfair that Luna had been deemed lesser and that they had ignored her so much she turned evil. She was also upset about Luna being banished because of it all.

"Is she okay?" Fluttershy whispered about Katie's reaction.

Cherry looked to her friend/sister. "Um... Kat?"

Katie blinked, her face schooling into something that was more calm. "Yes?" She asked, looking at her.

"Oh, thank goodness..." Fluttershy gave a relieved smile with a hoof to her chest. "I thought maybe you were having a panic attack or something."

"No." Katie assured softly and pulled them both into another hug.

Fluttershy gave a small, reassuring smile, while Cherry looked worried in her eyes. Katie gave them both a soft smile. Fluttershy smiled back, but Cherry kept her smirk, she never really smiled fully unless something had earned it, but it was gentle for Katie.