When Fluttershy had regained consciousness, she tried to remember what exactly had happened to make her faint. She remembered that she had been talking to her friends first, and then she walked into the door and saw someone vaguely familiar. When she looked around the room, she saw her friends new and old around her, each expressing a form of relief.

Then she turned and saw what she had seen just before fainting. A white rabbit stood a few feet away from her, and he was about half of her new height. An impressive feat, since not but a few days ago he had barely cleared her hooves.

When she had gotten up and looked around for a second, she asked "Angel, is that really you?"

The rabbit then puffed up his chest and beat it while replying "In the flesh. And before you ask, no, I do not know exactly what happened, I just woke up and 'poof', this was me."

Suddenly, Sinbad spoke up. "You, know, if it wasn't for the fact that she seems to know you, this might be really awkward, and potentially dangerous." The others seemed to agree, even if they hadn't said anything.

The rabbit thought for a minute before his face blushed a bright red. He was right. They could have easily thought he was a burglar or something worse. "Heh heh, I guess you're right, but I'm really nothing bad, honest. I've just been trying to take care of these animals for the past few days. Speaking of which, I had a little chick in here before you guys showed up, have you seen it?"

A couple of them weren't sure exactly what he had meant, but Metal Sonic looked to his left and found a baby chicken that had a splint on it's right wing. He slowly put his hand down and scooped it up. He then held it up and asked "Excuse me, is this what you are looking for?"

The rabbit's face lit up as he said "Yes it is good, uh, sir, now gimme!"

He then took the chicken out of his hand, and then whispered to it "Shame on you Fruedigger, how many times do I have to tell you to stay where you're at? You don't want to hurt your wing any worse do you?"

He then took the small bird into the kitchen and set it on the counter. He then grabbed the food and tried to give it to the small animal, but it walked away from his hand. Angel gave an exasperated sigh and said "Why won't you just take the food? I've seen you do it for Fluttershy a hundred times."

Metal's feet clanked on the ground as he walked closer. "It is because you are not doing it correctly. Here, allow me to show you what I mean." He then scooped the food into his hand and stooped to the little chick's level. It then spotted the food and went to it. It jumped into his hand and began eating of its own volition.

Angel then asked "What are you, a chick whisperer?"

The robot shook his head and replied "They just prefer to do things on their own, much like other living beings. They also scare easily, so you should take it slow and easy so they won't scare and run away."

Fluttershy then came up next to them and said "Wow, I didn't know you had so much knowledge about caring for animals. How did you know to do that?"

The robot shifted his head downwards and said "It's not really important. Now, I believe we were going to head for town, so let's get out of here and leave Fluttershy to her work." After handing Fluttershy her chicken, he walked out of the door. The others followed suite, saying goodbye to their friend as they left.

When they exited the house, Sinbad asked "So, what now?"

Pinkie then jumped up and said "Oh, I've got an idea! I'll be right back!" She then zipped off in a blur of pink in front of them.

After a few seconds, they heard a voice from behind them. "Welcome one and all to the Ponyville tour walk! Follow your designated tour guide and keep your arms and legs inside the path at all times."

When they looked behind themselves, they found Pinkie had returned with an air stewardess's dress on her body. All of them went slack jawed at her sudden appearance behind them. Metal tried calculating how she could have done this. All his scanners told him was that it was physically impossible. That would have been his first guess.

"Okay, our first stop will be Rainbow Dash's house. Follow me everypony!" She then walked off of the path and headed through a meadow. It was not long before they found a house made of cloud suspended just above the ground.

It was very intricately designed, with Greco-Roaman style pillars on all three levels of the house, a cloud carved walkway, and two rainbow waterfalls on either side of it. On top of her doorway was an enlarged version of her cutie mark, a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt shooting out of it.

Twister whistled and said "Why miss Dash, that's quite the bachelorette pad you've got there. How do you afford it?"

She smirked at him and said "Well, it helps when you're the most awesome pony in the world!" Shadow shook his head.

A slight hovering sound could be heard above them. When they looked up, they saw a rather peculiar sight. A small tortoise with a helicopter blade on its back floated down towards them. Rainbow then flew up to it, exclaiming "Tank! How are you doing buddy? Not getting into trouble I hope." The turtle shook its head, indicating that it had not.

Rainbow Dash turned towards her friends and said "Alright guys, this is my pet tortoise Tank. Whattaya guys think?"

After a few seconds, Metal spoke first. "I think I misjudged the amount of technology that your races posses. If you can make personal helicopters on the backs of animals, then you must be more advanced than I had thought."

Rainbow then said "What, that? That's just something Twilight gave him so he could stay in my house. She put some magic in it and gave Tank some mental control over it, so now he can fly with me."

"Fascinating." replied the robot.

Twilight remarked "Thank you for the compliment, but I didn't do it all myself. The design for it actually came from Pinkie."

The Robot shot her a look and asked "Is that right?"

Twilight then answered "It's true. She has designs for lots of different machines. Her only problem is finding a power source for them. That's where I come in. Unicorns can store magic for different uses into things that can't do things on their own. Tank's propellers won't work under their own power, but with my magic they can move as the user intends to use it."

Metal pondered this. 'This could be quite the discovery. Maybe, if I could find the right storage device, I could have an emergency backup supply of energy, just in case I run low. I just need to find something that can store enough energy.' After that he brought himself out of his thoughts,

Rainbow Dash then said "Hey guys, keep going on the tour without me. I've got some stuff to take care of here, if you don't mind me saying so."

Pinkie then said "Oh, it's no trouble at all Rainbow. C'mon guys, next stop, Rarity's boutique shop." She then led them away from Rainbow's house, and she flew up into her house.

The group then walked over a bridge into a marketplace of sorts. There were all sorts of stands, each selling things from fruits to vegetables and many other things. As soon as they had entered the market however, someone shouted "Hey everyone, Twilight and her friends are back!" There was then a hustling to get to all of them.

To say the crowd was glad to see them would have been an understatement. All of the vendors and shop keepers came out of their stalls, and the ponies who were buying turned and started swarming them. Twilight and the others were literally blushing from all the attention they were getting, and trying to calm the crowd.

Sinbad was in awe now. He only got a welcome like this after he had saved a town from utter destruction. Just what had these girls done to receive such a warm welcome? It didn't really matter now. Right now, he just needed to know about the place they were currently at.

Applejack then took charge of the situation. "Hold up y'all, give us some space!" she cried.

They backed off a bit and quieted down. "Thank ya kindly everypony. Now, I know y'alls confused about alls been going on 'round here, and we're more than willing to answer yer questions for ya, but not at the moment. We're showing our new friends here around town today and then we're going to go see our folks. However, we should be able to give ya your answers tomorrow, sound good?"

The townsponies seemed to nod and voice their agreement. Applejack smiled and said "Alrighty then, thanks fer listenin' everypony, go back to yer businesses and we'll talk to you tomorrow."

They all then went back to wherever they had come from. Francis then remarked "You seem to have a way with crowds."

She replied "Aww shucks, tain't no big deal. Herdin' folk's like herdin' cattle, just gotta show 'em who's boss."

Then a new voice spoke out. "Eeyup, ye sure do sis."

Everyone turned to the new voice to see who was speaking, and the saw a red stallion with a yellow brownish mane. Applejack immediately started beaming and ran towards him, crying "Big brother!" As soon as she got to him she tackle hugged him onto the ground and said "I missed ya, ya big oaf."

Her brother merely replied "Eeyup."

After that, she got up off of the ground and pulled her brother up. She then gestured to him, saying "Everyone, this is my brother Big Macintosh."

He then said "Howdy." Each of them gave their gesture of greeting back to him.

Applejack then asked him "Brother, what're ya doin out here? Shouldn't ya be back at the farm with granny?"

He put his hand up and said "Ya don't have to worry 'bout that Applejack, the farm's just fine. I was in the market sellin' the crop we got out yesterday. As a matter a fact, I was about to head on back to the farm fer lunch, would ya like ta join me?"

Applejack pondered the offer for a second. "Hmm, I don't know brother; do ya think I could bring these guys along with me?" she said, gesturing to the group in front of them.

After a few seconds of looking at the motley crew, he answered "Eeyup."

Pinkie then said "Okie Dokie Lokie! Alright, let's get this tour moving, to the Boutique!" She then led all of them through the market again, making a beeline straight towards a towering structure, or at least as towering as you can get in a small town. It was pink and blue with hints of gold and purple, and near the top were two purple ponies secured to poles in a carousel type fashion.

Twister then said "Hey guys, I just realized I don't know what day it is. Anyone have the date?" All of them started thinking to themselves, and they realized they were as in the dark as everyone else.

The only exception was Big Mac, who said "It's the 22nd of this month."

Twister suddenly got a shocked look on his face. "Wait, it's what day?!" he exclaimed. Before he could get an answer to his rhetorical question, he took off running, saying about how He was late.

Twilight yelled back at him "But wait, you're supposed to be guarding Metal Sonic!" He stopped in mid gallop, realizing she was right.

He then turned back and ran straight to Twilight. He then said "Alright, Twilight, put your right hoof on your chest." She did as he said, even though she didn't really understand why she was doing it.

He then said in a somewhat rushed tone "Twilight Sparkle do you swear to uphold Equestria's laws and protect from danger from hither forth?"

She had fortunately caught most of what he had said. She replied "What?"

He then said "Close enough. I hereby announce that you are a deputy of Equestria, and as such you uphold the law. Here are the rules. First off, do not tell your brother that I did this or else he'll probably kill me. Second, keep an eye on that metallic whatchamacallit at all times, and DO. NOT. LET. IT. OUT. OF. YOUR. SIGHT. And finally, don't tell your brother I did this. Understand?"

She nodded, though she was admittedly confused by what had transpired. 'Alright, I'll be back as soon as I can."

He then turned around, but before he left he said "Hey, don't blow anything up until I'm back, okay?" He then took off running towards Roseluck's garden, though why was anyone's guess.

When he got to Roseluck's, he saw the mare he was looking for, with the red hair and cream colored skin. She noticed him coming and said "Well hello there, what can I do for you fine sir?"

He said "Hi, uh, can I have a couple of bouquets made up?"

She smiled at him. "Sure, what would you like?"

He then replied "Well, for one I'd like some white carnations around a red rose, and for the other, I'd like the color blue, doesn't really matter what you use."

She then said "Alright sir, it'll take me a while to get your bouquets done though."

He replied "Don't worry about it. At this point, I've got all the time in the world."

When Twister had left, they continued to the Carousel Boutique. As soon as they got up to it, the door opened and out came a white filly with purple and pink hair. Rarity then exclaimed "Sweetie Belle!" and ran straight for her.

"Big sister!" exclaimed the filly. As soon as they met, they gave each other a gigantic hug. None of the others dared to break this heartwarming moment, staying completely silent through the display.

When Sweetie Belle finally let her sister go, she finally took a look at the people that had gathered around them. To say they were an odd group was understating it a bit. There were creatures she hadn't seen before and even a being covered from head to toe in metal. So naturally, she asked "Wow, who are you guys?"

Each of them gave their responses with a gesture and a name, Sinbad gave a courteous bow, Metal nodded his head, Tails put his hand up and waved, Percival inclined her head, and Shadow merely looked down at her. After their introductions, Rarity said "Well sister, these are friends of mine, and we're on another quest to save the world from immense peril."

The little sister looked at each of them and said "Really? That's awesome! So what can you guys do? Are you a team? Do you make silly poses to boost morale and stuff?"

Sinbad chuckled before answering "We're less a team than a group of people that got together and said 'Hey, let's get together and save the world.' As for what we can do, that's a demonstration for another time, don't you think?" The others nodded at what he had said, agreeing wholeheartedly.

"Say, we were going to head over to Applejack's for lunch, would you like to join us?" asked Rarity.

Sweetie Belle's face lit up as she answered "Would I? YES!" she then ran over to where the farm was.

However, she was stopped when Pinkie Pie spoke to her. "Now now young filly, please slow down a moment while the tour gets under way." Sweetie Belle nodded and waited for the rest of the group.

After a minute of walking, Sweetie Belle found herself next to Metal Sonic. Curious as to what he was covered in, she asked "I've never seen any kind of armor like that. What's it made out of Mr. Sonic?"

The robot looked at her for a second before wondering how he was going to tell her what he was. He thought for a moment before answering "This isn't exactly armor. A much more apt description would be that it's my body." She was obviously confused by what he said.

Twilight tried to clear up the girl's confusion. "What he means is that, in the most basic of terms, he's not alive like us."

Her eyes turned to the size of oranges. "What?! If he's not alive, then what in Equestria is he?"

Twilight then realized that might not have been the best thing to say. She thought quickly to say something to remedy this situation. "No, you see, he's uh, kinda like a, uh…"

Metal then stepped back into the conversation. "Tell me, do you have any toys that can move on their own?"

She nodded at him. "I am basically like that, except I have the thought processes of a man."

Her face went from shock to interest in a second. "Really? How can you think like a man? Do you have a stallion's brain in your head?" Everyone stopped and looked at her, shocked that she said that. Nobody knew how Metal was going to take it.

Suddenly, and to everyone's surprise, he started chuckling. He then said "An amusingly morbid thought, but I do not have a brain, in that sense. In essence it's a bunch of complicated machinery and programs that give me a semblance of free thought. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

She sort of thought about what he had said for a second before answering "Ahhh, no, not really."

Metal replied "Well, maybe when you're older…"

As they had been talking they resumed their short walk to the Apple family farm. It wasn't long before they had reached their destination, a red barn with fencing around the outside. To its left was a carrot looking house, and as they looked upon this sight, Sinbad thought to himself sarcastically 'I wonder what's grown in front of that house.'

No sooner had they gotten through the entrance gate, a small yellow coated filly ran out to meet them. Applejack and Big Mac made their way to the front of the group. The little filly had a huge smile on her face as soon as she saw her "Big sister!"

Applejack responded by saying "Apple Bloom!" they ran at each other and gave each other a hug.

Apple Bloom then exclaimed "I missed you so much Applejack."

The eldest sister replied "I did too sis, I did too."

It wasn't long before she noticed the group behind her big sister. It also wasn't long before they had to introduce her to the group, at which point she, like Sweetie Belle, found herself fixated on the robot.

But before she could ask him any questions, they heard an elderly voice call out "Hey young'uns, time fer lunch!" When they looked to where the voice had come from, they saw an elderly mare with wrinkled green skin and an old grey mane.

Applejack then ran up to her and said "Hi Granny!"

The elder moved, though slowly, towards her granddaughter. "Little Applejack, welcome back home." They both gave each other a hug.

After that was done, Granny Smith said "Well little'un, do you want some lunch with yer family?"

Applejack shook her head and said "Of course granny, but, well, I've got a whole mess of friends here who were wantin' a few of your vittles. I hope you don't mind…"

Granny looked back at the group that was behind her granddaughter, and after looking for a minute, she finally said "Don't worry yer pretty little head 'bout that, I can always make some more. Ain't no trouble at all; now go get some places fer yer guests to sit." After that, she walked back into the house, most likely to prepare for the horde of guests that had just arrived.

Applejack then got back to her group, saying "Alright everyone, let's get a few tables out for lunch." And so they did.

Rainbow Dash wasn't proud of herself for not having told her friends the entire truth. It wasn't as if she didn't have things to do, that was true. The thing was she couldn't do it at her house.

With everything that had happened, she needed to talk to someone, someone that truly understood her. This someone wasn't anywhere near Ponyville, but she knew exactly where she'd be. It was an hour's flight from her house, headed towards Canterlot. She was almost there; she just had a few miles to go…

When the victuals had been finished, everyone sat down to eat, the only exception being Metal Sonic. When Granny saw that he hadn't sat down, she asked "Son, all that standin' around in that piece of heavy metal has to be exhausting. Take a seat and eat somethin'."

Metal merely said "I thank you for your generosity, but I am perfectly fine as I am and will therefore decline your request." She looked at him strangely but said nothing.

Apple Bloom looked at her older sister for a moment. Just how did she get in the middle of this group anyway? She looked at all of these strange creatures that surrounded her, and she wondered where they had come from. She had seen creatures like these when she had been helping Fluttershy with the animals; however, they were much smaller versions of these people.

She could tell that Percival was a cat of sorts, and that Tails was a fox or a dog. The others had her confused though. They had spikes on the back of their heads, which meant they could be a number of things, like porcupines or hedgehogs, or a number of other things. She'd have to ask them about that later.

As for the creature in metal, her friend Sweetie Belle had told her that he was a robot, and had even tried to explain what she had meant by that. She honestly wasn't sure what exactly she meant, and figured she'd ask this 'Metal Sonic' about it later. As for now, she was hungry and she was going to eat her fill.

It wasn't long now, only half a mile before she reached her destination. She remembered how her father had taken her to see her after most of the important events in her life. She had gone to see her without her father of course, just to chat and maybe even get some friendly advice.

And if ever there was a time for advice, that time was now. Not only had their entire world changed, which was a giant surprise in and of itself, but she had met somepony, a stallion that she truly liked, to a point where she felt like she had something in her stomach when she looked at him. At any rate, asking her for advice in this instant might not be a bad idea.

Suddenly she stopped. She realized she was right in front of where she needed to be. She looked up and saw the name 'Vanhoover Cemetery III' on the gate. Cloudsdale isn't the only place that holds Pegasi in the sky, there are several sky cities that hold them, Vanhoover being the second most famous of them, mostly because it was the only city that moved around on it's own. Unfortunately, cemeteries cannot be built on clouds, so they buried their residents and anyone who wished to be buried in one of several cemeteries, this one being the third and youngest of them.

Anypony who knew Rainbow Dash would be asking 'why? Why would she go there? Who was she going to meet?' To most outward appearances, the only people she could talk to couldn't answer back.

But there was one who was different, for her at least. She knew exactly where she needed to go and, walking confidently, arrived in front of a headstone. She took one look at it and, with a small smile on her face, said "Hi mom. It's been a while hasn't it?"

Charging Nimbus was her mother's name, and she was once the most famous Wonderbolt in all of Equestria. She was one of the most daring of their number, and supposedly used dragons and other live creatures during shows, though those were supposedly only for royalty.

She died when Rainbow was not more than one year old, and according to her father, not a single unicorn could find anything wrong with her before she died of a heart attack. No pony knew what could have caused it.

Her father's name, oddly enough, was Cloud Chaser. He had first met her back when they were in flight school together, though at the time he was much more interested in learning flight than finding love. He met her again after she had become a Wonderbolt, and found himself instantly smitten.

Long story short, they eventually got together and had the child that is now Rainbow Dash (her father got to pick the name after winning a bet). After she had died, her husband had took her daughter to her grave every once in a while, to give her updates on her daughter's life.

She had gone to see her mother after each of the big moments in her life, like getting her cutie mark or becoming the Element of Loyalty. She also asked her for advice when she needed it. She was a terrific listener after all.

Her mother didn't reply, not in the physical sense at least, but in her very soul she knew exactly how her mother would reply. It was something she couldn't explain really, but there was something that told her what she would say in reply.

She replied to the greeting as per usual. Rainbow then said "It's good to see you too mom. I haven't really spoken to you since after Shining Armor's wedding to Princess Cadance, and I apologize for that."

The reply that came to that was something akin to 'Don't worry about it kiddo, you don't have to come around and tell me what happens every day.'

She smiled and said "I know mom, but I do feel bad about the scarcity of our talks, and there's a lot of news I need to tell you."

She answered 'Well, why don't you go on and tell me so that I'm in the know anyway?'

Rainbow Dash then answered "Okay, so since the last we talked…"

The meal over at Sweet Apple Acres had just finished. Eager to restart the tour, whose next stop was at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie urged them to move forward quickly. Applejack said "You guys can go on ahead, I'll be here cleanin' up and helpin' out on the farm. If'n y'all need me just let me know and I'll meet ya."

Twilight replied "Okay, we'll see you later Applejack." After that, they left for town.

The walk took a bit longer than expected as Twilight's group was stopped constantly by ponies wanting answers to their questions about what was going on, so they told them that they intended to make a statement tomorrow. Eventually, they found themselves in front of the town hall, and decided to pay the Mayor a visit.

"… and that's when I decided to come and see you. So that's the story from then to now." said Rainbow Dash.

In her mind, her mother replied 'That's quite the story. Still though, I can't help thinking that you still want to talk about something.'

Dash smiled. "I can't put one over on you mom." She then took a seat next to her mother's grave and said "Mom, I've met somepony. A very interesting somepony by the name of Twister Tail."

Her mother answered 'Ah, the guard. What is it about mares and colts in uniform?'

At this, Dash indignantly yelled "Mom! I can't believe you'd think I was that shallow. Besides, I think it's something more personal than that."

She then looked down and said "Whenever I see him I get this feeling in my gut, like there's something fluttering around in there. I don't seem to get too nervous about talking to him though, he and I like to chat quite a bit with ourselves and others. He's a great guy too, always trying to get people to laugh, ready to talk to strangers, ready to protect others, and handsome to boot. I don't really know what it is mom, but I think… no… I know that there's something in here that I'm feeling for him. I just wish I knew more about it. I guess that's the only other reason I came down here for anyway."

Her mother replied 'Well my dear daughter, I can't help you there. Whether you like this colt or not is something you're going to have to figure out on your own. Still, it's obvious that you want to spend more time with him, so just do that and decide how deep your feelings run later. You're still young, don't rush into this, you've got plenty of time.'

Before she could thank her mother for her advice, she heard something coming from her left side. 'Odd,' she thought to herself, 'there's no one here usually. I wonder who it could be?" With her curiosity getting the better of her, she snuck over to her left side behind a few of the graves to see who it was.

When she did get a look, at first all she saw was the back of his head, which held a chestnut mane. She then moved to the side and saw that he was between two graves, and each had a bouquet in front of them. She saw that the stranger was on his knees and had his head bowed down. She decided to get closer.

She then heard a familiar voice as he said "…pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen." He then made a motion with is right hand and after this got up. Dash was almost shocked, for in front of her was the form of her new perhaps more than friend Twister Tail.

'What is he doing here?' she thought.

It wasn't long before she got her answer. After he had finished his prayer, he said "Hi mom, hi dad, how've you guys been doing?" This stopped her dead in her tracks. She realized that he was here for the same reason she was.

She thought to herself 'He lost both of his parents?! Oh man, I think, I think, I don't know what to think…' She then felt a tear run down her cheek as she thought about it, but she quickly regained her composure as she looked back to the scene.

Twister listened to his parents tell him that everything was good where they were, and that they couldn't wait to speak face to face again. He replied "I know mom, but I'd like to wait a bit longer before I do that. Well, let me tell you, it's certainly been an eventful year, and an even more eventful week. I mean, first I get my job as a guard, then uncle dearest kicks me out of his house, the changelings attack Canterlot, King Sombra returns and gets subsequently defeated, and then Discord escapes again and a couple of new worlds become a part of our own, changing our world in the process. Got a headache yet? Cause I know I do."

His mother responded 'Yes dear, we saw it all from up here, and it seems dreadfully strange don't you think? I mean, why would anypony do something like that?'

He responded "I don't know mom, I guess someone must have wanted it to happen though, it's just a matter of finding out who it was."

Rainbow Dash noticed that he was shuffling his feet on the grass. He then turned around towards her. Thinking quickly, she got behind a nearby tree and waited for what he was about to say.

After a few seconds, he said "Well, that's not the only reason I came out here." He then started scratching the back of his head. "You see guys, I've met someone…"

His mother then said 'Oh, would you look at that? Our son's all grown up. I never thought I'd see the day.'

His father then remarked 'Well, what's she like son? Unless she's a he, which is totally fine by the way.'

He suddenly went all red and said "DAD! I'm not that kind of stallion!" He then took a look around as he had said that last part a little too loudly. When he was certain none had heard his little outburst, he returned to talk to them.

"Sorry about that, but I wasn't expecting you to say that. Now, just so that you know, she's a wonderful mare. She's funny, adventurous, a blast to be around, and a great gal all around."

His father then said 'Well, how long have you known her?'

He then sort of blushed as he replied "Well, a few days actually."

He could hear his mothers' voice say "A few days? And just how do you know she's the one young man?"

As he replied to this question, Rainbow Dash was fuming. He had met someone already, and had been just stringing her along this whole time? What a jerk! What a total bucking twat! She couldn't believe she thought she was in love with that selfish pig!

What she ought to do is jump out and hit him in his smug face, but that outcome wasn't satisfying enough. No, she would find out who this other girl was and tell her that he had been unfaithful. Yes, that would get him back for being a pompous jackass. So, she returned to listening to him.

"… and she's got a big group of friends too, so you have to know that she's not unfriendly. Do I need to keep going?"

His mother then said "Even if she isn't unfriendly, how do you know she won't leave you?"

He replied "For your information, she just so happens to be the Element of Loyalty, so I doubt she's as fickle as you claim."

Now Rainbow Dash felt embarrassed. She was this 'other woman' she was worried about? It was official; she had feelings for the colt. And now it was obvious that he had feelings for her, though she had to wonder why he hadn't said anything.

As if to answer her unspoken question, he said "It's not really that simple. I mean, if I said something to the effect of 'hey babe, wanna go on a date?' she'd probably think I was a creep or something. I don't want to ruin any sort of relationship I might have with her, even if it ends up just being a friendship." It was at this point that Rainbow Dash walked out from behind the tree.

"Is that what you really think Twister?" asked a very familiar voice. Shocked, he slowly turned around and saw Rainbow Dash behind him.

His face turned a bright red color as he sputtered out "R-Rainbow Dash! W-wh-what a nice surprise to see you here! I wasn't talking to myself, honest I…"

He trailed off, looked to the ground and finally asked "How long have you been listening?"

She looked at him with a serious expression and said "Long enough."

He then said "Alright, so I guess I'll have to introduce you to my parents then. Rainbow Dash, this is my mother Meteor Shower, and this is my father Lightning Tail. Say hi to Ms. Dash guys." He didn't know exactly how she would react to this, but as long as she had him cornered he might as well tell her the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Truth be told, she wasn't expecting her to say "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Tail, it's nice to meet you."

He then said "You seem to be taking the whole 'I talk to dead people' thing well. By the way, why are you here? You haven't been spying on me have you?"

She shook her head and said "No, I came here for someone else. I can take you to her if you'd like." Curious, he nodded and followed her away a few feet, before being greeted by another grave.

"Twister Tail, this is my mother Charging Nimbus, mom, this is Twister Tail. Say hi you two." When she looked back at Twister, all she saw was a stallion with a gaping mouth.

"Don't stare Twister, it's not polite." she said.

He replied by saying "Oh. My. God. Is that really the most famous Wonderbolt that is your mother?"

She nodded her head. He then did something she hadn't expected. He fainted straight away onto the ground. He also got up after only a minute and said "Wow, the world's a whole lot smaller than before."

She asked him "What do you mean by that?"

He replied "Remember when I said that I wanted to be a wonderbolt?" She nodded. "Well, that all started after my parents took me to a show featuring your mother when I was three years old. Immediately after that, I tried everything I could think of to get me faster and more maneuverable so I could even hold a candle to your mother. In the end I became a guard but, I mean, to be here, with the daughter of my idol? Wow, just, wow."

After a second he said "Well, now that my little fangirl moment is over, I know that you heard my feelings for you. So, what do you say?" She hadn't thought about it, but now that she did, she realized that she held all the power in this situation.

If she could have smiled evilly without revealing it to him, she would have. But as it was she merely put on a thinking pose and walked toward him with a sway in her hips, saying "Hmm, I don't know. Don't get me wrong, I like you more than most stallions, but what makes you think that I want to be with you?"

Boy, when she asked a question she certainly didn't mess around. He tried to think of a reason to get her to be with him, but the best he could think up was "Well, I don't think you want to be with me, I just want to go out a bit, see what happens. If you still don't like me enough to escalate the relationship, I'm fine with that. Just try it, that's all I'm asking." He then quickly added "Unless you don't want to of course, that's fine too."

After yet another 'thoughtful' expression on her face, she said "Alright, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt at least. Tell you what, let's set up a lunch date sometime later, and we'll see how it goes. Sound good lover-boy?" She asked with a giant grin on her face.

His reply was "Yeah that sounds great!" After that, they headed back for Ponyville. And thus ends this tale of graveyard revelations and relationships.

After the meeting with the mayor, it was decided that there was to be a meeting at ten o'clock tomorrow to discuss these strange happenings to the townsfolk. After that, the Ponyville tour continued on its way towards Sugarcube Corner.

The building itself looked as if it were a gingerbread house, perhaps the best tasting one anyone could want. It had icing trim, a cupcake tower with Birthday candle like structures on the top. Even the wind catcher had its part, holding what looked like a candy cane.

Unfortunately, the shop was closed when they got there, with a sign that said 'We're sorry, closed due to large order, will be back as shortly as possible.'

Pinkie let out a small sigh and said "Oh man, if only I could have gotten here sooner, maybe the cakes would still be here." She then perked back up and said "Oh well, they'll be back later. Onward comrades, to our final destination, The Golden Oaks Library!"

The Golden Oaks Library {Ponyville Branch} was, as its name implied, held within a giant oak tree. It looked like a combination of a two story building and a tree house. When they did get there, they immediately entered.

Twilight then walked into the center and said "Welcome to my home. As you can see, there are so many books in here that I could probably be prepared for any situation just by grabbing the right book and reading about the subject. I live upstairs in my bedroom, and there's a basement full of scientific equipment downstairs. And that's the end of our tour, what do you guys think of ponyville?"

Everyone in the room agreed that it seemed like a fantastic place to live, even if a few mumbled that it was an utterly ridiculous place to be. The only one who hadn't said anything was Metal Sonic, who asked "How did ponies build these spectacular buildings without hands?" And thus began a conversation that Pinkie Pie asked me to redact for the sake of making this story at least a little smaller than I would have with the conversation.

Snivlley thoroughly disliked his job. It wasn't the fact that his job was bad, oh no, that wasn't it at all. His problem was that his boss always had quite the temper when things hadn't gone his way, and there was much of this plan that hadn't gone accordingly. He just hoped that his Uncle would understand just this once. Gulping, he prepared himself for whatever he might face next, and opened the door.

When it had opened, the first thing he saw above him was a chair in front of several monitors. They were only to this particular city however, for he could not get a satellite connection and see what was happening in the others. Snivelly then said "U-uncle? I checked out the problem as you have asked."

A deep gravelly voice answered him. "Yes Snivelly, what exactly did you find?"

He found the confidence to speak again. "As you said, those consecutive chaos controls from the two universes have drained our robots chaos drives. Though, it seems they are having trouble regaining and maintaining the energy for themselves, and I can't figure that one out, unless of course there's some sort of monster out there that feeds on chaos."

The voice laughed and said "My dear nephew, you needn't worry about that, the only one who feeds on chaos here is me." Snivelly gulped again, he hated it when his uncle got like this.

The beings chair turned around, and you partially see the shadow of a rotund man. He said "In all seriousness though, I don't like variables. Chess is a game where you can see all the pieces, and until I can do that, I won't be able to play properly. I suppose our chaos power problem is also why our satellites are down?" He nodded, afraid to speak again.

The being then had a thoughtful expression on his face for a moment, before he said "Snivelly, I want you to fix our, minor setback as quickly as we can. We want to give our enemies as little advantage as we can, and that requires that you fix this as quickly as possible. I didn't merge these universes together just so that my plan would fall apart at the hands of an incompetent. Do I make myself clear?"

Snivelly nodded and said "Yes Emperor Robotonik, right away!" He left as swiftly as possible.

The mad doctor simply swiveled his chair back and said "A minor setback. Nothing more."