Canterlot had seen its fair share of disasters over the last few years; but somehow still managed a complete and chaotic panic whenever something went wrong. The ponies were in an uproar; demanding answers that Twilight and her friends could not give. Where were Celestia and Luna? What had happened in the throne room? What kind of creature was that?
Twilight decided it was impractical to explain the body-switching situation. Therefore, under her direction, Trixie had to be the one to address the guards and the ponies. Despite her general distain for this situation she comforted the ponies; promising them that everything possible was being done to ensure the safe return of their princess. However, the absence of Princess Celestia only served to further the concern of the ponies because they feared she had been attacked and taken too; there was really no way to know for sure.
So far, Trixie seemed to be playing the part well, and didn't deviate from the instructions that Twilight gave her. Twilight was grateful that she'd had experience with this sort of crisis before and knew how to get things under control. She made Trixie clear her name and rescind the bounty on her head ordering the Canterlot guard to take down all of the "Wanted" posters. Twilight's friends helped in any way that they could, whether that meant crowd control or keeping an eye on Trixie. Things were far from okay between the ponies and the phony princess, but this common problem had forced their cooperation and nothing could be done about it.
As much as Canterlot still needed a Princess; Twilight knew she could not stay. It was more important to get to the bottom of this than to stay and give orders. Once Twilight decided that things were stable enough in Canterlot; she and her friends headed for the train station once more.
"Do we really have to ride in coach?" Trixie whined as she boarded the train.
"Just git a move on, Trixie." Applejack said, pushing her inside the train car.
"Ouch! No pushing! Do you know who I am?!" Trixie protested.
"I wish I didn't." Applejack replied.
From the platform outside, Twilight and Fluttershy were having an interesting conversation with Discord.
"And you want me to… what, look after Equestria for you while you're away?" He said, snapping his fingers and placing a fancy tiara on his head. He was wearing makeup and a sash that read 'princess'.
"No, I just want you to stay out of trouble, can you handle that?" Twilight asked with a grumble.
"Me? Trouble?" Discord said, making a halo appear over his head and angel wings sprout from behind his back.
"We're counting on you to keep the ponies safe, Discord." Fluttershy said. "We don't know if that thing is going to come back while we're gone and you're the only pony who stands a chance against it."
"Ah yes, I will be the champion of the ponies, the knight in glimmering armor, prepared to storm the castle on my noble steed, rescue the damsel, and save the day!" Discord said. He snapped his fingers and made a mock-stage where he was riding on Twilight's back and Fluttershy was standing at the top of a cardboard castle dressed in a frilly dress and long cone hat.
"Ugh. Just… don't make me regret trusting you, Discord." Twilight said, kicking him off her back and walking towards the train.
"So long my friends! Equestria is in safe paw and claw!" Discord called as the train pulled away from the station. He turned to one of the ponies standing on the platform beside him and asked. "Don't you think the sky could use a good make-over? Like perhaps a few cotton candy clouds, maybe some-"
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT DISCORD!" Rainbow Dash yelled from the caboose of the train.
Discord folded his arms and grumbled.
Despite many attempts to lengthen this scene it just wouldn't work xD I suppose that's because no pony wanted another long conversation with Discord! I wonder why...