(PONYVILLE, SOME DAYS LATER, MORNING)
"Quill?" Twilight asked.
"Check." Spike said.
"Scroll?" She asked.
"Check." He said.
"Extra ink?" She asked.
"Check." He said.
"Extra extra ink?" She asked.
"Check." He said.
"Checked everything on the list?" She asked.
"Yep." He said.
"Great. Now that we've completed the checklist of things we need to create a checklist, we can make my checklist of things I have to get done by the end of the day. Ready?" Twilight asked.
"Ready." Spike said.
"Item one : Create a ckecklist of things I have to accomplish by the end of the day." Twilight said. Spike sighs.
"You really like making ckecklists, don't you?" Sonic asked.
"I am just organized." She said.
"Yeah, really organized." He said.
"Hey guys." Tails said exiting the basement.
"Hi Tails." Twilight said, she notice he carring her element. "Did it worked?" She asked.
"No. I couldn't use it to charge the plane." Tails said, handing the crown back to her. "I think we don't have parts enough to craft a power source for the plane, at least not now. But I could create some inventions with the parts, maybe some long distances comunicators, if we ever have to separarte each other." Tails said.
"That sounds good to me." Sonic said.
"Yeah, me too." Twilight said, "Well, me and Spike need to finish our list, so later guys." She said leaving with Spike.
"I will go to work, later Sonic." Tails said heading back to the basement.
"It's like as if he lived in there." Sonic said shaking his head, then he leaved outside.
(WITH TWILIGHT)
They where inside the candy shop, lokking to a box with 13 cupcakes.
"Uh, I only ordened 12." Twilight said.
"Oh, I know, dear, but I had an extra, so I thought I'd make it a baker's dozen." Sra. Cup Cake said.
"That was very thoughtful of you. It's just some of the icing from the extra cupcake is getting all over the one next to it. See?" Twilight said as she pulled over to her.
"Oh. Sure." She said.
"It's just that I'm planning on sharing these at a picnic later, and I don't want anypony to feel like somepony else is getting more icing." Twilight said.
'As if someone would think about that.' Spike thought.
"Oh, no. O-of course not." She said.
Twilight levitated a scoop, "Not to worry. I'll just move some of this one to-hmm- I think I may have scooped too much." Twilight said, gettint it over to two more cupcakes. "Oops. Now those two have more. Let's just try this again." She said scooping the rest. "Hmm. No, that won't do. Could we just- hmm. " She accidentally splashed icing on Spike's face.
She continued until there was just a tiny icing left on it. "Perfect." Twilight said.
"Hmm. Oh, yes. Much better." Sra Cup Cake said, not wanting to say anything.
"Okay. Time to tackle the next item on our list.
(LATER, ON THE LIBRARY)
"Looks like that's everything." Spike said.
"Almost everything." Twilight said.
"Triple-check checklist to make sure we didn't miss anything when we double-check the checklist." Spike readed the last thing on the list. "Uh, check. Ugh! I've been holding that quill so long, I've got a claw cramp. Good thing we don't have anything to report to princess Celestia this week. I don't think I could write another word." Spike said as he bandaged his hand.
"We haven't sent a latter to Celestia this week?" Twilight asked.
"Why? Is that bad?" Spike asked.
"Bad? Bad!? Of course it's bad! I'm supposed to send Celestia a letter every week, telling her about a lesson I've learned about friendship! Not every other week. Not every 10 days. Every. Single. Week." Twilight said, looking for her calendar.
Spike handle it to her. "When did we send the last one?" She asked.
"Last Tuesday?" He said.
"And today is..." She said questioning.
"Tuesday?" He said.
"AHH! No no no no no no! If I don't send her a letter by sundown, I'll be [gasps] Tardy!" Twilight said. "Oh, how could I have let this happen? I'm usually so organized. I've never been late with an assignment." She said.
"Oh, Please! You're the most studious student ever. I'm sure the princess will forgive you if you miss one little deadline." Spike said.
"I'm affraid to take that chance, Spike. This is the ruler of all of Equestria we're talking about- the pony who holds my fate in her hooves. What if she dosen't forgive me?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. I don't thik she'll-" Twilight interrupted him. "What if instead, she starts thinking I'm not takingf my studies on friendship seriously?" She asked.
"Why would she-", "What if she makes me come back to canterlot and puts me back in school and makes me prove I've been taking seriously by giving me a test?! [gasps] What if I don't pass?", "But why wouldn't you pass-", "She's my teacher. Do you know what teachers do to students who don't pass? They send them back a grade! But she won't just send me back a grade. She'll send me back to [gasps] Magic kindergarten." Twilight said terrified.
"Twilight. That the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You're not gonna be sent back to magic kindergarten." Spike said.
"You're right. I have no reason to worry. Because I 'm going to solve a friend's problem and get that letter to princess Celestia before the sundown." Twilight saidleaving, Spike sighed.
"This won't end well." He said.
(WITH HER)
"You've got this, Twilight. You still have plenty of time to get that letter to princess Celestia. Has to be somepony around here who needs help of a good friend." She then heard Rarity's scream. "Rarity!" Twilight runned there.
(AT RARITY'S BOUTIQUE)
"Don't worry, Rarity. I'm here." Twilight said.
[crying] "Why me? Why?" Rarity said.
"What happened? Are you all right?" Twilight asked.
"I've lost my diamond-encrusted purple ribbon! I have searched high and searched low. But I can't find it anywhere! How can I possibly finish my latest creation if I can't fnd it?" Rarity said dramatically.
"Never fear, Rarity. As your friend, I'll do my best to help you f-", "Oh, there it is." Rarity said. "Isn't always just the last place you look?" She asked.
Twilight sighed and leaved. She com=ntinued looking around, until she saw Rainbow and Sonic attacking a barn on Sweet Apples Farm, destroying it merciless.
"What in the world? They must be angry with Applejack. They must hate her guts. Oh, wonderful!" Twilight said, dashing to them.
"You two, stop!" Twilight said, using her magic to hold them in place. "You two can't just destroying things of others just because you angry." She said.
"Uh, Twilight, we were just demoling the barn to Applejack, so she could build a new one." Sonic said as he leaved her grip.
"Really?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, ma'am. I wanted to put a new barn, but this one's got to come down first.[laughs] Now gat back to it, guys." Applejack said putting her helmet back.
"You got it, boss." Rainbow said as she and Sonic dashed above it, high on the sky.
"I'd take cover if I were you." Applejack said as she hidded on a crater. Twilight saw that they were diving right to the barn, so she jumped with Applejack, taking cover.
When they crashed with the barn, it exploded on a colorful explosion, some of the debris fell on her.
Twilight sighs as she leaved there.
"Haha! That was fun." Sonic said, he then notice Twilight leaving looking down.
"I think I should follow Twilight, she dosen't look well." Sonic said following her.
"Ok, see you later." Rainbow said.
(WITH TWILIGHT)
"I can't believe I wasted all that time. I should have just come here first. Fluttershy always has some fear she's trying to get over. As a good friend, I'll be able to help her." Twilight said as she saw Fluttershy fighting a bear.
"Fluttershy?" then Fluttershy turned around the bear's neck, shocking her and Sonic who was behind some trees.
"How can this happening? Of all the days she had to stop being a scaredy-pony, she had to pick today! What am I going to do?" Twilight asked as she leaved. Sonic then saw that Fluttershy was massaging the bear's back, "You really should have come to me sooner. You were carrying so much tension in that shoulder." She said to the bear. Sonic chuckled at that as he followed Twilight.
(LATER ON THE PARK)
Twilight was lying on a bench, talking to her reflection on the puddle. "Are you talking alone?" Spike asked as he waved his hand in front of her eyes. "Twilight?" He asked again.
She heard some ponies laugh as they were having fun, she hallucinated they were laughing at her.
"Snap out of it!" Spike said. "Are you ok?" He asked. She get up and looked at the ponies. "Twilight, I'm really worried. I mean, this letter thing is really gettig to you. Here." He said giving the box with cupcakes to her. "You've been so anxious all day that you completely forgot about the picnic. Why don't you just relax and go hang out with-", she interrupted him. "The picnic!" She levitated the box. "I should see my friends." Twilight said, running to the picnic area.
"Glad you've come to your senses." Spike said. Sonic flied after her, not remembering the picnic too.
(AT THE PICNIC AREA)
Pinkie come bouncing to the othes, she removed the cloth from her basket, to reveal three ballons, who just went up with the basket. Applejack stretched the picnic towel at the ground, while Rarity was searching for the plates, she wasn't finding it, Fluttershy was just observing a butterfly, Rainbow was with a sunglasses putting suncreen o her hooves. "I did totally forgot them. Oh, how could this happen?" Rarity was making drama, again. Rainbow just lay down on the towel, Twilight suddently appeared, dropping the box above her head, with a disturbing expression, creeping her out, the others looked at her. "You ok?" Applejack asked Twilight.
"No! I am not all right." She said.
"What can we do? I don't understand." They said.
"It's just terrible." Twilight said.
"Yes?" They asked.
"Simply awful." She said.
"Yes?" They asked again.
"It's the most horrific trouble I've ever been in. And I really, really need your help." Twilight said, not revealing what was her problem.
"Oh, just say it already!" Sonic said as he arrived.
"My letter to princess Celestia is almost overdue, and I haven't learned anything about friendship." Twilight said.
Sonic just frouned, 'Really? She was desesperate to not send a late letter to Celestia? Unbelievable.' He thought.
"Thank god. I thought something really had happened." Fluttershy said as they went to do they things.
Twilight frouned, getting annoyed. "Something awful happened! If I don't turn in a letter on time, I'll be tardy! Tardy!" Twilight said as she were teleporting next to each of them.
"No offence, sugar cube. But it looks like somepony's gatting themselfs all worked up over nothing." Applejack said.
"This isn't nothing. This is everything. I need you guys to help me find somepony with a problem I can fix before sundown. My whole life depends on it!" Twilight said getting angry.
"Oh, Twilight, you're such a crack-up." Pinkie said laughing.
"Come on, now. Have a seat and stop sweating the small stuff." Applejack said.
"UGGGHH!" Twilight then started stomping away.
"Wait! Twilight, I will come with you." Sonic said to her, "Someone have to keep an eye on her, see you girls later." Sonic said to then, following Twilight, she teleported them to her library.
(INSIDE THE LIBRARY)
"Clock is ticking, Twilight. Clock is ticking." Twilight said to herself as Sonic glanced at her, totally creeped out.
"Keep it together. If I can't find a friendship problem, I'll make a friendship problem." Twilight said as she opened a chest with a pony toy inside it.
"You sure about that?" Sonic asked her. She looked at him, her eyes twitching. "Forget I said something." He said, following her outside.
(ON A OPEN AREA OF THE PARK)
The Cutie Mark Cruzaders were playing with a beach ball, when Twilight appeared on the ball, poping it as Sonic came too, but keeped his distance from her.
"Hi, girls." Twilight said.
"Oh, hi, Twilight." Apple Bloom said. "How it's go-", Gr-r-eat. Just three look like you're doing great, too." Twilight said as they were backing away from her. "Looks like three good friends who obviously don't need the help of another good friend." Twilight then pulled out the old plushie (obviously from the magic space the characters have on cartoons). "This is Smarty Pants. She was nine when I was your age, and now I want to give her to you!" Twilight said, levitating it on their front.
"Uh, she's great." Scootallo said, not meaning it.
"Yeah, great." Aple Bloom said, feeling the same.
"I really like her... mane." Sweetie Belle said the first thing that came on her head.
"She even comes with her own notebook and quill for when you want to pretend she's doing her homework!" Twilight said, her expression not helping the situation.
"That's, um, great." Scootaloo said.
"Yeah. Great. Uh." Apple Bloom said, she and Scootallo poked Sweetie Belle as she didn't said nothing. She said the same thing she said early.
"I just hope the fact that there are three of you and only one of her doesn't become a problem. I'd hate to cause a rift between such good friends." Twilight said. Scootallo gestured to the others Twilight's craziness.
'Why am I not liking her tone?' Sonic wondered as he continued watching it from the side.
"So, who wants to play with her first?" Twilight asked.
"Uh, you play with her first, Sweetie Belle. You know, 'cause you like her mane so much." Apple bloom said, going abck from it.
"No, no, no, no. I think Sootaloo should get to play with her first." Sweetie Belle said.
"I'd love to, but, um, you take her Apple Bloom." Sccotallo said, they beggin pushinhg each other to the plushie.
'I got to think of something.' [gasps] 'That's it!' Twilight thought, then she the 'want-it-need-it spell' on the plushie. The Cutie Mark Cruzaders saw it, then started fighting over it.
"It works every time." Twilight said.
"You should really stop them, Twilight." Sonic said.
"Okay, okay, Let's break it up. I think we can all see that there is an important lesson to be learned here about-" Twilight was interrupted by their fighting. "Come on, girls. We're all friends here, right? Don't you think you ought to share?" Twilight asked.
"No way!." Apple Bloom said as she continued the fight.
Twilight tried to grab back the plushie, but was kicked out, the stubled on Big Macintosh.
"Big Mack. Thank goodness! You got to help me get that doll away from those girls." Twilight said.
"Yup." He said, going to them, he then grabbed the doll without difficult.
"Oh, thank you so much. Now, if you could give her to me." Twilight tried to grab it, but Big Mack running ahead with it, refusing to let go. The Cutie Mark Cruzaders went after him.
"Oh, no!" Twilight said as Sonic went to her side, looking to the mess it was about to became.
They runned through some ponies, who begin chasing them too.
"Happy now?" Sonic asked.
"Grr, just help me get the doll, so I can undo the spell." She said, going to the crowd. She tried to have a clear vision on the doll, but couldn't, Sonic tried to retrieve it, but just got a black eye from some random pony.
Somepony grabbed it from Big Mack, running from them, He and the crowd chase after her.
"Oh, what have I done?" Twilight asked herself as Sonic glared at her.
(WITH THE OTHERS)
"Y'all hear that?" Applejack asked.
Then the crowd came past them, fighting over the doll.
"What in the name of all things orchard apples is going on here?" She asked.
Some pegasus who where fighting over it dropped it on front of Rainbow, she looked but before she went crazy, Sonic blocked her vision. "Don't look at it!" Sonic said.
"Don't look at what?" Rarity asked.
"My Smarty-Pants doll. I enchanted her, and now everypony is fighting over her." Twilight said.
"Why would you enchant your doll?" Fluttershy asked.
"Just because Twilight didn't have anything to report to Celestia. She then made a friendship problem to solve it." Sonic said, releasing Rainbow.
"Sonic, what happened to your eye?" Rainbow asked.
"Ask Twilight." Sonic said angry.
Suddently as the sun goes down, a white flash came above them. "TWILIGHT SPARKLE!" Celestia appeared from the flash.
"Vish." Sonic said.
Celestia then used her magic to undo the spell and stopping the fight. She then lands in front of Twilight. "Meet me in the library." Celestia said, flying to there. Sonic followed her without nopony noticing.
"Goodbye, guys. If you care to visit, I'll be in Magic Kindergarten... in Canterlot." Twilight said as she went to the library. The girls then begin discussing about it.
(IN THE LIBRARY)
"So that's what happened to your eye?" Celestia asked, he nodded, "And you wasn't affected by the spell?" She asked.
"No." Sonic said.
"Interresting." She said, Twilight came in the room. She looked at them, only to see Sonic glaring at her, while Celestia looked dissapointed with her. "So, why did you do that Twilight?" She asked.
"I just couldn't get a friendship lesson this week, and I was losing time so I did create a friendship problem to solve it later to make a letter and send it to you, but I missed the deadline. I'm a bad student. I'm tardy. " Twilight said.
"You're a wonderful student, Twilight. I don't have to get a letter every week to know that." Celestia said.
"Really?" Twilight asked, then the girls came from the door.
"Wait!" Rainbow said.
"You can't punish her!" Pinkie said.
"It wasn't her fault." Applejack said.
"I'm listening." Celestia said.
"Please, your highness. We all saw that Twilight was upset." Fluttershy said.
But we thought that the thing that she was worrying about wasn't worth worrying about." Rainbow said.
"So, when she ran off, all worked up, not a single of us tried to stop her." Applejack said.
"Hey, I tried and look at my eye now." Sonic said, cleary still upset about it.
"With the exception of Sonic of course." Rarity said. "As Twilight's good friends, we should have taken her feelings seriously and been there for her." She said. Celestia was lookng at them with a serious expression.
"Please don't take her away from us just because we were too insensitive to help her." Fluttershy said.
"Looks like you all learned a pretty valuable lesson today." They nodded. "Very well, I'll forge-" Sonic interrupted her, he then begin whispering to her ear, then he began grinning at the girls. They didn't like that as Celestia beginned smiling too. "Well, I think Sonic's idea of punishment in good enough for me, so I won't need to send Twilight back to Canterlot." Twilight and the girls looked to Sonic, he just smirked at them. "But the punishment will be applied to you all too, minus Sonic, Spike and Tails. Twilight you will be forbidden from be using any type of magic, Rainbow Dash will be forbidden from flying, just using it to do your job with the weather nothing more, Rarity you too can't use magic, and fluttershy can't fly too, Pinkie you can't thrown party's and Applejack can't work at the farm. This punishment will last for an entire week, starting tomorrow." Celestia said, then looked to Sonic. "And you will keep an eye on them for me." She said as he nodded. "And one more thing, from this day forth, I would like you all to report to me your findings on the magic of friendship WHEN- and only when- you happen to discover them." Celestia then went to the balcone.
"Princess, wait. How did you know I was in trouble?" Twilight asked.
"Spike made me aware that you were letting your fears get the best of you. I commend him for taking your feelings seriously. Now, if you will all excuse me, I must return to canterlot. I'm expecting some mail." Celestia said as she flied to Canterlot.
"Sonic!? Why did you make her punish us all?" Rainbow asked upset about not flying in a week.
"You all deserve it, and she was going to send Twilight to Canterlot, so I keeped her here." Sonic lied about that part.
They glared at him, "Remember, Celestia let me on charge, so you won't try anything you shouldn't. Now, Spike grab a quill and scroll, they will tell what they learned about their lesson now, I will look for Tails, better this be done when I return." He leaved to the basement, still a little grump about the eye.
"He still upset about his eye." Twilight said.
"Probable that's the motive he's so bossy now."Applejack said, annoyed.
"We probable shouldn't annoy him anymore or he could make our punishment longer." Rainbow said.
They nodded as Spike noted what they say about they lesson.
(AT THE BASEMENT)
"Tails? What did I say about you been here for too long?" Sonic asked a little too harsh.
"Hey, calm down Sonic." Tails notice his black eye, "What happened to your eye?" He asked.
*sighs* "Ask Twilight. Oh and the girls are grounded." Sonic said.
"What? Why?" Tails asked.
"Let's just long short story, Twilight caused a mess that even Celestia have to came here, and the girls didn't tried to help, just me, so Celestia grounded them." Sonic chuckled.
"Let me guess, you made their punishments?" Tails asked, Sonic nodded as he laughs.
"But what are your working on?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, I am working on the comunicators, they aren't done through." Tails said.
"I see, well, let's go upstairs eat something, it's dark already." Sonic said, heading to the kitchen with Tails following behind.
