Later that day tails was staring out a window. He saw the sun starting to set. Spike was resting on the couch. Tails turned to twilight's door "hey should we start getting to sugar cube corner soon" he yelled. He heard twilight's voice "yeah, I'll be out in a second" she answered. Tails turned back to the window and watched the sun as it sunk below the horizon. Tails heard twilight's voice again from behind him "okay, I'm ready" she said. He looked back at her and saw that she was wearing a blue dress with star designs. He was stunned by how beautiful she looked in it. Twilight started feeling embarrassed "why, are you staring at me" she asked. Tails collected himself "oh sorry, I just didn't expect you to be wearing a dress" he said. Twilight giggled "did you think only you and your friends were dressing up" she joked. Tails chuckled "you're right, anyway shall we go" he said. Spike got up "finally, mares take so long to get ready" he said. Twilight and tails laughed as they all started walking.

Once they got to sugar cube corner tails saw that all of his friends were there, but there were a lot of ponies he didn't know. They were probably ponies they had saved during their battles. Sonic walked up to tails. Sonic's suit was covered in dirt and grass stains. Tails chuckled "sonic, did you really get that suit dirty already" he said. Sonic smiled "yeah, rarity chewed me out when I got here" he said. Pinkie ran up to them with shadow following slowly "yay, that means everpony's here" she celebrated. They heard a voice behind them "not yet" it said.

They looked toward the door to see princess celestia. Twilight gasped "princess, what brings you here" she asked. Celestia laughed slightly "I got an invitation from pinkie pie. I heard tails and his friends were leaving so I had to come see them" she said. Twilight smile "let me introduce you to them" she said. She gestured to sonic "this is sonic" she said. Sonic gave a thumbs up and a wink "yo, sonic the hedgehog's my name, speed's my game" he said. Celestia giggled. Twilight then gestured to shadow "and that's shadow" she said. Shadow silently bowed. Twilight started looking around "i don't know where knuckles is" she said. Celestia nodded "I'll go walk around, maybe I'll bump into him" she said as she walked into the party.

The others also joined the party except for shadow. He walked out of the building and sat on a bench. He looked up at the moon until his eyes were covered by something "guess who" someone said. Shadow sighed "pinkie, let go" he said. She let him go and sat next to him "correct" she said. Shadow just continued to watch the moon. Pinkie tilted her head "why aren't you enjoying the party silly" she asked. Shadow turned to look at her "i don't like parties" he said. Pinkie's smile never faltered "well how about we have our own party out here" she said. Shadow chuckled to himself "you don't give up do you" he said. Pinkie shook her head. Shadow looked back at the moon "you're lucky I like that about you" he said. They both sat together in comfortable silence.

Knuckles was in a booth with fluttershy. Fluttershy got his attention "so, are you excited to go home" she asked. Knuckles thought for a moment "i am, to see my island and my emerald" he said. Fluttershy smiled at him "I'm happy for you" she said. She then began to frown "yo-you will come visit...right" she asked. Knuckles grabbed her hoof "i promise" he said. Fluttershy began to tear up. Knuckles worried for her "are you okay, why are you crying" he asked. She nodded her head "I'm just... really happy" she said. Knuckles breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her into a hug.

Tails and twilight found a quiet corner. Tails got lost in thought. Twilight seemed to take notice "is something wrong" she asked. He broke out of his thought and looked at her "sorry, I know we're taking a break but I can't stop thinking about the transporter" he said. Tails started thinking out loud "i can probably get it to send us somewhere but I don't know how to get home" he said. Twilight started brainstorming "what if you could find a high energy level in your world, then you can use that signal" she suggested. Tails thought about that for a second. His face began to light up "twilight you're the best, thank you so much. If I can get it to read the master emerald's power I can get it to send us home" he said. Twilight smiled at him "I'm glad I could help" she said. When she saw his happy face, she remembered something "oh, I actually have something to give you" she said. She used her magic to float a envelope to him. Tails took it and looked at it "what is it" he asked. Twilight smiled sadly "read that when you get back to your world" she said. Tails nodded "okay, I will" he said.

Later that night the party started to calm down. Most of the ponies had left. The only ones left were the main group and celestia. Soon celestia got up "well it was nice meeting you all, but I must take my leave now" she said. Twilight gave her a nod "thanks for visiting princess" she said. Celestia gave her a smile and a wink "thank you for having me, oh and good luck" she said. Twilight blushed when she figured out what she was insinuating. Celestia giggled and started walking away "the same to you, tails" she said as she walked out. Twilight tried to change the subject "well, it is getting late. Maybe we should get home" she said. Spike frowned "do we have to twilight" he asked. Rarity answered for her "i agree, I am tired" she said. Applejack adjusted her hat "I've still got some thing to check on the farm so I also agree" she added. The others agreed and they all parted for the night.

Back at the library tails plopped himself down on the couch "that was a great time" he said. Spike yawned "I'm going to bed" he said as he left the room. Twilight was also exhausted from the party "i should be getting to bed too" she said. Tails nodded "do you want to help me with the transporter tomorrow" he asked. Twilight smiled at him "of course" she said. She walked up to her room. Tails pulled out the envelope twilight gave him. He opened it and grasped the letter but he let go of it and closed it back up. He laid down and tried to sleep.