A/N: I enjoy doing deleted scenes like this, it helps me destress. Onward!

Look Before You Sleep: Deleted Scene 3: Where Sunrise Blossom Was The Whole Time: Part 3: Return To Equestria!

*In the jungle, the mighty jungle, three friends are having fun toni-oh, wait. It's still the middle of the day here. Oh well. Anyway, it's been quite a few hours of fun, frolic and all sorts for Sunrise Blossom and her two new friends, Timon and Pumbaa. All day, they've been laughing, playing, relaxing, swimming, singing, taken a few quick naps now and again, and last but not least, eating together. Though, while Timon and Pumbaa may have been a TAD disappointed when Sunrise declined their offers of bugs and grubs, at least they're relieved to see that she preferred vegetables over meat. Later on though as the evening falls and the sun begins to slowly set, poor Sunrise starts to feel a little homesick and hopes to find a way to return back to Equestria, her family, and her friends before it gets too dark.*

Sunrise Blossom: (sighs sadly as she sits in the spot where they were napping earlier and looks up at the sunset) Oh, Twilight, how is miss you so much.

Pumbaa: (picks a berry out from a bush) Berry for your thoughts, Sunrise?

Sunrise Blossom: Huh? Oh, no thank you, Pumbaa. I'm still a little...stuffed. (Looks up at the sunset again and sighs)

Pumbaa: (growing concerned) Say, is anything the matter, Sunrise? You look a little bit glum. And after such a fun day we've all had too.

Sunrise Blossom: Oh, it's okay, Pumbaa. I'm fine. Just...just trying to figure out how to get back home is all. Now, don't get me wrong. I had LOADS of fun with you and Timon. But sooner or later, it will be time for me to return back to Equestria. Back to my friends and family.

Pumbaa: (realises) Oh, I see. You're homesick. Gosh, I know what that feels like almost ALL the time considering the amount of times Timon and I left the jungle. You must really miss everyone back there a lot.

Sunrise Blossom: Yeah. I do. I don't know how I'm gonna get back home though. I know my magic can work here, but I'm still not entirely sure how I ended up here in the first place. All I can remember is tripping over a rock and then, poof! I'm in the desert!

Pumbaa: (has a moment to think to himself) Hmm. Maybe Rafiki can help us.

Rafiki: (swings out of a tree) Somebody mention my name?

Pumbaa and Sunrise: (jump in shock) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Sunrise Blossom: (puts her hooves to her chest) Sweet Celestia! I...I think I almost just had a heart attack!

Pumbaa: (instantly calms down) Oh, hey! It's Rafiki! Just the baboon we were hoping to talk to! By the way, have I mentioned already a few times how much I enjoy saying your name? Rafiki, Rafiki, Rafiki!

(Yep. A callback to the running gag of Pumbaa doing this to Rafiki whenever he shows up in the episode "The Sky Is Calling".)

Sunrise Blossom: (gets a hold of herself after her brief panic attack) Uh, I'm guessing you're Rafiki? Unless I'm very much mistaken.

Rafiki: (does his trademark annoying monkey laugh) Indeed I am! And I can show you the way back home, Miss Blossom.

Sunrise Blossom: (blushes) Oh, you don't have to call me that, Rafiki. Just call me Sunrise. Everyone else back where I came from does.

Rafiki: Oh, of course. Silly me. Very well then, Sunrise. Now, come on! Just follow old Rafiki! He knows the way! (Dashes off into the bushes laughing)

Timon: (returns with a collection of beetles in his hands) Was that Rafiki I thought I heard just now?

Pumbaa: Yes, it was.

Timon: Well, what's HE doing here?

Sunrise Blossom: Rafiki is going to show me how to get home. Come on! (Begins chasing after the mandrill)

Timon: (groans) Oy. So much for our beetle hunt. (Drops the beetles he was holding and jumps onto Pumbaa's back) Onward! (Pumbaa begins hurrying after their friend)

Although it wasn't easy to keep up with Rafiki, the trio managed to, and they eventually reached the opening to a cave. The mandrill gestured to the opening with his stick, the nutshells rattling a little. "Look in here," he instructed softly.

Swallowing a little and feeling a bit nervous since the last cave she'd been in had had a dragon in it, Sunrise Blossom cautiously entered the cave with Timon and Pumbaa. They walked down a long tunnel that eventually opened into a large cavern with a stone archway in the center, surrounded by a pool of water.

"That's it?" Timon asked, annoyed. "We followed Rafiki for this?"

Sunrise Blossom hushed him and crossed the short bridge to reach the archway. Examining it, she carefully touched it with her horn, and the center began glowing brightly. Startled, the orange unicorn jumped backward and almost fell into the water, but managed to retain her balance. "Whoa!"

When the portal stabilized, a tall figure came out and solidified into Princess Celestia.

"Princess Celestia!" Sunrise Blossom exclaimed and they hugged. "How did you know I was here?"

"When your supplies were found in the road outside the palace, I had the royal guard search for you both," the Princess explained. "They did find Spike hiding in a hole under a rock, but when there was no sign of you, Sunrise, I was worried that you've been hurt or worse until I discovered a rip in reality in the forest. With Luna's help, we were able to determine which realm you ended up in, and I contacted Rafiki to find you and bring you here."

Sunrise Blossom was happy that she could go home, but she knew she would miss her new friends, and she turned to the meerkat and the warthog. "I wish I could stay longer," she said to them, "but it's time for me to go. I hope I will get to see you both again."

"Same here, Sunny," Timon agreed and they all hugged.

"Bye, Sunny," said Pumbaa.

Smiling sadly, Sunrise Blossom went through the portal with Princess Celestia, and it closed behind them.

Spike was pacing when the archway powered up and he beamed when Sunrise Blossom came through with the Princess. "Sunny!"

"Spike!" Sunrise Blossom exclaimed and they hugged. "I'm so glad that you're all right."

"I'm glad you're back, Sunny," the baby dragon replied. "And I'm sorry for running off like that."

"You're forgiven, Spike."

The next morning, after getting fresh supplies and comic books, Sunrise Blossom and Spike took the train back to Ponyville. After getting off the train and dropping the supplies off at the Apothecary, they went to the library so she could pick up Rosemary, and they were surprised to see repair work being done on one of the windows.

"Hey, Twilight, what happen?" Sunrise Blossom asked her twin.

"I had a sleepover with Rarity and Applejack," Twilight Sparkle explained, "and it was nearly a disaster since they weren't getting along. But after the top of a tree crashed through the window, they worked together to get rid of the tree, and my first ever sleepover was a success. So, how was your trip to Canterlot?" she asked as she helped pack up the cat supplies.

"Mostly uneventful," Sunrise Blossom answered and shared about her trip to a new land that hadn't been planned, but it had worked out in the end.

"Wow."

"Yeah."

A/N: And this is done! Such fun! Bye for now! R&R everyone!