Chapter 2: All Bottled Up
One morning at the Castle of Friendship, Starlight and Trixie were in the castle kitchen together. Starlight was busy decorating some teacakes while Trixie was trying to work on a particular spell and was failing to cast it.
"Come on, come on!" Trixie said grunted to a salt shaker she was staring at, "Turn into a teacup!" Trixie then fired a magic blast that made the salt shaker wobble a bit...and nothing else.
"No! Teacup!" Trixie said firmly and fired her magic at it again. The results were the same.
"No! Teacup!" Trixie snapped and tried again, but still all the salt shaker only wobbled from her magic and didn't change.
"No!" Trixie screeched in frustration before looking sadly at Starlight, who was just decorating her teacakes.
"Oh, Starlight!" Trixie whined, "I can't put a trick that's not working into my act! How come it's not working?"
"It could be because you're just yelling "teacup!"," said Starlight as a matter of fact, "and not picturing it in your mind."
"Oh. Yeah, that could be it," Trixie admitted quietly.
"What does your teacup look like?" Starlight asked the cerulean unicorn, "What shape is it? What color?"
Trixie just pondered to herself, took a deep breath, and fired her magic at the salt shaker once more and closed her eyes. This time her magic worked! The salt shaker turned into a pink tea cup with a purple handle. Trixie opened her eyes and squeed with delight.
"Whoo! Starlight, I did it!" Trixie said excitedly and hugged Starlight. Her gesture was so fast and so tight that Starlight accidentally squirted far too much icing on top of her teacakes.
"Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!" Trixie giggled as she continued to squeeze Starlight, "I did it, I did it! Woo-hoo-hoo!"
"Hey!" Starlight protested as she pried Trixie off of herself.
"Teacup!" Trixie called out as she turned another object into a teacup and giggled, "Teacup! Teacup, teacup, teacup!" Trixie turned a few more objects into teacups.
"Tea-cup! Teacup, teacup, teacup!" Trixie continued chanting as she turned three frying pans, a pitcher, two plates, and even a teapot into teacups.
Starlight was feeling rather annoyed at Trixie's enthusiasm as she tried to figure out how to clean up the excess icing on her teacakes.
"You know what you need?" Trixie asked Starlight as she appeared beside her, "A teacup!"
Trixie then turned Starlight's frosting tube into a teacup...with four legs, a tail, and it was barking. The "teacup" then started barking as it smashed into Starlight's teacakes, destroying them and making a mess as it yapped and ran off. Starlight groaned angrily and glared at Trixie.
"Whoops! I guess I pictured a teacup poodle," said Trixie, "Heh."
"Trixie! You ruined my teacakes!" Starlight told her best friend.
"I just got excited!" Trixie replied, "This is the first time I did a transfiguration spell! Real magic! Come on! Be impressed by me!"
Starlight just had a long face as she used her magic to push Trixie away. Trixie then got behind Starlight, grabbed her fore-legs, and waved them about.
"Yay, Trixie!" said Trixie as she imitated Starlight, "You're so great at magic and having good hair!" Starlight couldn't resist a chuckle.
"Good job, Trix," said Starlight, "But I was baking these to give to Twilight, Nyx, and the rest of the group for their friendship retreat. Pinkie Pie gave me a recipe and everything."
"Oh! You need snacks to give to Twilight?" said Trixie, "I've got you covered."
Trixie then hummed to herself as she walked about the kitchen looking for something. Starlight just stared sadly at her ruined tea cakes when Trixie dumped a pretzel bag right on top of the mess.
"Problem solved," Trixie said simply.
Starlight growled as a red magic cloud rumbled above her horn and then disappeared.
"Not exactly," Starlight remarked with a deadpan look on her face. Apparently, Starlight was learning the hard way how self-centered Trixie could be.
And it was pushing her patience to its limit.
*Main theme*
Later that day, the Mane Sixteen were at the train station along with Starlight, Spike, Dojo, and Trixie. They were walking across the station platform as the train gave off a loud whistle.
"I am so excited for this friendship retreat," Twilight told everypony, "I can't remember the last time we all got together to hang out without having to save Equestria."
"Or get interrupted by a meddling draconequus," Chase remarked.
"I already told him he's grounded, Chase." Fluttershy said reassuringly to Chase with a smile. "Discord won't ever be bothering us ever."
"Well, we are awesome," Rainbow remarked as the rest of the group boarded the train, "But technically, we weren't the last ponies to save Equestria."
Starlight and Trixie smiled. The former was modest while the latter was just happy.
"I was speaking on a broader sense," Twilight replied.
"And as long as we've got plenty of time to relax, we'll have a great time." Chase said as he held Nyx close to him for a loving hug as his daughter giggled while hugging her father in return.
Twilight smiled at the sight as she giggled before she turned her attention to Dojo, Spike, Starlight, and Trixie.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Twilight offered.
"Yeah, I have three comics to get through," said Spike.
"I need some time to relax while fixing up the castle while you guys are gone for a while." Dojo added.
"And I promised Trixie we'd practice more magic," said Starlight before walked up to Twilight and saying quietly, "I might be better if the castle was empty, if you know what I mean."
Twilight and Starlight smiled sheepishly. Chase, who had gone back to get his wife, heard that last statement.
"Told ya we should've filed for castle insurance," said Chase bluntly as Twilight shot him a glare. Trixie looked indignant and groaned.
"Relax," said Trixie, "If anything breaks, Starlight will just go back in time and fix it!" Starlight just chuckled nervously as Twilight and Chase gave her a glare.
"Kidding," said Trixie sheepishly.
"You better not do anything stupid, Trixie." Chase warned Trixie sternly, getting into her face as she became intimidated by the alicorn stallion. "Or else."
He gives Trixie the signal for their beheading as she gets even more scared and gulps in fear.
"I got the message." Trixie said meekly.
"Don't worry, Chase. We'll take good care of the castle while you're gone," Starlight as Trixie nodded in agreement.
"We'll be holding you to that," said Chase, "Come on, honey, let's go. Nyx wants a double cuddle session from the both of us!" Twilight just smiled and quickly boarded the train. Trixie and Starlight waved them goodbye.
"Have fun on your friendship retreat!" Trixie called out before whispering to Starlight, "What in Equestria is a friendship retreat, anyway?"
"They're gonna bond, share laughs, and if I know them, they're gonna sing a song." Starlight replied in a hushed tone. "As for Chase, I think he and his family are gonna do some shopping around town to find some adjustments to the dojo."
Trixie giggled.
"We are gonna have so much more fun than them!" Trixie remarked in a hushed tone.
She and Starlight giggled as the latter quickly hushed the former. Trixie then noticed that Starlight had the pretzel bag stuffed and hidden inside of her saddle bag. She used her magic to grab the bag and rushed over to the train.
"Twilight, Chase, wait!" Trixie called out. Starlight winced when she saw Trixie giving them the pretzel bag, "Starlight has something for you!"
"Huh?" Twilight replied.
"What is it?" Chase asked. Starlight then nervously gave the alicorn couple the bag.
"Here, I, um, brought you snacks," Starlight said sheepishly as Trixie just smiled smugly.
"Oh, how...thoughtful, thanks," said Twilight nervously as Antonio saw this, "we will...not get hungry on the train."
"Oh, pretzels," Antonio remarked as he opened the bag and ate one, "Delicious."
Twilight and Chase just rolled their eyes.
"It was supposed to be teacakes," Starlight remarked as she shot a look at Trixie, who simply played clueless and looked at her fore-hoof. Starlight sighed, "but...it's a long story. Have a great time!"
"You, too!" Twilight called out.
"See you later!" Chase shouted as his wife closed the train door.
Then the train pulled out of the station. Starlight, Trixie, Dojo, and Spike didn't wait long before exiting the platform and headed back to the castle.
(Scene changes)
Once Starlight and Trixie were back at the castle, they headed into the throne room to get started with those magic lessons. Spike was just sitting in his own throne reading one of his comic books. Dojo was sitting on Chase's throne while reading a
"Okay, Trixie," said Starlight, "what kinds of spells did you want to work on next?"
"Well, every self-respecting magician has a disappearing act," Trixie pointed out, "so maybe we could start with that?" Starlight looked rather worried about the idea.
"Hmm," Starlight pondered, "Nothing just disappears, so that's technically a teleportation spell, and those are pretty hard. Maybe we should start with something smaller."
Trixie chortled.
"No-no-no-no," Trixie protested, "The Great and Powerful Trrrrrixie goes big or not at all! Just tell me how you do it."
"Well," Starlight began to explain, "I've always found magic is tied to my emotions. Whatever I'm feeling fuels whatever I'm doing, and the stronger I'm feeling, the stronger the magic."
"Right," Trixie replied, "Like when you were so upset that cutie marks took away your friend, your magic was strong enough to enslave an entire village."
Starlight growled silently as the red magic cloud appeared above her head and then disappeared.
"Yep," said Starlight bluntly and sternly, "Thanks for bringing that up."
"See? I'm already learning," said Trixie, completely clueless to the fact she had hit a nerve, "If anypony is gonna teach me how to do a disappearing spell-"
"Teleportation spell," Starlight corrected.
"And don't try to make Chase angry when he comes home, Trixie. You're gonna be facing an angry alicorn stallion like him." Dojo said firmly. "Trust us, it ain't a pretty sight."
"Whatever," Trixie remarked and nudged Starlight's side with a fore-knee, "I'm complimenting you. And me. We can do this, 'cause we're amazing and magic if friendship and stuff."
Starlight laughed.
"I guess we can give it a whirl," said Starlight, "Now, we just need to find you something to teleport."
Spike then looked up from his comic book, suddenly feeling like he was being watched.
"Spike!" Trixie called out, "How about it?"
Spike chuckled nervously as Starlight got into the foreground.
"Oh no." Dojo groaned, facepalming himself in annoyance.
"Uh, let's pick something, I don't know, not living?" Starlight suggested in a rather desperate tone.
"I mean it won't be as impressive, but okay," Trixie conceded, "Teach away, mini-Twilight." Starlight couldn't resist a groan. Complement or not, she didn't find that pun funny.
(Scene changes)
Meanwhile, the members of the Mane Sixteen had arrived in Manehattan and had just entered the hallway of a particular building. A stallion wearing a blue visor, shirt, and red glasses, named Ginger Locks, was their guide.
"Welcome to Manehattan Escapes," he told the sixteen ponies in a very bored tone.
"Ooh, I'm going to start with a facial, and then get my hooves done, and-" Rarity was telling Twilight and Nyx. Nyx giggled.
"What's so funny?" Rarity asked the little filly.
"Oh, it's not that kind of retreat," said Twilight.
"Isn't it called "Manehattan Escapes" because it's a deluxe spa where you can escape all of your troubles?" Rarity asked, feeling slightly puzzled.
"I'm afraid not," said Chase in a knowing tone as he walked on the other side of his wife.
"Nope," said Twilight, "It's because we get locked in a room and we have to solve puzzles and riddles in order to escape!" It was then Ginger Locks led the group into a room that was filled with various contraptions and puzzle-solving gizmos and such.
"The clues will lead you to a key to get out," said Ginger Locks from a nearly clipboard on the wall.
"Team-building!" Twilight said excitedly.
"Yeah!" said Nyx with a smile. Everypony else other than Clay and Applejack just sighed unenthusiastically.
"Should've seen this coming," Sokka remarked.
"Come on, everypony," said Applejack, "This could be fun."
"That's the spirit, honey," said Clay as he wrapped a fore-leg around his wife's shoulder.
"Could be?" said Twilight, "Some of the brightest minds in Equestria put together these puzzles!"
"I'm just happy to be with all of you," said Fluttershy.
"Aw, isn't my wife the sweetest?" Sokka remarked as he hugged her from the side, making Fluttershy giggle.
"Me, too!" said Pinkie as she appeared between Applejack and Clay. Then hugged the two ponies along with Fluttershy and Sokka, "I'm not great at solving riddles, but I'm super great at cheering other ponies as they do it!"
Pinkie then zipped away and reappeared in her yellow and pink cheerleader outfit, pom-poms, and hair bow.
"Go, us! Ooo, ooo! Woo-hoo!" Pinkie cheered.
Nyx, Jade, and Trini giggled.
"Well, while you guys are doing that, we'll be in town shopping for some more essentials for the dojo in the castle." Chase said as he, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio joined him. "Then we'll all meet back here when you're done. Sounds good?"
"Sure, honey." Twilight acknowledged her husband happily. "Have fun shopping!"
Chase and the rest of his family nodded before they went off to do some shopping.
"Yes, yes, woo-hoo," said Rarity quickly in a not-so-enthusiastic tone, "But just so we know, exactly how long will we be locked in here?" Ginger Locks looked at the sheet of paper again.
"A group of griffons set the record for the fastest escape," said Ginger Locks, "It only took them an hour."
"Hah!" Rainbow retorted confidently, "Griffons barely like each other! We're basically the poster ponies for amazing friendships!"
"Don't get cocky," Clay remarked with an eye roll, but Rainbow wasn't listening.
"So get your quill ready, bub!" said Rainbow as she got into Ginger Locks' face, "You're gonna have to write down a new record."
Nyx rolled her eyes.
"Leave it to Dashie to turn this experience into a race," Nyx remarked.
"Hey, a motivated Dashie is better than a bored and whiny Dashie," Clay remarked, "So let's get started!"
"Right, Clay," said Nyx, "Let's get puzzle solving!"
Twilight just beamed and clapped her hooves together.
"That's my daughter who said that," Twilight said giddily.
The others just smiled.
(Scene changes)
Back at the castle, Starlight had finally managed to get hold of an apple and set it on the cutie map table. She then stood beside Trixie, who was in position and ready to go.
"If you master this spell before the others get back, you'd be setting some kind of record," Starlight told Trixie.
"Challenge accepted," Trixie replied with determination.
"Okay," said Starlight, "What you want to do is concentrate on the object that you want to teleport."
Spike and Dojo then noticed that they was in the cross-fire.
"Yeah, I'm gonna go...all the way over here," said Spike as he dashed away so he was behind Starlight and Trixie.
Correction: He was at the end of another hallway far away and behind the two ponies. Starlight and Trixie just looked at him before getting back to what they were doing.
"And I'll be right over here too." Dojo said as he moved to the other side of the throne room.
"Concentrate on teleporting," Trixie repeated, "Got it! Doin' the spell!" Starlight cringed.
"No, Trix, wait," Starlight called out, "not just-"
ZAP!
Too late.
Trixie fired her magic...and made the cutie map table disappear instead of the apple. Starlight was so shocked that she passed out. Even Dojo's eyes bugged out at the sight.
"Ta-da," said Trixie in a weak but sheepish tone.
"Oh no." Dojo said as he facepalmed himself in annoyance.
Once Starlight had been recovered, she and Dojo were pacing about the room hyperventilating. Trixie just sat lazily in Twilight's throne chair with a face that was completely calm and laidback.
"No-no-no-no-no-no-no!" Starlight said as she continued to panic, "You made Twilight and Chase's friendship map disappear!"
"Teleport," Trixie corrected in a casual tone. Starlight took offense to Trixie's lax nature.
"Really?!" Starlight snapped.
"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, try to chain that girl!" Dojo said angrily at Starlight.
"I would've tried to if you had just been helpful to me before she lost the map!" Starlight retorted at Dojo agitated.
"Well, it was behind the apple," said Trixie, "It was bound to happen. On the plus side, my magic is getting better! I made a whole table go poof! That was pretty impressive!"
"Trixie, we have to get that map back," Starlight retorted as she got into the cerulean unicorn's face.
"And if we don't, we're all dead!" Dojo said with fear.
"We'll find it," Trixie replied, still remaining calm, "No big deal." While Trixie didn't seem worried, Starlight was still panicking.
"Twilight and Chase are never gonna trust me to be alone in this castle again!" Starlight as she did some more pacing, "What were you thinking?!"
"Teleport, like you told me to," Trixie replied. Starlight's horn began to fizzle with the red magic cloud again.
"No!" Starlight snapped sternly, "You're supposed to concentrate on the object, not just teleporting!" Trixie just closed her eyes and scoffed.
"Well, gee, you probably should have told me all the steps before you let me do the spell!" Trixie remarked.
Starlight was taken aback as the red magic cloud above her increased in size and intensity. Dojo saw this and became horrified.
"I tried," said Starlight in a hallowed tone, but then felt tapping on her shoulder as she turned to see Dojo staring at the red cloud.
"Um… Starlight?" Dojo asked worriedly. "What is that?"
Starlight saw the red raging cloud above her head and gasped.
"I...need a minute." Starlight said and then rushed out of the room with Dojo following her. Trixie curiously watched Starlight disappear, but didn't go after her.
In the castle kitchen, Spike was busy washing all the tea cups when Starlight and Dojo ran inside and headed straight for the pantry, tossing dishes and other kitchenware about.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" Spike asked with concern as he saw the frazzled lilac unicorn and serpent and the ominous red cloud above Starlight's head.
"Not really, Starlight's having a mental panic attack and with that cloud above her head, she's gonna explode at Trixie if she doesn't calm down!" Dojo said in panic.
"I will be once I cast a spell to contain my anger in this bottle, Dojo." Starlight replied as she found herself a glass bottle.
Spike just stared at her with a blank expression on his face.
"Wait, what?" Spike said in confusion.
"Do you see this storm cloud?" Starlight asked, "This has never happened before! All this magical energy has to go somewhere, and if I'm not using it to fight a magical duel or bend my friends' wills to obey my every command..."
"Hah, I remember that," Spike chuckled, "it was funny seeing Sokka bounce around like a fish."
Starlight and Dojo gave Spike a deadpan look.
"The point is," said Starlight, "I don't know what my magic's going to do. So I'm hoping if I bottle it up my anger, I won't do who-knows-what to Trixie."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Spike asked. "I seem to recall-"
"What choice do I have?" Starlight interrupted, "I've got to get that map back, and I don't wanna lose Trixie. If she knew what I was thinking right now, she'd probably never talk to me again."
Spike just looked at her with concern.
Should I tell Starlight that Antonio once tried something like this once? Spike thought, Nah, I doubt it would stop her from doing what she's gonna do so I might as well cut my losses.
"Okay..." Spike said sternly, "You do what you need to do. I'll see if I can find the map somewhere in the castle."
Spike then jumped off his stool and headed out of the kitchen. Starlight just groaned as she put all the red magic into the bottle and sealed it shut with a cork. She then put the bottle into her saddle bags to keep it close in case if any more red magic came out of her horn. She and Dojo quickly made their way back to the throne room, where Trixie was just playing around with the now eaten apple. She saw Starlight re-enter the room.
"Oh, there you are!" Trixie said when she saw the lilac unicorn and serpent, "For a minute, I didn't think you were coming back, and that you might be upset with me for some reason. But then I remembered - you never get mad at me."
Whether Trixie was saying to sweet talk herself back into Starlight's graces or was really just being clueless was debatable, but it was enough to make Starlight groan irritably, causing more red magic to surge from her horn, which the lilac unicorn stuffed into her bottle. Starlight then exhaled to recompose herself.
"Nope!" said Starlight with a nervous laugh, "Not mad at all! So, the map is probably in the last place you were thinking of. Where was that?"
"And what place would it be at?" Dojo asked nervously.
"Ooh, great question," said Trixie, "I wish you asked it, like, right after I did the spell. I don't remember anymore."
That caused to groan again as more red magic to erupt from Starlight's horn, which she quickly stuffed into her bottle.
"No worries," said Starlight, trying to keep calm, "We'll just take a walk around town. Maybe that'll jog your memory."
"Okay, that sounds fun," said Trixie as she hopped out of the throne and then exclaimed, "Ooh!"
"Did you remember?" Starlight asked hopefully.
"Nope!" Trixie replied, "I've been craving something sweet since I couldn't have any teacakes this morning."
Trixie then walked out of the room, unaware she had struck a nerve for Starlight...twice.
"Oh, come on! This is no time for food!" Dojo said angrily.
"Cinnamon...nuts?" Starlight spluttered, quickly stuffing even more red magic into her bottle as she tried to keep her composure with another exhale.
"You got this, Starlight," she told herself, but deep down she wasn't so sure since Trixie was doing a very good job at pushing her temper today.
(Scene changes)
Back in the locked room, they had just finished one part of the puzzle when a switch appeared at the upper wall. Twilight and Applejack began to work together to find where the shards needed to be put together and got to work assembling a triangle using the broken shards. The others began to scan the area so they could be ready for the next part of the puzzle, except for Pinkie, who kept on cheerleading.
"Woo-hoo!" Pinkie cheered, "Go, Twilight! You can do it!"
"Go, Mom! Go!" Nyx cheered alongside Pinkie despite not having a cheerleading outfit.
Twilight then used her magic to put the last piece of the what was a giant triangle. There was a click and rattling as the panel opened up to reveal a purple gem in the shape of a teardrop.
"Woo-hoo!" Pinkie cheered again.
"Hoo-wee!" said Applejack to Twilight as the purple pony grabbed the gem with her magic and the panel closed up, "You solved that triangley thing mighty fast!"
"Uh, does anypony need a purple jewel?" Clay asked.
Rarity, Fluttershy, and Sokka were by a cloth that was covered in gems of various colors.
"Ooh!" said Rarity excitedly, "Plum or boysenberry?" Applejack gave the marshmallow mare a funny look.
"Don't both those fruits mean purple?" Applejack asked slowly.
"Yes, but one's a lovely purple and one's...well, icky." Rarity explained.
"Just put the gem in!" Rainbow snapped, "We're trying to set a record here!"
"No, you're trying to set a record, Dashie," said Nyx, "The rest of us are having fun!"
"That's right, Nyx," said Twilight as she used her magic to hand the gem to Sokka.
"Wanna set it in, honey?" Sokka asked his wife.
"Why, thank you, dear," said Fluttershy as she took the gem and set it onto an outline that matched the gem's shape.
And Pinkie had mysteriously removed her cheerleader outfit at this point. The cloth retracted to reveal the scroll was hidden underneath it. Pinkie then zipped away and put her cheerleader outfit back on.
"Yay! We solved another clue, 'cause out friendship is so true! Yaaaay, us!" Pinkie sang before jumping into the foreground, "Woo-hoo!"
(Scene changes)
Back in Ponyville, Starlight and Dojo were giving Trixie death glares. Trixie hadn't wasted much time getting herself a bag of cinnamon nuts and was stuffing her mouth with them. Plus the cerulean unicorn wasn't taking the search very seriously either. For the moment, the two mares and Dojo were in the Ponyville Jewelry Store as the shopkeeper, named Clarity Cut, appeared at the main counter.
"Ah, hello, fillies," Clarity Cut greeted warmly, "Uh, how can I help you?" She was then cut off when she caught whiff of Trixie's bag of nuts, "Oh, are those cinnamon nuts?"
Trixie put some more nuts into her mouth before speaking.
"Mmm, yes," Trixie answered, "I got from the cart outside." Just outside the window was Bulk Biceps selling various nuts in his own sales cart. "They're delicious. Do you want some?"
Trixie held her bag of nuts to Clarity Cut. Starlight and Dojo were still glaring at Trixie, but something was different about the lilac unicorn. Her bangs that curled lovingly around her horn were now straight and messy. Starlight then pulled the bag of nuts away so she could speak to Clarity Cut.
"Have you seen a big table?" Starlight asked, "Magical map on it, sometimes glowing cutie marks shoot out?"
Clarity Cut was rather stunned.
"A big ta-" Clarity Cut stuttered, "Uh, no! Uh, why in Equestria would something like that be in here? Ha!"
"Well, I cast a pretty amazing spell that transported it to the last place I was thinking of," Trixie explained, "but I might have been thinking about how I'd treat myself to a nice brooch instead. Chase gave me quite a sum of bits for my last birthday."
Trixie then eyeballed a emerald cut broach that had a gem the same color as her fur.
"Ah, well, no huge table here," said Clarity Cut, "Uh, are you still interested in that broach?"
"Sure!" said Trixie excitedly.
"No! We don't have time for this!" Dojo snapped as Starlight picked up both Trixie and her bag of nuts and carried her away with Dojo following her so they were out of Clarity Cut's hearing range.
By now her mane and bangs were looking unraveled and messy.
"Twilight and Chase and the rest of the group are gonna be back soon!" said Starlight to Trixie as more red magic erupted from the lilac unicorn's mane, but put the red magic into the bottle and quickly tried to calm down.
"But I'm not upset," Starlight added, trying to sound optimistic, "What's our next stop?"
"And it better not be food again!" Dojo said angrily.
Trixie just chewed on her nuts as she pondered to herself.
(Scene changes)
Their next stop was Sweet Apple Acres. The two mares and serpent wasted no time heading to the barn where Granny Smith was there to speak to them. Starlight wasted no time filling the experienced mare in on their dilemma. Well, at least her dilemma since Trixie was still acting very carefree and stuffing her face with cinnamon nuts. In addition, all the stress and bottled up anger was starting to take its toll on Starlight's overall appearance. Dojo was starting to feel more angry by the minute.
"Nope, I ain't seen it," Granny Smith replied.
"Are you sure?" Starlight asked worriedly, "It's really, really important that we find it. And it might be here because somepony..." More red magic erupted from her horn, and eventually went into her bottle, as she glared at Trixie, "...was craving apples."
"And in addition, she's being more delusional than ever." Dojo added bitterly and agitatedly.
Trixie just munched away, not even paying attention to how irritated Starlight and Dojo were getting.
"I'm still craving them," said Trixie, "They'd go so well with cinnamon nuts!" Trixie then let Granny Smith get a sniff of their nuts.
"Oh, them nuts sure do smell good! Heh-heh," Granny Smith remarked. Starlight then sternly used her magic to toss the nuts away as Trixie raised a hoof as if she cry out "come back" to the now discarded bag of nuts.
"Granny Smith, please," Starlight pleaded, "The table?"
"Well, my eyes ain't what they used to be," said Granny Smith, "but I know for sure if a big ol' table done appeared out of thin air."
Starlight and Dojo just sighed as they and Trixie turned to leave.
"See y'all later," said Granny Smith before adding to Trixie specifically, "and I hope you're being nice to my grandcolt now, ya hear!"
"Of course I am! We settled things!" Trixie protested before saying with a pouty face, "I've been a good girl!"
Starlight snorted as Dojo breathed fire out of his nose.
"Yeah, you've been a real angel today," Starlight muttered through her teeth.
"With a very bad intention lately." Dojo added.
(Scene changes)
Back in town, the teacup poodle Trixie had made appear was still yapping and running about. The teacup poodle had disappeared just as Trixie, Dojo, and Starlight came into view. Trixie was just enjoying her time in town while poor Starlight and Dojo were looking very exhausted and moody to the point all the curls in the lilac unicorn's mane, bangs, and tail were now limp and unraveled. Dojo eyes had bags under them.
"Darn, I could've sworn it'd be at the ice cream parlor," Trixie told Starlight and Dojo in a tone that was full of energy, "because it was warm in the castle and I thought I wanted ice cream, and-Ooh! Maybe we should check out the Crystal Empire, 'cause Twilight and Chase's castle is made out of crystals, so I totally had crystals on my mind."
More red magic came out of Starlight's horn, which was immediately put into the bottle as Dojo glared at Trixie angrily.
"Okay, we better start moving if we want to make it to the Crystal Empire," said Starlight in a tone that had no energy in it whatsoever. Trixie took notice as Starlight walked away from her.
"Are you okay, Starlight and Dojo?" Trixie asked with concern, "Because you guys seem a little, uh, what's the word..."ich-bh-ba".
Starlight just groaned and stuffed some more magic into her bottle. However, unlike before, Trixie saw what the lilac unicorn was doing.
"Nope, I am great," Starlight fibbed, though the tiredness in her tone said otherwise.
"Did your saddle bag just glow?" Trixie asked.
"No," said Starlight in a quick but still weak tone.
"Don't pay attention to it!" Dojo said quickly.
"Gimme!" Trixie asked as she tried to take Starlight's saddlebags off her back with her magic.
"No!" Starlight protested weakly.
"Give it here!" Trixie snapped.
"Don't!" Starlight retorted.
"Trixie!" Dojo shouted.
"What's in this?" Trixie asked but didn't get an answer as the two girls fought and played tug of war with the saddle bags. In the foreground, Bulk Biceps was advertising his nut cart.
"Cinnamon nuts!" Bulk Biceps shouted. It was then Granny Smith and Clarity cut were approaching the cart.
"Ooh, I have had a hankerin' for these all day!" Granny Smith said excitedly.
"Uh, me, too!" Clarity Cut added, "Even since that Trixie came by with 'em."
Back with Starlight, Dojo, and Trixie, the two mares and serpent were now straining as the tug of war over Starlight's saddle bags continued. Suddenly, the saddle bag recoiled off of Starlight's back and flew to the left while Trixie was sent flying to the right.
Time slowed down as the bottle containing the red magic flew into the air and then smashed open in front of Bulk Biceps, Granny Smith, and Clarity Cut, exposing them to Starlight's red magic.
Starlight and Dojo cringed fearfully. The magic immediately infected the three ponies, turning their eyes red and making them snarl angrily as they marched over to Trixie. Trixie was still dazed and had barely recovered when she saw Bulk Biceps, Granny Smith, and Clarity Cut glaring at her furiously.
"Um, why are they looking at me like that...?" Trixie asked nervously.
It wasn't long before Granny Smith cupped her fore-hooves together aggressively as she walked up to Trixie.
"You ruined my teacakes!" Granny Smith snapped.
"What?!" Trixie asked in shock and looking rather anxious as she backed away into Clarity Cut.
"You just had to give Twilight those smelly pretzels!" Clarity Cut yelled.
"Were they your pretzels?" Trixie asked confused, "I don't understand."
"You don't pay attention when I'm trying to teach you!" Bulk yelled furiously.
"Starlight and Dojo, can you help me please?!" Trixie cried out as she ran underneath Bulk Biceps to escape the enraged muscular stallion.
(Scene changes)
Back in the escape room, something had caught Applejack's eye.
"Uh, Twilight, can you help us, please?" Applejack asked as she and Clay pointed to some suspicious looking set of bricks on the wall.
Twilight then used her magic to remove the said bricks. Behind them was a picture of four shapes, a green triangle, yellow square, pink circle, and blue star. Rainbow hovered over to examine it.
"I've seen those symbols! Over here!" said Rainbow as she led the group to a circle that was cut into colored wedges that had shapes on it.
"I call the blue star!" said Clay as he placed his fore-hoof on the colored wedge.
"You can do it!" Pinkie cheered as she put her fore-hoof on the pink heart.
Twilight and Rainbow placed their hooves on the other two shapes. This made the wedges light up. A panel on the floor opened up to reveal a golden key.
"Almost there," said Rarity.
"Yeah," Nyx added, "The end is near once you find the golden key!"
"I've got the key!" said Fluttershy as she took the said object with her mouth and placed it into the key hole of the door.
"Great job, honey," said Sokka as the two Pegasus shared a loving nuzzle.
"This is it!" said Twilight, "I'm so impressed."
"I'm not," Rainbow bragged, "I knew we were the best."
The others smiled.
(Scene changes)
At a local gift shop that was selling some martial art projects, Chase and the rest of his group were going through some things to find there. Luckily, they had found just enough, save for one pony.
"Come on, Antonio! We've already got enough things for the dojo now! Get your flank over here!" Chase called as Antonio poked his head out from behind some shelves.
"But Chase, I can't find any good training dummies for us to test out!" Antonio replied back wearily.
"Well, just pick one and get over here already!" Sunray snapped at his cousin. "Twilight and the others are probably finished with their team work session by now."
"Yeah, we don't wanna be here all day. Alright?" Jade added in agreement.
Trini turned to Chase as he placed some of the items he found on the register.
"Hey, Chase. Do you think Starlight and Dojo are handling everything at the castle as well as keeping an eye on Trixie?" Trini asked with a curious look.
"Don't worry, Trini." Chase assured his older cousin. "If I know them, they've probably gotten into some trouble at the moment."
(Scene changes)
Back in Ponyville, Trixie was still in hot water…
"You're the worst!" Granny Smith yelled.
"That seems harsh," said Trixie in shock, "and I said I settled things with Chase! Honest! I like him!"
Granny Smith only replied by trying to swipe at Trixie, but the cerulean unicorn ducked at the last minute.
"Whoa! Starlight!" Trixie yelped and screamed as she ran for her life, "I don't know what's happening! Starlight, help!" Poor Starlight just held her head low, feeling too drained to do anything. She couldn't even light up her horn without it fizzing out.
"I'm glad Twilight and Chase weren't here to see this," Starlight remarked wearily.
"Me too, Starlight." Dojo said in agreement as he looked worried at the moment as well.
(Scene changes)
Back at the locked room...
"I wish Starlight was here to see how strong friendships can be when we trust in each other and work together," Twilight told the rest of the group. "You've all taught me so much."
The rest of the Mane nine gathered around. Just like Starlight predicted, they were about to sing a song.
[Twilight - As she began to sing, the room went dark. Then one by one, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, Applejack, Rarity, Nyx, and Pinkie each shined a spotlight on Twilight from various directions. Then the inside of Twilight's head was shown, revealing a large question mark that later turned into a thought cloud of all her friends and family hugging her.]
Friendship used to make me so queasy, queasy
But you made it all so easy, easy
Now I don't have to say what I'm thinking
You already know without even blinking
[Applejack - She pulled wagon filled with apples and the eight other ponies inisde. Apples also rained from the sky above.]
You guys are the apples of my eye
[Rainbow - She flew across the sky at high speed, leaving a huge rainbow colored trail behind her and then a checkered flag appeared at the very end.]
The race that doesn't end in a tie
[Pinkie Pie - She bopped in place as he held a funnel cake with lots of whipped cream and a cherry on top.]
You are the funnel cake of my fair
[Fluttershy - She was picked up by a bear, who cuddled her happily.]
The warm hug of a fuzzy bear
[Mane Nine - the nine ponies walked across a curved surface, except for Rainbow Dash who hovered above them. As they walk to the right, the seasons changed from spring, summer (which Rainbow, Clay, and Nyx, Rarity wore a sun hat, and Pinkie had an inner tube), fall, (which only Rarity is wearing a scarf), and winter, (which everypony except for Fluttershy is wearing a scarf. Sokka, Clay, and Rainbow are wearing knit caps.).]
Best friends (best friends) until the end of time (of time)
[Mane Nine - Then they are all seen picking a partner to lean their back against one another. Clay was against Sokka, Twilight against Fluttershy, Rarity against Applejack, Pinkie against Rainbow, and Nyx was set up front leaning against both Pinkie and Rainbow.]
We'll have each other's back (backs...backs)
[Mane Nine - All nine ponies walked toward the foreground with their eyes closed, starting in the center and then walking off in alternating directions. Nyx to the right, Clay to the left, Sokka to the right, Fluttershy to the left, Pinkie to the right, Rarity to the left, Applejack to the right, Rainbow to the left, and finally Twilight to the right.]
And let our true selves shine (selves shine)
And that's because...
[Mane Nine - The screen showed Twilight and Rainbow in their own colored squares, then Fluttershy and Rarity appeared to make the screen a two by two grid. Then Pinkie, who was upside down, and Applejack appeared to make it a two by three grid. Then Clay, Sokka and Nyx appeared to make the screen a three by three grid of singing ponies on screen.]
...everything we need is all right here
[Mane Nine - The group created a nine pony pyramid. The bottom row was Clay, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Sokka. The second row up was Rarity and Applejack. Third row was Nyx and Fluttershy, who connected fore-hoofs since they were leaning toward each other. The top was Twilight, who stood on Nyx and Fluttershy's fore-legs on her hind legs and wings open.]
When we're with our team
(Scene changes)
Back in Ponyville...
"Starlight!" Trixie yelled as she ran past the exhausted lilac unicorn and right up a tree to escape the three enraged ponies chased after her, "A spark of magic could be very helpful right about now!"
Trixie then covered her eyes as she peeked out of the tree. Starlight tried to light up her horn, but she was too drained.
"I...can't...!" Starlight said tiredly with a grunt as Dojo placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
(Scene changes)
Back in the locked room as the song continued...
[Twilight - The nine ponies all walked along a large wide rainbow with each walking on a specific color. Sokka was red, Fluttershy was dark orange, Applejack was light orange, Twilight was yellow, Pinkie was green, Rarity was blue, Clay was indigo, Nyx was violet, and Rainbow was purple.]
I simply can't imagine there'd be a day
Where I wouldn't want to be walking your way
[Twilight - a quill across the screen to show Twilight looking at a checklist. The checklist was then shown to have pictures of the others as she put check marks in the box next to each picture. Twilight then unlocked and opened a door . There were the other eight ponies behind it.]
Whatever new problems there may be, may be
Our friendship is always the door with the key
[Rarity - she walked in place on top of a diamond while the other eight ponies were seen in eight other gems. Rainbow looked annoyed being seen in a gem but the others all smiled.]
You are the jewels in my friendship crown
[Twilight - She then fired a magic blast that exploded in the sky like a firework.]
The sparks that made my world go 'round
[Mane Nine - All nine ponies appeared as firework images appeared in the sky. Then they were all seen riding a boat with Pinkie holding a telescope and Rainbow and Sokka were scouting from the mast above.]
We bring the best out, that's our goal
There's no telling how far we'll go
[Mane Nine - the nine ponies walked across a curved surface, except for Rainbow Dash who hovered above them. As they walk to the right, the seasons changed from spring, summer (which Rainbow, Clay, and Nyx are wearing sunglasses, Rarity wore a sun hat, and Pinkie had an inner tube), fall, (which only Rarity is wearing a scarf), and winter, (which everypony except for Fluttershy is wearing a scarf. Sokka, Clay, and Rainbow are wearing knit caps.).]
Best friends (best friends) until the end of time (of time)
[Mane Nine - Then they are all seen picking a partner to lean their back against one another. Clay was against Sokka, Twilight against Fluttershy, Rarity against Applejack, Pinkie against Rainbow, and Nyx was set up front leaning against both Pinkie and Rainbow.]
We'll have each other's backs (backs...backs)
[Mane Nine - All nine ponies walked toward the foreground with their eyes closed, starting in the center and then walking off in alternating directions. Nyx to the right, Clay to the left, Sokka to the right, Fluttershy to the left, Pinkie to the right, Rarity to the left, Applejack to the right, Rainbow to the left, and finally Twilight to the right.]
And let our true selves shine (selves shine)
And that's because...
[Mane Nine - The screen showed Twilight and Rainbow in their own colored squares, then Fluttershy and Rarity appeared to make the screen a two by two grid. Then Pinkie, who was upside down, and Applejack appeared to make it a two by three grid. Then Clay, Sokka, and Nyx appeared to make the screen a three by three grid of singing ponies on screen.]
...everything we need is all right here
[Mane Nine - The group created a nine pony pyramid. The bottom row was Clay, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Sokka. The second row up was Rarity and Applejack. Third row was Nyx and Fluttershy, who connected fore-hoofs since they were leaning toward each other. The top was Twilight, who stood on Nyx and Fluttershy's fore-legs on her hind legs and wings open.]
When we're with our team
As the nine ponies were posed in the pyramid, the background returned to normal and Ginger Locks appeared from a hidden room in the wall behind them.
"That was lovely," said Ginger Locks, "But, um, you know the game isn't over until you turn the key?"
"Gah!" Rainbow yelped as she dashed out of the bottom of the pyramid, making the entire thing collapse. She then turned the key and unlocked the door.
"Did we do it?" Rainbow asked Ginger Locks. The stallion looked at a clock.
"So close," said Ginger Locks, "You missed the griffon record by two seconds. Probably shouldn't have sung that song."
"Aw, nuts!" Rainbow grumbled in frustration.
That's when the doors opened to reveal Chase and his family coming in with lots of bags.
"Hey, guys." Chase greeted with a smile. "Sorry for being a little late, we had to find some more things."
"No problem, honey." Twilight said as she gave her husband a kiss on the cheek as Nyx hugged her father. "We were almost close to finishing the record until we sang."
"Well, I think we've had enough for today." Chase said with a smile. "Why don't we head back to Ponyville so we can relax?"
The others nodded in agreement.
(Scene changes)
Back in Ponyville...
"GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Bulk Biceps screamed in rage as he lifted his nut cart and chucked it right at Trixie!
"NUTS!" Trixie screamed and ran...in the same direction the cart was flying in. She had barely gotten behind a house in the background when...
SMASH!
A shower of nuts fell from the sky as the cart crashed right on top of Trixie. The cerulean unicorn wobbled back into view woozily. She barely recovered when Bulk Biceps came up to her.
"You just do whatever you want to do!" Bulk Biceps yelled.
"Starlight!" Trixie screamed and ran away by ducking under Bulk Biceps, but she skidded to a stop when she saw Granny Smith was in her way.
"And you don't always...(huff)...have to bring up my dark past!" Granny Smith yelled with a definitive huff.
"I didn't know you had one, Granny Smith!" Trixie replied nervously.
Granny Smith grunted and slammed her bit pouch onto the ground in front of her. It was then an object boomeranged over Trixie's head. It was the visor that belonged to Clarity Cut. She put her visor back on her head once it returned to her.
"Oh! I just can't believe you sometimes! You make me so mad!" Clarity Cut snapped.
"I barely even know you!" Trixie protested as the three angry ponies surrounded her again, "I don't understand why you're all so mad at me!"
Trixie cringed as the three ponies closed their distance from her. Starlight then found the strength to put an end to this once and for all with Dojo by her side.
"They're not," said Starlight in a very weak tone, "I am."
With all her strength, Starlight used her horn to remove the red magic from the three ponies' eyes. She gathered all the red magic back into a very large red cloud. This also allowed Starlight to regain her strength as her mane, bangs, and tail got their curls back. Starlight sighed before finally finding her voice again.
"I'm really...mad at you," Starlight said in a soft tone to Trixie, but it got stronger and louder as she continued to speak, "You lost Twilight and Chase's map table. You make jokes like it's no big deal. It's like you don't even care you could get me in alot of trouble. If we can't find that table, Twilight and Chase are never going to trust me again. Chase is going to be really mad at not only me, but also at you since you are irresponsible, and the worst part is you didn't even say you were sorry!"
Trixie just listened worriedly to Starlight's rant, but her eyes kept shifting from the lilac unicorn to the raging red magic cloud. She then cringed when Starlight got into her face with a face filled with rage.
"And we really don't want to face an angry stallion like him! You saw the way he gave you the warning sign, Trixie!" Dojo said angrily. "This is not some joke we are dealing with, he is really gonna be angry at you!"
"I...I-I'm sorry," Trixie stuttered, "I had no idea you felt that way."
"Yeah! I do!" Starlight snapped angrily but then took a long sigh, which in turn made the red cloud disappear permanently. She then continued speaking calmly, "But to be fair, I don't know how you could've known. I did a spell and bottled up my anger, but when the bottle broke, it infected these three. I'm really sorry. I used magic so I wouldn't use magic. I should have guessed that would backfire."
Clarity Cut, Bulk Biceps, and Granny Smith just listened quietly behind Trixie.
"Aw, that's all right," said Clarity Cut, "it was a slow day."
"Yeah, I was gonna get my dentures cleaned before y'all showed up," Granny Smith added, showing her false teeth to prove her point.
"Aaaah!" Bulk Biceps shrieked, "My nut cart!"
Bulk Biceps returned with the broken remains of the cart he had tossed at Trixie. Starlight smiled and easily used her magic to repair the cart, better than new.
"Yay! My nut cart!" Bulk Biceps said happily.
"Uh, hang on," said Clarity Cut, "Don't you work at the spa?" Bulk Biceps gasped.
"I'm late for my other job!" Bulk Biceps remarked and then saw everypony else was starting at him, "What? I wear many hats." He then pushed his cart away to the right while Granny Smith and Clarity Cut walked off to the left.
"Not gonna lie," Trixie said to Starlight, "Hearing you and those random ponies say all those terrible things about me wasn't easy. But I needed to hear it. Why didn't you just tell me how you felt?"
"Just tell her, Starlight." Dojo said gently, placing a hand on Starlight's shoulder.
"I didn't want to lose you as a friend," Starlight admitted honestly.
"Pfft! Come on!" said Trixie, "It'd take a lot more than that to lose me. Remember what I told you when you confessed to Mario and the others about being afraid that we're going to abandon you. Never gonna happen! Our friendship is stronger than a few angry words."
"And a magical temper tantrum?" Starlight added sheepishly.
"Listen, I'd take that over the boring pony you were becoming any day," Trixie continued as she put a foreleg on Starlight's shoulder, "The Starlight I love is passionate, lively, and yeah, sometimes angry. Those are my favorite parts of you. That and the fact that you forgive me every time." Starlight gave Trixie a teary smile as she quickly wiped her eyes.
"I'll forgive you if you forgive me," said Starlight with a giggle.
"Deal," said Trixie, giving her best friend a hug, then she gasped, "I remembered what I was thinking about!"
Starlight and Dojo looked a little puzzled until Trixie guided them to the Ponyville Spa. There inside the main lobby...was the table they were looking for! And Bulk Biceps was busy messaging the back of a customer on the top of it.
"You're kidding me," said Starlight in shock and surprise.
"You sent it here?!" Dojo asked in surprise.
"There's more to it than that," said Trixie, "I was thinking about how glad I am to have met you, and I remembered our first meeting - here at the Ponyville Spa. And now I just have to teleport it back!"
Trixie lit up her horn and Starlight and Dojo cringed fearfully.
"No-no-no-no-no-no-no!" Starlight and Dojo cried out as they tackled Trixie to the floor to stop her from trying to teleport the map back. Bulk Biceps saw everything, but just shrugged and got back to work.
(Scene changes)
Back at the castle, Starlight and Trixie had finally managed to get the map out of the Ponyville spa. Well, Starlight used her magic to carry it back to the castle. For the moment, they were trying to set it precisely back into place in the middle of the throne chairs with Spike and Dojo's help.
"A little to the left," Spike said as Starlight hovered it in the air to set it back down, "Oh, now rotate it just a hair..."
Spike didn't have much time for adjustments when the doors to the throne room opened and the Mane sixteen walked inside.
"Hey, girls! How'd it go?" Twilight asked.
Spike and Dojo cringed. Trixie and Starlight did the same as the latter let go of the table so it made a loud thud upon landing.
"Nothing!" said Starlight and Trixie quickly. Twilight and Nyx gave them both funny looks. Chase raised an eyebrow at them.
"O...kay..." said Nyx slowly.
"...What?" Twilight asked slowly. Starlight and Trixie smiled sheepishly.
"What's going on?" Chase asked in a slow but suspicious tone.
"Yeah, are you guys feeling alright?" Jade asked with concern.
"What happened?" Trini asked as well.
"Let's just say," Starlight explained, "I learned a friendship lesson while you were gone." Twilight got teary eyed.
"You've barely graduated, and you're already taking initiative!" Twilight said happily, "Oh...so proud."
"Oh, honey," said Chase as Nyx giggled.
"We learned about team building and problem solving," Fluttershy told Starlight and Trixie.
"And when not to sing songs!" Pinkie added.
"And that there's more to puzzles than trying to finish them as fast as possible," Nyx added as the rest of the Mane sixteen all looked at Rainbow. Rainbow's eyes shifted at all the smiling faces and snorted.
"Ugh...yeah...we did," said Rainbow reluctantly.
"We certainly had a good time," said Rarity, "but I really was looking forward to a spa day, and the Ponyville spa is still open. Anyone?"
"Sounds good to me!" said Twilight.
"I have a coupon!" said Rainbow as the rest of the Mane sixteen gave general agreements to the idea. Spike and Dojo also walked up to them to say they wanted to join them.
"Oh, Mom!" said Nyx once the chatter settled down, "We can finally do the mother-daughter package!"
"Oooh! I forgot they had that," said Twilight as she nuzzled her daughter happily, "we can certainly do that package together."
"Alright!" said Nyx and clapped her fore-hooves excitedly. Starlight and Trixie smiled and looked at each other.
"We'll meet you there!" said Trixie as they both gave the group sheepish smiles.
Once the others had walked out of the room, Trixie turned to Starlight.
"Quick! Do you have a spell that will make the spa ponies forget that the map was there?" Trixie asked frantically.
"Haven't you learned anything about using magic to solve your problems?" Starlight asked skeptically.
"No," Trixie replied with a smug smile, "If we learned that lesson, how will we ever have fun?"
Starlight and Trixie just giggled to each other. Just then Chase peeked his head into the room.
"By the way, was it hard to get the map out of the Ponyville spa?" Chase asked with a stern look.
"Nah, it was actually very...OOP!" Trixie then covered her mouth with both her fore-legs and Starlight cringed.
Chase just glared at them and then exited the room, saying nothing more as he closed the doors to the room. By that point, Trixie was just staring into space with her jaw hanging open.
"How?! Who? Where?! Why? What?!" Trixie stuttered, "How'd he know that?!"
Starlight just groaned.
"Antonio did it once when he teleported it to the spa. And let's just say you and me are gonna be confessing everything to Chase before the spa treatments are over," Starlight wearily.
Trixie groaned.
"Maybe we can just say we're not up for it," said Trixie quickly, "Then make a break for it afterward!"
"TRIXIE! STARLIGHT! GET YOUR FLANK'S OUT HERE! NOW! YOU'RE BOTH IN BIG TROUBLE AFTER OUR DAY AT THE SPA IS DONE!" Chase called out sternly.
Starlight groaned.
"Take my advice for once, Trixie," said Starlight, "There's no escaping Chase."
Starlight then headed out to catch up with the others. Trixie whimpered before following the lilac unicorn.
They knew this was going to a long night.
Author's note: Hey, guys.
Sorry for the long wait. Work has gotten me really exhausted for the past two days, but I am okay now. Sorry I couldn't get anything exciting, but this is the best I got. Hope you like it.
Peace out!
