As time went by, the theme park was soon opened for the public and almost everybody was there, including the Humane Seven, well, almost all of them for obvious reasons.

"Equestria Land opening day!" Pinkie Pie beamed as she was more excited than anyone else. "What should we do first? Appleloosa Wild West Stunt Show? Nightmare Moon's Haunted Castle? Sugarcube Everything?!"

"Pinkie Pie, how much sugar have you had?" Mo asked.

"Ooh, maybe just a teensy bit more than my usual whenever I have cereal for breakfast." Pinkie smiled innocently.

"Wow." Atticus said.

"Now, hang on. Ah got the sense Rarity's overwhelmed, which is understandable," Applejack said to the others. "Ah mean, she's all alone here without any of her friends. Which is why Ah wouldn'ta taken the job, but that's just me. Uh, point is, we're here to support Rarity."

"That's right." Patch nodded.

A group of girls squealed and beamed while rushing over to see Vignette up close.

"I didn't know Lady Gaga worked in the park." Mo muttered.

"Who's that?" Patch asked, pointing to Vignette.

"Oh, Patch, that's Vignette Valencia!" Pinkie announced like it was obvious after finishing her cotton candy and before showing her phone. "She's famous on SnapGab, which you'd know if you actually logged in once in a while. You're missing my 'One Cupcake Every Day' series."

"She even has her own saying." Mo sighed.

"She posts a lot of pictures of her Welsh corgi named Yaas Queen." Fluttershy added.

"And she's friends with, like, every awesome athlete in the world!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Wow." Patch said.

The others soon looked to Sci-Twi.

"Don't look at me," Sci-Twi replied. "I only follow bots that post interesting science facts."

"Really?" Mo asked.

"These are her pictures?" Applejack asked as she looked through the phone and the others looked with her. "'Chillin sandy style'? 'U no how I do'? 'I came I saw I vintaged'? Okay, somebody tell me why this picture has 20,000 likes."

"The internet is full of morons!" Atticus replied.

"Atticus..." Mo whispered about him using that word.

"Sorry, I'm just used to Cherry saying that by now." Atticus smiled sheepishly.

"But he's right." Patch said.

'#Bangs.' Vignette said on the phone.

"Uh, Ah don't know," Applejack said to her friends. "Spendin' all that time just to look good in a picture ain't my idea of fun."

"Same here." Mo, Atticus, and Patch added.

"There you are!" Rarity's voice called.

Cherry looked exhausted from the hard work as she walked with Rarity. "Took you guys long enough." The perky goth groaned to them.

"Here comes the lead parade costume designer!" Applejack smiled to their fashionista friend.

"Guilty as charged!" Rarity giggled before hugging Applejack.

"Whoa, Cherry, you look worse than Dodgeball Day in school." Mo said to her cousin.

"So much work." Cherry twitched.

"If Drell needs you for anything tonight, I'll tell him to come back later or else he'll answer to me." Atticus whispered, both comforting and strictly. Comforting since she was his best friend and threatening for the other reason.

"Aww, you're so mushy~" Cherry teased, but was thankful about him looking out for her like that.

"I mean it." Atticus said.

"So do I, at least nothing weird has happened yet." Cherry replied.

Cherry 2 was soon walking by with Thor as they shared a smoothie together with two straws.

"Uh, like that?" Rainbow Dash asked as she pointed to Cherry 2 and Thor sharing a smoothie.

"I thought I saw another Cherry!" Rarity replied.

"Cherry, do you have a twin sister?!" Pinkie Pie gasped. "Oh, she should totally meet my sisters! You guys remember Maud, but there's also Limestone and Marble!"

Cherry began to explain about Cherry 2.

"So... If a part of you is in love with someone, that other half gets reborn into a new life and pursues that person?" Fluttershy asked.

"Something like that, yeah..." Cherry replied. "I think we first found out about it when we had that adventure with Anna and Queen Elsa."

"Ooh." Pinkie Pie smiled.

"It's really weird..." Cherry said.

"Who is that boy anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That's Thor, my teammate from football," Atticus replied. "He's my best friend."

Cherry glared.

"Guy friend!" Atticus said quickly. "My best guy friend!"

"That's what I thought." Cherry glared.

"He seems nice and strong..." Fluttershy said. "Um... Good for you, Cherry... Uh, your double that is, not you you."

"It's okay, I know which one you meant." Cherry said.

"So? You've been here solo without your other best friends all this time," Applejack said to Rarity. "How can we help?"

"You can carry me home to let me take a three day nap," Cherry smirked. She could tell Applejack wasn't falling for her attempt in getting out of this. "Come on! I've been working for so long!" she then complained and groaned.

"Alright." Atticus said.

"Thank you." Cherry said.

"You can just go to bed early after we're done!" Atticus smiled.

Cherry narrowed her eyes. "Are you The Devil in disguise?"

"Come on, Cherry; this time, you and Rarity will have help." Atticus said.

"I must've been a huge sinner in a former life to have a newborn life this so mercilessly cruel." Cherry groaned slightly.

"Hold that thought," Rarity told the others and called out to the social media celebrity. "Vignette! Over here!"

"You know Vignette Valencia?" Applejack asked Rarity out of surprise.

"Pfft. Do I know her?" Rarity replied with a scoff.

"Unfortunately." Cherry mumbled.

Rarity and Vignette soon air kissed each other once they came to each other.

"Why, she's my best friend at the park." Rarity smiled.

Hearing Rarity say this caused Applejack to gasp.

"Ooh, friendship triangle~..." Mo commented.

"Selfie! Oh, but can we use your phone?" Vignette smiled to Rarity. "Mine's been acting super-weird lately."

Rarity smiled and soon took out her own phone.

"Thanks. You're the best!" Vignette smiled back to that before they took a picture together.

"Oh, Rarity has no idea what she's done." Cherry whispered.

Applejack was both shocked and hurt.

"Everyone, this is Vignette Valencia," Rarity introduced. "She runs P.R. for the park, and she's mine and Cherry's boss."

"I told you not to use the 'B' word," Vignette told her. "I'm your... 'Friend'... Who gets to boss you around!"

"So basically you're our boss." Cherry said blankly.

"Oh, you're so silly, Berry." Vignette smiled.

"It's Cherry." Cherry narrowed her eyes.

"Whatever." Vignette smiled with a laugh.

Rarity then nervously laughed along with her.

"Oh, I'll show you whatever." Cherry glared, about to strangle Vignette.

"So this is Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, you already know Cherry, and that's Atticus, Mo, Patch and Fluttershy." Rarity introduced, stopping Cherry from doing anything drastic.

"Ahem!" Applejack cleared her throat irritably.

"Oh! Ha. And Applejack," Rarity then concluded. "Sorry, you were standing a-I-I didn't see you."

"Nice cover up." Cherry muttered.

"They're our best friends. So... I thought you'd like to meet them." Rarity smiled nervously to Vignette.

"Mm-hmm..." Vignette replied, not sounding very interested, and where, just like any other girl, she seemed interested in Atticus with how masculine he was.

"I'm not sure how I feel about this girl." Atticus commented.

"Same here." Mo said before getting pushed away.

"You should know that any friend of Rarity's is a friend of mine~" Vignette smirked as she came up to Atticus, wrapping her arms around his strong shoulders.

"Um, that's nice to know." Atticus told her, unsure if he liked how she wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

"Uhhhh, fun fact, uh, we perform together in a band called the Rainbooms." Rarity told Vignette, a bit anxiously.

The band name seemed to catch Vignette's attention. "Rainbooms? Why is that familiar?" She asked before checking on her phone. "A hundred thousand followers? Focused consumer-centric demographic, too? Does your curated content consistently aggregate across multiple platforms?"

"We sing songs together!" Pinkie piped up.

Vignette gasped before getting an idea. "I am going to turn you into the centerpiece of tonight's light parade!"

"Are you sure?" Patch asked.

"Shhh... Are you ready?" Vignette shushed before putting her arm around him, wandering among the group. "B.Y.B.B. Be yourself, but better! That's been my power phrase since I started my first company. A middle school girl selling artisanal handmade mascara. 'But isn't that just melted crayons?' Hey, naysayers gonna nay. But I say B.Y.B.B."

"Um, how many people will be watching us?" Fluttershy asked.

"All of them!" Vignette beamed. "What do you say?"

"Well, if it's gonna help out Rarity..." Sunset said in a friendly way.

Most of the band agreed with this except for Applejack.

"Like, like, like, like, like, like," Vignette smiled as she took out her phone, liking photos of them. "Upload and post it, ladies. This'll trend fer sure! I'll you later with the exact deets. B.Y.B.B, Rare. V, out." She then left.

"Ugh..." Cherry groaned at the modern lingo.

"I know. She's amazing, right?" Rarity smiled to her friends.

"Um, she sure is something." Atticus smiled nervously.

"You said it." Applejack grumbled.

"Logistical question: How're we supposed to get our instruments?" Sci-Twi soon asked.

"Vignette will handle everything." Rarity said like it was obvious.

"Yeah, like the boss she is." Cherry muttered.

"Ah got a question, too," Applejack soon spoke up. "When you said she's your 'best friend at the park', did you mean 'best friend, comma, at the park'?"

"Did I say that?" Rarity asked before gasping. "Listen, tonight's a huge opportunity. And not just for me now, but for all of us!"

This made the others smile except for maybe Applejack who looked sour.

"Applejack, I'm sure Rarity did mean best friend, comma, at the park." Mo assured her once she saw her sour look.

"Hmm..." Applejack hummed to that, not sure.

"Let's go see the park!" Rainbow Dash suggested before zooming off.

"Should have known she would do that." Patch chuckled playfully, referring to Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash then came back to look at the map with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

"Man, there's lots of great rides here..." Atticus said. "Look, Cherry! A haunted house!"

"Awesome." Cherry replied.

Rarity walked up to Applejack to confront her, "Honestly, I don't know why you're giving me your frowny eyebrows."

"It's nuthin'." Applejack sighed.

Mo could already tell that was a lie.

"Uhhh, well, uh... enjoy the park. I'm gonna be super-busy preparing for tonight. So let's meet in the staging area for sound check and run-throughs," Rarity said to the country girl before laughing. "Cherry and I have three minutes' break at 4:00, and I can give you two of them. B.Y.B.B.! Rare, out!"

"Did she just say Be Yourself But Better?" Mo asked.

"I don't like this Vignette Valencia, she's changing Rarity, oh, well, at least Cherry hasn't changed." Atticus said.

"You know how non-conformist I am." Cherry reminded.

"Yeah." Atticus nodded.

"Oh, Cherry~" Rarity called out.

"Yes, Rarity...?" Cherry replied, sounding extremely hesitant and reluctant already.

"Come, we have work to do." Rarity smiled.

"Of course, Rarity..." Cherry forced a smile, but was screaming on the inside.

Rarity took her hand and pulled her off happily and excitedly.

"I hope Rarity doesn't start treating Cherry like an assistant." Patch said.

"Ooh... Cherry would flip over that..." Atticus said, a bit nervously. "She does not like being bossed around."

"Did she ever go crazy when ever Lady Tremain told her to do something she didn't want to do?" Mo asked.

"Yeah, but... She had to keep it to herself..." Atticus said as he began to remember those days.


Cinderella and Atticus were doing their own chores.

"Finally finished with the floor..." Cherry smiled as she polished the floor and was about to go to take a nap since she was working all day and felt exhausted now.

"I wonder how Cherry's doing with her chores?" Atticus said as he finished dusting.

Lady Tremaine soon walked out to check on them.

"Step-Mother, we've finished our chores." Cinderella said, showing she had dishpan hands due to washing dishes for a while.

"I see..." Lady Tremaine replied as she examined the room.

Atticus hoped that their step-mother was pleased.

Lady Tremaine slid her finger across the shelf that Atticus dusted. "Hmm... Not bad..." she then said to him.

"Thank you, ma'am..." Atticus smiled.

"I need someone to give Lucifer a bath..." Lady Tremaine said before calling out. "CHERRY!"

Cherry snored as she fell asleep in a chair due to working nearly all day long.

"CHERRY!" Lady Tremaine glared.

"Huh? What?" Cherry asked as she woke up.

"Give Lucifer a bath this instant!" Lady Tremaine demanded.

"But... I've been working for four hours straight..." Cherry said out of exhaustion.

"Did I ask you to give Lucifer a bath?" Lady Tremaine glared.

"Well... Yes... But..." Cherry stuttered.

"MOVE IT!" Lady Tremaine demanded before leaving.

Cherry soon mumbled under her breath, a little grumpily.

"What was that?" Lady Tremaine asked.

"I'll get right on it, Lady Tremaine..." Cherry said, a bit weakly.

Lady Tremaine nodded and then walked off and went upstairs before shutting the doors. Cherry soon yelled out and pounded on the floor, kicking the bucket and threw a tantrum.

"Whoa, Cherry, calm down." Atticus said.

"I worked for four hours... FOUR HOURS WITHOUT A BREAK! AND SHE WANTS ME TO DO MORE!" Cherry snapped.

"I understand Cherry, but she is the adult of the house." Atticus reminded her.

"I am just a kid..." Cherry grumbled. "THAT OLD BAT CAN WASH HER OWN CAT!"

"Calm down..." Atticus smiled nervously.

"YOU CALM DOWN!" Cherry glared.

Atticus soon splashed her with cold water.

"Gaaah..." Cherry shivered. "So cold..."

"Cherry, you know we can't disobey Step-Mother..." Cinderella reminded.

"I know..." Chery sighed.

"Why don't I help you out?" Atticus offered. "It'll get done faster and then maybe you can take a nap quicker?"

"Hmm... Sounds risky... What the heck?" Cherry shrugged.

"Great, then let's do it." Atticus said.


Atticus sighed about that memory. "I felt so bad for Cherry, she worked four hours straight and she didn't get a nap..." he then said to Mo once he finished the memory. "Can't say I blame her though."

"With that woman, I agree with you." Mo said.

"Can we go on the rides?" Patch asked Atticus while begging.

"Alright." Atticus chuckled.