Chapter 4: Day with Friends
Twilight slowly made her way through town, heading toward Sugarcube Corner. She would miss Ponyville but she knew that she has to go if for anything, to save her husband the stress. Twilight went through memory lane as she continued to her destination. Over here a frog landed on her, over there she walked with Fluttershy when they first met. This happened here, that happened there. She wanted nothing more then to stay in Ponyville with her friends but that is unfair to her family and so she has to leave. Twilight reached Sugarcube Corner and went up to the door. She gave three quick knocks and then waited. Soon Mrs. Cake answered the door. "Hello Mrs. Cake, is Pinkie here?" Twilight asked.
"I'll go get her but are you alright dear?" Twilight put on a smile and nodded. Mrs. Cake shrugged and then left to grab Pinkie.
"Hey Twilight, what's up?" Pinkie asked as Cherry Blossom came over.
"Mom, can I go?" Cherry Blossom; a filly with a red coat and a brown mane asked.
"No you silly filly, you need to help out with cleaning the kitchen. You helped make the mess and so you need to help clean it up. You can go after that though." Pinkie said to her filly and then turned back to Twilight. "So what's up?" Pinkie asked again.
"You free to talk with me, I need some cheering up and I figured you and the others would do that for me." Twilight waved goodbye to Cherry Blossom and smiled as the little filly waved back wildly and bouncing off toward the kitchen. Twilight chuckled a bit at the young filly's excitement.
Pinkie was about to turn and go ask when Mrs. Cake answered her unasked question. "Go on Pinkie, Twilight could use some cheering up and you're the one to do just that." With that said and Pinkie threw off her apron and hopped outside.
"Thanks for the rescue; I'm a party pony not a cook. Well I do cook but for parties, it's special. So are we going to go get the others?" Twilight nodded and off they went. The next friend they picked up was Rarity, then Fluttershy and Applejack. They were easy to get to but Rainbow Dash, not so much.
"Fluttershy, could you fly up and get Rainbow Dash for us?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, well uh, ok." Fluttershy flew up slowly to Cloudsdale and then got ran into by Rainbow Dash. "Oh, hello Rainbow Dash."
"Fluttershy, what the hay are you doing here?" Rainbow asked and then noticed the others below. "What's going on, are the elements needed again?"
"I think Twilight should explain; if you don't mind that is?" Fluttershy then quickly flew back down to the ground with Rainbow in tow.
"Ok, what's going on Twilight, I can't just leave the Wonderbolts to have fun. Please tell me that there is a problem. Is my daughter ok, do we need the elements again? What is it?" Rainbow asked wanting a quick answer from Twilight.
"I was just hoping to have one last day with my friends." Everyone turned to Twilight, eyebrows raised.
Rainbow thought quickly and then turned to her teammates who are coming down to see what's going on. "I think we've practiced enough for today everypony. Let's pick up tomorrow." Rainbow said telling her team to stop for the day. The original Wonderbolts moved onto bigger cities but Rainbow wasn't ready to leave. So with some discussion, Spitfire made Rainbow Dash a captain allowing her to make her own team. This also let the Wonderbolts go world wide or at least more so then they were. It seemed like a win-win for everypony. Rainbow turned to Twilight with her hooves on her sides. "What do you mean one last day with your friends?"
"Let's go talk at Fluttershy's." The group nodded and off they went. Once they arrived at Fluttershy's home, they went into the nearby field. "Ok girls, I'm moving." Twilight said coming out with it instead of beating around the bush. "Who knows when we'll see each other again?"
"You're moving; the parties won't be the same without you though." Pinkie said sadly.
"I'm going to miss those Pinkie, but the fact is, my husband can't take this early morning flying anymore. He needs to be closer and not to mention" Twilight paused for a moment and then smiled. "I'm pregnant again and we need someplace more, well" Rarity cut her off.
"We understand Twilight; it can't be easy for you. We'll miss you but it was bound to happen sometime right?" Rarity said and it stayed silent for a moment until Rainbow spoke up.
"What are we doing then; let's go have a party, right Pinkie." Rainbow winked in Pinkies direction.
"You bet, one last party with Twilight. I had better go get things ready." With that Pinkie bounced off toward Sugarcube Corner. The others then treated Twilight to a day at the spa.
"Thanks for everything, I really needed a rest. My daughter is being difficult and I've been super stressed out." Twilight said dipping herself into the water and then laid her head back.
"Of course darling, you deserve it." Rarity said putting two cucumbers on her eyes.
"Normally I wouldn't have anything to do with this girly junk but since this will be the last time in a long time that we'll see Twilight, I'll suffer through it." Rainbow got onto a chair and let two ponies give her a hooficure. She didn't just sit there relaxed, she hated it but she did it for Twilight's sake. She flinched and shifted a few times even.
After a few hours of relaxing at the spa, the five of them finally headed off to Sugarcube Corner. Once they arrived, Pinkie had everything set up for the party just for the six of them. "Come on in everypony." Pinkie said welcoming in her friends. The party lasted the rest of the day and Twilight couldn't help but feel relaxed despite the crazy music and all the noise.
Twilight let everything about the party soak in realizing that this would probably be the last. She looked around happily as everypony danced and played party games. Her mind flashed back to all the party's that Pinkie had thrown. Twilight snapped out of her daze and then went over to Pinkie and the others and began dancing with them.
It had been one heck of a day for her but the party ended that night around ten and after saying goodbye, everyone left. Twilight headed on her way out but turned to Pinkie. "Thanks for a great day Pinkie." As Twilight walked out she heard Pinkie yell a 'you're welcome' and all Twilight could do is smile.
She finally arrived home after a long day to find only sleeping bags on the floor. None of the property of the library had been packed however. "How was your day dear?" Radiant said with a smile.
"A happy and sad day for my friends and I. I'm happy though, to be home." With that said, Twilight lay down on a sleeping bag and then looked up at her husband. "We leaving soon?"
Radiant nodded and then hugged his wife. "Yes dear, we leave tomorrow morning in fact. If you haven't had the chance to say goodbye, then you'll still have some time tomorrow." Radiant put a hoof around his wife.
"I was able to but may I say goodbye again anyway?" Radiant nodded and then the two ponies fell asleep.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review, thank you.