It is a beautiful morning in Ponyville And inside the Golden Oak Library, Barbara, Dusk and Cupid are all preparing for the day. "Quill." Dusk says as he brings a quill over to the desk he is next to. "Check." Barbara says checking off Quill on his checklist.

"Parchment." Dusk says as he lifts a scroll of parchment over to his desk. "Check." Barbara says checking off Parchment on his checklist. "Extra ink." Dusk says as he brings a vial of ink onto his desk. "Check." Barbara says checking off Extra ink on his checklist.

"Extra extra ink." Dusk says as he brings another vial of ink onto his desk. "Check." Barbara says checking off the Extra Extra ink on his checklist looking concerned at the amount of ink that Dusk has. "Is that everything on the checklist?" Dusk asks Barbara as he finishes organizing his desk. "Yep." Barbara says, as she looks at the checklist.

"Great. Now that we've completed the checklist of things we need to create a checklist, we can make my checklist of the things I have to get done by the end of the day. Ready?" Dusk asks Barbara. "Ready!" Barbara says and she is ready to create another checklist for Dusk.

"Item one: create checklist of the things I have to accomplish by the end of the day." Dusk says and this makes Barbara sigh and look down making Dusk look at her confused and Cupid giggles at this scene from her place up on the loft where their beds are.

The two unicorns and the dragon are walking throughout Ponyville. Barbara holding Dusk's checklist for things that he has to do during the day. "How are we doing, Barbara?" Dusk asks Barbara and she goes to check the checklist.

"Let's see... We've already dropped off your cape at the cleaners, returned the blackboard you borrowed from Cheerilee, ordered new parchment and quills from the stationery shop..." Barbara says as she looks at the completed tasks on the checklist. "Hmm... Seems like we just placed an order for those a few days ago." Dusk says and both of the girls looks at the checklist that Barbara was holding.

"Can't imagine why we go through so many of them." Barbara says slightly sarcastic as she looks at Dusk, Cupid giggles at her words. "Sounds like we're ahead of schedule. What's next?" Dusk asks Barbara and she looks at the list to see what to do next. "Cupcakes!" Barbara exclaims happily lifting the to do list and the quill in the air.

The three head over to Sugar Cube Corner to pick up their cupcake order. "Whoa..." Barbara says drooling at the site of the cupcakes. However, Dusk looks concerned about the amount of cupcakes. "Uh, I only ordered twelve." Dusk tells Mrs. Cake, who is taking care of things in the back of Sugar Cube corner. "Oh, I know, dear, but I had an extra. So I thought I'd make it a baker's dozen." Mrs. Cake tells Dusk as she continues working.

"Uhhh-no!" Barbara yelps as she is dragged away from the cupcakes from Dusk's raspberry colored magic. "Oh, that was very thoughtful of you. It's just some of the icing from the extra cupcake is getting all over the one next to it. See?" Dusk pushes the box towards Mrs. Cake.

"Ohh... sure..." Mrs. Cake says not really seeing what Dusk is talking about. "It's just that I'm planning on sharing these at a picnic later and I don't want anypony to feel like somepony else is getting more icing." Dusk explains to Mrs. Cake. "Oh, no... of course not." Mrs. Cake says being polite to the unicorn stallion and Cupid is seen rolling her eyes at Dusk's words not at all surprised at this as she is used to his sporadic behavior.

Thus uses his magic to grab the rubber spatula and brings it over to him. "Not to worry, I'll just move some of this one to..." Dusk says, as he moves some of the icing, putting it on two separate cupcakes. "hmm... I think I may have scooped too much... oops! Now those two have more. Let's just try this again..." And he tries to fix the icing on the cupcakes.

As Dusk was trying to fix the icing on the cupcakes he was making a rather big mess all the icing was splattering around. "Hmm, no, that won't do. Let me just... hmm... put some here, and... no, that's not right. A little more on this one, a little bit... and wait... I'll just..." Dusk continues as the others try to avoid getting hit by the icing he was messing with.

"Ooh, a little bit here, and here, and... perfect!" Dusk says as he finishes with the icing on the cupcakes the cupcakes having the smallest amount of icing you have ever seen. "Hmm, oh yes... much better..." Mrs. Cake says to the stallion politely while her head was covered in icing.

Dusk grabs the box with the cupcakes and starts to head out. "Okay, time to tackle the next item on our—" Dusk starts but then looks at Barbara and sees her covered head to toe in icing.

"Oops! Looks like we're going to have to add 'give a baby dragon a bath' to our list." Dusk says and then Barbara stuck out her tongue and wrapped it around herself she spun around and around until she got all of the icing off of her body and on her tongue. and she swallowed the icing that she got in her mouth.

"Very efficient! And a little bit gross." Dusk says to Barbara as he and Cupid leave Sugar Cube corner with their cupcakes. "Eh." Barbara says as she shrugs on top of Dusk's back.

As the three finally get home back to the Golden Oak Library. "Looks like that's everything!" Barbara says as she looks at the completed checklist. "Almost everything." Dusk says to Barbara as she leaps off of his back. "'Triple-check checklist to make sure we didn't miss anything when we double checked the checklist.' Uh... check." Barbara says as she checks off the last item on the checklist.

"Ugh... I've been holding that quill so long, I've got a claw cramp!" Barbara says, as her claw is in pain and Cupid hands her bandages to wrap her claw in. "Well, good thing we don't have anything to report to Prince Solaris this week... I don't think I could write another word!" Barbara says as she wraps her claw in the bandages that she was given by Cupid.

"We haven't sent a letter to Prince Solaris this week?!" Dusk says freaking out about missing this letter. "Why? Is that bad?" Barbara asks Dusk not understanding why it's such a big deal. "Bad? BAD? Of course it's bad! I'm supposed to send Prince Solaris a letter every week, telling him about a lesson I've learned about friendship! Not every other week, not every ten days, every... single... week!" Dusk says, as he is freaking out.

"Huh?" Barbara says a bit confused. "Ohh... Where's my calendar, where's my calendar?!" Dusk says, as he uses his magic to find his calendar. "Where it.. always is?" Barbara says as she grabs the calendar that Dusk was looking for, Dusk uses his magic to drag the calendar over to him causing Barbara's to bonk her head on the lectern as it reaches him.

"When did we send the last one?" Dusk asks as he rapidly flicks through his calendar. "Last... Tuesday?" Cupid tells Dusk as she Helps Barbara from the impact that happened. "And today is..." Dusk asks and he as he continues to look through his calendar. "Tuesday?" Cupid says to him, as she tells him today's date as he finds it in his calendar.

"Ah! Oh nononononononono!" Dusk yells as he runs up to where the bed are and looks out the window. "If I don't send him a letter by sundown, I'll be... tardy!" Dusk says freaking out as he looks at the sun's position in the sky.

"What's that now?" Barbara says, not really knowing the word. "Tar-dy, Barbara! Late, I'll be late! Oh, how could I let this happen? I'm usually so organized. I've never been late with an assignment." Dusk says being a bit dramatic, covering himself with his blanket on his bed.

"Oh, please! You're the most studious student ever! I'm sure the Prince will forgive you if you miss one little deadline." Barbara says as she tries to reassure Dusk. "Barbara is right Dusk Prince Solaris will understand." Cupid says agreeing with Barbara.

"I'm afraid to take that chance, you two. This is the ruler of all of Equestria we're talking about. The pony who holds my fate in his hooves! What if he doesn't forgive me?" Dusk says, looking quite sad.

"Yeah... I don't think he—" Barbara tries to say, but is cut off by a flash of raspberry magic and Dusk using his teleport magic to get in front of the dragon. "What if instead he starts thinking I'm not taking my studies on friendship seriously?" Dusk continues to freak out.

"Why would he—" Cupid tries to say but Dusk cuts her off. "What if he makes me come back to Canterlot and puts me back in school and makes me prove I've been taking them seriously by giving me a test?! [gasps] What if I don't pass?!" Dusk says continuing to worry.

"Well, why wouldn't you pass—" Barbara tries to get award in again, but gets cut off again by Dusk. "He's my teacher. Do you know what teachers do to students who don't pass? They send them back a grade! But he won't just send me back a grade. He'll send me back to... magic kindergarten." Dusk freaks out as he imagines what hits like to be sent back to Magic Kindergarten with all the little foals laughing at him and him shuttering at his desk.

"Dusk? Dusk!" Cupid yells at Dusk, getting him out of his imagination. "Huh?" Dusk says finally snapping out of it. "That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! You're not going to be sent back to magic kindergarten." Cupid tells him, finally getting his attention.

"You're right. I have no reason to worry. Because I'm going to solve a friend's problem and get that letter to Prince Solaris before sundown!" Dusk declares making the two females in the room groan. "So... got any problems, troubles, conundrums, or any other sort of issues, major or minor, that I as a good friend could help you solve?" Dusk asks his female friends looking at them hopefully.

"Huh. Hmm. Huunh. Huh... I got nothin'." Barbara says as she tries to think of a problem that he could help her with. "I don't think I have anything either Dusk. I'm doing fine." Cupid says to her friend making him look dejected.

"[sigh] Then it looks like I'm going to have to find somepony who does." Dusk says, as he heads out to solve one of his friend's problems. "[sigh] This won't end well." Barbara says looking concerned and Cupid just sighs looking at Dusk's retreating from.

~ {Dusk Shine POV} ~

I was walking around Ponyville, looking for any of my friends in order to help them. "You've got this, Dusk. You still have plenty of time to get that letter to Prince Solaris! Has to be somepony who needs the help of a good friend!" I say as I look around the town. Then I hear a scream from one of my friends.

"Elusive!" I say with a glint in my eyes as I go and rush over to the Carousel Boutique too help my friend Elusive. I buck open the front doors with my back legs into his shop. "Don't worry, Elusive! I'm here!" I announced to my fellow unicorn friend.

"Why me-e-e-e-e-ee... [gasp] WHYYYY?! Why? Why-y?! And of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" Elusive says as he sobs making me rush over to help him with a excited look on my face.

"What's happened? Are you alright?" I ask him as I reach him with a concerned look on my face. "[gasp] I've lost my diamond-encrusted purple ribbon! I have searched high, and I have searched low. Low and high! High and low! But I can't find it anywhere! Anywhe-e-e-e-ere! How can I possibly finish my latest creation if I can't find it?!" Elusive says lying on his fainting couch crying a river of tears streaking down his face.

I have an excited grin on my face able to help one of my friends with a problem that they have. "Never fear, Elusive. As your friend I'll do my best to help you fi—" I start saying determined to solve this friendship problem only to get cut off by Elusive. "Oh, there it is. Isn't it always just the last place you look?" Elusive says as he finds the ribbon that he was looking for.

"So... you just lost your ribbon?" I ask Elusive. "Mm-hm!" He hums in agreement. "But now you've found it?" I ask him as he is working on his ribbon. "Yuh-huh." Elusive says, as he agrees with me. "And nothing else is bothering you? Nothing that I, as a good friend, could help you with?" I asked him desperate to be of service.

"Hmm... there is one thing." Elusive says giving me a serious look on his face making me grin excitedly. "Yes?" I say with a hopeful look on my face. "I think I left my measuring tape under the fabric over there. Could you get that for me?" Elusive asks me and points to the measuring tape that he needs. "[sighs] Measuring tape? Sure." I say with a disappointed look on my face and I hand him his measuring tape. However, I leave before he could ask me what was wrong.

I head back out into Ponyville while my day is slowly ticking down. "No need to panic. Elusive is just one pony. I'm sure one of my other friends will need me." I say to reassure myself as I try and find one of my other friends.

I make it to Sweet Apple Acres when I stop suddenly when a plank of wood lands right in front of me. "What in the world...?" I say as I see Rainbow Blitz just destroy one of AppleJack's barns. "Rainbow must be angry with AppleJack! He must hate his guts! How wonderful!" I say to myself and I go and try and fix my friends problem.

"Rainbow Blitz! Stop!" I yelled to the pegasus, who was destroying the barn and stopping him with my magic by grabbing him by his tail. Listen, "Rainbow. I know you're upset with AppleJack, but don't worry. Whatever it is that has come between you two, I'm sure that I, as a good friend, can help you resolve your problems." I say, as I try to intervene.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" Rainbow Blitz says with a confused tone in his voice, but I take that as him not wanting to talk. "Oh, Rainbow Blitz, you don't have to hide your feelings from me! I can tell you two must've had a terrible fight." I say to him as I grab his face with both my hooves making him look at me.

I lay Rainbow Blitz down on a bench near by and I pull out a clipboard and a quill to write with. "Now, why don't you tell me all about your issues with AppleJack." I say, as I try to get him to talk to me about his fight with AppleJack "I don't have any issues with AppleJack." Rainbow Blitz tells me.

"You don't? Then why are you destroying his property?" I say trying to get him to be honest with me. "Because he asked me to. Right, AppleJack?" Rainbow Blitz says, as he asks AppleJack to confirm this.

AppleJack pops up from the ditch that he was in to confirm. "Yes, sir. I wanted to put up a new barn, but this one's gotta come down first. Hehe. Now get back to it, R.B." AppleJack tells Rainbow Blitz to get back to work. "You got it, boss!" Rainbow Blitz says as he flies back into the air to destroy the barn. "I'd take cover if I were you." AppleJack tells me. as I see Rainbow Blitz high up in the air.

I scream slightly and I jump into the ditch that AppleJack is in. Rainbow Blitz flies down from the height he was at and An explosion happens. with a sonic rain boom happening at the same time a rainbow colored smoke comes from the area of the old barn. The debris of the barn falls on top of both me and AppleJack. AppleJack gets out to see the result of what Rainbow Blitz had done. However, I sigh in dismay and I leave Sweet Apple Acres.

The sky is slowly ticking down my time to send a friendship report is slowly running out. "[sigh] I can't believe I wasted all that time. I should have just come here first. Butterscotch always has some fear he's trying to get over. As a good friend, I'll be able to help him." As I head over to Butterscotch's cottage.

As I get over to Butterscotch's place I hear a roar from a bear and I see Butterscotch facing off with a bear. Butterscotch zips underneath the bear's legs, making the bear look underneath him to see Butterscotch behind him.

Butterscotch kicks the bear in the back and grabs one of his back legs as he is falling forward and pulls the leg making the bear cry for mercy. "Butterscotch?" I say in confusion not knowing that my friend had this side to himself as I see him jump on the bear's back. Butterscotch cracks the bears neck and the bear falls onto the ground looking defeated as Butterscotch flies above the bear.

I shake my head in disbelief of what I had just witnessed. "How can this be happening? Of all the days he had to stop being such a scaredy-pony, he had to pick today?! What am I going to do?!" I say, and I leave Butterscotch's home not seeing what happened next.

I lie down on a bench in the park as I stroke my tail with one of my hooves. "It's fine. It'll all be fine. The day isn't over yet. But it will be over soon!" I say, as I look at this position of the sun and the sky, and falling onto my back disgruntled.

I cry and I as tears fall into the puddle that I had made earlier. "It'll be all over! My time in Ponyville! My advanced studies! Nono. You're a good student. You can do this. Ooh! But what if I can't? You can! You just have to keep it together. Keep. It. Together!" I say, as I argue with my reflection in the puddle of my tears.

"Are you talking to... yourself? Dusk?" Barbara asks me, but I do not hear her. I hear the laughing of young fillies and my attention snaps to them however my mind made playful laughter turn into mocking laughter.

"Snap out of it!" Barbara yells at me getting me out of my trance. "Huh?" I say snapping out of it. "Are you okay?" Barbara asks me and we both hear the laughter of fillies and we see a unicorn and two earth ponies playing with a jump rope.

"Dusk, I'm really worried. I mean this letter thing is really getting to you. Here." Barbara says to me as she pokes the box of cupcakes onto my back. "You've been so anxious all day that you completely forgot about the picnic. Why don't you just relax and go hang out with—" Barbara tells me, making me remember about the picnic with my friends.

I turn around with a smile that makes Barbara flinch at. "The picnic! I should go see my friends!" I say, and I grab the box of cupcakes, and I head over to the picnic where my friends are at. "I'm glad you've come to your senses." I barely hear Barbara say to me as I run to meet my friends.

~ {Dusk Shine POV Over for now} ~

Bubble Berry is seen carrying a small picnic basket as he hops over to the picnic area where the other stallions and mare are at. "Please tell me I did not forget the plates. [gasp] I did. I totally forgot them. Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" Elusive pulls out his fainting couch and lies on it.

"Why, why, why..." Elusive starts crying and he stops noticing his friend's looks. "Uh... What? You didn't expect me to lay on the grass, did you?" He says to his friends in a somewhat displeased tone.

Rainbow Blitz puts back on his sunglasses and lays back down onto the picnic blanket. Just then, a box of cupcakes land right above his head and Dusk is seen with a crazed expression on his face and a messy mane and tail making his friends look at him concerned.

"You alright, hun?" AppleJack asks Dusk. "No! I am not alright." Dusk says to his friends and every pony minus Cupid make a surprised sound.

"It's just terrible." Dusk says completely terrified.

"Yes?" Every pony minus Cupid asks.

"Simply awful." Dusk says completely upset.

"Yes?!" Every pony minus Cupid asks wanting to know.

"It's the most horrific trouble I've ever been in and I really really really need your help!" Dusk says as he is desperate for his friends help.

"YES?!" Every pony minus Cupid asks wanting to know what they can do to help him out.

"My letter to Prince Solaris is almost overdue, and I haven't learned anything about friendship!" Dusk finally tells his friends making them all minus Cupid sigh in relief.

"Oh, thank goodness. I thought something really awful had happened." Butterscotch says relieved that's all that it is making Dusk let out noises and he teleported in front of Rainbow Blitz knocking off his sunglasses and his sunblock. "Something awful has happened!" Dusk teleports on top of Elusive next. "If I don't turn in the letter on time, I'll be tardy! TARDY!" Dusk says as he teleports in front of AppleJack, grabbing his front legs completely distraught.

However, this makes all of his friends laugh at him and Dusk's face flushes red as he gets angry at his friends. "No offense, sugarcube, but it looks like somepony's gettin' themselves all worked up over nothin'." AppleJack says, as he brings Dusk's hooves back to himself.

Dusk smacks AppleJack's hoofs away from him. "This is not nothing. This is everything. I need you guys to help me find somepony with a problem I can fix before sundown! My whole life depends on it!" Dusk yells as he is getting more and more upset.

"[giggles] Oh, Dusk, you're such a crack-up!" Bubble Berry says as he laughs at Dusk. "Come on now. Have a seat and stop sweatin' the small stuff." AppleJack tells Dusk However, this makes Dusk more upset that his friends do not understand what is going on Dusk makes a grunt of anger and teleports away.

"Wow. I've never seen Dusk so upset before." Butterscotch says as he watches his friend leave. "Oh, what a drama king." Elusive says, and the others just look at him. "Mm. Relatively speaking..." Elusive says sheepishly.

"Are you all done yet?" Cupid says in a slightly angered tone. "Whoa. What caught you all upset?" Rainbow Blitz asks the pink unicorn mare. "The fact that you didn't listen to Dusk is the only thing that makes me upset. You all didn't even try to understand what he's going through you only made jokes about it. You poked fun at it. I've known dusk my entire life. and I've only ever seen him like this a few times and it never ends well. Trust me on that." Cupid says to her friends.

"Ohh come on, it's not that big of a deal." Rainbow Blitz says to her again. "Maybe it's not that big of a deal to you, but it is a big deal to Dusk. He takes his studies very seriously and even if it's one day late, he'll freak just like he's going through right now, and none of you even tried to understand him!" Cupid says as she yells at her friends.

"I hope you're happy that you made our friend upset and I just hope I can calm him down." Cupid says as she leaves to look for her longtime friend. The other stallions look at each other with saddened looks in his their eyes, knowing that she was right.

~ {Dusk Shine POV Again} ~

I'm inside my bedroom back at the Golden Oak Library looking at the sun's position. "Clock is ticking, Dusk, Clock. Is. Ticking." I say with a crazed look on my face. "Keep it together. If I can't find a friendship problem... I'll make a friendship problem!" I say, with a crazed smile on my face, rubbing my hooves together and opening the chest in my room with my magic.

I'm inside of a tree with a nest on top of it a bird lands inside the nest, and I pop up from the leaves. Giving out a crazed laugh at my plan.

I see three familiar little Colts playing with a beach ball. Apple Buck, Silver Bell and Scooteroll. They keep passing the ball to one another. However, when Scooteroll hits it and it falls to the ground I use that as an opportunity to grab their ball with my magic and I use it to appear in the center of them, popping the ball in the process.

"Hi, boys!" I say to them with a crazed smile on my face, and they look at me slightly nervously. "Oh, hi, Dusk. How's it go—" Apple Buck starts to asks me but I cut him off.

"Gr-eat. Just great. You three look like you're doing great too! Looks like three good friends who obviously don't need the help of another good friend. This is Smarty Pants. He was mine when I was your age, and now I want to give him to you!" I say, as I show them my old doll and I had kept from when I was younger.

"Uhh... he's... great." Scooteroll says not very enthusiastic. "Yeah. Great." Apple Buck says just like Scooteroll. "I really... like his... mane." Silver Bell says as he tries to complement the doll. "He even comes with his own notebook and quill, for when you want to pretend he's doing his homework!" I say as I give Scooteroll the notebook and put the quill in Silver Bell's mane.

"That's... um... great." Scooteroll says not wanting to play with my old doll. "Yeah... great." Apple Buck says not really excited. "I really like his... mane?" Silver Bell complements again but it sounds more like a question this time.

"I just hope the fact that there are three of you and only one of him doesn't become a problem! I'd hate to cause a rift between such good friends. So, who wants to play with him first?" I ask as I hand over the doll to one of the three colts.

"Uh... You should play with him first, Silver Bell. Y'know, 'cause you like his mane so much." Apple Buck said to Silver Bell as he runs off. "Nonononononono. I think Scooteroll should get to play with him first." Silver Bell says as he chases after Apple Buck. "I'd love to, but, um, you take her, Apple Buck." Scooteroll says to Apple Buck as Silver Bell pushes him back to over where they were. "AppleJack says it's important to share." Apple Buck says as he tries to get away from his friends.

I start twitching, and I start having to think about what to do to get them to fight so I could solve a friendship problem. 'I gotta think of something! Thinkthinkthinkthinkthink TDusk, think! [gasp] That's it!" I think of a plan of what to do.

"Ooh, you're going to like Smarty Pants. And you're going to like him more than anything." I say as I cast a spell onto my smarty pants doll As the spell completes, putting hearts inside of my old doll. Smarty pants lies on the ground, and the three stop fighting and look at the doll.

"[gasp] I want it." Scooteroll says as his eyes change into hearts.

"I need it." Apple Buck says as his eyes turn into hearts as he stares at the doll.

"I really like his mane!" Silver Bell says his eyes turned into hearts like his friends. And the three little colts fight over my old smarty pants doll.

"The 'want it, need it' spell. Works every time. Okay, okay, let's break it up. I think we can all see that there is an important lesson to be learned here about— ugh!" I try to say but they continue to fight pushing me back. "C'mon, boys, we're all friends here, right? Don't you think you ought to share?" I say to them as I try to get them to stop fighting.

"No way!" Apple Buck says as he is pushed down onto the ground with a hoof on his face and then he continues fighting over the doll with his friends. I tried to get them to stop fighting However, they pushed me out of their circle and into Macareina Apple Buck and AppleJack's older sister.

"Macareina! Thank goodness! You've gotta help me get that doll away from those boys!" I ask her to help me. "Eeyup." Macareina It says as she walks over to the fighting boys and picks the doll up from the scuffle. "Oh, thank you so much. Now if you could just give him to me?" I ask her, trying to take the doll away with my magic. However, she runs away. "Nnnope." Macareina says as she runs away with the doll in her mouth.

"Oh no!" I say as I drag my hoof down my face knowing that the spell had affected her as well. "Give her back!" Apple Buck shouts at his older sister. "Don't touch it! It's mine! I want it!" The three Colts say as they chase after the mare wanting the doll.

"What's all the commotion about?" Mayor Mare asks as she sees this. "They're fighting over that doll!" A orange Pegasus with a red mane and tail says. "That incredible, amazing doll!" Sweetie Drops as her eyes are in the shape of hearts like everyone else who is affected by the spell.

A lot of mayors and ponies from the town all swarm around Macareina trying to get their hooves on the doll. "Can't... get... a clear shot!" I say as I struggled to get a clear shot of the doll from on top of all of the other ponies. Every chance I get, I was blocked by some pony in front of me I was not be able to cast the counter spell.

"Gimme!" Mayor Mare says As she too is affected by the spell and takes away the doll from Macareina. "Nope." Macareina says as she Knocks off all the ponies that were on top of her and chasing after the mayor who has the doll. "Oh, what have I done?!" I say as I regret everything that I had just done.

~ {Dusk Shine POV Over} ~

AppleJack was lying beside an apple tree, taking a nap with a piece of straw in his mouth he tilts his hat up above him eyes to look around, but didn't see anything and tries to go back to sleep, however heavy hoofbeats that sound from near him wake him up. "Y'all hear that?" He says as the hoof beats and the arguing got louder and louder.

A crowd of stampeding ponies runs through where their picnic was at. "What in the name of all things oats 'n apples is goin' on here?!" AppleJack says as he sees what is happening.

Mayor Mare still has the enchanted doll, but gets taken away by a couple of pegasi The two pegasi ponies fight over the doll until it flings back onto the ground right next to Rainbow Blitz. "Don't look at it!" Dusk Shine says as he covers Rainbow Blitz's eyes.

"Don't look at what?" Elusive says, as he appears right behind Dusk Shine. "My Smarty Pants doll! I enchanted him and now everypony is fighting over him!" Desk says to his friends frantically explaining.

"Why would you enchant your doll?" Butterscotch asks Dusk Why he would do such a thing. "Oh, I had to do something! I had nothing to report to Prince Solaris! I thought if I couldn't find a problem, I'd make a problem! The day is almost over!" Dusk says, as he panics about not being able to write a report to his prince. "Not almost!" AppleJack says, as they look at the sun setting.

"Dusk Shine!" Prince Solaris says as he appears above the group of friends. "Whoa nelly." Apple Jack says as he sees the Alicorn Prince above them. Prince Solaris casts a spell that undoes the spell that Dusk had cast on his doll.

All of the ponies that were fighting over the doll stopped Looked at the doll and went home. Every pony except for Macareina who saw every pony else that they did not want the doll she picked up the doll excitedly and headed home.

Prince Solaris lands in front of dusk and all of his friends look at him with guilty looks. "Meet me in the library." Prince Solaris says as he flies off to the library. "Goodbye, guys. If you care to visit, I'll be in magic kindergarten, back in Canterlot." Dusk says sadly as he walk walks back to the library.

"Magic kindergarten?" Butterscotch says in confusion. "Canterlot?" Rainbow Blitz says in the same confused tone as Butterscotch. "We're never gonna see Dusk again!" Bubble Berry says as he does not want his friend to go. "Uh, what are we gonna do, y'all?" AppleJack asks his friends as he is just as upset as they are.

"Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING! What? I really mean it this time!" Elusive says as his friends give him looks.

Back at the library, Dusk and Prince Solaris are talking to one another. Cupid and Barbara are both listening in on their conversation. "But...but... I'm supposed to send you a letter about friendship every week. I missed the deadline. I'm a bad student! I'm... tardy!" Dusk says to Prince Solaris.

"You are a wonderful student, Dusk. I don't have to get a letter every week to know that." Prince Solaris says to Dusk as he is on the ground. "Really?" Dusk says, as he looks at his mentor surprised.

The group of friends barge into the library. "Wait!" Rainbow Blitz says as he gets in front of Dusk. "You can't punish him!" Bubble Berry says to the prince. "It wasn't his fault!" AppleJack says to Prince Solaris. "I'm listening." Prince Solaris says as he wants to hear what Dusk's friends have to say.

"Please, your Highness. We all saw that Dusk was upset." Butterscotch says to the prince.

"But we thought that the thing he was worrying about wasn't worth worrying about." Rainbow Blitz explains to the prince.

"So when he ran off all worked up, not a single one of us tried to stop him." AppleJack tells the prince.

"As Dusk's good friends, we should have taken his feelings seriously and been there for him!" Elusive said to the prince.

"Please don't take him away from us just because we were too insensitive to help him." Butterscotch says as he begs the prince to not take Dusk away from them. "Looks like you all learned a pretty valuable lesson today." Prince Solaris says as he looks at his student's friends.

"Mm-hmm." All of Dusk's friends say in agreement. "Very well. I'll forget Dusk's "punishment" on one condition." Prince Solaris says, and all of the friends cheer and agree.

"From this day forth, I would like you all to report to me your findings on the magic of friendship when, and only when, you happen to discover them." Prince Solaris says as to them as they all cheer in excitement to be able to do this with their friend.

"Prince Solaris, wait! How did you know I was in trouble?" Dusk asks his mentor as he's about to leave. "Your friend's Barbara and Cupid. made me aware that you were letting your fears get the best of you. I commend him for taking your feelings seriously. Now, if you will all excuse me, I must return to Canterlot. I'm expecting some mail." Prince Solaris says as he returns back to Canterlot.

"Y'all heard the Prince. Barbara, take a letter." AppleJack says to Barbara. And she is already ready to take a letter for them bringing out a piece of parchment and a quill from behind her back.

Dear Prince Solaris,

'We're writin' to you because today we all learned a little somethin' about friendship.'

AppleJack says as he starts the letter.

'We learned that you should take your friends' worries seriously.'

Butterscotch says as he adds to the letter about their friend's lesson.

'Even if you don't think that he has anything to worry about.'

Rainbow Blitz says, as he adds to the letter.

And that you shouldn't let your worries turn a small problem...

Elusive says as he adds his piece of their friendship lesson into the letter.

'...into an enormously huge entire-town-in-total-chaos Prince-has-to-come-and-save-the-day problem.'

Bubble Berry says, he adds his piece to the friendship lesson letter.

'Signed, your loyal subjects.'

AppleJack says the letter of the friendship lesson that they had learned for the day.

'P.S. Obviously Barbara did not have to learn a lesson, because she is the best, most awesome friend a pony could ask for. Unlike everypony else, she took things seriously, and-'

Barbara said as she added to the end of the letter but stopped when she saw the looks on everyone else's face. "Eheh... uh... yeah... I'll just, um..." Barbara says nervously, as she stops writing, making everyone in the room laugh.

"You know, I was going to say something about this situation. but I think you all learned your lesson now. Never doubt the pony who knows. Dusk Shine best." Cupid says the day ends.