-Three Years Later-
"I still can't believe it…To think I have been here for three years…" I said to myself, Nathan Bandicoot. I was in my room, which consists of my bed, a poster of the Wonderbolts (guess from who), and other stuff that represents it.
It was a crazy experience, as the title says. I was still with clothes from the last time we all met, and believe me…Great changes came like a punch to the face.
"Well, I better get ready," I said to myself, getting up from my bed and putting on my red sneakers. "Also, after this part, we are going to the third person, because I'm crazy." With that said, I walked out of my house and began walking to the waiting point.
Because today is the Summer Sun Festival...And Miss Mayor herself asked me to tour someone from Canterlot.
(Back to normal, people)
A small carriage descended from the sky, preparing for landing on the ground.
"Spike, the princess has put me in charge of the preparations. Being her student, I must perform my royal duties; Equestria's fate does not rely on me making friends." says a young woman with lavender skin, had long lavender hair and purple eyes. She wears a dark vest over a purple light purple button-down blouse that covers her chest, a skirt that reaches the end of her thighs, a long purple sock that reaches her knee and dark purple shoes, and a lavender tail. She jumps off the carriage, followed by a small boy with green dragon scales in his ears, a purple jacket over a green shirt and purple pants with green sneakers.
"Come on, Twilight, maybe this place is great for making friends," Spike says as they both walk, coming near the first person that was next to a decorated building. A pink-haired girl.
"Ehem!" Twilight calls for attention, "My name is Twilight Sparkle, I would like to know-" before she could continue, the pink-haired lets out a gasp, jumps two feet in the air and speeds off to Celestia knows where.
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"...Well, that was…peculiar?" Spike commented while scratching his chin nervously.
"Many physiology's would give a different opinion," Twilight comments as she sighs. "What's first, Spike? The faster we do this, the better."
"Well," the small boy took a letter out, "We are supposed to meet up with someone by the name of 'Nathan Bandicoot,' he's going to tour us."
"Well, he is late," the lavender girl huffed in annoyance, "He should hurry up and finish this."
"And you need to learn to keep things for yourself."
The two visitors jump in surprise as they look next to them to see Nathan with his hands on his hips. "Seriously, I know Canterlot is great and all, but that doesn't mean you can go around bad-mouthing others."
"O-Oh," Twilight recomposed, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you." she bows her head. "...Wait, are you Nathan Bandicoot?"
"The one and only," he said before bowing his head to her, "Nice to meet you, young lady."
The girl blush at his manners, "N-Nice to meet you too, I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is my assistance, Spike." she points at the small guy.
"Hello!"
"Hello to you as well," Nathan then turned around, "Well then, shall we start this tour?" He began to walk away, followed by the two of them.
"Okay, first off is the food," Spike said as Nathan had led them to Sweet Apple Acres.
"Yep, welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, home to the finest apples in all of Equestria!" Nathan said, "You know all the apples you have eaten, they come from this very farm."
"YEE-HAW!"
The three of them hear a shout that only a cowboy would do. They turn around to see an orange-skin girl kicking a tree with her right leg, making the apple's fall elegantly in several buckets. She had long blond hair, tied up in a ponytail, freckles and green eyes, an orange blouse with rolled-up sleeves and a knot right below her breast, showing her midriff, blue jeans, brown cowboy boots, and a hat. She had a long light-yellow tail, held by a headband.
"And the Amazon girl kicking the hell out of the tree is Applejack, she's in charge of the food for the Summer Sun Festival." The orange-haired said as he called for her, "YO! AJ!"
The blonde turned around to see the orange-haired boy, "Howdy there Sugarcube!" she greeted back with a smile, "Decide to join the banquet?"
"You wish, partner," he said, showing AJ the Canterlot visitors. "I brought you the people that are here to supervise the food for the festival."
"Ehem! Good afternoon, my name is Twilight Sparkle, I'm here to-" Twilight tried to introduce herself, only for Applejack to interrupt her, and shake her hand viciously.
"Howdy there, Miss Sparkle! It's a pleasure to meet ya! Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres! In here, we like meetin' new faces and making' all kinds of friends!" says the blond girl with a big smile with the tip of her hat. "You guys are just in time for the Apple Family reunion!"
"WHAT?! The entire family is here?!" Nathan was excited. "You're waiting for an invitation? Call them! I want to meet them all!" he says, earning a big smile from the cowgirl.
Twilight eyes widened, "Oh no, no, no, we just need to know what there's going to be." she says, trying to reject the offer.
"That's the' great thing about the' Apple family!" she says proudly, "Ah can do both at once!" she then rings a bell before yelling, "SOUP's ON EVERYBODY!" Suddenly, the earth started to shake as a loud rumbling appeared, so powerful that it shook the ground. Just then, a stampede came in view.
In a few moments, Twilight, Spike, and Nathan found themselves in chairs, surrounded by countless people. The cowgirl spoke, "Meet the Apple Family!" Applejack says before she took a deep breath and announced them all, "Apple Cobbler, Caramel Apples, Apple Cupcake, Apple Pie, Apple Flan, Apple Fritter, Apple Bumpkin, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Goldie Delicious, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp, Apple Rose, Great Auntie Applesauce, Applejohn, Lil' Red, Applebuck Apple Seeds, Hayseed Turnip Truck, Apple Dandy, Apple Cider, Apple Salad, Braeburn Apples, Apple Juice, Aunt & Uncle Orange, along with Sherbet Orange, Orange Crush, Babs Seed Orange, and mah side of the family: Lil Applebloom, Big Macintosh, and finally, Granny Smith!" she says, pointing at the sleeping woman on the chair, Granny Smith, wake up! Our new buddies have come to stick around the party!"
The woman wakes up from her sleep, "Eh? Y'all starting already? I'm coming." she walks to the group before noticing the orange-haired boy, "Ah, Nathan boy, glad to see you!"
"I can say the same Granny Smith," Nate greeted before turning to the big man with red clothes, "Yo Big Mac, ya managed to reach 35cm already?"
"Eeyup," Mac said, showing and flexing his big muscles.
"And Applebloom?"
"Here!" A small arm reaches out from the mob as a little girl with a big red tie on her head.
Twilight gazed at the mountain of food in front of her, "They don't expect us to eat all this, right?" she nervously says, three droplets of sweat on her head, Spike had already begun eating some of it.
"Well, when life gives you apples, make apple pies!" Nathan grabbed a pie that was around and took a bite of it, when he did, his eyes glow like stars, "Sweet Mother of Nature! This pie is soooo good!" he says out loud.
"I'll have you know. My Applejack made that pie." Granny Smith said with a smile.
"G-Granny!" the blonde said, a small blush on her face.
"HMMM! AJ, you cook too well!" He said, eating the entire pie, "Trust me, you're going to make a man happy!" he states.
The blonde girl blush at his words before looking away with a shy smile, "Y-Ya think so?" she asked. Before she knew it, her entire family was surrounding her.
"What's this?! AJ! Did a man caught your attention!?"
"Cousin! You didn't tell me about this!"
"Spill the beans! Is he hot? Handsome?"
"Tell us! Tell us!"
Poor Applejack found herself in a mob of questions from her family, trying to calm them all down. Meanwhile, at the side, Twilight looks at the place surprised, with Spike next to her. "W-Well, I think everything is all okay here, how about we move to the next check of the list?" she suggested.
"Hmmm...True," Nathan agreed, taking some cupcakes with him, "Let's go with the weather, RD must be lazy once again." he said as they began to walk away, before turning around, "We have to leave now, take care Granny!" he says waving away as they leave.
"Hmm! Take care, my boy!" The old lady waves them back, smiling at the kid that caught not only her granddaughter's heart but also the one that changed their life for a better way.
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"Well then, the Apple's were good people," Spike commented, "Don't you think they could be great friends, Twilight?"
"Spike, what do friends do?" Twilight asked her assistant.
"Um…they have fun? They…talk to each other, they spend time together, they…"
"Get in the way of studies by wasting your time with meaningless activities," Twilight said, finishing the sentence that Spike wasn't about to tell, making the poor guy groaned.
She looks at Nathan, who was walking in front of them, "Spike, the time we wasted having a simple lunch test should have spent doing more productive procedures. That time could have used to get through this business a lot quicker. If we finish the job faster, we can spend more time gaining knowledge and Knowledge is power, Spike. And when the Princess ends up needing help with Nightmare Moon, I am going to need power," Twilight said with finality.
Unfortunately, for our male protagonist, he had to slam his hand to stop snort from coming. He then managed to control himself, ('Is funny! You will not be saying those words after this day!')
"Alright, we are here." he says, making the two of them stop, "Now, let see…Yo! Skittles, where's your lazy butt at?!"
Before he could say anything else, a rainbow streak collided with him, taking both of it, and Twilight, tumbling in the ground. In moments, he found his head smothering between two soft objects. Immediately, Nathan blushes at what was in his head.
"R-Rainbow?!" he calls as the girl that was smiling teasingly at him.
"What's the matter, big boy?~ Where did your confidence go?~" the girl had short rainbow color hair, goggles wrapped on it, a light short blue shirt that exposed her midriff, a short sports pants that reach her thighs, and show-off her slender legs, and white sneakers and a rainbow tail.
"We have company!'' It was then the girl noticed the third body that was with them. The rainbow girl immediately stood up with flushed cheeks.
"Oh…Hehe, sorry there," she apologized as she took off into the sky with two blue wings. "Here, let me help you up," she said, picking her up by her shoulders.
"...Thanks…" Twilight said as she got covered in mud…Since, she was their cushion.
"Oh, hold a sec," Rainbow flew away and returned with a dark cloud that was placed on top of the lavender girl and began to jump on it as water drench the girl.
('I keep asking myself all these years how is this possible…I learn never to question cartoons power.') Nathan thought.
When finished, Twilight was a soaking wet rag, with a face that said it wasn't amused. "Hehe...whoops, looks like I overdid it," Rainbow commented.
"You think?" both Nathan and Twilight asked with an annoyed raised eyebrow.
"Here, how about this," Rainbow began to spin around Twilight, making a tornado. "My very own, one of a kind, Rainbow Dry!" Pun intended it. "No need to thank me, it's what I can do for-'' she stops talking when she notices the hairstyle of the bookworm, finding herself on the ground laughing like a maniac—followed by Nathan and Spike who couldn't keep it together either as they fell with her on the ground.
"What?" Twilight asked with anger, her hair looking like Napoleon Dynamite.
"Hahahaha! I have to take a picture!" Nathan suddenly took his phone and took a picture out.
"Show me! Show me!" RD went to his side and looked at the photo, "Ha! That one is going to the history book!"
"Excuse me!" both of them turn to an irritated lavender girl, "Are you Rainbow Dash?!"
"You got it!" she answered with pride while standing up, "Rainbow Dash, captain of the weather team and fastest flier in Equestria! Hear of me?" she asked.
"Rain, this Twilight Sparkle, the one in charge of supervising the Summer Sun Festival," Nathan informs her.
"That's it?" she asked before stretching her arms and suddenly jumping into the white cloud and lay down on it. "Don't worry, girl. I'll do that in a sec after I'm finishing practicing."
Twilight raised her eyebrow, "Practice for what?"
"The Wonderbolts!" Rainbow gestured to a nearby poster, showing the Wonderbolts. "They're going to be performing at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm going to show them my sweet moves!"
"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight asked.
"Yep."
"The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?" Twilight asked again with a smirk.
"That's them."
"Pfft! Please," the rainbow girl turned to the smug girl, "They won't accept a slacker-" before she could say anything, Nathan had placed a hand on her mouth.
"Here, let me show you why she can," he said as he removes his hand from her mouth and simply took out a timer, "Yo Rainbow, time to see if you can clean the sky in…5 seconds."
Twilight and Spike eyes widened at his words, ('Five Seconds?! That's impossible!') they thought as they looked at the rainbow girl…who strap her goggles on.
"Bring it," she said with fire in her eyes, and her cyan wings expand suddenly.
Nathan gave a cocky smirk, "Then…GOOOO!" he shouts as he presses the button. In an instant, the rainbow-haired blast into the sky, leaving a rainbow trail following after her. She smashes right on every cloud that was there—making several connections cross with each path, forming some sort of paint pattern. Then, she landed on the ground hard, not even breaking a sweat.
The orange-haired stop the watch as he looks at it, "...5 seconds exactly. Now that is 20% cooler girl." he said as he raised his hand.
"Heh! That's right, I am awesome." She replied with a cocky smile while giving a high-five to Nathan.
Meanwhile, Twilight and Spike had their jaws open, something that the high flyer noticed, "Ha! You two should see your faces, they're priceless!" she said before begging to fly, "You two are a laugh, we have to hang together sometime! Anyways, I have to go and finish a few things! See you later!" and with that said, she zooms away.
"She…was…awesome!" the green-haired boy yell.
"She is, despite her cocky and smug attitude, Rainbow is one of the most talented flyers in Equestria, believe me; I know what I'm saying," Nathan stated, already knowing how awesome she was.
Although, she had nothing on comparing to Sonic the Hedgehog, The Flash, or Quicksilver.
"Wow…That's amazing, right, Twilight?" Spike asked for the girl's opinion, only to see that she was walking away. "Hey! Wait up!" both of them catch up with the nerd with a nerd's hair.
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"Next, decorations." Spike said as he checked the list, he looked around the Town Hall, "...Beautiful…"
"Yes, it is," Twilight said while looking at the decoration, "With all this, I will finish and get back to the library to continue my research."
"Not the decor…Her!" Spike corrected Twilight by pointing at, without a doubt, the gorgeous being there ever was.
It was a gorgeous woman with long purple hair with a swirl and curly locks, fair skin, a purple star tattoo under her left eye. She wears a white, long-sleeved blouse that had a hole revealing her cleavage, which was a sizeable D-cup breast—a long purple skirt, combined with a pair of purple ankle-high boots with black stockings. Behind her was a long elegant purple tail. She was putting up a ribbon with much elegance, carefully perfecting her precision as not to leave any flaws.
"No...No...No...Ugh! It won't do at all!" she said while puffing her cheeks like a schoolgirl.
"Quick! Tell me, are my scales alright? Those my breath stinks? Are my clothes all right?" the poor kid began to check for his first time.
Meanwhile, Nathan had formed a devilish smile in his face and tip-toed his way to the purple-haired back. He breathed some air in and then whispered in her ear, "Boo."
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The results were instant; the woman screams at the top of her lungs and jumps ten feet in the air. She began to fall and would have crashed on the floor if it wasn't for Nathan catching her bridal-style. It took a full minute for the girl to register what just happened before glaring at a smiling culprit. "Nathan! I told you to stop doing that!" She shouts in anger.
"Hahahaha! Sorry Rarity…it just I love seeing your angry face; it's so cute." He said with a laugh, making the girl named Rarity blush and puff her cheeks in annoyance. "See, your face looks cute as always!"
"Just put me down," she said with heavy blushes.
The orange-haired comply and put her down, "Anyway, I brought you the person in charge of supervising the Festival."
"Oh! Are they here? That's wonderful!" Rarity claps her hand together and turns around, "Please allow me to- SWEET MOTHER OF ALL-STARS!" She commenced saying but stopped when she saw Twilight's hair, "Darling?! What happened to your hair?!"
The lavender girl looked at her hair, "Oh, this? It is nothing. I just came to check on the decorations, and I'll be on my way." She stated.
However, Rarity was having none of it, "On your way? With that monstrosity on your hair? Nononono! Absolutely-not!" She then went behind her, "I will not let you walk around like that, my pride will not allow it! You are coming with me!"
"H-Huh? Wait, what are you doing?!" Twilight began to freak out when the purple-haired beauty commenced to push her away, "Someone help!" She cried for help, but Spike was madly in love while looking at Rarity, and Nathan…was gone. "NATHAN!"
"Yes, I book it out, I'm terrible." Nathan said as he walked the road, "She'll find me with Flutters, don't see the problem." He said as he began to hear the melody of birds singing. "Speaking of which, there she is."
Right in front of Nathan was a beautiful woman with yellowish skin, a pale-yellow shoulderless sweater with long sleeves, it also covered her incredible bust, maybe E size, long pink silk-like hair that flooded down to her waist, long green pants, and green loafers. She was singing along with the birds, and the melody would make any man fall for her beauty and voice.
('No matter what, Shy would always have a way to my heart.') he thought as he walked up to her, knowing that she would be scared by his sudden appearance, he went the way she wouldn't be scared…whistling.
When he whistles the melody from his mouth, all the birds from the girls begin to follow, making the said girl turn around at the source of the music, causing her to blush when she saw him. "O-Oh…H-Hello Nathan…" she said while her hair covers half of her face.
"Hey there, Shy! I see you're rehearsing for tonight's Festival," he said, standing next to her, "Actually, the person in charge of making sure everything for the Festival is coming."
"Really?" She said, looking in worried.
"Yes, she should be getting any second now, so I came here to make sure you managed to introduce yourself to her." He said, surprising her.
"I-Introduce?" She asked, hiding her face in her hair, "N-Nate, you know I'm not good with that."
"Sure you can," the orange-haired walk up to her and move her hair away, "All you need to do is trust yourself," he said with a calm voice, "I promise you she will only check on the music, just say your name and show her the melody."
She looks at him, a little concerned, before nodding, and just in time as some footsteps were getting close to them.
"YOU!" Fluttershy jumped at the sudden angry voice and hid behind Nathan as-as he turned to feel the wrath of Sparkles as she was approaching, "What kind of guide leaves their tourist with someone that was making my hair into a mannequin!?" She asked with anger.
"Leave? You're right here." He said with a raised eyebrow and confusion, earning the ire of the lavender girl. "Anyway, the last thing on the list in music, this one here is in charge of it." He said as Flutter slowly looked from the side, "Come on, Shy. You can do it."
The girl slowly came out, "...H...Hello...M-My name...is F-Fluttershy." She said, not too loud, but not too low like the first episode.
Twilight took a deep breath and introduced herself, "Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and I'm in charge of the Sun Festival, may I have a look at the music?" She asked, just as the birds were ready.
"Oh...Sure," Shy said as she turns to her animal friends, "Okay, everyone, let's do a quick rehearsal, ready?" The birds nod, "A one, A two, A three!"
The song began, it was one of those that makes you want to fly like a bird, that rest your mind and body, and charge to the maximum. That was the only thing that could describe the music coming from the birds if you asked Nathan about it.
Once they finish, Twilight was speechless at the beauty, "Amazing...is so pretty!" She said with a smile.
"Yeah! I have never heard anything like it!" Spike commented, which caused Fluttershy to look at him.
"*Gasp!* A baby dragon!" She squealed as she bumps Twilight away and looks at Spike with a gush face, "I never seen one up close before! He's so cute!" She said, earning the pride of the dragon kid.
"Well, well, well," Spike said with a smug smile as Nathan helps Twilight stand up.
"Yeah...She's...an animal lover." Nate said with a sweatdrop.
"Yes…Thanks by the way," Twilight said.
"No problem," Nate then turned around, "Well, we have finished, I have something to do, good evening to you, my lady!" He waves goodbye to them, "See ya at the party, Shy!" It was the last thing he shouted before going away.
"Wait, party?" Twilight asked, but Fluttershy was still in love with Spike's presence.
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"Is everything ready?" Nathan asked as he entered the Oak's Library.
"Yeah! I'm super excited about this!" he heard Pinkie say as she dropped down from the ceiling. Nate caught her bridal-style. "Nice catch, Natey!" She smiles at her.
Nate blush smiles at her as well, "But of course, can't let my favorite best friend girl fall on the ground, can't I?" He asked, making Pinkie smile and blush as well.
After everything is done and set, someone yells out, "Wait, I think I see them! Everyone be quiet!" The lights turned off, and everyone went to their position.
A door suddenly opens, and a few minutes later, it closes up, "Nice kindness." Said an annoyed voice.
"Forgive me, Spike, but I want to find evidence to prove the princess of the prophecy." Another spoke up before looking around, "Now, where's the light?" Ask its name, and it shall appear!
"SURPRISE!"
Twilight and Spike jump in surprise at the lights turning on and revealing several people inside, and then Pinkie Pie appeared, "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! And I made this party just for you! Were you surprised?! Were you?! Huh?! Huh?! Huh?!" The piñata girl bounces like she always does.
"Yeah...it was," Twilight said in a little annoyance, "Libraries should be quiet."
"Don't be silly! A silent party is boooooring!~" Pinkie said as she began to follow Twilight, "You see, I have never seen you before, and I know everyone in Ponyville! Meaning that you are new, and if you're new, that means you don't know anyone here, and if you don't know anyone here, it makes me super sad! So I thought 'Gasp! I know, I'll make her a super-duper welcome party!' and you can make lots and lots of friends!" She finishes with the rest of the Mane behind her.
Twilight had poured a drink for herself and was about to drink it when a hand grabs hers, "I wouldn't drink that if I were you." She looks to see Nathan grabbing the bottle she poured and shows that it was 'Hot Sauce,' she quickly places the cup down. "There you go...Now!"
Everyone looks at Nate as he stands in the center of the room, "I just want to say, that today we get the honor to celebrate this day; where we get to see the glorious view of seeing our beloved Princess rise the sun of our every day, to the fullest of our lives. Without it, we all wouldn't be able to see those who we love and value the beautiful land we all cherish together," he then raised his cup and said, "To Princess Celestia!"
"To Princess Celestia!" Everyone followed his expression and raised their cups, followed by drinking them…
"Oh, I forgot, all the drinks are Hot Sauce," Nate said before running out of the Library, where suddenly the burst of fire shot out, followed by screams of pain. "Don't feel bad! Hahahahahaha!"