[The princesses]

Celestia, on one of her few free days, sat staring at her beautiful sun one evening. "It has been quite some time since the last time I could relax" she said to herself. "I wonder what Twilight and her friends are up to?" she added, in curiosity. She stood to take a trip to her study, to see if Twilight had left her any messages. When she arrived, her study was in ruins. Books lay skewed in every direction, torn, ruined. "Peculiar..." she said to herself, oddly unfazed. Of little consequence to her, she could simply fix everything with magic. Just as she prepared to do so a voice called out behind her.

"Long time no see," was what it said. "N-" she started, cut off by a mangled hand to her mouth. "Hush, hush," it replied, "no need to be so cross. This is a reunion isn't it?"

"I thought I banished you" voiced Celestia in anger.

"From your petty world, yes, but I've established my own."

"How does that work?"

"Let's not dwell on the details. Now, you relinquish your crown to me or you face consequences. Deal?"

"No."

"Why so hostile, child? Why must you be so rude to the one who helped you and your race gain your powers?"

"These powers have granted me nothing but pain, monster. Now begone from my kingdom or I will have to drive you out."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Someone's being naughty. Bare-bottom or pantsed?"

"You have no power over me, fiend."

"Says you."

With that, the odd creature shocked Celestia unconscious, picking her up and taking her away.

"Princess!" a voice called, too little, too late, "We heard noises-"

"The Princess, she is gone!" cried one of the guards.

Hastily, the lead guard took a quill and began to write.

"Dear Twilight Sparkle. We do not have time to explain but the Princess is gone. Inform as many people as you can as quickly as you can. We have no time to tell anyone else. Sincere, the Royal Guards."

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"Princess Luna!" hollered a young guard pony freshly through the door.

"Yes?" replied the young royal.

"There's a... a bit of a problem..." he said, stammering. He then proceeded to inform the younger princess of all happenings.

"I-" she started, cut off by the young guard "You must take her place!" he demanded.

"I-I can't..."

"You must! We have no other rulers."

"If I must... then I have to keep them preoccupied as we get this matter sorted out. I am simply no good at political affairs, all I offered my sister in ancient times was the moon."

The young gentlepony stood, at attention.

"I know! A festival! That'll keep all the ponies happy for long enough, right?"

"It's a wonderful idea, princess!"

"We'll do just that then! Ooooh, I'm so excited!..." The young Princess said "Oh... right... ahem"

The word of the Festival was made known to all of Equestria. It were to take place in Canterlot, exactly a week from this day.


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[Applejack]

"Phew..." cried the earth pony after many hours of hard work. "I've ne'er had t'work that hard in my laife..." said she, donning her Southern Accent. "Applebuck season is always so tiring," she remarked to herself as she walked off the farm. "I wond'a where Big Macintosh gone? I ain't seen him in days."

Just then, Applejack was made aware of the upcoming festival. As usual, she just had to be there and get her business brewing. The last few attempts failed, but of course this one would succeed. It had to!

"A festival?" remarked the earth pony "Next week? That gives me just enough time t'prepare a delicious assortment of apple treats!" Full of apple-flavored determination, Applejack sorted up the apples and got to work. "Odd," she began "these apples seem a bit... overripe. but around this time they're always just right? Aww, no biggie. It won't make much of a difference when they're baked int'my delicious apple treats.

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[Prince Blueblood]

"Oh, a festival?" remarked the unicorn, sitting in his own personal spa. "Oh it has been some time since the Gala, hasn't it? I just hope that... one doesn't show up..." he still hadn't forgotten the day Rarity had made him dirty.

"Arman! I requested a double coat of shine! Not a single. I demand that you apply the second post-haste. I'll be docking your pay for this."


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[Cheerilee]

The teacher pony sat in her home, reading a story that her family had recommended. "I'm sure the kids would love this!" she remarked to herself reaching the last few pages of the book.

A messanger appeared at her doorstep, bringing news of a festival. After she nodded off the young boy and gave him a tip of hay, she walked back near her fireplace and remarked "Oh well. I never really went to the festivals..."

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Rarity had already gotten the message. And she knew exactly what that meant.


Dresses. Lots of them. She had managed to get at least one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders to help her with it; Apple Bloom.

"Howf muf fwonger?" The small pony said, holding a ball with needles in her mouth, a dress around her body.

"Almost done, Apple Bloom." She pulled on a rather long string, using her powers to make a pair of scissors cut it off. "And there!"

What she had created looked very... regal. There were frills and pink everywhere, causing Apple Bloom distress.

"This ain't wha' I expected." She says, but Rarity ignores her. We all know that Apple Bloom mostly did this for a possibly Cutie Mark, but sadly that didn't happen.

"Aww, you look adorable." Rarity says, admiring her work. "Now, any problems with it?"

"It's t'pink. An' frilley." She complains, causing Rarity to sigh.

"It's okay, I have many more designs to try!" She grabs another basket, causing the small pony to sigh.

"'Ere we go again."

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Rainbow Dash was asleep on a cloud when one of the other weather ponies came over and told her about the upcoming festival. Upon hearing the word "festival" she snapped awake.

"Are The Wonderbolts going to be there?"

The other pony replied...
"Um... sorry. I didn't hear anything about them. They might be, but I kind of doubt it. The festival seems to have caught a lot of ponies by surprise, so I doubt somepony with a busy schedule like The Wonderbolts would be able to make it."

The other pony gave a sympathetic smile before leaving to continue it's business elsewhere.

"Aww, man! What a drag."

Dash sighed before lying back down and continuing her nap.

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At the edge of Ponyville a haughty looking pony walked into the marketplace. She noticed that everypony seemed to be running about getting ready for something big. She walked up to the nearest pony who wasn't occupied and asked them what the big deal was.

"Excuse me. Yes, you. Could you tell me what the big deal is? Why is everypony running around like chickens?"

"Well, miss, the festival is coming soon. We have to prepare. You must not be from around here, I don't recognize ya at all."

She says with her eyes slightly squinted and her voice lowered...
"Oh, I've been here before."

"Really? Well, I'm sorry to not have made you're acquaintance. What's your name?"

"I am The Great and Powerful Trixie. I am a powerful sorceress of high regard, so you'd best remember my name village boy. Now, I'm sorry to tell you but I must be on my way. I have a certain somepony to find."

Trixie walked along in search of the reason she came back to Ponyville. In search of the one pony who managed to best her in magic.

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<Clicky

"I'm going to go see Twilight, I'm going to go see Twilight, eeeeeeeeeeheheheheee" bouncing as she went, Pinkie was never subtle, nor quiet.
Picking up balloons on the way, Pinkie was planning on throwing a party for Twilight to celebrate "International Horny Reading day", "Twilight reads, and she has a horn, this day is perfect for her, we, must, PARTIE, eeeeehehehehehehee" giggled Pinkie as she skipped along to Twilights house.

whether anything was going on around her, and it probably was, she didnt care...nor notice, going to see Twilight was her top priority, nothing else mattered.

she got to Twilights door, but paused
"eeeeeeeeeeee i should soooo totally make this the best knocking on the door ever! ... but how to do it, hmmmmmmm"
and so Pinkie sat there, just outside Twilights door, thinking of the best possible way to knock it.

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The page turned. Though not hoof nor maw had touched it. It simply moved. Like magic. Actually, not like magic, it was magic. Twilight Sparkle's Magic to be exact. She was once again studying on the finer points of magic handling by a famous unicorn named Dawn Illusion. She was very revered for her incredible magic ability. If she weren't from such a long ago time, Twilight would have absolutely loved to meet her. Think of all the things she could've learned first-hoof! But alas, it was not to be. So Twilight was willing to settle with her books, and see what she could pick up from them.

The little purple pony sat in the middle of the library, the book set down on a podium so she could read in comfort. The page turned again thanks to the little bit of magic Twilight could muster in her lazy feeling. Smiling to herself, being so in her element, Twilight almost wondered if she could take a quick nap. Nothing was going on today as far as she knew. And everyone was busy doing something most likely. Applejack had her applebucking. Rainbow Dash was keeping the skies clear. Pinkie Pie was busy baking probably. Rarity with her newest designs. And Fluttershy with the animals. So maybe she could sneak one in.

"Spike." Twilight called out. Perhaps that little dragon could keep an eye on the place while she did. But he didn't come. "Spike!" She called again, standing up now, "Oh where could he be...Spike!"

"Here, I'm here, Twilight!" The juvenile dragon finally came in the front door.

"Where have you been?"

"Haven't you heard, Twilight? Man, you need to get out of those books, and get out some more!" Spike laughed shortly as he came closer to the unicorn. She scoffed.

"Well what's all the commotion about, then?" Twilight asked, her head turning back to the book as she plopped down. No doubt if it was coming from Spike, it was something that could wait. She wanted to read and nap, not go off on some silly adventure again. She'd been on enough of those recently.

"The princess has a festival coming in a week! A big one for all of ponyville!" Spike proclaimed as he jumped up on the podium. He couldn't keep his balance well though, and with a small blow of air from Twilight, he fell back and onto the ground with a small thud.

"A festival? What's the occasion? According to my calendar there isn't another holiday for a month." Twilight then floated over the pony calendar she had marked up with select schedules and other things in red ink. Spike just shrugged.

"I dunno, but maybe this has something to do with it." Spike then held up a letter with the Princess's stamp on it. "It popped up just before all the talk of a festival came up. So I just figured it was...I dunno...a pamphlet or something."

"Well let me see." The letter opened up before them as the small ray of magic took apart the stamp and uncurled the paper. Carefully of course. As Twilight read the message sent by the guards, her eyes widened. "Oh no! Spike, the princess is missing!" She announced, jumping to her hooves.

"She's missing?!" Spike exclaimed, his tail standing up straight. "H-how?"

"It doesn't say, but we need to tell everyone."

"But wouldn't everyone begin to panic?"

"That's probably what the festival is for. Oh, Spike, this is bad. Really bad. Princess Celestia is missing. Oh what are we going to do? We need to try and help find her."

"We?...Do you think that could wait after the festival?"

"Spike!"

"Ok, ok! Don't worry, Twilight. Its princess Celestia we're talking about! I'm sure she's fine. We'll get her back."

"Oh, I hope so. C'mon, we need to tell everypony."

"Alright! Let's round up the gang!" The little dragon hopped on Twilight's back and she stampeded out the door. In her rush, she didn't see the oblivious Pinkie Pie standing just before it. As the door swung open, Twilight and Spike would collide into the party going pony 'causing Twilight to tumble and roll to the side and Spike thrown on his head with a 'oof'.

"Pinkie Pie?" Twilight groaned as she shook off the dizziness and stood up again. "What in the name of Equestria were you doing standing in front of my door?"

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After having met with Rarity and hearing the news, innocent young Fluttershy was quietly walking home so she could check up on her animals and start getting ready for the festival. Of course, she assumed she would need some sort of festive or formal attire for the occasion, but no doubt Rarity would hook her up later.

Upon arriving at her cozy home, the pegasus flew quietly over the chickens' fence to look inside the coop, making sure no one was missing. Oh my, if one of them got out and into the Everfree forest again... Fluttershy quivered a little at the thought, but the chickens were all accounted for, so it was time to go inside her cottage and see how the critters and birdies were doing.

A little while later, after helping Mr. Mouse out of his cast and wheelchair and feeding his family, she went on to tend to the squirrels, and the birds, and the bunnies (Angel was difficult, as always). The pony felt like singing with little Hummingway, but she had to... um...

"Wait... How does a pony get ready for a festival, besides dressing up?"

Fluttershy considered for a moment, then sighed and shrunk a little in embarassment, even though there was nopony around to witness it. "W-well... I still needed to check up on the animals, so it's not that bad..."

Murmuring to herself a little more, she decided she should go see how Rainbow Dash was doing and make sure she knows about the festival. Angel had to push Fluttershy toward the door to get her to leave, rather than keep going back to check on her little friends again, but she finally did leave in the direction of Rainbow's home of clouds.

Big Macintosh had wandered over to town to sell the products of his hard labor. Though his younger sister, Apple Jack, handled the apple sales outside of the farm, he took it as an opportunity to get some fresh air.

"Sweet apple cider y'all. Freshly squeezed", he said, barely raising his voice. Berry Punch, interested, came over to the stand and asked for a jug. "If it's sweet to drink, it's definitely something I must get my hooves on." she said. Big Mac cordially gave her a jug and took the four bits. He bid the pony goodbye but quickly called her over again.

Uh ma'am? I can't help but notice you got a flier in your saddle. Is there something happening?

Berry Punch offered Big Mac the flier and told him a festival was underway. Berry Punch was interested only for the hope of a fruit punch fountain being there.

"I mighty well appreciate you informing me on this, eeyup" he said as happily as his monotone voice could. After all the apple cider was sold, Big Mac decided to head back to the farm, thinking about what to do at the festival.

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"Big Mac'ntosh!" Applejack cried to her brother as she sorted the apples for baking. "Is it just me, or d'these apples look a lil ove'ripe?" she asked, confused.

"I'm tryin' t'make baked goods for the Festival comin' up. And it can't be my delicious apple treats with overripe apples..." she continued.

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After napping for a while more, Rainbow Dash woke up slightly drowsy and flew laps in a vertical oval around the cloud she'd been sleeping on to wake up. After the twelfth circle round she spotted Fluttershy coming in the distance while at the top of the loop. She slowed down and started flying over to Fluttershy, then yelled out...

"Hey Fluttershy! What's up?"

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<Clicky

"Howdy Sis." the red work pony said as he approached his sister. He examined the apples and picked one out to taste. He immediately spat it out.

"Eeyup, just as I figured. These here apples just wont cut it I reckon." Big Mac said as he examined the tree field behind him. "That's mighty odd?" Big Mac walked over to the apple trees to look at them. "These here apple trees are supposed t'be in season still." he told his sister.

The two ponies looked at each other in confusion. "Well, I suppose you could use the apples I was usin' to make my cider. They're still good from last I checked, eeyup."

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