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♪♪

Oooh!

Excuse me, when does the noon train

from the Crystal Empire arrive?

Uh, noon?

Right. Sorry, I'm just a little excited

because my friend Sunburst is coming.

He's my oldest friend.

I mean, we've known each other practically forever.

We have tons in common.

We both love magic and games and jokes. Everything, really.

Now that I think about it, there isn't a pony in all of Equestria

I have more in common with.

♪ [music through headphones] ♪

[train whistle]

[train wheels clattering]

[chattering]

[slam]

[hiss]

♪♪

Starlight?

Sunburst!

You made it!

Of course!

I've been looking forward to this visit for a long time.

Whoa!

How long are you staying?

Just a... little reading for the train.

[giggle]

Same old Sunburst.

It's going to be so great spending time together.

Just like old times.

You and me doing the stuff we like: games, magic...

Antiquing.

What?

Antiquing.

You know I like antiquing.

You do?

Um, Of course!

Historical knickknacks, ancient relics.

You are SO lucky.

Ponyville is antique central.

It is?

How have we never talked about this?

We are going antiquing and you are gonna love it!

OK. Let's drop your stuff off at the castle first.

Sure! Only we may need to make a few trips.

[nervous giggle]

♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪

♪ Aaaahhh ♪

♪ My little Pony ♪

♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪

♪ My Little Pony ♪

♪ Until you all shared its magic with me. ♪

♪ Big adventure! ♪ ♪ Tons of fun ♪

♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪ Faithful and strong! ♪

♪ Sharing kindness ♪ ♪ it's an easy feat ♪

♪ And magic makes it all complete! ♪

♪ To have my little pony ♪

♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪

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This is so great.

Who knew I'd be the one showing

you the cool sights of Ponyville?

I'm a little surprised, myself.

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Wow, what a difference between the hoof-molded bricks

and the extruded ones, right?

Uh huh. Ha ha.

Oooh! Check out all these chandeliers!

Sometimes the crystals have magical properties.

Oh. That's cool.

How do you--

Sunburst!

I'm so glad you're here!

In the antique store?

In Ponyville!

Starlight's really been looking forward to your visit.

Though I'm glad you're in the antique store too!

I'm usually the only one.

That's crazy!

Who doesn't like antiquing?

Right?

Right!

Oooh, look!

An ancient map of Equestria made by the Mighty Helm.

Without the help of unicorn magic or pegasus flight,

the earth ponies of the Mighty Helm

were able to map the entire coast of Equestria.

Cool.

♪♪

[gasp]

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[laughter]

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You don't have to pretend to like all this stuff.

What? No. I do like it.

I mean, if you like it, I like it.

Besides, we've almost looked at everything, right?

Twilight: Oh, wow!

You have got to see this Saddle Arabian vanity!

This shop looked a lot smaller from the outside.

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Did you see this Palominian letter opener?

Wow! That goes well with this ancient Phoenix feather quill.

We could write to each other!

PEN PALS!

[laughter]

I really like this old-timey barrel.

Actually, the stuff I bought is inside the barrel,

but I can't wait to see what it is.

Wait, you don't know what you bought?

It's a blind buy.

Sometimes shops get too busy to go through everything

so they load up a box or barrel and sell it

without knowing what's inside.

Buying one is sort of like a treasure hunt.

Once I found a first edition History of Equestria

in the original Olde Ponish.

" Hliet foresettan pliht."

[laughter]

It's an Olde Ponish saying.

"Reward prefers risk."

It ... loses something in the translation.

Mmm.

Why don't we look through this stuff later?

Yeah. What do you want to do, Starlight?

Well, I don't know if you're going to remember this, but...

Is this...

DRAGON PIT!

I remember that game.

You two used to play it?

Pretty much any time we weren't working on magic.

I can't believe you found a copy!

Sunburst would get so excited whenever his dragon got trapped

he'd knock the whole board over!

That's adorable.

Well, it's an exciting game.

But I have a little more control over my horn now.

Uh-oh!

Somepony's dragon's gonna get trapped!

Doesn't seem so exciting to m--

AAAHAHHAHAHH!

Huh.

I guess it is adorable.

I hope you're enjoying your visit so far.

Are you kidding?

I mean, first antiquing and then spending time with Twilight.

Oh. Yeah.

She's pretty great.

Right? I mean, I know she's a Princess,

but I never thought she'd be so fun to just hang out with.

Well, she is the Princess of Friendship.

Right.

I guess that makes sense.

So tomorrow I thought--

I suppose I'm just surprised at how well we get along.

I don't have much in common with most ponies.

You two are pretty similar.

I don't know many ponies who are fluent in Olde Ponish.

Exactly!

I probably have more in common with Twilight

than any pony in Equestria!

Right.

Anyway, I better get some sleep.

Ponyville might be small, but there's a lot to do.

Maybe we should ask Twilight what she recommends we see!

Um, sure.

Great! Goodnight, Starlight.

Um, goodnight.

Knock, knock!

Wh-what?

Oh. Hi, Starlight.

Is it morning already?

Yep!

Maybe a bit early, but like you said,

there's a lot to see in Ponyville!

Uh, right. OK.

Plus, I couldn't really sleep.

I just kept thinking about all the stuff we have in common

and how much fun we'll have today.

Great. Is Twilight up yet?

Actually, I'm pretty sure she's busy with Princess stuff today.

Oh.

But I've got a full day of stuff planned, just you and me.

Uh.

Great!

Um. Would you mind turning around, or preferably...

leaving the room so I could get changed?

Oh! Right! Ha ha, sorry, ah ha...

[door closes]

[fly buzzing]

One, genuine, Sweet Apple Acres apple tree!

Because we used to drink so much apple juice as foals.

I don't remember that.

Really? I mean, it was all we drank.

Here.

Try an apple.

I bet that'll jog your memory.

OW!

Trixie?

What are you doing here?

I often seek the privacy of the orchard to practice

new feats of amazement.

And, also I fell asleep.

Oh. Well, Sunburst and I were just catching up, so...

I don't suppose the two of you want to see

a never-before-witnessed magical marvel?

Sure!

[sigh] Why not.

Behold, visiting friend from Starlight's past

and be amazed by the Great and Powerful

and current best friend of Starlight, TRIXIE!

[explosions and whistles]

♪♪

I give you...

THE UNICORN ESCAPE!

[grunts]

One more...twist...

and... [grunts]

The great and powerful Trixie

requires a little assistance.

I know this trick.

There's a special link, but I could never

hold the chain up long enough to find it.

♪♪

[muttering]

[poof]

♪♪

Well, if I could do magic like that,

I'd have a whole slew of new tricks at my disposal.

I always liked close up magic because I knew I could do it

if I just practiced enough.

[giggle]

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Starlight, why didn't you tell me

how much Sunburst and I had in common?

Gee. I don't know.

I know Trixie's "magic" is, you know, fun...

but the Mirror Pool is actual magic.

Whoa. This place is pure ponylore.

Yep. I mean, it's supposed to be all dangerous.

I guess I shouldn't have broken the seal to get in,

but you wanted to see the sights of Ponyville, right?

So, Pinkie Pie just dove in and made copies of herself?

Mm-hm!

If we made copies of ourselves,

we could get a year's worth of hanging out over in one day.

Not that we would.

[clanging]

Do you hear that?

I hope it's not a left over Pinkie Pie.

Not exactly.

Maud? How did you get in here?

This cavern's actually connected to mine.

What are you doing?

Tapping.

Maud isn't super chatty.

I mean, you and I could sit around and talk all day,

but she looks pretty busy.

Are you taking some kind of core sample?

Not exactly.

I'm uncovering this section of strata for closer study.

You might want to step back.

[cracking]

[coughing]

I'm studying this area's metamorphic--

--foliation!

Is this gneiss, phyllite, or slate?

Wow. The pressure above must be pretty uniform

to get the planar fabric to be this consistent.

You know about geology?

I dabble.

For example, by the speleothems in this cave,

I kinda figured there was another way out.

Because of the calcite deposits.

[big sigh]

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Starlight?

Where's Sunburst?

Doing stage magic with Trixie?

Studying new rocks with Maud?

You're here so I guess you two aren't off translating

some ancient Olde Ponish text.

What are you talking about?

Why would Sunburst be doing any of that?

I thought he came to Ponyville to see you.

I thought so too, but it hasn't worked out that way.

When we were foals, we had more in common

than any two ponies in Equestria.

But now it seems like he's got more in common

with my friends than he does with me.

Everypony changes, but that doesn't mean

there aren't still things you both like.

You both love magic, right?

Magic?

Sure. You're really good at it

and Sunburst practically knows every spell that ever was.

You're right!

Thanks, Twilight!

You're the best.

I try.

Starlight, what happened?

Maud and I found some fascinating sedimentary stratum,

but when I turned to show you, you were gone.

Maud does have a way of making rocks really interesting,

but I wanted to work on something a little more "us."

What's this?

Just a little something I made up.

Whoa! You made up this spell? Just now?

Yep!

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[whoosh]

Wow.

I know, right?

But wait, there's more.

Cool, right?

Um, sure.

Now we can play Dragon Pit!

Just like we used to.

[zoom]

Actually, I thought we could go with Maud and--

I mean, nothing was better than just you and me

playing this game when we were foals, right?

Starlight.

Do you what to be red or blue?

Starlight!

I don't want to play the game at all!

[zap]

What's going on in here?

Nothing. I was trying to have fun doing the ONE thing

I thought we still had in common,

but I guess we don't even have that anymore.

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I don't understand.

Starlight and I have known each other since we were foals,

but that doesn't mean we have to be foals to hang out.

Starlight does have a tendency to over-do.

I mean, it is surprising how well I get along with

all of her friends, but she and I still have tons in common.

Maybe you just need to remind her what those things are.

That's it!

That's exactly what I'll do.

Right after I think of them.

Oh.

Obviously you and I hit it off. I am quite impressive.

And we share a love for prestidigitation!

Right.

And Starlight and I share a lot of things too.

I just need to think of them.

What else do you guys have in common?

Well, we've both made not-so-great choices in the past

[pop pop pop]

and we're self-conscious about everypony judging us

even though we've both changed

and are trying hard to be better.

Yeah.

We don't really have that.

Hmph! I can think of something you have in common.

You're both poor practice audiences.

Starlight and I don't really have a lot in common.

Other than feeling different from most ponies.

And comedy.

Comedy?

I'm very funny.

Was that a joke?

No.

Well, that's more than I can think of

that she and I have in common.

We don't really spend that much time talking about that, though.

Mostly we're just comfortable around each other.

We used to be.

We did everything together.

But now I'm wondering if we've spent so much time apart

that we don't connect over anything anymore

and if we can't connect over anything

then maybe we're not even friends!

Well, at least it's not serious.

That was a joke.

I appreciate you trying to help, Twilight.

But it seems pretty clear that Sunburst and I have grown apart.

I understand.

But I feel like that only happens if you both let it.

You still want to be friends, right?

I created a spell so we could re-live playing a game

in our childhood home...

and bodies.

Right.

I'm just not sure Sunburst wants to stay friends too.

I think you might be surprised.

Prepare yourself...

For the new and improved

Dragon Pit!

We had to take out a few spaces to get it to fit

but you hardly miss them.

Maud made the dice.

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Pumice is the lightest igneous rock.

It seems the best choice.

And I added the special effects.

There's nothing like a little well-placed magic smoke.

[rumbling]

Looks like somepony's dragon is going to get trapped.

I thought you didn't wanna play this game.

Well, I didn't want to pretend to be a foal,

but I know you wanted to play.

I thought it'd be fun to play a version big enough

for full grown ponies.

What do you think?

Fun, right?

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Actually, it's missing something.

[zap]

AHHHGHHHHHH!

[thud]

Now it's fun.

[giggling]

♪♪

I don't know why I got so worried about us

not having anything in common.

Yeah. I kind of think it doesn't matter

as long as we enjoy each other's company.

Trixie: And that game was certainly enjoyable.

What made it even better was getting to play it

with all my friends.

♪♪

See you soon?

You bet.

I want to hear if you find anything interesting

in that barrel.

Trust me, Starlight.

You'll be the first to know!

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[train chugging]

♪ [ominous music] ♪