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            Twilight yells in frustration for what appears to be the hundredth time.

            It isn’t fair! She is the best in her class and even managed to become Celestia’s star pupil. She is skilled with her talent of magic and has been able to preform many complicated and tough spells as a young adult that would’ve taken the average unicorn their entire lifetime to even cast once. Yet, her reward for all her hard work is to sail towards a port town hundreds of miles from the capital of Equestria to ‘make some friends’. She pounds her hoof against the boat’s railing at the thought.

            Twilight doesn’t need friends! She’s has gotten so far in life without any friends help! Besides, she already has friends. Granted, they were more accurately friendly acquaintances in her eyes, but still! She also has her mother, father, brother, and-

            “Twilight? You still mad about your new study?” Spike says as he walks towards her. The baby purple dragon with big green scutes that line his back and lime green frills on the side of his face. He’s smaller than Twilight, as is head barely reaches past her shoulder. He’s also a bipedal dragon, meaning unlike Twilight, he can walk on his hind legs.

            “What does it look like, Spike!” Twilight shouts and raises her hoof to point at the miles and miles of sea that surrounds the boat.

            “Come on, think of the bright side!” Spike says as he comes closer, “You can probably read some new books! Our new home might have much different books than a city’s bookstore!”

            “…Yeah, I guess, but at our old home, I had access to many bigger bookstores with a larger variety of books. I doubt a small town’s bookstore could even compare!” Twilight says.

            Spike sighs and leans on to the railing, so his arms were on top of it. Mimicking Twilight. “I don’t want to go either, but we have to trust Princess Celestia. Besides, maybe getting new friends won’t be that bad?” Spike says.

            Twilight scoffs, but then says, “Ugh. Maybe… but I’m a solo act. I can live without any of them.”

            Spike doesn’t have any retort, but stays. They have a moment of silence until-

            Suddenly, a raindrop hits Twilight’s snout. She looks up at the sky, and sees it’s completely gray. “What the? Rain?! *Pause* We better get going, Spike.” She says and goes inside of the boat. Spike immediately follows her.

            She enters the wheelhouse, and puts her hooves on to the steering wheel. She turns to Spike and tells him to raise the anchor.

            “Okay!” the dragon says as he grabs a raincoat and obliges to his friend’s command.

            In a few minutes, the Twilight continues to set sail to her new home.

            The storm isn’t letting up. In fact, it’s gotten worse. Thunder roars as Twilight valiantly battles huge waves that threaten to top her ship overboard. Every time the ship almost topples over, Twilight curses the pegasus who thought it was a good idea to create a storm here without telling anypony.

            Spike is barely keeping up with the storm as well. He tries helping Twilight as best he can, but after slipping and going overboard, only to be saved by Twilight’s magic, he retires in the wheelhouse.

            “Hey, what’s that!” Spike says and points to something in the distance.

            “It looks like- an island? An island!” Twilight shouts.

            “Hey, we can land there and wait for the storm to clear up!” Spike says.

            “…I dunno, Spike. Something is telling me we would rather deal with the storm than what’s ever on that island…” Twilight says somberly.

            A wave crashes into the ship, causing it to shake violently. Twilight spins the steering wheel and barely manages to keep the ship up right.

            “Who cares! We won’t last much longer in this storm!” Spike snaps.

            “…” Before Twilight can make a decision, she hears-

            “MEGA- MAKI!” a creature roars.

            The unicorn spots some sort of flying centipede dragon that looks to be made out of… suchi? It also has googly eyes for whatever reason. Whatever it is, it isn’t friendly. It starts spinning itself which causes giant orange roe eggs to be launched out of his body that land violently on the ship. The ship serves and this time, Twilight couldn’t keep it stable.

            The ship starts teetering, and the two of them start sliding towards the right wall. Quickly, Twilight tries using her magic to straighten out the boat, while Spike grabs her leg for dear life. However, before she can do much, the creature roars once again and a roe egg breaks through the wall and into the wheelhouse.

Twilight and Spike scream. Everything goes orange then black.

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            “Stra- bby! Stra- bby!” a voice says, as Twilight slowly regains consciousness.

            Once she opens her eyes, she sees a strawberry with googly eyes standing right on her face.

            “AH!” the unicorn shouts and knocks it off. She sits up and the living strawberry runs off.

            As soon as it’s gone, Twilight breathes a sigh in relief. Currently, she’s washed up on a beach with Spike laying face first in the sand right next to her. Fortunately, his back bobs up and down signaling that he’s still alive.

            The unicorn slowly gets up and brushes sand off of her pale purple coat. She also levitates a piece of seaweed out of her dark purple mane that has a magenta stripe in it. After getting rid of it, Twilight then levitates Spike by his spiked tail out of the sand.

            “Ugh? Twilight? What… happened?” Spike says, before coughing sand out of his mouth.

            “I… I don’t know. My best guess is that we crashed on to this island and seeing how our boat’s gone… We’re going to be staying here for a while,”

            “Heh. Now do you wish we went with my plan?” Spike says in a smug tone. Twilight then drops him.

            “Ouch,” he says as he gets up. The dragon rubs his head as he pouts.

            “Well, if my survival books taught me anything. The first thing we need to do is to find food and clean water. Come along, Spike!” Twilight says and starts walking further into the island.

            Spike sighs and follows his friend as they start climbing up a path between some tall rocks and into a forest. They’re both sore and tired, but continue, nonetheless.

            On the way, they spot a bunch of strange creatures that looked like if a bug and food item went together and had a baby, and that baby had googly eyes for its well, eyes. At one point they thought they saw something yellow hiding in the forest, but whoever it was disappeared before they got a chance to see what it was. Twilight theorizes that it might have been another one of those weird creatures, so they decide not to investigate. Soon, they come across a town.

            “We’re saved!” Spike shouts.

            “Eh, not quite. It looks abandoned…” Twilight says as she gets a sinking feeling.

            Despite this, both of them venture into the town and soon hear… crying? Twilight and Spike look at each other and nod. They then race further into the town till they reach its center.

            They discover an abandon fire pit with a pink earth pony crying to herself, while sitting on a log. Her main is dark pink that’s flat and long. She has blue eyes, and her cutie mark, which exists on her flank, is three balloons with two being blue while the last one is yellow and is higher up than the rest.

            “(Twilight, you should talk to her! It might be a good chance to make a friend!)” Spike whispers.

            “…” Twilight bites her lip and says, “(Okay, fine. But it’s only because Celestia wants me to)”

            She walks over to the pink pony, and asks, “A-Are you alright, miss?”

            The pony looks up to her and gasps.

            “Huh?! Is that… A NEW FRIEND!” The pony shouts and runs near Twilight. Completely forgetting about what’s she’s crying about. Her hair seems to expand like a balloon being blown into. It becomes puffy and messy.

            “HI! I’m Pinkie Pie! Who might you be!” the pony says and starts aggressively shaking Twilight’s hoof.

            “Uh…I am… uh,” Twilight stammers as she wasn’t expecting this reaction, “I’m Twilight Sparkle, a student of Princess Celestia.”

            “Ooo, that’s so cool! *Pause*” the pony suddenly notices Twilight’s companion, “EEE! Is that a baby dragon?!” Pinkie excitedly runs towards Spike.

            “Hi! Who are you?!”

            “…Um… Spike,”

            “Neat! Well, Twilight and Spike… Welcome to Snaxburg!” Pinkie says as she jumps in the air while a cannon goes off sprinkling the two in confetti. “Ooo, since you guys are newcomers, I should hold a party to welcome you! I’ll get right to it! See you later!” The pony then runs off.

            Twilight stands in shock with her hoof still extended outwards.

            “Huh… that was weird.” Spike says.

            The unicorn shakes her head and recovers. “…Wait!” Twilight shouts and runs after the pink pony. Soon, she finds Pinkie again who’s already decorating the town.

            “Um, where’s everypony?” Twilight asks.

            Pinkie stops decorating for a moment and stares off in the distance. After a few seconds, she continues with less enthusiasm, “They um… all left.”

            “Left?”

            “Yeah, so our leader Sunset kind of decided she didn’t want to stay in town anymore and had a super huge blow out because of it. Then it kind of started a ripple effect, which caused a massive argument and they all kind of… left.”

            “Then why did you stay back here?”

            “Because I was the only one of us that wanted to stay together, and I didn’t have anywhere else to go. But that’s a-okay! Because you’re here now, and the population of our town has increased by one to T H R E E!” As soon as Pinkie says three, another confetti cannon goes off. “And maybe my party will attract the others so they can come back!”

            “Oh, we’re not staying,” Twilight says.

            Pinkie stops decorating. She turns to look at Twilight and says with sadness, “Y-You’re not?” Spike looks at Twilight with disappointment.

            “Well, we were supposed to move to Ponyville but then crashed landed here. Once we fix our ship, we will be leaving.”

            “Oh… Which means… You’re staying here for the time being until you fix up your ship?” Pinkie says.

            “…Yes?”

            “Hurray! Then the party is still on!” Pinkie says and continues decorating. “Oh, let’s see, we should have music. Coloratura’s is my favorite, but Sapphire Shores’s songs are always good ones, then again Songbird Serenade’s songs never miss a mark. Then there’s the food. Hm… I wonder which bugsnax are the easiest to catch.”

            “Bugsnax?” Twilight interrupts Pinkie’s monologue.

            “Oh! They’re the wildlife here! They’re half bug, half snack, and all delicious! *GASP* Since you’re new, you’ve never eaten one before! We should try to catch one!” Pinkie then grabs Twilight and drags her away.

            “Wait up!” Spike shouts as Pinkie drags Twilight away and into the forest.

            Once they went into the forest, Twilight sees the living strawberry from before walking around. Since she isn’t panicking, Twilight gets a good look at the bugsnak.

            It is an upside-down strawberry that is standing up using four green leaves sprouting from underneath it. It also has the iconic googly eyes, that Twilight assumes all bugsnax have.

            “So, we’re going to catch it?” Twilight asks.

            “Yep! Here,” Pinkie says and hands Twilight a trap.

            “What’s this?”

            “It’s a snax trap! Just put it near the Strabby, and then press THIS button!” Pinkie then gives her a remote. The unicorn looks at it curiously.

            “Wait, where did you get this stuff? I didn’t see you carry it over here-” Twilight begins before Pinkie pushes her out of their hiding place.

            “Go get ‘em!” Pinkie cheers.

            The unicorn scoffs, but then sighs, “Well, these creatures do seem interesting. I would love to study them.”

            Twilight creeps over to the Strabby and raises the trap with her magic. She then in a very undignified manner throws the trap right at the Strabby. Instead of being stunned, it runs into the nearest bush. She can hear Spike laughing.

            “You need to trick it, not use aggression!” Pinkie shouts.

            Twilight sighs and tries again. This time placing the trap down like she’s supposed to, near the bush the Strabby entered. She then uses her magic to automatically set it up, which causes it to look like some sort of torn umbrella made of metal. The unicorn then trots backwards and waits.

            Thinking the cost is clear, the Strabby walks out of the bushes and walks right into the trap’s capture zone, like it doesn’t exist. Twilight then slams her hoof against the button, and the trap activates. The trap quickly turns into a cylinder, which forces the Strabby inside. The trap then starts to move, like the Strabby is trying to escape. Feeling the adrenaline, Twilight rushes over and snatches it. Unfortunately, it does nothing as the Strabby breaks free; however, it doesn’t run away, it just crawls innocently onto Twilight’s hoof. Strange…

            “YOU CAUGHT IT!” Pinkie shouts as she runs out of her hiding spot and gives Twilight a bone crushing hug. The Strabby hangs on to Twilight’s hoof for dear life at this.

            “Ack!”

            Pinkie let’s go, and says excitedly “Now you just got to eat it!”

            Twilight blinks. She should’ve expected this, as Pinkie did say earlier that bugsnax were meant to be eaten. However, looking at the Strabby in her hoof, makes Twilight hesitant.

            “What are you waiting for, Twi? Eat it!” Pinkie says.

            “Is it possible for me to eat this guy without… it still being alive?” Twilight says.

            “Yeah, is there? That seems cruel to do something like that,” Spike replies, “Besides it could crawl back out of your throat.”

            Everyone gags, except the Strabby, at that mental image.

            “Unfortunately, no. We’ve tried, but it kind of turns into mush, and tastes really yucky,” Pinkie says and sticks out her tongue, “But don’t worry, only Cheeries do that!”

            “…” Twilight gives Pinkie a look, and looks back at the Strabby, who’s bobbing up and down like nothing is happening and it’s not about to be eaten. However, guilt isn’t the only reason for Twilight to be hesitant. There’s something wrong with this creature. She can’t quite place it, but she feels like she should only eat this guy in dire situations.

            Eventually, Twilight gives the bugsnak to Pinkie, “I can’t.”

            Instead of being offended, Pinkie smiles and says, “Oh, you’re just like Fluttershy! She doesn’t like eating them as well. Oh well! Spike, do you want to try it?” The pink earth pony then hands Spike the Strabby.

            “…Eh, sure. I’ve eaten stranger,” Spike says and takes the Strabby. He hesitates just like Twilight, but unlike her, eats it.

            “Woah…” Spike says, and starts licking his lips for any remains of the Strabby, “That was… the best strawberry I’ve ever had!” His eyes light with excitement, “Twilight, you really should try it!”

            However, the unicorn isn’t paying attention to Spike’s words, but rather his leg. As soon as he ate the bugsnak, his left leg morphs red with tiny black teardrops all over it, like a strawberry. Only a few purple scales remain of his poor leg. After a moment of processing what had happened to Spike’s leg, Twilight shrieks.

            “WHAT THE @%#$!” Twilight shouts as she points to Spike’s leg.

            “Twilight?!” Spike says surprised, and then looks at his leg. Unlike Twilight, he doesn’t freak out. Instead says, “Huh, cool.”

            “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME THESE THINGS DO THAT?!” Twilight shouts at Pinkie.

            “I didn’t think it was that important! Besides, it’s the only side effect for eating bugsnax, and it looks pretty neat!” Pinkie says like it’s no big deal.

            “How is that not important?! Legs aren’t supposed to turn into strawberries!” Twilight shouts.

            “Twilight, relax,” Spike says, “Pinkie Pie is right. I’m fine, really! Honestly, I would love to have another!”

            “…Are you sure, Spike?” Twilight asks.

            “Positive,” Spike says already licking his lips.

            Twilight doesn’t know how to feel. On one hoof, having your leg turned into food isn’t ideal, but on the other, Spike seems fine. She needs more information, and she soon concludes the only way to get that is by catching more bugsnax and if Spike and Pinkie Pie are cool with it-

            “Okay,” Twilight sighs, “Just don’t eat too many. I don’t want you to become a bugsnax.”

            “Alright!” Spike says punching the air upwards.

            “Now, do you want to try a bugsnax?” Pinkie says, “They’re really good!”

            “No”

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            They spend the next few hours attempting to catch more bugsnax.

            In that time, Twilight catches a few more Strabbies and manages to catch a carrot like bugsnak called Rootle. Spike’s legs have now both turned into strawberry like legs and Pinkie Pie has now joined in with her carrot like hind legs.

            To be perfectly honest, it’s incredibly fun catching bugsnax, even if most of them prove too difficult to catch right now. Twilight is already thinking about creating some modifications to her snax trap to be able to catch more of these critters. Though, she should probably be looking for ways off this island, or get a better source of food than bugsnax. Sure, they are harmless, but she doesn’t like the idea of her hooves turning into food.

            Soon, the moon rises into the sky while the sun is lowered down. Casting the world into night. They should probably be heading back by now, but…

            “Oh, come on, Twi! One more!” Spike pleads with her.

            “Yeah, Twilight! Please!” Pinkie asks.

            “Guys, I need to keep a few on myself for future study!” Twilight says, “You can’t eat them all in one sitting! Besides it’s getting late.”

            “PLEASE!” the two beg.

            “Ugh! Fine! I’ll get you guys one more,” Twilight relents. The two celebrate.

            The unicorn sets up the trap once again, and sees a Strabby walking by. She quickly hides in a bush with Pinkie and Spike and waits. Suddenly- a random flying olive bugsnak steals her trap and flies off with it.

            “HEY!” Twilight shouts and runs after it. She then tries opening and closing the trap to either catch the bugsnak or at least get her trap free.

            They chase the bugsnak for a while until it suddenly gets hit in the face by… ketchup. It squeals and let’s go of the trap. The vermin then flies off.

            “Oh, thank Celestia,” Twilight says, as she picks up her trap. She then looks up to see where did that ketchup come from, and sees- an orange earth pony. The pony has a yellow mane and three bright red apples as her cutie-mark. She is also wearing a cow-boy hat.

            “Howdy!” the pony says with a country accent, “What brings you here?”

            “Um,” Twilight says as she recollects herself, “I… shipwrecked on this island.”

            “Oh, that sucks, sugar cube. Fortunately, there’s a town near here over in that direction,” the pony says pointing in the direction Twilight came from, “It probably has the material that you need to repair your vehicle. I’m Applejack by the way.”

            “I’m Twilight Sparkle,” Twilight says, “And I already know of the town-”

            “Twilight!” Pinkie and Spike both shout as they suddenly appear.

            “Sorry for not warning you about the green lollives earlier-” Pinkie begins before seeing Applejack. She stops in her tracks and then says, “Applejack?”

            “Pinkie Pie,” Applejack says in a slightly angry tone.

            “So, that’s where you went after you left!” Pinkie Pie says in relief, “How about you come back with us! I can throw you an epic party!”

            “No, Pinkie.”

            “W-Why?!” Pinkie says she ‘deflates’. It’s more of her hair falling down like a popped balloon.

            “Cause Fluttershy and her brother kept stealing my crops!” Applejack yells, “And don’t get me started on Rainbow and Trixie, and how they continentally hurt my crops. Or you and your confetti cannons! I almost jumped off my roof cause those!”

            “I said I was sorry!”

            “Ugh! Pinkie-”

            “Girls, calm down,” Twilight says, “I’m sorry for disturbing you Applejack, but we really need to get going-”

            Just then a bugsnak, that looks like a beetle crossed with a burger, steals some sort of weird red fruit from a plant growing from the ground. Twilight would pay it no mind, but it makes Applejack mad.

            “Darn varmint!” Applejack shouts and tries lassoing the bugsnax, but it escapes her grasp, “Ugh, those darn bungers keep stealing all of my ap-ketchup!” She growls in annoyance.

            “You know… bugsnax rarely walk into town. If you moved back in with your farm, you’d have a lot less problems!” Pinkie says with a hint of cheer in her voice. Her hair has inflated again.

            “You can’t just move a whole farm, Pinkie!” Applejack bites back, “Besides, I’m never setting a hoof in that place again!”

            “Come on, Applejack…” Pinkie sighs.

            “…What’s with the ketchup plant?” Twilight says walking towards it. She begins inspecting the plant, and it’s one she has never seen before. Though to be honest, she really isn’t a botanist.

            “It’s a native plant that lives on the island,” Applejack answers, “They come in different types, but I’ve only gotten the ketchup version right now. Certain types of bugsnax love’em. Which is great if you want to use them as a lure, but horrible when you JUST WANT TO GROW THEM,” Applejack says this last phrase towards some bungers off in the distance. An ant crossed with a kebab looking bugsnax proceeds to hide in a bush.

            “So, what would it take for you to go back to Snaxburg?” Spike asks.

            “Spike!” Twilight yells at him.

            “What? We’re probably going to use Snaxburg for a base of operations, and since you really want to learn more about the wildlife here, you might want those plants nearby! Besides, didn’t Princess Celestia wanted you to make friends?”

            “Princess Celestia?” Applejack asks.

            “I’m her star student,” Twilight says proudly.

            “Huh. Nice to meet someone studying under the princess! Tell ya what, I will go back to Snaxburg on one condition,” Applejack says.

            “Which is?”

            Applejack soon tosses Twilight her lasso. The unicorn looks at it curiously. Soon Applejack explains, “Show me how well you are in catching these varmints. If you want to use my crops, I need to know if you can use it correctly. I’m not having another Zephyr waste all of it in one hour.”

            Twilight sighs, but gathers her gear up. She even snags a few ketchups and walks over to where the bungers are.

            She places down her snax trap and- the bunger flings it several hooves in the air, using its horns, so quickly that she didn’t have time to catch it. Twilight sighs in frustration. She then tries catching that ant creature, which Pinkie informs her that it’s a Shishkabug, but it quickly runs into a bush and refuses to come out. To add insult to injury, the same bunger throws the snax trap in the air again.

            “Bungers love ketchup, Twilight!” Pinkie shouts.

            “Okay, um thanks!” Twilight says and brings out the ketchup fruit. It looks like a bottle of ketchup if it had no container and the ketchup stayed put. Now where should she throw it? The unicorn looks at the bush the Shishkabub is hiding and then turns to look at the bunger who keeps launching her trap in the air. A smile forms on her face, as a plan forms in her mind.

            She throws the ketchup onto the bush which immediately smashes into a fine ketchup paste. One of the bungers sees this and immediately runs straight at it. The force of the bunger colliding into the bush sends the Shishkabug flying which allows Twilight to fling the lasso straight at the bugsnak. It isn’t perfect as Twilight has yet to master the lasso and had to mostly rely on her unicorn magic, but regardless she is able to catch it.

            “Alright!” Pinkie and Spike cheers.

            “Alrighty then, let’s see if you can catch a bunger,” Applejack says with a smile.

            Twilight smiles back at her and turns back to face the bungers. The one she used to catch that Shishkabug is now happily lapping up the ketchup on the bush. She soon decides she’ll use the same one again, and throws a ketchup right on top of another bunger nearby. The same one who stole Applejack’s own crop.

            “Bunger?” the bugsnak says confuse as to why ketchup is on it. Then it decides to try and lick it off, somehow. Meanwhile, the other bunger finishes its meal, and sees the first bunger covered in ketchup. Immediately, it charges directly at the bunger and before the ketchup covered one can react it’s already in the air. Just like last time, Twilight catches the bunger.

            Everyone cheers, and in response Twilight makes a little bow. The phrase feels really nice. Applejack soon runs up to her.

            “I’ve not seen that good bugsnax catching since Sunset! Sure, that’s not your natural talent?” Applejack jokingly asks.

            “I’m really good at any form of magic, so it’s mainly that in play.” Twilight says, blushing a little from the phrase.

            “Alrighty but um can I have that bunger?” Applejack admits, “I… may have spent too long tending to my crops that I’ve forgotten to eat.”

            “Oh, sure,” Twilight says, and Applejack eats it. Her front hoof turns into a curly fry.

            “Aren’t you going to eat that Skishkabug?” Applejack asks.

            “I don’t… trust it,” Twilight says.

            The earth pony shrugs, “Fair, I didn’t trust it at first either, but I eventually warmed up to the idea of trying it later. It’s seriously really good, and that’s the honest truth!”

            “Wasn’t the reason you ate your first bugsnak was to prove you weren’t afraid of them to Rainbow Dash?” Pinkie says.

            “…Pinkie!” Applejack says annoyed. Then sighs, “Well, it’s getting late. I’ll meet you there tomorrow. I have some packing to do,”

            “You’re not coming?” Pinkie says.

            “Not immediately, no,” Applejack says, “I’ll be there in a jiffy tomorrow.”

            Pinkie Pie looks at her in suspicion and then says in a low tone, “Pinkie promise?”

            Applejack looks to her and sighs, “Cross my heart hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”

            Satisfied, Pinkie hops away and says, “Come on, Twilight! You don’t want to be caught by Nightmare Moon.”

            “That’s an old fillies’ tale! Nightmare Moon is currently imprisoned on the moon. There’s no way for her to be affecting us now!” Twilight says running after her with Spike in tow.

            Applejack chuckles to herself as she watches them both leave. Then the warmth leaves her as she walks away to the cave she is staying at. She licks her lips to find any spot on her mouth that has any reminiscent of that bunger.

            Once they get back to town, Twilight gives Pinkie a stabby and Spike the Skishkabug, as she once promises. Since it’s only her, Spike, and Pinkie Pie in the town, Pinkie allows her to sleep in any house that isn’t her own or Applejack’s.

            Twilight and Spike soon enter one of the house, as Pinkie runs off to bed. This house has a desk and a bunch of scrolls and notebooks lying about in the main room. Twilight decides to ignore it for now, and heads up to bed.

            Before she lays down, Spike burps out green fire which quickly turns into a scroll. Twilight catches it with her magic and reads it.

            It says: “Dear Twilight Sparkle, did you have a safe trip to Ponyville? I’m sorry for sending you at such a short notice, but I feel as though this experience could be very beneficial for your studies. Your parents and Shinning Armor say hi and that they love you. From Princess Celestria”

            “…” Twilight stares at the letter. She almost completely forgot about why she was sent over here. Actually, she could very well tell Celestria she shipwrecked and be out of here in a few days at most.

            However, with the strange fauna and flora of this island has got her very intrigued. Especially, since hasn’t seen anything like it before, even in her books. This could very well be a once-in-a-lifetime discovery, and just abandoning would be a waste.

            Even still, the feeling of offenses this island gives her makes her want to leave with haste.

            Suddenly, she feels her blanket move a little and she looks down and sees a piece of paper and a bottle of ink with a quill in it.

            “Thought you’d want to respond to her,” Spike says, while holding a spare blanket and pillow. He then makes himself a make-shift bed and sits on top of it. Waiting for Twilight to write a response so he can send it.

            Twilight picks up the parchment and with the quill. She stares at it before sighing and writes, “Dear Princess Celestria, I had a very safe trip to Ponyville, and you are right. This will be beneficial to my studies. Tell my parents and Shinning that I love them as well. From your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.”