Her own sister and her own friend were actually in contact behind her back, and had even met in private, while she had been completely unaware of it.
As expected, when a divine steed and a sister—these two types of creatures—got mixed up together, it made it impossible for a pony to guess what kind of developments would unfold.
However, this was at least not a bad thing; Aurora was still quite confident in Pinkie Pie's sense of propriety.
Moreover, Aurora Glow had also said that the client was very satisfied, so this back-and-forth could also be considered helping Pinkie Pie expand her range of business.
It was just that Aurora hadn't expected that the aristocratic circle of Canterlot could actually accept a Pinkie Pie-style party, but thinking about how the target was Aurora Glow's friend—a pony who could play with her sister—they probably weren't some pedantic sort.
"Whoa, this is really... uh... how does that word go again?"
Spike walked over, eating a cupcake in one bite, wanting to offer a comment, but with his limited vocabulary, he got stuck as soon as he opened his mouth, and could only signal Twilight Sparkle with his eyes, hoping she would save the situation.
"You mean 'unexpected,' don't you, Spike?"
"Yes! That's the word! This really is an unexpected turn of events for a pony."
Having learned a new word, Spike felt the cupcakes at the party tasted even better.
"Hey! Twilight!"
A pony at the party took the initiative to come over and greet Twilight Sparkle, and upon seeing who it was, it was Twilight Sparkle's turn to be "unexpectedly" surprised.
"Lyra? You're actually in Ponyville too?"
The mint-colored Unicorn in front of her was none other than her classmate, Lyra Heartstrings, who was also a friend of Aurora.
"Haha, I'm also taking advantage of spring break to visit a friend. Let me introduce you, this is Bon Bon."
Lyra Heartstrings introduced the Earth Pony with cobalt blue and light purplish-red mane beside her to Twilight Sparkle.
"I was just as surprised as you when I found out about this."
At this moment, Aurora leaned into Twilight Sparkle's ear and said. Although her surprise might be a bit different from Twilight's surprise.
"I guessed you might not know about this, so I invited Lyra and... Bon Bon to come to your welcome party."
Aurora almost slipped up and called "Bon Bon" "Sweetie Drops" every time.
In reality, the name "Bon Bon" was just a pseudonym for "Secret Agent Sweetie Drops," but since her cover hadn't been blown yet, Aurora could only go along with Lyra Heartstrings and call her "Bon Bon."
According to what Aurora had learned about them during her time in Ponyville, although Lyra Heartstrings was still living in Canterlot for school, once she graduated, she would come to Ponyville to live with Sweetie Drops.
'Hehehe, my ship, please come this way.'
Don't let Aurora's reserved exterior fool you; she was actually overjoyed on the inside.
But sometimes, while shipping them, she would feel a bit envious, as if she, too, had once had such a close friend.
"Twilie!" × 3
There was no time to mourn for Aurora; the next moment, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy arrived in front of Twilight Sparkle, and Pinkie Pie also darted over to stand with them, giving off quite the dazzling feeling of the protagonists making their entrance.
Twilight Sparkle looked at these four ponies in a daze, feeling a sense of destiny in her heart that she was supposed to be with them; Spike, meanwhile, was staring wide-eyed.
To be precise, he had been looking at Rarity the whole time.
Now, all that was missing was Rainbow Dash to fulfill the prerequisites for the Rainbow Cannon, but this matter couldn't be rushed, nor did it need to be. The Magic of Friendship would come, and the Rainbow Cannon would come too.
After sighing with emotion for a while, Aurora nudged the still-dazed Twilight Sparkle, urging her to go chat with these ponies.
"Go on, you look like you can't wait to learn more about each other. I'll take care of the rest; just make sure to have fun."
Under Aurora's encouragement, Twilight Sparkle walked toward them, and before long, they were chatting happily.
It seemed that Twilight Sparkle herself had changed quite a bit. Aurora had learned from their correspondence that after she went to Ponyville, Twilight had maintained her relationships with her classmates and had not neglected her friendship with Moon Dancer.
Perhaps Aurora wasn't the only one who had learned a lesson from that incident.
Aurora asked the DJ pony to change to a livelier record and announced that the party had officially begun. This time, she had asked friends to invite quite a few ponies from Ponyville to her home for Twilight Sparkle's welcome party; it could be considered going all out.
However, she herself didn't really like such lively parties, but she liked standing on the periphery to feel the bustling atmosphere. She enjoyed this sense of distance—not too far, not too close—neither isolating herself nor feeling suffocated.
But before that, she had to take this luggage to the guest room first.
"Little Aurora? Why aren't you going to play with them?"
Aurora had temporarily left the luggage by the door when she entered the house, and when she came back to retrieve it, she found Aurora Glow there too.
"I'm here to help you carry these things, and I also want to take a look around the place where my sister lives."
"Thank you, you're so thoughtful."
Actually, Aurora could have carried all these things by herself with magic, but since her sister was acting cute on purpose, Aurora wouldn't refuse.
"This place isn't like Canterlot; the rooms are quite limited, so you'll be staying in the same room as me for these few days."
"That's great! We haven't slept together in a long time!"
Aurora Glow picked up the small suitcase she had brought and happily followed her sister upstairs.
Back when Aurora still lived at home, Aurora Glow would run to her sister's room almost every night to sleep with her. Later, as she grew older, this situation became less frequent; after all, she didn't want other ponies to keep calling her her sister's little tag-along.
After placing the luggage belonging to Twilight Sparkle and Spike in the guest room, Aurora took Aurora Glow to her own bedroom.
Compared to her mansion in Canterlot, this place seemed much simpler, but things like books were definitely not lacking, which fit her stereotype of her sister perfectly.
"Little Aurora, you can use this cabinet... What are you looking at?"
"Oh! Nothing, I was just looking for some books to read."
Called out, Aurora Glow quickly ran to Aurora's side, finding an excuse to cover for her lack of focus.
"If you really have the patience to sit down and read a book properly for a while, I could actually find one suitable for you to read."
Because she didn't want to mess up the hair that Meteora had braided for Aurora Glow, Aurora just rubbed her little face.
The books in this room were basically Aurora's research notes and didn't contain content suitable for Aurora Glow to read. Most of her collection was housed in a dedicated study downstairs.
"But you can't touch the things in that cabinet, okay?"
"I already knew that! I was just looking."
Aurora Glow stuck her tongue out at her annoying sister and then turned to unpack her things.
"Alright, remember to come down after you're done unpacking; don't miss the party."
"Got it!"
Aurora Glow listened to the sound of Aurora's footsteps going downstairs for a while, then turned her head back to look at the cabinet her sister had forbidden her from touching.
Inside sat a pair of lifelike small wooden carvings.
Those were her sister's most precious possessions, which she never allowed any other pony to touch. When Aurora Glow was little, she didn't understand and had once asked Aurora for them, but no matter how much she threw a tantrum, Aurora wouldn't budge, and afterwards, their parents even blamed Aurora for being unreasonable.
Later, Aurora Glow heard about Sunset Shimmer from Twilight Sparkle.
It was said that she was her sister's most important friend, but Aurora Glow had never seen her, nor had she ever heard her sister mention her.
This left Aurora Glow feeling puzzled; she didn't understand whether their relationship was good or not, but her sister truly cherished the things Sunset Shimmer had given her.
Unable to figure it out, Aurora Glow confided her doubts to a friend, but to protect her sister's privacy, she didn't say who the specific person was.
"Lily, I have a friend..."
"This is love. Lumi, this is love! You... I mean, your friend must have had her heart broken, but she can't forget."
For some reason, ever since then, Gilded Lily had been looking at her with a very admiring gaze and kept comforting her to look forward.
But only after that time did Aurora Glow lose much of her fondness for ponies and things related to the sun. Except for Princess Celestia.
When she found out that her sister had left a letter for a pony named Sunburst, she inexplicably thought of Sunset Shimmer, perhaps because both names were related to the sun and had a certain similarity.
Moreover, she felt it was too strange for her big sister, who possessed both beauty and wisdom, to care for a pony she didn't know for no reason; it really made her unable to control her imagination, to the point that when she saw the other party was actually also a bookworm geek, she couldn't help but let out a rant.
Facts proved that running your mouth is satisfying for a moment.
After Aurora found out, she was lectured.
But for a kid like her, it was truly satisfying.
That pony named Sunset Shimmer, I heard she went abroad to study; I don't know when she'll come back, but it's best she doesn't appear in front of me.
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