Aurora was a sister who kept her word; after spending a whole day playing happily with Aurora Glow, she entrusted Aurora Glow to be watched by another pony.
To be tossed aside like some genuine my little pony toy—had she known her sister would be like this, the younger sister wouldn't have come in the first place.
Just kidding, how could she not come?
If nothing else, life in Ponyville was far freer and happier than in Central City.
Here, there wasn't a royal etiquette consultant constantly pointing out faults in her every word and action. Aurora Glow had started to like this place, and even wanted to transfer to Ponyville School.
Of course, that was just a joke. She had her own friends at Canterlot Academy in Canterlot, and Meteora would absolutely never allow Aurora Glow to make such a decision.
However, seeing her sister laughing and chatting with Twilight and a Zebra made Aurora Glow feel a bit uneasy. This might stem from a younger sister's possessiveness over her older sister. Although she knew they were doing something very important together and that her staying wouldn't help much, she still felt unhappy.
The day after that welcome party ended, Zecora arrived on time at Aurora's residence in Ponyville.
After this period of interaction, the residents of Ponyville had gradually become desensitized to Zecora's presence. While they still didn't particularly care for the Zebra, at least they were no longer scared enough to lock themselves indoors the moment they saw Zecora.
This was good news.
And even better news was that Zecora, having returned from Everfree Forest, brought back the magical plant they were looking for. It was just that the environment where that plant grew was quite dangerous, and Zecora couldn't stay there for too long, so it only brought back some samples.
But this was enough; knowing where those plants were was sufficient.
If these plants were truly the materials for making magic books, next time Aurora could bring her teammates and push through to retrieve them.
Besides this, Zecora had another piece of news that was hard to say whether it was good or bad.
This kind of plant was relatively rare; at least, Zecora only saw a few of them, so forming a production line should be impossible.
After Aurora took a brief look at the samples Zecora brought back, she temporarily set them aside.
After all, they weren't the focus this time. Having finally waited for Twilight Sparkle to come to Ponyville for the holidays, doing research together was obviously the most enjoyable thing, which was also the purpose of Flying Light inviting them.
She aimed to produce results for the Supernatural Magic defensive formation within this week.
However, experiments inevitably carried certain risks. Although Supernatural Magic was much gentler compared to other types of magic, if a mistake occurred, there was still a risk of it going out of control, and it might even blow up the house a few times.
Therefore, whenever they were busy, they would send Aurora Glow and Spike outside to play; in short, the further away from here, the safer.
The above was the entire process of how Aurora Glow and Spike were kicked out of the house.
"I really didn't expect that Twilight would kick me out too," Spike said, sounding a bit dejected.
Even when Twilight Sparkle was in class, she would bring him along. He had originally thought he could at least stay by her side and help take notes or something.
"Look on the bright side, if I hadn't come to Ponyville with you, you would have had to be kicked out by them all alone," Aurora Glow comforted him, although it wasn't much of a comfort.
"Um... are you interested in Small Animal...?" Fluttershy suggested in a low voice from behind them.
Aurora had asked Fluttershy to help look after their younger brother and sister.
And when Fluttershy heard that she would be personally taking care of a cute Little Dragon Baby, she thought about it almost every day. During that time, she even became more talkative, often asking Aurora for details about Spike. To be a good dragon nanny for her, she poured in all her effort and enthusiasm.
That was assuming there hadn't been an extra Aurora Glow suddenly added to the mix.
Fluttershy's social anxiety symptoms were effective even when facing children, just not as severe as when dealing with older ponies.
Originally, Aurora had wanted to ask Pinkie Pie to accompany Fluttershy, but upon learning that Pinkie Pie was busy, she had to give up on that idea.
Yesterday, Aurora had even specially and privately urged her younger sister not to make things difficult for Fluttershy under any circumstances.
Aurora Glow didn't understand the meaning at first. She was just a school-age pony; her sister didn't care about her, that was fine, but why tell her not to bully a pony older than herself?
Was she really that unruly and unbearable in her sister's eyes? (Sob)
Later, she understood. Because Fluttershy did indeed look very easy to bully.
"Can we go look around on the street first?"
Aurora Glow knew from her sister that Fluttershy was an animal caretaker, but she wasn't very interested in animals, so she took the initiative to make a suggestion.
Spike also didn't want to be treated like a Small Animal by ponies, so he responded to Aurora Glow's suggestion, and Fluttershy had to agree to their request.
Fluttershy's introverted personality meant she didn't really like shopping. Usually, unless it was a last resort, such as replenishing supplies for the animals she raised, she rarely went out on the street alone.
Along the way, Fluttershy didn't speak, and consequently, Aurora Glow and Spike also looked at each other in silence.
The two children were visiting Ponyville for the first time and didn't know much about the situation here. They had originally hoped that their host, Fluttershy, could act as a tour guide for them, but now it seemed that expecting a socially anxious pony to chat freely was clearly a pipe dream.
However, this actually made it convenient for Aurora Glow to take charge. After all, the current Fluttershy couldn't keep any pony in check, let alone the free-spirited Aurora Glow.
Thus, this Ponyville sightseeing group gradually evolved into a group of idlers led by Aurora Glow.
Born into a wealthy family, she was curious about everything here; those who didn't know better might think she had come here to film a reality show about swapping lives.
Then they passed by Sugarcube Corner. Aurora Glow knew this was where Pinkie Pie worked, so just like her sister had done back in the day, she went in and bought a cake, only to be overwhelmed by the sweetness after tasting it.
Because of Aurora, Aurora Glow had also developed a habit of preferring light flavors. And today, Pinkie Pie happened not to be in the shop, so Sugarcube Corner happened not to be selling any cakes that suited the sisters' tastes.
Aurora Glow couldn't eat it after tasting a bite of the cream, so she stuck a gem into the cake and shoved it into Spike's mouth.
Spike expressed strong condemnation of Aurora Glow's behavior of treating him like a garbage bin, but then again, Aurora Glow doing this was out of a desire to cherish food; at least the motive was good.
"Pinkie Pie said she did have something to do today, Fluttershy, do you know about it?"
"Sorry... I'm not very sure..." Fluttershy shook her head and responded in a low voice, but her voice was too soft to be heard clearly in the noisy environment. However, Aurora Glow still gathered from her lip movements and simple mouth-opening frequency that Fluttershy didn't know much either.
Pinkie Pie was the only pony Aurora Glow knew well who lived in Ponyville, and also the most interesting one she knew. In Aurora Glow's impression, even if Pinkie Pie was working, it must be fun, because she was a party pony. How could this not make Aurora want to go over and join in the fun?
"Since we can't find Pinkie Pie, we can go find Rarity! Her sister happens to live with her, maybe you two can become friends and play together!"
Spike suddenly interjected, but this suggestion, which was clearly driven by his own selfish motives, immediately earned him an eye-roll and teasing from Aurora Glow.
"Oh, give it a rest, I know what you're thinking, you big Casanova."
Spike seemed to easily develop a fondness for some elegant ponies, which made Aurora Glow think: if she let Spike put all his attention on Rarity, wouldn't he stop fighting with her over her sister in the future?
"Wait, maybe going to the Carousel Boutique is indeed a good idea—"
Just as Aurora Glow was about to say something in agreement with Spike, they suddenly felt a strong wind whistling overhead.
"Did the weather forecast for Ponyville today say it would be a windy day?"
Aurora Glow hurriedly protected her hair to prevent this strange wind from messing up the hairstyle Aurora had braided for her.
"No, and I also know that today shouldn't be the kind of weather where a rainbow can appear."
Spike pointed to the rainbow that was flying away into the distance at an extremely fast speed.
"What just zoomed past?"
Looking closely, that wasn't a rainbow at all; it should be the tail of a Pegasus, just coincidentally rainbow-colored. It was just that her speed was too fast, leaving a slight trail in the air, making it look like a rainbow.
Fluttershy looked at the figure that flashed by, and she always felt it looked a bit familiar.
"Hey! Hello there! What a coincidence, to run into you all here!"
After the rainbow disappeared, Pinkie Pie came bouncing over from the opposite direction of the rainbow. Upon seeing the three of them, Pinkie Pie briefly stopped her forward momentum and greeted them while bouncing in place.
"Hello, Pinkie Pie! But where are you going?"
"I don't know where I'm going! I'm playing a game of 'tag' with a friend who just moved to Ponyville! This is so much fun! Oh! I'm about to lose her, let's stop chatting, see you later!"
After speaking, Pinkie Pie went bouncing forward again. Seeing her speed, it made ponies feel that she probably wouldn't be able to catch up with that rainbow-maned Pegasus.
But until she turned a corner, Pinkie Pie disappeared from their sight.
"Let's follow and take a look too, it feels like it will be a lot of fun!"
"What? Follow who?"
Now, regardless of whether it was Pinkie Pie or that Pegasus, both had disappeared without a trace. Spike didn't know how to continue following, and what about the plan to go find Rarity?
But seeing that Aurora Glow and Fluttershy had both gone over, Spike had no choice but to follow.
"Wait for me!"
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