1 00:00:01,068 --> 00:00:07,839 ♪♪ 2 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:09,575 [knocking] 3 00:00:09,777 --> 00:00:10,576 [door opens] 4 00:00:10,678 --> 00:00:21,183 ♪♪ 5 00:00:21,722 --> 00:00:22,754 [groan] 6 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:26,892 [knocking] 7 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:30,929 [pounding] 8 00:00:34,068 --> 00:00:37,069 Ahem. Morning, Sunburst. 9 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,171 What? Oh. Hi! 10 00:00:39,273 --> 00:00:39,985 Heh heh. 11 00:00:40,386 --> 00:00:42,398 You know, no matter how many times I read it, 12 00:00:42,499 --> 00:00:45,411 Houyhnhnm's Guide to Magical Arcana never gets boring. 13 00:00:45,813 --> 00:00:47,013 If you say so. 14 00:00:48,115 --> 00:00:52,151 I've got another letter for you from Sires Hollow. 15 00:00:52,353 --> 00:00:53,852 Mm-hmm. Sure thing. 16 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:55,454 [slam] 17 00:00:55,956 --> 00:00:57,022 [groan] 18 00:00:58,192 --> 00:01:01,793 ♪♪ 19 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:02,861 [thud] 20 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:08,333 [quiet chirping] 21 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:09,401 What's this? 22 00:01:11,438 --> 00:01:12,572 Could I be experiencing the 23 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:15,807 Cerebration Transmogrification Effect described in Chapter 17? 24 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:16,509 [thud] 25 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:18,644 [quiet chirping continues] 26 00:01:18,746 --> 00:01:20,579 Oh, my cutie mark is glowing. 27 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:23,349 My cutie mark is glowing! 28 00:01:23,651 --> 00:01:25,150 I know what this means! 29 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:27,686 Why am I yelling!? 30 00:02:08,696 --> 00:02:11,263 Princess Twilight, what an honor this is. 31 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:13,265 I mean, it is, right? 32 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:15,767 I'm called for a friendship mission? 33 00:02:19,206 --> 00:02:20,218 You sure are. 34 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:21,831 And it must be a special one. 35 00:02:22,032 --> 00:02:25,144 Nopony outside of Ponyville has ever been called before. 36 00:02:26,046 --> 00:02:27,746 If you need some pointers, let me know. 37 00:02:27,848 --> 00:02:29,848 I've been on my fair share of missions. 38 00:02:31,051 --> 00:02:33,218 You've been on one, Spike. 39 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,687 And that's.. my fair share. 40 00:02:37,535 --> 00:02:38,235 [door opens] 41 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:40,576 Starlight! 42 00:02:40,777 --> 00:02:42,193 You mean we've both been called? 43 00:02:42,296 --> 00:02:43,295 This is great! 44 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,864 [unexcited] Yeah. Great. 45 00:02:47,267 --> 00:02:48,533 Aren't you excited? 46 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:50,335 You and me! On a mission! 47 00:02:50,437 --> 00:02:51,470 Together. 48 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:52,873 [groan] 49 00:02:52,974 --> 00:02:56,375 I-I'm sorry, are you not excited to go on a mission with me? 50 00:02:56,477 --> 00:02:57,476 No... 51 00:02:58,078 --> 00:02:59,745 No! I mean, yes. Heh. 52 00:02:59,847 --> 00:03:01,713 Totally excited about us going together, 53 00:03:01,815 --> 00:03:04,617 just not so excited about where. 54 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:08,421 Sires Hollow? 55 00:03:09,723 --> 00:03:11,490 Yep. Home. 56 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:13,525 Oh. Great. 57 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:19,998 You know, I can go if you two don't want to. 58 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,933 I am kind of an expert. 59 00:03:22,435 --> 00:03:23,401 [groans] 60 00:03:24,905 --> 00:03:28,373 [chugging] 61 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:29,675 [train whistle toots] 62 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,013 [sigh] 63 00:03:34,415 --> 00:03:37,349 It's not that I don't want to go home, 64 00:03:37,451 --> 00:03:41,887 it's just that whenever I do, my dad treats me like a filly, 65 00:03:42,189 --> 00:03:45,023 like nothing's changed since I was a foal. 66 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:46,024 Huh. 67 00:03:46,126 --> 00:03:48,059 I know. I'm a horrible daughter. 68 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:49,929 No, no. 69 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:52,264 My mom actually does kind of the same thing. 70 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,083 Really? 71 00:03:54,284 --> 00:03:55,867 I don't even have to go home. 72 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:57,536 She sends me letters constantly 73 00:03:57,638 --> 00:03:59,571 asking about my plans for the future. 74 00:03:59,673 --> 00:04:03,008 "You're a grown-up pony, Sunburst. You need a plan." 75 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:04,143 [groan] 76 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:06,677 I haven't been home in a while either. 77 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,481 Hm. We'll just have to explain to our parents 78 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,350 that we're on an important friendship mission, 79 00:04:11,452 --> 00:04:12,884 so they can't bother us. 80 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:14,353 Do you think that will work? 81 00:04:14,655 --> 00:04:15,354 Nope! 82 00:04:15,556 --> 00:04:18,724 [squeaking brakes] 83 00:04:19,126 --> 00:04:20,125 [whistle blows] 84 00:04:25,332 --> 00:04:27,766 [sigh] The great thing about home is 85 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:30,035 it always stays just how you left-- 86 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:30,970 [bang] OH! 87 00:04:31,572 --> 00:04:35,040 ♪ [mysterious music] ♪ 88 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:36,708 Where did that come from? 89 00:04:37,578 --> 00:04:38,244 [gate squeaks] 90 00:04:38,345 --> 00:04:40,011 [woman's voice over speaker] Welcome to Sires Hollow. 91 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:44,483 ♪♪ 92 00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:45,517 Essence? 93 00:04:46,487 --> 00:04:47,886 Essence of what? 94 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:49,221 You tell me. 95 00:04:49,323 --> 00:04:50,121 [hiss] 96 00:04:50,323 --> 00:04:51,990 [coughing] 97 00:04:52,092 --> 00:04:53,092 What is it? 98 00:04:53,294 --> 00:04:55,827 Ah. Chocolate? Maybe? 99 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,729 Not chocolate maybe. 100 00:04:57,831 --> 00:04:59,498 Chocolate definitely. 101 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:02,868 And all of the benefits with none of the drawbacks. 102 00:05:05,005 --> 00:05:06,872 Didn't this used to be a fruit stand? 103 00:05:07,074 --> 00:05:09,107 I don't know what it used to be. 104 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:12,444 The Sires Hollow Development Committee determined what it is. 105 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:15,347 The Sires Hollow Development what? 106 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:17,082 Where do ponies buy fruit? 107 00:05:17,184 --> 00:05:20,118 You can get a fruit smoothie two doors down. 108 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:24,656 All the shops are different. 109 00:05:24,758 --> 00:05:26,091 Everything's changed! 110 00:05:27,628 --> 00:05:28,794 Not everything. 111 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,862 That's the same as it ever was. 112 00:05:30,964 --> 00:05:39,003 ♪♪ 113 00:05:39,149 --> 00:05:40,049 [door opens] 114 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:43,275 Sorry, our bookstore's been declared a 115 00:05:43,377 --> 00:05:45,777 "site of historical significance" 116 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:49,114 by the Sires Hollow Preservation Society. 117 00:05:49,616 --> 00:05:52,617 You'll have to experience the books from here. 118 00:05:54,221 --> 00:05:56,688 That's why windows are see-through. 119 00:05:57,491 --> 00:05:58,223 [door closes] 120 00:05:58,425 --> 00:05:59,324 WHAT? 121 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:01,460 Preservation Society? 122 00:06:01,562 --> 00:06:03,094 What is happening around here? 123 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:05,330 I'll explain it to you, Sugar-Plum. 124 00:06:05,432 --> 00:06:06,531 [laugh] 125 00:06:07,833 --> 00:06:11,269 You are just as cutsie-wootsie as ever! 126 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:12,471 Dad! 127 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:13,972 Quit it! 128 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:15,275 What is going on? 129 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:19,277 Oh! Just a father wanting to preserve our town's rich history 130 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:21,646 for his little Pumpkie-Wumpkin. 131 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:22,815 [laugh] 132 00:06:22,916 --> 00:06:25,683 Dad. You promised no pumpkie-wumpkins in public. 133 00:06:25,786 --> 00:06:26,851 [giggle] 134 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:28,653 [whispers] Sorry, Chipmunk Cheeks. 135 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:31,691 Er. Don't. 136 00:06:31,892 --> 00:06:34,259 You're preserving the whole town? 137 00:06:34,461 --> 00:06:35,311 That's crazy. 138 00:06:35,512 --> 00:06:37,262 That's exactly what I told him. 139 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:40,932 I said, "Firelight, you're crazy." 140 00:06:41,969 --> 00:06:42,886 Mom? 141 00:06:42,987 --> 00:06:45,704 Our village needs the same thing you do, Sunburst: 142 00:06:45,806 --> 00:06:47,672 a clear plan for the future. 143 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:52,010 That's why I started the Sires Hollow Development Committee. 144 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:54,613 And I've got plans for this little town. 145 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:56,281 Big plans. 146 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:01,834 Listen here, Stellar Flare; I'm not going to let you 147 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:04,856 turn our historical heritage into Las Pegasus! 148 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:09,628 And I'm not going to let you turn it into a museum! 149 00:07:09,730 --> 00:07:10,562 [snarl] 150 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:11,431 Wait. 151 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:13,799 Are you two fighting over this? 152 00:07:14,201 --> 00:07:16,434 Like, having a friendship problem? 153 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:18,703 Oh, there's no problem. 154 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:21,606 Because there is no friendship. 155 00:07:23,043 --> 00:07:25,810 Well, the good news is we know why we're here. 156 00:07:30,562 --> 00:07:33,762 ♪♪ 157 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:34,604 [groan] 158 00:07:34,705 --> 00:07:37,122 Maybe we should have sent Spike after all. 159 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:39,190 [sigh] 160 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:45,463 ♪♪ 161 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:47,766 Sunburst and I were called here to do a job 162 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,368 and it looks like you two are it. 163 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:54,606 You mean your success depends on us? 164 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:56,125 Uh... 165 00:07:56,226 --> 00:07:58,743 And you have to hang out with us the whole time you're here? 166 00:07:59,245 --> 00:08:00,347 Um... 167 00:08:02,349 --> 00:08:04,549 Well, I'll hear what you have to say, 168 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:06,251 but every plan I've made for this town 169 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:07,819 is perfectly reasonable. 170 00:08:07,921 --> 00:08:09,854 Good luck convincing me my preservation efforts 171 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:10,855 don't make sense. 172 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:13,625 [sighs] 173 00:08:15,738 --> 00:08:16,338 [gate opens] 174 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:18,363 [voiceover] Welcome to Sires Hollow. 175 00:08:18,465 --> 00:08:23,167 ♪♪ 176 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:25,337 So we can't hold the books? 177 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:28,239 Ha ha ha ha ha ha. No. 178 00:08:29,543 --> 00:08:31,643 Can you hold the books? 179 00:08:32,646 --> 00:08:33,378 No. 180 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,848 So nopony can read the books? 181 00:08:37,351 --> 00:08:40,285 [chuckle] Isn't she adorable? 182 00:08:40,387 --> 00:08:41,686 [laugh] 183 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,200 [gate opens] 184 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:47,292 [voiceover] Welcome to Sires Hollow. 185 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:57,969 You can call them... smells, but I call them essence! 186 00:08:59,448 --> 00:09:00,148 [hiss] [hiss] 187 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:02,807 [coughing] 188 00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:03,809 Fruity. 189 00:09:04,711 --> 00:09:07,445 Too bad there's nowhere to get actual fruit. 190 00:09:07,647 --> 00:09:11,082 In the future, all ponies will drink their fruit. 191 00:09:11,483 --> 00:09:12,428 [slurping] 192 00:09:12,853 --> 00:09:14,185 [coughing] 193 00:09:14,988 --> 00:09:16,005 [thud] 194 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:19,023 One hundred percent ancient pony grains. 195 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:21,359 Just like the town founders ate. 196 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:24,162 Hope you like crust! 197 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:26,765 [thud] 198 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:32,069 [squeak] Welcome to Sires Hollow. 199 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:34,388 Welcome to Sires Hollow. 200 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:36,590 Welcome to Sires Hollow. 201 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:38,942 Welcome to Sires Hollow. 202 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:40,229 Welcome to Sires-- 203 00:09:40,330 --> 00:09:41,747 OK, it's annoying. I get it. 204 00:09:45,285 --> 00:09:49,087 Maybe my preservation efforts were a little over the top. 205 00:09:49,289 --> 00:09:51,056 Oh... Oh no. 206 00:09:51,358 --> 00:09:54,359 And I might have been trying to turn the town 207 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:55,794 into a shopping mall. 208 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:59,030 Well, whatever direction the town takes, from now on 209 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:01,132 how about we work together on it? 210 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:02,268 Deal! 211 00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:06,337 Sunburst, you should move closer to Ponyville. 212 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:09,207 After this success, I'm sure the Princess of Friendship 213 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:11,009 will want to send you on more missions. 214 00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:13,779 That's not really how it works. 215 00:10:14,381 --> 00:10:16,548 Oh, look at the time! 216 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:18,283 We should get going, now that we've solved 217 00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:21,019 the friendship problem! Right, Starlight? 218 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:24,823 Yeah. The thing is, I don't think we did solve it. 219 00:10:25,025 --> 00:10:26,391 When we solve a friendship problem, 220 00:10:26,493 --> 00:10:28,493 our cutie marks are supposed to glow. 221 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:31,196 Aww, don't be disappointed, Puddin'. 222 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:33,865 Your papa will work this out for ya. 223 00:10:34,435 --> 00:10:39,638 [sigh] My papa wasn't called by the map in Twilight's castle; I was. 224 00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:44,309 ♪♪ 225 00:10:44,411 --> 00:10:46,545 How are you going to explain this to the princess? 226 00:10:46,647 --> 00:10:49,414 What's your plan if she fires you from friendship quests? 227 00:10:50,283 --> 00:10:50,927 Mom! 228 00:10:51,028 --> 00:10:51,872 She doesn't... 229 00:10:51,973 --> 00:10:52,917 It's not... 230 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:55,053 Use your words, Sunburst. 231 00:10:55,355 --> 00:10:57,055 [angry shriek] 232 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:58,556 I guess you two weren't the problem 233 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:00,525 we were sent to solve, after all. 234 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,395 So now you don't even know why you're here? 235 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,698 We have to figure this out before we run out of time! 236 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,201 [sigh] Mom. There isn't a time limit. 237 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,904 So you're here for an extra-long visit? 238 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:13,989 [laugh] 239 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:16,273 You can stay in your old room, Punkie-Wunk. 240 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:18,109 It's just like you left it! 241 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:21,713 [zoom] 242 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:25,717 [softly] We need to find this friendship problem... now! 243 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:29,187 Now, I know you have your little job to do, 244 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:32,690 but Stellar and I know the town a lot better than you two. 245 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,009 That's right. 246 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:36,427 Neither of you have been home in ages. 247 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,563 You're going to need our help to succeed. 248 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:42,501 I guess that makes sense... 249 00:11:42,969 --> 00:11:43,952 [laugh] 250 00:11:44,053 --> 00:11:45,536 I already have some ideas. 251 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:46,771 Me too! 252 00:11:48,473 --> 00:11:50,608 I think I liked it better when they were fighting. 253 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:54,846 ♪♪ 254 00:11:54,948 --> 00:11:56,282 OK. 255 00:11:57,384 --> 00:12:00,218 Now that I've explained how Sires Hollow was founded, 256 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:03,721 we can start to explore all the possible friendship problems 257 00:12:03,823 --> 00:12:06,190 that might have developed over time. 258 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:10,695 I appreciate the history lesson, Dad, 259 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,231 but I need to find the problem now... 260 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:14,365 in the present. 261 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:17,502 Aw, now Hon-Bun, how are you gonna do that 262 00:12:17,604 --> 00:12:20,004 without all the backstory, huh? 263 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:24,309 Oh, of course I know how hard it is for you 264 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:27,111 to sit still and focus, so... 265 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:30,715 Would it help you pay attention to hold on to your bwankie? 266 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:36,087 [angry shudder] 267 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:39,224 Now you've had a little setback, but don't worry. 268 00:12:39,326 --> 00:12:41,259 I know exactly what you need to do. 269 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:42,593 Make a plan? 270 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:44,096 Already got one. 271 00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:47,098 Step one: interview the suspects. 272 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,068 Step two: use your talents to solve the issue. 273 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,370 Step three: get the Princess of Friendship 274 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:54,339 to send you on more missions! 275 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:58,743 Mom! IT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT. 276 00:12:58,845 --> 00:12:59,744 Uh-huh! 277 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:04,615 ♪♪ 278 00:13:04,717 --> 00:13:05,850 AHEM. 279 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:11,189 [acting] Oh, thank goodness you are here. 280 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:15,126 These two ponies refuse to use my essences. 281 00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:20,131 Maybe because we don't like to cover our natural scent. 282 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:21,900 AHEM! 283 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:25,770 [grunt] 284 00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:26,437 [grunt] 285 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:27,307 [sigh] 286 00:13:27,508 --> 00:13:31,776 And she refuses to buy our books. 287 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:36,180 [all together] Surely this is a friendship problem. 288 00:13:38,585 --> 00:13:41,386 It needs to be a real friendship problem! 289 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:42,954 You can't just make one up! 290 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:43,988 URGH! 291 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:48,226 This is what happens when we don't rehearse! 292 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:49,127 UGH. 293 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:53,031 Starlight? 294 00:13:53,233 --> 00:13:54,299 Sweetie? 295 00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:59,069 I found a really old town bylaw that nopony agrees on. 296 00:13:59,671 --> 00:14:01,506 Apparently, we're not supposed to prance 297 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:03,074 or canter after dinnertime. 298 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:05,710 Could that be the problem? Sillyfilly? 299 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:08,980 Phew. 300 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:11,683 What are you doing? 301 00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:13,785 [sigh] Hiding from my mother. 302 00:14:13,887 --> 00:14:16,921 She started making up friendship problems for me to solve. 303 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:20,124 Oh.. My dad won't even let me talk to anypony, 304 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:24,129 in case they're "strangers." I'm A GROWN MARE! 305 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:25,414 [sigh] 306 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,498 We're never going to find the friendship problem 307 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,335 with them around, let alone solve it. 308 00:14:31,137 --> 00:14:34,605 Maybe you two should start looking for it on your own? 309 00:14:34,829 --> 00:14:36,829 [crunching] 310 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:40,513 [click] 311 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:45,515 OK, so we wanted to talk to all of you, you know, in private. 312 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,752 Just to see if there were issues any of you had 313 00:14:47,854 --> 00:14:48,787 with your friends. 314 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:50,288 Got it. 315 00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:52,390 Just one question. 316 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:54,258 Why are we whispering? 317 00:14:56,763 --> 00:14:58,529 They're avoiding their parents. 318 00:14:58,731 --> 00:14:59,764 Ohhh! 319 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:01,766 [murmured agreement] 320 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,334 No. Not avoiding. 321 00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:05,103 Just.. taking a break. 322 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:06,039 Yeah... 323 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,874 We needed to focus, but we're definitely not avoiding them. 324 00:15:12,011 --> 00:15:14,145 So you're whispering with all of us 325 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:15,947 in the darkest corner of the shop, 326 00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:18,016 where nopony can possibly see 327 00:15:18,118 --> 00:15:20,284 because you're not avoiding them? 328 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,187 Mm-hmm! 329 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,956 Er.. but they definitely can't hear us in here, right? 330 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,291 No way! 331 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,125 This is the antiquities section. 332 00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:30,495 Nopony ever comes back here. 333 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:32,931 Firelight: There you are! 334 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:35,666 But what are you doing in here? 335 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:38,336 [gasp] Is the friendship problem 336 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,771 in my favorite section of the book store? 337 00:15:42,242 --> 00:15:43,241 [groan] 338 00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:47,612 ...and then I thought the best way 339 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:50,114 to look for a friendship problem in the present... 340 00:15:50,416 --> 00:15:51,167 Dad! 341 00:15:51,268 --> 00:15:55,319 ...was to look back in our town history even farther! 342 00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:56,988 [growl] 343 00:15:57,090 --> 00:15:58,156 Stellar Flare: Sunburst! 344 00:15:58,558 --> 00:15:59,825 Oh. Finally. 345 00:16:00,026 --> 00:16:03,193 Now, I know you don't want me to "make up" a problem, 346 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,063 but what if I START one? 347 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:07,399 That's not how this... 348 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,067 I mean, no pony ever became a success by following 349 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,736 all the rules, right? 350 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:12,337 [snarl] 351 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:13,637 How are things on your end? 352 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:15,139 Couldn't be better. 353 00:16:15,241 --> 00:16:16,807 New leads and such! 354 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:17,977 Guys? 355 00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:21,346 We really are providing excellent assistance, aren't we? 356 00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:22,332 Guys! 357 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:26,217 I dare say our children should be grateful for our help. 358 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:27,485 GUYS! 359 00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:30,321 Both: We don't WANT your HELP! 360 00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:42,033 I'm sorry, you don't want our help? 361 00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:44,635 [laugh] That's--that's ridiculous. 362 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:47,772 What reason could you possibly have for that? 363 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:50,442 BECAUSE YOU'RE DRIVING US CRAZY! 364 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:52,577 Oh, really? 365 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,046 And just how am I driving you crazy? 366 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:57,882 By always coming up with plans! 367 00:16:58,084 --> 00:17:00,051 I don't need a plan! 368 00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:04,756 I mean, maybe I do, but it'll be mine, not yours! 369 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:09,260 Well, I'm sorry for trying to help! 370 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:11,729 [sobbing] 371 00:17:12,398 --> 00:17:14,098 And you're not any better. 372 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,167 I'm not a filly. 373 00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:20,571 I'm a grown pony with a job to do and I'll do it on my own. 374 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,742 Well, I'll let you get to it, then. 375 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,614 Great... 376 00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:30,849 Now we have to smooth things over with our parents 377 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:33,784 on top of finding and solving a friendship problem. 378 00:17:34,487 --> 00:17:37,255 It's almost like our relationship with our parents 379 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:38,957 is the friendship problem. 380 00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:41,025 You don't think that's it, do you? 381 00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,227 Ahem. 382 00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,062 That's what all of us think. 383 00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:46,464 Agh! 384 00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:47,150 [thud] 385 00:17:48,051 --> 00:17:51,935 Why couldn't we have been sent to stop a war or something? 386 00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,044 Dad? 387 00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:02,146 Hello, Ms. Glimmer. 388 00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:04,148 How is your friendship problem search going? 389 00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:06,350 I only ask as an interested observer, 390 00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:08,486 since I know you are an adult who's capable 391 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:11,522 of doing things without help from anypony else. 392 00:18:12,659 --> 00:18:17,262 Actually, I think Sunburst and I figured out what it is. 393 00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:21,632 So, Stellar and I weren't really helpful after all. 394 00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:24,835 Well, we haven't actually solved it. 395 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,637 And I don't think we can. 396 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,272 Not without you. 397 00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:33,344 [hiss] 398 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:36,681 [coughing] 399 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:37,917 Pungent! 400 00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:42,153 Oh, did you come by to be driven crazy 401 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:44,589 by more of your mother's plans? 402 00:18:45,191 --> 00:18:47,125 No, I came to apologize. 403 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,895 Well, it's going to take more than an apology 404 00:18:50,997 --> 00:18:53,397 to make up for telling me you don't want my help 405 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,266 finding your friendship problem. 406 00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:57,235 Oh, I'm not sorry for that. 407 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:59,303 Starlight and I already figured out what the problem is. 408 00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:01,772 This is a terrible apology. 409 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:05,543 Well, if you come with me and help fix it, 410 00:19:05,745 --> 00:19:07,011 I'll give you a better one. 411 00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:12,583 Usually, Twilight or one of our other friends gets called 412 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:15,519 to a place with a friendship problem to fix. 413 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:17,722 But Starlight and I realized we came here 414 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:20,591 to fix a friendship problem we already had. 415 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,661 I'm sorry I've been avoiding coming home, Dad, 416 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:26,565 but you can't keep treating me like a foal. 417 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,300 I'm sorry, Sugarbun! 418 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:31,869 [sigh] [chuckle] 419 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:35,273 I just know how hard things were for you when you left home. 420 00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:40,245 I guess I wanted you to feel safe, like when you were young. 421 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,780 Dad, I know I've made some mistakes, 422 00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:44,715 and I'll probably make a bunch more, 423 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,551 but I learn from them. 424 00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:48,786 I think that's what growing up is. 425 00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:54,558 I'm sorry I never told you how much your plans bothered me, 426 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,561 and I know you just want me to succeed, 427 00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:58,863 but I need to do that on my own. 428 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:00,998 I remember how lost you were 429 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:03,534 when you flunked out of magic school. 430 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:06,003 I thought as long as you had a plan, 431 00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:07,639 you'd never feel that way again. 432 00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:09,774 You don't have to worry, Mom. 433 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,609 I need to find my own way, 434 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:14,245 but I definitely don't feel lost anymore. 435 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:23,185 ♪♪ 436 00:20:23,289 --> 00:20:26,590 [blubbering] 437 00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:28,860 It's so beautiful! 438 00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:34,665 The glowing cutie mark is such a symbol of accomplishment. 439 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:36,534 I don't suppose there's a way for you 440 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:38,469 to get it to glow all the time. 441 00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:41,906 Heh heh. Pretty sure it doesn't work that way. 442 00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:44,008 Not unless we solved a friendship problem every few 443 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:48,246 seconds, and I kinda hope this one will be it for a while. 444 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:51,916 You know, it seems to me your map is saying we're not just 445 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:55,754 your parents; we're your friends too. 446 00:20:56,456 --> 00:20:57,689 I guess so. 447 00:20:58,191 --> 00:21:01,425 So, if I promise to treat you less like a little filly 448 00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:04,228 and more like a friend, will you visit more? 449 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,397 Absolutely. 450 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:11,369 And if you start to drive me crazy again, 451 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:13,871 I'll tell you instead of never coming home. 452 00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:17,041 That's lovely of you to say, dear, but you know, 453 00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:18,777 I can always visit you. 454 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:21,211 Stellar, you're a genius! 455 00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:22,347 Ha ha ha! 456 00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,282 How do you feel about a road trip? 457 00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:26,918 I might have a few plans for that. 458 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,388 [nervous laughter] 459 00:21:30,512 --> 00:21:32,512 ♪♪