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Prologue: Maud's rockduation[]
On the train to Ponyville[]
Ugh. Get us off this train.
"You're moving to Ponyville!"
"We'll live together..."
"...and get bunk beds..."
"...and I'll make us fuzzy slippers that say..."
"...'Best Sister Friends Forever'..."
"although I probably can't fit all those words on a slipper..."
"...so maybe just 'BSFF'..."
"...but we don't have to decide right now..."
"...because we'll be together all the time..."
"...since when it comes to Ponyville..."
"...the doctor is in!"
"Slow down, Pinkie Pie."
"Yooooouuuuu'rrrrrrrreeeeeeee mmmmmmmmmmooooooooovvvvvvvviiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnggggggg tttttttooooooo Pooooooooooonnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyvvvvvvviiiiiiilllllllleeeeeeeee...."
"I'm not definitely moving to Ponyville."
"Of course you are, silly."
"You said..."
"'There's nothing left to study back home on the rock farm, so I might move to Ponyville.'"
"I'm also considering Ghastly Gorge."
"Classic Maud sense of humor!"
"You should do stand-up!"
"I do. But that wasn't a joke."
"Ghastly Gorge?"
"That terrible, awful, no-fun..."
"...no-fun, all-alone canyon..."
"...in the middle of nowhere?"
"There or Ponyville."
"But Ponyville is so..."
"...'eee-hee-hee-hee-hee!'..."
"...and Ghastly Gorge is so..."
"'Blegh!'"
"It's a rock-based decision."
"But what about BSFFs?"
"That's why I'm giving Ponyville a chance."
"Phew!"
"So all I have to do..."
"...is prove Ponyville has better rocks..."
"...than Ghastly Gorge?"
"Challenge accepted."
"We'll drop your stuff off at my place..."
"and then hold onto your world..."
"'cause it's about..."
"...to... get..."
"...rocked!"
"Okay."
The rock cave[]
"Talking to you."
The castle and other "rocks" / Maud wants a friend[]
Maud Pie, meet Starlight Glimmer[]
"Oh, my fault!"
"Totally my fault! Are you okay?"
"I should've been watching where I was going, and—"
"You look really familiar."
"Have we met before?"
"Yes."
"I knew it!"
"Whaaaaat?!"
"No, no, don't tell me."
"Um..."
"Yeah. See, I was really hoping you'd tell me while I pretended to remember."
"How is this possible?"
"I traveled Equestria for my rocktorate dissertation."
"Do you know a lot about rocks?"
"Yes."
"Have you ever come across..."
"...some kind of super-powerful stone..."
"...that can store the cutie mark magic of... I don't know..."
"Yep. In the big cave."
And that's how Maud inadvertently helped Starlight enslave an entire village!
Oooops...
Pinkie's mind is blown right now.
"Hey, I got an idea."
"Let's not tell anypony that part where you maybe, for sure..."
"...accidentally helped Starlight enslave a town!"
"Tell nopony!"
"It's not like she's enslaved anypony lately." (Yeah, about that...)
"Well, great seeing you again."
"I gotta run a few errands."
"Offer to help."
"What?"
"Offer to help!"
"You wanna help?"
"Do I?"
"Of course you do! Go!"
"Okay."
"They're totally gonna be best friends..."
"...and then Maud will choose Ponyville..."
"...and we'll get to wear BSFF slippers!"
Physics actually beat Pinkie this time!
Bonding and playing with kites / Pinkie interferes[]
"Rocks take on different properties when interacting with magic."
"With the right stone, you could rule all of Equestria if you wanted to."
Don't give her any ideas, Maud!
"You're messing with me."
"Am I?"
Oh, snap!
Poker face.
"So other than rocks, what else are you into?"
"Minerals. Plate tectonics. Oh, and stand-up comedy, of course."
"I like... kites."
"Kites are cool."
Just so long as Time Turner doesn't realize you've appropriated his line...
All together now!
🎵Let's go fly a kite🎵
🎵Up to the highest height🎵
🎵Let's go fly a kite🎵
🎵And send it soaring🎵
🎵Let's go fly a kite🎵
🎵Up to the highest height🎵
🎵Let's go fly a kite🎵
🎵And send it soaring🎵
🎵Up thru the atmosphere🎵
🎵Up where the air is clear🎵
🎵Oh, let's go...🎵
🎵Fly a kite!🎵
🎵Up where the air is clear🎵
🎵Oh, let's go...🎵
🎵Fly a kite!🎵
"The trick with an S.L.K. is..."
"...not to make the spars too heavy."
"But if they're too light, you've got no ballast..."
"and then good luck tacking against the A.O.I.!"
"I really like kites."
Thus, a new meme was born.
"They're starting to grow on me."
Shipping fuel intensifies.
Starlight, your smile is adorable.
"Pizza delivery!"
"Oh! Maud and Starlight? You're here too?"
"Whoa-ho-ho! What a coincidence!"
"'Cause I was just, y'know, delivering this pizza to, um..."
Hmm... Dinky's got friends coming over tonight... What do I--
"...you!"
What are you talking about, Pinkie Pie? I didn't order any—
BONK!
Oh, maybe I did!
I hope it has extra peppers!
"So how's it going?"
"Uh, just hanging out—"
"Hey! You could use this time to bond and talk about feelings!"
"For example, do you feel like you're becoming friends?"
Pinkie, didn't you learn not to force friendships?
"Um... I feel..."
"...like I don't want to talk about feelings?"
"Great! I'll go next."
"I feel like I love that you two are becoming best friends!"
Let's get out of here, Starlight.
"I mean..."
"...your friendship could be the friendship..."
"...that makes Maud move to Ponyville!"
"No pressure, Starlight."
"Um, hello? Where'd you two go?"
"Sorry about my sister. There's no half-excited with her."
"Oh, I know. But she always calms down."
"Eventually."
Bonding and exploring the rock cave[]
"Why do you find rocks so fascinating?"
"Each one has a different story to tell."
"Like Boulder here."
"This tells me he's over two thousand years old."
"You don't look a day over six hundred."
"Wow. You can tell that from a line?"
"I didn't get a rocktorate because I can shred on guitar like nopony else."
"Another reason I like rocks – they don't exclude you if you're... different than other ponies."
"They're beautiful and strong..."
"...but they don't judge you or make you feel less than in any way."
"I think I'm starting to like rocks, too."
First smile from Maud. (Shipping fuel intensifies even more.)
"It's hollow?"
"It's granite. Hollow granite is highly unusual."
"Wow!"
"Have you ever seen anything like this?"
"No. And that's unusual. For me."
Pinkie interferes (again)[]
Boop!
Sleep time / Maud leaves Ponyville[]
What's with the curlers? Your hair is straight.
Informing Starlight about Maud[]
"Starlight, wake up!"
"Kites!"
"Huh? Oh."
"If this is about brunch..."
"...I-I, uh..."
"You know what? Jalapeño red velvet omelettes sound gross. I-I just can't."
"Maud left in the middle of the night!"
"Oh. I guess Ghastly Gorge really does have the best rocks."
"Why couldn't you two just be friends?"
"Pinkie Pie, I like Maud."
"You do?"
"Yeah. She's weird!"
"Hey!"
"No, in a good way!"
"She sees the world..."
"...in a totally different way..."
"...than anypony I've ever met."
"She accepts me for who I am."
"She taught me that a rock is never just a rock..."
"...and she could make anything funny."
"We never had to say it..."
"...but we got each other."
"You really were becoming friends?"
"I think so, but..."
"...you kinda sorta... got in the way."
"You're right, too harsh."
"Let's go with..."
"You ruined everything all the time?"
Starlight looks adorable here :3
"Mmmmh, that's worse. What I'm trying to say is—"
"I have to go!"
"Ta-da... Friendship lesson... learned?"
You tried, Starlight. You tried.
The Ghastly Gorge[]
"Sigh."
"Emerald jasper?"
"This must be my lucky day." (Look up, Maud!)
Eating dirt again, Pinkie?
"Maud tracks!"
"Hello, Pinkie Pie. I found emerald jasper."
"Are you okay, Maud?! That eel almost ate you!"
"What eel?"
"You didn't need to come."
"I'm having a great time on my own."
"I even made a new friend."
"Is it a rock?"
"Yes."
"Maud!"
"I don't belong in Ponyville."
"It only proved I'm better off all by myself."
"Like I always have been."
"Don't say that!"
"It was all my fault! I—"
"I thought I knew everything about making friends, but I didn't even know my own sister!"
"I forced you to do things my way..."
"...but my way isn't your way!"
"This way."
"Exactly!"
"No. This way."
"Maud, I thought you couldn't make a friend without my help, but it turns out..."
"...you couldn't make a friend with my help."
"I underestimated you, and I'm sorry."
"I know you did it out of love."
"You're my best sister friend forever."
"Oh, Maud! I love you bigger than all Equestria!"
"And you melt my heart more easily than sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar."
"I don't know what that means..."
"...but please please please please please give Ponyville another chance!"
"But more importantly, give me another chance..."
"...to leave you alone."
"What do you think, Boulder?"
Back in Ponyville with Starlight / Maud's new home[]
"You're back!"
"Mm-hmm."
"For good?"
"Mm-hmm. This doesn't mean we need to start talking about feelings, does it?"
"Heh. No way."
"Maybe after this we could decorate my new place."
"Totally! Where is it?"
"Well, it's not in Ponyville. More like Ponyville-adjacent."
Best dwelling ever!
Welcome to Maud's new home!
"It's perfect."
"Yes!"
"My sister's totally staying in Ponyville!"
"I mean Ponyville-adjacent!"
PIIINKIIIE!!
You're not helping!
Even Maud Pie is not amused.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm leaving! I promise. I'm not even here."
"Aah, you're wearing the slippers!"
"Okay, now I'm really leaving."
"Buh-bye!"
"Heh-heh... Wrong way."
