Oh, Princess Twilight!
Everypony at the hospital is so excited for your visit today!
I'm never too busy to visit sick foals.
I can't believe a whole class just came down with a horsey hives!
On school picture day too…
Oh, the poor dears really do need cheering up.
We'll do our best!
We'll bring snacks, and read to them, and get them gifts!
Food and presents always cheer me up!
We'll see you soon!
Okay, if we wanna be at the hospital by lunch,
then we have three hours to buy get-well presents,
borrow a book from the schoolhouse and pick up treats.
It's a lot.
But if we stick to the schedule, I know we can get it all done!
Yeah, knock on wood.
Surprise!
Oh my gosh!
How is my favorite niece?
I'm good!
I was hoping my favorite aunt could watch me for a few hours!
I hope you're not too busy.
Actually we kind of are…
Busy?
Would the best aunt ever be too busy to spend time with this adorable little one?
No!
Flurry, I have got a surprise for you.
Just a couple of toys that reminded me of Flurry.
I'm excited to show you I've done some shopping for Flurry Heart!
You are so sweet, you didn't have to do all that.
I know, but I cant help myself, best aunt ever!
Open this one, Flurry!
Exactly, they are bears!
You're one smart cookie.
We'll just put Flurry's things over here, Twily.
Aha, totally!
Mashed peas, her favorite.
And diapers.
Extra diapers!
(Oh, )And backup extra diapers.
Mashed peas, her favorite.
Wait, did i/I say that already?
And this is the most important thing of all.
Her Whammy.
I take it Flurry named it?
Yep.
If she gets fussy, just give her the Whammy and she'll calm right down.
Are you getting all this, Twilight?
Whammy, got it.
Where are you guys headed anyway?
You remember my friend from the royal guard, Spearhead?
Honestly, all of your friends' names are very similar.
Well, he has a pop-up art show at the Ponyville cafe.
And we decided to go at the last minute.
We're not exactly art enthusiasts but we could really use a night out.
You mean day?
That's what I said.
Isn't that what I said?
Either way, are you sure you can watch her?
Have no fear.
The best aunt ever has everything under control.
Thanks again, Twily.
Okay, let's grab that Whammy thing and go.
Oh, you wanna pretend we are the bears.
I suppose we have time for a quick game.
Do we though?
Hey! Alright.
I'm gonna get ya!
You should catch her soon,
'cause we've got lots to do!
horsey hives-covered foals are counting on us!
Remember?
Got it!
I'm catching up!
Sorry, bug.
Did that scare you?
It's okay.
It's just auntie Twily!
You know, that was a very advanced spell for somepony your age.
Looks like you're already taking after your auntie Twily.
Alright, that was pretty adorable.
But now…
I know, Spike, we're leaving.
I just have to feed her real quick.
Is this arts or a mistake?
I have no idea.
But who cares?
We're not changing diapers.
Shining Armor! Cadence!
How are the new rents?
Give me some hoof.
It is so…
good…
to see you, dudes.
And thanks for coming.
Of course, we're having a great time!
Loving all the… art.
That's a trash can.
So it is.
I knew that.
But hey, who's to say it's not art?
Art can be anything that speaks to you.
It changed my world.
This is my latest piece.
"A Thousand Nights in a Hallway"!
Wow, I guess, night time in a hallway can be pretty dark.
There's none more dark.
Yeah, totally.
We're just so happy to be here.
Usually we're covered by mashed peas by now.
When they said mashed peas were her favorite,
they mean her favorite thing to decorate a room with?
Oh come on, Spike, that wasn't too bad.
Yeah, and we're only twenty minutes behind schedule.
Twenty minutes?!
It's fine.
We can totally do this.
Okay,
we just need to grab some toys and we're outta here.
You wanna play, don't you?
Well, I know a game that's even more fun!
And more efficient…
Playing race kart!
Hey, nice thinking, Twilight!
Best aunt ever!
Hang on, Flurry, the race kart is taking a pit stop.
I'm not a detective,
but I think we got a suspect.
Well, we better get to cleaning.
We've got no time to waste.
Thanks, but they were organized by color.
Yes!
We came back a whole five minutes from running here!
Yeah, but if you add it to the forty minutes we were already behind,
we're still
fifty five minutes behind!
I mean,
eighteen.
Thanks for helping us out, Cheerilee.
Sorry we were late.
Oh, no problem!
But I gotta say, I'm surprised you came to me for a book.
Don't you have a huge collection?
Yes, but…
Sorry, one second.
I didn't think the foals would be interested in
"The unabridged history of amulets" in pony Latin?
Yeah, it was good to came to me.
How about "the complete collection of Ponyville fables and stables"?
Too long.
Alien alicorns vs Space Pirates?
Well, the science there is preposterous.
How about "Briferno: Warrior From Within"?
It's about a handsome dragon warrior who slays evildoers with his breath.
And his snappy comebacks.
Let's borrow that for you and keep looking.
What else?
How about "Gusty the Great"?
That was one of my favorites when I was a filly.
We'll take it.
Should I go with something more current?
Cheerilee, I'm so, so sorry.
I didn't even hear her leave.
There, all clean.
Great. Now I'll just write it up again…
With my mouth.
Feast your eyes.
This one's called "A Kitchen Guard's Journey."
This reminds me of the time Flurry got into the chocolate pudding,
and we found little chocolate hoof prints all over the carpet.
That took forever to clean up.
But remember how cute her little face looked when we caught her!
Yeah.
She was like "Uh-oh".
Whoa, art is so evocative!
I wasn't even going for that memory! Score!
Honestly, Twilight, I don't even want to tell you how late we are.
Should I just cancel our visit to the hospital?
What? Cancel?
We can't cancel, Spike.
Those sick foals are counting on us.
And the B.A.E. will never throw on a towel like that.
B.A.E.?
Best aunt ever.
Besides, this errand is going to be different.
How do you figure that?
Because Flurry can play with the Cake twins and stay out of trouble.
Best aunt ever!
Wonderful.
They're friends already!
I shouldn't have doubted you.
Thanks.
Wait, you doubted me?
Spike, you watch Flurry, I'll take care of everything else.
Hi Pinkie, how's it going?
I need to pick up cupcakes for the foals at hospital and can you do apology treats?
I'm good, here they are.
Of course I can!
Do you still have a giant file of everypony's favorite treat?
In my secret party planning cave!
BRB!
Remind me to tell you later how amazing you are.
Cheerilee?
Eh, I am pretty awesome.
Cherry oatmeal cookies with yellow sprinkles.
Great. Can you write "sorry" on them?
I've got a stamp for that.
Hey you guys, no need to fight.
Uh, hang on.
I'm sure there's another one.
Not this one.
Hold on, sweetie.
We'll play in a second.
The salespony at the toy store.
Apple strudel cupcake with caramel drizzle.
On no.
You are making the same face Cherilee made.
Pinkie, remind me, what your favorite treat is.
The sampler platter.
We'll take three of those.
Told you, I find another one.
Twilight?
Out of the question.
We are not canceling!
It's going to be okay.
It has to be okay.
It's been so terrible so far that it can't possibly end up…
Sorry.
No, I needed it.
I was just going to say
"We're here".
And we're only four and half minutes late.
Four and half?
And while no pony had ever tried to reach Cloudsdale on hoof,
Gusty the Great was not deterred.
She and her unicorn warriors marched up the hill.
But suddenly, they encountered…
What?
What was it?
It was the treacherous Grogar.
And Gusty could tell he was ready to battle.
Gusty called out to the unicorn warriors.
Not right now, Flurry, these foals really want to hear this.
We can fight Grogar together!
And unicorn warriors shot magical beams into the clouds
that wove into one.
The beams, stronger than thousand armies, shined down.
It wrapped around Grogar and pulled him to the ground.
"Don't let him escape" — yelled Gusty.
Say "A-a".
Grogar was strong, for fear gave him power,
and he broke through the bonds.
I know, so good, right?
Twilight, look up.
Spike, you're floating. You're floating!
So are you!
Flurry, honey, you need to stop this.
Put it down please.
Twilight, look out!
Nopony panic. Everything's is going to be OK.
I can't keep up with her.
Oh, yeah. Where's her snoozle?
Her what?
You know, her wacky, wompy thing. The snail?
Where is it?
Cadence said it calms her down.
I don't see it.
Flurry Heart! Put us all down this instant!
Is everypony okay?
Flurry.
That was very very bad.
You could have hurt somepony!
Flurry. I didn't meant to…
Sweetie, you don't have to be scared.
It's just me. See?
You're scared of me.
Because I yelled at you…
like a big scary bear.
Flurry, I'm so sorry.
I've been a terrible aunt today.
All you wanted to do was play.
And I've barely been able to pay attention to you.
None of this is your fault.
It's mine.
So much for being the best aunt ever.
But I hope you know how much I love you.
I take it you forgive me?
Thanks, Flurry.
How about we head home?
After we find your Whammy of course.
And clean up.
This one kind of reminds me of Flurry's hair.
And this one reminds me of Flurry too.
How so?
It's small…
like her.
I… I can't do this anymore.
Spearhead, this has been great, but…
Say no more.
My art has always spoken to me about what I love.
But knowing that it spoke to you about what you love
speaks to me.
What?
Go to her.
Flurry!
Where is our little foal?
We missed you so much!
But it look likes you had a great time without us.
Actually, now so much.
Flurry got into some mischief…
But it wasn't her fault.
I shouldn't never agreed to watch her with such a jam-packed schedule.
It was too much to juggle.
But Flurry taught me an important lesson today.
It turns out being a best aunt ever isn't about
spending the most time with your niece.
But spending quality time with her.
And she taught me a really cool bear-game.
So, I guess, I learned two things.
Well, we definitely should've given you more of a heads-up.
Yes, from now on we'll give you plenty of notice.
That would be great.
Hey, what are you doing next Tuesday?
For dinner, not to babysit.
I'll have to check with Spike, but I think we're free.
Where is Spike anyway?
The dashing Dragon Warrior breathed a scorching flame from his snout,
then chuckled to himself as he flew into the sunset:
"If you can`t stand the heat, don't fight a dragon."
Hey, you kinda look like him.
Thank you.
Okay,
now who wants more cake?
SCHASTLIVY PONEC