Discord

Maud Pie

Applejack: Has anypony heard from Pinkie Pie since yesterday?

Rest of main cast: Nuh-uh.

Rainbow Dash: [yawns] I don't see what's so important we had to meet her here this early. Celestia hasn't even raised the sun yet!

[rooster snores]

Twilight Sparkle: I hope everything's okay. [knocks]

[muffled crash]

Pinkie Pie: Thank goodness you're all here! There's no time to lose!

Rarity: Whoa!

Fluttershy: Ooh...

[door closes, thwack]

Rainbow Dash: Ugh! Hey- whoa!

[door closes]

Pinkie Pie: Careful!

Rose Light: What is all this?

Pinkie Pie: My sister Maud's gonna be here soon, and I need your help taste-testing my rock candy recipes!

Applejack: Uh, we're happy to help you, Pinkie Pie, but this seems like an awful lot of candy.

Rarity: Even for you.

Pinkie Pie: I may have gone a teensy bit overboard. [squee]

Main cast: [groaning]

Pinkie Pie: Everypony ready for more?

Rainbow Dash: Ugh. My teeth hurt.

Fluttershy: [groans]

Applejack: I think we've had plenty. And shouldn't you be on your way to pick up Maud from the train station?

Pinkie Pie: Oh, but you've only tried half of the flavors, and we have to choose the perfect ones before she gets here so I have time to make more!

[chomps]

Twilight Sparkle: Maud is your sister. I'm sure she'll love your rock candy. And I'm pretty sure you've made enough. She's only staying for the week.

Pinkie Pie: Aw, it's not just for Maud, silly. I'm making candy for all of us!

Rest of main cast: [groaning]

Pinkie Pie: It's part of a very important, super-duper special tradition that only the closest and bestest of friends can share. We're going to make rock candy necklaces together! [squeals] It all started when Maud and I were fillies on the rock farm. She taught me the Pie family rock candy recipe! It adds a secret ingredient – [whispering] It's rocks! [speaking normally] – And she showed me how to string the pieces to make them into a necklace! And once we were done, we'd trade! Maud and I have been trading necklaces back and forth since I moved to Ponyville. They're a sign that we'll always be best friends! [squee]

Applejack: Aw, what a great tradition.

Rainbow Dash: Hold on. The secret ingredient is rocks?

Pinkie Pie: Yeah. But these are a special kind of rock that Maud discovered.

Fluttershy: Oh, what kind of a rock are they?

Pinkie Pie: Can't tell ya that, silly! [whispering] It's a secret! [speaking normally] Now that Maud is heading out to get her rocktorate in rock science, this may be our last chance to trade them for a really long time. I can't wait for you all to meet her. I just know that my best Ponyville friends and my best sister friend are gonna become bestest friends! We can make bestest-est friend rock candy necklaces together! She expresses herself through fashion just like Rarity, and she's really smart and loves reading just like Twilight and Rose! And she's honest, and loves forest things, and is good at games, and... Well, oh, she's awesome!