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Adorabella is already back in Ponyville from Fillydelphia. She slows herself down, coming to a steady halt as she reaches Sugarcube Corner. She pulls her hood up as she descends, slowly landing down. She looks up at the sky, waiting for Rainbow Dash to eventually catch up and eventually come here. Even though Adorabella doesn't feel so scared, it still feels odd being in Ponyville in the day.

"Maybe I'll just fly instead of taking trains," Adorabella said to herself. She got to Ponyville from Fillydelphia in under 10 seconds, and that's not even going at her top speed. Not only is flying far quicker for her, she doesn't have to deal with the societal stress of train queues and being around a big group of ponies.

Adorabella looks up and at last, Rainbow Dash has caught up. She is still wearing her Wonderbolt uniform. She dives down and halts a few metres aware from Adorabella, definitely making her flinch. She takes a few steps back.

"There you are slow coach!" Adorabella chuckled, now even having the courage to boast. Rainbow Dash chuckles, and smiles. She loves seeing that level of confidence coming from Adorabella.

"Now that's the kind of confidence I wanna see in you from now on," Rainbow Dash commended and smiles. Adorabella smiles back.

"Will you be okay?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I'll be alright... when Ralph gets here," Adorabella reassured. Rainbow Dash pats Adorabella on the back.

"Alright, I'll see you back home soon," Rainbow Dash nodded, flapping her wings and takes off. Adorabella turns around and sees Ralph has arrived, and is walking up to her. She pulls her hood down and waves to Ralph, who waves back.

"Hey!" Adorabella greeted aloud.

"Hi, I just fixed up Derpy's house. Turned out I there was a lot more than one window to fix. Bless her, poor mare," Ralph responded back. He did feel bad for Derpy, as she couldn't help inevitably keep breaking her house.

"Who's... Derpy?" Adorabella asked.

"She's loved by literally everypony in Ponyville, despite her accidents. She's Ponyville's most well-known mailmare," Ralph replied. Adorabella nods.

"Now, let's get something to eat shall we? Sugarcube Corner has the best 'after work' food," Ralph hinted, walking to the door.

"I- I'll wait out here," Said Adorabella. She didn't feel too comfortable going into Sugarcube Corner.

"Yeah alright, that's fine. What do you want me to get you?" Ralph asked as he pushes the door open.

"Um... maybe some cashews, please," Adorabella requested. She did quite like the packet of cashews on the train.

"Is that it? I can get more things as well," Ralph double checked, raising an eyebrow. Usually ponies like to get a lot more than just cashews from Sugarcube Corner. Maybe Adorabella just isn't a big eater. Knowing what to get, Ralph goes into Sugarcube Corner. Adorabella waits for a few minutes, anxiously tapping her hooves. Luckily, Ralph comes out, with a bag of cashews and a paper bag of 5 chocolate chip cookies, both of which are held by his mouth. Ralph with his left forehoof, points behind Adorabella, who flinches, thinking something is behind her. But he's only pointing to a metal bench that's roughly 10 metres away from Sugarcube Corner. The 2 pegasuses heads over to that bench, and then sits on it. Adorabella shuffles to the end. Ralph does the same, to give Adorabella some space. Ralph drops the bag of cashews by Adorabella.

"C- c- can you open them, p- please?" Adorabella requested. Ralph nods and opens them for Adorabella. She starts nibbling away at the cashews.

"So, how was the show?" Ralph asked, grabbing a cookie from his brown paper bag and eating it. Adorabella stops eating the cashews for a moment.

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