♪♪
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 the 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; I'll read to them and get them gifts.
Food and presents always cheer me up!
We'll see you soon.
OK, if we want to 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!
[knock at door]
Surprise!
[baby giggle]
Oh, my gosh!
How's my favorite niece?
[high voice] 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? Psh! Would the Best Aunt Ever be "too busy"
to spend time with this adorable little one?
No!
♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪
♪ Aaaahhh ♪
♪ My little Pony ♪
♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪
♪ My Little Pony ♪
♪ Until you all shared its magic with me. ♪
♪ Big adventure! ♪ ♪ Tons of fun ♪
♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪ Faithful and strong! ♪
♪ Sharing kindness ♪ ♪ it's an easy feat ♪
♪ And magic makes it all complete! ♪
♪ To have my little pony ♪
♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪
♪♪
[kissing sounds]
[giggles]
Flur-ry, I've got a surprise for you!
Just a couple of toys that reminded me of Flurry!
[clatter]
[Flurry gurgles with excitement]
I'm excited to show you
I've done some shopping for Flurry Heart!
You're so sweet. You didn't have to do all that!
I know, but I can't help myself!
Best! Aunt! Ever!
Open this one, Flurry!
[baby talk]
[growl]
[laugh]
Exactly! They're bears! You're one smart cookie!
♪♪
[excited chatter]
♪♪
We'll just put Flurry's things over here, Twiley!
Uh huh, totally!
Mashed peas: her favorite.
And diapers, extra diapers, oh and backup extra diapers.
Mashed peas: her favorite. Wait. Did I say that already?
Uh-huh.
Whoops.
Oh! And this is the most important thing of all!
Her "whammy".
I take it Flurry named it?
Yup. If she gets fussy, just give her the whammy
and she'll calm right down.
You getting all this, Twiley?
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?
Uh uh uh!
Have no fear! The Best-Aunt-Ever has everything under control!
♪♪
[kiss]
Thanks again, Twiley!
OK, let's grab that wharmmy thing and go!
Ooh, you wanna pretend we're the bears?
I suppose we have time for a quick game.
Do we though?
Hey!
All right, rawr! I'm gonna getcha!
[squeak]
Agh!
[sigh]
You should catch her soon cause we've got lots to do!
Horsey-hive covered foals counting on us, remember?
Got it. Rawr, rawr! I'm catching up! Rawr!
RAWWWWWR!
[squeal]
Uh oh. Sorry, bug. Did that scare you?
[knock knock]
It's OK! It's just Auntie Twiley!
You know, that was a very advanced spell
for somepony your age.
Looks like you're already taking after your Auntie Twiley!
All right, that was pretty adorable. But now--
I know, Spike. We're leaving.
[stomach growls]
I just have to feed her real quick.
Is this art... or a mistake?
I have no idea.
But who cares? We're not changing diapers.
Shining Armor! Cadance! How are the new 'rents?!
Give me some hoof!
It is so! Good! To see you dudes! Thanks for coming!
Of course! We're having a great time!
Loving all the art!
Uh, 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 nighttime in a hallway can be pretty dark.
There is none more dark.
Yeah. Totally.
We're just so happy to be here!
Usually we're covered in mashed peas by now.
When they said mashed peas were her favorite--
[splat]
[giggle]
--did they mean her favorite thing to decorate a room with?
[giggle]
Aw, 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.
[splat]
[weak laugh]
OK, we just need to grab some toys and we are out of here!
Rawrr!
You want to play, don't you?
Well, I know a game that's even more fun...
and more efficient.
Playing race cart! Ha ha!
[excited shouts]
Woohoo!
[baby giggles]
[panting]
Hey, nice thinking, Twilight!
Best-Aunt-Ever!
Hang on, Flurry. The race cart's taking a pit-stop.
[giggling and happy shouts]
[crash]
I'm not a detective, but I think we've got a suspect.
Ah!
[sigh]
Well, we'd better get to cleaning.
We've got no time to waste!
Thanks, but they were organized by color.
[sigh]
Yes! We gained back a whole five minutes from running here!
Yeah, but if you add that to the 40 minutes
we were already behind, we're still... 55 minutes behind.
I mean... yay, team?
Mmhmm!
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--
[fussing]
[happy shouts]
I didn't think the foals would be interested
in The Unabridged History of Amulets in Pony Latin.
Yeah. It was good you came to me.
How about the complete collection
of "Ponyville Fables and Stables"
Mm, too long.
"Alien Alicorns vs. Space Pirates"?
Well, the science there is preposterous.
How about Burnferno: Warrior from Within?!
It's about a handsome dragon warrior who slays evildoers
with his breath and his snappy comebacks!
[giggle]
Let's borrow that for you and keep looking. What else?
♪♪
How about "Gusty the Great"?
Ooh! That was one of my favorites
when I was a filly! We'll take it!
Um... should I go with something more current?
[gasp]
♪ Ta da! ♪
Cheerilee! I am 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.
[groan]
Feast your eyes.
This one's called 'A Kitchen Guard's journey'.
Oh...
This reminds me of the time
Flurry got into the chocolate pudding
and we found little chocolate hoofprints 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!
[laughter]
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!
The sick foals are counting on us!
And the B.A.E. would never throw in the 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!
♪♪
[baby cooing]
Wonderful, they're friends already!
Huh! 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 the cupcakes
for the foals at the 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.
[ding]
BRB!
He he! Remind me to tell you later how amazing you are.
Cheerilee?
I am pretty awesome.
Cherry oatmeal cookies with yellow sprinkles.
Great! Can you write "sorry" on them?
I've got a stamp for that.
[angry sounds]
Hey, you guys. no need to fight.
Hang on! I'm sure there's another one!
Hold on, sweetie! We'll play in a second!
The salespony at the toy store.
Apple strudel cupcake with caramel drizzle!
Oh, no. You're making the same face Cheerilee made.
♪ [horror movie stings] ♪
Pinkie, remind me what your favorite treat is.
The sampler platter.
We'll take three of those.
A-ha! told you I'd find another one.
Heh heh.
[splat]
♪♪
Uh, Twilight!
Out of the question! We are NOT cancelling!
It's going to be OK! It has to be OK!
It's been so terrible so far
that it can't possibly end up [splat]
Sorry.
No, I needed it.
I was just gonna say... we're here.
And we're only four-and-a-half minutes late!
Four-and-a-half?
"And while nopony 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 for battle.
Gusty called out to the unicorn warriors--"
OW!"
Not right now, Flurry, these foals really want to hear this.
[crying]
"'We can fight Grogar... TOGETHER!'
And the unicorn warriors shot magical beams into the clouds
that wove into one.
The beam, stronger than a thousand armies, shined down.
It wrapped around Grogar and pulled him to the ground.
Don't let him escape!' yelled Gusty!"--
♪♪
Say aaaaah!
Aaah!
♪♪
"Grogar was strong, for fear gave him power
and he broke through the bonds--"
[whimpering]
[alarmed sounds]
I know! So good, right?!
Spike: Twilight! Look up!
Spike! You're floating! YOU'RE FLOATING!
So are you!
Flurry, honey, you need to stop this.
Get us down, please!
Twilight, look out!
[gasp]
[scream]
Nopony panic! Everything's going to be OK!
♪♪
Ah! I can't keep up with her!
Oh, yeah! Where's her snoozal?
Her what?
You know her, whacky, wompy-thing, the snail!
Where is it? Cadance said it calms her down!
I don't see it!
♪♪
FLURRY HEART! PUT US ALL DOWN THIS INSTANT!
[screams]
Is everypony OK?
Flurry that was very, very bad!
You could have hurt somepony.
[bawling]
Oh, Flurry, I didn't mean to--
Sweetie, you don't have to be scared; it's just me. See?
Oh. 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.
[giggle]
I take it you forgive me?
Thanks, Flurry. How about we head home?
After we find your whammy, of course!
Ahem!
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 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!
[laughter]
♪♪
[baby giggle]
♪♪
Flurry? Where's our little foal?
♪♪
We missed you so much!
But it looks like you had a great time without us.
Actually, not so much. Flurry got into some mischief.
But it wasn't her fault.
I shouldn't have 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 the 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.
[laughter]
Well, we definitely should have given you
more of a head's 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.
OK. Now who wants more cake?!
[cheers]