Oh, well, the pleasure is all mine.
And since we're not even from here ourselves,
who better than us to let you know just how welcoming this place can be.
Two, four, six, eight!
Name a place that's really great!
One, two, three, four!
Please? keep coming back for more!
Two, seven, nine, three!
The place that we all wanna be!
Four, three, two, one!
The Crystal Empire, that's the one!
I tell ya, I have travelled far and wide,
but I have never, ever been welcomed any place
in a fashion that you all have done here today.
That's fantastic!
Princess Cadance would be so glad to hear that!
Honestly, I'm surprised she knows anything about me at all!
Of course she does!
She's been looking forward to your visit for weeks!
Oh goodie! Is she here?
Where the heck is she anyway? Wasn't she supposed to be here by now?
Oh, that's alright.
Maybe… I-I-I'll just take a little run outside now.
Or, if you like, we could give you a tour of the castle.
That way, you could be learning and stretching all at the same time.
Oooh, tour of the Crystal Castle!
I'd love that a whole heap.
Dash, we've hardly have even been here before!
It's just another test!
We're gotta roll with it, remember?
I may give the tour!
I'll do it, I'll do it! I'll be, I'll be!
Fine.
You'll start giving her the tour, and I'll go see what's keeping Cadence.
Hello there.
Hello yourself. First hello of the day
What are you doing here?
We finished the welcome commitee song
and we just wanted to introduce Miss Hearshwhinny to…
No! No, Princess Cadance isn't ready.
Somethings gone terribly wrong.
I need to speak to the Princess.
You can't, You mustn't,
she's in the middle of the delicate conditioning rinse that
must go perfectly if it is to be any hope for her hair.
Come on. How bad could it be?
Imagine her mane turned into a porcupine.
Please, I will bring her back from the brink of tragedy,
but you have got to buy me some time.
There's no other way!
So, you see this here? This, uhm,
this is, uhm…
A big round room.
It's known for its roundness.
And bigness. And did I mention that it's round?
I think thay call it a rotunda.
A small, confining rotunda.
Whatever. Round is round, am I right?
Easy, Pinkie. Let's play the safe.
We've got her in a good mood, so let's not do anything to ruin that.
You know, I love this sort of architecture.
I detect a neogothic inspiration in the design. Yes?
Hey! Look at me!
And not a moment too soon.
Where's Cadence? Please tell me she's right behind you.
There's a bit of a problem with her headdress. How's it going here?
I, uh, hate to be a bother,
but the legs are crumping up on me with all this standing around.
She's getting bored. And we have to buy Rarity some more time.
I'll see if Shining Armor can come help.
Can't one of you other ponies take over in the meantime?
I got this.
Wanna stretch your legs, huh?
Well, whatever you need, I'm sure we can provide.
Let's just make our way to the castle's gymnasium.
Our tour will now be headed…
This way.
And we're walking, and we're walking…
Twily!
Hello there!
Shining Armor, You've gotta help me.
Everything okay?
I've left the other ponies behind giving the Games Inspector
the worst castle tour ever.
Come on, gang! Are we gonna gallop, or are we gonna trot?
Castle tour, huh? I'm pretty sure I can give you a hoof on that.
Let's move, move, move!
Everything's gonna be OK.
I know. I'm not worried.
I'm not worried! It worked!
I'm outside!
Feels so good to stretch my old legs!
What the...
Turns out, Crystal Castle doesn't have a gymnasium.
Watch it!
Make her... stop!
Wait! That's the games inspector! Let her do her thing!
Good! All these hooves! I'm outside!
Why would she do that?
I have no idea.
But that's why she's in charge of choosing who gets the games, and we're not.
Came here for the run!
Look out!
Yeah, okay, we need to stop her.
Where's she going in such a hurry?
Closer!
I think we've got her!
Whoo! Why! Whoa! That felt good!
Nothing like a great run to shake the cobwebs off of those old bones!
Hey there, speedy!
Ah, these wide open spaces y'all got here remind me of home.
This is great!
Oh, so, you're enjoying your visit?
I'm so glad!
Oh, but golly,[16:21] ----- yes.
I just love to travel and see new places.
Such a beautiful spot you got here, too!
Why, thank you so much! I'm Shining Armor.
The prince!
What's going on?
From the looks of it, just locking up the games for the Crystal Empire is all.
Ain't no thing!
My. my! I've never met a prince before!
I'm surprised.
I think in your line of working you meet princes all the time.
Hardly.
Just an ordinary wild mustang from Mustangia
here to enjoy a little vacay.
Never thought that I'd also be meeting a royalty to boot.
You are... Miss Harshwhinny,
the Equestria Games inspector, aren't you?
Inspector what, now?
We got the wrong pony?!
NNNOOOOOOOO!
I mean...
YEESSSSSSS!
Oh, please, still be here! Oh please oh please oh please!
There's got to be another pony with flower print luggage around here somewhere.
Except that there isn't!
We've got to find her before Cadence finds out what a mess we've made of things.
Okay, here's what we do.
We split the Empire up into five sectors.
Each of us searches a sector.
Except for the spa.
What's the point of checking there? That's where Cadence is.
If Miss Harshwhinny is there, well, then game over, right?
Every city in the Empire wants to host the Equestria Games.
So, I have to go through all the big phoney baloney song and dance
though of course I'm never getting the real inside scoop.
Oh, golly I've been having a swell time since I got here!
I'm actually thinking of extending my stay.
And what exactly has made your visit so special?
Oh, gosh, where to start?
There she is!
We're in luck! I don't either of them knows yet that the other one's here.
Wonderful news!
Look! Princess Cadence, better than new!
Princess Cadence?
So, this is where you've been?
I will let you know, this is by far the worst welcome I had in all my years.
I can't believe it! What was wrong with your welcome?
There wasn't one!
What is going on?
Princess, we gave our welcome to the wrong pony.
Left the right one waiting at the station,
and completely ruined everything.
Cinnamon bun?
When I was a little filly,
I wanted it so badly for Cloudsdale to win the Equestria Games,
but it didn't happen.
So I thought I could make up for that disappointment by helping
the Crystal Empire win the chance to host the games.
But it looks like I've ruined your chances instead.
Not so fast, speedy!
I just finished hearing about how this pony
was just treated to the warmest, funnest,
most fabulous reception she ever had.
Darn tootin'!
Courtesy of these fine ponies right here!
Which, in my expert opinion, amounts to the first ever
unvanished, unrehearsed and unbiased appraisal of a potential host
of the Equestria Games,
which can only mean one thing...
The next host of the Equestria Games is…
the Crystal Empire!
We did it!
Congratulations, crystal ponies!
You know, it feels good to help others get something you always wanted never had!
Almost as good as getting it yourself.
Almost.
We'll still be able to come back here and watch the games when they're played.
You're right. That'll rock!
Oh my goodness!
All aboard!
Bummer Spike had to miss out on all this.
He woulda' have fun here.
I'm sure he's having a great time watching all the critters back at home.
Think he's still got a handle on things?
If he's staying calm and collected,
I bet he's doing a terrific job as a leader.
You all hear that?
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