Ray quickly dumped her pack on the table and started putting away supplies for the journey ahead. Normally, she wouldn’t rush her preparations like this but she didn’t exactly have the luxury of time today. If she wasn’t gone by the time her mother found the note there would be no escape!
 
“Radiant Sigil!” Twilight Sparkle shouted from outside the room.
 
Darn it.
 
Steeling herself, Ray turned around to see her mother burst into the room, holding the letter Ray had scribbled mere moments ago aloft with her magic. “What is this?!”
 
“A-a note,” Ray managed to stammer in response.
 
“I can see that,” Twilight said with an annoyed growl, “the problem is what it says.” With a sigh, twilight softens her tone before continuing. “I know that this is hard for you, but today is important to me. I don’t get to see my friends as often as I’d like anymore. This reunion will be the first time we’ve all been together in a long time. It’d mean the world to me if you went.”  
Ray groaned, torn between wanting to make her mom happy and her hatred of attending social events. She had promised her mother she’d go. It’d be pretty rotten to ditch now. That didn’t stop her from wanting to do it though. Still…
 
“Please, Ray. For me? Surely you can put off your next adventure for just one more day.”
 
“Fine,” Ray sighed. This is exactly what she’d been hoping to avoid. There was no standing up to her mother when she layed on the guilt trip like this. “I guess I’ll go.”
 
“It’ll be fun,” Twilight said, perking up. “You’ll see. You might even make a new friend or two.”  
Fat chance of that happening. At least Aurora Breeze was supposed to be going. Talking to her in real life might be weird though. Ugh. Ray was not looking forward to this.
 

 
Aaaaagh! Sorry for taking forever to post this! I took forever to write the darn blurb! Anyway, I think I’m going to aim to post one MLP NextGen story art thing a week. That way I don’t drag my feet like I did on this one.
 
As for what is happening for those who don’t want to read the blurb:
 
Twilight’s daughter, Ray, was trying to get out of the upcoming reunion by sneaking off to one of her adventures. Twilight caught her though and guilt tripped her into going. She’s still not looking forward to it though.
 
Also, I know the background is horrible. Why do I even try? (To possibly get better at them in the future. That’s why.)