It was still somewhat early morning when a pair of ponies arrived in Ponyville. The Unicorn and the Earth Pony had arrived early so they wouldn't miss anything, much to the latters protests. The two had ate breakfast, well, one of them had anyways. The other shoveled what was probably going to be her last taste of vanilla ice cream for a while down her throat. Which would probably help explain her excessive energy right now.

[b]"What kind of creatures do you think we'll find?!"[/b] The unicorn excitedly said as she practically bounced down the road. She was obviously excited for whatever it was the two were going to do. They were here to be Explorers, who wouldn't be excited about that?

[b]"Aster."[/b] The earth pony said, trying to get Asters attention. A certain orange Earth Pony who was in a bit of a bad mood. Floret loved Aster, but sometimes she could be a little on the annoying side....she was a bug after all when you got down to it. She supposed that's something all of those things had in common. Annoying ponies and eating her flowers. Upon thinking that, a rather amusing memory crossed her mind that occurred when they had first met, and she couldn't help but to smile a little at that.

[b]"Oh oh oh! Wouldn't it be cool if we find another sentient race of friendly creatures!"[/b] The Changeling said, either ignoring or not hearing her companion. Floret sighed and rubbed a hoof on her head. She had been out of her shop for awhile now. She got grumpy when that happened and a headache was already forming. And here she was, going on some adventure because her annoying, needy, little bug that she had decided to fall in love with, couldn't last two days without her. She tried again to get the changelings attention without having to yell.

[b]"I know right?! We'd be heroes! Me! A hero of Equestria! Haha!"[/b] Of course she didn't hear her. Instead, she was striking a heroic pose and pretending to defeat some dangerous beast with a magic spell. If she didn't pipe down, she'd have to deal with a real dangerous beast. The very angry flower shop pony who was suffering from flower withdrawals.[b]"Think about it Floret! I'd bet I could get all the vanilla ice cream I wanted! They'd practically give it too me for my autograph!"[/b] The changeling enthusiastically continued.

[b]"ASTER!"[/b] She finally snapped, and yelled at the changeling as loud as she could. Aster was caught off guard by Florets voice and jumped in surprise, letting out a cute little yelp in the process. Floret sighed and rubbed her forehead with a hoof again. Despite her internally hating on Aster right now, she couldn't ever bring herself to stay mad at her for long. Maybe it was because the changeling was good at reading emotions?

[b]"Um...you need something Floret?"[/b] Aster hesitantly asked, obviously knowing that she had annoyed her.

[b]"Sorry, I'm just not in the best of moods right now."[/b] She sighed. [b]"Could you try keeping it down a little please? I don't need you annoying me on top of this headache I already have."[/b] Aster seemed to calm down a bit after this and gave Floret an affectionate nuzzle. 

[b]"I know I'm asking a lot from you by doing this, but it'll be worth it in the end, I promise!"[/b] The changeling said enthusiastically. [b]"Heroes Floret, Heroes!"[/b] Floret couldn't help but to let out a small smile, her companions enthusiasm being slightly infectious. Floret decided to let it go for now, she'd mess with her later.
---
The pair eventually made it to the square just as the speech was beginning. They sit quietly through the speech, both listening with rapt attention as the Princess announced their goals, what her hopes were, and what was expected of them. It was rather moot for them to come since they already knew which team they were assigned to, and they had both heard it all before. They had been talking with the princess about it for quite awhile now, ever since Aster first got word of the league. To be perfectly honest with herself, Floret wasn't that interested in this and if it wasn't for Aster, she wouldn't have even paid attention to it so much. She couldn't let Aster go by herself, and she couldn't force her to stay either. That would just make her miserable and that would be worse than anything. Really, this was a loose-loose situation for her, but as long as she was with Aster, she'd be relatively happy as long as the she didn't kill her with her own hooves. On some days, that seemed like a real possibility. The ceremony was over soon enough, and Aster seemed to have calmed down a good bit, though Floret was still in a rather sour mood she kept it to herself mostly.

[b]"Right, so, we're in Clipper Team right?"[/b] Aster asked as she fiddled with some things in her saddle bags.

[b]"Mhm."[/b] Floret replied. She had already been over all the information they had been given. [b]"And we're meeting the princess and the others in the Library."[/b] Floret secretly hoped that this would be a rather tame event. As it stood, she was ready to slap the first pony that annoyed her. Ugh, she wished she was back at her flower shop right now. It didn't take the two long to reach the library since they had been there numerous times before, and despite herself Floret found her heart racing a bit. There really would be no turning back if she stepped through that door. It was...exciting, she had to admit.

Floret reached for the door handle and entered the Library, and was greeted by a stallion that was rather nice looking at first glace.

And then he turned. And Florets hoof made a beeline for Flickers face as fast as she could move it.