Willow stood up with a smile as her three friends came to meet her.  Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight all smiled as the four Earth ponies stood before each other.

“Buffy can I just ask one thing,” the blonde mare nodded, “Do I look adorable like this?”

Buffy grinned, “Willow you look like what would happen if a kitten and a puppy had a baby.”

Willow gave a toothy grin as Xander added, “Also, love the red motif Will.  It suits you.”

“Thanks Xander and I like…,” she glanced at him for a moment, “all the grey.”

Faith rolled her eyes, “I don’t mean to break up this moment, but shouldn’t we get a move on B?”

Buffy nodded, “Right.  Willow, do you think you could use a locator spell to track the rest of the gang?”

Willow nodded but Twilight chuckled slightly causing Willow to raise an eyebrow, “What?”

“Well if you four needed a locator spell you could’ve asked me,” Twilight stepped forward, “I mean earth ponies can’t do magic.”

Willow smiled slightly, “Oooh a skeptic?”

Xander turned to look at Twilight, “Watch and learn Twilight.”

Faith smirked, “Strut your stuff Red.”

“Consider my strutting,” Willow shut her eyes, “started.”

The air around them crackled with power as the four Elements of Harmony witnessed something they had never seen before.  Willow’s eyes opened and they turned completely black as the air in front of her seemed to ripple and turn solid.  Her cutie mark glowed softly as the air opened up and revealed the ones they were seeking.  Giles was making small talk with another unicorn, Dawn seemed to be trying to beat a pink pony in a pudding eating contest, and Andrew was writing on some forms.  The air snapped shut and returned to normal as Willow blinked her eyes back to normal.  

Willow just glanced at the shocked Element’s faces, “What?  Never seen a locator spell before?”

“That was…,” Twilight jumped in the air in excitement, “Phenomenal!!!! How did you do it?

“Well it’s no big deal,” Willow waved a hoof as the indigo Alicorn trotted around her, “I just visualized my friend’s aura and then channeled it into being, kind of like a radar screen, or a home movie.”

Faith chuckled, “Hey Red I think you have a fan girl.”

Twilight was still astounded, “Is that what your cutie mark means?  You specialize in magic?”

Xander smiled, “Well Will is a big time witch.”

All three of Twilight’s friends yelled in unison, “A WITCH!!?!!”

Buffy stared evenly at Xander, “Just HAD to say the W-word didn’t you?”

*

Giles stared out the window of the Boutique as Rarity was hard at work on something.  Giles shook his head as his mind wandered to the others.  Buffy, if she and the others arrived on this strange world as well, would be trying her hardest to find them and he needed to be beside her.  Though Buffy was strong, the sudden change in body structure and scenery would at the very least cause panic.  He prayed that nopony would attempt harm to her, for their sake.

“Miss Rarity though I greatly appreciate your patience with me,” Giles stood, “I am afraid that I must be on my way.  My friends are most likely looking for me.”

“One moment Mister Giles, I’m almost finished,” she then turned with something levitating in front of her, “Here you are.”

Giles looked at the gift and smiled, “I can’t accept this.  You’ve already done so much for me already.”

Rarity waved the comment off, “Nonsense darling, I insist.  Besides the moment I looked at you I knew this would fit you to a T.”

The gift glowed for a second and Giles found himself feeling the familiar texture of tweed.  He glanced down at the modified tweed dark brown jacket.  It had lighter brown patches on where his elbows might be if he were still human.

Rarity clapped her hoofs, “I knew it!  You look so dapper.”

Giles looked at himself in the mirror, “Yes I suppose I do.  Thank you so much, when I figure out a way to repay you I will-“

“No, there will be none of that,” Rarity approached him with a smile, “consider this an honorary welcome to our humble town.”

Giles opened the door, “Once again I thank you Miss Rarity, until next we meet.”

Rarity quickly followed him out the door, “I have to run some errands anyway.  Besides what kind of lady would I be if I didn’t help you find your friends?”

Giles smiled at the generous soul who fell in step with him.

*

Dawn glanced at Pinkie Pie, “Are you sure you know where my friends are?”

Pinkie Pie nodded, “Of course I do silly filly.  My Pinkie Sense has never steered me wrong before.”

Dawn raised an eyebrow, “Pinkie sense?”

Pinkie Pie nodded, “Yeppers!  It’s when some weird things happen to my body, like when my tail twitches, that means something’s going to fall.”

Dawn nodded slightly, “Well I’ve heard weirder,” she glanced at Pinkie, “is your tail twitchy now?”

Pinkie shook her head, “Nope.  But my right eye is watery and my left hind hoof is tingly.”

Dawn stopped, “What’s that mean?”

Pinkie glanced around, “It means a friend is about to find you.”

Dawn turned her head and noticed a chocolate brown stallion with a distinctive mane style heading toward her, “Andrew?”

Andrew halted, “Dawn?”

*

Twilight and Willow were happily chatting while Buffy, Faith, and Xander talked with the other three mares.

Faith raised an eyebrow, “So you’re saying that you handle dangerous creatures all the time like it’s nothing and they haven’t once tried taking your head off?”

Fluttershy looked at the ground, “Oh no, they would never hurt me like that.  You just have to show them kindness and compassion and they’ll be the best friends a mare can ask for.”

Faith vomited mentally, “Right.”

Fluttershy looked at Faith, “Um Miss Lehane?”

Faith sighed, “Just Faith, buttercup, Miss Lehane makes me feel old.”

Fluttershy looked sideways as Rainbow Dash zoomed up to Faith, “Hey!  She was just about to ask you a question Faith!”

Fluttershy smiled, “It’s alright Dashie, I kind of like buttercup.”

Faith smirked at Rainbow, “Yeah, DASHIE, cool your jets before you crash and burn.”

Dash was ready to spring, “Why I outta!”

Applejack got between them, “Stow it ya two!”

Buffy nodded in agreement, “Applejack’s right, don’t make me come back there young ladies!”

Xander chuckled slightly.

Faith looked to the side, “She started it.”

Twilight looked at Willow, “Is Faith always like this to new ponies?”

Willow chuckled as the two slayers and cyan mare argued, “No.  This is her on a good day.”

Soon the group entered Ponyville and they got many strange looks from the townsfolk.  Not many ponies were as wary of new ponies any more.  But from the looks of this band of ponies with the Elements of Harmony, they just seemed to radiate an odd aura off of themselves.  The citizens of Ponyville gave them a polite berth but remained wary of the visitors.  Buffy and the gang were soon led to the center of town where two familiar ponies waited for them.

The minute a purple mare noticed her it yelled, “Buffy!”

Buffy recognized the voice immediately, “Dawn!”

Both mares rushed over and hugged each other happily as the Pinkie awed at the display.

Twilight approached the two, “Buffy is she one of your friends?”

“She’s more than that,” Buffy rubbed Dawn’s head, “She’s my little sister.  Dawn this is Twilight.”

Dawn raised an eyebrow, “Like the book?”

Twilight glanced at a smiling Buffy, “Are all your friends going to react like this to my name?”

“Some of them might,” she glanced over and noticed a smiling Andrew, “Mister Wells so nice of you to join us.”

Andrew trotted up, “Hey.  I…uh…kept the bag safe.”

Andrew dropped the bag with a clattering sound as Buffy patted him on the back, “I saw what you were doing in the Mayor’s office,” she nodded at the stallion, “Thanks for going with the initiative Andrew.”

Andrew smiled at the compliment.

“Buffy is that you?”

Buffy turned her head and noticed Giles, “Giles oh man are you a sight for…are you wearing a tweed coat?”

The unicorn beside Giles smiled, “He is indeed.”

Buffy smiled, “My compliments to the maker, suits ya good.”

The Scoobies then stood side by side as they stared at the Elements of Harmony.

Buffy clapped her hooves and spoke in a mock official tone, “Alright, state your names in turn.  I’m Buffy Summers.”

Dawn waved, “I’m her sister Dawn.”

Willow smiled, “Willow Rosenberg, greetings and salutations.”

Xander struck a slight pose, “Xander Harris at your service.”

Faith casually stated, “Faith Lehane.”

Giles nodded at the mares in front of him, “Rupert Giles, but call me Giles.  Everyone else does.”

Andrew raised his hoof, “I’m Andrew Wells, I come in peace.”

The girls then introduced themselves to The Scoobies and began to make small talk.  Dash on the other hoof was glancing at the large duffel bag with curiosity.  The zipper was open and she could have sworn she had caught something glinting in the light of the sun.  While the others were preoccupied Rainbow quickly zoomed over to the bag and looked inside and gasped.  She pulled out a very nasty looking battle ax.

“Girls!,” the Elements noticed the weapon, “Look what I just pulled out of this bag.”

Twilight levitated the ax over and glared at Buffy, “What’s this?”

Buffy glanced at the ax, “That would be a pre-babylonian war ax.”

Twilight narrowed her eyes, “And why exactly are you carrying a bag full of weapons into our town?,” the other mares visibly got on the offensive.

Xander raised a hoof, “Would you believe we collect them?”

Applejack shook her head, “Not a chance."

Faith stepped forward, “So what if we do have a bag full of weapons.  It’s really none of your business plum horse.”

Twilight snorted as she stepped toward Faith in a challenging manner, “Actually it is.  I’m a princess of Equestria and it’s my duty to keep my fellow ponies safe from harm,” she then got really close to Faith, “By any means necessary.”

Faith smirked at her attempts to be threatening, “Hate to burst your bubble Plum Princess, but you don’t scare me.”

Andrew raised a hoof, “Um…gang?”

Faith glared at Andrew, “Not now Wells.”

“But it’s really important,” Buffy walked over to him.

Buffy whispered, “What is it?  Can’t you see we’re kinda staring down royalty here?”

Andrew pointed with his hoof as Buffy took notice and went coldly calm.

Buffy cleared her throat, “You want to know why we have a bag full of weapons girls?”

Twilight glanced at her.

Buffy then pointed to a nearby roof, “Well there’s your answer in spades.”

All ponies turned and looked up.  Ten earth ponies with yellow feral eyes and bestial features leered down at them from above.  Before anypony could breathe, Faith tackled Twilight to the ground as the vamponies leapt at the collective group with primal roars escaping their muzzles.