It was one morning at Spike's mansion, and Spike and his bevy of ladies were busy tidying the place up. Today Celestia and Luna were coming by with some guests from Equestria, and they wanted the place to be spic and span. Fluttershy and Rainbow were using their pegasus wings to fly around and clean the ceilings, Applejack, Lyra, and Bonbon were washing the windows, Rarity and Sunset Shimmer were polishing everything, and Pinkie was sweeping floors with Twilight. As the two used their brooms to sweep away the dust, Twilight hummed a tune in a rhythmic fashion, "Sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep, sweep."

Rainbow hearing that groaned, "Only you Twilight could make a dance remix about sweeping."

"It's not even that catchy." Applejack agreed.

"There's gotta be something better to listen to." Lyra said.

"And I think I might know one," Came Spike's voice from the other room, "Vinyl, you know the drill."

Vinyl who had been on standby started mixing music, as Spike slid in with a small cordless vacuum and was sucking up any crumbs or such on the furniture. He began singing to Vinyl's music, "Wo! I feel good, I knew that I would now. I feel good, I knew that I would now. So good, so good, I got you!" he danced around while continuing to vacuum.

The girls started picking up on Spike's rhythm, began singing and dancing along, while still cleaning up the place. When everyone finished they posed together and finished the song, "Wow, music really does make work go faster." Pinkie said, while wiping her forehead.

"And we're right on time with it." Twilight said, as she checked the clock to see it had reached noon.

A portal opened up, and stepping out was Celestia and Luna who assumed human form, along with Stone who also assumed human form. Celestia addressed the group, "Good afternoon, everyone."

"Good afternoon, Princess Celestia." Twilight greeted.

"And how're things on your end?" Luna inquired.

"Things are looking good, actually." Sunset answered.

"Especially after what we all went through involving the sirens." Fluttershy recalled.

"But it all worked out for us." Spike answered.

"Yeah, once you finally proved how sorry you were to us." Rainbow snarked, making Spike pout from how he had to wait on the girls hand and foot to make it up to them.

"How I wish I could've seen that." Stone snickered to himself.

"So Princess, where are these special guests who will be joining us?" Rarity asked.

"Right here." Celestia motioned to the still opened portal.

Exiting out from it were two unicorns, a mare and a colt. The mare had moderate Persian blue eyes, a pale, light grayish heliotrope colored coat, and her mane was moderate purple with lighter purple and pale light grayish aquamarine highlights with a single curl. Her clothing included black shoes, purple pants with a few tears in them, a pale light, grayish aquamarine colored shirt, a black open vest over it, and on her head was a purple beanie with star symbols. Spike noticed this mare had the same curvaceous figure and bust as Twilight, which he didn't mind one bit.

The colt accompanying the mare had his eyes covered by glasses and were a gradient of dark cornflower blue to moderate cyan, and his hair and goatee were messy and colored vivid with brilliant vermillion. He wore sneakers, bluish green pants, a green shirt, and covering him was a greenish blue cloak with stars decorated on it.

"Everyone, we'd like to present Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst." Celestia introduced them.

Starlight spoke up, "It's so nice to finally meet you all."

"The Princesses have said so much about you guys." Sunburst added.

"Yeah we do have a reputation going for us." Rainbow admitted, while leaning against a wall.

"The Princesses said you two may be able to help us in our fight against Tirek." Sunset noted.

"Depends on how bad it gets," Starlight answered, "But you'll find the two of us to be very essential and resourceful in magic and legends."

Celestia nodded, "You might even say these two together could almost surpass you, Twilight."

"Excuse me?" Twilight asked in disbelief.

Rarity spoke up, "Well, why don't we all go to the parlor and have some refreshments?"

"Sounds good to me." Sunburst agreed.

"Same here." Starlight nodded, as they headed to the parlor.

Soon Pinkie wheeled in some sweets and refreshments on a tray to everyone who was sitting down and relaxing. Spike spoke up to the two new ponies, "So, how long have you two known each other?"

"Since we were kids." Starlight answered.

"Really, so you're childhood friends?" Fluttershy asked.

"That's right," Sunburst confirmed, "We were the best of friends through good times and bad. But one day I got accepted into Princess Celestia's school for gifted unicorns and was immediately sent there."

"I wanted to join him, but the school board there claimed I wasn't talented enough to meet their demands. No matter how hard I tried they still didn't acknowledge me. Rather than continue to plead on deaf ears I decided to teach myself in the magical arts. For awhile I had studied in isolation, until Sunburst showed up and decided to study with me."

"Study with you?" Applejack asked before turning to Sunburst, "I thought you was studying at the gifted Unicorn school."

Sunburst sighed before answering, "I dropped out."

Twilight gasped, "You dropped out of Celestia's school for gifted unicorns? It's completely ridiculous! I mean how does one simply drop out of such a school?"

Sunburst explained, "At first it wasn't so bad. Classes were good, but as it turned out I'm more book smart than I am with actually using big spells."

"So you got the brain but not the brawn?" Spike guessed.

"In a manner of speaking." Sunburst admitted.

Starlight continued, "So we both studied in our respective fields together, Sunburst with his book smarts on magic, and me with my own magical stamina and reserves. Alone we are formidable in magic, but together there's nothing we can't accomplish." the two smiled at each other.

"Wow, you're like Mike and Sulley." Pinkie said with a smile.

The two looked confused, "Like who now?" Starlight asked.

"Never mind." Twilight replied.

"You know this is our first time in the human world," Sunburst confessed, "I'd love to get to see more of this place."

"So would I." Starlight added.

Luna spoke, "Well, if you two wish to see more of this world, my sister and I could recommend no better group than this one." she motioned to Spike and the girls.

"We'd actually like that." Starlight answered.

"Great. Although you two might want to blend in more." Spike noted.

The two looked at each other before getting the idea. They concentrated and suddenly their pony features vanished and they appeared as normal humans. Sunburst looked at himself, "This is going to be a new look to experience."

"Yeah, but you might wanna ditch the cloak." Rainbow suggested.

"Cloaks in the middle of summer isn't exactly all the rage." Rarity warned him.

Sunburst curiously removed his cloak and dropped it on the couch, "Huh, this does feel better."

"Well, girls what say we show these two some of the best spots in our world?" Spike suggested.

"Let's do it!" Rainbow pumped a fist.

"I'm with ya." Applejack agreed.

"Yay!" Fluttershy said in her usual quiet tone.

Spike turned to Stone, "You coming or what?"

"I was wondering when you'd ask." he replied, as he followed the group.

Celestia turned to Luna, "Those two really do deserve more friends. I'd hate to think of them ending up in worst cases."

"Perhaps Sunburst dropping out wasn't a fluke," Luna suggested, much to Celestia's confusion, "Perhaps it was meant to be. Think about it, Sunburst was book smart but lacked the reserves to use big spells. And Starlight trained herself in the arts when she was unable to be accepted. Self training is an impressive feat especially if one's reached the magic level as she has, but if she focused solely on her studies she would've become a recluse just like if Sunburst decided to focus on his own book studies, or even what Twilight could've become if not for her own friends."

Celestia realized, "You're absolutely right. Friendship is a very powerful thing no matter what world you're in." the two looked out the window at the group heading out.

Later out at the mall, the girls were showing Starlight around their favorite shops. At each place Starlight was trying something new. At the sports shop, she was checking out some sporting goods with Rainbow Dash. She hung out by the fountain with Pinkie Pie enjoying a very tall stacked ice cream cone, and made sure none of the top scoops fell off. In the book store, she was checking out books with Twilight. At the animal shelter, Starlight was joining Fluttershy in looking at the many animals, while finding all the smaller animals adorable. Applejack brought her to the market area to try some of the latest samples. She went with Sunset Shimmer to the sushi bar for some sushi wraps. Finally Rarity brought her to her favorite clothing store to try on new clothes.

Soon the girls were at the food court, enjoying food and having some laughs, "I can't believe you tried to use magic to make a broom clean your house." Rainbow laughed.

"Only for it to end up continuously cleaning everything and every pony that got in its way." Twilight added sounding shocked.

Starlight grinned sheepishly, "I didn't think it would take its orders that seriously. Sometimes I have a habit of relying too much on magic to solve problems."

"Not every problem can be solved easy." Applejack noted.

"Yeah. Sunburst told me countless times whenever I made that mistake."

"You're lucky to have a boyfriend like Sunburst, Starlight." Pinkie said.

"Boyfriend?" Starlight asked in confusion, before laughing, "Oh, you got it all wrong. Sunburst and I aren't romantically involved."

"You're not?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, no. I mean we may be childhood friends, but we've never thought of each other in the romantic sense."

"Wow, guess we assumed much on that." Pinkie told the girls.

"Are you interested in anybody at all?" Sunset wondered.

"I'm not quite sure yet, but I had heard about Spike and how popular he is with the girls."

"I see." Twilight said suspiciously.

"That's another reason I came to this world, to get to know the Dragon King better and see exactly what it is about him that makes him so popular."

"You can't imagine how many others have tried to figure that out." Applejack replied.

"Just as long as you're not looking to seduce him away from us," Twilight warned her, "We already had to deal with that. We wouldn't want it to happen again."

"Yeah. It was not a pretty picture." Vinyl added.

"Oh, don't worry. I would never dream of seducing him away from any of you. After all, you girls are the main source of his true inner strength." Starlight told the elements of harmony bearers.

"That's correct." Rarity nodded.

"And while each of Spike's harem is special to him in their own ways, you seven are the closest to him most of all. That much is known to anyone in the Dragon King's fan club. I should know I am a member myself."

The seven element bearers smiled at each other knowing how true it was about their relationship with Spike. No matter how many girls Spike adds to his harem, they will always be closest to him. Twilight was especially at ease the most and knew not to let jealousy get to her no matter how many girls threw themselves at her man. Because deep down she knew she would always be Spike's number one girl.

Speaking of, Spike and Stone had brought Sunburst to the arcade where he was playing Spike against a fighting game, "Come on, Sunburst, you can do it." Spike encouraged him, as his avatar fought Sunburst's.

"Wow. I can't believe how challenging these games can really be." Sunburst said, as he handled the controls.

"When you've played them as much as me, it's not difficult at all." Stone said, as he was playing another game console next to theirs.

"I've really spent too much time in my study. I really need to get out and stretch my legs more. Even when I was attending Princess Celestia's school I would spend so much time at the library or my room."

"Nerd alert!" Spike announced, before laughing, "I'm just messing with ya."

"Still I'm glad to have this chance to spend time with other guys. Starlight's basically been the only friend I've associated with. It's nice to have guy friends."

"It definitely is." Spike agreed, while feeling grateful to have Snips and Snails as his pals, even if they claim how much they envy him half the time.

The game ended with Spike as victor, "Not bad for your first game, Sunburst," Stone began, "But don't worry a few more games and you'll be a natural at it."

"Thanks, Stone," Sunburst said as he turned to Spike, "You're quite a guy Spike to have a friend like Stone and be surrounded by so many girls."

"Yeah. Life is good but it ain't perfect. Trust me I spend every day thinking about what kind of dangers I could possibly be facing or eventually face. But having the girls and even Stone at my side makes me feel safer like I could take on the world."

"I admire that confidence," Sunburst said, "And just to let you know so you don't have to fret over it. Starlight and I aren't dating."

Spike did a double take, "Say what?"

"Yeah. We're just friends."

"Just friends?" Spike asked wanting to be sure.

"Yeah. Just thought you should know in case... Well, you get the picture." Sunburst patted his shoulder.

"Hey, guys let's grab a bite." Stone called to them.

"Coming!" Sunburst said, as he followed Stone.

Spike who had been processing all Sunburst told him, thought to himself, 'So Starlight is single? Hmm. Maybe I should get to know her more before either one of us decides to make a move. But I'll have to talk to Twilight about it. She hates it when girls just drop into my life wanting to be with me unexpectedly.' Spike hurried to catch up to Stone and Sunburst.

Author's Notes:

I'm not making Starlight as a villain who gets reformed, because while she's a formidable foe, I don't wanna go through the whole equality rules bit with her because I'm tired of that argument. And more so with Sunburst just being a recluse who does nothing but read or do who knows what. So instead I made them as a duo who balance each others weaknesses out. Like it could've gone if the two reached out to each other instead of stopped talking to each other all together without even trying.