We entered the luxurious airplane our boss reserved for us and sat on our chairs. The airplane had three rooms/cabins/whatever; the pilot’s cabin; a room with various seats and tables, and a fridge or two; and a room with a queen sized bed and a nightstand.

“I like this…” I sighed, looking through the window.

“We did a good work for the city. The mayor and the boss are repaying us for it.” Scarlett said while sitting by my side.

Aguion was standing on the front and clapped his hands to makes us look at him.

“OK! every time we have to fly in an airplane one of us get lost or something like that.” Aguion said, holding a notepad with our names written on it. “And I’m frigging tired of it, so let’s see if everyone is here first.”

“Is that really necessary?” Lightning said, looking at Aguion with a half-lidded stare.

“Yes. Lightning is here, now… Amber?” Aguion replied, marking Lightning’s name.

“Here.” Amber called while sorting through the fridge.

“OK, now-“

“Lobis and Bella are present.” Lobis interrupted with a bored expression. Both of them are changelings, Lobis with black chitin, purple hair, eyes and tail, Bella had reversed colors. Lobis wore a sleeveless purple shirt and grey jeans. Bella wore a short-sleeved blue shirt and a lilac skirt.

“Fairy and Scarlett.” I said.

“Draco and Dranitta.” Draco said. Draco is a purple kirin with black hair and red slitted eyes; he wore a black long-sleeved shirt and grey jeans, and he has a long dragon tail. Dranitta is a pale pink seakirin with pink slitted eyes and a long silver hair, with a light blue streak falling in front or her face, and shark’s tail; she wore a light blue winter coat and blue jeans.

“Sunshine and Moonlight.” Sunshine said with a smile. She’s pegasus with a white coat, long yellow hair and tail; she wore a golden short sleeved-shirt and grey jeans.

“Metta.” Metta said calmly. She’s a grey earth pony with a long silver hair and tail, and silver slitted eyes. She wore a tight dark grey, short-sleeved shirt that showed her and black jeans.

“Dolph!” Dolph shouted. She's a blue seapony with indigo hair, light blue eyes, and a dolphin tail, hence the nickname. She wore a sleeveless white shirt and grey jeans.

“Flora.” Flora said. She´s a green pegasus with a long and curled dark green hair and tail, and pink eyes. She was wearing pink shirt with a green belt, and blue jeans. She also had an enchanted poison joke on her mane.

“Niner Blaze.” Aguion’s girlfriend called from her spot near my brother. She is a red unicorn and has a long crimson hair and tail. She wore a short crimson shirt that showed her belly and grey jeans.

Aguion glared at us and we just smiled. “...Ok. Now- wait, where’s Viper?” He asked, most of the names on his notepad risked.

Everyone looked around worried. “Guys, calm the hell down, she’s there.” I said, rolling my eyes and pointing at the pilot’s cabin. “She said she wanted to know when the plane is going to take off. She’s probably having a chat with the pilot.”

Just when I finished talking the door opened and a green venompony – Naga/Pony hybrid – stepped in the room. She had purple eyes and hair, and snake-like tail and eyes. She wore a purple shirt and black jeans. She noticed everyone was staring at her and blushed.

“W-What?” Viper said, looking around.

“Nothing, you just gave us a bit of a scare.” Dranitta said, holding a can of cola.

“Oh, sorry.” Viper smiled sheepishly.

“It’s ok. So, when are we going to fly?” Dolph said, barely containing her excitement.

“In twenty-five minutes, then it’s four hours to reach Manehattan, and more or less two hours on train to Ponyville.” She replied.

“Ugh… Long trip ahead… There’s really no way to just teleport there? I mean, the Teleport Runes can cover a good distance.” Draco complained.

“They can only teleport things from one rune to another. Equestria doesn’t have those runes, and only hybrians can install one. That’s one of the things we’re doing when we reach our new home.” I explained.

“Nerd. Ok then, what we’ll do to pass the time?” Scarlett asked.

“I don’t know you, but I’m going to sleep.” Lobis said, trying to get on a comfortable position. Most of the group agreed with him.

“I’ll try to call the others. If I remember correctly, almost every one of our group lives in ponyville.” I said to Scarlett, Dolph and Viper.

“Almost?” Dolph asked me.

“Mirror lives in Canterlot, dumbass.” Scarlett replied for me.

“Oh! Right. Well, go on, call them!” Dolph said.

“Let’s go to the other room, if everyone here is going to sleep, I don’t want to disturb.”

“Thanks.” All the adults said.

“Welcome. Let’s go.” I said.

We went to the room with the bed – not sure if I should call it a bedroom – and sat on the bed, making a circle. I put my cellphone between the four of us and called a familiar number. We waited for a moment before someone answered.

“Hello?” A man said through the phone.

“Hey, Emerald. What’s up?” I said, smiling.

“Valkyrie! Good to hear you. Everything is fine here, how are you and the others?” He asked. Sometimes we like to call each other by the name we use on our game accounts. Mine is Valkirie, as my friend said.

“We’re all here, and things are ok. We wanted to tell you something.” Scarlett said.

“Oh? What is it?” Emerald asked.

“We’re going to Ponyville!” Dolph exclaimed happily.

“Really? Cool! The others are going to be happy.” Emerald said.

“Yeah. Hey sorry we called so late, but we wanted to explain why we’re not playing tonight.” I said sheepishly.

“Don’t worry about it, we’re playing right now. Actually, we were wondering why you guys aren’t connected. I’ll let them know.” Emerald said.

“Thanks, Spike. We’re going to sleep a bit, we’ll reach Manehattan in about four hours, and then it’s two hours or more to reach Ponyville.” I said.

“Ok, Fairy. See you girls tomorrow, then.” Spike replied.

“Bye.” The four of us said together.

“Well, let’s sleep?” Scarlett asked.

“Yep. There isn’t much to do here, and the plane is going to take off in a bit. Then there will be fewer things to do.” I answered.

“Let’s go to the other room.” Viper said, getting up and walking to the door.

“Why? There’s a bed here.” Dolph said, lying down.

“Didn’t we agree not to use the bed, since just three of us can fit?” Viper asked with furrowed brows.

“And I said this agreement was bullshit. Come on, the four of us can sleep here. We’re all shorter than them.” I said. The four of us are seventeen to nineteen years old, and the others are over twenty four years old.

Scarlett and I were in the middle with Dolph in the edge by my side while Scarlett looked at Viper and motioned for her to lay down at her side. Viper blushed a bit and complied, laying down at my sister's side.

“Night.” We all said.

The Ponyville train station was crowded. Various ponies walked around while waiting for their own trains or for friends to arrive. When one of the trains stopped at the train station, ponies started to get out of it calmly.

Except for four, that practically jumped out of it.

“We’re finally in Ponyville!” Draco, Dolph, Bella and Scarlett exclaimed.

I blinked. “I was half expecting them to start kissing the ground.” Everyone chuckled at my comment and the four in question smiled sheepishly.

“Come on, it took more than Viper said it would.” Bella pouted.

“I said it would be more or less two hours on train. And we had to wait almost an hour on the train station.” Viper replied.

“And we didn’t count the time it would take at the stops. But really, eight hours from Pyria to Ponyville? Even I want to fly a bit.” Flora said.

“Ok, fine. Which way is home?” Bella asked, standing up.

“Let’s ask the mayor? If the Princess reserved a house for us, she would know.” Draco suggested.

“Good idea. Let’s go.” Aguion said.

We walked through the streets calmly and talking to each other, but we ended up receiving some curious looks. ‘Yeah, we’re a pretty weird group, compared to what they’re used to. At least they’re not disrespectful.’ I thought, looking around. I was observing the houses when something, or someone, caught my eye.

“Uh... guys? Go on, I want to look at something. Scar, Dolph, Viper, can you three come with me?” I asked, looking at two figures walking on the other side of the street.

“Uh?” They followed my gaze and their eyes widened. “Oh! Sure, you guys find the house and send Amaté to find us, or something.” Dolph said and the rest nodded.

Aguion raised an eyebrow. “Ok then? Later, girls. Actually, give me your backpacks, we’ll put them on your bedrooms when we get home.” He said.

“Thanks!” The four of us said, handing him our bags and rushing to who I saw.

We ran after the two figures with smiles on our faces. We saw them turn into a corner and ran even faster, when we got close enough we called their names.

“Spike! Eclipse!” We shouted together, making the two of them look at us.

“Girls! When did you reach the city?” Spike asked whit a smile. He’s a purple drake with green spines; his hair is basically his spines pointing to his back, resembling a reverse mohawk. His clothes were a pale green sleeveless shirt with an emerald green flame at the back and black jeans pants.

“You knew they were coming?” Eclipse asked, furrowing his brows at Spike. He’s a zebra, his hair is the traditional mohawk style, and he was wearing a grey sleeveless shirt and black jeans. They would look like brothers, if they weren’t from different species.

“Yeah, I was going to say that, but decided to make it a surprise.” Spike turned to us. “I just said why you guys weren’t playing yesterday.”

“What was your excuse?” Viper asked.

“That you four messed up and got grounded, but didn’t say what you messed up.” Spike answered with a smug grin.

Scarlett gave Eclipse a flat stare. “And you guys believed it?”

Eclipse returned her a sheepish smile. “Hehe, yeah…”

"Ok, then. Let’s change subject." I said clapping my hands. “Where are the others?” I asked Spike.

“We’re going to meet them later, actually. Twilight and the girls are going to go to a picnic, and the Princesses sent Twi a letter saying they had a free day today and asked if they could visit.” Spike said, shrugging. “Twi didn’t want to cancel the picnic, so she invited Celestia and Luna. She also invited the CMC, Eclipse, Sapphyra, Soul and me. Maybe you girls could go as well?” He suggested.

“Maybe, if your sister says it’s ok. When and where is the picnic?” I asked him.

“Midday. We’re going to have the picnic and maybe swim in the lake near Sweet Apple Acres, since today’s a bit hot. I’m sure Twi will let you guys come too.” He said with a smile.

“Let’s go, then. They’re waiting for you two, and then we can surprise them all!” Dolph said happily.

“I swear, if you were any more cheerful, you'd be Pinkie.” Eclipse deadpanned.

“Thanks!” Dolph said with a smile.

“Anyways! Lead the way, Spike.” I said, urging them.

We walked through the city until we reached a tree-shaped crystal castle. Spike opened the door and stepped to the side, motioning for us to enter. Me and the girls entered and looked around in awe. Spike told us to wait on the room and went through a door and a few moments later we heard voices behind it, but we didn’t recognize any of them besides Spike's. After a moment the voices stopped and Spike returned, followed by six mares that we assumed were the Aspects of Harmony.

“Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle. Those are Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity." The purple alicorn said with a smile and motioned to the mares around her. "Spike told me you four are his friends. I’m pleased to meet you.”

“I’m Fairy. Those are Scarlett, Dolph, and Viper.” I shook hands with her while the others nodded. I looked at each one of them; Twilight was wearing a blue blouse and an indigo skirt, looking us with interest. Rainbow was flying, wearing a black tank top and black shorts, while Applejack was wearing a checkered shirt, blue jeans and a Stetson; both of them looked as if they were judging us. Rarity was wearing a beautiful white dress that went to her knees; she looked at my clothes as if they were bombs. Fluttershy was wearing a light green dress and looked at us nervously. Pinkie Pie was wearing a pinkie shirt with a blue balloon on it, and a blue skirt; she looked at us with excitement.

“Fairy? Can you grant me three wishes?” Rainbow Dash said with a raised eyebrow.

“That’s a Genie, moron. And you can’t really judge other people’s names when your own name is Rainbow.” Scarlett shot back. They glared at each other for a moment.

“Heh, I like you.” Rainbow said, grinning.

“Thank you.” Scarlett also grinned.

“Ohmygosh!MynameisPinkiePie,butTwilightsaidthisalready.Oh,I’msohappytomeetyou,I’mgoingtomakeawelcomepartyforyouandyourfamily!Doyoulikecake?Whichflavour?Whendoyouwantyourpartytobe?Doyou-“

“Pinkie dear, calm down. They didn't understand anything you said.” Rarity interrupted, finally taking her eyes off me.

“I did.” Dolph said, holding her hand up.

“Yeah, you will get along well. Twilight, we wanted to know if they could go to the picnic with us. They want to meet Sapph and Soul, and it will be a good time for it.” Spike said. “Also, it’s a great way for you to know each other.”

Twilight thought about it for a moment before smiling. “Sure, why not?” She looked at us. “But you should tell your family about it, so they won’t be worried.”

“I’m sure they don’t have any problems with it. Actually, they probably found the house by now and are looking for us. Maybe we should-” I was interrupted by a loud howl coming from outside the castle.

“They really sent Amaté after us?” Viper asked with furrowed eyebrows.

“Looks like it.” I deadpanned. Twilight and the others were giving us curious looks. “Amaté is our pet wolf.”

Pinkie gave us a flat look and Fluttershy gasped. “A pet wolf? May I see it?” She asked with a smile.

“Sure.” I said.

We went outside where a silver colored wolf was waiting for us. Fluttershy looked at Amaté with wide eyes. “You can pet her, she won’t bite.” I said, and Fluttershy rushed to the wolf, cooing and petting her. I turned to the others and noticed Pinkie was still giving me a look, making me smirk.

“Well, see you later guys. Come on, Amaté! Show us our house.” I said, making Amaté look at me before she motioned us to follow her.

“We’ll go with you. The picnic is in about an hour, so we can gather the others before going to the lake.” Eclipse said and Spike nodded.

“Ok, but Amaté is pretty fast.” Scarlett said with a grin.

“We can keep up, if that’s what you’re implying.” Spike said, matching her grin with his own.

“Race ya! Lead the way, girl!” Dolph said, running after Amaté. We ran after the two of them, Spike and Eclipse yelling their goodbyes to the girls.

Author's Notes:

Here's the second chapter! I put a little something here, it's really obvious, and I'll be disappointed if no one find it.
I'll try to put one chapter each week, so be ready for the next one.