The sound of the blue feathered wings of the Solar Guard Pegasi could be heard flapping at a steady pace as they pulled the golden chariot carrying the four passengers that were on board. Sheton, Goku, Snowflake, and Midnight all sat in their passenger seats, silently waiting for their ride to get them to their destination. The wind blew in each of their manes as they all took in the sights of the large cumulus clouds floating in the cyan sky. The lush green forests below rustling in the breeze down below, having the large dirt path that led to back Canterlot City in towards where they were going. The beautiful golden sun shined its light down on the chariot and the guard’s armor, causing its light to reflect off of them. A bright yet beautiful rose from the stallion’s armor they powered through the air with seemingly now effort. This was to be expected from ponies like them, since they were Royal Guards who dedicated their lives to protect their ruler.

Goku sat in the front of the chariot, or rather, she stood at the front of it, with her forehooves on the front edge as she held her head up high, her mane flowed in the breeze as her tail followed closely behind her. Sheton giggled continuously as his sister’s tail brushed up against him, giving in indication of just how ticklish. He rolled onto his back as he pawed at it like a cat would ball of yarn, while Snowflake and Midnight silently watched.

“You seem to be pretty excited about this little sister.” Came the dry voice of Snowdrop from behind the beige Pegasus. She looked behind her to see the amused faced of her middle sister. “I haven’t seen you like this since mother and father told us that Sheton was going to be born.”

“Can you really blame me, Snowy? This is the first time that I get to see the girls outside of anything related to school or the holidays.” Goku giggled merrily, using a hoof to keep some of her flowing mane out of her face. “I mean, I know it’s only been four years since I last saw them but still. It feels like it’s been a lot longer than that, and now, here I am, going back to the one, and possibly the only place I’ll ever call home. I’m finally getting to see their faces again after so long.” she lowered her head and rubbed her forelegs together. “I have to admit, I’m am a little bit nervous about our reunion. Especially since I haven’t really been keeping in contact all that much. I hope none of them are mad at me for not being able to see them.”

“Oh, don’t worry little sister.” Midnight said soothingly as she got up from her seat, walking up and wrapping a comporting forehoof around her youngest sister’s neck, giving her a little nuzzle. “You had a lot on your plate since you came to Queen Celestia’s Magic School for Gifted Ponies, so you really didn’t have the time to write them letters to let them know how you’re doing. You all went to some pretty faraway places when you left Ponyville, so there wasn’t really much chance for them to visit their families, let alone you. I’m sure they wanted to keep in touch just as much as you wanted to. So, don’t be too hard on yourself.”

“Thanks Middy, that really means a lot coming from you.” Goku replied, smiling up at her eldest sister as she gave the beetle black mare a strong hug. As she pulled away, the tan hybrid mare gained a thoughtful expression as she murmured, “Now that I think about it, the last letter that was sent to me said that they had all returned a couple of years before I graduated. That was the first letter that had every single one of them in there…and the longest one too. Especially by Twilight’s standards…heh, typical bookworm.”

“Yes, that is typical of her, isn’t it? To be honest, it gives me another reason to be happy that we get to see them again. Even more so since it’s going to be today of all days. I really did miss their antics while we were away, and now we all get to refill those holes once again.” Snowdrop nodded, giving a little smile as she turned to Sheton. “Plus, they did have little bundles of joy that we had the pleasure of knowing the last four years before we left home. I wonder how they’ll react they see our wonderful little brother…don’t you, big sister?”

“Oh certainly Snowflake, I can already picture those sweet little fillies gushing all over him, hmhmhmhm!” Midnight held a hoof to her mouth as she giggled, much to their brother’s dismay. “I almost can’t to see that happen!”

“Oh come on you guys!” Sheton whined in a high-pitched squeak as he squirmed in Snowflake’s wing embrace, bowing his head so low that his large fedora and long mane completely covered his face. “Stop it, you’re both embarrassing me!!”

“Oh we know little brother, we know.” Goku said sweetly as she gave him an affectionate nuzzle. He looked up at her with one visible eye, only to freeze upon seeing a small smirk adorning her face as she added, “We just can’t help it; whenever we think of a filly or fillies, connecting with a little colt as sweet and cute as you, we just can’t help but tease you about it.” She leaned in and whispered in his ear in a warm, tender, yet mischievous tone, “When you meet my friends' little sisters, you’re going to have to endure even more teasing, and we’re gonna enjoy it. Every. Single. Minute.”

“Uuuuuuuugh…” Sheton could only let out a dreadful groan as cupped his face in his forehooves, pulling his hat over his head to both cover the deep red blush on his cheeks, and use his wings wrap around himself while his elder sisters laughed good-naturedly. Even though he knew that they weren’t really trying to be outright mean and they meant it all in good fun, he was not anticipating being repeatedly teased by his big sisters for befriending other foals, especially if they were fillies. He could literally picture himself being swarmed by a large mini herd of them, while his sisters relished watching him go through his ‘torture’.

‘Oh Celestia, why did I have to be born this way? Did the Goddess of Luck really bless me, or did she do it just to mess with me?’ he thought as he rocked back in forth. All the while, somewhere in the deep dark parts of his mind that what he was thinking was true. ‘I hate my life…I hate it so so much!’

Just as this thought flew through his mind, he suddenly felt himself being shot into the air, before falling hard on his rump. Before he could even register what happened, he felt his body shaking as the chariot started to become quite bumpy. Goku immediately scooped him up into her forearms and held him close.

“Oh my, the roads gotten a lot bumpier than usual hasn’t it?” Midnight asked as she spread all four of her hooves to the sides of the chariot to keep her balance. “I certainly don’t remember it being this bumpy the last time we were here.”

“Neither do I. It would seem that the Ponyville Weather Team was pretty busy the last four years.” Snowflake murmured, her voice vibration from the bumping as she leaned onto Midnight and wrapped a foreleg around one of Midnight’s own.

“That’s an understatement, Snowy.” Goku dryly snorted as she held Sheton tightly to her chest. “Then again, nothing really lasts forever, and the change in the environment and the climate is no exception.”

Nothing was said between the three Pegasi sisters for the next couple minutes after that last comment. They all stayed silent and waited out the bumpy stop as the Solar Guards pulling the chariot slowly came to a stop, using their wings to decrease the speed. Eventually, after just a few more moments of enduring the constant bumping, the chariot stopped, just outside of the forest.

There were a couple of moments of silence as the Shenron Thestral siblings all regained their balance on the chariot. Sheton feeling the chariot stop, brought his head out of Goku’s chest fur and looked around timidly, before asking, “Is it over now?”

“Yes baby, it’s all over. Good thing you landed on me when you did, huh?” Goku replied with a comforting smile as Sheton weakly nodded. With a little reluctance, he let her gently set him down on the chariot floor, and the second all four of his hooves hit the ground, he wasted no time leaping out and practically plopping the upper half of his body in the dirt.

“Oh sweet sweet ground, how I’ve missed you so.” He whispered as his whole body shook with relief, recovering from having to endure the constant bumping.

“Sheton! Please don’t do that, sweetheart.” Midnight scolded in a gentle, yet firm tone as she walked over and picked up the still shaking colt from up off the ground. She used one of her wings to brush off the dust and rocks out of his mane, while roughly patting his fedora to get them out of there as well. “I know you were scared that you would fall out of the carriage, but please don’t get yourself all dirty like that. You could get cut by one of those rocks, or get dust in your nose and eyes, or worse!”

“Sorry Midnight.” the stormy grey colt murmured as he lowered his head with his ears pinned down as he twirled his front hooves together. "I was just happy to be back down on the ground again. I really don't like flying very high...or being very high off the ground for that matter.

The beetle black hybrid mare let out a soft sigh, her expression softening upon seeing the guilty look on his face, looking like he was about to cry. She simply gave him a sweet smile and set him back down on the ground.

“It’s alright Sheton, I know you really didn’t mean to.” She cooed soothingly, stroking his back with a wing. “I just don’t want you to get hurt and get all dirty for the Summer Sun Celebration later on, especially when we meet Goku’s friends. So just let us know before you do something like that, and be more careful next time okay?”

“Okay.” Sheton softly replied with a nod, blushing as his eldest sister gave him a warm kiss on the cheek.

“Wow, that sure was a long and really bumpy ride isn’t it? It certainly made my rump a little sore.” Goku giggled as she gave her body a few stretches. She walked over to the two Pegasi guards, batting her eyelashes as she said sweetly, “Thank you for the ride to our foalhood home my dear gentlecolts. I apologize if we made the trip too tedious due to all of us being in there.”

“It was out pleasure Ms. Shenron, and please don’t apologize. We’ve carried more than one passenger before, and it certainly won’t be the last.” The first Pegasus guard replied with a polite nod. Upon close expression, Goku could see just the tiniest of blushes adorning his snow-white cheeks.

“Of course you aren’t, you’re the Solar Guards for the very Queen of our whole land. It’s only natural for you all to be so used to things like this, due to how amazingly strong and endurable you all are.” Goku giggled as she draped one of her feathered bat wings over both of the stallions. “You know, I’m feeling a bit generous with the two of you today. So I think I’ll give you two fine stallions a little reward for going through all this trouble for us.”

Using her right wing claw, she lifted one of the flaps of the saddlebags that was hanging from her barrel, before taking out a small bag. She gave it a few shakes, which made the bag give a few light jingles, before she opened it and looked inside. After a moment, she gave nod as she smiled in satisfaction, before handing the bag to the second Pegasus guard. Without a word, they accepted it, silently taken aback by how heavy it felt in his hoof.

“There you are, a nice fresh bag of bits! I figured due to the amount of time you were spending carrying us, you should be given a little reward for your services.” Goku chirped as she folded her wing back to her side. Before either of the guards could say or do anything, she walked closer and leaned in between them. She put her mouth between both of their ears as she whispered sensually, “Between you and me, due to the amount of work you do and the amount of time you spend doing it, I feel like you ponies aren’t being rewarded enough. Think of this as a little thank you present as well, but don’t tell the Queen about what I did or what I said. This is a secret between us, okay boys?”

“Of course, Ms. Shenron.” The second Pegasus Solar Guard replied with a nod, giving her another salute. A second later, both he and the first guard unfurled their wings. “You and your siblings have a nice day.”

“You too!” the beige Pegasus replied sweetly, running her overextended tail under both of their chins just. Without another word they, took off, leaving the four hybrid siblings to themselves. Giggling to herself, she turned to her siblings, only to see Snowflake looking at her with a raised cumulus eyebrow. “What? Why're you staring at me like that?”

“Honestly little sister, did you really have to go and tease those poor stallions like that?” she scolded her youngest sister, though the playfulness could easily be detected in her tone. “Those poor stallions looked like they were going to melt like pudding. Besides, that’s supposed to be mother’s job to make ponies all flustered.”

“Oh don’t worry about it Snowy, they both know that I was just teasing them. Besides, neither you or Middy can deny that you probably would’ve done the same.” Goku replied nonchalantly as she walked passed Snowflake and over to Snowflake and Sheton. Goku scooped Sheton up in her arms and gently hoisted him up onto her back. “Well, not as cute as you, Tony…” she added softly looking back at him affectionately.

With no other words said, all four hybrid siblings made their way over the bridge and into the town of Ponyville. The moment they did, they all felt an incredible sense of warmth and joy take over their bodies by the place they used to live in. Every step they took, every breath they inhaled, and each sway of the cool gentle wind brought back wonderful memories of Ponyville that they were all very fond of. It was as the young Kirins had never left and they were just returning back to their nice warm nest.

By closer inspection, the town looked more like a larger-than-normal-neighborhood than anything else, with large wooden houses have either small window gardens outside the windows, or large roofs covered in hay. Some of them even had a combination of all the appendages, making them that much more unique. In the distance, they four siblings could even see a few houses that looked like tents, though they knew that those houses were being used for anything but camping. Ponies could be seen in walking about the streets, or selling items behind booths, while foals ran or flew around, giggling and laughing as they chased each other, something that made Goku’s heart melt.

With a gentle content sigh, Midnight gave a toss of her head as she said, “I can see that this town has certainly gotten bigger the last time we were here, hasn’t it?”

“Indeed it has, it’s even bigger than the last time we saw it; twice as big if what we saw on the chariot was anything to go by.” Snowflake nodded taking in the sight of the brand-new houses, stores, and buildings. There were even a few mansions that she could spot here and there, though not very much. “It would seem that our beloved town has gotten more welcoming over the last four years. Much more welcoming…”

“Well, whatever happened here, I am loving it!” Goku exclaimed gleefully as she turned her head back to them. “You know what would make this trip even better? If a familiar face or two would happen to show up somewhere around here! Hay, I wouldn’t care if they’d happen to fall out of the sky right at this very moment!”

Just as she said this, her hybrid ears picked up the sound of what sounded like loud screaming coming from above her. Looking up, Goku’s sharp golden eyes was able to pick up the very faint of something careening through the sky. Unfortunately, due to it being so far away she could see it as no more than a dot.

“Hey, girls…do either of you see that?” she asked slowly, raising her left tri-stocked foreleg to point up into the air. “What is that?”

“I don’t know; it looks like…” Snowflake replied softly, squinting her teal eyes ever so slightly. “It looks like somepony falling from out of the sky…a Pegasus to be exact.”

“Um, Snowflake, Goku…” Sheton said nervously, sinking behind Goku’s mane. “I think that is somepony falling out of the sky.”

Giving their youngest sibling perplexed looks; the three mares looked back up again, and saw that their brother statement was ultimately justified. There was indeed, a Pegasus pony, falling out of the sky and spinning out of control, as if she was a tornado that was about the strike the earth. Goku, Snowflake and Midnight all took a few steps back, obviously taken aback by this revelation.

“Um, everypony…” Midnight said softly as she started to back away faster. “I think we may want to move…um, now please.”

“Great idea, Middy.” Goku squeaked as she flared her gigantic wings out and took off with a single flap. As her elder sisters followed the hybrid tan mare screamed out to the ponies on the streets. "EVERYPONY LOOK OUT ABOVE!!!"

Just as those words left the tan mare's mouth, the diving Pegasus made impact with the ground.

The crash land to the ground that the Pegasus made was certainly not a soft one. In fact, it looked like it should’ve left her a bloody mess from the force. Large clouds of dust and huge pieces of earth exploded as if a bomb had just gone off from under the ground as it began to split and crack. Ponies nearby gave cries of surprise, shock and worried fear for the Pegasus as they slid and tumbled hard across the ground. The pony left a deep dirt trail behind them all before stopping one hundred or so feet away. They dove out of the way as the large chunks of minerals and clouds of dust enveloped some of them. This in turn causing them to go into a loud coughing fit and get covered in dirt and nearly crushed. Luckily for them, this only lasted for a short time before the dust cloud was blown away by the wings by three hybrid mare.

“Now that…had to hurt.” Snowflake grimaced as her youngest sister galloped over to the downed pony. She, Midnight and Sheton all followed after her as crowd of ponies gathering around them.

“Oh my Celestia! Miss, are you alright?” Goku asked worriedly as she knelt in front of the downed pony and gently lifted her out of the dirt trail. “Don’t worry, I’ve got you. Can you…get…up?”

Upon closer inspection, she could see the pony that had crashed was a indeed Pegasus a mare like her and her sisters. She had a solid shade of grey fur that was just a shade darker that that of Sheton’s, with a long sunflower sandy yellow extended mane and tail, her mane covered her eyes, which was disheveled and covered in dirt. Her wings were a combination of solid grey and sandy sunflower yellow feathers, the same with her furry chest and tail feathers, all of which looked to be loose, unpreened, and all over the place. A dog-like necklace could be seen around her neck, having a red eyed cross-like roseray right in the center. A tattoo of a beautiful pair of angel wings could be seen on her back, and her Cutie Mark was of a large flock of bubbles.

“Oooooooh…my head…what happened?” the mare moaned out as she rubbed her head with a hoof, shaking it to clear the dizziness from the hard crash she had. Her golden yellow eyes seem to be out of focus as she looked at stared down at the ground. “Oh, right…I ran into that flock of geese on my way to the office. Ugh, if only I could see normally like in my other form then this wouldn’t be happening so much! I really gotta get these damn bucking eyes of mine checked out, cause this is driving me nuts!”

As the silvery grey mare got to her hooves, she looked up to thank the pony that had pulled her out of the ground. The moment she saw who it was however, she froze, her crossed eyes widening as her jaw fell unhinged. Goku had an expression similar to the other mare’s and they kept that stare for a few moments, before somepony eventually broke the silence.

“Oh…oh my goodness…that can’t be.” Snowflake whispered. “That couldn’t be who I think it is?”

“Who? Who is she?” Sheton asked, looking in between his sisters. “Do you two and Goku know that mare?”

Midnight nodded, a small shaky smile coming to her face. “Yes, little brother…we most certainly do.”

“Oh…my…Faust…” Goku whispered, her eyes as hive as her hooves as she stared back at the equally shocked mare. “D…D-D-Derpy? Is...i-is that you?”

A glistening shine danced across the silvery grey mare’s eyes as she asked back, “Goku? Is that really you?”

A gasp of recognition was the response that Goku gave to Derpy’s question, before a loud equal erupted from her mouth. Derpy was given no time to prepare herself as the tan Thestral hybrid mare tackled her to the demolished ground. Her whole vision was filled in multi-colored chest fluff as Goku rolled her across the ground with her, forelegs wrapped tightly around the other mare’s neck.

“Oh my goodness, Derpy! It’s really really you!” Goku squealed, yanking the other mare by her hooves and holding her by the shoulders. “I knew I recognized something on you, but I never expected those adorable crossed eyes of yours to be the first thing I’d see!”

“I could say the same to you Goku.” Derpy said as she dusted herself off. “Out of all the things I could remember about you, it’s those sharp fangs, webbed wings, and those adorable fluffy ears of yours!” She reached out and scratched Goku’s left ear, emitting a dreamy eyed look from the Pegasus as she leaned into the touch. “And I can see that your love for them getting scratched certainly hasn’t changed either.”

“No, it really hasn’t.” Snowflake said, walking up to the two mares. “And it’s to see that your bubbliness hasn’t disappeared either Derpy.”

“Snowflake Midnight!” Derpy cried, running over and wrapping her forelegs around both mare’s necks. Both hybrid mares went stiff as the silvery grey mare’s strength began to squeeze the life out of them. “Oh, I’m so happy to see the both of you again! You have no idea how much I’ve been wanting you to see the three of you again! It’s been, what four years since I last saw you all?”

“Y-yes, it has been about t-that much time that’s p-passed!” Midnight replied, straining against Derpy’s powerful hold. “U-um, Derpy…c-could you please let go of us?”

“Y-yes dear…” Snowflake nodded, desperately tapping at Derpy’s back. “W-we c-c-can’t breathe!”

“Oh, I’m so sorry girls!” Derpy releasing both mares form her strong grip and smiling sheepishly. “I didn’t mean to do that, honest. I just…oh, I was just so excited to see the three of you again after all this time!”

“We could say the same to you Derpy, I can see you haven’t changed one bit.” Goku laughed, taking in the mare’s appearance. Her smile grew slyer as she noticed the slenderness, plumpness, and curves around the mare. “And I see that you’ve become quite the looker as well during our time away. You’ve really been packing on the attractiveness the last time we say you haven’t you?”

Derpy blinked, looking around at her body for a moment, before looking back at Goku with a low laugh. “Oh, so you’ve noticed have you? I’m not surprised that you did; I’d expect somepony with eyes as sharp as yours to be able to notice something like that. That isn’t to say that none of you don’t look too bad yourselves. Your looks have improved a lot since I last saw you all back in Cloudsdale, hmhm.”

“Why thank you Derpy, we’re so glad that you took notice of that as well. To be honest, we weren’t really expecting you to be the first pony to run into.” Snowflake said softly. “Then again, given the circumstances, and just how randomly you end up falling form the sky from time to time, I suppose it was bound to happen.”

“Yeah, it totally was! Lucky for the three of you huh?” Derpy giggled spreading her wings and wrapping all three hybrid mare’s in a hug. “It’s so wonderful to see all of you again! I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed those adorable fluffy faces of yours!”

“And it’s very sweet to see those cute little crossed eyes of yours again Derps.” Midnight giggled, nuzzling against the bluish silvery grey mare’s cheeks. “Speaking of which, we’re not the only ones here whose gracing this wonderful town with our adorableness.”

Derpy tilted her head to the side, her extended mane falling over her face. “What do you mean by that? I don’t see anypony…else…here…”

The crossed eyed Pegasus slowly trailed off when she took notice of who else was with Goku, Snowflake, and Midnight. That individual being a certain stormy grey colt who was hovering just behind his three sisters with a concerned expression. When he noticed Derpy looking at him, he flinched and slowly hovered down to the ground, hiding most of his face behind his mane.

“U-um…hello miss.” He said in a polite, yet timid tone as he smiled shyly. “I-it, um…it’s really nice to meet yo-whoa!”

“Awww!” Derpy cooed, grabbing the young colt and pulling him into an embrace. “Aren’t you just the cutest little colt that I’ve ever seen!”

Sheton, who was smothered in Derpy’s chest fluff, looked up at her with a single emerald blue eye. “W-wha…? Y-you’re not…”

“Wow Derpy, you took notice of my little brother pretty fast, didn’t you?” Gou asked, watching as the sandy yellow maned mare rocked Sheton back and forth. “And here I was going to introduce you to him, but it looks like he got that taken care of.”

“I didn’t even tell her my name yet!” Sheton cried as Derpy continued to hug him. “She just grabbed me out of the blue before I could finish my sentence!”

“Sorry about that sweetheart, I didn’t mean to cut you off like that.” Derpy said kindly, pulling the colt away from her chest. “It’s just…oh, I just couldn’t believe how adorable you looked! I just couldn’t help myself and I lost it! I’ve seen a lot of cute foals in my time, but never ones quite as adorable as you!”

“That’s because you never saw foals quite like him.” Snowflake murmured dryly. “Especially those form our dear mother’s family.”

Sheton sighed, adjusting his fedora as Derpy set him down to the ground. “No, it’s okay Miss Derpy…I’m used to getting hugs like this. At least from my momma and the rest of the Thestrals form her family.” He looked back up at Derpy, flashing her a small fanged smile. “My name is Sheton Nightstalker Shenron, and I’m Goku, Snowflake and Midnights little brother.”

“Little…brother?” Derpy repeated, looking from the stormy grey colt to the three mares. “Wait, you wouldn’t happen to be the son of Bardock the White Flash and Evening Glory the Shadow Bat, would you?”

“Wait, what?!” Sheton cried, looking up at the silvery grey mare with wide eyes. “You…y-you know my parents?!”

“Well, not personally, but I’ve definitely heard of them.” Derpy replied, giggling at the young colt’s gob smacked expression. “They’re known around here and many parts of Equestria as the strongest most feared soldiers that anypony has ever seen. Mainly because the both of them came from some of the most powerful families in all of Harmonia. They were known to be legends, so much so that many ponies wondered why they’d ever retire from the positions that they were all in.”

“Probably because they decided they had fulfilled their duties and wanted the one thing both Kirins and Thestrals treasure most?” Goku suggested, gesturing to herself, her sisters, and to Sheton.

Derpy laughed sheepishly. “Yeah…that could’ve been the reason.”

“Wow…so they’re really that famous huh?” Sheton murmured to himself as he stared at the ground. “I knew they were known by a lot of ponies, but I never thought it’d by this caliber. I guess our families are more famous than I thought.”

“Got the muffin in the oven on that one.” Derpy giggled, lightly patting Sheton on his head. “My name is Derpy Hooves Kindheart Rosario; I’m Ponyville’s resident mailmare. It’s really nice to meet you Sheton.”

“Y-yeah, you too Ms. Derpy.” Sheton said bashfully, blushing as the mare wrapped wing around him, planting a kiss on his forehead.

Derpy Hooves was one of the ponies that Goku, Snowflake and Midnight while living in Ponyville together, only with her, she didn’t come from Ponyville. They had met the wall-eyed mare in a place not very far away from Ponyville, one where all of the Pegasi had probably originated from. That town being the City of Cloudsdale, the famous City in the Sky, a place where Earth Ponies and Unicorns can find many Pegasi populating the clouds. The three hybrid sisters, Midnight being a young adult while Snowflake and Goku were young foals, had met Derpy one time while touring through the city. As just now, she had fallen out of the sky while trying, in vain, to keep balance despite her wall eyes, landing right into Goku. The mare feared that she’d be mad about it, but Goku just laughed the experience off, saying that it was no big deal.

After that unexpected yet humorous experience, Derpy and the three Kirin Thestral sisters started coming to Cloudsdale more frequently. This was mainly because so they could see Derpy, since all three sisters had taken quick liking to her. In the time they got to know Derpy, they saw her as a mare who was very bubbly and optimistic, always looking to the brighter side of things. The fact that her eyes went in different directions made her that much more likeable to the Kirins, even if others believed that it made her weird. Sure, there were times when she was sad, and there were more than a few times where Goku found her crying along by her lonesome. Still, the mare managed to keep her head up high through her foalhood and teen years, even while she was continuously bullied for her crossed eyes.

Despite the fact that Derpy was a kind, sweet and cheerful mare, not one to get into conflict unless warranted, she was not a mare to be taken lightly. She could pretty much blow off anything that was said about her in general, even more if it was her eyes. However, when it involved her friends, she was willing to throw everything down to protect those she loved, even if it meant zapping them with thunderclouds. However, that was not the only thing that made Derpy so terrifying, especially since she came from one of the secret clans of Equestria.

The clan that Derpy came from was one that had the ability to transform into the supernatural equines. The ones that were only heard about in myth and legend, since the roseray’s they wore not only stored their powers away, and helped them control them. They had the ability to transform into ponies that were not that much different from Thestrals. This was more or less a false form of their true forms, allowing them to not cause too much damage when fighting their enemies. Whenever the Rosarios were in these forms, they were able to achieve speed, magic and strength that would make them ponies thing that they were actual Vampires. Or more commonly, Vampony’s, despite the fact that said creatures were known to be nothing but myths.

There was one major setback to having this incredible power, something that the Rosario and Shenron clan both share. When any member of these clans reaches a certain power level, they would have to wear that magical item around their necks for the rest of the lives. From the moment they way up to the moment they close their eyes and fall asleep, the necklace had to remain on them at all times. For if they tried to force the necklaces off of the ones that wielded them, the magical knots tying the necklace’s magic, and the magic of the pony together will snap. This in turn would sending an electrical shock wave of indescribable pain throughout the pony’s body they’d die from the shock. It was because of this, along with the indescribably devastating power that they’d have if the necklace were to be taken off, that they’d rather go into their false forms. If, however, they were to take their necklaces off, ponies nearby had better watch out, or any nearby towns and cities would be the only ones in danger.

“So, what’re you all doing here?” Derpy asked, turning away from Sheton and back to the three other hybrid ponies. “Not that I’m not happy to see you all, but I didn’t really expect to see you all here today?”

“Now why would you think that Derpy?” Goku asked innocently. “Oh you didn’t know? Queen Celestia had chosen me to be the supervisor for the Summer Sun Celebration taking place in Ponyville, along my sisters! Oh, and in case you’re wondering why Sheton’s here, we’re letting him get a feel of the place before bring him here to move back with us.”

“Wait, seriously?!” Derpy gasped her eyes widening. “T-the Queen chose you to be the supervisor for the Summer Sun Celebration?!”

“She most certainly did Derpy.” Midnight nodded. “She felt that it would be an even better fit rather than the usual ponies that she has supervising it. I guess she couldn’t tolerate how all of the nobles and lords kept being overly critical, so she decided to get somepony who was more fit for the role.”

“And she was wise to do so.” Snowflake nodded, looking over at her younger sister. “While our dear sister can be pretty blunt sometimes, she always make sure that she’s not being overly critical to the point where she’s coming off as rude. We Shenron’s and Nightstalkers may be honest and upfront, but even we are really overly blunt unless it is really warranted.”

“Heheheh, yeah, I sure know that; you’ve told off a lot of the ponies that used to bully me to prove that much.” Derpy giggled, brushing her overly long mane out of her face. “Wait, didn’t you also say that you were all going to be moving back to Ponyville?”

“Planning to move back.” Goku corrected politely. “But yes, we most certainly are. After the Summer Sun Celebration, we are planning to permanently move back to Ponyville. Mainly because we want to be closer to our friends and try to rekindle our connection with them after so long apart.” She grabbed Sheton and pulled him onto one of her wings. “That and because we want our little brother to be in an environment where ponies are more…accepting of his appearance.”

“You mean because of the fact that he’s half Thestral?” Derpy asked simply, making Sheton’s jaw hit the floor.

“H-h-how…” He stuttered, his eyes going anime white. “H-how did you know?”

“How wouldn’t I know honey?” Derpy asked, smirking at the stormy grey colt. “I mean come on, it was so obvious! With those tufted ears, oval shaped pupils, tiny canines, and membranes under your wings, who wouldn’t notice? Somepony would either have to be very blind, or very oblivious not to notice glaring features like that.”

“Yeah, you have a point there.” Sheton said with a sweat drop. “W-wait, so…you’re not…creeped out that I look like this?”

Derpy gasped as if Sheton had asked her something completely against her nature. “Creeped out? Now why in the world would you think that I would ever be scared of the fact that you’re a hybrid?! Especially since I can turn into a pony looking similar to a Thestral?”

“W-what?!” Sheton gasped, doing a double take. “Y-you can?!”

“I sure can honey. You see the necklace that I’m wearing here?” Derpy asked, tapping at the roseray hanging from her neck. “This allows me to go into the form of a bat winged pony that’s different yet very similar to a Thestral. Although, I don’t usually prefer to use it that much, if it all if I can avoid it.”

Sheton tilted his head. “Why not Ms. Derpy?”

“Because, we have another kind of Bat Pony form that lets us go into that without having to take off our roseray.” Derpy replied with a shrug. “It’s more easier for us to control and causes less destruction than for when we take our roseray off. The power we hold when we do take it off…well…” She shivered as her face flushed blue. “Let’s just say that you won’t want to be within twenty miles of this town when we do take it off…!”

“Seriously?” Sheton gulped, his own face flushing. “I-It’s that scary?!”

“You don’t even know the half of it dear.” Derpy said with a weak smile. “Word of advice; get away as far as you if you see me so much as grab at my roseray okay? It’ll save you a lot of destruction if you do.”

“A-aye ma’am.” Sheton replied with a slight squeak.

“Wow, thanks for scaring him half to death there Derpy.” Goku said dryly deadpanning at the silvery grey mare. “And just when he was starting to warm up to you too.”

“Sorry, I just wanted him to be sure to watch his fluffy little back whenever I do have to take this thing off.” Derpy said sheepishly, shrinking under the dark look the tan Pegasus was giving her. Regaining her composure, she looked back down at Sheton. “So anyway, back to what I was saying, no, I’m not in the least bit disturbed by your appearance. I understand that not all the ponies here in Ponyville will look the same or even have the same abilities. To be honest, I was more or less expecting at least one of the ponies here to look more or less like you and your sisters.” She laughed and looked off to the side, muttering under her breath. “I know one mare who certainly is.”

“Really? You’re okay with me looking like this?” Sheton asked in disbelief, earning another nod from Derpy. “W-wow…I thought for sure that there was somepony here who’d be creeped out by my appearance. I didn’t really think I’d met anypony who’d not only not be bothered by it, but actually think that I look…” A blush came to his face as he stammered out, “…c-cute like this…”

“Well, luckily for you, I’m one of those ponies!” Derpy chirped, bringing the stormy grey colt into another hug. ‘I’m not the only one either! My daughters Amethyst and Dinky are really accepting of hybrid ponies too! And I’m sure that if you meant them, they wouldn’t mind you being half Thestral either!”

“Wait a minute, you have another daughter Derpy?!” Goku gasped, her golden eyes nearly bugging. “W…when?! How?! When did that happen?!”

“Sometime after you and your sisters had left to go hone your magical powers and get a degree.” Derpy replied. “I’m not going to go into too much detail, because I don’t really wanna talk about it. I’m just say that I got too damn drunk, got had a little too much fun with a stallion, and we did the-”

“Alright, you don’t have to go any farther!” Midnight exclaimed, holding her hooves out as a massive blush came to her face. “I think we know that happened after that…”

“I think we all do.” Snowflake nodded, fanning her blushing face with a hoof. “Well, we give you our congratulations on having another child Derpy. Even if the new was a bit late, we’re happy that you’ve welcomed another little bundle of joy into the world.”

“Hmhm, thanks you three! I can’t wait to introduce her to all of you!” Derpy said sweetly, before looking back down at Sheton. “Especially you Sheton! Trust me, you are going to love my little muffin of joy when you see her! She is just the more adorable thing ever!”

“Really? You really want me to meet her?” Sheton asked, a hopeful look coming into his blue eyes. “A-are you sure that she’ll like me?”

“Like you? With a look like that, she is going to love becoming friends with you sweetie! Who knows? Maybe your sisters will wanna set up a little playdate for you and my little muffin so you two can get to know each other.” Derpy replied, winking down at the young colt. She then looked over at Goku and her two sisters. “That is, if you’re up for something like that Goku.”

Before the tan hybrid mare could reply, she noticed from behind the mailmare that somepony was make their way through the crowd. The ponies in the front made a path for the other pony, who trotted inside the circle. It was an Earth Pony mare, with a light grayish amber coat, and a long wavy bluish white cornflower mane and tail. Her eyes were moderate phthalo blue and violet color, with a white green fluffed collar around her neck. He wore a pair of yellow glasses that covered the lower half of her eyes, and her Cutie Mark was of a scroll tied by a blue ribbon.

“What’s going on here? What is all the commotion, everypony?” The mare asked as she looked around the center of the grown that had gathered around Derpy and Goku. When her eyes fell upon the grey mare, her eyes widened and shock and worry as she ran up to her. “Oh, my goodness! Derpy! Are you alright, dear?”

“Oh, hi Miss Mayor Mare!” Derpy exclaimed cheerfully with a cute wave towards the Earth Pony. She set Sheton down in front of her, who spat out some feathers that had somehow gotten into his mouth. “Don’t worry about me, I’m okay! Just got a little off course with the direction of the wind that’s all! And I ran into a couple of old friends along the way, as you can see, hmhmhm!”

“If you had to endure a crash like that, then that must’ve been one strong wing current!” Mayor Mare said, stopping into the center of the crowd. “I mean honestly, did you see the size of the crater that you left behind? Or how deep and long that dirt trail you created was? There’s no way that you should even be movingright now! Let alone standing up! How in the world were you able to survive an impact like that?!”

“Mayor mare, you’ve known me for the last fifteen years since I came here to Ponyville. You should know that I’m able to survive crashes like this, especially since I’m a Rosario!” Derpy giggled as she ruffled her messy wings. “Look on the bright side, at least I didn’t crash into any buildings or trees this time! So that means I’m getting better; slowly but surely!”

“Well…yes, you are Derpy.” Mayor Mare sighed with a shake of her head. “Still though, you may want to go to a hospital or a clinic to get yourself looked over. It’s not that I don’t trust your word Derpy, it’s just…well, you never know what could happen.”

If the bubbly grey mare showed any signed of even being remotely offended or annoyed by the mare’s words, she either hid it very well, or didn’t feel any. It was only more apparent by what she said next. “You got it Ms. Mayor! I’ll head right over to Ponyville Urgent Medical Magic Care and get myself fixed up in no time!” her expression turned sheepish as she flared her wings, revealing the mess of tangle feathers. “Um…maybe with a little help that is?”

“Of course dear.” Mayor Mare nodded, grimacing at the state of the grey mare’s wings. “With tangled wings like that, it’d be best not to go taking off into the air again.”

“Duly noted.” Derpy nodded, before turning to Goku and her siblings. “Sorry you guys, but I gotta go now. My wings need a looking over by the doctor, and I gotta go get Dinky ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. I’ll see you there okay?”

“Sure thing Derps!” Goku replied waving to the air as Mayor Mare led the silvery grey mare out of the crowd. “Be sure to say hi to Amethyst for us, and that we have a new little tag along she’ll love to meet!”

Sheton blushed. “Really sis?”

“Sure thing Goku!” Derpy said, before glancing down at Sheton. “Bye-Bye Sheton, I’ll see you later sweetie! I can’t wait for when I can introduce you to Dinky and Amethyst! Dinky’s quite the hugger, so be prepared for some any affection thrown at you from her way!”

“Y-yeah, sure thing Ms. Derpy.” Sheton said, blushing timidly waving at the mailmare. “S-see you at the celebration.”

Mayor Mare then took a couple of minutes to disperse the crowd, having to give more than a few extra reassurances that Derpy would be fine. After they had gone, Mayor Mare went back to the four Pegasi, a thankful expression adorning her lips.

“I’m so very sorry that you had to see that. You have no idea how many crashes that poor mare had over the past month alone! At this rate the next fall she has is one that she may not be able to get back up from.” Mayor Mare said with a shake of her head, before a small smile graced her lips. “Regardless, I would like to thank you for helping her out of that mess and immediately coming to her aid. It’s great to see someone as big hearted and helpful as you are Goku…you and your sisters.”

The look on Goku Snowflake and Midnight’s faces was nothing short of surprised as they looked at the amber Earth Pony with wide eyes. This caused the mare’s expression to go from thankful to that of amusement as she chuckled dryly. “What? Did you really think that I’d forget you three of all ponies after four years away from your own hometown? Please, with colors, looks, appendages, and necklaces like that, I find that very hard to do so.”

“Good point…” Goku murmured as the Mayor let out a laugh.

“Well, that aside, it’s good to see you all back here in Ponyville! You’ve all certainly grown into beautiful young mares that last time I saw you.” she said with a warm smile, which grew slightly wider as she saw a blush form on Midnight’s face. She was about to say something else, until she noticed the colt standing just next to Goku. “Oh my, who is this little one?”

Sheton shrunk back a bit as Mayor Mare’s eyes landed on him, a nervous whimper escaping his throat. He soon relaxed a bit after Goku gave him a gentle nuzzle, a reassuring smile on her face. Reaching a hoof out, she gently pushed him in front of her, keeping one of her wings out as to not let him hide behind her.

“You probably won’t remember this Ms. Mayor, but back in Canterlot, my parents had another foal. This one being a colt instead of a filly while me Midnight and Goku were all staying here in Ponyville.” Snowflake explained. “This is our little brother Sheton Shenron, the youngest, most adorable and sweetest colt of our little group.”

“Well, he certainly is a cute little colt, isn’t he?” Mayor Mare giggled as she walked over and put a hoof under his chin, lifting his head up to get a better look at him. “Oh, and I see that he’s half Thestral just like you three. Though I probably should’ve expected that, since your mother is a full blooded Thestral herself.” She leaned in closer, her phthalo blue/violet eyes staring into Sheton’s emerald blue ones. “My, has such beautiful blue eyes. And that fedora makes him look even more adorable!”

Sheton’s ears fattened against his head as a dark blush made its way to his cheeks. A small smile making its way to his own face as he looked back up at the Earth Pony mare. He rubbed his left wing with his right foreleg as he quietly said, “Its…um, nice to meet you too…Ms. Mayor.”

“My my, such a polite little colt, isn’t he? I think I’m going to have a wonderful time getting to know him.” Mayor Mare murmured with a smirk as she patted the young colt on the head. “I’d like to give you a proper welcoming to Ponyville Sheton. I hope you find your visit, and your permanent stay here to be most pleasant, especially since you’ll be having your sisters here with you.”

“Oh, I think our sweet little brother will enjoy his visit here quite well Mayor Mare.” Goku said, smiling down at her little brother. “Especially since he’s going to be staying here from now on…oh I can only imagine what he’s going to get into. The friends he’ll make, the adventures they’ll go on, the things they’ll learn…and all the little fillyfriends he’ll make!”

Sheton flinched a half-lidded expression coming to his face as he turned to look at the beetle black mare. “One of these days Midnight…one of these days. I am so gonna get back at you for all the teasing you’re all putting me through.”

“Oh, we don’t doubt it little brother.” Snowflake said innocently, batting her eyelashes at the stormy grey thestral hybrid. “Until then, we’ll be waiting, while you are put through the relentless teasing of your three loving big sisters!”

“Someday…” Sheton whispered, glaring up at the mountain blue mare.

“Anyway, what brings you all back here to Ponyville?” Mayor Mare asked. “While I’m sure you’re planning to move back her, I have feeling that it’s not just for that reason. Am I correct?”

“Always as sharp as ever Ms. Mayor, you haven’t changed a bit, have you?” Midnight smiled with a soft laugh, her navy-blue mane giving the lightest of bounces. “You see, just earlier this morning, we were given a letter by Queen Celestia saying that we were the ones who would be supervising the Summer Sun Celebration the day after tomorrow.” She reached into one of the bags of her saddlebag and pulled out a clipboard with her right wing as she gave it to the Mayor. “We were given this list that had the names of the ponies that she chose would be in charge of the tasks needed for it, and we were wondering if you could help us with something.”

“Why whatever do you need my help for?” Mayor Mare asked quizzically as she looked over the list. “Everything you need to know and do is right here on the list, so I don’t why you would need-” she suddenly gave an abrupt pause as she stared at the list for a few more moments, her expression slowly turning to realization as she murmured, “Oh…I see…”

“Yeah…we weren’t given a map.” Goku said sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her head. “As much as we’ve grown fond of the places that we went to when we were foals, we got so caught up on our long, yet amazing college years, that I pretty much forgot where those places were.”

“Don’t worry, there’s nothing to be ashamed of my dears.” Mayor Mare said with a reassuring smile and a wave of her hoof. “I really didn’t expect you all to recognize your hometown so quickly, especially due to how much and how fast it had changed in just four years. I’d be more than happy to help you all show you the places you loved to go to when you were foals.” Just as she said this, she looked back down at the clipboard and a grin slowly made its way to her muzzle. “In fact, since it shows that your first stop is Sugarcube Corner, I think I know one of the ponies on this here list who has more than enough of the resources that you need to get your way around town now that is bigger and more productive.”

“Oh trust us Ms. Mayor, you’re not the only one who believes so.” Snowflake said with a chuckle. "Not by a long shot."

“Well let’s not waste any more time then, let’s get right to it!” the Mayor exclaimed happily as she gave Midnight the clipboard back and trotted ahead of the Shenron siblings. “None of the other girls have seen you in over four years. I just know they’ll be absolutely delighted to see you all again. I sure it’ll be quite the reunion between the nine of you!”

“Oh, it most certainly will be!” Midnight said happily, with an agreeable nod, her wings giving a gentle ruffle of excitement.

Goku gave a soft and cute giggled, blowing some of her overextended jet-black mane out of her face as she walked ahead of her siblings. “Not gonna disagree with you on that one, Ms. Mayor, I’ll tell you that. Though something tells me that one of them will make sure that this reunion with be one hay of a blast! I can almost see it happening!” Her whole body gave a heavy shiver of excitement at the thought as she added, “And I have a feeling that somepony else is going to get a nice good dose of sweetness as well!”

At this, Sheton, who was walking in between Snowflake and Midnight flinched, and looked over at his sister. His face became a sweating mess as he saw the smirk that the tan hybrid mare was shooting down at him.

“U-um…what do you mean by t-that sis?” The stormy grey colt asked, gulping. “I-is there something that you want to tell me?”

“Oh nothing!” Goku chirped, gently smacking her brother’s face with her tail. “I just can’t help that you’re going to get a new friend in just a short while. And she is going to be sweeter than the sweets found at a candy shop!”

“Oh, I see…okay then.” Sheton nodded, giving Goku his best smile as tried his best not to blush again. As soon as the tan mare turned her head away, his entire face burned as he pulled his fedora over her head. ‘Oh Faust, please help me now!’

Author's Notes:

Hmmm...there isn't really much that I changed with this chapter, other than the fact that I had shortened some sentences and things like that, along with making the interacting with Derpy and the four Shenron/Nightstalker Siblings longer. I also decided that, since the three sisters met Rainbow Dash back in Cloudsdale, back in the old version of chapter six, that I'd make it seem as they've met Derpy there as well. Since I'm pretty sure that both she and Rainbow Dash were both born and raised in Cloudsdale, which would only make sense for Goku, Snowflake, and Midnight to have met them there. Other than that, the fact hat I had the description of the Rosario Clan more or less with Derpy instead of Fluttershy, and the mentioning go Goku's parents, there wasn't really much to add to this chapter to make it too different.

The interaction with Mayor Mare and how Derpy and the four siblings ran into each other was change a little, but at the same time still remained pretty much the same; except for the slight change in the chapter's title. I was thinking about adding another group of ponies to the mix, like the Flower Ponies or something like that, but then I decided not to, since I didn't really know who I could make that work. Still, I'm more okay with how this chapter went, especially with just how bad it was last time, and the more I look back on it, the more I'm glad that I'm going through rewrite of this. And I have lots and lots more to go.... Oh, and one more thing, just like how many of you have probably scene in Fairy Tail, Magnolia is a pretty big town, and, with time, I will be planning to make Ponyville as big as said town.

Well, that's all for this chapter; next time we're going back to our favorite bakers! With a little sweet melon goodness to match.