Gohan's Second Chance
Chapter 68: Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"I think she's having a nightmare." Gohan said.
Everyone was on the bus to Camp Everfree.
Except Goten, since he's not in the same grade.
So he's stuck at home like:
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The seating is as follows...
Twilight, Pinkie and Spike in one, Applejack and Rainbow Dash in another, Rarity and Fluttershy in another, and Gohan and Sunset in another.
Gohan was allowed to not wear the camp shirt.
So he didn't wear the shirt.
"No...! No!" Twilight said in her sleep.
"STOP!" She screamed.
"We can't stop, silly!" Pinkie said.
"What the...?" Twilight asked in her sleep.
She was dreaming about Midnight Sparkle.
Hopefully she won't be back, amirite?
"This never happened before... Has it? Does she usually get night terrors?" Gohan asked.
"A few times." Spike said.
"Wake up, Twilight!" Spike yelled.
She snapped awake.
"Hey, are you okay?" Sunset asked.
"I'm fine...! Just a bit of a nightmare, that's all..." Twilight said.
"What was it about?" Gohan asked.
"It doesn't matter..." Twilight said.
Sunset was about to press further, but-
"We are gonna have so much fun! We're gonna roast marshmallows and eat marshmallows and sleep on marshmallow pillows!" Pinkie said.
"That sounds fun." Gohan said.
"Yeah, probably not gonna happen." Rainbow Dash said.
"Maybe YOU'RE not..." Pinkie said, hugging a bag of marshmallows.
"Ooh, can I have a pillow?" Gohan asked.
"Sure!" Pinkie said.
'Okay, Twilight had something worse than a nightmare.' Sunset thought.
"Really wish Goten could've come." Gohan said.
"You two are the inseparable brothers." Sunset said.
"Why?" Pinkie asked.
"I mean, he really wanted to go, and we really wanted to have a fishing competition." Gohan said.
"But you didn't bring anything." Rainbow Dash said.
"Well, I brought these." Gohan said, patting the pouch of senzu beans.
"Hopefully we won't need them." He added.
"Attention, students." Celestia said.
"We're almost there. But before we arrive, we just wanted to say how proud we are of you for raising enough money to go on this class field trip." She said.
"When we were your age, we made some of our favorite memories in these woods, and we're sure you will, too." Luna said.
"When I was four, I lived alone in the woods for a year. Those aren't my favorite memories." Gohan whispered to Sunset.
***
"What am I gonna do? I'm hungry and cold... I sure wish I had some pork dumplings..." Gohan said.
He was four, wearing a tank top and green pants.
Then he heard giant footsteps nearby.
***
He was being chased by a goddamn dinosaur on the first day.
***
Sunset giggled.
"Now, who's excited for Camp Everfree!?" Celestia asked, throwing a fist up.
Pretty much every student cheered.
"Oh wait, we just hit traffic." Celestia said.
The students all "Aww!"ed.
***
The students got closer to Camp Everfree.
Sunset was hugging Gohan's arm, which still confused him.
And she fell asleep on it.
But that's the not weird thing, the weird thing was that he felt something strange in the forest.
'That's odd... Where did this power come from?' He thought.
'Eh, it's nothing to worry about. Or... Is it? Last time I underestimated something it was bad for me. Eh, I'll take that bet. Only other worldly creatures have been a real nuisance.' He thought.
***
Well, Camp Everfree.
The students were grabbing their luggage from the bus.
Gohan... didn't bring anything.
He didn't need to.
"Isn't Camp Everfree just beautiful? I can't wait until we have our first nature walk." Fluttershy said.
"I definitely wanna go on one of those." Spike said.
"You wanna see all the adorable woodland creatures, too?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah! Specifically squirrels. More specifically, so I can chase 'em!" Spike said, barking.
"I can't wait until we go fishing!" Gohan said.
"I hope they have Paozu tuna here!" He added.
"Or something similar, at least." He ended.
"Again, you didn't bring a fishing rod, though." Rainbow Dash said.
"Who says I needed that? I'm gonna catch it with my hands!" Gohan said, clenching his fists a few times.
"Typical." Sunset said before giggling.
"That's how the Goku family always did it. I mean, I was pounding the tuna when I was five." Gohan said.
Then the Humane 7 all looked at him.
"What? Without my dad, my mother needed someone to do it." He said.
Rainbow Dash started laughing, then after five seconds she was done.
"Anyway... I'm just lookin' forward to roughin' it. I'm gonna make my own shelter, forage for food..." Applejack said.
"Uh, you know they provide us with food and tents, right?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yup! Still gonna forage though." Applejack said.
"You probably should because Gohan might devour the food supply." Sunset said.
Everyone laughed.
"Ha... I'm just after some R&R. The past two years has all been a bit too much for my tastes." Rarity said.
"I'll say! We meet a superpowered alien without even realizing it, who changes his hair color to power up, fought three evil sirens who tried to hypnotize everybody with their singing, one ridiculously competitive rival school, then the alien's brother comes along, one giant monster that took a while to beat, with the same four foot tall alien somehow turning into a were monkey that also exploded into a gigantic dragon bigger and a gazillion times longer than the monster and fought two demon friends!" Pinkie sputtered.
Then she realized who was there.
"Uh, no offense." Pinkie said.
"None taken." Sunset said. She turned to Twilight. "You'll get used to it." She said.
"None taken as well." Gohan said.
"Well, Canterlot High has become a regular magic magnet. Gonna be nice gettin' away to a place where we don't have to worry about that kinda stuff." Applejack said.
"Plus, we have the extra protection just in case it so happens that we get attacked by magical creatures here." Rarity said.
"Who don't even use magic." Twilight said.
"It's like steroids with Gohan." Rainbow Dash said.
"You guys have to be the strongest on this planet under me and Goten. You should be able to defend yourselves if necessary." Gohan said.
Flash Sentry brought Twilight her bag.
"Here you go, Twilight." He said.
"Thank you, Flash!" Twilight said.
"You're welcome!" He said, walking away.
"See you around!" Twilight said.
Sunset smirked at Twilight.
"He's totally into you." She said.
"Really?" Twilight asked sarcastically.
"After every basketball game he comes up to me, he plays songs for me, and he just asked me out. I would've never known!" She said.
"What'd you tell him?" Sunset asked.
"Can't say." Twilight said.
Then the announcements came from the loud speaker.
Some feedback was there.
Gohan was most affected by that crusty shit, because his hearing's a million times better.
"Hey, everyone! If you could start heading to the courtyard, that would be rad! It's time to start the best week of camp ever!" A voice said.
***
They were all at the courtyard.
"Hi, everyone! Welcome to Camp Everfree! I'm Gloriosa Daisy, your camp director! Think of me as your friendly camp and nature guide. And this is my brother, Timber Spruce!" Gloriosa Daisy said on the microphone.
"Think of me as that awesome guy... who should always be invited to fun things." Timber Spruce said.
'I just realizing how generic these names are.' Gohan thought.
"We aim to please, so before we hand out our tent assignments, we'd like to hear from all of you. You're free to do whatever you like here." Gloriosa said.
"Uh, except hike near the rock quarry. That's off limits." Timber said.
"Yes, but otherwise your options are wide open! So what activities will make this the very best week of your lives ever?" Gloriosa asked.
"Ooh! Rock climbing!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Done!" Gloriosa said.
"Archery!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Of course!" Gloriosa said.
"Tetherball!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Naturally." Gloriosa said.
Sunset pulled Rainbow Dash away.
"Rainbow, I know you're excited, but maybe give somebody else a chance to make a suggestion." She said.
"Arts and crafts!" Bulk Biceps said.
Some people looked at him.
"My mom... needs new pot holders." He said.
"I'll supply the looms!" Gloriosa said.
"Cookie decorating!" Pinkie said, licking her lips.
"Ooh, I do make a mean sugar cookie!" Gloriosa said.
"Early morning nature walks?" Fluttershy asked.
"With walking sticks for everyone!" Gloriosa said.
"Ooh! Me!" Rarity said. "Oh, uh... a fashion show! Where I design the most fabulous camp looks inspired by today's hottest trends AND have them modeled by my classmates in a gorgeous outdoor setting!" She said.
"A camp tradition!" Gloriosa said.
"We have literally never done that." Timber said.
"Flying!" Gohan yelled.
"I- What?" Gloriosa asked.
"Flying sounds fun, but maybe you should pick another one." Applejack said.
"Sparring!" Gohan yelled.
"A-Again, not something they do, Gohan." Applejack said.
"Fishing!" Gohan said.
"The fish are right over there!" Gloriosa said, pointing at the lake.
"Yay!" Gohan said, jumping once.
They were able to see Gohan's tail.
"Do you have a tail?" Timber asked.
"I do." Gohan said.
"A-Anyway... I-I'll be taking requests the rest of the time you're here, so if there's anything you'd like to do, anything you need, just ask." Gloriosa said, regaining her composure.
Twilight and Timber looked at each other and she blushed a bit.
Ooh...
"What about the camp gift? That was MY favorite Camp Everfree tradition!" Celestia said.
"The camp gift, of course!" Gloriosa said.
"Really?" Timber whispered.
"Yes really!" Gloriosa whispered.
"I just thought..." Timber whispered.
"Then you thought wrong!" She whispered.
"Anyone else picking up on a little tension between Gloriosa and her brother?" Sunset asked.
"Eh..." Pinkie and Twilight said.
"A little." Pinkie said.
"I'm picking up on some weird energy around them." Gohan said.
"That sounds weird." Sunset said.
"It's not much, just unusual." Gohan said.
"Every year, campers work together to create something useful. A gift for future campers. Working toward this common goal is key to forming the strong bonds that will last well beyond your time here at camp!" Gloriosa said.
Then she whispered to Timber. "Which is why it's so IMPORTANT."
"This gazebo was a gift from last year's group. Oh, oh, oh, and the totem pole and the sundial were also made by campers!" Gloriosa said.
"The sundial was OUR year's gift!" Celestia said.
Luna coughed. "Even though 'some people' thought it was a little impractical, since the sundial can't be used at night." She said.
Gloriosa chuckled. "You all seem like a really amazing group. So I'm certain you'll come up with something inspiring to leave behind!" She said.
Everyone started to cheer.
"Speaking of leaving things behind, now's the time when we give out tent assignments so you can leave your heavy bags behind." Timber said.
"Anyway, girls will be getting their assignments from Timber. Guys, you're with me." Gloriosa said.
So Gohan and the other boys gathered around her.
And the girls gathered around Timber.
So they lined up to get which tent they're in.
How?
Put your hand in a bag, then you see what you get.
Pinkie pulled out the emerald one.
"Yay! I'm in the Emerald Tent!" She said.
Rarity was also emerald, Rainbow Dash and Applejack were aquamarine, and Fluttershy and Twilight were sapphire.
Gohan and Sunset were in the same tent, too. Ruby.
"I got ruby!" Sunset said.
"Hey, so did I!" Gohan said.
"Really? There must've been a mistake." Timber said.
"Why?" Sunset asked.
"Well, a few times we've had boys and girls share the same tent, but it's supposed to be two boys or two girls." Timber said.
"Well, I don't mind my selection." Sunset said, wrapping an arm around Gohan and pulling him in tight.
"We're dating." She said.
Gohan nervously smiled and chuckled.
'I guess she wants it to be public.' He thought.
"Oh. That's good. We've had reported sexual harassment in the tents when it came to a boy and a girl." Timber said.
Sunset let go of Gohan.
"I have a sapphire." Fluttershy said.
"Me too! I mean, I'm assuming I am. Heheh. Technically, sapphires aren't just blue. Heheh. They can be pink, purple, yellow..." Twilight rambled.
"Yeah, but they're mostly blue. That's why they're named after the Latin word sapphirus." Timber said, ignoring the fact that it happened again.
Twilight smiled back at him.
"That means blue!" He whispered.
"I know! But did you know that sapphires are just rubies without chromium?" Twilight whispered.
"No. But did you know that Sapphire Tent is the best one?" Timber asked, taking Twilight's card.
"No, why's that?" Twilight asked.
"Because you're in it." Timber flirted, raising his eyebrows a few times.
"Oh, I bet you say that to all the campers." Twilight said, taking the card back.
"Not true." Timber said, turning to Gohan.
"You're in the ruby tent? Hah! That's the worst one!" Timber said.
"It is? I don't really see much of a difference other than the gemstones. The ruby and the sapphire have practically the same hardness on the Mohs scale. The only difference is chromium, rarity and usual color. Unless you mean that the tent itself is in bad condition..." Gohan said.
"Oh. You're good at gemstones?" Timber asked.
"They're boring, but yeah." Gohan said.
"Boring?" Timber asked, a little offended.
"Then what's your favorite subject?" He asked.
"Theoretical physics. But I guess at this point it's just physics." Gohan said.
"What do you mean by that?" Timber asked.
"I am not going tell a long story." Gohan said.
"Oh, that's okay. The ruby tent isn't the worst, it's actually great." Timber said.
"I know. I'm sharing it with the best possible person!" Gohan said.
"Uh..." Bulk Biceps asked. "Where's the Amethyst tent?" He asked.
"I'll go show you. See you around!" Timber said.
The other girls giggled.
"What?" Twilight asked.
"Nothin..." Applejack said.
"Ooh, that was adorable!" Rarity said.
"What?" Twilight asked.
"Now you have two guys on your tail. Good luck." Gohan said.
"Oh..." Twilight said, blushing.
Gloriosa blew a whistle. "Okay, everyone, go get settled in. We'll be meeting at the docks in fifteen minutes to go over some camp safety rules. Let me know if you need anything!" She said.
Then some guy in a limo came.
Filthy Rich.
"I need somethin'." He said.
"Filthy Rich! So nice to see you..." Gloriosa said, pulling him away from the crowds.
"What are you DOING here?" She asked.
"Just takin' in the scenery, Gloriosa Daisy. It's so... hmm... relaxin'." Filthy said.
"Well, you can look around when camp is over. Now, if you don't mind..." Gloriosa said.
The two had a bit of a staring contest.
"Fine." He said, getting in his limo.
Then she noticed Twilight, Sunset and Gohan watching.
"Filthy Rich is, uh, an alumni of the camp. He likes to check on his old stomping grounds every now and again. But enough about him. Find your tents and put away your things. We've got the best week of camp ever to begin!" Gloriosa said.
***
Gohan helped Sunset unpack in the tent.
"We got lucky, huh?" Sunset asked.
"Yeah. I can't believe it. Thank the Kais that happened." Gohan said, dropping his pouch of senzu beans in his chest at the foot of his bed.
"When are you going to train?" Sunset asked.
"After there's nothing else to do. I don't want to disrupt anyone. And freak those two out more than I already have with my tail." Gohan said.
"I wonder how they'll react to the fishing." Sunset said.
"Speaking of which..." Gohan said, setting some of her stuff in the chest at the foot of her bed.
"Time to get some dinner!" He said, about to run off.
"Wait." Sunset said.
"Huh?" Gohan asked.
Sunset walked up to Gohan and gave him a peck on the cheek.
He blushed a bit.
I mean, he would prefer a regular one... But that was still touching.
"It's a good luck charm." She said.
"Thanks..." He said, running off.
Sunset giggled.
'He's cute.' She thought.
***
Applejack and Rarity were walking around the tents.
Rarity sighed. "I'm all for learning safety rules, but I do hope I can get started on my designs for the camp fashion show sooner rather than later." She said.
"Huh. I still can't believe you talked Gloriosa into havin' a fashion show. We're in the middle of the woods, for cryin' out loud! We're supposed to be roughin' it!" Applejack said.
"Gohan didn't bring any luggage or clothes! This would be perfect for him!" Rarity said.
"And...? I mean, Gohan makes his own clothes appear. The only bad one is that cape he likes to wear." Applejack said.
"It's clear from Gloriosa's own wardrobe that she appreciates a well put together look. Even if we are in the 'middle of the woods.'" Rarity said.
"Fair enough. Just as long as you don't put me in your fancy pants outfits." Applejack said, walking away.
Rarity smirked and crossed her arms.
Applejack came back. "...You're gonna, aren't ya?" She asked.
"No. Yes!" Rarity said.
They continued their conversation from that point.
Twilight was unpacking in the tent.
Fluttershy was already by the dock.
Sunset came in.
Since Gohan just decided to run off.
"Hey." She said.
"Hi." Twilight said.
Sunset pulled out a flashlight and tried to be a ghost before putting it away.
"That was weird back there, right? With that guy, Filthy Rich?" Sunset asked.
"Huh? Oh. Uh, I guess so." Twilight said.
"I just have this feeling that Gloriosa's hiding something. Her brother is pretty cute, though, huh?" Sunset asked with a smirk.
Twilight blushed a bit. "He's okay..." She said.
"Ooh~! Now look who's trying to hide something. Now you have two guys to choose from." Sunset said, giggling.
"Hey!" Twilight said.
"Hey, you did this to me when you found out on the spot." Sunset said.
"Oh, I guess that's reasonable. Say... You never told us how it went." Twilight said.
"It was hilarious. I poured my heart out twice, and he didn't understand. When we kissed, he didn't even know what that was either." Sunset said.
"He's smart, but clueless! It's like standing in a wheelchair. Do you know how much of an oxymoron that is? Him and Timber are gemstone experts, but Gohan is no romance expert." Twilight giggled.
"I like how naive he is, though. It's funny, but kinda cute too." Sunset said.
"Okay, well... That's good." Twilight said.
"But I'm a little concerned about you. On the bus you were spazzing out." Sunset said.
"Probably had another one of her nightmares." Spike said.
Twilight threw her socks on Spike.
"I'm fine. I mean, what do I have to complain about? Ever since I transferred here, everyone from CHS has been really nice and accepting, especially considering what happened at the Friendship Games." Twilight said.
"That wasn't your fault. Principal Cinch is the one who encouraged you to try and use all that magic to win the Games for Crystal Prep. You weren't ready to have that kind of power. Especially against us... But it's over now. And if there's any group that's gonna forgive you for something that happened in the past, trust me, it's this one. Two of us have already gone through the same thing." Sunset said.
"And if it ever happens... Gohan will just shut it down." Twilight said.
"Or us." Sunset said.
"Yeah." Twilight said.
"You guys comin' or what?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Be right there!" Sunset said.
"I just wanna put on some sunscreen. Can I borrow yours?" Sunset asked.
"Sure! Let me just find it..." Twilight said.
"Huh. I could've sworn I packed it." Twilight said.
Sunset was looking, too.
"Found it!" Twilight said, pointing at the sun- What the fuck?
It's floating?
Everything around them, including Spike is, too.
Somewhere on the docks...
'Why does it feel like Twilight kind of ponied up?' Gohan thought.
"Did you...? How is this possible!?" Sunset asked.
"I can't believe this! It's..." Twilight said.
"Amazing!" "Terrible!" Sunset and Twilight said at the same time.
Then Twilight somehow dropped everything.
"Are you kidding? This is great! I mean, we've all ponied up before, gotten the whole ears and wings and tail thing, shot magical rainbow lasers, gain extreme power, but nothing like this has ever happened! How did you do it?" Sunset asked.
"I don't know! Maybe I didn't. Maybe it's her!" Twilight said, referring to Midnight Sparkle.
She was freaking out.
"Her who?" Sunset asked.
"Nothing. Never mind. Can we just not talk about it? And could you please not bring this whole levitating thing up to the others?" Twilight asked.
"Why not?" Sunset asked.
"You heard Applejack. This is supposed to be the place where everyone can get away from magic. I don't want them to know I brought some crazy new kind with me." Twilight said.
"I won't say anything, but I doubt Gohan won't find out." Sunset said.
"Thank you." Twilight said, walking out the tent.
"Okay, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing!" Sunset exclaimed.
Sunset saw the sunscreen and tried herself.
"Aw..." She said.
"I think you're just gonna have to pick it up." Spike said.
"I'll just do it the traditional way." Sunset said, barely struggling to lift it with her ki.
Well, she got it to her hands.
"Woah. How'd you do that?" Spike asked.
"Gohan gave me a private lesson." Sunset said.
"That's cool. You two kissed then?" Spike asked with a smirk.
"That was before last week, Spike." Sunset said.
"Oh." Spike said.
Sunset walked out of the tent.
As she walked, she accidentally ran into Gloriosa.
'Show up like that!' Sunset heard in her head.
"What did you say?" Sunset asked.
"I... didn't say anything. Just here to make sure everyone was headed over to the docks! Did you need something?" Gloriosa asked.
"Nope." Sunset said.
"Because if there is anything I can do to make this week the best week ever, you just let me know. I've got this!" Gloriosa said.
"I'm fine." Sunset said.
"Also, I was given a tip that we messed up on the tent sharing?" Gloriosa asked.
"It's boys with boys and girls with girls, but I somehow landed in the same tent as a boy." Sunset said.
"Do you want to change?" Gloriosa asked.
"Nope!" Sunset said.
"You sure you don't need anything?" Gloriosa asked.
"No thanks, I'm good." Sunset said.
Gloriosa walked away.
Spike happened to walk up to Sunset.
"People that chipper make me nervous." She said.
Then a hug came from behind. "This is gonna be so much fun!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"I guess not all people." Sunset said.
***
The Humane 7 were at the lake.
"Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it? It looks like a diamond shining in the sun!" Rarity said.
A giant fish was punched out of the deep end of the water.
It was similar to Paozu tuna, and that shit's huge.
"It is lovely out here. The fresh air, the cool breeze, the birds that land on your finger..." Fluttershy said, having a bird land on her finger.
Another fish.
"And the fish getting punched out of the water..." Pinkie said.
"I think that only happens to you, Fluttershy." Rainbow Dash said.
Fluttershy shook her head. "I've seen Gohan do it." She said.
Gloriosa came, and now the kids were around Gloriosa.
"Lake activities are available every day until sunset, so if you want to canoe, sail, windsurf, or swim, just let me know." She said.
"Then someone needs to get Gohan out of the water because he's still punching fish out of the water." Rainbow Dash said.
"He's doing what!?" Gloriosa asked.
Then a giant tuna fell to her feet.
"Sorry! You can have that one!" Gohan yelled before diving back in.
"Is he doing that without a bathing suit!?" Gloriosa asked.
"How many of those are in the lake...?" Twilight asked.
"A lot. But how is he even doing that? I could've sworn I kept them away..." Gloriosa said, referring to the fish deep inside the lake.
"Kept what away? He's natural like that. The flying, the energy blasts, the teleportation, and pretty much anything." Sunset said.
"He does what!?" Gloriosa asked.
"He even taught us a few moves! Like this! Whee!" Pinkie said, flying around Sunset.
"And he taught us to do this." Sunset said, holding her hand out and making a ball of ki.
Gloriosa looked like she was about to faint.
Everyone stopped those things.
***
Fluttershy was feeding the ducks, Gohan was now just swimming in the water and Twilight was walking.
"Aren't they just the cutest!?" Fluttershy asked.
Twilight nodded, but then a piece of wood broke and she fell over.
Timber caught her, luckily.
"Whoa! I know I'm charming, but you don't have to fall for me." He said.
Flash looked from afar and sighed.
Sunset walked up to him.
"Guess I can't get too jealous, right? After all, she isn't MY Twilight. Not that the other Twilight was mine! But we were... you know." He said.
'So she declined... I think.' Sunset thought.
"Yeah, I get it. I mean, I know. But your Twilight is a princess in Equestria. Hate to break it to you, but that's where she's gonna spend most of her time." Sunset said.
"Does he hang around her often?" Flash asked, pointing at Gohan.
"Yeah, pretty much. Don't think he's trying to get her. He can never see it that way." Sunset said.
"Why?" Flash asked.
"He already found someone." Sunset said.
"Really? That's interesting. Who?" Flash asked.
Sunset giggled and blushed.
"...No...... Really?" Flash asked.
"Yeah.... Heheh..." Sunset said.
"Oh... A-Anyway, you're saying I just need to get over her?" Flash said.
"Maybe. I mean, the princess is definitely into you. Trust me, I know. But she's not gonna be around. The last time she came she wasn't even here for ten seconds. She just had to get him to fight some evil universe overlord." Sunset said, pointing at Gohan.
Who was playing with smaller fish.
Then someone threw a marshmallow at his forehead.
It was Pinkie.
"Why'd you do that?" Gohan asked.
"FEED IT TO THE FISHIES!" Pinkie screamed.
"They don't even eat this! What are you thinking!?" Gohan asked.
"I guess you're right. Ouch. You're not pulling any punches." Flash said.
"Not really my thing, sorry." Sunset said, lightly punching his shoulder.
"Stop pegging marshmallows at me!" Gohan yelled, catching marshmallows and eating a few.
"No!" Pinkie yelled, throwing marshmallows at Gohan.
Then Gohan saw the biggest fish in the lake right under him.
Yeah, a nice 40 feet under him.
He grinned. 'That's a big one! Here I come!' He thought before diving down into the water.
A marshmallow missed him soon after.
"Aw!" Pinkie said.
Luna, Celestia and Gloriosa were inspecting the damaged wood.
"This is a safety hazard. I suggest we close down the dock for the remainder of the camp." Luna said.
The students all groaned.
"Oh, I'm sure it won't have to be for the remainder of camp. Just needs to be patched up a bit. I've got this!" Gloriosa said.
"Huh. Or maybe we do! If you ask me, this whole dock needs to go." Applejack said, kicking the wood off the log.
"Building a new one could be our camp gift. Sure, it would benefit us, but a nice new dock would benefit future campers, too." She said.
The students cheered.
"I don't know. It's an awful lot of work. I wouldn't want you guys to miss out on doing other fun camp stuff because you're so busy building a dock for future campers." Timber said.
Sunset noticed the tension between the siblings again.
"I hear what you're saying, Timber, but we're Canterlot Wondercolts. We've got a reputation to uphold! And there was no way we're gonna leave this place without contributing the most awesome camp gift ever! I'm with AJ. Building a new dock is definitely it! What do you guys think?" Rainbow Dash asked.
The students cheered.
"How will we do this? It's going to be difficult to take this apart." Timber asked.
"Don't worry! We have the perfect destruction plan! And maybe the perfect construction plan... Hey Gohan! Get out of the water!" Sunset yelled.
Gohan jumped out of the water onto land with the biggest fish in the lake in one hand.
"Why isn't he wearing a bathing suit?" Timber asked.
"He drys off very easily." Rarity said.
Gohan shook himself dry, so his hair was its usual spikyness.
"How is he holding that fish!?" Timber asked.
"He's really, really strong." Rainbow Dash said.
"What's up?" Gohan asked.
"Why don't you destroy the dock for us?" Sunset asked.
"With ki or...?" Gohan asked.
"Either or." Sunset said.
Gohan started to walk to the end of the dock, on the land.
"What are you gonna do?" Timber asked.
"You guys should probably get off the dock." Gohan said.
The principals and Gloriosa got off.
Gohan dug his fingers underneath the dock.
"He'll get hurt!" Gloriosa said.
"No he won't. He's taken on worse." Applejack said.
"Much, much worse." Sunset said.
Then a loud crack could be heard.
Gohan lifted the entire dock!
It was surprisingly intact.
The two siblings looked in shock.
The others just got used to it.
"Looks like it's settled, then... We have no dock now." Gloriosa said.
***
The building of the docks was occurring.
Some students were struggling to hit nails in.
Most notably Derpy.
Kept missing the nail.
And Timber smashed his thumb.
"Ack!" He yelled, grabbing his thumb.
"Are you okay?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine..." Timber said.
"Should I hit the nail in?" Gohan asked.
"If you want." Timber said, holding the hammer out to him.
Gohan just knelt down and pressed his thumb on the nail, getting it in the wood.
Timber was surprised yet again.
"All right, now. You've made a lot of progress, but it's going to be getting dark soon. We can pick this up tomorrow between our other camp activities." Celestia said.
"Everyone, get cleaned up, and we'll gather by the fire pit at eight to share s'mores and scary stories!" Gloriosa said.
"And maybe you can have some of the fish I caught!" Gohan said, pointing to his collection of Paozu-like tuna.
"You're willing to share?" Gloriosa asked.
"I wouldn't want to hog it all for myself." Gohan said.
***
It was six.
Assignments were done, so hey!
'Training time!' Gohan thought, running off to a secluded location.
Nice forest, a mountain right nearby, and the breeze was nice.
He wasn't near the rock quarry.
Gohan got on one hand for push-ups.
'I really wish dad was back to see my progress. Or really to defend the planet in place of me. It's kind of getting in the way of my studies.' He thought as he did push-ups.
'I bet me getting the power of a Super Saiyan would really make him proud! Maybe I'll go visit Other World again while I'm here, try and find them again. But they're probably destroyed like Bulma and Trunks. I'm just hoping not. Dad's too strong for that! He's the best, stronger than me, even! I'm sure of it! But I wonder if he got any new forms.' He thought.
***
"This is a power beyond that of a Super Saiyan God!" Goku said.
***
'I bet it's really cool! Much cooler than Super Saiyan 4, I bet. That just looks like a monkey Super Saiyan, in my opinion.' Gohan thought as he switched hands.
'Goten really needs to meet him. Dad would call him 'mini me!' Because he is quite literally a miniature version of dad. I'm really excited to meet him again, too. I just want it to happen soon!' He thought.
'Santa Claus may say he's a threat to the entire universe, but that's never gonna happen! He would never!' He thought.
***
"IF WE LOSE, THE UNIVERSE WILL BE DESTROYED!? YOU DUMBASS!" Beerus yelled.
***
'I really wonder what other antics are going to affect Equestria. First it was Bojack, then Hirudegarn, and Frieza...' Gohan thought as he stood up.
"Hey." A voice said from behind.
Gohan looked over his shoulder. "Sunset?" He asked.
"You're training, huh?" Sunset asked.
Gohan turned around and nodded.
"Care if I join you?" Sunset asked, getting into a fighting pose.
Pretty much Gohan's.
"I suppose I won't." Gohan said.
Sunset charged at Gohan, throwing a fist.
Gohan dodged, then dodged another punch and then a kick.
He caught a chop by Sunset and threw her to the side.
She grabbed the ground and used her feet to stop her momentum.
She jumped back into the fray.
With a new technique.
Gohan thought he was seeing things, because all of a sudden he saw two Sunsets on top of each other charging at him.
Instead of using his sensing, he acted on instinct, trying to block from above.
He was going to transition down when the first one hit, since she was attacking first.
But, when the one on top threw a punch, it went right through him.
"What the-" Gohan said before Sunset punched him in the stomach.
She grinned.
But it do no damage since, well, she was not really that strong.
"Wow. That was good." Gohan said, jumping back.
"Oh wait, I forgot to pony up. No wonder it didn't work! One sec." Sunset said, ponying up.
Her usual white aura turned red.
"You get stronger every time I see you." Gohan said.
"I've got more up my sleeve!" Sunset said with a smirk before darting right for Gohan.
Sunset started rushing him with barrages of punches and kicks.
Gohan was just blocking.
'Her speed's improved a lot! I feel a bit more malice than usual from her... Is it the relationship or something?' He thought.
Eventually Sunset threw a kick upwards, which he jumped high up to dodge.
"Gotcha." She muttered before trailing him from the side.
Gohan aimed his palm at her and fired a wave of ki.
Sunset was pushed back, but she flew back at him.
She was on the exact same level of height as him now.
Now, Gohan saw it again.
Two Sunsets on top of each other.
'I won't fall for it again!' He thought.
But for some reason, the Sunset on the bottom fell back, cupping her hands together, while the one on the top charged at Gohan head on.
Gohan aimed his hands at the Sunset on the bottom.
But, all of a sudden, the Sunset on the top smashed her fist downwards on his head!
Catching him completely by surprise.
He was sent towards the ground!
But that wasn't the last thing.
"Kamehameha!" Sunset below yelled, firing the Kamehameha wave at him.
A direct hit in the back!
He was sent flying into other trees.
The Sunset on the top disappeared into smoke.
But, Gohan recovered quickly, using the closest tree to jump down to the ground, and fly right back up to Sunset.
He punched her right in the cheek!
Caught her right off guard with that speed.
Sunset recoiled a bit before finally regaining her footing.
"Ouch... That was fast." Sunset said with a grin.
"Speak for yourself. You really caught me off guard with that." Gohan said.
Sunset chuckled. "I took the entire weekend to do them." She said.
"They were really cool." Gohan said.
"I tried doing your Multi-Form Technique, but that was the best I could do." Sunset said.
"Dang, it was faster than mine!" Gohan said.
"And you used the After Image Technique, I see. A much better version." He said.
"I realized I could move with the after image, too." Sunset said.
"That's great! It's really hard for me to do that." Gohan said.
"Right?" Sunset asked.
"You've got me pumped for some more training. Let's go!" Gohan said.
"Alrighty!" Sunset yelled as she charged at Gohan.
The two started throwing punches instead of it being one sided again.
***
Gohan and Sunset were laying down on the ground, panting.
Sunset had few cuts and scratches, while Gohan remained to be relatively unharmed.
"That... Was... Intense..." Sunset said.
Gohan sat up. "That was fun!" He said.
"I'm so sore..." Sunset said.
"I never thought you were able to fight so fiercely." Gohan said.
"Well, I was Princess Celestia's student..." Sunset said.
"I may have held back, but you really managed to tire me out." Gohan said.
"Wow... That's a real accomplishment for me." Sunset said.
Gohan chuckled. "I wish you could go Super Saiyan. Or that you were a Saiyan in general, that would be pretty cool." He said.
"So I would have that hack?" Sunset asked with a grin.
"Hack? Oh, you mean how I get stronger after every fight?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah. That's a bit unfair, dude." Sunset said, sitting up.
"Hey, I didn't ask to be a Saiyan. I'm happy, but it just got me into more troubles than I can count." Gohan said.
"Like seeing more people die than most people in general?" Sunset asked.
"Yeah, that. But, I guess these troubles are automatically made okay." Gohan said.
"How?" Sunset asked, genuinely confused.
He turned his head towards her.
"Because I'm with you now." Gohan flirted.
Sunset giggled and blushed. "You really think so?" She asked.
"I know so! I mean, I know I didn't even comprehend love before prom, but I like it. It's amazing how differently I can see you because of it." Gohan said.
Sunset hugged his arm and rested her head on his shoulder, making him blush. "I'm glad you're happy. At least I'm not just being a burden on you or anything." She said.
The size difference was laughable.
"Even if you were, right now, I wouldn't give up on you." Gohan said.
"Aw... That's sweet." Sunset said.
The two looked at each other.
Gohan with his usually open eyes and Sunset with her sultry eyes.
"Hey! Lovebirds!" Moment Killer Rainbow Dash yelled from behind.
Gohan and Sunset looked over their shoulders.
"It's storytelling time! Let's go!" Rainbow Dash said, running off.
***
Story telling was happening.
Gohan was eating the absurd amount of fish.
Everyone else just declined.
"...And that's when she looked down and realized she was wearing purple socks with a burgundy dress!" Rarity said, weeping.
Nothing really.
"Purple and burgundy, darlings! The same color family!" She yelled.
The other students weren't really scared.
"Uh... that was a terrifying story." Applejack joked.
Rainbow Dash chuckled. "Yeah, I'm terrified she'll try to tell it again." She said.
"Anyone else have a spooky story?" Luna asked.
Sunset nudged Gohan with her elbow. "Tell them a story!" She whispered.
"Too personal." Gohan said.
"You don't have to say you did it." Sunset whispered.
"Oh. Maybe. Hey, I-" "I have one. But I'm warning you, you might as well hug a friend now. That's how scary it is!" Timber interrupted.
Spike jumped to Fluttershy in fear, Fluttershy whimpered, Bulk Biceps was scared, and a lot of other things.
"I'm hugging the fish." Gohan said.
Everyone laughed.
"It's time I told you about the legend of Gaea Everfree." Timber said.
"Many years ago, my great-grandparents came to this forest. Seeing its beauty, they decided that it would be the perfect place for a camp. But once they started building, strange things started to happen. One pitch black night, when the wind was howling, a tree branch crashed through the roof of their cabin! They screamed and ran outside, only to see the giant creature rising from the earth! She had wild hair like the roots of a tree. Her mouth had jagged rock teeth and her eyes were pools of black tar. But her aura shimmered like diamonds. Anywhere she went, she left a trail of gem dust in her wake. Trembling, my great-grandparents asked who she was and what she wanted. In a deep and hollow voice, she told them that her name was Gaea Everfree - an ancient spirit who held domain over the forest, and that my great-grandparents were trespassing on her land. They begged her to let them stay and build their camp, to share this wonderful place with others. Gaea Everfree finally agreed but warned them that they would not be able to keep it forever. Someday, she will return and reclaim the forest as her own." He said.
"So if you see a trail of gem dust, you'll know that it is... Gaea Everfree!" He yelled.
And then Gloriosa came out of the bushes, making some students scream.
'Not that scary.' Gohan thought.
"Hey guys! Sorry! Didn't mean to scare you!" She said, sitting down.
"Then why'd you come out of the bushes?" Sunset asked.
"I... took the scenic route, because the forest is beautiful at night. But no one else should do it without a guide, kay?" Gloriosa said, sitting down.
"Anyway, that story is nothing!" Sunset said.
"Really? You can come up with better?" Timber asked.
"This guy can!" Sunset said, nudging Gohan.
"Oh, fine. I'll give a chronicle." Gohan said.
"Alright! He's sharing it!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Let me tell you the story about the Saiyans." Gohan said.
"There was a baby coming from a destroyed planet. His parents sent him to a distant planet called Earth so that he could either save himself or take it over."
***
"Then, the boy grew up! He was now an adult with a son and a wife. Everything was peachy... Until the Saiyans came. One Saiyan who survived the doomed planet came to Earth to see the boy. Turns out, it was his brother! He kidnapped his son!"
***
"The boy sacrificed himself in order to save the planet, being drilled right in the stomach! The blood was everywhere, and he was on his last legs." Gohan said.
Some students cowered in fear.
"I-Is that it?" Gloriosa asked.
"No, we're just getting started! He died!" Gohan said.
***
"The two other Saiyans showed up!"
***
"Oh god, everyone's dead! One got blown up, one lost his arm and then died, another blew himself up and the boy's greatest enemy sacrificed himself for his son."
***
"He gets there, and makes the first one pay! Eventually he broke his back saving the two survivors!"
***
"He turned into a giant monkey, crushing the boy!"
***
"And with that, he was let go. Many fell, but Earth remained standing. But, the next adventure involves a new planet. A planet called Namek... Where there was more bloodshed, a freaky alien genotype and when you thought it can't get any worse... The planet explodes." Gohan ended.
Pretty much everyone but the Humane 7 and Spike was trembling.
"O-Okay, that's scary and sad." Timber said.
"Very, very descriptive." Gloriosa said.
"It's a true story!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Where did any of this come from!?" Snips asked.
"Can't say." Gohan said.
"You won't tell us the origin?" Timber asked.
"Planet Earth." Gohan said.
"That's... Where even is that?" Timber asked.
"Another solar system." Gohan said.
"Can't you be more specific?" Trixie asked.
"Nope!" Gohan said.
"All right, everybody, time to head to your tents." Gloriosa said.
***
Well, everyone was in their tent.
Everyone was going to sleep.
Gohan sighed as he took off his boot.
"Is something wrong?" Sunset asked.
"I think I just endangered the fish population." Gohan said.
Sunset giggled. "Is that what's wrong?" She asked.
"Not really, I just have a bad feeling about this place." Gohan said, taking off his wristbands.
"What do you mean?" Sunset asked.
"I feel like there's a pretty big power from somewhere, I felt like Twilight ponied up for a moment, and Gloriosa has a weird power level." Gohan said.
"Well... I don't know anything that could add up to that." Sunset said.
"I wouldn't expect you to." Gohan said. "I haven't taught you sensing yet." He added.
He started to take his weighted shirt off.
"You have...not..." Sunset said, looking at his body a bit.
She looked away as quickly as she could.
He put his orange shirt back on.
See, he learned from that mistake.
"But Camp Everfree's good, right?" Sunset asked.
"Yeah. It's a good place to stay, I'd say." Gohan said, laying down on the bed.
"Timber's story seemed a bit scary when Gloriosa randomly showed up, huh?" Sunset asked.
"Not really. The only random part about that was her random increase in power." Gohan said.
"She had a what?" Sunset asked.
"An increase in power. As if she had gone through some training." Gohan said.
"Oh... That doesn't sound good." Sunset said.
"I mean, it's no threat. You don't even have to pony up to surpass her or anything." Gohan said.
"I guess that's a relief." Sunset said.
"Did that scare you or something?" Gohan asked.
"Kind of. I don't want to fight any more monsters because the last time we almost got killed trying to help." Sunset said.
"That's why I said no originally." Gohan said.
"But we did it anyway." Sunset said.
"Which scared me beyond anything." Gohan said.
Sunset giggled. "Alright, good night, Gohan." She said.
"Good night." Gohan said, getting under the covers.
'Maybe I should introduce him to cuddling tomorrow.' Sunset thought.
***
It was morning and-
Goddamnit, another nightmare for Twilight.
Midnight keeps terrorizing the poor girl, damn it!
And she burst awake with another-
"NO!" She screamed.
Waking Fluttershy up.
She sprang out of bed on a handstand.
"What happened Mr. Bear!? The monster won't win against Friendship!" She said half asleep.
"What? Sorry, Fluttershy... Nothing happened." Twilight said.
Fluttershy collapsed back onto the bed.
She got the covers back on herself and fell back asleep.
'Thank goodness... Now, what do I do about this...?' Twilight thought.
She was making the bed, the lamp, the luggage and the bed for Spike float.
She accidentally made everything fall.
Woke Spike up.
"Is it time to get up already...?" He asked before falling back asleep.
***
Everyone was by the dock.
Gohan sported the Piccolo gi without the cape.
It was with a blue belt and wristbands instead of red this time.
Derpy and Sandalwood were sailing.
Twilight was walking up to Sunset.
"Sunset, something happened this morning." She said.
"What?" Sunset asked.
"I was making everything float without realizing it." Twilight whispered.
"Oh. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Unless it did harm..." Sunset said.
"It didn't, but I couldn't control it." Twilight said.
Derpy and Sandalwood were just stuck there with no wind.
But then they instantly sprang at 200 miles per hour towards the dock and destroyed part of it!
"What happened!?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I didn't mean to!" Twilight said.
"We didn't see anything, so we don't know what happened." Sunset said, rushing to the scene.
"Are you okay?" Sunset asked Sandalwood.
"Yeah. It was so weird. We were stuck in a middle of the lake with no wind, then all of a sudden, bam! The wind picked up, and we were pushed right into the dock." Sandalwood said.
Timber took him and Derpy elsewhere.
Pinkie gasped. "You don't think it was the spirit, do you!?" She asked.
"No... It was me..." Twilight muttered.
"Hey... Why are you wearing that today?" Pinkie asked.
"Where'd you even get it from without any luggage?" Trixie asked.
"I made it." Gohan said.
But then he felt some shit in the river.
"What's that?" Rarity asked, pointing at some magic in the river.
"Is that magic?" Gohan asked.
'Nonononononononono!' Twilight thought.
"Magic? You're kidding, right?" Applejack asked.
Gohan was about to answer then saw the nervousness on Twilight's face.
"...Yeah, I'm only kidding. It must be some sort of dye." He lied.
Confusing Twilight.
'She has to answer some questions later.' He thought.
"Oh, man! All our hard work! Ruined!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Not all of it. Only that small portion of the dock was ruined." Gohan said.
"At least the fishies are eating well." Fluttershy said.
"The little ones, at least." Gohan said.
"Let's salvage what we can out of the water. Maybe we can still fix this." Sunset said.
"On it!" Gohan said, jumping into the water.
"We have to try! Camp Everfree needs a runway!" Rarity said.
"Dock." Applejack corrected.
"Dock. Yes. That's what I meant." Rarity said.
Twilight ended up running away for...
You know, reasons.
She ran into the forest.
***
Sunset was looking around for Twilight.
She even looked in the sapphire tent, but no luck.
Spike didn't know either.
"Hey Gohan, do you know where Twilight is?" Sunset asked in the Ruby tent.
Gohan pointed a finger in a certain direction.
"Thanks!" Sunset said, running off.
Spike followed her.
'I really want to know what she's hiding... Eh, I'll ask later. Right now...' Gohan said, pulling out some leftover fish from yesterday and licking his lips.
***
Twilight was wandering around the forest.
"Keep it together... Deep breaths... You are NOT a monster." Twilight repeated to herself.
Then she bumped into something and screamed.
That something screamed too.
It was Timber.
"Oh, hi!" Twilight said, before chuckling nervously. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Uh...... Looking for you." Timber said, pointing at Twilight.
"Oh, I just went on a nature walk and got a little lost." Twilight said.
"Let me show you the way." Timber said, walking away.
Twilight followed.
"I'm kind of an expert at these woods. I've lived here my whole life." He said.
"That must have been nice. Growing up at a camp." Twilight said.
"Yeah, though it has its downsides. When I was younger, I wished we'd sell this place so we could live in a town like normal people." Timber said.
"Really?" Twilight asked.
"I was ten. I really wanted to hang around the mall." Timber said.
The two giggled a bit.
"I've never told that to anyone. You must be special." He said.
The two blushed.
Ooh...
"And not just because you have tree branch in your hair." He said, taking said thing out of her hair.
"Ugh. How long has that been in there?" Twilight asked.
"Not long. Just the whole time we've been talking." Timber said.
"Then why didn't you say something?" Twilight asked.
Sunset and Spike watched from a bush.
"I guess we can help Twilight deal with the magic stuff a little later." She said.
***
Now the campers were rock climbing.
"Rock climbing is all about perseverance and trust. Rarity, you can trust that Applejack will spot you." Celestia said.
"Or if she can't, I'll just fly out of it." Rarity said.
"Yeah, so you can totally go faster than you're going." Rainbow Dash said.
"Rainbow Dash!" Applejack said.
"Sorry! I've been waiting to do this since we got here! And they won't let us do it without a partner!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Then what's he doing?" Rarity asked, pointing at Gohan, who was rock climbing.
About 60% of the way up.
"What the... He's gonna get hurt!" Timber said.
Twilight also just got here.
"No he isn't." Twilight said.
"He's ten or something! We have to get him down!" Timber said.
"I don't think we need to. He can just fly down if he wants to. Or he could've flown up, either way." Rainbow Dash said.
"Flying!?" Timber asked.
"He's been able to do it for a long time now." Twilight said.
"Speaking of whom, Gohan!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Can you spot me?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I don't know what that means, but alright." Gohan said, jumping off from the top of the wall.
"I'll go get the harness!" Rainbow Dash said, running off.
"I was told you can fly?" Timber asked.
"Yeah." Gohan said.
"Can you show me?" Timber asked.
"Okay..." Gohan said.
He flew back up to the top and came back down at that.
Timber gawked at that.
Then he flew back down to Timber.
"Okay, I showed it to you." He said.
"H-How...?" Timber asked.
"Wait a second... I forgot to do something, oh no! Be back in a moment." Gohan said, teleporting away.
To avoid confrontation.
And also because he really had to do something.
Timber looked like he had just seen a ghost!
"He's confusing, I know." Twilight said.
"I-I better make sure my sister doesn't need anything. See you later?" Timber asked, slowly walking away.
The two looked at each other with sultry eyes.
Ooh...
Even romantic music was playing.
Even better.
Then he finally walked away.
"Twilight, there you are!" Sunset said, walking up to Twilight.
"I was looking for you." She said.
Then there was an earthquake!
"Was that an earthquake?" Spike asked.
"We aren't near any fault lines." Twilight said.
"HEY!" Bulk Biceps yelled. "Who left this crystaly dusty stuff here!?" He yelled.
And in that moment, Rarity slipped and the harness was holding her in air.
She freaked out, forgetting she could fly.
"I BELIEVE I'D LIKE TO COME DOWN NOW!" She said.
Applejack tried pulling her down, but-
"Sorry! It's a little bit stuck!" She said, gaining super strength all of a sudden.
She pulled on it, sending Rarity flying up.
And she let go, making Rarity fall down super fast.
At the last second, she caught the rope to save her.
"APPLEJACK! What are you doing!?" Rarity yelled.
"Is everything okay over there?" Celestia asked.
"Uh, I don't know what happened. I didn't even pull the rope that hard. It's like she was light as a feather all of a sudden." Applejack said.
"So what, did you just turn into Gohan all of a sudden?" Sunset asked.
"I was scared half to death!" Rarity said.
"It wasn't my fault! Let me help get your harness off." Applejack said.
"No thank you!" Rarity yelled, unleashing a giant gem to push Applejack away.
What?
She was pushed into a lake.
She came out of the bushes, drenched.
"What in the world just happened!?" Celestia asked, rushing to Applejack.
"Oh, dear! I am so sorry! I think. Did I just do whatever that was?" Rarity said.
"I don't think it was your fault... I'm gonna go get Applejack a towel." Twilight said, walking away.
"Me too." Sunset said, walking away with Spike.
Then Gohan popped back into reality.
"I'm ba- What just happened?" He asked, noticing a drenched Applejack.
"Rarity just did something to Applejack." Sunset said.
"That wasn't what I meant. Why is Applejack a hundred times stronger and Rarity feels stronger too?" Gohan asked.
"Where were you?" Applejack said.
"World of the Kais. I was going to do some training since I'm done with my assignments, but nobody was there. Left a note about a tournament or something. Something about destroyers...? I don't know. Wish they invited me..." Gohan said.
Sunset caught up to Twilight.
"You're not the only one with a new kind of magic! This is great!" Sunset said.
"No, it's not! Rarity and Applejack could have really hurt each other! Why is this happening? I don't-"
"Hey girls!" Gloriosa interrupted. "Anything I can do for you?" She asked.
"Uh, Applejack just fell into the lake!" Twilight said.
"Oh, no! She's gonna need warm towels, dry clothes, oh, and a hot cocoa! I've got this!" Gloriosa said, walking away.
"Twilight, Sunset." Gohan said from behind.
"Care to explain what's happening?" He asked.
"Well..." Twilight said.
Then there was screaming all of a sudden.
From inside the cabin.
"Fluttershy?" The three asked, rushing to the cooking place.
They opened the doors.
"What happened!?" They all asked.
"I don't know. We were just decorating cookies and-"
"And I was all, "You need more sprinkles! And you need more sprinkles!"" Pinkie said.
"So standard Pinkie Pie stuff?" Sunset asked.
"With explosives this time?" Gohan asked.
"I was just tossing sprinkles to Fluttershy, when all of a sudden they glowed pink and exploded!" Pinkie said, throwing the sprinkles at Gohan.
They exploded in his face, making it black.
It kind of blew the others' hair backwards.
"It smells like candy." Gohan said, wiping his face.
Pinkie shook her head so that her hair was normal again.
"Just like that, only earlier!" She said.
"Oookaay. Why don't you lay off touching stuff for a while?" Sunset asked, grabbing Pinkie's hand.
Gohan set her hair straight again.
"Thanks." She said.
"Oh, dear. We really should clean all of this up." Fluttershy said, walking over to the paper towels.
She struggled to reach up.
What could she do!?
Oh, I don't know, FLY?
"Can someone help me out?" She asked.
"You can fly..." Gohan said.
Then a bird came in and grabbed it for her.
He dropped in her arms.
He landed on Fluttershy's finger.
"Thank you, Mr. Bird." She said.
Then he tweeted.
"Why of course I can get you a little something to ea-" Fluttershy said, before realizing she was talking to him.
"Did you just talk?" She asked.
The bird tweeted.
"But I don't speak 'chirp.'" Fluttershy said.
The bird tweeted again.
"I don't know if you're the only bird I can understand." Fluttershy said.
Tweet.
"No, please don't call for your friends." Fluttershy said.
Then seven more birds came, and Fluttershy stuck her arms out to hold them all, dropping the paper towels.
"It's nice to meet all of you, too." She said.
"Were you just talking to the birds?" Sunset asked.
"Um... Yes?" Fluttershy asked.
Then the door burst open and she screamed, making the birds all fly away.
It was Rarity and Applejack.
"Did you tell them what happened? So crazy! I hoisted Rarity up the rock climbin' wall like it was nothin'! Like I had way more strength than I usually do." Applejack said.
"That's what I just said." Gohan said.
"And I made a diamondy thing appear out of nowhere, which normally I'd be excited about. I mean, the facets were just perfect, and the-" "Rarity!" Applejack interrupted.
"Oh, sorry. It knocked Applejack over, and disappeared!" Rarity said.
"Speaking of disappearing... Where's Rainbow Dash?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, she's only running straight at us at a speed of Mach fi-" Gohan said before Rainbow Dash came running in at supersonic speeds.
She ran into the wall and fell over.
"Ow!" She yelled.
"Whoa... How'd you do that?" Applejack asked.
"How'd you guess her approximate speed?" Twilight asked Gohan.
"I don't know! I started running to get the harness, and the next thing I knew, I was practically back in town!" Rainbow Dash said.
"But if you had some sort of super speed, why you were gone for so long?" Rarity asked.
"Because I lost it when I got far away. And then it came back when I got close to camp." Rainbow Dash said.
Pinkie gasped. "Being at camp is giving us all new magical abilities!" She said.
"Not all of us have gotten new abilities. I haven't, but Twilight-... Hasn't. Gohan hasn't either." Sunset said.
"I don't think magic would affect me with the small amount littered around." Gohan said.
"You know there's magic littered around?" Twilight asked with fear.
"Yeah. It was in the river earlier, and around the rock climbing thing." Gohan said.
Applejack sighed. "So much for my theory that leavin' CHS would mean leavin' any new magic business behind." She said.
"Something at the camp must be making this happen." Sunset said.
"Uh... Gaea Everfree?" Fluttershy asked.
"She's not real." Gohan said.
Then the door burst open, making her scream.
It was just Gloriosa carrying towels, new clothes and a hat.
"Applejack! I was looking for you! Here, I brought you some towels and dry clothes. Uh, what happened in here?" She asked, giving Applejack her stuff.
"That's what we're trying to figure out." Sunset said.
"Don't worry, I'll handle it. Fluttershy, hand me the paper towels." Gohan said.
"Okay." Fluttershy said, handing it to Gohan.
"Don't worry, I'll handle this!" Gloriosa said.
Too late.
Gohan zipped all over the room, and cleaned it clean.
"Well... I would've handled it, but... Thanks?" Gloriosa asked.
Then Sandalwood and Derpy came in.
"Gloriosa, I kicked my beanbag into the lake!" He said.
Gloriosa's eye twitched. "I'll get you another one!" She said.
"And I'm all out of arrows!" Derpy said.
"Say no more! New arrows coming right up!" Gloriosa said.
Then Timber burst in. "There you are!" He said.
Then he whispered to Gloriosa. "Filthy Rich is back. Do you want me to handle it?" He asked.
"Absolutely not!" Gloriosa whispered.
"I've got this!" She said, walking away.
And Sunset heard internal screaming.
"Fluttershy, enough with the screaming!" Sunset said.
"I didn't scream." Fluttershy said.
"For once." Rainbow Dash said.
Then she was smacked lightly in the head by Gohan.
"Ow, hey!" She yelled.
"Nobody did." Rarity said.
"Huh?" Sunset asked, genuinely confused.
A voice came on the P.A.
"Attention, campers! Anyone who's interested in making floating paper lanterns, please meet us by the picnic tables." Celestia said.
"I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I've been lookin' forward to comin' here for a year. Maybe we forget about this "new magic" for a bit and just try to focus on enjoyin' our time at camp?" Applejack asked.
"I was oh, so excited about designs I've come up with for the camp fashion show." Rarity said.
"And I've barely gotten to whoop ANYBODY in tetherball." Rainbow Dash said.
"The only people who can are us." Applejack said.
"Oh yeah?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I mean, I not questioning Gohan, but you six are gonna go down in tetherball!" She said.
"I think we should try to figure it out. But if letting it go for now is what the rest of you want..." Sunset said.
Everyone but Gohan, Sunset and Twilight pretty much said: "Yes."
'Maybe I should ask Gohan about this...' Sunset thought.
'Can Gohan give me answers?' She heard in a Twilight voice.
"Did you say something?" Sunset asked.
"I didn't." Twilight said.
'I could've sworn I heard her say- Oh, whatever.' Sunset thought.
***
Everyone was making lanterns.
Celestia, Luna, and Gloriosa were chatting.
"Who's the boy who can fly?" Gloriosa asked.
"Son Gohan." Luna said.
"He is a rare student..." Celestia said.
"Sometimes he and his brother just walk around the school with new hair colors." Luna said.
"And his tail changes with it too." Celestia said.
"But, he is an honors student. He and Twilight Sparkle are tied for number 1 when it comes to academics. He's the face of CHS, practically." Luna said.
Speaking of whom...
He and the Humane 7 sans Twilight were at a table.
He was making a lantern with Shenron and the seven dragon balls on it.
Twilight was sitting alone with Spike.
"Hey, Twilight, why aren't you with everyone else?" Spike asked.
"Sunset said something at camp is causing the other girls to get new magic. I think it's Midnight Sparkle. She's still part of me. I can feel it. And I think her magic is infecting my friends." Twilight said.
"You sure? If you really want to check if Midnight Sparkle's coming back, maybe you should go to him." Spike said, pointing at Gohan.
"That's a great idea! He could beat Midnight Sparkle again!" Twilight said. "Spike, you're a genius!" She added.
"Genius?" Spike asked. "No, I think that's you." He said.
Twilight was about to walk up to Gohan, but...
"Okay, everyone! It's time to watch your lanterns fly!" Gloriosa said.
"Hey, cool lanterns." Gohan said.
"Thanks. What's yours?" Sunset asked.
"Shenron and the seven dragon balls." Gohan said.
"It looks really realistic." Rarity said.
Everyone was walking to the dock to let their lanterns fly.
Timber walked up to Twilight with his lantern.
"Hey, cool lantern! Mine's my face." He said, putting it in front of his face.
Twilight chuckled nervously.
Then she walked away with a frown.
Timber followed. "Uh... You okay?" He asked.
Twilight nodded.
"You don't seem like yourself tonight." Timber said.
The two got to the docks where everyone lit their lanterns.
"Ready? And... Go!" Gloriosa exclaimed.
Everyone let loose their lanterns.
And they all flew!
...Except Pinkie's.
She covered it in too many marshmallows.
"Aw!" She said.
"Hey, I'll fly it." Gohan said.
"Do it!" Pinkie said, handing it to Gohan.
Gohan took it, ate a marshmallow and let it fly with his ki.
The lanterns in the sky were beautiful...
***
It was nighttime...
Everyone was sleeping...
Well, almost everyone.
Gohan and Sunset were still awake.
Well, Gohan came back to the tent at a bad time.
He opened the flaps while Sunset was changing into her pajamas and...
Well, she just got her camp clothes off.
"AH!" Gohan yelled, blushing.
"AH!" Sunset yelled, blushing.
"I didn't mean to!" He yelled, running out.
'Well, he saw that much... Why'd he run away? I didn't threaten him.' Sunset thought, getting her other clothes on.
'Crapcrapcrapcrap!' Gohan thought, waiting outside the tent.
'Dear Kami, that was a bad time to walk in. Thank goodness Tien told me how to properly treat a woman... I think she would've thought of me as a pervert.' He thought.
(Tien knows. He and Launch got together, and that was canon. End of Majin Buu saga.)
'And there's no way I would want that.' He thought.
"Gohan?" Sunset asked, walking out with her daytime clothes on.
"Did you get changed yet?" Gohan asked.
"No, but... Well, are you okay? You just ran out." Sunset said.
"I didn't want to see something so... Personal." Gohan said.
"Well, it's okay." Sunset said.
And Twilight was running away- What?
Fluttershy didn't notice because he was asleep.
"Well, you can go get changed aga- Is that Twilight?" Gohan asked, pointing at Twilight.
Speaking of whom... She was running with all her packed things and Spike.
"What the- What's she doing!?" Sunset asked, running after her.
Gohan decided to follow.
They ran into the forest, where Sunset lost her.
Gohan pointed west. "That way!" He said.
Sunset ran and he followed.
Then they saw her.
"Twilight?" Sunset asked.
Twilight cut it short.
She realized who else was there...
And she turned around.
"Twilight? What are you doing out here?" Sunset asked.
"We're... we're meeting a cab to take us home." Twilight said.
"She thought you'd talk her out of it." Spike said.
"Because I- We would. Twilight, you can't leave." Sunset said.
"Yeah, you really can't. It's not even a quarter of the way done!" Gohan said.
Sunset put a hand on Twilight's shoulder and was about to speak, but...
Her eyes glowed white, and she read her mind!
***
"You don't think it was the spirit, do you!?" Pinkie asked.
"No... It was me." Twilight muttered.
***
"I think it's Midnight Sparkle. She's still part of me. I feel it! And I think her magic is infecting my friends!" Twilight said.
***
She finally snapped out of it and removed her hand.
"Twilight, there is no Midnight Sparkle. There's only you." Sunset said with a reassuring smile.
"Midnight Sparkle? You thought she was back?" Gohan asked, trying to contain his laughter.
"How did you know what I was thinking!?" Twilight asked.
"When I touched your hand, I could see things. I could understand why you were leaving. My new magic...! This is my new magic! This is incredible!" Sunset said.
"Good for you, Sunset!" Gohan said.
"No, it's not! I'm infecting you now!" Twilight said.
"Twilight, you have to stop looking at this as if it's a bad thing." Sunset said.
"Easy for you to say. Magic turned you into something beautiful. The last time I tried to use it, it turned me into a monster. I'm just so afraid it's gonna happen again." Twilight said.
"Twilight, you don't- Midnight Sparkle isn't even a part of you anymore!" Gohan said.
"I- What?" Twilight asked.
"What do you mean?" Sunset asked.
"It's obvious Twilight has magic, but there is no way Midnight Sparkle is part of her. She BECOMES Midnight if she really wants to. Kind of like how I can go Super Saiyan, except Twilight isn't able to access it and isn't willing to. Plus, if she really was back, I would be able to see right through her plans. And- Heheh... Sorry, but her power level was just pitiful." Gohan said.
"I.... Huh. Maybe you're right." Twilight said.
"I know I turned into something amazing, but I've let magic turn me into a monster, too. Even he knows what that's like! So if anyone understands what you're going through, it's us. We can help you, Twilight. And the rest of our friends can be there for you, too. But not if you run away." Sunset said.
Twilight sighed. "I'll stay... At least now I know Midnight Sparkle isn't a part of this at all." She said.
"But we don't know why this is happening. I don't know if it's me or if it's something else, but to be safe, I would rather not be around our friends for this." Twilight said.
"Understood." Gohan and Sunset said.
"Hey, read me with your mind reading powers!" Gohan said.
"Okay!" Sunset said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
...
"Are you seeing it yet? Don't go so far back." Gohan said.
"I'm not seeing anything... Let me try harder." Sunset said, straining.
She strained so hard that-
"AGH!" She yelled.
There was an explosion on her forehead and she fell to the ground, grabbing it.
"Are you alright?" Gohan asked.
"Dang it... You're too strong for it! Ugh..." Sunset said, getting up and rubbing her head.
Twilight couldn't help but giggle.
Then everyone heard rustling.
"What was that?" Sunset asked.
"Timber." Gohan said.
"Wha-" Sunset and Twilight said before they saw an axe from a bush.
They both screamed.
Sunset instinctively grabbed onto Gohan while Twilight grabbed onto Sunset.
Then Timber screamed.
"Wait... Twilight?" He asked.
"Called it." Gohan said.
"Timber? I'm so glad it's just you!" Twilight said, letting go of Sunset.
Sunset let go of Gohan.
"What are you doing here?" Twilight asked.
"With an axe?" Sunset asked.
"I was chopping down firewood." Timber said, pulling a cart full of logs.
"In the middle of the night?" Sunset asked.
"You couldn't have just asked me?" Gohan asked.
"We needed more for tomorrow night's campfire. And you're too young for it. And if I didn't take care of it tonight, it would be one more thing Gloriosa would add to her list." Timber said.
"I've got this!" He said, imitating Gloriosa.
Everyone chuckled.
"What about you three? Why are you hanging out in the middle of the woods in the middle of the night?" Timber asked.
Twilight was hesitant to answer, but Gohan came up with an excuse.
"Oh, they wanted me to teach them sensing energy. It would be a lot easier without so many signatures around them, so I was gonna take them to a secluded location." Gohan said.
"What are you going on about?" Timber asked.
"Ki sensing. It's not hard, you just pick up on the life energy of a person, animal, or any living thing that isn't a cyborg or a robot." Gohan said.
"I didn't learn Chinese. Anyway, I'll take you back. You aren't supposed to be out here this late anyway. I'll protect you from... Gaea Everfree! Everfree, Eeeeverfreeee!" Timber said in a scary voice before smirking and crossing his arms.
Sunset snickered. 'More like Gohan's protecting us...' She thought.
"Come on. That's obviously just a spooky story you made up to tell around the campfire." Sunset said.
"Oh no, it's legit." Timber said.
"Timber, I know what's legit and not legit. A giant bug man who can destroy the solar system? Legit. Freaky alien genotype? Legit. Androids that can't lose energy no matter what? Legit. Being able to fly...?" Gohan asked, sitting in mid air.
"Legit. Gaea Everfree? You need some proof on that one." Gohan said.
"How else would you explain what happened at the docks? And that weird thing where the earth shook?" Timber asked.
Gohan raised his finger.
"I mean, there are three possibilities. One-"
"That's enough, nerd." Sunset interrupted.
Gohan pouted before putting his hand down.
"Come on, I know a shortcut back to the tents." Timber said, holding his hand out to Twilight.
Twilight took his hand and now they're holding hands.
Ooh...
Poor Flash.
"You wanna try that?" Sunset whispered.
"I guess." Gohan said, holding his hand out.
As the two walked away Sunset noticed something, ignoring his hand.
'Magic...?' She thought.
"Legit, huh?" She said.
"You mean the small droplets of magic dropping on the ground?" Gohan asked.
"You didn't even- How'd you know?" Spike asked.
"I can sense magic, Spike. I just can't use it." Gohan said.
Sunset got on one knee and lifted some magic.
"I think we just found out Gaea Everfree." Sunset said.
"Why would he work so hard to make us think it's real? Apart from a horrible storyline..." Gohan said.
"Spike and I heard what he said about wishing his sister would sell this camp. If nobody wants to come here because it's home to some angry ancient nature spirit, it sure would help his cause." Sunset said, standing up.
"We should tell Twilight." Spike said, about to go after her.
"Not yet." Gohan said.
"Yeah. She's obviously gone through a lot right now. We should probably be a hundred percent sure before we tell her the guy she likes is a jerk who's trying to run everybody out of camp." Sunset said.
"I mean, the story adds up, but-"
"NEEERRRRD!" Sunset yelled with a smirk.
"And the memories come back once again." Gohan said with a half smile.
***
Back in the Ruby tent...
Sunset was in her pajamas, Gohan didn't have his shoes or wristbands on, and they were about to sleep.
"Sunset?" He asked.
"What's up?" Sunset asked.
"I'd like to apologize again..." Gohan said.
"You already said it, it's okay." Sunset said.
"Are you sure?" Gohan asked.
"Yeah, but I need you to do something for me as an apology." Sunset said, laying down under her blanket.
"Yes?" Gohan asked.
"Care to join me over here?" Sunset asked.
"Um... W-Why?" Gohan asked, confused.
"Just get over here." Sunset said, opening up the blanket.
"Uh... O-Okay." Gohan said, getting up and moving.
"Don't be shy, its natural." Sunset said.
He slowly got under the covers with her.
He blushed since he hadn't done this before, and it's a bit... close.
Sunset brought him in for a hug, and he was still confused.
"W-What's happening?" He asked.
"It's CALLED cuddling." Sunset said, setting his head on her level.
'It feels nice... But feels too close...?' He thought.
"How does it feel?" Sunset asked.
Gohan lightly wrapped an arm around Sunset. "It feels good... Warm. I'm a bit confused..." He said.
"You're innocence makes you so cute..." Sunset said, giggling.
"O-Oh... It does?" Gohan asked, blushing a bit more.
"Yeah..." Sunset said, kissing him.
He still wasn't used to the euphoria from a kiss, but regardless he enjoyed it.
He never really initiated a kiss, it was always her.
It broke, and Sunset pulled his head under her chin.
"Good night..." She said, kinda rubbing his hair a bit.
"Good night." Gohan said.
And with that, he fell asleep.
And as soon as that happened....
Sunset's eyes glowed bright white and she saw his memories.
***
Raditz just came to Kame House.
"I'm taking your son." Raditz said.
"No you're not!" Goku said.
Raditz kneed Goku in the stomach and flew away with Gohan.
"Ah! He took my son!" Goku said.
***
"You killed... My... Best friend...!" Goku said.
Namek.
"That's funny! Hilarious, actually." Frieza said.
"Mr. Piccolo! Get up!" A young Moe Howard said, trying to get Piccolo up.
Lightning struck around them.
"This... Ruffles my jammies...! HRRRRAAAGH- *squeak*." Goku screamed, turning Super Saiyan.
Gohan looked in shock.
"Take Piccolo and leave." Goku said.
"'Kay." Gohan said.
"Okay, so, what's going on here?" Frieza asked.
Goku made his aura flare. "I AM A SUPER SANDWICH!" He yelled, punching Frieza in the face.
"Argh! Prick!" Frieza yelled, throwing a death ball into Namek.
"Uh oh! Spagettio-"
BOOM!
***
Broly movie.
Gohan was flying around buildings in his Super Saiyan form.
'Don't worry Gohan. Just find that ship we came here on, grab everyone else and...' He thought before-
Broly burst through the side of the building, charging at Gohan while laughing.
'I should apologize to Mom if I get home.' Gohan thought before Broly grabbed his face and threw him inside a building.
Broly himself flew into that building and threw a green ki blast at Gohan.
As soon as it hit, Gohan wasn't a Super Saiyan, and he was knocked into a building.
A sharp part luckily held him by his weird scarf thingy, so he was stuck in the air.
"Gohan!" Goku yelled, running after Gohan, but then Broly landed in front of him.
He threw a powerful ki blast at him, sending him flying.
Goku was on the ground now.
"What's wrong Kakarot!? Don't you care if I kill your son!?" Broly asked.
Goku sat up. "Eh... I'd rather you not...? I mean, we have dragon balls, but that's like... A whole day." He said to Broly.
"But wait... He hasn't met King Kai." Goku said to himself.
"Hey Gohan! You're gonna meet King Kai!" Goku yelled RIGHT before Broly threw another ki blast at him, sending him flying yelling:
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeee...!"
***
Cell Games.
Cell grabbed Gohan by his shirt and started pummeling him repeatedly.
"Ow! D'oh! Ooh! Ah!" Gohan said as that happened.
"Thinking of you, Goku!" Cell yelled.
***
Cell was in his Semi Perfect form.
He just regurgitated 18, and was self destructing as a last resort against a Super Saiyan 2 Gohan.
He was laughing loudly.
"Ten more seconds! I guess we'll call it a draw! Hahahah!" Cell yelled.
Gohan was on his knees and his elbows in shame.
'I failed... Cell... He... He's won.' He thought with his head down.
Goku just teleported in front of him and put his hand to Cell, surprising the two.
He had two fingers to his forehead.
He looked back at Gohan with a smile.
"Hey. You put up a good fight, Gohan. I'm proud of you." He said.
"W-What...? Daddy...?" Gohan asked.
"Take care of your mother for me. She needs you. Tell her that I had to do this, Gohan." Goku said.
Gohan realized what he was doing.
"Goodbye, my son." Goku said.
He turned to Cell with a serious face.
And he vanished!
Gohan rushed to where his father used to be, but it was too late.
"NO, COME BACK!" He screamed.
"GOKUUU!" Krillin screamed.
Everyone was shocked at his unfortunate death.
Gohan was on the ground again, crying his father.
"Daddy... No...!" He cried.
***
Those were but a few of what she saw.
And she saw the betrayal parts and-
Sunset finally snapped out of his memories.
'Too far, too far! I didn't want to do that! But I guess I know his stories are actually true, now.' She thought.
'But I don't think I'm gonna sleep through this night... That was just sad.' She thought.
***
Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Gohan were fixing up the dock.
Gohan was in his father's gi again.
This time with the '飯' kanji on the back and the front.
Which pretty much meant rice.
And 飯田 means rice field.
(WELCOME TO THE RICE FIELD MOTHERFU-)
Rarity was sitting down, working in some clothing and Fluttershy threw some rope in the water.
Rainbow Dash was tip toeing onto the dock with some wood.
She didn't want to run into the water.
Gohan was pressing nails in the wood with his fingers while Applejack used a hammer she made to slightly tap it.
"Uh, you gonna give us a hand here, Rarity?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Oh, I'd love to, but I really need to get the stitching on this poncho done if it's going to make it into the camp fashion show. Though at the pace you two are moving, I don't know that the runway will ever be finished." Rarity said
"The DOCK is our gift to the camp, and it's gonna get finished. That is, if Rainbow Dash would hurry up and bring me more wood." Applejack said.
"Oh, I can't go any faster! I don't want to end up in the woods again." Rainbow Dash said.
"Don't be silly." Applejack said.
"Really?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Applejack... You're going super slow on the nails yourself because of your recently acquired strength. You don't want to smash the entire dock with it." Gohan said.
"I know I said we should try to forget all about this new magic business, but I can't. How do you do it, Gohan?" Applejack asked.
"Growth and practice. When I was trying to live a normal life for once, I kept breaking all my glasses and plates! Not to mention all the cutting boards and books I had gone through before I mastered it! It took me about a month to do that..." Gohan said.
"A month!?" Everyone asked.
"You guys have much weaker powers, it'll be much easier for you!" Gohan said.
Applejack was gonna grab another nail, but...
"Aw, shoot! I'm all out of nails." Applejack said.
"Oh, here you go!" Pinkie said from behind, tossing the box of nails.
"Pinkie, NO!" Everyone but Gohan yelled.
Applejack took cover, Rarity caused her diamonds to appear simultaneously knocking Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy over and Gohan caught the nails in a hand.
Applejack sighed when they didn't explode.
And she shot Pinkie a mean look.
"Whaaaat? Ohhh, did you think the nails would explode like the sprinkles? Wow! Glad that didn't happen, huh?" Pinkie said.
Rarity came to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash's aid.
"Sorry, girls. I didn't mean to. I don't know how to control this." Rarity said.
"It's okay." Rainbow Dash said.
"Oh, none of us do." Fluttershy.
"Which is why we shouldn't pretend this isn't happening." Sunset said from behind, walking up to them.
"Do you have them now, too?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Yeah, she does." Gohan said.
"It started last night. When I touch people, it's like I can feel what they're feeling and see their memories." Sunset said.
"Ooh! Fancy! Try me! Try me!" Pinkie said, hopping up and down.
She grabbed Sunset's hand and put it on her forehead.
***
There was a cavalcade of sugar treats and unicorns and mountains and a giant star with a boom box and I'm already cancer trying to write this, holy shit.
Pinkie was skipping along the path.
***
"That explains... So much." Sunset said.
"Let me try!" Gohan said, putting his hand on her head.
Then he took it away.
"Oh. I see what you mean." Gohan said.
"Yup!" Pinkie said.
"Wait, did you get the same ability?" Rarity asked.
"Wha- No! I haven't- or won't get it. I've been able to read minds for a while now." Gohan said.
"Oh right." Rainbow Dash said.
"Ooh! Ooh! Try him!" Pinkie said, pointing at Gohan.
"No. No, NO!" Sunset said, backing away.
"Why not?" Applejack asked.
"The last time she tried, her forehead blew up." Gohan said.
"No, that's not the reason! I saw everything!" Sunset said.
"What? How?" Gohan asked.
"When you fell asleep! I saw everything from you getting kidnapped by your uncle to you killing Santa to your father dying for the second time and-" "HE KILLED SANTA!?" Pinkie interrupted.
"Me and my old friends did." Gohan said.
"WHY!?" Pinkie said.
"Because he was trying to subjugate the planet and kill everyone! The only good thing was that I was on the nice list." Gohan said.
"And I saw... Well, the betrayal, I'll say." Sunset said.
"Wha- Oh... You... Saw that?" Gohan asked.
Sunset nodded.
"I really wish you hadn't- Now you have the memories of- Oh my Kami, now I'm torturing you with that, aren't I?" Gohan asked.
"No... But I had a hard time sleeping because of it." Sunset said.
"So it's concluded. Gohan never lied." Rainbow Dash said.
"Yep..." Sunset said.
"Girls, we can't just brush these powers aside because it doesn't seem like the ideal time to get them. What if it turns out that they could actually make things better?" She asked.
"And it would be great abilities to hone and possess in battle." Gohan said.
***
Well, after a song and honing it, they all received a power up.
'Amazing... They're about as strong as Uncle Raditz! Wait, no... Maybe a tad weaker.' Gohan thought.
Everyone also built the rest of the dock.
Gohan didn't join the end of that song because...
'Why is this so dramatic?' He thought.
***
Sunset and Gohan were heading to Twilight to get her to embrace the new magic like the rest of the Humane 7 did, but they heard arguing in the cabin.
Gloriosa and Timber.
"I just wish you didn't tell them that ridiculous story!" Gloriosa said behind the door.
Sunset and Gohan got a closer hear.
"Ah, this is all too much for you! You have to let it go!" Timber said.
"I knew it! He wants her to get rid of camp!" Sunset whispered.
And the door burst open, smashing into Sunset and they walked out.
Not noticing the two.
"Let's go." Sunset said.
She jumped down the stairs but then she bumped into Flash by accident.
"Sunset Shimmer? What were you doing behind that door with him?" Flash asked.
"What? Uh..." Sunset said.
She was about to say something completely false, but again, Gohan chipped in.
"We're looking for my old belt. I think Pinkie hid it somewhere. She's helping me find it." Gohan said.
"Well, it's good I bumped into you. I really wanted to thank you." Flash said.
"F-For what?" Sunset asked.
"Tough love. Telling me I needed to get over Twilight. I needed to hear that." Flash said.
"Sure, no problem." Sunset said, looking a bit... Unusual for the moment.
She was looking with her sight for Gloriosa and Timber.
"Is something wrong?" Flash asked.
"What? No. Why?" Sunset asked.
"Come on, Sunset. We used to date. I know when something's bothering you." Flash said.
Sunset sighed.
"Okay, here's the deal. My friend really likes someone, but I don't think that someone is who she thinks they are. I don't wanna upset my friend by telling her what I think, because I also want to protect her, because if what I think is happening is really happening, then she deserves to know. You know?" She asked.
Flash was just confused by that statement.
Even Gohan was just blown away by that statement.
"I think what she's trying to say is: She wants to tell her friend the truth, but doesn't want to hurt her feelings in the process." Gohan said, jumping down from the few stairs.
"Oh." Flash said.
"You get it?" Sunset asked.
"Not really... But what I DO know is that she's lucky to have a friend like you to look out for them." Flash said.
"Really?" Sunset asked.
"Yeah! Y'know, you've changed a lot since we went out. You're a lot... Nicer. It's a no brainer why he's dating you." Flash said.
'Well, his cluelessness for one...' Sunset thought.
"Thanks... I'm glad you noticed." Sunset said.
"Uh, look, maybe you and me, we could start over as... friends." Flash said.
But Sunset saw Timber running into the forest.
"Uh, uh, sounds great. I gotta go!" She said, running after him.
Flash felt like he was rejected Friendship...
"Don't take it the wrong way, she just had to do something. I'm 100% sure she'd love to reconnect with you. I mean, she wants to confront her past." Gohan said.
"Oh, okay." Flash said.
"I'll make sure she gets to hanging out with you later, okay?" Gohan asked.
"Sure, that sounds cool." Flash said.
"Okay. ... I guess I'll go then." Gohan said, walking away.
"Wait." Flash said.
"Hmm?" Gohan asked.
"You seem like a cool guy. You wanna hang out sometime?" Flash asked.
"Sure thing. I could always hang out with a guy who isn't my brother for once." Gohan joked before heading back to the dock.
***
Timber was walking through the forest, making sure nobody's following.
Sunset was, obviously.
But he didn't catch her.
He went to a cave, and magic was in that there hills.
"Aha!" Sunset said, pulling out her phone.
***
Twilight got to the rock quarry.
Where Sunset was waiting.
She brought Spike along.
"What's going on down there!?" Twilight asked.
"I think it's Gaea Everfree. Or rather, someone who wants us to think she's back. C'mon!" Sunset said, walking into that quarry.
Twilight followed.
"Whoa..." Sunset said as they went into the cave.
It was littered with Equestrian magic!
"This place is beautiful." Twilight said.
"There's Equestrian magic here. I can... I can feel it." Sunset said.
"Wait. I thought Timber was just faking there was a magical nature creature. Are you saying it's real?" Spike asked.
"Timber? What does he have to do with any of this?" Twilight asked.
"Nothing..." A voice came.
Gloriosa emerged from the shadows.
"It's all me..." She said with a twitched eye grin.
"Gloriosa? But... Timber. I was sure HE was the one trying to make it seem like Gaea Everfree was back. It was YOU who was trying to scare everyone away?" Sunset asked.
Gloriosa walked closer to them, and past them.
"I would never try to scare anyone away from Camp Everfree." She said in a calm voice.
Sunset grabbed her arm and saw her memories!
***
Filthy Rich was going to take over the land and turn it into a spa.
Gloriosa begged to keep it as a camp.
Filthy Rich would give her until the end of the month to pay her bills.
Gloriosa cried, wondering what she would do....
Until she found the rock quarry.
With seven geodes of magic.
She accidentally took five and attained magical powers.
Timber tried to warn her about the dangers of it, but Gloriosa insisted.
Gloriosa tried all week to make this the best week ever before Everfree had to ultimately shut down.
However, her failed attempts only made it worse.
Timber told the story of Gaea Everfree to cover for her, but she didn't want it to be that way.
***
Sunset let go of her hand.
"Timber wasn't talking about letting go of the camp." Sunset said.
"He was talking about you letting go of the magical geodes! All those things you were doing to make this week the best week ever. Every time you used magic to do them, you caused another problem somewhere else! Timber was... covering for you!" She said, cornering Gloriosa against the remaining geodes.
"How do you know what I was doing with the geodes? How do you know about the magic?" Gloriosa asked.
"I can see things. Feel things. Because I have magic, too. And so does she. And so do our friends." Sunset said.
"Gloriosa, Timber wasn't wrong. Maybe you should stop using magic. Too much of it can be dangerous if you can't control it." Twilight said.
"Oh, I got this. And I'm going to use it to save my camp. I just need more power!" Gloriosa said, grabbing the remaining geodes.
"No!" Sunset and Twilight yelled.
Gloriosa trapped them in vines!
Gloriosa turned into something resembling Gaea Everfree!
"Sorry, girls. I know what I need to do. But I feel like we're not on the same page. So..." She said.
Sunset made her white aura flare to get the vines off her.
"You can't!" She yelled as she smashed her fist into Gloriosa's face.
No damage.
Gloriosa used a vine to flick Sunset back to where she was.
"What are you trying to do?" Gloriosa asked.
Sunset jumped back at Gloriosa and threw many more punches in vain.
Twilight was scared.
"Are you trying to stop my plans to keep this camp for all of us!? With your pitiful 'magic!?'" Gloriosa asked.
Sunset jumped back and ponied up. "My magic will beat yours, I know it!" She yelled, charging at Gloriosa.
However, her power level was still much weaker, and she was punched into the wall.
"Sunset!" Twilight said.
Sunset burst out of the wall with a tear on her sleeve.
She fired many ki blasts at Gloriosa as she ran closer.
Gloriosa used her vines to stop all of the ki blasts and whack Sunset away.
Sunset wasn't done, though.
She performed parkour around the vines to get closer.
But Gloriosa eventually caught her by her foot and she tripped.
Twilight tried aiding her with her own inferior ki blasts.
Just barely snapping the vines.
But Gloriosa had enough and really put an end to this.
Gloriosa used her vines to restrain Twilight completely.
Then she picked up Sunset with her vines and hurled her right through a pillar and into a wall.
She was downed, and was no longer ponied up.
"Sunset!" Twilight said.
She put Spike in vines.
"Sorry, but I have to save my camp." Gloriosa said, flying out of the quarry.
"Gloriosa!" Twilight yelled.
Sunset was hurt badly, and it hurt to move.
Twilight was restrained by the vines, and so was Spike.
They couldn't chase her.
Gloriosa shut the rock quarry to permanently end it.
"NO!" Twilight yelled.
***
Gloriosa was floating towards the dock.
Gohan felt her presence and got into a serious mode.
'What happened to Sunset? Twilight feels like she's restrained and- Gloriosa? What happened to her?' Gohan thought.
The music during the fashion show cut.
Everyone noticed Gloriosa in her new form.
"Attention, campers!" Gloriosa said.
"It's Gaea Everfree!" Trixie yelled.
"She's real!" Flash yelled.
"Oh no! We're doomed!" Bulk Biceps yelled.
"Gloriosa!" Gohan and Timber yelled.
"What are you doing!?" Timber asked.
"That's Gloriosa? Am I crazy or is she Gaea Everfree?" Applejack asked.
"That's Gloriosa alright. With more magic than ever before." Gohan said.
"I have an announcement to make! Filthy Rich wants this to be the last session of Camp Everfree. But don't worry, I'VE GOT THIS!" Gloriosa yelled.
By she got this, she really meant it.
She just trapped the entire camp in vines.
Or, area actually.
Destroying the dock, too.
"Oh, come on! We literally just finished building that!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"Gloriosa, let everyone go! I don't want to intervene!" Gohan yelled.
Instead she added more vines and shit.
Some of the students ran into the cabin, along with the principals.
Gloriosa just locked them in with her vines.
Timber, trying to break free, tried cutting the vines with an axe.
But Gloriosa just sent it to the sky.
She trapped students in the courtyard, and the remaining were Gohan, Timber, and the rest of the Humane 7.
The entire area was covered in vines.
"I would say try to break it for training, but this has gone way past your limits. I can't let you guys handle this." Gohan said.
"What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Your enhanced abilities will do nothing. Even Friendship might not stand up to Gloriosa... Probably because she used seven elements- What?" Gohan asked.
Seven elements? Get outta here!
"So what are we supposed to do?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Stay back." Gohan said.
"What? No! We gotta use these powers!" Rainbow Dash said.
"I'm with her!" Pinkie said, pulling out a container of sprinkles.
"Yeah, we can take her!" Applejack said.
"No, I'm not repeating the same mistake. Last time you all nearly died!" Gohan said.
Gloriosa started trapping Gohan in vines.
He broke free instantly by just casually moving.
"Don't be scared!" Rainbow Dash yelled, ponying up.
Everyone else ponied up as well.
Gohan started blasting the vines trying to protect the students.
"You can't! Just avoid them!" He yelled.
Rainbow Dash started flying around to kill the vines, and Applejack was able to use boulders and such to hurl at the vines.
"What is this? I thought I absorbed all magic!" Gloriosa said.
"We've had magic long before this!" Pinkie yelled, throwing sprinkle grenades.
"And I don't use magic!" Gohan said while kicking some more vines away.
"Gloriosa, you have to stop!" Timber yelled.
"Stop? Why? Filthy Rich will be back. With this, he'll never be back!" Gloriosa said.
"THIS ISN'T WORKING!" Applejack said.
All the students were now getting trapped by the vines, and no matter what the Humane 5 did...
The vines just grew back.
***
Spike bit Twilight's vines and finally got it cut!
Twilight managed to break free.
"Sunset Shimmer!" Twilight said, rushing to her.
"Is she okay?" Spike asked.
"I'm not dead..." Sunset said before coughing.
"Gloriosa must be powerful!" Twilight said.
"Then let's save everyone while we can!" Spike said.
"I don't know if I can walk right now..." Sunset said weakly.
Twilight nodded and carried Sunset in her arms.
But first, the boulders...
Twilight set Sunset down and punched the boulder!
Nothing.
"Ow! Dang it!" Twilight said, grabbing his hand.
"Use your magic!" Spike said.
"But I..." Twilight said.
"There's no time, Twilight! It's now or never!" Spike said.
"I don't think I can lift something that big!" Twilight said.
"It's our only chance of getting out of here and helping our friends." Sunset said.
Twilight realized that there isn't really any argument against that, so she tried it.
She pointed her palms at the rock and used her magic.
It was moving! The boulder was moving!
Twilight had a blue glow on her forehead.
And after much straining and sweat, she got the boulder to move!
She was about to collapse from exhaustion but an injured Sunset caught her before that.
***
"Why are you fighting me?! I'm doing this to save our camp! I'm doing this for you!" Gloriosa yelled.
"I'm all for Camp Everfree and all, but I have a life." Rainbow Dash said.
"I have a little brother at home, and he can't defend Equestria forever!" Gohan said.
"I'm here to defend you from losing Camp Everfree, don't you see?" Gloriosa asked.
She trapped everyone in the vines!
Including Gohan!
Magic didn't work, and the Humane 5 were stuck!
Well, Rarity used her diamonds to burst free.
Vines kept regenerating!
Gohan's hand stuck out of one of the vine barriers, and it exploded to pieces, shocking Gloriosa.
"This isn't how it works, Gloriosa. In fact- This is very familiar. What happened? Oh right! She lost. Now history is repeating itself at this point. With your accumulated mass, and with the force of my attacks you'll go down harder than you ever have before!" Gohan yelled.
Gloriosa started to fly upwards.
"Gloriosa, this isn't the way!" Timber yelled.
"I appreciate your concern, Timber, but I GOT THIS!" Gloriosa yelled, trapping Timber.
"Agh! No, you don't!" Timber said, trying to break free.
"Please, Gloriosa! What you're doing is crazy! You have to listen to me!" He said.
"She isn't Gloriosa anymore. She's a shell of her former self." Gohan said.
While the Humane 5 were breaking more vines, they couldn't save anyone.
And the vines just got worse.
Too worse.
The Humane 5 were just engulfed again, and Rarity's diamonds wouldn't break it this time.
'Dear Kami, she's at her limit. And she really lost her mind, too. Goten could handle her, but that is powerful.' Gohan thought.
***
Twilight just opened the vines with her magic, struggling to just keep it open.
She even had some glow on her forehead again.
She and a limping Sunset came in.
Gohan saw the damaged Sunset...
"Sunset!?" He asked, jumping over to her.
"What... What did you do to her!?" Gohan yelled.
"Her? She was getting in the way of my plans with her inferior magic, and now nobody can stop me!" Gloriosa said.
Gohan clenched his fists tight and turned to Gloriosa.
"You made a huge mistake, Gloriosa!" He yelled.
The ground trembled, and small pebbles around them started to fly.
The rage was so intense that the students inside vines could feel it.
Vines started to wrap around him.
"YOU HURT MY SUNNY!" Gohan screamed, full of anger.
He had an intense red aura.
'Sunny...?' Sunset asked.
Gohan's rage just broke.
It turned yellow, then he turned Super Saiyan 2.
The vines around him disintegrated.
"YOU'RE GONNA PAY!" Gohan screamed before instantly jumping up to Gloriosa.
'Oh no...!' Sunset thought.
Gloriosa was surprised and overwhelmed by this sudden speed.
Gohan's rage face meant business.
He punched her right in the jaw!
He actually knocked a tooth out.
He didn't stop- He'll never stop!
Gohan pummeled Gloriosa endlessly.
"ATATATATATATATATATATA!" He screamed before elbowing her down to the ground.
Gloriosa landed on her back, leaving a small crater.
Gohan still wasn't done.
He fucking dropkicked her, full speed and force!
She coughed.
'Damn, he's pulverizing her!' Twilight thought.
The vines on the outside were starting to die down.
Gohan jumped off and picked Gloriosa up by her hair.
Her feet were still touching the ground.
He smashed his fist into her stomach, making her cough more.
More vines died down.
Sunset tried getting closer to Gohan in an attempt to stop him.
Twilight put a hand on her shoulder.
"Sunset, Gohan will handle this." She said.
"No, he'll torture her and maybe kill her!" Sunset said, standing on her feet.
Gohan repeated the action numerous times.
With every punch, his pupils slowly got shorter.
He ended it with one more punch, sending Gloriosa flying.
Some more vines died.
Gloriosa recovered in the air, and tried summoning vines to stop-
She was just punched in the face with a vine covered fist which broke off right after.
Gohan grabbed her foot and started spinning her around at breakneck speeds.
"HAAAAAAAAA...!" Gohan kept screaming.
His pupils just disappeared.
You know, kind of like Broly.
"What do you mean he'll kill her!?" Twilight asked. "He would never stoop down that low!" She said.
"I read his mind, remember?" Sunset asked, slowly, and I mean slowly limping closer.
"He's told us before. He's an absolute sadist when he's angry." Sunset said.
"And I saw it. He's going to do unimaginable things to her before finally killing her. We have to stop him!" Sunset said.
Gohan hurled Gloriosa at the vines containing his friends.
"Huh...? We're out? Did we win?" Pinkie asked.
"Not yet! What happened to his eyes!?" Applejack asked.
"He's going to kill her..." Sunset said, limping towards the five.
Twilight was helping her.
"Sunset! What happened to you!?" Rarity asked.
"I'm guessing this is why Gohan yelled 'My Sunny!' Or something." Rainbow Dash said.
"That was a bit funny, though." Applejack said.
Then Gohan came flying down, blinding them with the wind.
He charged at Gloriosa while she was still down and grabbed her hand.
"I think his rage broke." Pinkie said.
He threw her up to the sky and threw three ki blasts at her.
"GOHAN! Calm down!" Sunset screamed.
He ignored her.
He teleported behind Gloriosa to send her down to the ground with a double axe handle.
She landed beside a contained teen that was just freed.
Timber...
"Gloriosa...? Gloriosa!" He yelled, coming to her aid.
"What happened to you!?" He asked.
She was down.
For real.
"KAMEHAME..." Gohan yelled, charging up the most powerful Kamehameha he's ever used in between his hands.
"NO!" The Humane 7 all screamed.
"No, stop!" Timber yelled.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Gohan barked.
"You don't understand! I wouldn't be able to live with myself if she died!" Timber yelled.
Then Gohan started regaining his sanity.
'Wait... This is Gloriosa. She's just like Twilight...' He thought.
The blast in between his hands disappeared.
"Gohan, you need to calm down!" Sunset said.
Gohan looked to Sunset with his pupilless eyes.
"I'm okay!" She said.
Before Twilight helped her stay standing.
Then his blue irises came back.
He was realizing how needlessly he was brutalizing Gloriosa.
He was reasoning with her... And lost his trade of thought.
Completed with anger.
Damn, he really lost it.
"Dang, I lost my temper." He muttered.
"You need to come down here!" Applejack said.
"And get out of Super Saiyan 2! Or whatever you just did!" Pinkie said.
Gohan went back to base form and lowered himself to the ground.
"Oh my goodness..." Fluttershy said.
"I think his rage and his guilt just broke." Rainbow Dash said.
"No. I'm guilty, but that didn't break. But oh no... That is not good." Gohan said.
"Are you okay?" Twilight asked.
"I'm not hurt... But..." Gohan said, turning to 'Sunny.'
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'll be fine." Sunset said.
Gohan rushed to Gloriosa.
Timber was at Gloriosa's side.
"How are we going to fix her?" He asked.
"After we get her out of this... Form, I'll get her a senzu bean." Gohan said.
"Then how are we going to get her out?" Timber asked.
Gohan reached for the geodes on her and pulled as 'hard' as he could.
The Humane 7 all came to her.
With Twilight helping Sunset.
"How are we gonna fix her?" Applejack asked.
Gohan fell over on his bottom.
"Well, I can't get that off her." He said.
"Then how are we gonna get rid of her!?" Twilight asked.
"I think I know the solution. Magic." Gohan said.
"What are you- No... No." Twilight said.
"What do you mean, 'No.'?" Sunset asked.
"If I use too much magic, Midnight Sparkle will take over!" Twilight said.
"Twilight, you're too pure to become Midnight again. Try to think of her as a separate entity at this point, because your magic can be used for good!" Gohan said.
"And if you don't, all those students will die!" Sunset said.
"And even if Midnight happens to come back..." Gohan said, turning Super Saiyan.
"I'll dispatch of her in five seconds." He said.
Timber looked surprised at his hair.
"H-How did you...?" He asked.
Twilight decided she would do it.
Gohan held Sunset to stay standing, and Twilight got ready.
She aimed her hands at Gloriosa's geode necklace.
And started to use the magic...
She was struggling to get them off.
They weren't budging!
"Twilight, you have to be strong!" Sunset said, grabbing her arms.
An orange glow surrounded her hands.
In that moment, Sunset ponied up and Twilight's blue glow turned into a horn and some weird glasses Midnight used to have.
Her eyes went white.
"Oh. I was wrong. Midnight Sparkle is actually part of her." Gohan said.
***
Twilight was in her mind.
And heard the laughter of Midnight.
'Remember... She's not me!' Twilight thought.
"You will never control me! I will always be a part of you!" Midnight yelled.
"You will never be a part of me again!" Twilight yelled.
Midnight was able to turn herself into a life size version of herself.
"You can't stop me, I'll be the one who takes over!" She said.
"No!" Twilight yelled, firing ki blasts at Midnight.
Midnight floated closer as the ki just disintegrated around her.
"What!?" Twilight asked.
"It's futile, Twilight Sparkle!" Midnight yelled, firing magic from her palms at Twilight.
Twilight crossed her arms in an attempt to block the intense attack.
It was too much and she was knocked away and the blast died.
"You're powerless. Give up!" Midnight yelled.
She forced herself into Twilight.
Okay, don't take that the wrong way.
"No.... I can't!" Twilight said, getting wings, eyes and a horn that resembled Midnight's.
"Exactly!" Gohan said.
"Huh?" Twilight asked.
Projections of her close friends started appearing around her.
"Twilight, listen to me! You are in charge!" Sunset said.
"You are a light, darling! A force for good!" Rarity said.
"Yeah! You can kick the darkness's butt!" Rainbow Dash said.
"You're in control. Remember that!" Gohan said.
"We're here for you, Twilight!" Pinkie said.
"And we'll be here, no matter what!" Applejack said.
"We believe in you!" Fluttershy said.
"You... are not... Midnight Sparkle!" Sunset said.
"No... I... Am...Twilight Sparkle! And the magic I carry inside me is... the Magic of Friendship!" Twilight yelled, freeing herself from Midnight.
***
Twilight ponied up, and had a huge burst of energy!
She removed the geodes!
"Alright!" Rainbow Dash said.
And the geodes...
They all floated to their respective owners.
The Elements of Harmony!
Everyone got one!
*snicker* Except Gohan...
How unfortunate.
Now all of a sudden the Humane 7 got new looks!
All the while gaining EVEN more power!
Their wings turned spikey, and then most of their hair just shrunk.
Sunset was healed completely.
The seven got together in the air.
Then suddenly...
"Wait, why am I being pulled into this!?" Gohan asked as he was pulled into the group.
They all got together to unleash the true, hidden power of Friendship to blast all the vines away!
Gloriosa was normal again...
Completely healed, too.
"You did it!" Timber said.
The students were all freed.
Green sparkles of magic were falling everywhere.
One fell on Gloriosa, and she woke up.
"What... What happened?" She asked as she got up.
"It's okay. It's gonna be okay." Timber said, hugging her.
The Humane 7 all floated down to the ground.
"All right!" Gohan said.
Everyone cheered for them.
Spike ran up to Twilight.
"You did it!" He said.
Then he noticed Twilight's new pendant.
"Whoa... Nice bling." He said.
In fact, each of them had pendants.
Each representing their cutie marks in the other world.
Okay, this time Gohan gets one as well.
What was it...?
A black pendant with the kanji '悟' engraved into it.
It had a strange feeling.
Compared to the others ones.
The other ones had the magic of Friendship in them.
This wasn't an exception, but...
'Why am I feeling a whole lot of dad from this?' He thought.
But, that was for another time.
"Wow... You all look great!" Gohan said.
'Especially Sunset, for some reason.' He thought.
"What... What are these?" Applejack asked.
"I'm not sure. But clearly we have some kind of connection to them." Sunset said.
"Obviously. Look at you all! You're all so much stronger than before! This is like a hidden potential you guys had all along!" Gohan said.
"And even you have one!" Sunset said.
"But I didn't even get a geode..." Gohan said, inspecting his.
"I almost don't care what they are. They are gorgeous!" Rarity said.
Then she gasped. "And will totally go with the other collection I was working on for the camp fashion show!" She said.
Then she turned to Gloriosa.
"That's probably cancelled, isn't it?" She asked.
***
Everyone was fixing up the camp.
Mainly the dock.
Gohan doing the most work with the Humane 7 in second.
He was also not a Super Saiyan anymore.
Gloriosa walked up to the principals.
"I am so sorry. I only wanted this to be the best week Camp Everfree has ever had, and instead I've made it the worst. Maybe it's for the best that I'm losing the camp to Filthy Rich." Gloriosa said.
"No. Its not!" Celestia said.
"This camp has meant so much to so many people, my sister and me included." She said.
"Why do you think we wanted our students to come here?" Luna asked.
"We can't let Filthy Rich take this place away!" Twilight said.
"If camp meant so much to you two, maybe it meant as much to the other campers who came here in years past." She said.
"And maybe we can get them to help save it!" Sunset said.
Applejack stuck a piece of wood in the ground. "Oh! Like a fundraiser?" She asked.
"A ball!?" Rarity asked.
"Our band could play!" Rainbow Dash said.
"I could write a new song just for the occasion!" Fluttershy said.
"And I can provide stage effects!" Gohan said.
The students were all agreeing.
"Those are all good ideas, but where would we hold it?" Gloriosa asked.
"We could hold it in the crystal cave!" Sunset said.
Rarity gasped. "A crystal ball!?" She asked.
"I admire everyone's enthusiasm. Really, I do. But I-I just don't know how we're going to plan a ball by tomorrow and invite everyone." Gloriosa said.
"We got this!" Gohan and the Humane 7 all said.
***
After tons of planning, setting up, and singing, it was done.
A concert!
Gohan liked that song, but still preferred the 'Shine Like Rainbows.'
Twilight was singing too.
Gohan wasn't really for the new dresses, but whatever.
In the end...
Gohan jumped onstage to hug Sunset.
"That was amazing!" He said.
"Glad you liked it!" Sunset said.
"Why don't you kiss 'Sunny,' eh Gohan?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Oh come on, I was angry!" Gohan said.
"I really like the nickname." Sunset said with a smile.
Gloriosa walked up to the stage.
With a new dress and everything!
"Thank you all so much for coming! And for helping us raise enough money to... save Camp Everfree!" Gloriosa said with so much joy.
Everyone cheered.
Filthy Rich walked away from the concert.
Then she turned to the Humane 7 and Gohan.
"Thank you. For everything. Oh, if I'd just asked for help in the first place..." She said.
"Hey, don't sweat it, it's kinda what we do." Rainbow Dash said.
"And you... Gohan, right?" Gloriosa asked.
Gohan nodded.
"Thank you for stopping me when I... Well, turned. I'm really sorry for what I did." Gloriosa said.
"Don't be sorry. In fact, I should apologize. I shouldn't have brutalized you like that. I didn't even have to use that much power against you, I was seriously going full throttle." Gohan said.
"But I'm still confused why your hair changed." Gloriosa said.
"I'll explain it to you another time. For now, let's just call it Super Saiyan. And my spikier hair is called a Super Saiyan 2." Gohan said.
***
Now it was prom 2.0 going on, jeez.
A ball, basically.
Gohan wasn't wearing any suit.
Twilight was putting some lights together...
"Not to brag or anything, but it's pretty cool how I saved all those campers from those Rubus fruticosus." Timber said from behind.
He was wearing a suit.
"Blackberry brambles." He said.
"I'm familiar with the genus. It's just a little weird you say you saved the campers. I thought I saved them. Or actually, Gohan did." Twilight said.
"Yeah. But I saved you from falling on the docks so that you could save the campers. So technically, it was all me." Timber joked.
Twilight giggled. "I'm really glad I met you." She said.
...
"Uh oh." Timber said.
"What?" Twilight asked.
"That sounds like a goodbye. And here I was hoping we'd still be able to hang out. Maybe get dinner and catch a movie?" Timber said with a blush.
Ooh...
Twilight blushed.
Even better!
"Yeah, I'd really like that!" Twilight said.
"Oh, good! I was hoping that's what this meant." Timber said.
Twilight grabbed his hand.
The two got really close...
Close!
And they were about to kiss!!!!!!!1!1!!!
....
Then all of a sudden Gloriosa jumped in, ruining the fucking moment!
Damn it!
"Oh, uh..." She said before laughing nervously. "Sorry. I need to borrow Timber. There are some donors I really want him to meet. They were good friends with Mom and Dad." She said.
The two walked away.
Timber looked over his shoulder. "Save me a dance, okay?" He said.
"Uh huh!" Twilight said.
The rest of the Humane 7 sans Rainbow Dash were right behind her.
Also Gohan.
"Adorable!" Rarity said.
"Well, we know you picked one over the other." Gohan said.
"He does seem like a pretty cool guy." Sunset said.
Rainbow Dash zipped in with her super speed.
"You know what else is cool? Our awesome new superpowers!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Definitely." Gohan said.
Then she explained how she was able to do everything she could.
Gohan started to stray away from that.
He started to inspect his new pendant.
'This is weird. Why is there a huge feeling of dad in this?' He thought.
'It's got his first kanji on it... Well, that's my first kanji too, but I wear a '飯', not a '悟'. But why did I get a pendant in the first place? I'm no element of Harmony. I didn't get any geode either. Oh, wait, it might because of the Cutie map. Well, there's no other reason it could be here.' He thought.
Then it started to glow yellow all of a sudden.
"What the heck...?" Gohan muttered.
There was a whole lot of Goku to be felt right there.
It died down and it was normal again.
'What was that?' Gohan thought.
***
Well, the rest of Camp Everfree went by and Gohan was heading home!
Well, not without the dock being destroyed ONE MORE FUCKING TIME by Pinkie.
But yeah...
That's it.
Next Chapter: Broly: The Third Coming (Gettin Real Tired of Your Shit, Broly) Pt. 1 Estimated time remaining: 6 Hours, 19 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
This has to be the second longest chapter I will ever write. I fell asleep and woke up to just post it right now.
I really tried on the romance, but I don't think it ended up well. What do you think?
And I'm sure you can tell I used Vegeta's anger in this one. Except it wasn't the exact same, I *spoilers*.
Anyway, power level time! Because it's my favorite time waster just under this!
(Post Battle)
Twilight Sparkle - 3,900
Magic - 2,000,000,000Rainbow Dash - 8,200
Magic - 1,750,000,000Applejack - 18,500
Magic - 1,800,000,000Pinkie Pie - 7,500
Magic - 1,500,000,000Rarity - 6,000
Magic - 1,300,000,000Sunset Shimmer - 7,800
Magic - 1,600,000,000Fluttershy - 5,700
Magic - 1,200,000,000Gloriosa (Gaea) - 1,400,000,000
Gohan - 64,250,000,000
SSJ2 - Fucking Overkill