I let out a happy sigh as everything is finished getting ready. Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Rarity arrived to the party early and offered to help in getting everything set up for tonight’s festivities. It was odd in a way to see Rarity actively trying to be civil to my nephew, who was also helping along side his date.

I smile as Rainbow and Fluttershy bring in the last of the food and drinks with the chefs and set them on the tables for later. I look to stage where Lady Octavia and her band mates have everything set up for the music, and am secretly grateful that Pinkie Pie left to her families rock farm. As funny as she can be, I would prefer that this party not be as chaotic as the Gala.

I look to the doors as my sister walks in, wearing one of her formal black dresses with her sapphire and onyx necklace. She sees me smiling and smiles as well, seeing everything is set up.

“I was wondering when you would arrive sister. Did you just not want to help?” I ask with a grin. Luna just rolls her eyes and takes a seat next to me on her recently made throne. We had thrones made for us in the main hall in case we held a meeting or event that would be too big for the throne room.

“Come now sister. You know as well as we do that one must look their best for festivities such as this.” She says, and I can’t help but giggle. Rarity walks up to the two of us with a curious expression.

“Excuse me princesses, but do you know when Twilight and her family are going to arrive?” She asks. I think for a moment, Twilight and her family should have arrived by now, and I know how Twilight hates being late, the near disaster Natali stopped coming to mind.

“They should arrive any moment Rarity, we must be pa-“ I stopped and stood from my throne as I sensed several powerful magic sources suddenly appear nearby. My guess it they were a little down the hall. My sister rose from her own seat, likely feeling the powerful magic as well. Focusing on it, one of the sources seemed to almost dwarf our own, while another seeming similar to Luna’s but more wild.

“Princess? What is it?” Rainbow asks as she flew over to us. I don’t get to answer as there was a knocking at the door to the room. I look to some of the guards nearby and nod. Four of them come to me and my sister, weapons at the ready, and two more went to the doors. The three elements, my nephew and his date all came to my side. Fluttershy looked extremely scared, Rainbow was glaring at the door, seemingly preparing for a fight, and Rarity looked worried. My nephew managed to keep the neutral royal face as I have taught him, and Scarlett was by his side.

The guards nodded to each other and lit up their horns, wrapping the door handles in their magic and beginning to open the door. All of us tensed up, preparing to face a group of potential evil intruders who wanted to ruin our party.

Imagine my surprise when the doors revealed Twilight, her family, Natali and another group with them. I saw Rainbow almost fall out of the air in surprise at this less than dangerous group. All of us watch as the large group walks in, and I made sure to get a good look at all of them. There was only two ponies in this new group, a unicorn stallion and a Pegasus mare, though I could barely tell she was a Pegasus due to her black hooded jacket overtop of her dress that was also covering her face.

There was also, to our shock, three humans. One was a male almost as tall as me with red and brown hair, wearing black and red clothing, the only formal part being a tie, with a sword at his side, a pair of bracelets and a necklace. The other two were female, one having blue and gold hair done in a small bun, the other having orange hair with a pink bow that reminded me of AppleJack’s sister. The first two looked familiar, but for the life of me I could not remember why.

Lastly was....a flying cat? She was in the air, a pair of bright white wings keeping her afloat with an odd sound. She had purple fur, with the areas around her paws and ears being white and she was wearing a, quite honestly, adorable light blue and pink dress with a pair of tiny black shoes.

“Um, why are you all so tensed?” I am brought out of my examining of the group as the stallion asked this. I look and realize, despite Twilight being present, my guards, Rainbow and Rarity are still at the ready for a fight and Fluttershy is hiding behind Luna.

I cough, getting their attentions and give a gentle smile, telling them to relax. Reluctantly, my guards relax their stances and Fluttershy come out from behind my sister. Rainbow on the other hand, remained on guard. The hooded pony noticed her and chuckled, making Rainbow glare at them.

“What’s so funny?” She asks harshly. Before we could say anything, the mysterious pony walked forward and spoke, her voice causing all of us to freeze.

“You know, I really should have expected you to be on guard. It is what I would do.” That voice...impossible. It sounded just like Rainbow Dash. I watch as she takes her hands out of her jacket pockets, revealing some cyan fur and raises them to her hood. All of us are in total shock as she lowers her hood, revealing a head of rainbow hair, cyan fur and a pair of rose eyes.

“R-Rainbow?” Fluttershy asks quietly, in shock. I look at the Rainbow that has been here to whole time and find her on the ground, sitting in disbelief at this mare in front of her, her jaw almost on the ground. There was silence for a bit, before this new Rainbow bursts into laughter.

“BWAHAHAHAH!! O-oh my Celestia! You g-guys should see your faces!” She yell in laughter, a couple of the group laughing as well. The tall human sighs and rubs his eyes after removing his mask.

“RD, I don’t think that was a good idea.” He says, pointing to the original Rainbow, the pegasus seemingly having shut down in shock. The new one looks to her and shrugs.

“Eh, if this version is anything like me she will-“ she doesn’t get to continue before she dodges out of the way of the original Rainbow rocketing towards her.

“Alright copycat! Who are you?!” Rainbow shouts. I go to stop them before I hear an odd shimmering and suddenly both Rainbows are wrapped in with some kind of a green rope.

“Hey!” They both shout. We look and see the blue and golden haired girl has some kind of spell matrix in front of her right hand.

“Yeah, I am just going to stop you two before this becomes a problem. And just so we don’t end up mixing you two up...” she trails off before lifting her other hand, a different matrix appearing in it. I raise a brow before looking to the two Rainbows. Suddenly the fur of the one that dodged changes from cyan to cerulean and the order of the color in her mane reverses. The rope holding them is disperses and the newly changed pegasus looked herself over.

“Huh, I always wondered how I would look if I dyed my fur.” She says to herself. I look to the human in shock before looking to Natali and Twilight. They both looked to each other and sighed.

“It’s a long story.” They say together. I raise a brow and sit on my throne again, my sister following suit with a curious expression.

“We have time.”

So after nearly an hour of talking, we finished explaining who the new group was and why there were two Rainbows. Needless to say the RD of this world was all sorts of shocked while Adam’s was enjoying the look on her face. I made sure to release Selene, Topaz and Chance while we were explaining it so I didn’t forget and leave them in their pokeballs all night.

“So this is Adam and Alexandria. I had hoped we could meet one day, though I did not expect it during this holiday.” Rarity says with a slight flutter of her lashes. The three of us just look to her with deadpan expression, she immediately blushes and looks away. The duo sigh as Blueblood walks up with a smile.

“Well, allow me to be the first to welcome the six of you to this realm. I am Prince Blueblood, but please just call me Blue.” he says with a smile, holding his hand out to shake. The others look to him in shock at his polite attitude. Adam reluctantly shakes his hand after a second.

“Nice to meet you to Blue. I am Adam Taurus, leader of the White Fang squadron of the royal guard. This is my partner Penny Polendina and our realms version of Rainbow Dash.” He says a little awkwardly, Penny doing a curtsy regardless.

“I am Alexandria Justine or just Lex, Faekage of the Fairy Tail guild. This is my friend Sonbāsutā and his assistant slash little sister Echo.” Lex says just as awkwardly, Echo doing a midair curtsy.

Scarlet and I see how awkward they are being and we both sigh, but for different reasons.

“Let me guess, your guys’s Blueblood’s are total asses aren’t they?” I ask. The group try to say no, but end up nodding. Blue just sighs.

“I see, that seems to be a bit of a trend in the multiverse according to Natali. Well, let me just say that while I can act like a total prick, please be aware that at the very least it is only an act here in this dimension.” He says with a slight bow of his head. The group nods and I can see Celestia and Luna looking at Sonbāsutā with a curious gaze.

“Excuse me sir? But, who exactly are you. You look very familiar.” Celestia asks, I was curious as well. Lex and Echo look worried before Sonbāsutā puts on a relaxed and gentle smile. He walks forward and gives a bow.

“Hello. Like Lex said, I am Sonbāsutā, and I am the former king of the Crystal Empire.” He says with a smile. My jaw drops to the ground as I realize what he just said, Celestia and Luna being in the same boat.

“King Sombra?!?!” The princesses and I yell in shock. The princesses barely light up their horns as I summon a bunch of Vectors and surround the stallion. Sombra gives a ‘sorta’ gesture with his hand in response to our reaction.

“Yes and no. Sombra was the name I took after I became corrupted by evil magic. You see, when I was younger, I met a mare named Crystal Dust and foolishly fell in love with her. She pretended to love me in return and appeared to be a well mannered and respectable mare. But it was a lie, a cover hiding a greedy, egotistical and sadistic pony. She wanted to get close to me so I would marry her and she would all but take over my kingdom. After I learned of this, I blew up. My emotions ran rampant and because of this my magic became corrupted by my anger and sadness, turning me into the tyrant king Sombra.”

Me and the others are all frozen in shock at this story. I know that Sombra from the show was evil, but now that I think about it, it just showed him as a tyrant and nothing more. This guy has way more of a backstory than the original. I get angry at this story and the others see me grinding my teeth. I can barely see that Adam is in the same boat as well.

“Nat? Adam?” Lex says cautiously. We just look to her in anger.

“Targets, now.” We say sternly. Lex nods and gets into what I recognize as Ice Maker stance. The matrix appears and after a second two large targets made of ice appear in front of her, which she promptly threw in the air. I growl and launch my Vectors, turning my ice target into ice shavings to vent while Adam takes out his sword and covers it with his aura and slash’s his into ice cubes.

The others watch in shock as we turn ice into ice shavings and cubes, which I put with the ice sculpture and the cubes into the punch bowls. I pant for a second, reigning in my anger, while Adam twirls his sword in anger and sheaths it hard. I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn to see Sonbā looking at me and Adam with both a sad and appreciative smile.

“Thanks. I know about how you both helped Lex after her experience with Ray so I appreciate the reactions.” He say. Adam and I nod to him before the others come out of their stunned states.

“Wow! I don’t think I have ever seen you that mad before Nat.” Rainbow says. I just shrug and go over to the punch bowl. It was as Adam and I calmed down when some of the others that were here for the party begin to arrive. Of course they were all confused and a little worried when they saw Lex and Adam, but after seeing them talk to the princesses, they calmed down, seeing they were friends.

I smile as the band nearby begins to play their music, Lyra being zoned in to her lyre, but I can tell she wants to talk to Adam and Lex. Octavia was equally curious, but she knew that she can talk to them afterwards. I release a happy sigh and take a drink of my punch. This is really nice, a calm, relaxed party.

“Um, excuse me, Natali?” I look to the side and see as Penny walks up with a slightly nervous expression.

“Oh, hey Penny. What’s up?” I question. She sighs and looks toward Adam as he is talking with Shining Armor and Night Light.

“I would like to talk to you about Adam.” She says. I sigh and look her in the eye.

“Did he do something stupid again?” I ask with a barely hidden smirk.

“No! At least I don’t think so. I wanted to talk to you about something Edward said that has been in my mind since we left his world.” She says with a light blush. I raise a brow and look to Sora as she appear with an equally curious expression. I quickly use my Vectors and grab a cup of punch for the android-turned-human.

“So what was it that this Edward said that has you all bent out of shape?” Sora asks, standing next to me.

“Well, after Adam and Edward has a practice match against each other, Edward gave me and Adam some new powers we did not have before. He gave Adam the ability to augment his strengths with magic, letting him become stronger and faster. As you saw before, he also gave me the ability to use alchemy without a circle. But, after Edward unlocked this power for me...he said...” she stops, a blush overtaking her face. I raise a brow and have a very odd feeling about this.

“H-he...called me Adam’s girlfriend.” She says quietly and I almost choke on my drink, Sora patting my back with a Vector. Once I get myself under control I look to her with a raised brow, seeing her face is almost bright red.

“Are you?” I ask, earning a shake of the head no.

”Do you want to be?” Sora asks. Penny is frozen for a second before shrugging with a nod, saying maybe. The two of us sigh before laughing a little.

“You have nothing to worry about Penny. Adam can be a little dense sometimes, but he is a hell of a lot better about relationships than I am. Granted neither of us have been in a relationship before, but Adam has always been better at seeing someone’s feelings than me or Sora.” I say, leaning on the table. Penny looks to her drink and just stands next to me as we look over the crowd. After a while of silence, I look to the huntress again.

“How do you think you feel about Adam?” I ask suddenly. She looks to me for a second before looking down in thought again.

“I-I am not sure. Ever since I was sent to Equestria, Adam has been there for me. When I first appeared, he was the first one to greet me and explain how I was now human. When I was overcome by emotion and cried for the first time, he was there, letting me cry on his shoulder along with our Princess Luna. When we found Pyrrha and she attacked him, I was angry, I wanted to protect him. Ever since then, he has helped me more than any of the others, teaching me how to cook, helping me with my tone, even just sparring with me. Then when we went to Edwards world and he got hurt after the fight, I was worried about him. I wanted to make sure I was there when he woke up from the duel. I am not sure if that means I like him or not, but I do care for him.” She says. I nod at this before Sora seems to get an idea.

”How about this. We will go over and talk to Adam and see his point of view. If things are as we think they are, we will make it so you two can do something to help you figure it out.” Sora says. Penny raises a brow, but before she can ask, me and Sora leave to talk to my brother.

We make our way through the crowd to Adam who just finished talking to Shining Armor and Night Light, the duo looking impressed as they leave. He must have been talking about one of his fights. He sees us coming up and smiles.

“Hey Nat and Sora. Thanks for the invite to this. It is really nice here.” He says, taking a bite out of some food he grabbed. I nod and grab a little plate for me and Sora. We just stand next to him for a minute, noticing him glancing at Lex and Penny sometimes.

“So, anything significant happen to you in your Equestria?” I ask, trying to break the ice.

“You mean besides becoming the leader of my own squad of the royal guard, discovering and living with versions of the characters from RWBY and fighting my worlds Luna to a draw, not in that order? Not really. Just me being the protective me I have always been.” I laugh a little at the last part, that is basically Adam in a nutshell, being super protective of others.

”So you been getting along with your new friends from Remnant?” Sora asks, hovering by his head.

“Sure. I mean, it was awkward to say the least, especially with this new form, but me and the others have gotten used to each other by now. Ruby and I were the most awkward around each other, but we have gotten used to each other. Honestly, I am just worried for when the rest of their teams arrive.” He says. I look to him after a bit, seeing as he glances to Lex then to Penny.

“What about Penny?”

“What about her?”

“I can tell you two get along really well, otherwise she wouldn’t have come along with you. From what she said, she even went with you to Ed’s world where you two got your new powers. Also about a certain comment the alchemist may have made.” I say the last part with a grin and see Adam’s blushing face. Good thing for me he took off his mask.

“C-can we not bring that up? Edward implied some embarrassing things.” He says, taking a bite out of his food. Me and Sora just smirk at him.

“Adam what’s the problem? Penny told us what Ed said, and judging from your reaction, you aren’t against it.” I say to him. He stays quiet for a second before sighing.

“I mean, I have thought about it after what he told me, but I am not sure if it could work between us. My realms princesses are looking for ways to get the others back to Remnant, and I am sure Penny will end up going with them. I don’t want to give her something to cling to.” He says. Sora just rolls her eyes as I sigh.

”A little late for that Adam. Penny cares about you, and not just as a friend or teammate. You have been with her through all her hardships since she arrived in Equestria, so she is already attached to you. The question is, if you will let it grow, or cut it off.” Sora says. Adam sighs again and looks to Penny who is talking to Fancy and Fleur. He stays quiet and I look to the band and get an idea.

“How about this?” He looks to me. “I’ll talk to the band and have them play some relaxing dance music. You ask her to dance, and the two of you can talk or just think about how you feel about each other.” I tell him. Adam looks nervous and blushes, so I give him some support.

“How about this. You ask her to dance, and I will find my own partner so you aren’t the odd ones out.” He looks to me and eventually nods. I smile and pat him on the back before heading to Octavia and Lyra as they and their band are taking a break.

’Penny is a lucky girl to snag Adam like that.’ Sora says to me in thought.

‘I am pretty sure it was the other way around, but I agree. Sometimes I wish we didn’t see each other as siblings because he would be a really great guy to be with. Those two are lucky to be able to be with each other. I wish I could get as lucky as those two.’ I say back to her. I was walking up to the band so I didn’t notice Sora doing a face palm.

‘Damn it Nat.’

“Hey Octavia, hey Lyra.” I say, getting the mares attentions.

“Hey Natali! So who are the humans that came by, I have been dying to meet them.” Lyra says with a wide grin, earning some eye rolls from her band mates. I just chuckle and point to the others.

“The tall guy in the black and red is my surrogate younger brother Adam, the girl with the blue and yellow hair is my surrogate older sister Alexandria or just Lex, and the girl with the orange hair and the bow is Penny, basically Adam’s partner.” I say, Lyra looking more and more excited.

“So you were able to bring your siblings to this party. Lucky mare. So what was it you needed Natali?” Octavia asks. I smile at the fact Octavia could tell I wanted to ask something.

“I wanted to ask if you guys can play some slow dance music for Adam and Penny. Those two are a little....unsure of themselves.” I say. They look between Adam and Penny, seeing the duo glancing at each other and smile. They nod and the band get ready to play. I smile and head back to the others. I see as Lex and Sombra-er, Sonbā are talking to the princesses. I decided to head over and see if maybe he wanted to dance or something.

“Hey Lex, Sonbā!” They turn as I walk up to them.

“Oh, hey Nat. What’s up?” Lex asks.

“Nothing much. I just talked to Lyra and Octavia and they are going to be playing some slow dance songs in a minute.” I tell them, Sonbā raising a brow.

“Really, why is that?” He asks. I just smirk and point to Penny and Adam. Lex sees them and realized I asked.

“Nice one Nat. I thought those two would need the push.” She says.

“Oh yeah and Lex, can I ask a favor?” She looks to me and nods. “Well, I was really busy this last month so I wasn’t able to make or get presents for Twilight and Spike so-“ I get stopped by Lex’s hand on my mouth, seeing her smile and nod. She places her hand on my temple and I feel a static shock. She looks to me with a smirk and nods before turning to the stallion with us.

“Hey Sonbā? Wanna dance?” I lean back a bit at how blunt and sudden Lex is being, but Sonbā just shrugs and offers his hand with a gentleman like bow.

“Of course, Faekage Lex.” He says with a barely contained smirk. Lex giggles and takes his hand in hers and heads to the dance floor. I am just left with a dropped jaw for a second before I shake my head and release a large sigh.

I head back over to the punch bowl and just stand there, looking to my siblings. I see as Adam walks up to Penny with a blush, rubbing the back of his head. Considering I see Penny blush as well and nod, I guess he was able to ask her. The duo head over to the dance floor as well and I see a couple of other couples heading there. I look to the band and see they are almost ready. I sigh again. Even I can’t help but feel a little jealous that those two have partners for a dance.

“Natali? Is something wrong?” I look to the side and see Twilight as she asked this with a worried and curious expression.

“Oh hey Twi. It’s nothing. It’s just, Adam and Lex have their own ‘dates’ to dance with in a minute, and I am getting stuck on the sideline. I mean, it is hard not to be jealous when your siblings have partners when you don’t.” I say, leaning on the table. I hear Twilight shifting on her hooves, so I look at her and see she has a light blush on her muzzle. Before I can ask anything, she speaks up.

“I-if you want, I-I could be your dance partner. I don’t really know much about dancing, but at least you could dance.” I look to Twi with wide eyes and blush myself, before smiling and offering my hand. She smiles back and takes my hand as we head over to the floor as well. I can see the Rainbow’s looking over us and they both smirk as they see me and Twi holding hands. The both of us blush but don’t have much time to worry about it as Octavia and her band begin to play.

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The choice was a little somber but still it is a good song. The couples all bow to their partners and we get ready. Twilight is clearly nervous, looking at her hooves and my feet so I take a breath and grab her chin making her look me in the eye.

“Hey, calm down. This is just a dance. Don’t think too much and follow my lead. Just be glad you aren’t human so I can’t step on any toes.” I tell her. Twilight takes a breath and nods putting her right hand on my shoulder and holds my hand with her left, while I hold her waist with my free hand.

At that, everypony begins to dance together, each couple having smiles on their faces. As I am dancing with Twilight I take a few glances at my siblings, seeing Adam and Penny both looking a little nervous, but still smiling, and Lex and Sonbāsutā just having fun. I smile and allow myself to focus on my own partner, Twilight smiling after we begin as she is able to keep up with my steps and a couple of twirls.

“Wow. I had no idea you were such a good dancer.” She says as I twirl her around again.

“I needed some kind of physical education through high school. I always found dancing a little more fun than most sports. And not just this kind of ballroom dancing. I may know a thing or two about flamenco dancing.” I say with a smirk. Twilight looks surprised then blushes after a minute.

“Oh, wow. I wonder how you would look in one of those dresses.” She mumbles to herself, earning a chuckle from me.

“That was the only thing I hated about that style of dance. The outfits were too layered. It was near impossible for me to focus if I wore the dress because of how hot I would get in it.” I say with a laugh, Twilight giggling at the thought. “Thanks by the way.” She looks to me with a tilt of her head. “Even though I asked them to play so Adam and Penny could dance, I really wanted to get up and move a little more than I was. Dancing always seems to make me more relaxed.”

“Heh, dancing, singing, playing the piano and being a scientist. You really are a jack-of-all-trades Natali.” Twilight says, taking a chance and twirling me around. I smile as she gets more confidence in her own dancing.

On the sidelines, Velvet, Night Light and Shining are just watching as I dance with Twilight, the two of us now having smiles on our faces. The parents were very surprised about the happy expression Twilight had on her face, considering she was in the middle of a crowd dancing. Shining was just surprised that Twilight was dancing with me and not some other pony. Yet, it didn’t seem to bother him.

“Looks like you guys know what Sora was talking about earlier huh?” Spike says, walking up with Sweetie Belle. The parents look back at us as Twilight twirls me again with a laugh and nod to Spike.

“I’ll be honest, I never expected this from my daughter. But if they are happy, all the more power to them.” Night Light says with a smile. Sweetie raises a brow and looks as Twi and I continue to dance.

“Wait, are Natali and Twilight together?” She asks innocently.

”No, but at the rate their going, and if they would stop being so dense, they will be.” Sora says, suddenly appearing next to them. Everypony but Spike jumps at the sudden appearance, the drake already used to it from having to live with us.

“What do you mean Sora?” Velvet asks. Sora just sighs and looks to Penny and Adam, the duo having blushes and holding each other a little closer.

”Natali and Twilight have never been in relationships before, plus I doubt they have ever thought about looking for anyone inside of our gender before. Adam and Penny have also never been in relationships, but the difference is Adam is a lot better at reading another’s emotions. I can tell that Adam is probably going to be asking her out after they get back to their Equestria, but these two might never realize one another without some kind of push.” Sora explain. The group all look to us as the song begins to die down.

“Damn, now I really wish Cadence was here. She could probably help them out.” Shining says.

“Oh yeah, where is Cadence anyways?” Sora asks.

“I think Celestia said she was spending Hearths Warming in Trottingham with some of her friends from before she ascended. She won’t be back until after you guys head back to Ponyville.” Shining answers, Sora snapping her fingers at the missed opportunity. Sora then looks to the band and sees the instruments, getting an idea about how to close out the night.

Twilight and I give each other a curtsy bow before we both giggle and hug one another before heading back to the others. I look to Adam and see he is hugging Penny, the duo both have blushes and smiles on their faces. Lex and Sonbā just looked like they had a blast just from dancing. I go to talk before I feel Sora ‘poking’ me in my mind.

‘What is it sis?’ I ask her, motioning to Twilight to hold on a sec.

’Well, it is starting to get a little late, and I figure we have to sent Lex and Adam back soon. But first, I thought we could do like we used to back in the garage.’ After she says that, I look to the stage where the band was playing and get where she is going with this. I smile and turn to Twilight as she looks curiously.

“Hey Twi. Remember what me and Sora did the night we met Topaz?” I ask. She nods and then gets what is going on. She gets an excited smile and heads back to her friends as I go to Adam and Lex, the two other Displaced and their partners talking to one another.

“Hey guys!” My siblings look to me as I point to the stage. “How about we put on a bit of a show before I send you guys home?” I say. Adam and Lex smile wide and nod, Penny, Sonbāsutā and Echo looking a little confused. The duo smile and direct them to the Princesses and the girls as the three of us head up to the stage as the band are taking a small break.

“Oh, hello Natali. And it is a pleasure to meet you two in pony. Adam and Lex, correct?” Octavia says as we walk up. The others nod and shake Octavias hand.

“Pleasures all ours Octavia. Anyways, could we ask for a favor?” Lex asks, earning a couple of raised brows.

“What is it?” Lyra asks, walking up.

“Well, the three of us wanted to see if we could play a few songs before we have to head home.” Adam says.

“Wait, you all play?” Octavia asks in surprise. I smile and raise my hand, followed by Adam and Lex.

“Piano and vocals.” I say with a smirk, Sora appearing with her own smirk.

“Practically any strings, violins and acoustic guitars are my best.” Adam states with a confident smile.

“I am really just a singer.” Lex says with a sheepish grin for not being as musically diverse as me and Adam.

The gathered band ponies look at the three of us in surprise before smiling and nodding, letting the three of us step up and get our instruments and everything. While we are getting ready, Lex uses her magic and makes one of those flying microphones like from Fairy Tail for us to use before going through some vocal exercises with me.

“So, what songs are you going to be playing?” Octavia asks.

“Oh it isn’t just us. A couple of the songs we have in mind need more than three people to play.” Lex says, making sure her dress is perfect.

“But, how are we going to play with you if we have likely never heard these songs before?” The flute player whos name escapes me asks.

“Simple, I will use one of my magic styles to implant the songs into your heads so you know how to play.” Lex says before placing two finger on her head and point out with the other hand.

“Telepathy Magic: Broadcast.” A small purple beam goes out of her hand and into the heads of the band ponies whos eyes all widen as they get the info from the songs we have in mind. They smile and get their instruments ready. I walk up to the front of the stage and clear my throat, getting everyponies attentions.

“Hello everypony. Are you all enjoying tonight’s party?” I get a bunch of cheers at this question. “Alright! Tonight, my siblings, Adam Taurus and Alexandria Justine and I are going to be playing three different songs before we leave to go to our homes, so I hope you all enjoy them.” I say with a curtsy, the crowd giving an excited cheer. I walk over to the piano and get ready.

“The first song is going to be played by me. It is called, Kindness. And no Fluttershy, it doesn’t directly involve you.” I say the last part with a smirk, barely able to hear the pegasus eep. I smile and take a breath before beginning to play.

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I begin to play the notes slowly, letting them give a tone and echo through the song. I have my eyes closed and am absorbed into the music I am making. It has been a while since I have been able to play, the last time when I met Octavia and Vinyl a couple months ago.

The crowd listens to my calming music, the notes floating though the hall. The girls and my pokemon who have heard my music before were relaxed and drawn into the music, while those who haven’t heard me before are awed by my skill.

”Wow. Since when was Nat such an amazing pianist?” Chance asks quietly.

”Nat and Sora were always great at playing the piano and singing. They played a song the night after we met, so I knew this was going to be good.” Topaz tells him. Selene just smiles at my performance as the girls all let themselves sink into music.

Twilight looks at me as I am smiling, eyes closed, playing this song like it is instinct. She smiles and places a hand on her chest, feeling her heart beating faster than it should. She looks down for a second, wondering why it is like this, why does she feel so nice when she sees me smile like this? She then remembers some of what Cadence used to talk about when she helped ponies find out their feeling for each other.

‘Rapid heart beat, feeling of butterflies in the stomach, constant blushing, general enjoyment about being close...do I...like Nat?’

After a couple more notes, I slow down and eventually stop the song, being greeted by an uproar of cheers for my song. I smile with a bit of a blush and bow to the crowd. Adam smiles and claps me on the back, a violin in his hands and he goes up to the mic and gets a rather serious expression, one that caught everyponies attentions.

“Alright. This next song is for those who...could not make it at this time. Those we have lost, and those who we will never forget.” He says, many of the crowd lowering their heads in respect. He looks to Penny and winks at her with a sad smile, Penny blushing at this. He takes a seat and motions for Lex to go up as I sit back at the piano and nod to the band ponies.

“This song is called Cold, and may those who could make it, never be forgotten.” At this, I begin.

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As I begin to play the piano, the crowd look on in respectful anticipation, and when Lex begins to sing, they are all floored by the tone of the song. Just from the first part, many of the families and couples are tearing up, remembering their loved ones they have lost. Even Celestia and Luna are teary eyed.

The families that are here, Rarity’s and Twilight in particular, hug each other close, crying at the lyrics and message of the song. Those who are alone allow themselves to remember all the ones they have lost, and allow all the memories, the good and bad, to flood their minds. I look over to my friends as I continue, seeing the elements all together with their families. I think I even saw both Rainbow’s crying into each other’s shoulders. As we begin to fade out, I allow myself to think about my family back on earth, and pray they are alright.

Once we stop the hall once again erupted into tearful cheers, the three of us walking to one another for a hug and bow. We all smile to the crowd, seeing so many tearful smiles at our performance. I look to Penny as she and Adam lock eyes and see her smile and place a hand on her heart, a motion mirrored by Adam. I smile at the two of them and wipe my eyes. Lex looks to us and nods, going to the microphone, all the ponies looking to her after calming down.

“Alright, after an emotional song like that, I believe we have the perfect one for our last performance. This one is for those who never give up, for those who follow their heart, no matter what. An Unwavering Heart.” She says, getting ready. I join her by the mic as it is a duet and Sora appears, using our Vectors to play the piano. We nod and begin.

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The crowd is immediately drawn in as Lex and I sing together. They listen in awe as the other instruments begin to play alongside our voices. The crowd all listen as we go one, remembering everyone who has helped them reach their goals. Twilight and the girls are once again brought back to when Twi and I helped get them back together after Discord did what he did. Celestia and Luna are brought back to their reunion during the Summer Sunset Celebration, and hold one another.

The after we finish the lyrical part and just hum for the last couple verses, I see as the rest of the girls and my pokemon all smiling as the song get a little quieter and instrumental. I smile as we begin to fade out the music and our humming, letting the music echo through the hall. The crowd once again applauded us as all of us, the band ponies included, walk up to the front of the stage and bow.

We all smile as my siblings and I walk off the stage to the others. Penny immediately jumps to Adam with a hug and a laugh, Sonbāsutā smiling and bringing Lex into a side hug with Echo on her head. I laugh as those two are hugged by the friends when I feel a pair of arms wrap around me and turn to see Twilight with a smile. I smile back and hug her proper. We break and I can hear the Rainbow’s snickering.

“Wow, at least I now know what is different about this realms Twi.” Dash said, Twi and I blushing at the implication. We both look away from each other and I glare at her.

“Very funny Dash. I am sure your Twi would love that joke.” I say with a blush still on my face. What the heck is going on?

“Oh calm down Nat. We all know that you don’t swing that way. That we know of.” Rainbow says with a smirk, leaning against her double. I just frown at her with my glare, Rainbow and Dash beginning to sweat. Lex stands in front of them with her hands up.

“Relax sis. We all know how Rainbow acts. It’s a multiversal constant.” She says. I just sigh and rub my head. After that the princesses walk up to us for a farewell for the night.

“Well, I guess its time for you guys to go huh?” I say to my siblings. Adam sighs and nods, putting his mask back on. Lex also nods but then smile.

“But first things first. Meet you guys at Twilights! Direct Line!” After she says that she disappears, leaving us in confusion. We look to Echo and Sonbā with raised brows, only for them to shrug. I sigh and get my coat on and we all leave the castle for Twilight’s old home.

“So, any idea what Lex is up to?” Adam asks after a couple minutes.

“No idea. Though this was good timing as Lex was having some trouble deciding what magic to teach some of the guild members.” Sonbā says.

“Yeah, Edward mentioned how she taught him Arc of Embodiment, but how did she do that?” Penny asks, staying close to Adam with Selene resting on her head.

“Well, like Lex said earlier, she found a chest that contained a bunch of the magic styles from Fiore. She learned the style called Archive and used that to teach me and this Edward how to use the new type of magic.” He replied. I began to wonder, could Lex teach me some new type of magic?

As I wondered this, our group finally passed by the last turn to Twilights. Walking up to the door, I can sense some kind of a spell going on, likely from Lex, but I couldn’t tell what the spell was. As we were about to open the door though, we hear a crinkling sound like wrapping paper. Walking in, we see Lex sitting on the couch, panting a little bit.

“Lex? Are you ok?” I ask, going up to her after taking my coat and shoes off. She just nods and sighs.

“Yeah, I’m fine. Just took a bit more energy than I thought to get the stuff ready.” She says, getting out of her seat. I raise a brow as she goes to the kitchen, then comes back with a couple of present boxes in her magic. I go wide eyed as she left early to make some presents for the holiday. She levitates one over to Penny, Adam and Rainbow before pointing to the tree in the corner of the room and we see a couple more presents that is for me and my versions.

“Obviously, as per the rules of Hearths Warming and Christmas, you guys are not to open your presents until tomorrow morning.” Lex says. The others nod and grab their presents out of the air before putting them to the side. Lex snaps her fingers and suddenly brings up a screen with Archive. I raise a brow before she smiles and a slightly smaller screen appears.

“Alright. Before we leave, I think we should have a group photo.” She says. I smile and nod, going over to sit in front of the couch, Sora appearing next to me. The others follow suit, with Chance laying next to me on the floor and Topaz sitting on my lap and Selene on my head. Adam stands behind the couch with Penny and Dash by his side and the Sparkle family all sit on the couch itself. Lex smiles as she and her group stand on the sides of the couch with Echo in the middle above all of us.

“Alright, everypony ready?” We all nod to her. “Alright, on three. One...two...three. Say cheese!” We all smile and say cheese as the screen in front of us flashed like a camera. Lex hovers the screen over to her and types in a few commands into a keypad and summons a different spell matrix. After a second, the spell matrix causes four different versions of the photo to appear in her hand. She smiles and dismisses the screen, handing a copy of the photo to me, Adam and Twilight. We all smile and I bring my siblings in for another hug.

“We missed you guys.” Sora say quietly before I grab my AR and hand one to Lex and then Adam. They smile and Adam gives his mask to Lex, another appearing on his face a second later.

“Well, looks like we are done here. I won’t lie, this is a huge weight off my mind to know you two are ok. If either of you ever need any help against an opponent, don’t hesitate and my team and I will be there.” Adam says with a smile. We nods to him in thanks.

“Same here. If you guys ever feel like popping by or need a place to stay for a bit, I can make you guys honorary members of the guild.” Lex says with a smile. I smile at the two of them before taking out their token.

“It was great to see you two again. I love you both. Our business is finished.” After I say this, their portals appear again. Sonbā and Echo leave through theirs first and before Lex leaves she turns to Dash.

“Oh yeah, that spell altering your color will dissapear in a couple days just so you know.” She finishes with a smirk and jumps into her portal back home. Dash goes wide eyed as she remembers her colours were changed.

“Dang it! Hopefully the girls don’t freak out too much about me having a different color scheme.” She says to herself as she leaves through the portal with her present, earning a chuckle from the rest of us. Adam and Penny grab their stuff and leave as well, Adam turning back to give me a wave before he leaves. After he steps through, the portals close, and I am left with my pokemon and the Sparkle family.

I look to the two tokens in my hands and smile, a couple tears falling from my eyes. I feel Twilight placing a hand on my shoulder and letting me lean on her again. The others smile at her comforting me.

“Well, I think this has been a long night for us. How about we all head to sleep for tomorrow.” Night Light says. We all smile after a yawn from my pokemon. We all say good night to one another as we all head to our respective sleeping areas, Twilight and her family into their rooms and me and my pokemon into the guest room upstairs across from Twilight’s room. I was lucky that Velvet and Night Light made sure the room was ready for any guest. Laying down on the bed, I immediately get tired and lay back with my head on the pillow with my pokemon all jumping up next to me. Before long, I begin to drift off and let myself enter the world of sleep.

Across the hall, Twilight was laying on her bed, looking up at the ceiling, letting everything she and I have been through to flow through her mind. She sighs and tries to sleep, but the feelings she has been getting the past couple months lately keep her up. With a groan of annoyance, she gets out of her bed and quietly heads to the kitchen to grabs a drink of milk. After she manages to get her drink, she just sits on the couch and sighs.

“What is going on?” She asks herself.

“Twily?” Twilight turns to see her mother at the bottom of the stairs with a slightly concerned expression on her face.

“Oh, hey mom. Sorry if I woke you up. Couldn’t sleep.” Twilight says sheepishly. They stay silent for a second as Velvet takes a seat next to her daughter.

“So, is something bothering you dear?” Velvet asks. Twilight stays silent for a second before sighing again.

“I don’t know. Lately I have been feeling really weird and I don’t know why that is. But, I did get an idea at the party.” Twilight says, Velvet raising a brow but having an idea of what it is.

“Well, what is it dear?”

“I...I think I...IthinkImighthaveacrushonNat.” Twilight says quickly with a blush. Velvet looks to her daughter with a blank expression for a second, worrying Twilight, before she brings her in for a hug with a quiet squee.

“Oh my goodness! My baby’s first crush!” Velvet says with a smile. Twilight was stunned for a second as she was being hugged by her mother before coming to her senses.

“Wait, you’re ok with this!? You are fine with the fact I might have a crush on another female?!” Twilight asks frantically and quietly. Velvet just smiles and fixes her daughters hair.

“Twilight. There is nothing wrong with being attracted to the same sex. I mean, I had a couple of marefriends before I met your father. What matters is that you don’t end up falling for the wrong type of pony, or person in this case. And I can tell you, even though I haven’t known her long, Natali is not like one of those ponies.” Velvet says softly, trying to calm her daughter.

Twilight meanwhile was trying to wrap her mind around this. Her mother had marefriends and she was fine if she went that way. Twilight then let the events from when Discord appeared then about some of the comments Dash said on the way home. Twilight sighs again and takes a drink of her milk. Velvet sees her daughters torn look and sighs.

“This is really bothering you, isn’t it.” Velvet says, Twilight nodding. “Well, this is something new for you. I can’t really help you about this one dear, but know that whatever you choose to do, your father and I will support you however we can.” Velvet says, getting up to go to her room. Twilight looks as her mother leaves and then to one of the presents under the tree, the one she got for me.

“Looks like this is one more thing I need to learn about.” Twilight says to herself before drinking the rest of her drink and going back to bed. Unnoticed by her, a certain astral Diclonius was listening in with a grin.

”Looks like this isn’t going to be as hard as I thought.”

I slowly open my eyes with a yawn. That was a really great sleep. I hear three more yawns as my pokemon awake along with me and they move off the bed as I get up and stretch.

“Morning guys.” I say to my pokemon with a yawn, getting three greetings in response. I hear a knocking at my door as I get my clothes for today.

“Its unlocked!” I call out, the door opening to reveal Twilight Velvet. She smiles as my pokemon walk past her then looks to me.

“Good morning Natali. Did you and your friends have a good sleep?” She asks as I grab my shirt for today.

“Yup! It seems like I get better sleep here in Equestria than I did back on Earth. So, is the washroom open?” I asks.

Velvet nods. “Second door on the left.” I smile at her as I head to the washroom to clean up. I made sure to keep my shower realtivly short as there were a lot of other beings in the house who would want a hot shower. Once done, I make sure my clothes are on right and head to the main room, barely noticing as Twilight heads to the washroom after me.

Walking into the living room, I see Shining and Spike both on the couch reading as my Pokemon are sitting around them, looking over their shoulders to follow then glancing at the tree. I smile and head to the kitchen where I see Night Light cooking some pancakes.

“Morning Mr.Sparkle.” Sora and I greet with a smile, grabbing some cinnamon that was out of his reach with a Vector before he can use his magic. He nods in thanks.

“Good morning to you two as well. Though, you can drop the formalities. Just call me Night.” He says with a smile, finishing up the batter. I go over to the stove where he has the pans ready and grab them with my Vectors, holding them over to him. He smiles and pours the batter into the pans and I return them to the stovetop, making sure the heat was set right.

“I have to say, those Vector things are really useful. Even though I would use magic, I have a limit on how much magic I can use.” Night says as we wait for the pancakes to cook.

“Well the Vectors aren’t all that great. I have a limit on how many I can use at a time before I start to push myself too far.” I tell him, grabbing one of the pans and flipping the food. He nods and grabs another one, flipping it as well. We go on in silence for a bit before we have made about two and a half dozen pancakes. We smile and I hear steps and see as Shining comes down the stairs with a slightly damp mane. I guess he and the others took some showers while me and Night were cooking.

“Breakfast is ready!” I call out, taking the stacks and putting them on the table for all of us. I smile as I hear a veritable stampede as the others all make their way to the dining room. I was glad that Velvet dug out some for my pokemon to all sit at as well, even if Chance and Selene couldn’t use utensils.

After a quick thank you, all of us begin to eat our meals in a relaxed state. Luckily my pokemon were able to not make a mess with their none opposable thumbs.

”So, not to sound impatient, but when would we be able to open presents? I want to see what Lex left us.” Sora says, appearing above me. The others chuckle at the random appearance of my sister.

“Well, after we eat we can open the gifts. In truth I am curious about what your sister left here as well.” Velvet says. Sora and I smile as I continue to eat our breakfast. After a couple minutes, all of us finish our food and my pokemon, sister and Spike all head to the living room while the rest of us wash the dishes. After about ten minutes we finish up all of us sit in the living room by the fake tree.

The others look excited so I use my Vectors and organize the presents into who gets what. After organizing them, I hand the ones Lex left for us first. There was one for me, one for Twilight, one for Shining and one for my pokemon. All of us carefully unwrap our presents and I see that all of ours are in what look like simple cardboard boxes, but I see some kind of writing on the tops of all but my Pokémon’s. It looks like the enchantments from Fairy Tail, but what are they for?

After we open up our boxes, I can feel some kind of burst of energy from mine, Shining’s and Twilight’s boxes. I look to the others and see they also sensed the energy. I look with my MVV and see that the boxes have some kind of powerful magical energy in them.

I take a breath and see that there is some kind of lavender, pink and grey fire in my box. I raise a brow and look to the others, seeing Shining has a blue and gold one and Twilight has a bronze, silver and gold one. We all look confused as we look at the ‘fire’ in the our boxes before I take another breath and grab the fire. It quickly travels up my arm and around me, but I don’t feel any pain. The others look to me in worry as the fire covers me completely, before it fades into me.

I open my eyes again as the fire goes out and look myself over. Physically I look and feel the same, nothing burned and nothing missing, but I sense that I have something new about me. I look into the box again and see a note in it. As I take the note out, Twilight grabs her own flame, allowing it to cover her as well, followed by Shining. I open the note and see it is from Lex. Sora looks though my eyes and begins to read aloud, the others looking to us as the fires around Twilight and Shining go out.

”Dear Natali,

Hey sis. Nice to see you chose to trust me about leaving a ball of flame in a box for you. I know it must have been nerve racking to interact with it, but you won’t be disappointed by doing that.

I know that Equestria might be nice place but I don’t want to risk you two getting hurt. I know that this might seem random, but when you have the power to aid your friends and family, one should use it. But I am getting off topic here. Just so you can protect yourselves and each other, I am gifting you guys the power of Fiore magic.”

Sora stops as all our eyes widen at this. I look to Twilight and Shining as they realize they just got new types of magic. I look to Sora again and she looks to the letter again, continuing to read.

”For Shining Armor, I left one magic style and one spell for him to use to defend his home. I have left him the power of Mirror Water, a perfect reflect spell that can absorb and rebound even some of the most powerful of attacks. Aside from that, I have given him the same magic style I intend to give my realms Shining, Requip.”

I look to Shining in surprise at this other style, while he looks to me with a raised brow, silently asking me what Requip is.

“Basically Requip magic lets you store weapons in a seperate pocket dimension and lets you summon them whenever you need them with just a thought. Like if you were fighting someone and you wanted to use a spear, as long as you have one in the pocket dimension, you could grab it and use it.” I explain. He looks to me with wide eyes before looking to his hand and closing his eyes. After a second, a red spell matrix appears in his hand, glowing as his sword appears after a second. We all look to him in surprise that he was able to use it off the bat like that after I explain what it is. Sora looks back to the letter again.

”For Twilight, I have given her two different styles of magic, neither I will be teaching my Twilight back home. Firstly, I have given her the power of Teleportation magic or just Direct Line. Now she can teleport farther and faster than she ever could before.” I look to Twilight who looks very happy.

”I have also given Twilight Solid Script magic, the same style I started with after I appeared in my Equestria. In her box is a list of the words she can use this style of magic with, which allows her to write the words in the air and the words take on their property.” we look to Twilight as she pulls the list out of her box and beginning to read through it, seeing all the words. As she is doing that, Sora pokes me and motions to the letter as the others are distracted and I see a note at the bottom of Twilights powers.

Nat, I have also given Twilight the power of Heavenly Body Magic, but I have made it so it will be sealed within her until she will need it. Inside the box is the release seal for the magic. I trust you and Twilight will not unlock her dark magic until she is ready or the situation calls for it. Even though she is powerful and I don’t think she would be corrupted by dark magic, it is better to be safe than sorry.

I am really glad the others are distracted right now! Lex gave Twilight a type of Dark Magic?!?! I shake my head and quickly take out the release seal, making sure the others don’t see it. I glance at it and see it is the same as symbol as what Jellal has over his eye. After making sure it is in my pocket, Sora looks back to the letter.

”And lastly, my little sisters, Natali and Sorano. I have given you two three different types of magic. Since you watched through Fairy Tail with me, I won’t bore you with what the magic does as you should know. Have fun explaining to the others!” I frown at this little prank of hers

The first magic I gave you two is Telepathy magic. I know you two could use a little help making sure you can keep in touch with your teammates if you get separated. Also, I gave you guys a small list of Telepathy spell I ‘developed’. (made versions of spell from other shows.) After that, considering how much you like using this element in your video games, I gave you Wind Magic. I know you will have a blast using the powers of the wind like I have.”

I smile as she reads this and then Sora goes wide eyed as she reaches the last one. I raise a brow and read it, going wide eyed as well. The others look to us in worry before I shake my head and read for Sora.

“Lastly, I gave you two one of my Lost Magics. Maguilty Sense. I know how you can be a little dense with emotions so I feel this one would be perfectly ironic.” I go silent for a second before laughing a little at this as she isn’t wrong. The others look to me in confusion as they haven’t got the slightest clue what Maguilty Sense is.

“Basically, Maguilty Sense lets me summon a bunch of magical weapons and also lets me connect to peoples emotions far deeper than any others.” I tell them. The others nod and Shining looks excited at the prospect of practice with his new magic and spell. I smile then grab the other presents that Lex left. I see that the tag said from me to Twi and Spike and I can just hear Lex saying ‘you owe me.’

“Um, here you two. Lex helped me with these two, hopefully you like them.” I say, handing the presents to Twilight and Spike. They both smile and unwrap the presents, Twilight and Spike being all sorts of happy as they see their gifts.

Twilights opens her present box and she takes out four large, paper back books, each with the image of a different coloured dragon on the cover. It was the Inheritance Cycle series, my favourite book series of all time. As soon as Twilight saw that they were books, she squeed like a little girl and hugged the four books like they were stuffed animals, getting a laugh out of all of us. She blushed bright upon realizing how she was acting.

Spike opened his box afterwards and saw that it was a large chunk of Tanzanite, one of the most rare gemstones on earth. I wondered how it would taste for a dragon. Before Spike can marvel too long he sees a small note at the bottom of the box. Taking it out, he begins to read.

“Dear Spike,
Hey there little drake, its Lex. I know that the box says its from Nat, but she couldn’t find a good gem to give you, so I decided to do her a favor. This gem in the box is not only one of the more rare gems on our original world, but I made it so that it would regrow to the size it is at within a week if you leave a thumb sized piece of it. Have fun and enjoy!”

We all look to the chunk of gem for a second, shocked that Lex was able to put that kind of spell on it, before Spike picks it up and takes a bite out of it. He goes wide eyed and smiles a huge smile as he chews the gem.

”Well? How does it taste?” Sora asks and Spike take a second to finish chewing before answering.

“There....there are no words. I can’t even describe it!” Spike says with glee. All of us laugh again as those two are super happy with their gifts. Before I can react, the two of them hug me, leaving me a little confused.

“Thank you.” They say together, and I am even more confused.

“For what? This may have been my idea, but Lex was the one who made your gifts.” I say, the duo letting go and looking to me.

“Maybe, but like you said, you wanted to give us these things. I know you have been really busy helping around the town the last month so you weren’t able to get our gifts, but the fact you wanted to give us these means a lot.” Twilight says, and I can’t help but blush a little.

I was going all over town the last month, helping out at Sugar Cube Corner, helping AJ at her farm, helping the mayor with her paperwork, so I really was swamped to I couldn’t get them their peresents. I was planning on heading to the gem range at some point to get Spike a large crystal, and I was planning on going to Canterlot to find a rare book for Twilight, but I was too busy. I am really glad Lex has Arc of Embodiment and a photographic memory.

I smile to the others, getting them to smile back. After that we turn to my pokemon as they finally get their box open, and they look...confused. I raise a brow and check their box and what I see is indeed confusing. The box just has a bunch of seed packets. The others look in confusion as I grab one of the little bags and look it over, before seeing a picture on the side. It took a second, but I reconize the fruit on the side, the red and orange berry with two green leafs on the top. Its an image of a Leppa berry!

I go wide eyed before grabbing some of the other packages and seeing one for Oran berries, Iappa berries, even Lielich berries. I smile and look to the others who look confused at the image of the fruit.

“Looks like Lex really outdid herself here. These seeds are for the berries from the Pokemon world!” I say to the ponies and drake, the five of them looking at the packages in shock. I begin to go through the box and see that Lex made seeds for practically every berry in the games and show! She has really out done herself here. My pokemon look extremely excited at the thought of being able to eat some of the berries from home.

“Well, we can talk to the flower trio back in Ponyville and see if they can grow these plants for you guys.” Twilight says, my pokemon cheering for themselves. We all smile at their little celebration before Twilight looks nervously at me.

“What is it Twi?” I question. Twilight just blushes and looks down before handing me a present box. I see that it is actually from her to me. I smile to her in thanks and I open up my present. I am shocked at what is in it. Looking in, I see a beautiful black and pink bracelet with a spot on the top for some kind of a round jewel. I realize what it is and go to my purse, digging out my mega stone. I carefully place the mega stone in the empty spot, and the bracelet glows a bit.

“Twilight. I...I don’t even know what to say. This...this is...” I pause as I look at my new mega bracelet. Twilight looks nervous about this and begins to fidget before I shock her by bringing her in for a hug.

“I love it!” I shout, hugging her tight. I nuzzle her cheek for a second before I feel a tapping on my shoulder. Looking over, I see Spike who is holding in a laugh and pointing at Twilight. I look to her and see her face is almost blue from lack of oxygen. I quickly let her go and she gasps for breath.

“Ohmygosh I am so sorry Twilight!” I say, helping her back to her hooves. She nods with a weak chuckle after getting her breath back.

“No problem Nat. Jeez, I forgot how strong you Diclonius are.” She says with a laugh, stretching a bit. I chuckle sheepishly before bringing her in for another, gentler hug.

“Thank you Twilight. This bracelet is incredible. I can’t believe you were able to make it.” I say to her, Twilight rubbing the back of her head.

“Well, I may have had a little help from Rarity in making it. I am a scientist and a magic student, not an accessory maker.” She says. I just giggle a little and pat her head, Twilight blushing from the childish contact.

After that we all began to open the rest of the gifts, the Sparkle family happy with one another for their gifts. Once done all of us headed into town for some lunch before we would come back to play some games. As we walk to the cafe in mind, I steal a couple glances as Twilight, seeing her bright smile, her happy violet eyes, and let myself smile as well.

‘I guess this wasn’t a disastrous holiday after all.’

Author's Notes:

Sorry this one took so long, had difficulty due to work and trying to figure out when to stop. Also the poll is done and here is the results. Just a slight change, they will be the fourth member of the team and the fifth will be revealed after a certain...event that the characters will go through.
1: Feraligatr - 4
2: Typhlosion- 4
3: Chesnaught- 1
4: Delphox- 3
5: Decidueye- 7 Winner! Also Shiny.
6: Primarina- 3