One beautiful day, everyone was in the park on a picnic. Celesto and his family including the children, Twilight and her family, and the Starfleet gang were all together.

The Cutiemark Crusaders were there too, especially considering Applebloom’s cousin, Babs Seed was visiting from out of town, and pretty much from off the island altogether. Castor and Leilani were chasing Blitz around the park while Blossom, Aqua, Blaze (Acorcanthasaurus) and Quake (Stegosaurus) were lazying around near the others.

“Well, there’s only one thing to do at a time like this.” said Rainbow, and she kicked up her soccer-ball, and the girls and the other rangers all agreed.

“Hey, I’m up for this too.” said Shining Armor, “Come on, Twily…”

“Sorry, I can’t.” his sister said “Gotta take Spike for his little bathroom break.” By that she meant walk, and she already had Spike leashed up and everything. Spike just looked innocently and gave a small bark… remembering not to talk because of the girls not knowing he could.

“Well, I’m for it then.” said Cadance, “I used to play soccer with Twilight all the time when I babysat for her.”

“Yeah, only because I taught you how to play.” her husband joked.

Vice Principal Luna stood. “I’ll keep score and referee.” and then she turned to Celestia and Celesto as if to ask them if they wished to play.

“Sorry, we’ll have to sit this one out.” Celestia said softly as she and her husband were rocking their sleepy babies in their arms, getting them ready for their nap. “You all have fun now.” said Celesto.

"Sapphire, you wanna come?" Rainbow asked.

"Well... alright." Sapphire shrugged. The gang ran off to play by the soccer-posts. The teams were simple, a few of the girls on each team, with a few of the gang, Sapphire, Cadance and Shining on each team.

“And Go!” cried Luna, and she threw the ball into the field, and the teams went crazy as they went for the ball.

Naturally, Rianbow got the ball first and dashed for the opposing goal, but Scootaloo actually managed to steal it from her, “Good thing I’ve been playing pee-wee soccer!”

They were all having loads of fun, even those who weren’t as adept at the same as others. A few goals were made, tying to score 2 to 2.

“Okay, time for the decider.” said Shining Armor, “Get ready…!” and he put the ball down ready to kick it away from the goal post.

Twilight and Spike were just coming back from their walk and they could see what was coming, “Uh-Oh, it’s my brother’s famous Cross-Country Kick.” said Twilight.

“You mean the one where he kicks the ball so hard it goes clear across the field?” asked Spike.

“Just watch.” said Twilight.

Shining Armor was ready, and the players all stood in two rows, with each ranger opposite sided one of the girls.

Shining dashed and kicked the ball super hard, sending it flying straight through the field like a perfectly pitched baseball.

“I GOT THIS!!”the rangers and the girls all shouted, and not realizing what they were doing, but Sapphire zipped in and spun around in the air before kicking the ball back with her super strength. Then she side stepped as the others crashed into each other and the goal went into the other team's goal. Shining Armor's eyes bulged and he was jaw dropped.

Spike was laughing at his expression while Twilight was shocked, "No ones counter his Cross Country Kick before?!" she exclaimed.

"Well Sapphire's no ordinary person." Spike stated. The gang and the Crusaders got up and when they did there was a small pink flower with red heart shaped spots on it. "Ooohh, pretty flower." Fluttershy said.

Celestia, Sapphire, Celesto and Twilight came over. "What is it?" Twilight asked.

"Check out this weird flower." Rainbow said. Lightning got a close look at the flower.... and it sprayed him with some gas! "OW! My eyes!" he cried.

"Woah what the-?" Shining Armor exclaimed as he bent down and stared at it to get the same result. "My eyes!" Mr. Grandruler bent down to look at the flower and it sprayed him as well. "Ugh!"

"Honey, are you alright?" Celestia asked.

"Yeah, I'm good." Celesto answered.

"I'm alright too Cadence." Shining Armor said. Lightning nodded as well. Sunset looked at the flower. "I've never seen a flower like this before."

"Hmm.... let's take it to the lab and see if Professor Brain can figure out what this is." Sapphire suggested.

"Yeah." Sunset agreed.

"Come on boys, let's take care of your eyes." Sapphire added. She helped the three boys to her Rarity's boutique where Marla helped the boys wash out their eyes. "And there you go." Marla declared.

"Thanks Marla." Lightning said.

Marla nodded. "Come on, let's get to the mansion and see if Professor Brain found out what that is." Shining Armor added. The two nodded and they exited the boutique and started to walk through the city to get to Mr. Grandruler's mansion. Along the way, Lightning noticed something, "Um... Shining Armor, sir, have you noticed all the girls staring at us?" he asked.

Shining Armor and Celesto looked around and saw all the women in the area, giving them flirtatious looks and expressions. "Yeah... and I've noticed the men giving us.. uh... aggressive expressions too." Shining Armor added. Lightning and Celesto looked at all the men in the area and saw that the men were giving the trio angry, aggressive and threatening expressions. Celesto reassured, "I'm sure it's nothing."

Suddenly, the three bumped into a pair of large men who did not look very friendly. The three got up, "Excuse us." Celesto said but when he tried to walk past them, the pair blocked his path. Shining Armor and Lightning noticed that other men were starting to approach them in a similar threatening manner. "Umm... sir, maybe we should go." Lightning said starting to get nervous.

Celesto noticed the crowd and agreed with the two but when they walked away from the men they ran into the women who had heart shaped pupils and were carrying some gifts like chocolates and roses. "Will one of you go out with me?" one women asked.

"Marry me!" another one screamed.

The boys started to back up, only to become cornered by the men who were now growling at them. "Um.. any suggestions?" Lightning asked nervously.

"Uh.. yeah. RRUUUNNN!" Celesto screamed and the three rushed away with the men and women behind them.

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Meanwhile at the base, Sunset, Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Starla were in the mansion with Sapphire, Twilight and Professor Brain. "Hmm.. let's see.." Twilight went through the database of flowers but none of them matched the flower they have. "There is nothing here that matches the flower we have now." Twilight informed.

"So that might mean it's not an Earth based plant." Celestia said.

"You think it could be from United Equestria?" Starla asked.

"I think so, but lets check with Commander Lightning." Sunset said. She took out her new journal and began to write.

Almost immediately, Sunset got a response and everyone looked at the message.

"Destroy! Oh my!" Celestia gasped. Suddenly, Celestia's phone rang and she picked it up. "Yes Celesto?"

"HELP US!" Celesto, Lightning and Shining Armor's voices came.

"Boys, what's wrong?" Cadence asked.

"We're being chased by a bunch of girls that wanna kiss us and men that wanna kill us!" Lightning asked. "What's going on?"

"Oh no, the flower." Sunset gasped.

"Boys, that's the flowers effects. It makes the opposite gender fall in love with you and make the same gender want to destroy you." Celestia explained.

"Destroy us!" the boys exclaimed.

"Please say there's a cure for this." Shining Armor pleaded.

"We're still looking hang in there." Luna said into the phone.

"If we last that long." Lightning grumbled. Celestia cut the call off and looked at Sunset. She wrote again,

Commader Lightning responded with,

"Okay so only Celestia can reverse the affects." Twilight said.

"Why only me?" Celestia asked.

"Cause the other girls are under the effects now. Look." Twilight said. The gang looked at the monitor and saw Pinkie, Rarity, Rainbow, Applejack and Fluttershy chasing after the boys and unfortunately, Dyno, Myte, Buddy, Rhymey and Artie were after them too. "Oh dear." Cadence said.

"But wait, how come we aren't under the affects?" Luna asked.

"I'm guessing it's because you guys are already in a relationship with those three." Sapphire suggested, Starla blushed and laughed a little. "So looks like it's up to you three to save the boys." Sunset said pointing to Celestia, Cadence and Shining Armor.

"And it better be fast, more and more are after them now." Spike said. The gang looked and saw a large crowd of hundreds chasing after the three men.

"Oh man, if they get caught they're goners." Krysta stated.

"Let's hurry." Celestia said.

"Right." Cadence and Starla said as the three rushed out of the base via the jump tubes.

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Meanwhile the three boys were hiding inside some thick bushes. "Any word on a cure from the girls?" Lightning whispered.

"No, not yet and I can't use my phone now. It might draw attention to us." Celesto whispered back.

"All of this because of an Equestria flower? Oh man." Shining whimpered. "And there's no way we can fight all of them. We'll get our butts kicked."

Celesto put a hand on his nephew's shoulder, "Don't worry, Shining, I'm sure the girls will come up with something." That's when Dyno and Myte pulled apart the bushes, revealing the hiding party. "Got'cha chicos." Dyno growled.

"Now meet your fate!" Myte added. The three freaked and ran away again. "Well they better come up with something fast!" Shining Armor screamed in fear.

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Celestia, Cadence and Starla were in town looking for their respective husbands and friend. "Oh where are they?" Starla asked. Then they heard three screams. "Over there! Come on!" Cadence exclaimed and the three rushed over.

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Lightning, Shining Armor and Celesto were still running away from the two large mobs of people. They both turned the corner, "Oh no, a dead end!" Lightning cried. They turned to try and make it out but the mob blocked off their only exit. The boys backed up until they were against a wall. The men crackled their fists ready to pound the three to a pulp while the girls readied their lips, ready to kiss them. Lightning and Shining Armor held onto Grandruler.

"Let's get em!" one man and women said in unison. And the two mobs rushed towards the three boys who held each other and screamed in fear. Suddenly, something came bursting through the wall and it was revealed to be, "Stego! Pawpaw!" Celesto cried. Pawpaw and Stego roared at the men and women. Celestia, Starla and Cadence were on his back. "Celestia!" "Cadence!" Starla!" the boys cried.

Celestia activated her Valkyrie powers and activtated, "HARMONY BEAM!" and she fired at all the people, reversing the flowers affects. The people were a bit dazed but mostly confused as to what happened. But as soon as they saw Stegoceratops and Pawpawsaurus, they ran for the hills!

"Thanks for the save girls." Lightning said.

"Yeah, I thought we were goners." Shining Armor said. The girls came over and smiled. "No problem, we'd never let anything happen you boys." Celestia said. Celesto came up and kissed his wife, "Which is one of reasons why I love you."

Celestia chuckled and they both shared a kiss as the others watched with big smiles.

"So what did you do with the flower?" Lightning asked.

"We're gonna keep it locked in the lab." Sapphire replied. "So no one else gets affected."

"Good call." Shining Armor stated quickly. Lightning, Cadence and Sapphire all shared a laugh.

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