A short while later, the Mane 9 and their kids arrived back at Sweet Apple Acres. "Alright," Applejack said. "Who wants ta try their powers first?" She asked.

"Well, I could go first." Light suggested. "I know Strike and I have Mom's super speed, but I wanna see how fast I can run!"

Rainbow stepped forward. "My best running time is 5 seconds exactly, here and back." She boasted. "But I'm up for a Lil' competition, especially against my own son."

"Let's do it!" Light smirked. "I bet I'll beat your record. But just to clarify," he pulled out a stopwatch and threw it to Tigerclaw. "TC, you're in charge of the stopwatch. I wanna see how long it takes for me to get around the whole farm and back."

"You got it!" Tigerclaw replied. "Who's gonna say the countdown?" He asked.

TJ rolled his eyes playfully and walked forward. "On your marks...." He said, as Light and Rainbow got ready. "Get set...." Light smirked, ready to finally beat his Mother at something. "Go!"

And they were off, with Light in the lead. Rainbow snarled and gained speed, quickly overtaking Light. Light gasped and ran faster, but tripped over a tree root and collapsed to the ground. Without looking back, Rainbow continued to run, dodging trees and other obstacles. She won, again!

"Go Dash!" Soarin exclaimed.

Fire perked up. "Hold it!" He said. "Where's Light?" He asked.

"He was right beh...ind me." Rainbow stated. "I'll look for him!"

And with that, Rainbow took to the sky and flew off. Soarin shook his head and ran through the orchards. "Light! Light, where are you?!" He called.

"Dad?!" Light called from Soarin's right. He turned and saw Light sitting against one of the apple trees, clutching his left ankle in pain. "Dad!" Light exclaimed, glad to see his father.

"Light, what happened?" Soarin asked.

"I tripped on a root." Light responded. "My ankle hurts." He whined.

Soarin shook his head and carried Light back to the others. "Found him!" He stated.

Honey gasped and darted forward. "Light! I'm so happy you're alright!" She paused, letting her own words finally sink in. She blushed and said, "I mean... What I meant to say was-"

Pinkie cut her off with a giggle. "It's okay Honey Bear. I know you like him." She smirked.

Wide-eyed, Honey turned to her mother and asked, "How did you know?!"

Sugarcube laughed as she came into view. "I hear you muttering his name in your sleep. And last night, I heard you telling him how you feel about him." She said.

Light froze on the spot. "You like me?" He asked, turning to Honey.

"Well- I mean- yeah. You're the bravest guy I know, and we've known each other since 4th Grade." Honey replied, blushing.

"it's true." Strike commented as he limped over. "But anyway, who's turn to power pony up?"

Sugarcube raised her hand eagerly. "Could I try? I wanna know if I have Mom's power to make sweets explode!" She squealed.

"Alright then. I'll just go get my sprinkles, cupcakes and cookies." Pinkie stated.

"Pinkie, what are you-?" Thunderlane was about to say, but Rarity hushed him. "Right. Pinkie's being Pinkie. The most random person in Canterlot." He chuckled.

Pinkie suddenly appeared behind a tree, holding a tray of cupcakes in one hand, a tray of sugar-butter-cocoa cookies in the other and a tub of sprinkles in her mouth. "I'm back!" She exclaimed hopping on the spot.

Fire facepalmed. "Oh sewer apples!" He said. "I think we have a hyperactive Pinkie Pie to deal with now."

Alopex gulped. "Oh man, not another sugar rush?!"

Rainbow immediately tackles Pinkie to the ground. "Do not go all hyper on us now, Pinkie! Last time you had a sugar rush, we all ended up having to rebuild CHS!" She said.

Pinkie laughed. "Silly Dashie. I'm just Pinkie being Pinkie!"

Applejack sighed as she watched the whole scene unfold. "Heavens ta Betsy." She muttered.

Sugarcube laughed as she threw a large handful of sprinkles into the air and watched as it exploded. "This is fun!" She giggled.

Honey laughed at her younger sister's happiness. "Hey, Sugar! Watch this!" She called, pouring a large about of sprinkles into her hand. "I'm gonna make a cookie explode as it flies through the air!"

Sugarcube looked back at Honey as her sister threw a cookie like a frisbee and threw sprinkles at it, making the cookie and sprinkles explode on impact. "Woah! Cool!"

Fire had finished making the geodes for the young 10. "Alright dudes and dudettes! Geodes are ready!" He called.

Twilight levitated two geodes to Light and Strike and placed one around each of them. "Loyalty!" She said.

Strike and Light ponied up and hovered in the air with their wings. "Awesome!" Light exclaimed. "This is even better than my videogames!"

Strike gulped as he floated to the ground. "I don't understand.... How could we possibly receive the same powers as Mom? How can we even pony up like we did?!"

"Legend has it," Rainbow said. "That there's an alternative universe, just like this one, only filled with magic, monsters and four different pony kinds: Alicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony and Unicorn. It is said that the Earth Ponies are the strongest species in Equestria. Pegasus Ponies controlled the weather, Unicorns used their magic to do everyday things and Alicorns like Princess Twilight rule Equestria."

Strike nodded, uncertainly, "wait, Princess Twilight? The Princess of Friendship who helped you guys make amends and reform Sunset Shimmer?" He asked.

"Yep. And without Twi's help, we wouldn't have been able to defeat Adagio, Sonata and Aria at the Battle of the Bands." Pinkie smiled, holding her drumsticks for some unknown reason.

"Hmmm. So how did Princess Twilight come through to our world from Equestria?" Light asked.

"You know the statue outside the school?" Soarin asked. "Well, one panel on the plinth of that statue is actually a portal to Equestria. That's how Twilight and her dragon-turned-dog Spike entered this world."

"Cool." TJ replied. "But what about the Friendship Games? Didn't Twilight come through the portal then?"

"Actually TJ," Alopex stated. "Our worlds Twilight was at the Friendship Games. But she didn't take part for the WonderColts."

TJ raised an eyebrow as he looked at Twilight. "Not taking part for the 'Colts?" He asked.

"That's right. I was a junior at Crystal Prep Academy. The former Principal at that school, Abacus Cinch was in charge. She forced me to take part so she would sign my entrance forms for the Everton Independent Study Program, or EISP for short." Twilight replied. "Back then I had no friends and focused on my studies so I'd be able to apply for Everton by the end of the semester. Principal Cinch wouldn't allow me to go unless I competed in the Games."

"That wasn't very nice of Cinch." Aquamarine scoffed. "She must've been a very annoying and bossy Principal of CPA."

"Just like a certain twin sister I know." Spyro muttered.