In a two floor house on the top floor the sound of buzzing was heard throughout its walls hallway. Its source was that of a room with a poster of Wonder Woman on the door. The sound of rustling was heard within it followed closely with a whacking noise. The door opened to reveal a seventeen year old girl wearing a white sleeveless shirt and grey plaid pajama pants. She had youthful features and natural dark red hair that stretched down below her shoulders to just below her shoulder blades but it was currently dishevelled and sticking up in places. She walked to the mirror in the hall bathroom and made sure not to make a sound. She checked herself in the mirror; her dark blue eyes stared back at her. She looked at herself on instinct, in build she was a pretty young woman. She wasn’t cheerleader pretty, she was what her mother called “modestly beautiful” which meant she got glances but no one necessarily lined up to be her side walk. The girl nodded satisfied after she combed her hair into submission and silently proceeded downstairs.

The girl sat at the table and began to butter a blueberry bagel when the front door opened. She turned to find a woman in her early thirties with her blond hair tied in a ponytail and wearing casual business wear. She had green eyes and three freckles on each of her cheeks. The woman smiled at the girl as she joined her at the table.

The woman smiled and spoke in a Texan accent, “Mornin Mary, sleep well?”

Mary nodded, “Yeah, Dads still asleep though.”

Her mom huffed, “He KNOWS how ah feel about him sleepin in on a business day.”

Mary chuckled and pointed the bagel at her mother, “He says, “He likes it when you wake him up.”

Mary’s mother snickered, “Oh really?”

She then stood up and walked to the top of the stairs as she grabbed a brown Stetson off a hanger and proceeded into the master bedroom. Several sounds were heard in the next few minutes, it started quietly at first and then escalated into several sounds of thumping which accumulated in the door opening and a man with medium length auburn hair running out.

Mary’s father yelled back inside, “ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT I’ll stop sleeping in past my alarm sheesh.”

Mary was laughing as her Father sat down and jabbed a finger at her, “You ratted me out.”

Mary casually smiled, “I aim to please.”

Her mother walked down wearing jean shorts and a plaid button up shirt, “Now young lady stop tormentin yer father, that’s mah job.”

Mary’s dad looked lovingly at his wife, “Applejack, sometimes you can be a REAL bad pony.”

Applejack grinned as she sat down, “Anything for you Martin.”

Martin smiled as he grabbed a bagel, “So are you ready for today Mary?”

Mary fidgeted slightly, “Y-yeah.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow, “Somethin the matter?”

Mary shook her head, “No…I’m just nervous that’s all.”

Martin shook his head as he buttered his bagel, “You’ve gone to the reunion since you were little, if you’ve lasted this long against Granny Smith’s stories you can last another day.”

Applejack gave Martin an unimpressed look but chuckled slightly, “Don’t let her hear you said that or she’ll whoop ya.”

Martin nodded, “True.”

After breakfast finished, the Fairbridges ventured to their room to prepare for the reunion. Mary donned a black button up T-shirt and her cleanest dark blue jeans. She walked down the stairs and saw her dad wearing his grey sweater and some black pants. She put on her grey runners and all three family members waited patiently. Soon a knock on the door was heard and Applejack opened it to reveal an eighteen year old boy with a lean build and dark red T-shirt with a band listing on the back and dark brown cargo pants. He had short wild black hair and dark forest green eyes, and wore a grin that had a slight mischievous ire to it.

The boy smiled, “Heya Aunt AJ.”

Applejack smiled, “Hi Dominic, where are yer parents?”

Dominic motioned behind him, “Mom’s still messing with her hair and Dads trying to tell her it won’t matter cause were going to Equestria.”

Applejack sighed in annoyance, “Figures.”

Rainbow approached wearing the same dark cyan blue leather jacket she always wore and a white dress shirt with black semi-dress pants. On the left sleeve of the coat was a white shield with the number 14 on it. Alan wore a white long-sleeved shirt with black pants, and Rainbow was currently wearing her hair under a baseball cap.

Alan rolled his eyes, “I’m TELLING you Dash the hat isn’t necessary, who cares if a photographer snaps you without it.”

Rainbow stopped an inch from the door as everyone within the house face palmed, “I CARE! I’m captain of the “Thundercracker” Racing Team and I have an image to uphold. Or do you want the massive paychecks to dwindle by a decimal point.”

Alan pointed at her, “HEY! I’m the banker of the family you know.”

Both of them stared intensely into each other’s eyes and then locked lips for a second.

Rainbow shook her head, “Why do we fight?”

Alan smiled, “Because you find it thrilling.”

Rainbow giggled, “OH massively.”

Applejack snapped her fingers, “Come on you two. Makin out on mah porch is forbidden, or should ah bring up the Christmas party last year?”

Rainbow moped inside, “Such a buzzkill.”

All four of the humans stood before the closet door and stared at it as white light engulfed them. Martin inhaled sharply as he looked out onto Ponyville’s streets and smiled at all of the faces he recognized. Martin and Alan looked at their wives and nodded, both ponies were slightly taller then they originally were and their manes were longer as well. Rainbow smiled at the fact her mane had its red segments back. The parents informed their children they were going to retrieve the other ponies and asked for them to meet at Sweet Apple Acres in twenty minutes.

Dominic saluted his Dad, “Roger that pops.”

Mary waved goodbye, “See you guys soon.”

Dominic and Mary then walked off toward Ponyville Park to relax with ponies greeting them along the way. Dominic stopped and looked from side to side as if he were preparing for an attack.

Mary looked at him, “What is it?”

Dominic narrowed his eyes, “I sense something, a presence I have not felt since-“

He was cut off by an orange blur plowing into him at break neck speed sending him flying. The culprit was revealed to be an orange Pegasus mare with dark purple mane and tail that was as spiky as Rainbow Dash’s but not styled as such. Her eyes were the same shade of purple and she had a flaming wheel leaving a cloud of dust behind it as her cutie mark.

Scootaloo smiled at Mary, “Hey Mary, nice day huh.”

Mary waved, “Hey Scoots.”

Dominic emerged from the broken crates and tackled Scootaloo to the ground as the two scrapped. Mary was laughing as they both flung mock insults at each other. A white unicorn with a mane that was a grayish mulberry and had pale, light grayish rose portions to it and was as long as her sisters and curled at the ends approached the scene. She had a pink heart behind a musical note and sap green eyes.

Sweetie Belle raised an eyebrow as she stopped beside Mary, “At it again?”

Mary nodded, “Yup.”

Two other ponies approached behind Sweetie Belle, one had a yellow coat and light red mane and tail. Her mane was tied in a braided pony-tail with a small red bow, her tail was not braided but the binding method was the same. She had orange eyes and a red apple with a hammer behind it. She also wore a green plaid bandanna around her neck and a black Stetson atop her head. Beside her trotted a unicorn that was a year younger than her with a blonde mane which was as long as her mother Derpy’s and it also had a slightly lighter streak in it. Her coat was a pale purple and she had yellow eyes, woven into her mane was a pink ribbon and her cutie mark was a cluster of white sparkles.

Mary’s face lit up at their arrival and didn’t notice Dominic pin Scootaloo like a wrestler, “Applebloom, Dinky!”

Applebloom trotted up and hugged Mary, “Mary! How you been girl?”

Mary pulled away, “Great.”

Dinky smiled, “No sugar for me?”

Mary hugged Dinky as well and all three girls shared a laugh. Scootaloo now sat on Dominic’s chest as she grappled his legs and smiled in triumph. Dominic smiled evilly as he raised his index finger and it crackled with electricity. He jabbed Scootaloo right on her flank which caused her to jump and rub the spot a few times as her wings flared in annoyance.

Scootaloo pointed an angry hoof at the human, “That was dirty!”

Dominic shrugged, “Take an advantage where you can get one.”

Scootaloo nodded, “Alright then.”

Sweetie Belle light rose coloured aura engulfed Dominic’s hands and forced them behind his back as she tackled him again. Mary and the girls shook their heads as they watched the exchange, Scootaloo and Dominic had been fast friends and were infamous for the taffy twister that occurred on his tenth birthday. Mary and the CMC were very close friends thanks to Applebloom technically being Mary’s aunt, but they both agreed it would be REALLY awkward to call her that at the ages they were at now. Dinky was recruited into their fold a year after Applebloom got her cutie mark which motivated the girls to push harder. Soon they all had their cutie marks and gave up the crusading for them; instead they now looked for thrills and excitement to fill the void that their crusading left. Ponies around town gave the group of friends a moniker to best describe them, since they WERE crusaders and there are six of them Ponyville nicknamed their band “The Crusaders of Harmony.”

They knew about it and found it pretty cool but didn’t really pay any mind.

Applebloom walked into the scuffle and separated the two combatants, “Come on you two break it up!”

Scootaloo was panting in unison with Dominic as Mary saw the clock, “OH CRAP! Come on Dom, we gotta go!”

The COH all nodded as they ran toward Sweet Apple Acres for the reunion.

Mary glanced back as they climbed the hill, “It’s going to be a LONG day.”