Cloud Flicker ran back to his house for the first time in two years. He opened the door and all he could hear was the sound of silence. "I'm home." He sadly called out, not expecting any reply. Walking in, he started to remember. He remembered the last day that he spoke to his parents.

"C-C-Cloud Flicker..don't feel hatred for the one who did this. But take care of yourself, I know you will."

He remembered those words all to well. Shaking himself out of it, Cloud proceeded to prepare for the upcoming quest. He had found the MRE's (Meals ready to eat, just add water) and put them into the pile of things necessary for this trip. Most other things he kept on his person, like his knife, compass, cantine, razor wire, and for emergency, a magnesium fire starter. "Well, I guess that pretty much sums it up." He said, satisfied. Next he went to the basement to get the BIG tent. He figured that the others wouldn't want to sleep outside. The problem was, that tent had only enough room for six of them. "Eh, I guess I'm sleeping outside." he said to himself. Besides, it would be just a little weird for me to be in there with them anyway. He thought to himself. "I better meet Twilight and the others at the library. they are probably waiting."

Twilight Sparkle heard a knock on the door. "Cloud! You actually came!" She sounded surprised.

"Yea, you asked me to, remember? And where is everyone else?" He asked.

"Still getting ready, I bet. Well I'm just about finished." She said.

"Books?" He questioned to himself. "This is gonna get worse before it gets better." He thought to himself after seeing what she had packed.

Both of them looked at the door for a minute until Cloud finally motioned to the door, "It's your house." he said, and Twilight went to answer it. There stood Applejack.

"Well howdy!" Said A.j upon entering. "I'm all packed and ready to go."

"Well what did you bring?" Asked Cloud.

"Apples!" She exclaimed.

How the hell didn't I see that coming? Cloud thought to himself.

"Hey, don't start the party without me!" A jovial Pinkie Pie called out.

"Party?" Cloud looked at Twilight.

"She's just being Pinkie Pie." Said Twilight.

Pinkie giggled. "I brought the balloons!"

Next entered Rainbow dash. She had nothing with her.

Upon seeing that, Cloud just couldn't take much more. "You do know where we are going, right?" He asked them, and hearing a solid 'nope' from them. "Then why even think to bring this stuff? If we bring that, it would turn into a big suicide mission. The key to survival is the knowledge and preparedness of the area. So I guess I'll provide the supplies, but I'm going to need some help to carry it." He told them, a bit annoyed.

"Carry what?" Fluttershy walked in, just catching the end of Cloud's sentence.

"Our life support." He replied. "And while we are out there, please no complaining. Because you all volunteered for this, and I could definitely do this easier by myself."