Each leader lead the group to their individual tribe, displaying the companionship the three different pony races shared.

The earth pony tribe was the first stop. The mild-mannered ponies took the news the easiest, and willingly went along with the joining of the tribes.

The unicorn tribe wasn’t so understanding. Platinum’s "a few minutes", quickly escalated into an hour, to explain the situation. Once the tribe saw that neither of the earth ponies nor the Pegasi had attacked at this point they settled.

"Really," Platinum huffed, tossing her royal blue mane. "Do you truly have little faith in my judgment?"

"I would..." Hurricane jokingly muttered. Her amusement evaporated quickly when a green hoof jabbed her in the side.

"Ow!"

Finally, it came time to travel to the pegasi's tribe. Both Hurricane and Pansy became uneasy, glancing around.

“Never thought I’d be rueful about having a military focused tribe...” Hurricane muttered quietly.

Pegasi were generally quick to anger; the military background on most of them making this far more dangerous than it needed to be for the other two pony races that were following them.

“Just keep close. I don’t want any of the more “excitable” members of my tribe thinking you are challenging them.” Hurricane spoke with a serious tone, thinking of Dumbbell and his little gang of troublemakers.

"Understood," Platinum agreed, nudging Clover.

"Ugh..." The green unicorn muttered, turning to inform the tribe. "Keep close."

"Well DUH! A lot of you Pegasi are hotheads! Us earth ponies will do fine, RIGHT Cookie?!" Pudding-head chirped, grinning widely.

"You bet, your Chancellorship." Cookie muttered rolling her eyes good-naturedly at her leader.

Hurricane stayed silent, walking past the tribe borders. It was eerily silent, buildings along with various debris littered what was once a bustling pegasi tribe. Her eyes grew wide in panic.

"Oh no!" She whispered, bolting around. "There was a STORM?! How did these fall over?! Is every pony okay?!"

Hurricane searched around broken buildings and fallen roofs as silence became her answer. As she kept fluttering around at the empty village, the other ponies walked up behind Pansy observing the devastated scene.

“It’s like a ghost town in here,” Smart Cookie whispered from out of the gloom.

“I know, you could hear every sound something would make if they stepped here.” Chancellor Pudding-head took one step; a soft thud resonated throughout the area.

Smart Cookie raised her eyebrow at the brown earth pony as she made accompanying sounds to her hoof touching the ground.

"Shh!" Hurricane quietly growled. Pansy remained close to her commander’s side, looking around.

"The bunker?" She asked.

"Worth a shot."

*****

Rainbow Dash watched as the rest of the tribe gathered the last of their supplies, a smug satisfaction clear across her face.

"Well! We got everything ready in under a week!" She cheered, gliding down to help a foal with a box. "Good job every pony!"

"And you know what THIS calls for!" A bubbly voice exclaimed, suddenly blowing a party horn in the. "A PARTY!"

Various Pegasi groaned, rolling their eyes at the cheerful pink earth pony. Dash chuckled.

“Not yet Pinkie. Let’s wait until we make it to our new home.” Pinkie pouted, and nodded from the cyan mare’s friendly decline of a party.

“Lieutenant General Dash!” A large, white pegasi dropped in front of the pegasus with an urgent look on his face. “Commander Hurricane and Private Pansy are back and they are being followed by the earth pony and unicorn tribes!”

“What?” Dash blanched. “Are you absolutely sure?”

The stallion nodded vigorously. Frowning, Dash rushed to the entrance and peered out. Sure enough, she spotted Hurricane and Pansy leading two pony tribes straight toward the bunker.

“What is she doing? She......she made it back from the storm.” Rainbow Dash brushed open the door cautiously and stepped out. “Hurricane?”

The Commander’s ears perked at the sound of her name. She recognised that voice.

“Rainbow Dash, you’re safe!” She felt relief rush over her at finally seeing somepony in the tribe. Hurricane began walking forward, but the pegasus stopped as Dash took a defensive stance.

“Hold on!” The cyan mare shouted from in front of the bunker, a serious look on her face. “Before I let you any closer, tell me what they are doing here. They’re not here to hurt anypony are they? Did they hurt you?”

Hurricane looked confused for a moment and glanced back at the earth and unicorn pony tribe leaders. Realisation struck the mare and she gritted her teeth slightly. “Oh yeah, them. Well it’s a funny story...kinda. We agreed to a peace between the tribes.”

At this Rainbow Dash relaxed her stance, and she sighed. “Alright. What happened to make you agree to that Hurricane? A raging thunderstorm?”

Princess Platinum trotted forward with her mane whipped back behind her head, “Try a raging Windigo storm.”

“Huh?” Dash stared at the unicorn in confusion.

“Yeah, and we were frozen in blocks of ice after they came ‘cause we didn’t cooperate on anything.” Chancellor Pudding-head announced loudly to everypony.

The bunker opened wider and out hopped a curious looking pink mare. She gasped as she saw the two earth ponies again, and bounced over to Dash.

“Wow. Hi guys, I never thought I would see you two again. And why are you here anyway?” Pinkie gasped, “Did you get kicked out of the earth pony tribe too?”

“No, they’ve come here to show the unity between all of our tribes.” Hurricane answered the mare’s question.

“Then, the storm ended up bring you all together? That’s great, but how did you get all together if you were frozen?” Pinkie tilted her head curiously at the trio of leaders.

Clover the Clever stepped forward, beside Princess Platinum, and retold what had happened within the ice cave. “Oh, well only the tribe leaders were encased in ice while Smart Cookie, Private Pansy, and I kept the spirit of friendship burning.”

“Well at least you’re all alright. So you want to speak to the tribe then? They’re all inside the bunker, getting ready to move.” Rainbow Dash smiled and nodded her head to the open door.

Hurricane’s eyes widened remembering what she had been so afraid of before. She looked seriously into Dash’s magenta eyes. “What happened here? Is everypony alright? Any injured?”

Dash’s face turned grave for a moment. “Unfortunately, Scootaloo got caught out in the storm and had some serious injuries to her wings and ribs. She was in critical condition for a while. If it hadn’t been for Fluttershy, I don’t think she would still be alive.”

Pinkie placed a comforting fore-hoof on the pegasus’ shoulder, and Dash smiled back at her.

“So, you wanna go and see your tribe then Commander Hurricane?” Pinkie asked the pegasi leader, beginning to bounce up and down happily beside her fillyfriend.

“They should know you are okay, Hurricane.” Pansy said to the Commander with a gentle nod.

Hurricane kept her eyes trained on the open door, determined to face her tribe and tell them the truth of the situation.

“Okay, remember be cautious. This is a military tribe, so you should all stay back until I have told everypony why you are here.” The ponies nodded in reply and Hurricane started into the bunker.

Only Pinkie and the other pegasi walked in with her, to explain what had happened to them in the storm.

“Rainbow Dash, where is Dumbbell and his group of troublemakers? I want to be sure he knows not to mess with the other tribes.” Hurricane muttered seriously to Dash, her eyes scanning the crowd for the aggressive pegasus.

“Oh....well...” Hurricane immediately turned to Dash, suspicion filling her as she watched the stuttering pony.

“What happened.” Dash flinched away from Hurricane’s demanding tone, lowering her head.

“Well some things happened...and then things moved really fast.” Dash spoke waving her forelegs dramatically, “Suddenly, he was on the ground and my hoof was bloody and everypony went all quiet and...”

By now the cyan mare was ranting almost as fast as she flew. Her movements rigid, her eyes avoiding Hurricane’s gaze.

"Rainbow Dash..."

"I didn't mean to! It was just.... Snap!" Dash exclaimed, her magenta eyes wide in panic.

"Lieutenant General. Calm down." Rainbow Dash froze at her commander’s words, looking down. "How did the tribe take it."

"Not good at first....." Dash muttered softly, shifting uncomfortably.

Commander Hurricane sighed heavily, “Well we can’t really do anything about it now...Just be sure the other two tribes don’t hear about it and it will be fine.”

Dash sighed in relief.

“But you are still going to be punished for killing a tribe member, no matter how much of a flank he was.” Hurricane spoke in a stern voice, “We can’t have foals thinking it’s ok to kill somepony just because they are a jerk.”

Dash grumbled to herself, trotting behind Hurricane with a slight scowl.

“Hi everypony, it’s been a while.” The pegasi leader stood in front of the open door and looked at each pegasus, some squinting to see her through the light from outside.

The pegasi started to whisper amongst themselves.
“Is that really Hurricane?”
“Did she find us a new place to live?”

“As you can see, Pansy and I survived the storm and have found some new territory for us all to live in,” At that the murmurs became louder and more excited, ponies smiled at one another at the new opportunity for a base.

Hurricane stepped into the bunker a little more, grabbing the tribe’s attention once more, “But first I must tell you that we will not be going alone.” The ponies looked at each other in confusion and then back at the pegasi leader.

The crowd quieted down and Commander Hurricane glanced over her shoulder. Pinkie and Dash were sitting together next to Pansy, who waved a hoof for her to continue.

Hurricane looked back at the silent ponies and told them how she and the other tribe leaders became trapped together during the storm. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash listened intently along with the other pegasus ponies.

When she finished, the bunker was quiet. Hurricane stood still waiting for the pegasi to start talking, only mumbles entering her perked ears.

“That’s good isn’t it?” Came Pinkie’s cheerful voice from behind the Commander. “Doesn’t that mean nopony has to fight or be mean to each other anymore?”

“It means we can stop arguing with each other and get along.” Dash continued, walking forward to stand next to her leader.

Hurricane felt a little stronger, knowing that she had the three ponies’ support and kept going. “Dash has already shown us that pegasi and earth ponies can get along. If we can look past the differences and...little annoyances of the other tribes, we can live together in harmony.”

She looked to each pegasi inside the bunker and saw that they were considering the matter quite readily. They still seemed to trust her when she needed them to understand an important situation.

The pegasus ponies began to nod their agreement, and Hurricane smiled. Pinkie and Pansy took their places next to her and smiled brightly at the pegasi leader.

“We have been to the other tribes already to tell them what I have told you. They all agree that we should have peace between us. The earth and unicorn pony leaders are waiting outside, for our decision.”

With those words, Hurricane turned and led the pegasi out to meet the two other tribes of ponies.

The two tribes eyed the pegasi warily. They wore offensive weapons and fierce armor that few unicorns or earth ponies even had the chance of seeing, besides the select few that participated in the food exchange.

The worries were nullified by two ponies. One pink, the other cyan. They trotted down to the other tribes, pressed together with friendly smiles on their faces.

If these two ponies could be friendly, why couldn’t they?

Relaxing, the three tribes started tentatively interacting with one another, bonds slowly forming between the three races.

Hurricane smiled at the scene, chuckling at the irony of the situation. A few months ago she would have sent a pony to an institution if they told her she would be partially responsible for uniting the tribes.

A slight shift in movement and suddenly Pansy was pressed against her side, nearly startling the grey mare.

"That was unexpected..." Hurricane smiled, leaning against Pansy with a smile.

"Them agreeing so quickly?" Pansy asked, looking up.

"Exactly....." Hurricane nodded.

The two continued to watch the crowd, enjoying each others company in silence.

"Pansy, listen I'm sorry......" Hurricane began, in a low voice.

Pansy gazed up at her Commander, flicking her ears to show she was listening. Hurricane continued, paying no attention to her surroundings.

"My.... behavior wasn't appropriate. I wasn't over Blizzard.... and I was scared I'd lose you just like I lost him..." Hurricane muttered.

"Hurricane.... you could have just said...." Pansy sighed, resting her head against Hurricane’s shoulder. "I'm not going anywhere.... I promise, and with the peace between the tribes I'll always be by your side through anything."

"Yeah.... I know....." Hurricane smiled. Her grin faltered, and she glanced down at Pansy, "I.... I'm sorry I scared you in the cave..."

"It's okay... You're okay.....that’s all that matters." Pansy wiggled a little closer to the pegasus, and turned her attention to a group of chattering ponies.

The pegasi leader draped a wing over the smaller mare and lifted her head, observing the ponies around her.

Dash and Pinkie were talking to the earth and unicorn leaders in the center of the crowd.

“Hey so, I’m sorry about calling you names Princess Platinum. It wasn’t cool.” Dash rubbed a forehoof against her other as Pinkie watched her apologize.

“Not at all. I accept your apology and I must also apologize for what I said to you.” Platinum replied, shaking her head lightly.

“Oh, hi again Chancellor Pudding-head.” Pinkie asked loudly, suddenly bouncing up and down in front of the tribe leader. “What have the earth ponies been doing so far without me?”

Pudding-head followed the hopping pony awkwardly. “Um, oh, cold and hungry.”

“Hmm, well I guess that would make sense what with it being winter and all.” Pinkie placed a hoof under her chin in thought.

Dash’s eyes narrowed at the brown mare, “You seem a bit tense....feeling bad about something?”

“Dashie! Don’t be mean to her! She didn’t mean to be such a grumpy pants!” Pinkie scolded in a sing-song voice, a small smile playing across her lips.

"Fine...." Dash grumbled, reluctantly complying with the pink mare’s request. She eyed the earth pony leader suspiciously as she approached Pinkie Pie.

"I'm sorry Pinkie. I shouldn't have dismissed you just because you were different from everypony else." Pudding-head looked down at her hooves sorrowfully before finding herself in a bone-crushing hug by a brightly smiling pink pony.

“That’s okie dokie! Everypony makes mistakes!” Pudding-head stumbled backward from the tight embrace.

Huffing in annoyance, Dash began to speak when a bright blue magical aura surrounded her and yanked her over to a well groomed unicorn.

“Darling! Your tail is absolutely gorgeous! You must let me style your mane!” Dash stared at the gushing unicorn in shock.

“Rarity! You can’t just grab ponies just because you think their mane is ‘fabulous’!” A purple unicorn reprimed the white mare with a sharp look. “Sorry about that. I’m Twilight Sparkle, apprentice of Starswirl the Bearded.”

Twilight smiled and held out her hoof respectfully. Dash stared at it confused, before bumping the outstretched hoof with her own. Twilight, not expecting the violent move, nearly fell forward from the force.

“Yeah sure...I’m Lieutenant General Rainbow Dash! I’m the best flyer and soldier in all of the land!” Dash posed proudly, grinning.

A few seconds later, a pink pony landed on the cyan pegasi’s back, nearly knocking her on the ground and effectively ruining the impressive display.

“She’s also super duper cuddly!” Pinkie punctuated her point by burying her muzzle into the cyan mare’s neck with a giggle.

“P-Pinkie!” Dash’s voice cracked, an embarrassed blush covering her face. “Wouldn’t you rather make some new friends?”

The two unicorns that had been chuckling at the display froze suddenly when the pink mare’s face shot up, a brilliant grin on her face.

“Hi! I’m Pinkie Pie! I know we are gonna be the bestest friends!” Pinkie leaped off Dash’s back, throwing herself at the two unicorn mares. She enveloped them both in a tight hug, chattering about all the fun they will have together.

Rarity grunted at the force of the impact and pushed herself away from the earth pony. “Well Pinkie Pie, that’s quite the hug you’ve got there.”

“Yes...it is.” Twilight choked out, still struggling to escape the vice grip of Pinkie Pie. She tried to pull herself free, but just as she did the pink mare let go and the lavender unicorn collapsed onto her back.

“Oh yeah, Mom said I was always good at hugging ponies. Dashie says that too sometimes.” Pinkie giggled and looked over at her fillyfriend with a bright grin on her face.

Dash scratched the back of her head and chuckled softly. “Yeah, you are pretty good at that.”

“So, is everypony getting along?” Dash’s ears perked at the familiar voice and turned to see Hurricane and Pansy smiling at her.

“Yes Commander. Everypony seems to be getting along quite well with each other so far. Just that-”

Pinkie gasped suddenly, interrupting the cyan pegasus’ response and drawing everypony’s attention to her. “That reminds me. Is Mom and Dad okay? Did they come back when I left?”

Pudding-head shook her head slowly. “Sorry Pinkie. I haven’t seen them in a long time. I’m afraid they must have left all together.”

Pinkie visibly drooped at hearing this. Her mane and tale became less poofy and her coat wasn’t as bright as before. “Oh, well...that’s okay I guess.” She hung her head. Everypony looked at her sympathetically.

Dash walked over and hugged her tightly, gently brushing her magenta mane with a forehoof. “It’s okay Pinks, I’m sure they would want to see you after all this time. They have to.”

Pinkie wiped her snout and smiled at the cyan mare. “Thanks Dashie, you’re really good at cheering me up.” She returned the hug and her curls and colors burst back to life in the embrace.

The rainbow-maned pegasus chuckled and pulled away from Pinkie. She turned to face her Commander. “Great, so now that everypony’s got being sappy and apologetic crossed off their list...what are we going to do to bring them together?”

Hurricane nodded and cleared her throat, getting everypony’s attention. “Now that we have an understanding of one another, it is time that each tribe leader brings their tribe to our new land. This won’t be an easy trip, but we should all meet at the same place to begin the journey.”

Rarity turned toward Princess Platinum and cleared her throat. “So, this new home. Is it nice? Filled with tons of gems and jewels I hope.”

The unicorn nodded her head and flipped her mane. “Oh yes, it is quite lovely. It hadn’t seemed to be hit by the storm...until we got there of course.” She looked away guiltily.

“It’s not your fault silly,” Came Pinkie’s cheerful voice from in front of her. “...well it kind of is. But what I mean is, it’s not just your fault. It’s really all of ours for not accepting each other for being different, so I guess you are involved in the pony fault process, but you’re not the only pony involved in the-”

“Pinkie!” Dash shushed the pink mare and looked the leader of the unicorns.

“Oops. Sorry, I just meant we’re all at fault here. So you don’t have to be all sad and responsible for it.” Pinkie smiled softly at the unicorn and started bouncing lightly in place.

“She’s right Princess Platinum. You don’t need to feel bad for everything that happened.” Clover the Clever rested a hoof on the unicorn’s shoulder and nodded at the pink pony.

“No problem.” Pinkie whispered to the green pony and bounced off to stand next to Dash again.

Platinum smiled and raised her head to look at both ponies happily. “Thank you Pinkie, for saying that and you too Clover the Clever. I’m sorry I mistreated you both in the past.”

“Aww, that’s okay.” Pinkie waved a dismissive hoof at the unicorn and kept hopping in place next to the cyan mare.

“Well, I guess we better get our tribes together then.” Dash smirked at the crowd and her commander as she flapped her wings and hovered in the sky a little. “We should meet where the mountains intercept each other. It’s right on each of our former borders, so we should all know where that is.”

The tribe leaders nodded their agreement and spoke their good-byes. Hurricane lifted herself into the air and hovered next to the cyan pegasus and nudged her, smiling. “Good thinking Lieutenant. I think you would have made a fine leader of the pegasi tribe.”

“Thanks Hurricane.” Dash smiled and nudged the mare back. Just then both pegasi were tackled from behind by a cheerful pink pony.

“Isn’t this great guys? Now that we’ve solved all our problems, we can live happily together forever after.” Her bright voice rung in both ponies’ ears as the shock of the impact subsided.

“Is this what happens to you every time she thinks something is good?” Commander Hurricane whispered to the cyan mare as Pinkie began to release them from her hug.

Dash shrugged and blushed slightly. “The cute way she acts afterwards is worth it.”

Pinkie gasped melodramatically and bounced high in the air once. She landed in front of Dash with a huge grin on her face. “You think I’m cute?”

“Uh well...” The cyan pegasus turned away, blushing harder as a smirk came to Hurricane’s face. Pinkie just kept smiling at Dash, which gave the older mare time to step back.

“I’ll just let you two sort out which one of you is adorable and cute while I round up everypony for the long trip.” She held back a snicker at the surprised look on Dash’s face as she began to walk away.

“H-hey I didn’t say anything about-”

“Whatever.” The dark blue eyed pony said quickly, interrupting the pegasus’ response. “Pansy, help me gather all of the pegasi near the entrance to our camp so we can count if we still have any missing.”

“Yes Commander.” The smaller pony nodded and spread her wings. She took off from the ground in search of stray pegasi.

Hurricane turned back to Dash and Pinkie and stepped closer. “Lieutenant Dash. You said Scootaloo was injured severely. Where is she now and who is looking after her?”

Dash’s head turned up immediately and stared at the bunker. “Fluttershy’s still in there taking care of her wounds. She looks pretty bad, but I gotta-” Dash felt a forehoof on her shoulder and turned to see Pinkie smiling kindly at her.

Hurricane shook her head at the distraught mare. “Pansy, Pinkie, and I will make sure every pegasi is accounted for. You should go and see how Scootaloo is doing.”

Dash rushed off to the bunker, nearly colliding with Fluttershy once she reached the entrance.

Grabbing the timid pegasi’s shoulders, Dash nearly shook her as she spoke. “How is Scootaloo? Will she be ok?”

“She will live...but...” Fluttershy’s eyes drifted down to her hooves, her voice seizing in her throat.

“But what?” Dash asked urgently, squeezing the mare’s shoulders tighter in desperation.

“I...checked her wings.....she...will never fly.”

An icy feeling creeped into Dash’s chest and clenched tightly around her heart. Looking over at the little filly, tears started to fall silently from her eyes.

“She never got to fly....”

Silently, Dash trotted over to the injured foal. The closer she got the more visible the tears were that covered Scootaloo’s face. Swallowing thickly, Dash layed down next to her, draping a comforting wing around the disabled pegasus.

“H-Hey squirt...” Her voice cracked ever so slightly, “how’re you doing?”

Scootaloo took one trembling look up at her hero before breaking down into heart-wrenching sobs. She clung to the cyan pegasus tightly.

“It’s not fair, Rainbow Dash...I wanted to be just like you. I wanted to matter to ponies....I’m always picked on for being a blank flank..now I’ll just be made fun of for not being able to fly too...and...and......”

Scootaloo buried her face into Dash’s chest, sobbing heavily. Dash carefully held the small filly close, tears of her own mixing with her small companion.

“Scootaloo...you do matter. You matter to me, and don’t you ever forget that.” Dash felt the little filly tighten her grip around her torso.

Several minutes went by before Dash emerged from the bunker. Scootaloo carefully resting on her back, Dash’s helmet resting on her head once more. She carefully cradled her wings around the injured filly, keeping her warm and steady on her back. In mere moments, the two were joined by the bouncing pink mare and the two unicorns they had met earlier.

"Couldn't give them air, Pinks?" Rainbow Dash chuckled, smiling fondly as Pinkie bounced ahead of her, her mane and tail acting as airy and springy as her own personality.

"Why, Darling, we merely followed simply because Miss Pinkie here is such a delight!" Rarity chasted, clicking her tongue in slight annoyance.

Dash glared at her slightly, taking a defensive step closer to Pinkie. "Yeah, well she's mine, so don't get any ideas, understood?!"

"Lieutenant General!" A stern voice, originating from behind the group, startled the five. They spun around quickly to face the three leaders of the tribes.

"Yes, Commander?" Rainbow Dash asked, feeling the filly on her back shift slightly.

“It seems everypony is here and ready to begin the journey. We should get going, if you and the rest are all set.” Hurricane nodded to the filly on Dash’s back and smiled.

The cyan pegasus smiled back. “Yeah, we’re all set. Though I might need to stay on the ground for the whole trip since-”

Pinkie gasped loudly from beside her, interrupting Dash’s explanation and getting everypony’s attention. “You mean you and Scootaloo are gonna be walking there with me? Woohoo! We’re gonna have so much fun, and I can point out all the neat stuff I’ve seen out here to both of you and-”

“Okay, I think we get it Pinks,” Dash told her, muffling the pink mare’s long winded speech with a forehoof. She smirked and turned to the group of ponies around her.

The two unicorns smiled kindly at the two ponies. A loud high pitched shout startled the unicorns, Rarity in particular groaning in annoyance.

“Sweetiebelle! I told you to stay with mother and father!” She huffed, turning toward the small, cream colored filly.

“But I want to travel with my big sister!” Sweetiebelle whined, staring up at Rarity with large watery eyes.

“Alright...but next time you should stay with mother and father.” The white unicorn smiled softly, nuzzling her sister.

Before Pinkie could even think about making friends with Raritiy’s sister the sound of approaching ponies caught the attention of everypony.

Fluttershy and Applejack approached the group, a small pale yellow filly with a bright red mane following behind her.

"Howdy. Figured yáll'd be travelin' together with Pinkie," Applejack smiled, tipping her hat as she noticed the pair of unicorns. "Howdy. Name's Applejack. This here is mah sister Applebloom."

“Golly! It’s sure neat to meet some real pegasi and unicorns!” Spotting Sweetiebelle, Applebloom trotted over with a large smile, determined to make a new friend.

"Rarity," the white unicorn frowned, clicking her tongue in disapproval of the country mare's hat. "Really, Darling?"

Applejack frowned. “What’s the matter wit mah hat?”

A sharp look from Twilight silenced the white unicorn.

"Rarity, not now. My name's Twilight Sparkle..." Twilight cordially introduced herself, extending a forehoof.

Applejack grinned, taking Twilight’s hoof in her own and shook so hard the purple unicorn vibrated from head to toe.

“Sure nice to meet ya, Twilight!”

Twilight pulled away from the rather violent hoof-shake, her eyes spinning slightly. “T-thats quite a grip you have, Applejack...”

Rainbow Dash grinned at the group of ponies, "Is everypony ready to get going?"

Around her was a chorus of six voices agreeing, accompanied by an enthusiastic whoop from her hyperactive fillyfriend.

Dash grinned.

“Let’s go.”