Into the Wild Yonder
It was midday in a luscious forest filled with life. The birds were chirping happily and the animals were eating all they could that the forest provided. Not too far off, there was a small parking lot which was empty of any cars with a large sign that said ‘Canterlot’s Camping Park.’ Driving up was a car as it parked in the parking lot.
Coming out of the car was Clyde, Swift, Pinkie, Rarity, Sonata and Applejack as they climbed out and stretched. Each of them had a camping themed outfit that suited each one’s taste, preference or necessities.
“Oh my, that was such a long trip, it's making my back hurt," Rarity commented. “Clyde deary, could you give me a back massage? You really have good hands to work with.”
Clyde smiled. “Of course. What kind of gentleman would I be if I didn’t have that?” he said.
Clyde walked over to Rarity and started giving her a massage. Applejack looked around for a moment before turning back to the others.
“Hey, where do y’all think the others are?” Applejack asked.
“I don’t know, shouldn’t be hard to find this place,” Swift answered. “Maybe they were slowed down or something.”
“Or maybe Soul had to go to the bathroom on the way here.”
Climbing out of the car was a lavender-skinned girl that had dark blue hair with two shades of pink streaks and tied into a bun. The girl had thick black glasses with a pocketed white shirt and tan shorts and was wearing a backpack on her back.
“He did drink a lot before we left,” the girl said. “I told him that he should have waited until we were halfway there but noooo, he had to grab a large drink before we left.”
“That sounds possible but unlikely, Twilight,” Applejack said. “Trust me, he can keep his bladder in on long car trips. One time he drank four bottles of soda before we left for a two day drive and he never went to the bathroom once on the way up there.”
“Applejack, that's physically impossible,” Twilight said. “If he really did do that, his bladder would have exploded from the pressure and would have been infected which would cause death if not treated right away.”
“Ah know that, but ya had to be there to believe it,” Applejack said. “Plus, it wasn’t a straight two day drive, he pretty much went when we got to the hotels to sleep for the night.”
“Okay, I can believe that,” Twilight said.
“But he did drink four more before we left.”
“Okay, now you’re just trying to get on my nerves.”
Applejack snickered.
“Ah’m glad that you were able to come with us, Twilight,” Swift said.
“It’s no problem, Swift. I used to go out camping with my brother all the time when we were little,” Twilight said. “And, you know, after what happened the Friendship Games and well, after what all I did, I wanted to get to know you guys some more.”
“Yay for our own world’s Twilight!” Pinkie cheered as she hugged Twilight. “And I’m super excited that you decided to come attend the same school as us!”
“Like I said, after everything that I did, I thought this would be best way for making up for everything I did,” Twilight said.
“Aww, you don’t have to worry about that, we already forgave you and we’re the bestest of friends now!” Pinkie said.
“Thanks Pinkie, that really means alot to me,” Twilight said with a smile.
“Hey, I think I see them!” Sonata chimed.
Another car came up and parked next to Swift’s car. All the passengers—Rainbow Dash, Rivet, Soul, Sunset, Fluttershy, Night and Soul’s dog Toby—climbed out of it. They all were stretching while Rivet walked up to Swift.
“Sorry we were late,” Rivet said. “We would have been here sooner if there wasn’t an accident.”
“What happened?” Swift asked.
“Toby decided that since he was a dog and my chair looked an awful lot like a tree, he’d mark his territory on it,” Rivet explained. “Soul, why did we bring your dog here?”
“We’re going into the woods with no food or water, so we need a good hunting dog to help find us some meat,” Soul replied.
“What do you mean no food or water?” Twilight asked. “We brought supplies for a couple of days’ worth.”
“Okay fine, I’m more afraid that we’ll get attacked by a random psycho murdering zombie with a ski mask!” Soul explained. “Ya happy now?”
Twilight rolled her eyes.
“Babe, that’s not going to happen,” Sunset said.
“Says the girl that made me watch the entire Friday the Thirteenth saga,” Soul said.
“Says the guy that made me watch the entire Star Wars saga first,” Sunset countered.
“Touche.”
“Come on everyone, let’s get this camping trip started!” Sonata chimed. “I want to get everything set up before I go out and look for Bigfoot.”
“Sonata, please don’t tell me you believe in Bigfoot?” Rarity asked.
“But he’s real!” Sonata pleaded. “And there’s been a lot of sightings of him here recently.”
“Yeah, just last week, a blind hiker felt him,” Pinkie added.
“......How did a hiker know he felt it if he was-”
“Let’s get a move on!” Sonata said. “The sooner the better! And fame and fortune!”
Sonata and Pinkie hopped together along the trail as everyone just shrugged and followed them. As they were walking, they took in the view the forest provided for them. They saw deer eating and hopping away, as well as various flowers and plants on the ground. After a few minutes of walking, they came upon a large open space with a small river next to it. They dropped their bags near the fire pit as each of them started setting up their tents or preparing some of the activities they would be doing.
While setting up, Soul looked over to Night and Swift as they were making hammocks over by a couple of trees and went over to them.
“Hey guys, what are you making hammocks for?” Soul asked.
“We’re going to be sleeping outside of course,” Night replied. “After all, it is going to be a starry night tonight.”
“But what about all the mosquitoes and bugs?” Soul asked. “Wouldn’t they be bugging you all night?”
“Don’t worry, we brought some candles to keep them off of us,” Swift explained. “It shouldn't be a problem for us, especially for a certain pink girlfriend that has anything to say about it.”
“You got that right!” Pinkie said as she walked over to Swift and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “We’re going to be sharing the same hammock.”
“And Fluttershy and I are going to be doing the same,” Night said.
“I just thought that since we’ve been going out for a while, we would share the same hammock together and look up to the stars,” Fluttershy said as she was blushing. “I-If that’s okay, Night.”
“It’s no problem at all, angel,” Night said and gave Fluttershy a kiss on the forehead.
“Hey babe, you can help with this tent?” Sunset asked. “I’m having trouble putting it together.”
“I’m on it,” Soul said before he walked over to Sunset.
While Soul was helping Sunset, Clyde was setting up his and Rarity’s tent. As he did, Rarity was just fanning herself as the heat was pouring down on her and smacking away any mosquitoes that got close to her.
“Oh, why did I agree to come along?” Rarity asked herself. “It’s too hot out here and the bugs are eating me alive.”
“Ah you’ll get over it,” Applejack said. “Besides, it’s good to be out here in nature. Fresh air, a cool streaming river, and we get to see how beautiful this forest is. What else can ya ask for?”
“That these nasty bugs go somewhere else and leave me be,” Rarity complained. “And do I really have to sleep in a tent like this?”
Clyde was done and looked over it with raised brow as he inspected it. “What do you mean?” Clyde asked. “What’s wrong with it?”
“It’s just so plain and too greenish for my liking,” Rarity explained. “I would have brought my inflatable tent, but someone had to throw it away.” She gave Applejack a glare as she remembered Applejack seeing her bringing it and throwing it to the side before they left for the trip.
“And Ah told ya bring what you need, not what you want,” Applejack retorted. “Ya can just as easily sleep in this tent. It’s not that bad.”
“Especially since it got me in it,” Clyde added with a sly smile.
Rarity smiled. “Well, I suppose that would be more than I need then,” she said before she felt something bite her on her arm and slapped it. “But can you do something about these parasites?”
“Just put on some repellent spray,” Applejack suggested.
“Do you know what they have in those things?” Rarity said. “I’m not having my skin covered in grease!”
“But these repellents don’t have any grease in them,” Applejack pointed out.
“I also don’t like the way they smell or feel on my skin,” Rarity added and raised her chin up while making a pout.
Applejack rolled her eyes.
While the two continued their argument, Rivet was making his tent for himself and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash was teaching Sonata how make her own tent and not to get tangled up in it like the first two times Sonata tried to do it. Rainbow Dash and Sonata got her tent set up and looked at it with proud smiles.
“Good job, Nata,” Rainbow Dash said.
“Thanks, I couldn’t have done it without you,” Sonata said.
“Are you two set up over here?” Twilight asked as she walked up to the two.
“We sure are!” Sonata replied.
“That’s good to hear. I just checked all of our supplies and we’re missing a few things,” Twilight said.
“Like what?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Well for one thing, we’re missing all of our stuff to make tacos,” Twilight replied and looked over Sonata with half-lid eyes. “And I already have an idea on who ate them.”
“Oh sure, blame the girl who loves tacos,” Sonata commented. “So what proof do you have?”
“For one thing, you still have cheese in the corners of your mouth,” Twilight answered.
Sonata had a blank look before she started licking around her mouth and tasted cheese on her lips. She put on a nervous smile as sweat started pouring down her forehead. “Oh, those came from…. me eating…. some cheese…. in the car…. before we got here.”
“That’s an interesting answer since everyone that was with you said you never ate cheese in the car in the first place,” Twilight pointed out. “Also, you have some crumbs on your shirt.”
Sonata looked down to see some crumbs of taco shells and small pieces of vegetables and cheese. Sonata let out a nonchalant whistle as she patted all of them off of her and looked at Twilight. “What crumbs?” she asked, acting oblivious.
Rainbow Dash smacked herself in the face while Twilight just let out an irritated sigh.
“Sonata!” Pinkie called. “Come on, I got the camera ready! Let’s go find us some Bigfoot!”
“Sweet, I’m coming!” Sonata said as she and Pinkie ran off into the forest. “So, how are we going to find Bigfoot?”
“Well, according to the Loch Ness Monster book, Bigfoot likes to be in fogs and out-of-focus areas,” Pinkie replied. “If we find one of those things, we’re more than likely to find him.”
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go get him!” Sonata said.
Both Sonata and Pinkie went their way into the woods in search of Bigfoot. Rainbow Dash looked on with half-lid eyes while Twilight had a confused look on her.
“How in the world does reading a Loch Ness Monster book tell you anything about Bigfoot!?” Twilight asked no one in particular.
“Maybe it was a crossover,” Rainbow Dash guessed. “Anyways, let’s just get everything ready.”
After some time, the tents were set up and most everyone was doing their own thing around the camp site. Rainbow Dash was getting the fire ready only using two sticks by rubbing them against each other. Fluttershy, Rarity and Applejack were looking out at the forest as they were enjoying the scenery. Clyde and Swift decided to go out into the woods and find Sonata and Pinkie before they got lost. Twilight was reading a book about what to do at a camping trip while Sunset read along with her, and Soul, Rivet and Night were fishing in the river with fishing poles they brought.
Night was drinking from a water bottle before he went back at watching his line. “Man, what’s taking the fish so long?” he asked himself. “You think we would have gotten something by now.”
“I know, we’ve been sitting here on these chairs forever,” Soul commented
“Guys, it’s only been five minutes,” Rivet pointed out.
“....Shut up,” Soul said.
“I know that, but you think with so little food you can get underwater, the fish would be trying to get the worms,” Night said.
“Actually, there's plenty for them to eat,” Rivet said. “There’s plants, bacteria and some fishes do eat other fishes. I thought you would know about this stuff since you go out with Fluttershy.”
“Look, just because we go out, that doesn't make me a vet expert,” Night explained.
“Too bad it didn’t help get rid of your anger management problems,” Soul commented.
“I don’t have anger issues!” Night yelled.
“Right, of course, my bad,” Soul said sarcastically. He looked back at the river and let out a sigh. “I hope we catch something soon. I’m starting to get hungry.”
“What do you think we’ll catch besides fish anyway?” Rivet asked.
“Twilight said that there was going to be crabs in there too,” Soul said. “Which I kinda thought was crazy since I’ve seen crabs only on beaches.”
“No, they really do live in rivers too,” Night said.
“I thought you said you weren’t an expert on animals?” Soul commented.
“I did say I wasn’t an expert! It’s just something I learned from Fluttershy!” Night yelled.
“Anyways, how big do you guys think these crabs get if they live out here?” Soul asked.
“Well, crabs mostly love to be near freshwater—don’t you saying anything, Soul!—so it’s more likely that they would be smaller than the ones at the ocean,” Night explained.
“Why are we talking about crabs all of a sudden?” Rivet asked. “We’re trying to catch fish. What would be the chances of us even getting a crab, since we’re only using-”
*SNIP*
“AAAAAAHHH!”
Soul let out a cry as he started hopping only on leg. A crab clamped its claw on Soul’s big toe since he was only wearing flippers. Soul was hopping away with the crab as he tried to shake it off.
“Someone get it off!” Soul pleaded with pain.
“You wanna finish that sentence, Rivet?” Night asked.
“Nah, I’m good,” Rivet replied.
“Damn it, now we’re lost!” Swift shouted. After trying to get Pinkie and Sonata back to the camp, Clyde and Swift had lost their way back. The two were walking aimlessly in hopes of finding the camp by pure luck.
“I told you we should have left something behind to help us find our way back,” Clyde said.
“I thought we wouldn’t need to do that!” Swift countered. “Pinkie is smart and everything, but I didn’t really expect her to be this far off from the camp. And she doesn't seem to have any way to get back!”
“Now we’re lost because of that,” Clyde commented. “Why did Pinkie and Sonata just run off like this? They should have left some kind of trail or something. It’s not like you can remember what each tree would look like.”
“Actually, that sounds like something Pinkie would do,” Swift said. “She has a freakishly accurate memory.”
“You’re right, she would remember all the trees here,” Clyde said. “So, our only way out of this forest is to find Pinkie?”
“We’re doomed,” Swift said. “Why did we go after them anyway? We were just as easily to get lost here as they would.”
“Yeah, but some of the others were getting worried since Sonata was with her,” Clyde explained. “And whenever those two are together, weird stuff is bound to happen.”
“Oh god, you’re right,” Swift said. “Sonata is like the second Pinkie!.... We’re even more doomed than before.”
“Come on, it can’t get any worse than it is, right?”
*SNORT!*
Both Clyde and Swift froze in place and turned around to see a large, black wild boar staring at them with hungry eyes. It stomped its hooves as it was getting ready to charge at them.
Clyde gulped. “Swift?”
“Yeah?”
“Does that thing eat meat?”
“Yes.”
“Then should we run for our lives?”
“I’d do that.”
“Alright.”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!”
Back at the camp, all the fish that Rivet and Night caught were either put away for later or were being cooked over the fireplace. Sunset was wrapping a bandage over Soul’s toe after they were able to get the crab off. Soul wanted to cook the crab as his payback meal, but the crab was able to get away into the river. Everyone was gathering around the fireplace as they were getting ready to eat. Rarity had set up a table to place all the food, paper dishes and plastic forks and spoons on.
When everything was nearly set up, Pinkie and Sonata came out of the woods and walked over to the group with dissapointed expressions on their faces.
“Hey you two, did y’all find Bigfoot?” Applejack joked.
“No, we didn’t,” Sonata replied.
“We were out there for hours!” Pinkie added. “I’m beginning to think everything that I read from the Loch Ness Monster book is fake.”
“Seriously! How can you get something about Bigfoot from a Loch Ness Monster book?” Twilight asked. “That makes absolutely no sense! Furthermore, how can a blind hiker know if he felt Bigfoot if he was blind!? And why would he hike in the woods if he was blind!?”
“Well, you see-”
“Hey wait, didn’t you guys see Swift and Clyde?” Rivet asked concernedly. “We were getting worried, so they went to find you two.”
“No, we haven’t seen them,” Pinkie replied.
“They probably got eaten,” Sonata guessed.
“Sonata!” Pinkie yelled.
“What? People get eaten by nature all the time!” Sonata said. “It’s not my fault that happens!”
“Oh my poor, Clyde!” Rarity said with a frown and tears forming around her eyes. “I can’t stand here while he’s out there alone, hurt, and his outfit all messed up because of all the things that are after him. We have to go and get him!”
“And Swift too, right?” Pinkie asked.
“What? Oh uh, yes him too,” Rarity said awkwardly. “We must go after him at once!”
“And Swift.”
“Soul, can Toby track Clyde?” Rarity asked.
“And Swift!”
“I don’t know, he’s not exactly a tracking dog,” Soul explained. “I mean, all he really does is lies around and…. wait, where is he?”
Everyone looked around to see where Toby was, but he was nowhere in sight.
“Toby, where are you?”
Far away from the camp, Clyde and Swift were huddled together, cornered against a small dirt wall. The boar let out a terrifying squeaking roar as it was about to make a charge at them. The two’s clothes were messed up from being chased through the woods. They sat together as they feared their last minutes on Earth were at an end.
“Swift, if this is the end, I want you to know that you were one of my best friends,” Clyde said.
“You too, man!” Swift said. “Also, I hoped to never tell you this, but since we’re about to die together, I think this is a good time to tell you. I accidently saw you and Rarity when you two were about to do it.”
Clyde's eyes widened and glared at Swift. “WHAT!?”
“Although, it was kinda your guys’ fault since you did invite a lot of people to your house that day,” Swift said. “You guys couldn’t wait until we were all gone?”
“Did you see anything!?”
“I won’t lie, I saw a lot of things,” Swift admitted. “And dude, you are one lucky guy and she’s one lucky girl.”
“Um *Ahem* thanks,” Clyde said as he was blushing. “By the way, where were you when that happened?”
“Yeah, me and Pinkie were hiding in the closet.”
“Why were you guys hiding in my closet!?”
“I-It was so sudden and spontaneous!” Swift said. “You know Pinkie likes to do crazy random stuff all the time!”
“AUGH! Dude, really!?”
“I promise that we were only making out!” Swift said before his face blushed. “And there was some groping involved.”
“Wait, you said almost doing it. How come you didn’t see all of it?” Clyde asked. “Not that I wanted you to see it anyway.”
“Pinkie brought blindfolds and earphones,” Swift said. “I am so glad that my girlfriend has stuff in her hair.”
*SQEEEEK!*
Clyde and Swift tensed up and saw the boar charging at them. The two let out screams of terror as they huddled together. Just as the boar was near, it stopped and skidded on the ground before looking up over Clyde and Swift.
*BARK! BARK!*
Clyde and Swift looked up to see Toby standing over the edge of the wall.
“Toby!?” Clyde and Swift said in unison.
Then out of nowhere, wolves came in around Toby’s side and started barking at the boar. The boar let out a terrified squeal before running off while the wolves went after it. While they were going after it, Toby jumped off the edge and looked at the two with his tongue sticking out.
“Toby, how come the wolves are following you?” Clyde asked.
Swift’s question was answered when a female wolf walked by Toby and started nuzzling against his neck.
“Dude, I think Toby was just accepted by an alpha female,” Swift said. “And by that logic, that makes him the alpha male!”
“Huh? But he isn’t a wolf…. is he?” Clyde asked.
“Maybe part wolf?” Swift replied.
Toby let out another bark before he and the alpha female went off towards where the others went.
“That is one lucky dog,” Swift commented.
“And lucky us,” Clyde said as he was getting up. “Come on, I think we should keep going and see where everyone is.”
“Hey, I think I see smoke!” Swift said as he pointed his finger.
Clyde looked over to see smoke from a far off distance.
“That must be where the others are! Let’s get going,” Clyde said.
The two were making their way towards the smoke until Clyde turned to Swift.
“Oh, and one more thing,” Clyde said.
“What?”
*POW*
“OW!”
Clyde punched Swift in the shoulder.
“You should have said something before Rarity and I even took our clothes off!” Clyde stated.
“But Pinkie and I didn’t notice until you were half naked!”
“Then don’t make out in my closet!” Clyde countered.
After a few minutes of preparing, Rarity stepped out of her tent and had on an army uniform with two streaks of black paint on each side of her cheek and a camouflage bandana around her head.
“Don’t ya think this is a bit overkill?” Applejack asked. “They’re more than likely not that far off. Ah’m sure they can find their way back here.”
“It’s been too long since they’ve been gone and I won’t let my Clydey widy be missing anymore,” Rarity said. “Time is of the essence here!”
“Then why did ya take fifteen minutes to get ready?” Applejack asked with a raised brow.
“While my Clyde may be in danger, I still need to look good,” Rarity replied as she made a pose with her new outfit. “Now we must head off and-”
“Oh wait, I think I see them,” Sonata said.
Rarity looked over and let out a gasp at what she was seeing. Clyde and Swift walked into the clear with their clothes torn and covered in mud and grasses. Rarity ran over to Clyde and hugged him tightly. Pinkie did the same and hugged Swift.
“Oh my Clyde, are you okay?” Rarity asked concernedly.
“Yeah, we’re okay,” Clyde replied.
“Wait, we?” Rarity asked before looking over to Swift. “Oh right, yes, um glad to see you’re okay too, Swift.”
“Thanks,” Swift said sarcastically.
“What the heck happened to you two?” Rivet asked.
“Well, while we were looking for Sonata and Pinkie-”
“While we were looking Bigfoot,” Sonata added.
“And while they were looking for Bigfoot,” Clyde said while rolling his eyes. “We were attacked by a boar and tried to get away from it. But it had us pinned against a wall and we thought we were goners until Toby came along.”
“Wait, what?” Soul asked.
“And apparently Toby became the alpha male when an alpha female wolf accepted him as her mate and became part of a wolf pack and chased off the boar,” Swift finished. “I’m not sure what’s going to happen, but I think he has big plans tonight.”
“Dang, my dog is part of a wolf pack?” Soul asked. “That is so awesome.”
“That was the highlight of our day, what about you guys?” Clyde asked.
There was a moment of silence until Night spoke up. “Soul got attacked by a crab,” he said.
“Was it a big crab?” Swift asked.
“It was a little crab,” Soul said. “Lucky bastard snuck up on me.”
“We should get you two cleaned up. You must be terribly tired after all that,” Twilight said.
“And hungry,” Swift added.
“The fish are about done anyway. You guys grab a seat and we’ll handle the rest,” Sunset said.
Time had passed and the sun had gone down to make way for the night sky. Everyone was gathering around the campfire as they were eating fish, snacks and, for Fluttershy, salad. Just as soon as they were done eating, Twilight was reading her book on what to do next for their camp activities.
“Okay, now it says that we should tell ghost stories,” Twilight said. “Does anyone have any?”
“I got one,” Rainbow Dash said. “There was this couple up on a mountain-”
“Hook and the hand!” Swift guessed.
Rainbow Dash crossed her arms and made a pout.
“Alright, I have one,” Night said. “There was this man-”
“Man and the Attic!” Swift said.
“Fine, Mr. Know-it-all! How about ya tell us a story?” Applejack asked.
“With pleasure,” Swift said as he cracked his knuckles. “Once there was this group of thirteen teenagers out camping-”
“Hey, that’s exactly how many of us are here!” Sonata pointed out.
“-And they were camping near this river-”
“Hey, that’s exactly how we’re-”
“Sonata, stop interrupting!”
“Eep! Sorry!”
“That’s okay,” Swift said. “Anyways, they were camping near a river. It was late at night and without realizing it, one of them went missing. They tried to look for their friend but as they did, one by one they were disappearing. Eventually they all had disappeared!”
Most of everyone were beginning to feel tense.
“When the police were sent to look for them, they found a recorder that was in the river. When they played it, it said ‘I am the Spirit of the River and those who would disturb my slumber will pay the price.’”
“H-How do we know if we’re bothering it?” Fluttershy asked meekly.
“You don’t,” Swift said. “The one sure way to know is when it screams and kills!”
Swift jumped up when he finished the last words and acted like was preparing for something. After a moment, there was only silence in the group as Swift only stood there.
“.... Um, are you done?” Twilight asked.
“And then it screams and kills!” Swift repeated.
There was another moment of awkward silence until someone spoke.
“Um Swifty, I got stuck in the bushes,” Pinkie said.
“Oh my goddess, the Spirit of the River sounds like Pinkie!” Sonata panicked. “And she’s stuck in the bushes!”
Everyone either let out sighs or smacked themselves in the forehead.
Everyone was getting into their tents as they were saying goodnight to one another. Night laid on his hammock with Fluttershy sleeping on top of him and Pinkie was sleeping with Swift on his hammock. Clyde and Rarity shared the same tent as they had intended to. Sonata was going to bunk with Twilight and Applejack in the same tent while Rainbow Dash and Rivet had their own. And Sunset and Soul were the last ones to get into their tent as Soul was zipping up the opening.
In Clyde and Rarity’s tent, the two got into their sleeping clothes and laid together as Rarity cuddled up to Clyde.
Rarity let out a content sigh. “I’m so glad that you’re okay, Clyde,” she said. “I was really worried when Pinkie and Sonata didn’t come back with you.”
“Thanks, but it’ll take more than nature to keep me from my best girl,” Clyde said as he kissed Rarity on the lips. “And not to mention some of the sweet things she lets me have.”
Rarity made a sly smile. “That’s only because she wants some of the sweet things from her man,” she cooed. “In fact, I think she needs some right now.”
Clyde smiled. “I think I can make that happen,” he said before he moved on top of her and the two started to lock lips.
Over by the hammocks, Night and Fluttershy were already asleep while Pinkie and Swift were looking out at the night sky together and watching the stars. They looked in awe as they saw a few falling stars fly by every now and again.
“I’m glad that you’re okay now, Swifty,” Pinkie said. “I don't know what I would do without you.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Swift said. “I went through so much trouble trying to be with you. I’m not letting some big pig get in between me and my girl.”
“Aww, you say the nicest things,” Pinkie said before she got herself positioned on top of him and had on a sly smile. “I happen to know that Night and Fluttershy are heavy sleepers.”
Swift raised a brow. “Really? I always kinda thought Fluttershy would be a light sleeper and Night would be the heavy sleeper,” he said.
“That’s not the point I’m making.”
“Then why did you- Hmph?”
Pinkie pressed her lips against Swift’s in a surprise move. Swift quickly recollected himself as the two began making out.
While that was happening, inside Soul and Sunset’s tent, they were getting undressed with their backs turned towards each other. Just as Sunset was done getting dressed, she looked back at Soul who only had boxers on. Sunset blushed slightly and glared at him.
“Soul, you aren’t planning on sleeping in just that, are you?” Sunset asked.
“What? It’s really hot in here,” Soul defended. “Besides, it’s not the first time you saw me this naked anyway.”
Sunset blushed redder. “I know that,” she said. “I just thought for a moment you were trying to do something.”
“And if I was, would you stop me?” Soul asked with a sly smile.
Sunset remained silent for a moment before looking back at Soul. “I… I probably would not have,” she admitted. “But that’s not an excuse to try anything.”
Soul chuckled. “Relax, I’m not trying anything right now,” he said. “Besides, I would have tried when we’re much more alone. I don’t think doing it here in a campsite with all of our friends around to hear would be a good idea…. Especially when murdering zombies come around.”
Sunset rolled her eyes. “Again, it’s just a movie,” she said.
“For now,” Soul commented.
“Just get in the sleeping bag with me,” Sunset said.
Soul complied and got himself and Sunset into the sleeping bag together and cuddled. Sunset rested her head on his shoulder as their legs interlocked with one another. Sunset smiled and blushed as she felt around Soul’s chest for a moment before gazing into his eyes.
“I love you, Soul,” Sunset said.
“I love you too, Sunset,” Soul said before giving her a kiss on the lips. “I hope Toby is doing okay.”
On cue, Soul and Sunset heard something hitting against the front of the tent. Soul got up and unzipped it to see Toby coming in.
“Oh hey there boy,” Soul said excitedly. “I was wondering if you were ever going to come back. Wait, I thought Swift and Clyde told me you were with a wolf pack?”
Then coming in from behind him was a female wolf as she walked into the camp. Soul’s and Sunset’s faces went pale when they saw the wolf.
“Hehe, and they were right,” Soul commented nervously. “She’s not going to do anything, right?”
Toby let out a bark and took his place at the bottom of the sleeping bags while the female wolf cuddled up to him. Soul looked at Sunset with a confused look, only to receive a shrug from her. Soul looked out to see a bunch of wolves outside of the tent as they were gathering around the campfire and were either sleeping or standing guard over the camp.
“This is going to be a big surprise for everyone,” Soul commented.
And he was right.
And everyone agreed not to go camping again.
And Soul had a new dog.
And Dawn wasn't happy about it.