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// Chapter 17 - Stare Master! Slumber Party Panic! 
// Story: My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures In Equestria 
// by MaxTV1234 
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T-this is impossible! We're seeing two more humans right here, right now! W-where did they even come from?!

"S-so, who are you all?" The little girl asked, peeking from behind the tall boy.

I blinked several times before rubbing my head bashfully and making a nervous smile. "O-Oh, sorry if we stared at you too long. Ren Loodan is my name, and before you laugh, I'll have you know that Loodan is Estonian for Hope."

"Oh, well I think its a nice name." The little girl happily.

"Anyway..." Twilight spoke up with a shock expression on her face. "Where did you two come from?! Are you also humans like Ren?! Just who are you?!" Twilight kept asking questions, causing both Applejack and Rainbow Dash to pull her back.

"Forgive our friend, she tends to do that whenever she sees something new and wants to learn from it." Applejack explained.

"Yeah Twilight, we don't need an egghead to interfere." Rainbow replied with a blank expression, causing Twilight to glare at her angrily for that.

"Right..." The boy said, giving off a glare at us. Oh boy, why do I have the feeling something bad is going to happen. "Just tell me, who are you ponies anyway?"

"Well first off..." Rainbow went up first. "I'm Rainbow Dash, best flyer of all of Equestria."

"Equestria?" The little girl asked.

"That's the name of the place we're in. Trust me, even I'm all confused about this but I got used to it." I replied, rubbing my head bashfully.

"He's right, but Equestria is an awesome place to live in!" Kodiak added, surprising both the tall boy and the young girl. "What?" Kodi asked, tilting his head in confusion. Oh right, they don't know about the talking dog.

"D-Did, that dog just said something?!" The boy asked in shock.

"Yep, that's right!" Pinkie said, appearing out of nowhere behind the two. "That's Kodiak, or Kodi for short, he's Ren recently adoptive pet puppy and these two are the best friends ever!" Pinkie pulled both me and Kodi for a hug, much to our embarrassment.

"Ooh, he's so cute!" The little girl exclaimed as she ran over and hugged Kodiak gently. "Nice to meet you Kodi, my name is Carrie."

"Nice to meet you too, Carrie." Kodi said, licking her face, much to her joy. Carrie? So that's her name.

"So, your name is Carrie?" Fluttershy asked. Carrie looked up Fluttershy and nodded her head happily.

"Mm-hmm! My name is Carrie Hunter, and this is my big brother, Mason Hunter!" Carrie introduced herself and her bother, Mason. So they're siblings, I guess that explains about a lot.

"Hmph!" Mason said as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. Jeez, what's his problem.

"Anyway, I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight introduced herself. "And these are my friends, Pinkie Pie!"

"Hi!" Pinkie eaved to them.

"Rarity!"

"Good evening..um..Darlings." Rarity brushed her mane off.

"Applejack!"

"Howdy!" Applejack adjusted her cowboy hat.

"Fluttershy."

"Um...Hello?" Fluttershy gave off a soft smile.

"And you already knew Rainbow Dash since she already introduced herself."

"Mm-hmm! How's it going?" Rainbow asked happily.

"Fine..." Mason said, looking at us with a serious expression. "Anyway, could one of you please tell me and my little sister how we got here and where are we?"

"Well....this might take a while.." I said, sweat-dropping.

Fifteen Minutes Later

"And that's sum it up." I said, finishing my explanation on how we got here.

"So you're telling me that we're trapped in a magical land filled with ponies and you've been living here for months?" Mason said, trying to follow on my explanation.

"Yep, that's right." I nodded.

"Yeah, and Ren is a nice friend and cool guy!" Kodi added happily.

"Ahh, that's so cute! I would like to be his friend!" Carrie said, smiling towards me, my friends, and my dog.

"Whatever." Mason said in a serious tone.

"So..." Twilight spoke up. "How in the world did you get here in Ren's home?"

"Well, we woken up in some chamber in a strange room and we find a door leading out of it, and you can guess the rest of the story." Carrie said, rubbing her head bashfully.

"That's right, and I don't remember how or why we were in there." Mason added, rubbing his chin in thought. Hold on, strange room? He couldn't mean!

"Do you mean an old white room near a bedroom?" I asked, much to the sibling surprise.

"Why yes, why do you ask?" Mason asked.

"That's because Rennie here woke up from that room! So did the Prologue of this story explained!" Pinkie said, popping in front of Mason, catching him by surprise.

"What the?! How on earth did you get in front of me?!"

"Oh easy silly, I just hopped over towards you." Pinkie replied, sticking out her tongue a little.

"B-but you..." Mason couldn't find the right words as he shook his head, trying to forget what he just witnessed.

"Yeah, she tends to do that." I said, chuckling a bit.

"Yeah, we don't even know how she does it." Kodi added. "But we do know one thing, don't question Pinkie Pie, just accept as her friend."

"Her...friend?" Mason asked, raising a brow before letting out a sigh. "Whatever." Jeez, this guy likes to take things serious, doesn't he?

"Anyway." Applejack spoke up, getting into the conversation. "Could you show us the rooms you awoken in?" Applejack asked curiously.

"Okay." Mason nodded as he led us towards the same room that I awoken in. I still don't get it, does this still mean that they're might be more humans here in Equestria like me?





We finally arrived to the mysterious white room, the place where I first awoken up here in this home-ship or so I called it. "See those two pods over to the left." Mason pointed over, finding two more pods over there. "That's where we woken up and found ourselves here."

"I-it was so scary when I woken up here and thought that we wouldn't go home." Carrie said, holding Kodi tightly.

"U-Um....you're kinda holding on...me tighter, C-Carrie!" Kodi said, losing his breath. Carrie realizes what's she doing with Kodi as she put him down with a sheepish smile.

"Sorry..." Carrie said sheepishly.

"So you woken from these?" Applejack and Twilight walked over to them. "Well these pods seem to have kept you two nice and cozy, but why were you in there?" Applejack asked, which Mason shook his head, implying that he doesn't know himself.

"That's strange, Ren, didn't you say you woken up from that chamber over there?" Twilight asked, pointing over to the chamber that I woken in.

"Yeah, I did but..." I replied, walking over to the recently appeared pods. "But I don't remember there being two more pods." Could it be possible that they might appeared after some time later. I was the first to awaken, so maybe more pods would appear after a specific set of time, I guess.

"Well, maybe they appeared, like they were set to be awaken and when the time was right, these pods came out and must've waken both Mason and Carrie." Twilight theorized.

"Well, I guess you have a point darling." Rarity said with a confused look. "So, it look like Ren isn't the only human here in Equestria." Yeah, she's right about that.

"This is crazy, what would Princess Celestia say about this?" Twilight asked, pacing back and forth, learning about two new humans here right in front of his.

"Well I'm sure she'll understand the situation Twilight." Fluttershy said softly.

"Yeah, and you know what this means?!" Pinkie asked excitedly.

"Let me guess Pinkie: A party, right?" I asked, smiling towards her. She grabbed my cheeks and made a serious expression.

"Not just any party Rennie! A 'two new humans appeared here in Equestria and Welcome to Equestria' party!" Pinkie exclaimed before letting out a gasp. "I gotta go spread the word!" And with that, she disappeared right out of sight.

"Typical Pinkie Pie..." Rainbow said, playfully rolling her eyes. Yeah, although, she's quite good doing wacky stuff like that. I wonder if I could do that....nah, probably not.

"Anyway, what now?" Mason asked, giving me a serious expression.

"Oh well...." I said, rubbing my head bashfully. "Well, I guess you two could stay, I mean, it would be great! We could hang out and stuff!"

"Hang...out?" Mason asked curiously.

"You know, hanging out as friends." Applejack specified.

"Friends? Sorry, but I rather be called an ally instead of a friend." Mason said, crossing his arms. We became surprised to hear that. W-what is he trying to say?

"What...do you mean?" Kodi asked curiously.

"I don't do friends, it's...not my thing, besides it's a waste of time of my training." Mason said.

"Huh? Training?" I asked curiously.

"My brother a Ken-do Master, a prodigy or so he say." Carrie explained.

"Ken-do?" Rarity asked.

"You could say that its a self defense and fighting form." Mason replied.

"PFFFT! Big whoop!" Rainbow said, waving her hoof off. "I'll have you know that I'm a black belt in Karate. Besides, Karate is way better than 'Ken-do'." Mason ignored her and just didn't listen to her.

"I don't care, besides, I don't waste my time with friends." Mason said, which upset Twilight.

"Look Mason, I don't know why you think making friends are a waste of time, but I'll have you know that I'm studying the Magic of Friendship and making friends isn't that bad, you can learn by being with them." Twilight explained, which me and the other mares, and Kodiak smiled towards him.

Mason just scoffed and said "I don't care, all I care is trying to find a way back home." Just what's his problem? Maybe something happened him to make friends? Suddenly, we heard a rumbling sound, surprising all of us. As soon as the trembling sound was done, we all looked at each other in shock or confusion.

"What in tarnation was that?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know, but it was really scary!" Kodi said, hiding behind my legs.

"It sounded like it was coming outside..." Fluttershy said softly.

"Alright, let's go!" I said as we ran out of the room, but as I was about to open the door to head back outside, I noticed some stairs near the door. Hey, wait a minute, they weren't there before?

"Strange, that wasn't there before." I said walking slowly to the stairs.

"Y-yeah, do you think that rumbling sound was from those stairs appearing?" Fluttershy suggested.

"I guess, well, let's check it out." Twilight said as she went up first.

"I'm really scared and excited about this." Carrie said, hiding behind her brother. "Well, mostly excited about seeing it."

"Don't worry sis, you'll be alright." Mason said as he began walking up the newly appeared stairs. We all headed up to find ourselves another bedroom.  It looked like a normal house, with a Creekside Twin bunk bed, a red and blue circle like carpet, with blue couches with pink cushions and yellow pillows. A red bean bag was in front of a plasma TV, the walls were white and it even had a window, and also a closet at the back of the room.

"Whoa, this place looks awesome!" Dash exclaimed, amazed by the room.

"This room...Why did this appeared?" Mason thought.

"I don't know, but maybe its reserve for you and your little sister?" I suggested.

"I guess, but how did this room appeared, it was so nice to see that we got ourselves rooms." Carrie said happily.

"I guess sis..." Mason said, smiling softly at her. Suddenly, something came out of his scarf as two squirrels, both black and white, let out a yawn. Seems to me that those two animals just woken up.

"Aww, those two are so cute!" Fluttershy exclaimed, smiling at the two squirrels before turning to Mason. "Do those two belong to you?"

"Yes, the white squirrel is name Nate while the black squirrel is name Madeline, or Maddy for short." Mason said as he petted both his two squirrels. They smiled back as they waved to us.

"Hi there!" Kodi waved happily at the two squirrels, who became frightened as they hid back inside Alex's long red scarf. "Did I say something wrong?"

"Um...I think we can talk about this next time, Kodi." I said, smiling nervously at him. I already know why those two squirrels, Nate and Maddy, were afraid of him because he's a dog, and dog chases squirrels, along with cats, which I don't know why.

"Anyway, you gotta admit, for someone who take things serious, you got some good animal friends." Applejack commented.

"Whatever..." Mason said as he noticed the sun setting from the window. "Anyway, it looks like this place is where we'll sleep. I wish you all goodnight." Mason said politely.

"Alright, but I'm going to send a message to Princess Celestia about you two." Twilight said, causing Carrie to be confused.

"Who's Princess Celestia, Twilight?" Carrie asked.

"Oh, she's one of the rulers of Equestria, along with her sister, Princess Luna." Twilight explained.

"She's right, and Twilight here is Princess Celestia's faithful student." I added with a smile. "She's awesome at magic and such, trust me."

"I'm not that good at magic, Ren..." Twilight said, chuckling a bit.

"Wow, that's so amazing!" Carrie said, giving off a cute smile.

"Yeah, but hey, by tomorrow, I'll show you two much more about Equestria, trust me, you two are gonna love it here until we find a way back home!" I said happily.

"Okay." Mason nodded before glancing away from us. Huh? That's it? Well that was easy.

"Okay, I guess so..." Carrie nodded in agreement.

"Well, I guess we should get some shut-eye." Applejack said, letting out a yawn.

"You are right Applejack, I do need my beauty sleep." Rarity said as she began heading downstairs.

"Well anyway, see ya later!" Dash said before flying down.

"Well, I guess I'll leave this in your hands Ren, good luck." Twilight said, smiling towards me. I nodded to her as she and Fluttershy began leaving, well not before Fluttershy gave me a soft smile before leaving. Me and Kodi turned to Mason and Carrie.

"Anyway, since you'll be living with me, I just hope we become good friends!" I said happily.

"Okay Ren!" Carrie said happily. Mason, however, just glanced away and let out a sigh. Wow, this guy seems too stubborn to even listen or care....I guess.

"Okay, bye Mason and Carrie, see ya in the morning!" Kodi said happily as we headed back downstairs. We finally arrived back to my living room as I was getting ready to go to sleep. "So Ren, what do you think of them?"

"You mean Mason and Carrie?" I asked, which Kodi nodded. "Well to be honest, Carrie is fun since she has that spunky and kind personality like Fluttershy, but Mason has a serious personality, though, I'm still wondering why he doesn't want to be friends with us, or possibly anyone at all."

"Maybe he'll tell us someday." Kodi said as we headed inside our rooms.

"Yeah, I hope so..." I said as I gotten into my bed. "Well, goodnight Kodiak."

"Goodnight Ren." Kodi said before sleeping near me. As I closed my eyes, one thing occured to me that me realize something that me and my friends were supposed to do as we came to my home-ship.

"Oh dang it! I forgot about the party!" I exclaimed. Oh well, I guess Pinkie will make up tomorrow for both Mason and Carrie's welcome to Ponyville party...I hope.




The Next Day

I slowly gotten out of bed as I saw the sun rising from the window. Oh boy, I guess its a new day here in Equestria. I gotten out of bed, headed to the bathroom, brush my teeth, and put on my clothes and headed towards the kitchen to make some breakfast. As soon as I got to the kitchen, I found Mason making some pancakes and Carrie eating some. Oh right, I forgot that a new room has been discovered and now that I found two more humans living with me.

"Oh, good morning Ren!" Carrie greeted me.

"Good morning..." Mason said, glancing towards me before focusing on his pancakes.

"Oh hey guys, I didn't know you were up this early." I said, letting out a yawn.

"I woke up very early while my sis just sleeps all day." Mason replied, putting a pancake on a plate.

"Good morning...everyone..." We turned around to see Kodiak walking into the kitchen with a big yawn. "What's that delicious smell?"

"Oh, just some pancakes." Mason said, smiling softly towards my dog. "Would you like some?"

"Sure!" Kodi nodded as Mason put some pancakes on his doggy bowl and began gobbling it down. I chuckled a bit at his hunger before turning to Mason.

"So after breakfast, let me show you around Ponyville." I offered. "Since you two will get lost around here, no offense, I thought I should give you two the grand tour."

"Sure, why not." Mason shrugged.

"Okay!" Carrie said happily.

"Well then, it's decided. I can't wait for you guys to see what Ponyville is like!" I said, sitting down on the table while Mason handed me my plate of pancakes. "Trust me, everypony in Ponyville are very nice ponies and will be your friends. Well, they might be a little surprised to see two more humans but just give them a chance."

Carrie nodded happily while Mason just let out a sigh. "Very well..." Mason said as he took a bite of his pancakes. Okay seriously, this guy needs help on making friends.





"Wow, this place is so amazing!" Carrie said happily, seeing the buildings of Ponyville. After breakfast, like I promised, I was giving them the grand tour of Ponyville. While we were walking down the path, I noticed some ponies looking at us in surprised, well mostly at the two new humans.

"More humans?!"

"I thought Ren was the only one!"

"Where did they came from?"

"Are they friendly?"

"That black haired creature scares me with that look on his face." Everypony started murmuring about them. Carrie looked around in confusion while her brother growled in anger at them. I guess I can understand, almost everypony here were afraid of me back when Nightmare Moon came and tried to make night time in Equestria forever. Speaking of Nightmare Moon, I wonder how Princess Luna is doing, I haven't seen her for a while since Twilight decided to live here in Ponyville and me staying here and have fun with my friends. I guess I'll ask Celestia about it.

While walking, I saw a familiar yellow Pegasus walking by. "Hey, isn't that Fluttershy? The pony we met last night when we woken up in that spaceship or something?" Carrie asked, noticing Fluttershy walking down.

"Yeah, it is! Hey Fluttershy!" I waved happily at her. Fluttershy noticed us as she smiled happily to see us.

"Hi Ren, Carrie, Kodiak, and Mason." Fluttershy said as we walked towards her. "What brings you guys here today?" Fluttershy asked curiously.

"Oh, I was just showing them around Ponyville since these guys are new here." I said, smiling towards her. You know, whenever I see her and the others, it just makes me happy that they're my friends.

"Hey, what's in the basket?" Kodi asked, sniffing it at it.

"Oh, I was just done grooming Rarity's pet for her. I was just about to take her back to the shop." Fluttershy said, looking at her basket before looking back at us. "Would you all like to come with me?"

"Sure, why not!" I replied with a nod. "I mean, they can get to know about Carousel Boutique."

"And I suppose we don't have a choice." Mason said with a shrug. "Alright, let's go..."

"Cool! Let's go!" Carrie said as we began heading over to Rarity's dress shop. While walking, I noticed Kodi growling at the basket, much to my confusion.

"What's wrong Kodi?" I asked in concern. Kodi snapped out of his growl before turning back to me.

"I-I don't know, but whatever's inside that basket is just making me...so agile." Kodi said, looking back at the basket. Really? Well I wonder what kind of pet Rarity has? I've never even knew she had a pet at all. As we arrived to the shop, Fluttershy ran the doorbell and waited for it, but no answer.

"Is she not here?" Carrie asked, tilting her head a little.

"I don't know." I shrugged as I knocked on her door, but the door slightly opened. Huh? Strange, it's not like for Rarity to leave the door ajar like that. I just hope nothing bad happened to her. We headed inside and looked around until we saw Rarity doing something with a sewing machine. Rarity then noticed us with a surprised expression.

"Oh? Ren, Fluttershy? What are you two doing here? Along with Mason and Carrie, darlings?" Rarity asked,.

"Oh, we're sorry Rarity." I said with a sheepish smile. "We didn't know you were busy, but as I knocked on your door, the door suddenly opened itself. So sorry if we barged in."

Rarity gasp as she said "Ren! Fluttershy! Forgive me!" She apologized. "I was so wrapped up in my work that I forgot to lock the door."

"Nah, it's alright." I replied.

"So you work here?" Mason asked in a curious yet serious tone.

"W-well, yes, more like I own this place." Rarity said happily. "You see, this is a dress shop, which I worked real hard to make. By the way, why don't I make some for you and your little sister, Mason darling?"

"Thanks but...no thanks, I'm good." Mason said as he swift his hair. So is he a polite guy or a serious stern one? I can't tell with him anymore.

"Oh, by the way Rarity..." Fluttershy spoke up as she showed her the basket she was carrying. "I was bringing Opalescence back from her grooming. I've just left her in the basket." A white cat popped out of the basket and hopped off, purring.

"Ooh, she's so adorable!" Carrie commented.

"A cat?!" Kodi exclaimed in shock. Wait, oh crap! "Grr!" Kodi began growling at the cat, but the cat hissed at him back and tried to use her claws to scratch him. I immediately picked Kodi up and glared at the cat.

"I'm so sorry Rarity, I didn't mean for Kodiak to do that." I apologized before turning to Kodi with a stern look. "Please, say you're sorry."

"Fine..." Kodi rolled his eyes before looking back at the cat. "I'm sorry..." Kodi said, which Opal turned her head away, much to Kodi's anger.

"Kodi, just relax. I know that Opal is a cat, even that I'm surprised that Rarity even has one, but you need to be respectful towards her." I lectured him.

"Okay..." Kodi sighed as I put him back down, but he glared right back at Opal, who glared at him back. Oh boy, this is not what I wanted my day to be.

"I should be the one apologizing Ren." Rarity said sadly as she walked to Opal. "I just don't understand why she acts like that or even tries to swipe my face with her claws." Rarity moved her head close to Opal, but back away as she was trying to slash Rarity with her claws. "Ahh! See?"

"Let me try." Mason stepped forward and bent down on Opal's height level. He reached out for her and started petting her, which made purred as Mason picked her up and started petting her, making a soft smile at her. Me and the others, except Carrie, became surprised to see him doing that. I guess he has a thing for animals, huh?

"Wow, I didn't know you were an animal lover yourself Mason." Fluttershy complimented.

"I just don't like talking about myself, okay?" Mason said, not interested in that subject. I wonder if Carrie tell me why he's acting such a jerk? Maybe I could learn more about him.

"Wow, Mason darling, you were marvelous on taming Opalescence." Rarity said, gawking at her now tamed pet cat. "It's like Fluttershy using the Stare!" Wait what? Rarity then paused for a moment at what she said as she slowly turned to Fluttershy with a worried expression. "Flutterhsy, you wouldn't happen to use the Stare on her?"

Me, Mason, Kodi, and Carrie raised a brow at what Rarity said. The Stare? What, like, looking at an animal dead in the eyes or something? Can Fluttershy do something like that?

"Oh, no!" Fluttershy responded in fear. "I wouldn't! I couldn't! I-I don't really have control over whent that happens. No, I'm just good with animals. It's my special gift, you know?"

"Well, you should have a picture of Opal as a cutie mark instead of those butterflies." Rarity winked in a good way.

"Cutie mark? What's that?" Carrie asked curiously. I was about to answer that until Kodi beat me to it.

"Oh, it's a mark on a Pony's flank that shows that they have a talent!" Kodi replied.

"Really? That seems like a...little weird." Carrie chuckled. Well, even I have to admit, it was ridiculous to even do that.

"Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh!" Huh? We looked to see Sweetie Belle coming downstairs with a happy expression. "Did somepony say that they need help with taming animals?" Sweetie Belle asked before noticing me, Mason, and Carrie, causing her to jaw-dropped. "W-what? I-I thought that Ren was the only human here in Ponyville?!"

"Yeah, about that, apparently not..." I said, rubbing my head bashfully with a sweat-dropped.

"And who's that?" Mason asked, gazing at the young pony.

"Oh, this is my sister, Sweetie Belle." Rarity introduced her sister to them.

"Oh, so she's so cute!" Carrie commented, waving towards Sweetie Belle, which she responded by waving slowly at her.

"Hi." Wow, even Sweetie Belle was even shocked to see them, but she was happy to hear that compliment from Carrie. She shook her head before turning back to her sister.

"Anyway..." Rarity spoke up. "I'm sorry I can't invite you all to stay and chat. I've bitten off a bit more than I can chew with this order."

"But you're not eating anything." Sweetie Belle said, confused on what Rarity meant.

"Actually, it's an expression." I replied.

"He's right, Sweetie." Rarity agreed with me. "It means that I've taken on more work than I can handle. I've got twenty of these special robes to make tonight! They're due in Trottingham tomorrow morning." She then grabbed a gold and glittering cloth and presented it to us, causing Fluttershy and Carrie to gasp in surprised.

"That's so beautiful!" Carrie commented.

"I know, right?" Rarity said happily. "I've lined them in a special gold silk. It took so long to make, but I think it adds just the right touch, don't you?"

"These are lovely." Fluttershy responded as she observed it.

"Wow, twenty by tonight?" Kodi said, surprised to hear how much work Rarity must go through. "How will you get it all done?"

"Well I, uh..." Rarity couldn't find the right words to respond back to Kodiak.

"Oh, oh, oh!" Sweetie Belle cried out. "Maybe I could..." Sweetie Belle then shut up by the cold stare Rarity gave her. "...Just...just stand over here and watch." Sweetie Belle smiled sheepishly while walking over to a corner.

"I'll manage." Rarity answered Kodi's question.

"Was that really necessary to do that to your own little sister?" Mason said, glaring at Rarity.

"Well, it just that with her helping out is well...." Rarity tried to find the right words until Mason spoke up again as he put Opal down.

"She was trying to help you, and you just treated her like she was your friend. She's your sister and you need to treat her like one, or else you don't care about her at all." Mason said, glaring at Rarity, which she fumed in anger.

"I do care about Sweetie Belle! I was just-"

"No, you were just wasting time, I guess like they always say 'Every rose has its thorns.'" Rarity was glaring angrily at Mason for her saying that to Sweetie Belle. What's up with him? "Now if you would excuse me, I'll happily be taking my leave." Mason then walked out of the shop, leaving all of us surprised while Rarity was growling in anger.

"Big brother, wait!" Carrie went after him.

"Sorry girls, I'll see ya later!" I waved goodbye as I went after both Mason and Carrie. Oh dang it, what was that all about?! Is it because he cares for his sister so much that he dislikes people always treating their siblings like what happen back there? I just hope they didn't go too far.

As we ran around town to find them, I finally found them as Carrie was trying to calm her brother down.

"There they are!" Kodi pointed out. We ran towards them, grabbing their attention.

"Hey guys, what was happening back there?" I asked in worried.

"I don't know, but Mason does whenever he sees mistreating or talks to their siblings like what happen back at Rarity's shop." Carrie explained as Mason was trying to find peace by playing with his two pet squirrels.

I see...um..Mason, listen-"

"Please forgive me." Mason quickly apologized, much to my surprise. Well that was easier than I thought. "I...was just a little angry at what your friend did to her sister, I just don't like siblings fighting over nor control them like their slaves and such."

"I see..." I said, wondering about that. Wow, for a serious guy, he seems to care at least. It's almost...kinda cute.

"Hey, you need to relax, that's all." Kodi said, smiling towards Mason. Suddenly, his two squirrels, Nate and Maddy became surprised to see him as they immediately hid in Alex's scarf, much to Kodi's disappointment. I rubbed Kodi's head to cheer him up.

"Don't worry bud, maybe someday, they'll get to know and you'll be friends in the end." I assured.

"Okay!" Kodi nodded.

"Wow, you and Kodiak must be good friends!" Carrie complimented me. I chuckled a bit and rubbed my head bashfully.

"Yeah..." Mason smiled softly towards us. Huh, it likes he openly admits to us as he inspects us. Probably just examining us whether or not to trust us. Mason then let out a sigh and frowned a bit.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Carrie asked in worried.

"It's nothing sis." Mason softly smiled at her. "It's just that...I just wished I go and relax somewhere to calm my mind."

"Oh, well you can always go to the spa, that sometimes helps my friends whenever they get too stressed...sometimes." I admitted.

"N-no, I meant somewhere where I could be in my own happy place, a place where I could be with animals." Mason specified. I became surprised to hear that from him. Well Fluttershy, it sounds like we found another animal lover. Wait a minute, that's it!

"I know, why not go to Fluttershy's cottage?" I asked, smiling happily at them.

"Fluttershy?" Carrie asked curiously.

"Oh yeah, she's has tons of animals, so maybe you could go and enjoy yourself." Kodi said happily.

"Thank you." Mason bowed, causing me to smile towards him.

"You don't have to do that, we're friends after all." I said, causing him to be surprised.

"Friends? But didn't I tell you that I don't do friends?" Mason reminded me.

"Well true, but after getting to you know today, I know you're a nice person." I said, causing him to look away, but I noticed the blush on his face. I guess I might've gotten to him. Though, I am curious on why he's serious on not wanting to make friends?

"Alright everyone, let's go!" Kodi said, leading us. Carrie chuckled at this as she began following him, along with us. It seems that Carrie grew fond with Kodiak, that's good...for a talking dog that is.




Later

We finally arrived to Fluttershy's cottage like we promised as I knocked on her door. "Fluttershy, you here?" Five seconds later, the door open slowly, revealing Fluttershy.

"Oh hi Ren, Kodi, Carrie, and Mason, what are you doing here?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, we came here showing Mason and Carrie your home and to see some of your animals." I explained, causing Fluttershy to frown. "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing Ren, it's just that-"

"Cutie Mark Crusader creature catchers!" Huh? Who said that? I took a peekfrom behind Fluttershy to somepony playing around. Strange, that loud voice said 'Cutie Mark Crusader'. Wait a minute, doesn't that mean...

"Hey Fluttershy, are the crusaders here?" I asked, which she nodded.

"Why yes, apparently Sweetie Belle accidentally used Rarity's gold coat fabric, being angry at her and cancelling her and her friends Cutie Mark sleepover, so I decided to allow them to have it here at my cottage." Fluttershy explained as we began to hear some ruckus going, causing Fluttershy to groan. I couldn't hep but feel sorry for her, it sounds like she needs help.

"What's a Cutie Mark Crusader?" Carrie asked.

"They're just a group of fillies trying to find their Cutie Marks." Kodi replied happily.

"But...aren't Cutie Marks born on a pony's flank like Ren said?" Carrie reminded us with that fact.

"W-well...what I heard from Twilight, apparently, you can't be born one with a Cutie-Mark, so when the time is right, you find your special talent, gaining your Cutie-Mark in the process."

"I see..." Carrie nodded, understanding of it.

"Anyway..." I turned back to Fluttershy with a smile on my face. "Would it be alright if we head inside and help you?" I asked.

"O-oh, well I wouldn't want to trouble you but-"

"Don't worry, we got this!" I assured her. Fluttershy blushed lightly at me and said "O-Okay, maybe I do need a little help."

"Thank you, come on guys." I said, gesturing to come inside. Carrie and Kodi walked in with me, Mason walked in last as Fluttershy closed the door. As soon as we walked, we saw the Crusaders themselves, playing around while wearing costumes. We even saw how much of a mess they were making around the house. Yep, Fluttershy definitely needs help.

"Come back, dangerous creature, so I can catch you!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed as she bounched off of Fluttershy's head!

"Never!" Apple Bloom and Scootaloo exclaimed.

"Hey girls!" I waved to them, grabbing their attention.

"Ren!" The three jumped onto me and started hugging me.

"We're so happy to see you again!" Scootaloo said.

"Yeah, what are you doing here?" Apple Bloom asked. "Are you here to join in our Cutie Mark Sleepover?"

"Well..."

"Hi there!" Carrie waved happily them. Sweetie Belle waved back at Carrie, happy to see her again while the other two became shocked to see two more humans here.

"Um...Ren, do you notice that there's two more ponies that looks like you?" Apple Bloom said, widening her eyes in shock.

"Oh right." I said, laughing nervously as the Crusaders got off of me as I got back up. "These are my new friends, Mason Hunter, and his little sister, Carrie."

"Hello!" Carrie waved happily at them, but Mason waved to him and didn't say anything. Back to his cold serious personality, huh? Thought so.

"So, how about you join us, huh?" Scootaloo offered.

"Okay, why not!" Carrie said.

"Yeah, me too! Me too!" Kodi jumped up and down in a joyful manner.

"That's nice." Fluttershy replied as she stepped forward. "Now, how about we play a game?"

"A game?" Apple Bloom asked as she and the other girls walked over to sit on the couch excitedly, but calm so far.

"It's called 'Shhh!'" Fluttershy said.

"What's that?" Scootaloo asked in confusion.

"Oh that's easy." I said happily. "It's a game where we must be quiet the longest." I explained the rules of the game.

"That's right Ren." Fluttershy nodded. "Doesn't that sound so fun?" I noticed the looks on the girls, including Carrie and Kodi as they were bored as heck. "Well...Oh, I'm the world champ, you know. I bet you can't beat me!" Fluttershy said, squealing as she smiled, took a deep breath and held all the air in.

"I lose!" Scootaloo immediately shouted out.

"Me too!" Sweetie Belle added.

"Me three!" Apple Bloom nodded.

"Ahh...but that's no fair." Carrie pouted as she couldn't held all the air inside of her as Fluttershy's. Speaking of which, Fluttershy released the breath she held in. I shook my head and sigh as the girls started to go hyper.

"Okay, now what can we do?" Apple Bloom asked her friends. "Oooh! How about Cutie Mark Crusader coal miners?"

"Hey, that's sound like fun!" Carrie agreed.

"Yeah, and I'm an excellent digger!" Kodi agreed as they started cheering.

"YEAH!" The fillies, Carrie, and Kodiak yelled.

"NO!" Fluttershy exclaimed.

"Awww!" They became disappointed to hear that they won't be able to enjoy that activity.

I mean, it's time for bed, don't you think?" Fluttershy said, changing the tone of her voice.

"Good call." Mason spoke up, agreeing with Fluttershy's decision.

"Aren't you excited to get all toasty and warm in your snuggly-wuggly widdle beds?" Fluttershy said, trying to all cutesy with them.

"Snuggly-wuggly? But we have more crusading to do!" Apple Bloom replied.

"We've got plans!" Scootaloo added.

"And capes!" Sweetie Belle replied, as she presented the capes that were in her saddle.

"Wait, aren't those capes made from the same golden fabric Rarity used?" I asked, noticing the shiny golden color on the capes.

Sweetie Belle smiled sheepishly and began laughing nervously. "Maybe..." She muttered. Yeah, I thoughts so.

"Um, okay, um...Maybe the crusading can wait until morning? When it's light? And not so...dark?" Fluttershy as she began leading the girls upstairs. That last part caused me to raise a brow, is she afraid of the dark as well? Wow, I never meant anyone who's afraid of..well just about almost anything. "Come on Ren, Carrie, Kodi, and Mason, I may need your help..."

"Okay." Mason responded as we began heading upstairs to her bedroom. Fluttershy was comforting her little guests on the bed.

"How are we gonna find our special talent in our sleep?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Maybe you'll have a lovely little dream about getting your Cutie-Marks?" Carrie suggested as soon as Fluttershy blew out the candle.

"But we're not even tired!" Scootaloo complained.

"How about I sing you a lullaby?" Fluttershy offered.

"Mm-hmm, yeah!" They agreed. As Fluttershy was about to sing, Mason spoke up.

"Um...actually, can I sing for them?" Mason asked politely.

"Oh well...sure, why not." Fluttershy nodded. Mason is gonna sing? Huh, I wonder if he's that good of a singer. Mason cleared his throat and began singing.


Hush now, quiet now
It's time to lay your sleepy head
Husk now, quiet now
It's time to go to bed


The three girls began looking sleepy as they began closing their eyes and yawning.

"Oh Mason, that was a wonderful." Fluttershy commented with a warm smile.

"It was...nothing." Mason said, glancing away from her. "It just that I sing lullabies to Carrie back at the orphanage."

"Orphanage?" I asked, curiously.

"N-never mind..." Mason kinda hesitant for a sec. Wonder what's up? But the important part is that he and Carrie are orphans. Does that mean that they don't have a family or whatnot. I guess I should probably ask him when he feels like it I guess. Anyway, I looked back at the girls to see Scootaloo and Apple Bloom closing their eyes, finally going to sleep. Sweetie Belle was about to do the same, but instead, she open her eyes immediately.

"I know this one!" She exclaimed, waking up the other two.

"Oh, how wonderful!" Fluttershy said happily. "Why don't you sing it with us?"

Sweetie Belle nodded and began clearing her bed. I then noticed Apple Bloom and Scootaloo covering their ears for some reason. Oh come on, she can't sing that bad.


Hush now! Quiet now!
It's time to lay your sleepy head!


"My ears!" Carrie covered her ears in pain.

"Gah! It hurts!" Kodi began whimpering from the terrible singing, and so did me, Fluttershy, and Mason. "Make it stop!"


"Said hush now! Quiet now!
It's time to go to bed!


"Okay Sweetie...that was-" Fluttershy tried speaking to her but it didn't work out.


Drifting off to sleep!
The exciting day behind you!
Diffing off to sleep!
Let the joy of dream land find you!


Due to Sweetie's loud and terrible singing voice, many things off of Fluttershy's shelf began to fall.

"Gah!" I exclaimed as I immediately dived in and caught, with help from Mason, no less.

"Thank you, Sweetie, um.." Fluttershy tried to stop this again, but she just kept going.


Hush now! Quiet now!
Lay your sleepy head!
Said hush now! Quiet now!
It's time to BEEEEEEED! OW!


Sweetie Belle had caused her friends to be under the covers while Fluttershy, Kodiak, and Carrie had been on the floor, covering their ears. Me and Mason placed the items back on the shelf, relieved for Sweetie Belle to stop singing. Okay, I take it back though, she's not a good singer.

"Sounds to me you won't be able to find your talent by singing." Mason muttered. Well, he...does have a point. Suddenly, we started to hear some noises coming outside.

"What is that?" Scootaloo asked. The girls got out of the covers and started running downstairs.

"Hey wait, girls!" I exclaimed as I helped Fluttershy from the floor.

"Where was that anyway?" Kodi asked, hearing more of the noises coming outside.

"That's coming out from my chicken coop!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she began heading back downstairs. We all looked at each other, and began following after her.

We came outside to find the girls trying to round up the chickens.

"Don't worry, we got this!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, chasing after one of the chickens.

"Yeah! Cutie Mark Crusader Chicken Herders!" The three fillies announced happily. "Yay!"

"H-hey wait, girls!" I exclaimed as I tried to stop them, but a chicken jumped onto my face and started attacking. "GAH! Hey stop that!" I exclaimed in shock. Luckily, Mason helped by grabbing the chicken and calming it down.

"There, there, there. Just relax." Mason said in a soft voice. The chicken soon started to calm down. I then noticed Carrie and Kodi rounding up the chickens while also trying to stop the girls.

"Girls!" Fluttershy exclaimed, causing the girls to grow very quiet while Carrie and Kodi finally got all of the chickens and brought them back to the chicken coop. Fluttershy let out a sigh and smiled softly at Carrie and Kodiak helping rounding up the chickens.

"Thank you so much you two." Fluttershy thanked them.

"No problem Fluttershy!" Carrie nodded.

"Yeah, anything for a friend!" Kodi added. Fluttershy nodded by noticed a chicken stopped at the entrance and refused to go inside.

Fluttershy saw this and immediately changed the look on her face. She opened her eyes wide and stared right into the chickens' eyes. They immediately grew frightened and slowly backed off to the inside of their house. Fluttershy replaced her expression afterwards. Wonder what was that all about? Even Mason was surprised to see what just happen, well just a little. "They're some good chickens." Fluttershy muttered before walking over to the fillies. "Okay, you three. Isn't it about time you got into bed?"

"But-"

"Please girls, you need some rest." Mason said gently. The girls lowered their heads in sadness as they started to head back to the cottage.

"Thank you so much." Fluttershy said gently.

"No problem Fluttershy." I said, rubbing my head bashfully with a smile.

"It was nothing, right Carrie?" Mason asked as he turned around to see that she wasn't around. "C-Carrie?"

"Where did she go?" Fluttershy asked. I then noticed that Kodiak wasn't around either.

"Oh no, not Kodi too!" I exclaimed. I don't get it, they were here before, so where did they go? I then noticed footprints on the ground, no wait, they're paw-prints, and these paw-prints belongs to...Kodi!

"They must've entered the Everfree Forest!" I exclaimed, realizing where they went, much to Mason and Fluttershy's shock.

"Tell me, is the Everefree Forest dangerous at night?" Mason asked.

"Well yeah, and we should hurry and fast! Come on!" I said before turning to Fluttershy. "Stay here Fluttershy so that the girls don't run away, okay?"

"Okay." Fluttershy nodded. Me and Mason began heading towards the Everfree Forest to save Carrie and Kodiak from danger.





"Dang it, where could they be?!" I asked, looking around in panic. I just hope they didn't encountered any danger.

"Please Carrie, be alright." Mason muttered in worried. I can relate to him, if something happen to my parents, my brother, or my sister, I would never forgive myself. While walking around, we started to hear some noise as we finally found who we were looking for.

“Carrie!”

“Kodiak!” They were looking through the bushes, like they were looking for something. At the call of their names, they turned around with surprise.

“Ren!” Kodi shouted.

“Big brother, what are you doing here?!” Carrie asked in surprise.

“Carrie! Thank god!” Mason immediately hugged his sister in fear before looking at her with a stern look. “Please don’t do that again! What were you thinking at walking off like that?!”

“Sorry, it was just that we saw another chicken running off towards this forest, and so we went after it!” Carrie explained.

“It’s true, and my smell has been getting off-tracked the moment we got here, meaning that we can’t find the chicken.” Kodi added.

“Well, even so, it’s still wrong to walk out by yourself, come on, let’s go.” Mason offered his hand, which Carrie accepted.

“But wait, what about the chicken?” Kodi asked.

“Don’t worry Kodiak, we’ll tell Fluttershy and we can go-” Suddenly, something slipped past me, causing me to go pale.

“What? What’s wrong?” Kodi asked, noticing my pale expression.

“G-guys, maybe we should go…now!” I said as we began walking away from that area. What the heck was that?! I just hope that we don’t encounter whatever slipped past behind me. As we continued on, I then noticed a shadow up ahead. I took a closer look and realized who it was.

“Twilight?” I called out.

“Wait, isn’t she that purple Unicorn we met yesterday?” Mason asked. I nodded as we walked towards her, as I let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness that we’re okay with her around.

“Well, it’s nice to see Twilight again, so what are you doing here in the…Everfree…” I slowly stopped to see that Twilight hasn’t move an inch. What’s going on with her? Soon, the dark clouds that covered the moonlight moved out of the way and uncovered Twilight, who was literally a statue.

“GAAAAAAHHH!” Me and Kodiak screamed in shock as I fell down on my butt.

“T-T-T-Twilight!” Kodi shivered in fear, almost like he was going to pee himself.

“What the heck?” Mason muttered, surprised to see Twilight like this.

“Oh no, what happen to Twilight?” Carrie asked, holding on her brother’s hand tightly.

“I don’t know, but whatever did this is gonna pay.” Mason said, darkening his face. Dang, he’s sure is hardcore with that scary glare he’s giving off.

“Girls! Girls?!” Huh? That voice, it couldn’t be, right? We followed after the voice, but I turned back to the frozen stature state of Twilight.

“Hang on Twilight, we promise we’ll find a way to cure you!” I exclaimed in determination before going after Fluttershy with the others. As we kept running, we looked through a grove of trees to see Fluttershy and the Crusaders. Oh thank god, they’re alright!

“Girls, thank goodness you’re alright!” Fluttershy said, sighing in relief.

“Fluttershy!” I called, catching the others attention.

“Ren and Mason? Is that you? And did you find Carrie and Kodiak?” Fluttershy asked in cocnern before noticing the two, much to her relief.

“We’re fine, right now, but what are the fillies doing here?” Mason asked in a serious expression.

“We were looking for one of Fluttershy’s missing chicken!” Sweetie Belle explained.

“Huh? That’s weird, we were looking for one too, that’s why we came here to this forest.” Carrie said, much to the crusaders confusion. Strange, how did two chicken disappeared like that?

“Well, I admire you all helping me find my missing chickens, but Mason is right.” Fluttershy agreed. “We need to get you all out of here! There’s a cockatrice on the loose!”

“Cocka-what?” I asked.

“That sounds like a weird name.” Kodi said, raising a brow.

“A cockatrice is a frightening creature with the head of a chicken and the body of a snake.” Fluttershy explained nervously. “Now come on!”

“The head of a chicken and the body of a snake?” Scootaloo asked in disbelief. “That doesn’t sound scary, that sounds silly!”

“We are leaving!” Fluttershy exclaimed immediately in fear. “We need to get out of here before the cockatrice turns us into stone!”

“Stone?!” The girls, Mason, Carrie, Kodi, and I exclaimed in shock and confusion. Wait a minute, does that mean the reason why Twilight got turned into stone because of this cockatrice?

“Well, if you look into a cockatrice in the eye-” Fluttershy was interrupted by a clucking sound. Hey, wait a minute…We turned around to see one of Fluttershy’s chicken.

“Look, there’s the chicken!” Apple Bloom shouted as she and the girls started chasing after it. “Chic-chick-chick-chick-chick-chick!”

“Girls!” Me, Mason, and I exclaimed, chasing after them. Oh come on, I understand they want to help but seriously?!





We chased after the girls as we finally caught up to them, seeing the chicken pops it head out of the bushes.

“There it is!” Sweetie Belle pointed out. But suddenly, another head popped out.

“Two chickens?” Scootaloo asked, confused to see two of them.

“I thought only one escaped?” Apple Bloom reminded them.

“Hey, that’s the chicken that me and Kodiak saw!” Carrie said, reminding them why she and Kodi headed straight for the Everfree Forest. I looked at the chicken and became quite confused at it. Something about this chicken doesn’t seem right.

“Well, let’s grab them both and get out of here!” Kodi said, wanting to get out of here so that we won’t face up to that cockatrice. Sweetie Belle was going to grabbed it, but as she was gonna grabbed them, the second chicken’s head popped out of the bushes, but it wasn’t a chicken at all. Beneath its chicken was a big scaly body with bat-like wings and a long serpentine tail. It growled viciously at us, revealing its sharp teeth and burning red eyes.

“Oh dear…” I muttered, my face turning pale and I think I peed a little on my pants.

“Whatever you do, don’t move.” Mason muttered towards us.

“I can’t even move my body at all, big brother!” Carrie exclaimed quietly towards her brother. The cockatrice jumped in front of the innocent young chicken, which was also too scared to move, as the cockatrice looked into the chicken’s eye, completely turning him to stone.

“Well…I saw that coming…” Kodi muttered in fear.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!” We all screamed and ran away from it.

“Keep running!” I exclaimed as we kept running away from the pursuing cockatrice!

“I’m trying but-OOF!” Carrie tripped on a rock, making all of us trip over as well. Man, that hurt. As we slowly got up, we all gasped to see the petrified Twilight. Huh, strange, I could’ve sworn that we were farther away from that statue. Guess we must’ve ran in circles.

“Girls! We have to-” Fluttershy was interrupted by all the screams by the fillies, even Kodiak and Carrie were being scared to death. I then saw the Cockatrice approaching us, ready to take care of us. I growled in anger as I took out my Hacking Gun, which by the way, should’ve used it the moment we saw that cockatrice.

“Let me help.” Mason stepped forward, ready to take down this cockatrice. “I do not how would a megaphone will defeat this ‘cockatrice’, but I won’t judge your choice of weapon.” Mason stated.

“Oh, you’ll be surprised to see what it can do!” I said, smirking at him before turning back to Fluttershy and the others. “Stay behind us you all!” They all nodded quickly as we were ready to face off the cockatrice.

Cockatrice raised its fist and was about to punch us, but I held up my Megaphone Hacking Gun. “Break!” I shot out ‘Break’ , hitting it in the cockatrice face, causing him great pain.

“Impressive.” Mason complimented. “Now, my turn! Haaa!” Mason jumped up and gave a swift kick at the cockatrice’s gut. The cockatrice held its stomach in pain while I got ready to shoot it again.

“Dance!” I shot ‘Dance’, causing the Cockatrice to be uncontrolled of its body as it began shaking around and dancing, causing the girls, Kodi, Fluttershy, and Carrie to chuckle at it. I just love this Hacking Gun so much.

“Alright, take this!” Alex took out his bamboo stick and whacked the Cockatrice many time on its leg, arms, and its own head. He landed back down on the ground with an awesome pose…like a boss! The cockatrice kneeled down in pain as it let out a roared and was trying to use its power to turn me into stone, but I dodged and aim my Hacking Gun at it.

“Break!” I shot another ‘Break’ and knocked it out. Ha! This is like fighting off a powerful final boss in the last level of a game. This is gonna be so easy! But I spoke too soon as the Cockatrice growled at me and began charging towards me. I was about to move, but Mason pushed me out of the way and took the hit himself, landing near the petrified Twilight.

“Mason!” Me and Carrie exclaimed in shock. This caused to growl at it.

“How dare you hurt my friend?! You’re gonna get it!” I said, firing multiple ‘Break’ shots at it, but it started dodging them before charging me. Oh boy, here we go. As the cockatrice was about to tackle me away, Fluttershy stepped in and glared at it, much to my surprise.

"Just who do you think you are, going around turning others into stone?" Fluttershy exclaimed in anger as the he cockatrice squawked in fear. "You should be ashamed of yourself. I have a mind to find your mother and tell her what you've been up to, young man. Now you go over there, and turn Elizabeak and my friend Twilight back to normal, and don’t ever hurt my friends, Mason and Ren ever again! And don't ever let me catch you doing this again! Do you understand me?!"

I widened my eyes to see her stand up to the cockatrice. Wow Fluttershy, that’s…the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! And if that wasn’t enough, she stared at it right in the eye, causing the cockatrice to be frightened and use its powers on the petrified Twilight, who started to crack open, bringing her back. Soon after that, the cockatrice began running away in fear.

“W-what happened?” Twilight asked, groaning a bit. Mason soon started to get back up, much to our relief. Carrie rushed to her brother and hugged him tight.

“Mason! I’m so glad you’re alright! You had us worried!” Carrie said, at the verge of tears.

“I’m sorry sis.” Mason hugged her back tightly. Well, I’m glad to see them okay.

“Seriously, what just happened?” Twilight repeated her question. Suddenly, we started to hear some clucking sound and saw Fluttershy’s pet chicken, which I think her name was Elizabeak or whatever approached us, also restored back to normal as well. Guess that cockatrice learned its lesson and I feel bad for Mason taking the hit, I blame myself for not moving out of the way.

“Ren?” I turned to see Fluttershy coming towards me. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine. But you should ask that to Mason, which by the way, I’m sorry for not moving out of the way.” I apologized to him.

“It’s alright Ren, I’m fine.” Mason nodded. “It was my choice to save you, but I’m glad none of you gotten hurt.” I let out a sigh to hear that he was alright and forgave me.

“Yeah, but more importantly, I’m just glad all of you are alright.” Fluttershy added.

“Yeah, we’re okay!” Sweetie Belle answered.

“Thanks to that stare of yours.” Apple Bloom added.

“Along with Mason’s awesome fighting skills and Ren’s Hacking Gun!” Kodi stated.

“You’re like the queen of stares, Fluttershy!” Scootaloo agreed. “You’re the..”

“The Stare Master!” The three crusaders shouted in unison.

Fluttershy blushed and giggled a little. “Yeah, but it was mostly both Ren and Mason who did the work. I just gave it ‘The Stare’ and made that cockatrice to go away.”

“Well even so, you still deserve the credit, and so does Mason, he helped alongside me as well, and so did you Fluttershy.” I said, smiling towards her. Fluttershy blushed a little from me.

“Y-yeah, I guess you’re right.” Fluttershy replied with a nod.

“Anyway, we’re sorry if we snuck out of the house and into the forest.” Sweetie apologized.

“Yeah, me too big brother.” Carrie apologized to her brother.

“Yeah, we should’ve listen to you.” Apple Bloom nodded in agreement.

“We promise that we won’t disobey you for now on.” Scootaloo assured with a soft smile.

“We promise.” Kodi nodded. I smiled softly and started petting him softly.

“Hey, it’s okay pal, you’re forgiven.” I said happily, much to Kodi’s joy.

“Oh, you do, do you? Well, you better, or I’ll give…” Fluttershy looked at the three crusaders, Carrie, and Kodiak straight at their eyes. “The Stare!” She made them be quiet while they became frightful at Fluttershy. Fluttershy soon began giggling, leading the other girls to begin laughing as well.

“Well, alls well that ends well.” I shrugged.

“Yeah, I guess so.” Mason said, getting back up slowly.

“Are you sure you’re alright?” Kodi asked worriedly.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine.” Mason said, dusting himself off. “After years of training of Ken-do, I learned to endure many attacks like that.”

“Oh, well I’m glad you’re alright.” I said, smiling towards him.

“Yeah, me too!” Carrie said happily.

“Yeah…Hey Ren.” Mason called me, catching my attention. “About your offer about you being my friend…I’ll accept it.”

“Huh?” I asked in surprise.

“Yes, I’ll be your friend…for now.” Mason said, giving me a glare. I was froze by the stare until he chuckled, causing us to laugh at him.

“Hey, who wants to eat some pizza back home?” Kodi suggested.

“Took the words right out of my mouth Kodiak!” I agreed as we began heading out of the forest with the others, including Twilight.

“So…is anyone gonna tell me?” She asked, wanting to know what happen.

“Oh…uh, it’s best if we tell you tomorrow, we’re all kinda tired.” I said, sweat-dropping. Twilight let out a sigh and smiled softly at me.

“Okay, fine, but I better have an explanation.” Twilight said as we began leaving the Everfree Forest. Well, I’m glad today was awesome, besides fighting off that cockatrice. And I’m glad that I’m now friends with two more humans. Although, it adds more questions. Why did I woke up early? Why did these two wake up after me? Is it possible that they’re might be more humans inside that ship sleeping? Well even so, I better be prepared for that moment someday…I think.





The Next Day

After we woke up, we were hanging out in Fluttershy’s cottage, enjoying ourselves by drinking some tea. Carrie and Kodiak were busy playing with the Crusaders. While drinking our tea, Fluttershy, Mason, and I were explaining the events that happen last night.

“…And thanks to Ren, Mason, and I, you were restored from stone!” Fluttershy said, finishing up the store. Twilight was busy writing off everything from our story, guess another Friendship report for Celestia.

“This is gonna make quite a letter to the princess.” Twilight said, smiling happily after she was done writing her letter. “I’m glad things turned out well, and I can’t wait for her to know about you and your little sister, Mason.”

“I guess so, I just hope we might meet one day.” Mason said, smiling softly at her while sipping on his tea.

“Yeah, but it was partly my fault, I suppose.” Fluttershy said sadly. “I assumed I’d be just as good with kids as I am with animals and boy was I wrong! I really learned the hard way about biting off more than I can chew.”

“You and Rarity both.” Twilight agreed.

“Tell me about it…” I nodded before noticing Rarity coming up to the cottage. “Speaking of which, good morning Rarity!”

“Oh good morning darlings, sorry if I was late.” Rarity said before noticing Mason as she scowled at him.  “And it’s nice to see you too…Mason.”

“Hello Rarity. About yesterday, I am sorry for what I said, I was just…a little-off. So please forgive me, I could make you some herb tea.” Mason offered, catching Rarity by surprise.

“O-oh, well that’s nice to hear. Well I forgive you for now that is, Mason darling.” Rarity said, bowing to Mason, who bowed back to her. It’s good to see Mason apologizing to Rarity.

“So Rarity, how did your delivery went?” I asked curiously.

“Oh, it was so difficult, but I managed to delivered it.” Rarity sighed. “But I must admit, Fluttershy, had you not come to my rescue, I might not have completed the order. Thanks again!”

“Won’t you stay for some tea?” Fluttershy offered.

“I would love too, but I really must get back to the shop to clean up.” Rarity politely declined. “Girls! Pack your things, it’s time to go…Girls?”

Me, Mason, Fluttershy, and Twilight watched with smirks on our faces as Rarity was already in vain for the girls not listening to her.

“GIRLS!” Rarity yelled out. I looked at Mason and Fluttershy, with the smirk on my face. They got the message as they nodded, going over to Rarity.

“Please, allow us.” Mason said as he cleared his throat.

“Girls?” He and Fluttershy called out. They suddenly stopped and fell in single file.

“Yes Fluttershy? Apple Bloom responded.

“You called?” Scootaloo asked.

“Go and get your things.” Fluttershy intrusted. “Rarity’s here to see you home!”

“And Carrie, say goodbye to your new friends.” Mason winked at her

“Okay.” Carrie nodded before turning to her friends. “I’ll see ya later!”

“Okay!” Apple Bloom nodded.

“We’ll see ya around.” Sweetie Belle added as they headed inside the cottage to go and get their stuff. We turned back to Rarity, who had a dumbfounded look on her face from what just transpired.

“H-how d-d-d…How did you do that?!” Rarity asked in shock Fluttershy gave a wink to me, Mason and Twilight. “I guess I’m just as good with kids as I am with animals.” The Cutie-Mark Crusaders came back, each carrying their full saddlebags.

“Bye, Fluttershy! Thank you! See ya later Stare Master!” They said in unison as they headed back home.

“Uh, speaking of which,” Rarity spoke up, bringing back up Opal. “I could use your help with Opal.” “Of course! How about later today?” Fluttershy suggested. Suddenly, Kodi noticed Opal and growled in anger at her, who hissed back at her.

“Kodi…” I gave a stern look at him.

“I’m sorry Ren, but I can’t take it anymore! Get over here!” Kodi began chasing after Opal as we watched over this fight with a sweat-dropped.

Rarity turned to us with a pleading look. “How about…now?” Twilight, Mason, Carrie and I walked over to Fluttershy as we became laughing at Kodiak chasing after Opal. Oh well, can’t blame it. It is his animal instincts. Besides, today’s a good day since I made friends with two new humans. I just hope that we can get out of here and find our way back home to our world.

To Be Continued