When Fragment Hunter and the Rainbooms reached Camp Everfree's lake, they took in the natural beauty of the crystal blue water and the landscape out in the distance. "Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it," Rarity asked the others. "It looks like a diamond shining in the sun!"
"It is lovely out here," Fluttershy replied as the wind started to blow gently and a bird flew over in the direction of the girl. "The fresh air, the cool breeze, the birds that land on your finger," she said as the bird did exactly that.
"I think that only happens to you," Rainbow Dash remarked as Fluttershy began to nuzzle the bird with her cheek.
"Really," a deep voice questioned and caught the attention of Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy. "I think you may be mistaken," Terracotta said as he was sitting with his legs cross and his eyes closed, as if he was meditating, while several small birds similar to the one on Fluttershy's finger were perched on his head, horns, and shoulders. He soon opened an eye and looked in the direction of Azalea and Ivy, who also had birds landing in their open hands for a brief moment before they flew off.
Rainbow Dash and Rarity were lightly surprised by what they saw before everyone moved on. Gloriosa was speaking to the campers about what they could do on the lake while Twilight, Fluttershy, Azalea, Slate, and Momo went to the dock. Twilight had a life vest on and an oar in her hands, showing that she was likely going to go canoeing. Azalea, Slate, and Momo were all enjoying the view at the end of the dock, as well as helping Timber get the canoe ready for Applejack and Twilight. Fluttershy on the other hand, was feeding some ducks that came swimming up her as she sat down. "Aren't they just the cutest," Fluttershy said to Twilight as the latter walked by.
While Twilight and Fluttershy smiled at each and were enjoying their first day, Twilight walked backward to keep eye contact with her friend. Suddenly, Momo felt her foot twitching and turned back to see Twilight not pay attention to where she was stepping. When Twilight stepped on the center of a plank, it splintered and cracked under her weight, causing her to stumble backward. Luckily for her, Timber managed to catch her in time as Azalea and Slate attempted to rush in and help as well. "Whoa! I know I'm charming, but you don't have to fall for me," Timber joked as he made sure Twilight was unharmed.
"That was a close one," Azalea said as she turned around to help Applejack out of the canoe. However, the dock began to crack again when she stepped on a board and she tripped. Stumbling forward, Azalea was about to fall when Slate managed to catch her.
"Watch out," Slate exclaimed as he caught his teammate in his arms. With their chests pressed against each other, the two blushed and quickly separated when Azalea made sure she was standing. "Maybe you shouldn't say that when you could just as easily fall," Slate told her as he calmed down. "I mean, this thing is pretty old," he said as he stomped on it lightly. "I wouldn't be surprised if somebody fell into the w-"
As Slate continued to test the stability of the dock, the spot he was stomping on immediately gave away and he fell into the water as he was speaking. "SLATE," Azalea and Momo called out in panic and alerted everyone nearby. Acting quickly as they saw bubbles rising from where Slate fell at the end of the dock, Momo pulled out a yo-yo and threw it into the water. When she felt it wrap around something, she pulled on the string and managed to bring Slate up to the surface.
When Momo saved her brother, Azalea helped Slate back onto the dock. When he was out of the water, Slate coughed up what got in his lungs from his sudden and undesired 'swim'. When he finished clearing his lungs, he spat up a small fish that somehow got in his mouth and everyone watched it flop around until it fell into the water. "Stupid Semblance," Slate muttered as he commented on his bad luck. "I didn't even use it lately."
"Come on, bro. Let's get you dry," Momo said before she smiled with a hint of mischief on her face. "Maybe Azalea could keep you warm with her body."
Both Slate and Azalea blushed before the boy started chasing after his sister for her teasing. "Pinkie! Get back here so I can give you a hug!"
"No! You're all wet and I don't wanna get changed yet," Momo called out with a laugh.
While Twilight fell and was caught by Timber, Flash Sentry sighed heavily as Sunset Shimmer walked up with a sympathetic smile and Azalea's corgi, Drei walked up to them before sitting down. "Guess I can't get too jealous, right? After all, she isn't my Twilight," Flash said to Sunset Shimmer before he started to correct himself. "Not that the other Twilight was mine! But we were... you know."
"Yeah. I get it," Sunset comforted her ex-boyfriend as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "But your Twilight is a princess in Equestria. Hate to break it to you, but that's where she's gonna spend most of her time."
"So, you're saying I just need to get over her," Flash asked as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Kinda, yeah," Sunset bluntly stated as she crossed her arms. She knew that Flash was hung up on Princess Twilight, but he needed a little tough love so that he would cheer up. This way, he could get used to seeing Sci-Twi around town and school.
"Ouch," Flash commented with a wince at Sunset's blunt answer as Drei whimpered. "You're not pulling any punches with me here, are you?"
"Not really my style," Shimmer stated as she lightly punched him in the arm. Suddenly, the two heard a splash and saw Azalea pulling Slate out of the water. "What happened," Sunset asked as she saw Slate chasing after his little sister.
Celestia, Luna, Gloriosa, Terracotta, Ivy, and Ventus all inspected the damage to the dock from the three broken areas as everyone began to gather. "This is a safety hazard. I suggest we close down the dock for the remainder of the camp," Vice Principal Luna said.
The campers all complained because most of them wanted to spend time at the lake, but the damaged dock ruined their plans. "Oh, I'm sure it won't have to be for the remainder of camp," Gloriosa said to reassure the campers that their fun week wouldn't be spoiled. "Just needs to be patched up a bit. I've got this!"
Applejack looked at the dock and thought for a moment before she realized something. "Huh. Or maybe we do," she exclaimed as she walked up to the dock. "If you ask me, this whole dock needs to go," she bluntly said as she kicked a post and the rotten wood fell over. "Building a new one could be our camp gift. Sure, it would benefit us, but a nice new dock would benefit future campers, too." As Applejack explained her idea, Gloriosa and the campers all loved the plan of rebuilding the dock as Canterlot High School's gift to Camp Everfree.
While the Rainbooms, Fragment Hunter, and the other CHS students cheered at the idea, Timber seemed against it as he gave his input on the idea. "I don't know. It's an awful lot of work," he said as he crossed his arms. "I wouldn't want you guys to miss out on doing other fun camp stuff because you're so busy building a dock for future campers." With emphasis on the last two words, Timber and Gloriosa glared at each other as if they were continuing their argument from earlier. Sunset Shimmer and a few members of Fragment Hunter saw the tension between the two siblings who ran the camp and were uneasy about it.
"I hear what you're saying, Timber, but we're Canterlot Wondercolts and Fragment Hunter," Rainbow Dash stated as she stood next to the boy as gestured to all the campers. "We've got a reputation to uphold! And there was no way we were gonna leave this place without contributing the most awesome camp gift ever," the rainbow-haired girl told the teenagers. "I'm with AJ. Building a new dock is definitely it! What do you guys think?" After hearing Rainbow Dash's rousing speech, everyone agreed to help out with the camp gift.
"Looks like it's settled, then," Gloriosa said smugly to her brother.
"Looks like it," Timber replied tensely as he looked away from Gloriosa.
Sunset Shimmer, Sunset Blaze, Ivy Dahlia Holstein, and Vinyl Aurum all looked at the siblings and agreed on the same thing that Shimmer said. "That's some tension, all right."
"Alright," Terracotta said to catch everyone's attention. "Since the dock is badly damaged and we don't want you getting hurt, I'll be the demolition team at the moment," he said as he grabbed his sword off his back. Fragment Hunter, Ivy, Bianca, and Ventus all made sure that nobody was near the dock as Terracotta adjusted his grip on the claymore. With a loud battle cry and a powerful rising swing of the sword, the Huntsman destroyed the ruined dock by creating a blade of air that cut most of the dock into splinters and even managed to partially part the water before the air current faded in the middle of the lake. "All done," the Bull Faunus said as he put away his weapon. "Ven, try and collect what's in the water. It might be useful for later."
While Ventus used his Semblance to fly over the water and grab as many intact pieces of wood, the regular humans at Camp Everfree stood with wide eyes and open jaws at what they witnessed. As everyone processed the strength behind the one slash from the Huntsman, Twilight was the first to speak when she turned to Azalea and Fragment Hunter. "Just... how exactly strong is your father, Azalea?"
Azalea only shrugged her shoulders before Rainbow Dash spoke up this time. "I know... because he's awesome and such a badass," she exclaimed as she pumped her hands in the air.
"We may have seen you guys do awesome stuff... just not that casually and destructive at the same time," Applejack remarked as she continued to gawk at the demolished dock.
"If you want destructive, you should see him get into a serious fight," Rua stated.
"Either way, we should get started on helping plan out the new dock design," Sunset Shimmer told everyone as she finally composed herself.