"Did I tell you or did I tell you?" Applejack and Pinkie said to the couple.
Rainbow gasped, "Guys! You're here too!"
The mares got into a group hug with AJ bringing them up to speed.
Soarin added in, "Yup, it was a miracle that your crew was all female or else we wouldn't have gotten the upper hoof on those Sirens and we wouldn't have met and thank goodness for that, I would have been halfway to Equestria not realizing you weren't there at all."
Rarity noticed the compasses and gasped while pointing, "Your compasses they're- "
Dash said, "Oh yeah, I forgot about that, when I saw Soarin it didn't matter…" exchanging a loving look with her love.
"Ditto." he smiled.
Twilight examined them, "Amazing, I've never seen such magic happened before!"
Pinkie pointed, "It seems that they glow more whenever Rainbow and Soarin are close together like it's tied to their souls or something!"
They gawked at that idea and yet they not dismiss it right way thinking there was some truth to it.
Applejack shook her head, "Well we'll have to figure that later because…" she pointed at Twilight's chest, "Have we got a surprise for you."
The unicorn furrowed her brow seeing Rarity and Fluttershy smiling uncontrollably, "O-kay…"
Applejack smiled too, "Trust me you'll like this…" she led them back to the ship where everyone was getting off and among them was a purple winged dragon.
The dragon saw who was coming and his smile lighten.
Twilight was confused at first but then she got a good look at him and gasped making herself tear up.
Spike approached her and uttered, "Hi… Mom…"
Twilight leaped onto him giving him a tight hug and whispered, "I didn't think I would ever see you again…"
Behind her Rainbow was gapping and shifted her hoof between her fiancé and friends who were beaming at the familial reunion.
Once the unicorn and dragon stopped hugging, Soarin and Spike introduced everyone of their group. Pinkie of course was thrilled at the idea of meeting new friends. Needless to say she and Princess Skystar hit it off without a hitch.
But once the pink mare saw who else was among them, she speeded in his direction thus knocking him down on the beach with her on top all the while kissing his face.
Rarity was gawking at the sight with Cheese smugly replying, "I told you so!"
Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom with Rumble and Terramar behind them went up to Rainbow Dash with Sweetie asking, "Where's Scootaloo?"
Dash smacked her forehead with her wing, "I almost forgot, I left her by the tide pools!"
Apple Bloom looked up and pointed, "Look! There she is!"
They turned back to see an orange purple-haired filly on top of the boulders.
Dash frowned and scolded, "Scootaloo! I told you to stay put!"
She shouted back, "I did! But when you didn't came back, I got worried!"
The cyan mare groaned and yelled, "Just stay there! I'm coming to get you!"
"Okay! Whatever you sa-" she slipped on the wet rocks and screamed, "aaaayyyy!" while falling.
"Scootaloo!" the mares and fillies shrieked.
On instinct both Rainbow and Soarin were about to take off but someone beat them to it as a small gray blur zipped past and caught Scootaloo in his arms.
"Uh?" Scootaloo voiced and noticed the pegasus colt carrying her down.
She stared into his violet eyes that surprisingly match hers while he stared back.
Rumble had no idea why he felt he had to save her it was obvious that the grown-ups would do it but still from the moment he saw her something within him struck and now just getting a closer look at her it was making his heart pound faster than normal.
The kids landed safely on the ground but that didn't stop them from staring at each other.
Sweetie and Apple Bloom rushed to them and gave Scoots a giant embrace.
"Are you okay?" they both asked.
"Yeah, I am, thanks to um, what's your name?"
Ignoring his feelings, he made an indifferent expression and answered, "Rumble."
"Well thanks… Rumble." she blushed slightly.
He rolled his eyes, "Whatever, just be more careful next time." then he points to her wings, "With wings like those you have to be."
Scoots's heart felt like it shattered into a million pieces then she deeply scowled while retorting to his face, "On second thought, I take back my thanks! If I had known you were going to be rude and boorish I wouldn't have bothered!"
He retorted back, "Well you were stupid to be on those rocks in the first place!"
They butted heads with fire burning in their eyes, growling at the other.
AB and SB looked lost on what was happening while some of the adults had amused expressions on their faces.
Capper commented, "Well this day certainly got more interesting in a hurry."
Soarin and Rainbow quickly went to break it up.
"Scootaloo!"
"Rumble!"
They forced the kids apart with her protesting, "He started it!"
Soarin warned, "Rumble… I thought we got past this…"
"It's not my fault she was on there in the first place."
Rainbow stated to the filly, "He has a point."
"What?! You're taking his side?!"
"Well you did disobey me by not staying where you were supposed to!"
"But Mom!"
"Wait… Mom?!" Soarin gaped at the line.
Dash flushed, "Yeah, um, I was going to tell you…"
"We had a kid?!"
"What?! No! Soar-" she sighed and covered her eyes, then said, "It's not like that."
His eyes widen in shock, "Then… you mean to tell me that you…?"
"Oh for- no! No-no-no! Why would I ever when you were the only stallion that I could ever love!"
He let out a sigh of relief then furrowed his brow, "Then what…?"
Scootaloo outright said, "Rainbow Dash adopted me."
There was a pause with him saying "Oh." then, "Ohhhh!"
Rainbow smirked and went up to him with her wings touching his face, "You always were a little slow on the uptake." and kissed his cheek.
Soarin felt like he was melting into pudding, he had missed that feeling so much.
Off on the side, Pinkie motioned, "Wow! Have you ever seen our captain act that affectionate before?!"
The mares shook their heads going, "Hmm-mmm."
Applejack pointed, "I guess Soarin just brings out that side in her no wonder she was so unhappy without him for a long time. He makes her feel giddy."
Rarity sighed lovingly, "It's so romantic."
Spike came up from behind and looked at her fondly, saying, "It sure is…"
Capper noticed and glared.
After introductions and quick updates were over with, everyone sat next to a large fire burning in the village enjoying a meal and chit-chatting away.
Daring Do told Dash and Soarin, "All I can say is it's a good thing you're not staying long because with the number of friends you have it could easily be mistaken as a large army occupying this place."
Looking around they realized she was right.
"Oh wow. It didn't occur to me to make a head count." Twilight said.
Fluttershy commented, "My goodness."
Daring motioned, "But I still am surprised by how you two managed to reunite after so long."
The couple looked at each other with smiles then looked down to see their compasses were still glowing. They still had no idea as to why that was but Pinkie's theory seems legit at this point the question was how.
Applejack gestured, "Tell me about it," nudges Dash, "this one here swore off love for the rest of her life after losing this guy." points to Soarin.
Capper chuckled and nudged the stallion, "And this one kept obsessing on getting back to his beloved after being shipwrecked. For two years, it was always," He mockingly said, "'I got to get off this island! I got to get off this island! I got to get back to my love!'"
Soarin grumbled, "I did not sound like that…"
Spike scoffed, "You're kidding, right? It was all you could think about since we found you!"
Big Mac sounded out, "Eeyup!"
Soarin slapped his forehead, "Aw nuts…" he dared to look at his fiancée, "You must think I'm crazy now…"
But Dash just smiled, "Not really, I always knew you were crazy the moment you asked me out on a date."
Quibble blurted out, "Hey! I asked you out and you didn't think I was crazy!"
Soarin narrowed his eyes at the earth pony, "Yeah, and you're lucky that she refused you or else I would have challenged you to a duel now."
Rainbow released an exasperated sigh, "Soar, Soar, Soar… It's like I said, you're the only stallion that I will ever love and no one else could ever take your place." she smirked at Quib, "Not even chattering bookworms that think they're all that." making Quibble roll his eyes.
Rarity mentioned, "And as such her heart remained true to Soarin even when it was thought she could move on to someone else and he in turn would not rest until he was reunited with the mare of his dreams! It's a romance come true!"
Upon hearing Rarity's words, Daring's eyes widen in realization and yelled out, "That's it!"
Everyone stared at her in confusion with Dash asking, "What's it?"
"You two! It's what the legend was talking about! Two hearts that have remain faithful no matter the circumstances!"
Everybody gawked at the revelation as Quibble looking impressed, motioned, "By jove she's right!"
The couple stared at each other in disbelief, what Daring said was true and more.
Daring pointed, "And I bet those compasses are also a key to finding the Water Rose."
Twilight nodded, "I think you're right, with Pinkie being mostly right in this case that those compasses have to be tied to their souls like true soulmates."
The moment she said that, it became crystal clear of what they had to do now.
Soarin said to his love, "If finding the Water Rose to help cure your friend is what you need, I'll do whatever it takes."
Her eyes gleamed and took his hoof to intertwine with hers.
Spike voiced out, "Hey… you say the Water Rose can cure any aliments?"
Quibble replied, "That is correct."
The dragon tapped Soarin, "Say, do you think that the Rose can cure Thunderlane his coma?"
Soarin gawked, that didn't accord to him till now, "Oh my gosh, you're right." he looked at the other side of the campfire to see the kids were already asleep so they couldn't hear this especially for Rumble's sake. He told Dash and her friends, "Rumble's big brother fell into a hole on the island and got into a coma."
They gapped at this information.
"Rumble blames himself for the accident because he was planning on me falling into the hole, it was full of rotting fruit so it was meant to be a harmless prank unfortunately it backfired on him greatly…"
"Oh, poor kid!" Pinkie sniffled and Cheese did the same.
Rarity nodded sadly, "Indeed, that is very tragic."
Rainbow made a sad expression until her face changed into determination.
"Your friend needs the Rose as much as mine do, so let us find it together and save them!"
Soarin smiled brightly at her words and held her face closer his and in one motion, they kissed! Causing cheers among their friends.