Back at the tents, all the kids are getting comfortable in the tents they will be sleeping during the weekend. Inside the sapphire tent, both Flurry Heart and Water Lily are enjoying their separate mattresses. Water Lily understands that Flurry has a speaking disability, but she decides to be nice with her.
“Hey umm.” She called which caught Flurry’s attention. “Is this the first time you’ve ever been to a camp?”
Flurry Heart never heard of a camp in her life, due to the majority of her life being spent in the Crystal Empire. All she can do is nod from Water’s question.
“Huh?” Water blinked. “Seems weird to think about it.”
Despite Flurry’s lack of speaking, she’s starting to gain a liking to Water Lily. When it comes to the babies she meets in the Crystal Empire, she will like them if they’re nice to her. She got off her mattress and gave Water a hug, much to Lily’s surprise.
“Wow, it seems you must be a hugger from where you live.”
“Water, Flurry.” Timber called from the outside of the tent. “We’re gonna go to the dock now.” Both Water and Flurry came out of their sapphire tent as they and the other kids left their tents.
By the time they headed back, the Rainbooms brought out eight sailboats from the boathouse. “You will be sailing with one of the girls who will teach you to use the paddles.” Gloriosa called.
“Yes, I knew sailing would be the first activity!” Lily Longsocks cheered.
As the Rainbooms placed the sailboats in the lake, they took out the lifejackets for all the kids to wear in case of emergencies. Each sailboat has a gemstone logo on it’s side, representing the group the two kids who will be sharing the sailboat.
“Keep in mind, we’re here to keep you safe and sound.” Fluttershy guiding one of the kids to the sailboats.
“Especially giving you more views like the mountains and the forest itself.” Applejack added while helping one of the kids to put on their lifejackets.
Princess Twilight is watching her counterpart, helping Flurry Heart and Water Lily getting on the sailboat. While she’s concerned for Flurry’s safety, she also wants to spend more time with Water at the same time. After Sunset helped the kids for the ruby sailboat, she decides to walk up to her princess friend.
“You...really want to play with Water Lily don’t you?” She asked.
“Yes but I’m not good with paddling.” Twilight replied. “That’s one of those things I forgot to learn two years ago when Gloriosa and Timber took me here.”
This made Sunset laugh from the princess’s compliment. “Well, even if you knew how to use paddles, you're still out of luck since each sailboat only has three seats available.”
“Yeah, that’s true.”
Then Rarity, after helping some of the kids, wraps her arms around the Princess Of Friendship. “Come on darling.” She lidded her eyes. “Keep in mind we have tons of activities for today and tomorrow. You have a lot of time.”
“And besides!” Pinkie popped up in between Twilight and Sunset. “Let’s not forget that after sailing, we’re going to take a hike in the woods!”
Princess Twilight found an opportunity to spend time with Water and Flurry. She still remembered the hike she took two years ago and how beautiful Everfree Forest was. “Guess you’re right, Maybe I can show them the crystal cave if I get the chance.”
After the girls and kids returned from sailing, they began their second activity. The sun also began to set over the mountains with the sky turning orange, with the clouds turning light grey. Pinkie Pie is carrying a backpack filled with chocolate bars, marshmallows, and graham crackers. She knows full well that they're going to have a campfire at the end of the night and she’s looking forward to making smores for the kids.
Princess Twilight is staying close to Flurry Heart yet again but at the same time, Water Lily is taking notice. “Does Flurry Heart really need that kind of help?” She asked.
“Trust me Water.” The princess spoke. “As much as I like seeing you play with Flurry, she isn’t like any of the other kids.”
“How come?” Lily Pad replied. “You didn’t tell us who Flurry really is. We understand she has a speaking disability, but don’t you think we should get to know her a bit more?”
Upon hearing that, the other kids also turned their heads, whilst still walking. “Yeah like what school does she go?” Teachicolor Waves asked.
“What’s her favorite hobby?” Manestrum added.
“And how did you meet her in this world?” Gallop J. Fry added.
Princess Twilight can feel the pressure of the amount of questions she’s receiving about Flurry Heart. She did reveal information about her a while before, but only for herself, she had no intention whatsoever about revealing information about her best friends in Equestria, Spike and others. She needs to make sure both worlds are kept separate from each other before making things worse.
“Sorry kids, but I can’t answer your questions.” The princess rolled her eyes.
This made the kids a little suspicious from Twilight refusement. “Seems Flurry doesn’t live closer to us, huh?” Water asked which made the princess more concerned until Sunset steps in.
“I think asking so many questions will make the Princess Of Friendship feel more pressure than she's comfortable with.” Sunset said behind Twilight.
“Yeah. Believe me you don’t want me to go through that.”
Despite the kids not liking their questions not being answered, they're still respectful towards the Princess Of Friendship, although they're more suspicious.
After Timber and Gloriosa showed the kids all the wonderful places in Everfree Forest, they ended up at the campfire pit with logs for people to sit on. The sky is starting to turn pitch black as Timber lit a match while dropping it in the pile of wood he set up in the pit this morning.
“Pinkie Pie.” Timber called to the party animal girl. “Let’s make some smores!”
“Perfect!” Pinkie squealed as she took off her backpack.
As all the kids sit on the logs around the pit, Princess Twilight is sitting by Flurry Heart and Water Lily. Pinkie handed sticks with marshmallows at the end to all the kids as they held their sticks over the firepit.
“So...does anyone want to hear a campfire story?” Gloriosa wondered.
“Yeah! Campfire stories are the best!” Kimberlite smiled.
Princess Twilight may have found the idea to tell a story to all the kids, but after they asked questions about Flurry, she refused to add more pressure to herself unnecessarily.
However this actually gives Sunset and Human Twilight an idea from their first experience during their Camp Everfree field trip. “Then we have a story for all of you!” Sunset smiled as she and Human Twilight stand up.
“Rainbooms, let’s tell them the amazing story of the Crystal Guardians.” Human Twilight added.
Upon hearing it, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy stand up and join in. “This is going to be fun.” Fluttershy commented.
“We spent our time here in Camp Everfree several years ago until we encountered Equestrian Magic!” Pinkie began the story.
“We didn’t know where it was coming from, but we were enjoying our field trip, so we didn’t think anything of it, but later on…” Rarity continued until she stopped herself.
“Long story short, we gained superpowers!” Rainbow shouted.
“Superpowers?” Both Little Red and Lily Longsocks responded.
“Oh yes, superpowers indeed.” Rarity and her friends showed off her geodes to the kids and then activated them. The seven girls in the Rainbooms have turned into their crystal outfits which made the girls impressed and didn’t expect anything like this to happen. For the first time ever, Princess Twilight is seeing her friends in their crystal form in this world. She was curious what the geodes did upon seeing them for the first time and now it has happened.
For the next three minutes, the Rainbooms finished their story with all the kids enjoying it from beginning to end, whilst eating their smores. “And that’s how Camp Everfree was saved!” Pinkie spread her arms apart.
“I love that story!” Technicolor Waves praised.
“Especially the part where there’s a party in the Crystal Cave!” Gallop added.
Water Lily and Flurry Heart enjoyed listening to the Rainbooms story so much. But for the Princess Of Friendship, she became more stressed after hearing the story. She got up from the log and went by herself in the forest, which Water and Flurry noticed.
“Twilight? Where are you going?” Water asked.
“I’m just gonna take a walk by myself.” She responded in despair as she continued to walk.
The Rainbooms and others also noticed when the princess left the campfire pit. “Girls, send the kids back to the tents, we'll take care of Twilight.” Sunset called.
“No problem.” Rainbow Dash replied.