It was late in the day. Long Shot, Near Miss and Spleens had spent the day shopping for provisions for their next journey.
"Alrighty! Let's take stock of what we've got!" Near shouted with a hoof held high in the air.
There was a pile of supplies strewn in front of the caravan, within which were Long Shot, and Spleens.
"Food for us for three months?"
"YES!" Spleens called out, holding up a package of ramane noodles while gesturing to many other items of food.
"A third set of eating utensils so Spleens can have her own?"
"YES!" Long shot announced as she held up Spleens' new mess kit.
"Extra bedding for Spleens?
"YES" Spleens shouted as she held up a bed roll.
"Board games that won't end up with me flipping the table?"
"MAYBE!" Long Shot answered while shrugging with a tall pile of board games.
"Extra ammunition for the 40mm anti-pegasus gun?"
"What?" Replied both Long Shot and Spleens.
"Ya know," Near said, "Playing cards for when we get bored."
"I'm pretty sure that's not what you said." Replied a slightly de ja voo-ed Long Shot.
"Nope! It's right here on my list, playing cards, right next to orange juice."
"We got orange juice!" Shouted Spleens as she popped up out of the pile of provisions, holding up two gallons of orange juice.
"I guess that's everything, so let's pack up and get going," Near said as she held a hoof up triumphantly.
Because they had started out late that day, the girls only made it around five kilotrots before the sun went down and they had to stop for the night. They had skirted the southern boundary of the Everfree Forest as they headed west and, at dusk, had finally come across one of the public campgrounds that tended to litter Equestria's roads and paths. At the campsite there was already another caravan parked, with two weary looking pegasus mares huddled around a firepit, desperately trying to ignite the damp wood they had collected.
"Mind if I give it a shot?" Near Miss asked, to which she received enthusiastic nodding from the pegasai.
Near cast several spells in rapid succession including, but not limited to, thaw, evaporate, desiccate, and to finish it all off, a lazy stream of unicorn horn sparks which finally set the logs on fire.
The two pegasai were briefly driven back by the sudden heat of the fire, but quickly returned to their positions, trying to warm up their wings and hooves. After several minutes, they were warmed to the point that they remembered that they had company, and decided to introduce themselves.
"Um, My name's Sprite Sprint, and this is my twin sister, Sprite Spring," The bright green coated pegasus said, pointing to herself before pointing towards her dark green coated twin. Both of them had manes that were the exact color of the other's coats, and they both had their manes and tails cut rather short, likely to cut down on wind resistance.
Near Miss had, by this point, wandered off to pull out the cooking gear to start with dinner, but Spleens was happy to socialize with her new friends.
"I'm Spleens, that's Long Shot, and over there is Near Miss," Spleens announced as she pointed to her traveling companions in turn.
At this, Near stuck hear head out from behind the caravan, "Hey Sprint and Spring, have you had dinner yet? I'm cooking haycakes if you want any."
"We'd love some," Sprite Sprint exclaimed, flaring her wings out.
"If it's not too much trouble that is," Sprite Spring said meekly.