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Kaya and Clahador both start hearing some kind of commotion happening outside the mansion. Clahador approaches the window and looks outside towards the gate and what he saw was none other than Twilight and her friends insisting the two guards to let them enter. Clahador slowly took off his glasses and a cloth from his suit to clean his eyewear and puts them back in his pocket. "It seems we have visitors at our doorstep." Clahador said, adjusting his glasses with his wrists. "I will attend to them at once. Again, I will remind you that your medicine is over here so don't forget it." And with that, Clahador left the room leaving Kaya to herself.
But not too long after that, Kaya hears a familiar knocking and the girl immediately gets off the bed and approaches the window. There sitting under the tree not too far was Usopp.
Ussop then realized that wasn't the voice of Kaya and looks to the side to see none other than Luffy alongside Nami, Zoro, Tamanegi, Piiman, Ninjin and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Ninjin then pointed at Luffy and declared with a salute. "This guy asked us to bring him here."
"Oh? Who are they?" Kaya asked with a curious look.
Usopp quickly recovers from his surprise and approaches Luffy even puts an arm around the rubber boy's shoulders and puts on a face of confidence. "These people here have heard of my greatness and wants to join Ussop's pirate crew!"
"Oh its not that. That has nothing to do with this. We actually wanted to ask you a favor." Luffy answered with a completely straight face and the Cutie Mark Crusaders giggled.
A stern voice interrupted and everyone turned to see Clahador being accompanied by Twilight and her friends. "Do you realize that your trespassing?"
"Dang! Its that butler once again..." Usopp said under his breath and looks away as if that would make him less noticeable. "Jeez. What is his problem?" Luffy wondered as he hears how annoyed Usopp was of all this. "You see. These people they're..." Kaya tried to explain.
"Save your excuses for later." Clahador boldly cut off Kaya.
"W.. Wait! Don't worry! They actually are..." Twilight tried to reason with the butler but Clahador ignored her. "You all must go immediately. Do you have business here?"
"Can you give us a boat?" Luffy asked Clahador directly.
"No." Clahador answered him back and Luffy became depressed at those set of words while Zoro and a flying Spike pat their Captain's back.
Clahador then turns towards Usopp. "You. Ussop." Clahador exclaimed making Usopp worried and making Kaya worried at what might happen. "I've heard rumors about you." Trying to play it cool Usopp answered. "But of course! You can call me captain if you wish! Tons of people love me!"
"The guards already know not to let you in the mansion. Clahador answered with narrowed eyes at Ussop. "So tell me. What are you doing here?"
"W.. Well you see... I saw a giant ant near the mansion and..."
"Your stories are disgusting..."
"What...?"
"And I know who your father is." Clahador said, trying to provoke Usopp even further. "Your the son of a low class pirate and I don't care what you do. You aren't getting near Miss Kaya again."
Nami, Zoro, Twilight and her friends looked surprised at this revelation. "His father was a pirate?" Luffy asked out loud.
"Low class?!" Ussop reprimanded with an angered look. "Yo! Now wait a minute! You can't just slander someone's family name like that!" Rainbow Dash jumped in. "Darn right! No matter who they are, one cannot judge someone they hadn't personally met like that!" Applejack added. "And what would you know?" Clahador answered to the ponies before going back to Usopp. "You are very different from Miss Kaya. What do you want? Money? How much?" At the mention of those words, Kaya gets completely outraged. "You got too far Clahador!" Say your sorry to Usopp!"
"Yeah dude. What you implied there was totally not cool." Spike exclaimed.
"Dear guests... I would be VERY GRATEFUL if you could understand that this matter is not something that you should fret over. Why should I even say sorry to this scum? I only told you all the truth so what's so bad about that?" Clahador said with a clatter of his glasses.
"Clahador Dear. Maybe could you tone it down with your speech? I don't see the need of being so... Hurtful..." Rarity said as she tries to approach him.
"Again. I fail to see why I should be really careful with the likes of him." Clahador quickly dismisses Rarity's statement and turns towards Ussop once more. "I understand why you would be angry for having such a scummy father. A father that has left his family to throw himself at sea in search of treasure. He didn't care about you."
"STOP INSULTING ME!!" Ussop yelled as the boy was nearly at the boiling point of anger towards the said butler who didn't expect what was coming next for him.
"Excuse me!! Listen to me!!! LISTEN TO ME!!!" A loud voice startled everyone out of their thoughts and looked at Twilight Sparkle who just unleased her Royal Canterlot Voice. "Sorry for having me use that but we're getting sidetracked with our visit here. Mr. Clahador, If I may?"
"H... Huh? What do you mean?" Kaya asked, being the first to get through her senses.
"Ah yes... Miss Kaya these guests here wanted to try and check on your illness since they supposedly can cure it." Clahador explained. "They insisted although I repeatedly told them that you have already been seen by medical experts and every single one of them already said there was nothing to do than to continue the treatment."
"And I already said that I have something that they don't have." Twilight said with confidence.
"Very well, You may as well try. Still..." Clahador looks back at Ussop. "I still can't let such a low class liar and a troublemaker near Miss Kaya." Ussop was once again taken aback. "Why you...?!"
"What? Your angry? Your not that smart are you? You lie all the time so what was so hard about lying and say you weren't his son? Or that your father was a merchant or anything more than a pirate." That was the last straw for Ussop.
Twilight and her friends were beyond shocked at what just happened while Luffy, Zoro and Nami just looked on with a straight face. "Captain!!" Piiman, Tamanegi, Ninjiin, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo yelled out as the three fillies quickly runs up to Ussop with hooves, wings and horns at the ready to defend their so called captain. "Ughh... Grrrr... See that...?! So quick to violence! Like father, like son...!!" Clahador who was bleeding on the ground weakly pointed out before Ussop gives him a hard slap on the face. "BE QUITE!!!"
Twilight and the rest of the Mane 6 could not believe the scene in front of them especially Applejack who felt need to intervene but Ussop also felt the need to drill his words further into Clahador to make his point. "Just like you say, I am a troublemaker!! But I cannot pretend...!! That I'm not proud of my pirate blood!!! I am the son of a pirate!!!"
Clahador then stands back up. "You said that pirates are brave warriors of the sea? Don't you twist..." The sound of a hoof loudly striking the ground made Clahador jumped in his position before turning to see Applejack all ticked off. "Now sir. Ah can understand if you ain't fond of pirates considering who you are taking care of. With that being said..." Applejack adjusts her hat and looks down on the butler. "Its not very fancy on your part to slander someone else's family more so if ya never met said family. Am I wrong?" Applejack looks at him and Clahador just looks to the side and adjusts his glasses. "I guess not..." The butler answers though it took him a while for said words to get out of his mouth.
"Alright so if we are done with this senseless banter my friend, now we will examine your little Missy. Do you have something against it?" Applejack questioned him with a serious look in her face.
Finally Clahador looked at Applejack as they both looked at each other and having a stare down until the butler spoke once more. "No I don't." With that all out of the way, Applejack trots off as Clahador stands back up. "Alright then. You may all enter the mansion and Miss Kaya's room to work on your examinations. If that's alright with you Madam?" He asked Miss Kaya.
Kaya exhaled a long relief breather seeing how everything was resolved. She silently gave Applejack a grateful nod that the apple farmer returned with a tip of her hat before the mistress answered. "Yes. If they want to try. It wouldn't hurt giving them a chance." And so everyone entered the mansion and Kaya's room including Usopp much to Clahador's displeasure. Once everyone was inside, Twilight instructed Kaya to stand up in front of her. "Alright first I'm gonna do a check up. Please just stay still and don't be afraid okay?" Twilight said, being aware that for beings that didn't know magic at all that it could scare them a bit.
"What exactly are you planning to do Miss..." Clahador tried to intervene but then Kaya silenced the man by raising her hand towards him. "Clahador your worries are appreciated but I'm trusting this okay?" She said.
"Alright here I go." Twilight says as she concentrates her horn making it emit a faint purple light that washes over Kaya's body and after a bit it stops. Twilight goes silent for a while. Spike approaches Twilight to check on her and upon looking at it, It seemed that she was running calculations on her mind. Exactly after that Twilight beams up. "Alright! I got it!"
"W... Wait... Come again?" kaya asks with an incredulous look.
"A... Are you saying that you can do it?" Ussop asks, not believing that his childhood friend is going to be cured. "Short answer is yes if you all may just get a bit further..." Twilight explained and everyone did so as the purple alicorn mare turned back to Kaya. "Ready?"
Kaya was deep in her thoughts but upon hearing Twilight's voice, she looked at her for a moment and filled herself up with courage, resolve and determination in her eyes. "Do it." Without any more interruptions, Twilight closed her eyes as magic started to gather on her horn. Waves of purple aura coating it before this grew in intensity and brightness as the purple mare soon started floating.
Alongside her a purple aura surrounds Kaya and she started floating as the light in Twilight's horn got brighter, she opened her eyes to revealed that they have gone completely white. A flash then occurred and before anyone could make out what just happened, Kaya was standing back on the ground completely still alongside a huffing Twilight and immediately, Twilight's friends rushed to her all worried.
"Yo Twi, You good there?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Huff... Yeah..." Twilight answered.
"Did... Did it worked...?" A timid Fluttershy asked.
Everyone in the room then looked at Kaya who just kept standing there where she was without uttering a single word.
After what seemed like an eternity, Kaya looks at everyone. "I feel... Good right now..." In fact I feel great!" Kaya exclaimed with joy. "No way..." Ussop's own voice started to crack as tears start swelling up in his eyes.
As if to confirm what just happened, Kaya starts to jump and spin around. "I feel better than ever in years! It did it! It definitely did!"
"It sure is!!" Ussop couldn't hold himself and rushed at Kaya while the girl turn towards him as the both of them grabbed each other's hands and they started to spin. "IT WORKED!!" The two danced with joy as tears of joy bursts free from Ussop's eyes and everyone in the room looked fondly as the two friends celebrated. Or at least almost everyone...
Clahador looks totally stunned upon seeing the scene unfold. So distracted that he forgot to fix his glasses and they fell on the floor, a small crack forming on the said device. Discreetly he picks them up, unaware that Applejack was looking at him when he was raising up from the floor. That was when she saw it. For a fraction of a second, Applejack saw something in his eyes. Something dark and sinister about him but Applejack quickly looks away and Clahador luckily didn't seem to notice her.
"My, This was nothing short of a miracle. Congratulations on your success." Clahador congratulated.
"How? How did you managed it?" The excited Kaya stopped celebrating with Ussop to question Twilight.
"Well it was a bit complicated. You see..." Twilight responded, having recovered enough to take a breather. "For starters healing magic isn't something easy. Back at home only a hoof full of specialists that dedicate their lives to it are able to master it and even then healing is not effectively this fast." Twilight explained. "I'm a special case and my magic proficiency is way higher than average but even then I had to do a lot. Basically I hyper accelerated the rhythm that your body was fighting off the illness until it couldn't keep up and got totally erased. For that I had to increase your metabolism and for that I had to supply the necessary energy to your body in the form of my magic because such a process would wear down on your body. I had to go a step further just so we're totally fine afterwards. The actual process was a bit more complicated than that but that's basically it."
As Twilight looked at everyone, she started sweating a bit and hoped she didn't things too complicated for anyone to understand yet again.
"Huh. I think that actually makes sense." Kaya responded.
"YOU DO?!!" Everyone except Clahador pretty much said.
"Well yes. I do study medicine after all. Kaya exclaimed as Twilight sighs being content with her answer. At least the one at asked got it.
"Anyways this is beyond incredible! How could I ever repay you?" The young mistress asked the alicorn mare.
"How? Oh don't worry about it Kaya. We don't..." But before Twilight could say more, Luffy suddenly comes from behind her and pushes his hat over Twilight's head. "Give us a big ship!" Luffy says with a big smile as he kept Twilight's head down with his straw hat while Kaya simply giggled and answered. "Of course. We just so happened to have a ship for you all. Its the least I can give you for finally giving me the freedom from my illness!"
"Yahoo! We got a ship!" Luffy excitedly jumps in the air as he puts his hat back on his head while Twilight just pouts a bit on the floor. "Heh. You should change that expression. Thanks to Luffy, We got something nice out of this." Zoro said with a smirk, amused with Twilight's expression.
"But that's not why we did it! She was going to die!" Twilight complained.
"Huh? Whatever do you mean?" Kaya asks the alicorn mare.
"Eh? Your illness of course! Weren't you...?"
"What? Oh heavens no! I was ill ever since my parents died. Sure it made me mostly bedridden but I wasn't actually in mortal danger or anything as long as I was treated properly."
And there was a long pause among everyone after that revelation. "So I didn't actually didn't need to be in such a rush..." Twilight said as a slight blush began to creeped up on her face.
"I mean... I did try to tell you before..." Ussop exclaimed.
Rainbow Dash then laughs. "Ha! Classic Twi! The mare overreacting before confirming things!" Rainbow said making Twilight blush red in embarrassment.
"Don't worry. I'm still grateful for what you did." Kaya reassured her. "I'm going to call my servant Merry so he can ready the ship for you all! Your all free to go waiting in the village for the time being."
"R... Right. Of course. Thank you for your kindness Kaya." Twilight said and with that, The group makes their way out and into the village.
"I have to go elsewhere. I'll see you all later." Ussop exclaimed upon exiting the mansion while Luffy was standing there and watching towards where Ussop was going.
An hour later at the center of town...
Pinkie Pie was bouncing around with a snorkel in her mouth and a diving mask on her head. Rarity is wearing a sun hat on her head as well as a pair of scarlet colored shades while Spike pulls the cart of beach equipment for her. Rainbow Dash is munching on a ice cream bar. Applejack has a flower necklace on her head while Twilight and Fluttershy are carrying saddlebags filled with books and other equipment for exploration courtesy of Pinkie Pie.
"Oh I simply cannot wait to be lounging in that glorious sun!" Rarity beams up.
"I think we're all in need of a day of R and R!" Applejack added with a smile.
"I love the beach crabbies at that pinch your hoofsies!" Pinkie leaps into the air with delight.
"Its nice that we can somehow celebrate. Maybe with one of those little umbrella drinks, no? I adore them!" The fashionista mare exclaimed.
"Beach Time, here we come!" Spike cheered with a victory claw up.
"Hello sunscreen and little umbrella drinks!" Rarity excitedly puts a hoof around Pinkie.
"And Pinchie Crabbies!" Pinkie answered as she gives Rarity a hoof bump.
At the shores on the other side of the island, Rainbow Dash is playing with a frisbee with Fluttershy while Pinkie Pie for some reason found a crab's territory is happily savoring the fact that crabs are pinching her entire body, mane, tail, face and even her tounge. Twilight is looking over a map of the East Blue that Kaya gave her as well as a couple of books and even a compass that looks like it would not be appropriate for this kind of environment. Rarity is sitting on a beach chair enjoying her drink while Spike who became her servant boy swings a leaf near her face for fresh cool air and Applejack mixing a pineapple drink for her fashionista friend.
"This juice is delicious Applejack! I feel a bit giddy!"
"That's the Apple Family's Special Pineapple Juice! Some say they are so sweet and good that the juice acts like a truth serum!" Applejack proudly exclaimed as she pours down the concoction to refill Rarity's glass.
"I love you all so much! I can't help but say it!" Rarity giggled.
"Hey!! Did we miss anything fun?" Luffy called out as Twilight and her friends turned to see him with Zoro, Nami, Gaimon and his Pandabat Peebee, Ussop, Tamanegi, Piiman, Ninjiin, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, as Kaya with the servant Merry and Clahador as the last two were carrying more beach equipment for them to use.
"Hehehe! You sure did! Come on in! The water's great, Its perfect!" Twilight waves to them with a hoof as everyone went off to the beach to have fun.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Piiman, Tamanegi and Ninjiin are playing a game of beach volleyball. "This moment is the best part about this whole trip!" Gaimon exclaimed as he takes a sip of his beer and relaxes with Peebee sitting on top of his head. "Now this is what having a retreat by the seas is all about."
"You know, We all have different ideas on what's fun." Zoro replied as he drinks a cup of sake beside him while cleaning his swords. "A person should spend their time on vacation doing the things they like. That's especially true for Luffy. We need to keep him occupied so that he doesn't get bored hahaha."
"Hey Ussop!! Miss Kaya!! Stop sitting around and get over here!!" Nami called out as excitedly and before long, the two close friends join Nami and Luffy to ride around on the banana boat while Zoro keeps training with his three sword slice much to the amazement of the ponies due to how fruits he has cut. All the while the servant Merry and the butler Klahadore are on the beach assigned to arrange the cutlery and prepare their food for lunch while everyone was having a good time but Applejack still has her eye on Clahador thinking that he's not really a good person at second glance.
"Man! I've had so much fun today!! I think I'm gonna have another piece of fried chicken!!" Luffy exclaimed as he grabs another piece of fried chicken leg on the picnic spread.
"Wow. Its delicious." Spike complimented as he digs into the various sandwiches on his plate.
"Thank you! Me and Merry really worked hard on this." Kaya said with a smile.
"Pour some tea for me Miss Kaya."~ Nami
"Okay!"~ Kaya
"Things do seem peaceful, That's for sure." Ussop exclaimed as he ate the finger sandwiches on his plate complimented with the hot tea. "You've said it brother. I'd say this isn't a bad way to spend a summer vacation hahaha." Gaimon replies after getting a bite of his fruit cup and the veggie salad as the two shared a fistbump in agreement while Luffy runs off to play with the Cutie Mark Crusaders near the ocean then the beach ball bumps near the scrub brush guy.
"We're sorry!" Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo gallops after them to apologize.
"Hey Gaimon! These three fillies are my pirate crews. They do what I say so if you want something you can ask them!" Luffy declared with a grin. "Ahh sure thing Luffy, Wait what?!!"
"WHAT?!!!" Most of the Straw Hats including Twilight and her friends were shocked at that sudden declaration especially Twilight, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash but Ussop justs sighs with a facepalm.
"Wow! This is so delicious! Who made all of these?" Twilight asked, now just having learned to use chopsticks with her magic on the new food that's just been taken out like the boiled lobster, the seafood risotto, the assorted sushi, tempura, another collection of desserts etc. "I'm glad you like it Twilight. Me and Miss Kaya made this since he's also the head chef around here." Merry said with a bow.
"I'd like to personally thank you both. If there's any help you two need while I'm here, Please don't be afraid to ask." Twilight said through a sip of her drink.
"Ooh can I have some of that?"~Apple Bloom
"Wow! These are soo good!"~Sweetie Belle
"Wow. She sure eats a lot."~Scootaloo exclaimed, referring to Apple Bloom trying out a lot of the unfamiliar dishes to her like she's once again dined at Diamond Tiara's place or having visit Canterlot once again.
"Would you like something to drink?" Kaya asks and Nami just smiled with a nod as the blonde girl poured another glass of orange juice for her.
"Awww... I don't think I can eat this..." Luffy said with a frown as he fumbles around the plate with the veggies using his chopsticks.
"Hey, What's wrong?" Zoro asks as he takes a look at his captain. The moss haired swordsman was eating onigiri and downing a cup of premium sake.
"I don't really like bell pepper..." The rubber boy pouted.
"If you want to grow up and be a strong pirate then your going to have to eat them!" Zoro ordered his captain as he starts to chow down on the plate of special fried rice. "Its not often we get to eat this good." Zoro exclaimed after another drink as the swordsman felt his tummy was now full.
"Hehehe wow! I can't believe that this is free! I just wish that the school cafeteria back at School of Friendship had a spread like this, It will be like heaven!" Twilight then falls on her back with a hoof up for victory then lets out a burp, having felt full after a good meal as well.
"But your a princess Twilight. I'm sure that you can have all of this sorted out and we'll all be eating good." Spike answered with a sweat drop along with everyone else."
"Oh, Right! Hehehehe." Twilight grinned sheepishly 
I guess with all that has happened and how I always prefer to do things myself, I never thought I use one of those Princess Privileges in ever."
"Oh man. I wanna eat good food like this in the future when we're out at sea too." Luffy exclaimed through more and more bites of food. He was running around and playing earlier but decided to chow down some more upon sighting new plates of food on the picnic area. "As soon as we get more crew members on board, The first thing I'm gonna do is to find the best cook in the world! Your with me guys?"
"YEAH!!!" Everyone cheered out their answer with a toast of their drink glasses.
