//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Equestria Girls: An Amazonian Adventure // by Time Agent pony //------------------------------// "Everyone," Twilight said, "thank you for coming." Twilight and her friends were gathered in Twilight's house, as she had called them all in for a meeting. "You wanna explain what this is all about, Twi?" Applejack asked. "Yeah," Rainbow Dash nodded, "I got a ton of things on my plate today." "Like cupcakes," Pinkie Pie said, "mmmm, cupcakes with frosting," she drooled licking lips. "I think what Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie are trying to say," Rarity interjected, "would you mind explaining why you called us all here to your house and in such a formal way?" Sunset Shimmer, Midnight Sparkle and Fluttershy all nodded in agreements, they too were keen to know the answer and the reason. "Well, you see," Twilight replied, "I feel like in most fights we've been in, we've only managed to win by the skin of our teeth or through shear dumb luck." "What?!" everyone collectively exclaimed. "I have reviewed some of our recent fights," Twilight continued, setting up her laptop, a projector and some footage showing some of the fights between the Champions and various villains they had fought, "and one thing became clear." "Wait a minute," Midnight said, "you record our fights?" "For research purposes," Twilight replied, as she pulled up the first video, a battle they had had with the villains Blue Snowman and Blizzard. "I remember that one," Rainbow Dash said, as she and the others watched the footage play, "we really kicked some ice that day." "Your missing the point," Twilight replied, "we only managed to beat them because we overheard Blizzard saying he was planning on double crossing his partner." She then pulled up some different footage of another fight, this one a battle with the villains, Killer Moth and The Fly. "We only to beat them," Twilight continued, "because both Killer Moth and The Fly were too incompetent and bumbling to stay focused." "We still beat them," Applejack said, "a win is a win." "And finally," Twilight carried on, pulling up one final video, "our fight with The Royal Flush Gang." The video played showing the Champions fighting the criminal group, the aforementioned Royal Flush Gang. "Oh," Rainbow Dash said, nervously rubbing the back of her head, "yeah, that fight didn't go well." The others nodded as they recalled the incident in question. Sunset Shimmer was about to argue, but stopped as she and the other girls were beginning to understand what Twilight was driving at. "I'm glad you're starting to understand my point," Twilight concluded, "we are relying to much on our powers too and we're in need of a little extra combat training." "I guess so," Fluttershy nodded. "Yeah," Rainbow Dash agreed. The rest of the girls all nodded, they realised that Twilight was right, when she we right. "Which is why," Twilight declared, "I took the liberty of signing us all up for a intensive training regiment on Themyscira." "Themyscira?" Rarity echoed. "Paradise Island?" Applejack said. "The home of the Amazons?" Fluttershy asked. "That sounds..." Sunset began. "Awesome!" Rainbow Dash interrupted. "I'm glad you all approve," Twilight smiled, "you guys better pack, our transportation will be arriving shortly." "I'd better pack plenty of sunscreen," Rarity stated, "the opportunity of a sun tan cannot be missed." "Remember," Twilight instructed, "this isn't a holiday, this is an opportunity to improve and learn new combat skills." "Alright, darling," Rarity replied, "but don't you forget people learn at their own pace." A few moments later. The girls were packed and ready to depart. As usual, Rarity had over packed but had been convinced by everyone how to only pack the essentials. Both Fluttershy and Twilight were bringing their pets Angel and Spike with them. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Sunset and Midnight were all similarly packed and ready to go. "Everybody ready?" Twilight said, once they had all done some final checks to make sure they had everything, or in Rarity's case mostly everything. "Yeah," the others answered. "Alright," Twilight replied, "we'll be picking some of our teammates along the way, I sent invitations out but only a few were available." "Great," Rainbow Dash smiled, "the more the merrier." "One question though, Twi," Applejack interjected, "how exactly are we going to get to this Paradise Island?" "Well..." Twilight began, but before she could continue the sound of a jet engine was heard from outside the house. Twilight and the others all headed outside, to be greeted by Donna Troy and Cassandra Elizabeth "Cassie" Sandsmark a.k.a. Wonder Girl, the jet engine sound was coming from the Invisible Jet that Donna was piloting. "Oh," Applejack said, "right." "Yay," Pinkie cheered, "Themyscira here we come!"