In the skies on a nice sunny day, the winds are whistling, the birds are flying while chirping away, and then a whoosh went past them, which caught them off balance for a sec before regaining their balance. Zipp zoomed past them, flying ahead as she spread her wings while wearing two straps, one of her right front leg while the other is around her chest.

Zipp hid in a cloud when a couple of pegasi with the same mane and coat colors while wearing glasses are looking at their phones fly past her. Once the coast was clear, Zipp got out, while having a puff of cloud on head until she shook it off as she flew away.

Zipp flew to Zephyr Heights as she headed to the castle while keeping cover. She made it to the top tower of the castle as she went to a window, while hanging upside down to see if the coast was clear.

Zipp got in front of the window as she tried to budge it open by hitting it with her side, but so far no luck. “Hmmm…” She then thinks of another way to get in as she places a hoof on the window as she leans in, but then the window creaks open, which results in Zipp falling through it in the process. “Aah!”

Zipp landed on the castle floor with a grunt, and then the radio on her strap frizz out as Pipp’s voice spoke through it.

“So did you get it yet, Zipp?” Pipp said through the radio, apparently Zipp went to Zephyr Heights to grab something.

“On it.” Zipp answered as she got up from the floor. “Maximum sneaky, engaged.” She said with a determined smirk as she hears hoofsteps approaching in her direction as Zoom and Thunder are heading her way as they walk down the hall.

Zoom and Thunder approach the window, which Zipp somehow left, as they close it as they continue on. What they didn’t know is that Zipp is right above them as she uses her wings to fly to the celling to stay hidden.
Once the close is clear, she landed back to the floor and decided to move to the wall to pretend to be sneaky as she front flipped to the otherside past her family picture of her, her sister and her mother, Queen Haven when she and her sister were just fillies.

“Hey, Mom.” Zipp said to the painting as she continued on when she saw Pipp’s room door. She used her hoof of the scanner as the door opened up. Allowing Zipp to come in as she looks around her sister’s room. “Uh…” She muttered to herself until she got her eyes on the prize. Pipp’s microphone in a glass container next to the mirror. Zipp smirked as she lifted the glass up and snagged the microphone before racing down the hall with a victorious expression on her face. “Mission accomplished!” she declared.

“Good! Now fly fast!” Pipp called out, while telling Pipp to make it back as fast as possible.

Zipp chuckled at Pipp’s words. “No problems with that.” She said, fast is her specialty as she flew through the window as she flew away from the castle as she took to the sky, while performing her flying tricks along the way.

(Let’s Make Our Mark Together! Song)

(Mane 5)
Hey!
You gotta let it glow!
You gotta let it shine!
Oh, let's make our mark together
Just riding on forever
Just keeps on getting better, better, better

Zipp did a big loop in the sky as she flew down, then gilded as she sped up her flying.

Everypony everywhere
You can feel it in the air
Find your spark and just glow and shine

Zipp did another loop as she flew down, flew through the clouds before dividing with a twirl as she continued to take to the sky.

Make a mark that you can share
Hoof to heart, you know we care
Oh, ponies, come on, let's all unite (let's all unite!)‘

And then after some flying, she made it back to Maretime Bay as she flew over the ocean behind the Crystal Brighthouse as her hooves touch the ocean as she looks at the city of Maretime Bay below. And then she heard something that got her attention.

Suddenly, Zipp saw two Pegasi fillies bump into each other as they started falling to the ground. Acting fast, Zipp then raced down to catch the two fillies in her hooves.

"Heads up, everypony!" Zipp exclaimed as she flew to the ground, placing the fillies down safely.

"Zipp. Just call me Zipp.” Zipp stated, since the princess thing is never really her thing. “And don't worry about it Readjusting to magic again takes practice."

The Prisbeam Magic Beam was displayed inside of The Crystal Brighthouse at the very top of it, but then, for some unknown reason, the beam started glitching, and that wasn't a good sign.

Today, Sarah had brought her whole family to Equestria this time thanks to Sarah’s Unity Crystal Pin.

“Wow, look at the Lighthouse….” Mai gawked at Sunny’s rebuild Lighthouse, which was now called the Crystal Brighthouse which was where she, Izzy, Pipp and Zipp now live together with their pokemon and the Mighty Ones.

"So this is your friends Equestrian world, Island Girl?" Race questioned being an Crimson Pegasus.

“It’s been a long while since we’ve been here.” Delilah grinned seeing the clear skies. “Everything’s is at peace again, thanks you and your family, honey.”

“Hehe…” Sarah smiled and blushed at her mothers’ praise. “Aw Mom, we didn’t do that much….”

“Now sweetheart, you and your family united the ponies against their enemy and destroyed her and her armada forever.” Doug smiled, hugging his daughter. “We couldn’t be more prouder of you.”

"Oooh, I see you brought you whole family here this time." Discord smiled as he hovered over the family.

“Let’s go see Twilight and the gang, Sunny and her friends again!” Mai giggled, leaping up and down happily.

Chuckling, the family headed into Maretime Bay which was now home to all three ponykinds, Pokemon and Dragons just like Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood now.

Pipp and Swanna were with Hitch, Bounsweet, Izzy, Maractus and the Mighty Ones helped up her phone in front of Sarah and Sunny, going to make a livestream with the two ponies who helped bring back magic and brought the three tribes together for an announcement they want to do, but they are waiting for Zipp to bring Pipp’s lucky microphone to go along with it, which is the reason why she went to Zephyr Heights to get it.

Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence and Spike were present too.

“Yeah. Should we start now, or...?” Sunny asked as well, wanting to know if they could do it now or wait a little bit later.

Pipp groaned, wanting to know the whereabouts of her big sister, and they need to start this livestream now. “Where is she? I really wanted to use my—” She was cut off when Zipp flew down beside her friends.

“Lucky microphone?” Zipp said with a smirk as she presented the microphone to her hoof as she twirls it around.

Pipp was happy that her sister had returned, but was still demanding answers. "What took you so long? Don't tell me you were sneaking around the palace again."

Pipp sighed. "You know you can just enter through the main doors. It's our house." She pointed out that she doesn’t have to keep sneaking in their own home all the time.

"But if Mom knew I was there, I'd get stuck doing one of her random princess lessons." Zipp explained, giving the microphone over to Sunny, pointing out that if Queen Haven saw her daughter, she would want her to stay longer by giving her random princesses lessons, which is an excuse for her to let Zipp stay a bit longer than it needs to be.

"Good point." Pipp said, thinking Zipp's reasoning was justified, while also knowing that is exactly what their mother would do if she sees either of them.

“Okay, Sunny. Just remember. Pretend you're both talking to us and not, like, all of Equestria, and you'll both do great.” She assured the two ponies.

“Uhhh…” Sunny said, while feeling nervous about this as Pipp put her phone on livestream as she faced it in front of the two ponies. “...now!” She called out.

“Like, "now" now?” Sunny asked nervously as Pipp nodded in response as Sunny spoke to the livestreamers. “Uh... Hey, everypony! I'm Sunny Starscout and I live here in Maretime Bay with my friends.”

Pipp zoomed in on the two ponies before flipping the camera to show the rest of the Mane 6 as Izzy waved behind them with a smile and a laugh as the emojis on the livestream started popping up as Pipp flip it back to Sunset and Sunny as the two ponies smiled as Sunny continued.

“A lot has changed around here in the past three months.” Sunny pointed out how much has changed ever since magic has returned. “Maretime Bay used to be the place just us Earth ponies live, just like how unicorns always stayed in Bridlewood and Pegasi never left Zephyr Heights. But when Sarah came into our lives and helped us on an adventure that changed everything, we found the three Unity Crystals, defeated Scarlet Nightmare and her Shadow Pokemon and Dragons and brought them, Pokemon and Dragons back together, it brought us back together! All ponykinds, pokemon and Dragons were reunited in friendship!”

She excitedly said while Pipp showed the ponies around Maretime Bay to prove her point. “Now anypony can live... anywhere! And... we have magic again!” Sunny squealed in excitement while showing a Unicorn mare levitating two grocery bags, but then a Pegasus flew overhead causing the unicorn mare to lose her concentration that caused her bag to fall before Twilight and the gang and Spike were shown too. "And we have the Legendary Guardians of Harmony, Princess of Old and all of the survivors from Ancient Equestria back with us too!"

“Doot-doo-doo!” Izzy spoke cheerfully as she levitated four oranges from the unicorn’s grocery bags as Pipp turned her phone to her. “Well, the unicorns and Pegasi do.” Izzy giggled as she levitated three oranges high in the air as they fall down, one of them landed on her horn. “Ta-daaaa! Now you, Sunny. Show everypony what you both can do.” She said with an exciting look.

Pipp joins in as she faced her phone back to Sunny. “Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah! Turn into an Alicorn, Sunny!” Pipp squealed as she faced her phone to her own face. “That's an Earth pony, Pegasus, and a unicorn all in one!” She explained while combining three emojis of three ponies, one from each tribe, into Izzy that looks like an alicorn to show what she means.

“Uhhh…” Sunny started as she laughed nervously. “You know it doesn't really work like that, guys. I can't just, uh…” She tried to remind them that she can’t just summon her alicorn form quite yet, she can barely control it and doesn’t know how to bring it out.

“Then how about showing me and my family?” a voice came before the Mane Five and the camera turned and saw Sarah and her family back in Equestria.

“Eee! Sarah! You brought your family!” Sunny smiled hugging her best friend.

“Anyway! The point is, magic powers or not, I think everypony can agree that our lives are way more magical now that we're together again.” She pointed out as Pipp popped up on the screen.

“You know iiiiit!” Pipp sang before facing the two ponies in her normal voice. “Okay, Sunny and Sunset! Do the thing!” She said to them as the two ponies smirked as Pipp changed her phone to promotions.

“Do you like super fun times?” Sunny asked while holding the microphone before letting it face Sunset. “Are you interested in learning more about Earth pony traditions and tasting local treats? Do you want to see ponies sing in a big concert?”

Yes! You bet! And yeeees!” Izzy cheered as she started scatting before striking a pose.

“Then you should come to our annual Maretime Bay Day Festival! For a day of fun in the sunshine! It's going to be a blast! And we’re not just talking about the fireworks show. All pony kinds are welcome!” Sunny praised.

Hitch came over next to Sunny, who was so excited as he grabbed the phone. “Oh! Oh! I love Maretime Bay Day! You gotta come check it out! The live Maretime music! The sand castle contest! The caramel ponycorn! Ah! It's the best!” He said in excitement, really love Maretime Bay Day as it is fun to be apart in.

One of the seagulls nearby unknowingly to Hitch, flew above him and saw the popcorn on the screen. Thinking it was real, the bird flew over Hitch as it chirped before grabbing Pipp’s phone.

“Hey! Give that back!” Hitch called out to the bird, but it flew off, much to Pipp’s distraught.

Pipp gasped at her phone being taken by that bird. “Hitch, my phone!” She dramatically yelled.

The Mane 5, Mane Six, Princesses of Old, the Mighty Ones, the Mane Five's Pokemon and Sarah's family ran after the bird, making sure to avoid crashing into anyone along the way.

Nikki, Pipp, Swanna, Hawlucha and Zipp flew after the feathered animal, it then began flying near the ground around ponies making Zipp and Hawlucha have to dodge them.

She and the bird flew up and Zipp almost caught it, but it then dived down. It flew through the train cart that was currently moving, causing Zipp to do so as well.

"Pardon us Ma'am!" Hawlucha called as he and Zipp flew through the train cart, but not before grabbing her hat in the process, which Zipp tossed it aside as they continued chasing the bird to get Pipp’s phone back.

In the grass field just outside of Maretime Bay, the chase led just towards the distance of the house.

The bird slowly lost its grip on the phone and dropped it, causing Izzy to activate her magic. She managed to catch it but it wasn’t fully working, she then tripped and slid forward into the garden that sat at the front of the house. The rest of the group caught up and laughed.

“Got it!” Izzy exclaimed, still holding the phone. The leaves covered her face as she blew them off smiling.

“Oh, hey, look. It's still on.” She laughed and levitated it to Pipp’s hoof.

“See you at the festival.” Pipp spoke to the phone before ending the recording.

“Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. I mean, a little ground glitter never hurt anypony.” Izzy answered as she shook off the remaining leaves on her mane as she giggled.

The Mane 5, Mane Six, Princesses of Old, the Mighty Ones, the Mane Five's Pokemon and Sarah's family turned and saw Posey step out of her house as she gave them an angry voice.

"Is this about your flowers, Posey?" Sunny asked. "It was an accident, but we'll fix them right away."

"No." Posey replied as she walked closer towards the group. "What I meant was that I wish magic had never come back. And I'm not the only pony around here who thinks so."

“Yeah. Why is that?” Sarah said, with a little irritated look that Posey is bringing that up.

"You Pegasi are always flying too fast! O-Or too low! Or too high up!" Posey complained.

“What's wrong with flying high up?” Pipp asked in confusion, along with Zipp since they can fly and they questioned Posey’s reason while Sarah raised an eyebrow at it.

"Ugh! I just don't like it, okay?!” Posey yelled out while getting into Pipp’s face before she faced Sarah, Tsukumaro and Izzy. “And every time I'm at the market, there's some smug unicorn using their magic to shop!" She continued, referring back to something that happened to her earlier.

"I almost got hit in the head by a bag of floating apples yesterday!” Posey complained as she remembered when she dropped her smoothie as a Unicorn passed by with a bag of apples, she looked down at her now ruined smoothie before staring down the Unicorn angrily.

“Well, maybe you should’ve just watched where you’re goin' partner?” Applejack sarcastically asked, seeing Posey’s complaints are just excuses for the new change of Equestria of returning to the way it is.

Posey rolled her eyes at that as she continued. “My point is, magic is not very safe. At least not for the rest of us ponies who don't have it.” She went over to Hitch and James for their input. “Right, Sheriff Hitch? And You?”

“Uh….I don’t know if I would say that…” Hitch trailed rubbing the back of his head.

“Uh…..actually. I…do have magic.” James admitted. “I can understand plant and animals..hehe.”

“What?!” Posey exclaimed and growled, earning a squeak from James who hid behind Terrakion.

Posey, who had faced away from them, grew a snarl. “But that’s not the worst part… she is!” She pointed her hoof at Sarah.

“What?! Me?!” Sarah called out, a little angry that Posey thinks she is the worst part, not seeing what she means by that.

“You're parents just suddenly up and vanished for many moon before you suddenly showed up in Maretime Bay with your Unicorn friend and odd family here and the rest of you joined together and brought back the magic! And you think you are in charge of us because you're alicorns!” Posey yelled out, pointing out her reasons, "Not to mention bringing back the Lord of Chaos."

"I beg your pardon I'm the reformed Lord of Chaos, thanks to Fluttershy thank you very much." Discord huffed undignified as he sudden appeared having been eavesdropping on the friends.

"And Celestia, Luna and Twilight reigned over Ancient Equestria." Rainbow Dash deadpanned.

Sarah then gave an angry look back at Posey. “1: You don’t make the calls! 2: Don’t tick off an alicorn! 3: Nopony said I was officially in charge of all of Equestria! My friends and I are all taking care of Equestria now. And 4: All those complaints are just excuses of something you don’t like, Posey. You just can’t seem to embrace the change on how magic is bringing harmony to Equestria. And you don’t get to judge on how we do things, you’re not in charge of our decisions.” She scowled the yellow-pinked haired Earth Pony.

“Have you forgotten Sarah's birth parents are your greatest allies.” Tyrantrum added.

"Not to mention bringing back the Guardians of Harmony, Princesses of Old and all of the survivors from Ancient Equestria after Opaline's last attack." Aurorus mentioned.

“You should be grateful to them for getting rid of that she-witch Scarlet Nightmare and her posse of Shadow Pokemon Dragons or else things would be drastically different for you puny ponies.” Eternatus growled.

“Everypony's just... still learning how to use it. That's all. Magic takes practice.” Sunny explained, stating that ponies are still getting used to magic and it takes time to get used to it.

"Hmph. Then they should do their magic somewhere else other than my garden!" Posey called out. And with that, she stormed off back into her house, slamming the door.

"Okay, wow. She was really nice, right, guys?" Izzy asked, she said between Zipp and Pipp, but they just gave a smile as they walked off.

"No kidding, that darling needs an attitude adjustment." Rarity added with a flick of her man.

“I agree, especially saying Magic, Pokemon and Dragons shouldn’t have returned.” Arrietty agreed. “If you haven’t brought them together Opaline and her Scarlet Nightmare she-witch would be ruling all of Equestria.”

“Let’s leave before she chews us out again for no reason.” Danielle suggested and the group took their leave as Izzy fixed Posey’s garden and mailbox. Sunny stayed behind for a bit to see Posey moving the blinds in front of her windows.

“Don’t worry Posey. I’m gonna show you and everypony just how amazing Magic can be.” Sunny vowed before joining her friends.

The friends and family made it back to the Crystal Brighthouse while Zipp was flying through the air. The Mane 5 opened the door as they entered the re-newed home of Sunny and the home of the Mane Five (sans Hitch).

“Pipp! Nikki! Pipp! Nikki! Pipp! NIkki! I want to show you both something!” She said excitedly as she led the two ponies, Maractus, Swanna, Lucario, Flitter, Deerling and Dusk and Luna's Mother upstairs.

Pipp hummed while they stop in front of Izzy’s bed. “So what did you want to show us?” She asked Izzy.

“Yeah, Izzy. Is it something special?” Nikki asked, wanting to know as well as well.

“Well, I don't know if you two noticed, but I consider myself a bit of an artist.” Izzy pointed out with a smirk.

“Of course we’ve noticed.” Pipp said with a smile as she sat on Izzy’s bed. “All of this beautiful stuff was made by you. You're so creative, Izzy.”

“Yeah, Izzy. You are the greatest artist pony that ever lived. You make things out of anything.” Nikki added with a smile.

“And you're amazed at making new things out of old things.” Pipp added while holding a homemade pillow Izzy made as she then gasps. “What do you call it again?”

“Uni-cycling! Yes, yes, that's it!” Pipp called out as she placed the pillow down.

“So, what is it you want to show us, Izzy? Because when you talk about your Uni-cycling skills, it means you have something of interest.” Nikki inquired.

Izzy then spoke as she turned a box next to her with some stuff in them as she tossed them out, searching for something. “So, the other day, when I was searching for my box of googly eyes in the basement, I found this!” She lifted up Sunny’s old lantern, which has seen better days for sure.

Nikki and Pipp gasped in shock as Pipp spoke first. “Is that Sunny's old lantern?” She asked in wonder.

“Well, her dad made it for her when she was a filly!” Izzy stated, with adding a cute tone to the filly part. “So I thought…”

Pipp gasped, “That you'd fix it up for her as Maretime Bay Day present?!” she finished in amazement.

“Yup! But shhh! It has to be a surprise! Sorry.” Izzy said, while also wanting to surprise Sunny by fixing the one thing her father made for her.

Pipp squealed. “I love surprises! Your secret is safe with me.” She assured Izzy with her wings flapping, not wanting to ruin the surprise for Sunny.

Izzy and Pipp smiled as they touched their hooves together with Nikki and then placed them over their chests. “Hoof to heart.” They said their promising words, making a promise to never spoil this surprise.

Sometime later, The Mane 5, Mane Six, Princesses of Old, the Mighty Ones, the Mane Five's Pokemon and Sarah's family were gathered in the kitchen with some upbeat music, making homemade pizza together.

The Guardians of Harmony, Princesses', Ryu and the Mighty Ones were a real help with preparing them placing cheese, pepperoni and other toppings on the pizza with Discord putting pineapples and broccoli on his pizza before Sunny and Sarah put them into the stove.

Zipp was at the other table in front of her friends as she groaned, having some thought in her mind, “Zipp?” Pipp’s voice called out, but Zipp was too far in thought to hear. “Zipp!” Having enough, Pipp hopped next to her sister. “ZIPP!!!”

“Huh?!” Zipp snapped out of her little world and gave her sister a sheepish look, not knowing that she zones out for a bit.

“I have been asking you if you want extra cheese on your pizza for, like, ten minutes!” Pipp explained while also showing how long Zipp zones out. “What's up with you?”

“Oh. Sorry.” Zipp apologized. “Just thinking about something weird that happened earlier.”

“The thing with Posey?” Pipp said, thinking that must be the problem her sister is thinking.

“Oh, uh... yeah.” Zipp stuttered while giving a fake smile to Pipp. “That.”

“Same here. How could she not love magic?” Sunny asked, wanting to know why Posey hated magic, since it would make everypony lives better and it was part of them for years.

“Earth ponies have never had magic before, except for James for a strange reason.” Hitch stated as he was rolling the dough. “Maybe Posey's jealous.”

“I know I am.” Hitch admittedly said, saying he feels left out since he doesn’t have any magic and Sunny got hers in alicorn bonus.

"We have enhanced strength and were more connected to the land, so we could naturally grow things without much trouble." Pinkie Pie recalled.

"But you might have lost you connection with the land when Magic disappeared from Equestria." Twilight slightly winced.

"And now that its back, the Earth Ponies magical connection may still be doormat." Princess Luna theorized. "So all it may need is a trigger to bring it to life.

“Magic seems a little scary, but it would be pretty cool to be able to levitate things.” Hitch informed.

“Like this? Whoo!” Izzy cheered as she laughed as she levitated the unbaked pizza in her magic and lifted it in the air as it whirled around as the rest of her friends watched. Izzy saw McSnip carrying a bowl away, but that caused her to lose her concentration as her magic stopped and she looked up.

“Whoa! Whoops!” Izzy called out as the unbaked pizza landed on her horn with a splat. Which caused the rest of the Mane 6 to laugh at this display, not that Izzy mined as she licked a sauce that was on her muzzle with a smile.

“Ah, you're right, Hitch.” Pipp said with a playful expression. “That is soooo much better than flying.” She said as she walked ahead.

Zipp then turned her attention to Sunny. “So have you two figured out the whole ‘magical wings and horn appearing at random times’ thing yet?” she asked.

A few days ago, at her Smoothie Shop when she was serving an earth pony her order when her body suddenly sparkled and her wings and horn appeared, triggering a small shockwave sending some items flying.

The earth pony was amazed seeing her in this form. Sunny, not so much as she slipped on some of the smoothie and hit the back of her truck which tipped over and fell. Sunny poked her head out, dazed as her wings and horn vanished and some contents of the smoothie fell on her and two seagulls heads.

"It's not that bad, Sunny." Twilight assured. "Alicorn Magic is very powerful and not easy to master at first. Not even I was used to it at first or flying since I was a Unicorn for most of my life."

“Maybe Posey has a point. Magic is unpredictable.” Zipp quipped earning a frown from Sarah. The oven bell rang and Sunny went over to it and took out the pizza.

“Uh…..actually Young Sunny, magic can be dangerous. If its used by those whom have nefarious purposes or not treated with respect, magic can create….devastating events…” Tsukumaro frowned a little and so did Sarah and her family remembering what Lothor used his magic for.

Sunny thought of what Zipp just said as the time dings, signaling that the pizza is finished as Sunny walked to the oven and brought out the pizza. She and Sarah brought the pizza in front of her friends as she tossed it in the air, and then Izzy used her magic to slice the pizza into equal pieces and pass them out to their friends as they took a bite of their slice.

“We just need to show the Earth ponies that magic is nothing to be afraid of. It makes Equestria a... a better place. And it's fun!” Sunny explained as she took a bite of her pizza.

“Alright everypony…..1…2…3…Pony Parade! Right?” Izzy questioned earning blinks from Sarah and her family.

“Almost Izzy.” Sunny smiled. “We are going to use Maretime Bay Day as our chance to show off all the amazing things magic can do. Then everypony will remember just how special it is that we have friendship and magic in our lives again! And we can use it to honor the Guardians, Princesses, Sarah and her family and all of the survivors of Ancient Equestria.”

“Because you and your family helped bring us together and your have your whole family together again; Equestria greatest allies. We should honor you and your family as a way to say thank you for everything you’ve done for us.” Sunny smiled. “And to let the survivors know they still have a home here even with everything else changed. Are you ponies in?”

“I’m in!” Izzy, Pipp and Hitch smiled but before Zipp could answer her phone rang and when she looked at the scene she groaned and went off to take the call, earning Sarah, Nikki and Ryu’s attention.

At the top of the Crystal Brighthouse where the Unity Crystals are, Zipp came up using the elevator while her phone kept ringing.

Zipp sighs as she answers her phone tablet, showing her mother, Queen Haven, but she got the camera facing her ears. “Zephyrina? Are you there? H-Hello? I can't see you.” Queen Haven called out, while the camera was facing each one of her face, the ears first, then her mouth and then her eyeball, clearly not used to phones as she used to.

Zipp looked away for a bit, a little weird out that her mother can’t use a phone property as she answered with a dry tone. “Hi, Mom.” She said with a small smile.

“Oh.” Queen Haven said once she got the camera right as she chuckled. “There you are.”

At the throne room in Zephyr Heights, Queen Have sits on her throne in the center of the thrones her daughter sat on with Cloudpuff next to her with two of her royal guards in front of her, Zoom and Thunder, as she spoke to the phone with a smile.

“It's been ages since I've seen my fillies!” Queen Haven cheerfully said to the phone while Cloudpuff barked in the conversation, wanting the doggy treat Queen Haven had in her hoof. “At least Pipp answers her phone when I call her. You never do.” She said to Zipp while giving Cloudpuff the treat, which he gradually ate, while also stating that Zipp never answered her mother’s calls for a while since she and her sister moved to Maretime Bay with their friends. “And you haven't visited Zephyr Heights at all.” She added, while stating that Zipp hasn’t come and visited Zephyr Heights to see her either.

“Nope! You're right!” Zipp called out nervously. “I definitely have not been to Zephyr Heights!” She said with a nervous laugh, while not wanting her mother that she was at Zephyr Heights since she can’t let her mother know that.

“Well, it's not like you can't fly now, darling.” Queen Haven called out with an amusing expression, reminding Zipp that Pegasi can fly now when magic returned, and then Cloudpuff came in front of the camera as he licked the screen. “Oh! Cloudpuff wants to say hi!” Queen Haven spoke with a smile as she looked at Cloudpuff. “Who's Mommy's little baby?” She said with a baby tone to Cloudpuff as Zipp cringed at the sight, she knows her mother has a great bond with Cloudpuff like her and her sister but that’s a little weird to see that.

“You are!” Queen Haven finished, but then realizes they are getting off topic as she regains her composure and looks at her daughter. “You were saying?”

Zipp regains her composure as she speaks. “Oh, it was just—” She was cut off when her mother spoke again.

Queen Haven continued as Cloudpuff kept barking while backflipping in the air before landing back on the ground.

“I called because I'm gonna need you to move back home, okay?” Queen Haven spoke her reason for calling, wanting Zipp to move back to Zephyr Heights.

“What?!” Zipp asked in shock through her mother’s phone. “No! No way!” She protested, not wanting to move back to home and leave her friends and little sister behind.

“I know you've had your fun with your new friends and all, but you're a princess, darling.” Queen Haven pointed out, while understanding that Zipp wanted to be her friends but also reminding her daughter that she is the future queen of Zephyr Heights. “You're going to be queen one day.

Zipp didn’t feel like being Queen yet as she rolled her eyes at her mother in understanding.

“I know. What about Pipp though?” Zipp asked, saying that Pipp will be left behind and while also saying that she is a princess as well to Zephyr Heights.

“Well, your sister has a little salon project, and while I do like the idea of you being there to keep an eye on her, let's face it, she livestreams everything, so that's not really necessary.” Queen Haven pointed out, stating that Pipp has to run Mane Melody and all she does is livestream everything to her Pippsqueaks, so Pipp is out of the question. “You're the one I need here, studying my every move and representing the royal family.” She finished, stating that Zipp is the oldest and is heir to the throne and needs to learn more about being queen by learning those lessons from her mother.

Zipp is feeling conflicted about this as she felt like she would go back but also knowing that she can’t leave her friends behind.

Zipp answered through her mother’s phone. “But I'm not sure if I'm ready to leave just yet.” She called out.

“And why wouldn't you be?” Queen Haven asked her daughter, wanting to know why don’t want to leave.

“Hmm.” Queen Haven thought of that for a moment before speaking. “I do suppose festival planning does count as a useful skill for your future on the throne.” She said, finding her daughter’s reason fair since it will be part of her queen training as she smiled at Zipp. “As queen, you'll be responsible for arranging state dinners, teas, parties…” She listed out the reasons on how queens handle festival planning to Zipp.

Zipp grew nervous at her mother listing out the planning, putting more pressure on her as she speaks out.

“Uh, oh!” Zipp’s voice called out as she mimicked static sounds while shaking her phone. ““You’re…! Breaking…! Up…!” She said she finished mimicking while Queen Haven gave Zipp an unamused expression before Zipp ended the call.

“Ugh.” Zipp groaned as she walked to the edge of the balcony, looking at the view of Maretime Bay and sighing.

What she didn’t notice was Ryu, Sarah and Nikki had eavesdropped on her conversation with Queen Haven.

“I take it you haven’t told your mother how you really feel about the throne, did you?” Sarah guessed as they came over.

Zipp shook her head, “I love it here in Maretime Bay so much. I don’t want to leave yet. I’m don’t want to be a full time throne Princess, not the way my mom wants me to anyway, but I’m not sure if I fit in here either.”

“I don’t know, maybe my Mom is right. Maybe I should just go back to Zephyr heights and try to be the kinda of Princess everyponys’ hoping for…..” Zipp trailed depressed. “It’s what she wants anyway.”

“But what about what you want?” Ryu questioned coming over and picking Zipp’s chin up. “You have to tell her you don’t want to be Queen. She’s your Mother, she’ll understand and be proud of you, no matter what you choose to do with your life.”

Before the little group could go back inside, two blue pegasi flying by suddenly started falling out of the sky! "Woah!" Sarah gawked but before she could try to catch the pair, they were flying again. "Okay....weird...."

In the living room, Sunny was showing the others some decorations for Maretime Bay Day.

“Ribbon wreaths are the traditional decoration of Maretime Bay Day.” Sunny explained. “We hang them on our front doors, on Mane Street... Everywhere!” She pointed while also pointing out ribbon wreaths all over the Brighthouse to prove her point.

“Cuuuute!” Pipp cheered as she lifted one up, but coughed as some dust fell off it. “A little dusty, but cute.” She corrected herself.

"Hmm...kinds reminds me of a Christmas Reed." James commented looking at the reed which was shaped like the Christmas Reed but it was coated in yellow, red-orange and greenish streamers, had red and orange bows and bells on them.

"Loving that idea Izzy. Maybe we can add some Pegasus, Unicorn and Alicorn flare to these ones too." Pipp suggested before Izzy started going through her collection of old spoons.

"Now where did I put my suitcase full of glitter?" Izzy smiled with old spoons in her mouth before searching.

"Uh has anypony seen Zipp and the others?" Sunny asked seeing the pegasus absent.

"Oh we're uni-cycling these old things." Pipp replied as Izzy dipped her in her suitcase full of glitter (literally).

"Uh, decorating really isn't my strong point." Zipp stammered a bit trying to avoid the activity.

Zipp avoid the Earth Pony as she tried to get to the door, "Baking things isn't my strong point either."

"Or help write a song for the big concert!" Sunny added and Pipp fluttered over to her big sister.

"But wait, I'm sure we can find something for you." Sunny urged her to stay but the independent pegasus had other things to do.

"Uh, maybe later...bye now!" Zipp replied before hastily leaving. Sunny and Pipp looked each other, slightly confused but glum.

"You know Pipp, my adoptive father used to write songs, so maybe we can help you." Sarah suggested with a mischievous smile.

"Wait what!" James barked having just flipped a pizza into the air which fell on his head, "Wah!" That provoked laughter from the young pokemon and his own.

"Eeeee! I'd love that!" Pipp grinned before grabbing James' right hoof, "Let's go!"

"WAH!" James yelped as the popstar pegasus dragged him away. "I'll get you for this Ponchita!"

Sarah mischievously chuckled before she and her mentors decided to follow Zipp outside with her pokemon and Twilight joining her.

As she and her group walked down the path together, Sarah couldn't help but remember what Posey said earlier. "You okay, Princess?" Keldeo asked.

"I know, but still. She was showing hostility towards the others, which may not be so good for Equestria." Sarah frowned. "We all saw what their separation unintentionally did to Equestria after what Opaline did."

"Bringing back the evil Alicorns' creation, yeah." Zeraora nodded. "You'd think that incident would have taught them to be more careful about how they treat each other, but it appears they haven't."

"And this may bring back something even worse than Scarlet Nightmare...." Sarah frowned as they reached the clear valley down by the Lighthouse. "Who knows what ancient evils or other things Ancient Equestria had before now."

"My friends and I defeated many ancient enemies over the years with our friendship." Twilight chimed in. "Let's just hope none of them appear now and we'd only have to deal with Opaline."

Sometime at the Sheriff Station, Hitch is walking to his station with a cheerful expression.

"Good morning, station!" Hitch cheerfully said to the building as he walked inside with his critters behind him. "Sheriff Hitch here, reporting for duty." He said to himself as he sat on his desk with a smile and adjust his desk a bit before his critters crew came in front of him as the two birds salute to him while McSnips just stand there as Hitch smiled at them.

"At ease, deputies! So what do you say? Which Sheriff-y things should we do today in Maretime Bay? Hey, hey, heeeey!” He sang as he twirled around in his seat with a cheerful expression.

Zipp raise an eyebrow as they open the door as they walk in and see Hitch’s sitting on his table with his animal crew. “Oof. Are you trying to rhyme?” Zipp asked with a raised eyebrow with Sunset smirking at Hitch’s trying to rhythm.

“Oh, hey, Zipp.” Hitch greeted his friends. “Yeah, what did you both think?” He asked them what they thought of his song.

“Way too much.” Zipp answered with a raised eyebrow, finding Hitch’s rhyming a little bit much.

“Cool, cool. Just trying something out. Didn't work. Good feedback and advice.” Hitch said to them, going to have to work on his rhyming as he clears his throat. “So what can I do for you two?” He asked them, wanting to know what brings them here.

Hitch grabbed a pencil in his hoof as McSnip brought his sheriff journal and wrote it down. “Strange? What do you mean?” He asked what she meant by that.

“Well, I was on the balcony earlier when…” Zipp tried to explain but stopped herself. “Y-You know what? It was probably nothing. Forget it.”

“Yup. Mm-hmm. You're... bored.” Hitch said, thinking that Zipp must be bored as Zipp raised an eyebrow at each other, clearly Hitch didn't get it yet. “But you don't have to be shy. We're pals! We can totally hang out! I know. Let's order fries from three different diners and then decide which ones are the best!”

Zipp gave him an amused expression as he gasped while holding up a puzzle. “Or maybe a puzzle!” He excitedly said .

Zipp give him a strange look, and finding it funny Hitch is going overboard until a phone starts to ring. “A call?” He said excitedly as he answered the call and cleared his throat as he spoke. “Sheriff station. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I see. Really?” He asked as McSnip brought out his journal as he wrote down what the caller was calling. “How strange. At the beach? Well, I'll be right there.”

Hitch hung up the phone and turned to where Zipp, “It appears we have a code eight-eighteen at the beach. Want to come on a trot-along with me, Zipp?”

Later on at the beach, ponies are having a fun time as Hitch, along with the animal crew, walk down the path and into the sand as they look for anything out of the ordinary.

Sarah, her pokemon, Twilight and Edge Blade (after leaving the filly trio in the care of Discord and Spike at the Castle of Friendship) were at the beach at the same time. "Oh hey Hitch." Sarah greeted. "Got a call?"

"Yeah but so far it looks normal to me.” Hitch said, seeing nothing strange going on here.

“What do you mean something strange happened?!” An annoying earth pony colt said to a unicorn mare, with an umbrella on a destroyed sand castle.

“I saw you use your magic to drop your umbrella onto my sand castle!” The colt exclaimed while pointing to his ruined sandcastle.

“I'm telling you, it wasn't me!” The nervous unicorn said. “I was carrying it, and then my magic just went away!” She tried to reason with him.

“I don't believe you!” The earth pony colt exclaimed, as some sand rustled from his ruined sandcastle as he gave her a look.

Hitch cleared his throat to get the two ponies attention as he walked to them. “Is everypony okay over here?”

The nervous unicorn spoke first. “Sheriff Hitch! I promise I didn't mean to ruin everything! My magic…” She tried to explain but was cut off.

“I worked on that castle all day!” The earth pony colt exclaimed, interrupting her.

Unknowingly to Hitch, the two arguing ponies, Zipp is watching the whole thing with a bored expression, wanting to see what is going on, and then her phone starts ringing. “Aah! Huh!” She got startled as she grabbed her phone and saw that it’s her mother again. “Argh!”

“Thursday, noon, beach. Second magical mishap personally with Hitch. Levitation glitch. Unicorn drops umbrella. Lots of upset ponies. Very strange. Must investigate further.” She said as she sneakily walked backwards after ending her recording.

Zipp got up as she spread her wings, ready to fly, but then her wings, along with the rainbow in the Crystal Brighthouse at this distance, started to glitch out as Zipp’s wings began to glow and glitch, losing her ability to fly as she landed back on the ground with a worried expression.

“Oh, no! Please, no!” Zipp asked worryingly as she flapped her wings again, trying to fly, but her wings kept glitching. Landing back down, Zipp looked at her wings in worry as she turned and saw the Crystal Brighthouse’s Prisbeam Magic start to glitch out.

Zipp gasped at this sight, now even more worried that something is wrong and the glitches are getting worse. She flapped her wings again, this time, the glitching stops as she laughed with pride, before flying straight to the Brighthouse at high speed.

After a little bit of flying, Zipp flew back to the Crystal Brighthouse as she landed right in front of the door, which she was greeted by Sunny who opened the door after seeing Zipp coming back.

“Zipp! There you are!” Sunny cheerfully calls out, glad that Zipp is back as Pipp watches from behind with a smile while Izzy jumps next to Sunny from the other door with a cheerful expression.

“Oh, hey! Coming to town with us to gather more supplies for the new-and-improved Maretime Bay Day?” Izzy cheerfully asked with wiggle eyebrows, wanting Zipp to join them on getting more supplies for the Maretime Bay Day decorations as Zipp walked back inside the Brighthouse.

“Oh. Wish I could, but—” Zipp started with an unsure expression, wanting to solve this glitching problem very soon, but was cut off when her sister spoke.

“Why can't you exactly?” Pipp suspiciously asked, wanting to know why Zipp can’t join them.

“Because... I'm working on my surprise thing for Maretime Bay Day!” Zipp nervously lied with a nervous smile as she walked backwards while her friends gave her strange looks, not wanting to tell them yet until she found some more clues about this.

“H-Have fun!” She called out nervously as she then flew straight upstairs to where the magical stream was, wanting to investigate them to see what is wrong, but he little white lie didn't fool Ryu whom followed her upstairs to the Prismbeam Magic.

At the top of the Brighthouse where the Unity Crystals are, Zipp is determinedly watching the Unity Crystals, wanting to find some hints and clues to this glitching problem as she figured the crystals could be the source since they are the source to the magic.

Zipp brought out her phone as she recorded what she learned without taking her eyes off the Crystals and going to tell Sunset this when she can. “Thursday, 12:15. Crystals – normal. Pris-beam energy – intact.” She said before ending the recording as she walked to the windows while looking at the view as she sighed, still can’t seem to find a clue yet.

Back at the beach, the two ponies kept arguing over the sandcastle while Hitch tried to get them to calm down to give out a straight answer. Twilight arrived on the scene too to help.

“Okay. Tell us what happened. One at a time.” Hitch said while also preventing the two ponies from saying something all at once as they pointed hooves at each other but lowered them when Hitch said ‘one at a time’.

“She tried to sabotage my sand castle!” The Earth Pony pointed at the Unicorn accusingly.

A small Pegasus filly walked over to the Hitch. “Is magic allowed on the beach, Sheriff Hitch and Princesses?”

“Of course it is!” Twilight explained, “In all honesty, while I know magic more than any of you. I do believe it can be a good thing if practiced enough, so all I can say is maybe be a bit more careful when you use them.” She called out, since these ponies only had magic for a few weeks, they are still out of practice and are still getting used to them.

This caused the Pegasus filly to smile at her. “Thanks, Princess Twilight!” the filly said cheerfully.

Twilight chuckled. “Eh don’t worry about it. And please just call me Twilight. I’m not one for formality.” She told her, not one with royalty after all.

After that was said, she and Hitch walked away, “Woah I can’t believe you just said that!” Hitch exclaimed in amazement Twilight managed to get that under control.

Twilight faced the Earth Pony sheriff with a smile. “I have ways to get everypony to calm down Hitch. And honestly, that was gonna get really bad, so I just did what I could to diffuse it.”

As the two ponies walked out of the beach, they saw something that caught their eyes as they saw an egg on the end.

“Huh. You don't belong here, do you?” Hitch said to the egg as he turned to Twilight. “I've never seen an egg like this. Have you?”

“Can’t say I have, Hitch. But it does look familiar for some reason.” Twilight said, amazed by this egg as well but having a familiar vibe feeling of seeing this egg. "Reminds me of Spike's egg when I hatched him. You should probably take the egg to the station where it'll be safe."

"Right." Hitch nodded and took the egg to said station while Sarah and Twilight took the babies back to the Brighthouse.

Back at the station, Hitch had placed the egg in his closet with a blanket at the bottom and a lamp post to keep it warm as Sunset watches on .

“That's better.” Hitch said as he turned one the lamp. “All roasty and toasty. I'll just keep you safe here until we can find who you belong to, okay?”

“Sheriff Hitch!” Posey’s voice called out as Hitch slammed the closet quickly as he ran to his plant and his cup as he pretended to water it as he chuckled nervously as he saw Posey coming at it. “What were you just talking about?” She asked.

“Nopony! Nopony at all!” Hitch lied through the teeth, going to keep the egg a secret while Sunset looked at Posey.

“I was just trotting down Mane Street when I noticed that my hooves were stuck to the sidewalk. I tried and tried to move, but I couldn't for, like, a really long time.” She explained her complaint. “I think somepony's pranking me. Probably one of those unicorns. I'd like to file a complaint.”

“Okay. The complaint box is over there on the wall.” Hitch answered as she pointed to the complaint box next to the door as more complaints fell out of the box, having taken up much room.

“Well, I'd prefer if you took it down yourself.” Posey said to Hitch, wanting him to solve the problem personally.

Hitch looked nervous. “I would, but I'm late for an important meeting at the Brighthouse. Duty calls!” He went to his desk as he placed his plant down and opened his closet to whisper to his bird critter.

“Keep an eye on that egg for me, would you, deputy?” He asked his critter friend as the bird chirps and salutes to him as he closes the door and then laughs nervously as he walked out of the station as Posey watched him go with a look.

Meanwhile at the streets of Maretime Bay, Zipp was looking around for any signs of glitching while the birds are chirping and ponies going about their day, but so far no clues.

“Uggghhh.” Zipp groaned of lacking any leads to this magic glitch as she brings out her phone to record her progress. “Report. Nothing new to report. No more signs of mysterious glowing vines or Crystal glitches.”

Zipp’s phone started ringing, startling her as she looked at her phone and see her mother calling again. “Uggghhh!” Zipp flipped her phone tablet open, answering the call as seen by Queen Haven close to the camera again. “Hi, Mom.”

“Zipp! There you are!” Queen Haven said to her daughter with a smile, but then zoomed out as she gave Zipp a stern expression. “Have you been ignoring my calls, young filly?” She asked, guessing that Zipp had been ignoring her calls lately while investigating the glitches.

“No, no!” Zipp quickly said with a nervous smile, lying that she has so she won’t make her mother mad or face her wrath for ignoring her. “Just busy, Mom! I'm actually helping Sunny and Sarah with decorations right now, so I gotta go.”

“Well, I can't wait to see them!” Queen Haven said excitedly, which caused Zipp to stop from pressing the ‘End Call’ button in the process.

“The decorations!” Queen Haven answered obviously, “Oh, didn't Pipp tell you?” She asked her daughter as she continued as her camera accidentally zoomed into her mouth. “I'll be attending this Maretime Bay Day Festival.”

Zipp grew nervous as her mother is coming for Maretime Bay Day Festival. “You will?! Why?!”

Cloudpuff the pop on screen next to Queen Haven as he barked excitedly as Queen Haven turned to him with a smile. “Yes, it is treat time! I know, I know!” She said to Cloudpuff with a baby tone, which gives Zipp a bore expression that her mother is adoring Cloudpuff in a conversation. “See you there, darling!”

Getting back to the investigations of the glitches in hoof. “There's gotta be something!” She said as she brought out her binoculars as she looked around the area she was in for any clues to help find the answers her and Sunset are seeking to these glitches.

Zipp saw a couple of ponies laughing on a table, a tolley bell ringing as the conductor and a pink earth pony mare smile at each other as Zipp around some more. “Everything on Mane Street appears normal."
Zooming in to the Sheriff station with Dahlia and an Earth Pony stallion walking out, but then turned and saw Hitch hiding behind some barrels.

“Huh?” Zipp questioned what she saw as she saw Hitch dragging a bag into the station once the close was clear. “Hmmm. Except that. Huh.”

Inside the Sheriff Station, Hitch is in the closet cabinet where the egg he and Twilight found is as he gives it a smile.

“Here you go, little one. I brought you some sand to make you more comfortable.” Hitch said to the egg, wanting to keep it comfortable with some sand that he collected from the beach.

“I thought maybe you'd like that.” He said to it, thinking that the egg needed something it’s familiar with as he put a crab plush toy next to it as McSnips-a-Lot came to the other side of it. “Lookin' rosy and cozy! Now who wants to hear a story?”

“Aah! Zipp!” Hitch called out in a startle as he turned to Zipp and closed the cabinet door. “Wow. You are sneaky.” He said with a nervous smile, finding Zipp’s sneaky side impressive. “What are you doing here?”

“I had an instinct, so I followed it.” Zipp answered causality before she smiled and pressed her hooves on the table as she spread her wings. “And I was right. You have been hiding something!”

She flew on top of the cabinet while smirking down at Hitch before opening the cabinet, still smirking at him.

“Hey!” Hitch called out at Zipp’s finding out what he was hiding as Zipp looked upside down and saw the egg.

“Whoo!” Zipp called out as she laughed with pride after seeing the egg. “So, uh... what is it?” She asked Hitch, having no idea what this egg is.

“No clue.” Hitch answered as he turned and walked a bit to the side. “Me and Twilight and saw it on the beach, and we just knew it needed help and she trusted me to keep an eye on it. So I just—” He explained how he and Sunset found the egg and his reason for keeping an eye on it, but Zipp spoke up with a smirk as her wings spread with a knowing expression.

“Had an instinct and followed it?” Zipp asked Hitch with a knowing expression with a smirk, knowing that feeling as well.

“Yeah.” Hitch answered with a smile as Zipp flew down from the cabinet and right in front of Hitch as he continued. “Hey, uh, would you mind keeping this between us for now?”

“Sure. I can ‘Zipp’ it.” Zipp answered with a smirk and joked on using her name with a zipp it expression as Hitch shook his head in amusement at Zipp’s pun.

Zipp continued to smirk as she leaned her head closer to Hitch with a teasing expression.

“What?” Hitch asked with a smile, wanting to know why Zipp is looking at him like that.

“So... you gonna read us that story now or what?”
Hitchs' critter friend chattered happily.

Just then, Zipp’s phone starts chiming as it got Zipp and Hitch’s attention as Zipp brought out her phone, and then the two ponies gasped at what they saw on it as it is a message to Pipp, and it looked dire with some emojis with sweat and angry faces while ‘!’ on top.

“Oh, no!” Zipp said with a nervous look, worried for her sister and that if the messages are this dire to her.

A little bit later, the group rushed to the living room where Pipp is at as Hitch spoked. “We rushed right here! So what's the emergency?!”

“Well, everypony seems really stressy lately.” Pipp started. “We clearly need a break. And luckily, I know just the place. I planned a surprise for you! You're welcome!” Pipp said to her friends with a smile.

“Oooooh!” Izzy awed, while the others thought of Pipp’s surprise as interesting.

“That’s it.” Sarah whispered, since Pipp is one for dramatic things, this is not what she thought of.

Zipp, James and Tsukumaro however was nervous if she thought about one thing Pipp thought about. “Please don't let it be makeovers. Please don't let it be makeovers.” they said to themselves.

Sometime later, the friends and family were in Mane Melody as the girls are having their mane dry in the mane dryer seats while Hitch is getting his hoof filed.

“I knew it.” Zipp, James and Tsukumaro said in deadpanned, had a feeling that this would happen.

"Oh come now, its not that horrible." Discord assured looking at himself in the mirror.

“But this is soooo relaxing!” Izzy said as she read a magazine. “And informative! Did you ponies know that there are over a thousand different kinds of hermit crabs?! 'Cause I... did not!”

"I agree with the happy go lucky unicorn...." Haxrous sighed happily as Jazz did his claws.

Hitch started laughing from Jazz filing his hooves. “Sorry, Jazz! I'm so sorry! So ticklish!” He apologized, which Jazz didn't mind as she smiled in understanding.

Pipp laughed at this as she turned to her friend. “Don't you ponies love it here at Mane Melody?” She asked them.

"Thanks Sarah." Pipp nodded before going over to her big sister whom was still concerned about magic.

"Hey Pipp, I'm sorry I haven't been helping out. It's just I've been thinking about other things like-"

"But if something happens to magic this time, we may have something even worse than Scarlet Nightmare and her Shadow Pokemon and Dragons and we could lose Ryu and-"

"Zipp, you need to chill. Nothing's is going to happen." Pipp reassured before going over to the small stage with Swanna where Rocky and Jazz, two of her friends and workers were. "We got our friends back. We've got Magic, Pokemon and Dragons back. And we've got-"

"Pipp Pipp Hooray/Pipp Pipp Hooray!" The Mane Four and the younger pokemon and dragons smiled.

"This one goes out to my paranoid big sis, Zipp." Pipp smiled earning a dissatisfied look from Zipp.

Pipp: I know you're feelin' like there's something wrong

But don't you worry I have just the song for you

So put those hooves up in a comfy chair

And you'll forget those cares in a minute or two

That's what you'll do

Jazz: You've got alot on your mane and that's kidna tragic

But with a little bit of caring and a touch of magic

Rocky: You'll feel brand new

And You'll forget what's been troubling you

Pipp: So put your hooves up high

Cause we're feeling alright

Everything is awesome in Maretime Bay

So put your hooves up, put your hooves up

Everything is gonna be okay

"You don't get it do you?! We can't just sing a song and ignore everything! If we lose magic this time to Opaline, we may never get back and something else could take away Ryu and everyone else again and it'll be ours fault...." Zipp expressed finally letting her worries be free.

"Whose fault?" Hitch commented before a loud crash was suddenly heard from outside and the group came out to see a cluster of ponies, including Windy, a red Pegasus.

“I don’t know. I was just flying along and before I knew it I was down here on the ground.” Windy explained.

“Clearly she’s not.” Posey snarked as she appeared again. “This is what I've been saying, what everypony’s been thinking. If Pegasi and Unicorns can’t be respectful. Then they shouldn’t be allowed to use their magic in Maretime Bay.”

“It’s not fair. We Earth Ponies don’t get any magic and the ones that do have it don’t even know how to use it. Or use it to prank us.” Posey snarked again.

“And now they want to ruin our special Earth Pony holiday too.” Posey accused.

“And neither is what you just said about Unicorns and Pegasi not being able to control their magic, you don’t make the calls.” Sarah pointed out, frowning at Posey. “Not to mention that I still have complete control over my different forms of magic.”

Posey scoffed before she insulted Sarah, “Says the pony who suddenly turned up after leaving us for many moons only to suddenly show up and bring back the magic and probably don't even deserve to be in Equestria at all let alone lead us back to how she sees it and who is going to ruin our holiday too!”

“Sarah would never do that!” Sunny said defending Sarah. “She brought back the Guardians of Harmony, Spike, Discord and all of the inhabitants of Ancient Equestria after their battle with Opaline, all so we could restore it to what it once was. She and her family showed us our previous ways only lead to disaster when Scarlet Nightmare came back because of us. They helped save Equestria even and helped me and my friends to overcome our fears and bring back the magic and has been a mentor and sister figure to not just me, but to all of us. That's the reason we’re together again.”

“Well maybe things would have been better if Sarah and her family never came back to Equestria! So do us all a favor and get rid of them!” Posey declared as the formation of dark storm clouds the skies above.

“Or else we’re not coming!” Posey declared as a flash of thunder made her and the ponies run for cover while the Mane 5, Guardians of Harmony, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Spike and Sarah's family saw this, with Hitch’s critters huddled to the sheriff.

“Oh no.” Twilight said in worried, having read about these sudden clouds from old books from her time in Canterlot as she looked at Sunny, who gives a worried look back as they look at the sky.

At the Crystal Brighthouse, everyone was in the Unity Crystal room as Zipp spoke up, “I think I know why and what's happening to magic. Why its' glitching.”

“It’s the Crystals. They might be powered by ponies.” Zipp claimed while pointing to the Unity Crystals.

“Okay. Check this out.” Zipp then turned to her sister with a smug look. “Pipp, when we were fillies, I used to steal Mom's chocolate-dipped cherries and blame it on you.” She admittedly said.

Pipp then gave a deep gasp in shock before glaring at her sister. “I knew it! You got me grounded, like, twelve times!” She angrily said.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Zipp said as she walked back a bit before facing her sister again. “And guess what. I don't like karaoke! It's the worst! UGH!” She called out, receiving another deep gasp from Pipp while Izzy glared at Zipp.

“Hey, you take that back! Karaoke is a fun activity for every age and skill level!” Izzy angrily yelled, knowing that karaoke is one of her favorite singing styles.

“Zipp's allowed to like what she likes.” Sunny defended Zipp as she continued. “Just because we enjoy something doesn't mean she has to.”

“Sunny, there's no need to get all huffy about it.” Hitch tries to calm the matter. “Izzy was just trying to stand up for Pipp.” He said.

“Don't call me huffy!” Sunny called out at Hitch, not liking being called huffy.

“Ugh! I didn't call you huffy! I said you were being huffy!” Hitch retorted while Sunset and Sunny saw the Crystals fizzling out. “There's a difference, and— Whoa.” Hitch said as he saw the magical energy on the frizz as the rest saw this as well as Sunny turned to Zipp.

“You... You two were right.” Sunny said, now seeing why Zipp are so worried as the rest of the Mane 6 now understand.

“And the more unstable it becomes in Equestria.” Zipp finished with what’s happening and why the glitching was suddenly appearing.

“Which causes Pegasi to lose their flight and fall on other ponies!” Sunny listed out.

“And weather changes!” Pipp said and then gasped. “Like a rando thunderstorm?!” She asked, while remembering the thunderstorm outside.

"The Unity Crystal's magic stems from the friendship of Equestria. With all of the fighting that's going on I'm afraid its causing them to become unstable." Ryu added.

“Yup! Everything is all out of whack!” Zipp declared while looking at the still frizzing crystal.

“And that’s not all.” Celestia spoke as the group looked at her. “Before the first Hearth's Warming Eve tale in Equestria long ago. The ponies were separate by pure hatred for one another's species which caused mythical creatures called the Windigos to appear and they appeared again when the Legion of Doom turned ponies against each other.”

The Mane Five gasped, remembering that tale really well since it was written down in Sunny’s father notes.

“You mean those Windigos that cause sudden storms and disaster in Equestria when the ponies fight one another?! But why are they appearing now!?” Sunny asked. "M-My dad's journal mentions them."

“Maybe because the Windigos are ancient magic when you all separated and the magic disappeared, the Windigos never appears. But now that's it back and ponies are fighting again, the Windigos are starting to return.” Sefu listed off, since she knew that tale really well that when the first time the tribes were divided before they found Equestria, they hated each other which caused the Windigos to appear, and that since the magic disappeared, that must be why the Windigos haven’t appeared until now.

"If we want to keep magic in Equestria for the rest of ponykind, first we need to get everypony back on the same page.”

“Because if the ponies don’t agree with one another, things could get ugly.” Sarah added. "And if Opaline decides to return without the ponies being warned about her beforehand, they'll be sitting ducks."

“Zipp and Sarah are right.” Sunny said, agreeing with the two ponies. “We can't give up. We can still make Bay Day the celebration it's supposed to be.”

“Hoof to heart!” They declared, going to make sure the magic stays and everypony gets along as Twilight and the others smiled proudly at them.

The next morning, the girls are sleeping on their respective beds as Izzy woke and gasped, quickly getting out of bed and going to her friends, “It's here!” She cheered to Sunny as she started scattering as she woke up her friends. “The big day is here!”

"Okay, Okay, Izzy, we know." Zipp chuckled at her unicorn friend. After breakfast, the girls walked out of the Brighthouse to begin their mission. Before Sunny could get far, Izzy called to her.

“Sunny! Sunny, wait!” Izzy called out as Sunny turned to her unicorn friend as Izzy brought out a present in her magic. “Happy Maretime Bay Day!”

“We don't usually exchange gifts.” Sunny said with a grateful smile as Izzy gave her the gift.

Sunny teared the paper of the gift, and then gives a shock at what it is. “It's... It's the lantern my dad made for me.” She said with a smile with joy as she saw the newly-restored lantern her dad made as there is a crystal glowing inside it as she looked at Izzy with joy. “I-I thought it was beyond repair. Thank you so much, Izzy!”

“Sometimes, when you add a little bit of magic, you can fix anything.” Izzy pointed out with a smile.

“You're right. Now let's go add some magic to today and fix this.” Sunny declared as she held up her lantern.

At Maretime Bay, ponies of all kinds are having fun at the festival, including the Ancient Equestria inhabitants even RainShine and the Kirin appeared.

Blow horns were heard while streamers are in the air as the crowd cheered. A unicorn mare gives a filly a teddy bear, a Pegasi, a mother and her son, are looking at the three flairs from each tribes while the Earth Pony stallion give a weird look while a couple of unicorns are walking by chatting with each other while one of them are eating a carrot dog.

Izzy gave a pony a snow cone as she looks around with her friends. “Oh, look! Look, look! Ponies and all of the creatures showed up after all!” Izzy cheered to this many ponies and then gasped when Grandpa Gruff, the Griffins, Queen Haven and two of her guards, Thunder and Zoom, landed. “And there's the queen and the Griffins!”

Trumpets were heard while the crowd cheered for Queen Haven. “Hello, your Majesticness!” She called out as she and others walked towards her to greet them.

“Mom!” Pipp cheered as she headed towards her mother, Zipp however grew nervous as she trotted away, not wanting to face her mother yet, to Ryu and Sarah's dismay.

Somewhere in the festival, Sunny, Hitch and Twilight were waving to the crowd, “Happy Maretime Bay Day, everypony! Welcome!” Sunny cheered.

“Now we just gotta keep it up.” Sunny said to her friends as they heard Dahlia’s voice.

“Spoons in the wreaths? Ugh, yuck!” Dahlia said as Sarah and Sunny saw her, Posey and an Earth Pony Stallion looking at the wreaths. “I liked the old decorations better.”

“I could not agree more.” Posey said as her, Dahlia and the earth pony walked off pass Sarah, Sunny and Hitch as Sunny looked down in despair while Sarah gave off a growl with a glare, really hating Posey for making things worse.

Meanwhile the gang were at the beach, Izzy and Sarah are admiring the sandcastles, the ponies madam having done nice work on them.

“Ohhhh! Ooh! Oh! Oooh! Wow!” Izzy awed as she and Sarah saw Windy with her biggest sandcastle yet, as it looked like the Crystal Brighthouse as the pegasus put a seashell on top of it for the Unity Crystal touch.

“Amazing.” Sarah said, liking this sandcastle as a Unicorn stallion admired the look as well as giving a trophy to Windy for doing a great job, but the crowd grumbled since they didn’t win, Posey and her group didn't like that as they came to Windy with glares.

“Pegasi have an unfair advantage!” Posey accused, which caused ponies to argue over this.

Sarah groaned as she glared at Posey. “What do you know?! All she did was reach high places! That’s not an unfair advantage and it isn’t cheating! You just can’t seem to figure out the meaning of it!”

“Really! That’s a lot coming from you!” Posey retorted as she glared back, but then the storm began to grow worse as thunder boomed from the sky, startling the ponies in the process.

In the middle of the festival, ponies are enjoying themselves as some of them head to the stands. And then in an ice cream stand, a unicorn mare gives an Earth Pony stallion a green moss look ice cream.

“Moss ice cream?” The stallion questioned as he licked it to taste it, but regretted it. “Bleghhh!” He cringed from the taste, tossing it away, not liking it one bit.

Then three other earth ponies each tried out different types of treats, but cringe in disgust, not liking it as they throw them away in the trash, before the tart was thrown in, a Unicorn stallion grabs it.

“Waste not, want not!” He said as he ate the tarp before chomping in the trash, Toots and an earth pony stallion next to her are grossed out.

“Okay, that’s disgusting. How low have the unicorns gone down to?” She asked herself as the winds then started to get strong. “Huh?”

The storm was getting stronger as Toots and her stallion friend lost their cotton candy in the wind.

“Oh, no!” Pipp called out as she tried to fly up and catch them, but her wings started glitching as she lost her ability to fly as she hit the floor. She grunts in an effort to flap her wings to fly, but nothing happens. “ My wings won't work!”

Hitch tried to move to help, but he can’t move as he sees his hooves stuck to the ground by some kind of magic. “Neither will my hooves!”

“Heeeelp!” And Earth Pony cried out as the gang saw the same thing happening to Hitch is happening to the other earth ponies.

“Our hooves... are stuck!” Another one cried out, and then their hooves were freed from the magic grip but was afraid of what was happening.

“The glitches! Their getting worse!” Zipp cried out as the wings grew stronger and thunder boomed.

“And that’s not all! Look!” Rainbow Dash cried out while pointing up to the sky, the Mane 6 were seeing three ghostly figures circling around, and those figures Ryu and the Mighty Ones knew too well.

“The Windigos are starting to form! If we don’t find a way to fix this, they will take form and put all of Equestria into chaos!” Celestia cried out as the Mane 6 are even more worried that this is happening.

"Ooooh! I see some chaos is about to happen." Discord chuckled as he was sitting in a theater chair with 3D glasses and popcorn in his claws. "I'm gonna need more popcorn."

At the music stage, the ponies crowd gathered around as Sunny looked at the stage with a nervous look before turning to her friends, who were backstage as well.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Sunny asked Pipp in concern. “Nothing has gone to plan today.”

“I have to give it my best shot.” Pipp announced. “We still need all the positivity we can get, right?”

“That’s true, Pipp. We need to keep the magic of friendship alive. And turn this negativity around to keep the magic going.” Sarah stated, meaning that they have to do everything they can to keep harmony balanced.

Zipp came next to her sister while holding her microphone. “Maybe this will help.” She said while giving it to her sister.

Pipp gasped. “My lucky mic! Okay!” She said as she did some vocal warm-ups and trills. “Yes, we're ready! All right! Showtiiiiime!”

“Break a hoof, Pipp!” Izzy called out as Pipp flew off to get started with her song. “But not really. Actually, be really careful.” She corrected herself while Sunset and Sunny walked up to the front of the stage.

“Okay, Everypony! Thank you all for coming to hear a song for Maretime Bay Day!” Sarah called out as Sunny spoke next.

“Everypony, please welcome pop star Princess Pipp Petals to sing the brand-new Maretime Bay Day song!” Sunny announced as Pipp landed in front of the stage beside Sunset and Sunny, but then the crowd, only the Earth Ponies, started muttering as a result.

“That's my daughter!” Queen Haven cheered on with Cloudpuff in her hooves as she flew over the crowd as they looked at her.

Before Pipp could sing, Dahlia’s voice spoke. “We want to hear the real Maretime Bay song! Sung by an Earth pony!” Dahlia said with Posey and the stallion on both sides of her as the crowd then grumbled and argued as the clouds grew darker and thunder started booming stronger, witches startled the ponies as the Unicorns’ horns started to frizz out while some ponies ran off in fright as the Windigos above them starts to form faster until they are shown to everypony as they circle around in the sky.

At the Crystal Brighthouse, things are looking better as the thunder trailed down the rainbow and it gets worse as the Prisbeam Magic began to weaken from all the negativity of the ponies fighting among each other.

The rest of the Mane 6, Guardians of Harmony, the Mighty Ones and the pokemon got out of the stage when things got worse.

“There are no sides!” Zipp pointed out as thunder boomed again as it got worse while the ponies started arguing with one another.

Sarah is so fed up with this as her face grows red, when it reaches its breaking point, she unleashes her Royal Canterlot voice to the crowd.

“ENOUGH!!” She yelled out as the crowd stopped arguing as they were startled by her sudden yell. “EVERYPONY IS HERE IS TO BLAME FOR THE WINDIGOS BEING HERE AND THE MAGIC GLITCHING! ALL OF YOUR HOSTILITY AND HATRED FOR EACH OTHER COMING BACK HAS BROUGHT THE WINDIGOS HERE AND CAUSING THE MAGIC TO GLITCH OUT! YOU ALL ARE CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN! I PROMISE TO MAKE SURE THE LEGACY LEFT BEHIND LIVES ON! AND I’M GONNA KEEP THAT PROMISE! AND KEEP THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP ALIVE!” She added, vowing to keep her promise to keep Twilight’s legacy alive.

“We know that magic returning hasn't been easy for everypony, that Equestria is really different, but that's a good thing! It's so much better now—!” She tried to explain

Thunder boomed as she and the rest of the Mane 6 saw the Brighthouse from here, and it wasn’t good. “Whoa! No, no, no! T-The magic! It's dying!” She called out as the Mane 6 and the others saw the rainbow in the Brighthouse start to frizz out as the Windigos gave off howlers.

Lightning struck the police station and Hitch gasped. “Eggy!” He cried out as he ran to the station to save the egg.

And then from the center of the Windigos’ circle, lighting strikes the ground in front of the stage as a portal starts to open up and expand as it starts to suck everything in.

“It's some sort of void!” Zipp theorized as they saw nothing in the portal as it grew in bigger sizes.

The ponies started running and screaming as they tried to get away from the portal. But the Earth Ponies hooves got stuck to the ground by some kind of magic grip.

“But we're stuck!” One of the Earth Ponies cried out as they tried to get free.

“Please let us go!” Another Earth Pony mare pleaded to a unicorn next to her, thinking they were doing it.

“It's not us!” The unicorn pointed out that it’s not them doing as they saw lightning strike a tree, destroying it.

Posey tried to free her hooves with a grunt effort, but can’t seem to budge as Windy comes next to her. “Can't you ponies with magic do something?!”

“Ugh!” Windy tried to fly but couldn't. “Our magic isn't working!” she cried out.

“Everypony! Help the Earth Ponies! I’ll see if I can hold off the void!” Sarah cried out as the rest of the Mane 6 and the other Pegasi and Unicorns tried to help free the Earth Ponies while Sarah used her magic to try and slow it down, but portal to the void continues to grow while the Windigos increase the wind speed.

“Aah!” Hitch cried out as he held the eggs in one of his hoofs, but the rest of them were stuck on the ground as well. “I do not like this! No! I do not!” He cried out before a newspaper hit his head before it flew with the winds.

The portal continues to grow as it draws closer to Posey and Windy, the latter tries to get Posey free, but then they fall to the portal once it gets close to them, causing the two ponies, since Windy can’t fly, to scream as they fall to the void. “Posey! Windy! No!” Sunny cried out as the girls came to her, Hitch still stuck, as they saw Posey and Windy falling to the void.

“We gotta save them!” Sarah shouted, as much as she doesn’t like Posey’s attitude, she doesn’t deserve this.

“Come on, Alicorn magic! Work!” Sunny called out, trying to bring out her alicorn half.

“But the magic! Besides Sarah and her family, I-It's gone!” Zipp called out.

“Then I'll have to try without it! I'm going in!” Sunny said with a determined expression, going to save Posey and Windy without her alicorn magic.

“Not alone, Sunny!” Sarah called out as she placed a wing on Sunny, not wanting to let her go in alone.

“And not without the rest of us!” Izzy added, and her horn began to shimmer as they saw it glow.

“That's it!” Zipp said as she realized now how to save the day. “The magic will come back to us if we can work together!” She pointed out with a hopeful smile.

“The magic of friendship is what gives us strength!” Ryu added, getting what Zipp is saying.

“The more ponies work together and accept one another, the stronger the magic gets!” Pinkie Pie smiled.

Zipp spoke to the ponies in Maretime Bay closest to them. “Come on, unicorns! Come on, Pegasi! Help the Earth ponies!”

Izzy used her magic to get one of the earth pony stallions free as it got free from the magic grip, giving her a ‘thank you’ look before trotting off.

Zipp and Pipp worked on freeing Hitch as they grunt in effort, and then got him free.

“It's working!” Zipp said as she and her sister started to fly and Zipp flew to where Sunny was. “You both got this!”

Izzy came next to them as she levitated Sunny’s lantern. “It's too dark in there! Take this!” She said while giving them the lantern in her magic as thunder boomed, and then Izzy’s magic glitch out again as the lantern fell into the void.

“Sunny!” Sarah cried out as she jumped in after Sunny, leaving the rest of their friends and her family worried for them. Sarah fell close to Sunny as she grabbed her once she was close enough.

“Sarah! What are you doing?!” Sunny screamed while holding her lantern, wanting to know why Sarah is doing this.

Sunny’s lantern begins to glow as Sunny’s cutie mark did before she accessed her Alicorn form, giving her the ability to fly as Sunny flew next to Sunset after they broke the hug, they watched in amazement of what happened. The two alicorns flew down to save the two ponies.

Sarah and Sarah saw them as they flew closer to them as they grunt in effort, combining their magic as its magic aura appeared around them as they tossed that magic sphere to Windy and Posey as it got them in the sphere, levitating them as they stopped falling.

Back on the surface, the earth ponies are free thanks to ponykind working together as Posey and Windy are levitated out of the portal as the ponies watch in awe as they are placed safely on the ground as the magic sphere fades.

Once Posey and Windy are safe, the ponies and the rest of the Mane 6 and Sarah's family looked at the portal, growing worried for Sunset and Sunny since they haven’t made it up yet.

And then suddenly, a magic rainbow flew out of the void as Sarah and Sunny flew out after it before the portal closed. The ponies watched in amazement as the rainbow took out the Windigos as they disappeared and right into the Crystal Brighthouse.

Inside the Brighthouse, the magic vines appeared in the walls of the Brighthouse before amplifying the Prisbeam Magic, which gives off a magic explosion as the magic vines spread from the Brighthouse and into the rest of Equestria as the Earth Ponies saw their hooves sparkled green once the vines made contact with them. The Earth Ponies watched in awed as their hooves sparkled.

Hitch laughed as the magic vines came to him as well as he laughed. ”That tickles!” He said after feeling the tingly sensation of the vines as Sarah landed next to him.

“We are now, Sarah.” Hitch answered with a smile as he saw his animal crew crawling out from under a box, using it for cover after what happened as one of the critters chirped at them as they came to Sarah and Hitch. “I know, I know! I totally agree with everything you guys are saying.” He said to them, but was caught off guard at what he just said as Sarah widened her eyes at Hitch as he drew closer to his critters.

“Did you just... talk?! Did I just... understand you?! Whaaaaat?!” He said in amazement and shocked at the same time.

"Oooh! Looks like you got Fluttershy's gift with animals, Hitch. Congratulations." Discord quipped as he appeared happily.

One of Hitch’s birds chirped at him, telling him something he should know. “Wow, that's a lot of information. Well, nice to meet you, Kenneth. I'm Hitch!”

Posey looked at her new green glowing hooves and gently tapped the ground, creating roses out of thin air, "Flower power...?!" she gawked in awe.

Two more Earth Ponies used their new magic to restore the tree that was destroyed from the lightning strike.

Sarah and Hitch watched in amazement as the rest of their friends came to them as they saw this new magic Earth Ponies can do now.

"Earth Pony Magic! Just like James." Sunny smiled in amazement next to Sarah and Hitch.

“But now its evolved after being dormant for many years. As Twilight said magic is always changing and growing stronger.” Sarah said, as she knows Earth Ponies can handle gardening and are fast on their hooves, but have never in her life they would have magic to grow plants this quickly.

"Zephyrina!” Queen Haven called out as the group turned and saw Queen Haven coming to them with Thunder and Zoom behind her and Cloudpuff. “There you are! My hoofness, what an ordeal!” She exclaimed of what had happened. “Gather your things. We need to hit the sky if we're going to make it back to the palace by sundown.”

Zipp gulped nervously and lowered her ears but Sarah put her hoof on her shoulder and nodded at her. Zipp nodded back and approached her mother.

“Mom….the truth is….I don’t want to be Queen…ever. Being Queen, all the speeches, planning and stuff that’s….you’re thing. It’s not who I am. My place is here in Maretime with my friends and your place is in Zephyr Heights, ruling. I want to find something that makes me special besides my royal title, like Pipp has her singing and performing. I don’t have anything else that makes me special, I want to find out who I am. With everything's that's happened so far, I want to do something to truly make a difference as you have - to keep Equestria safe and happy from Opaline. I'm sorry if this isn't what you wanted but it's what I want for myself. I just hope.......you'll be alright with that.” Zipp spoke from her heart at her mother.

”Pipp and Tamu told me what Sarah told her about you and your feelings about being Queen a few months ago, but I wanted to wait until you told me yourself before giving you the all clear. I’m sorry I put so much pressure on you to be Queen without asking if you wanted that for yourself. I should have just listened to you when you tried to tell me instead of ignoring your concerns.” Haven apologized.

“It’s okay Mom.” Zipp smiled before the pair shared a hug mending their strained relationship.

Cloudpuff crawled to the rest of the Mane 5 as he barked at Hitch, who is the only pony who can understand him.

“I'm sorry, it's a what?” Hitch asked Cloudpuff again as the dog barked again, and then the Mane 6 saw the egg Hitch was holding shakes as it sparkled up as it began to hatch.

Once it hatched, a magic dust cleared out as a baby dragon cooed at them, the baby dragon is a green baby dragon with a light green underbelly. He has four horns which all curl backwards with swirls on them. He has low, long ears with pink insides. He has a pair of bat-like wings.

“But he's unlike any of our Equestrian dragons even Spike and Smolder!" Sunny stated with an exciting tone and barely contained herself at how cute the baby dragon is.

The baby dragon cooed as he hugged Hitch, imprinting on him as his father as the latter smiled fondly at this baby dragon.

The baby dragon hugged Hitch, imprinting on him as he got on Hitch’s back with Hitch helping him as he cooed and hugged his back as the Mane 6 and Sarah's family smiled at the baby dragon cuteness.

“Hey, everypony.” Posey said as she got next to the Mane 6. “I just wanted to say I'm sorry for the way I acted.” She apologized to them for her attitude and how she treated other ponies “I think I just felt…”

“Yeah! Exactly to both of those!” Posey agreed as she continued. “And I let my feelings get the better of me which nearly brought back the Windigos and destroyed Equestria. And I’m really sorry for what I said to you, Sarah. I should’ve embraced the changes and given other ponies a chance instead of things how they were before. You are a great alicorn and a great leader that helped us get back our magic, original protectors and keep the harmony. I should’ve put aside my feelings instead of letting it get to my head.” Posey apologized to Sarah for everything she said to her, now seeing why Sarah and her family were here and helping keep the magic alive and the friendship as well, now knowing the purpose of the Guardians of Friendship.

Sarah placed a comforting wing on Posey with forgiving smile. “Me and the others forgive you, Posey. You were just left out when Earth Ponies didn’t have magic before, compared to my adoptive father and you and the others feel left out for it. But you aren’t anymore now that Earth Ponies now have magic and the magic in Equestria is now stabilized.”

“And we'll make sure that doesn't happen again.” Sunny promised as she looked at her friends. “Right, guys?” She asked her friends, who all spoke in agreement, wanting to make sure something like this never happened again and would keep magic alive.

Posey then came in front of Pipp to ask her something. “Pipp? Would you mind... singing your new Maretime Bay song?” She asked, wanting to start fresh with new things and wanting to hear Pipp's version of the Maretime Bay Song.

“I will on one condition – if you'll sing it with me.” Pipp said with a smirk as she presented her lucky microphone to Posey, wanting her to join in on the song as well.

“I'll do the harmony!” Posey said excitedly as she and the Mane 6 went back to the stage to continue where they left off as the crowd came back to listen to the new Maretime Bay song as they enjoy the rest of the festivities.

Meanwhile, outside of Maretime Bay, in a castle positioned on a cliffside, Queen Opaline Arcana, the same pony whom lead to the fall of Equestria, extinction of the Ancient Dragon species (sans Spike and Smolder) now banished, looked at Maretime Bay from her magical projector and she was absolutely livid seeing Sarah and her whole family back in Equestria.

"WHAT?! This can't be!" Opaline snarled. "Doug and Delilah have returned and now they have a daughter! AGH! And now she's brought back all of those survivors from Ancient Equestria and somehow she's brought back my most hated enemies: Twilight Sparkle, her friends, the Princesses and that fool Discord!"

"Uh....she seems....extremely powerful.." the unicorn, Misty, at her side cooed shyly.

"I know that, Misty!" Opaline snarled at her making Misty flinch in fear. "That Princess and her familys' magic is unlike anything I've ever seen. They'll stand in my way of taking back what is mine. So.....I'll just have to take care of them...”

Back at the Brighthouse, Zipp finished putting up a poster on her side of the room.

“We're so glad you're staying in Maretime Bay, ‘Detective Zipp’!” Pipp said to her sister with a smile for making the right choice and finding her right place.

“Me, too.” Zipp replied with a smile. “We have a lot to learn about magic and how it works. And restore Equestria to the way it was before.” She said while looking at her golden detective pin she had gotten and put on her strap that is on her leg as she looked back to her friends. “I'm just glad I'll be here to figure it out with my best friends.” She added while Izzy is playing around with one of her friendship bracelets over the baby dragon, who is trying to grab it as Izzy gives it a cute friendly face.

“We started this together, we will figure it out together.” Sarah said with a smile, since their first adventure, they started it so they will work together to figure out some more clues.

“Well, I definitely still have a loooot of questions.” Sunny spoked next. “Like why does my Alicorn magic disappear?”

“Like why is it that I have the magical power to understand every animal except for this adorable baby dragon?” he added as he looked at the baby dragon, who then grabbed his muzzle out of curiosity.

“Or... where did magic come from?” Zipp asked as she got into her detective mode as she paced back and forth. "Where's Opaline hiding now? What kind of stuff is she planning this time?” She asked the many questions that needed to be solved.

“Well, at least we already know one thing for sure.” Sunny said with a smile to her friends.

“No matter what lies ahead, we'll face it together!” Sunny announced to her friends as they, the Guardians of Harmony and Sarah's family cheered in agreement.

Together they will be ready for anything as they will figure out this mystery as the magic of friendship grows.

Trials of Sarah: A New Mark

by Zipp Storm

Maretime Bay Day