The next day the gang was back in Ponyville at long last. Though, they were a little wierded out that the CMC wasn't anywhere they searched yet.
"Where's Apple Bloom?" Applejack asked.
"And where's Sweetie Belle?" Rarity asked.
Rainbow Dash didn't want to say anything outloud right now though. Dammit, not again. Why did this have to happen again?! She thought to herself. Her mind flashed back to a period in her life.
Three years after the Sonic Rainboom...
"I have a little sister?" Rainbow Dash asked her parents.
"Well, that was the plan yes. We were going to introduce you on the day after you had gotten your cutie mark to her, but while at the mall picking up baby food..." Windy Whistles trialed off. "I swear I only took my eyes off her stroller for a second." She added.
"When we had both finally gotten to where your mother swore she put the stroller, it had vanished. We searched the entire mall that day but was unable to find her." Bow Hothoof said. "But we just couldn't find her..." He added.
"We saved just one picture of her..." Windy said, handing the picture over to Rainbow.
"So, your really going to go find Fluttershy then?" Bow asked.
"Yeah. And my sister too." Rainbow Dash said. "Then I'm never leaving either's side again." She added.
Present day
Spoiled Rich soon came up to the group. "Oh! I was hoping my daughter was with you." The mare asked.
"So Diamond Tiara's missin' too." Applejack said.
"If they're all missing, maybe they got pony napped!" Twilight said.
Every pony else looked at Twilight. "Seriously Twilight? Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked.
That's when Smolder showed up. "Oh hey. You guys are back? Well, you guys better follow me." Smolder said.
"Does she know something?" Rarity asked.
The group was led to the CMC Clubhouse, and this made AJ, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Spoiled Rich all facehoof.
"Why didn't we think of this sooner?" Rarity asked.
"Of course their hanging out at their little treehouse. Why wouldn't they be?" Spoiled Rich asked.
"Seems kind of obvious in hindsight." Applejack said.
"No kidding." Rainbow Dash said.
"Guess that means Spike and Ray must be with them too." Twilight mentioned.
"Oh they are. But they aren't the only ones. There's some...folks here to meet you. More of them Pokemon." Smolder said. "I don't understand home town heroes sometimes..." She added.
"But we're hometown heroes." Rainbow Dash said.
"Don't mean you guys." Smolder said.
"Oh hey!" Apple Bloom said from up top. "Good thing you showed up. Ah think these guys were running out of ways to entertain us."
"What?" Applejack asked. And then down came a Raichu, a Luxray, a Bellossom, and a Cinccino.
"...What's with the color scheme?" Sunset asked.
"It's perma paint. It was an accident, but it really helps Bart and I stand out." The Cinccino said.
"Wait a second..." Rainbow Dash looked at the Raichu. "It's Lightning Strike Raiden! Oh my gosh! I can't believe he's here!" She added.
"Another fan? You just attract them at this point." The Luxray said.
"You said it, not me Lightning." Raiden said.
"So, whose the Cinccino?" Twilight asked.
"The name's Minx." The Cinccino said.
"And I'm Bart!" The Bellossom Said.
"You already know Raiden though. The Luxray is Lightning." Minx said.
"Our foursome just so happens to be called Team Strikers." Bart said.
"Sounds like some Hoofball Team." Sunset said.
"What took you two days to show up?" Raiden asked.
"We were up in Canterlot to help set things up for the Grand Galloping Gala in two weeks time." Twilight said. "We were helping Princess Celestia." She said.
"And how much do you know about this 'Princess', really? How trustworthy is she anyways?" Raiden asked.
"Hey, Princess Celestia may not be batting a thousand all the time, but she does her best to be a great ruler." Sunset said.
"Settle down Raiden. Just because we come from a place that once belonged to an evil dictator that got forcibly removed from power doesn't mean you should assume all royals are evil. Remember Throsten?" Lightning asked.
"...You raise an honest point. Him I can actually get behind because he's willing to stand up for himself. Really put us through our paces." Raiden said.
"Oh, you know King Throsten? He visits from time to time. His wives too." Spike said.
"Interesting. You may see us around sometimes too then. Though next time, I'm bringing some of the orphans here with us." Raiden said.
"You sure that's wise? You think that they would go for that?" Lightining asked.
"Hey, there are plenty of good kids here. Seems there's only really two we need to nip in the bud their behaviors though." Raiden said.
"Your referring to Silver Spoon and Fortus vile I presume? Yes, the two of them do do a lot of bullying to the other kids." Spoiled Rich said. "Mostly to these four though." She added.
"Speaking of, I must thank you four for looking after my daughter Sweetie Belle." Rarity said.
"I suppose the same can go for my own daughter as well." Spoiled Rich said.
"Raiden's a sucker for kids." Lightning Said.
"Can I help it when there are children in need? Because I really hate seeing kids in distress." Raiden said.
"Sounds like you want to stick around for a few days, huh?" Bart asked.
"Yeah, totally sounds like you wanna make sure Fortus Vile doesn't try anything evil again." Minx said.
"Hmph. You two are getting good at that." Raiden said and left with his crew.
"What was that about?" Spoiled Rich asked.
"We'll tell you later." Diamond Tiara said.