//------------------------------// // Volume I - Chapter 8: Arrival to Hoovaii and Home Alone Fun! // Story: Equestria Girls: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 // by sonicfan05 //------------------------------// Hoofolulu, Hoovaii; the land of paradise. The island itself is one of the most beautiful places to go whenever anyone wants to go for a vacation away from their stressful lives or to have fun. The beaches were sandy and hot, but full of fun activities; like tanning, volleyball, sand sculpting, swimming, and of course, surfing. The city itself is also a hot spot for various activities for tourists during the daytime and nighttime. That much excitement and activities were why Hoofolulu, Hoovaii was considered to be the number one vacation spot all around the world. However, despite Hoofolulu being considered to be the most paradise spot in the world, even paradise has its share of darkness. Within a suite room section of Sandy Hooves hotel, one individual was staring out through the window towards the city and beaches of Hoofolulu, Hoovaii with a calculated look. This person did not care about the environment or the fun activities all around them, all they cared about was to make sure that their plan of revenge was still in motion. They had a small snag in their direction, but that person paid no mind after they were informed that their main “guests” were still attending as planned. At that moment, the individual heard a door open behind them. The mysterious person didn't feel the need to turn to see who it was since they gave the leader of the Dazzling a copy of their room key to their room. “Have they arrived yet?” The mysterious person inquired. “Yes,” Adagio responded with a nod. “I just saw them in front of the hotel with some kind of portal. I don't know exactly what that is, but they're here regardless.” “Very good!” The mysterious person nodded, before facing the former siren. “I shall see them for myself.” Just as they were about to leave the room, Adagio spoke up. “Hey, don’t forget! You promised us power after you found us!” She narrowed her eyes. “When will we get that power of ours to crush these Lame-booms?” “Patience, child! Your time will come soon!” The mysterious person glanced back at the former siren. “And do keep an eye on our ‘luggage’ until I get back!” With that, the mysterious person calmly walked out of the room, leaving the disgruntled former siren behind in the suite room. Somewhere outside in front of the hotel, Sandy Hooves, everyone walking along on a busy street, going through their day. All things are calm until they hear a ding followed by a portal suddenly appearing out of nowhere. As soon as the portal became as big as a doorway, one by one, many students and adults came through the portal and stood in front of the hotel. Eventually, Cadance, along with Shining Armor arrived through the portal and then slowly joined with the crowd who were busy conversing among themselves. “Are those girls still coming?” Discord asked. Cadance nodded. “Yes, they should arrive shortly." Shortly after Cadance said those lines, the Rainbooms stepped through the ring portal and stood near the hotel. The girls waved a quick goodbye to the CMCs and Sonic before the portal shrunk and then disappeared. As soon as the portal disappeared, the Rainbooms let out an excited shriek, marveling at the area all around them. “Oh, my goodness! We're here!” Rarity exclaimed excitedly, placing her palms on her cheeks. “We're actually in Hoovaii!” “I know! It's so exciting!” Sunset squealed, surveying the area. “It's as beautiful as I can imagine!” “I concur!” Twilight smiled. “Not only is Hoovaii on the top ten list of the most beautiful places on Earth, it is also the top tourist spot ever.” “I can see why!” Princess Twilight grinned, surveying the area. “I'm learning lots of new amazing things every time I come to this world!” Applejack placed her hand behind her ear, listening to the noise from the beach ahead of them. She let out a satisfied sigh. “Mmm… Ah can hear the ocean from over here!” “And smell it too!” Pinkie added before taking a huge whiff in the air. “Ah! Oceany!” “Aw, yeah!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed with a full-tooth grin. “I can't wait to explore this place! So many things to do and so much to see!” “And so many animals to meet!” Fluttershy squealed. “I would love to befriend them!” Before either of the girls could do anything, Cadance walked up to the group. “Okay, everyone!” Cadance announced, getting everyone's attention. “You will all be divided into different groups. And from there, you will be guided by your tour guide for your group, which we hired to help guide you around the island.” “Ugh! Do we have to!?” Rainbow Dash bemoaned. “I wanted to explore the island myself!” “Now Rainbow Dash, even though we're at Hoovaii, we're still having a school trip at the end of the day. Best be on your best behavior so you can graduate with us,” Twilight reminded. “Yeah, yeah!” Rainbow Dash remarked, rolling her eyes. Twilight suddenly coughed again, which Sunset took notice of. "You alright, Twi?" "Yeah, I'm fine," Twilight replied. "My allergies are acting up again. Probably by this hot weather." She took out her pill and placed it in her mouth before swallowing it with her bottle of water. "Ahhh... much better!" Sunset frowned in concern. "You know Twi, we can always go back if you're not feeling well." "Don't worry, Sunset," Twilight assured with a smile. "It's just allergies. I can handle it! Besides, there's no way I'm letting some allergies keep me away from meeting my favorite author again!" Twilight then looked around with furrowed brows. “Speaking of which, where's–” “Well, aloha everyone! Welcome to paradise!” They all turned to see a woman with bun hair wearing black glasses, a Hoovaiian shirt, a long red skirt, and purple sandals waving at them. “Rosette Nebula!” Twilight exclaimed with a huge grin. “It's good to see you again!” Rosette Nebula nodded. “Well, hello Twilight! Nice to see you again, too! I hope you travel well.” “We… had a bit of a snag, but other than that, we traveled just fine,” Twilight admitted sheepishly before introducing her friends. “Speaking of which, I want you to meet my best friends! There's Pinkie Pie, whom you met at the social event, and then there's Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset Shimmer!” “Well, it's nice to meet you all!” said Rosette with a polite smile. Her eyes then widened in surprise when she noticed Princess Twilight among the group. “Oh! Am I imagining things, or is that girl standing there looking just like you?” While Princess Twilight stared at Rosette in confusion, the Rainbooms froze like deer in headlights. They had completely forgotten that Princess Twilight has the same similar looks as their own and they didn't foresee this before meeting anyone outside of Canterlot City. Before Princess Twilight could answer, the other Twilight quickly spoke up. “Oh, yes!” Twilight said with her most convincing smile. “This is my twin sister! Uh… Twilly! Twilly Sparkle!” The Rainbooms watched with nervous, disbelief expressions, Sunset nearly facepalmed from her friend's lame improv. Rosette raised her brow. “Huh… you never mentioned you had a twin sister. And I don't recall seeing her at the social event either.” “Oh, that's because… she was studying overseas at the time!” Twilight lied, her eyes darted back and forth. “And she came to visit just to see me graduate.” “I see,” Rosette simply stated before addressing Princess Twilight with a smile. “Well, in that case, it's nice to meet you, Twilly! I bet you're proud of your sister!” “Oh, I am!” Princess Twilight, aka Twilly, replied before smiling. “And I'm also proud of my friends too! They've come a long way.” “Well, it’s obvious they mean so much to you that you traveled all the way here,” Rosette said before rubbing her chin. “So where are you studying?” “Equestria!” Twilight said brightly, causing the Rainbooms to silently gape in horror. Rosette blinked. “What?” Before Twilly could clarify, Twilight quickly covered Twilly's mouth with a nervous smile. “Ah ha ha ha ha ha! My sister is quite the kidder! She was studying from *Prance! Very lovely place for sights and knowledge!” “...riiiiight,” Rosette blinked before clearing her throat. “Anyway, you said that you and your friends had a snag coming here?” Thankful for the sudden change of topic, Sunset jumped in. “Yes. Just as we were about to get ready to travel, Spoiled Rich used our funds to travel to Hoovaii herself!” Rosette's eyes widened. “My goodness! That sounds dreadful!” She paused. “But how did you get here without the funds?” “Well, thankfully… we had help from a friend of ours,” Sunset answered vaguely before frowning. “We wouldn’t have come here if it weren’t for their aid.” “Well, I’m glad you’re all here!” Rosette frowned. “Still, I apologize for the inconvenience. I’ll have a word with Spoiled Rich later. Her actions were unacceptable!” “Let’s see if that crooked nose hag gets out of this!” Rainbow Dash muttered before getting nudged by Fluttershy with a disapproving look. “What? Everyone thinks that!” “We appreciate that,” said Twilight. “Anyway, about our deal–” “We can wait on that, Twilight,” Rosette said gently, raising her palm. “You just arrived here. So why don't you and your friends get to know the area and relax for a while and we can talk later.” “Oh… alright then,” said Twilight, trying not to sound disappointed. As Rosette walked over to a different group of students and staff, Princess Twilight whispered to Twilight with a frown. “Twin sister?” Twilight gave her counterpart a sheepish expression. “I'm sorry, Princess Twilight! While she was aware of Equestrian Magic, she didn't know anything about your world. So we're still trying to keep it under wraps.” Princess Twilight nodded. “I understand. But next time, please give me the heads up!” Twilight chuckled nervously. As Rosette finished introducing herself to another group, Discord approached her. “So, Rosey– I can call you ‘Rosey’, right? Do we know if our so-called Principal has arrived yet?” Rosette nodded. “Yes, I think she just arrived just a moment ago.” “Good!” Discord frowned, turning his attention to Cadance. “While you go handle the kids, I have a few choice of words to say to her!” With that, Discord turned and walked towards the hotel to look for the “Principal” in question. Fluttershy watched Discord leaving with worry. “Will Discord be okay? I don't want him to get in trouble.” “Oh, he'll be fine! He knows to behave without causing trouble… I think,” said Cadance before clapping her hands. “Anyway, you eight are in group D. So please find your tour guide for group D!” “Anything we should know about the person who guides us?” Rarity inquired. “Well, I heard that she was once a local to this island before traveling around the world,” Cadance answered. “But she just returned from traveling and is new to the job. So please try to go easy on her.” Shinning cleared his throat. “Cadance, maybe you should take a break! I don't want you to over-stress yourself!” Cadance rolled her eyes. “Relax, Shining, I'll be fine. I'm only going to be on my feet for a while.” “You've been on your feet for hours!” Shining argued. “I'll look after the students and parents while you relax on a bench!” Cadance opened her mouth to argue. “And that's final!” Shining added sternly. Cadance huffed. “Fine!” She then faced the Rainbooms. “Looks like I'm in trouble. You girls will be okay from here?” Sunset nodded. “We'll be fine. Thanks, Cadance!” “Take care, Caddy!” Pinkie chirped happily with a wave. With a nod, Cadance was gently led away by Shining Armor towards the bench far away from the group. “Your brother is very caring, Twilight!” said Fluttershy. Twilight smiled. “Yeah, that's Shining for ya! Ever since Cadance became pregnant, he's been out of his way to protect her and make her comfortable… even when he gets carried away sometimes.” Princess Twilight smirked. “My Shining Armor is like that too! Always protective of his family.” As Princess Twilight continued to talk about her brother, the other Twilight noticed her former classmates, the Shadowbolts were talking excitedly among themselves about the trip with Indigo Zap being the most animated of the group. Twilight frowned at them, unpleasant feelings stirred up from within her. While she was happy where she was now, she will never forget the treatment she had to put up with other students like the Shadowbolts throughout her years spent at Crystal Prep, especially by her former principal. “Oh, of course, we’re friends… if you’re the last person on Earth!” “For someone who is the smartest in our school, you’re super lame, dude!” “I can’t believe you’re in the same school as us! Maybe you should belong with the losers like Canterlot High!” “No one likes you here! You should consider rethinking your options!” “You stay away from me! I’m not friends with you… or anyone for that matter!” “In Crystal Prep, we’re trying to keep up our reputation… don’t you ever disappoint me!” “Twilight?” Twilight snapped out of her thoughts and quickly addressed her friend. “I’m sorry, you said something Rarity?” “I said who is our tour guide, Twilight?” Rarity asked. Twilight was about to answer but she paused. She then facepalmed herself. “Oh, darn! I forgot to ask the tour guide’s name!” “Ah, don't fret, Twi! Ah’m sure we can find our guide,” Applejack assured. “Yeah! We know our tour guide is a she, so that's something we can work with!” Rainbow Dash added. Rarity frowned. “I don't think that alone is enough, darling. There's still a lot of people to narrow things out.” “What about them,” Pinkie suggested, pointing behind the group. The Rainbooms turned towards where Pinkie was pointing and spotted some local people hanging around near the other side of the street. While there were some dressed in beach shirts, shorts, or sometimes swimsuits, the ones who were waiting wore light, long dresses with sandals up to their legs, long hair, and sometimes jewelry. What stood out the most was their facial features made them look like there were more foreigners than locals.  Rarity studied the locals for a moment before her eyes lit up in recognition. “Oh! Aren’t they the Kirins?” “They are Rarity,” Twilight confirmed with a nod. “Which makes sense. Some of the Kirins migrated to this country from *Japony for many decades.” Rainbow Dash tilted her head. “That’s cool and all, but why are they here?” “I guess they’re here for the school to help us for the trip,” Sunset theorized. “Maybe one of them could be our tour guide.” Rainbow Dash smirked. “Well, in that case, let’s go to them now!” Before anyone could say something, Rainbow Dash already made her way towards one of the locals. “Yo, dude! Are ya our tour guide?” Rainbow Dash inquired. The local just stared blankly at Rainbow Dash before she turned and walked away from her. Rainbow Dash frowned, annoyed by the local’s response. “Well, that's rude!” “Probably because she couldn’t understand us,” Twilight explained as she and the rest of the Rainbooms caught up with Rainbow Dash. “Some locals on this island don't speak English.” Rainbow Dash let out an annoyed groan. “Oh, that's terrific! Way to make our search harder!” “Now, now Rainbow Dash!” Applejack gently placated her athlete friend. “We'll find our tour guide as long as we stay calm.” Sunset nodded. “She’s right! Let’s just keep looking!” The girls nodded before they split off, looking for their tour guide. Just as Sunset was about to begin her search, she noticed from the corner of her eye that she was being watched by some mysterious woman wearing a sunhat from the sidelines. Sunset turned her head towards the sidelines to face the woman but to Sunset's confusion, the woman disappeared out of thin air. 'Did I just imagine that?' Sunset thought, furrowing her brows. 'I could've sworn I saw someone watching me...' "Yo, Sunset!" Rainbow Dash hollered, snapping Sunset out of her thoughts. "Are you going to help us search or not?" '...maybe I was seeing things,' Sunset shook her head before she ran to catch up with her friends. "Sorry, I'm coming!" “Hi! Can you help us find our tour guide?” “You wouldn't happen to be our guide, would you?” “Pardon me, miss, will you help us? “Hi, friend! Are you our tour guide?” “Um, sorry to bother you, but are you our tour guide?” “Do you speak English?” Nearly a half hour had passed, and the Rainbooms were unsuccessful in finding anyone who could speak their language to help them, let alone find their tour guide. The girls were standing near the road with gloomy expressions, while Rainbow Dash frowned in frustration. “Agh! This is hopeless!” Rainbow Dash growled, throwing her hands up “We'll never find our tour guide!” “We can't give up just yet!” said Applejack with determination. “We just have to keep on trying!” Applejack turned around to begin her search again, only to yelp in surprise when she spotted yet another local person in front of her. This local is a girl, who has long orange hair and yellow eyes with an expressionless emotion. She wore a green dress with a black undershirt, brown belt, long brown wristbands, and brown boots. After recovering from her shock, Applejack cleared her throat. “So, uh… I don't suppose you're our tour guide we're looking for, are ya?” Like all the others, the girl didn’t respond and just simply stared back at Applejack with a blank emotionless expression. Applejack let out a yell in frustration. “Oh, for the love of Pete! Can’t ya just say somethin’!” Again, with no response from the girl, the Rainbooms watched as Applejack facepalmed herself with a long sigh. Then to everyone’s surprise and confusion, the girl suddenly smiled toothily and then let out a hearty laugh, startling Applejack in the process. “Gotcha!” The girl declared, pointing at Applejack. She then chuckled again. “Sorry, sorry! That was too good! Oh, you don't know how much I missed jokes. Hi-larity! Am I pronouncing that right? I haven't spoken to another person, I mean, a living person in a will. While! While.” The Rainbooms, save for Pinkie, were stunned by how this Kirin girl went from a quiet and emotionless to the most hyper and very talkative person they ever met on this island who almost rivaled even Pinkie Pie. Before Applejack could speak, the girl suddenly took her hand and shook it wildly.  “Name’s Autumn Blaze! Nice to meet you all!” Image by: Lhenao After finally snapping herself out of her stunned state, Twilight spoke up in an uncertain tone. “Um, are you… our guide?” “Sure am!” Autumn Blaze replied with a huge grin, almost too close to Twilight’s face. “Best guide in all of Hoovaii! Well, technically, I'm still new as a tour guide, but I practically grew up here, so I still know everything about this island like the back of my hand! I have SO many stories to tell you of my crazy adventures on this island and beyond! So many of them! I don't even know where to start!” “What. The… hay?” Rainbow Dash mumbled, still stunned by the girl’s display. Pinkie giggled. “I like her already!” Autumn Blaze suddenly became aware of her over-eagerness, and she stepped back from the group a bit. “Oh, right! You all just arrived, and perhaps you're all tired or hungry or reflective and want to sleep and eat and journal? Which you should do, of course! But first— Oh!” Autumn Blaze moved close to Applejack again and put her arm around her, causing Rarity to frown in annoyance. “Oh, what joy to talk with another person! It's been so long! You all must tell me everything about yourselves! There's so much to say, so much to do! Oh, look at me. I'm going on, and you all haven't seen— I mean, have you seen—? W-What am I saying? Of course, you haven't. So just— I— yeah— I will j— Follow me!” With a smile and a gesture with her arm, Autumn Blaze began to skip down the road towards the town, leaving a very bewildered group behind. “...ooooookay? That was something!” Sunset remarked. “Yeah… that was somethin’ alright!” Applejack agreed, staring at the Kirin girl in question. “Well… I’m sure she was just being friendly,” Fluttershy said meekly. “A little too friendly!” Rarity drily remarked, narrowing her eyes at their tour guide in question. Rainbow Dash let out a huff in annoyance. “Oh great! Just what we need; another Pinkie Pie!” “What!? What’s wrong with another me?” Pinkie inquired, offended by her friend’s words. “Another me would be twice the fun!” Princess Twilight quickly shook her head. “No, I'm with Rainbow Dash! One Pinkie Pie was enough! But having more of them is beyond chaotic! Believe me, I should know!” She then shuddered violently. “I can still hear them chanting “fun” over and over in my memory!” Before they could ask more about the Princess’s memory in question, they heard Autumn calling out to them. “C'mon, everyone!” Autumn waved at them with a smile. “We can't start our tour without you girls! And I have a thousand and one fun facts about this island I would love to share!” She paused for a moment, tapping her chin. “Or… was it a thousand and two? I keep losing track.” As the Rainboom began to follow Autumn, Rainbow Dash let out a dreadful sigh. “This is going to be a long trip!” Rarity then frowned when a sudden thought of her younger sister entered her mind. “I sure hope our sisters and Sonic are alright back at home… and stay out of trouble!” “Ah'm sure they'll be fine, Rares!” Applejack assured. “And they're not gonna do anything. How could they possibly get into trouble while being stuck at home?” Back at the Sparkles residence, everything seems to be peaceful and quiet throughout the house. All the types of furniture, knickknacks, and paintings were left spotless and untouched, even after everyone from CHS and Crystal Prep came through to travel to Hoovaii. Everything in the house would remain in place with no distortion or destruction whatsoever. Suddenly, Sonic, who was wearing a toga, some blings including his golden rings, a red headband, and sunglasses, slid across the floor in the main living room, facing backward towards the front door. A second later, the CMCs also slid backward along with Sonic, wearing their rock outfits. Apple Bloom was wearing a red ribbon around her neck and an all-black tights with white stars across the body and white skulls on her bandana. Sweetie Belle wore an all-magenta tight with green stripes, had one magenta face paint around her left eye, and had her hair long and wild instead of curly. And Scootaloo was wearing all-purple tights with pink and light blue stripes and had her hair in a wild style as well. Sonic tilted his head slightly and smirked. “Hit it!” As soon as the music started, Sonic and the girls fully turned around and began to dance. Sonic’s dance style was him raising his arms up and down with the rhythm, Apple Bloom’s was putting her arms out, turning her whole body, and pulling them back towards her chest before starting over again, Sweetie Belle’s was sticking both her arms on one side and stretched her leg out on the other side before switching over cutely, and Scootaloo’s was a simple, yet silly chicken dance. While having a blast, their “home-alone party” had just begun. A short time later, the whole living room became a huge mess, with various snacks, candies, and wrappers on the floor and furniture. But Sweetie Belle wasn’t at least concerned as she was hopping on the couch while eating candy with one hand and pouring pieces of potato chips in her mouth with the other, laughing and whooping all the while. It was safe to say that Sweetie’s wild behavior was due to over amount of sugar in her system. Meanwhile, Sonic, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo were upstairs in Sonic’s attic in front of a mirror. Sonic took a huge amount of hair gel that he “borrowed”  from Shining Armor and then used his super speed to rub the gel on top of his head to change the style of his quills. The first “hairstyle” he showed off to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle was a tall mohawk style with his brow raised and sunglasses on in a cool style. The girls giggled but shook their heads.  Unbothered, Sonic spun again and stopped in his disco pose with no sunglasses, but had an afro style this time. The girls laughed harder, but again they shook their heads. With a smirk, Sonic spun the final time before revealing himself in a spiky rock style with a red headband and a rock pose. The girls grinned and they both gave him a thumbs up in approval. Satisfied, Sonic moved himself in between the girls and had his phone out. The three each stuck out their tongues and did a rock pose before Sonic took a selfie picture. After Sonic took a picture, Sonic took his skateboard while Scootaloo took her trusty scooter and they both dropped down the stairs. Once they’re both out of the attic, Sonic rode across the floor with his board and then he grinds down the stair rails with Scootaloo following after him with her scooter. Once they both landed on ground level, they rode past Spike, who was too busy chewing on his sock to notice anything, and they split up in different directions of the house. Sonic rode into the media room where Sweetie Belle was still hopping in place on the couch and went straight towards his man-made ramp, which was put together with chairs and some boards. He went up the half-loop ramp and launched himself into the air which gave him a split-second flip trick before landing on another ramp. He then rode up and another made-shift ramp all around the room and Sweetie Belle before exiting the ramp toward the hallway. At the same time, Scootaloo rode her scooter towards the kitchen and onto her made-shift ramp, which was leaning on the countertop. She rode it briefly before flipping herself towards another ramp and then down towards a quick loop-de-loop before she rode towards the hallway.  It was at this time that Sonic and Scootaloo were heading towards each other with a ramp in front of them and huge piles of glasses with a glass bowl on top. But that didn’t perturb them in the slightest as they sped towards their ramps, flew over the pile of glasses, and high-five each other before making a perfect landing on the opposite ramp. They both stopped and turned towards each other with huge smiles. “Oh my gosh! That was awesome!” Sonic shouted excitedly. “Yeah! Let’s do that again!” Scootaloo cheered. Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle continued to hop up and down with glee while eating her two bags of chips. She was pouring one of her bags towards her mouth until she noticed that none of the chips were coming out of the bags. She stopped hopping and shook two of her bags, and her eyes widened in the realization that they were both empty. She then glanced around and noticed all the empty bags and various snacks were all over the floor as if a tornado had passed. “...Uh oh!” Sweetie Belle muttered. Feeling panicky about the mess she made and that there were no snacks in the house, she quickly looked around the room. Her eyes eventually landed on Sonic’s ring bag that was sitting on the table and paused; an idea suddenly came into her mind.  Everything appeared to be normal in Canterlot City’s supermarket as everyone was shopping around to buy food. From within a snack aisle, however, a portal suddenly appeared in front of the cookies and opened up slightly. Sweetie Belle’s arm came out of the portal, grabbed one of the Pone-os cookies, and pulled it into the portal. A second later, Sweetie’s arm popped out again and left some money on the shelf before the arm went back into the portal again before the portal disappeared for good. Unbeknownst to Sweetie Belle, a lady, who witnessed the event the whole time, stared where the portal was with wide shocked eyes, dropping whatever product she had in her hand in the process. “Um… are you sure we can clean this up?” Sweetie Belle asked meekly, staring at Apple Bloom nervously from the wagon. “Absolutely!” Apple Bloom assured as she got herself on a riding lawn mower. “I used one of mah own to cut and clean up the mess back at the farm, so Ah’m sure this’ll work for this mess too?” “Yeah… for grass!” Sweetie Belle pointed out, cocking an eyebrow. “I doubt that’ll work for snacks too.” “Ah, quick being a worrywart!” Scootaloo elbowed Sweetie Belle playfully behind her. “It’ll be fine! Right Sonic!” “You bet!” Sonic agreed with a thumbs up on a wagon next to Apple Bloom. He turned to Apple Bloom. “Hit it, Apple Sister!” With a huge grin, Apple Bloom activated the riding lawn mower with a key and then they started moving around the coffee table over the discarded snacks. As they rode over the snacks, the food was sucked underneath the machine, chopped up into pieces, and then shot out of the deck, hitting the wall and furniture in the process. While everyone cheered as they rode, Sweetie Belle cringed at the sight, fearing that they created even more of a mess than they ever started. After they finished with their “snack mowing” job, the girls quickly took the coffee table and some skating rails out of the media room to clear out. As they did it, Sonic used a garden hose to fill a large inflatable pool with water in the middle of the room. Once the job was completed, Sonic tossed the hose aside and took out a huge jug of bubbles. With a smirk, Sonic poured the entire liquid soap into the pool for a moment dropping the jug aside into the pool. Immediately after that, Sonic used his super speed to run himself from within the pool, turning himself into a blue tornado. As he continued to spin around, bubbles began to foam and they grew bigger and higher by the second until the bubbles filled the media room. By the time the bubbles filled out the room, the CMCs reentered the media room and they gasped in awe at the sight. They watched as Sonic quickly dashed up on the ceiling, attached the red and blue siren light to the beam, and placed the steel colander over it. He immediately zoomed away to turn off the lights, allowing the red and blue from the siren to illuminate the room. “Now it’s time for the real party to start!” Sonic whooped as he danced for a bit before jumping right into the huge pile of bubbles cannonball style. The girls squealed in excitement as they ran towards the bubbles and jumped right in as well.  A few seconds after the girls jumped in, Sonic popped right back out with a beard made of bubbles. Sonic stroked his bubbled beard for a moment before diving back in and Apple Bloom popped out in his place who also had a beard made of bubbles. Apple Bloom wiggled her eyebrows while stroking her “beard” for a second before she dove back down into the bubbles again. At the same time, Sweetie Belle came up from the bubbles, wearing a bubble “crown” and “earrings”. Sweetie Belle giggled, feeling ticklish from the bubbles before diving into the bubbles. This time, Scootaloo popped up wearing a bubble “top hat”, waving her arms in a wavy pattern. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Sonic resurfaced from the sea of bubbles and they all laughed in glee. “This is awesome!” Scootaloo exclaimed. “Yeah, best home-alone party ever!” Sweetie Belle agreed happily. Sonic smirked. “I'm glad you all are having fun because this party… is just getting started!” “Heck yeah!” Apple Bloom cheered. They all continued to dance from within a bubble-filled room, keeping their party going throughout the house. From the outskirts of Canterlot City, was a rock cliff with a beautiful view of trees and Canterlot City with a sun setting in the background. No creature was around the area except for a few birds chirping from within the trees. There was even a gentle breeze, causing a few trees to sway with the wind.  All seemed peaceful. Suddenly, the wind was picking up, causing the leaves that were on the ground to rustle and then lifted into the air. The leaves then spun around into a mini makeshift tornado, spinning faster and faster. Then, with a sudden sound of a ‘dink”, the ring suddenly appeared and grew into a large portal. The portal lingered for a few seconds longer before a mysterious small creature leaped out of the portal and then landed on the cliff of Earth with his two feet. That mysterious creature in question looked like a tiny golden-yellow fox with blue eyes. But he’s no ordinary fox. He was also wearing a pair of white gloves, red shoes and he even had a yellow backpack strapped on his back. He even has two tails instead of one like all the other foxes. The small fox then took out a small yellow device from his backpack and used it to scan something, or someone, from within the nearby town. “If these readings are accurate, he's here,” the Fox muttered. “I found him! I just hope we’re not too late.” As the fox said those lines, someone else also stepped through the portal and stood behind the fox. Unlike the small fox, this person is a different species, specifically a male human. He stared out towards Canterlot City with a thoughtful expression on his face. “So… this is Earth, huh?” He hummed, studying the area. “This place is more beautiful than I thought.” The fox glanced slightly toward his companion. “You know, you don’t have to help me find him,” he offered. “I can just drop you off somewhere so you can find your family.” The human shook his head. “It’s okay… they can wait.” He flashed the fox his smile. “Besides, I promised that I’d help. And I don’t leave anyone hanging who asks for help.” “Well, if you say so, but I appreciate it!” the Fox smiled before facing the town again. “Anyway, he’s somewhere in this town, so let’s go!” The fox twisted his two tails and then he spun them around like a helicopter. The fox slowly lifted himself off of the ground while keeping his tails spinning. With a determined expression, the fox zoomed toward the town at high speed to get to his destination. The human lingered behind as he took out an old photograph from his pocket, staring intensely at it. It was a picture of a little girl with rainbow hair, wearing blue overalls with a smile on her face.  The man has lost his memories from long ago and he didn’t even know who he is or his past. All he remembered was that he used to live on Earth and that he knew this little girl only by a certain name. He doesn’t know why she was on his mind a lot despite having no memories, but what he does know is that she is very important to him and that he needs to find her.  But that search can wait for the time being. “Just wait for me a little longer, kid,” He whispered, rubbing the photo gingerly. “I’ll see you soon… Skittles.” He carefully placed the photo back into his pocket before activating his jet pack, which was hidden in his backpack. He lifted himself in the air before he followed the fox to resume their mission to find this specific person. Whoever this “creature” is, they need to find him, and they need to find him soon!