The girls, Spike, Slimer, and the Ghostbusters were on a train ride heading back to Ponyville, where the girls would not only show the boys the way of the land, but to get them in touch with their new pony abilities, "Steam locomotives?" Winston asked, as he looked out the window, "I guess this land's not as 21st century as our world is."
"Obviously ,with the lack of technology." Egon answered.
"So tell us about this town you're taking us to, what was it again?" Ray asked.
"Ponyville, Ray." Twilight answered.
"Right. So what can you tell us about it?" he asked.
Applejack spoke up, "Well actually, Ponyville was actually founded by mah granny and mah great grandparents."
"Really?" Peter asked.
"You betcha, and it was all thanks to a very delicious treat discovered by mah granny." Applejack said proudly.
"Well I can't wait to see it." Ray said in excitement.
"Me too!" Slimer giggled.
"We know you're just going to LOVE IT!" Pinkie cheered.
Eventually the train pulled up into Ponyville, and the group got off. The four ghostbusters and Slimer, got off as their luggage, and the boys equipment was unloaded, "Ok girls, listen up," Twilight began, "The princess expects us to to get these guys in shape so they'll be prepared to take on Sombra's ghost. Ray and Egon will come with me to the library and I'll teach them the basic about using their new magic. Rainbow and Fluttershy will take Peter and teach him how to fly. Try not to break him, Rainbow Dash." she warned her friend.
"You got it, Twi." she smirked at Peter.
"And I'll take old Winston here to mah farm and teach him some of the basics about apple bucking and stuff." Applejack said, while standing next to said guy.
"Ooh, ooh what can I do?" Pinkie asked Twilight.
"You can... Help Spike keep Slimer occupied." she eyed Slimer who was flying around Spike.
"Ooh, you got it, Twilight!" she bounced over to the two.
"So then what will Rarity be doing?" Egon inquired.
"The princess has another job for me to do involving all of you." she motioned to the boys.
"What's that?" Peter asked.
"Sorry, Dr. Venkman, but that's a surprise." Rarity answered with a wink.
"Well come on, yall. We got work to do." Applejack said, as the girls nodded and took off taking their respective student with them, while Spike and Pinkie took Slimer for a walk.
Twilight showed Ray and Egon through Ponyville all the way to Golden Oaks, "Well here we are." she said.
"What is this?" Ray asked.
"Golden Oaks Library, it's where I both work and stay with Spike assisting me."
"A library inside a tree?" Egon asked.
"Yeah, come on inside." she used her magic to open the door, and they stepped inside.
Egon gasped upon seeing all the books upon the shelves, "Amazing."
"Wow, there's so much here." Ray said, as he looked at some of the books lying on a table.
"It's a library you know?" Twilight asked rhetorically.
"Right." Ray replied, feeling sheepish.
"I suggest we get started right away." Egon suggested.
"Right. Let me get some books for you two to look at." Twilight said, as she went to collect some books.
Meanwhile at Sweet Apple acres, Applejack and Winston were trotting over, while Winston was looking at all the fields and orchards loaded with apple trees, "Whoa, I've never seen so many apple filled trees before."
"That's Sweet Apple Acres for ya," Applejack replied, "We harvest and grow apples for many of our famous apple products. You should try some."
"I'll keep that in mind." Winston replied, as they looked ahead seeing three ponies waiting for them. He saw one looked like an elder pony, the second was a big red pony wearing a horse collar, and the smallest was a little filly wearing a pink bow in her mane.
"Howdy yall!" Applejack greeted the three.
"Applejack!" the filly cheered as she raced over and nuzzled.
"Hey there, Applebloom." Applejack nuzzled her.
"We was wondering when ya was comin' home." the elder pony said.
"Eeyup." the big stallion added.
"Well the princess had a job for me an mah friends." Applejack answered.
The three other ponies saw Winston as Applebloom spoke, "Who's that?" Applejack looked over and saw her sister noticed Winston.
"Well, Applejack. I was wondering when ya'd be findin' a stallion of yer own," Granny Smith joked, "Oh, you grow up so fast."
"Oh knock it off Granny Smith, it ain't like that," Applejack explained, "Everypony I'd like yall to meet Winston Zeddemore. Winston, this here's mah family, Granny Smith, Applebloom, and Big Macintosh."
"Howdy do there, Mr. Zeddemore." Granny Smith greeted him.
"Nice to meet you." Applebloom greeted him.
"Eeyup." Big Mac nodded in agreement.
"Nice to meet you all too." Winston greeted them back.
"I brought Winston over here because he needs to get into shape for an activity, and I was hoping we could give him some work around the farm if ya don't mind." Applejack stated.
"Why no trouble at all," Granny Smith answered, "Anypony looking for some honest work is more than welcomed to help out around here."
"Well thanks, Granny. Hey Big Mac, think you can get old Winston here suited for work?"
"Eeyup." he nodded.
"Thanks. You go an follow my brother and he'll get ya some more suitable work clothes." she told Winston.
"Ok then, guess I'll see you in the fields." Winston said, as he followed the stallion.
Elsewhere in Ponyville Park, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were with Peter who was ready to learn how to fly. Rainbow paced around Peter, while wearing sunglasses, and acting like a drill instructor, "Ok, Pete. So you think you got what it takes to learn how to fly?"
"Is that rhetorical question?" Peter quipped, only for Rainbow to get in his face.
"Did I say you could talk?!" Fluttershy trembled as she watched her friend question the new pegasus.
"Must've missed that." Peter continued to joke.
Rainbow gave him a sly smirk, "Looks like we got us a funny pony here don't we, Fluttershy?" she motioned to her friend.
"Um yes, I mean no, I mean..." Fluttershy quivered.
"Look, Rainbow Dash," Peter began, "Somehow that sounds like the name of an ice cream cone. But anyway shouldn't we skip the whole drill sergeant bit and get right to the training?"
Rainbow glared him in the eyes, before sighing, "Yeah I was getting bored with this act anyway," she removed the sunglasses, "All right, Pete. First off spread your wings, like this." Rainbow spread her wings.
Peter spread his wings, and asked, "What do you think?" Rainbow inspected the wings, before plucking a feather, "Ow!"
"Hmm, needs some work. But that's what I'm here for," Rainbow smirked, "All right, Pete. Let's get you in shape."
Slimer and Spike meanwhile were at Sugarcube Corner, as Pinkie came by loaded with sugary treats, "Hope you're all hungry."
"Oh boy!" Slimer cheered, as he saw all the food the party pony brought over.
"I sure hope Twilight and the other girls are doing ok with the Ghostbusters." Spike said to the two.
"Oh, I'm sure they're fine. Don't be such a worrywart," Pinkie smiled, "Here Spike, I got you your favorite." she showed him a cake filled with emeralds.
"All right!" Spike cheered, as he started eating the emerald filled cake.
"Come on, Slimer eat up." Pinkie slid the ghost a cake.
"Yum!" Slimer downed the cake like that.
Pinkie looked in shock, "One bite... Cake eating contest!" she declared, as Slimer smirked and the two started eating cakes in a race.
Spike watched them and said to himself, "There's gonna be a lot of stomach ache after this."
Back at the library, Egon and Ray were concentrating on a book each that was on the table. Twilight instructed them, "Focus, boys. Remember to levitate something you must put yourself into it. You become one with the book and it becomes one with you."
Ray and Egon continued to concentrate, until their horns started glowing with a magical aura. Egon's magical aura was purple like, and Ray's was a yellow aura. Suddenly the books they were focusing on became enveloped within their magical auras and were slowly lifting off the table. Twilight watched feeling impressed, "That's it, boys. All right. Now try and move them closer to you."
The two concentrated, and started levitating the books away from the table and in their direction slowly. The books were about half way to them, before their magical auras vanished and fell to the floor with a thud, "Oh man, and they were almost close to us." Ray said in frustration.
"Just keep at it, Ray. You and Egon will make it." Twilight comforted him.
"I'm amazed at how knowledgeable you are in all this magic." Egon noted.
"Well I have studied under Princess Celestia since I was a filly," she explained, "I spent a lot of time with my muzzle in books. So I barely had time for friends or anything else."
"Strict bookworm type, huh?" Ray asked.
"You could say that." Twilight answered sheepishly.
"Well growing up wasn't like a standard childhood for me either," Egon answered, "I mean my parents didn't believe in toys, so I only had books."
"What?" Twilight did a double take, "You didn't have toys at all when you were younger, not even a slinky?"
"Well I had part of a slinky, but I straightened it." Egon admitted.
"Hey, I did that too." Twilight chuckled, and Egon couldn't help but feel amused.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Winston who was wearing a pair of overalls was out in the orchards with Applejack and Big Mac, "Ok, Winston watch us," A.J began as she and her brother each stood by a tree, "You just lift your legs up, and give it a good ol' buck!" the tow bucked the trees and falling into several baskets were all the apples in the trees.
"Wow." Winston gasped.
"Now you give it a try." Applejack insisted.
Winston went up to a tree and did exactly what they did, but only a few apples fell from the tree and landed in a basket, "Not bad, but next time put a little more force into it." A.J suggested.
"Ok, here it goes." Winston did another try with adding more force in his buck, and suddenly the rest of the apples fell from the tree and into the basket.
"Now that's more like it!" Applejack smiled.
"Eeyup." Big Mac nodded in agreement.
"Huh, and that didn't even hurt my back hooves." Winston noticed.
"Hope you still got enough force left in ya, because we got a lot more work around here to really push you to your limits." Applejack explained.
"Well I'm ready." Winston said eagerly.
"Great, and after we can have some of our classic apple fritters, and some good ol' apple cider." Applejack offered.
"Sounds like a good treat." Winston smiled.
Back in the park, Peter was flying some feet off the ground like Fluttershy, as the shy pegasus was flying at his side, "That's good, Dr. Venkman. Slow and steady now."
"I can't believe I'm off the ground just like this." Peter said, as he was flying around in circles. He finally touched to the ground, as Rainbow approached.
"Al right Pete, now we're taking it to the sky."
"So soon?"
"Uh-huh, follow me," Rainbow led him over to a tower of rocks. After the two helped Peter to the top, Rainbow spoke, "Remember to not fight the air, let it guide you as you glide through it."
"Well ok." Peter answered.
"Wings out!" Rainbow ordered, as the two spread their wings.
"Check!" Peter stated.
"Now, jump!" she ordered, as they dropped from the tower of rocks, while Fluttershy covered her eyes in fear.
As the two pegasi were gliding downward, they were getting closer to the ground, "Pull up!" Rainbow ordered, as they shifted their wings and started gliding forward before rising upward again into the air.
As they flew through the sky, Rainbow looked to see Peter with his eyes closed, "You can open your eyes now, Pete."
Peter opened his eyes and saw he was really off the ground and above the trees, "Mother Pus Bucket! Am I really flying?"
"You sure are, Pete. And it's an awesome fly." Rainbow smiled in pride.
"I'm flying! I'M FLYING!" he shouted, as the two were flying above Lyra, Bon-bon, and Thunderlane.
Thunderlane looking up and hearing his shout, rolled his eyes, "So I can fly too, and you don't hear me boasting it." the two mares giggled.
As the hours progressed, the guys continued to practice with the girls. Ray and Egon were getting better and better at using their unicorn magic, preferably the levitation spell. Winston was doing all sorts of farm work with the apple family, and was currently pulling a plow through a field. Rainbow had started teaching Peter some impressive aerial stunts in the sky, just in case he were to run into any obstacles while in mid air. Spike meanwhile continued to watch Pinkie and Slimer stuff themselves with cake, while the Cake family watched feeling they were really gonna make a bundle off this by deducting it from Pinkie's salary.
Soon enough Twilight stood before Ray and Egon with a smile, "Congratulations boys, you learned just about all I cant each you."
"Thanks a mill, Twilight." Ray thanked her.
"We appreciate all your efforts into teaching us." Egon added.
"It was my pleasure, doctors." Twilight bowed her head to them.
Suddenly the door opened and walking inside were the rest of the girls, the Ghostbusters and Spike who was rolling an inflated Pinkie into the room, with Slimer right behind him, "Hey girls, welcome. Uh, what happened to Pinkie Pie?"
"She and Slimer got into a cake eating contest." Spike answered.
"I won!" Slimer beamed, while doing a victory clasp.
Peter looked to Pinkie, "Girl, rule number one. Never get into a food eating contest with Slimer."
"I'll remember," Pinkie answered, with a burp, "Excuse me."
"So how did it go?" Twilight asked her friends.
"I say ol' Winston here did a fine job on the farm. Me and Big Mac whipped him into fine shape." Applejack said, as he patted Winston's haunch.
"And we got to have some delicious apple products afterward," Winston said, before looking to his friends, "You guys have to try their apple cider. It's delicious."
"Ya got that right." Rainbow agreed, as she salivated over the thought of apple cider.
"And how did Dr. Venkman do, Rainbow, Fluttershy?" the alicorn princess asked her two pegasi friends.
"Well Pete started off falling on his face a lot in the beginning," Rainbow began, as Slimer laughed hysterically until Peter gave him a death glare, "But eventually he started getting better."
"And now look at this guys!" Peter said as he flew off the floor and started darting around the library.
"Whoa, Peter, you're really flying!" Ray gasped.
"I know, how awesome is that?" Peter asked as he continued flying around.
"You really outdid yourself, Rainbow Dash." Twilight noted.
"Thanks, I taught him everything I know... Well almost."
Peter eventually touched down, as Fluttershy spoke to Twilight, "And how did Dr. Spengler and Dr. Stanz do?"
"Very well, actually. Boys, show them." she instructed.
Ray and Egon nodded ,as they activated their magic and started levitating multiple books that were lying around and were putting them back in their spots on the bookshelves. Winston and Peter watched in astonishment at how well the two were able to learn how to use magic.
"I say yall learned well." Applejack said.
"Thanks, Applejack." Ray replied.
"Good, now that we're in tune with our new bods, what say we teach these girls a thing or two about how we catch ghosts?" Peter suggested.
"Good idea." Egon agreed.
"One moment, boys," Rarity began, as she trotted up, "I have a special gift for each of you." she levitated four big boxes before them
"A gift?" Winston asked.
"You shouldn't have." Egon answered.
"But we'll gladly accept it." Peter pipped up, before the unicorn could think about changing her mind.
"Well the princess has sent me these accurate and detailed notes about each of you and your standard attire, and asked to make you these." Rarity explained.
The four opened the parcels, and inside were a pair of boots for both their front and back hooves, and along with them were newly made versions of their jumpsuits from back home, minus the pants section, "Hey new uniforms!" Ray gasped.
"Neat!" Winston smiled.
"Check out the improved logo." Peter noticed their no ghost logo looked like it was the ghost of a pony in the same pose as their standard logo.
"They'll do." Egon finished.
"Rarity, this is so generous of you." Rarity gasped.
"Well generosity is my bread and butter, Dr. Stanz." Rarity admitted.
"Well boys, let's suit up and show these girls what ghost busting is all about." Peter ordered, as the other three nodded in agreement.