My Little Pony: Sora's Misadventures in Equestria

by Codex92

Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree (Part 1)

It had only been a couple days since the changeling kingdom had reformed, Chrysalis's whereabouts unknown as all of Equestria was on alert for the former changeling queen. Starlight had been recovering quite well after nearly getting blown to pieces from Vanitas's Dark Mega Flare, though she still limped a little as she walked around the castle. Now the newly transformed changelings were no longer feared with their brighter, vibrant colors, like the most hideous insect on the face of the world had turned into a beautiful butterfly with multicolored wings by changing what they do to survive. It was still only a few more days away until the ceremony, where things are still being planned for the heroes of the rescue party. And since the changelings discovered who the Keyblade wielders' truly were outside of their magically enchanted forms, they swore to keep it a secret to protect what little order there was left in this world.

Things, however, are not going so smoothly with Sora and Kairi, the engaged couple still struggling with their own wedding plans. Despite the momentary "break" from their kidnapping in the second version of Chrysalis's invasion plan, they were still stressed over where they should hold the wedding. Sora and Kairi slumped in their seats in the library, their chins resting on the table with several papers filled with wedding plans scattered around them as they stared past each other's faces.

"...Sora, you pick the worst time to ask me to marry you," Kairi grumbled. "I've never been this stressed in all my life."

"Try rescuing you and Riku while saving my own skin in other worlds in peril," Sora grumbled back. "And I don't have a gray hair on me...yet." He sat up, cracking his back after sitting in the awkward position he and his future wife were in, looking down at the list of friends he's made, the worlds they were in, who would be what on their wedding day, and so much more that his brain threatened to implode and shrivel up if he so much as looked at another letter. "I can't even decide on which of the fillies I want us to have as the flower girls. The CMC were Cadence and Shining Armor's wedding...but I don't want to rule them out! Then there's Dinky, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Twist, that little filly with the super strength...I don't know her name, but all of them would be perfect!"

He slammed his face down on the table, letting out a frustrated groan. "I never even told Selphie I'm gonna be married," Kairi muttered. She winced when she almost forgot about a few other guests from another world she hadn't seen in a while. "Hayner, Pence, and Olette don't know, either."

"You're making it that much more difficult!" Sora exclaimed, his voice muffled with his muzzle still planted into the table.

Twilight and Aqua walked into the library, stopping when they saw the couple in their slump. "Still stumped on the future wedding, huh?" Aqua asked.

"Don't remind us," Sora and Kairi growled.

Twilight used her magic to organize the couple's scattered papers, looking at all the different names of people, or creatures, and the worlds they lived in. "I really wish there was some way we can invite all of Sora's friends from the other worlds to one so they can see the wedding," the alicorn said. "...But..."

"We can't disturb the world order," Aqua quoted, feeling the same way Twilight was over Sora and Kairi's situation. "I know Sora brought his mother to Equestria several times in the past, but if there are others, who's to say some of them won't blab about the prospect of other worlds, ruining them or spreading chaos in their wake?"

"Not all of them are like that," Sora defended.

"Maleficent," Aqua simply stated. Sora closed his mouth, then sighed heavily with his head hung low. "If there are villains out there from another world who do know about other worlds outside their own and discover secrets of power like her, that's the reason why that rule was set in place by Keyblade bearers in the past...at least, from what records were in the Land of Departure."

"...Right," Sora mumbled dejectedly. "...But, can we bring friends we can truly trust? People like my mom?"

Aqua pondered the thought for a moment, but found it hard to see if it was possible. "Maybe, but at the same time, I'm not sure," she said.

"But I want Selphie to be one of my bridesmaids," Kairi whined, pouting in defiance. "And I know she'd love to see this world."

"But that'd mean inviting Wakka and Tidus, too," Sora added, making him grunt as more names were added to his ever-growing list of invites. "I hate the stupid meddling rule since I met Donald and Goofy, and I still hate it now!"

Twilight and Aqua sighed, wondering how these two haven't decided on eloping when their wedding plans are derailed by their friends they wish to invite being in other worlds. Twilight's ears perked up as she heard a familiar buzzing sound coming from the enchanted book connected to Sunset Shimmer's in the human world. Eager to speak with her friend living in an alternate dimension, the lavender alicorn levitated the book over and opened the pages to the writing appearing through Sunset's side.

"Everything going ok in the alternate Equestria?" Aqua asked.

"No strange magical creatures causing trouble or magic running wild and destroying the school," Twilight said, her eyes trailing over Sunset's handwriting. "Oh! It looks like Canterlot High's going to be having a camping trip tomorrow! And...the human Twilight's going." Twilight giggled sheepishly. "Kinda don't want to make things awkward after I last ran into her. Probably still freaking out over meeting me when I barged through after getting back from that time traveling fiasco."

"I've been through more of those 'fiascos' than you," Sora grumbled.

"Besides, I've been pretty busy with my duties as a princess, and we're still getting things ready for the ceremony for Starlight, Trixie, Discord, Thorax, and Ven," Twilight said. She suddenly got an idea, teleporting a quill and ink bottle, writing back to Sunset. "'It sounds like fun, but I don't think I could make it, mostly due to human Twilight now a Canterlot Wondercolt and us being together can cause some confusion, and she's not as social as I am. Sora and Kairi might join, seeing how they're under quite a bit of stress, though I cannot tell you why. You'll be in for a surprise when they tell you.'"

Sora and Kairi looked up at Twilight, slightly taken aback by her volunteering them to join Canterlot High on their camping trip, though they could use something to take their mind off their highly stressful wedding plans. "A camping trip, huh?" Sora asked. "Been a while since my last camping trip with the girls when trekking to Rainbow Falls."

The couple looked at each other, both smiling in agreement at the idea. "I think a camping trip's exactly what we need," Kairi said. "Fresh air, hiking in the woods, swimming in a lake, and sitting by a campfire making s'mores under a starry night sky. Twilight, you're a genius."

"I know," Twilight gloated. "Besides, you two really need the break. Getting captured didn't help much, and your wedding isn't as easy when Cadence actually made decisions for her and my brother's wedding day."

"I can't wait for tomorrow, then," Sora said. Before he got up and got himself ready for camping, Sora's grin began to fade when Ventus came across his mind. Even though he was slightly ok after what happened back in the changeling kingdom, he saw him still feeling down every so often, probably still blaming himself and worried about Vanitas's next attack. "Kairi, you think Ven would like to come along, too? He could probably use a vacation, too."

"I don't see why not," Kairi said. "Maybe hanging out with the Canterlot High gang will help lift his spirits a little more."

"I'll go and ask him," Aqua said. "If he refuses, I'll have to order him to go on vacation as a superior Keyblade Master around here."

"Seriously?" Twilight questioned.

"No, I'm not that power hungry," Aqua said with a laugh, then left to find Ventus and tell him about the camping trip in the other Equestria.

The magic book lit up, Sunset giving Twilight details for Sora and Kairi about tomorrow. "The bus is going to leave at around eight in the morning. She already texted the other girls and told them you were coming. I'm also going to alert her that Ven might go along too."

"I guess we better start packing some gear," Kairi said. "I could really use this after going through this whole mess."

"I'm actually kind of curious about meeting the Twilight in the human world," Sora said, the couple getting up to get their stuff packed to enjoy a few days of stress-free relaxation out in the woods. "Hopefully she's not as moody as our fair Princess of Friendship when she met me."

Twilight tossed a book at Sora's head for the comment, hitting him dead on as he winced in pain. "I heard that!"

"Riku, your girlfriend's beating me up with books!" Sora shouted as he ran down the hall, trying to avoid Twilight's tomes of doom while Kairi chased after him, laughing at his antics as he continued teasing Twilight. "And she's abusing books! She's also an evil changeling! Everyone panic!"

Twilight heavily sighed in irritation, shaking her head as she watched Sora and Kairi disappear down the hall. "I was not 'moody' when I wanted to save Equestria from Nightmare Moon," she muttered to herself. She picked up the book she threw at Sora, which ironically had to be "The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide", the very same book that guided her and her best friends to where the Elements of Harmony rested. "I never thought friends were that important until that day. Good thing I managed to tolerate your nonsensical goofiness after a while...at least more than Pinkie's nonsense." She placed the book back on the shelf, making sure the pages weren't badly creased after throwing it before making her way back to her room. "Sora, you help so many, and I'm glad you helped me. I wouldn't have become the Princess of Friendship without you and the others...Especially you."

---

It was early in the morning as dawn approached, sunlight slowly pouring into a bedroom window hanging over the bed of a certain nerdy teen in the alternate world of Equestria. This world's Twilight's bedroom was well organized, barely any mess on the floor with books of all subjects on her large bookshelf, a hanging model of the solar system in the middle of her room, rolled up blueprints of her other inventions nestled in a basket, even trophies of her scholastic feats on a shelf for guests to see. Sci Twi tossed and turned in her lavender, space-themed sheets, grunting as she experienced a nightmare and struggled to escape from it in her sleep.

"No...It isn't true," she mumbled.

"Um, Twilight?" Fluttershy called out quietly from outside her bedroom door, though it did nothing to wake her, or Spike sleeping on a chest at the foot of her bed.

Seeing how that didn't work, a hard knocking woke Spike up and stirred Twilight out of her sleep, the purple puppy barking excitedly as he approached the door. "Twilight, the bus for Camp Everfree leaves in five minutes!" Rainbow called out, snapping the nerdy teen out of her sleep addled mind.

"Oh no! I overslept!" she exclaimed, her friends walking in as she got up out of bed, quickly getting herself ready. "I can't believe I overslept!"

"Me either," Sunset agreed. "That's not like you."

"I know!" Twilight said.

"Don't you have super-annoying alarm clock that goes 'AHH! AHH! AHH! AHH!'?" As soon as Pinkie finished imitating the annoying buzzer sound of a set off alarm clock, she heard the sound coming from under Twilight's pillow, pulling it off to reveal the alarm clock going off.

"Don't worry, Twilight. We'll help you pack," Sunset offered.

Twilight was actually grateful to have made friends. Ever since she transferred to Canterlot High, her life had definitely changed for the better: less stress from schoolwork, even though she does it to herself with the little material she usually got at Crystal Prep, no more social anxiety when her classmates looked at her, and even when she did have a panic attack, she had her CHS friends there to help her out. While she looked for something to wear, Applejack argued with Rarity over bringing a dress to put in her suitcase for a camping trip and not a picture of Rainbow Dash the athletic teen placed. Finding a shirt fit for camping, Twilight held it up over her torso while looking in the mirror.

Suddenly, a pair of dark feathered wings sprouted from behind her, startling her when the image of her darkness, Midnight Sparkle, hovered over her, staring down at her with a menacing gaze and sinister grin. The other girls and Spike saw the dark teen in the mirror as well, turning and gasping in shock when they found her hovering before them.

"Midnight Sparkle!?" they exclaimed.

"How is this possible?" Twilight questioned, scared out of her mind and wishing Ventus was here to save her right now. "Sunset Shimmer and Ven helped me defeat you at the Friendship Games!"

"You and your friends can never truly defeat me!" Midnight Sparkle cackled as her horn released a spell, destroying Sci Twi's room as it began to disintegrate into darkness. The dark magic washed over everyone, the girls and her dog screaming as they got swallowed by the darkness, disappearing in a gruesome fashion. The teen began to panic, backing up into the mirror, only to nearly fall as it began to fade and left her room as nothing but a vast space varying shades of purple nothingness. Desperate, she tried to find the Wayfinder Ventus gave her, always keeping it close on her, but it wasn't in her pajama pockets. "Looking for this?"

Midnight Sparkle held out Ventus's Wayfinder by the strings, making Twilight gasp in shock. "No, give it back!" she demanded, though more out of desperation and fear than anger.

"He's not coming to save you like last time," Midnight Sparkle said, her hand glowing with magic as she crushed the charm in her fist, lighting up in flames and burned it while clenched in her hand. Twilight tried to run, only to feel her legs give out as she was floating in this void her darker self created. "You can never escape me. I'm always a part of you, in the darkest part of your heart. I will be back, Twilight! And this time, I won't stop until I have ALL the magic!"

Midnight Sparkle dove toward the trembling teen girl, phasing right into her heart as the darkness began to transform Twilight into her darkness. She felt incredible pain trying to fight back, the ethereal glasses replacing her real ones as the dark alicorn's horn grew from her forehead. She screamed, unable to win, and with no one to help her, the last thing she saw was the remains of Ventus's old Wayfinder in her own hand, crushed and burned to ashes by Midnight Sparkle before everything went dark.

---

"Twilight, wake up!" Spike shouted, bouncing on the teen's lap.

Twilight woke up with a gasp, panting heavily, realizing she was having a nightmare. She was sitting in one of the seats on the school bus scheduled to go to Camp Everfree with the rest of her CHS classmates, not in her room, and no sign of Midnight Sparkle anywhere. Her stuff was already packed, she was dressed for camp, and she must have fallen asleep waiting for the bus to start moving. Behind her and on the other side of the bus were Sunset and the other five girls she befriended since the Friendship Games, all of them slightly worried with her muttering and flailing when she dozed off. They, too, were all dressed for the trip, along with their other classmates and Celestia and Luna, Spike wearing a blue cap on his head.

"You ok, Twilight?" Sunset asked.

"Uhh...Yeah, I'm fine," Twilight assured. She remembered the last moment in her nightmare, quickly rummaging her pockets until she pulled out the green star charm Ventus gave her. Thankfully, it was unharmed, letting out a breath she was holding as she put it away after checking on it. "Just a nightmare..."

"Did you even get enough sleep last night?" Fluttershy asked.

"She was up late studying. Again," Spike said. "I sometimes wonder when she gets sick of learning new stuff, or looking back on things she did learn."

"And the answer is never," Twilight answered, patting her pet's head, even tipping the edge of his hat over his face. She pulled out her phone, checking the time, just a few minutes for the bus to head out to Camp Everfree. "Everyone's on the bus, right? Can't we just leave early?"

"Well, I did let Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna know there were going to be a couple other people who would be joining us," Sunset said with a smirk.

"Who could that be?" Applejack asked.

"Oh, some very special friends we all know," Sunset vaguely answered. She looked out to the front of the school, where the platform that once held the horse statue Midnight Sparkle destroyed was. There was a glow where the portal was from that platform, and exiting said portal were the warned additions to their trip Princess Twilight told her: Sora, Kairi, and Ventus walked out, each with backpacks, transformed from saddlebags just like the princess's when she first came through with Sora. "And right on time, too."

The trio spotted the bus and hurried toward it before it drove off without them. Celestia and Luna saw them, glad to see Sora again after being absent in the last magical disaster, along with Kairi and Ventus after Sunset let them know they were coming along with them.

"Sora, Kairi, and Ventus," Celestia greeted. "Sunset told us you might be coming."

"We could have used your aid in the Friendship Games when our new transfer student was forced by Abacus Cinch to use magic and cheat in order to win," Luna said. "Thankfully, Ventus took over that role for you in your absence."

"Yeah, sorry for the absence," Sora said sheepishly. "Had a bit of a bigger problem in Equestria that needed to be dealt with. Much more dangerous than an out of control teenager with Equestrian magic with a pinch of darkness snuck in."

"How dangerous?" the vice-principal asked curiously.

"Long story, short: time travel is a nightmare," Sora bluntly stated. "Too much to explain, and far too many terrible futures to recall. Luckily, my replacement had the bright idea to take over saving the day in my stead."

"Ha ha, funny," Ventus said, pushing Sora down the bus to their CHS friends' seats. "Everyone mistakes me either as your twin or younger brother, and calling me your replacement is pushing it. And also wrong, because YOU technically were mine for the last few years."

Kairi rolled her eyes at their banter, following them along the rows of seats until they found empty ones near the girls, Spike, and Flash. "Sora, good seeing you again," Flash greeted, giving Sora a fist-bump, which the Keyblade wielder gladly reciprocated. "Sunset gave us a brief explanation for why you didn't show up at the Friendship Games."

"I had to keep it brief because even I couldn't believe what they both saw," Sunset rephrased.

"Best to spare you the details and say it was not a fun adventure," Sora said. He set his backpack down in one of the empty seats, then turned to look at the Twilight in this world. He was given a bit of detail to how this human of his brainy alicorn friend looked, slightly taken aback by how differently he expected. Where the princess always had her hair hung naturally, this teen's hair was tied in a ponytail, a few strands on the sides hanging down in a different fashion he wouldn't expect from a girl's hairstyle, and she also had a pair of large glasses to see through. Twilight looked at him, finding it so strange seeing how similar Sora was to Ventus, though she was relieved to see him again after last time. "So, you're the Twilight in this world."

"...Uhh...Yes?" Twilight answered sheepishly.

"I kinda figured there had to be another Twilight somewhere out there if there were human doubles of the ponies back in Equestria. I hope there isn't another me traveling outside this world to bump into." Sora laughed at his own joke, though that didn't get Twilight to laugh, feeling unsure if there was another Sora, or Ventus, somewhere beyond the vastness of space. Sora held his hand out to Twilight, snapping her out of her thoughts. "I'm Sora. Nice to meet you."

"L-Likewise," Twilight said, shaking his hand in return, though still timid, unable to comprehend his overly cheerful nature.

Sora took his seat with Kairi sitting next to him, then Ventus took the empty spot next to Flash Sentry, turning around to face Twilight. "How've you been holding up since you transferred to this school?" Ventus asked.

"A lot better than Crystal Prep," Twilight said.

"That's great!" Ventus said. "I might not be a student here, but I know this school's pretty amazing when it comes to making new friends. Good to see you're fitting in well."

"Oooooh! We're gonna have so much fun!" Pinkie said excitedly. "We're gonna roast marshmallows and eat marshmallows and sleep on marshmallow pillows!"

Emphasizing her point, Pinkie pulled out a big bag of marshmallows that looked big enough to act as a pillow, even though the others found her excitement about resting her head on it quite odd. "Yeah, probably not gonna do that," Rainbow said.

"Maybe you're not," Pinkie muttered, nuzzling her bag of white, fluffy, and puffy sweets, making it look really awkward to even try to roast marshmallows from that bag for her friends.

"Attention, students!" Celestia announced after she and Luna finished their head count of their students on the bus. "Before we head off, we just wanted to say how proud we are of you for raising enough money to go on this class field trip."

"When we were your age, we made some of our favorite memories at Camp Everfree, and we're sure you will, too," Luna added.

"Now, who's excited for Camp Everfree!?" Celestia asked, earning cheers from a majority of the students, the only one not cheering being Twilight as she looked out the window nervously. "That's the spirit!"

The door to the school bus closed with a squeak, the bus driver starting up the engine and began setting out on the road to Camp Everfree. This was actually going to be the first time Sora, Kairi, and Ventus would be venturing farther away from the portal, the bus leaving the city and turning onto a highway, where they saw more of what this version of Equestria had to offer. Ironically, Camp Everfree had the same name as the Everfree Forest, but if it was a campground for visitors, it couldn't be as dangerous as the wild and out of control forest in Equestria with monstrous mythical beasts roaming around. Despite the slow and bumpy ride on a motor vehicle like a bus, it was a more pleasant change for the three wielders joining the CHS crew on this exciting trip.

"Cool new duds," Rainbow complimented Sora. "When'd you get those?"

"A gift from our master for Christmas," Sora said. "Kairi and Riku got an upgrade to their wardrobe as well. Now, Kairi really looks ready for a fight compared to her other pink outfit."

"And you cut your hair, darling," Rarity said, also noticing the slight change from the couple's new appearance. "That style suits you much better with a shorter length." Kairi nodded in agreement. As she brushed her hair along her bangs, the fashionista noticed the beautiful heart-shaped, pure white diamond ring on the Princess of Heart's finger, her eyes sparkling in awe as the sunlight reflected off its shimmering surface. "Oh my gosh! That ring!"

"Hmm?" Looking at her hand, Kairi noticed that her engagement ring was around her ring finger, thankful to have it enchanted to fit on her hand when she turns into a human and not fall off her forehead when she wasn't a unicorn. The other girls stared at the gem with Rarity as well, gasping and murmuring in awe at the seemingly translucent diamond. Kairi and Sora giggled at their reaction. "Yeah. It's pretty amazing, isn't it?"

"Amazing!?" Rarity shrieked. "It's outright gorgeous!"

"It is very pretty," Fluttershy said. "Where'd you get something like that?"

"Is it from Equestria?" Pinkie asked, puzzled by the mysteriously beautiful diamond. "I know there's a lot of magic and stuff we don't know about, but that is clearly NOT a normal diamond."

"Uhh, Pinkie, Ah don't think that's even a diamond that could be found in Equestria," Applejack said, not much of a fan of fancy jewelry, but knew enough that Kairi's ring was a lot more special than it seemed.

"Actually, it is from Equestria," Kairi explained. "Sora got this for me and hid it from me until Hearts and Hooves Day."

"Hearts and what?" Flash asked.

"It's the pony equivalent of Valentine's Day," Sunset answered, wishing she could get a closer look at the gem, but with the bus moving, everyone had to stay in their seats for their own safety. "Must be a really surprising gift when he finally gave it to you, huh?"

"Oh, I was very surprised alright," Kairi said, looking back at Sora with his cheeky grin. She lightly smacked his arm over his doofy expression, but she wrapped her arms around his waist, wiping the grin off his face with a kiss on the lips. "Despite the overwhelming stress you put us through after that day though, I am still rather excited about when it becomes official."

Sora gave Kairi a softer smile, moving back in for another kiss. Unfortunately, the subtly of Kairi's word wasn't all too subtle for Rarity, letting out a shocked gasp.

"O. M. G...That's not just a magical ring...IT'S A WEDDING RING, ISN'T IT!?" Rarity squealed, her high-pitched excitement almost threatening enough to shatter the windows on the bus.

Sora and Kairi winced, but their expressions said it all to the rest of their friends, even the other classmates, and two heads of the CHS faculty turned to the fashionable teen's exclamation. "A wedding!?" Pinkie exclaimed, bouncing up and down in her seat. "You two are gonna get married! When!? How!? Who you inviting!? Can I help plan the party with pony me!? LET THERE BE A CROSSOVER WITH THE MANE 6 AND HUMANE 6 HASBRO!!!!!!! DO IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!"

The couple looked at each other nervously, expecting to get away from the reason for their visit. "Probably should have left my ring in the castle, huh?" Kairi asked.

"Ok, girls, let's settle down and give them some space," Sunset said, understanding Sora and Kairi's unnerved grimaces after Princess Twilight's brief explanation to their recent stress, even if she was just as excited. "Princess Twilight told me you needed a vacation, though I didn't think it would be about your own wedding."

"You have no idea," Sora grumbled.

"The others are helping us with some parts of our wedding, but..." Kairi looked at Sora, who sheepishly looked away and scratched his cheek timidly. "Sora's quite the 'friendly' person, and we both want to invite everyone we know. Problem is...rules as a traveler from another world are very strict-"

"Despite being broken and were done plenty of times in the past," Sora added.

"And where to hold the wedding are the more complicated parts we've been stuck on the last month," Kairi said. "Which is why we're here. So, don't mention anything about weddings, marriage, anything involving ceremonies of that nature, because we're here to get away from it all for a while before we start get getting gray hairs at the age of twenty-five."

"...So, does that mean we're not invited?" Pinkie asked, her question earning a glare from her peers. "Oh. Right. No stuff about you-know-what at whenever-it-begins. Starting now."

"Well, if anything, congratulations to you two," Sunset said. "But, aren't you a bit too young to be this committed in your relationship?"

"Maybe it does feel like it's too soon," Sora agreed. "But after what happened to me and pony Twilight when we didn't show up here last time..." His thoughts drifted to the futures he and Princess Twilight experienced from Starlight's revenge scheme. It's been over a year since that ended, but what he saw, he'll never forget just how important his life was to everyone, even to his enemies he swore to stop. He looked down, feeling Kairi's hand gently grabbing his, locking their fingers together with a gentle squeeze. His eyes trailed up to stare into hers, her reassuring smile easing his fears. "...I don't want to lose that chance before it's too late."

Sora leaned toward Kairi, squeezing their interlocked hands as he gave her a deep kiss. While the rest of the girls teared up at the heartfelt sentiment, Sunset rummaged through her bags and pulled out her enchanted book connected to the one in Equestria. Looking back at the pages, she kept a mark on the section where Princess Twilight explained where she and Sora where when they had Ventus helping out instead. It almost took up most of the blank pages in the book, almost like it could fit into a story in itself with all the details of the futures they went into, what pain Sora had suffered through knowing his fates in each one by his greatest enemy, his scarred lover, and best friend in the alternate timelines. She had to keep it brief to the others when she found out, not only for it being such a long journey that felt like centuries, but she didn't want all of them burdening Sora with his own issues about how his future could have turned out if he failed.

---

After a lengthy ride on the road, the bus finally arrived as it passed under the arches of Camp Everfree and drove down the dirt road to the campsite. They saw plenty of trees making up the forest the camp was surrounded by a quarter of a mile before the entrance, spotting some wildlife fleeing into the underbrush or watching the road curiously out in the open. The students looked out the windows in awe as they passed the many trees along the path until they reached the campground.

There were a few buildings scattered around Camp Everfree, the one nearby the main office for the counselors, the bigger one across the way the mess hall with several benches nearby, a boat house near the lake, a small gazebo in the center of the field, and down a small path through the trees where the tents were set up for the visiting guests. There was an old dock that stretched out a few yards over the water, a wooden totem pole in the center of the camp with carvings of the sun, moon, stars, rain, lightning, snow, and plenty more that made up the handmade centerpiece. Once the bus came to a complete stop and the doors opened, everyone filed out and students began grabbing their belongings from the vehicle's outer compartments.

"Wow, this place is beautiful," Kairi commented. "It's nice to be somewhere in nature that doesn't always smell like saltwater now and again."

"I can't wait until we have our first nature walk," Fluttershy said, eager to see the wildlife on the safe trails around the forest.

"I definitely want to go on one of those!" Spike said excitedly with his tail wagging swiftly behind him.

"You want to see all the adorable woodland creatures, too?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah! Specifically squirrels. More specifically so I could chase them!" While the purple canine barked and searched around for a squirrel to chase, the other girls got their stuff, Rarity clearly bringing far more than she should have, as they all expected.

"Ah'm lookin' forward to just roughin' it," Applejack said. "Ah'm gonna make my own shelter, forage for food..."

"Applejack, the camp kinda provides us with that stuff," Rainbow stated.

"Yup! But Ah'm still gonna forage, though." Rainbow sighed and shook her head in exasperation.

"I'm just after some R&R," Rarity said, leaning over her massive pile of unnecessary luggage. "It's been a bit too stressful at school for my tastes."

"I'll say!" Pinkie said. "We fought three evil sirens who tried to hypnotize everybody with their singing, one ridiculously competitive rival school, and two demon friends!" She winced, nearly forgetting about Sunset and Twilight able to hear her as she proclaimed their past couple years to the heavens. She turned to look at the smartest students in Canterlot High, Sunset rolling her eyes in response, though Twilight looked down in shame at her worst moment she's ever done in her life. "Heheh...No offense."

"None taken," Sunset said. "Don't worry, Twilight. You get used to it."

"If it makes you feel any better, the Twilight we know in Equestria kinda did the same thing," Sora said. "Only, she turned into a demon over her romantic feelings she felt toward me, which came out no thanks to a witch who cast a spell on her to release her jealousy and turn it into darkness to use her as a means to wipe me and Kairi out."

"...I don't know if that does," Twilight muttered, finding it odd that her pony counterpart had any infatuation with someone like Sora. "I used the magic because I wanted to learn about it, but...my device caught some kind of darkness and turned me into...that..."

"...Well, at least you didn't almost severely hurt anyone?" Sora said nervously with a shrug, which earned him a punch in the arm from Kairi for making Sci-Twi feel worse about her actions.

"Just ignore Sora," Ventus said. "It's not your fault, Twilight. That principal at Crystal Prep was too focused on winning to care about what happened to you. And she forced you to use that stored up magic to cheat, even after accusing Canterlot High of cheating in the relay race."

"And we all forgive you for what you did," Sunset added. "Trust me, before I turned into a Heartless demon, everyone didn't like me all that much when I was known as the school bully. No one wanted to trust me, even after I promised to change, but thanks to the sirens showing up, I proved to everyone I was no longer the queen bee making threats and hurting everyone who didn't obey my every command. You, however, were pressured by Principal Cinch to use that magic to help Crystal Prep win."

"But, in the end, even though Ventus stopped me, I opened it for myself," Twilight said. "I was just as selfish as Princess Twilight when she turned."

"And just like the both of you, that darkness of yours was out of your control," Ventus said. Twilight still felt unsure and terrified of her alter ego, Midnight Sparkle. Ventus told her she wasn't truly gone, locked away in her heart, but the nightmares she's had with her return and hurting her new friends keep telling her she was too dangerous to be around. "Twilight, trust us. You're not alone. If you need to talk about what happened, we're here for you."

"I know...I still feel awful for what she did...what I did," Twilight murmured.

"Let's not worry about the past," Kairi said. "We're here to have a fun time, relax from our worries, and enjoy what nature has to give us."

"Hey, everyone!" a voice from the P.A. system around the camp rang out. "If you could start heading to the courtyard, that would be rad! It's time to start the best week of camp ever!"

"...Did that woman just say 'rad'?" Sora questioned, pointing at one of the speakers while cringing at the overly cheerful tone from the woman's voice.

"Might as well see who our counselors are and see what activities we'll do," Sunset said as the group followed the other students with their belongings.

Making their way over to the gazebo, everyone saw who the camp counselors were, and the owner of the voice coming from the speakers. Holding the microphone set up to project her voice for the P.A. system was a young woman wearing a yellow and green blouse, blue jean shorts, brown sandals, and on her head was a wreath of daisies, her hair a two-shaded raspberry color. The young man on the other side wore a red shirt with green cargo shorts, brown hiking boots, and his hair was green with a small black beanie on his head. Sora, Kairi, and Ventus expected to see at least a few more counselors around, at least some who were a bit older than the duo standing before them.

"Hello, everyone! Welcome to Camp Everfree!" the woman greeted. "I'm Gloriosa Daisy, your camp director! Think of me as your friendly camp and nature guide. And this is my brother, Timber Spruce!"

"Think of me as that awesome guy," Timber interjected, snatching the microphone from his sibling. "...Who should always be invited to fun things."

Gloriosa rolled her eyes, taking back the mic while her brother made himself sound dumb with that last comment he made about himself. "We aim to please, so before we hand out our tent assignments, we'd like to hear from all of you. You're free to do whatever you like here."

"Uh, except hike near the rock quarry!" Timber quickly interrupted, sounding greatly concerned and nervous about this rock quarry no one should go near.

"Y-Yes," Gloriosa agreed just as nervously as her brother, but quickly got back into her cheerful attitude. "But otherwise, your options are wide open. So what activities will make this the very best week of your lives ever?"

"Ooh! Rock climbing!" Rainbow called out.

"Done!" Gloriosa promised.

"Archery!" Rainbow called out again.

"Of course!" Gloriosa said.

"Tetherball!" Sora grabbed Rainbow's constantly rising hand, tugging it back down and gave her a leer.

"Can you let the others pick out some activities that don't involve a competition?" Sora asked.

"Arts and crafts!" Bulk Biceps called out. Everyone was a bit surprised when they turned to look at the overly muscular teen and his idea of a camp activity. He tapped his fingers and giggled nervously. "My mom...needs new pot holders."

"I'll supply the looms!" Gloriosa said, promising more and more camp activities to more requests others made.

Rarity eagerly raised up her hand after Pinkie and Fluttershy's requests for cookie decorating and nature walks respectively, the camp director pointed to her to voice out an activity. "How about a fashion show!" Rarity suggested. "Where I design the most fabulous camp looks inspired by today's hottest trends AND have them modeled by my classmates in a gorgeous outdoor setting!"

"A camp tradition!" Gloriosa said ecstatically, making Sora and Ventus slump over and groan in exasperation as a fashion show didn't scream outdoor camping.

"We have literally never done that," Timber said to his sister irritably.

Gloriosa leered at Timber for a moment before addressing the students. "I'll be taking requests the rest of the time you're here, so if there's anything you'd like to do, anything you need, just ask."

"What about the camp gift?" Celestia voiced out curiously. "That was my favorite Camp Everfree tradition."

"The camp gift! Of course!" Despite the excitement Gloriosa expressed on that camp tradition, Timber didn't seem to approve as he whispered something to his sister.

The siblings began to quietly arguing with each other, their relationship clearly strained judging by their expressions. "Doesn't seem like those two don't get along well for being brother and sister," Kairi noticed.

"You think friendship problems work outside of Equestria?" Ventus asked curiously. "We don't have cutie marks, so if we're human, what can tell us if we're being called?"

"Uhh...That's a good question," Sora said, bringing a hand to his chin as he thought about what would signal them being called by the Cutie Map when they weren't ponies. "...Kinda hard to test that when it just comes out of the blue, huh?"

After Gloriosa and Timber had their little spat, Gloriosa cleared her throat and addressed to the students what Camp Everfree's tradition about the camp gift was about. "Every year, campers work together to create something useful. A gift for future campers," she said, waving her arm to a few of the gifts they could see in the main yard of the camp. "Working toward this common goal is key to forming strong bonds that will last well beyond your time here at camp!" Gloriosa turned to Timber, covering the mic with a hand to prevent their guests from hearing her. "Which is why it's so important." The Keyblade wielders saw that same tension again, the duo glaring at each other before the sister was back to her cheerful self. "This gazebo was a gift from last year's group. Oh, oh, oh, and the totem pole and the sundial were also made by campers as well!"

"The sundial was OUR year's gift," Celestia proclaimed proudly, although Luna pouted and leered at her sister.

"Even though 'some people' thought it was impractical, since the sundial can't be used at night," Luna muttered under her breath.

"Sheesh. I wonder what kind of argument made these two sisters almost get at each other's throats," Sora asked rhetorically, slightly curious to know if the principal and vice-principal had a similar falling out like their alicorn counterparts, although with less magic and attempted murder with ethereal weapons.

"Well, you all seem like a really amazing group," Gloriosa said. "So I'm certain you'll come up with something inspiring to leave behind."

To Timber's apparent dismay, the students all cheered, fully on board with making something special for the camp while they were here. Sighing, he put on a grin and bore with it as he stepped down from the gazebo, holding out a small bag the siblings brought before the campers arrived.

"Speaking of leaving things behind, now's the time when we give out tent assignments so you can leave your heavy bags behind," Timber said.

"R-Right," Gloriosa said. "Girls will get their assignments from Timber. Guys, you're with me."

Sora cringed, not expecting the tent groups to be split up by gender. He wanted to spend time WITH Kairi every single hour they were here, especially late in the evening. Kairi was just as disappointed, but Sora approached Gloriosa, hoping maybe they could be an exception since they weren't actually students and were chaperones helping Celestia and Luna.

"Uhh, does that include the adults joining these kids?" Sora asked the camp director.

Gloriosa looked at Sora, confused by his question. "I'm sorry?"

"You see, I'm here with my girlfriend and...little brother helping chaperone for Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna on Canterlot High's class trip here at Camp Everfree," Sora explained meekly, Ventus huffing as he was once again being played as the younger brother of Sora. "And, well, I do want to spend a bit of...'quality' time with Kairi - that's the girl in pink with the short red hair - so...can you make an exception for a guy who wants to relax and enjoy camping in the wilderness with his beloved?"

Gloriosa blinked a couple times, processing what Sora meant before giving him a blank stare. "Absolutely no exceptions," she said, dropping Sora's pleading gaze as he stared at her in exasperation. "I'm not against couples being made here at Camp Everfree, but I don't condone that kind of lascivious behavior when this is a family friendly campground. I did say any activity is allowed, but NOT that." Sora sighed and hung his head, greatly upset that he won't share the same tent with Kairi. Gloriosa held out her bag to Sora, seeing he was going to obey her camp's rules. "Now, pick out a card in the bag, and whoever has the same one is who you'll share a tent with."

"...Yes, ma'am," Sora grumbled, swiftly diving his hand in and pulled a random card, walking away in misery.

Returning to Kairi, he grunted and pouted like a little kid not getting what he wanted. "I kinda expected that to happen," Kairi said. "At least we can spend the evenings together before going to bed?"

"Not helping," Sora whined.

"Yeah. I'M the little brother when you're acting like a big baby," Ventus emphasized, shaking his head as he went up to Gloriosa and picked out his card. When he saw what was on it, he was surprised by the odd looking gem that was illustrated: an aqua-colored stone shaped similarly to a star, the upper half lined with five triangular spikes alternating from large to small, while the lower half had two slanted spikes on either side with a diamond shaped spike at the bottom. He walked back over to Sora, Kairi leaving to pick out her card to know who her bunk buddy is, perplexed by the strange gem looking like something he and Sora had seen before. "Sora...is it weird that what my card has looks a lot like an Orichalcum gem?"

Sora looked up, his disappointment turning to surprise at the sight of the familiar rare gems he's found before in the past. "Whoa...It does." Curious, he looked down at his own card, which ironically happened to have the same Orichalcum on it. "...Huh...I got the same card...Odd."

"They couldn't possibly know what this looks like, right?" Ventus asked. Sora shrugged his shoulders in response, but with the way it was drawn, it must have been made up, the design of the rare synthesis material a little bit sloppy with its spikes. "Maybe it's an odd coincidence."

While the duo pondered the coincidental mineral known to Keyblade wielders, the girls all got their tent assignments from Timber with the same method Sora and Ventus got theirs. Pinkie and Rarity shared the same card, then Applejack and Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy was paired up with Kairi.

"I've got sapphire," Sunset said.

"Me, too!" Twilight said, though looked at the blue gem quizzically. "I mean, I'm assuming I am. Technically, sapphires aren't just blue. They can be pink, purple, yellow..."

"Yeah, but they're mostly blue," Timber said, approaching Twilight after handing out all the cards and overhearing the genius teen's rant on minerals. "That's why they're named after the Latin word 'sapphirus'." Twilight was actually impressed at how knowledgeable Timber Spruce was on geology. "That means blue."

"I know. But did you know that sapphires are just rubies without chromium?" Twilight asked Timber.

"No. But did you know that Sapphire Tent is the best one?" Timber asked, Sunset and Kairi watching him and Twilight interacting with each other with amused smirks.

"No, why's that?" Twilight asked.

"Because you're in it." Timber's attempt at flirting didn't phase Twilight in the slightest, despite both their cheeks glowing red at their nerdy banter.

"Oh, I bet you say that to all the campers," Twilight chided playfully.

"Not true!" Timber argued. To prove his point, he saw Bulk Biceps looking at his tent's gem, which happened to be a ruby. The counselor approached the beefy CHS student. "You're in Ruby Tent? Ha! That one's the worst!"

"Aw, man!" Bulk whined disappointingly.

"I'm just joking, buddy," Timber said, not truly meaning to make fun of his tent when he was only joking. "Ruby Tent is great. It's like sapphire but WITH chromium." Bulk Biceps clearly had no idea what he was talking about, which made Twilight laugh over how awkwardly comical Timber Spruce was. "But the Ruby and Coral Tents do look an awful lot alike to the discerning eye. I better show you where it is." Timber began leading Bulk over to the tents, quickly turning back and waving to Twilight before getting too far. "See ya around."

Twilight waved back and watched him leave, a pink tint on her cheeks after surviving Timber's flirting tactics, which had easily won her over. She heard Sunset and Kairi giggling in amusement, quickly turning to face them in confusion.

"What?" she asked.

"Someone's got the hots for you," Kairi teased, making the glasses-wearing teen blush heavily.

"And looks like you're very interested in him," Sunset said, teasing Twilight more while she shook her head in denial. "I think you're gonna break Ven's heart after how close you two got during the Friendship Games."

"I-I do NOT like Ven like that!" Twilight exclaimed. "Or Timber Spruce! I barely even know him, and he was only trying to be smart, which made him look ridiculous with his awkwardness!"

"Sora was awkward when we first met as kids, and he impressed me with how silly and energetic he is," Kairi said.

Twilight huffed, turning away from the two girls, hiding her small smile from them as she grew more inclined to get to know Timber a bit more. She was thankfully pulled away from her thoughts when Gloriosa blew a whistle, getting everyone's attention.

"Ok, everyone, go and get settled in," she announced. "We'll be meeting at the docks in fifteen minutes to go over some camp safety rules. Let me know if you need anything until then!"

"I need something." Gloriosa winced, turning to face the voice of the man requesting her aid.

Strolling up to them, to Sora's surprise, was the human version of Filthy Rich. Like the rich stallion back in Equestria, he had his black hair slicked back down in a professional manner, wearing a blue business suit with a white undershirt beneath his opened blue jacket, his red tie embroidered with a gold dollar sign. Where the earth pony was more humble and open to those to the lower class, considering his deal with the Apple family, this Filthy had the look of a snide businessman who's main goal is to make an investment that will land him even more money, which unnerved the Keyblade wielder. He hoped this world's Diamond Tiara doesn't become the arrogant spoiled brat the filly in Equestria no longer was with the arrogant smug on this man's face.

"Filthy Rich! So nice to see you!" Gloriosa greeted nervously, grinning to the campers before "gently" shoving him back over to the parked limousine the rich man rode up in. Filthy was startled by the forceful shove back to his ride, but only so the camp director didn't let the others hear their little unexpected meeting. "What are you doing here? Camp is just getting started!"

"Just taking in the scenery, Gloriosa Daisy," Filthy said casually, despite the opposite meaning behind the smug grin he gave Gloriosa. "It's so...relaxing."

"Well, you can look around when camp is over," Gloriosa hissed irritably. "Now, if you don't mind..."

The director and businessman leered at each other before Filthy relented, opening the door to the luxurious backseat of his limo. "Fine."

Filthy Rich climbed inside, giving Gloriosa a look telling her he'll be back before closing the door. The limousine drove off, worrying the camp director greatly. Trying to control her breathing so she didn't have an emotional breakdown from the man's sudden appearance, she turned around, only to be met with some concerned looks from the Keyblade wielders, Sunset, and Twilight.

"What was that all about?" Ventus asked.

"Uhh, Filthy is an...alumnus of the camp," Gloriosa said nervously. "He likes to check on his old stomping grounds every now and again."

"Wasn't much of a friendly encounter if you ask me," Sora stated.

"W-Well, enough about him. Go ahead and find your tents so you can put your belonging down," Gloriosa said. "We've got the best week of camp ever to begin!"

The group looked at each other, still not convinced that Gloriosa's ok with having Filthy Rich show up, but they headed off to the tents to find where they'll be sleeping and set their bags down.

---

After setting their things down and getting a rundown of the rules near the rickety dock from Gloriosa, everyone scattered around the campgrounds to see what they should do first. Rarity fussed about the fashion show while Applejack scolded her on how insane her camp activity request when the whole point of camping was to rough it in the woods. Inside Sapphire Tent, Twilight and Sunset pulled out their camping gear from their bags, Sunset making spooky moans when she took out a flashlight and shone the light under her face to make her look scary in the shade of their tent, Spike joining them as he sat on his doggy bed and watched them. Kairi tapped on the tent entrance, peeking inside and catching Sunset looking ready to tell a scary story.

"I've seen and heard scarier things," Kairi teased, Sunset sticking her tongue out at the Keyblade wielder as she turned off the light.

"Yeah, yeah," Sunset said. She began to hum in thought over what happened earlier with Gloiosa and Filthy Rich. "You guys find it weird about what happened? With that Filthy Rich guy?"

"The strange thing is we know a Filthy Rich back in Equestria," Kairi said. "I'd rather get to know the stallion than that man." Twilight didn't give her opinion, too distracted with unpacking and thinking about a certain goofball of a counselor. "And Gloriosa sounds like she's trying to hide something, too."

Sunset nodded in agreement, but as the two girls looked at each other, they smirked as they mentally decided to poke fun at Twilight a little bit over her new "friend". "Her brother, Timber, is kinda cute, though, right, Twilight?"

Twilight flinched at the name, trying to act casual while keeping her blushing face away from their line of sight. "He's...ok, I guess."

"You guess?" Kairi asked. "Sounds like someone else is hiding something as well."

"No, I'm not!" Twilight immediately exclaimed, shocking Sunset and Kairi at the panicked tone in her voice.

"Are you alright, Twilight?" Sunset asked. "You were really freaked out earlier on the bus when you nodded off."

"She has been having a lot of nightmares for the last couple months," Spike said.

"It's fine," Twilight reassured her worried companion, patting his head before turning to Sunset and Kairi. "I mean, what do I have to complain about? Ever since I transferred here, everyone at CHS has been really nice and accepting. Even after what happened at the Friendship Games."

"It was like Ven said; none of that was your fault," Sunset reiterated. "That's all over now. I just hope that old principal of yours actually got punished for blackmailing you over that program you wanted to get into."

"I think all of this would have been prevented if I was brave enough to decline competing, even if it cost me getting into the Everton Independent Study Program," Twilight muttered.

"Well, what happened happens," Kairi said. "No use trying to change the past. Trust me, Sora's gone through quite enough traveling through time, even when he went back in time to find out what happened to his dad several years ago."

"What happened to Sora's dad?" Twilight asked.

"...He...was killed by a Heartless when his boat was in the middle of a storm," Kairi said. "We heard he and his boating buddies died in an awful storm, but that was all we knew until Sora traveled back in time to see for himself. Even though he tried to save him from his fate, he still lost him."

"...Wow. That...must have been pretty hard for him," Sunset uttered.

"He was devastated. I know he tries to show a brave face, but Sora has gone through so much that he can't hide how he feels from us," Kairi continued. "We would have been a couple sooner if he didn't hide another Drive Form he kept hidden from all of us that he wasn't able to control. He raises our spirits, but he needs us to lift his when he gets knocked down." She looked down at her wedding ring, thinking back to his struggles just trying to save her and Riku, helping other worlds on the way like the selfless hero he's become. "I became a Keyblade Master before him...but whether or not Master Yen Sid gives him his test and passes him, he's considered a master wielder far more than he deserves."

"Hey, you girls coming, or what?" Rainbow asked from outside.

"We'll be right out!" Sunset called out. "I just need to put on some sunscreen." Sunset looked through her bags, pouting questioningly as she had tossed everything out that she packed. "Huh. I could have sworn I brought some with me."

"You're not really all that organized, are you, Sunset?" Kairi asked.

"Found it!" Twilight pointed to the ground, where Sunset's bottle of sunscreen had slipped out from her messy pile. The moment her finger aimed at the bottle, it was surrounded in a purple aura and began floating in front of the trio. "AHH!"

Surprised by the levitating sunscreen, Sunset, Kairi, and Twilight looked around the tent and saw several more small objects floating around in the same magical aura. Even Spike yelped in confusion when his little bed was lifted up as well. While Kairi and Sunset were amazed, Twilight began to panic, feeling the objects in the purple aura as she moved them out of her control.

"Twilight, are you-?" Sunset asked, still in awe as she began to feel giddy at this discovery.

"I can't believe this," Twilight murmured. "It's..."

"Amazing!"

"Terrible!"

Sunset was a bit surprised to hear Twilight's response to her magic, the aura disappearing as everything fell, even Spike as he let out a grunt. "Are you kidding, Twilight? This is great!" Sunset said, unable to clearly see Twilight's fear, even after it stopped. "I mean, we've all ponies up before, with the whole ears, wings, horn, and tail thing, shot rainbow lasers, but nothing like this has ever happened! How did you do that!?"

"I-I don't know!" Twilight exclaimed, terrified as the possibility of her darkness was subtly messing with her. "Maybe I didn't...Maybe it was...her..."

"Her who?" Sunset asked.

"Nothing. Never mind," Twilight quickly dismissed, not wanting to bring Midnight Sparkle back up again. "Can we just not talk about this? And can you two not bring up this whole levitating thing to the others?"

"Why not?" Kairi asked.

"Since I transferred, I heard Canterlot High was a magical magnet, even before Pinkie gave us a brief summary of what you all had faced or done," Twilight said. "This was supposed to be a week where we were supposed to get away from it all. I don't want them to know I brought some crazy new kind with me."

Sunset and Kairi looked at each other, both of them not feeling as worried as Twilight was, considering how normal it felt for them to get involved with new magic or foes. Twilight was just a normal girl, thrown into all this madness because of her curiosity, followed by her former principal at Crystal Prep forcing her to use the magic she stole from the girls or else lose the prospect of a much higher education. She wasn't as strong willed as her alicorn counterpart, dealing with far worse foes humans couldn't fathom in this world.

"Alright, we promise we won't say anything," Sunset said. "But, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, Twilight."

"Sunset," Kairi chided, crossing her arms over her chest and scowled at the teen. Twilight left miserably, looking down at her hands, hoping this magic doesn't show up again. "She's not like the rest of us. We're used to this kind of stuff, but not this Twilight."

"I know. Sorry," Sunset apologized. "I just finally figured out how we use our ponied-up forms not too long ago, and I can't help getting excited figuring out new types of magic that we're discovering in this world."

Kairi just shook her head, hearing Sunset sound just like Twilight. Sunset looked down at her bottle of sunscreen, curious to know if she could use levitation, too. Stretching out a hand while holding one side of her head with the other, she tried to mentally levitate her sunscreen, straining and grunting as hard as she could. There was no aura, even after a minute of trying until she let out a heavy sigh, stopping herself from trying to look constipated.

"I think you're just going to have to pick it up," Spike stated.

"Darn it," Sunset grumbled, snatching her sunscreen irritably. "You know, I sometimes miss using magic to hold several things at once."

"Kairi, where are you!?" Sora called out. Kairi peeked out of the tent, finding her future husband in his bathing suit his mother got him last year. "I thought we'd start the day with a dip in the lake!"

"More like he wants to see me in my two-piece again," Kairi said to herself with a giggle. "See ya later, Sunset."

"Have fun." Kairi ran out, quickly ducking into her assigned tent before Sora caught her to put on her swimsuit.

After applying her protective sunscreen, Sunset walked out of her tent, not paying attention to where she was going when she accidentally bumped into Gloriosa. "-show up like that!"

"Huh? What did you say?" Sunset asked, hearing Gloriosa say something to herself.

"I...didn't say anything," Gloriosa said, slightly confused, but slipped back into her bright and cheery persona. "Just here making sure everything's ok with the tent arrangements. Though I have look out for that spiky-haired kid." She looked over at Sora, looking around for Kairi while scratching his head. "He's a weird one...Did you need something?"

"Nope," Sunset said.

"Because if there's anything I can do to make this week the best week ever, you just let me know. I've got this!" Gloriosa said excitedly.

"Thanks, but I'm good." Gloriosa headed over to the docks. "People that chipper really make me nervous."

"This is gonna be so much fun!" Pinkie cheered, giving Sunset a surprise hug, which didn't even phase the former bully with her sudden, out-of-nowhere entrance.

"I guess not all people," Sunset said.

Pinkie then dragged Sunset with her over to the lake. Kairi came out of her tent wearing her bathing suit, Sora finally finding her after waiting for so long.

"Where were you?" Sora asked.

"What, I can't hang out with the girls every once in a while?" Kairi argued, giving him a playful scowl.

"I don't mind, but since Gloriosa won't let us share a tent, I want to spend as much time having fun together before we're split up in separate beds," Sora grumbled. "Is it because we still look like high schoolers to her?"

"We do still look young enough to look like it. Besides, we can't be that intimate when there are several high schoolers who could hear us." Sora blinked, chuckling sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.

"Right. Forgot about that," he said sheepishly.

"Come on, you big perv. Let's go swim before you get into trouble with Gloriosa," Kairi said, pushing Sora along.

"Speaking of, that woman bothers me," Sora mentioned. "She's got Pinkie Pie levels of cheerfulness, but where Pinkie's is amusing with her wacky antics, Gloriosa's is more like...insane cheerful."

"I talked about that with Twilight and Sunset earlier, and I think she's up to something..." Kairi shook her head, grabbing Sora's hand and dragging him with her to the lake. "We'll keep an eye on her, and Timber's advances on Twilight. But, for now, let's just swim and relax in the lake."

"Wait, what did you say about that dork and Twilight?" Sora asked.

"Says the bigger dork who I'm going to marry," Kairi teased, confusing Sora as she kept Twilight's crush on Timber Spruce, which was obvious if he was paying attention to them.

Comments

[Noctis Prism]

Very promising here!

[Hexan Tronic]

Good so far, now on to the next part!

[MLPFanForever]

Awesome work as always, man.

[Bronyshot]

who has seen the newest trailer for KH3

[BenictheHedgehog]

again, some of the Links are not wanting to work. this is like the fourth, fifth, or tenth one I came across in these recent chapters. but other than those links not working or broken cause the music to them is removed by the usher, this is getting a bit good Codex.

[SharpNote the FABULOUS]

"I know. But did you know that sapphires are just rubies without chromium?" Twilight asked Timber.

"I'm just joking, buddy," Timber said, not truly meaning to make fun of his tent when he was only joking. "Ruby Tent is great. It's like sapphire but WITHOUT chromium." Bulk Biceps clearly had no idea what he was talking about, which made Twilight laugh over how awkwardly comical Timber Spruce was. "But the Ruby and Coral Tents do look an awful lot alike to the discerning eye. I better show you where it is." Timber began leading Bulk over to the tents, quickly turning back and waving to Twilight before getting too far. "See ya around."

Which is it?

[Camlio]

This.. brings up a fair question if the former teens Sora Kairi And Riku are in their mid twenties now do they look any different? Facial hair? Difference in build etc?

(In the chapters about legend of everfree)