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It has been 3 months since Franchouchou performed at Ekimae Fudosan. They also live in the Mansion dedicated to them by the people of Saga because Franchouchou helped revive their spirits when they were at their lowest point without asking for anything in return except for their support. Now, Franchouchou has become a popular idol group that is visited by many tourists, as well as Saga itself. Many tourists come from all over the world and Japan just to see Franchouchou or to vacation in Saga. This success has certainly satisfied Franchouchou, and their manager, Kotaro Tatsumi, is also happy and often enthusiastic but doesn't want them to become complacent, until one day...

It was a typical day at the Franchouchou Mansion. They had just finished their one-hour practice session and now Saki was bored, very bored, to the point where she decided to go to the Mansion's library, hoping to find something interesting even though Saki wasn't a zombie who liked to read books. But hey, she just wanted to get rid of the overwhelming boredom, right?

In the library, rows of books neatly lined the shelves. Most of the books were donations from the people of Saga, and there were also some that belonged to the Mansion. Saki grinned and thought to herself, "Soon, you won't be on the shelves anymore,". Saki started walking towards one of the shelves, noticing that most of the books were arranged by category, which surprised her. Saki started reading some novels and strangely enough, she also read non-fiction books. After reading a few books, she stood up and looked around again. In a corner of the room, there was a dusty old shelf that looked quite peculiar because the room was clean, including the other shelves, except for this dusty one. Saki approached it and found a few old albums that belonged to someone unknown. Curiosity got the better of her, and she picked up one of the most interesting books on that shelf. The book had a different cover and had a symbol of a horse's head with a hint of gold accents. Saki sat down and opened the book, starting to read.

The book contained various pictures that resembled Egyptian hieroglyphs and horses. There was some writing that looked like scribbles, but strangely enough, Saki decided to read it and she understood. "Huh? Thousands of years ago, Equestria was ruled by the Princess of the Sun and the Princess of the Moon. The Princess of the Moon was jealous and envious because her subjects only played and had fun during the day. But when night fell, they all fell silent. The Princess of the Moon was consumed by jealousy and turned into the Nightmare Moon, who aimed to make Equestria have eternal night... The Princess of the Sun used the Elements of Harmony to banish the Nightmare Moon to the moon and she was responsible for the day and night... Wow, it sounds like a children's fairy tale but also like a history book, alright," Saki thought after reading a bit of the book and decided to read more. "Thousands of years later, the student of the Princess of the Sun was sent to learn about friendship in a village north of the capital Canterlot during the summer night, and the stars had already shown that the Nightmare Moon would be free that night... Wow, there, the student of the Princess of the Sun met the ponies who were destined to represent the Elements of Harmony: Kindness, Honesty, Laughter, Generosity, and Loyalty, and the student herself represented the Element of Magic from the 6 elements," "It's clear that this is fiction, there's no way ponies save the world of Equestria with these elements, the Princess of the Moon, the Nightmare Moon, it's definitely some kind of friendship tale... huh," Saki said to herself while flipping through the pages of the book and looking at various notes about ponies learning something, "These names are strange, bookworm Twilight Sparkle, there's her friend, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity... this one is kinda cool, Rainbow Dash, but they're all pony horses, unicorns, and pegasi, it's obviously not real, let alone the magic of friendship... whoever came up with this story is quite daring," Saki said to herself while still reading.

Right after she said that, she found a page in the book that was very different, like a spell, and decided to read it out of curiosity. "Strange, the Sun and the Moon are elements of day and night. Fire, water, earth, and air are elements of nature. Earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns are elements of Alicorn. Life and death are elements of life. Kindness, honesty, laughter, generosity, loyalty, and magic are elements of harmony... Harmony elements and other elements are elements of Equestria... Friendship is magic... Take the magic and transformation, you won't return without new elements in Equestria and not in Equestria, come to a place that is not Equestria but has magic and Equestrian elements." Saki scratched her head and closed the book nonchalantly, "weird, Equestria and all this stuff make me hungry, it's also dinner time," Saki got up and left without knowing that the book started to glow.

The sound of a thud caught Saki's attention as she turned around before closing the door, "Huh!?" Saki was surprised to see the old book floating, open, and emitting a sudden light that focused on one of the walls, and suddenly a portal opened, causing Saki to step back slowly but stunned at what was happening in front of her. The book continued to glow, and Saki didn't realize that something was pulling her. When she realized that something was pulling her, she started to panic and tried to hold on to anything she could, one of the shelves where books started flying into the portal, "Hey!! Anyone! Help me! Damn it..., Sakura!" Saki shouted.

On the other side, Sakura and the others were doing their own activities, feeling bored. When Lily was playing with Tae, faint shouts could be heard, as the mansion seemed to be soundproofed. Junko, who was sitting on the sofa in the room with the others, was the first to react, "Did you hear that sound? It sounds like Saki-san... coincidentally, she's not here," Junko said, hearing the sound. "Ehh... yeah, where is she!? We can't let Saki-chan have any problems," Sakura answered in panic. Before she could leave, Tae was already running with Romero to the library, and they followed her. When they arrived on the floor where the library was located, they felt a pull and a strong wind, and the library door was also slamming against its handle, "Anyone! Hey!! I can't hold on any longer! Yugiri-san!" Saki expressed her surprise as Yugiri and the others came to catch up, the portal continued to pull objects in the room, and Saki held onto one of the pillars. "Help me! I don't know what's happening! Hurry before the portal drags me and maybe you too!" Saki shouted, making them snap out of their own surprise.

Sakura then tried to reach Saki, she didn't feel the pull as strong as Saki did, but she tried her best. The book was glowing and its pages were randomly opening. Saki started to feel weak and her grip was slipping, just as she was about to let go, Sakura, who was being held back by the others, caught Saki, and the pull became stronger, "Hold on... Saki-chan! Ergh.." Sakura held onto Saki, and the others tried to hold back the pull with Tae holding onto the door. When they were almost through the door, suddenly a strange voice was heard, "Destiny is sometimes unpleasant and unreal, but destiny is destiny," Tae suddenly lost her grip even though they were almost successful because the portal stopped, but suddenly it sucked again, they entered the portal and felt themselves spinning in the portal.

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Sakura blinked her eyes, feeling dizzy and trying to adjust her vision. She was confused when she woke up and found herself surrounded by a forest, with green plants and animals that quickly fled when Sakura tried to get up. She heard a scream, "Ahh!!! What happened to our bodies!?" Sakura turned around and saw... a unicorn wearing Ai's clothes? "Ai-chan, is that you?" Instead of answering, the blue unicorn with a mane and Ai's version of horse clothes asked back, "Sakura? Is that you? I'm Ai," she asked and stated at the same time that she was indeed Ai. Sakura was stunned and puzzled, "What's wrong with you... of course, I..." Her words stopped when she looked at her body, horse hooves, a body or rather ivory yellow fur, but luckily her mane remained the same and she was still wearing her clothes.

As they both examined their bodies, Sakura and Ai heard Junko's voice coming from behind the bushes, sounding confused. "Is anyone here? Sakura-san, Ai-san?" Ai tried to stand on her hind legs but couldn't, so she ended up standing on all fours. She was a bit confused and tried to walk but ended up stumbling. "Ouch! Oh my goodness, I hope we find a way back soon and we can get our human legs back, especially our fingers!" Ai complained while trying to stand on all fours again. She heard Sakura, who was already beside her, walking awkwardly and still paying attention to her steps. Junko emerged from the bushes, easy to recognize with her soft hair and clothes, but this time Junko appeared as a pony without a horn like Ai and plain like Sakura, but with a whitish metallic gray color.

They noticed that Junko walked smoothly on all fours, and Ai represented the thoughts in her head and Sakura by asking, "Junko, how can you walk so smoothly with these horse legs?" When Ai asked, Junko blushed slightly and answered shyly, "When I was a solo idol, I often watched horse racing shows and sometimes paid attention to how the horse's legs moved or ran, so I tried to imagine and practice it, and it's quite easy once you know the rhythm of the steps," explained Junko, which was followed by nods from Ai and Sakura. Ai tried to walk again but started to lose her steps again. Junko turned around, walked, and extended her hoof to help Ai. "Thank you, Junko. I do know how to dance, but I don't know how horses walk. Can you show me, Junko?" Ai asked, seemingly desperate with the way horses walk. Junko smiled and nodded, lifting one of her front legs and when she wanted to step, she lifted the corresponding hind leg and repeated the process with the other legs, and she sat down by folding her hind legs. "Like this, and once you know the rhythm, Sakura-san, Ai-san... If you can't stumble, you'll get used to it soon," she explained and smiled.

Sakura and Ai started to imitate Junko's way and counted to remember the rhythm of the steps. "1, 2... 3, 4" they counted while taking steps with their legs. They started to walk smoothly without counting the rhythm. Ai even sped up her steps and Sakura said, "Wow, Junko-chan, we did it! You're really good at being a horse," Sakura said happily. Junko blushed hearing that. "It's nothing, Sakura-san. Ai-san, friends should help, right?" she replied. They walked somewhere while looking for their friends.

As they walked through the forest, they also noticed that the animals there were quite unique and interesting. Sakura, who noticed the awkward situation, tried to start a conversation. "So, Ai-chan, Junko-chan, do you think this is real? I mean, turning into horses and unicorns is not something normal," Ai and Junko looked at her, and Ai sighed before speaking. "I don't think this is a dream. The idea of us rising as zombies and not dying was already strange enough, and now we've turned into ponies? Oh my goodness," Ai shook her head, while Junko, who had been walking behind them, stepped forward to join them. "I also hope we find our friends soon, especially Saki. She's the one who got us into this mess. I wonder what she did," Ai continued, sounding frustrated. Junko finally spoke up, "It seems like Saki-san did something with that book. She looked panicked, and it seems like our friends are separated quite far from us."

After they said that, they heard the sound of a galloping horse. When they turned around, they were surprised to see Sakura suddenly being attacked by a horse. "Sakura!!" Ai and Junko shouted in concern and rushed to Sakura's side, recognizing the horse version of their clothes. When they heard a snort and saw the black mane and violet skin that matched Tae, they realized it was Tae. "Tae!" Junko exclaimed, realizing it was Tae, who then turned around and leaped towards Junko. "Wow, it seems like you've met some new ponies. Are they your friends?" a voice that seemed to belong to a woman sounded, startling them. They were taken aback when they saw... a zebra walking and talking. The zebra had a mane that matched its skin and stood tall, adorned with golden bracelets on its ankles and a golden necklace. It even wore a cloak. Ai decided to ask the zebra, "Who are you? And where did you find Tae?" Tae herself ran towards the zebra. The zebra pulled out something that looked like food, and Tae immediately devoured it eagerly, just like eating dried squid. The zebra looked at them and smiled. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Zecora. I found this pony running wild, so I took her to Ponyville. I also met her two friends, one is an elegant adult female pegasus, and the other is young and cheerful. They seem to be looking for their friends... I met them before Tae," Zecora revealed, walking ahead, and they decided to follow Zecora. Sakura and the others wondered who their friends could be, thinking of two people, or rather zombies, but now they thought of pony ponies. "I think..." Sakura started. "It's Yugiri-san and Lily!" they said in unison, and Zecora turned to look at them and smiled, while Tae seemed to agree with a growl. "It seems so. The little pony called herself Lily, so I believe you're right," Zecora confirmed.

Zecora walked, followed by the four confused ponies who were searching for their friends. "So, Zecora-san, where are they?" Sakura decided to ask Zecora, and her question was nodded in agreement by Ai and Junko. Zecora answered after a moment of recollection, "I met them in the swamp near my home..."

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Flashback/Zecora's Point of View
I was about to go to the marshes to search for swamp flowers because I needed them to concoct a new herbal recipe. As I was picking some swamp flowers, I heard a voice that seemed to come from ponies. I could hear two ponies, one of them sounding more mature and elegant, and the other one sounding more energetic. I looked behind the bushes and saw a young red pegasus with brown mane tied up with a little red line, and the other one was a young unicorn with a cream yellow coat and a light blue mane with ribbons that had some stars on them. The young one seemed a bit clumsy in walking and occasionally stumbled on their own feet.

I decided to ask them if they were okay, but the little one got scared and hid behind the old one, who also seemed wary of me. I understand how ponies used to be afraid of me, so it seems they are afraid of me too. "Who are you? What do you want?" the older Pegasus asked me. I knew that even though the ponies might not be afraid of me anymore, they were still wary of me. “Don't be afraid, I just want to make sure you're okay, not to hurt you. My name is Zecora.” The older one started to lower his wings but his eyes were still alert. “Okay, Miss Zecora, I will believe you. I'm Yugiri," the little unicorn came out too. "Are you really not going to hurt us?" he asked to be sure, and I nodded. "My name is Lily Hoshikawa! I'm a shining star," she said. Their names sound unique, so it doesn't seem like they're from Ponyville. "What brings you here?" I asked Yugiri and Lily.

Lily and Yugiri exchanged glances as if communicating with their eyes, and Yugiri nodded. Lily answered my question, "We are looking for our friends, but it seems like they are far away from us. Their names are... Sakura-chan, Saki-chan, Ai-chan, Junko-chan, and Tae-chan..." Lily looked at me with hope, as if hoping I had met them. By the way, the "chan" at the end of their names was quite unique, and they might be from somewhere else. "I'm sorry, but I don't know about them," I said, causing Lily's gaze to change and she looked slightly disappointed. But she seemed to think for a moment and quickly smiled and jumped around, "Come on, Yugiri, let's find them and ask Saki-chan! She might be up to something." Yugiri nodded and smiled at me, "We apologize for this brief encounter, Miss Zecora. We wish we could stay longer, but it seems like we have to go find our friends." She said with a regretful face, but I smiled and nodded, "Of course, I have no right to hold you back from finding your friends. Goodbye," I said as they walked away and waved at me. I waved back and went back to my home.

End of Flashback/Point of View of No One
Zecora finished her short story, and Ai, Junko, and Sakura nodded in understanding. "But do you know where they went, Zecora-san?" Junko decided to ask in hopes of finding out where they went. "I'm sorry, but I don't know exactly. If they kept going in the direction they were heading, they would go to Ponyville, but it's not certain because they could change direction, young miss," Zecora guessed. Ai thought for a moment and tried to confirm her suspicion, "Isn't that your destination?" Zecora looked like she nodded upon hearing that question, which made them smile. "Can we join you to Ponyville, Zecora-san? We thought maybe Lily-chan and Yugiri-san might be there, or maybe it would be easier for us to gather there," Sakura asked with a hopeful face. Zecora looked like she stopped and thought, then answered, "Of course, I have no right to stop you from going to Ponyville. I also have some acquaintances there who might be able to help you."

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Sakura, Junko, Ai, and Zecora are showing the way, on their journey to Ponyville. Zecora briefly tells a story about a pony princess and her friends who are in Ponyville and might be able to help them find Lily and Yugiri, who might have also gone to Ponyville but don't know the way. "So... Zecora-san, are there any other creatures besides ponies and zebras here? I'm curious about this place," Sakura starts the conversation. Zecora glances back at them, especially at Sakura. "Well... I'm quite surprised by your question, but ever since Princess Twilight built the School of Friendship, it seems that tolerance among creatures has been developing. But why do you ask such a thing, young mare? I don't think you're from Equestria based on your way of speaking and your style... of clothing," Zecora asks after answering Sakura's question. Sakura, Junko, and Ai then become tense, and Sakura stammers, wanting to answer, "Uh... we... we are... uhmm..." Sakura's eyes quickly dart in a direction, and Ai covers her mouth and takes over to answer, "We... are from another place, I think another land. We have come a long way to explore this new land," she says with a smile, hoping to make Zecora believe.

Zecora clears her throat, understanding the situation, and continues the journey. Meanwhile, Tae herself has been running around here and there, fascinated by the animals they encounter, and Junko is trying to prevent her from straying off the path. Now, Junko looks a bit tired, and Tae walks ahead of her, as it seems Tae is no longer interested in chasing anything.

Sakura sees a footpath appear and says, "It seems like we're getting close, Ai-chan. Where there's a path, there's... oh, look at those flowers, Ai-chan. They're so beautiful." Sakura turns away from the road and approaches the blue flowers on the side of the footpath. Zecora, hearing Sakura, turns around and shouts, "Don't touch those flowers!" just as Sakura is about to reach out to them. Startled, Sakura turns to look at Zecora. "Are the flowers poisonous, Zecora-san? I'm sorry, I was being careless. The flowers are so pretty that I forgot to make sure if they were poisonous or not..." Zecora walks closer to Sakura and Ai. "It's not your fault. The flowers don't have any truly dangerous poison, but they have Poison Joke, which will magically transform you and make you the subject of laughter because of the changes. Be careful next time. Let's continue walking. I need to get home before sunset." Sakura, Ai, and Junko, who have caught up since they were left behind earlier, nod in agreement. Tae is also behind them, chasing a butterfly that is luckily still on the path.

After walking for a while, managing to keep things under control despite Tae occasionally almost running off the path after butterflies, birds, or even squirrels, they see the edge of the forest and the clear sunlight. Zecora leads them towards a place she calls Ponyville, which is clearly a village. "Are we close to Ponyville, Zecora-san?" Junko asks, as she seems a bit tired after dealing with Tae earlier. "We're close, oh, here it is," Zecora points to a village located about 300 meters away from their current position. The houses are visible, and the village looks bright and peaceful. Sakura, Ai, and Junko are amazed at the sight of the small village, as it appears to be very serene and tranquil. "Welcome to Ponyville, everyone. I haven't been here in a while, but I know Princess Twilight's castle. Do you want to meet her or do something else?" Zecora asks, as they snap out of their awe. Sakura looks at Ai, seeking an answer for Zecora. Ai nods and walks up beside Zecora. "If it helps us find our friends, please take us there. Thank you for bringing us this far and even further to meet the princess," Ai responds seriously, while Junko, Sakura, and Tae follow behind them.

Zecora and Ai seem to be talking for a moment while walking, with the three of them following behind and waiting for an answer. "The castle looks so clear... it's huge. It seems to be made of gems or crystals, shining from afar like that, right, Junko-chan?" Sakura asks Junko, who is walking beside her. "Yes, I see,It's very sparkling and surely inhabited by a beautiful princess. The Princess of Friendship, so she must be wise. Hopefully, we can find our friends with her help, although we don't know what kind of help she can provide," Junko replies with a smile.

 As they get closer to Ponyville, they notice something peculiar. The ponies in Ponyville are not wearing any clothes, and each pony has different symbols on their flanks. They are confused. Ai then speaks to Sakura, Junko, and perhaps Tae, "We will follow Zecora to meet the Princess of Friendship. Although we can see her castle from here, it's better to ask for Zecora's help. She doesn't seem to mind, as I already asked her earlier. Although I'm quite surprised that the ponies don't wear any clothes," Ai explains, now walking alongside the others. "I guess that's how it's supposed to be, because horses don't wear clothes. Maybe we have clothes after moving to this place for a reason, and I think we have those cute symbols on our flanks too..." Junko gives her opinion. Right after that, they enter a pathway that is part of Ponyville."We don't know what might happen. I think the ponies, or rather, the unicorns, have magic, and there are also winged ponies. If I'm not mistaken, they're called Pegasus. I think that's right. The bottom line is, we have to face whatever comes our way to find them all and find a way back home. I completely forgot that it was Saki who brought us here. She should take responsibility," Ai speaks calmly but changes when talking about Saki. Her face wrinkles, but then she sighs.

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Yugiri's point of view

Previously, the encounter with the zebra seemed like an opportunity to find our friend, but something undesirable could also happen. Lady Lily also seemed worried about the possibility of something bad happening.  We walked to nowhere but with a purpose in the dark forest, although it was quite beautiful and that at least made Lady Lily not so afraid, she was just a sweet, innocent girl.

Walking and walking, it made us rest every now and then because lady Lily was tired, this was the third time we had rested.

Physical transformation into something that seemed to be a pony, I once saw a horse like our current form when I was still an oiran, belonging to a tourist who asked for my servant.  But, my quite unusual wings and lady Lily's horns don't seem like they're for horses...

After thinking about it, wings must be had for a reason and at least they can be used to fly. I started trying to move my wings when Lady Lily ate a forest apple.  Lady Lily noticed me trying to move my wings which were really moving, she looked at me, "What are you doing Yugirin?", her curious gaze made me feel annoyed, I answered her question, "I'm just trying to move my wings Lady Lily, it should be a horse  "Ponies have something unique about these wings and horns. If you think about it, it's not without reason...I think there's something about your horns that's magical too."

Lady Lily's eyes sparkled for some reason but I knew she was happy about something, she stood up and approached me, her steps were the same as mine, still not smooth but we were still learning.  "Yugirin, can you use it to fly? I want to see magical creatures fly, I'm a unicorn and I can definitely do magic... papa once read me a story that said if there were ponies that had wings and horns, they were called Pegasus and Unicorns,  they have magic!"  She spoke with that childish enthusiasm of his, but what she spoke wasn't childish because it was true, it seemed like she was right.  Seeing her gaze, I raised one of my hooves to stroke her head and smiled, she was very sweet and just an innocent little child but more knowledgeable than me, "Of course Lady Lily, I thought about doing it and I will try it now," answered  which made Lady Lily nod.

I stepped to look for a gap in the forest that faced the sky, of course I'm not a professional pilot... so I needed a place at the same time so I could see a road that might lead to a settlement or a place that might have residents.

Slowly, after finding a place that didn't have dense trees and the light and sky were visible, I flapped my wings up and down slowly, Lady Lily stood behind me watching and hoping I was successful.  Quickly, I began to strengthen my wings, my body felt light because all my weight rested on the wings.  "You did it Yugirin! You did it!", Lady Lily shouted enthusiastically. It was a bit difficult because it seemed like some of the weight was also on my clothes but I managed it even though it was a little messy, "Yes, I did it Lady Lily, this is thanks to your support".

I flew trying to reach above the trees and even though it was a little uncontrolled and almost got stuck, I managed to fly higher than the trees so I looked around the forest from up here, looking around, I quickly found something that looked like ancient ruins if I walked  straight a little south, I don't know why but I hope to see something there that can help us find our friends.  Looking around, there was no other way than the path to the ruins.

Lady Lily seemed to have been waiting for a long time, I slowed down my wingbeats and hoped to find a good landing place, luckily I managed to land in a safe place.  "You found something that can help us, Yugirin? Is there a place or path that can get us out of this forest? I want to get out of this scary forest..." Lady Lily looked at me with an innocent, hopeful look, making me feel bad  to tell her that I only found ruins from up there, but I have to be honest with him, "I found the ruins of an ancient building south of here, but didn't find anything else, but at least there is a road there so it looks like it's there because there is a road."  .

Lady Lily looked a bit disappointed but then she jumped up and smiled at me cheerfully, "Okay, how about we go to see if there's anything there? Yugirin, you're also great at being able to fly like that, I think my horn also has magic like a unicorn's,"  Lily touched her horns and I touched her hooves, "Thank you for your understanding Lady Lily, let's go, the sun is already in the middle of the sky and if we get to the ruins at least we can have a place to rest", I invited her as I started walking in the direction I thought  will lead to a path that leads to the ancient ruins.

Every now and then, I flew again to see if we were going in the right direction or maybe there was a visible place but the second option didn't happen, we were also getting closer to the road to the ruins.

Lady Lily also still walks cheerfully and occasionally talks that she is curious about our friends, what really happened and whether Lady Lily really has magic she said that ponies with horns are called unicorns and have magic, like she does now but it's not certain whether  she has magic but she hopes. I'm curious about the joy of lady Lily's sweetness, times have changed.

After going through the bushes which fortunately weren't thick and thorny, then finally, we found a path. Once again I flew up, and saw that after a few distances we were close to the ruins, all we had to do was walk along the path.

Back downstairs, we started walking again, "You're getting better, Yugirin, you can learn to fly that fast without even being taught and studied... wait, that means you're not studying!", Lady Lily looked a little confused by her words but I thought  I learn directly too, even though I don't study formally, that's been the case for a long time.

On the path, even though the road is not very visible, at least there are tracks, which could mean someone passed by and it looks like they are also pony tracks.  Then we saw a piece of the forest which made the sunlight shine on us, we could see the bridge from a short distance, the ruins were also clearly visible, quite like ruins but not so dirty for ruins in the middle of the forest.

"Look! That's the ruins you mean, right? It looks pretty good, should we go over that bridge?", Lady Lily asked, but when asking about the condition of the bridge, she looked doubtful because the bridge beneath it was a ravine, but judging from the wood it seemed strong.  I spoke to calm Lady Lily, "It's okay, the wood is strong and if something we don't want happens, I'm here, Lady Lily," I smiled to reassure her, then walked.

Walking towards the bridge, we were surprised to hear a dog howling but I didn't think it was a dog.  Lady Lily turned around and she screamed in fear hiding behind me when I turned around, “Yugirin, what is that creature?  They don't seem good, Lily doesn't like...", she trembled behind me, I spread my right wing to try to calm her down. Looking up, I saw something I've never seen, a timber wolf?

The wolves, there were 4 of them and looked ready to pounce on us, even though the distance was quite far but they surrounded us and behind us there was only a bridge that if we ran, there was a possibility that we would trip or the wolves would also run faster, especially since they were wood wolves with  light body, Mibu wolves are even strong and fast...wood is light and with their shining eyes there seems to be something... magical.

Seeing Lady Lily who was looking at the strange Timberwolves with fear, I then tried to back away slowly, whispering to Lady Lily "Let's go back slowly, Lady Lily, just be careful and watch your steps, don't make too many movements or scream, okay? I'm here"  , she nodded, I tried to wrap Lady Lily with one of my wings, we started to back away slowly but the wolves were still approaching us and they growled.

A few moments, back and forth, we were already in the middle of the high bridge, the wolf was still following us by climbing onto the bridge too.  But, I was surprised when Lady Lily almost fell because she stepped on one of the hollow parts of the bridge and she got stuck, I immediately pulled her with my mouth because it's a shame we don't have hands because we are ponies.  The timber wolf which was initially still at the end of the bridge immediately ran after us when I managed to pull Lady Lily, "run!".

The wolf's escape even though it started from a long distance, the wolves made of timber were very fast and they howled.  I don't understand why they were so fast, but because we were running on a wooden bridge, the bridge swayed and because Lily's body was small, she was thrown when one of the four timber wolves jumped up to pounce on us in a vain way, also due to  a bridge whose ropes are shaky.

Everything felt slow for me, Lady Lily had been thrown out of the bridge. One of the wolves let out a long howl and I immediately jumped out, spread my wings and as quickly as possible tried to catch up with Lady Lily who was screaming.  I tried to catch it but the problem was we didn't have hands, then I closed my wings, making me fall faster because of course my body and weight were bigger, Lily was worried to see me but this was for Lady Lily, and just when I had passed her who  fell, I immediately spread my wings and..... catch it. I caught Lady Lily and tried to fly, fortunately because I tried many times to see the road, I succeeded.

Arriving at the opposite edge of the cliff, the side where the ancient ruins are, without us realizing it, until we heard a growl, about 10 wolves made of timber had surrounded us, as I remember only 4, perhaps bringing their friends as if they knew we were coming back.

Lady Lily was shaking in fear probably feeling afraid of what had just happened, I was about to stand up to protect her, but it seemed like this pony's body didn't take our zombie anatomy... I was a bit tired and the timber wolf was getting closer.  The one that was right in front of me immediately jumped and I was about to try to defend ourself, but when I blinked, I saw a...magic shield, maybe? (Lily told me a lot about unicorn fairy tales).

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The point of view Third person 

Yugiri immediately protected Lily as soon as she could even though her body wasn't as strong as when she was still a zombie.  But, when they opened their eyes, a magic circle enveloped them.

Lily who was afraid to see Yugiri was quite surprised and she tried to look around to try to see if she could find the source. Suddenly, even though a magic shield with a teal aura was still protecting them two of the Timber wolves attacked again and a laser shot of the same color shot out and crush it into several timbers.

The timber wolf was also destroyed but its friends were still surrounding them while keeping their distance.

Turning her head, Lily saw a unicorn, it had a purple coat, purple and teal mane and tail, visible magic aura that it was emitting from its horn.  Lily, who saw that Yugiri was still a bit confused, immediately said this, "Yugirin, look at that!", she pointed with her hoof at the unicorn who was shooting the Timber Wolves with a laser quickly and still maintaining a shield for them. The unicorn seemed to be working a little hard to exert its strength, when Yugiri looked out, one last timber wolf had been destroyed, becoming logs scattered on the ground.

The unicorn then shouted at them, "Quick! Follow me! The Timber Wolves will soon unite themselves again!", she released the magic shield then ran towards the ruins, Yugiri and Lily who heard the sound, turned around to see the logs starting to shake.  making them immediately run after the strange but apparently good unicorn.

Getting closer to the ruins of their destination, the unicorn stopped and turned around seemingly to make sure Yugiri and Lily were following her.

The timber wolves have started to unite themselves, and luckily Yugiri and Lily arrived at the ruins. The foreign unicorn, without speaking, immediately released her magic to attack the log wolves again, she then took a deep breath but then passed through the entrance to the ruins which were not too ancient apparently.

The graceful Pegasus and the little Unicorn were quite exhausted and sweating either from fear or tension and shock.  But the unicorn was more tired, Yugiri decided to approach him and tried to bow by bending his legs to say thank you, "Thank you for your help young lady, I don't know what would have happened to us if you didn't help us."

The unicorn seemed to have just looked out then glanced at Yugiri as she thanked him.  "Yeah, I was quite surprised when I heard a commotion when I had to pick up some magic books for school and Twilight asked me to look for stones for her studies. I don't think you're from here, what's your name? Especially you, quite...cute," she said,talked and saw Lily who was starting to forget the previous incident a little.

Lily looked at Yugiri for approval and Yugiri nodded while smiling gently as usual.

"I'm Lily Hoshikawa! And she's my best friend, Yugiri, we were looking for our friends and accidentally but on purpose we came here and were attacked by that ugly wolf", the unicorn nodded and smiled she was friendly then spoke, "I'm sure you will find your friends, and I must say your clothes are unique, I've never even seen my friend Rarity have a design like that."

When Lily wanted to speak again, she was surprised to find a pony beside her and the mare's face was very... emotionless or neutral, her skin was gray with straight purple hair and blue dress with belt.

The unicorn smiled and laughed stiffly when Lily was surprised that her friend had surprised them.

"Hey, Maud, have you got what you were looking for?", the mare called Maud blinked slowly with the same expression, "I've found it, this palace has various quite rare stones."

Yugiri and Lily were paying attention to their conversation, until the gray mare who was the unicorn's friend who had helped them asked, "Who are they?", in a very emotionless tone, although there was no curiosity in her voice.  The pink unicorn and the purple and teal Mane turned around and smiled hoping they weren't offended because she had gotten involved in the conversation and forgotten about them, "Ehh... let me introduce herself, she's my friend, Maud Pie, she's called Maud... hehe... sorry  I forgot you guys, I didn't mean to," Yugiri and Lily nodded in understanding and Lily said what she wanted to say earlier, "What's your name, Sis? You introduced your friend but we don't know your own name, we want to thank you and if possible we would like to ask for help," she said in a tone that was much different from Maud's, namely the cheerfulness and innocence of a young girl.

The unicorn gasped in surprise and looked embarrassed but then spoke, "I'm sorry, how rude of me, my name is Starlight Glimmer, you're welcome and... what help do you need?", she smiled and her friend Maud walked and approached a ruin stones that were not very old but crumbling, ignored them and was busy with her own business with the stones.

"Lady Starlight, we wanted to know if you know of any settlements around here? We were originally with our friends but got separated and we don't know the ins and outs of this forest. To be honest, we got lost and we almost died if you didn't come to help us  protection for us", Yugiri spoke up to which Lily nodded.

Starlight watched Maud who then returned with the stone, "Did you find it, Maud? I didn't expect you to find it that quickly, I mean of course, haha...but I didn't think it would be that fast, what's the name of the stone? I really didn't pay attention to that  Twilight said...", Starlight spoke in a contorted manner ending with an awkward smile.

Maud, still with a neutral expression, spoke in a way that surprised them, "This stone is a type of rare stone called 'Comet Stone'. They are only found in ancient ruins like this. Comet Stone has a unique crystal structure and is formed from a mixture of rare minerals such as quartz and labradorite. They range in color from bright sky blue to deep dark purple. Some even have an iridescent glow that emits light like a comet passing across the night sky. Additionally, Comet Stone has a high natural moisture level.They are able to absorb moisture from the surrounding air and retain it in their crystal structure. This makes them feel cool to the touch and provide a calming sensation. Typically, Comet Stones are found in ancient ruins hidden deep in caves or on remote mountain slopes. They formed from materials that have been buried for thousands of years and also have magical properties where they can withstand attacks or channel magic and my sister's friend Pinkie asked for it because she would use it as a practice material", without breathing she continued talking making them gape even Yugiri who was quite amazed by Maud  who spoke without taking a breath until she finished speaking.

"I understand why she is Pinkie's sibling, I believe it more now...", Starlight muttered softly to herself and then spoke to the two of them who were still stunned by Maud's skills, "Thank you, of course like that Maud, I think we can invite  you guys are going to Ponyville, to rest, maybe if you are scattered in this forest there is a big chance that if they make it out of the forest they will be in Ponyville, right Maud?"  She turned to Maud only to be met with a slight nod and an expression that remained unchanged but a nod was enough of an agreement.

Yugiri and Lily glanced at each other, again communicating with different gazes but they both met each other and understood each other.

After a brief discussion with a look, Yugiri spoke, "We will accept your offer Lady Starlight and Lady Maud, we are very grateful that you are so kind as to help us at least find a place to rest rather than this place, and with any luck we will find our friends."  , she showed a beautiful smile, "Of course, you're welcome, that's what friendship is for, we have to help each other even with ponies or new creatures, that's one of the principles of our school, right Maud?" "Yes", Maud answered very calmly and neutral.

"Just follow us, we can reach Ponyville the fastest when dusk falls, I might also ask if Twilight can provide one of the rooms for you to stay in temporarily", Starlight started walking with Maud, with books carried by Starlight and Maud carrying a  backpack and it contains...rocks.

"Thank you for all the kindness you offered, but we want to try not to be too much trouble," Yugiri gently rejected Starlight's offer of a place to rest, in the hope that Starlight wouldn't be offended, Lily also quite agreed with her pure heart who didn't want to bother anyone/pony other.Starlight responded firmly, "No, you will get a place to rest at Twilight's palace and you can't refuse, you must be tired of walking in this forest and being chased by Timberwolves, let alone smelling their breath..." She slowed down the last part, Starlight's words made  Yugiri and Lily didn't want to try to refuse gently because they were worried that she might be offended. Maud was still silent with an expression following Starlight's steps towards Ponyville.

In their hearts, they have the hope and desire to find their friends and the possibility that they can meet some new ponies and make new friends, but their main goal remains to find all their friends and find their way home.

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The Everfree Forest is a bit noisy due to various events that occur, both the howling of the timberwolves and the animals being surprised to hear the sounds that occurred as a result of the previous one.

A blue portal opened wide above the Everfree forest without the ponies realizing. Seven ponies fell unconscious in different parts of the Everfree Forest. Three are together, and the other four are divided into two so each is in pairs and one group has three.

Wait, what do you mean by two pairs?

A female Pegasus mare was trying to get free from the vines wrapped around her on top of a tree while cursing, she didn't seem to have good luck so she didn't land in a place that might be safer. There was another mare, violet, almost pale gray, and with long black mane, who seemed to have fallen in a pile of leaves that for some reason had been piled up like that, and she seemed to be fine compared to the pegasus who was still trying.

The unlucky Pegasus was still cursing and not yet aware of her new anatomy but was starting to feel something strange.

Finally she saw her friend who appeared to be bounding below on the ground in the form of a...pony? "Tae!? That's you? What happened to you? You're okay, right? Damn", she stopped to ask because she felt the thorns of the vines piercing her hooves.

The one who was called Tae looked up and looked at her friend who was a so pale orange Pegasus with long blonde hair and a long tail that came out of the skirt that covered her back to her feet. Her clothes were a bit torn and her hair had leaves. Tae tilted her head confused to answer. "Tae! Help me! Why are you just standing there!? If you can't, please get help! I'm Saki, one of your friends...", Tae suddenly jumped up and down trying to bite the vines that were wrapped around her rough friend that. With effort, there was no result for Tae,she just fell back and did it again but in the end she was more interested in the ladybug that for some reason appeared.

The Pegasus then sighed and tried to move a little, when she wiped her sweat, she finally realized..."What the hell!? Damn damn damn, why did I just realize...Of course it's like this if Tae also turns into a pony too...But why do I have to be here...",She took a deep breath and was surprised to look at where Tae was 'just now',Tae was no longer there.

Saki frantically shouted for Tae and was worried, "Tae? Where are you!? Don't leave me! Hey! Damn... why... come on, why this time... Sakura's bad luck,it wasn't even supposed to be like this. Wait, Sakura?  Oh yeah,where are the others?",she looked around and alternately called out their names or... their nicknames from her, "Egghead? Bandage? Marshmallow? Nee-san? Shrimpy? Where are you all!? Come on Saki, you're the leader,you just need to get out of these damn vines," Saki moved again after making a fuss with her screams,there was no sound other than her efforts to get free.

"Where are you all? I have to find you and we go home instead of being ponies...I don't even like it", Saki was about to turn back to look at her body but then her eyes fell on what was on her back and coming out of his torn clothes, wings!

Saki then gasped and remembered the book she was reading. She then thought that the Equestria book might have something to do with...that place.  "Wait, is this Equestria? Is all that true,damn,please say this is just a dream, someone please say this is a dream! Damn", she cursed and finally kept quiet because after all this time she really felt tired.

Saki turned to look at the wings on her pony's back, and then tried to find the neural connection by moving them even though the wings were entangled in vines somehow, it seemed like Saki really fell in the worst position she could get but she was able to move her wings even though it was limited because of the entanglement.

Now, Saki could only hope that someone would save her by chance passing by or something could make her cut the vines,or Tae back for her with anyone or anypony.

Tae chased a squirrel that kept seeming to point her towards something since she was still with Saki who was tied hanging from a tree. Tae smoothly ran and jumped after the squirrel, every stomp of her hooves while jumping produced a flash of shadow that for some reason appeared as if she had magic in her toenails once something grew. With her clothes on she continued to run without any problems as if she was used to it maybe because she somehow  why here still have dead brains.

After chasing for several minutes through quite difficult terrain in the forest, she unfortunately lost the squirrel.  Tae sat in the forest and didn't know where she was, she growled and then walked with a slight bend. Tae stopped when she saw a red berry bush.

Tae with a hungry look then eats the berry and sees a butterfly and chases it...again.

Even though his brain wasn't conscious, Tae had the feeling she left something behind... something important but continued her butterfly pursuit.

The butterfly took her to a place that seemed to be a campsite with one tent, there was a fire burning fish and it looked like the fish was cooked but there was no one there. The smell of grilled fish is tempting for ponies (formerly zombies) like Tae.

She walked closer to the fire that was burning the fish and grabbed the fish directly with his mouth. Tae got hot and let go of the fish. She tried to eat the fish that she had placed on one of the logs. The fish was slightly charred as it seemed the pony who grilled it left behind a mouth-watering, almost charred fish.

Tae gets a little frustrated when the fish doesn't cool down or warm up fast enough to eat (even though it should) and she stomps one of her front legs. Out of nowhere, a shadow appears around the fish, and Tae tilts her head in confusion but tries to bite the fish. She finished the fish which had become warm so she could eat it.

In an instant, Tae only left the grilled fish bones and she stood up and walked out of what seemed to be the camping area.

"Zecora is very kind for giving us this basket of berries, this can be our dessert", a sweet voice spoke as Tae came out of the area, not that far and Tae heard even though she didn't understand, another voice answered, "Yes, I hope fish what we burned is enough for us, we will prove to our sisters that we can camp alone now even though it's fun being with them, right CMC?", there was another voice that spoke, "I know Rainbow Dash is the best as an older sister, but of course we need to have time for us, and they don't believe we can handle it ourselves, we can even grill the fish we catch ourselves and it must be delicious, and I agree with you both."

Tae walked away in some direction and didn't hear any more conversation, but heard what sounded like the three of them gasping. Tae will go somewhere even though there is a feeling that she feels like she is leaving something behind.

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The forest began to function normally after some time.  Our violet pony Tae walks bent over without knowing where to go.On her journey through the forest, even though she might just go in circles, Tae occasionally tries to catch a squirrel or rabbit that passes in front of her even though they disappear when she is chased. It seems that even though she turned into a 'live' pony, she is still brain dead.

Tae found a river in front of her that was flowing fast, but there were rocks in the river so she jumped on it to cross, again a flash of shadow appeared on her hooves as her feet landed on the ground beautifully even though he was not aware. Tae was then distracted in the last jump because she saw the fish also jumping, and... She jumped into the river while growling like a bear wanting to catch its prey.

Tae gets the fish and drifts a bit in the river, and then tries to swim to the other side while still carrying the fresh fish in her mouth, but she has trouble.

With a little effort and strong legs, a tendril made of transparent shadow pushed her and she jumped back across. She was quite happy and proud to eat...raw fish that looked like it had died of suffocation.

The fish had not finished when Tae then heard the sound of bushes, she looked up and saw... the civet then looked at her, the civet ran away but when Tae returned to eating she saw that the fish she had eaten earlier had disappeared and the civet ran away carrying something in its mouth,she of course chased after her. While she was still running after the ferret for who knows how far, she ran into a striped pony...or...a zebra.

The zebra fell, her belongings and what appeared to be her money bag fell. The zebra stood up and took his things while Tae was just confused and tried to find the direction the ferret was running.

"Next time you better be careful when you run, you could endanger any pony who might pass by," the zebra warned after finishing putting things into the bag under his robe.  Tae just opened her mouth and groaned revealing her canine teeth without understanding but she was a little sorry.

The zebra looked at Tae from bottom to top of her head, and looking at her clothes, she felt familiar with something, "Honestly, even though .I don't know much about clothes, your clothing style is quite similar to the ponies I met before, if I'm not mistaken, their names are Yugiri and Lily." Tae felt like she remembered that name and moved her ears, she growled and tried to move her hooves as if to signal something while speaking incoherently or more precisely just moaning.

"I have to go, next time be careful when running and watch your direction, miss", the foreign zebra started to walk in another direction, but Tae followed her making her turn around and try to think what she wanted, "Do you want to follow me or what?  ", she asked calmly and looked at Tae to be honest, Tae could only open her mouth and make 'argh' and 'erghh' sounds but followed every time Zebra took a step.

Finally, the zebra understood what she meant and smiled but showed concern, "Did you catch something? I don't know if there is a poison that can make a pony like this... but I don't think it's poison that causes you like this," she touched or seems to check Tae to make sure and finally nods to herself. “I don't know, but it seems like this is something you're born with, it's not safe if you're alone, do you have friends?”  Tae was just silent and shook her head even though it was a reflex, until the zebra spoke again, "Let me introduce myself, I'm Zecora, it's quite worrying if you're alone here and it's dangerous, I think you can follow me to Ponyville and maybe you'll find a place there, the ponies there are friendly ", she smiled and invited Tae, motioning her to follow herself and Tae just followed the path of a zebra named Zecora that she had just discovered, maybe she should mark her scent.

The bound Pegasus, none other than Saki, was still waiting and trying to free herself only to get more entangled in vines and pricked by a few thorns, it was painful for her and she was still worried about Tae who had gone somewhere, leaving her behind. Sweat dripped down her orange pale coat.

Saki was tired of trying but kept trying and one of her hooves had become unwound but that only made her uncomfortable.

When she almost fainted from exhaustion because the coils wrapped around her were impossible to untie by herself, she heard a voice that gave her hope.

A small voice complained to her friend, "Oh no, I can't believe our fish turned out like that... Now we gotta head on back home 'cause our tent got wrecked by a pesky badger. I can't reckon how this happened. Our whole campsite that we had planned got torn apart. Looks like Applejack was right, we couldn't do it all on our own. But I was mighty stubborn about invitin' you two",the voice seemed to be from a young pony or a child. Saki heard two more voices that seemed to calm her friend who had just blamed herself, "None of this is your fault, Applebloom. You've tried and planned.  you to make them believe that our stay at Sweetie's place was great and successful, even though our plans here didn't go smoothly," "Scoot was right, you tried your best, only the place didn't support us and next time it will definitely be successful."  Saki was stunned to hear the sound of the voice but then realized the sound was starting to get far away.

With her strength, she then shouted for help even though at first she was embarrassed to ask for what might be children, but her ego should not control her now.  "Help! Someone help me! Whoever you are there!", fortunately, her voice seemed to be heard even though it was a bit hoarse.  "Did you two hear that? It seems like someone is asking for help, but where?", the sweet voice seemed to ask her friends, to which Saki shouted again, "I'm up here! Among the vines! Please!", she desperately hoped  they found herself, but her hope returned when she heard the sound of running hooves and the ringing of bushes, she looked down a little behind her and saw three fillies.

For her they are quite sweet and cute but she has to ask for help, she has also learned in an idol group that she has to be kind to children and fortunately she is like that, "Hey, can you guys help me? I've been stuck here for a while, there was a friend of mine but she seems to have accidentally left me", she waved with difficulty with her front hooves only to feel pricked again by the blunt thorns. One of them spoke and was a little surprised on behalf of her friends, "Eh, what can we do?", she turned to her friends and they formed a circle to apparently discuss in whispers while Saki had to be patient.

Finally after a minute, the three of them dispersed, one of them who had wings took something out of his bag, a grass clipper?  Saki was quite confused before the little unicorn among them seemed to cast its magic, this was quite surprising for Saki to see a green aura surrounding the grass clipper and she was a little confused. But then the scissors went up to where the vines were coming from. With a little effort she tried to move the grass scissors and then cut the vines which were thick enough but not so thick that with a little effort from the magic-using unicorn, the plants that had been bothering Saki were cut one by one.

It took a while, then Saki started to feel the loosening of the coils, and when she didn't feel the coils and she started to fall because the vines couldn't support the weight.

When she fell and looked down worriedly,"Damn", she was worried because there was no landing and below was the ground, she closed his eyes and desperately moved her wings because it was quite high, but then she felt something soft under her, then opened her eyes, she found herself  landing on three sleeping bags that seemed to be put together by two of them, one was a Pegasus with a magenta mane and an orange coat and the other had a yellow coat and a red mane and tail with a pink ribbon on her head.

The three fillies then gathered together and raised their hooves to clap them, and Saki tried to stand on all fours like a horse should but she was too tired even though she had never stepped on the ground, after three years of living (or dying and rising) as a zombie, she had never felt tired  and real pain except when jumping off a cliff to defend Maria.

The yellow filly wearing a ribbon then invited her friend to approach the Pegasus which was still on top of their sleeping bag which was planned for their camp but instead was used as a landing place for a foreign pony who was wearing unique clothes and looked injured.

"Are you okay? Do you need a First Aid kit medicine? You're seriously injured," the little unicorn asked Saki and took her bag, Saki took a breath and tried to stand up but in the end she managed to sit down like a pony, "Damn...I  It looks like it's a little injured, but there's no need to bother, you've helped me enough, now I have to look for my friend," Saki felt the hoof of her right front foot being taken, and saw the unicorn putting a bandage on her foot which was scratched by the vines.

The orange winged foal noticed the vines and also Saki, who was being treated by her friend, "How did you get there? There's no way you could have gotten stuck up there on purpose," Saki, who was still being given ointment, rolled her eyes for some reason but she suddenly felt like she had to lie because it seemed like the reason she came from another world was unusual, until her eyes were on her own wings, "I... was flying and accidentally... ehmm... fell because I almost hit a bird and was too fast until it got stuck... hehe.. I was careless," she grinned with a lie that was not detected by the three fillies.

The three of them together put on a skeptical look but Saki immediately grimaced when the pony wearing a ribbon put bandages on her wings, "Okay, we believe you, what's your name? I like your mane, it's very long and thick, how long will it take you to grow your mane.It's so dirty, I'm sure if Rarity overcomes it, it will be very beautiful," the white unicorn spoke and suddenly her friends also stopped looking skeptically making Saki feel funny seeing the young pony's cohesion, "My name is Saki, Saki Nikaido, I never cut my hair since I was young, probably like you...and thank you, I know I'm beautiful, so what are your names too?", she responded and just as they finished treating the wound and bandaging part of it, making her look badly injured.

Pony who was wearing a ribbon seemed to frown at me in surprise making Saki a little worried that she had spoken wrongly, "Your name is quite unique, it doesn't have a specific meaning and is quite different. Oh yes, I'm Applebloom, she's Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, we're the Cutie mark Crusaders,"  known as Applebloom introduced the sweet unicorn as Sweetie Belle and her friend Scootaloo they formed a formation with Applebloom in the middle, Saki raised an eyebrow thinking they were quite cute, "Cutie mark Crusaders huh? Your group has a cute name, I think you are indeed crusaders  but what is a cutie mark?", after saying that, they made faces as if they saw aliens eating salt cakes.

Scootaloo was the first to wake up and immediately asked Saki still with the same face, "You really aren't from Equestria, right? I know I was suspicious of you but I didn't even know that other countries don't even know what a cutie mark is?", Saki frowned.  and nodded slowly and hesitantly, They screamed and Saki gasped and gave her a sharp look, it made them fall silent and Sweetie Belle then opened the conversation again after half a minute of silence, "So... you don't know what cutie marks are? Cutie marks are what  is on your flank to show each pony's talents and uniqueness, just like ours signifies that we exist to help ponies to find their destiny and the true meaning of their talents, that's why we are cutie mark Crusaders", As Sweetie Belle explained, the three of them attached  their flanks and showing their almost identical cutie marks.
Saki nodded in understanding, she glanced at her own flank which were covered by her long blue skirt. 'I think I have one too, I wonder what about the others especially Tae... wait, Them!', Saki thought and then she tried standing on all fours even though it felt strange, but standing on two legs was definitely weirder.

Saki then remembered something then started to walk out of the sleeping bag she was sitting in even though her legs were a bit sore, a bit stiff but she managed, 'Luckily I still remember the horse that mom watched with me, I don't believe this will be useful', she grinned making. The three fillies were a little surprised she suddenly grinned to herself.

She then tried to move her cramped legs, then looked at the three fillies known as Cutie Mark Crusaders in front of her, "Look, can I get help?"

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"I'm looking for my friends and maybe I can ask you for help if you're not lost right now? Yes, right?", Saki asked the three fillies who had just rescued and treated her who was entangled earlier. Now she felt it was hard to ask for help again but she had no other choice especially in her situation even though she knew how to walk on a pony.

The three fillies who had just helped her looked at Saki for a moment and made a small circle, they discussed in whispers and Scootaloo looked up at Saki. Was worried when she saw them nodding together with serious faces when they finished.

"So do you guys want to help or what?", he frowned seeing the serious faces of the three of them. Applebloom took a breath and took a step forward and spoke seriously, "Are you sure you want to ask for our help and trust?", answered by a nod from Saki, "Okay then! You can entrust your travel guidance to us, even though we're cutie mark Crusaders aren't we?  "That means we are just Crusaders for Cutie Mark, but for all things, we have to help those in need," continued Applebloom.

Rhythmic foot tapping from the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Saki begins to hear the music as it forms naturally, birds chirping and other sounds forming to create harmony for the song, and Sweetie Belle begins, (imagine the music Heart strong as horse x Cutie mark prelude, I'm sorry  and sorry for the bad description, imagine the lyrics and what they do).

(SB) "🎵We're here to face our fears, in this enchanted land

(AB) Walking through the Everfree forest from this land

(S) Through the bushes and the brambles, we'll make our way.

(CMC) Cutie Mark Crusaders, we'll seize the day!🎵"'

' Cutie mark Crusaders walked side by side with Saki behind them, Saki frowned, Applebloom turned and winked at Saki'

Saki: "What lies within this realm, where magic intertwines?"

(S) "Answers await us, as we seek the signs (SB) Cutie Mark Crusaders, with hearts so brave, We'll cross the river, together we'll be saved."

'They crossed a river by jumping and Saki was helped by them when she almost fell'

Saki: "Tell me, what's a Cutie Mark, shining bright and true?"

S: "It's a symbol of who we are, it shows what we can do,"

SB: "A mark upon our flank, unique to each of us",

AB: "special talent waiting, for us to discover and discuss!"

'Music accompanies the questions and answers and ending on a high note by Applebloom, they run forward in a dark part of the forest'

"(S) 🎵In the dense and leafy shade, darkness begins to loom

(SB)With a flicker of light, we'll banish the gloom

(CMC) Running through the shadows, side by side we'll go

Cutie Mark Crusaders, our friendship will glow!🎵"

'When Sweetie Belle sang her part, she lit her horn with magic, until a light penetrated the trees and illuminated their path even though they were in the dark part of the forest.'

(AB)"We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders, full of hope and cheer

(SB) Exploring Equestria, with laughter in the air

(S) Through the forests and the fields, we'll run wild and free,

(AB) Unleashing our potential, for all the world to see^"

'Saki looked at them with an inspired look and smiled, she followed them, suddenly disappeared and they appeared in front of her for a new verse'

(SB) "🎵Cutie Mark Crusaders, we'll shout with all our might,

(S) In this grand adventure, we'll make our marks so bright,

(AB)With friendship as our guide, we'll light up every day,

(CMC) Cutie Mark Crusaders, leading the way!🎵".

'Ends with Sweetie Belle's high note solo and they form their pyramid formation only to fall in front of Saki'

Saki looked at them who had just sung some kind of unity song or something. They had seen a path,the Cutie Mark Crusaders who were crushing each other tried to get away and finally they stood up.

Saki chuckled while grinning at them and spoke, "You guys are great at writing lyrics like that, you prepared it from the start, right, some kind of unity song?", Applebloom who shook her head recovered from her dizziness and answered,"No, yes it might be good but  Isn't this normal?", "Don't tell me your land doesn't sing, it's almost like a normal thing to entertain and vent your feelings", Scootaloo continued, and Sweetie Belle got up and stood in the middle of the two of them, "This is normal, isn't it? Don't you like singing?"

Saki started to get confused looking for an excuse, but after she thought about it, if magic existed and she even saw Sweetie Belle's unicorn horn light up, would they believe that she was from another world?  She should give it a try instead of her looking for silly excuses for this trivial thing, after all they seemed trustworthy fillies.

She took a deep breath and exhaled, "I want to tell you all something that I don't know if you will believe my words or even help me after this...".

The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked at each other and stared at Saki in surprise and innocence, "What's wrong? Do you have a secret? "Are you a monster?" "Are you actually evil and want to trap us?", Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle asked questions  in a row and Sweetie Belle's last question to Saki made them take a step back. Saki blinked her eyes repeatedly, "Listen, huh... Not from whatever you asked but I did keep this a secret for the half hour we walked, I hope you're not afraid of me because  know where I'm coming from. For the record, I don't want to hurt you."

They finally nodded despite being skeptical, waiting for an answer from Saki. Saki took another breath of air and finally spoke,"Actually I'm from another world, maybe".

Their faces remained silent for a moment and Saki waited for a reaction, her gaze was quite scary but Applebloom opened her voice with a question, "So... what world were you from then", the question was quite reasonable.  "I come from a world where I'm not a horse...I'm from a world where I was a zombie who died from chicken racing and jumping off a cliff, was resurrected and asked to save a prefecture as a singing and dancing idol, then I became a zombie idol with my friends  which I'm looking for now because I was reading a book and it seemed like there was a spell and we were thrown through a portal and it seems that's why I was in the vines..." Saki took a deep breath, "Damn... I even forgot to breathe, so how? Do you believe it?"

The faces of the three fillies showed clear surprise and a worried Saki waved her hoop in front of their faces, "Hello, earth to you."

Scootaloo jumped forward with an excited face and flapped her wings, "You are a zombie and died because of a chicken race?", Sweetie Belle also smiled broadly, "You are an idol who sings and dances to save a place?", Applebloom also came forward in the middle of them  both of them and their faces lit up and the next question came,"Are you from another world?", "That's amazing!!!"  They shouted together and approached Saki which made Saki take a step back this time.

Saki felt quite a bit of surprise, confusion, and stared at them with a blank stare while, she raised an eyebrow and answered hesitantly, "Damn...Yeah...I didn't expect you guys to be so excited even after bringing your song, and can you guys back off a bit? You make me uncomfortable and luckily you're cute fillies," they chuckled and backed away, still smiling.

Saki looked at them with a straight face and scratched her head and of course it was quite strange because she didn't have hands, "So you guys... this is the right way, we can discuss this on the road because there isn't much time, I don't know if even my friends  It's in this place or it could be anywhere." She headed down the path and the Cutie Mark Crusaders walked quickly so they could walk beside her.

"So you won't judge me?" Saki glanced at Applebloom on her left and then looked at Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle on her right, they were still smiling admiringly and looked shocked, "Why are you looking at me like that, huh?"  Saki stared at them sharply, her mood changing somehow.

Applebloom frowned when she heard Saki's rather harsh tone, even though Saki had previously cursed, but she decided to speak, "Yes...we have met many strange creatures who want to dominate and even destroy Equestria","But we have never heard from the world  others, even zombies who become idols," Scootaloo continued Applebloom's words.

Saki smiled looking proud "I was also a member of a legendary motorbike gang, but I had to die because of my carelessness, but hey, I'm still beautiful even after becoming a pony, but you guys really don't lie or hate me if it's like this, right?".

The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked at each other seeing her narcissistic attitude but they didn't want to change the topic,"Of course not, we were taught to accept every living creature no matter their shape and background even criminals are not always criminals but some are still criminals...my sister Applejack  also always taught me and the students at the friendship school that honesty is one part of not losing heart, don't lie at any time but in a good way, you don't lie to us and we will also respond by accepting you," Applebloom spoke at length and Saki pondered  his words, he smiled faintly "It seems like your sister is great, huh? She really is a good sister... I hope my sister can be like that but... Applejack, that's name is familiar."

Scootaloo stepped forward and walked backwards facing them, "But Rainbow Dash is also AWESOME, she's a loyal older sister and I wish she were my real older sister but me being her little sister already makes me happy, she's very caring even though she can sometimes be quite selfish but she's great!  Look how loyal she is to Applejack," Sweetie Belle, who didn't want to be outdone, also spoke up, "Rarity is also amazing! She is an element of generosity and she is beautiful, you could even say the prettiest, she is a dream girl, even though sometimes she forgets me because of her duties, but she still  pay attention to me", "Me too!", said Scootaloo and Applebloom at the same time loudly.

"Applejack is better!","Rainbow Dash is 20% cooler","Rarity is beautiful, affectionate and great at sewing".  They argued in front of Saki, who was previously busy thinking about familiar names and familiar traits, starting to get a little annoyed, "Listen! Your older sister is great, better than mine because my sister doesn't care about me and she is more loved and she is selfish, unfaithful and even big liars! The point is, you are lucky to have older sisters who care and love you, all of them have characteristics and still love you, right!?", Saki's sharp gaze accompanied Saki's shout which wasn't too loud but enough to make them quiet and  stop walking and arguing.

Saki gasped and she realized she had shouted at them, "I'm sorry, but I have to say you guys are lucky, and there's no need to compare one with another even if it's not your biological brother, but they love you wholeheartedly, sometimes many people don't  lucky to get the love of a family, even siblings," She looked thoughtful, and finally looked at them gently and the three fillies began to regret.

"We're sorry for arguing in front of you," they said at the same time and in unison, Saki grinned and opened her wings without any intention but they hugged her and Saki grimaced without them realizing, "I think you have a bad relationship with your older sister, we're sorry because  I don't know what's wrong," Sweetie Belle started, Applebloom tightened her hug and said, "We shouldn't fight in front of ponies who might get offended, even though our older sisters are part of the harmony element," And by the way, if you look closely, you look like  "Rainbow Dash and Applejack, you look like Rainbow Dash but also Applejack as if you were their child," Scootaloo expressed her concern until Saki winced at the wounds they were hugging.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders who had reconciled let go of the hug and looked at Saki worriedly, but then looked like a scanning machine, "I admit you're right Scootaloo, this is funny if you pay attention...We don't know your deeper character but what we know is enough to make us feel  you look like Rainbow Dash and AJ", Applebloom pointed at Saki who was touching her wound while walking after the hug.

Sweetie Belle nodded and smiled, explaining more, "They are both an eternal looking couple and you, Saki look like a combination of them, you look like their child" The Cutie mark Crusaders giggled noticing the little thing and Scootaloo continued not paying attention to Saki who smiled looking at them  "Yeah, you're a Pegasus, tomboy, maybe you can fly as well as Rainbow Dash, you're orange and blonde like Applejack, your eyes are orange like Granny Smith and Applebloom, and your colorful hair is probably Rainbow Dash's, are you sure you're not their who might have been accidentally thrown into another dimension?", they continued giggling while Saki shook her head softly behind him.

Saki realized one thing... If they said Applejack and Rainbow Dash were their older sisters, that meant..."Your older sisters are lesbians?", the three of them stopped and turned curiously to Saki who had just asked, "What is a lesbian?"  Saki did a Facepalm with her hoop, at first she was hesitant to explain but they already knew about lovers and children so it wasn't a problem for her to explain, "Lesbian is a female who likes other females, there is also something called gay which means males like males and bisexual if you like females as well as males," nodded the three little ponies in understanding.

"Yeah... apparently, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are lesbians like you said", Sweetie Belle thought and was challenged by Applebloom, "It seems that Applejack is bisexual, because she once had a lover ehh... what was his name...Caramel? I  flavor".

No one continued, without realizing it, the end of the forest was visible, the path was illuminated by the sun brightly and clearly... Saki knew, she had to find her friend and find out why that name was familiar.

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"The Eterna Stone, is a very interesting phenomenon for me. This stone is difficult to classify. Its surface is smooth like glass, with a very dark color.Its molecular structure is very complex and unusual, with intricate crystal patterns .The molecules are bonded very tightly, creating a force that is difficult to break", she took a breath when they thought she was done apparently she continued.

"The Eterna stone consists of a mixture of rare minerals, such as black calcite and obsidian. This combination gives the stone extraordinary strength and density. The elements contained in this stone are very interesting. The Eterna stone contains traces of magical energy  powerful, which bestows power and magic on anyone who can harness it. However, only those who have a deep understanding of this stone can control it properly"

"Eterna stones are found in forests and sometimes inside other stones. Only a few know the exact location so we were lucky to find a split stone with an Eterna stone, hooray, Boulder is happy too."

Starlight looked at her with a raised eyebrow, Maud showed her 'pet rock' and Maud's expression remained even after she explained that they had just found a rare rock because Yugiri was splitting a rock with her hooves just because a mosquito kept bothering Lily... Starlight felt  today was very strange even though she had had many days like this, she also noticed Lily giggling as if this was something normal and funny, Maud had walked and they could only calm down, Starlight almost felt like she was sane herself, and she learned not to play games  playing with Yugiri.

Lily jumped up and down behind them, she was used to the pony legs she had, but she stopped when she glanced at the horns, and walked normally "Starlight-chan, do you know unicorn magic? Can all unicorns use it? Lily wants to try magic!", she excitedly asked Starlight who felt strange about the question, an unusual question for a unicorn in Equestria.

Starlight was about to ask again, but after that suddenly they felt something watching them and Yugiri was the first to notice it, "Be careful, it seems someone is watching us."

The sound of bushes rang, a figure continued to run quickly and passed between the bushes, they started to get a little alert and stopped.  Starlight prepared herself for something that might be dangerous, Yugiri prepared to protect Lily, Lily who was a bit scared but tried not to put too much pressure on Yugiri and Maud who...was still the same as usual but she seemed a bit wary if she did have emotions and she was able to hide well.

They heard the sound of a rooster crowing and the shadow continued to run away somewhere but they didn't feel good... I don't know about Maud.

Then something jumped out of the bushes, it jumped at them, that something... was in the shape of a dragon with a chicken head, Starlight turned her face away and shouted, "Don't look into it eyes!", Yugiri and Lily turned their faces away just following Starlight while Maud closed her eyes.

"What's that!?"  Yugiri asked Starlight trying to avoid the red eyes of the strange chicken or snake, "That's a Cockatrice, if you look into their eyes you will become stone", Starlight tried to create a barrier but she was startled by the sound of the Cockatrice's screeching crowing.

Starlight's gaze...fixated on those red eyes, she didn't want to look at him but instead she looked at him, but then she saw Maud in front of her and holding a...stone?  "Maud! What are you doing? Don't be reckless!", Maud glanced at Starlight and back to the front, and they slowly looked forward and the Cockatrice... turned to stone.

Starlight looked at the Cockatrice which had become a stone, she couldn't believe it and was doubtful. When she saw who might have done this, Maud, in question, put the stone she had been holding into her bag again.
"W..wha..what? What did you do to him Maud?", all she asked was to blink her eyes and breathe.

"I use an eternal stone which can actually reverse gazes or magic that will reflect on its owner and that's why this stone is rare because it is usually created from discarded magic stones which then combine and make the magic create a solid object and finally become the Eternal stone that is in another stone."

The three of them blinked several times, Yugiri showed a graceful smile at Maud, "You are indeed great, Lady Maud, I am impressed with your extensive knowledge,","Thank you, miss, I am also impressed with your elegance and sharpness, if it weren't for you we wouldn't have the stone that saved our lives," Yugiri nodded even though Maud's face looked very happy, aka still flat, "Thank you again, I just wanted to protect Lady Lily and because of your thoroughness I was able to get the stone."

While the two mares were praising each other, one of them was the emotionless pony and the other was graceful... while the two unicorns behind looked at them with the same expression;  eyebrows raised on one side and full of feeling.

Red had walked back through the path.  Maud and Starlight returned in front of Yugiri and Lily as the ones who knew the way, "Maud, do you have plans for summer vacation?", Maud glanced at her briefly, "I think I'm going back to the rock farm with Pinkie and I want to show you the rock collection my".  Starlight smiled and accepted the answer, surprised to hear the question back,""If you?","I think I'll... nothing, just at Twilight's castle or maybe she'll take me somewhere," her face became less visible excited to remember her fate.

Yugiri and Lily heard the conversation behind them. "You didn't come home to your dad? Didn't he write to you yesterday?" Maud asked again, it was quite rare for Starlight to ask much.

Starlight just laughed a little but her face became gloomy, "Me and my dad, I don't want to see him cry anymore but I have to come for a while... summer is the season my mom died and my mom also loves summer so my father will almost cry," she said  Lily heard and approached her, she looked at her with a look that she knew what it was like, "Lily too, my momy likes flowers and she died when Lily was little...and mommy likes spring so usually daddy likes to help mommy plant flowers" now two unicorn shared her fate, Starlight looked at Lily with a look of sympathy.

"We are the same... even though I think you are stronger because your mom died when you didn't feel love, my mom still had time to give me love and I was busy being evil when my father was lost," Maud and Yugiri looked at them, Yugiri smiled at Lily seemed to find friends to share their fate with and Maud just stared at them but inside she was different.
They were still talking about their mothers until Starlight remembered their destination which was now in sight, out of the forest.

"I don't feel time passing so fast. Oh yes, Lily, why are you asking me about unicorn magic? Of course unicorns can use their magic no matter how small it depends on your talent unless there is some kind of abnormality or your magic is stolen", They were already outside the forest and were faintly visible from a distance visible Twilight palace.
"Lily can't use magic yet, but Lily wants to," "We can learn when we get to Twilight's palace later and you can look for your friends at the same time."

As they walked, a hoarse voice was heard from sky? , "Where are you going?".

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The blue unicorn was carrying two bags of apples which were quite heavy and full at a market, quite heavy and her friends chuckled at her difficulties because the unicorn with short bob mane with flower pins was suddenly given lots of apples for free by the orange pony who was like a cowgirl because  she said she wanted to look for her little sister.

The unicorn was none other than Ai and her friends were Sakura and Junko, while Tae... was eating an apple, Zecora was buying something at one of the stands that sold bottles that seemed to contain herbs or potions. "Ai-chan, how about we help you?" Sakura, who felt sorry for Ai who couldn't support herself with apples, finally offered to help, and with a nod from Ai, they started to take some apples to put in the bag they had taken more precisely given by a foreign pony.

Finally, Ai's burden was reduced physically, but her mind had not been reduced. "Where is Zecora?", she looked around and found Zecora transacting with a seller who seemed to be a herbal plant. The zebra she was looking for turned and approached them and her face showed that she had some dissatisfaction, "What's wrong Zecora-san?".

Zecora looked at Sakura who asked, "I didn't find the plant I was looking for, even though I need it for the herbal concoction I'm going to use, usually there is one. I'll take you to the princess's palace first, I hope she's there."  Ai frowned in surprise and felt a little annoyed for some reason while the others let out a small gasp, "So you're not sure whether the princess is in her palace, where is she going?", "This is indeed the princess's palace, but princess Twilight has been crowned as the leader Equestria about a month ago but she usually goes back to Ponyville to visit her friends although not often, but not only her, there is someone who lives in the castle who is also the head of the friendship school located next to the palace and she also probably knows how to help you and her friends  ".

Ai's eyes twitched but after Zecora's long explanation, she finally calmed down and just hoped that along with the others, Tae was quite calm in the back with an apple in her mouth.

"Ai-san, don't think too much, you can get stressed and I don't want anything to happen to you," came from Junko in a soft voice but she immediately recovered when she saw Ai blush, "I mean us! We'll worry if you're stressed, Ai-san". Both blushing almost as much as the apples they were carrying, Sakura watched the two 'potential' lover she had always wanted to be together.

Since Ekimae Fudosan's successful charity concert a few months ago in Tosu city, Ai and Junko seem to be getting closer and based on the observations of Sakura, Saki, Lily and Yugiri who don't really want to interfere, that they seem to have feelings for each other. Saki insisted on wanting to unite them but didn't have time because... this transfer. Sakura felt strange even though it shouldn't be strange, two idols from different eras and she supported them to ship... she was a strange fan, even though she admired Ai but she supports them being together even though idols aren't supposed to be romantically involved, let alone lesbians, fellow members anymore... but the point is they're in a pony world.

Sakura gasped when she bumped into Junko who stopped, "Junko-chan, what's wrong?", "We've arrived Sakura-san, Zecora-san is right, there is a school near this palace... the school is very big, isn't it...",  Junko said softly, Sakura looked at the direction Junko was staring at, Ai...no no, a school that has a waterfall...a waterfall?

"This is very beautiful, and this is the friendship school built by the princess of friendship!? I wish there was a school like this in our world," , "What do you mean our world?", Zecora asked behind them making Sakura and Junko startled, "Uh..in our land there are no friendship schools...hehe", Sakura smiled awkwardly while Junko was no longer beside her, and Sakura saw Ai and Junko laughing for some reason but looking happy.

Zecora took them to the friendship school which was next to the palace, not the palace, "Wait, why are we going to the school instead of the palace for the princess?", Ai walked quickly to ask Zecora, who looked at her calmly, "Yes... Usually the princess came to school and I met the principal of the friendship school who was in the forest so I think for a while the princess took over just to reminisce."

They nod in understanding and follow her until suddenly something moves quickly until Ai falls backwards, Tae chases something that appears to be pink and the pink figure seems to return to them.

Right in front of Sakura, it stopped and apparently it was a very pink pony, she had poofy wavy dark red hair that matched her pink coat, on her hips were three balloons and her blue eyes looked at Sakura while blinking and smiling.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie, the teacher in Laughter's class! You're new here, right? Did Zecora bring you? And where are you from? Are you hungry? Because I have cupcakes ready to eat," she showed me the plate containing the cupcakes that were on top her head at Sakura, and Ai, Junko who was close to Sakura, before they answered anything, Tae came and jumped to take Pinkie's pony cupcake, but she smiled broadly and took a deep breath then, "Wow, she's hungry, isn't she? I'm glad you  like my cupcakes, and what are you doing here? Are you from the Everfree forest and separated from your friends where at first you had difficulty walking but your friend with Marshmellow hair showed you the way so you walked and met Zecora who was carrying your friend who was eating cake the bowl I made where she was brain dead and Zecora offered you to come here to meet Twilight Sparkle who is the Princess of Friendship who is now here to find your three other friends who are now in the middle of nowhere and want to ask for help!", she took a breath finishing her words and made three horses  The poor pony gasped, while Tae growled "Argh" in response... apparently or she just burped.

Tae ran to Pinkie and bit her head, "Whoowee zoowee, your friend not only likes cupcakes but also heads!"  She laughed, Junko was the one who spoke first in her voice, "How... how did you know?", Pinkie who was sitting playing with Tae with a wooden stick... wrapped around her hair which was magically movable, just raised it as if shrugging her shoulders,  "I don't know, just a hunch."

Zecora smiled and confirmed Pinkie's words, "Yeah...and is Princess Twilight's here? If possible you could take them to meet her, I have to go buy some ingredients and be home before sunset although it's not a problem but I'm in a bit of a rush ", Pinkie Pie turned to look at Zecora and nodded, still playing fetch with Tae.

Sakura, Ai and Junko just watched the negotiation, still surprised by Pinkie pony's shrewdness,"Do you think he's a fortune teller?"  Ai asked who knows who, but they answered, "I think even ponies like me and Junko-chan can also seem to have some kind of magic...", Junko nodded slowly in agreement with Sakura's words.

Zecora waved at Pinkie and approached the three of them, "I think it's time for us to say goodbye, I have to go and Pinkie pie will help you, don't hesitate to ask or ask for other help from her and her friends, they are very kind, see you later",she left them where Sakura and her two friends also waved back and said "see you later".

Even though their meeting was short, the word See You means we can meet again until one day we meet and not goodbye which could mean goodbye forever.

Sakura was the first to turn around to see Pinkie pie eating a cupcake with Tae who was eating with an adorable smile, "I'm sure we can trust them, especially since they are friendly school teachers," She glanced at her two friends who were on her left and right respectively, they nodded  and approached those who were some distance away.

"Pinkie-chan, so...can you help us to meet the princess and help us find our friends?", Pinkie stopped eating the cupcake or rather put one last whole cupcake in her mouth which worried them for a moment but  she seems fine..."Sure! Why not? Let's go! It just so happens that Twilight is coming for a week's holiday even though she's only been crowned a month but she has about a week or less, but that still means you can meet her! She's teaching for Extra tutoring for Magic class! Come on!", she started walking at the first invitation or rather jumped and they followed her.

Quite quickly they entered the school, the three of them were amazed to see the beautiful and neat school hallways, the classrooms contained various creatures learning various things. When they passed several hallways and turned and even climbed the stairs, they saw a beautiful female unicorn...very beautiful, white coat and purple curly hair, her cutie mark is three blue diamonds, her eyes are blue and she is wearing blue eyeshadow, she seems to be choosing which wall decoration to hang.

"This is, no, too shiny.This is not, too green. This is certainly not, too much straw. And oh! There it is!"  From a few meters away they heard her talking to herself about her choices and she seemed enthusiastic, as she spun around with one of the wall hangings she had chosen, her eyes catching them and Pinkie pie jumping up and down.

Her eyes looked at Pinkie pie skeptically, and she put the wall decoration on a table in the hall with her magic, then elegantly approached Pinkie and immediately whispered, "Pinkie pie, Darling, what are you doing? Who are they? I just saw the design  clothes like that in my lifetime and the design is simple but unique..." She tilted her head to see them behind. Pinkie was looking around the hall and Tae was slightly held back by Sakura because she seemed to want to jump randomly.

Pinkie pie jumped up and down in place until she was held back by the person asking, "Answer my question, Pinkie", she emphasized the last word. I don't know how Pinkie explained, Rarity's face immediately looked full of shock, surprise, and confusion, her mouth was wide open but she was still beautiful, immediately closed by Pinkie Pie who jumped up and surprisingly hugged Sakura, Ai, and Junko who waved awkwardly at the beautiful unicorn.

She walked towards them and reprimanded Pinkie Pie with her gaze, then she smiled broadly, "I'm Rarity, the teacher here in the Generosity class. So you're looking for Twilight, huh? She's in magic class and doesn't seem to want to be disturbed, class time will be changing soon in my class, I also need your help with my class, okay?", she looked at them with a pretty wink, and Sakura nodded slowly which seemed to be agreed with by the others.

Pinkie pie didn't seem to want to be left behind, "What about me? Me! Me!", Rarity looked at her and rolled her eyes, "Darling, don't you have plans at Sugarcube corner before your class starts?".

Pinkie Pie who was blowing up the balloon immediately let it fly in the air, and followed by Tae's gaze, "Oh yeah! Thank you Rarity! I'll be back, and don't forget to tell you guys if you want to meet Twilight! Bye!", she suddenly flew away with  several balloons were tied to her body and flying in the hallway. Rarity looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "She always has her own way of going... and for you guys, ohh... come on, follow me and Twilight will come to my classroom, she's usually like that."

They followed Rarity and luckily Tae was calm even though his eyes weren't. After a while, they finally arrived at a room. More like a room for fashion designers than a classroom, but they saw various jewels and decorations hanging.

"Here it is, I need help and I hope you don't mind, also if you want I'll give it to you as long as you want to help me, okay?"  She asked, looking for something in the corner of the room. "Here it is!".

Meanwhile that 

Saki and the Cutie Mark Crusaders had come out of the forest, there was a bright path and in the distance there was a village which Saki thought was the Ponyville they mentioned.  Applebloom pointed to the direction in front of them, "That's it! We've finally arrived and we'd better hurry to Sweetie Belle's house or go home so Applejack doesn't get suspicious," the two members saluted and they walked followed by Saki behind with a slight limp because of her scratched leg. It hurts a bit, for some reason even though it was never this painful, even when she was alive, she wouldn't be hurt by a small wound like this.

When they walked a few meters, they heard the sound of running, ponies running and from a distance they saw... an orange pony and a blonde mane, based on Saki's observations, but the Cutie Mark Crusaders were seen who were worried and worried, they retreated behind Saki trying to hide themselves but it seemed  vain.

"Applebloom! Whatcha doin' here!? Y'all said ya were headin' to Sweetie Belle's house for an overnight stay, but when I went there to drop off yer stuff, ya plum forgot ya weren't there and Sweetie Belle's folks said ya went campin' with us? Y'all got me mighty worried, and who's she!? Y'all went with a foreign mare!"

She pointed at Saki in an accusatory manner, but Saki pushed her away with her hoof as well, suddenly something landed in front of Applejack from the sky and looked at Saki with her rose red eyes, blue Pegasus pony and rainbow mane, she looked at Saki with intimidating intent," Don't treat my girl like that! Who do you think you are to dare do this? Of course she's worried if our little sister is taken by a foreign pony like you who even wears strange clothes!"

Saki felt accused of being evil and stepped forward, while the Cutie Mark Crusaders started to worry, "Dash! Never mind, Sugarcube, there ain't no need to interfere. She didn't do nothin' to me, but if Applebloom and the others get hurt, maybe y'all can intervene.", Saki looked at the rainbow blue Pegasus  that with a sharp look and he backed away a little, "This is also Scootaloo's problem...and especially you! I don't want you to get hurt."

"Applebloom and the rest, we're fixin' to head on back home! Don't y'all dare go 'round lyin' to me again.", Saki looked at them and was annoyed at being ignored, "Hey! Just so you know, they were the ones who helped me and invited me here! Don't just accuse me, I think you're Rainbow Dash and Applejack that lesbian couple! Damn you guys! I can't believe I was called similar to you by them," she pointed at the Cutie Mark Crusaders who looked down regretfully and continued, "You want to die? I can do it, but because I don't want to get into trouble and am busy looking for my friends I might consider it! I thought the Cutie Mark Crusaders would be as great as they say, apparently not!"  Saki snapped at the pair and the Cutie mark Crusaders.

Applejack looked shocked and Rainbow Dash flew to attack Saki, but Applejack immediately bit her tail and pulled her, "No, Sugarcube...she's right, we shouldn't be accusin' her, but it seems like them kids are in the wrong for lyin', so ya'll gotta calm down". Rainbow Dash looked  didn't accept it and stammered, "B..but..but she threatened to kill us, doesn't she know who we are!?", she looked at Saki with an intimidating look which was answered with a wide, intimidating smile.

"Rainbow dash, no, we were wrong," Scootaloo stopped them because she was afraid that if the problem escalated, Applebloom spoke up, "We lied to you that we wanted to go to Sweetie Belle's house to stay overnight and to Sweetie Belle's parents that we were going camping  with you and Rarity", "And apparently we went camping because we thought that we could spend time camping alone without you but in the end you came home and made Saki suspect that you had bad intentions towards us." 

In unison, the three adults nodded and Saki grinned, "I told you, I heard you were a friendly school teacher but you immediately accused the strangers that they committed a crime and that was not friendly, even though I am a former member of a biker gang but I know who is friendly and who is not."

Applejack took her stetson and put it to her chest and looked down, "We're right sorry 'bout that, we was just mighty worried 'bout our little sisters 'cause they tend to act rashly, and Dash can be mighty aggressive at times. Once again, I'm right sorry, and y'all are right, we shouldn't have accused straight away." , she looked at Saki with a sincere look of apology which Saki nodded. Applejack glanced at Rainbow Dash who was playing with the ground, and nudged her, Rainbow Dash nonchalantly apologized whether sincerely or not, "Okay, okay, I'm sorry even though it's actually 20% .I'm still annoyed with you, but hey, you're actually cool, and I can't believe they say you're similar to us, AJ and I are definitely 20% cooler if we have kids," she looked at CMC in annoyance as she put Applejack's Stetson back.

Saki looked at the couple and walked towards Ponyville, making the Cutie Mark Crusaders chase and stop her by standing in front of her, "Where are you going? You haven't arrived in Ponyville yet and you could get lost especially in your condition like this...", asked Sweetie Belle, Applejack and Rainbow Dash approached them and also looked at Saki.

Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash who then reciprocated, they communicated with looks and it seemed Rainbow Dash was hesitant but after Applejack...uh.. kissed her cheek Rainbow Dash followed Applejack,""Well, howdy there! What's yer name? And what's yer purpose in Ponyville, cutie?"

Right after  saying that, there were two gazes directed at her, one annoyed and the other somehow, "I'm not cute", said Saki who blushed a little embarrassed and Rainbow Dash also spoke, "And why did you call her cutie?", but Applejack ignored her question which made Rainbow Dash seems to freeze for a moment and is alerted by Scootaloo who waves her hoof in front of her face.

Saki rolled her eyes to the side and answered, "Saki Nikaido, I'm looking for my friends, I need help and they said they had a pony who could help me so I followed your little sisters and I'm not sure I can be alone in the forest."

"Well, howdy there, Saki Nikaido! What a mighty unique name ya got there. Ah reckon we can lend ya a helpin' hoof, right, Dash?", she nudged Rainbow Dash beside her who was surprised, "What? Oh yes, right, we can help you." Cutie Mark Crusaders just stare at the conversation like cats watching a ping pong ball table; Their views exchanged between Saki and Applejack, Rainbow Dash who seemed to be negotiating.

Saki sighed then grinned, she wrapped her right front leg around Applejack's neck, "I respect your guts, you dare to yell at me, not like your rainbow lover," Hey!"  the offended one flew up to them and looked at Saki but backed away a little when the offended one replied, Applejack noticed the tension and tried to calm the tense situation or maybe save her girlfriend, "Saki, Dash, never you mind, Sugarcube, y'all are makin' a fuss in front of the young'uns over a little ol' matter. It ain't nothin' to be laughin' about."

Finally realizing that there was another one, they finally looked at the person in question, they smiled broadly and awkwardly.

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"Here it is!"  Rarity shouted while using simple levitation to show what appeared to be a pony version of the dress but they had to admit, it was pretty.

Rarity took the mannequin and put the clothes on the mannequin, showing four dresses lying on the four mannequins;  If you pay attention, some of the dresses suit them.Sakura and her three friends looked at Rarity who was straightening the dress, including Tae.

Rarity then finished, she looked at them with a charming smile, "I want to ask you for help with something, you should be able to guess it but I have to explain", even though they didn't actually know what she might want, Rarity sighed and finally moved closer to them "So... as you can see, there are several dresses that are my designs which will be displayed in a small fashion show for the students in my class later and I forgot that I needed to find a model to wear the clothes...and you came, I admit that you are beautiful and suitable for the theme of this dress.I don't show them as just mannequins and I will be busy waiting for students, so would you like to?", she continued, she looked at them with eyes shining with hope.
Because it didn't feel good to refuse, they were also curious about what it would feel like to wear a pony dress, and finally the princess came for a while because she was still busy, there were many reasons not to refuse.

"Yes...we can," answered Sakura, who already knew the meaning of the other's gazes. Rarity, happily immediately pushed them closer to the mannequin, "I will introduce you to my work!", she proudly presented the dress.

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"First, inspired by the night of the silver moon, 'Night Desire', which I will address to... eh... I forgot to ask your names, how rude of me," she put her hoof on her chest and frowned regretfully.

"It's okay, I'm Ai Mizuno, she's Sakura Minamoto, Junko Konno, and... Tae Yamada," she pointed to each of those with names, who lowered their heads as if bowing. Rarity nodded but looked a little surprised,"Hmm...what a unique name Darling, I'll just call you by your first name...I think you might be from another land...your clothes are very unique, and oh yes, Night Desire for you ,Ai,darling".

She then introduced the next outfit, an outfit that looked pink and it was quite clear who it was for, Pony who had red hair and an ivory coat.

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"For you, Sakura, a pink dress that suits you, you look cute and you will match this, your ribbon will be replaced with the red ribbon from this dress, it suits you... this is the 'Desire of love', I know  I use the name desire too much, but this is because I was inspired by a couple who were very simple but full of love."

Sakura opened her mouth in amazement, she approached the mannequin, "This...wow...Ai-chan, Junko-chan, Tae-chan! Will I fit into this?"  She asked excitedly, in a moment Rarity pointed at another dress that was next to 'Desire of love'.

"And a dress inspired by one of Fancy Pants' classy party themes!"

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"Azure rose for Miss Junko with your hair as fluffy as a cloud it will be classy but cute, your eyes will also match", Junko blushed at the compliment or her dress.

Rarity gracefully and dramatically walked to the next mannequin "And the top, for Tae which is quite messy but suits his body."

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"Night after Twilight! Inspired by one time when Twilight asked me to make a dress but I couldn't make it according to her description, but I was inspired for something new and so I named it, 'Astral Constellation'... I hope Twilight wears it but i forgot to make holes for the wings so this also suits Tae if she can relax and have plenty of time to dress herself up, darlings."

Finally, the three of them nodded in unison, immediately pushed by Rarity into the changing room with enthusiasm.

Meanwhile That

Starlight's group, they made their way to Ponyville, still near the Everfree forest. No talking, just walking. As they were walking on the path, they saw a tree that was like a house or rather a house like a tree or even a tree house.

"Please Angel, just come with me for once, okay? I know you want to eat salad, but I'll make it there, okay?", came a soft and sweet voice as they passed the house. Yugiri and Lily were sure it was a house because of the windows and doors. 

Starlight went to the other side apparently wanting to see the one who spoke, while the others, just followed her walking. As they approached, a yellow Pegasus pony with a long pink mane was seen, apparently talking to, a bunny? This was strange to Yugiri and Lily but it seemed like she understood, when they saw a strange creature, its body was long and physically irregular, it had goat legs, chicken clawed hands and who knows what, strange and different horns, in essence this creature looked chaotic and leaned against a tree wearing sunglasses and reading a magazine.

Starlight stopped and put one of her hoofs on the fence and waved with the other while calling the pony,"Hey Fluttershy! You having a problem?",she asked, getting the attention of the one called Fluttershy and the little bunny, it seemed the bunny was angry.

The Pegasus smiled and widened her eyes somewhat surprised, she also waved at Starlight,"Oh, hi Starlight, I want to bring Angel but Angel wants to eat salad first, and the ingredients i need are at school, but he wants them now," Starlight's face  looking annoyed and surprised, apparently at a little bunny named Angel, she entered the fence and approached Fluttershy.

Fluttershy finally noticed the presence of Yugiri, Lily and Maud, she smiled softly and it seemed that Angel stomped her feet in annoyance at being ignored, but when she turned around Angel looked at Starlight who was glaring and she immediately jumped onto Fluttershy's back while smiling stiffly. "I just noticed, you brought a new friend,Starlight? And sister Pinkie pie, hi", she gave them a small wave.

Lily and Yugiri waved at him, while Maud, who was more interested in rocks, only had time to say hi and went back to staring at the rocks with Boulder...

Fluttershy glanced at Angel who was actually still staring at Starlight, "Finally, Angel wants it, I will make you a delicious salad", she spoke to Angel, then she asked Starlight, "Where are you going, Starlight? Do you want to go to Ponyville", Starlight  nodded and looked at her bag, "I've got the things Twilight asked for, she seems to be working hard after the coronation and she's very happy when she can rest but she doesn't rest, I'm going to school, how about we get together", "Yeah..that's an idea  which is good, but I have to search Discord first."

Yugiri saw the strange creature snap his fingers and the item he was wearing disappeared and flew towards Starlight and Fluttershy, "Oh ho! Finally, I've been waiting for a long time."

Lily looked surprised to see him, "Yugirin, look, he can magic, which means this world does have magic, I can magic", she whispered enthusiastically, Yugiri smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'm happy, but after all, we have to go home, i hope lady Lily doesn't get caught up in this magic thing," she looked thoughtful when she heard Yugiri's words, which were also true, the way home definitely requires magic.

The strange creature was suddenly on top of Yugiri and playing with Yugiri's hair by touching him, "Look at the new ponies, are there new friends too?", he suddenly teleported again in front of them using something that looked like a tuxedo, a red ribbon and his hat and does tap dancing.

"My name is Discord the lord of Chaos, do you want chaos? I am here for you as a friend, Fluttershy will help me with that, isn't sweet Fluttershy ?", he smiled at Fluttershy and lifted his hat, but Fluttershy's face just gaped and frowned and then she spoke on Discord, "I hope you don't make a mess Discord". Discord looked at them right in front of Yugiri's face, Lily was a little scared and stepped back a little, "So what are your names?", suddenly he was wearing a white coat and a board and pen complete with glasses making him look like a doctor, "My name is Yugiri, lord Discord and my friend is Lily", Discord threw away his board and whistled, "What a unique name for you, Yugiri and Lily, it seems very foreign even to your clothes, should it?".

Starlight motioned to Fluttershy for them to leave now,"Come on Discord, we're going to school, if you want to come" Discord removed his clothes and he walked with them until they gathered.

"Okay, let's walk", suddenly Discord laughed and he said, "Why do I have to walk? I don't feel like walking, my feet hurt", Yugiri, Lily and even the others were confused by what he said, don't know about Maud.  Starlight frowned lazily, "You were just tap dancing, Discord, don't make excuses...", in one blink they were suddenly in another place, there was a building with a waterfall known as the friendship school next to what seemed to be a  palace.

"What? What is this Discord?", Starlight said in surprise, she didn't expect it and neither did Lily and Yugiri, Fluttershy just looked a little surprised and Maud...still the same.  Fluttershy put her hoof on Starlight's back while Discord looked at his hooves in his bear's hands, Fluttershy calmed Starlight who looked annoyed, "Don't worry Starlight, Discord just wants to lighten our burden, you must be tired from walking for quite a long time," finally Starlight took a breath and calmed down. 

"It's a bit difficult being headmaster and Twilight leaving us, I know she's coming back but it's only for a moment and she's going back to Canterlot, it feels like it's only been a month since she had the coronation", said Starlight, "But it was a month ago", Starlight looked calculating after her words Maud and she shook their heads and walked towards the place in front of them, "Come on, Twilight will definitely be waiting", Fluttershy and the others followed including Maud.

"This place is very beautiful and magical, I have never found anything like this even when I was in Tokyo," said Yugiri, Lily looked at him and smiled, "This is another world, Lily has never seen anything like this, this friendship school is amazing  and beautiful, Lily hopes we can find Lily and Yugirin's friends, Lily misses Sakura and Tae and the others too."

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Starlight looked depressed when Discord kept bothering her with various nonsense sentences and dirty jokes,which was quite difficult, while the others were not bothered. Fluttershy seemed annoyed to see Discord playing with a little pony (who was stressed).

As they were walking in the school hallway,turn after turn, suddenly Discord turned Starlight's head which was pointing towards the floor to the front,suddenly Starlight smiled brightly,when they looked ahead in the direction Discord was looking,the other two unicorns seemed to be  male because he has a beard and orange mane and his body is yellow with a little white on his body; the other is a female,blue skin and bluish-white mane and her tail is slightly turned back but slightly rotated to the right.

Starlight walked faster towards those who seemed to be talking in front of a room, she walked slowly behind the female pony who looked serious and said, "I, Trixie, the smartest and greatest counselor,will give you a...", before finishing speaking. A purple pony nearby whispered in her ear,"Boo", and she immediately startled and jumped towards a nearby stallion.

"Hey Trixie! You're blocking my view, it's just Starlight," the pony which was none other than Trixie glanced back and stood up,she fake laughed, "I know, but I don't want to disappoint you because your surprise failed, friend, I'm just being talking about counseling with Sunburst," she frowned while smiling, trying to convince Starlight who actually knew the truth, but that wasn't what Sunburst was paying attention to but rather the friends Starlight had brought behind her were watching them.He momentarily felt familiar with those he had never seen before, more precisely their style.

Maud seemed to feel a bit ignored, she blinked her eyes with her face,Fluttershy and Discord also just stared at them. Fluttershy remembered something that was one of her goals,Angel who wanted to eat Salad; Angel's head poked out of Fluttershy's bag and he made the angry face that had been there all along.

Fluttershy saw that they seemed busy, but she couldn't possibly just leave, "Sorry...b..but I want to go to the classroom to make Angel a salad", she said shyly, but thanks to all the lessons she was confident enough to be a little louder heard by three unicorns who were busy themselves. They finally focused on Fluttershy who squeaked at their reaction,"Fluttershy wants to make salad and I'll come along, come on Fluttershy." Starlight smiled and nodded, she waved briefly and saw Maud also following them, and was quite curious she decided to ask, "Ehh, Maud? Where are you going?", Maud stopped for a moment and turned around, her expression had never changed since Yugiri and Lily met her the first time, "I'm going to my sister's place, she should still be here." Fluttershy,who had almost turned in the hallway,turned around and seemed to want to say something,"Um, I... wanted to tell you that Rarity invited us all to our next class because she wanted to show her new collection, she hopes we come",then when Angel pulled  a few strands of Fluttershy's mane, the shy pegasus smiled and left after Starlight nodded.

The journey was awkward, quiet and lonely, Saki dragged her hind hoof, for some reason it started to hurt more and more,but she couldn't be weak,she thought.

"Well, sugah, where y'all from, Saki? Ah've never seen clothes like that, not even on Rarity from Filly Dephia and Celestia's hair tips!"Applejack seemed to try her best to strike up a conversation while they were still far from Ponyville. Saki was about to answer than the three younger ones opened their mouths first to answer,"She's from another world Applejack!","She's a zombie in another world!","She sings and dances and is an idol!", they turned to see the Cutie Mark Crusaders;  Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, they were smiling widely but seeing the deadly but not murderous look from their elder they immediately bowed and even their ears folded.

Applejack looked annoyed, stopped then turned to the little ones,"Well, I thought y'all were old enough to learn to be honest.Ah even let y'all be absent from my class yesterday,and this is what happened? Y'all lie carelessly,and let me tell ya,this is the first time I've seen such a strange lie from y'all",Applejack's words made Rainbow Dash fly forward and look at them in annoyance too,Saki was left behind and saw that the fillies who were helping her were actually honest, there was nothing to do but talk.

"They're right, I'm a idol zombie from another world, for this you don't need to punish their, i know you're strict, but don't make mistakes that you'll regret," when she said that, Saki remembered someone and felt strange because she was advising a school teacher friendship. Applejack and Rainbow Dash stared at her frozen, it wasn't unusual to hear a pony from another world who was a dancing and singing zombie with your little brothers from the forest, wasn't it?

Rainbow dash flew in front of Rainbow Dash and right in her face she asked in surprise, "Are you serious? Don't lie to defend these children,if so,are the friends you are looking for also from the world you mean?",asked Rainbow Dash who also came forward slowly behind three fillies walking as if to take something that is not theirs; they stood on tiptoe and looked down.

Saki nodded briefly in answer to the question, in her heart she grimaced when she felt the hoof on her back hurt and it hurt a lot,even though the other scratches didn't hurt as much as she felt on that one.

Again the pair of lovers gaped in surprise,"Wow,luckily Twilight is here so she can help, I don't know what would happen if she was in Canterlot,that would be troublesome," said Rainbow Dash, she tapped her chin, and seemed to remember something,  "Earlier, I saw Zecora with about four ponies dressed strangely like you when I was looking for AJ, they were in Ponyville, when I asked she said she wanted to take them to friendship school to meet Twilight, could it be...", she continued.

Saki thought it was them, the four ponies could be her friends, the Ponyville ponies also didn't seem to be wearing clothes. She stepped forward and looked at Rainbow Dash seriously,the look she gave when asking Maria about the suicide bet,"Take me to the friendship school you mean, I'm sure it's them... do any of them wear ribbons? Or their hair in a bun even has short mane that might be white or black," Rainbow Dash looked in all directions to remember what she saw earlier and said with some hesitation, "Yeah...I think, one of them had a rather long mane,red and ribbons,there three friends,two of whom have the characteristics you mentioned, even flower clips, and one of them is like a dog," Applejack also looked startled and confused,"Wow, for Celestia's sake! Looks like them I saw earlier, I gave the apple to the one with the clip. Ah gotta admit, their clothes are mighty unique and mighty strange."

"It must be them...", muttered Saki, Applejack noticed that Saki was serious about looking for them and of course she had to help her, since she had intended that, "Okay, let's go there quickly, don't let your friends go somewhere else but I'm sure they're still there," for a moment the Cutie Mark Crusaders forgot about their punishment, "And for you all, I'll teach you a lesson later when Saki's business is finished."

They entered the Ponyville area, Saki walked rather quickly and endured the pain which felt like it was starting to spread to her upper body, her rear hoof was not fully visible due to her long skirt, walking with pain was difficult especially as a pony or human (or rather  also zombies).

Like her other friends before, Saki is somewhat the center of attention because she doesn't wear much clothes, but Saki has scratches and torn clothes too, her walking is also a bit limping for reasons that have been mentioned many times.

They walked and walked except for Rainbow Dash who was flying. Every now and then, Saki had to return Pony's gaze when she was looking at them because she was uncomfortable, this was different from the stares when she was on stage. For a moment , Saki glanced back at the Cutie Mark Crusaders who were very quiet even though previously in the Forest they were very excited. 

Actually, that was natural, she thought, remembering how her sister was more terrifying even though she was innocent.

Looking ahead, it seemed they were in the center of Ponyville,there was a large building but from there too, she could see something that seemed to be a palace or whatever, shiny and large it seemed like it was made of crystal.

 Saki saw Applejack chatting with Rainbow Dash, for a moment, she remembered someone when she saw Applejack, someone, when she was alive, Applejack's mane and tail were the same color and her eyes were similar, she admitted that, the color was similar to her mother's....she just remembered it,her mother also often ties her hair, what a coincidence.

Without realizing it she smiled a little.

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Sakura's point of view

Rarity-san took a place that seemed to be for changing clothes, when I saw Ai-chan, Junko-chan and Tae-chan who were able to stay quiet this time, I think she didn't want to bother us, of course.

Rarity-san looked at us and smiled with a very elegant and beautiful look,but... I remembered Ai's words that disturbed her thoughts,ponies have markings on their flanks,does that mean we have them too? I don't know but it would have been nice to see a cute sign on the flank that I don't know what it means,I don't know either.

"Okay, take off your unique clothes and I will help you to wear this dress,come on,we don't have much time,it's like choosing thread for this dress...".

We were a little hesitant to let us take off our clothes...even though I know this pony pony is magical but it still feels strange,but I think Saki-chan and Yugiri-san probably won't be afraid,I should too...I shook my head in relief  the reason this happened,I shouldn't have dirty thoughts. Junko-chan,she was the first,I tried to look at her body.

I already know,Junko-chan is adorable, she blushed,I smiled and approached her,"No need to be shy Junko-chan,I know how it feels but it seems like this pony doesn't wear clothes so we...have to get used to it,you're adorable",Junko-chan has a tail that is also a bit short if I remember pony pony,but she also has a few strands in a cute pigtail,I remember the mark on the flank of pony's body.

I tried to look at Junko-chan's but she looked shy and covered her body,but she seemed to be starting to be okay,I know it's hard to adjust,even here she still has to find it difficult like this...I managed to see a mark on flank of her body,it's beautiful but simple,I smiled broadly amazed by what I saw,it looks like music notes that combine to make it beautiful,this somewhat symbolizes Junko's talent,in music but she is full of tenderness like love,I think...

"Will this suit us?" asked Junko who seemed doubtful as we looked back at the dress Rarity-san had made. I think it's worth asking,we're ponies now,it's hard to see if you're suitable,for them I'm sure they're incredibly beautiful,I might be a little off,this outfit is pretty but...I was once evicted by a friend of mine who said she  more suitable for recycling fashion shows when I was in elementary school,it wasn't a big deal but...

"Of course darling, this is extraordinary for you,the splendor of Night Desire for Ai is perfect,the simplicity of Love Desire is still adorable for Sakura,the elegance of Azure Rose plus the softness of Junko,and the uniqueness of Tae blend with the mysteriousness of space contained in Astral  Constellation..."she took a deep breath and somehow she reached a mirror that was very far away and showed us one by one, finally me.

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Third person POV

They had finished taking off their clothes, it was embarrassing even though it was normal for 'ponies' and probably only wore clothes or dresses if it was important.

Sakura was fixated on the marks on each of their flanks,it was adorable. For her...it's no question,Sakura has a mark in the shape of a Sakura or Cherry flower with four other small ones accompanying the main one.

Ai,she has three flowers that look like earrings and a musical note on each one,with something that looks like wind circling the flowers.

Junko,a musical note that forms a heart and a bit of gray and white on one of the lines.

Tae,it's quite surprising,she has purple and black roses with other sprinkles.

"What is this actually?",Ai muttered in a questioning tone,looking at her flank, Rarity surprisingly heard."What's wrong, Ai? Do you have a problem?",Ai processed all these marks and tried to put them together, "What is this called? The question ended up being  the outburst made Rarity gape and blink as if she saw nylon combined with flannel in a hippie style.

"Darling, where have you been? I didn't expect you to ask that question," Ai immediately started sweating coldly along with the others - except Tae. They can't trust new people, except Maimai, it's different,this is another dimension where they are ponies and even though this is a friendly school and a world full of magic they hesitate to tell them their origins.

Seeing that they were silent,Rarity understood and opened her mouth to speak with an understanding look,"I don't think you can tell the truth yet,so it's okay,I'm sure your intentions are not evil,and oh,those are cutie marks,they represent you,your true talents and true selves,and... gosh,let's quickly put this beautiful dress on you,"she lifted the dress with her magic.

On the side of Sakura and the others, they felt touched that Rarity understood that they didn't want to tell her,she was indeed generous.

Preparations for Rarity's class short fashion show continued.

Yugiri and Lily followed Starlight walking, they had left behind two other unicorns.  Starlight had said she wanted to go to the principal's office to put her things away and he would take them to meet the princess.

As they walked in silence, Lily whispered to Yugiri, "Yugirin, do you think we will find them? Lily misses Sakura-chan and the others", Yugiri raised one of her wings to place it on Lily's head,she looked at her with a confident smile,"We will definitely Lady Lily, I'm sure they will meet us",Starlight stopped in front of a room and entered,Yugiri and Lily waited in front of the door patiently.

Starlight put down her belongings,took some to carry,and the stone that Maud had found, the Comet Stone.

"We're going to go see Twilight, she's probably still there and I'm late, come on,"she passed Yugiri and Lily,walking rather quickly because they were wasting a lot of time.

As they walked quickly,Lily was suddenly hit by something,and seemed to be alive because she made an 'ouch' sound. Yugiri and Starlight turned around and saw Lily being crushed by a purple baby dragon that Starlight knew.  "Spike? What are you doing and why did you hit Lily?",Starlight approached them and separated them,Lily seemed to be in the wrong position when she fell,there was a bruise on the back of her hoof.

The dragon smiled worried about his safety, "Uhm, uh...Hi Starlight,I was just playing with Winona,we were playing tag and I wasn't paying attention to the road",he was still surrounded by a teal magic aura and purple eyes were still fixed on him," I'm honest, please put me down", "You said Winona? Who brought Applejack's dog to school, there shouldn't be any pets in the corridors", Spike shrugged his shoulders,"I don't know, it looks like it's Applebloom or Big Mac, I don't know, I don't know", Starlight looked at him with a raised eyebrow,"And why are you flying like that, you are endangering the others, Lily is the one you hit", she let go of Spike who fell to the ground.

Lily grimaced and her eyes were a little glassy, Starlight and Spike approached her, Spike looked at her regretfully,she was nudged by Starlight who gave a signal to Spike. "I... I'm sorry for bumping into you,I didn't mean to, and" as he was about to continue  speaking, Spike sneezed and green flames came out, instantly burning Yugiri's clothes because he sneezed at her without any malicious intent.

Looking up,Spike panicked and tried to stop the fire that was spreading at the bottom of Yugiri's clothes who was trying to calm down. Starlight then shot a water magic that made Yugiri's clothes wet.

"Oh...I'm sorry again,I didn't mean to, earlier the dust made me sneeze,usually there's no fire", Yugiri looked at him skeptically but then smiled calmly,but the look was still the same making Spike shiver.

Starlight tapped his forehead with his hoof, "You're not usually like this, Spike, what happened?",asked Starlight to Spike who looked down. Spike played with his fingers and said in an apologetic tone,"I just haven't been here long, Twilight and I in Canterlot were just dealing with royal matters and I just missed this atmosphere for a month", Starlight just nodded, sympathy began to emerge in her heart,"I'm sorry if I was rude, but Yugiri and Lily went through a lot in the forest,and now they have damage to their clothes."

Yugiri and Lily were staring at each other with Lily enduring the pain from the scratches from earlier. Starlight saw that Yugiri's clothes were burnt at the bottom,Lily had some damage from the fall but it wasn't serious. Starlight looked at the changing room,"Yugiri, Lily, how about you take off your clothes, I don't mean to but your clothes are already a bit damaged, for that, I will take these clothes to Rarity and I'm sure she will fix them, how about it?",she asked,Yugiri and Lily looked at each other,Lily nodded and Yugiri nodded too.

"Thank you for your help,I'm sure Lord Spike didn't do it on purpose,and I'm sure you can help us with our clothes, you've provided a lot of help,"Yugiri said to them. Lily continued Yugiri's words,"And you guys don't seem to mind,Starlight-chan is very nice and I'm sure Spike-kun is just playing."

"You're welcome, and let's take off your clothes,just a moment,when we go to Rarity's class after Twilight,we can give them to Rarity as well."

At first,Lily looked confused but Yugiri told her something in a whisper and Starlight took them to a room which was a changing room.

After some help because they were a bit confused about the pony's anatomy, it was finally finished. Lily looked enthusiastic looking at her flank,there was a star-shaped mark on her head and twinkles around the star.

Yugiri also looked at her flank in confusion,a Japanese fan and a slash behind that.

Starlight looked at them as if they had never seen a cutie mark,and joked,"I don't mean to, but it's like you've never seen your flanks,"she giggled,trying to lighten the mood. "Lily likes this! What's it called, it's like Lily",Lily said excitedly,jumping up and down. Their tails are also similar to their own manes,Lily has similar ribbons on her mane.

Starlight took their clothes which she had folded with her magic,for a moment she was confused by Lily's question but she felt it was natural because Lily was still small, "Of course it's a Cutie Mark,it symbolizes your identity and talent,all ponies are destined to have it when they find out their own destiny..." Starlight remembered her past,stopped talking. The past where she stole pony pony's identity because of her real heartache didn't need to be deepened.

"Hufft...let's go",she tried to smile,walking out of the changing room,Yugiri thought there was something Starlight might be thinking about,Spike also followed Starlight.

That, somehow they were there. 

At a bookstore,Rainbow Dash flew there and here looking for something,while Saki sat on a chair near the outside door. Applejack and the kids waited for Rainbow Dash by standing near the cashier. Pony ponies who passed by noticed Saki like before,Saki didn't think she would be noticed because of her clothes,she was always noticed with her friends because they were idols and beautiful,but this time because her clothes were strange and it was clear she had just experienced something bad.

Finally,Rainbow Dash went to the cashier and paid with bits.

"Y'all got it, Dash?" Applejack asked, Rainbow Dash eagerly nodded and showed a book. Saki got up from the chair and looked at the book, something that was probably an action novel or something,based on the cover it was definitely an adventure book.

Rainbow dash hugged the book happily, "I can't believe I made it,AK Yearling didn't save me the book and she forgot,and ugh,these aren't even in the library,Daring Do and Lunar Eclipse Emeralds,these are limited and I'm lucky because I got those contains her hoof stamp", she then screamed enthusiastically, they just looked at her with normal looks,but Applejack remembered their goal.

"Come on, we gotta take Saki fer her medicine first, then we head to school. Rarity's fixin' to hold a fashion show fer her class, and she wants us to check out her new collection too." she walked out of the bookstore,followed by Saki and Cutie mark Crusaders.Rainbow  Dash opened his eyes and saw they had walked some distance. Immediately she flew towards them, "Are you going to leave me?",there was no answer.

Applejack,Rainbow Dash and the Cutie Mark Crusaders walked,the latter group looked down looking sad. Saki was a little faster and walked between Applebloom,and Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle. "Hey? Are you guys okay? You're so gloomy,"she asked in a low voice, trying not to be heard by the lovebirds in front of them.

Applebloom glanced at Saki,followed by her two friends, "Our sister is angry, I'm sure Rarity will be angry with me if she finds out too",Sweetie Belle said in a voice that was very different from when Saki first met them, it made Saki feel a bit strange about this.

Soon Apple and Rainbow stopped in front of a building that appeared to be a hospital.  Saki frowned and knew what this meant, "I don't need to go to the hospital, my body only has small wounds and scratches,it's nothing serious,it will heal in a while," said Saki, Rainbow Dash got down and walked over to Saki, she embracing her while grinning somewhat mockingly,"Come on,don't think Aj and I didn't see you dragging your feet and grimacing, hah,you're wrong,"Saki pushed aside Rainbow Dash's embrace and grinned slyly,"Anyway, I won't move until you guys want to take me...", she felt a push from behind,she glanced and it was the Cutie Mark Crusaders,"Hey hey,crap,come on, it's just a small wound,ouch", she felt his back hoof hurt again. Immediately got a look asked Applejack for a correction,"Small wound? Come on Sugarcube, ya just need to come in, and it's only fer a moment." Without choice Saki let herself be taken by them.

Within ten minutes,Saki was at the top of the hospital,sitting with her back legs down to be examined by the doctor,still covered in her skirt,her face full of insincerity,she had always hated going to the doctor.The doctor was a pink mare unicorn with her.coat faded to slightly orange and her mane was dark green,her clothes were doctor-style and she had round glasses.What came to Saki's head when she first saw this doctor was, 'She's like a peach', especially the style of her mane that is parted in the middle and the heart-shaped peach cutie mark. 

That's right, "Hi, I'm Doctor Peachy Heart, what's your complaint?", Saki  holding back her laughter for some reason, Applejack who was accompanying him looked at the two ponies in confusion,the other one was holding back her laughter for some reason and the unicorn who was a doctor who had clearly seen what was the complaint was still asking

"Yes... doctor, Saki's got a heap of wounds and scratches, at least give her some treatment like bandages, plasters, and whatever so she can recover real quick," Applejack said everything she could about Saki. Doctor peachy took a rubber mallet with her horn magic,hitting Saki's right rear hoof who immediately reacted with pain.

"I need to check other wounds,if possible,you can just take off your clothes,I don't mean to but your clothes are torn," the words from the peachy doctor made Saki a little offended and she blushed at the thought that she would be naked,but seeing  around her, of course that's normal.

"Okay, I'll open it",Saki suddenly felt her jacket starting to be opened,the buttons were opened one by one,"hey hey, you didn't tell me anything", Doctor Peachy immediately removed the magic and laughed regretfully, "I'm sorry, I often do this", she scrubbed the ground with her hoof.

Saki just took a deep breath and let Doctor Peachy continue with her orange magic aura.

They gasped when they saw Saki's body which was covered in scratches.Saki remembered the damn vines that were wrapped around her until she had to feel this. She glanced at her flank,seeing a star-shaped mark formed by lightning in a mess,decorated with flames, Saki opened her wings,showing there were slight scratches especially on her right wing.

Without warning and with the usual face of Doctor Peachy, Saki's body was quickly wrapped in green bandages,actually ordinary bandages dipped in a green potion and Saki immediately became like a mummy. Her orange eyes,which only remained,blinked.  Rainbow dash and Applejack just stood there gawking at this treatment technique.

Saki grimaced behind the bandage,cursing.  Doctor Peachy made as if he was looking at his watch and smiled broadly. "Done", Saki could barely breathe, but suddenly she spun around like a windmill in a storm.

"Damn damn damn" Saki cursed as she got dizzy and fell on the ground,

"Wow,that was a bit brutal", Rainbow Dash flew over Saki and waved her hoof in front of Saki, "Are you okay?",she asked.  Doctor Peachy fixed her glasses and giggled, "She's fine,it's just a side effect," she said in a normal voice.

Applejack saw the long queue outside, the Cutie Mark Crusaders also seemed bored, she saw them playing with an abacus toy. "Let's mosey, time sure does fly." Saki finally stood up, and looked for her clothes,she then saw Rainbow Dash put them in her bag along with the books she bought.

"See you, come again if you are sick or experience paralysis or other things that are detrimental, I am here to treat you."

Back to Rarity and the others, they had finally finished putting on their gowns and tidying up their magnificent selves. Rarity squealed seeing her work being used by a foreign and beautiful pony.

Sakura was silent looking at herself in front of the mirror,"Rarity-san, why did you accept us? Even though we don't know our origins?"  He asked hesitantly, afraid of offending Rarity. Rarity turned around gracefully, she laughed gracefully.

"Sakura darling,that's what we do, all ponies have to be friendly,you probably don't know how many creatures and evil ponies we have accepted as friends, you guys look good so there's no harm in it. I'm the teacher at the friendship school, in the class of generosity  , that's what I have to set an example for."

(Imagine this is a kind of rhythm to the song Generosity is the key and the second to almost last verse, like the song Friends are always there for you)

"In a world of beauty and grace

Where friendship's the key

I see new faces, a different place

Yearning for acceptance, just like me"

Rarity sang with a soft and beautiful voice, looking at Sakura and the others who were confused, not because of anything, but singing suddenly was strange to them.

"Let the generosity be our melody,

Embrace the new, let hearts be free,

Together we'll shine, in harmony,

Generosity, our unity."

She lifted Junko's head which had been lowered by her hoof, looking at her to show trust.

"With needle and thread, I weave a tale,

Of dreams and hopes, of love unveiled,

The new friends

In my creations, find your way."

Rarity appeared behind them one by one, Tae groaned looking at her confused, while they began to understand.

"In every stitch, in every seam,

A bond of friendship, like a gleam,

No matter the past, no matter the fear,

In my designs, find love sincere."

Rarity sang powerfully in the next verse, they started to smile,knowing what Rarity meant.

"Let the generosity be our melody,

Embrace the new, let hearts be free,

Together we'll shine, in harmony,

Generosity, our unity."

She jumped onto the small artificial stage in the class,she looked at them as if she was performing with them as the audience.

"So let us sing, with strong voices,

A song of hope, where we belong,

In the light of generosity,

Together we'll be, free~"

She finished singing in a low voice, they smiled in awe seeing her. Ai in the dress she was wearing,walked towards Rarity,up two stairs, this was a bit difficult because she wasn't a pony before, just walking wasn't smooth, let alone climbing the stairs, but she managed  .

"I'm glad you accepted us,we can't wait for our friends to meet ponies like you",Rarity nodded, when Ai was about to continue, the door opened, Rarity welcomed the unicorn who came.

"Oh, hey Starlight, who are they?"

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Starlight stopped in front of the room, inside the room, she heard the voice of whoever the pony was explaining. Lily and Yugiri stood behind her, Lily put on a curious and excited expression at the same time, "What will we do when we meet the princess, Yugirin? Lily likes princesses, in the past Lily liked to play princess and papa was Lily's maid...papa always bowed when he met Lily, which means we have to do it too, but how does a magical pony do it?", she spoke so excitedly but kept the volume down so that Starlight wouldn't hear her. Yugiri thought about Lily's words, pleased with Lily's broad thinking,she nodded and whispered back to her,"Of course we have to pay respect to the princess, Lady Lily, so we will do whatever is possible as a form of respect for her."

After the sound stopped, Starlight knocked on the door. "Come in," a voice answered from inside. There, a pony with wings and horns was seen. Yugiri and Lily followed Starlight inside. Yugiri thought, this pony is special, so she must be the princess,she was amazed by the princess who was not wearing any fancy dresses, but saw that she had a crown and royal shoes, as well as a necklace surrounding her. But, she hadn't turned around, she was still busy with the students who looked excited and very happy. Starlight was seen discussing with the princess, she gave the Comet Stone to her and after that the princess occasionally glanced at Yugiri and Lily.

The princess nodded, Starlight and she came over to them, the students looked curious and wanted to eavesdrop,but Starlight gave them a look to give them space and they obeyed, they busied themselves with their notes.

The princess was near, Lily was a bit nervous and excited, she held back her bright smile. 
"Hi", the princess greeted them, Yugiri folded her legs, like a pony bowing respectfully, surprisingly she knew and Lily followed suit even though it was a bit chaotic. She laughed embarrassedly, Starlight raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Sorry, I'm not used to it. Every time someone meets me they will definitely salute me," "Yes... 'Princess Twilight Sparkle', that title has become more meaningful," said Starlight when  she looked at Yugiri and Lily who were still saluting, Twilight calmly invited them to stand up straight again.

Yugiri and Lily stood back up, Yugiri smiled at the princess who didn't ask for more respect. "Thank you, Your Highness, Princess Twilight," Yugiri said politely, hoping not to offend the friendly princess."No need to be too formal, you can call me Twilight but that's okay also with the princess. So, I heard you guys want to find your friends, how can I help you?", Twilight asked.  "Honored to meet you Princess Twilight, and for our problem, we are grateful that you want to help us.Let me introduce myself Yugiri and my friend Lily. We... lost our friends who are most likely in the same land, we are separated."

Twilight thought, looking for a solution, "I think they must still be here, I will try to look for travelers who might be lost. Alright, I uhh, I think we can discuss it when we get home, I want to present something to these students and we can comfortably discuss", with that, they all agreed.

Starlight takes them out after she tells Twilight who seems to be presenting about the Comet Stone.

Starlight looked confused for a moment, thinking hard.  "Starlight-chan? Are you okay?", Lily asked with concern looking at Starlight, but it was only a glance as Starlight nodded, "I was just trying to remember what we were going to do, and now I remember, my friend Rarity is going to do a fashion show  little in her class. Do you want to go? I want to see her and maybe we can help her"  Yugiri and Lily shared a look, then nodded, "Of course, we will follow you as long as it doesn't bother you, Lily wants to see a fashion show, Lily likes fashion," the little girl said with a big smile.

"Okay, let's go to Rarity's class, it won't be long, I think there's still half an hour left."
As they were walking after Starlight, they heard a familiar voice shout, "Eh? Yugirin, that voice is like Saki-chan","I know, maybe we just remember Lady Lily's enthusiasm. Lady Saki is really passionate about whatever she likes,but the best thing might be that she's around us," Yugiri's optimism made Lily start jumping up and down happily.

Meanwhile That

"Huh!? This is a friendship school!? Damn, I've never seen a school like this," she stood in disbelief in front of the magnificent, sparkling building, confused by its tree-like shape with a morning star symbol in the middle.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and went down to Saki, "That's not the school, you're wrong, but it's there", she took Saki's head and turned it to the right, Saki was still gawking and processing everything, "Wow!!!! Is this a school or a castle!? Damnit...I've never seen a waterfall since I was alive!".

Her choice of words made Applejack and Rainbow Dash need time to process.  Meanwhile,the Cutie Mark Crusaders came and stood near Saki.

"Yes, this here's a school of friendship, found by Princess Twilight,the princess of friendship.", explained Applebloom, continued by Sweetie, "This school has classes related to the element of harmony and the teachers are those who represent the element of harmony, including Applejack and Rainbow Dash, as well as the princess","But now the principal is Starlight Glimmer, she used to be the school counselor but she became the principal with her deputy Sunburst", ending with Scootaloo.

Saki nodded in understanding, she grinned and raised one of her hoofs, "You guys are great, let's high five", at first the group was confused because it was unusual, but finally they also joined in, "Cutie Mark Crusaders forever!".

Applejack and Rainbow Dash smiled to see their little sister (Yes... Rainbow Dash is not included, right?) who looked happy with the pony who claimed to be from another world and was actually dead, but they had to hurry.
"Okay guys, we don't have much time," ,"Well, sugarcubes, we gotta fetch Saki, but as for y'all,"she sternly looked at the Cutie Mark Crusaders who immediately shuddered,"Well, y'all head on home, or somethin', I ain't gonna forget to punish ya'll and don't y'all dare wander off, ya hear?" they nodded, looked at Applejack with a sweet smile, and they left.

But, they stopped for a moment and waved at them, "Bye Sis! See you Saki! We can't wait to meet your other friends!", shouted Applebloom before they ran towards Ponyville again after Saki waved and gave some kind of salute.

Aj wrapped her legs around Saki's neck, Rainbow Dash pouted a little behind there, "You get along with them, huh? I'm sure you're a good big sister to anyone," her words made Saki laugh a little, "I don't have any siblings, but I just have older sister", "Oh Sugarcube, looks like I done goofed, but I reckon your sister's as fine as a pig's momma, raisin' you up to be a good sister too." she removed her leg from Saki's neck.

But, seeing Saki's unsmiling face made her afraid she said the wrong thing, "Saki? Well, I'm right sorry if I stirred up any unpleasant memories for ya, that weren't my intention none",she apologized regretfully, afraid of making Saki offended or uncomfortable. But then Saki grinned and opened her wings, "I'm fine, and come on! I have to find my friends," Rainbow Dash flew forward, leading them walking. Saki kind of wanted to feel the feeling of flying, but she couldn't, she had tried earlier but she failed, luckily they didn't notice her, actually the Cutie Mark Crusaders saw her. 

This means that Saki failed, she started thinking about her friend's race, a winged pony like her?  The one with the horns?  Or a regular one like Applejack?  
She was just impatient.

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They were on their way to the school, Saki was still amazed by how the structure of the Friendship School was. When they were at the crossroads, Saki immediately fell when something pushed her, she was surprised, "Damn it! Who is it!? You want to die!?",she looked, only saw a total pink pony jumping in front of her without guilt, behind her, Rainbow Dash and Applejack started Worried. "Uh...Saki?", Saki's gaze was still on the pink pony, but she didn't seem afraid, still smiling.

The pink pony stopped jumping and smiled broadly at Saki, "Hey! My name is Pinkie Pie", she took Saki's front nail and shook it, Saki frowned at her actions, as she tried to intimidate Pinkie Pie, she was not afraid and just smiled with hospitality. Saki smirked seeing her and happily introduced herself, I'm Saki, Saki Nikaido-", Pinkie Pie again shook her hoof quickly, as if Saki's hoof would come off if she was still a zombie. 

Applejack shook her head slowly looking at Pinkie Pie, "Where y'all aimin' to head, Sugarcube?", she asked Pinkie as she walked closer, "I just came from Sugarcube Corner and then I went back here because I saw you and Rainbow Dash coming with a new pony so I wanted to meet her and I was too excited and bumped into her so she bam then boom! And we met then I wanted to go to Rarity class because she asked me to find another pony for her fashion show for a while and if not she would use our student, she needed three!".

How quickly she spoke making Saki gawk in awe and Rainbow Dash covered her mouth, "You're great! How can you talk like that", asked Saki who smiled, "You got my respect pink" ,"Her name is Pinkie P-" "I don't care, but she is indeed pink", said Saki when Applejack was about to correct the name Pinkie Pie. 

Pinkie Pie felt something in her mane and came out A plate of cupcake, she held it in front of Saki, "Want cupcakes?", Saki winced at how cute the cupcake was, she pushed her plate slowly but as the plate moved away, Pinkie Pie's smile faded, "I don't like sweets", and not Saki, Rainbow Dash took one with her wings and ate it in one bite.

Pinkie Pie's face looks shocked, "Who doesn't like sweets? Sweets is my second name" "Yes... then it's a shame", Saki was looking for Applejack, who was apparently eating Pinkie Pie's cupcake, "I'm sorry, cowgirl, but I have to find my friends, I need to meet the princess."

Pinkie Pie who was busy with cupcakes full in her mouth immediately swallowed everything, Saki who saw it gawked and grimaced but at the same time laughed, Pinkie raised her high hoof high, "Oh oh! I met four foreign ponies! Like strawberries, the other one has popcorn earrings and some have marshmallow hair and the other likes my cupcakes," Pinkie said smoothly again, she showed one of the cupcakes and swallowed it. 

Saki, remembering the egg head, she moved her wings spontaneously, "That's them, hey! Pink, where are they going?", she asked with a serious face and a excited smile, she wanted to see them as Pony. Pinkie Pie tilted her head and thought, then she smiled "Oh,they went to class Rarity, how about we go together!? Come on!", she jumped up and down. Rainbow Dash and Applejack looked at Saki, seeing whether he agreed or not, but judging by her expression, she followed suit so they walked side by side with Pinkie Pie who jumped up and down.

"Oh, who are they?", asked Rarity, when Sakura and the others were talking, "She's very good, there are still many good people in this world", Ai said when Rarity approached her friend in front of her classroom door.

Sakura, Junko and Tae nodded even Tae growled in agreement, "Actually,we are Pony", Junko said softly, for a moment they thought, "That's right", said Sakura and they laughed together. 

"Sakura-chan?", the voice of a familiar little child, Sakura who was called and familiar, looking for that voice, as well as the others, they turned to the door. 

Seeing Rarity with other unicorns, but what made them speechless was, the other two pony beside the foreign unicorn. Her eyes widened, "You guys...", looking at the ribbon and the star on her head, with Pegasus having a mane in a rolled mane..."Lily-chan? That's you!?", Sakura walked hesitantly, approached them, the little unicorn, nodded, her eyes sparkled and she smiled broadly, a sweet smile that shone, Sakura also smiled, she was sure.

The unicorn ran to Sakura, or with the name Lily, "Sakura-chan!", she jumped to Sakura, Junko and Ai's hugs came to them. Pegasus who was there, smiled and approached Lily and Sakura too, smiled gently and sincerely, felt happy to see them, "Lily-chan..." "I miss you Sakura-chan! Tae-chan, Ai-chan and Junko-chan too! I miss you!", she said enthusiastically. Sakura looked at the red cherry pegasus, smiling, "Yugiri-san?", the pegasus opened its wings, and put one of them on Lily's back to stroke her mane, "nice to meet again, Lady Sakura", that smile, Sakura was sure.

They then joined in a group hug. "I don't think we need long to look for each other, luckily we don't have to spend days, you guys look amazing", said Ai when their arms were released. They all nodded, Tae sat on the floor, when Lily looked around, she realized that some of them were missing, "Where is it? Saki-chan?", they finally realized that, they hoped that Saki was in one of their groups, "Ehh...", they were confused, "So Saki-san is not with you?", Junko spoke up, Lily and Yugiri shook their heads.

They were silent, two unicorns from the friendship school came to them, "Any friends again?", asked Starlight seeing that face, of course something was missing, "Actually we have more friends, only one more", Lily replied, her face looked gloomy, Sakura put her hoof on Lily's back. 

Rarity and Starlight looked at her, "Darling, if you can meet like this and you are friends, I'm sure you will be destined to meet", said Rarity, followed by Starlight, "Yes, it's all a coincidence, isn't it? I'm sure your friends will meet you, no one knows, maybe The next one goes to the door is her, but we don't know."

They both managed to at least comfort them a little, "Thank you, Lady Starlight and Lady..", Yugiri stopped when she realized she didn't know the name of the elegant unicorn, "Rarity, introduce me Rarity, Miss", Rarity waved her mane and flickering. 

"Howdy!", they heard a voice that sounded very south from outside, and they saw an orange mare with a stetson hat coming in.

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