Gloriosa blew her whistle to get everyone's attention, "Okay, everyone. Go get settled in. We'll be meeting at the docks in fifteen minutes to go over some camp safety rules. Let me know if you need anything!"

Gloriosa, Sonic, his friends, the girls, Strike, and Breeze heard the sound of a car door opening. Stepping out of a dark blue limo was a man. He had hazelnut tan skin, coal black hair, and sky blue eyes. He was wearing an Aegean blue tuxedo coat a picture of three moneybags on the side and gold buttons, a white shirt with a collar and sangria red tie with the picture of a yellow money sign, a pecan brown belt with a gold buckle on the front, Aegean blue pants, and pecan brown shoes with gold on the top.

"I need something," the man said.

Gloriosa tossed her clipboard on the ground and approached the man angrily.

"Uh, Gloriosa?" Sonic asked, "Who is this guy?"

"Breeze and I know this man," Strike said, "He exists on our world too."

"His name is Filthy Rich," Breeze said, "He's the richest man in Canterlot City."

"Indeed," Rich said.

"Filthy Rich," Gloriosa said, "So nice to see you."

Gloriosa pushed Rich into the door of his limo. She whispered to him angrily, "What are you doing here? Camp is just getting started."

"Just taking in the scenery, Gloriosa Daisy," Rich said, "It's so… a-mph, relaxing."

"Well, you can look around when camp is over," Gloriosa said, "Now if you don't mind…"

Rich and Gloriosa stared at each other angrily in the eyes, until Rich noticed Sonic, "Fine, but just a moment, please."

Rich walked over to Sonic, "Well, hello there. Your name is Sonic, am I correct?"

"Yeah," Sonic said, "Why?"

"Oh, nothing, kid," Rich said, "But I think I could use your usefulness."

"In what?" Sonic asked.

"Well, why waste time here instead of being a part of my business?" Rich said, "You can be able to have lots and lots of money."

"That's very kind of you," Sonic said, before he crossed his arms, "But no."

That made Rich laugh, "Are you crazy? This can be an opportunity for you to be a famous person like me. And I also plan to bring Strike with me."

Strike walked up to Sonic, and they both said, "The answer is still no."

Rich chuckled, "Okay, okay, I hear you. But when you change your minds…"

"We will not," Strike said.

"Playing hard to get," Rich said, "I can respect that. But soon enough, you'll both simply come around begging for me to take you home."

Sonic and Strike growled angrily as they raised their fists. Rich quickly took what he said back, "Okay, that's a joke. You'd never beg."

Rich backed up into his limo and quickly said nervously, "I'm going now."

Rich's limo drove away. Sonic and Strike calmed down as their aura disappeared. Gloriosa gave a little smile, "Thanks, guys."

"No problem," Sonic said, "But what was that about? You and him?"

"Oh, Filthy Rich is, uh, an alumni of the camp," Gloriosa said, "He likes to check on his old stomping grounds every now and again."

"Makes sense," Strike said.

"But enough about him," Gloriosa said, "Find your tents and put away your things. We've got the best week of camp ever to begin!"

Everyone went to find their tents for the week. At the tents, everyone was putting away their things and getting settled in while having conversations with each other.

Knuckles, Applejack, Silver and Rarity were walking together to the tents.

"I'm all for learning safety rules," Rarity said, "But I do hope I can get started on my designs for the Camp Fashion Show sooner rather than later."

"Heh," Silver said, "You know, I still can't believe you really easily talked Gloriosa into having a fashion show."

"No offense," Knuckles said, "But we're literally in the middle of the woods."

"And we're s'posed to be roughing it, for crying out loud," Applejack said.

"It's clear from Gloriosa's own wardrobe that she appreciates a well put together look," Rarity said, "Even if we are 'in the middle of the woods'."

"Fair enough," Knuckles said.

"Well, just as long as you don't put me in one of your fancy-pants outfits," Applejack said.

Rarity, Silver, and Knuckles smiled at this. Applejack spoke at Rarity, "You're gonna, aren't ya?"

"No. Yes," Rarity said, "Don't worry. It will absolutely speak to your personal sense of style."

Inside the Sapphire Tent, Shadow and Sunset just put their bags down in front of their bed.

"I'll just be outside, Sunset," Shadow said.

"Okay, Shadow," Sunset said.

Sunset gave Shadow a quick kiss, which he returned before he left the tent. Sunset took out a flashlight from her bag, shined it on her, and made a ghostly sound, "Oooooohhh!"

Sunset put her flashlight away, before she asked Twilight, "That was weird back there, right? With that guy, Filthy Rich?"

"Huh?" Twilight asked, "Oh, I guess so."

As Sunset hanged up one of her other shirts on a rope above her bed, she said, "I just have this feeling that Gloriosa's hiding something."

Sunset then had a smirk on her face, "Her brother is pretty cute though, huh?"

Twilight blushed with a little smile, "He's okay."

"Ooh, now look who's trying to hide something," Sunset said.

"No, I'm not!" Twilight said.

Sunset felt a little worried. Then she, Twilight, and Spike heard the tent opening. They saw Sonic and Strike coming in.

"Hey," Sonic said.

"Hey, Twilight, you okay?" Strike asked, "Sonic told me that you seemed a little freaked out on the bus earlier."

"Probably had another one of her nightmares," Spike said.

Twilight tossed a pair of socks on Spike's nose, "I'm fine."

Twilight turned to the others as she sat down on Sunset's bed, "I mean, what do I have to complain about? Ever since I transferred here, everyone from CHS has been really nice and accepting. Especially considering what happened at the Friendship Games."

"Twilight, that wasn't your fault," Strike said.

Sonic and Sunset sat down on the bed beside Twilight. "Principle Cinch was the one who encouraged you to try and use of that magic to win the games for Crystal Prep," Sonic said.

"You weren't ready to have that kind of power," Sunset said reassuringly, "But it's over now. And if there's any group that's gonna forgive you for something that happened in the past, trust us; it's this one."

Rainbow poked her head in the tent, "You guys coming or what?"

"Be right there," Sonic, Strike, and Sunset said.

Sunset went digging in her bag, "I just want to put on some sunscreen. Huh, I could've sworn I packed it."

Twilight then found Sunset's sunscreen on the floor. "Found it," she said pointing at it.

Sunset was about to pick it up, but suddenly it was floating in mid air with some strange purple energy around it. Sonic, Strike, Sunset, Twilight, and Spike were all surprised at this as they saw some other objects floating in the air with purple energy.

"What the-?" Sonic said.

"What's happening?" Strike asked.

They all turned to Twilight. "Did you-? How is this possible?" Sunset asked.

"I can't believe this," Twilight said, "It's-"

Sunset and Twilight said at the same time, "Amazing/Terrible!"

The objects all fell back down. Sunset said to Twilight in excitement, "Are you kidding? This is great. I mean, we've all ponied up before. Gotten the whole ears and wings and tail things. Shot magical rainbow lasers, but nothing like this has ever happened. How did you do it?"

"I don't know," Twilight said, before she began to panic, "Maybe I didn't. Maybe it's her!"

"Her who?" Sonic, Strike, and Sunset asked.

"Nothing, never mind," Twilight said, "Can we just not talk about it? And could you please not bring this whole levitating thing up to the others?"

"Why not?" Sonic asked.

"You heard Applejack," Twilight said as she began to walk out of the tent, "This supposed to be a place where everyone can get away from magic. I don't want them to know I brought some crazy new kind with me."

"If you really don't want us to, then we won't say anything," Strike said.

"I really don't," Twilight said as she left the tent.

"Okay, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing!" Sunset called out.

Sonic, Strike, Sunset and Spike just stayed where they were. Strike then said, "Uh, see you at the docks."

Strike went out of the tent. Sunset looked at her sunscreen on the floor. She wanted to see if she could do the same thing Twilight did. She held out her hand and tried to levitate it, but nothing happened. She tried harder, but still nothing.

"I think you're just gonna have to pick it up," Spike said.

"Yeah, I don't think you have magic like Twilight does," Sonic said.

"Aw," Sunset said sadly, before she picked it up.

Sonic, Sunset, and Spike walked out of the tent. Sunset put on some sunscreen. But she and Sonic didn't watch where they were going and they accidently bumped into Gloriosa.

"Show up like that!" a voice just spoke to Sonic and Sunset with an echo. Strangely, it sounded like Gloriosa.

"What did you say?" Sonic and Sunset asked Gloriosa.

"I didn't say anything," Gloriosa said, "Just here to make sure everyone was headed over to the docks. Did you need something?"

"Nope," Sonic and Sunset answered.

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

"Thanks," Sonic said, "We're good."

Gloriosa nodded as she walked to some of the remaining campers. "People that chipper make me nervous." Sunset said to Sonic and Spike.

Pinkie suddenly popped up out of nowhere and hugged both Sonic and Sunset, "This is gonna be so much FUN!"

"I guess not ALL people," Sunset said.

Sonic just smiled and chuckled.

Later, everyone was at the docks. They were all looking around the place. The lake was sparkling in the sun.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Rarity asked, "It looks like a diamond shining in the sun."

"It evens looks like a crystal sparkling in the light," Silver said.

"It is lovely out here," Fluttershy said, "The fresh air, the cool breeze…"

A small mountain bluebird landed on Fluttershy's finger, "The birds that land on your finger."

"I think that only happens to you," Rainbow said.

Gloriosa was explaining to the students about the lake activities, "Lake activities are available every day until sunset. So if you want to canoe, sail, windsurf, or swim, just let me know."

Twilight was walking onto the dock with a life jacket and a paddle. Applejack and Knuckles were just coming back on a green canoe where Timber was just waiting for them with a rope. Tails and Fluttershy sat down beside each other while giving pieces of bread to some ducks that had gathered around them.

"Are they just the cutest?" Fluttershy asked.

Twilight began to walk backwards to see the ducks. "Careful, Twilight," Tails said.

Twilight took another step back and the wood that her left foot stepped on crackled. Twilight began to fall back, "Ahh!"

Timber was able to catch her in his arms. "Whoa, I know I'm charming, but you don't have to fall for me."

Twilight and Timber smiled at each other. Twilight took off her life jacket and Timber took it and put it where the dock was damaged. Twilight playfully punched Timber's arm, and Timber laughed.

Flash saw this and just sighed. Then he saw Sonic, Shadow, and Sunset walk up to him.

"Guess I can't get too jealous, right?" Flash asked, "After all, she isn't my Twilight."

Sonic and Sunset flexed a brow. Flash quickly said, "Not that the other Twilight was mine! But we were… sigh, you know."

"Yeah, we get it," Sunset said, "But your Twilight is a princess in Equestria."

"Hate to break it to you, Flash, but that's where she'll spend most of her time," Sonic said.

"So you're saying I just need to get over her?" Flash asked.

"Kinda, yeah," Sonic and Sunset said.

"Ouch. You're not pulling any punches," Flash said.

"Not really our style," Sunset said as she softly punched Flash's arm with a smile and a wink, "Sorry."

Celestia, Luna, and Gloriosa were on the dock taking a look at the damaged dock. "This is a safety hazard," Luna said, "I suggest we close down the dock for the remainder of the camp."

The students began to complain. Gloriosa wanted to help, "Oh, I'm sure it won't have to be for the remainder of camp. Just needs to be patched up a bit. I've got this!"

"Huh, or maybe we do," Applejack said, "If you ask me, this whole dock needs to go."

Applejack gave a part of the dock a little kick, and a piece of it broke off. Knuckles then saw what Applejack was saying, "Yeah. Building a new one could be our camp gift. Of course it would benefit us, but a nice new dock could benefit future campers too."

The others seemed to like this idea. But Timber said, "I dunno. It's an awful lot of work. I wouldn't want you guys to miss out on doing other fun camp stuff because you're so busy building a dock for 'future campers'."

Gloriosa got mad at Timber. Sonic and Sunset could see the tension between them.

Rainbow then came to Timber and said, "I hear what you're saying, Timber, but we're Canterlot Wondercolts. We've got a reputation to uphold and there was no way we were gonna leave this place with contributing to the most awesome camp gift ever. I'm with AJ, building a new dock is definitely it."

Rainbow asked everyone else, "What do you guys think?"

Everyone else cheered in agreement. "Looks like it's settled then," Gloriosa said with a smirk.

"Looks like it," Timber crossed his arms.

"That's some tension all right," Sunset said.

"Probably just some brother and sister stuff," Sonic whispered.

As everyone else was getting rid of the old dock, the Mobians, the girls, and the heroes were giving ideas to Watermelody and she was drawing a picture of what the new would look like.

"We can reinforce the foundation," Twilight said.

"Make it nice and sturdy," Applejack said.

"And we can add a wood carved sigh that says 'Camp Everfree'," Sunset said.

"And little boxes of food so you can feed the ducks and fishies," Fluttershy said.

"Oh, we'll add lanterns so you can see at night," Rainbow said.

"And maybe we'll also include some benches for people to relax," Sonic added.

Watermelody drew down the ideas, did a little erasing, and showed them how the new dock would look. It showed as a wide and long dock with a bench on both sides near the land, ropes tied on the high parts of the logs, two tree poles with a wood carved sigh that had the Camp Everfree logo on the center at the front.

"Nice," Strike said.

Rarity gasped, "It's stunning! And will make an absolutely perfect runway for my camp fashion show!"

"No offense, Rarity," Knuckles said, "But more importantly, it'll be a great place for docking canoes and feeding the wildlife."

"Oh, of course that too," Rarity said, "But I say perfect place to showcase glamorous boho chic styling."

"I think it can be both for while we're here," Sonic said, "But it's really a dock."

"What do you guys think?" Twilight asked.

"It's going to be a lot of work, but we can do it," Celestia said.

"YES!" Pinkie yelled, "Adult supervision!"

Later, the main base of the dock was about sixty percent finished. Rainbow held a hammer in the air and slammed it on a nail that she put into one of the wood planks.

Applejack chuckled, "Nice hammer. Where'd you get it?"

"Uh, duh. The took box?" Rainbow answered.

"That's cool," Applejack said, "I made mine."

Applejack showed Rainbow her hammer. It was a strong stone with a whole bunch of tape wrapped around it and having it attached to a strong stick.

"Ugh," Rainbow said.

Timber, Strike, and Breeze were working on some lanterns to put on the logs of the dock. Strike and Breeze were taking their time for this whole camp gift.

"Making lanterns out of solar-powered garden lights?" Twilight asked impressed, "Pretty crafty there, guys."

"You think these lanterns are crafty?" Timber asked.

"I think you should definitely see Timber's macaroni art," Strike said, "Timber's like the Picasso of noodles."

Twilight giggled at this. Breeze took a look a how the dock was at the moment, "Wow, it's getting built pretty much faster than I expected."

Celestia announced, "All right now. You've made a lot of progress. But it's going to be getting dark soon. We can pick this up tomorrow between our other camp activities."

Gloriosa spoke, "Everyone, get cleaned up and we'll gather by the fire pit at 8:00 to share s'mores and scary stories."

Pinkie popped put with a bunch of marshmallows, chocolate, and square cookies, "S'MORES!"

But somewhere in the trees, a mysterious female figure was spying on everyone, but mostly Strike and Sonic, "Well, well, well… it seems that Sonic and his friends had decided to come here to Camp Everfree. Hehehehehehe… big mistake."