Legend Of Everfree: The Omni Force Crossover

by NegaiFreak

Camp Everfree shutting down? Not if Canterlot High has anything to say about it! With their magic abilities and the help of the Omni Force's second squadron, they're prepared to throw a Crystal Gala to save the camp! But what happens strange things start to occur? Featuring multiple pairings! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! RATED T FOR SAFETY!

4. PART III

Hi folks! Sorry about the long wait for the last chapter… Schoolwork, rooting for the Cubs, so on and so forth… Anyways, we're back with another chapter of "Legend of Everfree: The Omni Force Crossover"! What's the reason behind all the strange magic showing up at camp? Is it Midnight Sparkle? Is it the magic from Star's wand? Or is it an outside force from another universe? Answers and more are to come!

Enjoy!

LEGEND OF EVERFREE

THE OMNI FORCE CROSSOVER

Evening rolled in at the camp as everyone began decorating their paper lanterns at the picnic tables outside, while supplies of tape, markers, and scissors were gifted to those who were working. The male Omni Force members and the exceeds were all grouped together at one, with some having trouble with their designs, while Rogue seemed to make it look easy, designing his rather smoothly. Kyoya glanced over at his girlfriend, seeing that she was working on her own light source with Sakura and two other girls, blushing as he recalled their embarrassing interaction from earlier in the day. She then looked at him, enticing him to immediately turn away and grimace slightly. Both he and Alain had reclaimed their jackets to hide the mysterious markings on their arms, as the latter of the two nervously clutched his.

"Ugh…" Luffy groaned, placing his head against the table as he stared at his lantern, which was basically nothing but plain white paper, "Franky would've totally come up with something awesome…" he muttered, evidently tired with trying to think of a design.

"Why not do a skull and crossbones?" Sasuke suggested bluntly, causing him to immediately perk up.

"Hey, yeah!" he concurred as he grabbed a black marker, "Thanks!" he said in gratitude, starting to draw upon the paper. The Uchiha teen merely cracked a small grin, going back to his own work.

"Wonder how the others are dealing with the fact they have superpowers…" Sting chimed in, staring over at the five girls, who were busily decorating their lanterns to fit their personalities.

"Dunno…" Lector answered as he placed his paws at his hips, "It's probably pretty usual for most of 'em to get magic out of the blue," he noted. The Devil Fruit user remembered hearing about what Sunset had told him concerning Twilight the other day, enticing him to look over and see just her and Spike alone at a table, working on a single lantern. Meanwhile, as Rarity continued to paint hers, she noticed a marshmallow drop from the lantern of her perky friend in front of her, causing her to raise an eyebrow.

"Um, Pinkie Pie…" she began to her in a nervous tone, "what are you doing?" she asked suspiciously.

"Putting marshmallows in my lantern," she answered, standing over her future light source while several of the delectable treats were upon it, "Then when we light them," she continued excitedly, "mine will be beautiful and delicious!" she exclaimed excitedly, raising her right hand.

"Ooh!" Star chimed in, pulling out her wand and aiming it towards her own lantern, which had butterflies and spiders drawn on it, "Maybe I can make mine have real spiders and-!" She stopped herself as she looked at the head of her weapon, frowning as she sat back down. "Or maybe I should just leave it as it is…" she muttered, putting it away before grabbing a marker to try and draw upon her lantern. She then felt a hand come onto her right shoulder, enticing her to look over and see the reassuring smile on her team leader's face.

"I know it's kinda boring for you to do things the 'normal way'," she pointed out to her as she blinked in surprise, "but isn't it nice to be doing it with your friends?" she inquired, causing her to perk up.

"Yeah!" she replied with a smile in seconds, happily going back to decorating. Meanwhile, Twilight and Spike remained alone at their table, as the latter looked back at the other groups working together.

"Hey, Twilight," he began as his owner was busy painting stars and moons on her lantern, "why aren't you with everyone else?" he asked her, enticing her to glance over nervously at the group of girls that included the amber skinned one sitting from afar.

"Sunset said something at camp is causing the other girls and the guys to get new magic," she told him in reply, "I think it's Midnight Sparkle," she confessed in a whisper, much to his surprise, "She's still part of me," she added while putting her right hand over her chest, "I can feel it," she mentioned with closed eyes, shocking him a little as he let off a look of concern, "And I think her magic is infecting my friends," she finished.

"What are we gonna do about it?" he questioned to her afterwards.

"I don't know what I can do…" she answered honestly, evidently worried.

"Okay, everyone!" Gloriosa's voice cried out, catching their attentions as they looked to see her upon the remainder of the new dock with Celestia and Luna, "It's time to watch your lanterns fly!" she declared excitedly with outstretched arms, as everyone walked over with their decorated light sources, heading onto the wooden structure. The male multiversal guests aside from Rogue all cringed as they took one last look at their designs compared to the other students, seeing how bland and uncreative they really were.

"Wow," Sakura commented as she passed by Sasuke, seeing that his lantern was merely leaves drawn on in black, "Originality much?" she joked with an arched eyebrow, pointing out her cherry blossom-themed lantern that looked much better than his. He could only shrug with a grin, walking with her to the dock.

"How'd yours turn out, Alain?" Fluttershy asked her boyfriend, getting his attention as he turned to show the small wisps of orange flames upon his blue-papered lantern.

"Oh, uh… fine… I guess…" he responded nervously, trotting away soon afterwards, much to her surprise as she noticed him rubbing his right arm again.

"Alain…" she uttered worriedly, realizing that he was frightened by the prospect of gaining a new power that he knew practically nothing about. As they all went up onto the wooden structure, Twilight slowly came over with her lantern in hand, still depressed about the situation she felt was at hand.

"Hey, cool lantern!" Timber complimented, catching her attention as she saw him trotting towards her, holding his own decorated light source in his hands, enticing her to glance away for a moment, "Mine's my face!" he pointed out, putting the lantern in front of himself to show off his design, much to her surprise as it did resemble him. He then put it down to see her laugh nervously with a feigned smile, which disappeared into a frown. Luffy also took notice, clutching his light source tightly as he saw her just trot off towards the dock despondently. "Uh, you okay?" the supervisor asked as he came up beside her.

"Mm-hmm," she immediately responded with a nod.

"You don't seem like yourself tonight…" he noted with a worried expression, making her grimace slightly. They then made their way to Celestia and Luna, who had lighters ready to light the candles within the lanterns. After having hers lit up by the latter of the two, the glasses-wearing girl looked at the small flame and smiled.

"Ready?" Gloriosa inquired to the group after all of the lanterns had been lit, "And... go!" she exclaimed, allowing everyone to throw up their light sources, letting them float up into the starlit sky. Pinkie tossed hers up with a bright smile, but it suddenly plopped down with thud and a splat onto the dock, much to everyone's surprise.

"Aw!" she groaned disappointedly with a frown, slouching a little, "Oh, well!" she sighed as she shrugged, "Now I get to eat it!" she pointed out, squatting down and taking the delectable treats off of her lantern, eating them up with a messy face, "Yep," she concurred, "beautiful and delicious," she noted with a smirk.

"Ooh, lemme' try!" Star chimed in, grabbing a sugary marshmallow for herself and gobbling it with a pleased grin.

"Sure is pretty…" Applejack noted while watching the lights float off.

"Eh, yeah…" her boyfriend agreed, nervously rubbing the back of his head as she glanced over at him, chuckling a little before taking his left hand into her right.

"Thanks for coverin' fer me earlier," she told him out of gratitude while blushing, much to his surprise, "Ah hope too much didn't show…" she mentioned as she managed to laugh about what happened.

"Nah, it's no problem," Kyoya responded after a moment of silence between them, having a tighter hold on his girlfriend's extremity as he smiled. Fluttershy wanted to do the same with Alain, but saw that he was still keeping himself far away from her, making her sigh.

"Wow, what a sight!" Sting exclaimed as he looked up at the lantern-filled sky.

"It's like the birth of a new constellation…" Lector commented cleverly while nodding. His partner then glanced over at Sunset, who smiled happily upon seeing the lights. He blushed as he looked at her, having his eyes tremble. Meanwhile, Luffy grinned, proud of his work as it floated up and bumped up in between Twilight and Timber's, separating them after they had touched.

"Luffy…" a familiar voice echoed inside of his head, causing his eyes to widen out of shock upon recognizing it, "Thank you… for loving me…" he heard in a strained and saddened voice, causing tears to start welling up in his eyes.

"Ace…" he uttered, rubbing his eyes immediately so no one would see him in such a state, but not before letting out a sob, catching the attention of the purple puppy.

"Hey, what's the matter?" he asked with an arched eyebrow, causing him to perk up and start grinning.

"Heh," he chuckled, looking back up at the sky, "Seeing all these lights…" he started to say, "reminds me of my brother," he confessed, placing his hands at his hips.

"He a pirate, too?" Spike guessed bluntly with a roll of his eyes.

"Was a pirate," the Devil Fruit user answered, making him blink in surprise, "One of the greatest ever," he added as a moment of silence passed by, "He died right in front of me…" he finished, much to the shock of the dog as his mouth gaped open.

"Oh… uh… I'm sorry…" he stuttered in apology, stunned by the revelation.

"No worries, pup!" the messy haired teen replied as he squatted down and petted him, rubbing his head as he cringed a little, "I know he's watchin' out for me from now on," he noted, taking one last look at the lanterns as they floated off into the distance.

PART III

That night at the tents, practically everyone had gone to sleep. Sunset snored softly inside the Sapphire tent, but began to stir as she heard rustling from the bed beside her, along with the sound of footsteps.

"Huh?" she uttered, opening her eyes slightly before sitting up, gasping upon noticing that her roommate wasn't there, "Twilight?" she said, wondering where she could have gone, as she and the purple puppy were not around. She immediately got out of her divan, going over to the tent flaps and opening them. She then widened her eyes to see the ponytailed girl and her pet running off into the woods, with the former having her backpack upon her. "Twilight!" she cried out in a loud whisper, quickly going back inside and putting on her camp shirt and shorts, hopping out while getting her right shoe on, "Where is she going?" she asked herself in a worried tone, starting to chase after her.

"Milady!" a familiar voice yelled to her in a quiet tone, enticing her to turn and see Sting and Lector approaching her, dressed in their day clothes as well.

"What are you two doing up?" she questioned as she stopped to let them jog up to her.

"Questions later," he advised, heading out towards the forest, "Right now, we need to make sure she doesn't get too far!" he told her in a serious whisper.

"Right!" she agreed, tailing after him with the exceed.

"Huh… Huh…" the glasses-wearing girl breathed heavily, looking back to see if anyone was following them through the shrubbery.

"Uh, Twilight?" Spike chimed in, getting her attention, "Are you really sure leaving camp's the best option?" he questioned with an arched eyebrow.

"It's better than infecting all our friends with Midnight Sparkle's magic…" she replied, about to take a turn. All of a sudden, a figure dropped down in front of them, enticing them to both stop and gasp to see that it was Luffy, who had a stoic expression on his face.

"Luffy?" the dog uttered out of surprise, while his owner grimaced.

"Uh, hi…" she greeted nervously with a wave as he just stood his ground, closing his hands into fists, "Listen, I know this seems kinda weird…" she started to say, "but if you could please just let us go and not tell anyone," she continued as he got into a lunging stance, "then maybe-!" Her final words were interrupted as he jumped out and tackled her to the ground in a yelp, much to the shock of the purple puppy, who watched the scientist squirm around as she was being pinned against the earth by the rubbery teen, who held her arms down.

"I'm not letting you leave," he stated bluntly, staring down at her seriously.

"Egh!" the ponytailed girl grunted, "Please let me go!" she pleaded as tears started forming in her eyes, "If you don't, everyone will be-"

"SHUT UP!" the pirate suddenly bellowed, interjecting her sentence as she widened her eyes, "I said I'm not letting you leave, and that's that!" he declared loudly, "I'll beat some sense into ya if you still don't get it!" he mentioned in an angered tone, much to her shock. The way he spoke reminded of a certain boy who had saved her life some time ago; one with spiky pink hair and a scale-patterned scarf.

"Natsu…" she uttered with trembling eyes, causing the Omni Force member upon her to arch an eyebrow in confusion. All of a sudden, the sound of rustling caught their attentions as they both looked to see Sunset, Sting, and Lector approaching them.

"Twilight? Luffy?" the former of the group that arrived said as they both stood back up, with the glasses-wearing girl grimacing in realization upon being discovered, rubbing her right arm nervously, "What are you doing out here?" she asked her in concern with outstretched arms.

"I was just tryin' to stop her," the Devil Fruit user answered while gesturing towards the female beside him, making her cringe as she glanced away.

"From doing what?" the red-furred exceed asked, putting the attention onto the scientist.

"We're... we're meeting a cab to take us home," she responded with a pause and an anxious smile, causing the red and yellow haired to narrow her eyes and arch an eyebrow before looking down at Spike, prompting him to speak.

"She thought you'd talk her out of it…" he pointed out to her immediately.

"Because we would," the white dragon slayer bluntly replied with crossed arms.

"Twilight, you can't leave," the squadron leader added, grasping her left arm with her right hand. All of a sudden, her eyes shot open and shined a bright white, as images and memories instantly entered her mind.

FLASHBACK

"You don't think it was the spirit, do you?!" Pinkie inquired, nervously holding her hands out in front of her face, while Trixie was standing beside her.

"No…" the glasses-wearing girl uttered in a quiet whisper, which no one else could hear except for Luffy, who looked at her in astonishment, "it was me…" she said, trotting off. The pirate felt inclined to try and say something to her, but decided to leave it for a moment as he and the others went back over to the dock.

END FLASHBACK

Before anything else could happen, the scene changed so that all the amber skinned girl could see was her friend's face.

FLASHBACK

"I think it's Midnight Sparkle," she confessed in a whisper, much to Spike's surprise, "She's still part of me," she added while putting her right hand over her chest, "I can feel it," she mentioned with closed eyes, shocking him a little as he let off a look of concern, "And I think her magic is infecting my friends," she finished.

END FLASHBACK

Sunset's eyes then flashed back to normal as she blinked and clenched her teeth, letting go of her pal's arm.

"Twilight, there's no Midnight Sparkle," she told her afterwards, much to her surprise as she widened her eyes, "There's only you," she said in a reassuring tone, placing her right hand onto her shoulder.

"How did you know what I was thinking?" she asked as she pulled herself away, while the others were somewhat perplexed and shocked by the revelation.

"When I touched your hand," the red and yellow haired girl began, looking at her own extremity, "I could see things," she said, "I could understand why you were leaving," she added before widening her eyes in realization, "My new magic...!" she uttered excitedly as she glanced at her fists, "This is my new magic!" she noted in glee, "This is incredible!" she exclaimed.

"So that's why you were hearing things around camp when we couldn't…" Lector pointed out, rubbing his chin curiously.

"Hold on," the Sabertooth guildmaster chimed in, having a nervous expression on his face, "So you're saying you can read someone's mind just by touching them?" he inquired as a little grimace came across his lips.

"Exactly!" his team leader answered, grasping him by the arms in an excited manner. All of a sudden, her eyes flashed a bright white again, showing another scene from the past.

FLASHBACK

"Thanks for your help," Minerva Orlando said out of gratitude to the Equestrian magic user, "Honestly, without your help," she continued, folding her arms underneath her chest, "I doubt Sting and Rogue would've cooperated…" she admitted, causing her to chuckle.

"Hey, I'm always up for helping friends," she replied, resting her right hand at her hip.

"And we really appreciate it," Yukino Agria chimed in with a nod, catching their attentions, "It's great to know that Sting and Rogue will be helping you on the Omni Force from now on!" she mentioned, clapping her hands together in a joyful manner.

"Sure is!" Sunset concurred, laughing with the wizards in their guild while from afar at a table, both dragon slayers and their exceeds watched on, with the blonde haired one of the group staring ahead at the squadron leader as he had his head upon his right hand in a somewhat dazed manner.

"Who would've thought you two would end up on the Omni Force?" the red-furred feline questioned rhetorically as he crossed his paws, "It's gonna be great with the Twin Dragons on board!" he noted excitedly.

"I think so, too!" Frosch agreed wholeheartedly. The black haired teen smiled at his cat, but then looked over at the guildmaster, who seemed to be staring off into space towards the group of girls.

"Sting?" he uttered, catching his attention as he perked up.

"Huh? What's up?" he asked as he turned to face him, seeing him grin before folding his arms over his chest.

"Are you going to tell her?" he inquired with a smirk, causing the blonde haired teen to instantaneously blush as he realized what he meant.

"Uh… I-I…" he stuttered, evidently embarrassed as he shook.

"Talk about fallin' head over heels…" his exceed chimed in, placing his paws at his hips as he smirked, "No wonder he calls her 'milady' these days…" he mentioned while chuckling, much to the chagrin of his partner as he started to develop an angered expression.

"Yeah," the frog-costumed cat agreed, "He even touched her-"

"Would ya keep it down?!" the white dragon slayer whispered angrily towards them, making them stop their teasing for the moment, "It's not like I can just tell her…" he grumbled, placing his hand onto his cheek.

"Why not?" Rogue questioned curiously, noticing the downcast expression upon his guild mate's face.

"'Cause she's already got a boyfriend, you moron!" he replied in an upset tone, much to his surprise before seeing him turn away, "And it'd just be weird to tell her that I like her…" he confessed, staring over at the girls as they continued conversing and laughing away, "She's beautiful, smart, funny…" he listed off, "but she's with someone else," he noted as the others with him looked at him worriedly, "I'm so pathetic…" he admitted, putting his head against the table.

END FLASHBACK

Once Sunset's eyes flashed back to normal, she immediately jerked herself away from her teammate, having an astonished expression on her face. He grimaced upon noticing, realizing that she might have seen something within his mind.

"M-Milady…" he started to say with a stutter, "wh-what did you see?" he asked nervously, sweating a little. She just blushed, unable to even speak after witnessing what she did. The others looked on worriedly as she took a deep breath of air to calm herself, looking out at the blonde haired teen seriously.

"Sting… do you… like me?" she questioned slowly in response, causing his eyes to widen in realization.

"Busted," Lector bluntly chimed in while standing beside Spike, who had his mouth gaping open out of shock.

"C-Can it!" the white dragon slayer demanded with a stutter, turning back towards his team leader, "Sunset, I…" he tried to say, but decided to drop it as he could tell she understood.

"Sting…" she uttered in a concerned tone, "it's fine to-"

"No, it's not!" Twilight suddenly interrupted, causing everyone to turn over and look at her in surprise, "I'm infecting you now!" she said to the red and yellow haired girl.

"Twilight, you have to stop looking at this as a bad thing," she advised in response as the others looked at her worriedly.

"Easy for you to say," she retorted with clenched fists, "Magic turned you into something beautiful," she noted, starting to walk away from the others, "The last time I tried to use it," she continued, turning herself head to face her friends, "it turned me into a monster," she stated as they all widened their eyes slightly, seeing her close her own up, "I'm just so afraid it's gonna happen again…" she admitted, evidently scared.

"Yeah…" the Omni Force squadron leader replied, catching her attention, "last time I turned into something amazing," she said, "but I've let magic turn me into a monster, too," she pointed out to her while gesturing towards herself, "So if anyone understands what you're going through, it's me," she reassured with a smile, "I can help you, Twilight," she promised as she walked up to her, while she had her back turned to her, "And the rest of our friends can be there for you, too," she added, "But not if you run away," she finished strongly.

"Besides," Luffy chimed in, causing them to perk up, "if ya ever turn into something like that," he kept going while punching his left hand with his fist, "I'll be sure to beat some sense into ya!" he promised with a cheeky chuckle. The glasses-wearing girl stared at him in wonder afterwards, having been reminded of the person who helped to save her that time. She then let out a sigh, turning to face her amber skinned friend.

"I'll stay," she declared, making her smile, "But I still don't think it's a good idea for me to be near the rest of our friends right now," she explained to her seriously, "Not until we know why this is happening," she added, adjusting her glasses.

"Understood," she agreed with a nod. She then glanced over at Sting, seeing his anxious expression as he had both of his hands in his pockets. "Hey, Sting-" Her sentence to him was interrupted at the moment they all heard rustling, making them all perk up in surprise. "What was that?!" she asked as they quickly gathered amongst themselves, searching with their eyes. The white dragon slayer sniffed around the area before blinking in realization.

"Hold on, it's just-!" Before he could finish his sentence, an axe suddenly rose up from the underbrush, much to the shock of the girls.

"AAAAAAHHHH!" they screamed simultaneously while holding hands in fright.

"YAAAAAHHHH!" Lector shrieked upon seeing the weapon, having his fur stick up before leaping onto the red and yellow haired girl's chest. It turned out that the blade was in the hands of Timber, who promptly screamed upon hearing the voices of the others.

"Wait…" he uttered upon stopping, narrowing his eyes to see the people before him in the forest, lowering his axe, "Twilight?" he questioned in surprise.

"Timber?" the scientist responded out of shock, while both the amber skinned girl and the exceed were still somewhat freaked out, "I'm so glad it's just you!" she pointed out in relief while placing her hand over her heart, as Sunset stared down at the feline upon her blankly, enticing him to grin sheepishly before jumping off of her, "Wait, what are you doing out here?" she asked him with an arched eyebrow.

"With an axe?" her friend added, gesturing towards the weapon as a suspicious look came across her face, causing him to look down at it with widened eyes for a moment.

"I was chopping down firewood…" he claimed, pulling out a cart of logs from the bushes as both the Omni Force squadron leader and the blonde haired teen looked at him in suspicion with their hands at their hips.

"In the middle of the night?" the latter of the two questioned, folding his arms over his chest as he arched an eyebrow.

"We needed more for tomorrow night's campfire," he explained as an answer with a shrug, "And if I didn't take care of it tonight," he began to grumble, setting the axe onto one of the logs with a chop, "it would be one more thing Gloriosa would add to her list…" he muttered out of frustration while glancing up at the sky, "I've got this!" he said, imitating his sister with a wave of both of his hands. The glasses-wearing girl chuckled with him afterwards, while the others looked at him with narrowed eyes. "What about you guys?" he asked the group, causing them to widen their eyes, "Why are you hanging out in the woods in the middle of the night?" he questioned, folding his arms over his chest while narrowing his eyes out of suspicion, making the girls grimace slightly. The ponytailed one opened her mouth, about to say something.

"Oh!" the red and yellow haired chimed in with a shrug, "I was sleepwalking," she told the supervisor, putting her arm around her friend's shoulders and pulling her close, "Twilight and the guys found me and were bringing me back to camp," she finished with a grin.

"Mm-hmm," the glasses-wearing girl concurred as she nodded. The tan skinned teen looked over at the multiversal guests, seeing Sting arch his eyebrow, while Luffy put his hands at his hips. He just smirked afterwards.

"Come on," he beckoned, gesturing towards the way out of the woods, "I'll walk you guys back," he promised, smiling cheekily before stopping, "I'll protect you from… Gaea Everfree!" he suddenly exclaimed in a spooky tone, "Everfree! Everfree!" he repeated eerily with scary expressions on his face, waggling his fingers before folding his arms with a smirk. Freaked out, Lector took the chance to hide behind Spike, who just arched an eyebrow.

"Never do that again," the white dragon slayer bluntly advised afterwards.

"Come on," Sunset said with a shake of her head, catching their attentions, "That's obviously just a spooky story you made up to tell around the campfire," she noted confidently.

"Oh, no. It's legit," Timber replied defiantly as he nodded, "How else would you explain what happened at the docks?" he questioned rhetorically as the Omni Force squadron leader placed her hand upon her hip, "And that weird thing where the earth shook?" he added, "Come on," he beckoned, holding out his hand for the scientist, "I know a shortcut back to the tents," he said, taking the girl's extremity as she blushed a little, allowing him to go off with her.

"I don't trust that guy one bit…" Luffy muttered under his breath.

"Yeah, I'm gettin' nervous about him, too…" the purple puppy admitted with a tilt of his head. The amber skinned girl just watched the pair go off, folding her arms over her chest as an expression of suspicion developed upon her face. She suddenly gasped quietly upon noticing sparkling dust bits falling out of the supervisor's pocket as he trotted off with her friend while hauling the cart of logs.

"Legit, huh?" she uttered in realization, squatting down and brushing the dust on the ground with her fingers, rubbing them together, "I think we just found our 'Gaea Everfree'…" she pointed out to the others with a grin.

"But why would he work so hard to make us think she was real?" the exceed asked in a whisper with an arched eyebrow, having stopped trembling.

"You heard what he said about wishing his sister would sell this camp," the red and yellow haired girl mentioned to him, brushing her hair back as Sting went down and sniffed the ground, "If nobody wants to come here because it's home to some angry ancient nature spirit," she continued to explain, "it sure would help his cause…" she muttered out of frustration.

"Tch," the Sabertooth guildmaster scoffed while standing back up, "Can't a scent off of this either…" he grumbled, placing his hand upon his chin out of suspicion.

"We should tell Twilight," Spike chimed in, about to race off after her.

"Not yet," Sunset advised, stopping him, "She's obviously going through a lot right now," she pointed out with a look of concern, "We should probably be a hundred percent sure before we tell her the guy she likes is a jerk who's trying to run everybody out of camp…" she explained seriously while standing up, putting her hand at her hip.

"Uh-huh!" both animals concurred together.

"In the meantime…" the Omni Force squadron leader began, glancing over at her blonde haired teammate with a worried expression, making him grimace in realization.

"Milady, I'm sorry…" he apologized, turning away and putting his hands into his pockets, "but I'm gonna need some time before talkin' to you about this…" he said despondently, walking off into the distance.

"Hey, Sting!" Lector cried out, about to go after him.

"Wait," the amber skinned girl chimed in, halting him before he could head off, "I'll talk with him later…" she promised, letting out a deep sigh as everything that was going on was even overwhelming her of all people. Luffy just clenched his fists tightly, frustrated at how Timber was apparently the villain who had the sapphire haired practically wrapped around his finger.

X

Later that morning, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity, Kyoya, Rogue, Sasuke, Sakura, Star, and Frosch were working on the dock, with the fashionista of the group sitting upon a beach chair, stitching an indigo poncho together, while the others were hard at work. The animal whisperer and the partier girl were adjusting the ropes to prevent people from falling off, while the Uchiha teen and the scruffy haired adolescent beside him made sure they were tied up tightly.

"Phew…" Rogue breathed, wiping the sweat away from his forehead after setting down more wood tiles beside the cowgirl and the kunoichi, who were nailing them down into wood, "Hey, Rainbow!" he called out as his exceed flew over and got a few planks upon the deck, "We need some more wood!" he yelled, getting her attention as she was picking up a couple of tiles from the beach.

"Be right there!" she replied, grabbing a few more as she grimaced nervously. She then tiptoed slowly onto the dock, much to the confusion of the others.

"The heck?" the beyblader said with an arched eyebrow, causing the others to perk up amidst the sounds of nails being hammered into the tiles and planks creaking as the athlete stepped carefully across what was completed, closing her eyes in fright.

"Uh… Rainbow?" the shadow dragon slayer uttered, placing his hands at his hips, "Is something wrong?" he asked as she came to a halt, while the others just glanced over in concern upon her uncharacteristic slowness.

"Phew!" she breathed out of relief after opening her eyes, slouching down. She then took notice of the indigo haired girl just sitting down and apparently doing nothing else aside from working on the article of clothing in her hands, "Uh, you gonna give us a hand here, Rarity?" she asked her with an arched eyebrow, catching her attention.

"Oh, I'd love to," she began to reply while continuing her task, "but I really need to get the stitching on this poncho done before it's going to make it into the camp fashion show," she explained to her as she took a quick glance at it to make sure it was okay, "Though at the pace you two are moving," she kept going towards the rainbow haired girl and the cowgirl as she stood up with a blank expression upon her face, "I don't know that the runway will ever be finished…" she pointed out, much to the latter's annoyance as her expression shifted to a deep frown. Rogue and Frosch smacked themselves in the face simultaneously upon hearing her remark.

"The dock is our gift to the camp," Applejack corrected while rolling her eyes, catching the attentions of the others as they looked at her, "and it's gonna get finished," she declared while hammering down another nail into the tile, "That is, if Rainbow Dash would hurry up and bring me more wood…" she mentioned out of impatience, glancing over at the female in question.

"Well… I can't go any faster!" she retorted with a shake of her head, "I don't want to end up in the woods again," she mentioned, gesturing towards the forest in the distance.

"Don't be silly," the freckled girl advised in reply.

"Really?" her friend questioned rhetorically, dropping the boards she had. She then proceeded to mimic her pal's hammering motion, taking note of how slow it was.

"Huh…" she sighed deeply in response, wiping the sweat off of her forehead, "I know I said we should try to forget all about this new magic business," she started to recall while sitting upon her knees, "but I can't," she confessed, "What if I hammer the board into splinters?" she inquired as she held her hammer before her face. Her classmates agreed with nods except for Pinkie, while the other Omni Force members just glanced at each other worriedly.

"It's okay to be unsure about all that's going on with you girls," Sakura chimed in as she placed her hand upon her teammate's shoulder, "but it shouldn't it be kinda normal for you to not know what's next?" she guessed, causing them to all blink in surprise.

"Yeah," the shadow dragon slayer chimed in, catching their attentions "Maybe this magic's scary," he started to say, "but maybe it can help you out, too," he suggested while folding his arms over his chest.

"I think so, too!" his exceed agreed, jumping onto his right shoulder.

"Even I have trouble with my magic sometimes!" Star exclaimed, pulling out her wand and spinning it around, "But ya know…" she kept going, aiming her weapon as it radiated in a bright pink aura, "if you take just one step at a time…" she uttered, sticking out her tongue before several streaks of pink light emerged from the head of her armament, each wrapping around the ropes being tied around the dock. She then tugged hard with a grunt, making them tighten before the luminosities vanished. "You get results like that," she pointed out in smug and proud manner, putting her hands at her hips.

"Heh," Applejack chuckled as she stood up, "Weird to hear that comin' from the girl who was worried she was goin' overboard the other day…" she mentioned while folding her arms over her chest.

"Hey, I'm settlin' down…" the princess of Mewni replied as she blew out the steam that emerged from her wand's head, "It's all chill…" she added in a somewhat cool tone while waving her hands off to the side, causing everyone to laugh except for Sasuke and Kyoya, who merely grinned.

"Besides," Sakura started to say while standing up, "you're not alone in the whole 'new magic' thing," she pointed out to her reassuringly, "And we're here to help, too," she promised, gesturing towards the multiversal guests, who all nodded in agreement, causing the cowgirl to pull off a smile. She then realized something, glancing around the dock searchingly.

"Aw, shoot!" she grumbled afterwards while putting her hands onto her hips, "We're all out of nails," she told the group.

"Oh, here you go!" Pinkie cried out, holding a small box of them in her right hand. She reeled her arm back, sticking out her tongue while causing everyone to gasp in surprise.

"Pinkie, no!" her classmates shrieked too late as she tossed the container of sharp objects towards them. On instinct, the freckled girl immediately jumped away and ducked, while her boyfriend rushed out to her. Rarity dropped her poncho and stuck out her hands, suddenly forming another diamond-shaped energy barrier in front of herself, knocking down Rainbow and Fluttershy in the process while accidentally slamming her beloved into the water.

"Rogue!" Frosch cried out upon seeing him splash down.

"HAH!" the beyblader yelled as he threw out his right fist, letting out a huge burst of air from it that blew the nails up into the sky.

"I got it!" Star declared as she cocked her wand back, "Raspberry Lasso Line!" she bellowed, causing a swirling pink streak of energy to shoot up and wrap around the box, allowing for her to pull it down. Sasuke then leapt up and grabbed it, allowing her to relinquish her hold as the energy dissipated. He landed down safely, handing the box off to his fellow shinobi, who blushed a little. Applejack opened her eyes and sighed out of relief to see that the nails were just fine, glaring over at the partier girl afterwards.

"What?" she questioned innocently as she shrugged, then widened her eyes in realization, "Ohhh, did you think the nails would explode like the sprinkles?" she guessed to her, "Wow!" she exclaimed, "Glad that didn't happen, huh?" she inquired while putting her hands on her hips. The heart-cheeked girl beside her just shook her head in disapproval, bonking her on the head with the head of her wand. "Ow!" she yelped in pain, sticking out her lip in a sad manner as the female stared at her blankly.

"Y'all right, Kyoya?" the cowgirl asked the green-haired teen, getting his attention as he turned to see her stand back up.

"Uh, yeah," he replied, looking back at his right hand, "Guess it's no wonder he didn't wanna try using these powers…" he grumbled, closing his extremity into a fist, "I can't even control 'em…" he muttered angrily as he clenched his teeth together, worrying his girlfriend a little. Meanwhile, Rogue re-emerged from the water, crawling back up onto the dock.

"Jeez…" he groaned, standing up.

"Oh, are you all right?!" Rarity asked, catching his attention as she saw her trot over with Frosch.

"Er, yeah…" he replied, wringing out his now wet tank top with his hands, "It's no big deal…" he reassured to her.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, everyone," she apologized, going over to Rainbow and Fluttershy and helping them back onto their feet, "I didn't mean to," she mentioned with a nervous expression on her face, "Uh, I don't know how to control this…" she finished while looking at her hands.

"It's okay," the athlete reassured as she nodded.

"Oh, none of us know how…" the animal whisperer mentioned, placing her hand over her heart.

"Which is why we shouldn't pretend this isn't happening," Sunset's voice chimed in, getting their attentions as they saw her trot up onto the dock with Lector beside her.

"Do you have them now, too?" the cerulean skinned girl guessed to her with an arched eyebrow.

"It started last night," she answered as she nodded, "When I touch people," she began to explain while holding out her right hand, "it's like I can feel what they're feeling and see their memories," she told them.

"Memories?" the shadow dragon slayer uttered in confusion, tilting his head to the side.

"Oooh, fancy!" Pinkie exclaimed as she instantly zipped up to the red and yellow haired girl, "Try me, try me!" she requested repeatedly while hopping up and down. She then grabbed her friend's hand and placed it upon her head, causing her eyes to suddenly shine a bright white. In an instant, she started to see a vision of her perky friend happily skipping along a path with several bizarre creatures walking around her; all colorful as an upbeat tune was playing in the background from a radio being held by a walking star with sunglasses. "La-la-la-la~!" she sang as she went along her path, taking notice of some of the beings beside her, "Ooh, taffy!" she realized, yanking off of the creatures' appendages and chomping down on it, leaving her with messy blue lips. The scene ended there, allowing the Omni Force squadron leader to blink and stand up straight with widened eyes that were apparently freaked out.

"That explained so much," she bluntly said afterwards.

"Yep!" the puffy haired girl responded, zipping away in an instant as her pal let off a small smile.

"I guess that explains why Sting isn't here," Rogue mentioned, catching his team leader's attention as she blushed.

"Oh yeah…" she remembered, rubbing the back of her neck nervously, "You knew about that…" she realized, much to confusion of the others as they blinked.

"Knew about what, darling?" Rarity questioned while placing her hands at her hips.

"It's not important right now," Sunset answered with a shake of her head, walking over to the group, "What is important is making sure everyone's okay with these new abilities," she explained, "We can't just brush these powers aside because it doesn't seem like the ideal time to get them," she added, walking off to the end of what was completed of the dock, "What if it turns out that they could actually make things better?" she questioned rhetorically before turning around to face her friends and comrades.

SONG: Embrace the Magic, performed by Sunset Shimmer

So you have magic,

And it's not that great…

But when it found you,

You know it was fate…

The Omni Force squadron leader went up to each of her friends in reassuring manner, much to their surprise as they blinked.

And it might seem scary now,

But it can be wonderful, too…

So how about we embrace the magic,

And make the magic part of you?

Moments later, the girls were hard at work with building the docks with the other students and the multiversal guests. Having a handful sprinkles in her hands, Pinkie dropped them onto a few wooden boards, separately them evenly before they glowed a bright pink and exploded, creating holes in them. She smiled as she picked them up for Rainbow, who grinned before dashing out at her with a hammer in her hands. In almost an instant, she grabbed the boards and ran around a few others speedily in a rainbow-colored blur, while her partier friend took a paintbrush and made a quick swipe at it. Once she stopped, it revealed a newly-built bench that was painted beautifully, making both girls smile as they high-fived.

You take a little dash of magic,

And you let it ignite…

Mix things up a little bit,

And it might start to go right…

In just five seconds flat,

How the story has changed…

All 'cause now you've embraced the magic,

And it just got better in every way!

Some of the campers seemed upset as the handsaw they were using was ineffective for cutting the boards up. As he saw this, Kyoya glanced at his right arm, closing his eyes before making the decision to remove his jacket, letting it plop onto the ground. He then walked over to the others, swinging up his right arm and cloaking it within a veil of wind. Bringing it down, he managed to chop the board cleanly, much to the shock of the others, even himself. He smirked however, looking at the markings on his arm before going to cut some more.

I say embrace the magic!

No more holding back, just let it out…

If you can take the magic…

And learn a little more what it can do…

Once the magic is part of you!

Flash, Bulk and Sandalwood helped to put up one of the dock's gateway posts together, with the latter two pushing it up, while the former pulled on a rope it was attached from the platform. They smiled upon completing their work, but suddenly had their mouths gaping open upon seeing Applejack leisurely trotting over, chowing down on an apple while hoisting an entire pole over her shoulder with ease. She set it down onto the ground, making sure it was upright before taking another bite of her fruit. Sakura then threw the end of a rope towards it, allowing Star to shoot out a beam of pink light from her wand that wrapped around the line, tying it to the pole. Once the kunoichi got the other end tied to the rope on the dock, she shared a fist bump with the princess, grinning widely as the boys were mostly stunned, except for Sasuke as he merely shrugged.

What's standing in your way…

That you can't move today?

You've got the strength in you…

To make your dreams come true…

No need to shield yourself…

From the magic that can help…

Protect from any harm that might come!

While working on one of the food boxes alongside Frosch, Rarity widened her eyes in surprise as she saw Muffins about to fall into the lake from the sailboat she was upon. On instinct, the fashionista stood and swung out her right hand, sending a diamond-shaped energy barrier skipping across the water like a stone, having it catch the blonde haired girl before she could hit the body of liquid. She smiled and gave a thumbs-up in reassurance to her friend on the sailboat, glad that she was okay.

So you have magic,

And it's not that great…

But when it found you,

You know it was fate…

So if you listen close…

You might make a new friend…

And together we can make it!

Somewhat disheartened by the whole affair, Fluttershy was by herself, sitting upon a log as she looked out at her friends while holding a string of flowers in her hands. Sunset then came over and sat beside her, placing her hand around her shoulder before nuzzling her head against hers, making her smile as she let go. A red-feathered bird then flew down onto the animal whisperer's shoulder, chirping into her ear before she nodded with a smile, allowing it to take the decoration she had and fly it up onto the wood carved sign that hung before the dock, giving it a natural look.

I say embrace the magic!

No more holding back, just let it out!

If you can take the magic…

And learn a little more what it can do…

Once the magic is part of you!

Once the magic is part of you!

Once the magic is part of you!

Once the magic is part of you…

After gathering with her friends and comrades as they finished setting up the food boxes and lanterns on the dock, the red and yellow haired girl and the others all walked to the end of it with wide smiles, letting the wind rush through their hair before taking a look back at what they had completed.

END SONG

"Okay, that was pretty awesome!" Rainbow stated afterwards while placing her hands at her hips.

"I think so, too!" Frosch chimed in as he jumped up.

"And look what you managed to accomplish!" the Omni Force squadron leader added, gesturing towards the completed structure that all of the students were awing.

"Boom-shaka-laka!" Star exclaimed, spinning her wand happily before shooting a bright burst of light from up into the sky, which exploded into a heart-shaped firework that caught everyone's attention as they smiled.

"Guess the old Star Butterfly's finally back…" Sunset implied with a smirk, causing her to giggle in reply. Meanwhile, Applejack glanced over at her boyfriend, widening her eyes upon noticing something.

"Well, wouldja look at that…" she said, catching his attention, "Those tattoos of yers are gone," she pointed out to him. He gasped in surprise, looking at his arm to see that the black markings had disappeared.

"No way…" he uttered out of shock.

"Must mean that you can control whatever your power is," Sasuke mentioned, making him blink in astonishment before pulling off a wide grin.

"Heck yeah, I can!" he bellowed, throwing out a few punches that sent bursts of wind onto the lake, making waves ripple all around. He then inhaled a deep breath of air before releasing a tornado-like vortex from his mouth into the sky, much to the shock of his companions. "Hah!" he laughed, "Now we're talking!" he shouted, smirking all the while.

"Looks like the old Kyoya's back, too…" his girlfriend noted as she trotted up to him, resting her left elbow against his shoulder while grinning at him. Seeing their interaction enticed Fluttershy to look back worriedly towards the campgrounds, knowing that there was a person in particular not among them.

"Please, please, please can we do a run-through for the fashion show on it right this minute?" Rarity pleaded to the red and yellow haired girl, catching everyone's attention.

"Thought you weren't finished with the stitchin' on yer poncho," the cowgirl chimed in, leaning up against one of the dock's poles with a smug expression on her face. Upon hearing her remark, the fashionista immediately reached over and grabbed the article of clothing, taking the needle and making another stitch.

"I am now," she retorted, but then blinked as she saw some white stitching on the end of the poncho, which was beautifully made to look like vines with leaves on them, "Wh-Who did this?" she asked with a stutter, showing the others what was done.

"That'd be me," Rogue answered, much to her surprise as she looked at him with widened eyes.

"You?" she questioned with an arched eyebrow as she blushed, "I-I didn't realize that you had an eye for fashion…" she noted while stammering, evidently nervous to look at him as her head was turned away.

"Who do you think made Frosch's costume?" he asked rhetorically in reply, folding his arms over his chest as his exceed jumped up onto his shoulder, "Besides," he kept going, "I… wanted to make things up to you…" he confessed, causing her to blink in surprise.

"Whatever do you mean, darling?" she asked with a raise of her eyebrow.

"I mean, we got off on the wrong foot at first," he responded as he uncrossed his arms, "so I thought maybe we could do something together and… start over…" he suggested somewhat anxiously. The indigo haired girl took a moment to look at the poncho he had helped make more beautiful and then back at him, smiling brightly.

"I think we already have," she said, going and embracing him in a warm hug, much to his astonishment as she could feel her head snuggling into the crook of his neck.

"Uh… okay…" he uttered while blushing a little, chuckling afterwards. Everyone smiled at their interaction except for Fluttershy, who still had a despondent look on her face upon seeing the couples looking so happy. Her expression then changed into a serious one as she closed her hands into fists.

"I'll be right back," she promised, hurriedly rushing off of the dock before anyone could stop her.

"What's her deal?" Kyoya asked, folding his arms behind his head. His girlfriend just groaned, elbowing him in the chest with her left arm out of annoyance, making him grunt in pain.

"So Alain's not used to his magic either, huh?" Sunset guessed worriedly, getting a nod in reply from Sasuke, "Well, I'm sure Fluttershy can handle it," she noted reassuringly, "You girls get the fashion show started without me," she told her friends as she started jogging off, "I've gotta go find Twilight," she mentioned, "Seeing what we've been able to do here might make her embrace the new magic, too!" she exclaimed excitedly, but then realized she accidentally shared information that she wasn't supposed to, "Uh, not that she has any…" she quickly corrected while waving both of her hands.

"Wait for me, milady!" Lector cried out, leaping up onto her right shoulder as they got off the wooden platform together. All of a sudden though, she bumped into something, grabbing at her head in agony afterwards.

"Sorry 'bout that…" a familiar voice apologized, causing her to perk up instantly as she saw Sting standing in front of her.

"St-Sting!" she stammered in surprise, blushing a little as she nervously rubbed the back of her neck, "Uh, we just finished the dock over there if you were wondering…" she pointed out, gesturing towards the completed structure.

"Actually, I was looking for you," the white dragon slayer told her, making her blink in confusion.

"Why?" she asked, tilting her head to the side as the exceed jumped down from her shoulder.

"Because I need to tell ya the truth," her teammate responded, glancing down in a nervous manner, tapping his left foot against the ground. He then let out a quick breath of air before staring ahead seriously at his squadron leader. "Sunset, I really do like you," he admitted with a reddening face, "and I don't want you to think I'm just bein' your friend just so I can get with ya…" he mentioned, keeping his head turned away out of embarrassment, "It's just… yer so nice, pretty, smart… heh…" he chuckled afterwards, rubbing the back of his head, "Pretty much the whole package for a girl," he stated as her eyes were trembling, "I just wanted to tell you so that there's no secrets between us," he told her seriously, "So whatever happens from here on out," he continued, "I won't lie to you," he promised, finishing his confession. A long moment of silence passed as Lector glanced back and forth at the two, seeing their rosy cheeks becoming even redder.

"You know…" the amber skinned girl began, getting their attentions as they looked to see her twirling a strand of her hair with her left index finger in embarrassment, "if we're not keeping secrets anymore…" she kept going, "then there's something I should tell you," she said, making the blonde haired teen blink in surprise, "Back when we first met and you called me 'milady' for the first time…" she started to say, blushing even redder as she shrunk back a little, "it embarrassed me because… it made me feel like a princess…" she confessed as his mouth gaped open slightly out of astonishment.

"Well… it's out of respect…" he pointed out with a small grin and a chuckle, still blushing.

"I know that…" the red and yellow haired girl replied, laughing with him. Lector just smirked at the both of them, placing his paws onto his hips. "My boyfriend's never called something that made feel so warm inside…" she mentioned with another flushed face, "So it is a little weird to hear it from someone else…" she admitted, managing to chuckle afterwards.

"Oh, there's another thing," the Sabertooth guildmaster chimed in, getting their attentions, "You know that gem dust we found last night?" he questioned to them.

"Yeah, what about it?" his team leader asked in response, arching an eyebrow.

"Since I can't get a scent off of it, I can't trace it back to where it's been…" he explained as an answer, folding his arms over his chest, "but then this morning I found out that I can't get a smell off of Timber either…" he pointed out, rubbing his chin with his right hand.

"Why wouldn't he want anyone to track him?" the red furred feline asked.

"I dunno yet…" the Omni Force squadron leader replied, "but let's worry about that later," she advised, starting to head off again, "We gotta find Twilight," she told them, gesticulating for the two to follow her.

"All right, milady," Sting replied, going off with her as the exceed trailed behind them.

"Huh…" Star uttered, having witnessed the scene from the dock with the others, who were somewhat stunned, "Always thought they were a thing…" she admitted while placing her hands at her hips, smiling afterwards.

X

"Alain?" Fluttershy's voice called out as she entered her tent, glancing around worriedly in search of her boyfriend as she hadn't found him in his own.

"Hey, Fluttershy…" he greeted, catching her attention as she saw him sitting on her bed, looking at the flame-like markings upon his forearm.

"Have you been here this whole time?" his girlfriend asked while trotting up to him.

"I… shouldn't be near anyone right now…" he responded, tightly clutching the sheets upon his divan, "These powers I got could go out of control at any given moment…" he mentioned as he looked back at his arm.

"Not if you learn to embrace it," the shy girl chimed in, making him perk up as he looked to see her standing in front of him, squatting down to his eye level and placing her hand onto his arm, "This power you have…" she started to say, "it's not going to go away," she told him with a serious expression, much to his surprise as his eyes trembled.

"Fluttershy…" he uttered out of shock.

"I know you must be feeling overwhelmed by all this…" she pointed out reassuringly, "but you can't just lock yourself away from everyone," she stated, enticing him to stand up from his bed. After a small moment of silence, he embraced her lovingly, wrapping his arms around her body.

"I'm sorry…" he apologized, keeping her close, "I just feel like I can't protect you and everyone if I'm like this…" he confessed.

"You can though!" the animal whisperer exclaimed, looking into his eyes, "Alain, whatever your power is," she kept going in an inspiring tone, "it'll help us if you accept it for what it is!" she yelled at him as he blinked. He then changed his expression into an understanding one, leaning his head in.

"Thank you, Fluttershy…" he said in gratitude before kissing her on the lips, much to her shock as her eyes widened. However, they closed up as she cupped his cheeks, letting the lip lock continue without a problem. All of a sudden, the sound of the tent flap opening caught their attentions.

"WAH!" she yelped in surprise, blushing madly as she and her boyfriend turned to see DJ Pon-3 standing there, listening to rock music on her headphones as she waved in greeting to the couple, who both blinked in surprise.

"Heh," the Pokémon trainer chuckled, "Guess we'll have to wait a little later to have some time to ourselves," he inquired, causing the pink haired girl to giggle.

"Come on," she beckoned, taking his hand into her own, "The fashion show's gonna get started soon," she told him.

"Fashion show?" he responded in confusion. He decided to drop from then on though, seeing that the markings on his arm had vanished.

'My own power to protect, huh?' he guessed to himself, managing to smile as he walked out.

"Have you seen Luffy at all?" Sunset asked the white dragon slayer walking beside her as they were passing by the lakeside watershed.

"He's been sleepin' like a log all morning," he responded, folding his arms behind his head, "It's a wonder how he gets so much energy…" he remarked as the girl with him chuckled.

"I just wish you didn't tell them that ridiculous story!" a familiar voice screamed from inside the edifice, getting their attentions as they stopped themselves.

"Sounded like Gloriosa…" Lector pointed out, enticing the two to go up to the door to the cabin. They closely listened in beside the entrance, narrowing their eyes in suspicion while focusing their hearing.

"Ah, this is all too much for you!" Timber's voice yelled from beyond the logged walls of the building, making the red and yellow haired girl arch an eyebrow, "You have to let it go!" he demanded.

"I knew it!" she exclaimed quietly towards Sting and his exceed, "He wants her to get rid of the camp!" she realized. All of a sudden, the door was swiftly swung open by the director, hitting her in the face as she grimaced while also noticing the angered expression upon her. Her brother followed after her, not noticing the people behind the open access. The Omni Force squadron leader slowly pushed the door away from herself with a creak afterwards. "Come on," she beckoned, jumping down from the porch to the ground, "Let's-" Her declaration was stopped as she suddenly bumped into Flash, causing both of them to recoil in surprise.

"Sunset Shimmer?" he uttered as she rubbed her head out of agony, "What were you doing behind that door?" he asked curiously.

"What?" the amber skinned girl responded, realizing that she had gotten herself into a sticky situation, "Um, nothing!" she claimed, "I, um, lost an earring…" she told him with a stutter. The blonde haired teen watching knew that she was lying, but also knew that she did need an alibi before the guitar player could get suspicious. He quickly took off the piece of jewelry upon his left ear, tossing it to have it land in front of his team leader. She noticed it, glancing back to see him shooting her a wink in approval, "Uh, there it is!" she yelped, pointing down at it before squatting to pick it up, standing as she set it upon her ear.

"Hey, listen," the blue haired teen began as got the crystal earring upon herself, "I'm glad I ran into you," he admitted, much to her confusion as she arched an eyebrow, "I really wanted to thank you," he told her as he put his hands into his pockets.

"For what?" she asked him in reply.

"For the tough love," he answered with a chuckle as both the white dragon slayer and his exceed jumped down and stood beside the girl, "Telling me I should get over Twilight," he added as the female was anxiously looking around the area, "I needed to hear that," he said.

"Sure, no problem…" the Omni Force squadron leader replied before going back to looking around, much to the confusion of the one standing in front of her.

"Is… something wrong?" he inquired, raising an eyebrow.

"What? No…" she claimed while still searching the area, "Why?" she asked, causing Flash to sigh deeply.

"Come on, Sunset," he pleaded out of exasperation, "We used to date," he pointed out as she glanced over at him in surprise, "I know when something's bothering you," he told her, "These guys do, too," he added, gesturing towards the red furred feline and his partner.

"Huh…" the red and yellow haired girl sighed, realizing that she needed to tell him before he could get any more suspicious, "Okay," she agreed, "here's the deal," she started to say, "My friend really likes someone, but I don't think that someone is who she thinks they are," she explained while waving her hands, "I don't wanna upset my friend by telling her what I think, because I also want to protect her, because if what I think is happening is really happening, then she deserves to know," she told him quickly as she closed her hands into fists, "You know?" she guessed to the guitar player as she shrugged.

"Nnnno…" he replied nervously, rubbing the back of his neck, "But what I do know is that your friend is lucky to have someone like you to look out for them," he stated, smiling at her.

"Really?" she responded, pivoting her foot against the ground out of embarrassment.

"Yeah," he answered, "You know, you've changed a lot since we went out," he mentioned as he glanced away for a moment, "You're so much... nicer…" he pointed out to her.

"Thanks," the amber skinned girl said in gratitude as she brushed her hair back, "I'm glad you noticed," she added, putting her hands together in front of herself.

"Plus, you've made all kinds of amazing friends from this world and so many other worlds!" the blue haired teen mentioned, "I bet a lot of people really admire you now," he told her, causing her to actually blush.

"Ain't that the truth…" Lector remarked as he elbowed Sting playfully, causing him to also instantaneously blush. However, the two of them then took notice of Timber heading towards the woods, enticing the human to nudge Sunset slightly and point out where he was.

"Uh, look," Flash began to say as her focus was on the supervisor, who entered the forest, "maybe you and me," he continued, "we could start over as... friends," he suggested as she glanced over at him.

"Uh, uh, sounds great," she concurred, patting him on the shoulder as she passed him by, surprising him a little, "We gotta go!" she cried out, racing off with the Sabertooth members.

"Cool, yeah!" the guitar player shouted back excitedly as he watched her go, "I want to start over later, too!" he added before kicking a rock aside out of frustration, "Hah," he fake laughed, placing his hand up against his forehead. Muffins then approached and patted him reassuringly on the shoulder. Meanwhile, the tan skinned teen was carefully navigating through the woods, looking around to make sure no one was following him before jogging off into the depths of the trees.

"He's sure in a rush…" the white dragon slayer muttered out of suspicion as he peeked out from behind the bark of a sapling.

"I'll keep an eye on him from above!" his exceed declared, sprouting a pair of feathery white wings in a puff of pink smoke, flying upwards to get a better vantage point. He squinted as he tried to locate the broad-shouldered boy. Down below, the two humans jogged along the path before stopping, standing back-to-back as they glanced around. The guildmaster growled as he sniffed, not picking up anything with his nose. All of a sudden, the rumbling of the earth caught their attentions as they gasped. It stopped quickly though, causing them to both arch an eyebrow out of confusion. "Guys!" the feline cried out, catching their attentions, "He's in that cave to your left!" he yelled to them, floating down.

"Thanks, Lector!" his partner responded, rushing off through the brush of the trees. Sunset quickly pushed a few pines aside to see the camp counselor walk into the cave, followed by seeing an ominous pink light emanating from it.

"Ah, shoot!" she yelled quietly in frustration as her chance to catch him had been dashed, "He's definitely up to something…" she realized, pulling out her phone and typing on it, while her comrades just looked on at the entrance to the quarry nervously. Back at the Sapphire Tent, Twilight was sitting cross-legged upon her bed, reading a book as Spike was resting beside her.

"Hey," a familiar voice chimed in, making her perk up to see Luffy standing at the entrance to the room as he yawned deeply, "Did ya see they finished the dock?" he asked her, much to her surprise as she blinked rapidly.

"That fast?" she questioned back, raising an eyebrow as he saw him sit down on the divan next to her.

"Yeah," he replied, "and it looks awesome!" he added excitedly with a cheeky chuckle. All of a sudden, the sound of a phone ringing caught their attentions, enticing the glasses-wearing girl to grab the device that was upon the dresser as her pet woke up, noticing a text message immediately upon it as it was in her hands. "What's up?" the pirate asked her curiously.

"It's Sunset," she responded after a moment, "She says to meet her by the rock quarry," she told the two with her.

"I though we weren't supposed to hike out that far…" the purple puppy chimed in, arching an eyebrow out of confusion.

"She says it's important," the scientist replied as a concerned expression came across her face, getting off the bed with them and standing up.

"Well, I'm up for a little adventure!" the Devil Fruit user declared excitedly as he punched his open left hand, "Let's go!" he beckoned, rushing outside immediately. The ponytailed girl just stared ahead in awe, pulling off a smile soon afterwards.

"He really is like Natsu…" she pointed out in admiration, much to the surprise of the animal with her as he glanced up at her. A bit later, the three of them were jogging together along the pathway into the woods on route to the location. All of a sudden, the three of them saw a shining pink light glowing in the distance, causing them to slow down for a moment. "What is that?" the lone female of the trio asked before accidentally having her face catch a spider web, "AAAHHH!" she shrieked immediately, brushing it off of herself while giving off a frightened expression. Before she could scream anymore though, a hand came over her mouth, being the Omni Force squadron leader's.

"Shhh!" she shushed with her left index finger before her lips as Sting and Lector approached the group.

"Come on!" the latter of the group beckoned quietly, guiding the newcomers as they followed him into the underbrush of the forest. The red and yellow haired girl took hold of Twilight's right arm as they raced off after the males. They then arrived at the quarry, peeking out from behind the trees as they saw the somewhat ominous glow emanating from the cave.

"What's going on down there?" the glasses-wearing girl of the party asked, having a raised eyebrow.

"I think it's Gaea Everfree," Sunset responded, catching everyone's attention, "Or rather, someone who wants us to think she's back…" she mentioned with a convinced grin.

"Well, no point in waiting around," the white dragon slayer added as he stepped out of the woods, "C'mon!" he beckoned, enticing his comrades and friends to all walk out and head into the cavern, somewhat nervous as the females of the group grimaced worriedly upon entering. Once inside, they saw that there were red crystals all around them, glowing brightly to illuminate the area, including a giant white one at the very end of the tunnel.

"Whoa..." the amber skinned girl's voice out of shock at the majesty of what she saw.

"This place is beautiful," the scientist commented while glancing around.

"No kidding…" Lector concurred, placing his paws at his hips.

"There's… Equestrian magic here…" the Omni Force squadron leader pointed out after a moment as they all stopped before the large, white stalagmite before them, "I can... I can feel it…" she realized, closing her hands into fists.

"It ain't just your magic, milady," Sting chimed in, squatting down while placing his left hand against the rock formation in front of them, "There's Ethernano here, too," he told her.

"What?!" she exclaimed, immediately going over and kneeling down beside him.

"What's… Ethernano?" Spike asked out of confusion.

"It's the magic from our world," the exceed answered, blinking out of surprise, "Is that was that big hunk of rock is, Sting?" he questioned to his partner.

"Yeah," he replied, pulling off a chunk of it with his left hand and sniffing it, "Solid Ethernano like this is made up of all types of magic and could poison anyone who consumes it," he explained to the group, "I heard Natsu's been able to do it," he mentioned, much to the surprise of the girls and the puppy, "and all he ended up getting out of it was a lousy stomachache," he told them while continuing to analyze the area.

"You gettin' any of this?" Luffy asked the glasses-wearing girl beside him, catching her attention as she saw him rubbing the back of his head in confusion.

"Eh… alternate world stuff just goes in one ear and out the other for me…" she admitted as an answer, shrugging all the while, "but it's weird how the magic from Natsu's universe ended up here of all places…" she mentioned, putting her hand onto her chin.

"What's even weirder is the fact that this might be the source of where everyone's magic came from," the Sabertooth guildmaster pointed out, making them perk up.

"Magic like that came from here?" Sunset questioned as she placed her hand onto her forehead to try and think, "But that's impossible…" she noted, "The kinds of magic you, Rogue, and Natsu have aren't that compatible with the ones Alain and Kyoya showed us…" she explained, narrowing her eyes in suspicion, "I think… someone sent that magic here from your world," she said to him, causing him to immediately stand up in surprise.

"Who though?" he questioned, arching an eyebrow, "And how did he or she send magic like that here?" he asked on while crossing his arms.

"I'm not sure…" the red and yellow haired girl replied as she got onto her feet. She then took notice of the two gemstones upon the stalagmite, with five other indentations upon it. She gave it a closer look, rubbing her chin in thought as she noticed the crystals colors were red and violet respectively. "Five are missing…" she realized, putting her hands at her hips.

"Haven't we seen those things before?" the white dragon slayer inquired, rubbing his chin suspiciously, "Not to mention," he continued, "I'm gettin' a bad vibe from this hunk o' rock…" he confessed, sweating a little.

"Hold on a sec…" Spike chimed in, getting their attentions, "I thought Timber was just faking there was a magical nature creature," he admitted to the group while changing the subject, "Are you guys saying that it's real?" he guessed to them with an arched eyebrow.

"Timber?" Twilight uttered in confusion, holding out her hands to her friend, "What does he have to do with any of this?" she asked with widened eyes.

"Nothing…" a familiar voice responded softly, causing them to all perk up and glance over to see Gloriosa coming out from the shadows of the cavern, "It's all me," she stated as she clasped her hands over her necklace, grinning crazily afterwards, letting her right eye twitch.

"Gloriosa?!" the Omni Force squadron leader exclaimed out of surprise, while the others were somewhat stunned, "But... Timber…" she uttered slowly as she placed her hand upon her head in confusion, "I was sure he was the one trying to make it seem like Gaea Everfree was back," she explained, while Sting began sniffing the air around him, wondering how he hadn't sensed her coming in, "It was you who was trying to scare everyone away?" she inquired as the others were still shocked.

"I would never try to scare anyone away from Camp Everfree," the camp director responded in a somewhat hypnotized-sounding tone as she trotted past the two girls.

"Okay, what's going on here?" Sting asked her as she passed him by, "How come I can't-?" He stopped his question as he realized that another person he couldn't trace was her brother, starting to make sense of what was going on. Before anything else could happen, Sunset grabbed the freckled female's right arm with her left hand, letting her eyes flash a bright white before peering into the girl's memories.

FLASHBACK

"My, oh, my," Filthy Rich uttered as he stood before the maroon haired girl at her desk in the camp office building, "You fell behind on your payments, Gloriosa," he pointed out while leaning against her counter, "I own the land now," he stated to her while adjusting his sport coat.

"Please," she pleaded with her hands upon the tabletop, "My great grandparents founded this place," she told him, "It's been in our family for generations!" she mentioned in a desperate tone, "You have to let the camp stay!" she exclaimed.

"Instead of turning it into a spa resort that will line my pockets with more money than this camp ever could?" he inquired in response as he patted his suit in a smug manner, chuckling afterwards, "I don't think so," he concurred with a shake of his head.

"Please!" the camp director begged, clasping her hands together, "I-I-I-I just need a little more time!" she stammered with a breaking voice, practically on the verge of tears.

"Fine," the businessman reluctantly agreed as he turned around, "I'll give you 'til the end of the month," he muttered to her, readjusting his coat, "Hmph," he scoffed, walking out of the office. The girl broke down into tears after he departed, evidently distraught by the situation at hand. A while later, she was out in the woods, sitting upon a log before the river while still crying.

"What'll I do?" she asked herself before bringing her hands back up to her face, sobbing again as water poured down the stream from the small waterfall. As her tears dropped into the river, she looked into her reflection and saw something streak by like a shooting star. "Huh?" she uttered, glancing up to see a sparkling beam of pink light zoom overhead. She ran after it as it ended landing down near the mountainside. Carefully, she looked back to see if anyone else was around before jumping out and making her way towards the fissure between the large boulders. She grunted while trying to squeeze her way in, managing to do so as she landed onto her knees. "Oof!" she yelped, coughing afterwards before looking at the scenery before her, "Wow…" she uttered in amazement, clasping her hands before herself upon the crystalized stalagmite before her, shining in blue and green lights momentarily as she walked up to it. She saw that upon the structure were seven small gemstones in red, violet, blue, yellow, orange, pink, and white. Out of curiosity, she placed her hand upon them, suddenly causing an unknown energy to surge in her arm, "WAH!" she gasped, attempting to pry her arm free. She did so and fell back, but luckily landed upon some brambles that came out of ground, much to her surprise as she took notice of them. She then looked in her left extremity to see that she had pulled out the later five crystals, staring at them in wonder as they floated above her hand. All of a sudden, she grimaced in pain, grabbing the gemstones before grasping her left shoulder, standing up in the meantime. She rolled up her sleeve to see a marking in the shape of crossed mallets and two lines besides them upon it, much to her confusion as she looked at the crystals once again. A while later, she was back in the office, confronting her brother over the revelation of her new abilities.

"You don't know what those things are!" he argued, noting how she had organized the shiny rocks into a necklace, which glowed ominously.

"But I know what they can do!" she retorted angrily, letting her right hand become immersed within a greenish aura as she threw it up, "I've been practicing!" she yelled as vines began growing rapidly from the plants hanging on the ceiling, grabbing her laptop and pencil cup off of the desk and hoisting them up slightly, "I can control their power now!" she exclaimed to him. He was more so freaked out by how bizarre her power was, having his hand upon his chin nervously.

"You don't know that for sure!" he shouted back at her defiantly while placing his left index finger against the tabletop, waving her off as he was about to leave, making her fold her arms over her chest angrily. Just as he was creaking the door open however, she grabbed him by the arm, getting his attention.

"This is our camp," she pointed out, "and it's being taken away!" she exclaimed in a desperate tone, "If this has to be our last week here," she continued with a twisting expression, "I'm going to use whatever it takes to make it count!" she declared fiercely, closing her hand into a clenched fist that glowed brightly. Some time later, she watched Muffins and Sandalwood were out on the lakeside in one of the sailboats, stuck in the water without wind as the former of the two tried blowing air onto the sail. Wanting to help, Gloriosa let her left hand glow a bright green while sticking the other one out. A pair of brambles then emerged from the water behind the vessel, reeling themselves back before smacking the stern, sending it zooming across the lake. However, a crashing sound that emitted afterwards made her cringe, seeing that she had made things somewhat worse. At another time, Trixie and Microchips were walking through the forest with fishing poles in their hands, but stopped in shock to discover that the river water had suddenly dried up. Seeing their reactions from behind the trees, the camp director glanced over towards the mountainside, seeing that several boulders were blocking the water's path. Sticking out her right arm again as her hand glowed in the green aura, brambles shot up and knocked the giant rocks away, sending them tumbling towards the ravine as the ground shook from their slide, affecting both students there as they gasped. The water then splashed in, causing them to smile. The next day, the maroon haired girl was speaking with her brother again; this time in the watershed.

"You were using magic all over the place!" he noted to her, "I had to tell them something to cover for you!" he mentioned out of frustration as she kept on looking away, "What did you want me to do?!" he asked angrily while shrugging.

"I just wish you didn't tell them that ridiculous story!" she replied out of rage, waving him off before turning around and heading towards the door.

"Ah, this is all too much for you!" Timber pointed out as his arms were stretched to their respective sides, "You have to let it go!" he demanded desperately.

END FLASHBACK

Only a few seconds had passed after Sunset witnessed the freckled girl's memories, grabbing at her head in agony, while the one she was holding pulled her arm away.

"Milady, you okay?!" Sting asked in concern, going up to her and supporting her upright.

"Timber wasn't talking about letting go of the camp…" she started to realize, causing the others to perk up in surprise as Twilight came over to see if she was all right as well, "He was talking about you letting go of the magical gemstones!" she exclaimed, much to Gloriosa's shock as she turned to face her, "All those things you were doing to make this week the best week ever…" she kept going, pointing at her accusingly and making her back up nervously towards the white stalagmite, "Every time you used magic to do them," she continued as she glanced back at the remaining crystals, "you caused another problem somewhere else!" she noted, beginning to understand the situation as she looked back at her friends, "Timber was... covering for you!" she realized.

"How do you know what I was doing with the gemstones?" the camp director asked with an arched eyebrow, "How do you know about the magic?" she asked out of suspicion.

"I can see things," the Omni Force squadron leader responded with clenched fists, "Feel things," she added while having her hands before her chest, "Because I have magic, too," she stated, "And so does she," she added, gesturing towards the glasses-wearing girl, "And so do our friends," she mentioned.

"Gloriosa, Timber wasn't wrong," the scientist chimed in as she walked up to her friend's side, "Maybe you should stop using magic," she suggested, "Too much of it can be dangerous if you can't control it," she pointed out worriedly.

"And if that mark on your shoulder is what I think it is," the amber skinned girl began, "you really need to stop using it," she stated seriously to her.

"Mark?" Lector and Spike uttered simultaneously in confusion, glancing at each other.

"Oh, I got this," the maroon haired girl reassured as she waved them off, "And I'm going to use it to save my camp," she declared confidently in a somewhat ominous tone, "I just need more power!" she bellowed, about to grab the final two crystals off of the white stalagmite.

"No!" the girls screamed pleadingly. All of a sudden, a fist shot out and punched the structure before the once-perky female could grab the gemstones, shattering it into pieces as fragments fell onto the ground. The stretched extremity then took hold of the colored rocks and reeled them back, enticing everyone to look over and see that Luffy had caught them, getting his appendage back to normal with the sound of a snap.

"I don't get how gettin' power lets ya save a camp," he remarked to Gloriosa, who gritted her teeth angrily, "but I know that I'm not gonna let ya find out…" he stated.

"GIVE THOSE BACK!" she demanded, making both of her hands glow in an ominous green aura, sparking with green electricity before several brambles shot out of the ground, heading towards him. He immediately squatted down and jumped away, letting them strike nothing but the earth they emerged from. His skin began shining a bright pink as steam emitted from his body, much to the group's surprise.

"Sting, catch!" he cried out, tossing the red crystal down to the white dragon slayer. He quickly grabbed it with his right hand, jumping away as the vines started going after him.

"Jeez…" he muttered out of annoyance, keeping his distance, "It's like…" he started to say, but stopped as he glanced over at the camp director, widening his eyes as he recalled what his team leader had said earlier. Meanwhile, several brambles pursued the pirate as he hurriedly kept hopping away, but found that they were managing to keep up with him.

"Dang it!" he yelled angrily, turning around to face them as he reeled his fists back before rapidly throwing them out at the oncoming vines, "Gum-Gum Jet Gatling!" he bellowed, making them rip apart with each successive punch, those of which could barely be seen due to how fast they were.

"White Dragon Iron Fist!" the blonde haired teen screamed as he struck a few brambles aside while having his left fist immersed in a bright aura. Gloriosa glanced back and forth at the two, growling out of frustration as she apparently wasn't getting anywhere with retrieving the crystals. Seeing that her focus was on her comrades, Sunset developed a resolute expression, ponying up in a flash of light as her pony ears and ponytail appeared upon her form.

"Stay here," she advised to Twilight and the animals, making them nod before she jogged out a few steps, catching the attention of the camp director as she gasped to her light up her right hand in an amber light, aiming it towards her, "Gloriosa, please stop this!" she pleaded in a serious tone, "I don't wanna hurt you!" she added, reluctant to attack her.

"At this point," she began to yell, "that makes only one of us!" she fiercely declared to her surprise, making aura around her hands brighten before more vines started popping out from the ground, wrapping around the red and yellow haired girl.

"AH!" she yelped, struggling to free herself as she grunted and somehow lost her ponied up form, catching the attention of the Sabertooth guildmaster.

"Milady!" he cried out, about to rush over and help her. All of a sudden though, more vines came up and started wrapping around him, hoisting him up rapidly until they slammed him against the wall. "GAH!" he yelped as a wad of spit came flying out of his mouth.

"Sting!" the amber skinned girl screamed in fright, seeing more brambles wrapping around him, while she could feel the ones upon her tighten, causing her to grimace. She then heard a trio of shrieks from behind her, looking back and gasping to see the glasses-wearing girl, Spike, and Lector all being trapped in the thorns.

"Crap!" the latter of the group grunted, struggling to try and free himself. As he was only one remaining, Luffy was being surrounded by the brambles, seeing the freckled girl chuckle evilly as her victory was at hand. He gritted his teeth angrily, coating his right arm in black before extending it back.

"LET THEM GO!" he demanded loudly as his appendage stopped stretching, "Gum-Gum…" he began, shooting his arm forward as rapidly as he could, making flames stream out from it, while the vines were about to grasp him, "RED HAWK!" he bellowed, about to strike Gloriosa with his flaming fist as she flinched, crossing her arms over her face in an effort to protect herself while closing her eyes. However, as nothing happened after a moment, she opened them back up to see that his arm had been caught by the thorns, as the steam and pink skin disappeared from the pirate's body. "Oh no…" he muttered in realization, seeing his foe smirk before he found himself being lifted up to the cavern's ceiling, pressed against it by several vines.

"Luffy!" Twilight yelled in concern as she tried to break free of the bonds around her. In the meantime, the brambles grabbed the crystals from the two human males, bringing them down to the wicked girl.

"Finally…" she uttered, letting the red and violet gemstones float over her hand before having them combine with the ones already on her necklace. It transformed into a vine the wrapped around her neck, followed by an ominous green light flashing upon her form, with an aura shaped like vines appearing behind her. Brambles grew up her body, transforming her clothes into a somewhat lovely, greenish dress with pointed feet, leaf-like ornaments, wood-like arms with claws, crazy blue hair with a thorn-like band upon it, and eyes that shined green before becoming like pools of black tar with green pupils.

"Whoa…" the exceed muttered, shivering a little as he could feel the dark energy emanating from her form. Sting looked down and growled at her, also taking notice of the mark upon her left shoulder, gasping out of shock.

"Milady, is that…?!" he began to ask in complete disbelief.

"Yeah…" Sunset responded as she continued to try and free herself, "It's the guild mark of Tartaros!" she exclaimed, much to the astonishment of the red furred feline as he began sweating madly in realization.

"So does that mean…" he started to say while widening his eyes, "…she's… a demon from the Books of Zeref?!" he guessed.

"Demon?" the transformed female uttered in confusion as she floated down, "Oh, no, no," she said reassuringly, "I'm going to be the hero who saves Camp Everfree," she declared cheerfully while smiling.

"Don't give us that crap!" the white dragon slayer yelled from above, catching her attention, "That kinda power's not meant for people who can't control it!" he mentioned angrily, "You're gonna-! GAH!" he cried out in pain, interjecting his own sentence as he could feel the vines tightening around him.

"I can control it, thank you," Gloriosa remarked in reply, beginning to float off past the others, "Sorry, girls," she apologized to the two females as she went up to them, "I know what I need to do," she stated, "But I feel like we're not on the same page…" she admitted, going past them, "So..." she uttered, heading out as everyone trapped by her struggled.

"Gloriosa!" the girls cried out, still trying to break free of the vines. As the former camp director exited the cavern, she turned around and lit her hands up in a greenish aura, grinning evilly as she made brambles come out of the earth and push the boulders in front of the entrance towards each other, sealing it off. "No!" the females inside screamed. Grunting wildly, Luffy clenched his teeth together out of anger.

"GLORIOSA!" he bellowed in rage. She merely ignored it however, floating off into the distance of the woods. Back at the campgrounds, the fashion show was getting organized on the new dock as Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Alain, Kyoya, Sasuke, Sakura, Luffy, Lyra, and Sweetie were now dressed in the outfits organized by the indigo haired girl.

"Nice to be wearing something comfortable," the Pokémon trainer admitted as he adjusted his fingerless gloves, wearing the usual clothing he had before coming to camp.

"You look good," his girlfriend chimed in, getting his attention as he looked to see her wearing a lovely green dress with pink butterflies, as the skirt reached down to her knees with a semi-open flap.

"And you look beautiful as always," he commented back, making her blush as she giggled. He then went ahead and embraced her in a warm hug. "I'm sorry for acting up earlier…" he apologized quietly, "I just don't want this new power to be something that can't protect you…" he confessed, holding her close.

"It's okay," she reassured as she pulled her head back to look him in the eyes, "I'm here…" she said, pecking him on the lips sweetly.

"Rogue, you look so cool!" Frosch exclaimed, seeing that his partner was donning a black, buttoned-up trench coat with a white belt and gray trousers that were tucked into his black ankle boots. His ponytail had been undone, making his hair look rather messy upon his head while still covering his right eye from view.

"Thanks, Frosch," he replied to the exceed, "Though it's a little hot with the sun beating down…" he admitted, tugging on the coat's collar.

"I think you still look fabulous, darling!" the fashionista told him, making him perk as he saw come over, wearing a light violet dress with diamonds stitched upon the wavy skirt, a gold belt, and gold bracelets upon her wrists, "Just need to keep you from sweating a little too much…" she pointed out, adjusting his collar for him.

"Thank you, Rarity," he said out of gratitude to her, blushing a little, "You know…" he began, catching her attention for a moment, "maybe after this we could… hang out for the rest of the day?" he suggested, nervously rubbing the back of his neck.

"You mean… like a… date?" she inquired, becoming more and more excited between each pause.

"I guess so…" he responded while glancing off to the side.

"Well, a deal's been made then," the cobalt skinned girl concurred, gifting him with a quick peck on the cheek before skipping off giddily, leaving him to blush even redder.

"Heh," he chuckled afterwards, folding his arms over his chest, "She's gonna be a handful…" he noted.

"I think so, too!" Frosch agreed as he hopped up. Suddenly though, Rogue blinked in surprise, turning back to see the campgrounds. "Rogue, what's wrong?" his feline friend asked, looking up at him in concern.

"I don't know…" he answered honestly, still glancing out towards the forest. Meanwhile, the indigo haired girl was quickly at work, adjusting Applejack's outfit, which was a pair of jean shorts that included a brown belt with an apple-shaped buckle, a light red shirt with a small view of her cleavage, and a new cowgirl hat with a green stripe, tied around her neck by a string.

"Uh, Rarity?" she uttered, catching her attention as she finished making a quick stitch on one of the shirt's arms, "I don't got a problem with yer clothin' designs," she continued, "but why in the hay does mah shirt have this?" she asked her, gesturing towards the window of cleavage with an embarrassed expression.

"Oh, it's meant to make you look more appealing!" she explained as a response, "Plus," she kept going, leaning against her shoulder with a sly smirk on her face, "I'm sure someone likes how you look…" she pointed out, enticing the blonde haired girl to glance over and see her boyfriend staring at her with trembling eyes, wearing his regular clothes. He immediately turned his head away and blushed upon being spotted, making his girlfriend become red as well. "You're welcome," the fashionista said afterwards, racing off to help the others with their outfits.

"So how do I look?" Sakura asked her fellow shinobi, donning a red, sleeveless qipao top that exposed her navel and fell to her knees. She also bore light-colored pants and high heels. Sasuke merely blinked at her, wearing a black cloak with lavender lining and a gray, long-sleeved, collared shirt, over which he wears a periwinkle vest. He also had black pants, a purple belt, and a dark gray fingerless glove on his lone hand.

"You look fine," he replied bluntly, causing her to puff out her cheeks in frustration.

"Come on, Sasuke!" she pleaded, "Rarity worked really hard for us to look this good!" she pointed out with outstretched arms.

"And do we ever!" Star chimed in, making them perk up to see her hop over excitedly, wearing a dark green-blue dress with a lighter turquoise trim with pink striped pants, a spider necklace, white boots with yellow stars on the heels and hot pink bottoms that included pale pink tips, "I don't think I've ever looked this good!" she pointed out, very ecstatic about her new outfit, "Whaddaya think?" she asked the two ninja as she twirled around and pulled out her wand.

"You look great," the Uchiha teen responded, much to the pink haired girl's surprise as she glared at him, "And so do you, Sakura," he added afterwards in a somewhat teasing manner.

"Thank you," she said in gratitude, folding her arms and turning away.

"Ooh…" the Mewni princess and Pinkie awed together, smirking slyly afterwards.

"Where are Sunset and the others?" the fashionista asked, looking into the distance, sighing deeply afterwards as she placed her hands onto her hips, "They're missing our dress rehearsal…" she noted worriedly as she glanced over at the outfits she prepared for the four teens upon makeshift mannequins. She then turned back to her friends, hoping they would give her an answer. Unfortunately, they all were as perplexed as she was to their location.

"Maybe Sunset's still trying to find Twi-Twi with Sting…" the heart cheeked girl suggested with a shrug.

"I dunno…" the partier girl beside her chimed in while donning a pink dress with a blue scarf and a white belt that included a heart-shaped buckle, placing her hand onto her chin, "She's been gone for quite a while…" she pointed out in concern.

"She did say she wouldn't mind if we started without her," the Haruno girl added to the indigo haired female.

"I suppose we can," she concurred with a wave of her hand, "Whenever you're ready!" she called out towards the end of the dock, where DJ Pon-3 had a record player set up on a table beside the dock, pulling out a record from a milk crate and putting it onto the device, initiating a techno pop song.

"It's not like Sting and Lector to be this late for something…" Frosch mentioned as his partner folded his arms over his chest.

"Yeah…" he agreed, "Something's definitely wrong…" he noted with a serious expression.

"You're up, darling!" Rarity suddenly cried out, making him perk up immediately as he began trotting down the dock somewhat nervously, much to the amusement of his exceed as he giggled.

"Feelin' better from yesterday, Rainbow?" Pinkie asked her athletic friend, who had green cargo shorts and a sleeveless, light blue and yellow top with a scarf around her neck.

"Yeah," she replied with a slight blush, "Thanks for making me come out of shell," she said in gratitude to her, "Maybe next time, we can have an intervention for you," she suggested with a chuckle, much to her surprise as she immediately stopped.

"Wait, what?" she uttered in confusion, blushing somewhat as she started to get what she was implying.

"Woohoo!" Star exclaimed excitedly as she skipped down the dock. Fluttershy and Alain held hands as they trotted behind her, smiling at each other lovingly. Meanwhile, Applejack, Kyoya, and the fashionista were the only ones who had yet to go, as the former of the three adjusted her belt while grinning.

"Hmm…" her indigo haired friend hummed curiously, getting her attention, "Told you you'd like it," she noted, much to her embarrassment as she began fidgeting with her fingers, tapping her index ones against each other.

"It's alright... I guess…" she semi-admitted in response, biting her bottom as her pal was smirking at her, "I do get to keep it after camp though, right?" she inquired, receiving a simple nod in reply, "What do you think, Kyoya?" she asked her boyfriend, who glanced over at her.

"Well…" he began, taking her left hand into his right, "I guess Gingka's girl has some competition now…" he pointed out with a grin, much to her shock as she blushed redder than her shirt.

"Ooh…" Rarity cooed in amusement before they went off together; both somewhat embarrassed. She then followed after them, strutting her hips like an actual model. Meanwhile, the demonic figure of Gloriosa arrived back in the campgrounds, as brambles were growing from behind her ominously. Snips and Snails were over by the water pump, filling up balloons as they already had a bucket full of them. However, they noticed the camp director floating by, enticing them to immediately stop what they were doing, smiling nervously as she passed them.

"She looks... different…" the tall boy pointed out while rubbing his chin in suspicion.

"Yeah…" his plump friend agreed with a nod, "She looks... taller," he noted as he gestured towards her. Back at the dock, the show still continued as the girls showed off their styles, while the boys and Rainbow just stood off to the side, watching them go.

"This is only a preview," the cobalt skinned girl told her friends with a boastful wave of her hand, "I've got another entire line I'll debut at the real thing," she stated excitedly with clasped hands. Rogue just shook his head and grinned, knowing that she was having fun as usual. All of a sudden though, his eyes widened as he gasped.

"Rogue?" Frosch uttered, blinking in surprise.

"Everyone get back!" the shadow dragon slayer called out, jumping off the dock and landing before the others, also causing DJ Pon-3 to stop the music with a record scratch as they all looked over at him in surprise.

"Rogue?" Rarity said in confusion, "Why did you-?" She immediately stopped her question with a sharp gasp upon what she saw. "Oh, my goodness!" she exclaimed, placing her hands over her heart out of fright. The formerly maroon haired girl had arrived on the campgrounds, much to the shock of everyone.

"Attention, campers!" she beckoned, raising her arms up into the air.

"It's Gaea Everfree!" Trixie screamed, pointing at her.

"She's real!" Flash realized as his eyes were widened.

"Aah!" Bulk suddenly shrieked, much to his surprise as he saw him standing there, "We're doomed!" he yelled in dismay, placing his hands over his face out of fright.

"Gloriosa?!" Timber guessed out of complete shock as he got between the two students, having recognized his sister's voice, "What are you doing?!" he asked, much to the surprise of the others as their eyes all widened.

"That's Gloriosa?" Applejack questioned with an arched eyebrow, while Fluttershy nervously held her left arm in fright, "Am I going crazy, or are her feet not touching the ground?" she inquired, pointing towards the demonic being as her friends and comrades were all gathered with her.

"Freaky-deaky!" Pinkie concurred out of nowhere, as everyone was quite stunned. Rainbow then took notice of the mark upon the former camp director's left shoulder, gasping in realization.

"Rogue, isn't that mark-?!"

"Yeah, it's Tartaros…" the Sabertooth member responded, correctly guessing what her question would have been as he immersed his right hand in a shadowy aura, "So you're one of the demons from the Books of Zeref?!" he guessed, suddenly lunging out at the being, catching her attention, "Shadow Dragon Slash!" he bellowed as threw out his arm to try and strike her.

"Gloriosa!" the camp supervisor cried out as a loud bang was heard afterwards. However, the black haired teen was shocked to see that his attack had connected with a wall of brambles that had popped up from the ground, wrapping around his arm as his foe floated up and glared down at him.

"I'm not a demon," she stated before throwing out her left arm, causing the vines to suddenly toss him away in a loud yell, sending him tumbling across the beach with a grunt as he landed down hard.

"Rogue!" Frosch cried out, hurriedly rushing over to him with Sakura.

"Are you all right?!" she asked as she knelt down beside him, seeing him slowly pushing himself up.

"Yeah…" he replied with a heavy groan, evidently surprised by the strength he had just witnessed.

"I have an announcement to make!" the demonic female declared as she put her left hand over her crystal necklace, "Filthy Rich wants this to be the last session of Camp Everfree," she explained as the kunoichi helped stand the dragon slayer back up, "But don't worry…" she reassured while wagging her right index finger, "I got this!" she declared fiercely, raising her arms up before green electricity crackled upon them. She then shoved her fingers into the earth beneath her, causing the energy to surge and spark through it before several thorns shot up out of the ground. Everyone screamed in fright as they tried to turn only to find that the brambles were starting to wall them in the camp area. They then shot out of the lake and splintered the dock, knocking everyone on off of it in yells.

"Rarity!" the shadow dragon slayer exclaimed, jumping out catching her in his arms, bracing her fall as they hit the ground. Alain and Kyoya did the same with their girlfriends, while Star and Pinkie managed to brace each other. Sasuke had jumped away in time, standing alongside his fellow shinobi as they looked out at the scene unfolding before them. After sitting up from the sudden fall, Rainbow looked back to see that the structure had been destroyed again.

"Oh, come on!" she groaned as her schoolmates and comrades started to get back up, "We literally just finished building that!" she yelled in exasperation, lying down upon the ground. Meanwhile, Frosch shuddered in fright, seeing that the former camp director was spreading thorns all over the place.

SONG: We Will Stand For Everfree, performed by Gloriosa Daisy

I have waited for the day…

To send this greedy wolf away!

Now the magic is my salvation!

Gather close in my protection…

We... will... stand for Everfree!

Sticking her arms up into the air, the once maroon haired girl caused more brambles to grow rapidly in a green flash of light, frightening the students as they all grimaced.

"Look out!" the princess of Mewni shouted, getting up and pulling out her wand, aiming it at the vines that were closing in on a few of the campers. She fired off a few beams of light at them, freezing them in ice before they could attack. Breathing a sigh of relief, she then made sure the others were back on their feet okay, as they watched the astonishing scene continue.

Behold the beauty of nature in all its glory…

No need to fear the vultures at the door…

The demonized girl was beginning to have brambles wrap around everything, including the totem pole and the gazebo as everyone was running in fright from her.

Right here you have me to protect you…

Within these walls of thorns!

She then approached the mess hall, where Celestia and Luna were, as the former outstretched her arms in a protective manner to defend her students. However, the enemy made more brambles sprout and surround the building, trapping them inside.

Forever free, forevermore!

Timber watched on in shock at what his sister was doing, keeping everyone confined to the campgrounds within the brambles. He then took notice of his axe upon a wood stump, running over and grabbing it. Right away, he chopped at the wooden vines, trying to create an opening even as more were popping up. All of a sudden, he felt something grab the hilt of his tool, enticing to turn and see Gloriosa holding it with a few vines, staring at him blankly. Lighting her hand up in a green aura, she suddenly threw it up, causing more brambles to sprout and hoist the weapon into the air, preventing her brother from using it any more.

They have come into our domain,

Here to seal our camp in chains…

But we have held it for generations!

This is just a complication!

We... will... stand for Everfree!

The ground pulsated again with an ominous green aura, as everyone was certainly frightened by the power exerted by the freckled female.

Trust in me, this is for your own good…

Don't be afraid, nature is our friend…

Vines began growing around the gazebo, scaring Trixie, Sandalwood, and Bulk as they were trapped inside. Even as her voice seemed soft and gentle, the former camp director still seemed like she was delving into madness.

All of this beauty that surrounds us…

Every lovely bloom… designed to defend…

All of a sudden, several brambles shot out and wrapped around the gazebo, preventing those inside from escaping.

Let them come, just let them try!

I'm not about to say goodbye!

This camp will be here throughout the ages,

Written into the history pages!

Using the vines she brought forth, Gloriosa stepped up onto the sundial, turning around floating upwards in an ominous manner.

We... will... stand for Everfree!

END SONG

More vines sprouted up from the ground, practically turning the surrounding wall into a dome as they kept on growing.

"This… is bad…" Rogue realized as everyone around grimaced. Frosch whimpered, cowering behind Rarity's leg, while the demonic girl continued to put in her effort to save the camp by her own logic.

END

Oh boy. Looks like the identity of Gaea Everfree has been revealed to be Gloriosa Daisy herself, and she's not about to let Camp Everfree go to ruins.

Also, what a surprise! It turns out Ethernano particles have made their way into the Equestria Girls world, thus explaining how Alain and Kyoya obtained their bizarre magic powers. But who in the world could've given them demon slayer magic? Answers and more are to come soon, but for now, let's enjoy another scenario courtesy of SpiritReaper42!

SCENARIO

Spirit Reaper: *throws scythe at Sunset and smirks*

Sunset Shimmer: *teleports away* Haven't learned from the last time, have you?

Spirit Reaper: Good... *pulls out dual pistols and aims at her* I was expecting you to dodge. Take this! *starts shooting*

Sunset Shimmer: Whoa! *quickly dashes away to dodge the bullets* When did you get those?!

Spirit Reaper: I understand that you're surprised since I always use my scythe. But hey, why not have another weapon?

Sunset Shimmer: Yeah, why not? *gets back into a battle ready stance before lunging out at him*

Sting Eucliffe: Damn, he's got an arsenal…

Lector: Yeah…

Tommy Oliver: *chuckles as he watch the fight* Spirit really loves his scythe, but first for everything seems to work for him. A new friend and members of another squad give him those pistols. Don't worry, they're only made to destroy demons. So only thing Sunset will get is a few bruises.

Rogue Cheney: That's a relief…

Star Butterfly: So… how'd you guys become these 'Power Rangers'?

Jason Scott: Like I said, I was one of the first five teenagers to become a Power Ranger. Tommy came, but an evil Rita Repulsa took control of him made him become the evil Green Ranger.

Sakura Haruno: *widens eyes* What?

Tommy Oliver: *looks away in a bit of shame* To be honest, I really regret what I did. *turns and smiles* But Jason and the other rangers already put their trust in me since it wasn't my fault.

Jason Scott: Some heroes don't always start the right way but that never stopped us.

Sunset Shimmer: *fires bright amber laser beams at Spirit* I've got you now!

Spirit Reaper: *grabs Sunset and flips her down* You're stronger than I thought. *aims both pistols at her*

Sunset Shimmer: *smirks and teleports behind him* Same to you! *punches him in the back*

Spirit Reaper: Oh no... GAH! *falls on his face but gets back up* Seriously? Why do I keep being overconfident? No matter! *dodges and slashes her with his scythe before putting both hands together*

Sunset Shimmer: AGH! *falls onto the ground upon her knees*

Sting Eucliffe: Milady!

Lector: Uh oh…

Spirit Reaper: HADOKEN! *throws a fireball at Sunset before teleporting to her* SHORYUKEN! *his her with the powered uppercut*

Sunset Shimmer: GUH! *grimaces before giving off a serious expression, clenching her fists tightly* I'm… not done! *dives down and tackles Spirit*

Star Butterfly: Go Sunny!

Uzume: You can do it Spirit! Keep fighting!

Sasuke Uchiha: She's fired up.

Tommy Oliver: Can you blame her?

Alain Regulus: *looks over at Maka* So what's your school like?

Maka Albarn: The DWMA is a school where meisters and weapons study and train for upcoming dangers from kishin, basically demons hunger for human souls. Our headmaster is Death himself and I'm friends with his son Death the Kid.

Soul Eater: *puts both arms over his head* The guy never shuts up about symmetry.

Kyoya Tategami: How the heck do you that whole 'transform into a scythe' thing anyways?

Applejack: Yeah, I ain't ever seen that…

Maka Albarn: In order for a meister or meisters to bond with his or her weapon or weapons, you have to have a matching soul wavelengths from our souls. For example, one of my friends tried to use Soul as a weapon but he can't even pick him up but I can with ease.

Soul Eater: It didn't go as how I would've wanted...

Spirit Reaper: What? Ergh! *falls but lands on his feet* Alright here goes. *spins scythe* BURNING WIND! *throws multiple flame tornadoes at Sunset*

Sunset Shimmer: *puts up energy barrier to block them* Ergh…

Rogue Cheney: She's having quite a hard time…

Frosch: I think so, too…

Sting Eucliffe: Come on, milady…

Sunset Shimmer: *dissipates flames and fires a few beams of light*

Spirit Reaper: *blocks few attacks and hits Sunset with a few punches* REAPER PUNCH! *sends Sunset down with a punch with huge force*

Sunset Shimmer: GAH! *re-readies herself* Take this! Equestrian Flash! *puts hands together before firing a massive beam of light*

Spirit Reaper: *summons magic shield to guard himself*

Maka Albarn: I do admire how much he can come up with many strategies even during a fight. But back to the subject. The only way for weapons to become the next death scythe for Death to use as his own weapon, the weapon and meister must take 99 kishin souls and one witch soul. Soul and I came close until we messed up and had to start over. But overall things went well, Soul is called Soul Eater because he eats the kishin souls and witch soul.

Star Butterfly: *blinks rapidly* Wow. You know a lot.

Maka Albarn: *smiles* Well, I am dedicated to studying.

Soul Eater: Because you're stubborn, all you do is read books, which makes you boring and you have fat ankles... *falls down hard when Maka hits him in the head with a book*

Applejack: *grimaces* Bet that happens pretty often…

Jason Scott: *rubs the back of his head* I feel a little bit sorry for him.

Sunset Shimmer: HAH! *blasts through Spirit's shield*

Spirit Reaper: AGH! *falls as the shield breaks* Wow, you're stronger than the last time we fought. But now I'm ready... *puts on harmony rings* to rise! EQUESTRAIN MODE! *ponies up and summons katana* Say hello to Yamato!

Sasuke Uchiha: A katana? Who gave him that?

Tommy Oliver: Same guy that gave him the pistols. *looks around* Snake? *sees a cardboard box and sighs*

Applejack: Huh?

Kyoya Tategami: What the heck's he doing in there?

Jason Scott: He was in the box, but he only used it to avoid social conversations. He works for a secret agency where he and Raiden are the best members. Snake, you're OctoCamo almost got me but I know you're here.

Solid Snake: *sighs and got out of camouflage*

Lector: Whoa!

Frosch: Cool!

Jason Scott: Well, he uses the box to avoid getting attacked and many times it succeeded.

Spirit Reaper: *charges at Sunset and started slashing her with Yamato*

Sunset Shimmer: AGH! *tries shooting him with beams of light from her hands* That katana's way too strong…

Spirit Reaper: Oh, it does more than that... *runs and slashes through space creating a field to prevent Sunset from escaping*

Sunset Shimmer: *shocked* Wha-?!

Spirit Reaper: And check this out! *slowly puts Yamato in its sheath allowing the field to blow up*

Sunset Shimmer: GAH!

Sting Eucliffe: Milady!

Lector: She's getting pummeled…

Sakura Haruno: *looks over at Takashi* So… you guys survived a zombie apocalypse?

Takashi Komoro: Me and Saeko are only high school students skilled and lucky to survive that apocalypse. Our world pretty much sucks, though it wasn't bad til that day happen.

Saeko Busujima: I did do a lot of training in combat and use of a sword. You could say I was prepared for something different, but prepared either way.

Star Butterfly: Whoa.

Alain Regulus: *turns to Uzume* And what about you?

Uzume: Well to make this short, us Sekirei may have human appearances but we're not at all. At the time I was only an egg, me and other 107 Sekirei crashed in earth and was founded by Hiroto Minaka and Takami Sahashi, now being MBI Chairman and Head Researcher. We lived many years being forced to being a part of Minaka's survival game called The Sekirei Plan.

Rogue Cheney: The Sekirei Plan?

Uzume: It's something that us Sekirei must find our Ashikabi before any other Sekirei destroys them but if we do we still must fight other Sekirei to survive We have natural powers and an ability to perform powerful moves called a Norito, meaning incantations, we must find our Ashikabi and be winged. Only way to know who is when are bodies start to react.

Monkey D. Luffy: React?

Alain Regulus: So basically you're saying that Spirit is the one who made you react…

Uzume: *shrugs a bit and looms at the fight* But any male or female Ashikabi can have more than one Sekirei, but Spirit is not one of those people. I once had an Ashikabi until my painful lost, but he brought me back and somehow his Equestrian Magic is now linked into my body allowing me to have a new Ashikabi. And you know who that is.

Spirit Reaper: *shields his eyes before looking* Whoa... still got it...

Sunset Shimmer: *keels over onto her left knee* Ugh… I'm not done yet! *stands back up and activates Phoenix Drive*

Spirit Reaper: *pulls outa red headband and puts it on before tying it* Okay Sunset Shimmer... Bring it on!

Sunset Shimmer: WITH PLEASURE! *shoots large beam of light at him*

Spirit Reaper: *tries to dodge but falls* GAH! *rolls and goes back up*

Uzume: *stares at Spirit with a small blush* I admit when I first met Spirit, he was handsome and adorable when I first saw him as a pony when we visited Equestria.

Spirit Reaper: You always find a way to be full of surprises... And that's coming from me.

Sunset Shimmer: Yeah. *smirks* You ready to keep going?

Spirit Reaper: *grabs both scythe and Yamato and grins* Alright, here comes the fun!

END SCENARIO

Another scenario almost done! It should be over by the end of next chapter, where we'll finally get to see the big action you've been waiting for!

Until then, see ya!