The whole room rumbled as something big and giant appeared to be growing out from their tree-house. A bright light then cast over them as a new room and tree appeared to be growing. They soon saw a crystallized and amazing looking tree-house.
"A magic tree-house!" Megan gasped.
"How did THAT happen?" Gallus wondered.
"I'm not sure." Thorn said.
They soon heard a magical glow which summoned the form of Twilight to them like in their dream. "This all happened because of you," They were then told. "The spirit of the tree-house would have perished without your selfless deeds and caring. Whenever you seek solace, come here. Your friendship, and the friendship of future generations, will always be safe within these walls." The form then disappeared, opening the front door for all of them.
"Well, that just happened." Torrak blinked.
"Well, it seems like a new hang-out spot." Megan smiled.
"Yeah... That's good..." Thorn smiled back. "We could hang out here for after class."
Twilight soon appeared with Spike, Cherry, Lionel, Mo, Patch, Atticus, and Thor.
"I felt a burst of magic all the way over at the school!" Twilight said to them. "Is everycreature okay?"
"A little confused, but definitely okay!" Silverstream replied.
"When did this appear?" Atticus asked, referring to the crystallized and amazing tree house.
"A wizard did it." Lionel smiled innocently.
Cherry rolled her eyes from that.
"We were kinda gonna ask you the same thing." Smolder said to the others.
"It looks like part of the Tree of Harmony," Patch said. "But how? We thought it was destroyed!"
"It was," Ocellus replied. "But when we used the broken parts to build something new, this happened."
"Whoa." Patch said.
"The Tree has always been good at surprises," Twilight smiled before flying up to her students. "When Star Swirl planted the Tree's seed, he didn't even know what it would grow into. I guess the Tree is still alive, changing and adapting to be whatever Equestria needs."
"A cool place to hang out?" Gallus suggested.
"Something tells me this is more than that," Atticus advised. "It seems the Elements of Harmony may still be with us in their own way."
Spike sighed out of relief. "That's actually really reassuring."
"Same here." Mo smiled.
"But why did the Tree need our help to become something new?" Silverstream asked.
"I'm not sure," Twilight gave a small smile. "If I had to guess, I'd say your friendship is more powerful than you know."
"I guess we just needed to remind our friends." Megan smiled back.
"Yeah." Torrak nodded.
"So, who's gonna give us the tour?" Spike then asked.
The students looked among each other a bit bashfully.
"Why don't we all go in together?" Twilight then suggested with a giggle.
They soon went in the Tree-House of Harmony together.
It seemed to be very spacious, calm, and relaxing.
"It really does feel magical in here... I'd like to hang around here if I could." Cherry commented.
"You said it." Atticus smiled.
"I really like it here too," Megan said to her new friends. "We could all have some study sessions here outside of the library."
"Yeah, sounds great." Torrak smiled to her bashfully.
They all began to explore the magic tree-house together which would be a great way to honor and remember the Tree of Harmony.
"Twilight, don't you have a poster to put up in the school tomorrow?" Mo asked.
"Oh, yes," Twilight winked to them. "You wanna be here for that too?"
"Yes, please!" Lionel beamed. "Uh, if I know what it's for that is."
"I think you should wait and see," Twilight smiled. "It's a real treat that must be seen for one's self."
"Great." Atticus smiled back.
Twilight looked very excited herself while Lionel looked confused of what the others were talking about.
"What is going on?" Lionel asked Cherry.
"I'll tell ya later." Cherry hinted.
The next day...
Twilight met up with Atticus and the others, putting up posters.
"So colorful." Harvey smiled, standing with Sabrina.
"Aren't they though?" Sabrina smiled back.
"See?! New posters!" Silverstream soon beamed, coming with her classmates. "We never had those underwater!"
"What's going on?" Torrak smiled.
The School of Friendship students then gathered all around, curiously and excitedly which made Twilight grin a bit.
"I won't keep you in suspense any longer," Twilight smiled to her students as she had them back up a bit. "We're bringing one of Ponyville's oldest traditions to our school: the Fetlock Fete."
"The what-lock what?" Smolder asked out of confusion.
"It's a pony dance party!" Sandbar beamed. "They're the best!"
"I'm ready!" Ocellus smiled before turning herself into a pony.
"I don't think you'll need to turn into a pony, Ocellus." Patch said.
"She won't have to," Twilight confirmed. "This year, the event's at school and open to everycreature. We're calling our dance the Amity Ball."
Ocellus beamed as she changed back to normal. "Even better!"
"Yona not know Amity Ball dance. Yona only know traditional dance of Yakyakistan. Go like this!" Yona said before she demonstrated her own big and loud dance which nearly shook the room, making Cherry stumble and fall on the floor. "Ball dance like that?" she then asked before thudding herself.
"Not exactly. It isn't just one dance," Sandbar chuckled, coming up beside the yak. "It's a whole night of them. Plus an awesome party!"
"And we'll have all the old Fetlock Fete traditions," Twilight smiled. "The Pony Pal Contest, the lucky pot dinner. You'll love it! So, like this says, 'Get your pony pal and come along'."
"This is going to be so much fun." Mo smiled back.
"Wanna go?" Smolder asked Gallus. "I've got nothing better to do."
"You had me at 'dinner'." Gallus smirked.
Smolder smirked back which made Silverstream giggle.
"Now, who wants to help me hang more posters?" Twilight smiled to her students.
Most of the students soon went with Twilight to help hang more posters. The only ones that didn't come with were Sandbar, Yona, Megan, and Torrak.
"Hmm... I don't think I've been to a school dance before..." Megan said. "No one's ever asked me to one."
"Yona thinking about it." Yona replied.
"Hey, Yona, want to be my pony pal?" Sandbar blushed to the yak a bit. "We can enter the contest together."
"But Yona yak. Yona not pony." Yona replied.
"So?" Sandbar asked.
"Pony, pony, more pony." Yona pointed out the poster and the trophy which all had ponies on them.
"Aw, that's just a poster,"Sandbar smiled. "Come on! It'll be tons of fun together. Promise."
"Okay," Yona then said, making the colt blush a little. "Yona go with Sandbar."
"Great! I'll get the tickets. See you later!" Sandbar beamed before backing up, clicking his back legs together and soon happily ran off.
"So, Megan, would you like to be my pony pal?" Torrak blushed a bit to the former human.
"Hmm... Sure!" Megan smiled to him. "That sounds like it would be a lot of fun."
"Wahoo!" Torrak beamed.
"I'll go get our tickets." Megan smiled.
"Oh! Great!" Torrak smiled back. "I can't wait."
"Me neither." Megan beamed as she went off.
"Yona not let Sandbar down!" Yona called out to Sandbar. "Yak best at being pony pal!" she then pouted to herself a bit. "But Yona not sure how if she not pony."
"And I'm not sure how I'll be best at being a pony pal either if I'm not a pony." Torrak said.
Rarity soon came by with some dresses, accidentally running into them. "Ooh! Oh, terribly sorry, dears," she then told them. "All these dresses I'm sewing for the dance have me completely frazzled."
"Dress? Yona need dress for dance?!" Yona replied. "Yona have lots to learn about being best pony pal."
"You're not the only one." Torrak said nervously.
"Centaur need dress too?" Yona asked.
"Heh. Not exactly." Torrak chuckled bashfully.
"Rarity, can I help you?" Phoebe piped up to the unicorn fashionista.
"Oh, I don't know, darling, it takes a lot of work and patience." Rarity replied.
"Please." Phoebe begged.
Rarity looked over as Phoebe pouted with big, sad eyes. "Oh... Well, all right..." She then said. "But you must know, it's a lot of hard work."
"I promise I'll be a great helper, Rarity." Phoebe smiled to the unicorn fashionista.
"Alright then, darling." Rarity smiled back.
Phoebe clapped her front hooves and went to go with Rarity. "Thooornton~" she then called. "I'm gonna hang out with Rarity, okay?"
"Go, go, have fun, really, I mean it." Thor smirked, a bit relived that his sister would be too busy to 'bug him'.
Phoebe soon went with Rarity to help her.
"Phew..." Thor smiled in relief. "I love that kid, but I need my me time."
"Think you'll go to the dance?" Lionel asked.
"Eh, probably for some food." Thor shrugged.
"Of course." Lionel said.
"Dunno about dancing, I kinda have two left feet." Thor smiled bashfully.
"Aw, buddy." Lionel gave a small smile back.
Thorn soon wandered off school grounds.
"Going somewhere?" Atticus asked.
"Uh, a quick visit to Sweet Apple Acres." Thorn replied.
"Any reason?" Atticus asked.
"Uh... Well..." Thorn blushed. "I was thinking maybe Apple Bloom could come to the dance with me."
"But isn't Timber going out with her?" Cherry asked.
"But who am I going to ask to the dance?" Thorn asked.
"Somepony else?" Cherry shrugged.
"How about one of your friends?" Mo suggested.
Thorn paused to think with a small pout.
"Uh, Thorn?" Ocellus soon called, making the young timberwolf turn around to see her. "I was just wondering... If you weren't going with someone else... Maybe you and I could go to the dance together?"
"Oh, um, sure, Ocellus." Thorn replied before smiling to her.
"Really? Great!" Ocellus beamed.
Thorn seemed to smile and blush a bit.
"Oh, happy day!" Ocellus cheered to herself.
"She IS a bit pretty," Thorn smiled bashfully. He soon saw Cherry was smirking playfully. "What?"
"You called her pretty," Cherry smirked. "You love Ocellus!"
"Huh? What?! No, we're just friends!" Thorn gasped.
"I know what I heard." Cherry smirked.
Thorn looked a bit bashful.
"Thorn likes Ocellus~" Cherry soon sang before laughing.
"So what if I do?" Thorn blushed.
"Aww, it's so cute... A timberwolf and a Changeling..." Cherry chuckled.
"Okay, Cherry, that's enough." Atticus said.
"I think I should write this in my journal." Cherry continued anyway.
Thorn soon ran off. Cherry chuckled before she soon got hit by a random pillow.
"Cherry, you just humiliated him!" Atticus scolded.
"I did?" Cherry asked.
"Yes!" Atticus told her.
"Eh, he'll be fine." Cherry shrugged.
Atticus then hit her with the pillow again.
"Cut it out!" Cherry complained.
"Well, you deserved it!" Atticus glared.
"Nuh-uh!" Cherry glared back.
Atticus was about to hit her again.
"Stop hitting me!" Cherry complained before running before he would hit her again.
