It will be the best if the ponies meet Ember's friends all at once.
The seven ponies and Spike had got off the train from the station, every way they seen is full of beauty, which brings delight to Fluttershy.
"You're so lucky to live here, Ember." She said, "I sure like to come here a lot."
"So do I." agreed Rarity admired the colours of the flowers, "If I had my sketch pad, these colours will go so will for my new line."
"I'm surprise you like it already." Ember proudly. "Yet we just got here and there so much to do."
"She right." Twilight remind her friends, "Do forget why we're here, to find the golden heart and we can ask Gloria for help."
"But first let's meet Ember's friends." Pinkie Pie with some joyful plans, "So we can have loss of fun."
"We'll do that later Pinkie," said Applejack.
"So, where do we start?" ask Rainbow Dash.
"We should be meeting Shooting Star," said Ember, "a good friend of mine. I bet she'll flew be any second now."
"Ember!" cried a voice.
Flying towards them, was a yellow pegasus with orange mane with a yellow streak, fuchsia eyes and a shooting star cutie mark. It was Shooting Star, one of Ember's best friends, she keep things clear in the skies and been the one pony that can fly high enough to reach anyway around the valley.
She flew in and empress Ember.
"I didn't expect to back so soon," she said, "but I glad you did, things had never been the same without you."
"I miss you too Shooting Star." Said Ember, "Anyway, I like you to meet the ponies from Ponyville.
"Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie Pie popped in, "You must be Shooting Star, Ember's friends. Very pleased to meet you and I like to meet more for her friends. It will be so mush…"
Rainbow Dash drag Pinkie away, to give Shooting Star her space.
"Do tell me these are the ponies that save Equestia a lot of times." Shooting Star with amazement, "And could that be Princess Twilight."
Ember nodded and had Twilight embarrassment.
Shooting Star bow to her, turn to Rainbow Dash. "And you must be Rainbow Dash, am I right?"
"That me." Rainbow Dash flying about, "You've heard of me?"
"Yeah I heard you did the sonic rainboom. It was so cool."
"Happy to hear that. I always bring out the colours."
Twilight so hoping to get this done, for they have something important.
Ember notice and went to Shooting Star. "Does my mum have the message? There something really important."
"She did." Said Shooting Star, "She at the library and she ask me to escort you. And I told the other of your coming home Ember. Will they'll be surprise?"
"Even Arthur?"
"I haven't seen him since after you've left."
Ember sigh "Thanks Shooting Star. I'll explain when we get Maren Tone."
As they head to Maren Tone, the town of Galloping Valley, Twilight and her Ponyville friends are wondering about Ember, when she ask about somepony.
"Who Arthur, Ember?" ask Twilight.
Ember blush with a shock and try to hide it. "Um, no pony else."
It confused Twilight, is that Ember had some secrets that she never mentioned.
The ponies arrive in Maren Tone. There were plan painted houses, shops and cafes. The decors are full of trees and flowers, with a lovely fountain. It's almost like Ponyville, mush prettier. There many kinds of ponies, as they pass by.
"I never thought that Maren Tone could be so astounding." Rarity admired the beauty of the town. "And look what they got in the shops."
"What till you see what Buttons had in her shop." Said Ember. "Almost like yours Rarity."
"I really this part of Maren Tone already." Said Fluttershy looking at the flowers in the streets' flowerbeds.
"Glad you did. From this is known as Bloom Square." Shooting Star told Fluttershy. "It was we go markets, fairs, festivals and celebrations."
"I love the sound of that." whaled Pinkie Pie with joy that she starting to love Maren Tone already.
Twilight was about ask Ember about the library, when Ember spotted something upon ahead.
Four young ponies are talking together just near the fountain, which brings Ember a happy moment. For they are her other best friends.
There's Jasmine the bright green earth pony with light blond mane with a white flower, gold eyes and a cutie mark with three jasmine flowers. She work in a flower shop, where she sales the beautiful flowers, painted verses and the sweet scent of oils.
Then Sweet Stuff the light blue earth pony, cute purple eyes and with purple and pink red mix curly mane and three sweet cutie mark, two purple and one pink red. Sweet Stuff is always a sweet heart and always while to help out with her friends. She works in the café, call Glitter Café, where she make some delouses cakes with sweet toppings.
Next is Melody, a lavender pegasus with indigo mane, green eyes and her cutie mark are three yellow musical notes. Melody had be a singing a star in Galloping Valley, always perform with her graceful air dancing and her wonderful songs.
Last one is Buttons, a pink unicorn with, blue eyes and blue hair, tie with a ribbon. Her cutie mark are red three buttons. Buttons is a faction designer like Rarity and always make some designs for her friends and herself.
"Hey, girls!" Shooting Star getting the four ponies' attention, "Look whose back… for a visit!"
The four ponies heard Shooting Star and surprise to see Ember, as they hurry over to her screaming about and made a group hug.
"Oh, Jasmine, Melody, Buttons, Sweet Stuff." Ember cry with tears, "I've have miss you already, though it has been a week."
"Indeed, we miss you already too." agreed Jasmine. "Things haven't been the same without you."
"And you are back so soon." Added Sweet Stuff that she won't let Ember go of hugging her. When she notice the Ponyville ponies. "And who your new friends?"
"You won't believe it." Said Shooting Star, "Ember had just be friends to the one and only, Princess Twilight Sparkle."
"The Twilight Sparkle?" ask Buttons.
Ember nodded. "And her friends from Ponyville, far away from here. This Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash…"
"And I'm Pinkie Pie." Whaled Pinkie with joy.
"Oh my gosh." Melody stammered with a shocking surprise. "Not the six mares who saved Equestria a lot of times."
"You got it." Said Rainbow Dash with pride.
"I don't believe it." Jasmine amazed. "The heroes of Equestria. Are now in Galloping Valley and in Maren Tone."
That makes Twilight and Fluttershy a little embarrass. But makes Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie pleased.
"So you're Rarity," Buttons came to Rarity, "I've read about you in the magazines. I really love your designs"
"Why thank you darling." Rarity pleaded, "I'm surprise that somepony around here who had learn something's about me."
Ember could not forget Spike, as he pull her tail with detention. Ember's friends found him so adorable, when they saw him.
"So what brings you here?" ask Jasmine with a wonder.
Ember and Twilight explained everything.
"So you came back to find this golden heart?" Melody wonder. "And there's an evil sorceress who's trying to get and bring disaster to Equestria?"
"That's right." Said Twilight, "We've wonder it could be hidden somewhere in Galloping Valley."
"Your better tell this Gloria," suggested Jasmine, "she'll might know something about the golden heart."
"That's right." Shooting Star remembered, "She is waiting at the library."
"O.K, let's go." Twilight agreed.
Meanwhile, Merissa had found Twilight and her friends, with her mirror.
"Oh, so they made it to Galloping Valley safely," she mutter, "and it looks like they have some ideas where to find the heart. It's time to give those ponies a welcome gift, a stormy gift.
"I know my goblin cats won't go out in the daylight and like I said, I'll take care of everything."
She use her dark magic to summon a dark cloud, with purple lightning and strong wing.
"That fool Discord, I never thought he had gone soft. Now the time has come to bring out the true power of chaos.
"Go forth my dark cloud and show those ponies that I control the weather!"
She pointed the dark cloud in to the mirror, when she made it another portal and the dark cloud was sent to Galloping Valley, with raging sounds.
The ponies reach to Heaven Leaf Library, a big building with vine patterns. As they enter, they saw Gloria looking at a book.
"Mum." Ember exclaimed and hurry over to Gloria.
"Ember." Gloria surprise when she notice Ember and hug her for she miss her already. She got the message, knowing of the golden heart and learn about the trouble.
Twilight had never know that Gloria had amazing library, with lose of books. And she never thought that Gloria was so beautiful and wise like Celestia. It like she is Celestia daughter and Ember was her granddaughter.
"It is nice to see you face." Said Gloria with a warm voice. "I see some new faces."
"You must be Gloria the head unicorn in Maren Tone." Said Twilight greeting Ember's mum. "Ember told us a lot about you."
"And a wonderful teacher you are." Fluttershy added sweetly.
Gloria laugh a giggle and please with some sweet commit from the sweet little pegasus. Then she asked. "Now what can I do to help you?"
"We're here to try to find the golden heart," Twilight explain, "an evil villain named Merissa and her goblins cats are searching for it and plan to bring disaster to Equestia. We've think it could be hidden around Galloping Valley."
"This Merissa sounded series," Gloria starting to believe, "and the goblin cats are not supposed to be excited."
"Well you wouldn't believe the trouble they have cause us?" complied Rarity.
"But thanks to you Ember," declared Applejack, "who learns about them. We've learn how to handle them."
"I am proud to hear that." Gloria feeling please that her daughter learn the lessons she give her, "But back to why you're here. I know some legends about the golden heart."
"You have?" Ember with widened eyes. "Why you have never told me? You've always told me some histories when I was a filly."
"Not all of it." Gloria use her magic to bring out a secret book, that tells about powerful artefacts.
"The golden heart was forge by the purest unicorn named Bright Eyes." Gloria started, "Which it can use to heal and help those within their hearts. It can also give and resorted life, if any pony will open their hearts and share they're spite with it, to make it warmer, brighter and stronger.
"It was Bright Eyes who made the golden heart and hidden it someway…in Galloping Valley."
That brings a surprise to all the ponies, even Spike. But then Gloria continued.
"But not until she put it into a deep sleep, to seal it powers. For thousands of years, the golden heart lead hidden, waiting until it's ready to be awaken and use it for good. If one pony who is dissented to Bright Eyes, the creator and be bounded to its new keeper."
"That's very interesting." Said Twilight, "But does it say where it's now hidden?"
"I'm afraid…it didn't say anything."
That make something disappointed.
"But you did say the heart is hidden someway in the valley," Rainbow Dash reminding, "so there must be soon clues about it."
"Are you forgetting something," said Pinkie Pie also reminding something else, "the first riddle had did make us come here. Maybe the other two can give us a clue."
"What riddle?" ask Jasmine.
Ember explained about her dream, with the voice that told her there are three riddles that can help find the heart. It surprise her Maren Tone friends and her mother, then made her curious about what Ember told her.
Just then, the ponies hear a loud noise that came from outside.
"Was that thunder?" wonder Spike.
Merissa's dark cloud has already arrived in Galloping Valley and heading over to Maren Tone. It's already got bigger and began to rampage.