Soul Equestria

Maka had just woken up, as usual, Soul was still asleep, and he was probably going to be asleep until 11:00 AM because "beauty sleep is cool". She walked into the kitchen, still in her pajamas, and started to make pancakes. She yawned and reached for the mix in one of the cabinets but suddenly, she heard a crash coming from Soul's room. Without hesitation, she dropped what she was doing and ran in there.

"Black Star, what the hell are you doing here? It's 8:00 in the morning, it's way too early. Not cool." Soul was awake, looking at Black Star, who had broken through the window. Maka was not amused. Before Black Star could even explain why he was there, Maka gave him and Soul a well-placed Maka chop.

"C'mon guys, I know your frustrated that you haven't seen me in the last twenty four hours, but that's no excuse to do that to a star!" said Black Star, who was bleeding from his forehead.

"Get to the point, Black Star." said Maka, annoyed

"Tsubaki and I just got a letter from Lord Death. He says we get to go on this summer school vacation thing, he says it's important. I think you guys are invited too." said Black Star

"Wouldn't Lord Death just send us the letter himself if he wanted us to come?" asked Maka

"I just wanted the satisfaction of beating the mailman here." Black Star turned around and yelled out the window "Take that, you uniformed prick!"

"Yeah, you show him, Black Star!" said Soul, and they high-fived.

"Anyways, you guys should get going. I'll see you guys there!" said Black Star, jumping out the window with a "crack" upon hitting the ground.

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When Maka and Soul arrived at the Death room, Black Star, Tsubaki, Death the Kid, Liz, and Patty were already there.

"I bet you're wondering why I've gathered you all here." said Lord Death, and everyone nodded in agreement.

"So what's this extra-curricular activity about?" asked Soul impatiently

"I was getting to that. I've signed you guys up for a "summer camp" of sorts. You'll be going there for a couple weeks. The thing is, it's not here, not in America, or even on this planet." explained Lord Death

"We're going to space? Wheeeeeeee!" said Patty excitedly

"Not exactly, more along the lines of another dimension entirely. It's called Equestria. There, you'll be exchange students." said Death, seven distinct cries of "What?!" filled the room.

"Father, are you sure this is a good idea? Who knows what lies there!" said Kid nervously

"Don't worry Kid, I know what I'm getting into. I've been there before, a long time ago. It's not too different from Earth. Your main assignment there is to study the soul wavelengths of the residents."

"So are you saying the residents there aren't human? I know I can trust you, Lord Death, but is that the truth?" asked Tsubaki

"Yes and No, Tsubaki. They aren't human in physical appearance. But they are just as intelligent, and they know English, so you don't have to worry. If anything goes wrong you can contact me, don't forget 42-42-564, whenever you want to knock on Death's door. I'll let you guys think it over." said Lord Death reassuringly. The students huddled, sharing their feedback.

"I think I'll go, I mean, we can trust Lord Death, right?" said Tsubaki

"Of course I'm going, nothing can scare me!" boasted Black Star

"I don't know guys, it seems a little fishy.." said Liz, her voice shaking a bit.

"C'mon, big sister! Lighten up, I'll be there for you so everything will be okay!" said Patty optimistically, Liz reluctantly nodded her head.

"Agreed. I trust my dad. He's probably telling the truth." said Kid

"Well if you guys are going, then I guess we'll go. Right, Soul?" said Maka

"I can't really say no, if you're going there, Maka." said Soul.

"We've come to a decision, dad: we'll go." said Kid

"Excellent! Sid should be here with a bus soon." said Death excitedly

"So we're going to another dimension on a bus. Cool, I guess." said Soul, accepting the fact that it was beyond all logic. They took their time walking to the bus, thinking over the possible consequences of going to another universe. The DWMA's bus was parked right in front of the building. Spirit was there, waiting for Maka.

"Maka, daddy wants you to know that daddy loves you very much, so I packed everything for you. Isn't that nice of me?"

"Yeah, whatever dad." said Maka rather coldly. Spirit was sobbing, hugging Maka tightly, Maka almost had to pry him off to get on the bus. Blair tried her best to comfort his sniffling and sobbing.

"Alright kids, choose your seat wisely because once you sit down you can't change it, or else." said Sid sternly

"Or else what?" asked Black Star with a smirk on his face. Sid cracked his knuckles and he shut up. The bus could put three people on one seat. Soul, Kid, and Black Star sat together. Maka and Tsubaki sat as far away as possible from them, and the Thompson sisters sat nearby.

"Yo Kid, do you know anything about this?" asked Soul curiously

"No, why would I?" said Kid defensively

"Lord Death sounded vague about this whole summer camp thing. Did he tell you anything?" said Soul

"Whenever I tried to get a word out of father, he told me not to worry. I'm just as blind as you two right now." said Kid

"Well at least we won't have to worry about embarrassing ourselves." said Black Star confidently

"What do you mean?" asked Kid

"They'll all be speechless when they see how cool I am!" said Black Star.

"Sid, how long is this bus ride gonna take? Waiting this long isn't cool." complained Soul

"Eight hours. Why do you think we woke you up early, genius?" said Sid sarcastically

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"Celestia, is something wrong?" Twilight had arrived in a hurry with the rest of the mane six. Celestia had requested them to come to Canterlot quickly.

"Don't worry Twilight, nothing has happened. However, I do think this is important. We will be having some exchange students visit Equestria and study it. I have chosen you six to show them around Ponyville, and make them feel welcome. You have each been assigned one student." explained Celestia

"Where are they from? I mean, who hasn't heard of Equestria?" asked Rainbow Dash curiously

"Well... You'll have to see for yourself." she replied

"This is going to be so much fun! Princess Celestia, you can leave it to me, I'll show them everything! Ponyville, Everfree forest, the Apples' orchard and... and.... and...." said Pinkie Pie excitedly, Applejack interrupted

"Pinkie Pie, don't you think you're getting a lil' ahead of yourself? Let us show 'em around, will ya?"

"When will they arrive, Princess Celestia? I simply cannot wait!" said Rarity

"From what I've heard, they're expected to arrive this afternoon."

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"Sid, what the hell are you doing? We're about to drive off that cliff!" yelled Soul, who was just about ready to take the wheel from him.

"Soul, I know what I'm doing! If we miss this, we all die, do you understand?" replied Sid angrily

"Die?!" said Liz, now panicking. Kid was rocking back and forth in his seat, muttering something about symmetry. Maka and Tsubaki were closing their eyes, holding hands. Black Star was banging on the window desperately.

"Here we goooooo!" Sid slammed on the wheels and drove straight off of the mountainside cliff. But they couldn't see the ground, instead, there was a blue abyss floating in midair. The bus went right into it. There was a bright, white flash. Maka opened her eyes. She was fine, Soul was fine, everything was fine. The bus was parked in front of some kind of castle. Seven sighs of relief filled the bus.

"Alright, grab your luggage and get off of the bus quickly. This portal doesn't last forever y'know." said Sid. The DWMA students picked up their luggage and walked off the bus. After sitting down for roughly eight hours they all took a moment to stretch their muscles. As soon as they were all off the bus, Sid backed the bus into the portal.

"Where are we supposed to go? Isn't there gonna be some kind of Camp Counselor to show us our rooms or something?" said Black Star impatiently.

"Maybe they're still coming?" said Tsubaki. Everyone seemed to agree with this, so they waited, and waited, and waited. After ten minutes, Soul lost his patience. He kicked the grand door leading into the castle, it opened with a "creak."

"Hello? Anyone here?" cried Maka, as she looked down the long hallway. However, despite their curiosity, something stopped them dead in their tracks.

Silence filled the long hallway. The DWMA students were frozen in place, paralyzed by shock and confusion.

"The intelligent species Lord Death mentioned.... are a bunch of ponies?!" thought Maka. They looked just as confused as the students did. Well except for one, she didn't look fazed at all, she was a winged unicorn, or rather an alicorn. Nobody, not even the usually outrageous Black Star. After what seemed like an eternity, Kid spoke up.

"Ahem, let us introduce ourselves. We are from an elite academy called the DWMA. We have been told we're going to be exchange students here. This is Equestria, is it not?" said Kid professionally

A smile appeared on the alicorn's face, and she teleported in front of the DWMA students.

"Ah yes, you must be Death's son, welcome to Equestria. You may call me Princess Celestia. I assume these are your fellow students." said the alicorn kindly

"Wait, how do you know my father?" said Kid, taken by surprise

"We're good friends. We go back to ancient times." explained Celestia

"Dad sure has a long history with the great old ones... is she one of them? Perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions." thought Kid

"Cadence, would you mind showing our guests to their rooms?" asked Princess Celestia, who must've noticed the nervousness in the DWMA students. "Certainly" she replied.

After being escorted to their room, the DWMA students took in a deep breath.

"Out of all things Lord Death could've decided not to tell us... he leaves out something like this?" said Liz angrily. Patty was silent, her jaw hanging open.

"Well, you can't judge someone by their appearance can you?" said Tsubaki optimistically

"True, but this still came at us out of nowhere. A little heads-up would've been nice." said Soul

"Hey, why not think of it this way? In a week, we might be so adjusted to it that we won't even notice!" said Maka

"Father tends to leave out details sometimes. Remember the BREW we secured, when we battled Arachnophobia? Before we got to use it, dad was a little shady about what we planned to use it for. Besides, if we were told that we were going to visit a world of talking ponies,unicorns, and pegasi would you believe it?" said Kid.

**

"Princess Celestia, in all due respect, what the heck was that? You said they were exchange students!" said Rainbow Dash

"They are exchange students, they've come here to study Equestria, and that fact still remains. I regret not telling you the whole truth, and I apologize for that. But, that still means that you must treat our guests with proper respect. I could tell they were just as confused as you were. I have postponed the welcome tour until tomorrow. Something tells me they might need to relax for a bit." said Celestia