Twilight Sparkle tapped on the keyboard of the computer furiously, her eyes squinting in concentration. When Rarity noticed this, she walked over to the computer. "Twilight, what are you trying to do?"

"I wanted to do some research on Mesogog. In this world, humans use computers and the internet to do many things, including research," Twilight toldRarity, looking up momentarily from her computer. "Unfortunately, I'm more of a books person than a computer person, and I can't remember how to change the screen so it isn't black." She continued to type furiously, pressing the '1' and '0' keys multiple times. "Perhaps if I tell it to take me to the internet in binary code."

"Let me try," offered Rarity, pressing the power button on the computer, causing the screen to light up.

Twilight stared at the screen in disbelief, her fingers frozen above the keyboard. "H-how did you...but...What?"

"Sweetie Belle has a device like this," explained Rarity. "Apparantly, it's becoming very popular in more technically advanced regions of Equestria, especially with the younger generation of ponies."

"Wow. I need to learn more about that when we get back to Equestria," commented Twilight. She pointed to the screen, which now had two white bars marked 'Username' and 'Password'. "So, do you know what to do now? I still can't find the desktop."

Rarity looked at the screen and shook her head. "From what I know, you can't do anything else unless you know the password to access the computer."

Twilight's smile slowly became a very annoyed expression. "Why must computers be so complicated?"

At that moment, Pinkie Pie entered the room. "What are you two doing inside? We're having a bake sale!"

Twilight jumped from her seat. "How is that possible, Pinkie?" she asked.

"Well, I've been doing nothing but baking cupcakes ever since I got here," shrugged Pinkie. "And human world cupcakes are just as good as Equestria cupcakes, so I figured 'why not?'."

"But this house is in the middle of nowhere!" said Twilight.

"No offence, Pinkie, your cupcakes are scrumptious. But who would walk all this way for just a few cupcakes?"

"Don't underestimate me," smirked Pinkie, dragging the two other girls outside, where Pinkie had assembled and decorated some junkyard scraps and an old bike, forming a large wagon which was filled with cupcakes, cookies, and other sweets, as well as a ton of balloons.

"Pinkie, when did you get the time to do this?" asked Twilight.

"Oh, I had tons of time! When you put your mind to it, you can do a year's worth of work in under a week!" exclaimed Pinkie.

"Are you indirectly saying we're being lazy?" asked Twilight, crossing her arms.

"Oh, not you guys," said Pinkie. "Although, wouldn't it be a good idea to go into town and see if you can learn anything about your mission there? Think about it: you learned more from what other people told you about the situation than you did from any book or PC."

Twilight took a look at the wagon filled with desserts, then at her friends, then back at the cart. "You do make a point," she finally replied. "Let's sell some baked goods!"

* * *

Within a few minutes, the Mane Six were in the middle of town, ready to distribute cupcakes, cookies, and cinnamon rolls to everyone that passed them. However, the streets seemed oddly empty. "Where did everyone go?" asked Pinkie.

Soon, they were greeted by a mob of lizard-like monsters. "That there is your answer," replied Applejack, pointing at one of the monsters.

Fluttershy let out a small scream before hiding behind the dessert wagon. Unfortunately, more of the monsters had surrounded the back of the wagon. Pinkie, who had been riding the bike attached to the wagon, turned around and started throwing cupcakes at the monsters' faces, causing them to stumble backward and away from Fluttershy.

"Th-thanks. But shouldn't we see if anyone else is hurt?" Fluttershy wondered aloud.

"Good point. I'll fly up and see if there are any other mobs of monsters," answered Rainbow Dash, activating her morpher. "Dino thunder, power up!" Within seconds, Dash had transformed into the yellow Dino Thunder ranger. She flew up a few feet to get a better view of her surroundings. "There!" she shouted, pointing to a nearby movie theater. "There's a ton of them over there, surrounding a group of civilians."

"Um, I don't think this cupcake wagon will be able to get through all of these monsters," said Pinkie Pie, shooting chocolate chip cookies at the monsters like shurikens.

"Ah reckon we better clear a path through the monsters first," decided Applejack. She ran around a small group of the dinosaur monsters with her new super speed powers, kicking each one a few times.

"Good idea," exclaimed Twilight, blocking more monsters from getting too close to the cupcake wagon with her new shield-like skin. They both reached for their morphers, yelling "Dino thunder, power up!" in unison. Soon, they had transformed into the red and blue dino thunder rangers.

Rarity stood as close to the cupcake wagon as she could. However, in the corner of her eye, she could see Fluttershy running deeper into the group of dinosaur monsters, hiding behind newspaper stands and streetlamps. Rarity ran toward her friend. "Fluttershy, what are you doing? This is dangerous!"

Fluttershy pointed toward the movie theater. "There are people there that need our help. I'm not sure if Rainbow Dash can save them alone," whispered Fluttershy. "We have to help!" She stopped behind a bus stop to catch her breath.

"Fluttershy, there is another solution."

Fluttershy looked at her friend with a confused look. Rarity was holding her cell phone, and began dialing a number. Then, she held up the phone to her ear for a few moments. "...Hello? Yes, Spike, it's Rarity. Spike, there's no time! Those monsters you and the others spoke of began attacking! Yes... yes, that would be wonderful. And if you could please bring my emergency sewing kit, that would be wonderful. Yes...thank you." Rarity put down her cell phone back in her purse.

"You didn't send Spike, did you?" asked Fluttershy.

"Under different circumstances, I wouldn't want him to be in a dangerous situation either. However, he's the only other ranger that can help, as far as we know."

Rarity had barely finished her sentence when two monsters appeared from behind her. "I think we should run," suggested Fluttershy. Rarity nodded.

They both sprinted to Rainbow Dash, who was holding two triangular weapons in her hands and using them to slash the monsters away from the group of civilians.

"Watch out!" warned Dash. In response, Rarity and Fluttershy stood back near the group of bystanders. "Where are the other rangers?" Rainbow dash asked.

"Their still fighting off the monsters near Pinkie's cupcake wagon," explained Fluttershy.

"Right when I could use a bit of help," said the yellow ranger, before getting hit with another monster.

"Help is on the way!" yelled a familiar voice. Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash turned to the source of the voice: a black power ranger running on four legs. He jumped up and punched a monster with his front limbs before landing beside the yellow ranger.

"Perfect timing," yelled Rainbow Dash, helping Spike take down more monsters. With the two rangers working together, the large mob shrank to a few monsters, who started to panic and flee. They didn't get too far, though, since they ran into the red ranger, who was wielding a large red stick. After defeating the remaining monsters, the red ranger looked around. "Is that all of 'em?" she asked.

"I think so," answered the black ranger. He walked over to Rarity, and gave her a small white bag. "What's this for?"

Rarity pulled a roll of cotton and some safety pins out from the bag. "I'm sure this will be useful, in case anyone was injured," she explained.

Fluttershy nodded before turning to the group of people huddled near the movie theater. "The monsters are gone," she told them. "Is everyone okay? We have bandages."

"And cupcakes!" yelled an energetic voice. Pinkie Pie parked her cupcake wagon near the movie theater, and caught the attention of the civilians. "Not to mention a bunch of other baked goods!"

While Pinkie distracted the bystanders, the rangers unmorphed. "You know, I'm sort of glad Pinkie Pie made us have this bake sale today," Twilight thought aloud.

"Yup. Who knows what those varmints would have done if we didn't show up," agreed Applejack.

Twilight sighed. "If only we could have learned a bit more about why they attack, though."

"Maybe we will," said Rainbow Dash, pointing to a cafe labelled 'Hayley's Cyberspace'. "That place looks familiar."

Spike looked in the direction Rainbow Dash was pointing in. "Hey, that's the cafe from the show! the ones where the rangers would hang out."

"I reckon we better take a closer look," suggested Applejack. The other rangers nodded.

Author's Note

First of all, I would like to say thank you for being very patient. I understand this chapter took a long time to make. That was due to a mix of writer's block and real-life stuff.
Unfortunately, I still sort of have that writer's block, and I'm not sure how to continue on with the story. Admittedly, I'm starting to consider putting the story on hiatus (something I really don't want to do,) or asking for a co-author.
Thanks for understanding.