A Human's Views on Camping In Equestiria

“Alright, class. As you all know we have a camping trip for a few weeks, so I will be giving each of you a checklist.” Miss Cheerily was just beginning when we walked in, but there was no sign of Pinkie Pie.

“Anon! Catch!” I turned and stumbled back as a ball hit me on the head. Trying to figure out who threw the ball, I saw a black haired Pegasus colt laughing from across the room.  I grinned, grabbed the ball and threw it at him.   It hit his leg, making him fall face first on the floor. I chuckled and walked over to Rumble, my most athletic friend.

“Come on, Rumble. You have way faster reflexes than that,” I said.

“Right. Just help me up, Two-legs,” he grumbled as I pulled him off the ground.

“So, you going on the camping trip?” I asked.

“Yeah, course I am.” he said as he dusted himself off.

“What’cha guys talking about?”

I saw Spike and Pip trot toward us.

“The camping trip.” Rumble said.

Pip seemed, if possible, even happier now. “IT’S SO EXCITING ISN’T IT?!”

I chuckled at my miniscule friend’s excitement, but before he could say anything else, Miss Cheerily spoke up.

“Class if you are going, please turn in your passes.” We all lined up to turn them in, Pip in front, of course. Soon, we had all turned in our passes.

As we got settled into our desks, Miss Cheerily announced, “Everybody, I will be passing out a list of the ponies that will be going on our trip.” Miss Cheerily passed me my list.

It read: Applebloom, Scootaloo, Sweetiebelle, Snips, Snails, Rumble, Pipsqueak, Spike yada yada yada, and mother of Celestia no, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! …

As I held my hands up in the air silently cursing Faust, I realized that half the class was staring at me. I quickly put my hands down.

“ Uh.  Just stretching. Heh heh heh.” A series of giggles went around the room and I had no choice but to join in.

“Okay, class. Everyone who has given me their slips, please file outside. Our carriages will be arriving very shortly,” Miss Cheerily announced. So, we walked outside of the school and waited for our transportation to arrive.

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Ten minutes later, I looked up and saw a small dot on the horizon and pointed it out to the others. Soon, we realized that it was a large chariot flying through the sky, pulled by two giant stallions clad in gold armor. They landed in front of us, nodding at Miss Cheerily. We all looked at her, wondering how our schoolteacher had managed to get two of Celestia’s royal guard to take us to camp. She looked at us and shrugged. “I talked to Twilight Sparkle,” Miss Cherrily stated. Then she turned and walked on to the chariot.

Once we were settled, the chariot took off.  And, boy, did we have a view.  The land of Equestria lay below us. I saw the Golden Oaks Library far below.  As we flew by Ponyville, Spike and I could make out Twilight on the balcony and when we shouted at her she looked up and almost spilled her tea. Spike cracked up and I grinned as we soared away, over the horizon.

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About an hour later, Rumble called out that he could see the camp.  We all looked over the edge of the chariot.  A clearing in the woods revealed a group of cabins with a lake near by. As we got closer,  the individual cabins sprinkled around the clearing came into focus. I could see about four cabins on each side and maybe some showers next to them. The lake looked pretty big from this distance and I couldn’t wait to see who the other counselors were… speaking of counselors, where was Pinkie Pie? I hadn’t seen her since she dashed off into the school. As the chariot settled on the ground, I was astounded that Pinkie was already there, in a suit, holding a big sign that read: Miss Cheerily’s Class.  What? She rushed toward us, grabbed each and every one of our bags before we even got off the Chariot and managed to hold them all over her head without effort.

“Heeeeeelllo, Miss Cheerily’s Class! I am Pinkie Pie and I’ll be one of your counselors while you stay here at Camp High Hoof.  Please, follow me.  She then spun around and bounced away with all of us in tow.

She stopped once we got to the middle of the camp and looked back at us with a big smile on her face.

“Alrighty, everyone. I bet you’ve all been wondering who will be in your cabins. Miss Cheerily has already given us a list of who’s with who. So, if you would all quiet down, I’ll tell you who you’re going to be super duper friends with!  She pulled a scroll of paper out of nowhere and began reading.

“Applebloom, Twist, Dinky Doo, and Diamond Tiara in Cabin One.” Pipsqueak and I looked at each other, then at Applebloom and Diamond Tiara.  They were both glaring daggers at each other and Sweetiebelle was patting her on the shoulder.  Scoots couldn’t help but snigger.

Pinkie Pie, though, was still talking. “ Anon, Pipsqueak, Rumble and Spike in Cabin Two.” We all cheered at the news.

After all the cabin assignments were read, Pinkie told us to go to the cabins to meet our counselors. As we walked off, I looked back and saw Apple Blossom and Diamond Tiara already in a fight. I sighed.  This would be interesting.