The next morning, John walked through Ponyville, theorizing about the night’s events. The possibilities of a logical meaning were infinite. Were the mysterious beings connected to the dreams? His friends? Him? Spike? Crazy how it sounded, but hey it was endless.

As he strolled, Spike was hopping by when he crossed path the human with a happy look on his face.

"Hey John, wanna hang out?" asked the happy dragon.

John stopped and looked at the elated dragon.

"Are you supposed to do chores?" he asked.

"Nope. Twilight gave me the day off. Apparently, all the books have been dusted, the floor was clean, and even the flowers were on the flower pot. It's like if somepony did the job for me."

John recalled last night when he cleaned up the mess. He picked up every book, cleaned the floors, and dust everything. Even brought random flowers from outside to the flower pot. John would've told the dragon, but he didn't want to put his friends on the line.

"So, wanna hang out?" Spike asked again.

"I suppose."

"Cool!"

John and Spike decided to go to the park, where they found a bench to sit on. They talked about life, jokes, and some crazy stuff happened in their lives. Mostly, Spike did all the talking while the human just listened to the baby dragon.

"And that's my life from birth to now." said Spike. "What about you John? How did you and your friends meet?"

The human thought of the day when he and his friends met for the first time. A smile went on John's face and began to nod. It was like yesterday when they didn't knew each other.

"Well, to start off, we all met individually," said John, "I met Aaron at a summer camp when I was five, met Richard, Phil, and Ryan in the first grade, met Peter in the second grade, and last but not least, I met Tyler in the fourth grade. However, we all barely knew each other until the seventh grade. We started to get to know each other and since then, we've been best friends."

"That's cool."

"And when we became friends, I felt something good every time when I hugged them at special occasions. I don't know what it was, but it felt good."

"That would be magic." Spike smiled.

"I don't eve– wait. Did you say magic?"

"Yep. Everypony gets that feeling here."

John scratches his chin and thought about how magic was relevant to their conversation.

"You mentioned that there was six Elements of Harmony that represent six different personalities of friendship," said John.

"Yeah."

"And they are the Element of Honesty, Generosity, Kindness, Loyalty, Laughter and Magic, correct?"

"Uh huh." The dragon nodded.

John looked away from the dragon and scratched his chin once again

Is it possible that my friends represent the Elements of Harmony? John thought.

"Anyway, your friends mention another friend while you were away yesterday. They said her name was Je– Huh... I don't remember her name."

"Jessica." said John.

"Yeah her. They mentioned that she was a good friend to you guys."

Jessica.

John had nearly forgotten about her after all this time. It's been over a month since he last saw her on Earth. How could he forget a girl he had been crushing on for so long? If Jessica was here, she wouldn't appreciate John's forgetfulness of her.

As the human thought about the girl, Spike stared at him and saw that he was still like a statue. The dragon seemed to be confused at first, but it came to he senses that Jessica was more than his friend.

"Do you like her?" asked Spike out of curiosity.

John slowly turned to the dragon and gave him a smirk face.

"What are you talking about?" he blew a raspberry, "I don't have a crush on her."

"Then why your face turning red?"

John immediately blocked his red face from the dragon. Spike then burst out with laughter because of he was blushing.

"Hey, it's normal to have a crush on someone," The human acted shily, "Beside, it's not like you never have a crush on someone before."

Spike slowly stopped laughing and made a serious look.

"So you do a have crush on someone."

The dragon rolled his fingers and went closer to John.

"Can you keep a secret?" asked Spike.

John uncovered his face and looked at Spike.

"You serious!?" The human wondered.

The dragon nodded.

"I guess so."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"Pinkie Promise?"

"Pinkie Promise." John rolled his eyes.

Spike looked around to see if there isn't any pony around. Then, he looked up in the sky to make sure no pegasi were flying by. After he did that, Spike brought John closer till he was in a close range.

"I have a crush on Rarity." whispered Spike.

John looked at the dragon with an odd look.

"But you're a dragon." said John.

"I know, but love is not the looks. It's the feelings."

The human nodded in agreement. What Spike said was true.

"Okay Spike, I won't tell," said John calmly, "Under one condition."

"And what is it?" asked Spike.

"Don't tell anypony about my crush on Jessica."

Spike nodded as John hugged him.

"Now I'm spreading my magic towards you," said John jokingly.

Later, John and Spike went to the bakery to get some milkshakes. When they got there, the guys and the six elements were there alongside with the crusaders. They were all happy and in joy.

"Hey guys," John greeted, "What's going on?"

"The girls finally got their cutie marks," said Twilight happily.

He looked at the girl's flanks and each one of them had a symbol on it.

"That's awesome. What do they stand for?"

The girls went up to him and showed their flanks.

"Mine is a hammer and an apple," said Applebloom, "I got it when I fixed up the barn with mah big brother."

"Mine is a scooter jumping off a ramp," said Scootaloo, "I got it when I showed Rainbow Dash my new tricks on my scooter."

"And mine is a microphone with magic," said Sweetie Belle, "I got it when I realised I could sing."

"And the most interesting part is that we all got it in the same time," said Scootaloo.

"Really? That's even more cool," said John.

"I guess you girls finally admit you hidden talents was your hobbies after all," said Twilight.

The girls nodded.

"Since the girls got their cutie marks, we're holding a big party next week out in Manehattan," said Pinkie Pie happily.

"Why Manehattan?" asked Spike.

"My cousin got her cutie mark as well and we decided that we'll celebrating together," smiled Applebloom.

"And there will be a lot of decorations," said Peter.

"And everypony is invited."

Everyone started to cheer.

"Milkshakes is on the house!" yelled Pinkie Pie.

So everyone enjoyed the little celebration for the girls. They played games, danced, and had so much fun. For John, it was exactly what he needed. Just taking his mind off of Yetson and Princeton. And for everyone else, they were happy. Nothing could stop their joy for the girls.

"Help!"

Spoke too soon.

"Somepony! Help!"

Everyone stopped what their doing as ponies were running for their lives.

"What's the commotion?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Before anypony do or said anything, the door burst opened. Within a second, everyone saw three grey dogs standing on two legs with an evil look on their faces. Everypony gasped in horror as the dogs began to chuckled.

"The Diamond Dogs!" yelled the Elements of Harmony.

"Who?" wondered the guys including John.

"That's right ponies." said one of the dogs. " And whatever you seven are. We are here to take that precious pony of yours."

They ended up pointing at Rarity.

"You're not taking Rarity!" yelled Spike, "You have to go through us to get her!"

"Yeah. I guess you don't remember last time," said Rainbow Dash heroically.

"Okay. You first," said the dog before smacking Spike, causing him to fly to the other side of the room.

Thud!!

The ponies gasped as the dogs went towards Rarity. Luckily, the guys tackled the three dogs down. They hold them to the ground as John tied them together with a rope that he got out of nowhere, which no one really seemed to notice.

"You mess with Spike, we mess with you," said John.

About five minutes later, the gang were outside of Ponyville with the Diamond Dogs.

"Now, we'll let you go, if you three never come back to Ponyville," said John, "You hear me clear?"

"Yes," Diamond Dogs whined.

"Good. Pinkie Pie, give me a ball."

Pinkie Pie gave John a ball out of the blue. Then, he released them and threw the ball very far as he could. Within a second, the three dogs dashed away, barking for the round object. Everyone watched them until the Diamond Dogs were no longer visible from the distance.

"Huh. We should've thought about that one," said Applejack.

Spike mumbled something while he was rubbing his cheek.

"And thank you for being so brave Spikey-Wikey," said Rarity as she kissed Spike on his red cheek.

Spike made a sheepish smile and made his wound better.

"And Ponyville is once again saved by John and his human friends." said the Crusaders cheerfully.

"Aww you girls." blushed John.

"And if they do come back, we'll give them a plush toy to play with," said Applebloom.

Everyone looked at Applebloom and bursted out laughing.

After a minute later, the laughter died out and they headed back towards the bakery, except for the Crusaders. They left to go tell their friends about their cutie marks. The ponies explained to the humans about their previous encounter with the Diamond Dogs along the way.

When they reached Sugarcube Corner, the group saw a unicorn inside the bakery.

"Hi there." said Pinkie Pie. "I haven't seen you before so let me introduce myself."

"Pinkie Pie is the name, correct?" said the unicorn.

"Wow! You're good."

The unicorn looked at the humans and grew his eyes wide.

"Dang. There's more humans here already," startled the unicorn, "What would Celestia say if she saw all of you?"

"Probably something about humans immigrating here," said John joking.

"Well John, it seemed like you have more attitude than I thought."

John stood quiet as the unicorn smiled at him.

"And may I ask who are you?" said Twilight.

The unicorn turned his attention to Twilight and to the other ponies.

"My name is Zerj and I'm here to tell you that Princess Celestia summoned you all to Canterlot."

"Now hold on just a second!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash, "How do you know the princess?"

"Well, Rainbow Dash, I've known the princess before you mares were even born. And she told me all about you ponies. Like you're the Elements of Harmony."

"Everypony knows we're the Elements of Harmony," said Twilight.

"Of course Twilight, the princess special protege."

"Okay there Sherlock," said Applejack.

"You ponies have Sherlock Holmes?!" asked Tylor.

Everyone looked at Tylor like he was a disturbing filly.

"What?"

"Anyway, if you ponies don't believe me, then I might guess that the princess would send you a letter about wanting you to come to Canterlot, discussing something serious, and you ponies met me," said Zerj with a funny look on his face.

Twilight rolled her eyes in grief.

Burp!

Spike burped out a scroll all of the sudden. The ponies were stunned how the unicorn knew the message from the princess was coming. Zerj picked it up with his magic as he sang a familiar song that the humans knew when they were small.

We just got a letter,
We just got a letter,
We just got a letter,
I wonder who's it from?

Zerj opened the scroll and read it out loud.

"Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I want you and your friends to come to Canterlot immediately. I have to tell you something very serious. I know that it seemed urgent, but please come immediately. I hope you’ve met my old friend Zerj and treat him like a guest.

Your teacher,

Princess Celestia.

P.S. Please believe what Zerj says. He's a good friend of mine."

After Zerj was finished reading the message, everyone was still stunned that the fact that he knew the letter from the princess like if he was synchronized time and events.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to tell her about our awkward introduction. Trust me."

Author's Note

I could've seperate the events into different chapters, but it'll interrupt the time line. Oh well, maybe next time.

Edit by Narlepoax III and Theblacksmithbrony