The Mane 6 & The Tropical Shores

"So were you and Rainbow making out?" Sweetie Belle asked with a tilt of her head.

"Wha? no! I.. why are you here!?" Twilight was flustered. At that moment Rainbow had just walked back into the room, Rarity on her tail.

"I still don't see why you stopped me from going to the-.... Sweetie Belle!? What the hay are you doing here!?" Rarity shouted, making Rainbow cover her eyes.

"Geez Rarity! That wasn't really lady-like..." Rainbow grumbled, Rarity simply ignored her and stomped over to her troublesome little sister.

"Explain yourself Sweetie... now" Rarity demanded, sending a wave of shivers along Sweetie Belle's spine.

"Um.. well Apple Bloom had to work all week at the farm, and Scootaloo was gonna be out of town for something... and then you were going to go on on vacation and leave me at mom and dads.."

"Yes, and?"

"and I didn't wanna go... It's SO boring over there and you always get to go places and do cool stuff and you never take me!" Sweetie Belle whined, everypony else frowned, especially Rarity.

"So I decided not to stay at home all week and come with you. I climbed into your luggage, which was hard to do, I had to toss some of your dresses out to make room-" Rarity scowled at her.

"Then I had to stay cramped in there for hours and then I had to watch them make out" Sweetie explained, pointing towards a blushing Rainbow and Twilight. Rarity glared at them

"You let my sister watch you two kissing!?"

"We didn't even know she was there!" Rainbow argued, causing Rarity to turn around with a "humph!" she glared at Sweetie Belle who shrunk under her gaze.

"I.. i'm sorry" she muttered, Rarity's scowl was quick to fade away. She quickly wrapped her in a hug as Sweetie startled to sniffle.

"I'm sorry Sweetie, I didn't know you felt so left out. As furious as I am... I.... I'll let you stay" Rarity relented, Sweetie Belle pushed her back slightly to look her sister in the eyes.

"Y-you mean it?"

"Yes I mean it" Rarity sighed, "but you are going to be on your best behavior! okay?" Rarity added. Sweetie Belle eagerly nodded with a smile from ear to ear which helped to confirm this as the best decision for Rarity.

"Alright then... I suppose if you'd like you can join me and Pinkie on the beach. She's building sand castles" Rarity said, and with that Sweetie Belle bolted to the door telling her sister to get her flank moving. Rarity stared daggers at her and at the winged ponies laughing.

"If you two ever plan on adopting... think twice" Rarity muttered as she left Twilight and Rainbow alone with their giggling. As Rarity's steps faded away silence filled the room, Rainbow and Twilight both awkwardly looking at each other.

"So... you wanna make out again?" Rainbow was immediately slapped upside the head by an irritated Twilight.

"No, what was I saying before. Let's actually go look around, I wouldn't mind stopping by the gift shop" Twilight said as her and Rainbow began trotting out of the room.

"A gift shop? It's a resort why do they have a gift shop?" Rainbow asked, motioning around them. They were all staying in a large wooden cabin that was connected to a bunch of other cabins by wood bridges. They're were wooden pillars sticking out of the ground which essentially held a whole wooden "ground" that was just above water and was what all the cabins stayed on alongside the beach.

[An example picture can be seen here] here

"Well it is tropical, so they'll probably sell tiki mugs and stuff" Twilight guessed.

"Yeah I guess"
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Meanwhile Fluttershy and Applejack had found themselves on a winding dirt path that led through a small section of the jungle. It looped around back to the entrance though to keep ponies from getting lost since most of the jungle on the island was uninhabited by ponies. Applejack was feeling pretty good, it was a nice day out and they were going for a nice walk. Fluttershy on the other hand was Pinkie level hyper, she was zipping back and forth on the path looking at the parrots on trees and colorful frogs hopping along the side. Every new animal she found only made become more ecstatic.

Each time she'd find a new animal her eyes would practically light up and she'd let out a cute little *squeee* noise, which Applejack couldn't help but smile at even though it was starting to get old now, there were a lot of different animals. Applejack took notice of one of her interests, trees.

"Ah wonder what kinda stuff they can grow out here?" Applejack pondered as she looked up at the dauntingly tall jungle trees. As she was distracted, she was caught off guard by a snake being shoved in her face.

"Ahhh! What in the!? Fluttershy!" Applejack reeled back as Fluttershy held the enormous python up to her.

"Oh.. sorry. I just wanted to show him to you, look at how big they can grow out here" Fluttershy said, admiring the scaley creature. Applejack merely eyed it with digust, "oh yeah, ah see it alright...". As Fluttershy casually started to pet the deadly creature, Applejack's eyes caught something off in the jungle. It looked... orange... but she could only see part of it sticking out from behind a tree before it quickly moved away into some brush.

"Fluttershy did ya see that! Look!" Applejack called out. Fluttershy, initally surprised, turned to look. She didn't see anything where Applejack pointed, but she caught sight of something off to the side to her right. Something pink-ish that had quickly escaped out of sight too.

"What the hay, are those ponies?"

"I-I don't know.." Fluttershy mumbled, growing nervous at the thought of ponies watching them.

"Yer the expert Fluttershy, ya ever see a pony sized animal that was orange or bright pink?" Applejack asked, not expecting a yes.

Before Fluttershy could answer, Applejack caught sight of something over her shoulder, it made her blood run cold. Clear as day there were a set of eyes peeking out of a bush staring directly at them, Fluttershy picked up on this and wheeled around to look. The python quickly wriggled out of her hooves onto the ground and lifted its head up tall. It violently hissed towards the bush, causing the eyes to disappear into the bush and run off.

Applejack was quick though, immeditately running after it. She couldn't see it through all the plants but she saw leaves and bushes rusting as it snuck through them, but it was fast. Whatever it was seemed to be an expert at maneuvering through a forest, something Applejack certainly wasn't. It didn't take but a few steps until Applejack stopped and watched it escape in the distance.

"Ah swear to Celestia that there was somepony watchin' us" Applejack said as she started trotting back to Fluttershy who still had the snake by her side protectively.

"If we didn't have yer' friend here somethin' coulda' happened. Ah don't think we need to blow this outta' proportion but we should be cautious" Applejack nervously said, glancing around them.

"We should probably go back now" Fluttershy mumbled, her excitement had died down considerably at the new chilling vibes.

"Sounds good ta' me, y'all might wanna keep that snake of yours until we've gotten out though"

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Later as the sun died down and everypony wrapped up their own days at the beach, everyone had started to regroup at the cabin, including Sweetie Belle.

"I really like your beanie, Rainbow" Fluttershy said much to the chagrin of Rainbow.

Rainbow's Beanie Example

"Uh.. Thanks.. Yeah Twilight said it's cute and all but that's not really my thing, I wanted something more awesome" Rainbow replied making Applejack chuckle.

"If it's not yer' style then why are ya' wearin in?" Applejack said, Rainbow glared daggers at her.

"Probably because her sweetheart thinks she looks cute in it" Rarity gushed, making Rainbow Dash blush from all the teasing. Everypony in the room laughed, especially Sweetie Belle.

Not long after Twilight and Pinkie, who were out, entered into the cabin with news.

"Okay, so I told them what you told me about the jungle, but they just told us not to worry about it and that it's probably just some whacky guests" Twilight said, skepticism littering her voice.

"Yeah well o'course they're gonna say that. Ahm not saying it is somethin' but we should just keep it in mind" Applejack replied and everypony else seemed to agree.

The girls decided to switch topics after that and just talk about some of the better parts of their day. Pinkie impressed some of the ponies at the beach with her sandcastle which was big enough to fit Sweetie Belle. Fluttershy rambled on about all the different animals, Twilight being the most interested for research purposes.

As time went on Rarity decided to tuck Sweetie Belle in for bed, and as night grew closer everypony else eventually caved in to sleep as well. They had one of the largest of the cabins and each room had two beds except for the honeymoon room Twilight and Rainbow were graced with.

It didn't take long for anypony to get to sleep, especially Rainbow Dash who always felt best when she was cuddling with Twilight. The alicorn on the other hand couldn't find sleep, even with her marefriends hooves wrapped around her. Something really didn't feel right about any of this. Something was definitely going on with this island. As Twilight pondered on their situation she heard a noise from outside the room.

Driven by curiosity, Twilight slowly untangled herself from Rainbow's hooves and stepped out of the room. She slowly closed the door behind her and turned to face a dark hallway with a light at the end. One step after the other Twilight made her way down the hall, as she approached the light she prepped a magic bolt spell incase it was an intruder. Goosebumps drove down Twilight's spine as she heard rustling noises to the left. Rainbow gritted her teeth and lit her horn, ready for the intruder.

Like lightning, Twilight whipped around the corner with her horn pointed forwards... at Pinkie Pie. The party pony in question awkwardly stared back at her with a plate full of sugary treats and a large treat currently shoved in her mouth. The fridge door hung open behind her, casting the light across the room that Twilight had seen earlier. Both ponies stared wide eyed at each other silently, drool slowly dripping from Pinkie's open mouth that was wrapped around a jelly donut. After a few more seconds of silent staring Pinkie slowly started to chew the donut... nice and slow.. and then...

"Pinkie!" Twilight exclaimed, but in a harsh whisper as to not wake their friends..

"What are you doing out here this late?" Twilight asked, Pinkie slowly chewed on her donut, her eyes drifting towards the fully stacked plate in her hoof.

"I know it's you Pinkie but you're probably gonna get sick if you eat all those snacks" Twilight scolded her, Pinkie's expression still had not changed from being shocked. When there was no answer, Pinkie just kept awkwardly munching on her donut causing Twilight to facehoof.

"Alright whatever, i'm going back to bed"

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It was morning now and everypony was awake. Everyone was in the living room going about their normal morning rituals, except Applejack who was taking the first shower. Getting up early for farm workeveryday gave her the edge in getting in the shower first over everypony else. Rarity and Sweetie Belle decided to entertain themselves with a board game. Twilight was busy reading a book having to do with spells and Rainbow was sitting in a recliner, bored out of her mind. Close by her was Pinkie Pie on the couch who just laid there rubbing her belly, moaning about eating too many snacks.

Suddenly a knock sounded from the door and Rainbow, who was eager to do something, hopped up to go get it. As she opened up the door a mare suddenly came pushing her way in with a food cart, taking Rainbow by surprise.

"Your breakfast delivery is here!" she declared. The mare looked pretty much like every other employee, white collared shirt with a smile that looked painful to make. She had a purple coat with a bouncy pink mane and was an earth pony.

"Oh uh.. thanks.." Rainbow muttered as she stepped over to the mare, everypony else coming to check it out as well. The cart was loaded with eggs, pancakes, waffles, pie, orange juice, and some coffee. As everyone stood around gawking at the delicious food infront of them, Twilight levitated plates out for everyone from the cabinets. Pinkie Pie declined, still rubbing her belly.

Nopony hesitated to dig in and grab what they wanted, Sweetie Belle even called dibs on one of the pancakes. As soon as all the plates were filled the mare started to take the cart but not before pulling out a small white box.

"Oh and these are a uh... box of chocolates... every guest gets them.. there uh.. great..." the mare said, her tone had become a lot more anxious and her smile had fallen.

"Oh cool!" Rainow exclaimed as she snatched the box out of her hooves.

"I wouldn't!" the mare called out, everypony's attention suddenly turned to her. The mare's eyes were looking all around the room, like someone was watching her... The mare obviously had conflicting ideas bouncing around in her head but after a moment they settled.

"Uh.. I mean.. why wouldn't you want them they're great!" she said, her tone picking right back up and the forceful smile reappearing. The strangeness of it wasn't lost on anypony, but before anything more could be said the mare rapidly grabbed the cart and left.

Everyone looked to each other with raised eyebrows.

"That was odd..." Twilight said as she mentally tried to recap what had happened.

"Nah she was just being weird like every other employee on this island" Rainbow said as she opened up the box. It was filled with little balls of chocolate.

"Twilight you want one?"

"No" she still felt that all of this was strange.

"Rarity?"

As tantalizing as they were, Rarity had to decline. A lady had to keep her figure somehow.

"Sweetie Belle?"

"Yep!" she said chippily, quickly taking one and popping it in her mouth. Twilight watched but nothing happened except for Sweetie Belle licking her lips afterwards.

"Fluttershy?"

"Oh I don't know..."

"Come on Flutters just one?"

"Um.... o-okay.." Fluttershy took one and nibbled on it. After three miniature nibbles she just shoved it in her mouth, obviously she was a fan.

"Pinkie you obviously want one right?" Rainbow called out to the pink pony on the couch.

"uuugggghhh!" she moaned, Rainbow simply shrugged as she popped one in her own mouth.

"Maybe Applejack will want one later I don't know" Everypony then decided to dig into their breakfast, as Twilight watched them wearily.
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After breakfast everypony began trying to set out for their day. Sweetie Belle decided to stay home, her tummy apparently hurt.

"It's probably because you stuffed your face, i've never seen somepony pack down a pancake like that!" Rainbow said, causing Twilight to hit her on the shoulder.

"Are you sure you'd rather stay here today?" Rarity asked, Sweetie Belle only nodded as she rubbed her belly.

Fluttershy had opted to stay home with Sweetie Belle, everypony was confused since Fluttershy would most likely want to see more animals. She didn't want to tell anypony because she hated to be a burden, but her stomach actually didn't feel great either, so she made up an excuse about having plenty of more days to play with animals.

Applejack and Pinkie Pie, who was starting to feel better, decided to go to the beach and try their hooves at volleyball. Rarity had opted to go with them to get her tan on some more.

Twilight and Rainbow Dash went to the opposite side of the island to the other shore where they were having Scuba Diving. There was a little building there where the people hosting it were, and it's where they would get you all setup with the right gear. As they were brought into the back room, Rainbow swore she could feel a little bit of stomach pain setting in, she assumed it was a cramp.