That next morning was nearly a disaster. Everyone woke up late, including Cobalt, and were late for their taxi.

"Girls, we gotta pick up the pace! Let's go, let's go! Place your bags in front of the door, I'll put them inside the taxi," The girls tossed multiple bags to Cobalt, and he tossed them inside the taxi.

Once all their bags were in the taxi, they packed inside, and were off.

"And cue intro music. Wait, this is a story... there is no intro music..."

They soon took a long, long drive to the Pleasant Shores of Ravenhand. Once they had arrived into the town of Ravenhand, the girls were marveled at the beauty of the city. A very vivid city with many colorful plants, and gorgeous buildings to compliment them.

"I never knew this place was so amazing...," Twilight stated.

"Yes, this city took years upon years to look like this. The beach is on the outside of the city, so we'll be staying at the beach houses in that area. We're very lucky to be here. It's expensive to be in this city..."

"Wow..."

They soon arrived to their beach house to see Harmony, Midnight, and Silver waiting for them, "It's about time you all arrived!"

"Sorry, we woke up late!"

Harmony walked up and punched Cobalt lightly in the shoulder, "Didn't I tell you not to grade papers until you got back?"

"Sorry, I just wanted to get it out the way."

"Ugh, you're such a workaholic..."

"Guilty as charged," The two laughed lightly at each other's random antics. The girls soon got jealous at how cost the two were getting.

"Ahem!" Rarity coughed out loud to gain the attention of them, "Shouldn't we had on inside?"

"Jealous much?" Cobalt asked.

"Why would I be jealous? I'm perfectly fine," Rarity gripped her skirt before walking off hastily towards the beach house.

"I guess we should go inside. It is hot out here," Everyone agreed as they followed Rarity inside.

Once they stepped inside, the beach looked like any other beach house. 2 floors, and a deck in the back with a large backyard. The deck and their backyard had an amazing view of the beach which was marvelous to gaze at.

"So, the teachers will be downstairs, and the rest of you will be upstairs. Pick your rooms, the rest of us will head into town after we rest up."

"Oh, can we go?"

The teachers all stared at each other, and each of them chuckled nervously, "Uh, about that, we're actually heading off to the beach to fill some stuff out."

"Fill stuff out for what?"

"Well, Jet skis, volley ball, parasailing, a bonfire, and a little secret we planned."

"Wow!"

"Same!"

"I know right!"

As everyone started to rest up a bit, Cobalt knocked on Harmony's door, "Yo, Harmony, can I talk to you for a second."

"That's a pretty long talk."

"Shut it, but I wanna ask you if at the end of this week, if you wanted to take a little date on the boardwalk."

"Oh, so bold as to call it a date? What about your friends?"

"They'll get over it. Besides, we haven't hung out since the girls arrived. How about instead we head off to the downtown part of Ravenhand?"

"Planning on getting wasted huh?"

"I haven't gotten wasted in a long time. I wanna live life every now then. Sometimes, I wanna get completely wasted and wake up in an alley."

"You're crazy, but I can relate. However, I'd want to get drunk and get roughed up by someone else that's drunk."

"And that other person is me?"

"Oh you wouldn't believe it. At least I can down a few more shots than you Cobalt. You're such a lightweight."

"I don't have as much experience as you do party girl."

"Oh be quiet, I already agreed to go didn't I?"

"Yeah, I guess," Cobalt looked at his watch and nodded, "Wanna go get the twins and rent the stuff?"

"Sure thing. Let's get going."

"Midnight, Silver, let's go rent the stuff!"

"Be down in a minute!"

"Let's go ahead and go without them."

"Good idea..."

The two arrived at the beach to see it empty, "Let's hope it stays like this when we come back later. Anyway, how long are we doing for each?" Harmony asked as he continued gazing at the beach.

"Well, today, we're doing volley ball and jet skis. Which one should we do first?" Cobalt responded.

"Well, I think we should do some volleyball first. I have an idea."

"May I hear it?"

"No, you'll see when the time comes."

"Fine, let's go ahead and schedule our time. How long do you want?"

"Hm, depends on how long the games take."

"Maybe you should go order it. I'll head off to the jet skis. I'll rent them for a bit."

"Alright, hurry back though, we need to get ready."

"Gotcha!" Cobalt ran towards the jet skis until he saw a crab upside down on shore, "Oh, uh, let me help little guy...," Cobalt flipped the crab over before it pinched him, "Whoa, that hurt...," Soon Cobalt started to hallucinate slightly, "Aw crap..."

"Cobalt?" He turned to see a distorted Harmony. She looked down to see the crab moving away, "Are you serious? You say you're a genius, but you didn't even relive that was an oryx-crab. You should know it'll make you hallucinate. Come on, let's get you back to normal before you do something dumber than this," She grabbed Cobalt's hand, and led him away.

Once Cobalt was back to normal, everyone went ahead and got ready for the beach, "I'm heading off to the beach now. I'll see all of you there!"

"Oh wait, I'm ready Cobalt darling," Rarity ran downstairs to show her amazing bikini that even Cobalt was entranced by, "You like what you see Cobalt?" Rarity sported a light blue two-piece bikini that somewhat covered her breasts, and three diamonds on her pelvis region.

"Uh...," Cobalt continued staring, causing Rarity to blush madly.

"Ah'm ready too," Then Applejack walked downstairs in her bikini. She had a bikini similar to Rarity, except it was red, "Ah think Cobalt loves my look more."

"Nonsense, I look great!"

"I think I look better than both of you," Rainbow Dash came down with a two-piece bikini that had bolts of lightning across the breasts and pelvis.

"Whoa..."

"I'm next!" Pinkie appeared behind Cobalt and showed off her bikini. Another two-piece bikini, but it was just plain blue. Nothing special on it.

"Here I come!" Sunset came downstairs with a burgundy bikini with flames on them, "Do you like it Cobalt?"

"Uh..."

Last was Twilight, "Uh, I'm not really showing off a bikini. Just going to relax for the time being."

Cobalt nodded, but he still gawked at Twilight. She had a nice purple tank top with a pair of black short shorts. It really showed off her legs well. Cobalt shook his head as he waited for the other three.

"Where are the rest of you?!"

Soon the twins teleported behind Cobalt, and grabbed his arms, "We're here!" Both sported one-piece bikinis that were black and white.

"Hey!"

Harmony appeared behind the girls and chuckled. Harmony had a two-piece bikini that was multi-colored. It really brought out her... assets, "This is your harem Cobalt, so you're stuck with this."

"I get it, but we've wasted too much time. Let's get to the beach!"

After arriving at the beach, it was now somewhat filled with other people. Cobalt looked over to the volleyball courts and smiled, "Now would be a good time to hear that idea you had for volleyball."

"Very well then," Harmony glanced at all the girls, and then at Cobalt, "I'm going to make this challenging for you Cobalt."

"How so?"

"You see, I booked us for 9 games."

"9?"

"Aha, alas, each game, it will be you versus us in a one vs one volleyball game. Whoever beats you will be able to do whatever they want with you for the remainder of the week. That is, until our special day this weekend."

"Wait, am I going to get a break between each game?"

"Nope, each game will be played in succession, and I'll be first to play you. Twilight, you're keeping score," Harmony tossed Twilight a scoreboard as she took her place on a nearby beach chair.

"Alright, no rules, and it's sudden death. 1 point to win. I'll serve first."

"Fine..., let's do this you she-devil..."

Harmony tossed the volleyball up and jumped up high. When she hit the ball, the ball traveled down to Cobalt at lightning speed. The ball caught on fire as it picked up speed. The ball zoomed past Cobalt as it exploded behind him. Cobalt turned slowly as he stared at the sand flying in the air from the explosion. He turned back around with a confused, yet angry expression, "What the hell Harmony?!"

"What? No rules, but I'll give you another chance! Your serve!"

"You didn't even say serves up...," Cobalt said under his breath. He went to retrieve the ball to see it charred from the heat, "The ball is all charred up! We need a new one!"

"Just manifest one you idiot!"

"Fine. Manifest: Volleyball!" A volleyball appeared in Cobalt's hand as he sighed in frustration.

So if she's going to play like dirty like that, I need to play dirty right back.

Cobalt waved his hand over his ball as the ball had a dark aura around it for a second. Cobalt smirked as he tossed the ball up, "Serves up!" Cobalt jumped up and smacked the ball down straight towards Harmony with astounding speed. She was ready to block it, but it went through her body, sending a chill down her spine. The ball then collided with the ground with a loud thud.

"Uh, point for Cobalt! Cobalt wins!"

"Huh, so you use your little teleport ability huh?"

"Hey, you tried to play dirty, so I thought why not play dirty back. Wanna go again?"

"Nah, you can go on ahead. I have my day this weekend anyway."

Cobalt went to pick up the ball and asked, "So who's next?"

One by one, I defeated them. Rainbow attempted to use her speed against me, but she forgot that I could outclass her speed just slightly. Applejack used her brute strength to get me off balance. Her serves were strong, and I thought I was going to break my hands trying to serve them back. Soon, I was able to throw her off with a curve ball. I swear, she was tough to beat. Fluttershy, well, she kind of moved out the way when I served it to her. So she was an easy win. Pinkie used her cannon, but she didn't arc it enough over the net, and it collided with it, sending the ball back in her direction. The ball ended up destroying a nearby lifeguard tower. I couldn't help but laugh at that. Since Twilight was the score keeper, she didn't play, so I won by default. The twins passed as they were about to hop on the jet skis. That mean the last one was Rarity.

Rarity stepped up with a smirk on her face.

Huh, does she really think she can win? I respect her bravery, but she won't win against me. After what I've done, there's no way she could have a chance at-.

"Serves up!" Cobalt jumped in shock as the ball landed beside him lightly. Cobalt stared down at the ball, eyes wide as he fell to his knees, "Don't waste your time speaking out loud Cobalt darling."

"My own talking out loud problem cost me the win. How could I be so foolish...," Cobalt was now on all fours as Rarity grabbed his ankle.

"Come on Cobalt darling, we have a whole day planned ahead of us!" The other girls looked on in dismay as Cobalt was still willowing in despair at his sudden loss, "Woo-hoo! Now's my chance, with nothing in my way, this is my chance to give myself to Cobalt!"

Author's Note

Again, I skipped some extra stuff to get to the good stuff. I used the volleyball comment Skye787 left to use as an opener to a possible clop scene between Cobalt and Rarity. Will it happen in the next chapter? Find out next time! Oh, and sorry for taking so long to upload this chapter. Been busy resting and stuff. Alright, see all of you in the next, possible clop chapter