In the eight years since Ash arrived in Equestria, he learned a lot. Not only did he learn about the history of Equestria, but he also used the principles of magic to help to control his aura. It took a lot of trial and error, but eventually he got control. His first attempt at making an aura sphere quite literary blew up in his face, but now he does't even need to think about it. While he was thinking about what has happened and what could be happening back home, Twilight accidently slammed the door into Spike, a young dragon that Twilight hatched during her entrance exam. "Spike!" yelled Twilight. "Oh, there you are".

"What the rush?" asked Ash as he threw a ball made of aura up and down. Twilight responded with shoving a book in his face.

"In this book, the author references the Elements of Harmony and I can't remember where I heard about them before. So I was thinking that if I did some reading about them, it would help jog my memories," explained Twilight. It made sense to Ash, but he still didn't understand why she was in such a rush. It's not like all the book talking about the Elements of Harmony will disappear if she did make it there in a set amount of time. While he was thinking about this, he missed an entire conversation between Twilight and Spike and returned to reality just in time to be told that he, Twilight and Spike were going to a place called Ponyville to check on the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration.

"Wow, even Celestia is saying that you read too much," joked Ash as he rode on top of Charizard. Twilight turned her head to glare at him. Spike, seeing the situation, tries to defuse it.

"You're going to be staying in a library, doesn't that make you happy?"

"You know, you're right. Do you know why?" Twilight answered her own question before anyone else could. "Because I'm right and I can use the library to prove it". Three sighs of disbelief were heard.

"But what about making friends?" asked Spike as they started to descend.

"I don't have time to make friends. The fate of Equestria doesn't depend on me making friends," Twilight said as she politely nodded her thanks to the two pegasi that brought them here.

"Wow, you're disobeying a order from Celestia?" Ash asked as he returned Charizard and tried to ignore the looks he was getting, especially the one from the unicorn with the harp cutie mark. Twilight didn't say anything, but she did roll her eyes.

"Come on, just try. These ponies might have something interesting to share," pleaded Spike. Twilight decided to please Spike and walked up to a nearby pink earth pony.

"Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle," she said in a polite tone. The other pony's reaction was interesting to say the least. She leapt a good foot or two off the ground and let out a loud gasp. She then dashed off. Unfortunately, Ash was in her path and was tackled by the pink pony. Pikachu ran after his trainer as the two came to a rolling stop. Pinkie had comical swirls in her eyes, showing her dizziness, as she laid on top of Ash. Pikachu leapt onto the pony's back, causing her to snap out of her dizzy spell. Upon seeing Ash and Pikachu, she grinned unbelievably wide and, after carefully setting Pikachu on the ground, ran off once again. Ash turned to Pikachu, who returned to his place on Ash's shoulder.

"Is it just me or did she remind you of Bianca?"

"Pika?" Pikachu asked with a tilted head.

"The one from Unova" responded Ash. Pikachu gave his trainer a nod because he could see some similarities between the two of them.

"Are you two okay?" asked Twilight as she approach the two. "What was up with her?"

"We're both fine," Ash said. "She seemed excited".

"Whatever, let's get this over with"

Eventually the group made it to their first destination, Sweet Apple Acres. The family who own the farm was in charge of the food. As soon as they walked through the front gate, they saw a orange earth pony with a stetson on her head kick a tree. The vibration from the kick caused the apples in the tree to shake loose and fall into a group of baskets below. Twilight decided to not wait and walked right up to the female. The other were right behind her. "Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle and..." anything else she was planning on saying was cut off by the female she was talking to.

"Well, howdy there, the name's Applejack. We folk here on Sweet Apple Acres sure do like making new friends," Applejack said as she shook Twilight's hoof. Twilight stammered out a response as her hoof continued to shake. It wasn't until Spike stopped her hoof for her that she noticed the three she arrived with were laughing at her misfortune. She gave an angry sigh as Applejack moved to talk to Ash. "Can't say I ever seen nothing like you before"

"I'll be surprised if you have," Ash said with a chuckle. "My name is Ash Ketchum and this is Pikachu"

"Chu," the yellow pokemon said with a wave of his paw.

"It's a pleasure to meet y'all. How can I can help you today?" Twilight simply told her that they were here to check on the food for the Summer Sun Celebration. Applejack decided to, not only show them the food, but also introduced her whole family to the group. Almost all of them were surprised by Ash, but they quickly recovered. One, however, had a very different reaction. A young filly with a large pink bow in her mane, introduced as Apple Bloom, didn't say anything at first. When she did,however, it was loud.

"A monster. Don't let it eat me," she screamed as she ran away. She didn't even turn back when Applejack called for her.

"I'm sorry for how my little sister acted," said Applejack with a sheepish look on her face. Ash shook his head and reassure her that he wasn't upset before turning to Pikachu.

"Do you think you could catch up to Apple Bloom?" Pikachu leapt off of his trainer's shoulder and shot off in the direction the young filly went. "Twilight, go ahead. I'm going to make sure that Apple Bloom is okay," he said as he ran in the same direction he sent Pikachu.

Ash was panting when he saw Pikachu. 'She sure ran a long way' he thought. His thoughts soon turned into worry when he saw a pained expression on Apple Bloom's face. "Pikachu, what happened?"

"Pika pikachu pi pi chuuu," he said as Ash nodded along.

"She must have sprain her ankle when she tripped," Ash said as he slowly walk toward the injured filly. "My name is Ash Ketchum. I want to help you". Apple Bloom got up, but quickly fell down when she tried to place weight on her back-left hoof. When that failed, she tried to crawl away, muttering how she didn't want to be food. Not wanting her to get hurt farther, Ash picked her off the ground and held her. She flail about for a bit before she ran out of energy and didn't move. "I'm going to help you, but I need to you to trust me". Apple Bloom lifted her head to stare Ash in the eye before nodding. "Okay, I'm going to place you down. It would be difficult for me to help you while also holding you," explained Ash as he carefully placed Apple Bloom on the ground. "Pikachu, I want you to find a stick or something to make a split"

"Pika?"

"Isn't that what they call the thing you make when you tie a stick to a injured leg?" asked Ash as he scratch his head in thought.

"Pik pika"

"Oh, it's called a splint," Ash said. "Okay, go Pikachu". Pikachu gave Ash a salute before dashing off. "Okay, I choose you, Greninja" Ash said as he throw the pokeball into the air. At the peak of the ball's arc, it opened up and a beam of light came out. Standing in front of Ash was the final evolution of Froakie, Greninja, who watched as his trainer caught the pokeball and placed it back on his belt. "Greninja, I need you to use Cut on the sleeve of my jacket," Ash said as he took off said jacket. As Greninja's water blade cut the sleeve off, Ash thought about how he need more clothes. So far, he got away with just adding a few more inches to his Kalos outfit, but it probably only had a few more year. "Thanks, Greninja. I want you to find Pikachu and help him. He'll explain"

"Pika!" Ash looked up at the cry. He saw his little buddy carrying a stick that looked tough.

"Way to go, Pikachu," Ash said before he turned to Greninja. "I need you to gently pick up Apple Bloom. She's over there". Greninja did as he was asked while Pikachu gave the stick to Ash. Placing the stick next to the filly's injured leg, it seemed to be too big. Luckily, Ash had an idea. "Pikachu, I want you to use Iron Tail right here," Ash said as he held the stick in front of himself.

"Pi!" with a loud cry, Pikachu used his tail to break off the unneeded section of the stick.

"Way to go, buddy," Ash said as he used the sleeve to secure the stick to the injured limb. "Okay, Greninja, I want you to find Twilight. I don't want a repeat with another pony while I'm looking for her," said Ash as he took Apple Bloom, who fell asleep at some point, from the ninja pokemon.

"Nin," Greninja said nothing else before he leapt off in search of Twilight.

"Come on, Pikachu"

After making sure Apple Bloom was safe, Ash waited for Greninja to return. He didn't have to wait long before the pokemon appeared. "Ja"

"Third?" Ash said as he thought about what his pokemon could mean. "Oh, she's at the third stop. That would be city hall for decorations". Ash returned Greninja to his pokeball before starting his way toward the city hall. With how small Ponyville was, it wasn't long before he arrived at a city hall that was completely devoid of life. "Huh, wonder if we missed her?"

"Are you looking for miss Rarity?" asked a mare behind them. Turning around, they found a older mare with a gray mane and a rolled up scroll for a cutie mark. "I saw her pushing a lavender unicorn toward her shop".

"I'm actually for the lavender unicorn," said Ash. "Could you tell me how to get there, please?"

"It's no problem. In fact, It's right there," she said poking at a building that reminded Ash of a carousel.

"Thanks, uh," Ash paused when he realized when he didn't know her name.

"People call me Mayor Mare," the Mayor of Ponyville said with a smile.

"Thanks, Mayor. See ya later," Ash said with a wave as he ran toward the building. While he was running toward the place, he saw Twilight running away from it. When he didn't see any other pony come out, he decided to make sure that Rarity was safe. Besides, he could always go to the library and wait for Twilight there. Walking into the open door of the store, he didn't see anything out of place.

"Here we are. Sorry, it took me so long..." Rarity's voice trailed off when she found herself staring at a strange creature. She saw its lips move and knew that the creature was saying something, but her focus was on the jacket, or rather the missing sleeve. Eventually, her mind processed the ruined jacket and she fainted.

Author's Note

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