Sunset was in the centre of a large cave like chamber with goo covering the walls, small creatures with sharp teeth with tusks coming out of the sides of their jaw ran around the hive cluster. Sunset was humming to herself as she looked one of the creatures, her Zerglings running around her. Massive creatures much larger than elephants known as Ultralisks slammed their tusk together as the serpentine Hydralisks shot needles at targets.

Sunset sighed as a large bulky bipedal creature with blades coming out of it’s arms saluted “My Queen, I’m sorry I’m late. Had to clean up an accidental Baneling explosion.”

Sunset nodded “I’m going to be away for a while Swift Blade, so I’m trusting to keep the hive safe and unnoticed while I’m away.”

Swift bowed “Will do my Queen.” Sunset teleported to the Canterlot High Busy Bay only to see Pinkie standing there while Twi was fiddling with some strange machine, Rainbow and Dash were kicking a ball around while AJ and Jackie were having a good old Arm wrestle. Gem and Spectacle were exchanging notes on fashion, while Flutters was holding a blushing Shy tightly. Sparks was meditating as Bouncy was bouncing in place.

Pinkie jumped at Sunset “You’re back!” Sunset caught her pulling her into a kiss with a grin on her face. Pinkie purred “You’re quite good at that.”

Sunset smiled “Well I have had plenty of practice, does everyone have their ;luggage with them?”

Bouncy grinning madly exclaimed “They put in the bus already, we still have about half an hour before we leave. The will inform us when we are leaving.”

Spectacle pouted “They told me I could only bring one suitcase, I had several I wanted to bring.”

Gem rolled her eyes “Less is more, trust me carrying around all that luggage isn’t necessary. We are going to be sleeping in a tent, quite a fancy tent from what I’ve heard but a tent nonetheless. I brought some of my hardier designs for the trip, I was hoping to go wandering the forest for a bit.”

Rainbow grinned “Roughing it, huh. That was something I was expecting to hear from AJ, not you.”

Gem smiled “Nature is an inspiring place, beautiful yet fierce. Something I enjoy incorporating into a design and sometime you need to experience that first hand. I was planning on sleeping in a tree when it rains to get some inspiration.”

Spectacle blinked “Your not serious are you? That sounds horrible.”

Gem grimaced “You must make sacrifices for your designs, a little hardship does wonders. You need to push yourself in this line of work.”

AJ frowned “We need to get on the bus, they want to make some last minute checks.”

Bouncy smiled as she dragged Spectacle away “Come on we need to get on!” Everyone followed onto the yellow bus.

Twi was looking nervously at Sunset as they took their seats, Sunset frowned “Twi is there something wrong?”

Twi shook slightly “It’s about Midnight Sparkle, she keeps appearing in my dreams. I’m scared she is going to resurface and hurt everyone around me.”

Sunset shook her head “Twilight, I have faced my own demon. Know this however Midnight Sparkle is not evil, she was created by your thirst for knowledge. You need to talk to her properly, not listen to your nightmares.”

Twi slumped “Are you sure about that? What if she tries to hurt you all?”

Pinkie frowned “That’s not going to happen Twi, we’re stronger than even you truly know. The reason we didn’t act was for you safety, not ours. We could have beaten Midnight with little effort, the Question would be would there be anything left of you afterwards.”

AJ grimaced “Pinkie, that is a bit much isn’t it. She is still new to all this magic stuff and your not exactly making her feel welcome at the moment.” It was not long after that was said that they felt the bus stop and everyone got off.

Principal Celestia smiled towards her sister “It’s been a while since I’ve been here, I still remember the first time we came here.”

Vice Principal Luna smiled “I still remember how the camp was back then, a lot smaller and we had to pitch our own tents.” They lead the group into the camp only to see a brown skinned man with green hair walking next to a wolf made of wood while a pale pinkish woman with dark raspberry hair was directing her hands to some plants accelerating their growth.

A green haired woman like creature was tending to some trees, Celestia walked over to and whispered “I thought you were trying to keep the magic out of this trip?”

Sunset hissed “I didn’t know there was magic here, why would I expect there to be magic here? I thought if magic had spread this far there would be big disasters happening.”

The woman turned around with ecstatic smile “Welcome to Camp Everfree! I’m the Camp Director, Gloriosa Daisy. You can think of me as your friendly Camp and Nature Guide. If you ever need anything I’ll be ready to help, just say the word.”

The man next to her placed a hand on her shoulder and whispered “Gloriosa, don’t overdo it.” He then turned to everyone “I’m Timber Spruce, the Cool Guy who should always be invited to fun things” he then gestured to the wolf beside him “This is Striker, the fastest wolf you would ever meet.”

Celestia approached with a smile “It’s been a long time and a lot has changed since I was last here, may inquire as to your friend behind you.”

The green haired woman like creature approached and bowed “I am Gaea Everfree guardian of the forest surrounding the camp. Gloriosa and Timber have been assisting me in caring for the forest.”

Gloriosa smiled “Things have gotten quite magical around here, don’t worry it’s under control. We’ve got this.”

Luna shrugged “We have had our fair share of magical and non-magical weirdness. If it doesn’t cause an catastrophe then we’re good.”

Timber grinned “Well now is the time to sort out tent assignments, follow me.” Gloriosa began talking with the two Celestia and Luna as Gaea returned to tend to the forest.

Author's Note

There will be more than one part to this bur it will be more quiet chapters.