Back in the Specialist Grand Mansion, the noisy alarm continues its beeping. Spike didn't move, however. Five seconds later, he hears someone coming.

"All hands! Intruder alert!" a male McGrath-like voice said in high alert. Soon, a teenager pops out of one of the left doors at the ground floor level and rushes to the main hall towards Spike. He is soon followed by five other teenage boys. The six of them stood around Spike in defensive positions, before one of the five boys break the silence again as the alarm stop its buzzing.

"Guys, it's not an intruder!" said the other man. His voice was very familiar to Spike, and for the purple dog, it was the same voice tone he heard before during his Crystal Prep years. "It's Spike, my ex-bestie's pet dog! I've met him at Crystal Prep and he's liked me ever since that!" he continued.

Spike was feeling like he should reveal his talking ability. Looking toward the familiar-like Specialist, he greets him with a wave. "Hey Finn! Long time no see! How 'bout you introduce me to your new friends first, I've never seen them before!" he joyfully says. Now knowing that Spike wasn't an intruder, all of the Specialists stop their defensive poses and approaches the purple pup with curiosity in their eyes.

Deciding that it was time for introductions, the guy with the McGrath-like voice, who showed up the first, comes to greet Spike. As soon as he is in Spike's full view, the dog could see his full appearance. From Spike's look and comparison, he is the shortest of the six in terms of height. The human's skin color is coastal blue, and his body is muscle-toned at the torso and slightly pudgy at the belly. His face is rather square-like, with deep pacific teal eyes and black slicked hair with brick red and cyan highlights. His outfit consists of a black t-shirt with a brick red and black sock in the middle, which has a cyan eye with a black pupil on it. Over it was a brick red jacket with a cyan and black Northwest-stylized fish that also has the same brick red color on the upper left part, facing a gold and black "C" patch that is on the upper right side. Under the C is written "Sock My Face" in black capital letters. It also has cyan and black stripes near the waistline and cyan water-styled marks on the sleeves with black lining. He also wears black jeans with a cyan belt that has the blue and white Specialist hexagonal emblem as the buckle, as well as brick red and cyan sneakers. "My name is Sock Eye, new recruit! I am the Specialist leader and it is very nice to meet you, Spike!" he said in his signature voice while slightly shaking his right hand on Spike's right front paw. The dog already knew about Sock Eye's position due to the gold "C" that the human wears and shaked back his hand.

Moving to Sock Eye's right stands a dude who is much taller than Sock Eye, and who's currently regurgitating some chocolate and candies, but quickly hide it in his clothes. Unlike Sock Eye, the other man has light storm grey skin and is more muscular than his leader, though a little bit pudgy. His head is slightly rounded than Sock Eye. On the left side of his mouth is a scar, his eyes are heathered red, and his spiky hair is red, black and white with grey highlights, the black frontal part having a mohawk-like shape. He wears a red T-shirt with hurricane warning flags with a black sleeveless jacket over it, that has the words "Take Warning" written in white and capitals in a fast pencil-like style, as well as a red, black and white hurricane emblem with gray lining on the upper left side and red and black warning flag striping patterns on the sleeves and the lower base. A belt with the matching flag striping is around his black jeans, and just like with Sock Eye, it has the Specialist emblem as a buckle. To complement the outfit, he wears red and black sneakers with white soles. He takes Spike's paw and shake it at a fast pace. "Name's Harry Cane. It's very very nice to meet you! Up for candies and choco?" he said with a fast pace. Spike's right arm become a little numb from Harry's pace and it took Sock Eye to stop it. "Sorry," was the excited dude's reply.

"No problem. On to the next!" Spike replied too, still with an enthusiastic mood on his face as he moves on to the third guy. That same guy, as soon as he approaches Spike, reveals his all-too familiar features, which are a snow white skin color, royal blue eyes, royal blue hair with kelly green and scarlet red highlights, and his signature widow's peak at the front. It is none other than Finnigan Gwaii Canuck, who's simply called Finn by his friends. He is the tallest, thinnest, and smartest out of the six Specialists. However, his attire is different from what Spike has expected. Instead of the Crystal Prep uniform, it is a white T-shirt with his family motto, "We Are All Canucks" written in royal blue and capital in the middle in the Agency FB style, under his signature emblem of a deep blue orca jumping out of a blue ice block with kelly green lining, to form the letter "C". Alongside it are blue jeans and royal blue and kelly green sneakers. Over the T-shirt was his signature royal blue, kelly green, red and white jacket, though the two orcas, with one in each side of it, are in a different style, with aggressive grins instead of open mouths. The shoulder patches are re-colored Wondercolts logos instead of the purple Shadowbolts ones. And on the right sleeve are marked in white and capitals "Canterlot High Strong" instead of "True to Crystal Prep", while on the left sleeve are the words "For Science!" written in the same style, which was obviously kept from the previous one. The only thing Finn retains from his old Crystal Prep uniform is his green belt with Haflinger Gwaii markings like on his jacket sleeves, and the Specialist emblem buckle. He is very pleased at seeing Spike once again.

"No introduction needed, but I'm so glad to see you again!" Finn said while shaking Spike's right paw with his right hand.

"Me too, my old friend!" the pup replied with the same joyous face.

At Finn Canuck's left hand side is a short guy, slightly shorter than Harry Cane by one foot but much taller than Sock Eye. His skin is colored volt green, his body was well-toned, not pudgy like his leader, but with a teensy bit more fat than Harry Cane. His eyes are blue and his hair is black, blue, volt green and white that are all spiked up toward the front and jagged like lightning bolts. That Specialist is clad in a deep blue t-shirt with a white lightning bolt on a white circle, alongside a black sleeveless jacket with volt green buttons and stripes that also has a blue and volt green rhino head facing right with a lightning bolt on his main horn, on the upper right side, and the word "BOLTS" in white capitals with blue lining. He also wears blue jeans with volt green and white lightning bolt striping on the sides, with a belt around his waist that has the similar colors and striping alongside the Specialist emblem buckle. At his feet are black and blue sneakers with white soles and volt green lightning bolts on the sides. He gets curious at approaching Spike and fist-bumps him. "Lightning Charger, what's up?" he questions with a friendly mood.

The pup's only answer is a paw-bump with Lightning's fist. 'He kinda reminds me of Sunset Shimmer,' he thought while doing the gesture, but soon chases that thought out of his head. Soon, Lightning motions toward another male at his left hand side.

Next to Lightning Charger is a man with a distinctive copper-colored boss-of-the-plains hat on his head, and by Spike's look, his height and weight are exactly between Lightning Charger's and Harry Cane's. His skin has a unique bronze color, his eyes are colored in a beautiful light blue and his hair is in a reddish copper color, with midnight blue and peachtree gold highlights, all hidden under his hat except for frontal bangs and back hair that reach the middle of his neck. He also wears a red neckerchief around his neck, as well as a reddish copper t-shirt with a midnight blue long-sleeved denim jacket over it that copper wing marks with peachtree gold lining on each sleeve. On the right upper side is represented the familiar bird-and-peaches emblem that Spike saw on the pick-up, as well as the words "Believe in Blueland" on his right sleeve and "Rover Forever" on his left sleeve, all written in the same letter style and colors like on the pick-up, which means that he's the truck's driver. Alongside his outfit are midnight blue jeans with a Southern-styled copper belt with patterned peaches and the familiar Specialist emblem buckle, and copper medium-sized boots. "Howdy there, partner, name's Thrasher Rover," he said with a hat salute. "I guess that I was the one who made you being there while coming back from the orchard where I works." he added in statement. His voice is similar to Finn Canuck's, but with a Southern accent.

That surprised Spike, but his expression completely changes back to his happy one. "Thanks for the ride, my new friend!" he replies. Thrasher Rover fist-bumps him in agreement.

The last Specialist introduced, behind Spike and between Thrasher Rover and Sock Eye, is a boy who is the second-shortest of the group and has a nice and kind look on his face. He is only taller than Sock Eye, his skin is also colored snow white like Finn Canuck, and his eyes and hair are in a simple royal blue color. His attire consists of simple a royal blue shirt with a white stylized maple leaf on it, with the words "Honor, Pride, Courage" written on the left sleeve, and "Ready, Aye, Ready" on the right sleeve, all in white and capital letters, though slighly smaller than on the other Specialists' outfit. Alongside the shirt are royal blue jeans with a white belt around the waist that has a maple leaf pattern on it, and like for the others except Spike, the Specialist emblem is the belt buckle, surprisingly with matching colors, and blue and white sneakers to complete the outfit. Instead of hand-shaking Spike, he slightly hugs him. "Hello, Spike, my name is Maple Leaf. We'll take care of you, don't worry," he gently said to Spike. His voice tone is also similar to another Specialist's, like Lightning Charger but more smoother, gentle and softer.

The purple pup replied with nuzzling his head at Maple Leaf's chest, much to the Specialist's fondness. After being released from the hug, a growl can be heard from his belly. "So, now with introductions out of the way, who's up for some dinner? All that trip makes me hungry now." Spike said. Thrasher Rover and Sock Eye gain confident looks on their faces.

"Don't worry, partner, 'cuz I brought some nice food, as well as fresh organic apples right from the orchard!" Thrasher Rover answers.

"Let's go already!" Sock Eye adds finally. Soon, the Specialists and Spike all goes to the huge dining room on the mansion's left side for a well-deserved dinner. The canine couldn't contain his huge joy as he adds another thought in his mind.

'This will be the Best. Day. Ever.!!!'

Author's Note

Here it is! The Specialists' introductions, complete with their whole appearances from head to toe. They are now Spike's new friends as of that chapter.

This is so far the story's LONGEST chapter. Woo, that's a lot of words!

Their emblems (except Sock Eye's) are all based, and even are, on NHL teams and logos (I'm a very big NHL fan, can't help with that). I even added some features to represent the cities on some Specialists, such as the peaches on Thrasher Rover as a nod to Atlanta. As for Sock Eye, his emblems come from concept logos that I found on the net.
DISCLAIMER: All logos and names are the property of the teams and the league. All rights reserved.

Another pop quiz! My Specialists are also all based on a familiar group of characters, and even have similar personalities like them. Try to guess who that group is. There is even a clue to help you this time. Also, did any of you managed to find out who did the banshee-like scream? I'm ready for the answers!

Keep calm and Brony on,
ThePreeminent