The Compounds Of Harmony

The princesses sent Rarity and Fluttershy to the buffer zone between Ponyville and the Everfree Forest, which contained the shy pegasus’s home.

“I feel quite cozy here; look at all the cute little animals!” Fluttershy told Rarity, and the pegasus slowly approached the helpless animals in the buffer zone to cuddle them.

Rarity, raising her brow in curiosity, asked Fluttershy, “Do you suppose that those animals can help us find the key to fusing our Elements?”

“It’s well worth a try; let’s follow them,” answered Fluttershy.

“As long as my hooves don’t get too dirty…” thought Rarity.

Fluttershy, being shy, let Rarity go in front of her, and the two mares set off to find the way to fuse their Elements and thus earn their Compound Of Harmony.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash flew alongside Applejack as she trotted into another buffer zone; this zone was located between the Everfree Forest and Sweet Apple Acres.

“Hoo-wee!” hollered Applejack, spying the thick greenery through which she and Rainbow Dash had to travel to find the way to their Compound.

“All those trees are gonna be a breeze!” boasted Rainbow Dash, ready to fly through the Everfree Forest.

Applejack had to remind Rainbow Dash that the pegasus was unfit to tackle the journey on her own.

“I knew that!” answered the pegasus slyly.

“Don’t get cocky; the Everfree Forest is treacherous!” warned the Earth pony—who, unlike the pegasus, was humble.

In another buffer zone—and this one straddled the boundary between Sweet Apple Acres and Ponyville—Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle had gone on a long trot to the discovery of their Compound.

“Can you detect anything out of the ordinary?” Twilight Sparkle asked Pinkie Pie.

“Negative Nancy!” chirped the Earth pony, because her Pinkie Sense was inactive.

“My horn can’t find any magical glitches,” confessed the unicorn.

“I’ll presume that that means that there’s no danger anywhere!” cheered Pinkie Pie.

Twilight Sparkle took comfort in Pinkie Pie’s words, but the unicorn knew better than to trust the Earth pony without question.