Camping activities
Outside of eating together. One of the most special things couples can do is sleep together. However, one must remember to make boundaries and remind each other that it was a simple sleepover the next morning. One must also be aware of the dangers of camping and traveling together.
See facing dangers together for more information.

Zipp woke the following morning. She had a wonderful dream that she was racing through the sky on the trail of a mysterious creature. What was odd about it was the amount of heart shaped things involved. Right when she was about to find out what it was, she woke up.

Taking a deep breath she looked around and noticed Blitz was sitting at the mouth of the tent. Thinking for a moment she got up and moved next to him and smiled as she sat with him. "You're up early."

"I thought it'd be better if someone stood watch." He replied with a soft smile. "Sleep well?"

She shrugged. "Not exactly. My blanket went missing." She teased.

"Sorry Zipp." He sighed. "I didn't want you to feel… awkward about waking up with a guy."

Zipp blushed as she looked to the other tent. "I guess you have a point. But I wouldn't mind waking up with a friend."

Blitz cleared his throat and looked down the path they were traveling. "Well if we keep up our pace. We'll be able to make it to our destination before sunset."

"Yeah. But we are going to be traveling through a rather dangerous part of the forest." Zipp sighed. "We can go around. But it'll take an extra day at least."

"Why is it so dangerous?" He asked.

"Rumor has it ponies have gone missing in that area." Zipp explained. "And the ones that did reappear had changed."

Blitz thought for a moment before smirking. "Well… it's a good thing you have guards and a dragon to protect you."

"Well… I guess you have a point. Why don't you wake the guys. We can decide on the plan over breakfast." Zipp suggested.

Nodding Blitz trotted over and poked his head into the tent as Zipp got breakfast together. After a few moments the guys came over and joined her.

It didn't take long for them to come up with a plan. The guards finished quickly before heading out to scout ahead as Zipp and Blitz packed up the campsite. They planned to only be gone for about an hour. However, after the second hour passed, Zipp and Blitz became concerned.

Zipp took a deep breath and hooked herself to the cart as Blitz followed her, keeping his eyes and ears on his surroundings. Neither of them said it. But they hoped they just got tangled up.

"Do you think they got lost?" Blitz asked.

"Doubt it… or at least I hope not." Zipp replied. "If we don't find them soon. We may need to get a larger group together."

After a few minutes of traveling through the forest they saw the guards standing in the path. "Looks like we found them." Blitz noted.

"Yeah. But somethings off about them." Zipp added as she narrowed her eyes at them.

"We found a shortcut." One guard said flatly.

"Yes. This way." His comrade added.

Zipp and Blitz looked at each other in confusion before looking down the path the guards pointed at. Nodding they silently agreed to keep their guards up.

As added protection, Zipp sent her sister a text before switching her phone to livestream what was happening to the private friend chat group.

Smiling, they followed the stallions down the path in hopes to find out what was happening.

Pipp sat at her desk as she looked at her phone and sighed. "I can't believe Zipp found a stallion that hot before me." She huffed. "And he's a hunk to boot."

"Do you mean Blitz?" Sunny asked as she trotted over to sit with her. "I just got a text that him and Zipp are looking into what's causing the ponies to change." She explained pulling out her phone. "She's even broadcasting it in our group chat."

Blinking Pipp looked at her phone and switched to the video. "I see. But I can't really tell where they are."

"Let's just hope they can figure it out and get back safely." Sunny sighed.

"You think the others know about the video?" Pipp asked.

"Knowing Izzy? They know." Sunny laughed.

Author's Note

The down side of when magic returns to a world unfamiliar with it. There's places that have dark stories about them. Question is... what is the truth behind this one?