G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Sunny and her friends had finally gotten back from their last Unity Quest in Bikini Bottom last week, and inserted the crystal shaped like Twilight Sparkle's cutie mark into one of the holes in the magical tree, making it shimmer before that shimmer faded away.
Now all they had to do is figure out where the others were, so nobody would be able to harm Maretime Bay again. But the Unity Quests could be so random, they weren't sure where they would be sent to find the next crystal.
All they could do now was wait.
While they were waiting, Pipp decided to do a special treat for her fans-- a special contest where three winners would spend the day with Pipp and her friends, doing everything that they do.
And you can probably guess who entered the contest right away-- Pipp's biggest Pippsqueak superfans.
Ever since they met at Pipp's first show at Mane Melody (by a smoothie spill of course), Peach Fizz, Glory and Seashell have been best friends and doing everything together, not believing they were each friends with different kinds of ponies. Nevertheless, they shared a lot of the same passions, and swore to always be there for each other through the good times and the bad.
And the next couple of days would be the perfect example.
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“Ooooooooooh… is it time yet?!” Peach Fizz said, prancing in place within Seashell's bedroom as they waited for the livestream to begin. “How about now?! Now?! Is it time now?!”
“Peach Fizz, calm down!” Glory giggled. “It's only one more minute!”
“Sorry… you know I get excited with this sort of thing!”
“Don't worry about it, Peach Fizz. I can't stop imagining what it would be like if we actually won,” Seashell said, adjusting a poster of Pipp that hung beside her bed. “Spending a day with Pipp and doing whatever Pipp does? A superfan's dream made a reality!”
Suddenly, Pipp's theme song music began to play, and Glory let out an excited scream. “It's starting, it's starting!”
All three fillies sat before the phone Glory held in her hooves, and Pipp appeared on the screen with a bright smile on her face. “Hey, Pippsqueaks across Equestria! Time to finally announce the winners of the 'Spend the Day with Pipp' contest! Now, I have the cutie marks of all who entered in this hat, personally designed by Satin Sparkle, best seamstress in Zephyr Heights, and I will now draw the three lucky ponies! Okay...”
Pipp reached into the hat and pulled out a singular ticket. “Our first winner is... Glory, with her dazzling pink and purple firework cutie mark!”
Glory gasped deep when she heard her name being called first. “Oh my glitter! I won!”
“Congratulations, Glory!” Seashell hugged the pegasus. “You go, girl!” Peach Fizz cheered. “All right, everypony! Get ready for your next winning cutie mark!” Pipp drew another slip of paper out of the hat. “Our second winner's cutie mark belongs to... Seashell!”
Seashell squealed excitedly as her best friend's congratulated her on a job well done. “This is great!” Peach Fizz squealed. “If my cutie mark gets called next, we're all gonna win and spend the day with Pipp! Keep your hooves crossed!”
“Okay, Pippsqueaks... last cutie mark is coming out of the hat,” Pipp said in a serious tone. “And the final winning cutie mark belongs to... Peach Fizz! Congratulations, Pippsqueaks! Come on down to Mane Melody and get ready for the best day of your lives! Laters...!”
Seconds after the livestream ended, the three fillies sat in silence before squealing and screaming at the top of their lungs in excitement. The noise was so loud that Seashell's mother, Coastal Tide, a yellow earth pony with darker yellow hooves, purple eyes, a blue and pink mane and tail and a cutie mark of a palm tree came up to check on them. “Are you girls all right? I heard screaming and darted up the stairs.”
“We won the contest, Mama!” Seashell said, bouncing around. “We get to spend the day with Pipp!”
“Oh, that's great, sweetie!” Coastal smiled. “Now, you need to get going if you wanna get to Mane Melody to claim the prize. I'll be right here waiting for your uncle to come home, and then you can tell us all about it.”
“Thanks, Mama!” Seashell kissed her mother with a smile. “Hurry, girls! Let's get to Mane Melody!”
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Seashell led her friends through the streets of Maretime Bay, at last reaching Mane Melody, panting tiredly as Pipp opened the door to greet them. “Hey there. Pippsqueaks! Come on in! Me and my friends were actually waiting for you!”
“Oh, yay!” Peach Fizz smiled, and the others were waiting for them to come in. “So, I have a few minutes before we give you a tour of the Crystal Brighthouse,” Pipp told them, “so what if I answer some of your Pipp related questions until then?”
“Well... there is something we wanted to ask you about,” said Glory. “Sometimes we see you rush to the Brighthouse when your cutie marks glow, like last week when you helped Seashell. Why do you do that?”
The ponies weren't sure how to answer this question, so Misty sighed and stepped forward. “Well... we've been sent on quests to the mortal world and other places for... distinct purposes,” she explained. “But, nopony has ever asked about them before, so we always just decided to not tell anypony until they asked about itit.
“Wow... so... the Unity Crystals sent you guys for a special mission every time?” Seashell asked. “That's incredible!”
As they continued to talk, Glory's phone rang, and excused herself to answer it. “Hello?”
“Hey, my little firecracker. How did the livestream turn out?”
“Great, Dad!” Glory beamed. “Me and my friends, Seashell and Peach Fizz? We were the winners!”
“That's great, Glory! Your mom and grandma will be so excited! You can tell us all about your day when we start packing after you get home.”
Glory blinked in surprise, her face falling a bit when she heard this. “Packing? Wha... what do you mean?”
“Your mom and I were gonna tell you sooner, sweetheart, but... your grandma's not doing too well. Her coughing is getting worse, so we thought we could go and stay with her over the summer until she... improves or otherwise.”
Glory's ears seemed to pin at this. “Oh...”
“Try to enjoy your day with your friends, firecracker. We'll talk about it when you get home, and then we leave for Zephyr Heights in the morning. I love you.”
“Y-Yeah... love you too.”
Glory put her phone back under her wing before turning to the others. “Everything okay, Glory?” Zipp asked. “We were getting ready to leave.”
“Oh... uh... yeah. I'm fine,” Glory lied. “So... are we gonna start that tour?”
Before anypony else could answer, the shine of the cutie marks returned... even spreading to the cutie marks of the three fillies. “Wow, pretty!” Peach Fizz said in awe. “Does this mean...?”
“I guess it means you three are coming on our Unity Quest with us,” Sunny smiled. “Hitch, you wanna take Sparky?”
“Sure. Might be good for him.”
The ponies then galloped out, and the fillies were the last to leave, excited about their first quest. But... all Glory was concerned with was trying to tell her friends that she was going to Zephyr Heights to take care of her grandma...
...but wasn't sure what the outcome might be.
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“Good, little ponies... go on your little quest...” said a voice from the shadows. “With all the light you bring... the stronger I become.”
