G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase

It was about two weeks after the Mane 6 got back from their most recent Unity Quest in Cartoon World, where they met several friends that they really hoped that they hoped to someday see again.

Once the portal appeared to take them home, they arrived back to the talent show, where they watched the rest of the acts go on and they watched Queen Haven, Alphabittle and Phyllis Cloverleaf give them their ratings, which were all top notch.

However... no one could pick just one winner, so... Queen Haven declared that, as her treat, ALL of the talent show contestants were going to spend a week in Ponytropico, much to everyone's delight and to the Mane 6's relief.

They weren't sure if they could pick one winner either, so this was the best way to make sure everypony was happy.

But… ever since their last Unity Quest, the entire Mane 6 have been jumpy and just waiting for the Unity Crystals to summon them on another adventure, fearing that Allura may be back and terrorizing other realms.

However, while defeating Allura was their main goal, and it WAS important, Sunny couldn’t help but feel that the others were worrying themselves too much.

That got her to thinking… what could she do to ease them of this stress?

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Sunny was working at her smoothie stand one afternoon, blending smoothies while in serious thought as to how to get her friends to relax a bit.

However… no ideas were filling her head yet.

“Something wrong, Sunny?”

Sunny looked down to see Posey glancing at her in concern, causing Sunny to shake her head to clear it. “Oh… well, nothing’s really wrong, Posey,” Sunny said. “It’s just… me and my friends have been on some wild Unity Quests recently, and they’re starting to get a little on edge. But… enough about me. What can I get for you today?”

“I’ll get the Alicorn Special, please,” Posey requested, and as Sunny worked to blend her smoothie, Posey sat down at the table nearby. “You guys have really had it rough recently, huh?”

“Oh, yeah. We haven’t seen Allura in a few weeks, which is good,” Sunny said, “but… I think my friends are worried about when we DO see her again. She has one of the star shards, and that does make her more powerful. The only way we were able to stop her last time is because we had help, which isn’t a bad thing, but… still…”

“Man… sorry to hear about that,” Posey said sympathetically. Sure, she had some mixed feelings about the team when magic first returned, but now that she knew what they had been going through to defend Equestria all this time, she felt better about them somehow.

As she thought for a few moments, Posey got an idea. “Windy and I were gonna go camping in the woods tonight for the Trail Trotters club–- why don’t you and your friends come along with us? It’ll be a good way to get out of your comfort zones and have some fun.”

Sunny smiled at this. “Posey, you’re a genius! That sounds like a great idea!” she said while handing Posey her smoothie. “I’ll ask my friends to meet me at the Brighthouse after my shift, and we’ll meet you and Windy in front of the Together Tree later. Sound good?”

“Sounds great! See ya later,” Posey bid farewell before trotting away. That left Sunny with only one thing to do-- text her friends and ask them to meet her at the Brighthouse at the end of her shift, which was only one hour away.

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Sunny was almost done packing her stuff by the time the others came into the Brighthouse, looking confused and unsure of why Sunny wanted to meet with them. “We’re here now, Sunny,” Hitch said as they approached her. “What’s going on?”

“Well, I know we’ve all been a little on edge with these Unity Quests lately,” Sunny said, “but, Posey helped me come up with a way to help us relax and have some fun–- she invited us to go with her and Windy on their Trail Trotters camping trip tonight in the woods! Eee-hee-hee! Doesn’t that sound fun?!”

“You know… it does sound fun!” Misty said as she sat down next to Sunny. “My dad said when I was a filly, before I got left at Opaline’s doorstep, he and my mom would camp out with me in the backyard of the Crystal Tea Room, but I’ve never been camping in the woods before.”

“But… what about the Unity Crystals?” Zipp tried to point out. “They could summon us at any time and we won’t be here!”

“If they do have a Unity Quest for us, they’ll send a portal for us,” Sunny said before tossing the white pegasus a spare backpack. “Now, come on-- we gotta go get packed! We have to meet Posey and Windy in front of the Together Tree soon!”

Hitch, Izzy and Misty cheered as they rushed to get ready, but Pipp and Zipp hesitated before following, not sure that this camping trip was a good idea…

…especially with the Unity Crystals summoning them at any time, and with Pipp’s dislike of sleeping outside.

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Pretty soon, everyone was packed, and they met Posey and Windy at the Together Tree before going along the trail to search for their campsite.

But as they entered the forest, it was pouring rain as thunder struck, leaving our heroes soaking wet. Windy gave a smile at this, not bothered by the rain one bit. “Ah, the outdoors. Doesn't it just make you feel so peaceful and calm?”

“Oh, yes,” Pipp said as she tried to get her hoof out of a vine. “We are totally… WHA!!”

She eventually got her hoof out of the vine but landed smack dab in a patch of mud. “...one with nature,” Pipp finished with a deadpan expression on her face. “Not to worry, ponies,” Windy reassured. “The campsite is actually in a cave nearby to keep us out of the rain and wind, so it works out for everypony! Let’s get there and set up!”

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A little bit later, the rain stopped as the skies cleared up as the Mane 6, Windy, Sparky and Posey set up their camp in the cave Windy spoke of. Pipp then gave a smirk as she was next to her speaker and microphone, which she INSISTED on packing for various reasons. “What's a campfire without…” she said as she grabbed the microphone and flew up to her sister. “...campfire songs from ME-ME-ME-MEEEEE?”

“Camp perimeter secured, Sunny,” Misty said to Sunny as she gave a determined smile. “Leave it to me to keep watch.”

“And I'll light the campfire.” Hitch said with a smile as he rubbed a stick over some logs with Sparky watching. “Stand back, Sparky.”

However, it seemed to be taking quite a while to get the fire started. Sparky then started to feel his stomach rumble and turned around before he farted out a blast of dragon fire as it hit the logs, lighting them up in flames, and causing Sparky to giggle and Hitch to sigh. A dragon-made fire was better than nothing, after all. “And all that's left to do is… dinner!” Sunny declared as she stomped her hooves, making a small patch of carrots grow near the entrance to the cave, in order to let the sunshine in.

The rest of the Mane 6 couldn’t help but admit it-- this was rather fun, even if it had a rainy start.

But, they couldn't help but wonder if things in the mortal world were as calm as they currently were.

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In the mortal world, in the computer lab of a prestigious university, a young man by the name of Eric was working on a top-secret project with his friend Bill Macklemore, hoping to fix a problem with their newest invention.

However, they weren't having much luck, even as their teacher, Professor Kaufman, approached him. “Having progress, Eric?”

“Sorry, Professor Kaufman,” Eric apologized, sparing a glance at the laser projection device nearby. “There’s still something wrong with the program.”

“Well, we can’t do any experiments with the laser,” Professor Kaufman said, “until you boys fix it.”

“We know, we know,” Bill sighed in frustration before spotting something on his computer screen. “Hey, wait. I found something!”

However, a bright flash from the screen caught him offguard, and only a second later, the laser device behind them began to turn on. “Who turned on the laser?” the professor asked, looking shocked, but Bill and Eric merely shook their heads at this. “Not me!”

“Shut it down!” Professor Kaufman told Bill, who tried this, but all his attempts failed. “I can’t. It’s not responding!”

The laser suddenly fired away from them and projected something right into the room, and that something looked like a walking bolt of lightning with devious eyes.

Seeing this caused all three men to gasp in shock while this creature, presumably a virus from the computer itself, with Professor Kaufman breaking the silence. “What is that?!”

“Uh, I was hoping you’d know, professor,” Bill said nervously as the virus began to walk past beakers filled with liquid, breaking them apart, and causing them to gasp in shock. Then, the virus walked past the computers, absorbing the data from within them. “Look!” Bill then pointed out. “It’s absorbing all our computer data!”

“Call security!” Professor Kaufman shouted. When Eric got to the phone, the virus shot out lightning at the phone, tangling Eric’s wrist and causing Professor Kaufman and Eric to rush to his aid as the virus cackled.

Now what were they going to do?

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At the same time, the sun had now set, and the Mane 6, Sparky, Windy and Posey were roasting carrots over the campfire and sharing stories to pass the time.

Posey laughed out loud at what Izzy had just said. “Seriously? Odie seriously let himself get conked in the head in order to get the alligators to laugh?”

“He sure did, and it worked,” Pipp nodded with a laugh. “We got past the alligators no problem after that happened.”

“Wow, your Unity Quests sound really fun sometimes,” Windy smiled fondly. “I sure hope I can go with you on one someday.”

“Yeah, me too!” Posey nodded. “Maybe you can sometime!” Izzy chirped. “But it only happens when your cutie mark lights up.”

Posey looked down and gasped, seeing what Izzy was describing. “Like that?”

The Mane 6 looked down at their cutie marks and realized that Posey was right-- their cutie marks were lighting up, and a portal was beginning to form not too far away. “I guess that’s our cue,” Zipp said. “Let’s get going!”

“We should be back in just a few minutes, girls! We promise!” Sunny told Posey and Windy before she led the Mane 6 and Sparky into the portal before it closed, leaving Posey and Windy to look at one other and wonder…

…which world were the defenders of Equestria going to go to this time?