Hello everyone and welcome back to the story, sorry for the long wait on this chapter. In the last chapter Snips and Snails got some information on Roxas, Pinkie Pie was having a sleepover and Roxas had a nightmare. Some crazy things happened last chapter and it can only get crazier from here. Now just sit back and enjoy!

Chapter Six: Plans

It was about five in the morning and everyone was sound asleep. AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie were up late last night playing video games, they crashed around midnight and needed some rest. The three of them slept in Pinkies' room without too much trouble... until the pink skinned girl shot upwards in her bed. "OHMYGOSH! I FORGOT!" A look of shock came onto her face as she ran out of bed and started rummaging through her dresser.

Clothes were being thrown left and right, as Rainbow slowly opened her eyes. All of the noise being made had woken her up. "Huh... Pinkie, w-what are you doing?"

"Oh good you're up, we need to hurry up and get ready."

The blue skinned girl was still in sleep mode. "For what?" She didn't want to do anything right now except for sleeping.

Pinkie smiled. "Roxas' party of course." It was tradition that Pinkie Pie throw a party for every new person who came to town, it was a way for that person to meet everyone and make friends. Today was the perfect day to throw a party.

"Do we have to?" Rainbow covered her head with a pillow.

"Yes, I've never not thrown a party. If I don't throw this party for Roxas than he will never know that I throw parties for new people and if he finds out later he will be upset that I didn't throw him one and think that I don't like him and than he will not want to be my friend and if he isn't my friend than he's my enemy and I don't want any enemies so we have to throw him this party!"

Rainbow Dash just groaned, no matter how much someone tried there was no way to stop a Pinkie party. "Can't I just sleep for a few more..." She closed her eyes but then she found herself being shaken violently, the pink haired girl wasn't going to let any of her friends miss the party. "Ok P-pinkie y-you can s-stop shaking me n-now." The party girl stopped and Rainbow slowly started to sit up.

They then turned towards AppleJack, she was still asleep. Pinkie crept over to her sleeping friend and took a deep breath. "APPLEJACK WAKE UP!" She shouted as the farm girl shot up in surprise.

"What Ah'm up..." She looked over to her two friends. "What's going on, what time is it?"

"Early." The rainbow haired girl muttered.

"Why are we getting up so early?"

The pink haired girl smiled. "We have to prepare a party for Roxas."

"Alright... but can we at least shower first?" AppleJack asked.

"There's no time, we have to leave now!"

The two girls just looked over to each other before sighing and getting up, and then grabbing the clothes they were wearing yesterday, as well as Pinkies'., They then went and followed Pinkie out of her house. The three of them then all piled into Pinkies' car, which made the two girls always wonder... how was Pinkie Pie able to get her license before them.

Now it was about nine AM and Roxas woke up in a panic, the nightmare he just had felt so real... but at the same time it couldn't have been. Sure he hadn't known his new friends long but they surely didn't seem like they would fight over him. Hayer used to say that girls could go crazy around guys, but he always thought that was just crazy... but maybe it was true. Maybe at some point down the road his new friends would start fighting over him.

Then he thought back to the second part of his dream. There was no way Hayner Pence and Olette could be mad at him. They wouldn't abandon him or give up on him, even though he did leave them it wasn't by wasn't like Roxas planned on getting sucked up by a portal and brought to another world. No matter what the circumstance his friends would at least try and find him... right?

Several thoughts raced through his mind as he sat up, a few seconds later he saw Fluttershy walking up to him. "Good morning Roxas, I hope you slept well." She said with a smile on her face.

"No exactly, I was having kind of a bad dream."

A look of shock came onto Fluttershys' face. "What was it about?" Right as Roxas was about to explain it he stopped. The dream he had didn't seem like it was something that would be shared to others, it just seemed like something he should keep to himself. He sat there for a few moments thinking about what he should tell her. "Roxas..." The boy snapped out of his trance and turned towards Fluttershy. "...Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine."

"Do you want to talk about it?" She wasn't going to let this dream get to him, if there was a problem than she would help him out.

He looked at her and then sighed. "No... I think I'll be alright." His answer seemed to be accepted as the shy girl nodded.

Just then her phone buzzed and she pulled it out of her pocket. She had received a text message from Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie Pie: Roxas' party is today and it's being held at Sugarcube Corner, everything is already set up so you two can head on over.

Fluttershy put her phone back into her pocket and looked over to Roxas. "Why don't you hop into my shower and get ready, Pinkie Pie wants us to meet her at Sugarcube Corner."

"For what?"

"She didn't say." Luckily he wasn't with AppleJack, that girl would have had trouble lying about the party. The blonde haired boy nodded as Fluttershy led him to the bathroom. She also told him that she would give his clothes a quick rinse while he was in the shower.

He thanked her and proceeded with his shower, and after about ten minutes he was ready to leave. The two walked out the door and headed for the surprise party.

Sunset Shimmer was asleep in her bed, she was having a dream where she was once again a demon and was terrifying the school. It was always a nice dream to have, and it made her miss having that demonic power. Her dream was interrupted by a knock at her door. She sighed before getting up and tiredly walking towards the door. The red and yellow haired girl rubbed her eye as she opened the door. Standing there were Snips and Snails, they looked really excited. "This better be important, I was having a good dream." She sounded more annoyed than tired.

"It is." Snips answered.

Snails nodded. "Yeah, really important." There was a pause after that was said.

"Just tell me already!" She yelled.

"We got the information on Roxas for you." The taller boy handed her the small notebook. "Did we do a good job?"

Sunset read over every single note that her two henchmen took down, it appeared that they received a lot of info. 'I'm guessing that they talked to Pinkie Pie.' She thought to herself while going over the last little pieces of information. "Not bad you two." The two henchmen smiled and high fived each other. It was a great feeling knowing that they didn't mess anything up this time.

"So what do you want us to do now Sunset?" The smaller boy asked.

"Nothing."

The two looked over to each other and then back to Sunset Shimmer. "Why don't you want us to do anything?" Snails asked.

"Because, you've done your part already." She answered.

"But Sunset, we could help you think of a plan." Snips said as Snails nodded his head.

"Yeah think of a plan."

Just because they didn't screw up now didn't mean they couldn't screw up later. Besides the two of them were not the smartest people in the world, and there was no way either of them could think of a clever plan. "Sorry but I'm the brains of this operation, you two are on standby while I think of a plan." The two started walking away. Suddenly a plan came to her mind, it wasn't long term but it seemed like a good one. "Oh and one more thing."

They stopped and turned around, determined looks were on their faces. "What do you need us to do?" The tall boy asked military style.

A devilish smirk came onto her face. "I want you two to challenge Roxas to a fight on Monday." Snips and Snails looked at her like she was the stupid one of the group.

"Why would we do that?" Snails asked.

"Yeah, we can't beat him remember." That was a very clear fact, and Sunset was well aware.

"Don't remind me..." She muttered quietly. "The reason I want you to fight him is because it will get him in trouble."

It took Snips and Snails a few moments to realize how the plan worked. "I get it, if he fights us Principal Celestia will punish him."

Sunset blinked in surprise, she didn't think they would catch on that quickly. "Exactly, once you fight him I'll go and tell Principal Celestia. We'll see how tough he is when dealing with the principal."

They all started laughing for a few moments before her two henchmen stopped. "Wait why didn't you go tell Principal Celestia the first time we fought him?"

"Hey yeah, why didn't ya?" Snails wondered.

No answer came to the mean girls' mouth, she had been stumped by her two idiots. Several seconds passed before she could answer, partly due to her kicking herself for not doing that. Roxas could have been expelled already and this problem would be dealt with. It wasn't like she was panicking, Sunset just needed to contemplate that. "Look it doesn't matter, just go and challenge him to a fight." She replied quickly.

"What if he says no?" The teal skinned boy asked.

Another smirk came onto her face. "Tell him that if he wins I'll personally fight him myself." The two stood there for a moment staring blankly at her. A few moments later she grit her teeth. "JUST GET GOING!" They nodded and ran out of her door. Although they had no idea where Roxas was they were determined to find him some how.

A yawn escaped Sunsets' mouth as she headed back to her bed, she needed to get some more sleep before doing anything else.

The walk to Sugarcube Corner didn't seem to take long at all, even if they weren't going at a fast pace. Along the way the two of them were having a nice talk, and it was quite the nice day outside. During this time Roxas was explaining Struggle to Fluttershy, and although it didn't really appeal to her she did think Rainbow would enjoy it. He also told her about the time Hayner ate several sea salt ice cream cones in about ten minutes. Near the end she was in hysterics. "And then Hayner says, 'I think my stomachs going to explode.'"

Another laugh came out of the shy girls mouth. "That reminds me of Pinkie Pie, she could eat three tubs of ice cream in no time at all."

"Yeah I heard from Rarity that she likes to drench her desserts in hot sauce." He said with a mixture of disgust and confusion.

"At this point we don't really notice that much anymore." They once again shared a laugh as Sugarcube Corner was in sight.

As the two were approaching Pinkie made sure everyone was ready. Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, AppleJack and Apple Bloom were there. The party they set up had been quite elaborate, it was sure to be a fun time for all. "They're coming, get ready." Pinkie whispered.

The door opened and Roxas was the first to walk in, as soon as he did everyone jumped out of hiding. "SURPRISE!" They shouted in unison which made Roxas jump in surprise.

Pinkie Pie walked up to him. "Roxas, I would personally like to welcome you to your very own Pinkie party!" She explained.

"Pinkie party?" The boy questioned.

"Pinkie Pie throws a party for every new person in town." AppleJack explained.

Rarity took a sip of punch. "And since you're new, Pinkie felt it was her duty to throw you one no matter what." She walked up to him and handed him his own cup of punch.

"Wow... this is so nice." He looked around and saw that they were all smiling, and also two girls he didn't even know. Then he thought back to his dream, but now it didn't seem like it could happen. From what he has seen all of these girls really like each other... not in 'that way' of course. Yet there was this feeling in the back of his mind.

As he stood there everyone else at the party looked at him confused. "Is something wrong Roxas?" Fluttershy asked softly.

The key blade wielder looked over at all of them. "Yeah I'm fine, It's just..."

"Just what?" The rainbow haired girl asked.

"Just... I feel kind of bad."

"Why, It's a party. You can't feel bad at a party!" Pinkie Pie explained while smiling brightly.

His head hung down and he sighed, he was rethinking telling them about the dream. If Roxas told them about what happened to him than maybe it would prepare them for any future crisis. Then again, they might not even believe him... or think that he was crazy. The whole situation was pretty crazy. "Well... It's because... I didn't get you guys anything."

Everyone else just blinked twice, they expected him to say something worse. "It's your party silly, you're not the one who has to get gifts."

"Plus it was a surprise party." Scootaloo added.

"Wait we were supposed to get him a gift?" Rainbow questioned as the others just stared at her for a second before all sharing a laugh.

"Hehe, oh yeah." Once again he sighed. Roxas decided to not bring it up at this party, a later date would be better to tell them.

"Now that we have that settled... IT'S TIME TO PARTY!" The pink party girl shouted as the party finally started.

For the next couple of hours the party went on, and it was a great time had by all. Roxas met Apple Bloom and Scootaloo and got a chance to learn more about the others. They in turn learned more about Roxas. He told them more about his old home and his friends, and once again explained the concept of Struggle. It sounded like something that Canterlot high should teach, at least to Rainbow, Pinkie, and AppleJack anyway.

At a certain point in the party the pink haired girl had brought out several desserts for them all to try. Those included a chocolate cake, a stack of cupcakes, and tons of different ice cream flavors. To Roxas' disappointment there was no sea salt ice cream. "So are you enjoying the party?" Pinkie asked.

"Yeah it's great."

As the two of them were talking Rarity looked over to the boy, and it wasn't innocent either. Part of her wanted to go over and ask him out, but another part told her to wait until they were alone. AppleJack walked over to her with a smirk on her face. "This ain't the first time you've been checking out Roxas."

Rarity snapped back to reality and turned towards her friend. "Don't be ridiculous AppleJack, I wasn't checking him out." She replied nervously.

"I don't know, it sure seemed like you were staring at him like he was a fancy dress in a store window."

"AppleJack I assure you that I was just... admiring his, outfit."

"Don't play dumb with me Rarity, I can tell when you're falling for a guy. Remember what happened with Blue Blood?" The honest girl asked which caused Rarity to grumble.

"I thought we agreed to never speak about that again." She mumbled under her breath before looking over to her friend. "Is it really that obvious?"

AppleJack nodded. "Look Rarity, if you have feelings for Roxas why not just go over there and tell him?"

The white skinned girl gasped. "Are you mad, I can't just waltz up to him and ask him. I may be a diva but I'm certainly not a party crasher." That title belonged to Pinkie Pie.

"Well if I were you I'd ask him sooner rather than later." The orange skinned girl stated plainly.

"Why do you say that?" She asked as AppleJack pointed over to Roxas, who was having a conversation with Fluttershy. The two seemed to be enjoying themselves, much to Raritys' surprise. "You don't think Fluttershy will ask him out, do you?"

The yellow haired girl shrugged. "Beats me."

"Would it be wrong of me to 'steal' Roxas away from Fluttershy?" Rarity asked, knowing that she would get an honest answer from her.

"Yeah it would, do you know how many dates Fluttershy has had?" The purple haired girl shook her head no. "Exactly, she hasn't been on any dates before, heck she hasn't had any boyfriends either." Not that the honest girl was interested in that stuff either, but she was trying to make a point.

"So... what should I do?"

"Tell him how you feel while can."

Rarity nodded. "Thanks AppleJack, oh and can we keep this between us for now?"

"Can do Rarity." They both smiled before Rarity caught a whiff of something awful.

"What's that horrid stench?"

Her friend chuckled nervously. "Me and Rainbow stayed over a Pinkies' last night, and she didn't let us shower this morning." She explained. The white skinned girl only nodded as they went over and got some more punch.

Back in Twilight Town the three friends of Roxas were once again searching for their missing friend. It had been several days and no one has seen or heard from him. Hayner, Pence, and Olette checked everywhere and hadn't found him yet, the only place they haven't checked was the mansion. It was a long shot but it was the only place left to search. The three of them started looking in the morning and had been at it for hours, unfortunately Roxas still hadn't been found. Even after climbing over the locked gate and searching every room in the mansion, they still hadn't found him.

"This is ridiculous, how could he have just disappeared?!" Hayner questioned as they exited the mansion.

"I don't know, it's so bizarre." Pence stated.

Olette put a hand on her chin. "There has to be some place we haven't checked."

They didn't want to give up hope, but things were looking bleak. There was no way that any of them would lose hope, except at this point there might not have been any left. The black haired boy sighed. "Do you think maybe... Roxas..." Before he could finish he was interrupted.

"Don't talk like that!" Hayner snapped. He knew what his friend was suggesting, and he also knew that it couldn't be true. Something deep down was telling him that Roxas was still alive. There was always the possibility that he was dead, but it seemed too far fetched. Surely someone would have found his body by now if he had died, plus no one in Twilight Town seemed capable of murder... unless it was an accident... no, it couldn't have been.

"Hayner are you alright?" The girl asked as Hayner put his thoughts on hold.

"I'm fine... come on, lets continue the search." His friends nodded.

The three of them started walking back towards the woods but they stopped when footsteps could be heard behind them. They turned around and saw a cloaked figure standing there. "Who are you?" Pence asked.

"And where did you come from?" Olette wondered.

"Sorry but I can't answer your questions, all I can say is that I need you three to come with me."

That caught them off guard. "What do you want with us?" The blonde haired boy asked while going into a defensive mode.

"You three are key components in my plan, and it would be great if you came with me." He stated which made the others nervous, if there was one thing they learned as children it was stranger danger. Hayner pushed his two friends back a bit and clenched his fists. "Come now, is this any way to behave around someone who wants to help you?"

"Help us?" Pence questioned, it sure didn't seem like the robbed man was trying to help.

"Yes, I understand you three are searching for your friend Roxas." That made them all gasp. "I can take you to him, all you have to do is cooperate."

He snapped his fingers and a portal opened up behind him, he slowly started to walk into it. The other three were unsure of what they should do, could they really trust that stranger. "What do you guys think?" Olette asked.

"I'm not sure, what about you Hayner... Hayner...?" The two of them looked over and noticed that he was already running into the portal, they would have tried to stop him but it was too late. "We might as well follow him." She nodded and they went after their friend. There was no telling what would happen on the other side, but finding Roxas was their top priority and they would risk their lives to save him.

There we go, the new chapter is finally here. I'm sorry for the long wait for an update, I was working on other stuff and also needed to get past some writers block. So it looks like Rarity has her eyes set on Roxas and his three friends from Twilight Town are braving the unknown to save him. Sunset Shimmer seems to be thinking of a good plan to deal with her new enemy. Stay tuned for more and be sure to R and R!

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