FiM

			cHAPTER ONE: Gathering the gang

	Bon-Bon was walking out of Sugarcube corner with Lyra in tow, as the sun shined, and Rainbow Dash pushed some clouds away.
"so, Lyra, I've been thinking...," Bon-Bon began with a bit of trepidation, "what if we did something noteable today?"
"whatever do you mean, Bon-Bon?" asked Lyra, her interest obviously piqued.
"well, the ponies that wield the elements of Harmony are always the talk of Pony- oh wait, lets make a left here, I know just the spot to think about good ideas in! anyhow, they're always the talk of Ponyville! equestria even! why don't we get any limelight!?" Bon-Bon responded, as the pair walked towards a shady grove near the Everfree Forest.

	as Bon-Bon saw the place she wanted to stop, she began to trot towards it at a decent pace, Lyra, holding a cupcake, beginning to trot too, almost tripped and dropped it, sighing.
"Bon-Bon, what about this spot is so great for thinking?" Lyra inquired, "I mean, there's a billion of these groves."

looking at the curious formation of the large rock sitting under the trees in the grove, Bon-Bon suddenly had another idea.
"hey, Lyra, can you get Derpy, Carrot Top, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch and Cloudchaser for me? bring them all here. I have a grand idea!

"uh, sure thing, I'll be right back, Bon-Bon!"
and off Lyra ran, back towards town.
meanwhile, Bon-Bon sat on top of the large rock, thinking.

"we'll be the Mane Six in Ponyville, after this plot, heh heh". she thought out loud, giggling at the word plot.

	Derpy Hooves sat outside in a cafe enjoying a chocolate-chip muffin, the morning sun beaming down on her face as ponies passed by, all about their merry way.
suddenly, from down the dirt road leading to the Everfree Forest, Lyra came running towards the cafe.
"Hey, Derpy! Bon-Bon wante-"
"yeah, she wanted her mail, right? Here ya' go!" she interrupted, reaching into her mailbag. "and here's yours!" thrusting the envelopes into Lyra's face.

"that isn't what I was going to ask!" replied Lyra, grabbing the mail, flustered. "I wanted to ask you-"
"for one of my homemade chocolate-chip muffins!? here!" Derpy said, pushing a muffin into Lyra's hands.

"that's not it, either! Bon-Bon just wants you come down to the shady grove outside the Everfree Forest! It's important!" replied Lyra quickly, before Derpy could take another guess.
"Oh boy! a surprise? I'm there! I'll go tell Pinkie! she loves Surpris-"
"No, Derpy," Lyra said coolly," don't tell Pinkie Pie, or Applejack, or anyone else, just go!"

"After I finish this muffin, and my rounds!" Derpy said, in her usual bubbly tone.

	the morning sun still beamed down as Lyra began to walk away from the cafe. she waved to Pinkie Pie as she bounced around outside of the Sugarcube Corner.
"cool, that's one down" thought Lyra to herself, running towards Vinyl's club. it was closed in the daytime, but Lyra knew Vinyl was probably inside, preparing for the evening, like she usually did.
upon reaching the door to The Hayfield, Lyra bumped into Vinyl, who was walking outside.
"Ouch! hey, Lyra! Watch it! Vinyl Scratch yelped.
"I didn't see you there, sorry" began Lyra, "but you're just who I'm looking for!" she said as she helped Vinyl up.
"Uh, what's up?" asked Scratch.
"Bon-Bon wanted me to get you to come to that huge rock in the shady grove near the Everfree forest!" Lyra replied, excitedly.
"Well, what for?" Vinyl asked.
a bouncer pushed past Lyra, trying to go inside the club to help prepare it for the night. "I don't know. Bon-Bon insists it'll be awesome, whatever it is." She replied.
"you know what? I'm bored getting The Hayfield ready for tonight, the rest of the employees can help, I'll come along. I'll bring Octavia too! want to come with me to the Town Hall? Octavia's practicing there.
"uh, yeah, sure!" Lyra replied, as they began towards the center of town.
walking down main street, Lyra spotted Derpy flying around clumsily, delivering the mail.
"hey, Derpy! don't forget!" she yelled, distracting the blonde pony.
"uh. yeah! I'll be-" Derpy's reply was cut short as she crashed into Mr. and Mrs. Cake's mailbox.
"ouch..." Lyra and Vinyl said in unison, wincing.
the calamity had drawn the attention of a couple of Pegasi. in particular, Rainbow Dash, who was above, pushing clouds, and Cloudchaser, who was helping her with the weather.

"I just don't know what went wrong..." groaned Derpy as the two pegasi swooped down to see what was going on.
as the dust from the crash settled, Lyra and Vinyl ran over to help Derpy collect the spilled contents of her mailbag.
"Derpy, you should be more careful! yelled Rainbow Dash.
"I'm sorry! I really don't know what went wrong! I was flying one second, and the next I crashed into something!" explained Derpy.
"Derpy, don't mind Dashie, she's on edge because we're behind schedule on the weather for this week." Cloudchaser replied.
"hmmm, welp! I'm done with my rounds!" Derpy began." I'm going to go drop off my bad at the Post Office, and I'll see you in a sec, Lyra!" she concluded, zooming off before anyone could ask if she was okay or respond.
"That Derpy... sigh" Rainbow Dash said, flying back up to the clouds, Cloudchaser in tow.
"Cloudy! hey, Cloudchaser! come here!" Lyra called.