It was the warm season known as Spring. Winter had ended which meant the snow was gone, the flowers were blooming, and it was time for a school trip with Canterlot High as they were getting ready for their newest trip which would be on a cruise ship.
"Guys, I think this'll be an interesting Spring Break," Cherry said to the others. "I don't even feel nauseous!"
"That's great." Mo smiled.
"Any allergies?" Atticus asked.
Cherry sniffed the air a bit and seemed to not be stuffed up. "Huh. Actually, no."
"You can thank me." Lionel told her as he appeared next to Cherry.
"Told you." Cherry smirked to the others about Lionel coming along.
"At least you're happy." Atticus smirked back to her.
"Yeah." Patch added.
"Hm." Cherry smirked as Spring was always hard for her to enjoy due to her severe seasonal allergies.
"Ya know, gang, I'm not sure what it is, but I feel like there's another presence, but I can't identify who it might be," Lionel said. "It's both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time."
"That's interesting." Mo said.
"Yeah... I can't place it..." Lionel shrugged. "Ah, well. Thanks for letting me come along."
"Cherry insisted." Patch replied.
Cherry rolled her eyes to that, but it was true.
"I can't wait to get on the field trip." Atticus smiled.
A van soon pulled up.
"All aboard!" Hilda called out from one window, smiling to them.
"Looks like that's our ride to go!" Lionel beamed, poofing himself in a floral shirt with a flower necklace, shorts, sandals, and sunglasses on his head.
"Yep." Mo nodded.
They soon came into Drell's van as he was going to drive them all to the cruise trip.
"Spring Break!" The group cheered together and they soon rode away.
"Yaay! I get to go to a high school field trip!" Phoebe beamed.
"Yep, you sure do." Drell nodded.
Phoebe beamed happily as they rode along to meet the others at the docks for the cruise trip for Spring Break. Thor rolled his eyes at his younger sister, though he had to smile because he hadn't seen his sister this happy in a long time, except for maybe since her birthday when she got to meet The Sky Dancers.
"This is so exciting." Zoe smiled.
"So that's Zoe... Hm... I can see why Thor likes her a lot." Lionel said, looking to Zoe.
"Uh, yeah, that's a funny story," Cherry said. "I'll tell you later."
Lionel looked to her before shrugging it off as they rode off together.
Eventually, they made it just in time, and they soon all got onto the cruise, saying goodbye to their parents and guardians who stayed back home while they would go off on their Spring Break field trip.
"Ah, a cruise." Atticus smiled.
"So this is what a boat ride feels like..." Cherry smirked without feeling queasy. "I kinda like it."
"Spring Breeeeak!" Pinkie Pie beamed.
"She is going to be saying two more times." Mo guessed with a sigh.
"You okay, Mo?" Atticus smiled.
"Mm-hmm, I feel fi-" Mo smiled back before cupping her mouth and she suddenly threw up overboard.
"Yikes!" Atticus yelped.
"T-That was weird..." Mo then said, uneasily.
"It sure was." Patch agreed.
Mo checked her forehead before shrugging. "I don't have a fever."
"Maybe you should sit down for a while..." Atticus said, helping her into a seat beside Rarity.
"Yeah. Maybe." Mo said.
Atticus smiled to her before Mo smiled back, even if she had just thrown up.
"Spring Break!" Pinkie Pie beamed, coming out of the pool as Mirco Chips was about to leap off from the diving board.
Bulk Biceps took a look like a ship's captain until Pinkie Pie came up behind him, waving his arms in the air.
"Spring Break!" Pinkie Pie beamed to him.
"When is she going to stop?" Lionel asked.
"I think she's done now." Mo said as she took a drink to settle her stomach.
Eventually, even after feeling sick, the others began to enjoy themselves, even Mo.
"'Welcome aboard the Luxe Deluxe, where you'll set sail for a full week of luxurious luxuriating on our most deluxe luxury liner'!" Sci-Twi read aloud from a brochure.
"It's a bit redundant, isn't it?" Atticus remarked.
"Maybe, but it is fun." Lionel said.
"Ooh! Sounds... Luxurious." Fluttershy smiled.
Applejack nodded in agreement as she seemed to be getting seasick herself.
"Did you see there's a petting zoo on board?" Sci-Twi then asked.
"Mm! Smoothies!" Pinkie Pie beamed, sharing smoothies with her friends.
"I could go for something to eat." Mo smiled.
"And an all-you-can-eat buffet you can... Eat all you... Can eat at?" Sci-Twi listed with a sheepish smile.
Pinkie Pie let out an excited scream which startled Cherry a bit. "Twilight, this cruise has everything! And a moving floor!"
The floorboards then creaked underneath them. Cherry soon noticed that Applejack was seasick.
"Huh, Applejack and Mo are seasick, but Cherry isn't," Patch said. "This is a strange journey so far."
"Ah think Ah might've forgotten to pack my sea legs." Applejack gulped sluggishly.
Cherry soon brought out the medicine for seasickness.
"What's this?" Applejack asked.
"It's called Dramamine," Cherry told her. "It'll help settle your stomach a bit."
"Thanks." Applejack replied as she accepted the medicine.
"It should work in about an hour or so." Cherry gave a small smile.
Applejack smiled back from the help.
"Thank you for organizing this trip, Twilight." Sunset then said.
"I've gotta hand it to ya," Rainbow Dash added. "You really have an eye for climactic battle settings!"
"Come again?" Patch asked.
The others soon glanced over to her in confusion.
"Okay, good, it's not just me who doesn't get it." Thor smiled in relief.
"Imagine going head to head with a sea monster by the pool!" Rainbow Dash began out of excitement. "Ka-chow! Evil Equestrian magic flows up the diving pool! Kaboom! The boat's sinking! Everyone's screaming! And then we save the day!"
"I doubt we'll experience any Equestrian magic today." Patch said.
"Which, not saying isn't interesting, but I'd like a break from it personally." Cherry said.
"Ooh, I don't blame you," Lionel replied. "You've had a long journey before this, and you deserve to kick back and relax."
"All of us deserve a break." Atticus said.
"We have been in a bit of stress lately, haven't we?" Thor smiled as he stretched, getting ready to hit the pool.
"Yeah, Thor, we have," Atticus smiled back. "We all could use a break from adventure for a little while."
"Oh. Is the sea monster okay in the story?" Fluttershy asked Rainbow Dash.
"Better than okay!" Rainbow Dash beamed, slurping down her smoothie before putting it on a plate as a server walked by. "She's our friend now! Best spring break ever!" She soon saw no one was joining in.
"...Heh...?" Zoe smiled bashfully.
"Or we could do... Not that?" Sunset smiled bashfully.
The rest of the group agreed to that.
"I was hoping we could do something without... Having to battle Equestrian magic for a change?" Sci-Twi suggested.
"We couldn't even spend the day at Equestria World without creatin' a calamity." Applejack added.
"Plus this is cruise; the only problem we'd have to face is if it crashed into jagged rocks." Lionel said.
"Or a giant iceberg." Cherry added as a Titanic reference.
"But then we'd then uncalaminated, like literal awesome superheroes!" Rainbow Dash then said out of excitement.
Sci-Twi sighed as she began to look a bit low.
Rarity came over to comfort the smart girl. "Twilight, this is a most deserved respite. We're all very thankful for the chance to relax and do absolutely nothing." she then smiled to cheer her up.
"Yeah." Atticus nodded.
The rest of the group agreed as Sci-Twi gave a small smile while Rainbow Dash angrily pouted.
Thor soon came out of the pool, snorkeling a bit with Zoe before taking out his phone.
"Oh! Thor! What is it?" Atticus frowned to him, fearing the worst.
"What is it?" Rainbow Dash added. "Evil magic?!"
"A GPS alert!" Thor announced, moving his snorkel a bit, panting a bit. "We're in international waters!"
"Really?!" Rarity replied.
The rest of the group agreed as Sci-Twi gave a small smile while Rainbow Dash angrily pouted. Thor soon came out of the pool, snorkeling a bit with Zoe before taking out his phone.
"Oh! Thor! What is it?" Atticus frowned to him, fearing the worst.
"What is it?" Rainbow Dash added. "Evil magic?!"
"A GPS alert!" Thor announced, moving his snorkel a bit, panting a bit. "We're in international waters!"
"Really?!" Rarity replied.
"Yep." Thor nodded.
Rainbow Dash soon gasped before she looked confused. "What does that mean?"
"Tax-free shopping!~" Rarity announced before she soon ran off.
"...You were keeping track of shopping for Rarity?" Atticus asked his best guy friend.
"Aunt Hilda wanted me to check for her." Thor smiled.
"Ahh." Atticus smiled back.
Everyone then split up to go do their own thing as Rainbow Dash was a little left out.
"Feeling any better, Mo?" Atticus asked.
"I think so," Mo replied. "I feel a little bit hungry right now actually."
"Then you better follow Pinkie Pie." Atticus said.
Mo soon slowly got up and went to get something to eat.
"Phoebe, quit following us everywhere," Thor complained to his little sister. "Go play with someone else."
"But I have no one to play with." Phoebe pouted.
Thor looked annoyed to her, but soon stopped to think of someone his little sister could play with. "Hmm~... There must be someone here..." he then looked all around before finding a young girl who was around his little sister's age who appeared to be reading on her phone, and soon pushed Phoebe over to the other girl. "Have fun! You can brush each other's hair and talk about rainbows!"
The girl soon looked up from her phone.
Phoebe looked over and looked to the other girl. "Um... Hello?"
"Uh, h-hi, there." The other girl replied.
"My name's Phoebe." Phoebe said, sitting next to the girl.
"I'm Lily Pad." The girl replied.
"So, uh, what do you like to do for fun?" Phoebe asked her.
"Uh, well, I usually read stories on my phone." Lily smiled bashfully.
"What kind of stories?" Phoebe asked.
"Mm... Well... Lots of stuff, I guess..." Lily smiled shyly. "This one's about pirates."
Phoebe sat down to look with her.
"Uh, did you wanna read with me?" Lily asked.
"Only if you don't mind." Phoebe smiled.
"I don't." Lily smiled back.
It seemed that a new friendship was born between the two girls.
"That should keep her busy for a while." Thor smirked to himself as he went back to snorkeling inside the pool as he lowered his goggles.