Equestria Guardians: Friendship is Magic
Chapter 2: The Return of Friendship pt.2
5 Years Later…
Sparkle Apartment Residence
Twilight's Room
The room's walls were littered with posters famous scientists; Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, John Oppenheimer, and other scientists, along the walls next to Goldrapp, Buddy Hole, and Justin Timberlake. A figure stirred in her bed under light purple covers, as they pulled them off a little, revealing themselves. It was a fifteen year old girl with a physically fit body, a developing hourglass figure of a finely tune waist, A cup chest, and mid-long violet hair with a familiar pink and ruby streak in her hair, wearing a big light purple sleeveless T-shirt as pajamas. It was none other than Twilight Sparkle, as she grew up to be a slight nerdy teenager, but if looked at carefully, she become inconspicuously beautiful.
The door to her room opened a little, as a figure walked in, slowly making their way to her bed. It leaned on the beam of her bed, until…
"TWILIGHT, WAKE UP!" The figure shouted, as they jumped on the bed, jumping on her, as she gasped in surprise.
She switched the light, on, as it revealed who it was that had tackled on her. It was an eleven year old boy, Caucasian, slim body frame, green eyes, as well as a green hairstyle shaped like a spiky Mohawk. He was dressed in a white button up T-shirt with redwood colored trim cuffs on the sleeves, a pair of redwood colored pants, and brown shoes. His name was Spike Sparkle, the adopted brother of Twilight and Shining Armor Sparkle. And right now, he was waking up his sister.
She groaned, as Twilight slowly got up, as she groaned, "Seriously, Spike? What time is it?"
"It's almost 6:30 AM. Almost time for the new school day," Spike advised her.
Once that kicked in, Twilight was wide awake, as she jumped out, nearly shoving Spike off the bed, as she raced to her closet. Immediately, she stripped down to her underwear, and was speeding to get dressed. Spike covered his face immediately, as he berated her, "Twilight! Couldn't you wait for me to get out of here before you got dressed?!"
Twilight had almost finished, as she was slipping on her shoes, as she simply stated, "Hey, this is a speedy emergency. And besides, it's not like we haven't seen each other naked before. We bathed together, remember?"
"Yeah," Spike said, as it was now safe to look, as he scowled, "But you were like six, I was one year old."
Twilight finished dressing, as she now stood in her school uniform along with Spike. She was wearing a white button up T-shirt with redwood colored trim on her sleeves, a yellow sweater vest, a redwood skirt, purple knee socks that were baggy, and brown slip on shoes. However, unknown to Spike, Twilight wore underneath her shirt the same pendant she had when it was given to her when she was ten. Though she never told anyone about it at all, and had kept it hidden, Spike knew about it of course, but never told anyone about it. And he never pestered her on why she had it. In truth, she wanted to get rid of it to rid herself of the nightmares she had that day, as well as 2,000 hours of therapy and medication she had. But she still kept it, but never spoke about it.
She grabbed her book bag, and then ran for Spike, as she cried out, "Move it, Spike! I don't wanna be late for the first day of high school!"
Spike grabbed his bag, as he was being dragged out along with Twilight, as he groaned, knowing full well of his sister's fixation on perfect education as well as attendance, "You're the only person I know that gets excited on the first day of school…"
30 Minutes Later…
Canterlot Academy
The two siblings had taken a trolley express way to get to the school they were currently going to. Once the trolley express had made its stop, the two siblings jumped out, followed by rushing teens and preteens making their way to the school, that was more like a kingdom than a simple school. In fact, the entire school was built nearby the coast… on an island continent. Canterlot Academy: a school city in of itself. Within its massive campus, which stretched all over on an island nestled between the bay of Ponyville, was a multitude of educational facilities. It covered both Kindergarten and College University, and at least 20,000 were enrolled in its dormitories. From looking up at the school, if it was seen atop in a helicopter, the school in on itself was actually a vast island city. It had its own mall, food court, hospital centers, movie theatre complex, shopping malls, and a small island connected by a bridge called Encarta Island. The school was founded nearly 200 years ago by one Victoria Celestine, and that the current headmaster had been taking a leave of absence from time to time. It had everything a student could ask for, including those who were required to live on campus in the dorms. In truth, it was the most advanced school in America.
As they ran to the main building, Twilight was anxiously awaiting the school day's classes. Spike, on the other hand, was beginning to push Twilight in the direction he knew she needed to go. "So, Twilight… plan on making any friends this year in this school?"
Twilight nearly tripped over herself, as she scowled at Spike, "Spike!"
"Cmon, Twilight," Spike encouraged her. "You're smart, diligent, but you gotta stop sticking your nose in a book, which is most of the time." Twilight grumbled at that, but let her little brother continue, "I'm just saying there's more to life than studying."
Twilight frowned at her little brother, as she asked, "What are you? Mom?"
"No," Spike frowned, feeling a little sensitive on that. "I'm just saying like mom and dad have been telling you to do for the past five years: make some friends." But Twilight just groaned at that, as Spike continued to encourage her, "Look on the bright side. Canterlot Academy is said to have the biggest library in Ponyville. What more to you want?"
"Well, call me picky," Twilight sarcastically replied. "But maybe a little brother who doesn't bug me constantly to make friends whenever I go to a new school would be nice."
Spike sighed, "Guess it's true: there's just no pleasin' some people." Once they got inside, they walked through the main hallway together, as they passed some of the students nearby. He then looked to Twilight, as they walked down the pathway to get to the school building. "At least try to make some friends, okay? I don't wanna spend the whole day having to hear how your day went. Even I have a life."
"Spike, first of all: the fate of the world does not rest on me making friends," Twilight pointed out. But then she frowned, as she seemed disappointed, "And second… what's wrong with talking to me most of the time? You never complained about it before."
"It gets kind of annoying after the first five years," Spike stated. "Besides… maybe the students here will have interesting things to talk about." Twilight wasn't sure, but Spike insisted, "C'mon, Twilight. At least try to talk to the first person you bump into." He then ran off to his class, leaving to Twilight and her thoughts.
As she walked towards her locker, she noticed a girl getting ready for her day. She was a Caucasian fifteen year old girl, much like her; she had a nice body, well fit with a B-cup sized chest, blue eyes, and pink orchid hair that was fluffed and bouncy that that reached to her shoulder blades, with two bangs in front of her, with the right dangling a bit. She was dressed in the same uniform that Twilight wore, except she had thigh high stockings that were striped white and pink, and had a pink back pack.
Twilight sighed, taking a deep breath, as she nodded, "Okay. You promised Spike, Mom, Dad, and Shining you'd make friends this year. It's time to break the five-year streak, and start fresh." She walked over to the pink haired beauty, and stopped at her locker. Once the girl closed her locker, she took notice of Twilight, who nervously smiled, as she waved to her, "Uh… hello?"
The pink haired girl blinked, until she gasped out loud, while jumping in the air, "DAAAAAAAAAAAH!" And then zipped right past her.
Twilight blinked in a little bit of confusion on that, as she sarcastically stated while returning to normal, "Well… that was interesting alright."
Later That Day
Cafeteria
It had currently been lunchtime, as everyone in the academy was sitting down to a nice seat and eating their lunches. The place was loaded with decorations; obviously something was going on, or some kind of celebration was about to occur. Which it was, considering that there was a banner that said, Celebrating the 100th Eclipse of the Fall Solstice. On one table, a lone student was picking at her food, as Twilight was all by herself. Spike was elsewhere, watching from afar, making sure he didn't intervene at all. He had hoped that keeping his distance from her would actually work, but so far… nothing.
But then something caught his interest, as a student walked past Twilight…. And then stopped, as she turned around.
Twilight was about to eat her fruit salad… until the same pink haired girl popped up, as she smiled, "Hi!"
Twilight jumped out of her seat startled, but then the pink-haired girl grabbed her hand and quickly spoke up, while shaking her hand, "Hey there. You're new around here. I'm Pinkie Pie. How did I know you're new here? I bet that's what you're thinking right? Well, let me tell ya how I know: I know everybody in this school from top to bottom. That's now a party planner like me operates when needed to." But then she stopped, as she smiled at her, "So… what's your name?"
Calming down, Twilight managed to answer, "T-Twilight. Twilight Sparkle."
Pinkie gasped, as she shook her hand yet again, making Twilight shake like crazy, "Nice to meet ya, Twilight Sparkle. Say, were you surprised when I surprised you? Were you, were you?! Huh, Huh, Huh?!"
Twilight pulled away, as she groaned in a deadpan tone, "Yeah. Very surprised."
Pinkie gasped yet again, as stars sparkled in her eyes, as she hugged Twilight, "I know! I have a great super-duper idea! This weekend, we'll throw a party over at either your place or mine. I live in the Cake Pastry Bakery. It's basically on campus, but we're gonna expand by next year close to a pet shop! But i'm losing place here. Anyway, where'd you like the party at? Do you like surprises, music, games, etc.?"
Pulling away, Twilight had no idea how to keep up with this girl, much less make any sense of what was going on in that pink orchid-colored haired girl before her. She looked away, as she mumbled, "Um, well… I'm not exactly the kind of girl who enjoys noise. I like more of nice quiet place types…"
But Pinkie Pie half frowned, half smirked, as she shook her head, "Oh, that's silly. What kind of welcome party would it be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, Booring! You see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all, "Hello," and I was all…" and made the gasping noise and surprised face when they first met. "Remember? You see, I never saw you before, and if I never saw you before, that means you're new. 'Cause I know everyone, and I mean everyone, in Ponyville. And if you're new, it meant you hadn't met anyone yet, and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, And if you don't have any friends, then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad. And I had an idea, and that's why I went.." and made the gasping sound she had made before. "And after a long time to think, I thought 'Gee. I should throw a great big, ginormous, super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Canterlot Academy to welcome the New Girl! And once that happens, you'll have lots and lots of friends!"
All at the moment, Twilight slumped back in her chair, as she groaned, 'Sheesh. Doesn't this girl ever stop?'
Suddenly, at that moment, someone sped towards the two, not noticing them at all at tremendous speed, until…
CRASH!
The two girls were in a heap, as the third girl was getting back onto her feet. She was a Caucasian female with an athletic frame, with ruby quartz pink eyes, a confident and smug look on her face, messy bangs in front of her face, and long reaching down to her mid-back, and looked like she had the body of a ten year old. She was the exact height of Twilight and Pinkie, though she lacked a chest at all. She wore the female uniform like the others, except she had a criss-cross belt with a rainbow design on it, and had her vest undone, as well as wore black fingerless gloves. But the most noticeable and eye-catching thing about her was that her hair was multi-colored, like a rainbow.
The girl brushed herself off, as Twilight and Pinkie groggily got up from the tackle, as the rainbow haired girl cried out in triumph, "Yes! Made it to lunch before the bell! I'm awesome!"
Suddenly, a ticked of Twilight ran up to her, as she glared daggers at her, "HEY, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING! YOU COULD HAVE RUN US OVER!"
But the rainbow-haired girl scoffed her off, as she picked at her teeth, not caring, "Oh, tut tut, little girl."
But then Pinkie walked up, as she pointed out, "Actually, when you look at it from our point of view, you're the little girl. You don't even have a chest."
That part fumed up the rainbow-haired girl, as she turned to the two of them, as her face turned red with either anger or embarrassment, "I'll have you two know… I'm fifteen like you guys!"
Both girls went wide eye with shock, as they both said together, "Wha…?!"
"Hey, besides, I'm the lucky one," the rainbow haired girl pointed out, crossing her arms across her chest. "Besides, boobs are useless. All that excess weight just slows you down."
Then Pinkie teased, "Then why are you so upset about it when we called you a kid?"
The rainbow-haired girl was shouting up a fumed storm on that, unknowingly drawing the attention of a girl sitting by herself. She was a sixteen year old sophomore, Caucasian, with long blonde hair tied at the end, with green eyes and freckles, and a physically fit body that looked like she did a lot of physical labor, but not heavily or medium muscled. She wore the school female uniform, minus the vest, but had on brown cowboy boots, and had a brown cowboy hat resting on the table. She was eating an apple, as she wondered about the arguing girls, but didn't seem to want to get involved.
The girl was about to pummel the two, until a few student council members, notified by wearing black bands around their right arms, shoved her out of the way. A snooty boy called out, "Make way, you peons! Make way for the Student Council President: Rarity."
At that moment, a new girl walked into the room, followed by a couple of students acting like her bodyguards. She was a Caucasian sixteen year old girl, with snow white skin, violet hair that was styled in a curled sweep to her right, allowing it to go down her mid back as well. She was dressed in the same female uniform, but had around her waist a violet sash belt that was just as wavy as her hair.
She seemed to have a happy and cheerful atmosphere, as well as a high-society feel about her. She smiled, as she said to everyone, "Okay, everyone. Lunch time is almost over. So let's have the rest of our school day as fabulous as everything else."
Twilight blinked as she asked no one in particular, "Who the heck is that?"
Pinkie, scooting over, replied, "That, is Rarity. She's the Student's Council President. Sophomore and a real teenage fashionista. She's also one of the most popular girls in Canterlot Academy. Except for Sunset Shimmer, but she's only popular as a freshman, and due to the fact that everybody's freaked out about her."
Then another girl caught Twilight's attention, as they were helping the rainbow haired girl back on her feet. She was a Caucasian girl with almost snow white skin, sky blue eyes, an excellent figure, and had light pink hair that reached down all the way to her back, and was swept to the right with her bangs. She wore the school's female uniform, but had on a light pink scarf around her neck, making her look like she'd shrink her head in it like a shy turtle.
As the girl helped the rainbow haired girl, she shyly replied in a quiet mousy voice, "Are you okay, Rainbow Dash? What were you doing down there on the floor?"
"Getting run over by the snooty kids," she groggily replied. But she shook it off, "C'mon, Fluttershy. Let's get going."
Fluttershy nodded, "Um.. okay…" and then walked off with her.
Twilight took witness of the scene, and thought ot herself, 'Man, that girl's pretty mousy and timid…' she turned around to leave the cafeteria, hoping to avoid them. but fate had another turn for her, as she crashed face first into some guy's chest, and fell down, flat on her butt. She groaned, as she rubbed her sore face, "Ugh! Watch where you're standing…."
"Sorry about that," a familiar voice spoke up. "You okay?"
Twilight looked up… and was stunned to say the least at who she was looking at. He was a young man, about her age, handsome with short spiked blue hair slicked back and blue eyes, slim build, wearing the boy's school uniform, only he had blue and white sneakers, and a leather jacket tied around his waist. He extended his hand to help her up on her feet, as she graciously took his hand, as he helped her back on her feet.
The boy smirked, as he saw she was alright, and apologized, "Sorry about that."
"Nah, it's okay," Twilight brushed it off.
"Still, I'm sorry, miss…" the boy apologized, and asked for a name.
"Twilight," she answered.
The boy went wide eye with surprise, as he asked, "Wait a minute. Twilight? As in Twilight Sparkle?"
Twilight blinked at htat, as she calmly nodded, "Yeah?"
"I knew you five years ago," the boy answered, as he pointed to himself, "It's me: Flash Sentry. Remember? We were in Sunny Acres Elementary School. I was the guy who handed you the note." He then shyly asked, "I was wondering though… do you still have it? And if so, did you ever jot down an answer?"
Twilight couldn't believe this was the same boy that had given her that note five years ago. He was way too cool-looking, and handsome, and cute, and… she blinked at those thoughts, 'What? Why would I think those…' suddenly, the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. She went wide eye, as she panicked, "Oh no." And then took off, as she shouted, "No! Nonononono! No! The bell! Tardiness! Perfect record!" And ran off.
Flash blinked in confusion, as did Pinkie Pie, as he commented, "Um, one 'no' would have been fine."
After School
Later On
Abandoned Subway Station
After school, Spike and Twilight had gone back into town, and stopped at an abandoned subway station. In actuality, it had become Twilight's personal lab and clubhouse; her home away from home, so to speak. It was spacious, and had been renovated for herself. The upper levels had shelves of books she had collected, as well as an entertainment center for Spike, as well as a coffee table and circle couch for the two. Down below, Twilight was adjusting four towers to which were Tesla Coils, while Spike was working on the computer. Though he seemed a bit miffed, as he asked, "No? you said no. are you this dense?"
Twilight turned to face Spike, angered herself, "And what is that supposed to mean?"
"You practically said No to that Flash guy, as well as that Pinkie Pie girl," Spike explained. "Seriously, do you wanna be a hermit and live the rest of your life in this lab? Friendless? Not known? What kind of teenage girl are you?"
Twilight went back to the Tesla coil, as she answered, "The kind that wants to get the Tesla coil repaired for her experiments if she ever wants to go to college. Off Canterlot Academy."
Spike raised an eyebrow, as he asked, "I thought you liked the Academy? That's the reason why we're going there, isn't it?"
Twilight stopped working on the coils, as she looked at her brother, and stated, "All the kids at that school are CRAZY! That Pinkie girl was the nuttiest ever. She wouldn't leave me alone, always skipping after me, and when I did find a hiding spot, she found me there first. I swear the girl's somehow able to break the laws of reality just to find me. When I turn the other way, she appears there like she's super fast. I can't put my finger on it."
Spike blinked at that, as he shrugged, "Ah well." He then turned to an almost love-struck stupor, as he said, "Man, in the cafeteria today… beautiful."
Twilight raised an eyebrow, as she shrugged, "Yeah, I guess the décor was pretty well thought up. The decorations were stunning."
Spike snapped out of it, as he stated, "No, not the décor…" he then sighed in awe, "…her."
Twilight blinked at that, as she asked, "Her? Her who?"
"Rarity," Spike sighed, as hearts appeared in his eyes. "I didn't think it was possible… but it's true: Angels do exist."
But his dream was snapped out of, as Twilight had gotten down off the Tesla coil, and got into his face, snapping him out of it, "Spike. She's like five years older than you."
Spike was looking at her, and then shrugged, "It could happen."
Twilight frowned, as she sighed, going back to her work, "Well, at least things can't get any weirder for today."
Elsewhere
Flim Flam Emporium
The Flim Flam Everything under the Sun Emporium was a pawn shop. A sort of easy setup by two twin brothers for those who wanted to get rid of stuff, and then they could sell it for anyone who wanted it. Above it was the apartment building that the owners, Flim and Flam Flimflam, lived in. the two brothers, both Caucasian skinny men wearing barbershop outfits; one had a full head of messy red hair with green eyes, and the other had a red cured mustache with green eyes were currently arguing. And the argument, was with a certain familiar urn that was shaking on the table.
"I'm tellin' ya, Brother, that urn is a defective product," Flim stated.
"And I'm tellin' ya, it was a steal," Flam stated.
"No wonder you got it for five cents if it's shaking like that."
Then suddenly, the urn popped open, as it startled the brothers, causing them to jump back. A plume of black flames shot out of the urn, as it formed a black cloud in front of the two brothers. It then started taking shape and form, solid form: until finally, Nightmare Moon stood there, as she coughed up a cloud.
Patting herself clean, she looked to the two brothers, as she asked, "Was I the first one to exit that urn?" The only response she got was Flim and Flam fainting flat on their backs on the ground. Nightmare Moon simply shrugged, "I'll take that as a yes."
She looked around, and spotted the Urn, grinning. She picked it up, as she walked towards the window, "Our five years are up, Celestia… wherever you are." She opened the window, as she held it out over the edge, "Farewell, Celestia. Wherever you are. I'll be sure to tell the little girl you said hi."
And then dropped the urn, just as a blue and white light shot out of it, as it smashed onto the ground at high speed. Unknown to her, the light flew off somewhere, possibly in search of Twilight.
One Hour Later
Sparkle Apartment
After the two had finished in their little secret hideout, they had made it back to their home, quick as bunnies. They entered the house, and saw it vacant. The reason or that was because their parents had gone out of town on business trips. That, and they were hoping to find Shining Armor stationed elsewhere to tell him that his two siblings got accepted into Canterlot Academy. After a quick change, Twilight was about to make dinner, with Spike's help. The two had changed out of their uniforms, as they were now in casual wear. Twilight was wearing a light purple t-shirt with a violet mini-skirt ending above her knees, with pink violet socks that went up to her knees, and violet shoes. Spike was wearing green shorts that went over his knees, a white and purple hoodie with a green hoodie, and a green T-shirt underneath.
Twilight opened the fridge to grab the milk, as she opened the carton, to take a sniff to see it was still good. She cringed, as she shuddered, "Uggh! The milk's gone bad."
"Well, I guess I'm gonna have to get a new carton then," Spike groaned, as he hopped off the table… but then stopped as he went wide eye at an unfamiliar sight beore him.
Twilight held the milk and closed the door to throw away the carton… when she went wide eye as she saw on her fridge, a report on Napoleon Bonaparte… a report she had written five years ago, and had went missing. She blinked at that, wondering how the heck it had gotten there, "What the…? I thought I lost this five years ago." She felt a tugging on her skirt, as Spike was trying to talk, and looked to him, "Oh, Spike. What have we talked about…" And then turned to where he was looking, and then paled, "… staring?"
There, sitting at the dining table, with her legs crossed, and sipping a cup of tea… was Nightmare Moon. She took another sip, as she politely waved, "Hello again." Twilight screamed out in surprise, as Nightmare sighed, "I see after five years, you still scream in my presence. Either a lack of a spine, or I just have that effect on people." She then pointed to the fridge, as she explained, "You know, I was trapped in that urn for five long years, and the only reading material I had was your so-called report on Napoleon Bonaparte. Though to be honest, I think A- might have been a bit unfair. Though it could have been generous; I mean, your presentation was sloppy, the facts referenced from an encyclopedia. It was done rather poorly. Not to mention the handwriting was atrocious."
Finally snapping out of her fear, after her schoolwork had been insulted, Twilight shot back, "I was ten years old!"
"Oh, that's no excuse," Nightmare Moon shot out, as she stood up. She then went back to business, as she slowly walked over to them, "Now that I've got that out of my system. On to business. Where are the Elements of Harmony?"
Twilight blinked, as she asked, "The Elements of what?"
"THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY!" Nightmare Moon screamed out, causing both kids to flinch at that. "The other five gems in the case! The gems Celestia gave to you for safe keeping; the sixth gem you're still wearing! As a pendant!"
Twilight was freaking out at that moment; something she believed to be nothing more than a hallucination that was brought on by school stress, was coming back now. Spike, on the other hand, knew this was long to be true, as he looked to his sister, "Twilight. You might wanna give these Elements back to her. Now."
Twilight frantically answered, "I don't know where they are! I threw them out in the street; I was freaking out! I had to do something!"
Nightmare Moon's right hand glowed blue and black, as the drawers of the kitchen opened up. There, floating out of them, all the knives popped out, as they floated behind her, pointed directly at the two siblings, as Nightmare Moon threatened at the two, "If you won't tell me truthfully… I will cut the truth out of your little brother."
Twilight was scared beyond recognition ideas… until Spike saw the milk carton in Twilight's hand. Quickly, he grabbed the carton and threw it at Nightmare Moon's face, as the contents spewed over her. She cringed and gagged at the smell, stumbling all over the place, as he grabbed Twilight's hand, "TWILIGHT, RUN!"
Snapping out of it, Twilight sped after, pulling Spike along with her, as Nightmare recovered, and sighed, "Typical."
Hotel Rooftops
The kids had made their way, hoping to find someone for help. But for some odd reason, everyone seemed to fall asleep. It was odd to say the least, as even the bellboys and maids were asleep in place. It was like someone pumped the whole building with sleeping gas, and the only ones who weren't affected by it were the siblings. They tried to use the elevators, but somehow they were frozen in place. It was obvious that whatever this Nightmare Moon had done, she wanted to make sure the two siblings would stay in the building. And the only choice they ahd to take was to go up the roof, and hope to find a fire escape down below, and find help.
As they got up the roof, they stopped for breath, as Spike asked, "Twilight? Who the heck was that?"
"I don't know, I don't know," Twilight replied. "She's supposed to be a hallucination I had when I was a kid. And now she's up and about again! This doesn't make sense!"
"Well, she's real, and she's not…"
The rooftop way exploded, causing the two to take notice of the figure walking out of it. Nightmare Moon's hands were glowing brightly, as she snapped, "I will not ask again, Twilight Sparkle. Where are the Elements of Harmony?!" the two siblings weren't answering, as they were too terrified, as Nightmare Moon was getting more fed up, as she shouted, "Then meet with Celestia… INTO OBLIVION!"
But suddenly, a large silhouette appeared, almost shadowing all three of them, as well as draw Nightmare Moon's attention. "What…?"
WHAM!
A giant wing slammed into Nightmare Moon, sending her flying until she skidded at the end of the roof, knocking the wind out of her. Suddenly, the two siblings saw a huge creature landing on the roof before them. a thirty foot blue and white wyvern dragon, with diamond-like scales swept back to his head, and two red piercing eyes, as he roared out, and then spewed a blast of lightning that struck at the recovering Nightmare Moon. But it didn't knock her off the roof; the bolts somehow slowed her down, looking like someone had hit the slow-motion button on her.
The dragon looked to the two, as he spoke to them, "Twilight. Where are the Elements of Harmony?"
Fearing that this dragon was after her as well, she shielded Spike, as she shouted out, "Leave us alone!"
He shook his head, as he looked to see Nightmare was speeding up for an attack. He looked to the two, as he said, "Hop on!"
"What?" Spike asked.
"Are you crazy?!" Twilight shouted.
"You two want to live? Hop on," the dragon called out.
Spike raced up on the dragon's wing, and onto his back, as Twilight pointed out. "I'm afraid of heights. And flying!"
"Well, you're gonna have something more to be afraid of," the dragon pointed out. ""Nightmare Moon. Now hop on!
Twilight, not wanting to argue about that, raced to the dragon, as he used his wing to quickly hoist her on his back. He then dove down off the building as the spell was wearing off of Nightmare Moon, as she regained normal time. Twilight and Spike were screaming as they nosedived off the building, and then at the last second, the dragon pulled up, taking off fast into the air before anyone could see.
Nightmare Moon stopped at the ledge, as she saw the retreating dragon, and fumed, "CURSES!"
Trinity Tower
The Trinity Tower was much like the Tower of Tokyo, built to act as a receiver. The dragon, using the clouds and fog approaching the building, made his way to it, as he landed gracefully onto the building. But just as Twilight was trying to slowly process this, while silently freaking out, "This doesn't make sense. Five years ago, you were just a little paperweight on a display case…"
"And back in 1928, Celestia gave me life to help out with her travels," the Dragon casually responded. "Though I'm not the only magical item in this city or anywhere else. Any place in the world is full of magic. You just need to know where to find it."
As they landed on a flat surface on the tower, a frantic Twilight ran for the railing, as she was about to hurl, "Ugh… I taste sour in my mouth.."
But Spike hopped off, pretty excited, as he laughed, "Whooohooo! That was amazing!" He then looked to the dragon, as he smirked, "Thanks for savin' our butts back there. I'm Spike"
The dragon nodded, "Salutations. I'm Slash."
"NO! NONONONONONONOONONONONO! This isn't happening! You, that woman, and the woman who gave me that pendant five years ago, aren't real!"
The dragon looked down at Spike, as he asked, "Is she always this cynical?"
"Kind of," Spike spoke out, rather calm at seeing a 30-foot dragon before him. "You should see her when she's trying to prove that Santa Claus isn't real."
"But this doesn't make sense," Twilight spat out. "How did she find us? She was sealed up in that urn for five years."
"She used the papers to track you down to where you wrote the paper," Slash explained. "She used a tracking spell on it to find your current home. But that's pretty much all she can find with using it." But then he looked to Twilight, as he interrogated, "And what about you? You should have been able to fight against her. You had the Sixth Element for five years; you must have practiced something along the lines of magic."
However, Twilight still ranted out, "I mean, I have been going under 2,000 hours of therapy, over the past five years to the date! Do you know what my life has been like for the past five years? DO YOU?!"
"Well, in case you didn't remember the past events: Celestia and I were stuck in an urn along with Nightmare Moon for five years. So while Celestia's absent, feel free to help fill in the blanks."
"Well while you've been stuck in a literal urn, I've been stuck in a figurative urn of ridicule," Twilight spat out, still angered, scared, and frustrated. She then paced around, explaining the last five years of her life, "Ever since that day I told them what I saw in the Canterlot Cabana, I was put through therapy for 2,000, for five years. FIVE YEARS! Until I finally cracked down, and told them that I agreed with everything they said, agreed to take the medication, which I have to do and every time I ingest them, I get nauseous and dizzy that it makes it hard for me to focus on my studies. And even more so, we had to switch schools because of all the constant ridicule and teasing I got! Did you know that in some parts of the tri-state area they still refer to having a nervous breakdown as "pulling a Twilight Sparkle"? Did you know that?!"
A moment of silence past all three of them on the Trail Tower, until the dragon spoke up. "I'm sorry to hear that for you, Twilight. I really am. And now that I've listened, it's your turn."
Twilight nodded, still hyperventilating, until she finally calmed down a bit, but then stated, rather calmly, "I need to lie down for a while." And then finally fainted on the rooftop of the tower, leaving the two look at her form in confusion.
The two looked at her fainted form, and then to each other, as Spike reassured the dragon, Slash, "She'll be alright. It'll take her a while to get up though."
Slash huffed, as he looked out, "We can't stay here forever. Nightmare Moon'll find us. We need to find a place she doesn't already know about." He looked to Spike and asked, "you have any ideas?"
Spike thought about it for a moment… and then smirked, "I think I might know a place."
Next Chapter: The Return of Friendship pt.3
In the future, the girls, once given their elements will have a specific pair of elements to use. Here's the following in order.
Twilight: Magic (obviously)
Pinkie: Water and Ice
Rarity: Earth (mostly in the form of gems and cyrstals) and Magic (though not as powerful as Twi's)
Fluttershy: Wind and Nature (making her the perfect healer)
Rainbow Dash: Electricty and Magnetism
Applejack: Extreme Force and Fire