A car headed up a road towards a mansion-like building.

LOCKWOOD ESTATE

MANEHATTAN

Lockwood Estate was located on the outskirts of Manehattan in the forest, keeping it secret, private and hidden mostly.

The car pulled up to the building and Claire exited the car, followed by the Mane 7. They were completely shocked on how big it was.

They walked up to the building and Claire rang the doorbell. The door opened and an elderly mare opened the door.

She had a white coat, blue eyes, and her mane and tail were black. Her mane was also in a bun.

"Miss Dearling, you're early! Would you like to step in?" she said. "Thank you" Claire said. Then, the elderly mare saw Twilight, the Mane 5, and Spike.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle!?" the mare said, completely shocked. "Oh, hello. We're with Claire" Twilight replied. "But, it's an honor meeting you" the mare replied

. Twilight smiled. "Thank you" Twilight said. "I will inform Mr. Mills that you've arrived" the mare said. They all observed the pictures on the walls as they waited.

"Ooh, so many detailed pictures" Pinkie said. Then, Claire saw a picture of Benjamin Lockwood in his prime.

She observed it, until she was interrupted and caught by surprise by a voice.

"Benjamin Lockwood, the father of Ancient World but of course, you know that" a stallion said from a stairwell behind them. They all turned to him.

He had a light blue coat, a little lighter than Rainbow's coat. He had dark hair and was wearing a navy blue suit with glasses.

"Hello, Claire, Twilight, everypony else, I'm, I'm Eli...Mills. I work for him, actually. We actually met once, 7 or 8 years ago and you don't remember..." Eli said, but then Claire interrupted him.

"Of course, I remember. Haven't you run his foundation since..." Claire said, but then he interrupted her. "...since college. Yeah. Y-you remember?" he asked.

"Yes!" Claire replied. "Wow, cool. He wanted somepony young and idealistic to spend his fortune...and I used to be both" he said and they both laughed.

"Follow me" he said and Claire and the others followed.

"Let me give you a bit of history" Eli said and they walked into a room filled with life sized ancient creature skeletons and dioramas.

The most noticeable one was a huge Unicornoceratops skull in the middle of the room on a stand.

"This is where it all began, before the island, the park, all of it. Lockwood built a custom lab in the sub basement, extracting the first DNA from amber right beneath our hooves" he said.

"Oh my goodness" Claire said, looking in awe at the skeletons and dioramas.

The other were too, but then, Twilight noticed a skeleton that looked a little familiar. "Mr. Mills" Twilight said. "Yes, princess" Eli asked.

"What is this skeleton" Twilight asked. "That's a Pliodragonator" Eli replied. "Hey, isn't that what Leviathan is?" Pinkie asked. "Who's Leviathan?" Eli asked.

"Oh, he's their friend who happens to be a Pliodragonator" Claire said. "Wait, are you telling me he's organic, not pony made?" Eli asked.

"Yes, we don't know how he survived extinction, but he is original, the real thing" Twilight said. "And one of the last of his kind" Claire said.

Eli was completely shocked from this.

"You're gonna have to show me him sometime. This is groundbreaking" Eli said, almost started freaking out and having a meltdown.

"Now, just simmer down there" Applejack said. Soon, Eli regained himself. "Okay, back to the topic" Eli said.

"What Benjamin did here was a miracle. I still believe that" Claire said.

"So do I, Claire. So do I and I still believe it matters what happens to those animals. There is something Mr. Lockwood would very much like you to do, Claire. You can call it a favor for an old friend. We have...a piece of land, a sanctuary protected by natural barriers, fully self sustaining, a new home where the dinoponies and the other ancient creatures will be secure and free" Eli finished.

As they were talking, he lead them over to a diorama of an island, which was the island where the ancient creatures would be relocated.

"You're going to get them out!?" Claire asked. "You're going to save them!?" Twilight said. "No, Miss Dearling and Miss Sparkle" a voice said.

They turned to see an elderly stallion in a wheel chair rolling towards them.

"I'm going to save us. We both could use a touch of redemption, couldn't we" he said. This was Benjamin Lockwood, the founder of Ancient World.

He had an orangish-brown coat with white hair from his age and brown eyes. He took about his hoof and shook both of their hooves.

"Lovely to see you again, Claire" Ben said to Claire. "And you, Mr. Lockwood" Claire replied. "An honor to meet you, princess" Ben said to Twilight.

"Same here, Mr. Lockwood" Twilight replied. Then, he went over to the island.

"This was all my dream, let these creatures live in peace. So, we have created sanctuary. No fences, no cages, no tourists, just as mother nature intended. These creatures don't need our protection, they need our absence" Ben continued.

But then, Claire looked up and saw a filly. Twilight also looked up and saw her too. Then, the filly took off running when they saw her.

"Masrani and I shared this passion. I passed it on to him, thinking he would do good at it since I was getting to old for it" Ben said.

"Sir Benjamin" a voice said, interrupting them. "Mm" Ben replied and everypony looked to see that it was the elder mare from earlier.

"Ah! My bloody medicines. Will you excuse me, everypony" Ben said. "Of course" Claire replied.

"Eli, here, will help you with the details" Ben said and the mare began to push Ben away but before they left, he stopped before Claire, Twilight, and the others.

"We will save them. What a gift...for our children" Ben said. "Thank you" Claire and Twilight replied.

"Iris" Ben said and the elder mare, named Iris, pushed Ben away. Then, they turned to Eli.

"Does he have children? I thought I saw...was there a little filly?" Claire asked. "He has a grandfoul. His daughter died in a car accident" Eli replied.

"That's awful!" Fluttershy replied. "Yeah, I know. But they're close, really close" Eli replied.

"So what do you need from me?" Claire asked and Eli showed them to it. He lead them to a desk that was a giant computer screen.

"There was a tracking system inplaced at your park, radio frequency ID chips in each ancient creature" Eli said. "I remember" Claire replied.

"Right, so, if we could access that system, are ability to locate and capture those animals safely, would increase toehold. We need your handprint to access the system but what I really need Claire...is you. Moving endangered species isn't exactly legal, but it's the right thing to do. Knowpony knows this park as well as you do and we need that expertise" Eli finished.

"How many can you save?" Claire asked.

"11 species, for sure. I mean more if we can, but time is against us. I'm afraid there is one animal in particular that poses a real challenge for us" Eli said and he slid away some images of dinoponies and other ancient creatures before finally coming to a familiar Ponyraptor.

"Blue" Claire said.

"I didn't know she had a name but Blue is potentially the 2nd most intelligent peace of life on this planet and she's the last of her kind. She must be preserved" Eli said.

"She can pick up your scent a mile off" Claire said. "You'll never capture her" Twilight said.

"Well, we thought you might know someone who could help" Eli said. "Owen" Rainbow said. "Maybe you could convince him" Eli said and they all agreed.