Chapter 3
Race Or Go Home
When Nitro saw Flareon and Twilight approach him, a mischievous smirk spread across his face. "Well, well, well...look at what we have here," he said as the music suddenly quit playing and everyone stopped what they were doing to gather around where Nitro was. "Flareon and Twilight Sparkle. The prince and princess. What are you guys doing here?"
"You know dam well why we're here Nitro!" Flareon yelled angrily, "Give us back the Elements of Harmony!" Unfortunately, Nitro paid no attention to Flareon's outburst, and set his sights on Twilight instead.
"Hey Twilight...long time, no see," Nitro muttered, "Nice rack by the way." As much as Flareon wanted to punch Nitro in the face, he knew that wasn't going to solve anything. When Twilight whispered to Flareon asking what Nitro meant by nice rack, he told her to ignore him.
"Why are you doing this Nitro?" Twilight asked.
"Why? No reason really. I'm just having a little fun," Nitro replied, "Tell you what though Flareon. If you can beat me in a race, I'll give you back your precious Element of Harmony. No questions asked." He then reached into his pocked and pulled out Twilight's tiara, aka the Element of Magic.
"Fine then! Let's race Nitro!" Flareon yelled. In response, Nitro and the crowd began to laugh. That's when Flareon realized this wasn't going to be an easy task.
"Girls...please come over here," Nitro replied as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly, five girls appeared in front of him. Flareon and Twilight couldn't believe their eyes. These five girls perfectly resembled Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. This must have been their pony counterparts from Equestria. Worst of all, they were wearing the Elements of Harmony around their neck. "You see Flareon, if you want to race me, you have to beat all five of my crew members. Then you can challenge me. Each member you defeat in a race, they will hand over their Element of Harmony. That is...if you have the skill to even beat one of them." Just then, the girl that resembled Rainbow Dash walked up to Flareon.
"We're the best crew in Miami," she stated proudly, "There isn't anyone around that can beat us! I doubt some noob like you would even make a decent challenge. I think it would be best if you would just give up now."
"Sorry, that's not gonna happen," Flareon replied in a serious tone, "Those Elements of Harmony belong to Twilight and our friends. Your boss stole them and I'm not going back home without them."
"Suite yourself bud," she replied, "My name's Ren by the way, but you need to beat the others before I consider you worthy of racing me." She then turned around and walked back to her fellow crew members.
"Hold on Flareon...do you even have a car to drive?" Nitro asked as he chuckled, "Think you can beat them on foot? Is that it?"
"Don't worry about that, I'll find something," Flareon replied. Even though Nitro was a complete jerk, he was right about something. If Flareon didn't find a car to drive, he couldn't race Nitro or his crew members. Nitro then pulled two more things out of his pocked and tossed them to Flareon. They were a GPS and a cell phone.
"That GPS will link you to any of our GPS that will allow you to set up a race with us. That cellphone has our numbers on it too. Whenever you want to race, just give us a call, but remember though, you cant race me until you defeat my crew." A few seconds later, Nitro got into his car and drove off. His crew members also got into their cars and followed after their boss. Just as they turned around a corner and disappeared, police sirens were heard echoing in the background. Not a moment later, police cars were seen heading towards their spot.
"It's the cops! Run!" one guy yelled as everyone quickly got into their cars and scattered. The people who didn't have cars got away on foot. Flareon then grabbed Twilight's hand. He noticed she had a panicked look on her face.
"Let's get out of here!" Flareon exclaimed as they turned around and ran down the alleyway where they arrived from. Just as Flareon and Twilight were about to make it out of the alleyway, a cop car suddenly appeared in front of them, completely blocking their escape path. Two female cops were seen getting out of the car. They looked exactly like Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Immediately, the police officers pulled out their guns and pointed them directly at Flareon and Twilight.
"Get down on the ground with your hands above your heads!" the taller cop yelled with her gun held steady.
"You two better listen to my sister or else," the shorter cop said, "You don't want to mess with the captain."
"Twilight...it's ok," Flareon muttered as she was shaking with fear, "Just do what they tell you." Soon after, Flareon and Twilight let the two cops put them in handcuffs and were then forced into the police car. Not a moment later, the cop car turned around and headed down a street. It wasn't until then Flareon noticed something important. Something he was overlooking. Flareon then remembered Infinity telling him that in the Human World time was frozen, but in this Human World, time is moving by normally. This was not his Human World. It was the Equestria Human World. The fact that he was seeing people that resembled his friends back in Equestria proved it. When Flareon whispered this to Twilight, she was shocked, but not surprised. However, it wasn't hard for him to realize where they were being taken to. The problem Flareon and Twilight were now facing was how were they going to get out of this dire situation.