"Lizzie?...Lizzie!" They ran to eachother and hugged, tighter than they've ever hugged before, "I was so scared, Brandon...I thought you died." Lizzie said to him, both of them trying to hold back their tears, but to no avail, "How have they been treating you, Lizzie?" Brandon asked, concerned for his younger sister's well being. "They've been really nice to me. Luna explained everything." Brandon immidiatley asked, "Who's Luna?" Princess Luna approached him and said in a polite tone, "I am. Princess of the Night. You may call me Luna. I have had the great pleasure of watching over this sweet little girl. She has told me many things about you. It is an honor to finally meet you," she smiled. The Paladin just answered with, "Likewise," then looked at Princess Celestia, "When do we hit Magnus?" Princess Celestia lowered her head, "We don't. Not yet, atleast. Just last night when Magnus caused a disruption in Ponyville, a small group of the Inimicus stole the Elements of Harmony. Your job is to retrieve the Elements, along with discovering the Element of Courage. I have some of my men scouting his last known location. I'll send you a letter when we find something. You may all go."
[Outside the castle, in the town square]
Rarity studied the little girl, "So, you're Lizzie! You're just adorable! I'm Rarity," she started introducing herself and the others soon followed. Twilight signaled Brandon for him to move away from the crowd for a bit so she could ask something, "Brandon," she said to him, "I'm guessing you're also having trouble with our recent discovery?" It was a pretty big shock to everyone. "Yeah," he replied, "I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. But I'm glad Lizzie is allright." She smiled at him, and it faded back into a thought-filled look, "There's actually a few things I wanted to talk to you about," "Ok. Shoot." He told her, not even caring how serious she looked. "First off...can we trust you? We're asking you to fight against your own dad." Brandon's expression didn't change, "Twilight, he's not my dad anymore. No dad would banish their kids when they weren't even in their teens. I was probably going to end up killing him anyway. Now I'm doing it for you guys. You can trust me." Twilight smiled, she knew that she was telling the truth, "and what about you and Fluttershy?" "What about us?" "Don't play dumb. Rainbow Dash saw you kiss. It's nothing to be embarassed about." She tried to make him come out and admit it, and it worked. "Fine. We're boyfriend/girlfriend." "Awwww!" "Twilight!" "Sorry. It's just cute. I guess that means Pinkie won." She said, successfully. He didn't really care. "Yeah, yeah...wait. Won what?" "The bet!...You didn't know?..." Irritated, angry, and curious, he answer her question with an aggravated "No." "Well-" "Let me get this straight. You guys placed a bet on when we were going to start going out?" Twilight realized she should've kept quiet, 'Yes...no?...Which would make you less mad?" "You've got to be freakin' kidding me!" "It wasn't that much! Only 5 bits..." She tried to make it seem like it wasn't a big deal, "Some of us thought you wouldn't even get together!"
"Thanks," He sarcasticaly replied, "way to make me feel better."
