(Play Find Your Love Instrumental by Drake for mood)

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"...hmm..."

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"Huh?"

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"Oh, pssh."

It seemed as time was stopping, moving, stopping, moving. I couldn't focus at all on anything that was needed to get done. All of this makeup work for school I had to do made me stressed. Plus the dang fact that I still had to find my element of harmony before it was too late! I mean, is it normal for a 15-year-old kid to have this much work?! And for what cause? To just turn it in, see the teacher shake their head as if I messed up, and give me a big old zero? Just because I have to learn all of this straight from the book?! I was bad enough already listening to the teachers give the lesson, but this was pushing me to a breaking point.

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I sighed.

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"That clock is driving me crazy..."

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"GAH!"

I lost it. My stress had built up and caused me to chuck my pencil at the clock, which did nothing but make a loud *ting* noise. I watched as the writing utensil dropped to the floor and bounced once or twice before coming to a complete rest. I sighed once more and finally gave up on the school work. I took the blank piece of paper, which was supposed to be math homework, and began to crumble it into a ball. But suddenly as I began to crumble the edges, an idea popped into my head.

"I know!" I said out loud.

I could brainstorm some element ideas! After all, if this worked anyway, it's not like schoolwork would be necessary. I mean, who would turn it in if I did go back to Equestria? Besides, I cared more about this than any else at the moment. So I began to un-crumble the wad of paper and took out another pencil, beginning to think of ideas I could try to retrieve my element.

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We began to feel for Lonestar's stress after seeing his normal day on Earth. And from what he said, along with Handsome Bowtie, that he got spared for the day? It made us all shutter in fear. Just knowing that the fact is that there's another universe out there, other than Equestria, was mind-boggling. And the way the humans treated each other?! Actually, Bowtie had mentioned a few things that the humans were never on the same page with. He said words that none of us ponies have ever heard before, like war, and...drugs, and misbehavior...? It was like he was talking some different language that none of us could classify or learn! How far was this "Earth" anyway? It was really that bad? How could just one-

"Twilight!"

"Oh, yes?" I was caught in the middle of thought.

"Is their any other way you can give Lonestar some advice on how to get an element of harmony?" Bowtie had asked me.

I looked down on at the ground, beginning to enter the state of thinking once more. I had gotten my element when I helped Princess Celestia defeat Nightmare Moon, and the others got theirs when they were with me. Applejack got hers when I was hanging off that cliff and she told me to let go, and that I would be safe, which gave her the Element of Honesty. Fluttershy's element was given to her when that evil manticore came into the forest, making us want to fight it. But she decided to calmly help the beast, which made it feel better, giving her the Element of Kindness. Pinkie Pie got hers when we were frightened by the evil looking faces on the Everfrees trees, but she gave us those smiles right back, giving her the Element of Laughter. Rarity got her element when she cut of her own tail for that sea serpent, which gave her the Element of Generosity. Then Rainbow Dash got her element when those evil Shadowbolts tempted her to leave us, but since she declined and kept along with us, she was given the Element of Loyalty.

Now thinking all of this, one thing was for sure. And that was that everypony who got their element had to do something for another pony. I helped everypony defeat Discord, Applejack helped me, Fluttershy helped us all, Pinkie Pie helped us all, Rarity helped us all, and Rainbow Dash helped us all as well...but what did Lonestar do for us...?

"Twilight, can ya think of anythin'?" Applejack asked, her head tilting a bit to the side.

I frown appeared on my face as my thoughts couldn't be answered.

"No...I'm sorry everypony."

After saying that, soon I wasn't they only pony who had the same expression. I felt as if this mystery couldn't be solved, or if it somehow was going to be...it was going to take a long time to come up with a good solution...

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After a few hours passed, I looked up at the loud ticking clock on my wall. It read five minutes to ten o'clock, which made me toss my pencil back on the desk, giving up. It was pointless! I couldn't think of ANYTHING that fit my personality in the past two hours! I mean, the mane 6 had their unique adventure when they had to defeat Discord. All of their elements were tagged in together from one thing, which was friendship. Without friendship on that adventure, why would Applejack rescue Twilight from that near death cliff fall, or Fluttershy help the others from that manticore, or Pinkie Pie when she helped the others get over their fears? Why would Rarity give her only tail for that sea serpent? Or why would Dash never leave her friends behind, no matter the temptation? One simple word answered that question.

Friendship.

But...where was my friendship? Bowie was with the mane 6 on Equestira already, and no one else knew about me being a brony and all. Besides, who would believe I traveled magically through a mysterious blue feather and wound up in a girls pony fantasy? ...One? No. ...Two? What? ...Maybe three? Are you crazy?! ...No one? There ya go. It just didn't make any sense whatsoever. Though it was my dream and my fantasy to go back and live the rest of my life there, it looked as if it honestly wouldn't happen. Crumbling up the blank piece of paper again, I tossed it into the trash barrel on the other side of my room, which missed and landed on the floor by the pencil I threw. I sighed once more and rubbed the back of my neck, trying to calm myself down before I go berserk, which seemed to have worked.

Some what calm now, I climbed into my bed and turned off the light, letting my mind wander freely. Thoughts such as Equestria, Ponyville, Applejack, Twilight and the rest of the gang, Bowie, school, and those bullies. Plus, for some reason, the thought I heard the other day from what the principal said lurked in my head as well. The school somehow has the possibility to catch fire because of old and worn wiring? That was just as crazy as everything else going on! I sighed a final time and slid down into my covers, feeling the cold blankets surround me. I decided to call it quits for the night and see what the school day tomorrow brought.

"Goodnight everypony," I whispered. "Talk to y'all tomorrow, get some rest."

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There wasn't any answer this time...which made me feel as if I was loosing connection or something between Twi and Princess Celestia's magic power. I hoped they'll eventually get that message too, because for all I know, based on what my thoughts and conclusions were telling me?

...that could be the last message I'll ever be able to send to them...

*AU*

Back! And I tried to make this chapter really good with a nice handful of cliffhangers for the next chapter, which will be the most dramatic one yet. But...the fic is coming to its closing soon, so I hope I make it with a nice ending. Hope y'all are liking it as much as I am! :)

-LS