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I was eating breakfast when I saw Twilight go by and heading towards the door. I said, not looking in her direction, "Where do you think you're going?" Twilight looked at me and said "I have to finish the curriculum for this quarter." I said "Oh really? I think I can fix that." Twilight looked at me strangely and I just let the scepter do it's magic. Once it was done, I said "There. All done. Your curriculum is done for the quarter." I put the papers in front of her and she went wide eyed in amazement. She said "How did you do that?" I said "The Tree of Harmony knows what needs to be taught at the School of Friendship, so I just let the scepter do it's work and there you go." Twilight ran up to me and kissed me. She said "You're the best!" I smiled and said "I try my best. So now that's been taken care of, I can move to the next part of my plan." Twilight looked at me curiously and asked "And what would that be?" I said "Well, things have been kinda boring in here with you gone at the school and me in here by myself. So, I decided that we could get out of here and just hang out." Twilight gave me an intrigued look and asked "And where would that be?" I said "None other than Las Pegasus."

Now I know what you're thinking. Why the heck would you take the Princess of Friendship with you to Las Pegasus? That place is a pony version of Las Vegas where there is a lot of gambling and over just a big vacation town. You would be correct. I consider Las Vegas the gambling capital of the country and America's vacation town, but if you ignore all the gambling in casinos, you should be fine. Also, there is a reason why I chose Las Pegasus. There is a ride called the Wild Blue Yonder. Everyone says it's the "best ride ever" which I can believe. From what everyone has described this ride as, it makes it seem very much worth it. Apparently, you can't call yourself a true pony unless you ride it. I think that's a bunch of bullcrap, but whatever. Here's how it works from what I heard. You strap yourself to a cloud rocket car and are catapulted straight through a series of challenging dips and terrifying turns flipping upside down so many times, you have no idea which way is up until you're at the top of the rails and then descending towards the ground at lightning speed coming to a screeching halt once you're back at the bottom. I can't do loopty-loops on roller coasters because I would get sick, but I want to be called a man, so I'll do it anyways. Hopefully my magic will keep me from puking otherwise, it'll be a very bad day.

Unfortunately, the ride closes this week and won't return forever. So I decided to pick now to go. However, I have a feeling that was a really bad idea. Not just the amount of times going upside down, but also the time period I chose. Since this is the last week before it closes for good, everyone and his mom is going to be waiting in line. I HATE waiting in line for pretty much anything, but I don't care this time. I'm not letting this opportunity slip from me. If I have to wait in line for 10 hours, oh well. I don't care. As a prince, I will show everyone that I'm not a wuss that runs away from a roller coaster and eats danger for breakfast. I don't want to be known as the guy who can laugh at the face of danger, but be scared like a coward about a roller coaster. That would hurt my reputation and I WILL NOT let that happen. I said to Twilight "So, are you ready to head out?" Twilight said "Let me take care of a few things then we'll go."

After a few minutes, Twilight was all ready to go. I said "Ready to head to Las Pegasus, my beautiful princess?" Twilight giggled and said "Of course, my handsome prince." We headed out to the train station and bought tickets for the train. Once the train came, we got on and took our respective seats. Las Pegasus, here we come! After probably about 2 hours, we finally arrived at the train station. Once we got off, we headed towards the hotel. The Wild Blue Yonder Hotel. Yes, I paid for the most expensive hotel in Las Pegasus. I can summon bits at any time without having to suffer inflation or counterfeiting. That's just the power of the Tree of Harmony. Just pay attention and don't ask questions. Twilight said "Is it just me or did you just pay for the most expensive hotel in Las Pegasus?" I said "It's not you. I paid for the most expensive hotel in Las Pegasus." Twilight made a shocked expression. She asked me with curiosity "How did you do that?" I said "Uh, let's just say that I summoned an entire bag of bits and paid for it over the phone."

Twilight looked at me suspiciously and I said "I promise that I did not inflate or counterfeit the bits." She asked "What does that mean?" I replied "Inflate means that money is worthless or have no value and counterfeit means making fake money which is a crime in the United States and I'm sure that Celestia has made a law that makes counterfeiting illegal." Twilight said "Okay, that makes sense. It just seems suspicious to me that you made an entire bag of bits appear and not be fake." I said "I pretty much checked that nothing was fake or had no value because I don't want to be arrested for doing one of the stupidest crimes on the planet. Anyways, let's get these bags into our hotel room." Twilight nodded and I nodded for the bag pony to head towards our room. However, I noticed that Rainbow was here as well. Oh my. She's here with Granny Smith, Apple Sauce, Apple Rose, and Goldie Delicious were all there. It must be their golden horseshoe gals trip they have every year. Applejack tells me about it all the time when she's got an opportunity.

Once we got to our room, Twilight's jaw dropped. I paid the guy some bits as a tip and he left. I said "Did I forget to mention that not only I paid for the most expensive hotel in Las Pegasus, but also paid for the most expensive room as well?" Twilight was speechless. She said "Just how crazy are you?" I said "Crazy enough to make you happy." Twilight rolled her eyes playfully at that and said "You're spoiling me. This is way too nice." I said "I know, but I don't care to be honest." Twilight said "How much did this cost?" I said "Well, train tickets were 20 bits, making a reservation costed 5,000 bits, this room costed 25,000 bits, plus paying over the phone fees which was an extra 8,000 bits and the ridiculous 15% interest rate which costs 20,000 bits also, the sales tax being 2,000 bits would all equal to 60,020 bits. And if I convert that to USD or United States Dollars, that would be $600,200,000. So basically, I spent $600.2 million which is only something million and billionaires would spend." A $600.2 million purchase is ridiculous. If your name was Jeff Bozos or Bill Gates, that's barely scratching the surface. Twilight's jaw dropped a lot.

She said stammering "So you're telling me that you spent over 60,000 bits for relaxation?" I said "Yeah." She came up and shook me to death while speaking "Are you crazy?! How can you spend that much money?!" I said "So, I guess you're upset now." Twilight sighed and said "No, it's just nopony has ever done something this nice before. I personally think you paid too much for all this. I love all this, but the lengths you go to sometimes are ridiculous." I said "I know, but it really does make me happy to see you happy." Twilight came up to me and rested her neck under my neck to which I did the same and purring basically because I'm a giant cat. Yes, lions are part of the cat family if you didn't know already. Twilight asked me what we were gonna do first. I had an idea. I said "You hungry?" Twilight said "Now that I'm thinking about it, I am. The snack car in the train barely had anything." I said "Perfect. Let's go head to the buffet." Twilight said "Okay."

We went to the buffet and boy was it heaven. I got everything that looked appetizing which included nachos for once. Since I'm a lion, I don't have the same system as my human form. These nachos look like the Zesty Nachos from Denny's. If you've been there before, you know what I mean. If I was still a human, I couldn't eat these. One, because of the spiciness of the peppers, two, all the sour cream which will definitely give me diarrhea, and three, it will give me a stomach ache. But since I'm a lion, I don't have to worry about it being too crunchy since I have super sharp teeth that could rival a Great White Shark. Twilight looked at me and said "You're such a pig." I said "I know. I get that a lot." I devoured it all and boy was I stuffed. However, I was fine enough to still walk around. Suddenly, the loudspeaker came on and said "Attention all thrill-seekers! There's only one day left to ride the ride of all rides: the Wild Blue Yonder, before it's gone for good! Get in line! Now!" Oh shoot. I didn't realize there's only one day left. I thought I had a couple days left. I looked over at Rainbow and she looked really nervous. I could tell she REALLY wanted to go on this ride, but all of the elder ponies she's watching over is heavily restraining her.

I've been there before where I had to wait to go on a ride when I wanted to go right now and have the time of my life. But as a kid, it doesn't work that way. You have no power over your parents sadly. I heard Rainbow say awkwardly "So, what does everypony want to do tonight?" All she got for a second was a bunch of angry glares from the elderly grannies. "I was thinking… go to our room and put on eye masks and earplugs?" That sounds EXTREMELY boring. I'd rather watch YouTube videos of stupid James Charles all day instead of doing that crap. Yes, I called James Charles stupid. So what? I don't care. I don't like him. The drama he's been in with the beauty community was quite ridiculous. If you're offended by that, too bad. Not my problem. Moving on. I think Applejack is affecting Rainbow really bad and is causing everyone to have a bad time. I heard Applejack give Rainbow the rules with chaperoning the grannies. I understand elderly folk can get a bit out of hand, but this is kinda a little overboard.

I said "Well, since they made that announcement, I'm going to get in line for the Wild Blue Yonder." Twilight looked at me and said "You just ate a lot of food." I gave her a deadpan stare and said "I don't care. I'm going to prove that I'm not someone who laughs in the face of danger but flees like a coward because of a roller coaster." Twilight said "Last time I remember, you don't laugh in the face of danger." I said "Actually I kind of do. It's just an expression that I say because I can run over danger like a human suffering a blindside hit from a train." Twilight said "Also, you're not a coward if you can't ride a roller coaster. Not everypony can handle roller coasters." I said "You might think that, but not everypony else." Twilight rolled her eyes and said "Okay if you say so. You can go on that, but I'll just be watching you." I said "That's fine. As long as I ride it, I can actually be called a man." We threw our stuff away and headed towards the line for the Wild Blue Yonder. It was actually short for once. However, I could see the crowds coming, so I quickly got inside before they came. Once I got to the front, I sat myself inside and was ready for takeoff.

I was looking around to- WOAH! OH MY GOSH! This thing accelerates like crazy! However, I could go faster. Oh no. I think I'm starting to feel sick. It only got worse when I was upside down so many times. Then when it went down at the speed of light, that's when I knew that I was gonna puke. Once I made it down, I went into my shadow form quickly, teleported both of us back to the room and rushed into the bathroom puking in the toilet. That was a REALLY bad idea. I should have not filled myself up with all that crap and then go on one of the fastest roller coasters in all of Equestria and now puking in the toilet. I'm really suffering the penalty now. I now feel like Rodrick in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul movie where he filled himself up on deep fried butter on a stick and then went on the really crazy ride where you get spun around so many times and then puked on the guy who was chasing Greg on the ride. Only reason that happened was because the crazy man pressed on Rodrick's stomach and that was the trigger to get rid of that waste.

Thankfully, Twilight didn't bully me about it. She asked me on the other side of the door "Zach? Are you okay in there?" My only reply was a pained groan and I kept on puking in the toilet. My system wasn't quite done yet. I guess the Tree of Harmony used this as my punishment for doing something so stupid just for clout. This is embarrassing. Once I was finished puking, I cleaned out my mouth with water from the sink since I didn't want my breath smelling like puke. That's pretty disgusting. Once I was done with that, I came out feeling a little bit better. I said "Never again am I doing that." Twilight said "I told you that wasn't really a good idea." I hated it when anyone scolds me for making a bad decision like that. I didn't know and it's even worse when you were just puking like 2 minutes ago. I said "Yeah, I get that. I didn't know that was going to happen." Twilight looked at me with a deadpan stare and said "I think that's common sense. Filling yourself up with food and then going a roller coaster that turns and goes upside down faster than you can blink seems like a pretty dumb idea to me. Don't you?" I sighed and said "Yes. But I thought my lion body could handle it. If I was still human, I would've never attempted it. But obviously, I was wrong."

Twilight said "I think regardless of whether you are a lion or a human, your body would have still reacted the same." I said "I guess you're right. I'm taking a nap in the bedroom because I feel like crap and I need to lie down for a little bit before I go anywhere else." I went to lie down on the bed, but I guess Twilight had the same idea. She wrapped her hooves around me and cuddled up against me. I said "I'm guessing you have the same idea?" Twilight said "I just wanted to cuddle with you." I said "That's totally okay by me. Just try to be careful with my stomach. It's very weak right now since having an episode in the bathroom." Twilight nodded and I drifted off. Ah, this feels much better. Laying down on the bed with my favorite mare. Nothing could be more perfect than this.

2 hours later...

I woke up after what felt like forever and man did that feel a lot better. I think my stomach is back to full health, so that helped. Twilight was still snuggled up against me with her hooves around my neck and I just smiled. I stroked a hair of her mane and that triggered these beautiful violet orbs to open. She said "Hey." I said "Hey." Twilight asked me "How long were we out for?" I said "About 2 hours." Twilight said "Do you feel better?" I said "Well, besides you snuggling up against me, yes, I do feel better." Twilight blushed in embarrassment and I just chuckled a little bit. She asked me "So what do you want to do now?" I said "Well, now that I'm all rested up and my stomach is back to full health, I was thinking we go watch tonight's magic show." Twilight said "That seems like a good idea. I have one question. How do we get in there?" I said "With this." I showed her two VIP tickets that allowed us entry into the theater. Twilight was shocked. I said "Since I'm a prince, they gave special discounts for any royal that wanted to see it. So since the two of us are both royalty, I was able to get these for cheap. I think these only cost like 10 bits or something. They had a 75% off discount."

Twilight looked at me for a second, then hugged me. She said "You always continue to do these great things for me." I said "I try my best. It's just part of being in a relationship." Twilight said with sadness "I never seem to get you anything nice." I said "You've already done that. You are my emotional support. I don't expect anything super nice from you. Besides, you are also the one who stole my heart and shaped me into the man I am today." Twilight blushed beet red in embarrassment and said "That was really corny." I said "I know, but that's what guys do. We do dumb stuff." Twilight just shook her head playfully and said "Even though you may do that, it doesn't mean I don't like you." Thanks Twilight. "Your welcome." What the? Oh wait. Twilight can read and hear my thoughts. Dang it. I forgot that's part of this story. "Yep. Every single word." Then how come you don't say something for everything I say? "I say something if it has any relevance at all. Most of the time, it doesn't." I guess that makes sense. I said "Well, are you ready to go my beautiful princess?" Twilight giggled and said "Of course, my handsome prince." We headed out of the room and went to the theater to watch the magic show. No, it's not Trixie. This magic show will definitely be better than any magic show Trixie could make in my opinion.

We took our seats and I saw Rainbow Dash. We were right behind her. However, Rainbow wouldn't spot us. Now you're probably asking how is that possible? Well, I used a spell to where we are our normal selves, but Rainbow sees us as different ponies simply because I don't want to get spotted and then being revealed to Rainbow. I want to keep this as lowkey as possible. Once the show got started, it was very interesting you could say the least. But it was still better than any of Trixie's. Then, the pony with the white hat said "And now, for the trick that made us famous." Which was what? It's been a minute since I last watched the episode. The pony with the yellow hat said "The most dangerous magical feat known to ponykind." Oh sure right. Yeah, I don't think so. That's how you describe me. My magic can be the most dangerous magic to ponykind anytime I wish. They did some weird thing and then the podium disappeared. Odd. "We'd like to invite some very special mares to the stage." That's creepy, you sick pervert. Trying to hit on the elderly like that. The flipping nerve.

I heard Apple Sauce say "That's our cue, girls!" Oh boy I'm SOOO excited. I'm being sarcastic for all you uneducated and uncultured people out there. I guess Rainbow didn't get the memo on what was happening because she said panicking "Hey! Where are you going?" To the stage? Duh. "Come back!" They ain't going to listen to you. She attempted to go after them, but a male pony blocked her way. She told him to move and he rolled his eyes and moved. The pony with the white hat said "Meet our lovely assistants." They look so dorky with those things on their head. I'd rather drive a dorkmobile aka the Gen 2 and 3 Toyota Prius than wear something like that. Me and Twilight along with the rest of the audience cheered while Rainbow was very much worried. The pony with the yellow hat said "They will make a Splashtastic Escape using only the instructions we give them… with our minds!" Okay, now this is interesting. The pony with the white hat said "Don't try this at home, folks!" I wasn't planning to, you dimwits.

They put down a case that had gold borders and glass surrounding the outside. They began filling the box with water. I hope they don't drown. Rainbow was really scared and then I saw a ghost of Applejack that said "Do I really have to say anything?" No wonder why Rainbow has been under so much stress. Because what Applejack told her has basically heavily restricted her and made it bad for everyone. Rainbow flew up to the showpony in the white hat and said "Release those grannies right now!" You don't understand, you fool. Now you're basically embarrassing yourself. Everyone in the crowd gave alarmed shouts and I was starting to get ticked off. The showpony with the yellow hat just shrugged and Rainbow tried pushing the box to "save" the grannies. She was able to push the box over but water spilled onto the floor and I got soaking wet. I had enough. I finally revealed myself to Rainbow and said "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MiND?!" Rainbow looked at me shocked and said "What? How did you get here?" I said "I was here sitting the audience actually on a trip here with Twilight when I noticed how much you were being a nuisance. Not only have you ticked off the grannies, you also made the showponies look bad, embarrassed yourself in front of hundreds of ponies, and you got ME SOAKING WET!"

It's bad enough when you got elderly ponies ticked off, but when you get me ticked off, you're done for. My wrath is nothing compared to them. When I was about to unleash my fury on Rainbow, Granny pulled her down and scolded her. Twilight came up to me and brought me back down to my seat. I heard Granny Smith say to Rainbow in anger "What'd ya go and do that for? That was our big star moment!" Yeah, now it's ruined thanks to you Rainbow. Speaking of which, her excuse was "You were in danger! I saw the water. You were trapped!" I said annoyed "It's called a magic trick Rainbow. Get with the program." Twilight poked me in the shoulder to knock it off and I just rolled my eyes. Goldie Delicious said "He's right. This is a magic show. We've seen it a thousand times. Everypony always escapes." I wouldn't have said that, Goldie. That's supposed to be a secret. You know what they say. A magician never reveals his secrets or something like that. The pony with the white hat said "That's right, folks! Because of our.. um... uh… skill as magicians!" You're fooling no one at this point. The secret has already been revealed and exposed. The pony with the yellow hat said "And now, a disappearing act!" They used some smoke and closed the curtains.

I said with annoyance, I'm going to the bathroom to get myself cleaned up after SOMEPONY HAD TO GET ME SOAKING WET!" I rushed to the bathroom and dried myself off before heading back to the room and jumping on the bed facing away from the door angered. I heard hoofsteps at the door and I know it was Twilight. She asked me "Zach? Can I come in?" I said with a lack of enthusiasm "Sure." Twilight came over and sat next to me. She said "Are you alright?" I sighed and said "No I'm not. I just screw up every time and always get mad at someone for no reason. This trip has been a disaster." Twilight said "Zach. That's not true. Sure, you always seem to get angry, but we all feel that way sometimes. Some express it more violently than others, but we should never beat ourselves down because of it. Why must you always devalue yourself so much?" I said "Because that's how I was built. My childhood pretty much scarred me for the rest of my life and I don't mean anything to the world." SLAP! OW!

I said, annoyed "What did you do that for?" Twilight said "How dare you say that! Of course you mean something to the world! You mean something to ME! Just because you don't feel like you belong doesn't mean others feel the same way!" She has a point. I said "And I did it again. I've now made you upset. It only gets worse for me." I just buried my head into the pillow and let out a muffled scream of frustration. Twilight shook her head and said "The point is you mean something to the world. Don't let your childhood past tell you that." That's a lot easier said than done. I want to do that, but the years of burdens and pains refuse to let that happen. I said "How do you always know what to say when I feel down?" Twilight replied "The same way you do when I feel down." That's why she's my emotional support. I said "I don't think Rainbow would want to speak to me after yelling right into her face and almost unleashing my wrath." Twilight said "I think the contrary on that." I asked "What makes you say that?" Twilight giggled and said "She's our friend. Friends are meant to forgive each other." She has another point.

After gathering myself together, I went up to Rainbow and said "Rainbow? I'm sorry that I got angry at you. Sometimes, when something bad happens, my anger tends to get flared up and I can go a bit overboard. So can you forgive me?" Rainbow looked at me and said "Of course! Geez, Zachary. I don't know why I wouldn't forgive you. We're friends. Yelling doesn't change our friendship." She hugged me and flew away. Twilight was looking at me funny and I said, smirking "You jealous because Rainbow gave me a hug?" Twilight fiercely denied it and said "I don't know what you;re talking about." I said "I can tell by the expression on your face. You can deny it all you wish, but I know deep down that you are feeling that way. Besides, it was just a friendship hug." Twilight's face went completely blood red and looked away in embarrassment. I said "I still feel the same way about you if that's what you're worried about." Twilight said "Okay maybe a little bit, but let's not dwell on that." Fair point. We went to have dinner and then once we were done with that, we headed back to our room and slept for the night. We then left the hotel the next morning to head back home.

As we were on the train, I said to Twilight "Well, that was a very good trip besides a few miscues, don't you?" Twilight said "Definitely so. Although you paid way too much for this. I had a very good time with my handsome prince." I said "I feel the same way, my beautiful princess. Glad you had fun." Twilight rested her head on my shoulder and wrapped her hooves around my chest. I just smiled and looked outside. Another fun trip with my beautiful princess.

AN: What an interesting chapter. I'm very sorry that this chapter is short again, but this episode was a very challenging one for me, so I really had to wing it here. But for the next 14 episodes, they should all be relatively long, so hope you guys understand. Also, if you struggle from self-identity issues, hopefully this will help you understand that. The point of this story is for entertainment, but you can also learn some pretty valuable lessons as well. That's all for now.

Next Chapter: The Return to Mount Aris! When the Cutie Mark Crusaders get called on a friendship mission, they have to travel to Mount Aris. Of course, since they're fillies, they need adults to go with them. So Twilight and Zachary tag along with them. However, he is very popular among the hippogriffs because of a heroic deed he did. Will he be able to blend in, or will the bright lights surround him to where he loses it?

Until then, my fellow readers