Spitfire checked her timer and said, "It's been past ten minutes. Looks like the princess's got nothing. So, we need to figure out where you two are going to go."

"How about Pony-Ville?" Rainbow suggested, "You can stay over at my place until the chain comes off."

"Is it on the ground?" Soarin' asks.

"Heck, no! I never like settling in an area where I'm stuck on the ground all the time."

"Except we may have to."

"Oh… yeah. In that case, we'll stay over at my friend Apple Jack's."

"Wait, was she the one who sold me my apple pie at the Gala?"

"That's her."

"I'm there!"

Moments later, they arranged for transportation in a flying chariot. Neither one was pleased with this.

"Well, this is embarrassing…" said Rainbow.

"Tell me about it. I never thought I would have to ride in a carriage designed for non-flyers."

When the chariot landed in the middle of Pony-Ville, they quickly got off.

"Thank you, gents." Soarin' says as the chariot-pullers started taking off again, "So, where to?"

"AJ lives over on the other side of Pony-Ville. She kind of has to with all those apple trees."

"Rainbow Dash!" a pink blur zipped in and gave her a near-choking hug, "You're back!"

"Yeah… Pinkie… I'm back… Now can you please let go?"

"Sorry, and," she gasped at the sight of Soarin', "A Wonderbolt, here?!"

"Yeah, you remember Soarin'."

"Oh, yeah, from Rainbow Falls! You saved him when he had an injured wing."

"And Soarin', this is my good friend Pinkie Pie."

"Nice to meet you." he extended his hoof.

She shook it excitedly, "The pleasure's mine!"

"Easy there, Pink! Say, have you seen AJ?"

"Apple Jack? I think she had a shipment of apples to deliver."

"When will she be back?"

"Sometime this afternoon, I'm sure."

"Well, I guess while we're waiting, want me to show you around?"

"That'd be awesome!"

"Ooh, ooh! Let me give the tour!" volunteered Pinkie, who then put out a tour guide cap and a megaphone, "On your left is Sugar Cube Corner, on the right…" she kept listing the names of the stores and buildings.

Caballeron and his troupe were far ahead of Twilight and Flash as they made it through jungle terrain. The princess and her guard acted as eyes in the sky, but it was hard to see with trees in the way.

"We're losing them!" she struggled to see where they were.

While they were looking down, they didn't see the pegasus in front of them and the latter didn't see them behind her. They crashed into each other and landed in the tree branches.

"Who did that?!" said Daring Do, looking up to see who knocked her off.

"Daring Do!" said Twilight, "Great to see you again!"

"Hey, aren't you one of Rainbow Dash's friends?"

"Wha-" Flash was shocked. Since Twilight was known as a princess, she nudged him from pointing it out.

"Yes, I am. And can I say that your last book was amazing?!"

"Sure you can, but I don't have time to listen. I've got to track down Caballeron!"

"We know; he's stolen something from the Wonderbolts Academy!"

"Huh, a bit bold for him to be stealing outside of the valley… It must be something so valuable that he just couldn't resist…"

"What can we do?" Flash asks.

"Follow his trail and find out his evil scheme." she found her hat and put it on.

In minutes, they were flying through the trees.

"And on the left is Carousal Boutique! Ooh! There's Rarity right now! Rarity!"

"Hello, Pinkie…and Rainbow! You're back already?!"

"Only for a good reason." she showed her that she and Soarin' were chained together.

"My goodness! What happened?"

"A training exercise gone wrong." said Soarin'.

"So we're staying here until something can be done."

"You poor dears! I wish I can help…"

"Not unless you got a key for this thing. Yeah, there's not much you can do." pointed Rainbow.

"But I know a way!" said Pinkie.

Moments later, they were near the Everfree Forest. Next to a big tree, Pinkie was tying a huge boulder to a rope that was flung over the tree branch. Rainbow and Soarin' gave scared and confused looks.

"Uh…" Rainbow nervously chuckled, "Pinkie, are you sure this is a good idea?"

"No, it's not a good idea. It's the best idea!"

"Uh, can't argue with that." said Soarin'.

"Unfortunately… you don't know Pinkie Pie…" Rainbow cringed.

Pinkie hooked the rope to the chain, "Ready?"

"Wha-" Soarin' began to say until Pinkie said, "Release!" When she dropped the boulder, the blue pegasi went with it and landed back onto the ground.

They groaned in pain as Pinkie said, "Well, that didn't go as planned!"

Suddenly, a bunny hopped on Soarin'.

"Huh? Where did you come from, little guy?" he patted him.

Then, more bunnies came hopping in and stampeded on the grounded flyers.

A voice said, "They went this way, Fluttershy!" Then, Discord popped in front of them, "Whoa! What happened to you two?"

"Don't ask!" said Rainbow.

"Hey… Isn't that…?"

"Yes, Soarin'," she said in an exasperated tone, "this is Discord, the Spirit of Chaos."

"Ex-Spirit of Chaos." pointed Discord, "I use my powers only for the good of ponykind now."

"Speaking of good, think you can get this chain off?" she asked.

"Let's see…" he examined it, and then with a snap, it came off!

"Yeah!" they both said, but then the chain came back on.

"Hey!" she yelled towards Discord.

"It wasn't me!" he snapped again and the chain came off. Unfortunately, it came back on again. He repeated this numerous times, but it just wasn't working.

"It must be that stupid rebound spell that Twilight was talking about." said RD.

"That's impossible!" said Discord, "No spell can be that more powerful than I am!"

"What's more powerful?" Fluttershy fluttered in.

"Fluttershy, this chain won't come off!" said Rainbow.

"Oh, my. Have you tried…"

"Yes, I've tried! But that- thing…it won't budge!" he pretended to cry on her shoulder

"There, there…" she comforted him, "You tried your best…"

"Hey!" pointed RD, "We should be the ones crying!"

"Do you want to?" questioned Soarin'.

"Nah, that's way uncool."

Discord stopped with the fake cries and turned back to them, "So, looks like you two are stuck to that thing longer."

Rainbow sighed in defeat, "Okay, Pinkie. Let's keep moving."

"Alrighty!" she put back on her tour cap and pressed on.

Thunder Blast flapped to a temple where Ahuizotl tried to get past a wall.

"It won't budge!"

"Not without this!" he pulled out the real Wings of Valor, "Poor Caballeron… He actually thought he stole the real medal… when really, I stole this already a couple of years back!"

"So… the legends are true…"

"Indeed… the Wings of Valor was carved out of a special mirror made in the valley… Princess Celestia found it and had it made into a medal to the first Wonderbolts of Equestria as only the bravest of flyers are worthy of it. In a way, it was for protection of what the legends have said, which you know lay beyond this wall…"

Ahuizotl gave out an evil chuckle and was about to grab for it until Thunder Blast pulled it away, "You can have it… for a little favor…"

"I take orders from no pony!"

"Too bad. Looks like you're stuck out here with no way in except…" he moved the medal back and forth.

"Fine! What do you want?!"

"Two pegasi… They mean trouble for me… Find them and bring them to me…"

Ahuizotl took out his cat whistle and in no time, his huge cat army came.