"C'mon Tank! Try and keep up!"

A rainbow colored flash zoomed across the clear blue sky. Following in its wake was a most unusual sight; a small green tortoise wearing aviator goggles and held aloft by a magically charged pinwheel propeller. The creature chased after the speeding prism, but it just kept accelerating faster and faster as it streaked under Celestia's bright sun. After a short while, the rainbow traced out a loop and circled back to the slow-paced tortoise.

"Oh c'mon! We're gonna be late for the pony pet play-date!" shouted the rainbow which in fact turned out to be a small cyan Pegasus with a seven-colored mane and tail. The tortoise made a soft croaking noise in response. The Pegasus groaned and facehoofed herself before saying, "Look, I know that slowing down and smelling the roses is important and all, but I wanna beat Winona and Applejack there."

The tortoise simply blinked at its master; an agonizingly... slow... blink...

"Ah fine!" exclaimed the mare as she slowed to her pet's speed. The green shelled aviator slowly craned its neck and gave its owner a warm smile. The brash Pegasus couldn't help, but smile back. "Oh you..."

She corkscrewed underneath the flying anomaly gliding belly-side-up before taking her beloved pet into a loving embrace.

Glad we're the only two up here. If anypony else saw this...

"Awwww... Rainbow, I'm so happy that you and Tank have become so close."

The mare's eyes flew open and she quickly released the tortoise. Looking behind, she saw a yellow coated Pegasus with a long flowing pink mane that matched its tail. On its back was a little white bunny rabbit which was stifling laughter with its tiny paws.

"Fluttershy! What a surprise to see you up here... don't you usually... like walk everywhere?" questioned the now nervous prism-themed Pegasus.

"Oh well yes, usually, but I wanted to see the two of you looking so adorable together. So I decided to fly up here," explained Fluttershy. The rabbit seemed to have erupted into another laughing fit at the end of her explaination. "Oh, Angel Bunny wanted to see it too," she added.

Oh, I'm sure he had no ulterior motives..., thought Rainbow Dash as she rolled her eyes at the white rascal.

"Listen Fluttershy!" started the brash Pegasus causing her friend to sink a little in altitude. Rainbow, however, wouldn't let up and followed after as the yellow mare descended. "Whatever you think you saw never happened! Got that?!?" she finished, giving the now cowering mare a fierce gaze.

"Okay..." breathed Fluttershy as her hooves met the earth. She sunk to the ground hiding her face behind her delicate yellow feathers. "Please don't be mad at me..."

Dash's expression softened at the sight and when she spoke again, she did so in a calmed, gentler tone. "I'm not mad...it's just..." the Pegasus paused and gently patted her friend's pink mane. Fluttershy peeked out cautiously from behind her fan of feathers waiting for Rainbow to finish. "...it's just...I have a reputation to uphold, y'know. Can't have everypony thinking I've gone soft or something... and look I'm... I'msorrythatIyelledatyou."

"What?" asked the meek mare, her ears perked up slightly.

Rainbow sighed, "I'm sorry that I yelled at you...it was wrong of me to flip out on you like that. Just don't tell anypony about... earlier,'kay?" Fluttershy smiled before nodding slowly and standing back up; her rabbit hopped off her back with a mischievous smiling adorning its face. "That goes double for you, buddy!" Rainbow added sternly upon seeing the bunny.

Angel simply stuck out his tongue at her in reply and scampered away.

"Why you little...Ow!"

Dash's head felt like it had just stood in for a pin at a bowling alley. The culprit of the sudden head trauma was Tank.

"Jeez, Tank! What did I tell you about watching where your flying?" interrogated Rainbow. Tank, however, answered back with another slow blink to which Rainbow sighed again and let the matter drop. She could never stay mad at him for long. "Well, whatever. I guess you're still pretty new to the whole flying deal being a turtle and what not."

"Tortoise," corrected Fluttershy.

"Sure, fine whatever," snapped Rainbow, "a tortoise then. Hey Fluttershy we should get goin'. Everypony is probably waiting for us by now. You comin'?"

"Oh, I'll meet you there. I have to go find Angel Bunny. He's always running off to Celestia knows where."

Take your time. Another minute of not having to put up with that little pisser is no feather off my wing.

"Okay then. Me and Tank will meet you over there!" called Rainbow as Fluttershy went trotting off in search of her rambunctious rabbit. The Pegasus watched her friend leave before once again taking to the sky. "C'mon Tank! I'll race ya!"

About a couple of minutes flying later, Rainbow Dash with Tank in hot (or rather lukewarm) pursuit arrived at the park where she and her pony friends would play with their pets together. Already waiting in the clearing were Applejack and her dog Winona, Twilight with Owlowiscious, the mean cat Opalescence alongside Rarity, and finally the zany Pinkie Pie with the even zanier Gummy. As Rainbow landed gracefully on the ground before them all that left only one element and her pet absent.

"Howdy, RB! And you as well Tank!" greeted Applejack, tipping her Stetson hat at the newcomers. "Ah don't suppose ya'll happened to see Shy on yer way over here?"

"Yeah, we did, but she had to go chase after that pipsqueak bunny of hers," answered Rainbow. "He can't have gone that far, though. I'm sure she'll be here soon."

"Well then, we should probably just start without her," suggested Twilight, who always liked to keep to a schedule. "She and Angel can just join in when they get here."

Everypony else agreed and soon the group of friends were frolicking through the park engaging in all matters of pony-play with one another along with their pets. Winona chased after Owlowiscious who had grabbed a stick in his claw and was floating about just out of reach of the excited dog.

"Get'em girl!" laughed Applejack. She and Twilight were laughing at the fruitless endeavors of Winona trying to catch the owl.

More laughing could be heard coming from nearby as Rainbow was enjoying the sight of Opalescence trying to get her favorite chew toy back from Tank; the tortoise had retreated into his hard-shelled house as the cat scratched furiously at the shell.

"Oh Opal... You'll ruin the manicure I worked on all this morning!" moaned Rarity.

"Lighten up Rare, they're just havin' some good ol' fashioned fun!" called Applejack who'd overheard the Unicorn's complaints. Rarity responded with a glare that seemed to say the simple apple farmer could never hope to understand the many intricacies of superficiality that went into becoming the perfectly stylized fashionista that she was. Applejack, however, hadn't noticed and was once again chuckling at Winona's unrelenting pursuit of the flying stick. "Ooo! Almost got it that time girl!"

Soon Gummy joined in with Opal's attempts to penetrate Tank's... well tank, but without any teeth all the alligator achieved was slobbering up the shell. Time passed much in this way. At one point everypony gathered together and had an every mare and pet for themselves tag game. Because of the obvious advantage, Rainbow and Twilight had been restricted to the ground only while Owlowiscious was allowed to fly, but only at low altitudes. In the end, the unexpected winner was... Tank. Being so slow, nopony had tried to go after him and thus he was the last one left standing.

About an hour had ticked by when Pinkie Pie spoke up.

"Hey, Fluttershy is really taking her time, isn't she?"

"Yes she is, even for being fashionably late this is quite a stretch," observed Rarity.

"Perhaps, somethin' came up?" Applejack suggested.

"Like what?" asked Rainbow.

"LIKE THAT!!!!" Twilight exclaimed, pointing a hoof up at the sky.

The air above Ponyville had taken on a dark tone. Clouds were beginning swirl around before coalescing into a thick, black ring. All the wind in the surrounding area seemed to be heading directly towards the epicenter of the formation at frightening speeds. The once subtle midday breeze was now whipping through the manes of all of Ponyville's inhabitants. It was like a giant vacuum cleaner had descended upon the small village.

All of this was just icing on one of the Cake's famous pastries though, because located in the dead center of the black ring was what looked like a ball of light. Shots of lightning were spurting out sporadically from the bright orb and the air around it seemed to warp like there was a heat haze surrounding it. The noise of the wind and lightning was terrifying and shook the ground like an earthquake.

The five elements had taken off towards the commotion seconds after they saw all this.

"Um, this probably goes without saying, but WHAT THE HAY IS THAT!!!???" shouted Rainbow, who was flying behind Twilight at the front of the group.

"I-I have no idea! I've never seen or read about anything like that!" responded Twilight, trying desperately to keep herself calm.

"Could it be Discord again? Or maybe Luna has changed back to Nightmare Night?" tried Applejack. She was holding onto her hat making sure the wind wouldn't carry it away.

"No way! Discord is reformed now and Luna would never go back to being evil," insisted Dash.

"Ooo... thenmaybeit'sthatmeanol'QueenChrysalisagain...ormaybetheUrsaMinororadragon, WAIT! two dragons!" Pinkie Pie blurted out.

"What was that dear? I couldn't hear you over all of this dreadful wind! Oh! This will absolutely ruin my mane!" Rarity groaned while picking leaves out of her well-kept hair.

"Would ya just forget about your looks for a second! We actually have real problems right now!"

"Yeah! We don't have time to worry over looks!"

"Oh! You two tomcolts will never understand that a lady's looks are her life!"

"...ormaybeit'sthreedragons withanarmyofchanglingsandmanticores..."

"WOULD YOU ALL JUST BE QUIET!?!?" ordered Twilight over the din of the wind and her friend's bickering. The group came to a stop. "Look!"

They had arrived in the middle of town. Directly above them was the orb which seemed to have doubled in size or perhaps it was always this big, but they hadn't noticed until they got closer. The suction of the wind had also become much stronger as fruits and vegetables from the market made their way up to the light globe. When they reached the light they seemed to evaporate into nothingness (not a good sign...). Ponies of all varieties were running scared throughout the streets looking for someplace to take shelter. The sound was deafening.

"Hey! There's Fluttershy!" noticed Pinkie Pie.

Sure enough the yellow Pegasus was located on the opposite side of the street looking horrified at the spectacle before her and clutching her bunny tightly to her chest. The group rushed over to their frightened friend.

"Fluttershy! Are you okay?! Do you know what's happening?!"

Fluttershy however didn't respond and kept her awestruck face focused on the glowing sphere even as her friend barraged her with more and more questions. She was deaf to the world; too frightened to even think.

Her friends tried everything to snap her out of her catatonic state. Applejack shook her. Pinkie shouted nonsense. Rainbow even gave her a good hoof slap to the face, but nothing worked.

"We have to get out of here! The winds getting stronger!" shouted Twilight. "We're gonna get sucked up too! It might even destroy the whole town!" The lavender Princess looked around her once peaceful village falling into ruin. The orb was definitely getting larger and now even looked to be descending. She closed her eyes seemingly in defeat, but then her face shot up with a look of determination. "NO...Applejack grab Fluttershy! Rarity! Go tell the mayor to evacuate everypony! Pinkie and Rainbow! You go and try to help as many ponies get out of town as you can! "

"What are you gonna do?!" demanded Rainbow, a look of apprehension on her face as she waited for an answer.

"...I'm Ponyville's Princess and I will not allow it to fall without a fight!" the Alicorn proclaimed. She spread her majestic purple wings and took to the air. The torrent of wind blew her mane about in a way that reminded Rainbow of Princess Celestia. She turned back to her friends. "Now GO!"

The elements did as instructed and took of down different streets. The orb was so close to the town that all of Ponyville was now in the shade of its form. Lightning shot out of it in all directions and started to hit buildings setting them on fire. The air was being sucked away so violently that it was nigh impossible to breathe. Rainbow was afraid to fly for fear of being vacuumed into oblivion. She went down the streets knocking repeatedly on doors and telling everypony to get out before it was too late.

Buildings came crashing down as the globe pushed them out of its path to the ground. A bone-shaking rumble sounded as it met the cobble street. Dust kicked up everywhere blinding everypony outside and sending them into coughing fits.

Rainbow saw something orange fly by her through the chaos followed by a distinctive scream. Squinting, she saw that the UFO actually was...

"SCOOTALOO!!!!"

The suction of the wind had been enough to send the light filly flying through the air. Her destination; the light orb of death!

"SOMEPONY!!! HELP ME!!" the young Pegasus screamed.

Oh no! She's not strong enough to fly away!

"HANG ON SQUIRT! I'M COMIN'!"

Rainbow took off in a bolt after the screaming filly. The speed of the wind would've made it extremely difficult for any Pegasus to control her flight, but luckily Rainbow Dash wasn't just any Pegasus. She dodged flying signs, trees that had become airborne and even small houses. On one occasion a small shed flew in front of her path and there wasn't anyway she could change her course fast enough to avoid it.

Well...if you can't go around...GO THROUGH!

She crashed into the door which fortunately was made of light plywood before bursting out a window on the other side. Glass shards embedded themselves in her wings drawing blood, but it didn't phase the fierce flyer. She was so close. As she reached out to grab Scootaloo a bolt of lightning whizzed past her, scorching her outstretched hoof. The jolt of electricity caused Rainbow to black-out for a second which was enough to cause the filly to sail further away.

"RAINBOW DASH! HELP!"

The Pegasus shook herself back to consciousness.

What are you doing, Dash?!? You've got a filly to save!

She regained her flying form and shot after Scootaloo. Up ahead she could see the light ball had turned completely black. A purple aura was stretching over it which could only mean one thing...

Twilight!

The Alicorn hovered over the black mass with her horn glowing the same shade of purple that was surrounding the dark orb. She had a look of utter concentration; her face was scrunched up and she was biting down on her lip. Her magical aura had almost completely covered the globe before it began to shatter.

Oh no!

Like a snow globe breaking on the floor the magical shield burst into shards and a miniature explosion sent Twilight shooting off into the distance. The orb seemed to collapse in on itself forming an even black hole in space. There was a break in the suction as the explosion/implosion ran its course. Scootaloo fell to the ground hard knocking herself unconscious. The sudden break also caught Rainbow off guard and she barely avoided being crushed by a collapsing building.

"Scootaloo! This is your chance! Run!" shouted Dash, but the filly was out cold.

The vacuum started up almost as quickly as it had ended and everything was again being pulled toward the black hole; unconscious filly included. In fact, the wind felt even stronger than before. The noise was once again deafening. Scootaloo was almost at the mouth of the dark void.

I'm not gonna make it... Unless...

Rainbow Dash spread her wings causing the glass in them to open new cuts.

I don't have to be in control...I just have to be FAST!

She aimed for Scootaloo and let the void pull her in.

Faster and faster she went. The wind roared past her ears. She laid flat out in the air trying to be as aerodynamic as her body would allow all the while accelerating towards her goal. The world around her was a blur. Time stood still. Even the lightning bolts couldn't catch her. She closed her tearing eyes. Faster and faster and faster until...

*BOOM*

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...I'm dead...

...I have to be dead...

I can't hear anything...

I'm sorry Scootaloo...

...I...

...didn't make it...

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...Wait!

What is this?

Rainbow opened her eyes and saw Scootaloo huddled up in her forelegs. Looking around, she noticed that everything was darker...darker than night... darker than black. She turned around to see a rainbow trail following out behind her from the Sonic Rainboom she'd done seconds earlier. The Pegasus gasped.

Behind her was an opening in space. Through the rift she could make out the collapsing Ponyville.

I have to get back through!

She slowed to make a U-turn, but when she started making for the opening a large house came flying in through the other end. It blocked her path and she doubted she would be able to bull her way through it. What's more, she doubted she could avoid it while carrying Scootaloo.

Damn! I made it this far! I can't get wasted like this! I have to save Scoots!

The building was closing in. Rainbow slowed and lost the momentum to keep up the Sonic Rainboom.

This is looking pretty hopeless...

...they won't even have bodies to bury...

"HERE!"

Huh?

"TAKE MY HAND!"

What's a hand ?

"HURRY!"

Rainbow looked to the side. Floating there was some kind of creature she'd never seen before. It had four limbs; one of them was stretching out to grab hold of her with its weird looking claws. It had no fur besides the top of its head. The skin on its face and forelegs was mocha-colored. The rest of its body was covered in clothes. It had a desperate look on its face.

"C'MON! DO YOU WANNA BE CRUSHED?!?"

No!

The Pegasus reached out her hoof and took hold of the strange creature's grasp; it was warm and strong. The creature yanked the ponies to his chest, then kicked off a market stand that had been floating in the void with his long hind legs. The three of them floated past the house.

The opening that the building had been blocking from Rainbow's view had become smaller. As they floated closer, it shrunk even more.

"Listen, I'm gonna throw you towards the gateway. We won't make it there in time if we're going this fast," said the creature.

"But what about you?" questioned Rainbow. "Won't that mean you'll get left behind."

"Don't worry I've been travelling through here for a few days now..."

"Whaddya mean? Who are you? What are you?"

The creature looked at Rainbow in the eyes.

"Name's Jordan. I'm a human..."

"A wha..."

"No more speaking. Time to go!"

And with that, the Pegasus's rescuer hurled her and Scootaloo toward the opening back to their plane of existence. The mare looked back as the portal closed behind her to watch the lone figure in the darkness. He had raised one of his odd limbs as if to wave goodbye.

The rift was only about a foot or two wide by the time the two Pegasi made it through to the other side. Rainbow collapsed on the ground, but made sure not to fall on the filly. She was exhausted.

Who was that creature...

"Rainbow!" screamed Twilight who had managed to make her way back to the center of the crisis. Behind her were all the rest of her friend and each had on their Element of Harmony.

They all came! Even Fluttershy!

"Take this!"

The Alicorn tossed her the necklace that represented the Element of Loyalty; Rainbow's cutie mark was framed proudly at the center.

"We're gonna stop this thing once and for all," declared Ponyville's Princess.

As her words drifted into silence Rainbow felt the familiar vibration of the necklace. All the Element's were resonated with one another as were the hearts of the six friend. They felt the power of their bonds flowing between them and permeating every inch of their bodies. One by one they levitated into a semicircle with Twilight at the middle. The pure energy kept building and building until all the mare's felt as if their hearts would burst.

Finally the energy formed into magic and directed itself to Twilight. The mare had had her eyes shut during this process, but as she opened them her usually inquisitive gaze had transformed into a bright purifying light. A rainbow colored blast erupted from the group and shot toward the void. The opening was no more than a pinprick by this point, but as the rainbow met the minuscule rift it force it to widen larger than it had been before. The Element's magic reached into the black abyss and pulled out the buildings, trees, and market stands that had been vacuumed in earlier. As it placed the lost objects back into their places the magic also fixed them so that they looked as if nothing had every happened.

The loving magic embraced everything and everypony that had been damaged and repaired or healed them. The final act of the Elements of Harmony was to surround the hole in space-time and stitch it shut. The resonance between the mare died down and they float back to the street.

Clouds cleared and let Celestia's warm sun shine down upon the heroes. Ponies that had taken shelter peeked the muzzles out their windows and doorways. They all made their way to Ponyvilie's main square and gathered in a large circle around the six friends.

There was silence and then...

"BRAVO!!!"

"HOORAAYY!!!"

"WOOHHH!!"

"THREE CHEERS FOR OUR BRAVE HEROINES"

"HIP HIP HOORAAY... HIP HIP HOORAYY... HIP HIP HORAAAAAYY!!!!!!!!"

The crowd erupted into applause for the six elements.

"Ohmygosh! That was so cool!" shouted Pinkie Pie.

"I dare say our elements pulled through once again!" cheered Rarity.

"Ah guess that just means our friendship's strong as ever!" Applejack stated.

"Yeah," agreed Fluttershy.

"Well either way we saved Ponyville, girls!" said Twilight beaming at her friends. Each one of them returned her smile except for....

"Rainbow, what's wrong?"

The Pegasus was staring at the spot where the rift had closed shut.

"Uh Rainbow...anypony home?" asked PInkie as she somehow dangle from the sky waving a hoof in Dash's face.

"He's... gone..."

"Uh... who's gone sugarcube?"

"That creature... he saved me and Scootaloo when we were trapped in there."

"What creature?"

"He helped us escape, but now he's left all alone in there... all alone in the dark..."

"Umm... what?"

"Yeah Rainbow," chimed Pinkie Pie. "You're spouting even more nonsense than I usually do... well maybe not that much, but still pretty close."

"The creature!" shouted Dash. "That...that human. He said his name was Jordan."

"Wha..."

But as Twilight's question formed on her lips the necklaces began to vibrate once more. They vibrated, but not nearly as intensely as before-- almost like the action was a magical afterthought. Once again the magic focused toward a single point, but this time it wasn't on the Alicorn. Instead the energy concentrated where the black hole had closed shut.

The hole however did not reopen. There a sort of *pop* noise and in place of the magical glow stood Jordan, the so-called human.

"Woah Doc, that was heavy..." groaned the human as he rubbed his temples.

"Ohmygosh!"

"Ahh!" shouted the alien as he was tackled to the ground by Rainbow. Her wings were fluttering in excitement.

"You're alright! I thought you'd be trapped in there forever! I thought I'd never get to thank you...Oh Yeah! Thank You!"

"Ummm... alrighty then," answered the human as he struggled to get to his feet. The Pegasus attached to his chest wasn't helping the effort. "I'm glad you and the little one made it out okay. It's hell being trapped there for any period of time... Uhh who are you again?" asked Jordan looking around the square filled with pastel colored ponies.

"That's what I'd like to ask you," said Twilight as she stepped forward from the awestruck crowd.

"Oh right! I'm the alien here I suppose..." the human thought aloud. He finally managed to break Rainbow's iron grip on his torso and took a step toward the Alicorn. Twilight watched as the tall creature arched his back forward and raised one of his oddly shaped claws. "Greetings! My name is Jordan and I come in peace from the planet Earth!" announced the human while trying his darnedest to seem friendly. Twilight as well as the rest of the crowd simply stared. "Right..." he murmured and got up from his bow letting his hand fall limply to his side.

"Umm... okay. Judging by the stunned silence I'm gonna guess that you've never met an alien before."

Twilight shook her head, but otherwise said nothing.

"Right. Didn't think so... well this isn't gonna make this any easier," said Jordan under his breath. He glanced back up at the still silence crowd. "This wouldn't happen to be the planet Klaatu, would it?"

"No dude, this is Equestria," answered the rainbow pony that had knocked him to the ground.

"Oh good! Somebody who's up to talking!" smiled Jordan as somepony had finally broken the awkward silence. "But Equestria, you said?"

Rainbow nodded. "Yep Equestria! Hey, you said you're an alien? How'd you get here? Why were you in that dark place? Why were..."

"Somanyquestions!" interrupted the human. "Let's sort through them one at a time... now let's see; yes, to you all I'm an alien. Don't worry! Not the destroy-your-world kind!" he reassured quickly putting up his hands to show he was unarmed. "And as to how I got here... I'm not entirely sure of that myself... Oh! and as to why I was in that dark place. It was because I was travelling as an alien ambassador to the planet Klaatu. The quickest way to anywhere in the universe is through Sub-Space," finished Jordan.

"What is Sub-Space?" asked Dash while she tilted her head to side.

"Well, you can think of it as a sort of short-cut through space-time," explained the human. "It's created by..."

"By what?" pressed Rainbow.

"Umm... well if you're still a Class 1 world that hasn't had any contact with extra-terrestrials I'm afraid I that it's classified information," said Jordan while he rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't want to mess up your natural evolution or anything. Not to mention the reprimanding my superiors would give me..." He shuddered slightly at the thought.

"Um mister alien..."

Jordan looked to see a timid-looking, yellow-winged pony approaching him from the crowd.

"Yes?"

"Well, not to be nosey or anything... but if you're supposed to be at some other planet... why are you here?"

"Hmm..." he hummed in thought. "Well, while I was travelling through Sub-Space something caught my attention. It was some kind of disturbance in space-time. As I got closer I saw that a rift had opened in the Sub-Space and I could see into another world. Then out of nowhere, all these buildings and things came flying through the rift as well as those two." He pointed to Rainbow and the still unconscious Scootaloo. "They seemed to be in some sort of distress so I decided to help out."

"Then you did rescue them!" started Twilight.

"Uh yeah... I guess I did..."

"Well then" said the Alicorn as she walked up to the human. "I must thank you for saving my friends. I'm afraid our whole town would've been sucked into that Sub-Space if you hadn't helped them to get back in time to use the Elements of Harmony." She stood before him and extended a hoof.

Jordan eyed the crown atop her mane.

She must be the ruler... A Empress or Queen or something...

He looked back to the hoof.

"Oh!" he cried in realization. He knelt down on one knee while gently taking the hoof and bringing it slowly to his lips. "It was an absolute honor to help one of your subject, your Majesty." He finished by softly kissing the purple hoof.

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"Y-your M-majesty?" stammered Twilight quickly pulling her hoof back. Her lavender cheeks were quickly turning pink.

"Uh yeah... Oh! Are you not the ruler of this land? I'm so sorry! Forgive me if I've offended you...I thought what with the crown...oh their never gonna promote me if I keep screwing up simple greeting... hell they might even demote me!"

"Oh no! I mean yes! Or no or... I just didn't expect..."

"Dude.."

Jordan looked down at the rainbow pony. She had a deadpan expression on her face, but there was also a faint blush her cheeks.

"I think she was going for a hoofshake...oh and she's kinda new to the whole princess thing too."

A hoofshake? Oh yes! Of course! Like a handshake...

"Let me try again," said Jordan as he took Twilight's hoof in his hand again, but this time shaking it. "It's an honor to save one of your subjects Princess...?"

"Twilight. Twilight Sparkle," finished the Alicorn finally regaining her composure.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle then, " smiled Jordan. He looked back up at the crowd of ponies. "Well I'm happy that I could help," he began looking back at Rainbow Dash. "But I think I'm gonna be pretty late for my appointment at Klaatu." He stood back up and walked over to the spot he'd manifested from. "It was very nice to meet you all... though I'm still not entirely sure how that happened to begin with... ," he said as he pulled out a small golden key. "Perhaps I'll return one day with a proper introduction, but till then..."

Jordan jabbed the key into what was seemingly thin air, but as he turned the invisible lock, a plain wooden door appeared. He went to turn the knob, but as he did...

"OOWWW!!!!!"

Jordan was thrown back by some kind of electrical shock and landed hard on the cobble street.

"Hey! Are you alright!?" shouted Rainbow as she glided to his aid.

"Uhhh..." groaned the human while rubbing the back of his now sore head. "Damn that hurt!" He slowly got to his feet. As he did, he saw the once golden key had been turned to ash in his hand.

"What was that?"

"That... wasn't supposed to happen..."

Author's Note

Hey everypony! At first this clop was only supposed to be a one-shot (started with "I have something I've been wanting to show you..."), but it's been upgraded to a full story. I don't know how often I'll be able to update this one as I have another fic to write. This opening might not have much to do with the other chapter as I'm kind of retracing my steps with this fic. If you have any ideas for where I can take this please feel free to send me your thoughts via comment or message. I want to make this a little more interactive than my other fic. There's still gonna be clop, but I also want a story as well. Hopefully you enjoy it all the same!