The rest of the drive was largely uneventful. We hit a few bumps here and there, slid over some rocks, narrowly avoided trees, and even met a nice serpent that helped us across a river even though we didn't need it. Boxer was leading since his vehicle was bigger than mine and was more likely to get stuck in the smaller opening unlike my vehicle. As the trees were thinning out, it was getting easier to move our vehicles so we were able to pick up speed. We didn't go crazy It would roughly be equivalent to 20 mph. Nearing the edge of the forest we stop our vehicles and say "We know you had choice in your mode of transportation but we thank you for choosing Misfit Transport, your one stop transport line for all your moving needs. Watch your step while exiting the vehicle and have a good day."

"Aren't you coming with us?" Twilight asked a little confused at the sudden stop. "And why did you say that?"

"No we aren't going with you. 1) Ponies would go crazy not only from seeing a zebra but also seeing two hulking metal contraptions being driven by a minotaur and a gryphon from out of this forest. Stuff like that doesn't normally happen. As to why we said that it's just something a transport agent would always say when his job is done, we just felt like it would be funny", I say walking up behind her.

"But if we're with you it will be fine. They won't freak out", she responds trying to convince us.

"Trust us it's better this way. You won't have to introduce them to 3 bloody, beaten and scarred creatures as well as why you now have Princess Luna and Princess Celestia with you."

"The least we can do is treat your wounds."

"What?? And lose all the cool scars they'll leave, no way! I worked hard for those", I reply while Boxer chuckles.

"You must stop by my shop so I can make you some clothes to clean you up", Rarity says.

"No that's quite-", I try to speak.

"OOOH, We should throw them a Welcome to Ponyville Party!", Pinkie Pie exclaims while bouncing up and down.

"Again, we must decline beca-", Boxer tried his hand this time.

"I would like to see you up at the castle later this week. We have much to discuss", Princess Celestia cuts in.

"Princess, we really aren't going to be staying", Boxer says.

"You're mistake was thinking that I was asking you. I would like to see all 3 of you there, let's say 3 days from now?", she asks pleasantly, her eyes betraying the tone.

"Well Celestia, we aren't going to be here in 3 days but we can show up tomorrow if you want", I reply.

"Dude, you sure you want to push this?", Boxer whispers to me.

"Just wait dude. It'll be fine." I mumble back.

"I can clear my schedule. Let's say lunch at the castle?" Celestia

"Sounds good. We'll be there right around noon", Boxer says.

"Noon?", Twilight asks.

"Oh, you don't keep time. Midday, when the sun is highest in the sky", he responds.

"Now you go on and enjoy the rest of the day. We need to figure stuff out", I say.

"We can help with that", Twilight says.

"Thanks, but if we need help we'll ask for it", I reply and she looks a little down about that. "We'll see you tomorrow princesses. And we'll probably see you six later."

After the mane 6 each say there variation of goodbye, Princess Celestia Speaks up "If you plan on hurting my little ponies..."

"Listen, If we wanted to hurt your ponies, we would have done it when we had the chance. We just want to get as far away as possible. Right Boxer?" I ask.

"Yeah, we should keep moving. Staying here is stupid. We don't know if they're tracking us", he says.

"Anyway, you should go. We don't want your subjects freaking out about you being gone", I say.

"We'll see you tomorrow then", Celestia reaffirms.

With that all 8 of them left for Ponyville. Leaving us to our thoughts. Jules speaks up first, "Are we really going to see the princess tomorrow?"

"Well I don't think we have a choice. I feel like I was pushing it as is. Hopefully it will be maybe an hour or 2 at most", I say. "What could she want to talk to us about?"

"Who knows. Let's figure out our next move", Boxer says.

"You guys said we're going north but didn't say why. Why are we going there?" Jules inquires.

"Well supposedly that's where the Sombra went after he was fired. I was hoping to figure out why he went there and what he found if anything", I say.

"What happens if we get there and are immediately captured by his empire?" she ask.

"We don't work on 'what ifs' you know that and besides he disappeared shortly after arriving there. We would know if he had an empire set up there. I just want to know why he went there", I say

"Sounds like we need to visit a library. To better understand this area. Our geography was always vague here", Boxer speaks up.

"Yeah, that's probably needed. We should probably find a way to get more kerosene as well. I would hate to run out somewhere far away from civilization", I say.

"Jules do you mind staying here and protecting the vehicles?" Boxer asks.

"That sounds good to me. See you 2 tonight then?" She replies.

"See you then. Bye." we say as we walk out of the forest.

Walking to town was uneventful. It took about 10 minutes to reach the first building. Once there however we noticed the town being rather weary of us. Some were even trying to hide in buildings so we wouldn't attack them. I guess that should be expected though. Very few ponies actually got close enough to us to hold a normal conversation let alone attack us. We ended up finding an official looking building to ask for directions to the library. Going inside We were greeted with the sight of A stallion looking very confused and a mare who seemed to be important. Walking up to the stallion I say, "Which way to the library?"

"It's right down the street in the big tree. You can't miss it. When did you arrive in town?" he asked.

"We're not staying, however it was about 10 minutes ago", Boxer replies.

"Do you need medical attention for those bandages?"

"Nah we're good. They don't hurt. If that's all, we'll be on our way", Boxer says.

"Goodbye then", The stallion replies.

We leave the building and I speak up, "Well, who would have guessed the library is inside a tree."

"At least it'll be easy to find. The tree will have to be pretty big to hold those a lot of books."

Finding the tree didn't take long but imagine our surprise when we open the door to find a familiar purple unicorn inside. "What's the probability of you looking for a book at the same time we are?" I ask.

"I'm not looking for a book. I live/'work' here."

"I didn't think living in a library was exactly hygienic. Not to mention I don't see a bed here", I reply.

"The bed is upstairs in my room. I am the Ponyville librarian."

"Of course you are."

"Can I help you find anything?"

"Uh not really, we're just gonna be looking at some geography."

"Well at least let me help you find some books on that."

"Alright, I guess."

"Let me see... Hmm, where did I put them. No, not there. Maybe I'll try..." Twilight spoke mostly to herself.

"Hey, Twilight? I think I found them. 'The Geography of Equestria' and 'The Frozen North' sound right?" Boxer says.

"Yeah that's some of them."

"Thanks for the help then, but this should be fine for now."

"Why do you want to know about the geography here?"

"We were never taught that because no one is allowed to leave, not that anyone really wants to, or can", I say.

"Then how are you 2 here?"

"We got lucky. A combination of luck, timing and planning. Mostly luck", I reply.

"How did you do it?" She asked.

"Well, basically we stole some stuff, killed anyone in our way, blew some stuff up and moved as fast as possible", I say.

"Y-You k-killed another creature?" She asked in a state of disbelief.

"They attacked us with intent to kill. It was kill or be killed", Boxer says.

"There could have been another way." She says trying to convince us.

"There probably was but in the heat of the moment you make a decision. If you think about it you could die", he says.

"Hey Twilight, can we get some quiet? We really need to read this." I ask trying to seem nice.

"Oh ok, just let me know if you want to check out the books?"

"I will."

With that boxer and I opened the books to find as much as we can about the north as possible. "So it's called the Crystal Mountains interesting. Maybe the crystal pony myths aren't myths and that's why he went there, Boxer mumbles to himself. "Dude we need to stock up on food, blankets, kerosene, and probably will want to find a unicorn to travel with us for safety sake", Boxer says to me.

"Yeah you should keep quiet about that till out of ear shot of this place", I whisper back.

"So that's everything we need?"

"It should be." We put the books back on the shelves and make way for the door.

"See you guys later", Twilight says.

"Yeah later", we reply.

Author's Note

If anyone notices bad grammar or spelling or anything let me know and I'll try to fix it.