Unit 0047

   When Princess Celestia said a Royal Carriage, she meant two pegasus guards attached to a chariot. Luckily, the chariot had enough space for the three of them. So they had taken off in flight to Manehattan and the flyers said it was only going to be for 30 minutes. Daring couldn't have kept still; her body was shaking up and down because of her impatience to get to the city. Swarmer was air sick; he was afraid of heights which was ironic since he had wings. Mare-Do-Well was...being Mare-Do-Well; she kept still and hadn't said a single word. Princess Celestia couldn't have picked a better team...

   "So how do the royal guards fly us all the way into Manehattan? I mean, it's already heavy enough, considering the chariot's weight," wondered Daring.

   Swarmer's green face turned his head away from the railing and tried not to throw up.

   "The...the Royal Guards...filled the flying chariots with...magic so it would be easy to...to carry," he explained and leaned his stomach back onto the railing to throw up.

   Daring Do turned around in disgust and looked at Mare-Do-Well curiously.

   "What about you? I've heard that you have special powers. Is that true?"

   She didn't respond. In fact, she never even talked when Daring met her.

   "Hmph. You're more of a mare of action are you?"

   This time, she responded with a simple nod. Daring didn't thought much of Swarmer, but could tell she was going to get along with Mare-Do-Well just fine.

   "Hey, guys. How are we suppose to know what Unit 0047 looks like?"

   Swarmer took off his helmet and inside there was a rolled up piece of paper. He took it out and threw it to Daring. She caught it in her mouth and unfurled the drawing. Huh. He had no cutie mark.

   "We will be arriving to Canterlot in 50 minutes!"

   Sweetcloud poked her head out of the train's window and saw there was a railway crossroad. One that lead to Canterlot and the other that guided its way to Hollow Shades.

   "That should lead to Hollow Shades! Hey, wake up!" she said as she stuck her hoof in Unit's mouth.

   His eyelids lazily opened half-way when he realized he couldn't breathe! Unit panicked and choked for a few seconds until Sweetcloud took out her hoof, leaving saliva all over.

   "Gah...(breathing heavily) what was that!?" he screamed.

   The mare shrugged.

   "What else was I suppose to do? Keep shaking you until you woke up?"

   "YES! That's what normal ponies do!"

   Sweetcloud just waved her hoof coolly.

   "But that's ridiculous. I like my way better! Anyways, that's not the reason why I woke you up; we're about to get off this train!"

   "And why, in the name of Celestia, are we going to do that?" Unit asked.

   "So we won't have to be in Canterlot! Duh!" she answered and opened the window on the train's roof.

   Other ponies started noticing of the two friend's weird behavior and wondered why the bat pony opened the roof window. There wasn't an emergency...

   "Dragon!" yelled a stallion.

   A green dragon's head appeared from behind the waterfall of Neighagra Falls. It roared and came flying it's way to the train.

   "What in oblivion is that?!" screamed another pony as they all ran around in the train.

   "Yeeeep. We're getting out of here." Sweetcloud said as she picked up Unit and went straight through the window.

   She followed the train tracks that led to Hollow Shades and away from the enraged dragon. Unit ditched the disguise and it flew away into the wind.

   The Royal Carriage was half-way to Manehattan when they all saw the dragon attacking the train.

   "We've got to get down there and help them!" said Swarmer who suddenly forgot about his airsickness.

   The guards instead kept flying to Manehattan.

   "Sir, our orders were to escort you safely to Manehattan. Not fight dragons. Let the Royal Guards take care of this."

   "The Royal Guards aren't here! We have to save them! As Princess Luna's assistant and scholar, that is an order!"

   The guards both hesitated and then flew down to the ground. The train was already upside-down in the dragon's claws and the ponies inside were all tumbled against each other. The dragon roared, again, in victory and turned around to see Swarmer and Daring. They both threw a punch at the dragon's nose but it only seemed to annoy it. It dropped the train onto the ground and swiped it's claws at them. They easily dodged the claw and flew a few feet back to keep their distance.

   Meanwhile, Mare-Do-Well ran to the train and used her magic to rip off the sliding door. Instantly, ponies started shoving their way out and away from the battle. The dragon was tired of trying to swipe out the two flyers. It was like trying to swipe at flies so he, instead, breathed out fire. Swarmer's armor blocked most of the damage, but Daring was unlucky. Her right wing caught onto the flames and she plummeted down. He gasped and flew down after her. Almost there...Yes! He caught the weak pegasi in his arms, patted out the fire, and flew away quickly.

   "What are you doing?! We're suppose to distract it!" yelled Daring.

   "I'm suppose to distract it. You're in no condition," he simply replied back.

   He landed near Mare-Do-Well and settled Daring onto the grass.

   "Get the ponies to safety; I got this."

   Mare-Do-Well nodded and dragged the protesting pegasus to safety. Swarmer sighed and flew up to the dragon. His horn glowed and shot out a green laser. The dragon's movements were slow and sticky green goo formed around its body.  Soon enough, Swarmer now had the dragon completely immobilized in a cocoon. Crowds of cheers came from the ground and everypony gathered in rejoice. One of the pegasus guards asked the conductor if there was any missing ponies.

   "Actually, yeah. There was this strange bat pony and another one in a cloak. They left the train through a window when the dragon started to attack. They followed those train tracks over there. Do you think they might be in trouble? Should I go send a search party?"

   The guards glanced at each other then back at the conductor.

   "Thank you for the information. We'll take care of this." The guards went to Mare-Do-Well. "Mam, we believe the one that your team is looking for may be in Hollow Shades, followed by a bat pony. What is your next order?"

   Mare-Do-Well looked at Daring who wrapped her burnt wing with a wet bandage.

   "Go fly back to Canterlot and bring a small unit of troops. I don't know about the mare but we might need some more ponypower to catch them." Daring ordered.

   The guards saluted and flew off with the Royal Carriage. Swarmer landed near the two mares and looked proud of himself.

   "So what are we going to do-oof!"

   He was interrupted when Daring punched him in the stomach.

   "Don't ever save me again. You hear?"

   He nodded and cringed in pain.