After the other four girls had shown Mordred and Merlin their homes and workplaces, the two boys went back with Twilight to the library, they were exhausted from running around town that evening- by some miracle they didn't get seen by any of the residents. Merlin was fine with that, though. He sat down on the couch, and opened his spell book. He began to read through the parchment pages.

"Hey, Merlin, can I sit here?" Twilight asked, Merlin nodded, and she jumped up next to him, she leaned in slightly towards the book.

"What, do you want to read it?" he asked.

"Yeah! After the way Mordred fixed up my library like that earlier- I wanna' see what other kinds of spells you guys have!" Merlin smiled, and handed her the book. She turned to the start of the giant tome, and read the pages as a priest reads from his holy scriptures; the magic Mordred and Merlin had access to was rare and arcane compared to what she knew- amongst powerful healing enchantments, there were many spells she had never even dreamt were existent.

"You seem... impressed." Merlin said, Twilights eyes lit up.

"Yeah! Seriously, I've never even seen spells like this before! Where'd you get this?"

"My family and I live in a country with a powerful wizard as a monarch. His name is prince Andromeda. He owns this place he calls the 'celestial archives'. It's a place where he stores thousands of rare books and ancient manuscripts. The majority of them are magic books- as a close friend of his, I was granted access to the archives." Twilight was intoxicated with his story, paying attention to every detail, Merlin continued.

"Anyway, one day he accompanied me on one of the visits, and we found this book here... it's strange, there's no author, and the enchantments in there don't seem to be related to any other spell book I've seen before- they use spoken incantations."

"Oh, I know about those! Those spells are rare even here in Equestria... They're written in ancient languages, right?" Twilight asked.

"Exactly. Anyway, Prince Andromeda wants me to study this book and try to find it's origins... but it's difficult- I don't know what language the spells are written in, and that's the major giveaway." Merlin's eyes trailed off to the wall with the portal.

"Maybe I can help. Princess Celestia recently sent me a couple of new spellbooks- they had incantions in them." Twilight

"Ancient languages, correct? Shouldn't Andromeda know something like that? Isn't he immortal?" Mordred said, he was leaning against the railing near the stairs. Twilight and Merlin looked up at him.

"If he knew, he would have told me. Besides, he's not that old!"

"Wait- you said immortal?" Twilight asked, she looked surprised.

"Yes. He made a potion called 'panacea' a long time ago- it extends your life indefinitely. A major prize that very few people have claimed- it only works for the person who made it." Mordred said.

"Not to mention it makes you almost immune to illness." Merlin finished.

"Wow... sounds kind of... nostalgic." Twilight said.

"Sorry, what?" Merlin asked.

"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are immortal... you think they might have figured out how to make that potion?" She asked.

"That's impossible. The only books on how to make Panacea are in the archives in the human world... at least, as far as the Prince's records go."

"Ah, well... Andromeda might be able to give you the recipe- not that you'll have any of the ingredients here in Equestria, though. They can only be found on haunted isles in the north sea. Again, in our world." Merlin looked up at Mordred again, he shook his head lightly. Suddenly, the portal began to flash blue, then red, yellow, then green.

"Is someone else coming through?" Twilight and Merlin got up from the couch.

"Yep. Hey Mordred- it's flashing all kinds of different colors- are you thinking of the same person as me?" Suddenly, the portal flashed brightly, Merlin jumped back as a boy dressed in a blue military-like suit came flying -quite literally- out.

"Woo-hoo!" He shouted, he was wearing jet boots, he turned to fly upward, turned off his jet boots mid-air, fell a few feet, then turned them back on, so he would slow his descent.

"I was thinking about him." Mordred answered, Merlin rolled his eyes.

"I came as soon as I heard what you were doing was a success, Merlin."

"Who are you?" Twilight asked, Merlin turned to face the boy.

"You really need to stop flying through portals, Joseph. You give everyone a huge scare that your gonna' either crash into them, or crash into a rock." He said, Joseph rolled his eyes, then turned to face Twilight.

"Whatever. Joseph's my name, just as he said... and who are you?" He asked.

"I'm Twilight. Twilight Sparkle." Joseph nodded, then looked up at Mordred.

"Sorry I didn't get your letter on time, Mordred. But you should have waited for me to come! You remember what happened the last time you flew through a portal without help, you nearly got yourself killed! Not cool, man!"

"I'm sorry, but for all I could have known, Merlin could have been in a similar situation. That's my excuse." Twilight and Merlin exchanged glances, then Merlin looked at Joseph and Mordred.

"Guys, let's not get into an argument again. Anyway, Joseph... welcome to Equestria." Joseph walked towards the window.

"So it seems you weren't insane after all... any good flying spots for me?" Joseph asked, looking eager to get off the ground again, Merlin rolled his eyes.

"Ugh... really Joseph?" Merlin asked, Joseph raised his brows.

"Come on, I wanna' take a look around this place!"

"Ughh... The skies are clear today; perfect for you to practice your new flying tricks..."

"All right!" Mordred glared at Merlin and shook his head quickly. Merlin looked back at Joseph.

"Uh- actually... be careful- there aren't any humans here besides us, we don't want to cause a riot. If you get seen, just fly as fast as you can."

"Why? I can just get above the crowds by flying, right?" But he ate his words when he saw a Pegasus out of the corner of his eye- flying around outside.

"...Oh."

"Yeah... still want to fly?" Merlin said, sounding somewhat annoyed.

"Well, I'm up for the challenge of evasion. See ya!" He ran out of the house. Mordred and Merlin sighed.

"He keeps his conversations short, as you can see... he spends most of his time in the air. Ever since he got those jet-boots he's almost never on the ground..."

"Sounds like someone else I know... Rainbow dash is quite like that." Twilight said, she smirked lightly.

"Maybe I'll introduce him to her later." Merlin said, he chuckled, and rolled his eyes again. Mordred put his face in his face in his palm.

"Oh, well. He's always been like that- living life to the fullest. He never seems to calm down..." Mordred said, he raised is head from his palm.

"Yeah... he left the magic school to pursue a different lifestyle... he wanted to find excitement and adventure above all... he's addicted to adventure novels, to top that." Yep, definitely like Rainbow Dash. Twilight thought, Merlin started to polish his wand with wax, it hummed lightly as he slowly covered the surface in a thin coat, he put the wax in his pocket, sat down, and began to write in his journal.

"Woo-hoo! Oh, yeah! I'm LOVIN' this! Ha-ha-ha!" Joseph shouted, his medium-length brown hair blowing in the wind. He was higher then the clouds, it was thrilling. Unlike at home where there were flying laws on how high you could go, here there weren't any laws, and hence he could go as high as he wished. He slowed down slightly to take in the view of Equestria- he flew over to an oddly-shaped cloud, it looked almost like a house. Upon closer inspection, he found it had 'windows'. He was surprised when he looked inside and saw furniture in it. What the heck? He thought. He heard a distant voice, he peared around the corner and saw a blue-haired, rainbow-maned pegasus coming his way, he ducked behind the corner of the house, trying to make as little noise as possible.

"Is someone there?" The voice called. Ooooh boy... time to fly. He peered his head around the corner one more time to see where she was.

"Wait- are you a human? How'd you-!?" Before she could finish her sentance, Joseph flew the other direction. His jet boots creating a mix of colors as the gas left. He was going so fast the air stung his face. Heh-heh! She'll never catch me! He thought. However, out of the corner of his eye he saw that she was closing in on him.

"No way!" He yelled, baffled, his jet boots gave a burst of flame and he jolted ahead fifty feet.

"Wait!" She called. Joseph looked back at her for half a second. a cone of air was forming around him. He reached into his back pocket and grabbed a pair of earplugs. He stuffed them into his ears, barely keeping his balance in the air. His jet boots gave another burst, he was going faster and faster... the cone was getting thinner and thinner around him. Come on... one more! His jet boots gave one more burst. A gigantic boom sounded as a field of wind shot out in all directions, along with a rainbow color from the gas in his jet boots.

18th of August, 2010,

Today I was introduced to some of Twilight's friends. They promised not tell anyone we were hiding here, it's strange to think that they weren't so freaked out about the whole thing that humans were in Equestria. Perhaps Twilight talked to them while I was at Celestia's sanctum, maybe? I'm not sure. What can I expect? This is a land only mentioned in legend and folklore, after all. They showed me around town to their workplaces and homes, perhaps so that me and Mordred have more then one 'base camp', I guess. Right now, it's late in the evening, and my friend Joseph, who was a former member of the magic school, arrived earlier today. He came flying through the portal like a moron, as usual. I'm waiting for my requested presance with Celestia so I can introduce her to Mordred and-
KRA-BOOM! Merlin dropped his pen as a window shattered and a vase broke, he bareley caught his journal as his hands jerked up in surprise, sending it up in the air.

"GOOD GODS-!" Merlin shouted.

"What in the name of Christ almighty!?" Mordred shouted, a book fell from it's shelf.

"Ugh... what now?" he said, he got up, dropped his journal on the couch, and ran outside. Up there in the sky, was a ring of colors of all sorts, Twilight ran out with him.

"Joseph... not again..." He said to himself.

"What? Joseph did that?" Twilight said, she looked amazed.

"Yeah... I don't know how he does it, but, somehow that suit he wears allows him to break the sound barrier. The gas emitted from his boots causes that ring to look rainbow-colored..."

"Uhmm..." Twilight looked up at him.

"Let me guess- she can do that as well?" Merlin chuckled and rolled his eyes at his joke.

"Your not going to believe this... but yes." Merlin looked down at Twilight with wide eyes.

"Really?" He asked.

"Look out!" Mordred yelled, Merlin looked up- Joseph was coming straight at him.

"Oh Cr-" Merlin was cut off as Joseph slammed into him. Merlin screamed. They landed near a tree.

"Dang it, Joseph! Do you honestly think breaking the sound barrier is gonna' keep you hidden? What were you thinking?" Joseph got up, followed by Merlin.

"I had to- a Pegasus spotted me and-"

"Hey! Something else is coming!" Mordred yelled, the Pegasus chasing Joseph earlier slammed into him.

"Gack-!" Joseph yelled as he flew through the air. The two landed near the fence. Face to face.

"Oh, Dash, it's you. Never mind, Joseph, your safe, she knows." Joseph glared at Merlin, then turned to look up at Rainbow dash.

"Please get off me..." He said, the Pegasus complied.

"Heh-heh... sorry about that... My fault." She answered. Joseph got up.

"I'm surprised you were able to keep up with me... even when I was nearing the sound barrier- where'd you learn to fly like that?"

"Well I AM the fastest flyer in Equestria... name's Rainbow dash."

"Name's Joseph... pleasure to meet you... sort of..." He clenched his gut in pain.

"What?"

"Ya' hit me smack in the gut... ooowww...." Rainbow dash got a guilty smile on her face.

"Sorry." She said.

"It's cool... oh man my gut...God...ow..." Twilight took Joseph back inside and tended to the giant, head-shaped bruise on his stomach.

Joseph layed on the couch with an ice patch covering his stomach. He didn't regret the flight he had today, while at one point it turned to him flying for his life, (or at least he thought, as Rainbow dash allready knew about the humans.) he couldn't wait to get back up in the air again. He looked from the roof to over his shoulder as he heard the door open. Rainbow dash was standing there.

"Hey, I'm sorry about earlier." Rainbow dash said.

"It's all right, R.D." Joseph said, Rainbow dash smiled at his nickname for her.

"So... where'd you get those jet-boot thingies?" She asked, Joseph smiled.

"They were a gift. My parents got them for me." Rainbow dash hopped up next to him on the couch as Joseph sat up.

"Cool! If the town cools down from all the comotion and you guys can go out without being crowded around- would you like to join me in one of the flying races?" She asked. Joseph's face lit up like a lantern.

"Yeah, that'd be awesome! It's been a while since I've entered a sporting event." He said, he layed his head back on the couch's cushion, there was a moment of silence, he looked down at his jet boots, lying next to the couch.

"Ever since I got those jet boots, I've been obssessed with flying... it's thrilling. Being up in the air without a care, and no one to say what you can or can't do... it's that feeling of freedom that drew me to it... How about you?" He asked.

"I... have a very similair story, but I do it because it's my job here."

"Your job? Aren't you a little... young?" He asked.

"What?"

"In our world the legal age to work is 18... you don't look that old." He said.

"I'm 13. That's the age you can start delivering mail here in Equestria- or working on the weather.." She said, she looked confused.

"Oh- well... never mind, now that I think about it that's the only job that you can do as a minor... I'm surprised you guys can keep a
house as well- that's against the law at my country..." Rainbow dash gave him a weird look.

"Hey, don't look at me, I'm not the one who makes the laws! Talk to the weirdo on the throne back at my place!" There was an akward silence between the two, then, they laughed.

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