Nova carefully peeked out from beneath his newly acquired hood, although it was beginning to turn dark, the bustling town didn't seem to slow down.
"Huh, this place does kinda resemble a big city, nice to see something familiar for once." He thought out loud, catching Trixie's attention.

"That reminds Trixie, you said something about having lots of cities like Manehattan in your world?" She inquired, hoping to pry some information from Nova's reluctant lips.

Nova nodded at Trixie, trying to keep himself unnoticeable to the passing citizens.
"Yeah, the whole world is covered in cities like this, but even this one is small compared to them, especially Manhattan." He said, the last part catching Trixie's attention.

"Manhattan? that..... Is way too similar to Manehattan." She said, looking a little disturbed.

Nova let out a small chuckle.
"You're telling me, when you first said this place was called Manehattan, I had to do a double take just to make sure you didn't say the same thing." Nova cleared his voice, then continued.
"While we're talking about cities, though, might as well talk about where I come from."

"I was born in Australia, the largest Island and smallest continent in the world, I was born in Brisbane, a city in Queensland." He explained.

"Australia's cities are a bit smaller than most others, due to the fact we have a smaller population than most other countries, but we make up for it with multiculturalism, which pretty much means anyone with any cultural background is free to move and live in Australia." Nova finished with a sigh, he turned his head to look back at the tall buildings next to him.
"Honestly this place reminds me more of Brisbane city than Manhattan, though I doubt it has anything like the Story Bridge in it."

However one last question was still on Trixie's mind.
"Nova, you said that your world has many cities like this, how many are in Australia?" She asked.

"Oh, about six I think." He said casually.

Trixie immediately went wide eyed at this, not that Nova noticed this, being distracted by his surroundings.
*Six alone in ONE country, Didn't he mention that there was an almost uncountable amount of countries were hes from?* Trixie thought, beginning to realize just how many of these 'Humans' there might actually be.
Just before Trixie could ask another question, she caught Nova reaching out and snagging a large piece of paper from a nearby pole.

"Nova what did you just take?" She asked, curious to what he was doing.

Nova let out a small sigh before tearing up the paper.
"Oh, you know, just a very poorly drawn wanted poster of me." he said, a tinge of annoyance in his voice.

Trixie, sensing his annoyance, attempted to cheer up her companion a little.
"Well, Trixie was right in giving you a means of concealing yourself, She doubts anyone here will bother looking to closely at you anyway."
She said slightly cheerfully, seeing a small smile form on Nova's lips.

"Yes well, that wanted poster was so poorly drawn I'd be surprised if anyone could even believe it was me, I mean, it had BROWN hair, that's not even close to mine." he said, pretending to be offended.

The rest of the trip through Manehattan went rather peacefully, if you can call getting caught in traffic peaceful that is.
After a while, Trixie pulled up near a strange looking store almost hidden between two others.

"Ah, there it is, thankfully it is still open, Trixie shall be but a moment." She said, hopping off from her seat.

"Wait, what the hell is this place anyway?" Nova asked, confused to why they were stopping at such an out of place looking shop.

"Although Trixie has plenty of food and water, She is rather lacking in a few, more... magically based items she requires, Trixie will be but a moment." She said as she quickly trotted inside.

Nova watched her walk away before quickly focusing his attention on his surroundings, unfortunately, there appeared to be wanted posters of him all around the area.
*Guess its safe to assume that the city is plastered in these, guess I got lucky that whoever provided the description is slightly blind, my nose isn't nearby that big..... is it?* He thought, suddenly becoming very self conscious about his nose.

The thoughts didn't last long though, as a small patrol of guards suddenly turned the corner and made their way down the sidewalk towards him.
Nova suddenly found the ground very interesting, hoping to avoid any kind of exchange with the guardsmen, and apparently guards woman.

*Well at least they have equal gender opportunities in this world.* Nova thought as he slowly looked back towards the ground, hoping the guards would just wander by.

"Excuse me, uh... sire? madam?" One of the guardsmen asked.

Nova silently cursed his luck before responding, since it seemed the guard was wasn't sure what he was.
"Yes officer, is there something I can help you with?" Nova asked, praying that the darkness enchantment Trixie had but on the hood would work.

"Yes, you see, your vehicle is currently parked in a no parking zone, although it will become available in half an hour, I thought I'd tell you just in case some other guard having a bad day comes along and decided to book you for it, have a nice day sir." The guard said.

He tipped his hat before him and the other two guards continued on what Nova assumed was their partol route, Nova let out a nervous sigh as they left earshot.

*Well at least I know the hood seems to work now.* He thought, barely noticing Trixie hopping back onto the seat next to him.

"Trixie assumes you didn't cause any trouble while she was away?" She asked. Her horn lit up and the bag of supposedly 'magical items' dispersed from sight.

Nova let out a short laugh.
"I might not have, but you certainly did Miss Trixie, this is still a no parking zone for your information." He said rather smugly.

Trixie gave a deadpan stare towards him before starting up the carriage again.
"Trixie only made a short stop, she is surprised that you would care about such a thing." She said, slightly annoyed.

"Eh, what can I say, I'm a stickler for rules." He said with a shrug.
"So, where are we gonna go now?" Nova asked, curious to Trixie's plans for the rest of the day.

"Well, before long, normal working hours are going to end and the streets are going to become clogged with traffic." She started getting a small chuckle from Nova.

"Ha, guess some things are the same regardless of what world you're on." He said, ushering for Trixie to continue.

"Yes... well, Trixie thought that we should travel closer towards the road out of the city and find somewhere to spend the night, that way we can leave the city by early tomorrow and get ahead of any other traffic." She finished, confusing Nova.

"Wait, were trying to beat the traffic, is there even any traffic to worry about?" He asked.

Trixie sighed, as if Nova should know this like it was common knowledge.
"Nova, it's the only road that connects two kingdoms together, why do you think we need to beat the traffic?" She said with a condescending tone.

Nova pretty much mentally slapped himself for not even thinking about it.
"There's a lot of exports and Imports going through there, right?" He answered. Trixie gave a small nod as confirmation.

"That's right, ten points to Nova, jokes aside, although it's not as bad as the city can get, Trixie would rather not have to share to road with others for as long as possible." She said.

The rest of the day in Manehattan went rather well, after a quick stop to get something to eat, and to 'admire' one of Nova's wanted posters, they eventually stopped at a pay-to-stay parking zone.

Nova looked back to the road, and just as Trixie said, they were starting to clog up something fierce with ponies wanting to get home from work.
He turned to face Trixie. "So, what now?" He asked. Wondering what the next stop in her plan would be.

"Well, there is a small park near here that sell's the most amazing fries in the city, in fact, they may almost be as amazing as Trixie herself." She said, actually giddy with excitement.

Nova to a second to think on how to respond, and although it was tempting to poke fun at her sudden outburst of child like enthusiasm, something in that sentence caught his attention.
"Wait, Fries, don't you mean Hay Fries?" He asked, hoping beyond hope that this is what he thought it was.

"No, Trixie believes this place is called a 'fish and fries' shop, although Trixie cannot eat the fish, their fries taste much better than any hay fries, apparently they are made from potatoes." She said. Nova suddenly to burst out in a massive grin, before sinking back down into confusion.

"Wait, I'm assuming Ponies don't eat fish, then why sell it..... ooohhhhh, griffins, right?" Nova said, answering his own question.

"Indeed, although its a rather small establishment, it does rather well for itself, due to it being one of the only places a griffin can get a quick meal that suits their needs." She said. Trixie suddenly shook her head.
"Enough questions, Trixie is eager to go, are you coming along or not?" She asked, remembering how Nova decided not to eat earlier, or at all for their entire journey so far.

"Damn right I'm coming, no way I'd miss out on some good old fish and chips." He replied with enthusiasm.

Trixie, who was just finishing locking up, turned and happily began to trot towards the park, Nova following right behind her.
However, just as they left the parking lot, two cloaked figures quietly entered and made their way to the carriage.

After a short walk, they eventually made their way to the small park, however, something caught Nova off guard, the Ocean just over the railings.
"Wait, what, were this close to the ocean? I didn't even smell it." He said in confusion.

Trixie's face scrunched up in what seemed like slight disgust.
"The smells the city produces tend to block out most other smells, Trixie is surprised you didn't mention it on our way in."

Nova shrugged. "Well I did grow up in a city, guess after that you kinda grow immune to it." He said. Trixie shuddered slightly.

"Canterlot doesn't smell like this, then again it's at the top of... no, was at the top of a mountain, so the air must have been cleaner." She said. After taking another whiff of the air and scrunching up her nose, she shook her head clear of the smells.
"Let us move on to better subjects, like the purchasing of Trixie's favorite food." She announced before continuing on.

Eventually they arrived at the small take away shop located somewhere on the far side of the park, the ocean clearly visible next to them now.
The fish and chip shop was rather small, but despite that it had quite the line, all who were in fact, griffins.
Nova took a second to look over the large bird/lions, they all seemed to be bigger than the average pony, their wings also appeared much larger than any Pegasus he had seen thus far, and they all appeared to have rather dark coloured feathers, much different from the usually brightly coloured pony.

However his observation of the large feathered creatures was cut short when Trixie pulled him into line with her, causing him to lightly bump into the griffin in front of them.

"Oi now, be a little more careful there." The apparently male griffin said, thankfully only sounding a little miffed.
Nova muttered out a short apology before giving Trixie a rather harsh glare, causing her to hide her eyes under her hat, quietly chuckling to herself.

Although the waiting part was rather boring, Nova found himself getting rather excited the closer they got, eventually reaching the front of the line.
"Next please!" The cashier called out, who was also a griffin.

*Well, I guess that makes sense, since ponies don't eat fish, they wouldn't want to be cooking the stuff either.* He thought as he walked up with Trixie.

The Griffin smiled as she saw Trixie
"Well hey there Trixie, Haven't seen you in a good while, who's the big guy with ya?" The apparently female cashier said.

Nova took a second to note that female griffins have slightly smaller face's and bodies then their male counterparts.

"Hello Rita, Trixie has been traveling, of course, and this is...." Trixie started to say.

Nova quickly cut in before she could finish.
"Herc, the names Herc, its lovely to met you Rita." Nova said, lying just in case she had seen any of the wanted posters with his name on them.

"Well Herc, its lovely to met you to, though you don't have to put it so formally." She said, giving Nova a small smile before turning back to Trixie. "While I'd usually love to ask where you two met up, we're rather busy this afternoon, so I'll assume you're looking for the usual?"
She asked Trixie.

"Yes, but my friend.... Herc here would like something to I assume." She said, putting a little to much emphasis on the word Herc.

Rita quickly looked towards Nova, who had just finished looking over the menu.
"I'd like a small fries with two piece of whiting please." He said, getting a surprised look from Rita.

"Ah, you a meat eater as well huh? well sure, if that's what you need." Rita said, scribbling down the order and passing it back somewhere behind her, most likely to the cooks behind.
"Well if you two just wanna head round back, your order should be done soon, I'll hopefully see you around Trixie." She said as the two of the them nodded and started walking around.

"So, guessing from her reaction, you must come here pretty often." Nova guessed.

"Trixie has always stopped here to get something since she started traveling around Equestria, I've met Rita enough times to at least be friendly acquaintances." She replied.

By the time they had reached the other side, another griffin was already holding their meal ready for pick up, Trixie quickly paid him and they made their way over to a bench looking over the ocean.

The late afternoon sun was barely starting to touch the horizon, further out, Nova could spot a few ships either heading out or coming back from sea, the entire scene was rather pretty to look at.
However his little observation was cut short when a small container filled with heavenly smells suddenly appeared in front of his face, he quickly took the box out of its magic glow, opened it up, and for a second, he could swear he saw heaven itself appear out of the little box.

All the meanwhile, Trixie stared at her own little box fill with chips, quickly beginning to eat.
"Hmm, Twixe juce wuv des" Trixie said, barely understandable with a mouthful of chips.

Usually Nova would take this perfect moment to point out how rude it was of her to talk with a full mouth, however he was similarly to busy stuffing his own face with his own food.

The pair spent to rest to the time simply enjoying their little treats as they looked out to the ocean in front of them, by the time they both finished, the sun had almost dispersed bellow the water.

"Ah, now that taste takes me back, back home I used to spoil myself every once in a while and get some fish and chips as well, guess I wont be doing that any time soon." Nova said, a rather somber look on his face.

Trixie let out a content sigh. "Come along, as much as Trixie enjoys the view, she would rather be back at her home before night completely falls." She said, hopping off the bench and stretching her legs out.

Nova sighed, though his was for a different reason entirely, and followed suit, the two of them quickly tidying up and heading back to the parking lot.

A few moments later, the two of the arrived back at the parking lot, only to see two clocked figures standing either side of the carriage.
"What is the-" Trixie began to say, before Nova grabbed her and brought her around the other side of the wall.
The two of them poked their heads, getting a good look at the two suspicious ponies.
"Trixie can't quite make them out properly, its getting too dark to see." She complained.

"They.... look fucking weird...." Nova said, getting a questioning look from Trixie.
"Well... their eyes have slits in them... they have black fur, and I swear their wings look like bat wings."

At first, Trixie was going to ask how Nova could even see all that, but she figured that wasn't important for right now.
"They must be bat ponies, they're the special guard devoted to Princess Luna, they only just reappeared a while after she did." She realized.
Although she wouldn't show it, Trixie was starting to panic a little, the sudden appearance of guards by her home was rather off putting to say the least.
"What are we going to do?" She asked.

Nova took a second to think, an idea popping up in his head.
"Okay, I got a plan, first, you go over there alone, the guards will probably ask you a few questions like where have you been and stuff, I want you to answer truthfully and act your usual self, however, if they ask you anything about me, I want you to lie and say you haven't." Nova explained.

Trixie scoffed quietly. "Well of course, but Trixie does not want them snooping around my-" She began to complain, getting cut off by Nova.

"I was getting to that part, if they do ask to have a look around, I want to to glance over here, I'll slightly poke out and make a small sound, the guards will come over and I'll handle the rest, okay? and don't worry, I'm not going to kill them or anything." He finished explaining.

Trixie gave him a rather suspicious look at that last part, but sighed and accepted anyway, she began to head down towards her house.

Although Nova was barely in earshot, he could hear the guards asking her to stop, Trixie put on a rather convincing act of mock shock to the sudden appearance of the two guards.
The duo started asking Trixie a few questions, such as where she had been, what was she doing here, where was she going, to which she answered truthfully.

"Miss, have you been traveling with anyone recently?" One of he guards eventually asked.

"No, Trixie is not in the habit of taking traveling companions, for none have proven themselves great enough for the privilege." She said.
The guards looked at each other, unable to believe how cocky the mare in front of them was.

"Anyway.... Miss Trixie do you mind if we have a look insi-" The guards started to ask, and just on cue, Trixie suddenly shot a glance towards Nova.

Of course the guards instantly noticed this, and with the help of their eyes, easily saw the leg and cloak of a strange creature suddenly move around the side of a wall and kick what sounded like an empty can.
The two looked at each other, nodded, told Trixie to stay put and quietly made they way to the corner.
Now, what the guards were hoping for was to catch the clumsy suspect off guard, what the first guard didn't expect though, was that as soon as he came around the corner, a foot would suddenly collide with the side of his head with enough force to both knock him out and send him flying towards his partner.
The second guard, much like his partner, didn't expect the sudden impact of his fellow guard to slam right onto his head, also knocking him out cold.

Nova, quickly observing his handiwork, stepped over the two unconscious guards, causally whistling as he walked up to Trixie, who was standing their gawking.
Nova rolled his eyes at her as he got close.

"Ah don't worry about them, they'll be up and about soon.....ish, though I recommend we leave as soon as possible." He said, continuing to walk around to the front seats.

Trixie, suddenly becoming aware of her surroundings, gave one quick glance towards the guards before shaking her head clear and running up to her seat, jumping up and quickly getting the carriage on its way.
"I..I.... Trixie cannot believe you were able to just simply knock out two trained guards that easily!" She said, making sure to drive around said 'highly trained' guards.

"Pffff, highly trained my arse, they shouldn't have gotten so close to the bloody corner of the wall, of course I was able to attack them that easily." Nova criticized.
As the pair quickly made their way down the road out of Manehattan, Nova turned back to see a few Pegasi fly down to their previous location.

"Welp, so much for Manehattan, hopefully things will get better once we hit the boarder, right?" Nova said, attempting to lighten the mood.

Trixie simply nodded in response, focusing on getting as much distance from the guards as possible.

(Canterlot, Around 6pm)

Luna had barely finished rising her moon as her sister walked in, a rather annoyed look on her face.
"Ah, greetings sister, what bad news do we have today?" She said half jokingly.

"First of all Lulu, I think we need to completely retrain our standing military." Celestia said with a flat tone.

"Yes...... although our kingdom has been blessed with peace for the last millennium, it hasn't done much for our guards, pray tell, what is the second thing?" Luna said, rather concerned what the last piece of news might be.

Celestia let out a sigh as she walked next to her sister to view the moon rising.
"It seems that one of our little ponies is willingly traveling with Nova, a traveling magician named Trixie, she actually appeared in one of my students previous friendship reports, apparently, she caused some problems there before running out of town." Celestia explained.

"It would make sense that Nova would attract company such as that, but even so it is hard to believe anyone would wish to travel with a villain such as he." Luna said, clearly disappointed in the news.

"It makes me wonder what those two would get up to alone together....."

Meanwhile, somewhere beside the road between Manehattan and the Griffin boarders, the previously mentioned pair were up to unspeakable acts.

"The wind is pushing me, into the clouds again I feel the blood in my veins Time is running free, I feel like letting go Just like the Dangan!"

Author's Note

Here, have an update ya gobs.
Also, if you're confused geographically where our Main characters are, they are currently just a little above Manehattan, which in itself is on the most Eastern part of Equestria, right next to the sea, since it does have a port.