Nova opened his eyes again, and, too much of his disappointment, saw the same, seemingly endless, road stretch out ahead of him again.

"Oh my god!" He cried out in frustration. "It feels like we've been on this road for what seems a year!"

Trixie, having heard this complaint for the sixth time today, let out a long winded sigh, resisting the urge to snap, if only barely.

"Nova, as Trixie has now explained MULTIPLE times, the nearest city worth stopping in isn't too far away."

"Yeah, but that's still at least a day away, and who are you to say none of the other places along the way weren't worth stopping in?"

"Ignoring the fact most were just farm houses with only a single family living there?" Trixie retorted, raising her eyebrow.

Nova began to say something, but gave up before saying anything, pouting while folding his arms.

The pair sat in silence for a while, the unremarkable countryside had quickly gone from new and fresh to old and repetitive to him, almost everything so far had either been farmland, or just open fields.
This was one of the main reasons Nova was also so eager to reach the next big city, since, according to Trixie, the entire place was built in a forest, and not like the tame, boring ones such as Whitetail woods back in Equestria, apparently, these were thick trunk, colossus sized trees, similar to what one would find in Canada, only much larger.

Of course, there was one other reason Nova was so excited, one thing in particular had gripped his mind since he started heading through the Northern kingdom.
Snow.
Growing up in a country such as Australia, Nova had never had the chance to even get near the stuff, from what people had told him, it was just REALLY cold, and wet.
Regardless of the reasons, he could feel that the next big thing was just lying in wait for him in this next city.

A thought suddenly entered his mind. "Hey Trixie, what's the name of the next town anyway?"

"Oh, right, Trixie did forget to mention it, a moment." Reaching down beside her, she pulled the map out and unfolded it, taking a second to scan over it.

"The next town's name is...."

"Triefort will most likely be their next stop." Celestia answered, a confused look appearing on her sister's face.

"I do not believe I am familiar with this city, could you tell us a bit about it?" Luna asked.

The two sisters were currently conversing in Celestia's bedroom, while such a meeting would usually take place in the throne room, such a thing was not possible while Celestia was still recovering.

"Of course, the city was originally a small trade station set up to secure goods from Manehatten, over time, with more and more traffic and people setting up there, it eventually grew into a full city." Celestia took a moment to catch her breath, Causing Luna to cut in.

"If this is too much sister, I can leave you to-"

"I'll be fine Lulu, just needed to catch my breath, anyway, after one particularly hard winter, the entire city was almost buried under snow, despite the cover of the large trees that surrounded the area, it was then a particular griffin by the name of Gregory Trie had the idea of relocating the city into the trees themselves."

"The trees themselves? But how were they able to do so?" Luna asked, her curiosity peaked, now lost in her sisters storytelling.

"Well, that's where things get a little, cloudy, you must understand, I haven't been there myself, and this all took place quite some time ago, however, somehow, the townsfolk carved out the insides of a few of the great trees, and eventually moved the entire town inside, and into the branches of these trees." Celestia finished her story, taking a cup of water sitting on a nearby end table and sipping it lightly.

Luna took a mental note to look up more on the subject later.
"So, what shall we do then sister, we can't just let Nova escape without punishment, especially after how he humiliated us so."

Celestia almost seemed to flare up at the mention of his name.

"For the moment, we can do very little, we cannot just go barging into Ares domain, demanding that he let us take the battle into his country, and any military movement may be taken the wrong way, for the moment, he may be out of our rea-"
Just as Celestia was about to finish her sentence, there was a knock at the door.

"Hello, your majesty?" A quite, male voice inquired.

Celestia's mood dropped considerably.

"Ah, seems it's time for my check up."

Luna snorted. "I don't understand why you let them, if it's that uncomfortable, just refuse."

Her sister shook her head, smiling. "If only it was that simple, can we continue this later?"

"Of course, I shall return later, I have duties to attend to anyway." Luna quickly gave her sister a light snuggle before teleported out of the room, leaving her sister to her tormentors.

Nova laid back in his seat, thinking of all the ways he could pass the time, but couldn't since he wasn't home anymore.

"You know, that Iphone is cool, but it's not a computer." He said, casually flipping the device in his hand.

Trixie perked up, once again seeing an opportunity to learn more about Nova's world.

"Oh, what's a computer?" Trixie asked, hoping he'd take the bait.

While Nova usually just deflected these types of questions with humor, the idea of temporarily distracting himself from his boredom was to tempting.

"Hmm, how to describe a computer." Nate said, taking a moment to think.

"Well, imagine a metal box, connected to a slim box that has a screen on one side of it and sits on a stand." He began, Trixie already struggling to picture the contraption.

"Well, there's more to it than that, but let's just keep it basic at the moment, now, the metal box is rectangular in shape, and inside it, it's filled with small machinery and other piece of technology I.... can't really explain."

Trixie looks at Nova, a little peeved.

"Do you believe Trixie lacks the mental capacity to understand your technology?"

"No, it's not quite like that, it's just, as far as I know, this world lacks any form of technology I could use to explain this to you, I mean, you have camera's, but you're still ages away from the level of tech humans have." Nate explains in an attempt to calm Trixie down.

"Anyway, the rectangular box is connected to the other piece via wires, it's sends singles to it and stuff appears on the screen, humans can use it to play games, watch movies, listen to music.... ALL at the same time, it's like a more powerful version of this." Nova finishes, holding up the Iphone as an example.

Trixie nodded her head, faking understanding.

"Trixie..... still doesn't get it, but it sounds impressive if its a better version of that." She admits, floating the device over to her.

Nova goes to turn away, but turns back.

"Say, what was Equestria's latest technological achievement anyway?" He asks, the thought suddenly entering his mind.

Trixie takes a second to think. "Trixie isn't too sure, from what she last heard, it would be something a pair of brothers made, some sort of machine that picks fruit very quickly."

"I don't suppose you know what fuel it runs on?" Nova pried.

"Nova, Trixie is well versed in traveling and magic, and as much as anyone as great as me loathes to admit, there are some things Trixie is unaware of, from what Trixie understands, it's the same thing trains runs off, Coal Trixie believes it's called."

Nova seemed to droop a little on hearing that.
"Ah, so, coal huh, jeez that puts you guys ages behind us, guess I won't be getting that computer any time soon."

With the silence once again taking over, Nova let out a short yawn, before climbing up onto the roof.

Trixie looked back, slightly confused.

"Are you really going to sleep up there again?"

Nova's head peered over the side of the roof.

"Well, where else am I gonna sleep, I can't very well stretch myself out on the seat you know, and the last thing I want is cramps."

Trixie looks him in the eye for a second, before turning away sharply.

"J-just take Trixie's bed inside okay?" She suddenly announced.

There was a brief silence.

"Why is there something wrong with it?" He asked, teasing her.

Trixie blushed hard from anger.
"Look, it's not like Trixie is going to bed any time soon, pray tell Trixie can't understand how you sleep so much, besides, you look like a homeless bum sleeping up there, it tarnishes Trixie's image."

Nova chuckled. "Hey, if you're offering, I'll take it, just head in through the door in the back right?" He asked, getting a nod from her.

Nova moved himself towards the back of the carriage, lowered himself and pushed open the door.

"AND DON'T TOUCH TRIXIE'S STUFF." She yelled after him.

"I won't." He answered, entering the doorway.

The room itself was much larger on the inside, most likely magically enchanted to be that way, inside, there was a small kitchen area, dirty plates left uncleaned in the sink, opposite it was rows of strange items, show props and other miscellaneous items strewn about, at the far end sat a comfy looking bed with a small light, bookcase and lounge chair.

Nova took one look at that beautiful bed, and knew what he must do.

Meanwhile, as Trixie was starting to have regrets about letting Nova into her room, she felt the carriage shake ever so slightly, as if someone had just bombed dived into something.

Author's Note

Welp, I actually updated this again, bet you all thought the story was dead.
well, it kinda was, if were being honest, and its not really... "back" yet truthfully.
Im going to try and keep updating whenever I can, but as an adult now, life expects things from me, and its been taking a LOT of my time until recently.

So lets keep our fingers crossed that I can get back to writing this more often, aye?