It's been a week since Yuuki met Discord. Garrick and Ryota noticed that Yuuki had changed drastically, helping more around the boat and by what Yuuki's boss told them the underground fight club is rumoured to be very bored without him attending. Garrick is sitting at a teacher's desk in a chemistry classroom. The classroom belongs to the city's high school where Garrick works. Garrick answers his mobile phone which suddenly starts ringing.

"Hello Ryota, what makes you ring me while I'm at work? Did you or Yuuki do something to the boat?" Garrick asks with a slightly worried tone.

"No, no we're both fine... I think. Yuuki has been acting odd lately... He normally visits the underground fight club frequently several times a week, but this week he hasn't gone once. I mean it's a good thing I suppose, however, I'm worried what happened for him to act like this."

"I don't know and if he hasn't told us then likely he doesn't want to talk about it yet. I'm sure he is fine. Unfortunately, I have some work to prepare and you also have work soon." Garrick looks up at the celling pondering about Yuuki.

"I'll talk later then, bye Garrick." Ryota hangs up and Garrick puts away his phone sighing heavily.

"Um... Excuse me?" A soft female voice can be heard from the direction of the doorway.

Garrick turns his attention to the door of his classroom. His eyes widen and his heart begins to beat faster in his chest as standing in his doorway is a woman in her early 20's. Garrick stands up and has an enchanted look on his face as the woman approaches him. She is roughly the same height as Garrick, has long midnight blue hair with purple and pink highlights that reaches halfway down her back. The woman has purple eyes and a slightly pale complexion. She wears brown leather loathers, black tights which stop halfway up her thighs, a short skirt which reaches halfway down her thighs, a long sleeved white shirt and a midnight blue jumper. Garrick clears his throat and recomposes himself to speak.

"Can I help you with something?" Garrick asks trying not to stare at the woman.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle and I was wondering if you could help me fix a formula I've been working on..." The woman asks Garrick looking slightly nervous.

"S-sure, let me take a look at it and I will see what I can do." Garrick states as Twilight begins writing on the white board.

Minutes merge into a few hours as they begin to make the corrected written formula which covers the white board. Powders, liquids and other alchemical ingredients are added like a perfectly orchestrated symphony. Twilight and Garrick share many glances throughout the entire process and both seem to be comfortable and relaxed in each others company. Leaning in the doorway is a male wearing a pure white hoodie, ice blue jeans and black shoes. His hair is black with ice blue highlights and his eyes are an ice blue colour. The male watches the pair as they work together without missing a step. Twilight then turns the heat down to a simmer making Garrick look at her softly. The male smiles slightly before leaving the doorway and entering the hallway sighing to himself.

"You're looking well Chrono."

Chrono looks to his left to see World Jumper. Chrono turns to fully face World Jumper looking surprised and confused.

"Brother? Is... Is it really you?" World Jumper and Chrono walk towards each other before stopping with a few inches between them.

"It's been a while hasn't it brother... You look well, I assume your eating correctly." World jumper states happily.

Chrono sighs deeply before looking at his brother with caring eyes and grabs him to tightly hug him.

"Okay, okay I get it... I missed you too brother... I hope Clockwork and Ecstasy have been well. Does she still have that accursed music wagon?" World jumper hugs his brother back gently before they both let go and Chrono clears his throat.

"They are both well and yes she does, you know she wont part with it. Also... Everything is nearly in place for their return. We managed to recover the mirror father hid under the Canterlot Castle and used Discord's location to connect Equestria with this world, so we might be able to bring you back after so long spent apart... It has been centuries since we last spoke... Granted the last time we spoke wasn't the best of times." Chrono informs World Jumper.

World Jumper rubs the back of his neck and looks awkward. "I'd really like it if we could put that argument behind us... It was for a very stupid reason and I only realised after getting cut off from Equestria that Ecstasy was the one who finished both our cereal boxes." World Jumper states with a slight smile.

Chrono smacks his fist into the palm of his other hand. "Bitch, I knew it was one of them... And I'd like nothing more then to put it behind us but I think Ecstasy needs some punishment when we are all together again. I brought Twilight here to see Garrick before he comes home... The formula we gave her worked and she didn't forget about him." Chrono leans against some nearby lockers with World Jumper. Meanwhile inside the classroom, Twilight and Garrick are finishing the alchemical concoction and pour it into a vial on a rack.

"That was... Surprisingly the most fun I've had in a long time. It's difficult to find someone who is as interested in alchemy as I am or who is able to keep up." Garrick smiles warmly at Twilight which makes her heart flutter.

"I also had fun, thank you for fixing the formula. It's very important to me." Twilight states as she picks up and cuddles the vial gently to her chest. "Would you like a cup of coffee?" Twilight offers Garrick who looks at his nearby empty mug.

"Sure, shall I come with you or..?" Garrick asks nervously.

Twilight shakes her head and skips out of the room looking very happy. She stops at Chrono who hands her a cup of coffee while holding a second cup.

"You sure this will work? It's an adapted formula from the one we gave you after all." Chrono states looking concerned.

Twilight opens the coffee and pours the contents of the vial in it. She then adds milk and sugar to help mask the taste. "I've been working on this for the past five years since he left me... I'm sure it will work with his corrections." Twilight states as she puts the lid back on the coffee cup and takes the second cup from Chrono.

"Please make haste Twilight, we need to return soon." Chrono informs Twilight who walks back into the classroom.

Twilight walks over to Garrick and hands him the drugged coffee cup. Garrick thanks Twilight before taking a few long sips of coffee. Twilight heaves a heavy sigh of relief as she drinks some of her own coffee.

"Thank you for helping me, but I have to go soon. The train home leaves in a hour and it's a trek to the station." Twilight states to Garrick before kissing him on the cheek without thinking.

Garrick remains speechless and stunned as Twilight suddenly turns bright red and sprints out of the room running past Chrono who begins to follow her after grabbing a thrown coffee cup and finishing it.

"What did you do?!" Chrono asks, catching up with Twilight.

"I kissed him! Why did I kiss him so soon?!" Twilight continues running towards the school exit.

A few hours later at the city zoo insect house...

Ryota is feeding and taking care of several different insects within the house humming a small happy tune.

"I wonder what has Yuuki acting so differently lately... Well, I mean, it's not a bad change so I wont argue~" Ryota states to himself.

Ryota suddenly hears a happy musical melody coming from outside the insect house. Curious, Ryota decides to exit the insect house and investigate. Upon exiting the house Ryota can see a girl sitting on a nearby bench with a man leaning against the lamppost beside the bench. The girl has shoulder length pink hair that has black highlights and violet colour eyes. She wears a violet hoodie with black trousers and pink sneakers. The man leaning against the lamppost has short brown hair and dull golden eyes. He wears a dull gold hoodie with brown trousers and black sneakers. The happy music is coming from a brightly decorated violet stereo sitting next to the girl.

"You have no idea how much of a pain in the ass you and your two friends are to locate... Five years is a long time to go missing you know." The girl states in an oddly cheerful tone.

"Ecstasy, remember, time passes differently here... From what I can gather, for him, it has been double that time so in fact ten years have passed." The man explains to Ecstasy.

Ryota looks confused but decides to shake it off in order to speak. "I don't know who you two are but you seem to know a lot more then me about certain things... Are you on about when I ended up in this world?" Ryota asks slightly nervous.

Ecstasy nods her head and smiles. "It's been five years for us since you were taken from another dimension and dumped in this one... Finding you and the other two again was the biggest pain in the ass ever!" Ecstasy states with excited hand gestures.

"My name is Clockwork and this is my sister Ecstasy... We have been looking for you for a long time and now that we have found you it will soon be time to return home. I know you wont understand any of this and it'll be hard for you to cope with the sudden change but I promise you I tell the truth." Clockwork informs crossing his arms.

Ecstasy stands up and walks over to Ryota. "Didn't you ever wonder why you could shape shift into anyone at will? It's a unique ability owned by the changelings. They are are bug/pony race in our world of Equestria and you are one of them." Ecstasy explains putting a hand on Ryota's shoulder.

"That... Explains a lot actually... About why I'm able to do what I can and why I don't feel at home in this world. Yuuki and Garrick come from Equestria too, right?" Ryota looks at Ecstasy hopeful for answers.

Ecstasy nods happily and skips back over to the bench. "Yes sir, they are both Equestrians through and through. Though you each come from very different social worlds... The fact you were all able to co-exist here means great things for the future!" Ecstasy again explains with excited hand gestures.

Clockwork clears his throat and sighs deeply. "Ecstasy, certain things should be left unsaid for now... We will be coming back to get you in a few weeks, please wait till then. The others will have had similar talks as well with our brothers and Discord." Clockwork begins to leave the area of the zoo they are in.

Ecstasy turns off the stereo and picks it up before running after Clockwork waving 'bye' to Ryota. After the two disappear, Ryota leans against the wall of the insect house and looks up at the sky before sighing deeply and heading back inside.

Author's Note

I hope you are all enjoying CLC thus far. Drugged coffee for the win haha and Ecstasy managed to play her song even without her accursed wagon. Next chapter will heat things up a lot so look forward to it!