Driving Life with a Lead Foot

Chapters

Chapter 1 - A New Life
Chapter 2 - Opening the Throttle
Chapter 3 - The Chicane at the End of the Road
Chapter 3 - WARNING! DANGER TO MANIFOLD!
Chapter 5 - Powershifting
Chapter 6 - The Car Goes where the Eyes Go
Chapter 7 - Memory Games
Chapter 8 - All Roads Lead from This
Chapter 9 - Tears in the Rain
Epilogue
Hard_Drive/Contacts/Afterburner.exe
Hard_Drive/Contacts/Fastback.exe

Chapter 1 - A New Life

Skyline arrived at the town line of Ponyville as the clock struck eleven AM. As he drove to the security checkpoint in his black 1972 Nissan Skyline 2000GTR, he took in the town from a distance, contemplating how his life would go from here. He was staring off at the town when a guard came up to his window and asked for his ID and papers.

His ID said he was of the Pegasus human variant. And it was half true. But it was also a lie. Yes, he did have wings, but he was really of the Alicorn variant. He has decided to keep his horn hidden for a good part of his life, and he has convinced everyone he has ever met that he was a pegasus, cut and dry. Even Celestia herself has no knowlege of his true self. He feared that if the public found out, he'd be forced into a life he wasn't ready to live.

The guards gave him his papers back, and Skyline pulled his car forward. He glanced at his map of the town to find the location of the garage he bought the previous week. Skyline was a bit of a grease monkey, his dark blue skin constantly having traces of oil and grease. He felt if he bought a garage, he could make a living from it. So he saved up his money, and, well..... here he was.

After finding the garage's location, Skyline threw the gears into 2nd and pulled away from the checkpoint, accelerating torward what he hoped was a clean slate. About half a mile from it, he started to pick up pace, his exhaust audible to anyone near. As he shifted it to 3rd gear, he saw a pink earth variant girl in the road. He quickly stopped his car and waited for her to cross. The girl was probably in her late teens, or maybe early twenties. She had (with no other word to describe it) poofy pink hair, a deeper shade than her skin. Skyline realised that the girl wasn't moving, and she was staring at him and his car. Skyline figures honking his horn would sound a bit harsh, so he patiently waited.

Suddenly, the girl bolted off in the direction of what looked like a bakery. Skyline raised his eyebrow, confused, but then focused back on the road and proceeded forward.

Soon, he reached his new home, a large building with three large garage doors, and a smaller door off to the left for customers. He parked his car in front of the first garage door, and fished the keys for his home out of his pocket. After finding them, he got out of his car to unlock the large door. When the lock popped open, Skyline pushed the door upward and secured it with the chain connected to it. Then he moved his car over to the nearest lift and pulled the handbrake.

Skyline took a look around the garage. The builders even put his equipment there. Hell, all the lifts were set up and ready for use. He was busy admiring his new home when a cyan colored girl came up behind him, hovering in the air with her wings.

The girl seemed to be a bit of a tomboy, and had these purpleish-red eyes, a color he couldn't seem to remember. She had Rainbow hair, and a shirt that displayed a rainbow lightning bolt shooting out of a cloud.

"Hey, you must be the new guy in town! I heard you were going to be running a garage, so I decided to keep an eye out for you. There are some mods I want done on my Mustang, So, can I bring it by later, perhaps?" She put on a large smile, as if she had been waiting for me for awhile.

"Uhhh..... sure, I guess..."

"Great!" she said. "Oh, and the name's Rainbow Dash, but call me RD if you like" She then flew off out of the garage, to who knows where.

Skyline remained where he stood, still suprised by her, but then relaxed when he realised he got his first customer, and thought to himself that today would be a good day. He walked up a set of steel stairs to his living area. When he got inside, he realized that it had glass wall that looked down upon the garage bay. He stood silently in front of this window, proud of where he has gotten, his past behind him. Hopefully.

He once heard the words of a man who took family seriously, and that man said, "I live my life a quarter mile at a time. In that stretch, nothing else matters. In those ten seconds or less, i'm free"

Skyline took those words to heart, and lived them to this day, everyday.

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Skyline decided to go for a walk through town after he got all his things settled. He stepped out of the garage, and threw the deadbolt for the door. He pulled out a large paper and put it on the side of the building, proclaiming his hours of buisness.

Maybe this life will be better after all.

Skyline started walking alongside the road, looking around. He noticed structures like the bakery, the spa, the library.... all sorts of places he could visit. He then thought of an idea, and headed torward the library. He wanted to see what the had as far as Automotive Technology.

The library seemed to be built out of a large tree, and it was entitled "Golden Oaks Library" He opened the door, and found himself behind a purple unicorn telekinetically moving books around the room.

"Um, hello...?" Skyline asked.

The girl dropped all of the books and spun quickly. "Oh, hi there. Didn't hear you come in. You looking for a book?"

"Yeah. Got anything on automotive tech?"

"Oh, you're the new guy, and the new mechanic. Skyline, right?"

"Yep, that's me... Just moved in today"

"Well, i'm happy you're here. My friends will stop asking me to help them with their cars. They assume I know everything."

"Is a certain Rainbow Dash one of these friends?"

She snapped her gaze torwards me. "Yes, actually. How'd you meet her already?"

"She found me as soon as I got here. Seems like she's been waiting for me"

The girl sighed. "Yeah, that sounds a lot like Rainbow. She loves her car, and always wants it to go faster. After I started refusing to help her with her mods, she found out that you would be moving to town, so she eagerly awaited the day of your arrival. Trust me, you'll make a pretty penny off of her."

"To be honest, i'm not interested in money too much, although i'll still charge for my services.

"Then, if you dont mind me asking, why did you decide to move here?"

Skyline though for a while before answering. "Maybe because i thought i'd find something here I didn"t have at my old home." He hated keeping secrets from his new friend. But he had to.

"Where'd you live at before?"

"Canterlot"

"Ah. Ever see the Summer Sun Celebration?"

"Er, no. I, uh, didn't get out much then" That, and he was afraid Celestia was gonna detect and find out his secret.

"Uh huh. Well, I hope you find what you're looking for."

"Yea..... me too."

"Oh, I don't belive I told you my name. I'm Twilight. Twilight Sparkle." She handed a thick, heavy book to him. "Here's your book"

Skyline smiled. "Thanks."

Twilight went back to sorting books, and Skyline started walking back to him house. RD would be arriving soon.

Sure enough, Rainbow Dash was in front of his garage, spinning her keychain on her finger. Skyline said hi and unlocked the garage door beside the one where his car was. "Drive it in slowly, stop when your tires are on the yellow marks"

She drove her 2013 Ford Mustang GT500 into the garage slowly, then coming to a halt in the spot Skyline told her to stop on. She got out, and tossed him the keys. "Mind if I stay?"

Skyline smirked. "Not at all. Hell, we can chat if you want. But first, what kind of mods did you have in mind?"

She rubbed the back of her neck. "I blew the trans."

Skyline chuckled. "How'd you do that?"

"Nothing"

"Tell me"

"It's nothing"

"No explanation, no work"

Rainbow smiled. "Stubborn. You and I got that in common. As far as how I blew the transmission, I was, ah, going to fast, and I needed to brake, so I kinda downshifted through all the gears without the clutch"

Skyline winced. "Ouuch. You're lucky that's the only problem" Skyline pulled a toolbox over and began to remove the support housing bolts.

For about three hours, Skyline worked on the car while he talked to Rainbow Dash. And, here and there, when she wasn't paying attention he'd use subtle magic to help his endeavor.

"-Ford is totally better", Rainbow was arguing.

"Woah woah woah, no way. One word. NIS-MO." He enunciated the word excessively.

"Nope."

"Yeah? How 'bout Subaru Technica International?"

"What?"

Skyline scoffed. "STI. Subarus, basically."

"What, those Flat Fours?"

"Hell yeah!"

"Pfft. V-8 is how I roll."

"Heh, well, you're missing out"

"I'm sure I am" She was careful to use heavy sarcasm.

Skyline laughed, tightening the last bolts. "Should be good to go. And use the clutch this time so you don't grind those gears up"

She smiled a little. "Sure thing, Dad. And don't think you've seen the last of me"

Skyline sat on the hood of his car as she pulled out of the garage and drove off. He was watching her drive off when a deep red 1970 Dodge Charger R/T sped by in the same direction. Skyline watched as the Charger slid in front of the blue Mustang and the driver got out and approached Rainbow's window. Skyline got into his car and peeled out of the garage torward the two and powerslid his car next to where they were. He got out and said, "What's goin' on here?"

The other driver was an orange earth variant girl who wore a cowboy hat, a short-sleeved flannel, and jeans. She also had green eyes and freckles.

"Hey, Sky." Rainbow said.

The other girl glanced at her. "Ya know 'im?"

"Yeah. The new mechanic."

Skyline spoke next. "Okay, look, all i'm doing is making sure you two aren't in a fight. So, that being said, One, who is she?" He nodded in the other girl's direction. "-and second, why'd you call me Sky?"

Rainbow replied,"Well, this is Applejack- from Sweet Apple Acres- and better known as AJ. As for me calling you Sky, well, because since your name is Skyline, I thought Sky would be a nice nickname."

"Alright fine, call me Sky. And it's nice to meet you AJ."

Applejack tipped her hat. "Same 'ere. I see ya did a fine job on 'er trans."

Skyline said,"You know about it?"

She smirked. "Yea, I watched her practically destroy her gears right next to me."

"Hey!", Rainbow interjected.

"Wait, were you two racing?", Skyline asked,".... Illegally?" Skyline smirked. "Who won?"

Applejack raised her eyebrow. "Yer not gonna rat us out?"

"I may have raced a bit in my past-" skyline stopped. His past should stay hidden in the depths of tartarus.

Rainbow was a bit agitated. "Hey, I would've beaten you"

"As if" Applejack bragged."So, what do you drive? That?" She nodded over to his Nissan.

"As a daily driver. You should see my other cars"

Applejack got into her car and rolled down the window. "Lead th' way. I wanta see this."

Rainbow got in her car as well.

"Fine." Skyline got into his Nissan and drove to his garage, with the two girls following

When he got the garage built, he requested that a small warehouse be built out back. Thay had it built for him, and Skyline got his car collection shipped there afterwards. They drove to his garage, and drove down the wide side alley. After turning left, he parked next to the large garace door for the warehouse, and the girls parked next to his car. Skyline got out of his car and pulled out his keys and found one that said WRHS. He put the key into the lock and turned, and the door shifted. He then grabbed the door and pushed it up, and secured it. He motioned the girls inward.

Skyline had another ability with his magic, and it was to go to other dimensions. After visiting Earth, he had wanted to start a car collection, and using time and space to his advantage, he managed to get a bit of a stockpile. But, of course, he dare not reveal his true self. Not now. Maybe not ever.

"Here we are."

Skyline collected many cars, everything from a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda to a 2013 Lamborghini Murcielago Super Veloce. Some of his favorites included a 2013 Hundai Veloster Turbo, a 2002 Nissan Skyline GTR R34 V-Spec II NUR, and a 2008 Subaru WRX STI.

The girls stood in awe. "Shoot, tha's a lotta cars" Applejack said.

"Yeah. Just... Yeah" Rainbow said.

Skyline sighed." Yeah. I used to race. I dont do it a lot anymore."

"Why not?" Rainbow asked.

"It's something i'd rather keep to myself." He then saw the sympathetic look on her face. "Maybe some other day..."

And then he smiled. "Wanna go at it?"

Applejack crossed her arms. "Quarter mile?"

Skyline heard the quote about life in his head again. "Yes. Definitely"

"Don' bring somthin' too fast"

"I know."

Applejack casually got in her car. Ranbow did the same. "Meet us at Sweet Apple Acres. Its 'bout a quarter mile from Town Hall." Rainbow said.

Skyline nodded, and then the two pulled away. As they left, Skyline stood staring at his cars. After a bit of looking, he found his 1998 Toyota Supra JZ80 SZ-R. As he got in, and started the engine, he chuckled. Those girls are gonna regret this.

Skyline revved the engine, the twin turbos whining loudly. He threw the lever into 1st and floored it out of the garage, and drifting into the alley, torward his race.

Author's Note

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Chapter 2 - Opening the Throttle

Skyline drove his Supra to Sweet Apple Acres, where Applejack and Rainbow Dash were waiting where they seem to have marked the line in the dirt. He pulled his car around and lined up next to them and rolled down the window.

"Let's get this done. Its late. Even Celestia's gotta sleep sometime"

The girls laughed. "Cocky, are you? Lets see how you handle our V-8s." said Rainbow Dash.

"Might at well go home now, and take 'is rice rocket with 'im" Applejack remarked as she got into her Charger.

Rainbow got into her car, and then a man who seemed to be none other that a relative af AJ's strolled to the front of their cars. He stood for a second, surveying the cars, and cracked his neck.

"C'mon Big Mac!" Yelled Applejack

Big Mac pointed at Rainbow Dash's car and she revved her Mustang, getting a bit greedy with the throttle. He then pointed at Applejack, who's car twisted from the raw torque when she revved her engine. And then Big Mac pointed at Skyline.

Skyline Pumped the gas evenly, his turbo spooling up quickly. Skyline twisted the cap of his nitrous bottle in the back, priming it for use. He revved the engine one last time and his RPMs returned to resting levels.

Big Mac then brought his hands up, and all three racers were pushing the throttle. Skyline casually grasped his shiftknob. The girls and Skyline exchanged looks of assurance and Big Mac threw his hands down.

Straight out of a "The Fast and the Furious" movie, Skyline shifted from Neutral to 1st in an instant, his foot hammering the gas pedal. All three cars launched off of the line at the same time and accelerated away, spraying loose gravel behind them.

Skyline felt time slow down, and he shifted to third gear as AJ pulled in front. He felt the wind in his hair, and adredaline in his veins. He hit the clutch and shifted to fourth gear just as his tac gauge hit red, at one point earning him the nickname Quickshift.

Then, just as he was starting to pull on AJ's car, he pressed the button on his Sparco steering wheel labeled NOS. Time seemed to blur as the G forces seemed to increase immediately, glueing him to his seat. As he passed AJ's car, he could see a look of disbelief on her face. The finish was up ahead, and was passed before they knew it.

Skyline won by half a car.

Skyline maintained his speed and drifted around the roundabout at Town Hall, and then, as he stopped next to Rainbow's car, she yelled,"Oh sh*t, we got cops, cops, cops, go!"

There was a horde of police vehicles coming their way, real fast.

She and Applejack drove off in the downtown Ponyville area, and Skyline tried to get the cops' attention by revving his engine before peeling off in the opposite direction. He'd rather take the blame than let his new friends get busted.

Skyline floored his gas, and downshifted, drifting away. The police gave chase, saving his friends. Skyline frantically looked from mirror to mirror. Using his magic at its full potential for the first time in a very long time, he magically replaced his suspension with long-travel shocks and raised his ride height. After doing so, he muttered sorry to his car and drove off the road, getting air off of a hill. After driving for a minuite into the hills, he saw that the chase was off, and he took a wide route back to his home.

Soon, he reached his warehouse, and he drove the Supra in, parked it, and hung the keys on his car key rack. He headed inside the garage and upstairs, where he collapsed on his bed, falling asleep shortly after.

"Welcome to my new life......."

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He woke woke up the next morning felling like, well, crap. After not eating at all the previous day, he opened his pantry and grabbed a breakfast bar, nearly inhaling it. As he ate, he turned on his TV and it featured the news.

"-was an apparent 'street race' in Ponyville last night. Authorities saw three cars, but we cannot get details on two of those cars. The third, however, was a White Toyota, and it appeared to be heavily modified. The driver was not seen, it being dark outside, but is believed to be a unicorn because parts of the car were magically swapped mid-chase, giving the car an offroad advantage. If yo-"

Skyline shut off the TV. That meant good news and bad news. The good news was, the government didn't regognize him, or even get the species right. The bad news.... well, he made a fatal error. If his new friends see the news this morning, they'll recognize his car, and hear about the magic part...

He didn't want to move again. Hell, it might reveal his true self. He told himself to relax, and promised himself he'd go to the spa, since today was saturday, and his days off were the weekend. He then took a quick shower and then got into his Nissan, and headed for the spa.

As he drove, he looked around, seeing all these buildings and all these faces, and he felt happy, but also sad, for which the reason he could not seem to pinpiont. He needed to destroy that Supra. It could mean the difference between this life or one he didn't want to live. He kept his feelings bottled up constantly, and his past as well. Stress had become normal, and moments without it seemed strange. As much as he wanted this weight off of his shoulders, it would mean the end of his life as a nobody. If only........

He stopped mid-thought because he reached the spa. He slowly pulled into a parking space and checked his wallet. Thank Celestia he had some cash on him. He got out of his car, shut the door, and clicked the button to lock the car. He strolled up to the entrance, and opened the door.

On the inside, it was quite nice. He was admiring the decor when an employee approached the front desk.

"May I help you?"

The woman had a nametag that said her name was Aloe. Skyline took a brief look at their service list, and after futile search, he said,"What do you have as far as stress relief?"

As the woman told him what they had, Skyline just replied,"Give me the strongest you have"

Aloe checked some papers and a computer, and then led him over to a spot where he was to be given a massage. As he lay, he subconciously thought about his life and just what had gone wrong, besides his genetics. As the massage started, he heard a rather proper sounding girl from some other part of the building.

"-but darling, you musn't hide away in a cottage all day, you'll never anybody!"

Another girl seemed to be with her. "But Rarity, the animals get so lonely..."

"They can take care of themselves, right? You need not worry. But it'd be nicer if you got out more. Maybe even Spikey can watch them for you"

"I suppose..."

They continued to talk a bit more when he decided to do something besides eavesdrop and actually do something. "Nice weather we're having, hm?"

The girls stopped talking for a moment. The one named Rarity spoke first. "Indeed, but I think it is supposed to rain later in the week"

Skyline made a mental note to remember that. "Thanks for the heads up, so that I dont get water spots on my car."

She spoke again,"May I ask your name? I'm afraid I do not recognize your voice."

"The name's Skyline, I just moved in the other day. I'm the new mechanic"

"Ooh, good. I don't like working on my car. Its too dirty..."

Skyline asked,"Who's your friend?"

"Oh, this is Fluttershy. True to her name, though, she's a bit shy."

"Hi, Fluttershy"

The girl named Fluttershy spoke very softly, like silk, when answering. "H-hi," she said, barely audible.

Rarity spoke up again."How do you like the town sofar, Skyline? Who have you met?"

Skyline thought carefully about his answer, given last night. "I've met Rainbow Dash, Twiligh-"

"You've met them?"

"Yeah, and Applejack too."

"Ah. Those all are my friends too, as well as Fluttershy."

"Alright then, thats cool. And now i've met you two."

"Have you ran into Pinkie yet?"

"Is she pink?"

"Ha Ha. Yes."

"When I first got here, she was in the middle of the road when I was heading to my new house."

"And...?"

"She bolted off torward the bakery"

"Hm. Sounds like her, alright."

"Okay."

"I should show you around town. Do you have any plans?"

"Nope. I only work on weekdays"

"Fluttershy, would you like to come along?"

"Uhhhmmm, okay", she said very quietly.

"Well then! Its settled!"

"Whose car should we take?"

"Well, Fluttershy doesn't have one, and i'm afraid I walked here, so would yours work?"

"Sure."

The Massage finished soon after, and he paid for the service, feeling much better, but the nagging thought remained in his head. Then he got a look at the two girls. Fluttershy was a yellow pegasus girl with long pink hair, which partially covered her face. Rarity was a white unicorn girl with elegant purple hair. Skyline smiled and he led them to his car. Rarity got in the passenger's seat and Fluttershy got into the back seat.

Rarity the took the liberty of spending the next couple hours showing him around town, with help here and there from Fluttershy. After the trip, he dropped Rarity off at the Carousel Boutique and Fluttershy got into the passenger seat.

"Where do you live?"

"Um, on the edge of town, near the forest..."

"Alright." Skyline shifted the gears and drove off.

As they drove, she sat in complete silence, sinking into the Sparco seat.

"You alright?"

"Mhm."

Silence.

"You can talk to me, I don't mind."

"Okay."

More silence.

"So, you like animals?"

"Mhm."

"You have any favorites?"

"No, not really."

"Equalist?"

"Yeah."

"Don't you want to talk about anything? What about current events?"

"Oh. Okay. Um..... Did you hear about the Street Race last night?"

Skyline cringed, and she noticed.

"You heard about it?"

"Uh, yeah..."

"They are saying it must be a unicorn, because of something that happened during the chase"

"Yeah. A unicorn..."

After this, that Supra will cease to exist.

They sat in silence for the rest of the ride after that. Soon, Skyline reached her house, let her out, and bid her good afternoon. Skyline hurried home, and he turned into the the alley. He opened the warehouse door and found his 2013 Ford Raptor (Velociraptor Edition, courtesy of Hennessy, along with a Halo edition livery). He attached a car trailer to the back and loaded the Supra on. He secured a tarp over it, and started the truck. He pulled out slowly, and headed offroad.

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After successfully hiding the car, he drove home and he saw that it was about 5 PM and decided to head home. When he reached his home, he tured the wheel the turn into the alley behing his garage.

But the car didn't turn.

"What the f-"

Instead, the car sped off torward the center of town. He got suspicious and studied the truck closely. He then noticed a slight purple sheen and noticed his car was being magically controlled. To resist the magic was to reveal himself. To let it be could lead to anything, so he sighed and let it lead him.

After a minuite or two, the truck came to a rest at.... the bakery. The door opened, and he got out, per the user's intention. He walked up to the door of the bakery and his door closed by itself. He reached for the handle and...

"Holy crap."

(Insert the song "Now ft. Rye Rye" By Bassnectar)

Some fourth wall must have been broken, because an extremely loud party was going on inside, otherwise inaudible outside the building. A banner said 'Welcome to Ponyville, Skyline!'. They were even playing one of my favorite songs, which I don't how in the living hell they found that out. The friends he met sofar were there, along with the one named Pinkie. Then, Pinkie approached him.

"Hi i'm Pinkie Pie! Welcome to Ponyville! I know we're gonna be the best of friends! Do-"

Skyline interrupted,"So, this party is for me? Exclusively? Only because i'm new here?"

"Yep! I'm friends with everyone in Ponyville, and that won't change now!"

"Everyone?"

She got close enough for her nose to touch Skyline's. "EEEEEVERYONE"

"Okayyyy"

She popped back. "Okie Dokie Lokie! Enjoy the party!" She proceeded the hop throught the crowd over to another area.

After Skyline regained his senses, he walked past his new friends and said hello, and then sat down near a refreshments table and grabbed a beer. "Corona. Hm." He had finished a bottle before he knew it, and grabbed another when he glanced at the stage. Slightly drunk, (Due to low alcohol tolerance) he went to find his friends, beer in hand.

"Hey, guys, guys, uh.... anyone know how to play the drums? and guitar?"

They nodded. AJ played bass, Pinkie played drums, and Rainbow played Guitar.

"I gotta get something from my car. Interested in playing a song?"

They agreed.

Skyline jogged to his truck and found his music stash. He found the note sheets for the instruments and ran back inside.

"Hope you girls like playing impromptu"

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They were just about set up and they all re-read their notes and were getting ready to play. Pinkie grabbed the mic and told everyone that they were going to play a song. Everyone got quiet and were listening. Skyline and his friends exchanged looks and began to play.

(Insert "Carry On" By Avenged Sevenfold)

The crowd was silent during the opening, and he looked around the room. This community is where he was gonna live. He was gonna like living here. Then he grabbed the mic.

"Some people live that selfish desire, Some choose to shout when they speak, and they'll be the start!

"Caught in the flame of those deep in fire, seeking out those with a voice, one for tomorrow!

"They say we've lost our minds, we've just gained control. Search endlessly! Fight 'till we're free! Fly past the edge of the sea!

"No bending knee! No mockery! Somehow we still carry on!"

The song continued, and the crowd got pumped. But no one noticed that Skyline felt as if this song was a metaphor for him. Soon, the song finished, and he chugged the rest of the beer in his hand. He started to fly over to the refreshments but ended up on the floor, face first.

AJ picked him up. "Ya alright?"

"Unn, yea, im ffffine...."

As soon as she let him go, he collapsed again.

"Alright, you need to get home. Twi, get his car keys"

Twilight approached them and fished into his pocket. "Got them"

"Good"

They practically dragged him to his car and put him into the back seat. Twilight got into the driver's seat and AJ called shotgun. They talked to one another and Skyline sat up and started drunk talking.

"Ey, Twily..." She flinched at that name. "Ya look good, ya do...." He moved his head groggily torward AJ. "Mah car totally beat yours last night...... I winnnn...." Twilight looked at Skyline and AJ.

"You two were racing? STREET RACING?"

AJ rubbed the the back of her neck. "Uh, yea..... and Rainbow was 'racin too!"

"So that race led to that news report?!"

"Yea...."

Twilight sighed. They drove in silence for awhile until Twilight spoke.

"Wait a minuite..."

At this point, Skyline was asleep in the backseat.

"What's wrong Twi?"

"Remember the report?"

"Yea. Granny knew I was in it and boy, did she yell at me."

"Well, remember the part about the parts of a white Supra MAGICALLY SWAPPING?"

"Woah, wait..."

"Isn't Skyline a Pegasus?"

"Uhhh..."

They both looked at him.

Twilight drove him to his house, and put him on his bed. Twilight then cast a Sobriety spell, and Skyline woke up.

"Wha- Twilight? AJ? What's goin on?"

"You owe us an explanation"

Chapter 3 - The Chicane at the End of the Road

AJ and Twilight were staring at Skyline, and expecting an explanation. Skyline sat on his bed, regretting the alcohol, and genuinely thought it was the end of the road for him. He finally managed to work up the courage, and then he told them.

"I-I'm an..... alicorn...."

Twilight looked at him with pure curiosity. "Wait, what..?"

"Yeah, you heard me. I'm an alicorn. Due to friggin' genetics, I got wings and a horn. And after that, everything collapsed. I grew up being looked at as special, and I didn't want it. So I moved. Several times. Even to different dimensions. I've been running too long."

Skyline strolled over to the fridge and pulled out a small can of beer. "I've got a story to tell, but i'm gonna need some alcohol."

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Skyline woke up one morning in his house on Earth. After lying in bed for a good ten minutes, he got a call from a client and got out of bed to suit up. Skyline worked as a contract killer (For the good side!) and was very good at his job. He was known as the Armored Reaper, because of his attire. Skyline was a great inventor as well, so he created his suit. Inspired by many earth video games such as Halo, Assassin's creed, and Call of Duty, he made his suit have similar components to the characters in these games. That being said, He had Spartan Mark VIII Armor, an ODST helmet, a modern styled Assassin's cloak, Hidden blades fabricated into the wrist of his armor, a Vector K10 SMG at his side, and a Katana in a slot in his back, and he implemented a compact EXO suit built into his armor as well. Not being able to fly or use magic forced him to use this armor, and all of this was black. And, all of it compacted into a backpack size. He also used his suit to insert chips into his arm that would make his skin color like normal humans, because being blue would inevitably lead to his demise.

Skyline pressed his hand against the backpack and the programmed special metal began the spread around his arm, then to his body. After it was in place, it secured itself and ran diagnostics. After it gave the all clear, he checked his boots to make sure the collapsable high-speed wheel was funtioning, because things might get fast.

He went to his small garage to get his car. The car, a 2008 Lotus Exige Cup, was the car he used for his work. Lightweight and agile, this speedy car was midnight black just like his armor, including the rims and window tint. He got in and pulled the laptop out of his glove box, which he used to run a trace on his victim. Things were going fine when the full identification read 'Unknown' and the ID picture was a blurry far shot. But anyone from Equestria knew that one.

Chrysalis.

Skyline floored the gas pedal and sped off into an alley torward the trace. Sometimes you can run from your past, but it comes to hunt you down later on. He wanted to stay here, in this life, and not go to where this could lead.

The trace took him into the wooded area north, and Skyline parked his car under a small cliff and camouflaged his car. He then pulled a Barret 50 Cal. sniper off of his back and pulled the bolt. After affirming it was loaded, he activated his active camo and moved into the forest. Within ten minutes, he found some changelings loading cargo. Skyline took aim immediately and his finger hovered over the trigger, but then remembered he could follow them to the queen. So he waited.

Soon the enemy units were moving forward and Skyline moved silently behind the tree line, taking pursuit. As soon as Skyline saw their base, He pulled out his silenced B23R pistol and shot two enemies in the head and proceeded to snap the neck of the last one. The green blood soaked the ground as Skyline moved forward. Skyline felt sick when he realized that this was not the first time.

And he hoped it was the last.

Skyline activated his EXO and jumped on the top of the building. He pulled out his sniper again, but as more of a scouting use. He then shot two guards in the corner, where their bodies would not be found.

Moving up, he pulled out his Vector K10 SMG and started bullet-hosing enemy units. As soon as he made sure all the units outside were dealt with, he searched for the entrance to the base. He found where the largest concentration of guards was and found a door.

Skyline opened the door, and threw a flashbang in. After it went off, he activated his VISR and rushed in, and with a tappity-tap of his trigger, he cleared the room. Skyline wondered why this was so easy, but focused on the task at hand, no time to think. He pulled out his Katana in his left hand, and his silenced B23R pistol in the other hand. He drove the sword through an enemy and put three rounds into another's head. Soon he reached a lone door with a light peeking out of the bottom, and Skyline switched his audio to hear what was on the other side.

"-need to move on him, he could be.... useful."

Skyline took a deep breath. That voice was Chrysalis's, he was sure of it. And they were talking about him. Somehow they found him here

With a surge of adrenaline, he pulled out his Vector K10 and shot the handle off of the door, and kicked the door down. But as he moved in, he saw nobody. Only a lone tape recorder on a lone table.

That was the last thing he saw before a gun slammed against his head, cracking the helmet visor.

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"Nice of you to join us, Skyline."

Chrysalis was standing in front of him in a dark room, where Skyline was tied to a chair under a single lightbulb. Talk about cliche.

Skyline took in his surroundings quickly. He was alone with the enemy, and his suit was gone, exposing a torn black shirt.

Chrysalis then did something he did not expect. She used her magic to grab the chip inside of his arm, and with a quick jerk, the chip was torn from the inside of his arm, shooting extreme pain through him. As the pain died to a throb, the cut bleeding, his skin color gradually returned to a mild blue, and his wings formed on his back as well. Chrysalis studied the chip in front of her, and then she crushed it under her heel.

"You are quite innovative, i'll give you that."

Skyline's anger became poisonous.

"You have no idea of my abilities once that chip is out."

"Oh? Let's see then. It's been awhile."

Simultaneously, Skyline broke the rope securing him to the chair, then jumped out, and mentally spawned a Hidden Blade onto his wrist. Extending the blade, he lunged at her, time seeming the be in slow-motion. But as soon as the blade got close, she grabbed his arm and deflected it to the side.

"I remember you being better at this," She said. "Has it been that long?"

Then a lightning fast fistfight broke out, and Chrysalis blocked all of his advances.

She chuckled. "What about your driving, Skyline? Did that die?"

Skyline was now pure fury. "Don't ever even imply that can't drive! I have been driving fast for a long time, and I only get better."

"A shame that we can't test it, you being in this.... circumstance."

Skyline put all of his anger into his fist, and threw a punch as hard as he could torward her face, but she moved, and Skyline drove his fist six inches into solid concrete.

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-"

He yanked his fist out, bleeding and raw. He tore a strip of cloth from his shirt and wrapped it around his hand.

"When you're angry, it seems your anger dictates you. After all these years, you still have the same flaws..."

"If you're implying I will side with you, you can go and shove it up your a-"

"No need for foul language."

"You're extremely cocky, as always."

She smiled. "Old habits die hard, but one cannot understand it as much as you, hm?"

"Why have you brought me here?"

She traced her finger along the wall. "It's true, I do want you on my side, but I needed assurance."

Skyline raised a cautious eyebrow. "For what?"

She side glanced at him. "That you were still as stubborn as you always were."

Skyline quickly swept her legs from under her and brought out his blade again, poised to plunge. But as he saw her eyes, her nonchalance, he couldn't find himself to do it. She was an Equestrian criminal. Justice should not come by his hand. It is that of the princess's hand. He must find a way to drop her off at Canterlot Castle without himself being discovered.

Just then, guards came from every direction, and not being armed to his liking, he used the chair he was previously tied to to parkour twist himself over the guards. He then ran as far as he could without stopping.

Some time later, Skyline found his way topside. He saw his suit hanging in backpack form in the back of a truck, so he used his magic to rip the doors apart, and he went to put on the suit. He immediately set it to re-chip his arm, and just then, the guards started to leave the base, and started to move on him. He bolted torwards where he parked his car, with gunfire spraying over his shoulder. As soon as he reached the Lotus, he jumped in and floored it, sending sand and rocks into eyes of the enemies. As he was driving off, he glanced at his rear view mirror, and he didn't believe what he saw.

A modified black with dark green trim 2008 Nissan Fairlady Z.

Skyline drove to a nearby stoplight and stopped, letting her pull beside him. "That railroad crossing is exactly a quarter mile away. On green, we go," he said. "Just like old times, huh?"

"Indeed. Let's see if you've gotten any better"

They both revved their engines, and Skyline did a burnout. The light blinked off, and then...

Green.

They both shot off of the line, with Skyline's lighter car getting the advantage. Skyline threw the gear into 2nd, and then third, and then Chrysalis started catching up. Soon they met up, bumpers side by side, and Skyline hit both his NOS buttons, dramatically accelerating the car to tip 130 MPH halfway down the strip. Chrysalis hit her one NOS button, and accelerated, but not enough to overcome Skyline. They came to an intersection and a Semi truck pulled forward, and Chrysalis hit the truck, sending her car skyward. Skyline then saw the car crash onto the ground, doing a roll before coming to a stop. Skyline yanked the E-brake and jumped out of the car, his pistol cautiously in hand.

Chrysalis was sitting still in the seat of the wrecked car, a cut on her forehead. Skyline helped her out and she sat on the hood of her car. "It's been two years, Skyline." They both were silent. When Skyline heard sirens in the background, he turned to her and held out the keys for his Lotus. "Go. Now. Before I change my mind." She stood still, looking at him, confused. "NOW!" Skyline yelled.

She jogged to his car and gave him one last look over the door, and then got in, started the car, and gunned it, driving to who knows where.

Skyline activated his EXO and ran quickly to his house, the EXO making him run at great speeds. There, he magically tinkered with his laptop, getting feed from Equestria's internet. He found a contractor who would build a garage, and he confirmed the order, making a request for a small storage warehouse out back. He wired the money through, and began to pack his things, and arrange for car shipment, given that he could get them all through to the dimension. A week later, he arrived in Ponyville for the first time in many, many years.

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Applejack and Twilight stared at him, their mouths hung open. They were all sitting at his small kitchen table, and Skyline had finished his beer. Skyline sat silently for awhile, then casually strode over to his fridge, looking over the few options.

Twilight spoke first. "So, that Chrysalis is the one from here...?!"

Skyline closed the fridge. "I wish I could deny it."

"And you have a mysterious history with her? Tell us about that!"

"No. I gave the explanation asked for." He stepped forward. "And if you tell anybody, especially the princesses, I will vanish like smoke and make the rest of your life hell."

Twilight leaned back. "O-okay."

Skyline glanced at AJ. "That means you too."

"A-alright."

"Good. Now go on. Go home."

Twilight stood up, and paused.

"D-Do you still have the suit?"

Skyline glanced at her.

"Why?"

"Maybe it could help fight crime, or whatever. I'm curious."

"That doesn't surprise me."

"....so?"

"Maybe another day."

"Alright..."

The girls got up and Skyline helped them out of the building. After offering a ride, the girls simply reply saying that it's a short walk. After they walked away, Skyline walked back into the building and walked upstairs. He opened his closet, and grabbed something.

"I guess I couldn't hide forever, huh?"

A black backpack.

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Chapter 3 - WARNING! DANGER TO MANIFOLD!

Skyline was on his bed sleeping, and then suddenly his alarm goes off. In sleepy frustration, he grabs it and throws it across the room. Skyline slept horribly that night. Nightmares, or more likely visions, had invaded his sleep, and none of these warnings made Skyline in any way comfortable. Couldn't a guy live in peace?

No. Apparently not.

Skyline got up and got dressed. He put on a black v-neck shirt and some blue jeans, and grabbed his "Skyline Motorsports" Skateboard. Skyline had put that design on the board for fun, but if there is professional racing here, maybe he'll make it real.

He started skating along the sidewalks when Twilight called him on his cell phone.

"Twi?"

"Uh, hi. I was wondering.... could I tell the other four girls about the-"

"Be very careful what you say over a phone. It could be tapped."

"Okay, um, could I tell them about the thing?"

Skyline thought for a moment, rolling down the sidewalk. "Fine. make sure you are in a private area. And don't twist it. Tell the facts, and paraphrase if needed, but don't make them think i'm some killer."

"Alright. Unless you want to tell them?"

"I got things to do."

"Okay. Bye."

"Goodbye."

Skyline hung up and popped a kickflip as he rode over to AJ's. As soon as the road turned to dirt, he picked up his board and flew the rest of the way. When he arrived, he went to the barn/house and knocked on the door. The one who answered way a young pre-teen girl. She spoke first.

"Who are you?", she said in an accent very similar to AJ's.

"I'm new to here. I'm Skyline. I was wondering if your sister was here?"

"Nice to meet 'cha." She turned torward the house. "Applejack!"

Applejack appeared in the hall. "What's wrong, sugarcube?"

"A guy named Skyline's here ta see ya"

Applejack came to the door

"Uh, hey there."

"Pretend as if last night didn't happen. I'm not a bad person. Come on, let's go for a walk."

"Uh...."

"You busy?"

"No, not really."

"Let's walk."

They started to take a walk through the orchard while Skyline magically dismantled his board and reassembled it repeatedly. "Look, AJ, I consider myself normal. An everyday pegasus, regardless of my sketchy past, and an even bigger past I won't even tell, but I'm your friend, not a contract killer." Skyline smiled. "Unless there is a market for that here."

AJ laughed, "Alright, alright. But cut the magic out. Its not exactly what you're trying to get by."

"Right."

Skyline held his skateboard. "I have a question."

"Yea?"

"Is there professional level racing?"

"Yea, but you gotta go up to Canterlot to do that."

"Well, maybe I will start a racing team then."

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

"Okay."

"Well, gotta go. I have a plan to work out."

"Alright."

Skyline flew away and hopped onto his skateboard. He then rolled to his garage, and went to the warehouse. He then found the car he had in mind.

A 2003 Mazda Rx-8.

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The car already had a Drift setup, and the body kit was perfect. The car was quite JDM, Skyline would say. All it needed was a paint job. So Skyline spent that day in the paint area of his shop, painting the car soft yellow with pink covering the top. After finishing the paint on the rims, (Soft yellow), he put a Skyline Motorsports sticker at the top of the windshield. After it was perfect, he loaded it onto the trailer of his Ford Raptor and drove to Fluttershy's house. When he got there, he knocked on the door lightly. When she answered, she seemed to shrink away from him

"H-hi."

"Fluttershy, my past is not what I am now. Now, I am the neighborhood mechanic. And your friend. You need to trust me."

"O-okay. What b-brings you here?"

Skyline smiled. "I noticed you don't have a car. Do you know how to drive?"

She nodded.

"Do you know how to drive fast?"

She looked confused. Skyline then lead her to his truck, and pulled the tarp off of the car. "I want you to drive with me."

"Where?"

"In the Equestrian Drift Series, and maybe the Equestrian Racing Circuit."

"B-but I don’t know how to race."

"I'll teach you everything I know."

"Well.... okay. But..."

"Yes?"

"Why me?"

Skyline stared at the car. "I've heard the silent ones can be the best at things. I'm thinking that now."

He turned to her. "Do you want to drive with me on the team that could possibly take over the racing scene?"

Fluttershy looked at the car. "Sure, I guess... When do I get taught?"

"Now."

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A yellow and pink Rx-8 whined through the abandoned warehouse. It was a warehouse Skyline had found during his police escapade, and it was a perfect drifting proving ground.

"Handbrake! Handbrake! Gas, gas, gas!! Go, go!"

Fluttershy, as Skyline had sensed, actually had a knack for this, and was learning quickly, taking the smooth floored warehouse and making it a sliding playground. These lessons continued for a week when Skyline sensed that maybe she was ready for the Touge.

Skyline walked up to the car and Fluttershy rolled down the window.

"So, Fluttershy, you know what tandem drifting is?"

"Isn't that drifting in pairs?"

Skyline smiled. "Meet me at the mountain roads, at the highest point, tonight. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Go on."

Fluttershy drove out of the warehouse, and Skyline got into his own car. He started the engine, and the 2000GTR revved violently. He shifted into first and peeled out of the building, going torward his home. When he parked next to his car warehouse, he went inside to get his legendary drift car. This car was used in Touge annihilation, and it wouldn't fail him now. It was his prized Nismo 2002 Nissan Skyline GTR R34 V-Spec II NUR, with a full widebody kit. It was full white, with a carbon-fiber wing and hood, and it even had a sticker-bombed fender on the driver's side. White stickers filled the front on the windshield in front of the passenger's side, but was clear on the driver's side. He even got a sticker for the driver's window that said his name next to an Equestrian flag. This car was nicknamed Godzilla, because of it's raw power. It was an AWD car, but he had disconnected the drivetrain to the front wheels long ago. He wanted to make one last adjustment, and he put a Skyline Motorsports sticker on the hood, and he put a smaller one on the trunk. He pulled out his phone and sent a mass message to the other girls telling then about the drifting tonight. One by one, he got replies saying they would be there. Skyline jumped into his car, buckled his four-point seatbelt, and did a burnout leaving the warehouse.

Skyline floored it, and the car was so quick that he had to be very careful with shifting. He entered the canterlot area within twenty minutes, hitting 130 MPH without trying.

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All the girls were already there, and it seemed like some car enthusiasts somehow got wind of it too, because there were other people there. Skyline drove in slowly, and parked in a parking space. After getting out, he walked over to the girls.

"Hey! Glad you could make it."

Twilight spoke first. "What's this about? A race?"

Skyline said,"Well, yea, sorta. It's Drifting."

Twilight raised her eyebrow. "Uh huh. So who you racing?"

Skyline nodded at Fluttershy. "Didn't she tell you?"

Rarity spoke up. "Fluttershy, dear, you're driving? Racing? I wound have never thought i'd see the day..."

"Well, when ya startin'?" Applejack inquired.

"This is gonna be interesting." Said Rainbow Dash.

"I NEED BALLOONS!" Pinkie yelled. Everyone froze for a second, staring at her.

"Ooookay.", Skyline said. "We should be ready to start now."

"Ooh, let me signal the start!" Rarity said.

Skyline chuckled. "Alright. Fluttershy! Get ready. Meet at the line."

Five minutes later, Skyline was at the line in his 2002 Nissan, and so was Fluttershy in her 2003 Mazda. Rarity walked up the front of the cars and did a cliche street racing sendoff. She pointed at Fluttershy's car. Fluttershy revved her rotary motor. Then Rarity pointed at Skyline. Skyline pumped the gas, and blew blue fire out of his exhaust. Rarity put her hands up, and...

He hands went down.

Fluttershy managed to get the early lead, and they both accelerated down the cliff. There was a video feed along the mountain that Skyline had tapped into for the girls, which they would watch as they battled. Fluttershy entered the first turn, gracefully swinging out her back end, a beautiful drift, and Skyline did the same, getting bumper to bumper

Soon they reached the Switchback. Fluttershy misinterpreted the first turn and she accidentally drifted too wide, which Skyline took advantage of. "Too wide, Fluttershy!" He said into the walkie talkie he had set up between all of the girls.

Again and again, they drifted, and Fluttershy tried her hardest to regain first place, but Skyline shut her down every time.

The hill soon started to dip and Skyline accelerated. This newfound speed he took to the next corner, but the speed threw off his car's balance, and he spun out. Skyline turned his car around, but not before Fluttershy had passed him. Skyline put the pedal to the floor and soon regained his speed. He was about a car's distance from Fluttershy, and the finish was only a half-mile away. Skyline hit the NOS button, but Fluttershy was still in the lead by a bumper when they crossed the line.

They slowed down, and when they stopped, Fluttershy got out and Skyline gave her a small hug. "I've taught you well."

Then, suddenly, they were being called on the radio. "You have to get out of there! Canterlot police are on us! We're fine, but you gotta go!" Twilight was saying.

Fluttershy and Skyline both got into their cars, and took off. At the next intersection, Fluttershy went forward, and Skyline took a right. Skyline was wondering why he wasn't being chased by Canterlot police, when all of a sudden he a sharp tinkle sound, and something hit his neck. He glanced down and grabbed it, and recognized it as a tranquilizer. Skyline felt his eyes droop, and as he passed out, he hit a wall at 90 MPH, deploying the airbag.

All he saw was black.

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Chapter 5 - Powershifting

Skyline woke up what seemed like ages later in a well lit room. Looking around, he noticed the walls were blank and there was a metal table before him. He noticed there was a place for handcuffs, but Skyline had not, in fact been handcuffed.

He looked up and saw a security camera aimed at him and he used his magic to crush the lens. That would get their attention.

Soon, the door swung open and four figured stepped inside. They were none other than the princesses, by the names of Celestia, Luna, Mi Amore Cadenza (better known as Cadance), and Twilight Sparkle. Skyline gave a little wink to Twilight, and she responded with a small smile, like she was amused.

"I assume you know why we are here?" Said Celestia.

"Please bring me up to speed, if you would." Said Skyline.

"It seems you have a bit of a record here. You have many aliases, almost all of which have been created outside of Equestria." Said Luna

Skyline nodded, mildly surprised. He spawned a toothpick and put it between his teeth. "If it's okay with you, I'd like to hear this list."

Cadance spoke next. "Starting from the top, you've been known as The Armored Reaper..."

"Yep."

"Ryan Cooper..."

"Yes."

"The Rookie..."

"Also true."

"One of Luna's Children of the Night"

"Ooh, that's new. I like that one. Sounds like a cool thing to put on a resume."

With this, Luna proceeded to give him a curious look.

"To be honest, Skyline, for the time being, we would like your help with something." Said Celestia. "There are certain things we are dealing with, and you could help us."

"You really think I'll do such things?" Said Skyline.

"We would hope so." Said Luna.

Skyline took a minute to think. After reaching a decision, he sighed. "What do you need me to do?"

They dropped a yellow folder in front of Skyline. "We need you to do some scouting, investigate, the likes. We are trying to keep tabs on Queen Chrysalis."

Skyline winced. "I-I ran into her a few weeks back. On a contract."

"In any case, if she is found, we want you to subdue her and bring her here. Alive is preferred."

Skyline got up. "I'll need a team."

Celestia smirked. "We thought so. Come."

The four of them got up and started walking down the hallway. Many turns later, Cadance handed Skyline a tablet.

"Our first entry is your old friend Fastback. I'm sure you'll get along well as a team."

"How many are in this team?"

Cadance looked at him. "Three, including you." She paused.

Skyline raised an eyebrow. "Who's the third?"

Celestia put her hands behind her back. "Afterburner, as you may have suspected."

Skyline felt as if he got tazed. "No."

"If I remember correctly, she is 18 years of age now, and she can make her own decisions." Luna interjects.

Skyline put is hand to his face. "Let me see her."

Celestia smiled. "We thought you might say that." She pressed a button on the door she stops next to, and moments later, a yellow woman with white hair opened the door.

"Who's ther-.. what the f-... Skyline..?"

The woman emerged from the doorway. She wore a Bikini top and jeans, with an aviator jacket over her shoulder.

"I never thought I'd see the day, Sky."

The princesses turned to leave. "We will give you two some time to talk. We will be in the main hall when you are finished" said Celestia.

Skyline's attention snapped back to Afterburner. "Well well well. You got a nice life now, huh Alicia?"

She looked murderous. "Don't. Use. That. Name."

Skyline chuckled. "Alright."

She sighed. "Get in my office."

The two proceeded to enter her office, and Skyline sat on the desk as Afterburner stood before him.

"So I heard that you're gonna lead the special team the princesses gathered."

"Yes, and I would hope you would not be in it."

"Why? I'm old enough to do my own thing! You don't need to protect me anymore."

"But I think that this could put you in danger. There's a reason I'm leading it. It is a top-priority high-danger op."

"I know you want me to be safe. You're practically my brother. But this is something I'm gonna do. You can't hold me back."

Skyline sighed. "Fine. But you're gonna follow my field orders to a T, got it?"

She crossed her arms. "Fair enough."

Skyline got up. "Well, I'll be seeing you later. I have some things to do."

"Coolio. I can't guarantee I'll be here when you get back."

"I know. You're a free spirit. I wasn't born yesterday."

Skyline got up and left the room, closing the door behind him. He soon made his way to the main hall, and approached the princesses.

"Now that you're back, we can talk operations..." Said Celestia.

"Actually, I need some questions answered first."

Celestia raised her eyebrow. "Go on..."

"First of all, where's my car?"

Luna crossed her arms. "We have it in police impound. We saved it just in case you wanted it, otherwise it would have been crushed." Luna smiled. "You can thank us if you want."

"Ha. Keep in mind that I have a very important mission. I'll thank you after I blow sh*t up."

All they could hear was Cadance silently snickering for a few moments.

"And your other question?" Said Celestia.

"What do I have to work with as far as equipment?"

Celestia handed him the tablet again. "Our entire inventory is at your disposal."

As Skyline scrolled down the list, he laughed. "Hell. Yes."

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Skyline stood in the driveway of 2559 Bridgestone Avenue, and walked up to the door, and he proceeded to ring the doorbell. He looked sideways and saw the 2009 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, and smiled to himself. He hasn't changed a bit, it seems.

Just then, the door opened, revealing a white colored man with red hair.

"Skyline?"

"Hey man. Ready to be a badass?"

The two laughed and fist-bumped each other.

"Come on in, Speed Racer."

"HA! I'll make your Viper look like a kitten."

"Maybe. Anyway, I think there's a talk to be had, huh?"

"Yea..."

The two went inside and Skyline followed Fastback into the garage. Inside, there was half-built 1969 Dodge Challenger HEMI.

"Nice car, she does the strip in what, 10..... Minutes?" Joked Skyline.

"Ha ha. Actually, when she's done, she'll do 8 seconds flat, I hope."

"Cool, cool. Anyway, let's save the reconciliation for after the mission. As far as equipment goes, I have access to the entire Equestrian weapon cache, so you can go shopping like a kid in a candy store."

Fastback was using a wrench to secure a few things in the car, and Skyline was sitting on a workbench. While Skyline was sitting, he was watching Fastback, and offered to help. "Hold up, you need to tighten the other bolt some more." Skyline proceeded to grab a wrench and started working on the car as well.

"So, as I was saying, we are going to have a third member on the team in case you didn't know already."

Fastback reached further into the engine. "Yea, I heard, but I wasn't told who."

"Well, her name is Afterburner. You two probably don't know each other. But I want you to promise me that you will help me keep her safe."

Just then a voice was heard from the other side of the garage door. "Really Sky? You need to cut the crap."

Skyline cursed, and Fastback opened the garage. As it opened, Afterburner ducked under and she proceeded to fly up to the nearby workbench and sat down.

"So she's Afterburner?" Asked Fastback.

Skyline sighed. "Yep."

Skyline walked up to her. "You followed me, huh?"

"Yep. You've lost your keen situational awareness, huh?"

"Hardly. I just had more important things on my mind." Skyline stood for a moment. "You still drive the Zonda, don't you?"

"Yea. I've never driven anything else."

Fastback put down his tools and walked over. "Whatcha talking about?"

Afterburner answered before Skyline did. " when I was.... Younger, Skyline watched over me. He had a car, a 2012 Pagani Zonda R, and I liked it better than any of his other cars. When I got my drivers license, he painted it sky blue and gave it to me. It means too much to me."

Fastback was wiping his hands on a rag. "Sounds like you two were pretty close at one point."

She replied again. "We still are, in some ways. For one thing, he's basically my brother."

"That explains him being protective."

Skyline brought his hands together. "Let's change the subject. Now that we're all here, we need to draft a game plan. My idea is that me and Fastback are on main offensive strategy, should we be detected. Afterburner, you're our sniper."

"Skyline, dammit, you need to cut the crap. I'm gonna be on the front lines with you wether you like it or not."

Skyline sighed. "Do you truly want to be a part of this? It is completely possible that you could get injured, and even die if you screw up."

Afterburner stood straight. "I do, truly."

Skyline stood up. "Alright. The op is in a couple days, so I guess I'll see you two then."

They both nodded. "See ya later man." Said Fastback.

Skyline exited the house and entered his car and sat in the driver's seat. After thinking for a few moments, his passenger door opened and in came Afterburner. "I'm coming with you. I wanna know how you are, being back and all that. And before you ask about the Zonda, Fastback said he'd watch it for me. He agreed that maybe I should tag along."

Skyline sighed. "Fine. Be quiet for a sec though, I have to make a call."

She nodded in reply.

Skyline pulled out his phone and dialed Rainbow Dash's number. After a few seconds, she picked up.

"Skyline?! Holy crap, I didn't think we'd be seeing you again. Is this your call from jail?"

"Not even. You could say I've been promoted, give or take."

"What?"

Skyline briefly explained the events from after his crash. "The car's gonna need an overhaul after the damage done to it, but it'll be fine. Eventually. But didn't Twilight tell you about me? She was there when I was briefed."

"No. Not at all. I'm gonna go wring her neck in a sec."

"Please don't."

"Ugh, fiiiine. But how about you come over to Sugarcube Corner? I'll get all the girls over here."

"That sounds good. I'm also apparently bringing a friend with me. Her name's Afterburner. You might like her."

"Oh, her? I know her. We talk occasionally."

"Oh. Okay. Well, see ya in about..." He looked at his watch. "Twenty minutes?"

"Alright. See ya."

Skyline hit END CALL and turned to Afterburner. "You know RD?"

"Yeah, a little."

"Hmm.. Well, let's get going then." Skyline started the engine.

"How are we going to get from Canterlot to Ponyville in twenty minutes?"

Skyline donned his signature golden aviator sunglasses. "You obviously don't remember me well enough." He released the parking brake and slammed his foot on the gas, producing a small burnout. The car got grip and launched off down the road. Skyline dumped the clutch and shifted into third gear as Afterburner grabbed hold of the handhold above her door.

"My god, you still don't follow speed limits, huh?"

"Never have. Celestia lets me only because I have a gift for this, and have never crashed. Except for yesterday."

"Actually, you were passed out for a few days, last I heard."

"Oh. Whatever then." Skyline shifted into 5 gear, surpassing 150 MPH. He smirked, and moved his hand torward the clear button case. He flipped it, revealing a silver switch. He flicked it and hit a separate button on his steering wheel and the car jumped, pressing the two occupants to their seats, the car hitting very high speeds. The car expertly maneuvered through traffic, and soon Skyline pulled the E-brake and the the car did a 180 spin, and came to a rest in front of Sugarcube Corner.

They both sat still for a moment, the only sound being their breaths. "Well then," said Skyline, "That was as fun as ever. Hope you didn't soil yourself, Alicia."

She raised her voice. "First of all, stop calling me that. That was, what, six years ago? Alicia died that day and Afterburner came to be. End of story! And second of all, you think I'm that weak? Come on. I drive a PAGANI.”

"Alright, alright, fine. Jeez..."

They got out and Afterburner threw her jacket in the trunk. Skyline opened the front door and the bell rang when he did. One second later, the girls were already asking him questions.

"Are ya alright?"

"What happened?"

"I thought you died!"

"I thought he was in jail."

Skyline smiled. "It's good to see you all too. " He looked over at Twilight. "I just about saved your life. I convinced Dashie not to wring your neck. You can thank me now."

Twilight gave him a sarcastic smile. "Thanks."

Skyline spent the next few minutes telling them what happened. After he finished, he let them ask their questions.

"So, the car's wrecked?" Asked AJ.

"Yeah. It's gonna take a month to fix, and that's with magic."

"Um, your friend has interesting outfit tastes." Said Rarity.

"Trust me, you won't get through to her."

"Did someone rat you out?" Asked Rainbow Dash.

"No, I just wasn't being careful enough."

"Do you want to throw a 'super secret mission you could die on' party?!" Yelled Pinkie.

"Umm, no."

Skyline chuckled. "You can when its over. But it's nice to know you have friends watching over you."

"If the princesses let me, I'd totally go with you." Said Rainbow Dash.

"Actually, it's my call, but we already are a team of three. I don't want to put you in danger. And don't give me any 'but I'm Rainbow Dash' BS."

RD sighed. "Fine. But if ya need me, just gimmie a call."

Skyline smirked. "I'll keep it in mind."

Soon they decided to hang out, before he went on his mission. He walked to the parking lot and whistled out loud.

"Twilight, you drive a 2004 BMW M3 GTR?"

Twilight turned and smiled. "You like it?"

Skyline smiled. "It's the best BMW, like, ever. Bring it by the garage any time."

Twilight laughed lightly, and got into her car. He looked over and saw Pinkie get into a 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray.

"Pinkie, I never would've thought you'd drive a Corvette."

"It's basically my job to surprise people, silly." With that, she hopped into her car and shut the door.

"And Rarity, you have a 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago?

"Darling, I think you like cars too much."

Skyline laughed. "Hasn't been the first time I've been told that"

"Well, let it be said once more. You need to get another hobby."

Skyline chucked. "Maybe I will."

He strode to his car and slid into the driver's seat. Afterburner was in the passenger seat messing with his radio.

"You ready, Afterburner?"

She turned and smiled at him. "Let's go."

Skyline started the car, and a loud sound responded from the exhaust. He released the handbrake and followed his friends to their destination.
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They arrived at a club in Canterlot an hour later. On the way, though, they had a little fun and raced. Twilight, naturally, stayed out of it. Skyline thought it a shame. The BMW didn't seem to get much action.

They had parked their cars and they entered the club.

"Remember," said Skyline," you can't actually mention the conditions of our celebration."

"Yeah, we know." Said RD. "we heard the whole 'top secret' part."

"And this means you in particular, Pinkie."

"Uh huh, okie dokie loki!"

They approached the door, and suddenly a bouncer said we should leave. He explained that they were full. Twilight approached him.

"What about for the princess's friends?"

The bouncer widened his eyes. "Oh, my mistake, your highness, I'll let you all in momentarily!"

As he went to get us in, Twilight glanced at him. "The perks of a princess, I guess." She smiled.

Skyline rolled his eyes. "Better than my method." After a long silence, he laughed. "I'm kidding, seriously."

The bouncer returned, and let them in. As they entered, Applejack nudged Skyline and then pointed at the bar. "Take it easy with the alcohol, alright?"

Skyline held up his hands. "No promises."

They started to roam, with Twilight and RD going to dance, and applejack went to find a relative. Fluttershy seemed to be hanging on the sidelines, and Rarity was probably sucking up to some celebrities. Pinkie Pie was probably raiding the dessert table, and when he checked, sure enough, she was hiding cookies in her puffy hair.

Skyline walked over to the bar and ordered a Corona. When it was given to him, he popped the top and took a long drink. He found a chair and took a seat, and he spawned his favorite hat when no one was looking. He put it on and tilted it downwards as he took another drink. He looked sideways at Fluttershy, who was leaning on a nearby wall.

"Hey Fluttershy! Come on over here."

She flinched, and then looked at him. Hesitantly, she walked over and took a seat next to him.

"H-hi." She said.

"Aren't ya having fun?"

"N-no, not really. I prefer the quiet..."

Skyline chuckled as he took another swig. "You want to know a secret?"

"S-sure."

Skyline slumped backwards. "I do too."

Fluttershy looked at him. "You do?"

Skyline smiled, looking at the crowd. "When it's quiet, I think more. And when I think more, my mind goes places. Next thing I know, I feel like there's another reality in my head." He took another swig. "The people I care about are really the only things that hold me to reality."

Fluttershy smiled sympathetically. "I get what you mean. I just like the quiet because I can feel alone, and have my space."

"Heh, well, uh, you wanna... Hang at that park next door?"

Fluttershy smiled. "I-I.... Sure."

They got up and Skyline managed to to walk to the park. They sat at a park bench and Skyline looked at the sky. He heard a sound, and he saw that it was a message from Afterburner. He told her he was fine and then put his phone on silent.

"The sky looks nice, huh?"

Fluttershy smiled. "Yeah. It does."

"You see those three stars, over there?"

"Yeah?"

"I kinda blew up a couple things in the past, and in one instance, I created a few stars. That triangle of stars there were a job gone wrong, and when these 'stars' appeared, I heard they scared the hell out of Luna, she being princess of the night."

"Oh, really?" She laughed lightly.

Skyline threw his beer away. "Come on, let's get back to the girls."

"Alright"

They walked to the bar, and he found the girls hanging out next to the cars.

"Hey guys." Said Skyline.

Twilight raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Sneaking off with Fluttershy?"

"Ha! We were just hanging out. Not much else."

"Mmhmm. Riiight." Twilight laughed.

Skyline walked over to his car. Afterburner appeared to be asleep, laying against the windshield.

"Hey. Get up. I'm taking you to Fastback's so you can get your car, and then I'm going home. I got a message from Luna saying that the mission's tomorrow."

Afterburner opened her eyes. "Yeah yeah, hold on..."

She hopped off of the Nissan and slipped into the passenger seat. Skyline walked over to the driver's door.

"Hey guys! Ima turn in for the night!"

The other girls agreed that they would too, and they all started the drive home.

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Skyline undid the deadbolt to his garage and walked inside. He hung his hat on a hook and pulled out his phone. He thought it amusing that he still have the contacts from the other dimensions on it. With a few swipes, he deleted them all.

He walked up to the living area, and threw his shirt on the laundry pile. He walked to the closet and pulled out a black bag. He sat on his bed and placed the bag on the ground in front of him. With a sigh, he placed his hand on the front of the bag.

To his touch, the metal-like material became seemingly fluid, and moved up his arm. Soon, the black metal had encased him from the neck down. The suit formed his helmet, which manifested around his head. He then pulled it off, and stared at it.

He looked at his wrist and activated a data pad. He punched in a few commands, and the suit began to change color until it stopped, becoming a blank white color. He stood up slowly, and brushed the crack in the visor of his helmet with his hand.

"Today, I am not The Armored Reaper."

He put on the helmet, and the HUD display booted up.

"Today, I am The Guardian Angel"

Author's Note

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Chapter 6 - The Car Goes where the Eyes Go

Skyline had stayed up all night modifying his suit. Specifically, he wanted to be able to fly with his wings while the suit was on. And, he needed to program it to armor his wings as well. He had been working nonstop for hours, and when he finished, he looked at the clock.

Four thirty two. In the morning.
Skyline sighed and collapsed in his bed, metal parts scattered here and there. He had closed his eyes for barely a second when his phone rang, scaring the daylight out of him. He got up and hit ANSWER CALL.

"Who is this?" He said sleepily.

"Skyline?" It was Twilight.

"Twi, it's, like, four thirty. Why aren't you sleeping?"

"A better question is, why aren't you?"

Skyline was rubbing his eyes with his hands when it hit him, and his gaze snapped to the front window of the garage. Sure enough, there she was, grinning apologetically.

Skyline opened the door to the penthouse living area and hopped down the stairs. He then threw the bolt for the customer doors and opened it.

Twilight walked inside and closed the door behind her. "I brought you some coffee..."

"What kind?"

"Triple shot espresso with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles."

"How the hell did you find out my favorite coffee?"

Twilight laughed. "Our data we gathered on you when you were in other dimensions? It got pretty detailed."

Skyline put his hand on his face. "Oh, man. I'm not even gonna ask how you did it."

"And you shouldn't. But that's not why I'm here."

Skyline grabbed the coffee and took a large sip. "Then tell me, Princess of Friendship, why do you grace the halls of my home and business with your presence?"

"We got the Intel on the area that you wanted. The Wonderbolts did a fine scout."

Skyline grabbed the Manila folder and sipped his coffee. He spread out the contents of the folder onto a workbench, pushing the tools aside. "Tell me what I'm looking at here."

Twilight went into full brainiac mode, and began to explain. "We've narrowed down the location of Chrysalis and her followers to this area of the Everfree forest, in its deepest part."

Skyline grabbed a ball peen hammer and with a little magical assistance, was trying to fix the bent frame of the wrecked Nissan.

"Here, marked in red marker, is a group of changeling officers, so we believe that it's a patrol. And over here we see a clearing that must've been made by Chrysalis, it not being natural."

Skyline, still banging away, sighed. "Any other Intel?"

"We noticed there is no sound way to go in by ground, and we can't fly too close."

Skyline stopped a moment to think. Then he pulled out his phone and sent a text to Afterburner.

Afterburner letthemseethesky@equine.com

Skyline: hey afterburner! Get up. I need you to do a few things.

Skyline waited a few moments, and soon, he got a reply.

Afterburner: sure thing boss. ;) what's up?

Skyline: I need you to get one of your pilot buddies to fly a cargo plane for us

Afterburner: do I even want to know?

Skyline: nope. Just do it

Afterburner: I'll tell him it's an order from the princesses

Skyline: alright. See ya in two

Afterburner: ten four. I'll go get Fastback

Skyline put his phone away. "Twi, do you know who's going to help me over the coms?"

"Me."

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After a rather fast drive to Canterlot, the two walked into the castle and followed a few directions to get to Mission Command. Twilight joined the princesses and Skyline went to go check out the weapon collection.
To his surprise, this is where he finds Fastback.

"Hey, Skyline, I found a Ripper. It's on rack 8-B."

"Nice. The Ripper is strictly military, and I've been trying to get my hands on it for forever."

"Yep. I had a feeling."

Skyline found rack 8-B and grabbed the gun known as the Ripper. It was a close to medium range balanced gun that could convert from Assault rifle to SMG at a moment's notice. He smacked a magazine in and filled his ammunition shoulder sling. He then proceeded to grab Fastback, who had picked a Silenced SCAR-H, and they headed to Mission Command. He sent a quick text to Afterburner to meet them there.

When Skyline reached the room, the Princesses stood up. Skyline proceeded to walk up to them.

"I assume you have a plan?" asked Celestial.

"I always do." Skyline replied. "Afterburner! You do as I asked?

"Yeah, but you better let him know what you intend him to do."

"Give him this." said Skyline. He handed her a small white envelope.

Afterburner left the room, and Skyline followed, grabbing Fastback. They reached the hangar, and Afterburner approached a blue haired man and handed him the envelope. He opened it and read it. Soon after, he told us he'd prep the plane for takeoff.

Skyline went to wait with his team outside Mission Command. He made sure had their weapons, and he checked that their silencers were properly secured. Soon the plane was ready for takeoff and they entered through the cargo door. Skyline turned and saluted the princesses, and Skyline pressed his hand to his backpack and within seconds, the metal encased his body and his wings spread outward. "Ya said ya wanted to see it Twi!"

Twilight smiled. "Looks like something you shouldn't stand in the way of!"

Skyline laughed. "You're right!"

Skyline took a safer inside the bay and rested his head on the wall. Today, one shall stand, and one shall fall...

Afterburner's POV

Afterburner walked to the pilot's cabin and checked in with Altitude.

"You alright here?" Afterburner asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but your friend Skyline is pretty crazy, judging by his plan."

"What did the letter say?"

"Can't tell ya. It also said to withhold its contents from you."

"Goddamnit, Skyline..."

She turned around and headed to the Bay Area. When she got there, Fastback was sharpening a knife, and Skyline was sitting against the wall, eyes closed and head on the wall.

She walked over to Skyline and took a seat next to him. "Why does information need to be withheld from me?"

Skyline smiled. "It'd be more amusing if it surprised you."

Afterburner sighed. She then closed her eyes for just a moment, and began to doze off

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When she came to, she was awoken to Altitude's voice over the intercom, telling them to get ready.

Skyline came over and threw her a suit. It's tag said GLIDE SUIT.

"Put it on, Fastback already did."

Afterburner put two and two together and she looked at Skyline. "How high are we?"

"Very. Put it on."

Afterburner got up. "Do you have a death wish? And you're not even wearing a glide suit either!"

"I don't need it. Put it on, quickly, we gotta jump soon."

"Celestia, you're an idiot."

"I know I am."

Afterburner put on the suit and stood next to Skyline. Soon, the lights turned red and the bay door started to open. Skyline, per the norm, stood at the edge of the door and back flipped off of the edge, plummeting below. Fastback jumped out next, and reluctantly, I followed.

As soon as I jumped out, I felt entirely weightless as I fell, going faster than I'd probably want to. Soon, ahead, she could see Skyline unfurl his wings, which were apparently fully armored, and he started to glide the rest of the way. Fastback enabled his suit, and Afterburner pulled the cord to activate hers. Soon, they reached the ground and she noticed they were in the deepest part of the Everfree Forest.

"Skyline...." She said, out of breath," you're an idiot..."

Skyline's helmet visor turned pure white and he enabled Coms chat.

"Tell me something I don't know." He said.

Just then, there was a little static heard, and then Twilight began to speak.

"Alright, Altitude has confirmed your landing. You all alright?"

Skyline laughed. "I can't die that easily."

"Good. Head north for about a mile and a half."

"Ten four." Skyline said.

Skyline activated his active camo, making him invisible. "You two start walking, I'll check our perimeter and scout the area."

Afterburner pulled out her Honey Badger Assault rifle and checked to see if it was loaded. After assuring she had loaded it, she and Fastback began to walk

*Time Skip*

Afterburner and Fastback continued to walk until they saw a small concrete building.

"That's probably an outpost. We need you to clear it out" said Twilight.

"Loud and clear, we're moving in." Said Skyline."Afterburner, Fastback, get the north side door. I'll get the south."

"Alright." Said Fastback. "Come on, Afterburner."

The two jogged silently to the northernmost door and waited for Skyline's mark.

"Mark."

They kicked down the door and quickly scanned the room quickly. They took down the three changelings inside and Skyline gave the all clear.

Skyline and Fastback were examining an enemy map layout when Afterburner turned and saw a lone door. "Guys..."

Skyline turned and strode over. "Twilight? You getting this?"

We could hear the taps of a keyboard over the coms. After a few moments, she spoke again. "We believe..... That it is a passage to the base, but we are thinking that you'll have to move fast before they notice their team you took out is dead."

"Alright." Skyline said. "Let's move out."

They started to walk to the door, and Afterburner opened it for her team. As she went to follow, there was a hushed bang, and soon a sudden searing pain shot through her. "Skyline...."

Skyline's POV

Skyline entered the door, and looked forward. Total black. He was trying to make out the path when he heard a pained voice. "Skyline...."

He turned and saw Afterburner fall to her knees and fall to the ground, blood soaking her gear.

"Goddamnit!" He pulled out his sniper and switched to hear vision. Soon, he found the shooter and took a deep breath. When he pulled the trigger, the bullet passed clean through his head, the body falling to the ground.

He rushed over to Afterburner. "She was shot in the stomach from behind. I can get her back, but we'd need to do it now. I can use med-foam to fill it, but we got maybe an hour, and helicopters can't get too close.."

Skyline grabbed his shoulder. "Go. Get her out of changeling range. Get her to safety. I'll arrange your evac."

"What about you?"

Skyline looked at the door again. "I have things to settle."

Skyline looked at Afterburner, who had passed out already. Skyline saw something in her hand and grabbed it, knowing that she held it on purpose. Fastback filled the wound with the med-foam he brought and hoisted her limp unconscious body over his shoulder. As he went to leave, he turned and saluted Skyline.

"May the pistons forged bring you where you must go."

"Thanks. I won't need it."

Fastback gave one last look before turning and running south, to where the mission started.

"Chrysalis, I don't want to have to kill you, but I will do what I must." Skyline muttered.

He activated his VISR night vision and ran into the underground tunnel. He holstered his weapon and pulled out a collapsible Compound Bow, which had his name etched into it with a knife, along with many, many tally marks.

He kept his finger on the string as he ran, and soon he reached another door. He kicked it open and took aim.

But the room was empty.

He jogged to the stairs and entered a room he suspected would lead him to the next room. But this room was empty as well.

He saw a rather elegant door, which Skyline suspected would lead to the throne of hers.

He kicked this door in and looked up. He was not disappointed.

Inside there were about fifty guards and Chrysalis herself, sitting atop a throne made of what looked like black mahogany.

Skyline holstered his bow, and took a step forward. He then grabbed his helmet and threw it aside. "Do you really need your guards to keep you safe? What happened to the cocky son of a bitch I once knew?"

Chrysalis glowered at him, and ordered her guards aside. Immediately, they formed a path for her. She walked past them, her sickly green eyes fixated on Skyline. "Your armor is white now. I assume it's for personal symbolic reasons?"

"How about let's go back two years, huh?" Skyline said. He punched a few things into his arm data pad and his armor changed to a black color, but with green trimming.

"How interesting." Said Chrysalis. "You seem to have conflicting ideas."

"I know what I'm doing, and you're coming with me."

"You know that won't happen."

"Will it? I have the upper hand."

"Do you?"

Skyline pulled something from his belt and gave it to her. "Hold this."

Chrysalis knew what it was in an instant.

A grenade pin.

Skyline threw the grenade at the group of guards. Skyline pulled out his pistol and swept Chrysalis's legs from beneath her, and shielded her from the blast. Skyline shot the remaining survivors before they could even recover. "It's kinda dumb to have them so close together, you know."

Skyline looked down and got trapped by her bright green eyes again. They seemed to pierce the back of his skull, and he couldn't look away.

Skyline shook his head, and pulled her off of the ground. "Let's go. Walk."

Just then, a helicopter rushed in, and it wasn't friendly. It shot through the glass ceiling and Skyline dove for cover. With a helicopter on his tail, he used his pistol to shoot Chrysalis. A single bullet hit her in the chest. He didn't have time to find out if she died. With guilt in his heart, and lead in his feet, Skyline dove through a window. He ran until he saw the outpost again. When he got to it, he ran to hide in the tunnel once more.

Something didn't feel right.

Skyline pulled out what he had got from Afterburner and put it into the dirt ground. It was a tracking device. He couldn't let the whole plan go to hell.

After he was sure the helicopter was gone, he activated his suit EXO system and ran to the evac.

He was only a hundred feet from the evac point when he started to feel sick. The world turned a dark shade of red, like blood, and collapsed.

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Skyline opened his eyes and first noticed how bright it was. He looked to the side and saw an open window, and saw that he was back in canterlot.

He noticed he was not in a hospital. He took a deep breath, and then noticed that he had visitors.

The four princesses were standing to the other side of the room, waiting for him to regain consciousness. When Skyline sat up, Celestia walked over. "How are you feeling?"

"I...." Skyline couldn't really answer that question. He felt fine for the most part, but something was off.

Skylines hand rested in his leg and he found it strange because there seemed to be a knife in his pocket.

Then, out of nowhere, in the deepest part of his mind, he could feel something snap, like broken glass. Without meaning to, like his arm was controlled by another being, he grabbed the knife and drove it into Celestia's neck.

Celestia stumbled back, blood staining her clothes. She looked at Skyline with possibly the most painful look, and for some reason, Skyline felt no guilt in his heart.

The other princesses were stunned by this act and moved on Skyline immediately. Skyline retrieved his knife, and threw it at Cadance. The knife spun through the air and hit her hard in the eye, killing her.

Skyline was screaming inside, but a small part of him hadn't heard from in years kept saying a chant: "Death is magic, kill them all."

Skyline punched Twilight in the face and she fell aside. He grabbed Luna and put her to the wall. Skyline found his pistol on a nearby table, and put it to Luna's head.

"P-please! Stop! What are you doing??"

"I-I......" Skyline tried to stop it, but he could feel it overcoming him. His face then proceeded to smile. Wide. He pulled the trigger and Luna's life was no more. And then he pulled the trigger again. And again. And again. Soon, where Luna's head used to be was a bloody hunk of meat, blood flowing and spraying everywhere. Skyline looked at his hands. They were completely red. Bright red. Skyline then got up and retrieved his knife from Cadance's eye socket, but not before twisting the knife.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Twilight move, and he turned to finish her off when she said "Skyline, if you do care about your friends, you won't do this." Which she said in a very frightened voice.
Skyline's face again contorted into insanity. "But Twily, this the best thing I could do. We're spending your last moments together, and then you'll go that nice place after death."
Twilight was now hyperventilating and looked ready to scream. She started to get up, to run, when Skyline grabbed her by the throat and held it down. "It's not nice to run from your friends."
Twilight was starting to sob, and she frantically looked back and forth between the corpses of the princesses, which pooled blood everywhere.
Skyline flipped the knife in his hand. "Where should we start....?"
Twilight started to sob.
"Shhh, you should be happy." With this, he caressed her face with the knife, a cut deep enough to bleed.
Inside Skyline's head, however, his real mentality has trying to free himself from the chains of the disease now possessing him. The disease was knocking on his door, and time was up. He was going to be overcome by it, and all he could do was say his apologies.
"I'm sorry, to everyone I've ever met. You'll be dead soon, I'm sure, and there is no stopping it if it knows what I know."
At this point, the disease was staining his mentality, slowly consuming him.
"And I'm sorry to myself.... I have come to terms with my haunting past and I have come to terms with my untimely death... I'm sorry..."
At this point, the disease has consumed him, his true conscience gone. His body then began to admire Twilight's wings, and chuckled. "I think I'll start with the wings, don't you think?" He put the knife to the base of the wing and began to cut.
Twilight screamed in pain, and Skyline covered her mouth. "Shhh, it'll be over soon..."
Skyline pushed harder, and began to saw through the bone. After he had made a nice weak point, he stood up and yanked the wing as hard as he could.
Twilight seized up in pain, and Skyline held her wing in his hands. He then brought the knife down onto her head. "Goodbye, my little birdie."
He then stabbed and stabbed and stabbed until Skyline stuck the knife in once more and sat backwards.
"How beautiful..."
He got up and grabbed his pistol. He walked through the hallways, and shot every person he saw in the neck. His diseased mind took pleasure in walking down a hall filled with the sounds of dying people, choking on their own blood. He was walking down a flight of stairs when he heard a voice.
"Skyline?"

Chapter 7 - Memory Games

Years passed in moments, and moments passed in years. Afterward, only vague remnants remain, but when one comes back, it's a stab to the gut.

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"Skyline?"
He kept hearing that in his head, every once and awhile, and it was starting to annoy him.
Skyline sat in his garage, surrounded by blood in his closet. He, too, was covered in blood. The blood of innocent people.
And that's just the way he liked it.
Skyline's garage was starting to crumble what must have been years and years later. Skyline left his garage only to pick victims and hang out with his last friend, who now seems to refer to herself as Pinkamena.
Skyline's phone beeped. He wiped the blood off of the screen and looked at what caused the notification
It was a message from good ol' Pinkamena.

Pinkamena (cupCAKES@pony.com)

Pinkamena: hey you I pulled the next number. Wanna come and help?

Skyline wickedly smiled.

Skyline: wouldn't miss it.

Skyline got out of his closet and shut it tightly behind him. He rushed down the stairs and grabbed the keys for his 2000GTR. He hopped in, and gunned the engine.

***

Skyline and Pinkamena had finished preparing for the next number. Skyline asked which one it was this time.
"Bon Bon." Pinkie said with a smile, as if such events weren't even happening.
Skyline and Pinkamena walked closer to the victim as she began to arouse.
"Huh..? Who's there?"
Pinkamena stepped closer. "It's me, don't you remember?"
"Pinkie, what's going on? Help me out of these restraints!"
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that. You see, your number came up, and I don't make the rules."
Skyline remained in the shadows, smirking.
"What do you mean, my number?"
"Look, I don't make the rules. You have to understand."
Pinkie grabbed what looked like a circle of fabric, but don't be fooled. It wasn't fabric.
She showed it to Bon Bon. The "fabric" was a teal color with a golden lyre on it.
"You like it?" Asked Pinkamena, obviously having a bit of fun.
"Y..... You........ Is that.....L-Lyra?"
"Yeah. She was a bit loud though. We had to deal with her voice before we started. How ironic..."
Bon Bon seemed to have put two and two together. "You!? You killed Lyra?"
"Yep! Her number came up too, you see."
"NO, I DON'T SEE! Y-YOU MONSTER!"
"Well, it was fun, but we have to get moving. We have other matters to get to."
Pinkamena turned on the lights. Around the room were entrails used for decoration, as she would say. There were intestines hung like streamers, and skulls scattered about. And that's only to name a few "decorations"
Bon Bon saw me and shot me a look of despair.
"Pinkamena here has a rule. We start with the cutie mark." Said Skyline.
"N-No! You can't!"
"Oh, but we must." Said Pinkamena.
Skyline pulled out his sharpest throwing knifes and took aim. He then threw one at Bon Bon's hand, pinning it to the upright table she was pinned to, and she proceeded to scream.
"Sky, you know I get first dibs!!" Pinkamena whined playfully.
"My bad." Skyline grabbed a cutting knife, then gave it to Pinkamena. "Here ya go."
Pinkamena smiled evilly, and grabbed the knife. She yanked the clothes off of Bon Bon and she began her work.

***

Pinkamena and Skyline were finishing with Bon Bon when Pinkamena spoke up.
"Oh, I'm behind a number. I have her locked in the other room. Let's go check on her."
"Lead the way." Skyline said, smiling with his blood stained face.
The two walked across the room and approached a metal door. Pinkamena opened it, and inside was a single figure, out cold. But when she turned on the light, Skyline's heart stopped.
Fluttershy.
Skyline felt his head clear, a funny feeling he hasn't had since.......
Suddenly, Skyline felt something. Fear. At that moment, Skyline felt his mentality returning to its previous state. He..... He could never kill Fluttershy. Who would do that?
The disease was seeming to retaliate. "Death is Magic! KILL. THEM. ALL."
Skyline fell to his knees, grabbing his head. "This..... This is wrong....."
Out of nowhere, Pinkamena disappeared, and he was in a completely white room, but there seemed to be no walls. Just empty nothingness. His bloodstained body looked completely out of place here.
"Skyline?" It was that voice again.
He turned quickly, and froze.
The four princesses were standing side by side, staring at him.
"Skyline?" Twilight said.
"I-I killed you! You're all dead! I-I didn't mean to, I was possessed, and...... I don't know what's going on."
"Skyline," they all said in unison. "You are not what you think you are."
"A-Am I dead?"
"Your time here is up, but you are not done."
Suddenly, Skyline's vision flickered, and the four princesses turned into bloody mutilated figures. Skyline stumbled back.
"This... This can't be real!"
"The mind perceives what's real as what it wants to be real."
Soon, many figures spawned. Both the living and dead versions of the princesses stood before him.
Skyline clutched his head again. The two mentalities were fighting, trying to kill one one another.
The many figures now held rifles, and readied to aim. He now heard many voices in his head, saying the names he's used.
"The Rookie..."
"Ryan Cooper...."
"The Armored Reaper..."
"The Guardian Angel..."
"Silvia..."
The princesses, dead and alive, raised their rifles and fired, one by one, at his chest. As soon as they were out of ammo, Skyline was left standing there, coughing blood. He fell to his knees as the princesses chanted his names. As he started black out, to die, The living Twilight walked up to him.
"Skyline?" She said.
Then Skyline fell through oblivion.

***

Skyline launched up in a bed, screaming. Applejack and Rarity were there, and Skyline seem to scare the life out of them.
Skyline got out of the bed, and punched the wall. After going straight through the drywall, he pulled out his fist.
The pain. It's real.
Skyline ran to Applejack, whose heart may have stopped. "WHERE. ARE. THE. PRINCESSES?"
Applejack swallowed. "T-They're in the main hall... A-Are you-"
Before Applejack could finish her sentence, Skyline had already left the room, running.

Skyline ran through the halls. He realized he was in Canterlot, and he woke up in the same room where he had seen them die. By his hand.
He soon reached the main hall and kicked the door open. There, at the thrones, were the princesses, and they stared wide-eyed at him.
Skyline ran to them, and hugged them all. "Y-you're alive! It wasn't real..."
Celestial spoke up. "You have been asleep for three months. Has something happened?"
Skyline froze. He put his head in his hands. "Three months...?"
He took a seat on the floor. "I was in... Like, a dream of some sort.... But it felt real.... And I killed you. All of you...."
Twilight stepped toward him. "Skyline, what happened?"
"I-I can't remember... It... It hurts...."
Luna stood up. "We can ask him at a later time. Right now, he needs to recover."
Skyline looked up. "What did I miss? Tell me."
Cadance shifted in her seat. "We found that you planted a tracking device, and that device gave us floor plans of Chrysalis's base. After we got all the Intel we needed, we moved in. Your squad mates lead the assault. In the end, we won. We found Chrysalis with a bullet wound in her chest. When we examined the bullet, we found out it was yours. And she isn't dead. She's in our secure detention area in the basement.
"Afterburner healed well, and is as good as new. She's been worried sick. And, Skyline, there's something you need to see. Or rather, someone.

***

They were walking down a hallway, with Skyline in tow. After going down an elevator, they turned a corner and they came to a door. Twilight entered first. Inside, there was one-way glass and another door to what looks like living quarters rather than an interrogation room. Twilight knocked, then entered. She started talking to whoever must be in there.
"Judgement day. Our friend woke up and he's pissed. You're gonna tell him what you know, and I wouldn't cross him if I were you."
Skyline entered the viewing room. Before Skyline stepped into the captive's room, Twilight handed him his Silver Magnum. As Skyline held it, the Insanity flashed in his vision, only for a split second, but enough to make Skyline stumble backwards.
"You alright?" Twilight asked.
"I'm gonna need a therapist..." Said Skyline as he entered the room.
He turned, and he saw her.
Her skin was a pale pink color, and she had aqua hair. She was unmistakably an alicorn, and she wore jean shorts with a flower print tank top.
Skyline took a seat in the chair across from her at a table. He placed the gun in the middle of the table, the grip facing her.
"You don't know me. You're about to." Skyline said in a casual tone, while staring into her eyes. "Tell me about yourself."
"I-I.... I'm Morning Dew..."
"Why are you stuttering?"
"Y-you aren't exactly an everyday person. You're a mercenary, a killer. Probably have a vast knowledge of such field too."
"And how exactly do you assume this?"
"I can read you. You've had a recent traumatic experience as well."
Skyline flinched, and then steadied himself. He spawned his horn, and faced her in alicorn form. "I'm more than a killer. I'm an asset. I'm a weapon." He moved closer. "And I've fucked up a LOT of guys."
Morning Dew nodded.
"Now, please enlighten me as to why I'm here. You must be important."
She paused for a second, and then took a deep breath. "When your team hit the base the second time, they found me. Chrysalis had captured me."
"So you're a POW. A prisoner of war. You'd be released. There must be something else."
She looked at him. "I overheard them talking. I know all of her plans. She..... She's not the only one. Sombra, he was working with her. He has manifested into a human form. They..... They are working to bring back Nightmare Moon, and from there, they plan to rule Equestria. And they were close. Until you came along."
Skyline buried his face in his hands. "I must have been horrible to puppies in a past life or something."
"Can you please tell them to release me now?"
Skyline looked up. "No. You're coming with me. We are going to plan the beginning of the end."
Skyline stood up. "Come with me. You can bunk at my house. You'll be safe. Nothing gets that close to me unless it wants to die."
Morning followed Skyline out, and Skyline asked where Chrysalis was being held. After telling him, he was stopped by Luna.
"You can't trust her." She said.
"I trust everyone. It's the devil inside them I don't trust."
He gave her one last look and then he headed torward Chrysalis's holding cell.
He went down many flights of stairs, and twenty security checkpoints, and then he finally reached the door.
"Wait here." He told Morning Dew.
Skyline scanned a keycard and the door was released. He stepped inside.
There, sitting in front of him, was a hauntingly familiar black figure staring at him.
"So, you've had a nice nap, I suppose?"
Skyline ran up to her and punched her across the face. "What the fuck did you do to me? Tell me!!"
Chrysalis chuckled, her nose broken and bleeding. "I gave you a glimpse."
"Don't be cryptic. You have no idea what it has done to me! I feel like I'm insane right now.... And it's your fault!"
"You will understand later...... But you know you can't kill me Skyline."
Skyline froze, then punched her again, and again. "Why do you have to ruin my life? I used to fight with you. I was blinded. Betrayed! Now you twist the knife, try to break me. WELL FUCK YOU TOO!"
He punched her again. He picked her up and threw her at the wall.
He turned and left the room. When he closed the door behind him, Morning looked at him with a baffled expression.
"You....?"
"If you value your life, you will never speak of this. AM. I. CRYSTAL. FUCKING. CLEAR?"
"Y-yes."
"Good. Come on."

***

Skyline was sitting in a blank office, and was lying on his back on a comfortable couch. Another man car in a chair next to him, and asked him questions.
"Can you tell me about your vision?"
"I'll be dead before I tell that story. Dammit, what am I doing here? I'm in fucking therapy. Chrysalis hit me in the one place that I couldn't armor. I-I can't keep doing this. I need to leave this life behind. I need to settle down, or something. Right?"
The therapist thought for a second. "It is already known that you can dimension travel, so think carefully about what you mean by that. You seem to be under a lot of stress. You need a break."
Skyline got ups suddenly. "Listen doc, before I leave for the day, I wanted to tell you that I'll be.... Out of town for awhile."
The therapist just sighed. "I hope you'll do the right thing."
Skyline didn't hear this, because he was already gone.
It was raining outside, and he ran to his car. It had been three weeks since he had woken up, and the visions were gone for the most part, but they haunted his dreams. He was thinking for a moment, and soon he floored the gas pedal. After a few turns, he stopped and got out and flew upward. He knocked on the door as he stood in the rain. After a few moments, Rainbow Dash opened the door.
"Skyline?" She said. "What brings you here."
"I thought like you were the right person to tell." Skyline said, soaked in rain. "Don't tell anyone else, but I'll be gone for awhile. I need to rid myself of these images. I need to do something else. Don't try to follow me, you won't be able to."
Rainbow dash looked confused. "Why are you telling only me?"
Skyline paused for a moment. "I felt like you were the right person."
Rainbow dash rubbed the back of her neck. "Look, you're a badass and all, but you seem to be distracted. You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine..."
"Good." And then she kissed him.
For a split second, Rainbow Dash was kissing Skyline. Skyline pulled away quickly.
"I-I......." Skyline was speechless.
"You alright?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Was I too blunt?"
Skyline blinked hard. "I-I gotta go." Skyline turned and flew back to his car. rainbow dash was left standing in her place, and sighed.
"I had to fuck it up..." She said.

***

Skyline ran inside his warehouse and found the car he would use. After a few moments, he ran to it and unlocked the door.
A 2002 Nissan Silvia S15. It was completely black and it was lowered respectably. It had no spoiler and BBS rims. With one of the biggest Twin Turbo systems on the market, the blow-off valve could be heard a mile away.
Skyline got in and found a pair of clothes in the trunk. A school uniform. He put them on and climbed into the driver's seat
He started the engine. He began to perform a very difficult spell. His wings started to shrink until the disappeared, and the car started to glow. He put his arm on his armor backpack and he set it to chop his arm. After a few moments, it inserted one into his arm. With that, his skin started turning into a normal human skin color.
His vision began to blur, and he put all his might into finishing the spell, and then the world around him shifted suddenly.
After the black spots cleared from his vision, he got out of his car and sat on the hood, looking at the large and beautiful building. He came at the right time, too. The first day was tomorrow.
He grabbed his backpack and slung it over his back and walked past the gates. As he walked in, he passed a plaque.
"Home sweet home." He said.
Starswirl Academy.

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Chapter 8 - All Roads Lead from This

Ding. Ding. Ding.

Day three at Starswirl Academy.

Skyline woke up suddenly and bolted upright in bed. The dreams... they remained. This new environment seemed to make them more prominent. Skyline lay there, staring at the ceiling. Should he have left? He.... He didn't know. But there were other reasons he came here.
Skyline sat on the edge of his bed. He was rubbing his head as he attempted to wake up. He got up to put in his uniform. As he was putting on his tie, there was a knock at his door. He walked to the door and opened it. It was none other than Tai Saito.
"Hey, Sky, we should get to class. Now."
"Tai, it's in twenty minutes! You need to chill out."
"Last year I was late to classes because of you."
"If you consider two minutes before class as late, I don't know how much more of you I can take."
Tai laughed. She reached out to fix Skyline's tie. "You never could get it right."
"I'm always half asleep when I do it, you know."
"Come on. Let's go."
Skyline grabbed his laptop and books and put them in a small blue backpack. "Let's get going then."
Skyline closed the door behind him. As they started walking, Polly happened to appear behind us.
"Hey guys! You sleep well? Ready for class? You got your books, right Skyline?"
"Polly, relax. You had gummy bears again, haven't you?" Said Skyline.
"Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe not maybe. Not maybe maybe not ma-"
"Polly! Relax"
They walked the rest of the way to their first class, which they shared. When they got there, an image flashed in Skylines mind. He stumbled.
"You okay?" Asked Tai.
"Yeah, I'm fine..."
"Does this have anything to do with that past you always reference but never tell us?"
"Yes. No. Maybe. Doesn't matter."
Tai raised her eyebrow, and then turned to walk into class. Skyline walked to his seat and placed his laptop on the desk, and turned it on. There was five minutes till class started, so he figured he'd check a few things.
He pulled out a low profile USB and put it into the computer. Soon, he had an all access pass to the equestrian Internet.
He clicked on the government site and logged in. He managed to find feed of cameras, and when he switched to the main hall camera, instead of seeing the room, he saw Celestia sitting in front of him.
"I knew you'd check our cameras, Skyline."
Skyline shut his laptop quickly. A moment later, his phone began to vibrate. Skyline made sure that the teacher wasn't in the room, and he answered the call.
"Where are you, exactly?" She said.
"Somewhere you can't follow me to."
"Regardless, why did you leave?"
"I needed a break. If I stayed, my mind would deteriorate. I need to conquer it in a different setting. Where you are brings back too much."
"Are you saying that you're compromised?"
"I'm saying that you need to keep an eye on Chrysalis, and try to hunt down Sombra. I already know how I'll take him down."
Skyline was about to hang up when Celestia spoke up.
"Skyline, why did you really come back? I know it wasn't for reasons you tell us."
"I..... That's something you'd have to ask me after the battle is fought."
"Couldn't you tell us now?"
"It wouldn't be right."
"I..... Alright. I trust you."
"More than I can ask of most."
Skyline hit the end call button and put his phone away. He withdrew the USB and put it in his pocket just as the teacher was starting class.
"Please open your books to page B-23R..."

***

Skyline was eating lunch when his friends Robyn, AJ, and Rosalyn approached him.
"These seats taken?" Asked AJ.
"Nope, you're good."
The three girls sat down at his table. Skyline proceeded to pop the top of his soda and he took a quick sip.
"How are things, darling?" Asked Rosalyn.
"They're fine.... Just fine."
"You don't sound too sure..." Said Robyn.
"I'm fine, really." Skyline gave Robyn's rainbow hair a quick ruffle.
"Hey, we're all going to mah family's diner tonight. Wanna come with?" Said AJ.
"That sounds great, actually. Hey, have you seen Faith around?"
"I saw her over by the garden. Pretty typical if you ask me." Said Robyn.
"I want to go talk to her. Be right back. Steal my food and I'll bust some heads."
Robyn shrugged. AJ smiled. Rosalyn looked at my food with mild distaste.
Skyline walked to the campus gardens and looked at all the flowers. He noticed how quiet it always was here. It was a good place to think. To reflect.
Skyline looked around the corner and saw her. Faith Summers.
She was staring at some rabbits a few yards in front of her, probably wishing they wouldn't run away if she got close.
Skyline casually walked up next to her, and in a way that wouldn't startle her.
"Hey Faith. How are ya?"
Faith turned to look at him. Those eyes, they were like a teal color, and they seemed to always see through Skyline's bullshit.
"Hey Sky!" She lightly hugged him. "You were in that other.... Place, during the summer, weren't you?"
Skyline smiled apologetically. Faith was the only person here that knows about Skyline's... Secrets. She didn't know much of them, but he told her enough. She seemed like someone he could trust. He liked to have someone here to talk to about... Things.
"I, uh, have experienced some very traumatic things. That is a touchy subject at the moment."
"Alright. I won't ask you." She rested her head on my arm.
Everyone at the school assumed they were a couple, or at least had a crush on one another. The problem was, he could never really deny it believably. Maybe he did like her.
"Oh, and all the girls and I are going to AJ's family's diner. You wanna come?" Skyline said.
"Sounds fun. Can you drive me there though?"
"Sure, no problem."
She stood there for another second and then stood straight. "We should get to lunch." She said.
"Yeah." Although Skyline wouldn't mind a few more moments with her.
They walked back to the lunchroom. When he got there, Tai and Polly were there too.
His lunch was untouched, thank Celestia, and he finished it quickly. He was talking with the girls when Headmaster Solomon walked up. Or, should I say, Headmistress.
"Skyline. Nice to see you're back in town. Have a nice summer?" She, too, sees through bullshit.
"Yes, ma'am. I was away with family."
She stared at him for a second, evaluating his answer. Eventually, she turned and walked off to welcome back other students. She was the Celestia of this place. Skyline knew that everyone from the other dimension has a counterpart. Except for him. He checked. Well, there was...
Skyline looked up just as the bell rang for next period. Crap. He got up and walked with Rosalyn and AJ to the next class.

***

Skyline was sitting on his bed 3 months later. It was the weekend, so he had a little bit of breathing room today.
He was checking things on his laptop when his phone rang. The caller ID said Celestia. He picked up immediately. "What's up? Something wrong?"
She only said one sentence before hanging up. "Codename Golf Tango Romeo."
Skyline held his phone for a moment, stunned. That code was for emergencies that required him. He heard a loud rumble. It was... Engines. The kind only Skyline made.
"Great, it's the royal row... I better go meet them before they run into people they shouldn't..."
He ran out to his car as fast as he could, and noticed that they kept their distance from the school. He jumped in and started the engine, and peeled out of the parking lot.
He approached the three cars and stopped in front of them. There was Celestia's silver Mercedes SLR McLaren, and Cadance's pink 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, and Twilight's purple 2004 BMW M3 GTR, but Luna's dark blue 2013 McLaren P1 was not here.
Skyline opened his door and quickly got out. "Where's Luna..?"
Celestia got out and approached him slowly. Her expression was grim. "She's been... Compromised. We can't talk here. But you need to see this."
Celestia's horn glowed a soft yellow color and Skyline's vision snapped to black.

***

Celestia's POV

Celestia was signing the last papers that she had to sign that day. When she signed the last signature, she gave them to her assistant and then she decided to check on Chrysalis.
She rode the elevator down in silence and soon the doors opened. She then descended down a couple flights of stairs and turned into the hallway of her cell. Ahead of her, she saw the door ajar. Celestia approached the door slowly and carefully. There were guards knocked out and on the ground. She took one's pulse. He was... Asleep?
Celestia grappled a pistol from one of the fallen guards. He held it in her hands as she turned into the cell. Chrysalis wasn't there.
We did everything Skyline said, she thought. His plan was perfect. What went wrong?
"Skyline wasn't the man he once was." Said a voice.
Celestia turned quickly, aiming the gun the way Skyline told her to.
Chrysalis was standing there with a gun of her own aimed at Celestia. It seemed they were at an impasse.
"What is going on?!" Celestia yelled.
Chrysalis smiled. "Our plan. Skyline never anticipated our rise, and now even he will be stunned for a time and won't be able to figure us out before the end."
"We don't need Skyline! We have defended Equestria for thousands of years! You will not win."
"Oh, but either way, You will fall. One of the most important things you have is ours now."
Celestia widened her eyes. "Luna...? You changed her, didn't you?!" Celestia held the gun closer to Chrysalis's head.
Chrysalis smiled, then vanished into thin air. An ability of Sombra. But...
Celestia ran for the main hall and when she got there, there were three figures. One Sombra, one Chrysalis, and one.... Her sister, turned dark... Nightmare Moon.
"Luna! I know you're in there! Come back!" Celestia yelled, a tear in her eye. This isn't happening. We prevented this, right? She thought.
Nightmare Moon flinched at her pained voice, and quickly she scowled with a smile.
"The night will rule, and with Luna and Skyline out of the way, the only problem we have are the elements of harmony. And we already have them."
An image shimmered in the air, picturing five girls in separate confinement, the colors of their hair and skin dulled.
"Enjoy what time you have left. I expect the other princesses will be joining you soon" Sombra said as the air around them began to shimmer.
Celestia felt a wave of anger flow over her as the three disappeared. Cadance and Twilight ran in shortly after.
"The girls are gone, Princess!" Said Twilight.
"Where's Luna?" Said Cadance.
Celestia stood silently, dropping the pistol in her hand. "Golf Tango Romeo. NOW!"

***

Skyline's vision returned and he stood still for a moment.
"This can't be happening... Have you looked into finding Discord?" Said Skyline.
"He's been MIA for years. He hasn't been causing trouble, nor has been helping. He's just been.... Neutral, I guess you'd say." Said Cadance.
"Okay. I have one more plan. This one will end the war that's started."
"What do you think we should do?" Asked Twilight.
"One last fight. One last ride."

***

The next morning, a 2012 Pagani Huayra was driving on the freeway at breakneck speeds, along the water.
Skyline's car was hitting 200 MPH as he drove on, with no indication of stopping. Skyline needed to stop this. The killing. The memories. When Skyline drove, he thought. He thought is was amusing, how time seemed to slow the faster he went. Speed was in his blood.
Skyline shifted to sixth gear and gripped the steering wheel with white knuckles. He took the off ramp and headed torward Ponyville. He finally knew what the solace he had been looking for was. It was never a thing, or a thought, or an environment. It was her, all along.
Skyline downshifted and sped forward, and there was no turning back from here.

***

Skyline arrived at Fluttershy's cabin in only ten minutes. He walked up to the door and saw police tape. He saw... Broken glass. Fallen items, moved furniture. She was taken by force.
Skyline walked in and sat on the floor against a wall.
"Chrys, you're gonna get a Twelve-Inch Steel Toe Boot up your ass for this, so help me.... I used to help you..... And now you cripple me." Skyline said. He sighed and put his head on his knees.
A few moments later, he saw something white bounce into view. A bunny. Skyline remembered that Fluttershy has a pet bunny. Angel.
The bunny hopped over to him and tapped his leg, and then ran out the back door.
Skyline got up and jogged after him. He was trying to show him something. He saw Angel in the distance running into the Everfree Forest.
For twenty minutes, Skyline ran after Angel until Angel stopped at the entrance to a cave. A very familiar cave.
Skyline walked in and pulled out his phone flashlight. He walked in about a hundred feet until he saw a large object covered in a dark gray tarp.
Skyline walked up to it and grabbed the tarp, and proceeded to whip it off. Then he stared at it.
The White 1998 Toyota Supra JZ80 SZ-R. From when he raced AJ and RD. He strode over to the rear left wheel well and found the keys where he left them. He walked to the driver's door and put the key in, and turned it.
The door opened with a pop, loud enough to echo throughout the entire cave. He climbed in and put the key into the ignition, and attempted to start the engine.
The car shuddered to life, and the exhaust was nearly deafening in this enclosed cave. He pumped the gas once and the dial on his boost gauge increased instantly. This car..... This car will end the war. The dreams... They were beginning to come together. This car was there somewhere, he remembered now.
He shifted into first gear, and pulled out of the cave. When he got back to the road, he floored it, headed torward Canterlot.

***

Skyline had assembled the three remaining princesses in the mission command room. Skyline pulled out a list he compiled and handed it to Twilight. Morning Star was drawing on a map over in a corner, and she looked up at him.
"Do you have a plan?" She asked.
Skyline smiled a little, but it quickly faded.
"Twi, look up those names under the DMV database and put the results on the big screen."
She typed a few things into her computer and words appeared on the big screen.

Spike A.K.A. "The Dragon"

2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS
Soarin

1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS YENKO
Spitfire

2017 Ford GT
Fleetfoot

2004 Porsche Carrera GT
Lyra Heartstrings

1997 Nissan 180SX Type-10
Bon Bon

2007 Audi TT 2.0
Vinyl Scratch A.K.A. "DJ PON3"

2012 Audi R8
Octavia Melody

2004 Volkswagen Golf GTI
Sketchy Sculpture

2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X GSR
SuperNova

1967 Chevy Camaro

The Princesses and Morning stared at the list.
"You're looking for a team." Cadance inquired.
"Which ones do you want?" Asked Twilight.
Skyline stared at them with a straight face.
"I want 'em all."

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Chapter 9 - Tears in the Rain

Skyline waited at the cafe later that day, Aviators donned. He sipped his mocha latte as he waited for an old friend of his.
Sketchy Sculpture was something of an ally to him, but they didn't meet often. But the guy could drive as well as any pro racer. He drove a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR, and he knew how to use it.
Soon he heard a turbocharged engine rev, and Skyline sat back. That was him, for sure. Soon, a Brown colored man strode over and sat before Skyline.
Skyline smiled, and Sketchy began to make origami out of napkins.
"I'd assume there is a good reason you called me here, Skyline."
"This is probably the best reason possible, Sketch." Said Skyline. "Although I'm waiting for one more person. She'll be here any minute."
Almost on cue, a deep rumble of a supercharger could be heard approaching the cafe. It was a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro. The dark green and gold car pulled up and stopped. A woman got out of the car. She slammed the door shut and walked over, and
proceeded to take a seat.
"SuperNova, nice to see that you could make it."
"Skyline, why am I here, exactly?" She asked.
Back when Skyline raced rather than killed, one of his more challenging opponents were SuperNova. She was beaten more often than she won, and she has been weary of Skyline for awhile. She found out that he was an alicorn, and she gave him a call. Skyline asked to meet her here. She might have lost to him, but she was a worthy opponent.
"We," he said, "are going to save Equestria. I'm assembling a fairly large team, and I'd like to have you two there."
"Skyline, I don't really fight, per se." Said SuperNova.
"You know this sounds like a whole lot of trouble, right?" Said Sketchy.
Skyline handed them each a folded piece of paper. "Don't be late."
Skyline got up and walked to his Toyota, and after starting the car, he started torward Canterlot.

***

Skyline stood in a large room on the thirtieth floor of Canterlot castle. He was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. He walked over to a large table in the middle of the room. He stood for a second, and suddenly a Canterlot employee told him that they were gathered.
"Send them all in." Said Skyline.
The man left, and soon the door opened, and thirteen figures entered the room. They all approached the large center table.
Celestia was among them. "You have a plan, I presume?"
"I do. Everyone! Gather around."
Everyone stood silently.
"I can't ask you to give up your lives for this land, but the time has come to defend it. Nightmare Moon is back, along with Chrysalis and Sombra. I need some allies to help me, but there aren't many obligated to the task."
The room grew silent.
Skyline pulled out a gun. "You see this gun?"
Everyone nodded.
Skyline pulled out the magazine and threw the gun off a nearby balcony.
"This won't be a gunfight. We are going to win by street racing rules. Our cars will be our weapons, ourselves the trigger. We are going to go in like thunder and be out like smoke. I have a vast plan figured out, but I need to know who will stand by me."
Everyone stood still for a moment, and then Celestia raised her hand. Then Cadance. then Twilight.
Soon, hands raised one by one, until all hands were raised.
Skyline smiled. "Time to put them away for good."
He then turned to a whiteboard and pulled out a marker. "Here's the plan..."

***

Three days later. Skyline sat in his car, clutching the steering wheel with white knuckles. The car wasn't even moving. Skyline was worried about the girls, about Fluttershy.
"I'm coming, Fluttershy... I'll never let this happen again..."
The walkie talkie next to him received a signal. "Skyline, you ready for this?"
Sketchy and SuperNova pulled up next to him. They were on evac team. Three other cars were distraction. That would be the princesses. The other eleven were part of the final and best part of the plan.
Skyline grabbed the walkie talkie. "Let's go. Stick to the plan."
The cars pulled forward and accelerated down the road, where there was a building that Intel said there was a party, hosted by three intimidating figures. The girls would be nearby.
They parked a little further out than the other cars. The princesses parked in the complete other side. Skyline got out and a adjusted his tie.

"You could never get it right..." Tai had said.

Skyline closed his eyes and exhaled. The cure for his past was the future. Although, first thing's first, they needed to get the girls. Although Skyline wouldn't deny he had a special priority to get Fluttershy.
He and his group entered the building shortly after the princesses did. Everyone seemed tense.
"Relax guys. This can't fail. I won't let it. After the Chrysalis op, she will be stopped. But not here. Not now. The girls need to be evacuated." Skyline said.
The two nodded. Sketchy tugged on his tie. SuperNova looked back and forth, possibly a little nervous.
Skyline put his hand in her shoulder. "I gotta duck into the bathroom. I need to initiate the plan."
They nodded again, and went to scout. Skyline walked to the bathroom and assured that no one else was there. Then Skyline started a spell that he hadn't done in awhile.
His body began to distort as it seemed to be consumed by light. After a few seconds, he was left kneeling in the floor. He, or she rather, got up. She grabbed the dress she brought with her and put it on. The white looked stunning against her dark blue skin.
She stuffed the suit she brought into a bag, and she hid it behind the sink. She left the bathroom quickly.
"Watch out, Chrysy. Silvia's coming for ya."

***

Silvia walked to where Sketchy set the beacon chip. When we got to him, he laughed.
"It's funny, seeing you as a woman. And stunning at that."
"Please. Flirt with me and I'll rip your throat out."
He held up his arms in surrender. "Nova's down the hall, picking the lock to the security office." He said quietly.
"Good. Let's go. She should be done by now."
Silvia and Sketchy walked down the hall, and saw SuperNova picking the lock. As they got to her, they heard a click, and she opened the door.
"Showtime." She said.
Silvia walked in and saw two guards.
"Excuse me, is this the bathroom...?" Said Slivia.
The guards moved forward, telling her that she should not be there, and then she struck.
She grabbed one's neck and twisted it, killing him. Before the other could react, Silvia brought out a throwing knife engraved with SILVIA and threw it at him. The guard collapsed and the life left him. Silvia dragged the bodies to a storage locker and retrieved her Knife. She put it into her thigh-high white boots.
Silvia began to tap buttons on the keyboard, and the other two went to lookout for trouble. She entered the password she found in a guard's pocket, and she got camera feed. He browsed through the rotation until she found the basement. There they were, the girls.
"Hold on, I'm almost there..." She said under her breath. She mentally mapped out the path to it and cut the cord to the computer. She stepped out and locked the door behind her. "Let's go. Now."
The three of them then found a stairwell and walked down. Silvia threw down a sound sensitive bead. It gave the all clear. They were alone.
SuperNova found a light switch and flipped it. There, in front of them, were five cells. Within them, five weak figures.
Silvia ran to Fluttershy's cell.
"Fluttershy...? Are you alright? I'm getting you out of here!"
Fluttershy opened her eyes slowly and looked at her. Her eyes widened.
"Skyline..?"
"For the moment, it's Silvia. I'll explain later. We are getting out of here."
Sketchy sent the text to the princesses to start the next phase: Evacuation.
Silvia got a crowbar and broke the locks on all the cells. "Fluttershy and Rarity are too weak, they need help. Sketchy, help Rarity. I got Fluttershy."
The other girls followed SuperNova up the stairs. Sketchy held Rarity, and she seemed to be enjoying it. Silvia picked up Fluttershy and smiled.
"I'm not letting you go again."
Fluttershy smiled weakly back.
Silvia ran up the stairs and back to the service hallway. The crowd seemed to be looking elsewhere. She silently thanked the princesses.
The group ran for the door and the SuperNova led them to their cars. Twilight and Fluttershy go to Silvia's car.
Silvia checked that all the girls were in a car. Silvia glanced, and saw Chrysy and her friends notice their precious cargo was being exported.
"They're coming! We need to go! NOW!" Said Rarity.
"Calm down! I planned this!"
Silvia got into the car and floored it, leading the other two cars. Silvia looked in the rear-view, and saw three cars. Chrysy's 2008 Nissan Fairlady Z, Sombra's 2008 Aston Martin One-77, and Nightmare Moon's 2013 Lamborghini Veneno. Silvia smiled and pressed the gas harder, shifting to fifth.
She grabbed the walkie talkie and pressed the button. "Head to the place I told you about. Break on my mark."
Silvia looked in the rear view and saw the cars approaching.
"Mark!"
The three cars turn at once, all onto different roads. Chrysalis went after Silvia. Just as she planned.
Silvia drifted the next turn, to shake off Chrysalis. But just then, Silvia did not expect what she saw next.
Chrysalis's car morphed while moving. The car turned into a 2013 Lotus Evora S, resembling the car Skyline gave to her. Silvia flinched, and then stared at the road.
"Gotta stick to the plan..."
Silvia slid the car left and Chrysalis followed, her pace kept.
"Skyline, do something!" Yelled Rarity.
Fluttershy grabbed Rarity's shoulder. "Don't doubt him. Or her, I should say. I trust her."
Silvia sped torward her destination: a large building with garage doors. Four of them, in fact. There was a single door open as Skyline approached. He saw SuperNova and Sketchy enter right before her did.
Right after they entered, the door shut quickly. The three enemies waited in front of the doors.
"Come out and you end will be swift, Skyline!" Yelled Nightmare Moon.
Silvia ran to three reinforced pickup trucks in front of doors. She put a cinder block on the gas pedals. Lyra, Bon Bon, and Vinyl pulled the chain to open the three doors. Silvia, Octavia, and Spike started the trucks and shifted them into DRIVE.
The trucks pulled out of the garages, , torward the enemy vehicles. The trucks hit them with a loud smash, and then fourteen cars exited the garages.
The large amount of cars scattered about, and drove in different directions. All six elements of harmony were now in a modified 2012 Bowler Nemesis, which had six seats in the back. Sketchy was driving them.
Silvia knew the enemies would zero in on her, so she drove in the opposite direction.
"It's a scramble, baby! A big one! Haha!"
The three enemies restarted the engines of their mangled cars, and then tore off after Silvia.
In the car, Silvia hurriedly changed back to Skyline, and spawned his jeans and t-shirt. Time to end this.
Skyline turned into a parking garage, and slid up the spiral ramp. The three cars followed. Skyline drove to the top deck, and spun the car to a halt.
The three cars stopped in front of him. Their drivers got out.
"End of the line, Skyline." Said Chrysalis.
Skyline got out, and smiled.
"Maybe it is. But you'd better be damn sure I'm bringing you with me."
"Do you know what you're dealing with?" Yelled Sombra.
Skyline looked at the button in his hand. "Bad life decisions. I have to do what I should've done long ago."
The walkie talkie received a signal inside his car. It was Fluttershy.
"SKYLINE! I know what you're going to do! you can't do this."
Skyline grabbed the device. He pressed the button.
"Love ya, Fluttershy. Don't you forget it."
"SKYLINE!!!" She was saying, as Skyline dropped the walkie talkie at his feet. He pushed the button in his hand.
Timed explosives went off. One by one, they went off, collapsing the garage. Skyline cast a teleportation spell on Nightmare Moon quickly, sending her to the road below. More explosives were going off, and the ground at their feet cracked. Then Chrysalis and Sombra fell through.
Skyline, without hesitation, turned and ran for the edge of the parking garage. The cracks were gaining on him, and Skyline ran as fast as he could. Soon, the street at his feet gave way and Skyline felt himself fall. He hit some rubble below, his vision going black.

***

Twilight's POV

"Love ya, Fluttershy. Don't you forget it."
"SKYLINE!!!" Screamed Fluttershy. Twilight felt awful for letting her know the rest of the plan.
In the distance, the parking garage stood, and a few moments later, the first of the explosives went off. Fluttershy started crying. AJ went to try and comfort her.
"We need to go change Nightmare Moon back to Luna! Let's go!" Yelled Twilight.
Sketchy turned the car and approached Nightmare Moon, who was still dazed by the sudden travel.
The girls got out and surrounded her quickly. Twilight initiated the spell, and it spread to the girls around her. Fluttershy stood up reluctantly.
The girls were raised in the air, and a rainbow shot upwards. It came back down on Nightmare Moon.
"NO!" She yelled.
The rainbow encircled her, and a white aura glowed brightly, illuminating everything for a hundred yards.
After a few moments, the light died and in the middle of the girls, passed out, was Luna.
The girls all fell to their knees. Fluttershy held her head in her knees. Sketchy ran over and helped Luna up. She awoke as he helped her up.
"Wha..... Nightmare Moon.... You dissipated her.... For now..."
Celestia ran to them and hugged Luna.
"Sister! You're okay!" Celestia hugged her harder, a tear on her face.
Luna smiled. "Where's Skyline?"
Celestia's look went from happy to mournful. Fluttershy started crying again. Everyone seemed depressed.
Luna turned and saw the collapsed Parking Garage. She sank to her knees and her breath was shaky.
"He gave his life for ours..."
Fluttershy got up and ran to the ruins. AJ and Rainbow Dash pursued her.
Fluttershy approach the rubble and tried to dig. "He has to be okay..... He has to!"
Rainbow Dash and AJ pulled her away. "It's okay..... It's okay......"

***

Skyline's POV

Skyline felt himself falling through endless black. He felt the pain wash away, the memories, the mental scars. He felt like everything he wanted gone had left him, finally. He closed his eyes, and smiled.
"My name is Skyline, and I have saved a lot of lives. I had made many bad choices, but in the end, I did the right thing. To the innocent, to my enemies, to those I love."
Skyline let go, and as he did, he felt his surroundings shift. A ghostly female voice said a single sentence: "You have finally figured out your cure. It was love. It was always love. You must realize that now."
Skyline raised his eyebrow. "Yeah, I do. Who are you?"
The voice laughed. "I'm giving you the life you always wanted. A life to spend with your love."
At that instant, everything in his life connected, and the dreams made themselves clear. Everything made sense.
"I hope you pass on this lesson, for you still have yet to change many lives. You, Skyline, are one of the purest of heroes. You will change history, and be remembered forever. May the pistons forged take you where you must go."
The voice went silent and Skyline blinked.

***

Skyline now saw fragments of what happened around him. A rainbow. Fluttershy crying. Just about the entire Equestrian Police force and a few ambulances.
Skyline opened his eyes slowly, and noticed he was in an ambulance, a sheet covering his face. He got up slowly, and looked out the door.
About fifty people were standing around a tombstone made of crude concrete, probably from the garage wreckage.
Everyone looked depressed, and Fluttershy was near the front, her face stained from tears. She laid some flowers down onto the stone.
Skyline looked around. They apparently relocated to an empty field. The wind blew softly through some trees.
Skyline got up slowly, and limped torward the crowd. Some people turned, and notified the others silently. Soon everyone stared at him in dead silence.
Skyline approached a cop and he took the gun from his belt. He then limped torward the tombstone. He pulled the hammer and emptied the clip into it, the concrete cracking and falling apart.
He then limped over to Fluttershy.
"I can't die that easily."
Fluttershy began to cry again and she buried her face into his shoulder. Everyone cheered. Afterburner hugged him. Sketchy smiled and nodded. SuperNova laughed lightly, like she wasn't surprised. Morning star smiled thoughtfully. She approached him.
"Looks like my work here is done. Here's my number if anything else comes up."
Skyline smirked. "I hope you're not flirting with me, because..." He looked at Fluttershy, who was still holding him in a death grip. "I'm taken."
Morning laughed. "I'm not flirting. You'd know if I was."
Skyline rolled his eyes. "Right. I'll let you know if anything fun happens around here. For my sake I hope not."
Morning smiled, then walked over to a 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia. She climbed in and pulled away.
Sketchy walked up to him. "Call me more often, will ya? We should hang out."
"I'll try. I promise."
Sketchy smiled, and then walked off.
Soon, the crowd began to dissipate. Skyline used a healing spell to prevent him from collapsing. He looked at Fluttershy, and held her close.
"I love you, Fluttershy..."
She looked up at him.
"I love you too."

Author's Note

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Epilogue

Four months had passed since that day. Four short months.
Skyline's business was booming, but he changed his work schedule to Tuesday through Thursday, and as a Tuner Shop.
Fluttershy and Skyline started SkyShy Motorsports, and planned to dominate the racing scene.
Skyline rarely slept alone these days. Fluttershy always felt more comfortable at his side. Skyline never complained.
The wrecked remains of the white Toyota were put on display in the main hall of the Canterlot Castle. Skyline always took a moment to stare at it every time he visits.
The armor backpack is now under heavy guard at the castle, and at the moment Skyline has no intention of ever using it again.
Skyline finished fixing his 2002 Nissan, and it was running as good as new. It turned into his new daily driver. The 2000GTR gathered dust on a lift in the garage.
Skyline was driving down a scenic road one day in his '02 Nissan, with Fluttershy on his lap. Fluttershy rested her head on Skyline's shoulder. Skyline downshifted, and let the car coast. Skyline smiled bigger than he has in awhile.
He was gazing at the trees when we sensed something in the passenger seat. When he looked over, there was a man in the seat.
Discord.
Skyline stopped the car immediately. Fluttershy pressed herself against the driver's door, startled. When the car was at a halt, Skyline looked to Discord. "What did you find out?" Skyline asked.
Discord put his fingers together, as if deciding how to answer. "There seems to be one more enemy that you may have forgotten about."
Skyline sighed. "You have to be shitting me."
"Sadly, no. You'll have to settle for some chocolate milk." With that, he conjured a glass of milk out of thin air.
"Did you get any evidence?"
Discord handed him a picture of a red and black 1969 Ford Mustang BOSS 302. The fender had devil's horns on it.
"Is he a threat?"
"He could be. But he will definitely make himself known soon, somehow."
"Alright. Thanks for the update. You may get out of my car now."
"Ugh, fine. You're no fun." With that, he snapped his fingers and disappeared.
Fluttershy looked at Skyline. "What was that about?"
"It's nothing. Let's start heading home. We'll stop by Sugarcube Corner, how's that sound?"
"That sounds nice." She gave Skyline a kiss. "My place tonight?"
"Yep. Sounds good." Said Skyline. He pushed down the gas and they flew toward Ponyville.

END OF BOOK ONE

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Hard_Drive/Contacts/Afterburner.exe

Name: Afterburner

Gender:Female/Mare

Species: Pegasus

Colors: Yellow w/ White Hair

CM: A Fighter jet

Car: 2012 Pagani Zonda R

Bio: Afterburner started her life as a human on Earth named Alicia Cross. She grew to the age of 13 when she met Skyline. Her family mainly ignored her and didn't care much of her, so she and Skyline hung out for a couple days. Soon, he was tracked down by some of Chrysalis's Changlings, and he defended Alicia using his High-Tech Armor, but when one Changling pounced on him, Alicia killed it using a pair of scissors. Skyline stared in awe, and then agreed to take her with him. She adopted the name Afterburner, and she was trained the basics by Skyline himself. She went to Equestrian school and learned the way of Equestria quickly, and serves as a Pilot for the Equestrian Fighter Squad (Not to be mistaken by the Wonderbolts, who use wings instead of planes). When She saw the news report of a street race in Ponyville, she sensed his presence, and it was confirmed when she was drafted to an off-the-radar Black Ops Strike Team, led by her mentor, and practical brother-in-law, Skyline.

Is usually seen wearing wearing an unzipped aviator jacket over a bikini top, and wears jeans and canvas sneakers. Drives a Pagani Zonda R, which is painted the color of the sky.

Hard_Drive/Contacts/Fastback.exe

Name: Fastback

Gender: Male/Stallion

Species: Earth Pony

Colors: White w/ Red Hair

CM: Redlining Spedometer

Car: 2009 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR

Bio: Like Skyline, he has a keen eye for cars, but in different ways. Fastback likes Muscle cars, and isn't as interested in Tuner cars. He has known Skyline since High School, and regardless of their conflicting ideas, they became friends and both had a general respect for all cars. After Skyline's disappearance, he went on to work as a member of the Royal Guard in Canterlot. He even does work on military vehicles. He had been living a routine life, while working on a couple project cars, until word got out that Skyline was back. He was recruited by the princesses to be part of an off-the-record Black Ops Strike Team, led by his old friend, Skyline.

Is usually seen wearing T-shirts and cargo pants, and his personal car is a 2009 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, completely black aside from a single offset red stripe.