The gang started to walk away from the station, each of them excited for different reasons. John's human friends were amazed by the stunning and passionate architecture of the buildings. They passed by shops that gave them interest like a tourist would do. It was like Disneyland for the guys. The ponies joined in with much gusto, glad to be back at Canterlot.

Twilight looked at the humans as they stared at every point of their surrounding.

"Looks like you guys like Canterlot already," said Twilight.

"We sure do," cheered Richard, "I mean the city, the buildings. It's like my dreamland of New York."

"You haven't seen the most beautiful part yet," Zerj coughed, "Wait til you see the Palace."

The guy's eyes grew a wider, and they put on childish smiles.

As the gang strolled, the ponies of Canterlot stared at the humans and began to wonder about which one was the Ursa-Major slayer. The guys seemed to noticed their conversation, but when they looked at them, the ponies stopped talking, like if they were shy or something. Then, the ponies of Canterlot started to follow the gang to their destination. The guys poked John and pointed at the ponies. He saw them and told their the guys that they'll go away once they reached the palace. However, it was the exact opposite.

"Ah, Miss Sparkle," the guard greeted, "Good to see you and your friends."

"Thank you sir," said Twilight.

The guard looked what was behind the ponies at the humans.

"Are they with you?"

"Yes they are."

"And them?"

Everyone turned around and saw the enormous crowd of ponies.

"Oh for the love of Princess Celestia," Zerj said with grief.

After an hour of humans signing objects, they all went inside the palace. Inside the palace, John and his guy friends were pleased by the palace’s look. The palace was better than the upgraded rooms at the Disney Castle in Disney World. For John, he was impressed for once out of the silliness his friends showed in this city.

Zerj led everyone to the ballroom, and informed them that that was where the meeting would be. After everyone was situated, the unicorn left. Everyone was about to asked where was he going, but he was already gone.

In the ballroom, the gang saw two ponies standing at the other side of the room, talking; one unicorn and an alicorn.

"Cadence! Shining!" cried Twilight.

Both ponies looked at the smart pony as she ran towards them.

"Twilight!" said Shining Armor as he hugged Twilight, "It’s so good to see you, sis."

She let go of her brother as she faced the female alicorn.

"Sunshine sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake," both of them cheered, as they danced to their song.

As the two female ponies laughed, Shining Armor looked at the humans behind the rest of the Elements. His face went from happiness to confusion within a few seconds. Cadence looked at her colt before she knew why he looked the way he was. John waved his fingers as Twilight turned around and pointed at them.

"I want you to meet our friends: John, Tyler, Peter, Richard, Ryan, Phil, and Aaron."

"Hi," said the humans.

At first, both were silent that they were looking at the aliens from another world. The couple looked at each other and back to the humans. From their reaction, the humans had the impression that the ponies didn't like them. John thought the same thing, but instead-

"John, the Ursa-Major slayer," smiled Shining Armor, "I never thought those rumors were true at all."

"My goodness, you look much younger than I thought you would," said Cadence.

Confused as his friends were, John nodded in agreement.

"And you must be his friends correct?"

"Yeah," said Ryan.

"Wow," Shining Armor moved closer to the guys, "We expected one human today, but seven... You guys immigrating?"

"Oh ha ha Captain," smiled Richard.

"No need to get a fuss. You guys seem nice to us."

"Really?" questioned Tyler.

“It’s not like you guys are violent or anything.”

The guys faked a chuckle from the Captain’s comment.

"So, do you have any idea why we're here?" Shining Armor turned to his sister.

"Not really." Twilight replied. "We were told that it was urgent, but she didn't explain why?"

"Same thing for us. Though she was acting strange recently."

The Elements of Harmony looked at the captain with caution.

"What do you mean by acting strange?" questioned Rainbow Dash.

Shining Armor explained the princess's behavior over the past weeks. Everyone's reaction was nothing, but a simple terrified facial expression. Twilight, who was a personal assistance and student of Princess Celestia, was the only one that was more shocked than anyone else.

"So today we're going to get the answers," continued Shining Armor, "And I guess it has to do with this Zerj guy. By the way, where is he?"

***

"Alright, let take this to them," said Zerj.

Zerj carried a chest by his magic and started headed towards the ballroom where everyone was at. Along the way, he whistled and minded his own business. Then, he stopped and had a feeling that somepony was following him. Zerj looked around and saw no pony in sight. He continued to walk towards the palace, but in a slower pace. The more he walked, the more he became aware of it. When Zerj reached the doors of the palace, he immediately turned around and saw nopony in sight. The unicorn sighed in exhaustion and proceeded.

Smack!

Zerj collapsed to the ground, dropping the chest with him.

"Perfect. Just what I needed," Zerj grunted before he passed out.

***

"I'm sure he's alright," said Twilight.

Shining Armor nodded as Princess Cadence turned to John and his friends.

"Hmm..." she thought out loud.

"What?" John wondered.

"Um... I’m wondering if... humans are suppose to have magical powers?" Cadence questioned with a curious look.

"No. Why?"

"Well, I sense love from one of you, but... you humans aren't ponies."

"Love?" Aaron made a query voice, "You mean 'I love you because I'm your best friend' or 'I love you because you're my sweetheart.'?"

"The second option."

The humans seemed to be confused at this point. They looked at each other and wondered who was in love. They looked at Phil, but he didn’t show any sign of him falling in love. All of them wondered who would it be.

"How and who?" wondered Tyler.

"For starters, I have the ability to sense love from one pony to another. But I sense it from one of you and I believe it’s coming from-”

Just before Cadence revealed the name to everyone, she was soon interrupted by the sound of an explosion that made everyone jump in surprise. They looked outside at the window and saw that smoke was coming out of one of the towers. The ponies gasped in horror and made a few steps back.

"That's Princess Celestia room!" exclaimed Twilight.

The human's eyes grew wide as they too made a few steps back.

"I got to get there quickly!" said Shining Armor.

"Be careful!" cried Cadence.

Shining nodded and ran towards the doors. Everyone all looked at him as he gets closer to the ballroom doors. Just as he drew closer towards the doors, they were busted open by an explosion, which made the captain flew about five feet in the air. Everyone gasped as his body slammed to the floor. All of them went to the captain to wondered if he was okay.

"Shining!" cried his sister, “Are you okay?

"Yeah. I'm fine," The captain grunted.

"You could've been killed if you were closer," said Ryan.

"I guess it's pure luck."

"Since you're down, we'll go for the princess," said Applejack.

"I don't think so," said a voice by the doorway.

Everyone looked towards wreckage that used to be the doors, and saw the most unimaginable being in their lives. The humans seemed disgusted to even look at it, while the ponies began to shake in fear. What they were looking at was actually there and real. What's even worse was that there were smaller versions of the unimaginable beings flying around the room.

"It's you!" cried Twilight with horror.

"That's right Twilight Sparkle," laughed the being, "The queen is back. And this time, I'm here to claim what is mine."

Author's Note

Things just got interesting.

Edit by Narlepoax III and Theblacksmithbrony