What You Wish For 2: The Book of Unicorn

So because lots of you are getting cranky i want to correct one thing, i meant to say Alex was duel wielding Gatling Guns, not rail guns. Also this story is nearing an ending so be ready for some really big things in the next chapters.

Alex kept his eyes closed for a few seconds till the timid voice of a yellow Pegasus whispered in his ear, “Wake up, Alex.” Alex felt the sudden urge to open his eyes to see Fluttershy lying on his chest as she said, “Finally you woke up, Twilight’s spell must have affected you humans more than us.”

Alex rolled onto his side to let Fluttershy slide off before sitting up; he was lying on a dark violet crystal in the middle of Nightmare Moon’s lunar castle, preserved in time. He saw that everyone else was already awake except for one being they were soon expecting, that being Slenderman. Alex slowly got to his feet and scratched his now greasy hair (he was asleep for a month so one would expect a lack of cleanliness for any of them would be obvious) before walking up next to Oscar and Lauren as they looked down at the still sleeping Slenderman. Alex looked over to Oscar as he said, “So this is how he gets into our dreams? He just falls asleep and wirelessly connects to us?”

Oscar pointed at the fingers of the suit-wearing monster as he said, “Actually when I woke up I noticed that one of his tentacles was jammed into the back of my head and lodged into my brain, Twilight used a healing spell and patched everyone up, although something like that would be important for sharing top secret data without use of traceable technology. I might look into it when I’m done this adventure.”

Lauren looked puzzled as she stared at the faceless monster before saying, “So you must have punched him pretty hard, Alex. It’s been a half-hour since we woke up and still nothing from him.”

Oscar knelt down and grabbed him by the shirt as he said, “My dad wakes me up like this.” Oscar proceeded to back hand Slenderman in the face, causing him to wake up violently before being pushed to the ground again. Oscar stood up as he said in an angry voice, “Get up.” Slenderman immediately went to attack the masked man but was again punched in the face by him and sent to the ground once more. Oscar motioned for him to stand up again as he said calmly, “Get up.” This time Slenderman tried something different and threw one of his claws at Oscar only to be put into submission as Oscar said with ease, “How about you stop hurting us, huh?”

Slenderman attempted to squirm while he said in his evil voice, “Why would I leave myself defenseless?”

Alex decided to take a more peaceful approach as he knelt down and said, “Because if you don’t attack us, we won’t attack and possibly kill you.”

Slenderman shook his head as he said in an angry voice, “ShadowThunder ordered me to kill you, I was brought into existence by her to serve only her.”

Twilight approached as she said calmly, “That sounds familiar… Kind of like how Justin, sorry to bring his name up Alex, but it was like how Justin was somehow working for ShadowThunder’s personal gains.”

Alex may have had a few issues in the past when it came to mentioning his dead friend’s name but it was true. Alex looked down at Slenderman as he said to Twilight, “He’s discorded, we need to snap him out of it.”

Neither Oscar nor Lauren understood what was going on when Lauren asked, “How would we do that?”

Alex brought his hand to his bearded chin, it had been three years since he watched his friend both betray him and redeem himself. He could remember the incident crystal clear though, Justin was watching him being tortured before he did the right thing and saved him. Alex suddenly realized that it was a strong sense of one’s well being over their evil intentions that was capable of snapping them out of ShadowThunder’s personal discordedness (again shut up this is also a word) Alex looked at Twilight as he said, “We need to get him to want to do the right thing.”

Slenderman looked to be ready to attack as tendrils began to sprout from his back only for Oscar to pull a revolver to his head and say, “Draw those weapons any more and you’re gonna get lead headed.”

Pinkie approached as she said, “Please, I think they want to do something else.”

Oscar looked back down at his victim as he said, “But this thing is a killer, and he needs to be removed from the universe.”

Pinkie had only two options now, either let him kill Slenderman or try again. Pinkie got closer to Oscar as she said, “Please Oscar… we need to be nice so others are nice to us.”

Oscar began to think, it took thirty seconds before he put his revolver back in its holster. Twilight then took the opportunity to commence her emotion inducing spell, her horn gently touching Slenderman’s forehead as they both began to glow gently.

Slenderman began to have memories that were not of his mind but of Twilight’s, he watched as they all laughed and learned about how quickly a misunderstood stranger will become not only accepted but also loved. He began to feel warm inside as it spread through his body. His head eventually seeing more clearly as the tone of his skin brightened to a paler white than before. Slenderman stopped squirming under Oscar’s knee as he said in a gentle voice, “Thank you Twilight… I was trapped under her spell and forced to hunt you down and kill you.”

Twilight looked up at Oscar with eyes full of cuteness as she said, “You can let go.”

Oscar slowly got up with one of his hands on his revolver and with an unsure look on his face as he watched Slenderman get up as well. Once he was standing Oscar said, “So… you’re not going to attack anyone?”

Slenderman turned to Oscar with a warm looking smile, which was odd to see on an evil face, as he said, “No.”

Alex slowly approached Slenderman as he said with a more positive tone, “So, Slenderman, can you help us at all with finding ShadowThunder?”

Slenderman nodded his head as he said, “All I can say is that she was near Manehattan when I was created. I would also appreciate it if you call me by a more positive name.”

Pinkie giggled as she said, “How about Splendorman?”

Slenderman shook his head as he said with a gentle laugh, “No, I would like a more human name.”

Lauren thought for a couple of seconds before saying, “How about John M. Slenderman?”

Dash raised an eyebrow as she said, “What does the M stand for?”

Lauren shrugged as she said, “Midnight?”

Slenderman smiled as he said with confidence, “John… I like that name. Thank you all for returning me to who I wanted to be.” Slenderman stuck out his hand towards Alex and branched a hand towards everyone else for a handshake as he said, “I will always be in hearing range if you need me, shall we return to the planet?”

Applejack smiled as she said, “Ah would love to, Ah think Ah deserve to be with the family for a few minutes. After all Ah haven’t seen ‘em in three years.”

Alex looked down at the ponies and for a couple of minutes thought of what to do, he decided that a couple of hours wouldn’t hurt before saying, “Alright girls, don’t get too comfortable because we’re leaving Ponyville in three hours got it?”

The sound of every pony in that room jumping in the air with joy made Alex and John both smile. John clapped his hands together before saying, “Close your eyes, when you open them again you will be back in Ponyville and I shall be but a call away.” Everyone in the room closed their eyes in the hopes of finally seeing Ponyville once again, their excitement ready to explode out of them. A warm tingly feeling coursed through all of their bodies for a couple of seconds before feeling wind and hearing the distant sound of laughter.

When Lyra opened her eyes she saw Town Square bustling with ponies going to and fro, the thought of finally seeing Bon-Bon again made her almost tear up.

Alex turned to the two princesses as he said, “Listen your highnesses, I understand that you two are very busy so I think that it would be best if you return to Canterlot.”

Celestia nodded her head with a smile as she said, “Thank you for your understanding, Alex. Maybe once you have found the Book of Unicorn you can return to Ponyville for a short vacation.”

Luna smiled as she said, “Yes indeed, we must hear of your adventures and where they have taken you.” Saying nothing more, the princesses turned and spread their majestic wings before taking off ever so elegantly into the air.

Alex turned around to thank John but he was nowhere to be found, Alex knew though that he was never too far away. Alex turned to the ponies as he said, “I guess we can go back to our homes for the next three hours.”

Lyra didn’t wait any longer; she was already galloping towards Ponyville calling out her love’s name in the hopes of finally being reunited with her.

Applejack snickered as she said, “Ah bet that I’m almost as old as Big Macintosh now. I’ll see y’all later alright?”

Alex watched as Applejack galloped away as well as he said, “At sundown, meet us at Twilight’s.”

Rarity gave Alex a hug with her marshmallowy white hooves as she said, “I think I need a bath after sleeping for thirty days straight. I have serious bed hair.” Rarity then galloped towards her boutique to see her younger sister and her bath tub.

Twilight and Dash trotted along as Dash said, “I think I need to tell the Wonderbolts about what happened to us, see you at sundown.” The two ponies waved goodbye before galloping and flying away.

Pinkie looked up at Oscar as she said with a big smile, “I was planning on making cupcakes and breaking some walls, wanna join Oscar?”

Oscar smiled under his mask as he said, “Would I ever! Let’s go.” The two ran off giggling happily with excitement, who wouldn’t be excited to bake cupcakes and break the fourth wall with Pinkie?

Alex looked up at Lauren as he said, “You know this town pretty well don’t you? How about you go over to Twilight’s and learn a few things on magic.”

Lauren smiled as she said while shaking Alex’s hand, “This was actually somewhat fun, thank you.”

Alex watched as Lauren walked into the city, the ponies didn’t seem to be that worried about her presence knowing Alex was only a few feet away (if he was not only able to rid ShadowThunder for a few days on his own and take down a human aerial vehicle with his bare hands you would be sure he was able to stop another human). Alex felt something brush against his leg, the soft warm fur of a pony as it snuggled up to him. Alex looked down to see Fluttershy snuggling up against him as he said, “Do you want to have some tea?”

Fluttershy smiled as she began to hover in the air while saying, “That would be nice.”

*****

Lyra knocked on her apartment door with joy and energy. A few seconds later the door opened up to show a very familiar pony, her blue and pink hair hadn’t changed in the past three years and made Lyra tear up. Lyra quickly approached Bon-Bon as she said, “I’m back.”

Bon-Bon brought her fillyfriend in for a hug as she said, “You look so different, what happened to you?”

Lyra kissed her cheek as she said, “To you, three days have passed. But to me, three years have ticked by. I went on a life changing adventure and will be resuming it in a few hours so let’s make the best of it.”

Bon-Bon curled up on the couch as she said, “Would you like to join, my adventurer?”

Lyra giggled as she said, “I used to be an adventurer, but then I took an arrow to the knee.”

Bon-Bon jerked upright with a look of worry as she said, “Oh my goodness are you okay?”

Lyra’s smiled faded when she realized that Bon-Bon never heard of that stupid internet joke and said with a blush, “It was a stupid joke from Alex’s world.”

Lyra’s horn began to glow brightly as the door and windows shut closed while she began to kiss her love passionately.

*****

Applejack trotted up the farm to hear her sister shout in joy, “We did it! We had a successful zap-apple harvest year while missing Applejack.”

Applejack trotted up behind her sister as she said with a smile, “Who says I’m missing?”

Applebloom turned around as a look of joy swept across her face. Applebloom jumped at her sister as she said, “Big sis! You look… different.”

Applejack gave a hug to her sister as she said, “Ah’ve been gone fer three years. Ah’ve gotten older.” Applejack trotted up to her older brother and gave him a long and loving hug as she said, “Howdy Big Mac, ah hear that you and Applebloom harvested all the zap apples on yer own this year.”

“Eeyup. Little sis was quite the help.” Big Mac patted his younger sister on the head before noticing that Applejack was looking a bit taller.

Applejack and the rest of the apple family decided to go inside the house and talk over some apple cider and apple juice about AJ’s adventures in the other world.

*****

Alex and Fluttershy walked up the pathway to the cottage at the top of the hill; Fluttershy was already covered head to toe in animals of all sorts. Alex would smile as he watched her get tackled by her litter of puppies, she hadn’t seen them in three years and they hadn’t changed at all. Fluttershy got to her hooves and hovered to her door and opened it for Alex as she said, “What kind of tea would you like?”

Alex walked in and took a look around as he said, “I don’t know. I’ll have whatever you have.” As Fluttershy trotted into the kitchen to get things ready, Alex knelt down at the fireplace and pulled out a lighter and quickly got a fire going. The room was soon warmed up as Fluttershy walked in with the tea tray balancing on her head to see Alex sitting on her couch. Fluttershy trotted up and gave Alex his cup before sitting down next to him, her fur tickling him as she sat down.

For the next few minutes neither of them knew what to say, all they did was sit next to each other as they drank their tea. Eventually Alex summed up the strength and scooted closer to Fluttershy as she said, “So do you think this will work?”

Alex began to think of the plan, after a few seconds he said, “I am sure it will work, Lauren just needs to find her Zen and then we can”

Before Alex could finish, Fluttershy interrupted and said, “I mean you and me… you’re a human and I’m a pony. You said it yourself ‘People don’t look kindly upon love between a human and an animal’. Not to mention you love big adventures and I am not exactly thrilled to go on them.”

Alex was a little shocked to hear her talking about them being together, he wasn’t looking for a relationship at the moment. He decided that it would be best if they remained closer together to see if they would work out. Alex finished his tea as he wrapped his arm around Fluttershy and said, “I think we will just have to let time tell.”

For the next three hours Alex and Fluttershy were finally breaking the ice and talking about personal things in their lives. Alex finally mentioned to her about his suicidal tendencies when he first came here three years ago. Although it somewhat shocked Fluttershy to hear that he once wanted to kill himself, she was relieved to know that it was over thanks to them.

Fluttershy talked about why she was afraid at night, Alex understood why she would be afraid of all the noises. He experienced a similar effect when he moved from the countryside, the sounds of cars and trucks honking kept him up all night.

Alex even told Fluttershy about how he discovered the show. Alex smiled brightly as he said, “Most of those who have seen the show will tell the same story, I heard about it from the internet and checked it out, and eventually I became attached to your show and began to feel happy when I watched you.”

Fluttershy rested her head on Alex’s chest as she said, “It’s still weird to know that in some other world we are only a show.”

Alex smiled as he gently stroked her man and said, “Well it doesn’t at all surprise me. In fact there’s a universe where we exist only in a book.”

Fluttershy sighed with relief as she said, “Glad I’m not in that one.”

Alex looked down at her as he asked, “Why’s that?”

Fluttershy took a deep slow breath as she said, “Because I would never have actually met you.”

Alex really wanted to cry and kiss her but the gong of a clock made him jerk upright and say, “Jesus burger flipping Christ! We have to get to Twilight’s quick!”

As Alex quickly got off the couch and began to put his jacket back on, Fluttershy looked up with her big eyes as she said, “Can’t we wait until tomorrow?”

Alex shook his head as he rolled the sleeves up for the summer weather and said, “No can do. For all we know there might not be a tomorrow.”

Fluttershy slowly got up as she said, “Well in that case I’m going to come with you.” Fluttershy spread her wings and flew after Alex as the two headed for Twilight’s library.

*****

Twilight, Laure, Applejack, Alex, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash waited inside the library in a circle. As they waited Twilight read through a book as she said out loud, “The last known bearer of the Book of Unicorn is now in hiding, forever guarding the book until the next bearer had arrived.”

Alex let all the knowledge sink in before saying, “So where is the Book of Unicorn?” Alex wanted to remember everything he heard in case it were needed in the future.

Twilight adjusted her glasses before reading again, “The last known sighting of the book is unknown while the bearer’s log is remaining inside the International Equestrian Archives in Manehattan, one of the most heavily military-guarded and non-governmental buildings in the world. Getting in there is impossible.”

A lone voice from the doorway turned the heads of all the ponies and people as it said, “Difficult… yes. But impossible… no, nothing is impossible.” Oscar shifted his mask back onto his face as he continued, “We have some of the most powerful magic in the world here. We have both the chosen one and the Elements of Harmony.”

Rarity brushed her clean hair as she said, “But dear, everywhere we go nopony seems to recognize our true importance despite saving the world twice already.”

Oscar gave a wag of his finger as he said, “Maybe you need to save the world thrice.”

Rarity nodded her head in agreement as Twilight said, “Alright, so we set for Manehattan now.” Twilight then put her saddlebag on as did the rest of the group.

Oscar tossed a pistol over to Alex as he said, “Better pack some heat man. Manhattan is a rough place so Manehattan won’t fare much better.”

Alex twirled the gun in his hand as he said, “Don’t worry, I’m like Clint Eastwood around he” Alex accidentally pulled the trigger of the pistol and fired straight towards Oscar only to have the bullet deflected by Oscar’s sword. The loudness of the pistol caused everyone except Oscar to fall to their knees holding their ears. Alex was almost in tears as he dropped the pistol from his aching hand, the recoil causing his nose to bleed and his manliness to drop five points.

Oscar walked up and picked the pistol up as he said, “You’re about as good a shooter as Nicholas Cage is an actor. Get up you wimp, the recoil hurts only for a bit.” Once everyone else was back up and back to normal, Oscar put the pistol back in its holster as he said, “Let’s just go before Alex kills one of us.”

The group headed for the door while Twilight packed a few last minute supplies for the trip. Alex had a couple of fifty bit bills in his wallet from last time he was here and the rest of the mane six had enough money to buy a house altogether. As they were about to leave Ponyville Alex stopped and said, “Wait, where’s Lyra?”

The sudden rumble of the ground caused the group to worry of what was going to happen. Suddenly, what looked like a futuristic human aircraft dropped from the sky in front of them with Lyra in the front seat. Alex’s jaw dropped in awe as he recognized the plating from the fighter aircraft he took down the last time he was here. After a few minutes Lyra hopped out of the craft towards the group as she said, “What do you think? I fashioned this all out of the parts from that airplane Alex destroyed with his bare hands. I also used some parts from the helicopter as well.”

Oscar tapped his friend’s shoulder as he said, “You took down an airplane and a helicopter?”

Alex felt pretty impressed with himself as he said, “Yeah, all in one night.” Alex then approached Lyra as he said while looking at the vehicle, “This thing was obviously inspired by the VTOL from Saint’s Row the Third am I right?”

Lyra nodded her head as she said, “Only this time it has no weapons, flies faster, hold more passengers and is also solar powered.”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “The solar panels I have no idea how you managed.”

Lyra shook her head as she said, “No I casted a spell on it to act like a plant to power the vehicle only it doesn’t need water. Shall we get on?”

Alex nodded his head and boarded the aircraft along with the rest of the group. One by one they sat in the belly of the vehicle in seats resembling suspension rollercoaster seats. As they strapped themselves in, the seats rose so no one was capable of touching the ground, their heads fit into the helmets attached to the seats and could hear each other’s voices better. As the vehicle began to take off and the inside began to rumble and shake, Alex noticed Fluttershy begin to panic. Alex gently held onto her hoof as he said to her, “We’re going to be okay. Hey Lyra, how did you make this in three hours?”

The entire group listened as Lyra began to speak into their headsets, “With a bit of magic and a lot of planning ahead, you can make anything possible. Next stop Manehattan.”

Everyone felt the sudden tug of the gravity pulling on them as the vehicle began to take off into the air. Dash and Pinkie were giggling and having tons of fun while Oscar was reminded of his helicopter rides and was not at all fazed by this.

****

A few hours into the flight Lyra began to speak into their headsets again, “Guys… we have a problem.”

Twilight’s voice was nervous and shaky as she said, “Please don’t tell me we’re going to crash.”

Lyra resumed her speaking, “No its much worse… here let me bring it on screen for you guys.” Alex watched as one by one the helmets of the other passengers began to project holographic images of the city from the view of the cockpit. Alex looked in disbelief as buildings were in flames and explosions shook up the city on every street. As they watched in horror Lyra came back onto the intercom, “Yeah, it’s that bad. You know what the strangest part is? Take a look at what building is not under attack.” The videos on each of their helmets focused in on a very wide building with roman-ish pillars all around it.

Twilight immediately recognized it and said aloud, “That’s the International Equestrian Archive. Someone must also be looking for the books and I can guess who it is.”

Lyra spoke to all of them as the ship began to rumble, “Right, you guys are going to have to get inside the building before its destroyed and get out safely. Leave no casualties of the innocent.”

Lauren spoke into the mic, her voice filled with doubt, “We’ll get attacked if we try to land in the fires!”

Suddenly the holograms disappeared as Lyra said with a laugh, “Who said anything about landing?” Alex looked down at his feet to see the belly begin to open up. Alex’s face was suddenly wrapped in a mask along with the rest of the ponies; the inside displayed the altitude, speed, compass temperature and another gauge that was unknown. That was when Alex realized he was participating in an air drop like in those awesome action movies, his heart racing and his feet thrashing he began to panic and fight to get free until he noticed there was no longer a floor. Alex looked down upon the burning city as Lyra counted down, “Drop in 5… 4…” The only sound Alex could hear at this point was his heavy breathing as he watched Fluttershy shake beside him and Oscar grip his device tightly on his other side. Alex held his breath as he looked up and listened to the last numbers, “3…2…1… drop!” The sudden hiss of the hydraulics decompressing and letting go made Alex scream as the force of gravity pulled him out of the belly of the plane. He watched as all the other ones fell after him as he fell backwards towards the ground, his screaming along with everyone else’s could be heard over the intercom. Alex rolled over onto his belly as they began to pass the tallest building, his helmet flashing the words, “System change activated.” Alex felt his suit shift on the inside and wings sprouted from each of his sides. The sudden thrust of the engines caused Alex to whip his head back and forth.

As Alex flew through the air he watched as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had broken free of theirs thanks to Oscar’s help. Oscar flew up next to Alex as he said in the intercom, “Head for the IEA, that’s our target.” Oscar tilted to his side and rocketed past the buildings as he dodged explosions.

Alex watched as the flashing instructions showed him how to pilot his mini jet. After a couple of minutes he had the hang of it and had caught up to the rest of the group as they flew through bridges and past buildings at break neck speeds. Twilight shouted into the intercom, “There it is! The red and white building with the pillars, head for that.” Alex watched in awe as the entire group tilted in synchronization. Eventually their parachutes were deployed and were landing in front of the building. As soon as their feet and hooves touched the ground they all ran for the building’s doors without taking off the devices from their backs. They burst through the doors as Twilight said loudly, “The book will have a symbol of the unicorn on it in silver and will probably be one of the most heavily guarded items here so be on the lookout.”

Alex slowly walked down the halls with Oscar next to him, his sub-machine gun drawn from the bag now on his chest as he said, “Where do you think Lyra is now?”

Lyra’s voice was then heard on the intercom, she sounded like she was struggling as she said, “Don’t worry about me, I’m holding off some strange looking creatures and can do so for a lot longer. Be quick though.”

Rarity’s voice was shrill and somewhat shaken as she said, “I found it. It’s in a very tight case though.” Alex and Oscar moved quickly towards Rarity thanks to the indicators in their visors, as they approached they saw the book held inside a thick glass case. Rarity lightly tapped with her hooves before saying, “It’s too thick for me.”

Oscar gently pushed her out of the way as he said, “I got this.” He aimed the sub machine gun at the corners and fired at every top corner and pulled the top off with east thanks to the cracks. Oscar dusted the book off and flipped through the pages before finding the last inscribed signature. He looked at it using the light from his helmet as they all stood around in the dark room. After looking over it he said, “This was written in an old language that obviously isn’t human. Can you read this Twilight?”

Twilight trotted up and floated the book over to her, she flipped the pages until she reached the page and read aloud, “The last bearer of the book was Starswirl the Bearded and signed this while under the rule of King Chrome.”

Alex shook his helmet as he said, “King Chrome?”

Twilight looked up at him as she said, “That’s the father of Princess Platinum. That means that this book is well over a few thousand years old and is in or near the ruins of the Unicorn Castle back in the land we call Prequestria.”

Alex took the book and plopped it into Oscar’s bag as he said, “Get a history book, we need to find out where this place was.”

The group split up again and went looking for a history book. Before long Applejack and Dash had found the history book they were looking for and brought it back to the destroyed glass box.

Twilight grabbed the book and flipped through the pages until she found the right one and ripped it out as she said, “This is it. Now let’s go!” The group then ran for the door as fast as they could, they burst out the door to see Lyra inside the vehicle as the belly opened up with the claws to grab onto their jet packs. Dash and Fluttershy were the first to get into their new seats and strap on while the rest hooked themselves back up to their old seats. Alex pushed his back against the hook and felt himself lock in place, his feet soon rose above and into the belly along with the rest. Before long the vehicle was back in the air and flying.

Alex breathed a sigh of relief as he said, “Mission accomplished, next thing we have to do is” Alex was interrupted by the sudden rumble of the ship as it tossed violently, his head shaking inside his helmet until the ship had balanced out. Once the ship had resumed smooth flying Alex said in a scared voice, “What was that?”

Alex screamed as the belly of the ship was torn open to reveal a black unicorn, her horn had grown longer and sharper and she looked to be older as she said, “I shall take that!” She then used her unicorn magic to grab Lauren and tear her from her fastenings and causing the two to fall.

Alex and the rest all screamed in synchronization, “Lauren!”

On an impulse, Alex broke the fastenings on his device and fell after Lauren, as he fell he thought about how bad of an idea that was as the butterflies in his stomach nearly made him vomit.

Lauren and ShadowThunder fought violently, Shadow tried her best to impale Lauren’s chest with her horn only to be hit in the face by Lauren’s fist. Eventually Shadow sent a bolt of electricity through their bodies causing Lauren to go limp as she laughed maniacally. Shadow looked at her chest as she said with an evil smile, “Victory today, alicorn tomorrow.”

Before her horn made contact, Alex swopped onto her back and began to hit her as hard as he could, doing his best to avoid grabbing the horn, he knew he had no magical abilities without music until he saw something slip from Lauren’s pocket. He immediately recognized it as an MP3 and grabbed it quickly. As he kicked Shadow in the face he pulled his helmet off and tore it apart trying to get to the headphones until he saw the wiring. He tore off the wires and fashioned them into the music player in hopes of it working. He quickly turned the device on and noticed she had a very similar taste in music as him and put on the best song there.

Alex looked down at Shadow as he said, “What now?” Alex clapped his hands together and felt the sudden pulse of energy course through his arms and into her head, causing her to fall unconscious. Alex then grabbed hold of Lauren as he said, “Just hold on tight!” Alex activated the thrusters and began to fly towards the airship once again with Lauren in his arms. Eventually he got into the belly and while still flying he fashioned her to the last seat available before levitating himself into his own harness. As he hung there he shouted to Twilight, “Can you make some sort of metal plate to cover this up?”

Twilight nodded her head as she said, “Give me a second.” Her horn then began to glow as a large sheet of metal suddenly appeared under them and acted as a floor while bolts magically appeared inside. Soon Twilight had repaired the belly as she said, “There… magic trick number four.”

Oscar sighed with relief as he said into his microphone, “That was close.”

Alex nodded his head, he just realized that he sky dived twice in a day as he said, “Well when the fate of two worlds depend on saving one person you”

Oscar interrupted him as he said, “Me and Lyra made a bet as to whether you would die or not… looks like I won.”

Alex said into his microphone, “Oh real nice Lyra.”

Lyra replied back into the mic, “I was just kidding, anyways, congratulations everyone. Now where are we going?”

Twilight read through the torn page as she said, “We’re heading for what is now known as Trottingham. Get comfortable guys because this is going to take a while. It will be about a whole day to be exact.”

Alex sighed with relief as he looked over to Fluttershy to see her wink in his direction (not like the G1 "winking out" nor the Equine mating "wink"), making him blush.