Speedy pulled into the hotels parking lot and walked back into the hotel room with Twilight. Both were glad they made it to the next round and Twilight really wanted to see what Ponyville looked like during this time and if anypony she knew still lives there. Speedy let Twilight use the shower first as he ordered food from the front desk over the room phone.

As she showered Twilight thought about the night before when she and Speedy kissed and cuddled. She saw that after all those years of suffering from his family's death that he actually felt happy. Soon she finished her shower and left the bathroom to see Speedy had a small table with two plates of food on them set. “guessing you ordered this.” Twilight said in which he nodded in response.

“Figured we could eat an actual meal besides gas station food and talk a bit.” Speedy said back with a smile. Twilight gave a small smile in return and sat in the seat across from him. She looked at the plate of vegetable lasagna with a glass of wine and a small salad and gave a soft smile.

“Thank you. It's nice to sit and finally relax a little.” She said as she sat at the table with Speedy across from her. Through half the dinner the two both ate in silence before Speedy cleared his throat. “Twilight. I'm sorry about…...earlier. It's been awhile since I actually felt a mares lips against mine. I didn't want to come off as a creep to you.” Twilight wiped some food off her face with a napkin and looked at her friend.

“I understand Speedy. It must've been tough to cope with your family's loss.” Twilight said noticing Speedy rubbing his neck. “Yeah about that…” he said “They're not actually dead.” Twilight looked at the stallion with wide eyes before muttering a simple “What?”

“In reality they're alive…..well sort of. After I found their bodies and Sweet Treat left Crescendo actually regained consciousness. Luckily my sister was coming to visit and arrived just as my little filly woke up. We found that Octavia had barely a pulse and we got them to the hospital as fast as we could. Docs were able to save them but as some costs.”

“My little filly had to have her torso sewn shut cause he intestines were spilled out and she had to have her rear leg and front foreleg replaced with prosthetic limbs. She suffered a large amount of brain trauma and had massive internal bleeding. The doctors have had her in a medically induced coma for the past four years.”

“Octavia suffered worse on her end of things. The doctors had to replace some of her organs with donors including lung, kidney, and part of her heart. She spent the first six months with her insides on full display to make sure that it all healed before she was sewn shut. Her nervous system and spinal cord was broken in multiple places so she'll be paralyzed from her forelegs down. And her brain suffered major trauma followed by having an artificial eye installed into her right eye socket.”

“In her case the doctors wanted to try to see if they could fix her in a way. So with my consent I had her sent to be worked on and hopefully have her return to me. They said she'll be part cyborg but I don't care, I just want her back.” Twilight noticed Speedy crying and walked over to hug him. “Shhhhhh….. It's okay. Just let it out” Twilight cooed as he cried into her shoulder.

Soon afterwards the table was cleaned and both sat on their beds and watching TV. As they sat Twilight looked over at Speedy and thought a bit about him. ‘He's gone through so much in his life over these years and yet I can't help but feel I'm involved in all this. And with what he said about Pin…..Sweet Treat, it wouldn't make sense on how she went that crazy. Even when she went into her episode where she thought nopony liked her it wasn't this bad. Maybe once this nightmare of a contest ends I could figure out why she became that.' Twilight decided to put her thoughts to rest as she continued to watch the television while Speedy fell asleep in his bed.

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After a few hours of rest Twilight and Speedy had some of their things packed and placed into the trunk of the Racer Camaro. As they finished packing Twilight was looking at the GPS inside the car as the duo planned on driving through the rest of the night and reach Ponyville by morning. They technically still had a few days before the next round but they planned to scout the city for any good routes and shortcuts depending on what Celestio planned for the next event. "Okay, if we take the Interstate and hop on Highway 37 it should take us towards Sweet Apple Acres and maybe if we're lucky any remaining Apple family would let us stay there." Twilight said marking the destination.

"And if no one is there or they're not friendly to us?" Speedy said locking the hotel room and tossing his racing outfit in the backseat. "Then either we stay there anyway or maybe my old treehouse library is still there." Twilight respond as she put her seatbelt on. Soon they both were in the car and outside the hotel's office. "Let me return the keys then we can get going" Speedy said leaving the car and walking inside towards the hotel manager. As he returned the room key and walked out Speedy noticed a shape in the darkness towards the back of the parking lot. "Is that….." he said as he squinted for a better look, realizing that the shape is a familiar ice cream van. "Oh no…."

Moving quickly, Speedy rushed back to his car to a surprised Twilight. "We have to go now. Sweet Treat's here." Speedy said as the camaro lurched forward towards the exit. As he got onto the road though the car was suddenly blinded by bright lights followed by a large crash. The duo's senses were blurred as the car barrel rolled down the road until landing on its roof and skidded to a stop. Speedy groaned in pain as he took the blunt of the hit as he tried to lift his hoof to unhook his seatbelt, only to see he was already on the crumpled roof and that his belt was hanging from the seat. Meanwhile Twilight regained her senses quickly as she undid her seatbelt as Speedy lost consciousness again.

As she got her belt undone though her door opened and a mass of arms grabbed her and dragged her out of the car. "We got her boss!" One of the ponies said, who was wearing overalls and was covered in clown paint. As Twilight struggled to break free she saw Sweet Treat step out of her van and walk towards them dragging her machete. "What about the other one?" She said as her men dragged Twilight towards the back of the van. "Most likely dead" a clown pony said as she got out of the Juggernaut semi "no way in hell you'd survive a direct hit like that. Besides, there's enough shit in that thing that it'll cause a nice explosion" pointing to the growing puddle of gasoline and napalm coming from the wrecked car.

"Good. Then let's give Celestio her new pet and get what we were rewarded." Sweet Treat said as she scraped her machete into the puddle, causing some sparks to ignite a fire. While she walked back to the van Twilight was tossed into the back and locked in surrounded by old ice cream machines and the stench of decay. Left in the dark Twilight banged and struggled to open the rear doors only finding they won't open and that Sweet Treat started driving. Soon the convoy disappeared into the night leaving behind a flaming car.

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As the flame started to consume the wrecked Camaro an older looking El Camino with stained glass windows rolled up to the wreckage while a beaten up helicopter landed nearby. A figure in a trenchcoat and hat then stepped out of the can and walked to the wreck, unaffected by the flames or heat. Another taller figure left the helicopter and watched as the other figure ripped off a part of the car and pulled out a third figure and carried them to the helicopter before the wreck exploded from the weapons and bombs on board. Soon both figures were together while the shorter one loaded the third onto a medical stretcher and loaded them into the helicopter.

"Will he make it?" The taller figure said with a hint of worry while the shorter one watched the unconscious figure as they closed the side door. "I'm not sure Cadence. But if we get back soon he can get treatment and recover. Then we can talk to him about this second version of me in this world. Think you can get him back?" Brimstone said to Cadence as she started walking back to her car. "Of course I can. Be careful please Twilight." Cadence said as she out her pilot helmet on and got in her Talon. Soon both signs of the two were gone and the only thing left was the charred remains of the remains of team Racer.

Author's Note

I'M BACK BITCHES!!!!!

But all seriousness Not sure how often I'll update but I'm gonna attempt to continue not only MLTM, but also my GTA Story, my Saints Row story, and whatever else I prefer whenever I can.