Author's Note

Yes it rough but I don't have access to my correction software atm, enjoy.

Ghost Alvasa Outs!_!

Possibly... Maybe?

The Manehattan Train Station...

A tall gray pegasus stallion with two tone wings, a right metal hoof, and a series of scars across the right side trots a long with one of his subordinates.

"Tell me Blue," Levi asks. "Do you hate me for what's happened to you? Losing not only your position in the government but also you title in name as well?"

A tall well built white stallion about two feet under Levi's height with blonde tail and his mane pulled back in a pony tail trots next to the older stallion. The former prince Vladimir Blueblood.

"In truth uncle," Blueblood answers, "Yes, in the beginning of it all I did was hate blame everything on you for what be fill me when I was but a naïve twat of a colt," He answers truthfully, "But now I see that it was not you I should blame but these nobles like the former baroness we have caught after all this time. So yes, I'd hate you but now I thank you for racing me proper, for making me work for what I had. And thank you for making my Auntie and family happy to."

"How are the nobles anyways?" Levi looks to his nephew. "You were able to convince them you were the same spoiled child they raise to be their puppet correct?"

Blueblood lets out a humored scoff, "Easily. The first thing they did was give me gifts galore that could've but new homes for many."

"What did you do with them?" Levi asks as the duo enter the train.

"I took them and then had forgeries made that are passible while selling the originals," Blueblood nonchalantly hops on the seat across from Levi. "I then had the money funneled int0 a few of our own projects but mostly into the places like the lower Ring of Canterlot and a few fundraisers as to keep up my public image."

"You're doing good Blue," Levi smiles, "Tia wanted me to tell you that you've come a long way from what you were and that she is very proud of you for it and so am I."

"Thank you so much uncle," Blueblood wipes his eye. "Are there any developments with the portal and the possible return of my cousin Sunset?"

"Twilight and Moondancer are all over that project and even have full access to the Starswirl Section in Canterlot," Levi explains with a sigh. "There has been some success but not much. With the help of the Corps we much further along in the understanding area but no closer to being able to open the damn thing."

"I see," Blueblood rubs his chin, "I will ask around in the noble circles. Perhaps they have some of the old wizards journals or tomes stashed in their hidden area of their homes. His work is often coveted just because it was his work. Many of his spells weren't complete according to Auntie. Perhaps or dear Twilight and Moondancer could benefit form any of the scraps the old one left behind."

"Anything you can think of or could get your hooves on would be much appreciated my dear nephew," Levi says as the train lurches forward. "You'll be more than compensated I assure you."

"I just ask that you continue to make Auntie and everypony else happy Uncle," Blue smiles.

"You don't even have to ask," Levi smiles again.

"And Uncle," Blue looks at Levi. "Thank you."

"Your welcome Blue," Levi places a hoof on his nephew's shoulder. "You're Welcome."

Twilight's Tower that evening...

"Let's see here..." Moondancer says to herself as she lays on her back inside of one of the machines fiddling around inside of it, "Nope, not that one," a zap goes off. "Definitely not that parts, oh here we are," she says as she gets out pulling out a part that looks oddly like a light bulb. "Twi I found it!"

"And if we add the coefficient to the vatical axis then we should be able to get just the right frequency to go back and forth through the mirror whenever WE WANT! HAHAHAHA! I DID! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Twilight proclaims with excitement, pronking around the room as she laughs her head off.

"Moonie come on and see what what I did!" She pronks arounds more with a squeal.

"What is it?" Moondancer raises an eyebrow as she waits for her hearing to return, again, "Not the recipe for the perfect sandwich again I hope," she shudders remembering the mayonnaise, it went everywhere. Though the bright side was her mane, tail, and coat were all soft as a feather for about a month. "I found the problem in the equipment by the way. A very old busted stabilizer of sorts, possibly."

"I thought we'd never speak of that incident again," Twilight snorts, "A mare wants a decent sandwich and suddenly we have a lizard thing spraying everyone with miracle whip!"

"Mayo," Moondancer corrects flatly.

"There's no difference!" Twilight waves her hoof in the air. "Let's see that," she points at the part. "I'll look this up while you go over my numbers. I don't want to punch a whole in sub-space and pull something else random from somewhere unknown, again."

Michigan lets out a croak, 'Yea cause one character who's... FLY!' His tongue shot out making a whipping sound followed by a gulping and lip smacking with a follow up croak, 'Yummy...'

"I still want to know who's idea it was to create a frog who is a dick, but sings great show tunes," Moondancer sighs. "But you're right. Better safe than sorry. We don't want another Glub Glub incident here. The princess would have both our hides." She shudders ass she looks over the notes and equations, "Everything looks good to me here, now what about our blown fuse thing?"

"Parabolic stabilizer actually," Twilight says looking through a pair of green googly goggles as she run through books. "The part itself is easy enough to make but the materials needed for it are here and far between to find."

"Good thing your big bro and second pops can get them right?" Moondancer trots over while Twilight looks worried.
"Right?"

"Way back when Starswirl original designed and built the mirror these materials were much easier to get due to what wasn't known about them," Twilight sighs. "Now, most are hard to get a hold of due to the rarity and some of them being in in inhospitable environments. I can ask Papa, and maybe he'll have some of his corps get them but..."

"You don't want to put anypony in unnecessary danger," Moonie agrees with a nod. "We'll still have to ask or we won't have even have a ghost of a chance for this thing to be running at all."

"There is another issue," Twilight adds. "An external power source is needed to keep the portal open so we can use it and keep using it. Originally it only opened every few years due to having to build up the magic to open the portal for just three days. If we're going to mount a rescue mission we'll need to have it stable and powered on constantly."

"Right," Moondancer taps her hoof against her chin. "Right now I think we should just focus on the short straw and tell everypony about what we have," she motions to the stabilizer. "Then get this part made."

"Right," Twilight sighs, "Working on portal maintenance and theory first," she levitates her saddle bags to her and then the part in the bag before taking her goggles. "Let's go meet Papa and the princess and tell them what we've found," she turns to the frog, "You stay or no chocolate."

Michigan grumbles.

"Let's go," Moondancer trots after Twilight.

The Castle Dining Hall...

Celestia was quietly setting in her spot at the table waiting for her family to come in. It has been getting to where the nobles barely let her get away with all of their annoying pestering. It's mainly to keep her where they can watch her and keep her out of their affairs. Though she was technically the overall power of the land she had brought the nobles in to help delegate some of that power to other. This worked for along time, but soon they got big heads thinking they ran things and started to cause trouble eventually being the main wedge that led to her sister's imminent downfall.

When Celestia found out it was the nobles plan all along to have her as a figure head and Luna excommunicated form the court, permanently at that, she vaporized every last one of them with out a second thought.

Celestia turned her had to the window glancing at the silhouette of the Mare on the moon, "It won't be long now," she said to herself softly, "one or two more years and you'll be free. I can't wait for you to meet your niece and nephew little sister, or the stallion I've come so close with over the past two hundred years."

Suddenly the door open and in trots Spitfire with Spike, Stella, and Candy in hoof.

"Good evening princess," Spitfire says as the maids are still present.

"Mom!" Spike and Stella say in unison as the rush over to their mother who loving take them in her embraces, "Hmm.. my babies! How are you two doing? Not causing to much trouble for Lt. Spitfire are you? Everypony is free to leave now," Celestia says with a stern but calm demeanor causing everyone to leave swiftly. Celestia cast a quick spell and seals the room so only those with a sigil may enter.

"Maybe," Spike snickers.

"So what did you do this time Spike?"

"Spike spooked big sister after she got back from the restroom," Stella giggles.

"Says pot to kettle," Candy snidely smirks

"Tattle tell!" Spike squints.

"It was your idea!" Stella shoots back.

"They both used some of dad's training to get the drop on me," Spitfire admit wit ha bit of an embarrassed blush as she sits in a chair not far from her mother's. "I see the nobles aren't letting up. I think you should get dad involved-"

"No," Celestia says flatly. "Your step-father takes enough heat from the nobles already being with my and being Stella's father, not to mention his mercenary work. He enough for me already just being him for me Spitfire. Like you being here now is enough," She smiles.

"If you say so mom," Spitfire sighs.

"Are you staying long?"

"Only for today," Spitfire looks at her mother. "I have to be back for drills in the morning so right after supper I have to leave."

"I can teleport you back home if you like," Celestia suggests. "That way we can save you a long trip."

"Thanks I would appreciate it. Though," she looks around. "Where is dad anyways? I though her was supposed to be here?"

"He and Blue's train seems to be running a bit late," Celestia says looking at the clock. "But they should at least be here within the hour." Celestia thought as she places the children in their chairs before trotting over to her oldest and giving her an abrupt hug causing the young pegasus to blush in embarrassment, "Thank you for coming to dinner Spitfire it and spending time your little brother and sister and coming to have supper with us Spitfire, it really made my day."

The kids merely giggle covering their mouths.

"Excuse me," The mother and daughter look down to see Candy with her cheeks puffed up pouting, "I want a hug to Granny Tia!"

Spitfire looks at the foal then to her mother with a raised eyebrow and a smirk, "Granny Tia?"

"She insists on it," Celestia sighs slightly shaking her head. "Still... it better than grandmother or grandma, though technically I am neither to her, yet at least."

"You know how the Strawberry clan is mom. Once they consider you family, which they have for a while, you're stuck with them. Besides," Spitfire chuckles as she reaches down and pulls Candy into a hug then holds the pouting child right in front of her mother's face. "How can you say no the adorable face of my 'Auntie' Candy?" she giggles.

"You have a point my dear little Spitty," Celestia jabs, causing Spitfire's own cheeks to puff up, as she takes Candy in her forelegs and gives her a hug. "Better?" she asks casually ignoring her oldest's pouting glare.

"Better," Candy nuzzles her 'granny' with a giggle.

Levi then comes in and looks around a little surprised.

"Grampa!"

"Dad!"

"Levi!"

"Daddy!"

"Hey dad!"

"Family dinner?" Levi says as he trots in. "This is a pleasant surprise."

Blueblood looks around and waves, "Hello everypony," then turns to Levi, "As much as I would love to stay, I'm afraid I must go. There are nobles that need tending to I'm afraid."

"Be careful Blue," Celestia says sincerely while the children all 'Awwww...', as they were found of their older cousin when he could drop the 'pompous ass' routine to play with them.

"Spitfire," Blue nods sternly

"Blueblood... "

The two weren't friends but neither were they enemies either. Spitfire was cautious around the stallion as he had been trained by Levi's family for the last few year as well magic academy spells and combat training. He was one family member no pony wanted to cross as even with her mother to back her up, with the only others being Levi or her mother as well as every member of the Strawberry clan. These amongst skills other teachings provided by the the Blueblood family and nobles well before that made Prince Blueblood one noble among the very few who new how to handle themselves in combat that none dared to cross.

With Blueblood's departure the family enjoyed their supper with much joy filling their hearts.

Later...

"I've got to get back to Cloudsdale," Spitfire says hugging Celestia, then Levi and going down the line.

"Bye big sister!" Stella smiles as Spitfire rubs her head.

"See ya later big sis," Spike says getting a hoof four.

"Let's get you back home," Levi looks at Candy. "I don't want you father throwing ponies in the lower ring of the city again. There still patching those holes from last time."

"Can we zip?" Candy pleads.

"Is there any better way," Levi smirks as eh takes the foal and straps her into a harness after reverting to his human form.

"Its a good thing momma trust and dad is still scared to bits of you grandpa," Candy giggles. "Or I don't think he'd let you'd take my home like this." The filly smiles, "I hope I can learn how to do this one day."

"Yea, and once you reach the right age you get the choice like everpony in our famliy gets but for now you just be a good little filly," Levi snickers giving his granddaughter a head scratch,, "And we're off," he says as a line shoots form his gauntlet before zipping off.

Celestia waves them off, "Come along you two," she looks at Spike and Stella. "Time fore bed."

"Awww..." the sibling pouted. "Can't we ast least wait til-"

*BANG!*

Suddenly, Twilight and Moondancer burst through the doors tumbling in a heap onto the balcony.

"PrincessCelestiawhere'sPapaLevi?! Weneedtogetthesetohimimmediately!" Twilight says hastily, pulling out a notebook from her saddlebag and waving it in Celestia's face,

"WeneedasteadypowersourceandtheresourcestofixapartbutIbelievewe'vefoundtheway!"

"Levi? A book!? Power? Parts? Resources? The way?" Celestia tilts her head. "I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you're talking about? Please, slow down and explain to me what your saying Twilight. You said you found a way, a way to do what exactly my faithful student?"

Moondancer shakes her head with a sigh before speaking up, "What my over eager project partner is trying to say is that we believe we've found the correct way to open the portal to the world Sunset Shimmer went too but we wanted Mr. Levi to get his magicians to look over our notes first as they are more far more knowledgeable in ancient types of magic and their practices then we are," the diet Twilight carefully explains. "We just need to fix, or actually build a part of the machine that regulates the portal which is another reason we need to see Pops. After that we need to find and or build a steady power supply for the mirror before we can even test it though."

"Outside all that we're certain we have solved it!" Twilight states after having calmed down a little. "We can get her back!"

Celestia just stares at the young unicorns, frozen.

"Mom?/Momma?" The siblings both stared at the mother out of worry.