Shine like the Day and Night

It was the end of the day of school, which meant the weekend had now begun. Many of the students went out to get themselves ready for the weekend, either with their families or their own times. But at the same time, Silverbolt was just finishing packing up the last of his stuff in the Commander. Once he was done, he decided to make a quick phone call.

“Hey Penny Bit, how’s it going?”

“…”

“Oh, I’m good, thanks, and you?”

“…”

“I got back two days ago.”

“…”

“Yeah, it’s good to be home, and hey, listen, I need a favor.”

“…”

“I’ll be popping over to the bank soon and I was hoping…”

“…”

“Really, you still have them with you?”

“…”

“Thanks Penny, you’re the best.” said Silverbolt whilst smiling “I’ll see you soon.”

Right as he ended the call, the Rainbooms arrived, as they were eager to see where he lived. For if he had lived that long in their world, then his home must be something.

“Hey Silverbolt.” said Sunset as she and the rest of the girls arrived.

“Hey, glad you guys can make it.” said Silverbolt as he placed his phone away.

“Oh, were you calling someone?” said Fluttershy when she saw him placing his phone away.

“Yeah, just calling a friend.” said Silverbolt “We gotta make a stop before we go to my place first. Hope that’s not too much trouble.”

“Oh, of course not.” said Rarity as she waved it off.

“Plus, it’s a good thing that School’s gonna be closed on a Friday,” said Applejack “Then we’d have plenty of time to see where ya’ll live.”

“Good,” said Silverbolt “So…”

“Shotgun!!” shouted Rainbow Dash as she climbed into the front seat, which made Sunset pout at that. As they entered, the girls looked at Rainbow Dash with flexed eyebrows, which made her said “What? I always wanted to ride in a vehicle like this.”

Silverbolt couldn’t help but roll his eyes with a smirk. “Glad you can live out your fantasy.” said Silverbolt “Now everyone gets to your seats, we don’t want anyone to fall over.”

Silverbolt climbed at the driver’s seat and started up the vehicle. As they drove, Rarity noticed how clean the Commander is.

“My you certainly do like to keep this clean, don’t you?” said Rarity when she stroked the counter.

“Everyone else likes to hire people to clean them,” said Silverbolt as he was driving, “Me on the other hand, I like to make sure that everything is cleaned by detail.”

“Yeah, we noticed.” said Pinkie as she saw her reflection on the table, which she made funny faces and ended up giggling.

“So Fluttershy,” said Silverbolt as he called out to the shy girl “You and Velvet Heart missed out on free period? Were you called to another class?”

Fluttershy couldn’t help but blush bright red and ended up hiding her face behind her hair, which she said “Um…yes.”

The girls couldn’t tell, but Silverbolt could. he could tell that she and Velvet had a fun time and he knew that the two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend, they just needed a nudge in the right direction.

Rainbow on the other hand, noticed a large compartment between the front seats, causing her to open it, and to her shock, it was none other than a ton of memory sticks, each containing songs of every single band throughout history.

“Whoa, no way.” said Rainbow, then called out “You guys gotta check this out, he’s got songs of every single band in history.”

The girls peeked and were surprised to see that many. “Wow, that’s amazing.” said Twilight “I didn’t know you were into every band.”

“Trust me,” said Silverbolt as he focused on the road “I’m very compassionate about music.”

“Oh man, no kidding.” said Rainbow Dash as she looked through them “You have Led Zeppelin, Cold Play, Radio Head, Starship, The Spinners, Linkin Park, One Republic, and you even have Natewantstobattle?”

“Yeah, now that dude has talent.” said Silverbolt “I met him ten years ago, and he really had the voice. So, I helped him out and he became famous ever since.”

“Oh, sweet.” said Rainbow Dash, but then she saw something that caught her attention. She lifted a memory stick up that had written words on it. She flexed her eyebrows and said “What’s ZZ Top?”

Silverbolt gasped and said “You never heard of ZZ Top?!! Oh man, hand me that thing over.”

Rainbow handed him the memory stick, allowing him to insert it to the radio. He played through the list until he finally picked a song that’s one of his favorites.

The music began to play, and to their surprise, they heard how good it sounded.

“Now this…this is the stuff of legends. They released this song back in 1983, but they re-mastered the song back in 2008, making it sound better than ever.” said Silverbolt as he played the song.

“Wow, that’s actually pretty cool.” said Rainbow as she banged her head a bit, even the rest of the Rainbooms enjoyed the song.

After their long drive, they made their way towards the center of the city. They eventually found parking that could hold Silverbolt’s Commander. They all climbed out and were surprised to see the size of the building.

“And there she is.” said Silverbolt “Canterlot City National Bank, the oldest building in Canterlot City since it was founded.”

“They even made renovations to this building every ten years so that they could catch up with the times.” said Twilight as she adjusted her glasses.

“True that.” said Silverbolt as he smiled with pride whilst he was holding his large strongbox and tiny green strong box “Let’s go inside.”

As they went inside, the Rainbooms were surprised to see the size of this place.

“Oooooohhh,” said Pinkie as she looked around “This place is amazing.”

“It should be,” said Sunset “From what I’ve read, they place a lot of money in this place to make sure it’s well protected, even other businesses store their insurance money inside in case their building gets destroyed.”

As they walked, they heard a shout that said “Silverbolt!!”

They looked at the other direction and noticed an elderly woman, who was about ten years older than Granny Smith, walked over to Silverbolt with a big smile on her face.

“Penny!” said Silverbolt as he went over and hugged her, with the elderly woman giving him a light kiss on the cheek. “Oh, I’m so glad to see you again.”

“Oh, it’s so good to see you home again too.” said Penny after they broke their hug.

Penny then noticed the Rainbooms behind him. “Oh, are those friends of yours?”

“Sure are, met them a few days ago.” said Silverbolt. “These are my friends, or by their name of their band, the Rainbooms. This is Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle.”

The girls greeted the elderly woman, to which she returned the gesture.

“Girls,” said Silverbolt as he introduced them to Penny “I’d like you to meet Penny Bit. She’s an old friend of mine. She and her family had been friends with me ever since I came to this world.”

“How did you meet them?” asked Sunset out of curiosity.

“Oh, see, right after I chose to live in this world, I didn’t have anywhere else to go, so I ended up sleeping on a park bench for a week. Then one day, Penny Bit’s Grandmother, Coin Flip, took me in. Not long after that, I told her and her family of who I really was and she helped me get a job, setting up a bank account for me and in return, I helped look after the family. Even whilst her husband and brothers were fighting in the First World War, I was able to look after them.”

He whispered to them and said “But during the ripples that opened in that world, I was able to go to those wars and even helped protect them during that time.”

The Rainbooms were surprised to hear that Silverbolt had protected them, with Sunset saying “Wow, it was so nice of her grandmother to take you in.”

“Yeah,” said Silverbolt before he chuckled and said “When Penny was born, she once mistook me as her older brother. It felt weird, but I grew into it cause I grew really attached to her.”

“And I never felt so blessed about that too.” said Penny as she hugged Silverbolt from the side.

“She in time looked at me as if I was her own son, then in time her grandson too.” said Silverbolt, remembering the good times he had whilst he watched Penny grew up.

“She’s even a great cook. Nobody can beat her pot pies. She even made extra whenever I came over and left me some leftovers before I went home.” said Silverbolt, then he joked “I swear this little lady would sometimes fatten me up whenever I do.”

Penny ended up laughing and said “Oh hush you.”

The two laughed at the fun times, whilst the Rainbooms smiled warmly at this, for it was as if it were a mother and son having a reunion after being gone for so long. Silverbolt picked up both his strongboxes and went over to the table with Penny, but then he had a somber look.

“Oh, and…” said Silverbolt as he suddenly looked sad “I’m really sorry to hear about what happened to Dollar Mint.”

“Oh, thank you Silverbolt.” said Penny as she held his one hand “It was really rough after he passed away.”

“Still.” said Silverbolt as he looked down “I really wish I’d been there for him.”

Penny held his shoulder, gaining his attention as she said “But he knew how much you loved him too. He understood why you couldn’t make it because you were stuck on the other side of the world. He wanted to know you were like a brother and a son to him.”

“Aw,” said Silverbolt as he was touched by Nick’s last words “He was a good man.”

He looked at the Rainbooms and said “Nick was a very old friend of mine. We stuck together through thick and thin, trying to make ends mead. He was a Vet in Vietnam, and he was the best mechanic there ever was. Heck, he even taught me how to fix cars the right way. We even fished a lot together, and a good partier when it came to beer.”

Penny couldn’t help but laugh and said “Those two really love showing off every now and then when it came to having some fun.”

Soon enough, Silverbolt placed the strongbox on the table and opened it. To the Rainbooms” surprise, it had a lot of money. Like, a lot, of money. It also had a small platinum jar inside it. He opened the green strongbox too, revealing to have more money.

“Whoa,” said Rainbow as she was surprised “Now that, is a lot of money.”

“Well, it is where I kept my traveling money when I toured the world.” said Silverbolt “And during my travels I also worked at different jobs to gain more experience. Not sure how much I have now, so I’m depositing it back in the bank, considering the fact that I’m moving back to CHS.”

“Oh, by the way,” said Silverbolt as he handed the boxes in whilst looking at Penny “Were you able to take care of those packages I sent a while back?”

“I sure did.” said Penny “My son Law Attorney and Grandson Coin Toss took care of those. Although you may have to upgrade the Wi-Fi when you get there. Coin Toss said he placed them in, but now they’re a bit outdated.”

“How are they doing anyway?” said Silverbolt “I haven’t seen them in a long time.”

“Oh, Law Attorney had to go work with a few other lawyers for a different crime case and won’t be back for another month, and Coin Flip is in Manehattan attending a meeting with the other bank managers.”

“Aw nuts,” said Silverbolt “I really wanted to see them again.”

“Oh, don’t worry, Coin Flip will be back by Monday.” said Penny, but then smiled and said “But I know another one who’ll be more than happy to see you. Remember Coin Toss’s daughter?”

“No way, Potion Nova?” said Silverbolt surprised “I haven’t seen her since she was a little girl.”

“She still remembers the place you took her, and she never stops thinking about you.” said Penny “You even send her letters.”

“Which some folks thinks are outdated,” said Silverbolt “But letters always did have class and originality, not like emails out there.”

“So true.” said Penny as she laughed a bit.

“She still causing lab accidents?” asked Silverbolt.

“From time to time,” said Penny “But she has gotten better. Would you like to see her?”

“Sure thing.”

“Potion,” said Penny as she spoke through the intercom “Someone is here to see you. Someone I think you know too well.”

Silverbolt looked at the Rainbooms and said “Potion sometimes comes here to help her great grandmother out, but her true practice are chemicals. Any kind of chemical formula you want, she can help you make it.”

At the same time, a girl right around Twilight’s age, her hair color is purple, pink and blue, whilst her hair was curly. She has blue eyes and her skin color is white. The moment she saw Silverbolt, she went overexcited and smiled with glee.

“Uncle Silverbolt!!” shouted Potion Nova as she ran over and jumped “You’re home!!”

Silverbolt laughed as he caught her whilst the two of them hugged one another. He set her down as the two of them looked at one another.

“Man, look at you,” said Silverbolt whilst smiling “You’ve grown into a fine young lady.”

“Aw, Uncle Silverbolt.” said Potion Nova as she curled her hair “You’re making me blush.”

Silverbolt looked to the girls and said “Everyone, this is Potion Nova, she’s an expert on any kind of chemical formula.”

However, as Silverbolt spoke, Potion Nova spotted a familiar girl with glasses among the group, who also looked nervous for some reason.

“…In fact, next month she’ll…” said Silverbolt before he was cut off.

“Hello, Twilight.” said Potion Nova, but in a stern voice.

The girls all noticed that she was staring at Twilight sternly.

“Oh boy.” muttered Silverbolt, for he knew where this was going, so he quickly snapped his fingers, causing time and everyone, except for himself, the Rainbooms, Penny and Potion Nova, to freeze without them making a scene.

“Uh, ya’ll know each other?” said Applejack when she realized that this was going to feel tense.

“We sure do.” said Potion Nova “Did you happen to make another chemical breakthrough without hurting someone again?”

Twilight winced at that, with Sunset asking “Uh, what’s going on?”

“Remember that little incident with the mouse that bit you girls?” asked Nova “The one that was infested with chemicals?”

The said girls remembered, the very mouse that bit them, as well as the one responsible for turning them into monsters.

“Ugh, we try not to.” said Rainbow, not wanting to relive that moment.

“Well, let’s just say when I stumbled upon the mouse,” said Potion Nova sternly “I saw that it was infested with chemicals, so I ended up creating an antidote. Then I discovered that this blithering nincompoop was the one who doused the mouse with it.”

“Hey,” said Twilight “I wasn’t the only one who experimented with the mouse.”

“But it was you’re idea.” said Potion Nova “Not to mention I’m not the one who chose to experiment on a mouse, despite Fluttershy writing a petition to stop animals from being experimented on.”

Twilight winced at that, with her saying “How the heck was I supposed to know it would run loose and bite us that turned us into monsters.”

“You decided to mix chemicals that was highly untested without running a simulation first, then you chose to douse the mouse with the said chemicals outside of its cage when you were supposed to do it inside of it.” said Potion Nova, then said loudly “What did you think was going to happen?!!”

Twilight winced once more, with Potion pinching the bridge of her nose, saying “And don’t get me started on the shrinking incident.”

She looked at Twilight again and said “Seriously, what were you thinking, drinking the potion and convincing Sunset to do the same instead of asking her to help keep an eye on you just in case. And then you continued to shrink because of a slight miscalculation. Which, by the way, I told you, you should’ve tested it on an inanimate object first. But did you listen? Oh, no. Not the proclaimed “Genuis” Twilight Sparkle.

Potion took a few steps forward and said “And you wondered why I told your parents about this, because they and the teachers said that until you learn to be more responsible and have someone to help supervision what you’re doing, you’re banned from ever using chemicals until you graduate.”

The rest of the Rainbooms were shocked to hear this, as Twilight said “I said I was sorry.”

“Are you really?” said Potion “Didn’t you learn your lesson at all ever since the Friendship Games?”

Twilight widened her eyes in shock, even the Rainbooms when she brought that up, with Silverbolt getting worried.

“How did you know about…?!” said Sunset.

“Believe me, she’s not the only one who keeps tabs on CHS.” Said Potion Nova “You turned into a monster and nearly opened portals to other worlds,” said Potion Nova “Whilst at the same time, you ended up letting Equestrian Magic leak through.”

“Hey, I didn’t do that on purpose!!” shouted Twilight “Cinch blackmailed me into doing this!!”

“Which wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t meddled with other people’s affairs in the first place!!” retorted Potion as she got into Twilight’s face.

Potion felt a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look and saw Silverbolt, giving her a firm glare, but tried to be the voice of reason.

“Cut her some slack, she said she was sorry.” Said Silverbolt. “Plus she was a different person back then, she didn’t know something like this was going to happen. But you of all people should know what it feels like to be treated like an outcast by her own school. And you also know how Principle Cinch was like, she didn’t care about anyone else but herself. Why do you think I transferred you out of there the moment when you told me about it?”

Potion looked down a bit, remembering how Cinch was.

“Now then,” said Silverbolt as he let go of her shoulder and crossed his arms “I believe you both owe each other an apology.”

Both Potion and Twilight looked at one another, then looked down.

“I’m sorry for scolding you like that.” Said Potion “I should’ve been more specific and been there when I taught you how to use the chemicals.”

“And I’m sorry for working with the chemistry without your supervision.” Said Twilight.

“And?” motioned Silverbolt.

“And I promise to pay more attention to any specific detail.” Said Twilight.

“And I promise to be a better teacher instead of not supervising you.” Said Potion Nova.

“Good.” Said Silverbolt. But then he motioned them to do something else, which they caught on.

The two of them shook hands, however, Silverbolt signaled them to hug, which they did. The others were quickly surprised to see how quickly they resolved this, with Sunset looking at Silverbolt in wonderment, for solving a problem and have them make friends just like that. Now she wished that he was there back then to have teach her about friendship.

After it was solved, Silverbolt snapped his fingers, causing everything to resume back to the way they were. Penny cleared her throat and continued to work on the numbers in order to distract herself, whilst both Potion and Twilight were done hugging.

“So,” said Silverbolt, gaining her attention “Did you handle most of my packages and stuff.”

“Sure did.” said Potion “They’re safe and sound in your garage. Also, I hope you don’t mind, but I put in a WI-FI system in the house a while back. But uh it’s going to need an upgrade ever since the new model came out.”

“I heard about that.” said Silverbolt “That’ll be on my list once I settle in. So, how’s your folks?”

“They’re doing fine.” said Potion “They really want to see you again, they kept talking to you over the phone but they wish to see you again.”

Silverbolt chuckled and said “Don’t worry, you know very well that your folks are more than welcome to visit me.”

“That’s good to hear.” said Potion “I can’t wait to tell them; they’ll be so excited.”

“Alright then,” said Penny, gaining Silverbolt, Potion Nova and the Rainbooms” attention once she was done tallying the money “From the money you gave me was about $225,982.44, plus with the savings bonds that you had since they came out that are now cashed in, as well as the money you made during your work years and with the money that’s in your account. That has a total of…”

Penny narrowed her eyes as she looked at it, then looked to Silverbolt as she dropped the bomb “$6,500,400,385,632.28”

At that mere mention of that number, if the Rainbooms were robots, their jaws would literally drop onto the ground, with Rarity nearly fainting, as Silverbolt said “Oh, OK. That’s good to know.”

“YER A TRILLIONAIRE?!!” shouted Applejack, with Silverbolt couldn’t help but look at them with a calm face whilst shrugging his shoulders.

“How the heck did you get so much?!” shouted Rainbow as she couldn’t believe either.

“When I first came here,” said Silverbolt as he explained “I went on a lot of treasure hunts in Equestria and took as much as I could with me, even hid them until I could use them. When Penny’s grandmother took me in, she was able to help me set up an account. Once that was done, I used most of my treasures to invest in a few businesses and start a few of my own whilst having different aliases, so that no one would know who I really am. And thankfully, because of the Stock Market Crash and most places went out of businesses, I made some investments to those that weren’t affected, even donated to those who couldn’t afford anything. I even used that to help save Penny’s family from being homeless and made sure that they’d still have a roof over their heads and food on the table, and when the Lottery came along, I would sometimes win every now and then, and when the Savings Bonds also came out, I put them aside and waited until I could build up my finances, and in time cashed them in the bank. For example, the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Rushmore. I built them through my aliases so no one would suspect a thing, even made investments in music companies and gaming companies ever since they had gotten big, as well as some money from the Pentagon, no big deal.”

“No big deal?!” shouted Rarity as the others were flabbergasted by what he revealed “You have so much money sitting in your bank account like it’s nothing!!”

“Well, see,” said Silverbolt as he explained things to them, “I learned a long time ago that money isn’t everything. I learned a long time ago back in Equestria a long time ago. And during my time here, I always donate a large sum to either charity, or buy something that’s suitable like a car, a guitar, or any other thing that I could use to entertain myself with. Even some video games. But every decade or so, I donate to the hospitals so that they can get new equipment, bettering living quarters for the patients and made sure the doctors were well paid enough for all the hard work they put into. And last year I donate to every animal shelter, including Chestnut’s foundation. And sometimes to other schools. But I had to remain a ghost to most people so that no one would suspect who I really am.”

“Wow,” said Fluttershy as she was amazed and had a gentle smile on her face “You’re such a good soul to do that. For both people and for animals.”

But then Pinkie gasped and said “So that’s how you were able to help Daring and the others.”

“That’s right.” said Silverbolt “And now that I’m back, I can make sure that Camp Everfree still has enough money to help keep the place up. Plus, now that I’ve also bought out Filthy Rich’s business, he now answers to me, and can’t do anything without my approval. I got my lawyers to make sure of that. Speaking of which.”

He whispered to Penny “How’s Canterlot High’s insurance doing?”

“Not good I’m afraid.” said Penny.

He whispered to Penny to have a specific amount of money be sent to Canterlot High through a check, and it needs to be delivered post haste. Penny agreed and decided to make it happen.

He looked at the Rainbooms and said “And if you think my income is that big, wait till you see my house.”

Rarity ended up shaking in excitement, for if he were able to get so much money, she wondered what his house looked like.

One of the assistants came over by Penny’s request and delivered a metal safety deposit box. Penny opened it, and inside it was several envelopes, with tons of paper containing the deed to his house and a few fake birth certificates to make sure no one would suspect anything. He even received a social security card and a few other papers that he needed for just in case. There were also a set of keys in there, one that he knew all too well.

“I hope you don’t mind,” said Potion “But my dad said that he was able to help upgrade your home to your specifics, as well as your friend from Washington that made the arrangements.”

“Sweet,” said Silverbolt “I knew Silent Type would help out in that department.”

As soon as Silverbolt took what he needed, Silverbolt hugged Penny one more time and kissed her, even Potion Nova as he said “I’ll see you two soon. And you’re more than welcome to visit us anytime.”

“Be sure you come over for dinner when you have the chance.” said Penny.

“Will do.” said Silverbolt, then he motioned to the girls “Will it be okay if I invited them too.”

“Of course.” said Penny with a smile “I look forward to know all of you.”

“You to Mrs. Penny.” said Sunset.

“And Potion,” said Silverbolt “Be sure to tell your parents that I’m back in town. And if they’re available, we should hang out.”

“Will do Uncle Silverbolt.” said Potion Nova.

Soon they left the building and made their way to the Commander.

Once they drove off, Silverbolt looked around and said “Man this place sure has changed.”

“How so?” asked Pinkie Pie.

“The place was very different back then.” said Silverbolt “Like right there, that’s where mine and Potion’s father’s favorite bar used to be. And over there, once a guitar shop. Over there, once a scrap yard. And believe it or not, the animal shelter used to be there before they moved it.”

“Things may have changed,” said Applejack “But the vibe of this city sure ain’t. Ah think that’s what makes it great.”

“It sure does,” said Silverbolt “Glad nothing has…”

And within a split second, a piece of bird poop landed against his windshield, causing him to look sharply. Before they knew it, he did the unexpected.

He opened the window and shouted out loud “A BIRD WHO SHITS ON MY WINDSHIELD?!! NOT ON MY COMMANDER!! I”M GONNA CHOP YOUR FEATHERS OFF AND PUT YOU IN CHINATOWN AND THEY”RE GONNA MAKE PANCAKE PIGEON OUT OF YOU!! DAMN!!”

He groaned and sat back down whilst driving, however, the girls were all flabbergasted by that sudden outburst, with him blushing and said “Sorry. I’m really passionate about this ride.”

The girls couldn’t help but snicker at that, even though Fluttershy was appalled that he shouted at a pigeon, the way he shouted was pretty funny and she couldn’t help but laugh at that.

To pass the time, Silverbolt played an old favorite of his from the band Mumford and Sons.

The girls were surprised to hear this song, for they’ve never heard of it before. As they drove, they grew to like the song, for in a way it felt enchanting. They even noticed that he was singing along with it, which they couldn’t help but join in too, especially the vocalizing of the song.

“By the way,” asked Sunset “How much did you donate to Canterlot High?”

“Oh, don’t you worry,” said Silverbolt “Celestia is about to find out soon.”

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At the same time, Principle Celestia was going through the mail, until she saw a certain letter, with it stamped “Consider this a favor for you”. She wondered what it was and opened it. She saw that it was a check from the bank. But the moment she took it out and looked at it, her eyes widened in shock of how much the school had received. She began to tremble, as she could no longer contain herself anymore.

Within a split second, she began to scream in excitement, shocking half the students and teachers who stuck by at school, even Vice-Principle Luna was caught off guard when she was woken up from a nap.

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They were soon out of town into the countryside, which they also drove past Rainbow Dash’s house, which led to a forest too. They soon approached a gate, which was surrounded by weeds and vines, allowing Silverbolt to climb out and head straight for it.

Applejack and the others looked outside and saw the gate, with her asking “What are we doing here?”

“Oh, this happens to be my driveway.” said Silverbolt.

“Really?” said Rainbow as she looked at it “I went past this gate before during my workouts and I heard that there was an abandoned mine back there.”

“Oh, that was just the rumors I spread to make sure that no one would enter.” said Silverbolt.

They saw him open a large panel, which was a retinal scanner as it scanned his eyes, then his pass code, then his security card, then he did a palm scanner, an elbow scanner, a foot scanner and finally, to their shock, a butt scanner. That said and done, the gate opened whilst Silverbolt made his way to the Commander.

“Uh, why would you…?” said a confused Twilight.

“Long story.” said Silverbolt, allowing him to drive inside.

“So Silverbolt,” asked Rainbow “Why’d you choose to move all the way out here?”

“Well for one I like my privacy,” said Silverbolt “It’s outside of the city, and I can play my music loud till 2 in the morning.”

As they drove, they were surprised to see how big it is, especially the trees that were around, which Fluttershy liked.

“Excuse me,” said Silverbolt “Mind closing the curtains to the Commander and wait at the back. I’d like it to be a surprise.”

The girls were confused, but complied as they did so. Silverbolt continued to drive until he finally stopped. He climbed out and said “Please follow me.”

They all soon exited the Commander and wondered what the place looked like. As they stopped, Silverbolt looked at them with a smile and said “Okay, now turn around.”

The moment they did, they were not prepared to see what was in front of them. Their eyes widened and their jaws was hanging, as they couldn’t believe what was in front of them. For it was no ordinary house, even if it were covered in vines and many other things over the years…

“It’s a mansion!!” shouted Rarity in shock as she covered her mouth in excitement, which Silverbolt couldn’t help but laugh at their reaction.

“You live here?!” said Rainbow “That’s awesome!!”

“Eeyup.” said Silverbolt as he looked at it with pride “Home sweet home.”

“It’s amazing.” said Fluttershy.

“I had this place built back in the 50” s.” said Silverbolt “When I once read through some of the comic books about Batman, I designed my mansion to look like it, as well as added a ton of room in them. Plus, whilst I was traveling, I had some interior designers come in and try to design certain rooms to look like some of the rooms that I visited on every major city around the world.”

“Can we go inside?!” shouted Rarity as she jumped in excitement “Please, please, please?!”

“Okay, fashion girl,” chuckled Silverbolt as he held her down “Slow down a bit. I gotta go make sure my girls are okay.”

“Your girls?” said Sunset in confusion.

Silverbolt couldn’t help but smirk and said “Follow me.”

He guided them around the mansion, which was a downhill road that led to a large door that almost resembled to a hanger.

“Whoa, that’s a big door.” said Pinkie.

“Wait till you see the inside.” said Silverbolt.

He walked up to a palm scanner, retinal scanner and typed a code. Rainbow whispered “At least it wasn’t a butt scanner.”

The others couldn’t help but snicker at that.

Within moments, the doors began to open, allowing them to go inside, but they couldn’t see because it was dark. But he then stood next to a large lever.

“Hello girls,” said Silverbolt as he held onto the lever with a smirk “Daddy’s home.”

The moment he pulled the lever, the lights came on, revealing the largest room ever built, along with a ton of cars and shelves. For against the wall were the car batteries, gas and diesel on shelves in order to avoid the cars from being corroded, whilst on large pedestals stood ten classic cars.

· A 1967 Chevrolet Camaro
· A 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
· A 1967 Chevrolet El Camino
· A 1968 Dodge Charger R/T
· A 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge
· A 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
· A 1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS
· A 1970 Ford Torino Cobra
· A 1971 Plymouth Duster
· A 1980 Pontiac Firebird
But all around them were more cars that somehow all of them looked familiar. The girls thought they were never more blessed to see so many beautiful cars in the same room.

Rainbow then kept saying “Oh my gosh” really fast over and over again, then shouted “Look at all these muscle cars!!”

She ran over and inspected every single one of them, even the girls were amazed by them.

“Ya’ll own these cars?!” said Applejack.

“Damn straight cowgirl.” said Silverbolt “These are my girls, to which I made sure that they were all well cared for.”

“Wait,” said Rainbow as she realized something “So you don’t have any Porsche, Ferrari’s or Lamborghini?”

“Nope, all out American Muscle.” said Silverbolt “I got into collecting cars back at the seventies. All of them are on the pedestal are the ones I take really good care of, which I sometimes take them for a spin. The rest of the cars however…”

Pinkie Pie gasped loudly and said out loud “Now I recognize the other cars, all of them are from my favorite movies.”

“Pudding Party?” asked a deadpanned Rainbow.

“No silly, Fast and the Furious.”

Rainbow gasped at that and said with a massive smile “No way!!”

“He’s right.” said Sunset as she looked at the cars, then went over to one she recognized “This one is the Turbo Charger that Dominic Toretto drove.”

“And the Skyline and every other vehicle.” said Twilight.

“Yep, I really liked their movies. I know the actors, even…” said Silverbolt but then he looked sad and down whilst saying “Even Paul Walker.”

The Rainbooms looked at him and noticed how sad he was.

“Are you okay?” asked a concerned Fluttershy.

“Darling, you know Paul Walker?” asked Rarity.

“Know him?” said Silverbolt “I was the one who helped him get the role of the movie.”

The girls were surprised by this, with him pointing at the large picture on the wall. On it, they saw Silverbolt, standing alongside Paul Walker and the entire Fast and Furious cast.

“They were a great bunch to work with. I convinced Tyrone Gibson and Ludacris to be a part of it. And when the movie needed some proper action heroes, I convinced Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to be part of it, even Jason Statham later on.”

He looked sad again, “But one day whilst I was traveling, I heard about the accident.” said Silverbolt before wiping a tear away and said “I even went to his funeral to be there, you know?”

Fluttershy held him to comfort him, even the girls, for they could tell Silverbolt was sad.

“Sounds to me that you and Paul were close friends.” said Twilight.

“In a way, we really were.” said Silverbolt after Fluttershy broke the hug.

Pinkie changed the subject as she noticed a pink car on one of the pedestals as she said “Oooh, I like the pink one.”

“That there is a 1971 Plymouth Duster,” said Silverbolt when Pinkie eyed on the car “A friend of mine bought that a year after it got released, but it came in black. So, whilst I was browsing, I saw the pink one was for sale and I bought it. It might be strange, to buy a car with that kind of color, but I thought it’d look nice in that color.”

“It sure does.” said Pinkie Pie as she smiled with a squee.

“So, which ones your favorite?” asked Twilight.

“This one right here.” said Silverbolt as he walked over to the pedestal “The 1970 Dodge Challenger. I drove this a lot back in the old days because of that one movie I saw a few decades ago. So, some cars like this are a true treasure.”

He walked over to another and said “But this one on the other hand, is the current generation.”

Silverbolt stood next to the specific car whilst placing his hand on it whilst looking at the others and said it and placed his hand on the car “Vin Diesel onetime recommended this car for me. The black 2016 Dodge Challenger. One of the best vehicles I ever drove.”

Applejack walked over to a specific car that caught her attention, allowing the others to look at her as she said “I like the Judge.”

Silverbolt noticed how she was looking at the 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge. “Ah like this here vehicle.”

“Glad you do. I bought this at a used car dealership for only $3000 at a used Dealership, but I noticed that there were a few things that were off about it, so I called up an old friend of mine, who happens to be one of the best mechanics in the army during the Vietnam war, but got back home because he couldn’t move like he used to. Even though he couldn’t, he’s still one of the best mechanics.”

Applejack whistled as she was greatly impressed by it. Sunset on the other hand saw different motorcycles at the back, which she noticed that they look like the one from the one movie Fast and the Furious.

“Wow, nice bikes.” said Sunset as she looked at them and placed her hand on one of them. She noticed three more and said “What about those bikes?”

“That happens to be Penny’s father’s bike.” said Silverbolt “He had a knack for making motorcycles that was both with speed and style, but I later reconfigured and replaced them with parts that fit perfectly, allowing me to modernize it in the process.”

He sighed whilst placing his hand onto the handlebars whilst saying “Brings back memories. Heck, I remembered I always took Penny to the beach in this one by the time she was in high school, even after she graduated as a way to celebrate.”

As Rainbow looked around, she asked “Did you buy all these cars off the show room floor?”

“The Charger, the Cuda, the GTO and the El Camino I bought from an auto show a few years after they were released,” said Silverbolt “The rest I bought when they were fresh from the factory. As for all the cars, when the Fast and Furious movies came out, I bought most of those vehicles, cause I like their designs and I like how well they can handle.”

“The Camaro is pretty cool too.” said Sunset as she eyed on the one specific car.

When Silverbolt looked, he widened his eyes in shock at that, and said “That…scares the crap out of me.”

“Really?” asked Rarity.

“How come?” asked Fluttershy.

“That car right here,” said Silverbolt as he walked over and stood next to it whilst pointing at it, “Has so much torque and horsepower, it’s like trying to tame a wild stallion, it’s really super-fast.”

“How fast are we talking?” said Rainbow, thinking that she could beat the time.

“Over 600 horses my friend.” said Silverbolt.

“Whoa, seriously?” said Rainbow in awe.

“That’s right.” said Silverbolt as he placed his hand onto the car “I wanted the Fast and Furious movie to have this car, but the Director and Producer wasn’t so keen on that idea, said it wouldn’t bring out any good ratings. But Vin and Paul liked it, so every now and then they’d ask me if they could ride on it. I kind of enjoyed seeing the looks on their faces when they first drove this. But they also said that a car like this is rare and it shouldn’t be used for reckless stunts.”

“How rare are we talking?” said Twilight as she adjusted her glasses.

“Only five of them were ever made.” said Silverbolt “Well actually six since the original was kept by the designer. I bought this from one of the racers back at Hanover Park, Illinois back in 1971. Reason for that was, because my old friend and manager of the band Led Zeppelin invited me to watch their shows when the people of the stock car races wanted them to perform on their opening race. He was drag racing against another racer who drove a 69 Firebird. The Firebird had an interesting design, but it wasn’t any match for the Camaro, because it has a very special engine that the designer made. The other engines were good, but the engine he placed in this one was special. When they raced, the Camaro took off like a speeding bullet, and boy was I amazed.”

“Oooooohhh,” said Pinkie as she and the others were intrigued, then looked at him and said “So how did you end up buying it?”

“When I was busy getting gas at this one gas station, I bumped into him there.” said Silverbolt as he explained “I asked him about the car and he ended up taking me in it for a ride. When I was riding in that, I was speechless. The power on this thing was incredible. So, I asked him if I could buy it, and he said he’ll think about it. Two years later, he called me and told me that he was planning to sell it. Another guy was there and wanted to buy it for $800. But I knew that type, he was a race that would like to trash the vehicle and it would end up being in bad shape. So, I bought it for $20,000. You should’ve seen the look on his face, it was quite hilarious.”

“So how much is it worth now?” asked Fluttershy as she was very curious.

“Cars like this are priceless,” said Silverbolt “And given that the parts were also rare. I’d estimate about…$500,000.”

The girls were surprised when they heard him of how much it costs.

“Wow,” said Sunset “This car’s like a priceless treasure.”

“Sure is.” said Silverbolt “I hardly drive it cause I don’t want to race in this. People can be reckless, and I should know. There was this tragic accident at Le Mans, France back on June 11th 1955. A racer drove recklessly and ended up crashing into the stands, killing over 82 People as a result. They ended up banning the race in several nations as a result.”

The girls were shocked to hear this, but what shocked them most, was that he looked at him and said “I know cause I was there. I nearly died that day, so did Penny’s father when he was a boy.”

“Wow,” said Applejack in awe as she adjusted her hat “Ya’ll are lucky to be alive.”

“You don’t know the half of it.” said Silverbolt.

Fluttershy noticed another set of doors nearby and asked “What’s behind there?”

“Oh, that’s where I keep my other two cars and my shipments.” said Silverbolt.

“Oh, there’s more?!” exclaimed Rainbow.

“Sure does.” said Silverbolt as he took them there.

When he opened it up, there were tons of boxes at the back, but at front near the gates, were two more cars. One was a 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine, and the other was a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Vista Cruiser station wagon, Yellow. And at a corner workbench with a pegboard full of tools. But from right behind them was another Commander, which surprised Sunset.

“Why do you have another Commander?” asked Sunset with a flexed eyebrow.

“I sometimes like to buy cars in pairs.” said Silverbolt.

However, Rarity interrupted and said “You have a Cadillac?!”

“Sure do.” said Silverbolt whilst Rarity inspected it “I used work at a Chauffer agency back in the 80” s. But by the time 1991 came around they closed down when a lawsuit was filed against them when the customers kept complaining about the one driver’s so called service. But before they closed down, the boss gave me the car as a thank you for my hard work.”

“It’s beautiful.” said Rarity as she suddenly rested her head on the hood of the car whilst rubbing it as if it were a big kitten with her eyes closed, which weirded the girls out, even Pinkie thought it was weird and she’s the girl of weirdness. “Something this darling would just be exquisite for me to drive around.”

And out of the blue, Silverbolt asked “You want it?”

As if speaking her magic words, Rarity instantly blinked in shock with a loud gasp. She instantly looked at him with a wide smile and said “I COULD HAVE THIS?!!”

“I got no use for it.” said Silverbolt “I never drove around in this, but thankfully I was able to upgrade all the parts and kept the backups with me just in case. So now it’ll run smoother than a gold watch. And if you want it, by all means, it’s yours.”

And within a split second, Rarity gave Silverbolt a bear hug and said “Thank you thank you thank you thank you.”, whilst also kissed him multiple times.

“Okay, okay.” chuckled Silverbolt before Rarity broke the hug “So…who wants to see my house.”

“Heck yeah,” said Rainbow “I wanna see this pad.”

After they left the garage and closed it up, they headed straight for his house. Once they reached the entrance, Silverbolt unlocked it, allowing them to go inside.

“Wait here,” said Silverbolt “I gotta turn the power on for the house.”

He instantly teleported to the house’s fuse box. Once he was done, the entire house was now lit up, which allowed some light to shine. As they entered, the girls were surprised to see the inside of the place.

The girls were surprised to see the size of the place.

“Whoa,” said Rainbow with a side smile “Awesome.”

“Why, this is almost an Italian design.” said Rarity.

“When I was traveling, I saw how amazing most home designs looked,” said Silverbolt “So I decided to design some places to look like them. Not a lot of folks appreciate fine art.”

“On that, I can agree with you.” said Sunset as she admired the design.

“Alright, time for the next room”

Silverbolt guided them toward the next room. What they saw, took them by surprise. For what they saw, they couldn’t believe their eyes.

There were plenty of life like statues of every single band. And all around them were their instruments, their number one records, even tons of their posters and merchandize from all of their tours.

“Whoa,” said Rainbow Dash as she dashed through every statue whilst her friends also watched “Led Zeppelin.”

“Journey.” said Sunset Shimmer.

“AC/DC/” said Twilight.

“Motorhead.” said Applejack.

“Ozzie Osborne.” said Rarity.

“Def Leppard.” said Fluttershy.

“Dave Mustaine and Megadeth.” said Pinkie Pie.

“You almost have every statue of every band throughout history.” said Sunset.

“Sure do.” said Silverbolt “I met every single band and rock stars throughout their careers. They even sent me their albums, merchandize and records as thanks for supporting them, they even autographed most of their instruments and sent them to me. I even got my picture taken with Elvis Pressley.”

They saw a picture of him and Elvis dancing on stage with Penny when she was a little girl, which the girls were all amazed at that they met the king of rock and roll himself.

“Next room.” said Silverbolt.

He took them to the next room, and they were all surprised to see the kitchen.

All of them were amazed of how big the kitchen was, especially of how fancy it looked. Most of the plates and everything else was well preserved, especially the glasses. But most of the cupboards were empty, same with the cabinets and fridge so that the food wouldn’t be spoilt and to ensure that the vermin and bugs would not get anywhere near them. Rarity noticed one cupboard, opened it and to her surprise.

“Amazing,” said Rarity as she observed the one bottle “Chatue Yquem 1967”

“Vous aimez le vin français?” asked Silverbolt in French, which translates as Do you like French Wine?

Rarity looked at Silverbolt surprised, as she too spoke in French whilst sighing “Qui.”

“I got that from a friend of mine in Paris back at 1969,” said Silverbolt as he explained “I was there seeing Jimmy Hendrix Play. Amazing guy, always play the guitar and trying to find the perfect tune to go with them.”

He then walked over to a closet and opened a room filled with recipe books.

“I even keep my recipes from around the world in…”

Pinkie Pie suddenly shrieked in excitement as she ran over to them and looked them over.

“Oh my gosh, this is recipe books for cakes and goodies!!” shouted Pinkie as she hugged them “I can’t wait to try and make all of them!!”

Silverbolt looked at her with a flexed eyebrow and said “Given her sweet tooth, I’m surprised she didn’t get diabetes or anything.”

“Trust me darling, it’s a mystery for all of us.” said Rarity as the others tried to slowly pry Pinkie Pie away from the books.

The next room also left them surprised, it was the laundry room.

"Wow," said Sunset "You do your laundry too?"

"What?" chuckled Silverbolt "Just beccause I'm rich and live in a place like this, doesn't mean I don't know how to clean my own clothes."

"Not bad, darling." said an impressed Rarity "Finally a boy that knows how to do laundry."

The next room was going to be a surprising for them too.

Silverbolt took them to the dining room, which surprised them as they saw a long table, with many chairs and other assorted things one would need to dine and host for guests.

“Oooh, fancy.” said Pinkie Pie as she observed them closely.

Next up, he took them to the living room.

The living room was quite large, as the girls admired the place. They saw that it even has a view for the front of the house so that people could see who would be coming in, whilst a piano would decorate the room. The Plasma Screen TV was quite large, with a fireplace at the center that would help warm up an entire room.

“Whoa, sweet.” said Rainbow “I could totally see myself play some video games here.”

“And make a mess on the couches no less.” said Rarity in disgust, then felt the couches “Oooh, so soft and rich with its own designs.”

Silverbolt then took them up to the stairs and showed them the rooms.

The girls walked through the different bedrooms, whilst they also had their own bathrooms. Everyone was surprised to see the size of the rooms, and they were almost bigger than Sunset’s apartment.

The girls walked through the different bedrooms, whilst they also had their own bathrooms. Everyone was surprised to see the size of the rooms, and they were almost bigger than Sunset’s apartment.

“Wow, amazing.” said Applejack “The beds look mighty comfy too.”

Fluttershy inspected the beds as she felt them “Oh my, and so soft and snuggling too.”

“Wait till you see my room.” said Silverbolt as he took them there.

They were surprised to see the size of the Master Bedroom and Bathroom.

“Uh, isn’t this overdoing a bit?” asked Twilight.

“Sorry about that,” said Silverbolt “But sometimes I also like rooms that has some comfort to it. But on the plus side it also gives me a great view of the house.”

Silverbolt took them to another part of the house, and he showed them his lab, which Twilight widened her eyes in shock and awe.

“And this here is my lab.” said Silverbolt “Here’s where I made my experiments, both chemical and engineering.”

“Ooh, so amazing.” said Twilight.

Silverbolt then said with a smirk “I even sometimes invent my own kind of candy.”

That made Pinkie Pie squeal in excitement.

He took them to another room, which Twilight might like.

“And next, the library.” said Silverbolt.

Next up, took everyone by surprise, for the entire room was almost twice as big as the Canterlot Library, whilst below, many couches were there, as well as study and research desks, with artifacts from all over the world, and a large fireplace for all to enjoy.

“Wow, I’m in heaven.” said Twilight.

“Wow, that’s a lot of books.” said Fluttershy.

“I bought a ton of books and rare books over the years, even collected a few.” said Silverbolt “Whilst I was traveling the world, I continued to collect more books to help me with my research on what I had discovered.”

He took them to another room as he said “And this is the training/workout room.”

They were greatly surprised to see so many training equipment that would look like any sports player could be a part of, including soccer players. Rainbow was the most fascinated, for she couldn’t believe that there were so many things to help her practice, she even saw a soccer field and net that would allow her to score a few goals whilst practicing.

“Whoa, you have a soccer net too?” asked Rainbow.

“I knew a few sports players in those years.” said Silverbolt “I would sometimes get tickets to them for free, considering that the head of the stadium was grateful that I help built a new stadium for him.”

He took them to another room of the house, which he figured that they might laugh at him.

“I uh, also have this room.” said Silverbolt.”

The moment he showed them, all of them were surprised. Rarity on the other hand, gawked at what she was seeing. There were many mannequin stands all over, but all around them were designer sheets, sowing kits, measuring tapes, needles, threads, along with tons of silk, wool, and any kind of fabric that one would use to design the perfect clothing.

“Why would you have this room?” asked a confused Rainbow.

“Believe it or not I went through a designer phase back then,” said Silverbolt “I designed a ton of stuff and made sure that the best clothing would be made. But I had to use a different alias for that too, I even gave some of those ideas to most designers. Except for Suri, I was onto her from the start.”

Rarity suddenly shrieked from excitement and ran over to them as she observed them.

“So much fabric, so much silk.” cooed Rarity as she held onto them “It’s a Fashionista’s dream come true.”

Some rolled their eyes at that, for it was typical of Rarity for doing that, with Silverbolt saying “I showed her one weakness, didn’t I?”

“Eeyup.” said everyone in the room.

Silverbolt cleared his throat and managed to change the subject and said “But let me show you guys the best part of the house.”

He soon guided them to the top floor, where it had a balcony overlooking the backyard. All of them were surprised when they saw what the place looked like.

“When I was touring in France, I came across a large mansion like place that had this kind of garden. I was so inspired by it, I had it practically designed like that. I sometimes walk in there whenever I wanted to write some music alone, or when some of the animals there wanted to make it their home before they move on to the next.”

“It’s beautiful.” said Twilight “It’s like were seeing a piece of history.”

“Oh, and I don’t count?” retorted Silverbolt.

They looked at him with flexed eyebrows as he playfully smirked with a flex eyebrow. Pretty soon, everyone began to laugh at that joke he made. He soon took them to the patio.

“And this here’s the patio.” said Silverbolt as he showed them.

All of them were taken aback by the design of the place. For they saw a very large pool at the center, and about five feet away from them, was stage for outdoor entertainment, whilst farther to the left were two outdoor outhouses when they want to go to the bathroom. A wooden Gazebo a few feet to the right of the stage for everyone to take in the view of the backyard and a table to have some lunch. A bonfire pits out in the yard whenever you want to have a cold or warm drink whilst relaxing near a cozy fire, a greenhouse further away and it also had a view of the backyard whilst also seeing the river in the back through the trees.

“Sweet,” said Rainbow as she saw the place “I can’t wait to have a pool party here!!”

“Oooh,” said Pinkie Pie with a squee “I can help with that.”

“And you know the best part of this pool?” said Silverbolt as he walked over to the drained and covered pool to ensure that it stays clean during his time away.

“What’s that?” asked Applejack.

He looked at them with a smirk and said “The world’s biggest hot tub/Jacuzzi.”

They all gasped at that with a wide smile, which he couldn’t help but laugh at their reaction.

Later, they went to the green house.

As they entered, they saw that there were tons of trees bearing Pears, Apples, Bananas and every kind of tree that grew them naturally.

“I sometimes grow my own crops.” said Silverbolt “When the stores ran out during the great food shortages of 89, I pitched in and helped fed the entire Canterlot City. Everyone was grateful for that. Even gave me an award for that.”

“Ah remember that.” said Applejack as she admired the trees that he had grown “Mah Granny said that she had never been that grateful in all her life. Even helped made some proper profit out of it.”

“I even wrote a ton of books on how to grow trees by merely observing them.” said Silverbolt as he placed his hand on his pile of books, which surprised Applejack.

She then thought to herself “Maybe ah can borrow from him to study about this”

Silverbolt took them to another part that he knew that Fluttershy would like.

“And this is the animal sanctuary.”

When they got there, they were surprised to find so many different animals who came to his place to rest up and where they would be safe. Every animal rested in their own spot, ate at their own spot, swam at their own spot, they even mingle and interact with one another.

“Oh…my.” said Fluttershy as she held her mouth closed as she could barely contain her excitement.

“When I first built my house here,” said Silverbolt “A lot of animals came here looking for a safe place. They were a little scared of me at first, but thanks to my magic and my knowledge of animals, now they’re able to stay here for their own safety.”

Within an instant, Fluttershy zipped over to the animals and interacted with them. Thanks to her powers, she’s able to understand them and being able to interact with them.

“Wow,” said Silverbolt as he was impressed “She could be like the spitting image of mother nature herself if she’s able to interact with them.”

“No argument there.” said Rainbow Das as she and the others agreed.

They decided to go back to the house, where Silverbolt continued to tour them around in the house. He took them to a room that caught them off guard.

“Oooh,” said Pinkie Pie as she and the others were amazed “You have your own movie lot?”

“Not just that.” said Silverbolt.

He took them to the next room and to their shock and awe, it looked exactly like a movie theatre, only made to be fancier.

“Oh my gosh!!” shouted Rainbow Dash.

“Ya’ll have yer own movie theatre?!” said Applejack.

“Whenever I want to watch something on the big screen, yeah.” said Silverbolt “And speaking of which.”

He took them to the projection room and to another closet. He opened the door and to their shock and awe, they couldn’t believe their eyes.

“Which movie do you like to watch?” he asked with a smirk.

For inside the room, were thousands of movies, from the beginning to their current year. They even saw tons of VHS videos and DVD’ s all around. He then pointed at the projection and said “I can see any movie on any platform if need be.”

Rainbow slowly muttered “Awesome.”

He took them to another room that was surrounded with painting equipment.

“I also come here to paint and sculpt on my free time.” said Silverbolt.

They were surprised to see so many art equipment all around whenever one has the time to paint.

“Wow, I’m really impressed.” said Sunset.

“Thanks.” said Silverbolt “You girls can paint anything, except for naked people, I don’t know why they kept on doing that.”

He suddenly smirked at them and said “Unless you girls want to paint me whilst I’m naked?”

The girls couldn’t help but blush at that after looking at them. “Um, it’s uh…quite alright.” said a bashful Fluttershy.

“In fact, let me do it right now.” said Silverbolt as he was about to take his clothes off.

The girls suddenly protested and panicked out loud, but Silverbolt simply rubbed his pants as if it looked like he was going to do it. He suddenly pointed two fingers at them and said “Gotcha.”

The girls and Silverbolt couldn’t help but laugh at that, thinking that he was actually going to do it. It certainly caught them off guard.

He then took them to another part of the house whilst he said “I even have this room.”

The girls were surprised, for inside the room were all different types of gaming consoles, from the first XBOX and PlayStation, to the latest models they have, even different computers to handle different kinds of gameplay.

“Wow, I’m in heaven.” said Sunset as she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

“When the gaming industries also got big,” said Silverbolt “I also began to invest into the gaming consoles, which became huge. Even gained some of the profits, considering I helped out with the gaming companies.”

“Awesome.” said Rainbow Dash.

“They even have some games that have different simulations, like fashion, farming, animal caretaking and so on.”

Now the girls were greatly interested. “Wait till you see the next one.”

He took them down to the basement, where the rest of the entertainment resided.

To their surprise, he had every single arcade game underground, even a bowling alley that folks can enjoy, a dart game, a few ballgames, they even have a bar like place. There was some alcohol, but there were also mostly for different types of soda.

“Oh my gosh!!” shouted Rainbow “You even have Pac man!!”

“Sure do.” said Silverbolt “Even Mrs. Pac Man.”

“Oooh,” said Sunset as she got excited “Did you reach the cherry level?”

“Triple banana actually.” said Silverbolt, which surprised Sunset.

“This. Is so. AWESOME!!” squealed Rainbow, causing her to use her super speed to dash towards the arcade games, which took Silverbolt by surprise when he saw her move.

“Whoa, so that’s her super speed.” said Silverbolt whilst he was amazed “And leaving a Rainbow Trail behind, that’s even more impressive.”

“That it is,” said Rarity “Although, I do wish she would learn to control herself whenever she uses it.”

“So, I notice.” said Silverbolt as he saw Rainbow Dash looking over the rest of the arcade games. He looked at them and said “So how does your powers work.”

Rarity used her power to create a diamond like shield, which made him observe it.

“Impressive.” said Silverbolt, then he began to use his magic to turn his hand into metal and punched the shield, causing it to crack, which shocked Rarity.

“What are you doing?!” shouted Rarity.

“Just trying to observe.” said Silverbolt as he turned his hand back to normal. “Now then, concentrate on fixing the geode shield, by focusing on your will.”

Rarity flexed an eyebrow at that, but nevertheless she gave it a try. She focused on all her will and true to behold, the shield was fixed, which surprised her.

“And thus, my hypothesis has proven correct.” said Silverbolt.

“Hypothesis?” said Twilight with a flexed eyebrow.

“Ever heard of Green Lantern?” said Silverbolt. Some nodded, as they remembered that movie “Well, when I punched her shield, it cracked like Green Lantern’s. But whenever you say, focus on all your will power, you’ll be able to fix it and make it stronger.”

Rarity was surprised by this and said “I didn’t know I could do that.”

“You should focus on training on using them more often.” said Silverbolt “You never may know what you’ll might discover what your hidden abilities might be.”

“Heck yeah.” said Rainbow, as she also got excited about what else she might do.

Twilight demonstrated her power by lifting a heavy object, with Silverbolt observing and said “When you use them, did you experience any migraines or bleeding noses?”

“Not really.” said Twilight as she lowered the object.

“Whenever a unicorn uses their power, they sometimes put too much strain on the object it wants to lift, which causes a major migraine and a nosebleed.”

“He’s not wrong.” said Sunset “It happened to me once.”

Applejack demonstrated her strength by lifting up a pool table, which Silverbolt took note of that. “What’s the heaviest you’ve ever lifted?”

“So far as ah can tell, a really large boulder.” said Applejack after she placed the table down.

“I hope you stretched first before you do that.”

“First thing ah do every morning.” said Applejack “Ah always gotta get up early for farm duty.”

“Hence why you’re strong.” said Silverbolt “Whoever ended up with you must be really lucky to meet someone like you.”

Applejack blushed at that, indicating that he knew that she has a boyfriend whilst she said “Yeah, at first ah thought he was intimidated by mah strength. But he grew on me.”

“What’s his name?” asked Silverbolt

“That would be Summer Breeze.” said Applejack.

“Wait, Summer Breeze?” said Rainbow “As in the guy in charge of the country music club that you had a crush on since…”

Applejack stepped on her foot, making Rainbow wince at that and made her jump around whilst holding her foot in pain.

“Now AJ, behave.” said Silverbolt, making the country girl blush.

And from out of nowhere, a bird came, gaining Fluttershy’s attention as she said “Oh, hello there.”

The bird flew over and chirped a few times until it landed on her finger, gaining Silverbolt’s attention when he saw how well the bird was bonding.

“I can see you can understand animals well.” said Silverbolt.

“Oh of course.” said Fluttershy “Thanks to my geode, I can understand them completely.”

“Have you ever asked them to teach you to speak their language just in case your geode may not work?”

Fluttershy thought about it and said “I thought about it, but I never got the chance.”

“Trust me, it’ll help out in the end.” said Silverbolt.

The bird looked at Silverbolt, causing the bird to smile and fly over to him and rest on his shoulder, whilst also rubbing it’s face against his. “Nice to meet you too.” said Silverbolt.

“Oh, I didn’t know you were good with animals.” said Fluttershy, but then she heard what the bird said, which surprised her, and said “You were the one who gave these animals a sanctuary here?”

“Sure did.” said Silverbolt “I sometimes keep in touch with them whenever they fly somewhere to find me and everything.”

Silverbolt then remembered that Sunset had mind reading powers, then he looked at her curiously and said “You’re not gonna secretly use that on me now, are you?”

“Not by force.” reassured Sunset.

Silverbolt walked over and took her hand whilst he gently placed it against his head, with him saying “I’ll help you on one specific memory.”

Sunset shrugged at this and focused on something whilst her eyes glowed. After a few seconds, after they stopped, she was surprised, then looked at him.

“No way.” said Sunset, who began to smile widely “You actually met Elvis Pressley?!!”

“Met him and taught him everything he knows.” said Silverbolt, which made her more excited.

“I can make sugary objects and everything else explode if I focused hard on them using physical touch.”

“Really?” asked Silverbolt.

Pinkie then noticed what looked like a Smarty candy, took it out of the box and tossed it in the air whilst she said “Like this.”

Everyone quickly ducked, except for Silverbolt. But the moment Pinkie caught it, she looked at it quiz fully whilst the rest of the Rainbooms quickly recovered.

“Huh, that usually works.” said Pinkie as she observed it with a flexed eyebrow.

Silverbolt looked at the so called Smarty and slowly widened his eyes in fear, for he recognized that.

“P-Pinkie,” said Silverbolt “Where did you get that?”

“Oh, I found it on the bar table. I really like Smarties” said Pinkie before she tossed it into her mouth.

“Pinkie NO!!” shouted Silverbolt, but it was too late, for she had already put it in her mouth.

“What?” said Pinkie with a flexed eyebrow after she swallowed it.

Silverbolt’s mouth was agape in shock, as he couldn’t believe she just did that. Normally anyone would be okay, just trippy, but for Pinkie’s case, when it comes to breaking the fourth wall…then they’re in trouble.

“P-Pinkie.” said Silverbolt cautiously whilst approaching her with caution, which the others began to notice “Just relax…you’re going to be feeling really trippy for the next few hours.”

“Why?” said a confused Pinkie.

“Uh, Silverbolt.” said Sunset as she also began to feel concerned “What was that she just took?”

“Uh, Pinkie, it may come as a shock to you.” said Silverbolt as he took a deep breath and told her “But you just took acid.”

“What?!!” shouted the Rainbooms.

“Oh my gosh am I going to die?!!” shouted a panicking Pinkie Pie.

“NO! No, no, no, no!” reassured Silverbolt “You’re just gonna be on a small drug trip that will make you see some funny stuff.”

“Wait,” said Rarity “You did drugs?”

“It was during the Vietnam war.” said Silverbolt whilst he rubbed the back of his head “I fell into some hard times after both my friends died there. Her parents” fathers.”

When Silverbolt pointed at Twilight, she was a bit shocked to say the least, for she had no idea he knew her grandfathers.

“Uh, Silverbolt?” asked Applejack, changing the subject back to Pinkie Pie “Is Pinkie gonna be, okay?”

“Well,” said Silverbolt as he rubbed the back of his head “The drug she took was over forty years old, but I’m afraid she’s gonna be a bit goofed up for the next six hours.”

“SIX HOURS?!!” shouted the Rainbooms.

“Should we take her to the hospital?!” asked Rarity worried.

“Don’t worry, by the time we come back it’ll wear off. Hopefully.” said Silverbolt.

Silverbolt then gently guided Pinkie Pie to a couch and placed her on it, allowing her to rest. He pulled out his iPod with two headphones whilst setting the music.

“Now Pinkie,” said Silverbolt before he turned the music on and placed the earphones in her ears “You’re gonna have to take it easy the moment it kicks in, so in the meantime, I’m going to play this song for you just in case.”

Pinkie nodded whilst he placed the earphones in her ears and played a certain song.

As the song played, he slowly backed away whilst saying “Let’s also give her some space just in case.”

They agreed and slowly backed away, for they know Pinkie better than anybody, and if she starts to act up, then they’ll be in deep trouble. Soon they walked down the hall.

“You sure Pinkie’s going to be, okay?” asked Sunset.

“Don’t worry,” said Silverbolt “With the music I played for her, she’ll be fine. Whenever I ended up trippy, I always listen to that song I played, came up with over fifteen songs as a result.”

“What did you play her?” asked Rainbow?

“Nessun Dorma by Luciano Pavarotti.” said Silverbolt. The girls looked at him surprised and said “What? I can like Opera too.”

“You know Luciano Pavarotti?” asked Rarity in shock.

“Who did you think paired him and Bryan Adams to sing together in the first place?” said Silverbolt, which caused the others to gape in shock.

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The next part Silverbolt took them, they were shocked to say the least. For down the very long hallway was a red carpet. And on both sides, were platinum records from bands all over the ages, as well as many of the instruments they played.

“Wow, I’m in heaven.” said Rainbow.

As they all walk down the hall, they even saw a ton of display cases, each bearing guitars that he collected over the years.

“Wow, these look amazing.” said Sunset.

“Thanks,” said Silverbolt “I collected them over the years when they were first made. Many were autographed by many of the musicians and bands from all over the generations.”

He took out one guitar and worked on the strings a bit, then he plugged it into an amp, whilst presenting it to Rainbow, which caused her to smile and played a few songs onto it. When she played, she heard how amazing they sound.

“Wow,” said Rainbow as she could barely hold in her excitement “I’m playing a piece of history.”

“You’re a natural.” said Silverbolt “I’m sure that Slash from Guns n Roses would be proud.”

He looked around and said “Good thing this room I made is well insulated for my instruments that survived well over the past twenty years.”

“Oh, what’s through there?” asked Twilight.

“Ah, now that…is where the magic is.” said Silverbolt as he walked towards the door and opened it.

The moment he opened it, it was a large room with six different glasses all around, with each of their own recording booths, mixing boards and recording equipment. The girls were surprised by this as they saw the different booths.

“Wow, this is amazing.” said Applejack whilst she and the girls looked around.

“I made this whenever I wanted to record each different instruments in order to make one big musical performance.” said Silverbolt “I use five booths to record all of the instruments playing. Then by the sixth booth, I combine the melody from different instruments and combined them until they were in perfect sync. Once that’s done, I then sing the song that goes with them. Then bada bing, bada boom, I make the perfect song.”

The girls were really impressed by the setup, with Rainbow thinking about something. She then walked over to him and asked “Hey Silverbolt. Would it be okay if we use the booths to record our songs?”

“Hey, go for it, I’m not using them, unless I come up with another song.” said Silverbolt.

“You want to use his record studio?” asked Rarity with a flexed eyebrow.

“Oh, come on girls.” said Rainbow “We played so many songs for so many people ever since we formed the band, we never got a chance to make a record out of it, or put it into a CD. And when we have our own lives to live, we can use that to listen to the songs we used to play. You know, for the memories.”

The girls thought about it, and Fluttershy said “Come to think of it, we never recorded any of our songs before. It might be the first time too.”

The girls agreed, with Sunset remembered what she wanted to ask.

“You know Silverbolt,” said Sunset “You should consider joining the battle of the bands?”

“Battle of the bands?” said Silverbolt with a flexed eyebrow.

“Yeah,” said Sunset “After what happened last year, I think we could have everything go safely since we know who you are, and we don’t have to worry about anything.”

“Battle of the bands seems a bit farfetched.” said Silverbolt “Why not make it a music festival. Where everyone can perform, heck, even have potential to form a band for just in case.”

Some thought about it, with Twilight saying “You know that’s not a bad idea.”

“And I’ll even find a band.” said Silverbolt.

“What about Flash and the others?” asked Sunset.

“Don’t get me wrong, they are a talented bunch.” said Silverbolt “But they don’t click, you know. Like…”

“They’re not the right ones.” said Rainbow. She chuckled a bit and said “I felt the same way when I wanted to form a band. Performing without my friends didn’t feel the same.”

“We’ll probably arrange it somewhere after the weekend,” said Silverbolt “I gotta call some folks together first.”

“Great, I’ll ask Principle Celestia for permission for just in case.” said Sunset.

After twenty minutes, they returned to check up on Pinkie. But when they got there, they were shocked to see she wasn’t there, but her clothes were.

“Uh, where did Pinkie go?” asked Rarity in concern.

“And uh, why did she go without her clothes?” asked Silverbolt, which shocked the girls.

Within a split second, everyone ran out to try and find Pinkie Pie. But as Silverbolt ran, he heard the doorbell rang.

“I wonder who that could be?” wondered Silverbolt.

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Silverbolt soon approached the front door. The moment he opened it, he saw a senior high school kid, probably a year younger than Fast Track, who was standing at the door, and he had a bit of an anxious look.

“Oh, hi.” said Silverbolt “Can I help you?”

“Yeah,” said the senior “Name’s Rhythm Beat. I had a phone call from my girlfriend a while ago and the way she sounded; it didn’t sound good.”

“Yeah,” said Silverbolt “Long story short, she found a forty year old acid and thought it was a smartie.”

“Oh, boy.” muttered Rhythm Beat as he slapped his forehead. “This is last year’s Halloween party all over again.”

“Anyway, my friends and I were also looking for her.” said Silverbolt, then presented his hand “Name’s Silverbolt.”

“Nice to meet you.” said Rhythm Beat.

The moment they shook hands, both their eyes suddenly began to glow from out of nowhere. But after a few seconds, they quickly let go after their eyes stopped glowing. Then they heard a shout and looked at the direction.

“Uh, I’ll check it out.” said Silverbolt and walked ahead. But then he thought to himself “That’s the third time this happened.”

Rhythm Beat on the other hand held his head and said “That felt weird.”

But at the same time, he gained pony ears and tail, having no idea what just happened.

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The moment Silverbolt arrived, he was surprised, for Pinkie was dancing around with a plastic pony. Rhythm Beat arrived and quickly covered his eyes. The girls soon arrived and were also shocked to see that Pinkie was dancing around…without any clothes on.

(From within Pinkie Pie’s mind)

Pinkie was dancing around whilst going through a candy land field, shooting dancing stars, chocolate rain falling, candy people dancing. Party cannons firing confetti and pies everywhere.

However, she wasn’t alone, for some reason, there was a pony version of her, dancing around with her, going from one spot to another, and laughing all day.

“WHEEEE!!” shouted both Pinkie Pies as they all got excited.

“This is so much fun!!” shouted Pinkie Pie.

“I know, right?!” shouted Equestrian Pinkie Pie “We should do this all the time!!”

“Yeah, were friends FOREVER!!!” shouted Pinkie Pie again whilst dancing around.

(Back in reality)

Everyone just watched as Pinkie was singing and dancing through her own randomness at the same time.

“Uh, wow.” said a stunned Applejack.

“Took the words right out of my mouth AJ.” said Rainbow.

“How in the world did she even get outside?” asked Rarity.

“I’m just surprised she didn’t break anything.” said Silverbolt, but he was also observing Pinkie’s body as she moved “And I have to say I’m quite impressed.”

The girls looked at him surprised, but instead of being a pervert, he continued to observe her like a doctor.

Not wanting to make things awkward, Twilight asked “What do you mean?”

“By observing her body,” said Silverbolt “You can tell that from certain parts of her body is well built. The strength of her legs is impressively well, allowing her to run really fast. She even has great agility, by just watching her arms. And from watching her body, it’s also well balanced and flexible. I’d say that she’s the most well-built and well fit girl in the city, heck, maybe even better at sports than Rainbow Dash.”

Rainbow suddenly felt offended and was face to face with him as she said “Whatcha, talking about Silverbolt?”

Fluttershy then spoke up and said “Come to think of it, Pinkie Pie did surprisingly well in P.E. Class last year, even at gymnastics.”

Rhythm Beat shouted “Yo, Pinkie!!”

Pinkie stopped and looked at the direction of her friends, but then she noticed Rhythm Beat, aka, Pinkie’s boyfriend. She then suddenly saw him different without any clothes on, causing her to smirk a bit and have hearts in her eyes.

“Oooh, and who’s this hunk of a he-man?” said Pinkie.

Rhythm was a bit surprised at first, as he said “Um, what?”

Within a split second, Pinkie zipped over to Rhythm, surprising him, whilst she said “And I know how you’ve been eyeing my body lately.”

She slowly held his hands and placed them on her posterior, making Rhythm flustered and blushed bright red.

“Let’s go have some fun.” said Pinkie before she pounced on her boyfriend and compassionately made out with him, surprising the girls as some covered their eyes.

“Oh, for goodness sake,” said Rarity “In public of all places.”

“Uh, could someone please contain Pinkie Pie?” said Fluttershy in an awkward tone.

“Way ahead of you Sugarcube.” said Applejack as she pulled out her rope.

Within a split second, after getting her dressed, Rainbow and Applejack tackled Pinkie Pie over and tied her up nice and tightly so that she doesn’t escape, with Pinkie saying “Can’t I please bring Pony Pinkie with me?”

Deciding to humor her, he decided to let her keep it, causing her to squee and nuzzle against it.

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Later that day, after the whole embarrassing ordeal, everyone went to the garage, where Silverbolt placed Pinkie at the backseat of her new Cadillac.

“Ah think ah’ll come along to make sure she doesn’t try anything,” said Applejack.

“I’ll come too.” said Rhythm Beat “Her going on in that state, she’s just begging for trouble.”

“Don’t have to tell me twice.” said Silverbolt, then he said “But you’re gonna have to stay with her all night too, cause tomorrow she might be a little woozy.”

Rhythm Beat nodded in agreement. Soon enough, Silverbolt popped the hood of the Caddy and placed a new car battery in it, whilst also fueling it up with his own gas tank he kept around for just in case.

“I’ll come along too.” said Fluttershy, but chose to sit on the front seat, for she wouldn’t be comfortable with what Pinkie had in mind in her state.

“I’ll run home,” said Rainbow “Still gotta stay in shape. See you guys tomorrow.”

Rainbow dashed away to the gate and headed straight home. Rarity drove the Cadillac out of the garage and drove to the front of the house. She was now very excited, for she now had her own car/limo.

“This feels marvelous darling.” said Rarity as she kept her smile “Thank you so much.”

Just as she drove to the driveway, Pinkie shouted “Goodbye Candy Planet!!”

The sun was starting to set and it was getting a bit late.

“I think I’d better get home now; I still need to feed Spike.” said Twilight.

“How about we take one of my cars and I’ll take you home from there?” offered Silverbolt.

“Oh, sure of course.” said Twilight as she liked the idea.

“Sunset?” asked Silverbolt, gaining the girl’s attention “Why don’t you pick a vehicle?”

Sunset was surprised by this, and asked “Are you sure?”

“Positive.” said Silverbolt “Cranky Doodle told me that you gained your driver’s license a while back, so it shouldn’t be too much trouble. You understand the rules of the road and you know how to operate a vehicle. I trust you.”

Silverbolt then reached her hand to her, and asked with a smile “Do you trust me?”

Sunset couldn’t help but blush and smile. She reached her hand and held his, signaling that she does.

They soon went to the garage, where Sunset was trying to pick a car. Then she spotted something that caught her eye. The Trans Am, because the phoenix on the hood of the car reminded her of Princess Celestia’s pet phoenix, Philomena.

She opened the car and adored the leather seats, whilst Silverbolt took a battery off the shelf and hooked it up the car. Sunset started the car, allowing it to roar to life.

“Oooh,” went Sunset as she held onto the steering wheel “Now this is more like it.”

Soon, Twilight climbed into the car, whilst Silverbolt closed the door to his garage before he climbed into the car. Sunset soon droves down the driveway and headed straight for Canterlot to take Twilight home.