The party had been... something. The two agreed that Twilight would get some sleep as he got to know other ponies from town and plan their next move. However, as Twilight suspected the morning after, Check was passed out on the couch. To her amusement he had somehow gotten a calendar with several dates already planned out. As she sat with her breakfast she looked them over. She wasn't trying to be nosey... not really. But she wanted to make sure his plans didn't get in the way of saving...

She blinked, right there on today was "SAVE EQUESTRIA". She smiled with a nod. It was good that he put such things first. And it made her happier when she saw that he had scheduled studying before the dates. She let out a sigh as she turned to the stallion as he sat up.

"Ready for the celebration?" She asked watching him wobble over to a... thing that released dark odd looking liquid. Twilight made a mental note to ask about that later. As he added cream and sugar to the cup of hot blackish liquid.

"In a minute." He groaned, stretching a bit before sipping his drink. Turning he saw her expression and smiled. "Coffee. From my world. Old man." He said as if to answer her unspoken questions. "And I get that you likely have something like this here. But it'll take time for me to adjust."

Twilight blinked then nodded. "I see." The rest of breakfast went rather smoothly as they went over their notes about what they found out and what to expect. "So if she comes we have to come back and look up where it is." Twilight concluded as Spike took the dishes.

"Or I can look it up for when you arrive." Check countered with a smirk. "It's better we plan ahead for these things." A sigh and silent nod was her response before Twilight and Spike made their way to the event.

Taking a deep breath, Check looked around for the book. He didn't know how long they had. But given the time and the ponies he was dealing with. He had to act quickly. Several minutes passed after he found the books he needed before Twilight galloped in. "I guess from the lack of sunlight we were right?" He asked, not looking up from his book.

"Yes and now we have to act. Maybe you can help keep the town calm as I go and find the..." Twilight froze as he eyes widened. There in the room with them stood five ponies all but two with skeptical expressions. The others were one of excitement and the other of fear. "H... how long?..."

"They came in right behind you." Check explained as he finally looked up. "You know. I think I understand why you need an assistant with your lack of awareness." His calm expression unnerved Twilight but she had bigger problems than some nosey ponies and a mellow stallion.

"Fine, why are they here?"

"To help, silly." The pink pony replied.

It didn't take long to sit everypony down and goover what was going on. And surprisingly even less time to explain the plan... welllll... other than the Rainbow maned pegasus rightfully named Rainbow Dash, voicing her opinion of how stupid Twilight was for wanting to do it alone... which, EVERYPONY agreed to. "Told you so." Check laughed getting a hoof bump from said pegasus. With a groan Twilight agreed to go into the woods with the girls.

As the girls stepped out, Check heard the old man's voice. "Well played. But how long will this last?"

"That's up to them." Check countered.

"Oh? And what if the second card I gave you comes into play? What then?" The voice laughed. "Regardless. I think it's time for our game." It said, as a 3d model of the forest appeared on the table. "Consider this a... puzzle. You win. They make a team. If not, Well... You can guess." Check moved to the desk and say different tiles with pony names on them. "Just pick who should be the one to do a task. Simple right? Oh and if you ace it. I might give you knowledge about this world... or something like that."

With a sigh he nodded and watched the girls make their way through the forest. As the girls made their way strange symbols appeared above the map with a translation under it. "6 little ponies walk forth for freedom. Fear faces 5. Who shall fight back?" Looking at the tiles, Check thinks for a moment as he sees a timer countdown. Rolling his eyes he taps on Pinkie Pie. And with a ding he saw the event take place.

He had to admit it was funny how she used sining to solve the problem. And even found himself singing along.

After a few moments however a new message appeared causing him to sigh. "A beast appeared..." As soon as he saw the second word he looked at the list seeing Pinkie was missing. But that didn't matter. He pressed Fluttershy and smiled as the event happened. He couldn't help but to roll his eyes at how the girls acted but smiled at Fluttershy's intervention.

After a minute the next prompt came up. This time the ground caved and the girls were sliding to their doom. Thinking for a moment he tapped on Applejack. He thought if anypony was able to save the others she'd probably be able to hold at least one of the others till they were able to get to safety. And currently enough he was right. He watched as she was able to save Twilight from falling.

As the girls got to safety a new prop came up. "The girls got to a river that seemed dangerous and violent. They soon find out it was caused by a sea creature with half a..." rolling his eyes he tapped Rarity and watched the show.

The next prompt popped up revealing a bridge was out and there was no other way across. With a sigh he tapped Rainbow. And sitting back he watched the show. After a few moments the girls got inside as the final prompt came up. However, Check was unable to click on Twilight. "Well. Looks like you actually pulled it off." The voice said with a creepy chuckle. "Well... a deal's a deal. With each of our games I'll give YOU a special task. If you pass. You get a reward. If not, I get to take something from you."

Check thought for a moment. "Fine. What is the task?"

"Let's see... maybe I'll let you and your friends celebrate for the time being. I'll tell you what it is later." With that the voice was gone leaving Check to wait in silence to read more about this new world.

Author's Note

"Hay readers. It's me. The old man. Also known as the voice. I took over from the writer. Anyway, I do have a few tasks in mind for the kid. But I don't know which task to give him... Maybe get him to trigger the next event by *cough cough* helping with the kids? Get one of the girls to pick him as their pluss one? Maybe... Get him to date one of the girls? *laughs loudly* oh so many ways to make him fail. What do you guys think?"