Twilight stood looking into the wolf's eyes. It was hard for anyone to know what exactly was going on. It all happened so quickly. At some point, the GPF bots had shown up and somehow a fight brought the two to the stand down they found themselves.

"Twilight?"

"Criminal." She hissed back.

Phoenix closed his eyes and sighed. "So… they're using her against you." Twilight's ear twitched at his words. "I understand why you're so desperate to follow their orders. But know this, they will never let her go."

"LIER!!!!" Twilight snapped. "ONCE WE GET THE GIRLS TOGETHER! THEY'LL BRING US HOME!..." She took a deep breath. "All I have to do is bring you in. And all will run smoothly."

"Y'all really think so?" A voice called from one of the buildings. Looking over, Twilight blinked at seeing Applejack walking out with a robot head on the end of a steel beam. "Sorry boss. But when Twilight gets like this. It's best we talk her down."

"We?" The two replied looking around to see Apple Bloom, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo walking over.

"I told you girls to get the people to safety."

"Stay back! He's dangerous!"

The girls rolled their eyes as Scootaloo shot a bot with her slingshot. "Hun? If you two are going to fuck. Can we at least get out of the street first?" Scootaloo sighed as her friends laughed.

"Scootaloo! Language." Twilight snapped.

"Twilight, friendship." Rainbow snapped back. "Really. You'd think coming to this would reveal the hypocritical side of you."

Twilight blinked. "What… what did you call me?"

"They told me about how you were back home." Phoenix huffed. "And she's right. Choosing to join a group that wants to control the universe is the opposite of harmony."

Twilight hung her head for a moment. "It's… not like that."

Phoenix thought for a moment and looked at Rainbow. "You mind taking care of the lights?"

Rainbow looked at the light poles for a moment then smiled and nodded at Phoenix, before zipping over and with the cords of the fallen bots, connected the light poles before throwing the end into the light, turning the street into an electric cage.

"There. Now they won't hear us." Phoenix informed.

"But they will see us." Twilight replied.

Smilingly Phoenix got in a fighting position. "Then let's give them a show."

Twilight rubbed her head. "Right. And I take it you have a plan to get us home safely."

"If not, warn the princesses about what's coming." He laughed, before charging at her.

Twilight jumped over him. "Then tell me. What have you done to my friends? And why does Scootaloo look older?"

Sliding to a stop he rubbed the back of his neck. "That's a bit complicated. And it'll take more than a fight to explain." He replied tossing a severed robot head at her.

Slapping it to the side. Twilight licked her lips. "Then how about telling me about the magic I'm sensing from you?" Before Phoenix was able to react, she teleported in front of him and grabbed his neck. "I would love to learn more about it."

"Then how about a sample?" Without warning, he pulled her into a kiss before pushing her into a pile of robots. Getting up he dusted himself off. "Enjoy your nap." He sighed. "And say hi to Pinkie for me."

Using his sword, Phoenix cut a path through the lines. Walking with the girls back to the ship he smiled. "Once we get back to the ship. Maybe we should talk about what happened."

Twilight fought to stay awake. But at the sound of Pinkie's name, she let sleep take her and slip into unconsciousness.

Twilight slowly opened her eyes and saw a table that screamed Pinkie. With a relaxed sigh Twilight smiled and looked around spotting a white rabbit sipping tea.

"You're late." He said, pulling out a pocket watch and looked at it. "Or are you early?" Shrugging he sipped his tea. "One can never tell when time moves in many ways."

"What?" Twilight asked. "Time moves in only one direction. Everyone knows that."

He laughed and set his cup down before turning to face her. "Oh? Then tell me. Did you choose to do… wait. What is the most recent news you heard about Scootaloo?"

"She's older than she was when I last saw her." Twilight replied, becoming increasingly confused. "And there's something going on between her and that wolf."

After a moment the rabbit turned and called off to someone. "Hold off on the cake. It hasn't happened yet!" He then turned back to Twilight and smiled. "In that case. Did you choose to go after the wolf?"

"No. I had to or-"

"The organization would do something to your friend. However, allow me to redirect that fact. Did you choose to NOT ask your friends for help?"

"I didn't have a chance. Or a choice." Twilight spat. She then froze at the sight of his knowing smile. "I…" Her head dropped. "I was afraid they were being controlled by the wolf."

"You choose to risk your friendship in the hopes that the group would keep their end of your agreement."

Twilight took a deep breath and sighed. "I… I guess I did."

"Which brings us to now." The rabbit laughed. "And don't worry. Pinkie is fine. She's just putting a few things together."

Twilight smiled. "Knowing her. It's a party or a big surprise."

The two shared a laugh before the rabbit picked up his tea. "No doubt you've heard about me. Or at the least seen the wolf's powers."

"I have seen what the wolf can do. But… I don't know about you." Twilight confirmed.

"Understandable." He nodded. "Few really know what I can do. So allow me to give you a little tip." He said shirking at her from over his cup. "If you want to learn more about him. You have two choices. Convince him to come with you and convince the organization to let you study him in private. Or convince the organization to let you join him."

Twilight thought for a moment. "Both sound risky. It's doubtful that either option would work."

"Bothe can work." He sighed. "But only if you can use that big brain of yours to make it work."

Twilight closed her eyes in thought before opening them to find herself in a pile of robots. Laying next to her was a small device that she quickly pocketed before getting up. She had learned a lot about the wolf. And even if she was going to trust the GPF. She still wanted to learn more about him.

Author's Note

I know I skipped things. But there is a reason. Also. I thought I'd add a little something to spice the story up a bit. What do you all think?