The dead sea of civilization

"I say Uncle Zhongyan, we've been driving for three days, can't we add some magic? My uncle would agree."

Mei Yu rubbed on the floor coquettishly.

Although the Imperial Censor had refused her many times, Mei Yu was still unyielding.

"Xiao Yu, I said it's not possible. Creatures from the outside world will feel the fluctuations of magic, and they will know our whereabouts, which will cause us a lot of trouble." The Censor sighed, if it weren't for His Majesty's personal order to take her to sea, he would rather die than bring this troublemaker with him, let alone...

Zhongyan squinted at Mei Yu.

... She is also the general of the 800,000 Muqi army.

The soldiers next to her were trying hard not to laugh, trying not to make any expressions, but the urgency of their breathing still made Mei Yu notice.

Seeing Mei Yu getting up from the ground, shaking the dust off her body, and walking towards them, staring at one of the Qilins, her nose almost bumped into that soldier's face.

The soldier's face turned red.

"Just now..." Mei Yu's expression dramatically changed, raising her eyebrows, "Did you say, is it you?"

The Qilin quickly shook his head.

Mei Yu then did the same to all the soldiers in that row. The attendant officer saw this and felt affection, "You see, Zhongyan, she is still the same, hahaha..."

The Censor looked at Mei Yu, sighed, shook his head, heavy but firm: "She's in her twenties, she needs to find a man to cure her."

The officer, seeing the Censor like this, couldn't help but start laughing.

Gradually, a dim morning trace line emerged. First, it was a point, slowly lengthening.

Among the towering mountains, a river connects the ocean with the inland.

"Stop fooling around, Mei Yu, we're here!" The officer called upstairs to Mei Yu, who was paralyzed on the deck.

She immediately stood up and looked into the distance. Zhongyan came up and placed a hoof on Mei Yu's back. "How about it, the other side you've been thinking about is right there." He pointed to the mainland.

Mei Yu looked excitedly a few times and said, "How long does it take to get ashore?"

Zhongyan hesitated, "Well... it depends on where the dock of that group of horses is built, it shouldn't be too far..."

Hearing this, Mei Yu was discouraged again. She muttered in her mouth, "Ah... can't it be faster..."

On the train—

"Pinky, can you stop talking? Don't you see that Cloofy doesn't want to talk to you?" Rarity said.

Indeed, since getting on the train, Pinky has been chattering non-stop in Cloofy's ear, Cloofy is sprawled on the table, his front hooves spread out, a completely listless and bored look. He has always been calm in his heart and has no intention of saying it.

"Oh, is that so? Well, okay." Then she bounced away again, to Rainbow Dash's carriage.

"Ah, the world is quiet..." Cloofy sighed. Twilight came up and apologized, "I'm really sorry..."

"It's okay, but you are the better one among them in my impression." Cloofy looked out of the window and said casually.

"Oh, well then."

Twilight quietly returned to her seat. Starlight looked at Twilight's appearance, the afterglow of the sunset hit her face, surging with the hair on her skin, the most prominent being her blushing cheeks. She tentatively asked, "Hey, Twilight, do you like him..." Starlight pointed to the serious Cloofy, which made Twilight nervous,

"Huh? Tell me, I promise I won't tell the other ponies." Seeing Twilight didn't respond, Starlight tempted again.

Twilight took a deep breath and turned her face, "Well... actually, I don't feel that way."

Seeing Twilight answer like this, Starlight made up her mind. Twilight must like him.

"Well, okay, I'll get out of the way for now." After speaking, Starlight slipped to the back carriage, leaving Twilight and Cloofy alone in the same carriage.

Twilight originally wanted to stop her, but then thought, wouldn't that just play into Starlight's hands and admit it? So, she still endured and said nothing.

About two hours later, the capital city could already be seen from the window. Twilight watched blankly, preoccupied. She got up from her seat and quietly walked to Cloofy's position.

She reached out her hoof, but she hesitated, thought it over carefully, looked around, and finally patted Cloofy's shoulder gently.

"Hey... Cloofy... We're almost there."

Cloofy swayed, "Ah..." Cloofy stretched and mumbled indistinctly: "Are we there?" Then, he straightened up, rubbed his eyes, and sat on the cushion.

"Almost there." Twilight said, as the sunset, the afterglow of the setting sun spread in the room, enveloping the two horses as if a thin layer of silk, linking the two together.

Cloofy sighed, he could only sigh in his heart, this train is the same as a hundred years ago in terms of comfort and speed, except for the appearance.

"Where are the other ponies?" Cloofy asked, looking around, except for Twilight and himself, even the doors of the two connecting carriages were tightly closed. He looked at Twilight warily.

Suddenly, the door was opened, and Starlight walked in, "Hello you two, are you getting along well?" Cloofy squinted at this horse, and he could already feel from her eyes that Starlight had a naturally playful and rebellious psychology in her bones, but now she is developing in a good direction, but for himself, he prefers a more lively and playful girl, and for this standard, Twilight is far from it.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't officially introduced her to you when I got on the train." Twilight came over, "This is Starlight."

"Well, I think she's good. Compared to you, I prefer her." Cloofy was outspoken.

This caught Starlight off guard, "Ah... But we haven't known each other for long."

"Oh, come on, if I say something to the one next to me, she will definitely blush again, at least you won't."

This made Twilight unhappy, she rubbed Cloofy. Cloofy ignored her and walked towards the carriage behind Starlight, he really wanted to see the one who spoke to him arrogantly in the castle today, to be honest, he thought that one was the most suitable according to the standard just now, and he was most interested, but he just needed to be "tamed" a little...

Cloofy left this carriage, Starlight and Twilight looked at each other, Starlight began to feel embarrassed, and then Twilight joked with her.

"Hey, it seems he likes you more~"

Starlight looked at Twilight with a strange look.

"What, I'm not even going to compete with you."

Starlight's words were mixed with coquetry and willfulness, her eyes occasionally glanced at the lower left corner. Twilight saw through this at a glance, snickered secretly, and slipped into another carriage.

Now only Starlight is left in the large carriage, enjoying the intriguing tranquility alone, but a shout from the next carriage came through the roar of the train and hit Starlight's eardrum directly: "Ah!!! Rainbow Dash! Cloofy! What are you two doing!" This shout really made Starlight's appetite rise, and she couldn't help but be curious, quietly walked to the door of that carriage, opened a crack, and the scene inside shocked her -

I saw Cloofy holding Rainbow Dash's head with one hoof, and the other front hoof pinned her wings, holding her firmly on the ground, while Twilight stood there motionless, should have been frightened by the scene that happened too fast just now, and hadn't caught her breath.

The other friends leaned against the wall, with sweat pouring down their faces, and after experiencing this, they all had the same thought: never challenge Cloofy alone.

About five minutes later, the bell on the top of the car rang. It was time to get off.

Cloofy then let go of the struggling Rainbow Dash, who was now very uncomfortable in her heart. Just now, she was subdued like a little chick, and in front of all her good friends, she was almost ashamed. But the following sentence from Cloofy made her have to admit defeat, and she didn't think about how to prank him in the future -

"More than forty horses on the ship couldn't beat me, the military freestyle wrestling champion is on the fleet list, and you?"

...

The car door gradually opened, and it was now close to night, the sky was mixed with dark red and dark blue, the two colors were like water on the canvas, and the capital city was in front of them.

"Twilight, you're here." An old voice came up.

"I'm so happy to see you, Star Swirl." Twilight said excitedly.

Cloofy squeezed past Twilight, complaining in his heart that Twilight was blocking the door when greeting, preventing other horses from getting out.

Twilight seemed to notice, saw Cloofy coming out, and quickly introduced: "Star Swirl, this is..."

Star Swirl waved his hoof, "No need, I know, one of the purposes of this trip is him." Then, Star Swirl patted Cloofy on the back: "How was the trip? Young man?"

Cloofy forced a smile and nodded, but he was unhappy in his heart, but out of respect for him, a smiling face was essential, after all, he has heard of him.

"Is everyone out?" Twilight asked while looking back. Fluttershy helped Rainbow Dash, who was limping, out, gasping for breath and replied, "It... it should be."

"Well, everyone is here, let's go to the palace." The horses all nodded and followed Star Swirl towards the center of the capital.

Along the way, Cloofy found that after passing through the golden frame door of the imperial city, apart from some newly opened storefronts, the rest of the buildings really haven't changed at all, the capital is still the original capital, it's just that the horses have changed.

He followed behind Fluttershy, watching her struggling to carry Rainbow Dash's body and take difficult steps forward, and it wasn't a good feeling in his heart, so he asked Fluttershy to put her down, and he went up, and in one go, he lifted Rainbow Dash onto his back. This made Rainbow Dash's wound, which had just barely healed, tear open again, and she was in pain, but in order to maintain the last image of an athlete in front of her friends, especially Applejack, she still endured and didn't make a sound.

Twilight and Starlight walked side by side, looking at Cloofy from time to time, then they laughed and joked, every time they looked back, Cloofy knew, but he didn't mention it.

"We're here." White-bearded Star Swirl led everyone into the throne room.

The colorful windows were covered by the moonlight at this time, and a lavender fragrance was filled in the palace, making the horses comfortable and leisurely.

"Hello, Twilight Sparkle."

A majestic yet amiable voice came from the throne.

"Hello, Princess Celestia, I'm so happy to see you." Twilight said.

"Me too."

Cloofy heard this familiar voice, looked up, yes, it was that white horse. He put down Rainbow Dash, let her and Applejack lean together. He stepped forward and knelt in salute: "I see the respected Princess Celestia."

Everyone was surprised to see Cloofy.

Princess Celestia walked down the steps and spread her wings: "Get up, Earl Alreith." Cloofy stood up solemnly.

Not only the horses traveling with Twilight, even White-bearded Star Swirl and Princess Luna heard Princess Celestia call Cloofy like this, and they were slightly surprised.

"Earl... I feel like I've seen this title in some book..." Twilight murmured.

"Come here, the top priority today is still the sun."

"Oh, right, Princess Celestia, I've read books related to this, and there have been similar events in history."

Twilight said first.

"Is it about 1,500 years ago?" Princess Luna spoke, and she also walked down from the throne.

But Princess Celestia seemed to hear some sensitive words and immediately stopped: "Well, Twilight, don't talk about the recent ones, this may be a new situation..."

"But what if the situation is similar? The book says that day was the celebration of ten thousand horses, and the sun suddenly rose next to the falling moon, and it was unusually large and shiny, and it took several circles in the sky before it fell." Twilight talked endlessly, and Princess Celestia's face turned red, and Princess Luna was giggling.

Star Swirl saw that this was not good and immediately interrupted Twilight: "Hey, Twilight, don't say it, your teacher was competing with a few counts at the time, and she was still young, so she had a few drinks..."

After hearing this, Twilight stopped abruptly.

Princess Celestia's face was even more gone, and the moon laughed even louder.

The other horses were trying hard not to laugh.

Twilight realized that she had offended her teacher and quickly apologized. Fortunately, Princess Celestia didn't care, otherwise it would have been a big joke.

But her sister will definitely remember it for a lifetime.