On my way home with Carina and Sophie, Carina keeps her eyes closed, until she lets out something in her mind.
“Hey, Jon. Was it going to storm earlier?”
“Not to my knowledge. Why, Carina?”
“I saw some flash on my way to the police station.”
“A flash? Like lightning? Hmm. I do remember seeing some lightning, but I don’t remember hearing any thunder.”
“It certainly couldn’t be lightning, really. The flash was way too long not to flicker in and out.”
Sophie briefly scratches her chin in thought.
“Hmm. What color was it?”
“Close to white.”
“What was the tint?”
“Not too sure, but it has to be between sky blue and yellow.”
Now, I think for a second.
“Isn’t green smack between those two colors? Like the green from that one video we watched?”
“Do you mean from today?”
“Yeah.”
“I guess you’re right. I mean, my horn glows in green.”
“Okay. That’s it. Wherever you came from before landing here, Aita must’ve gone to. We’re going to that field I found you in.”
“Wait, Jon! What does a flash have to do with Aita flying away?!? I mean, it could be absolutely anything! A flashlight in a balloon ride, a helicopter, even a plane! Aita doesn’t even fly that well.”
“Carina, why would a flashlight be green? I mean, it could be, but that wouldn’t really make much sense. Same with helicopters and planes. Plus, it’s overcast out. Any rides like that would be delayed. You yourself said Aita flew away instead of just running away.”
“I may’ve said he flew away, but by now, he would’ve been on the ground.”
“Look, let’s just get to the field where I found you and see if he flew to where you were before you got here.”
“Okay.”
So, after driving off to the same road from nearly three years ago, I park the car on the side of the road, right about where I parked all the way back then. I lead Carina and Sophie to the little indent from where Carina landed when I first found her.
“That’s strange.”
“What is, Carina?”
“I sense strong negative emotions, yet the land is untouched!”
“Hmm. Before first finding you, I remember seeing what looked like a meteor under lettuce colored glasses.”
“Are you making a relation to the flash?”
“Yeah. You said it had a slight tint of somewhere between yellow and sky blue. If it has to’ve been green, and if Queen Chrysalis said it was a week and a half after you went missing from invading Equestria before coming here, then Aita must be in Equestria.”
“So, you’re saying that Aita flew up possibly miles into the air before going to Equestria? But Aita could only fly near the top of a two level house! I don’t e- wait a minute! Oh! Considering the energy emitting such strongly negative emotion and how much energy it takes to do that, Aita must’ve had some sort of energy rush, one big enough that he was able to fly much higher than usual AND make such a bright flash!”
Sophie joins me and Carina’s conversation.
“And only that much energy can be ready to use through a stimulus?”
“Yeah.”
Carina pauses and looks up to the sky.
“Horn... don’t fail me now.”
“So, how’re we going to Equestria?”
“I’m the only one that is able to go to Equestria without teleporting, precisely how I could get one of you into Equestria. And Jon, since you’re the one who found me, I’ll take you to where I’ll teleport.”
“You got it, Carina. Sophie, if Roman comes over, tell him I’m out of town.”
“Alright. I’ll tell him.”