//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Check In // Story: Twilight Sparkle and the Alicorn's Stone // by Avenging-Hobbits //------------------------------// The Bensons, Wilfred and Kyle walked into the hotel with their bags. At the desk sat a very old lady. “Can I help you?” she asked. “Yes, we’d like a room.” Michael replied. “Alright.” the old lady said. “Names?” Michael cleared his throat. “My name is Michael Benson. This is my wife Lily and these two gentlemen are Wilfred and Kyle.” “You related?” the lady asked. “No.” Lily said. Why does everyone ask that? she thought. The lady then looked behind the group and saw their bags. They were awful big for bags she’d seen. “What’s in there?” she asked. Wilfred searched the room with his eyes. “You know. Nessceties.” The lady shrugged. “Fair enough.” She reached into her pocket and pulled out two keys with room numbers on them. “Here are you’re room keys.” she said, handing Michael and Wilfred the keys. “Enjoy your stay at the Shire Inn.” They nodded and walked towards the elevator. The old lady returned to her book. /////////////////// Lily opened her suitcase as Michael was taking a shower and Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Trixie jumped out of the suitcase. “Jeez, that was a tight fit.” Trixie said as she cracked her spine. “Well, here you are.” Lily said as the ponies looked around the room. “Soft beds, a TV and room service.” “Sounds lovely.” Fluttershy said. /////////////////// In the other room, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Twilight got out of their packs. Rainbow flexed her wings and strecthed. “Man” she said as she cracked her wings “that hurts.” “Take a look around.” Wilfred said. “This is where your staying.” They looked around. “Kind of small.” Twilight Sparkle said. “It’s a hotel room” Wilfred answered “not a mansion.” /////////////////// Spike walked through the hall while eating a sapphire stone. Suddenly a letter appeared in a puff of green smoke. He picked it up and read it. His eyes widened and he quickly grabbed a pen out of hammerspace and wrote down his response. He then breathed fire and the letter vanished. As he turned Dinky appeared. He gasped. “Mr. Spike” she asked “who was that?” “It was Celestia.” he replied. “Oh, okay.” she said. She then galloped away. He sighed and followed her. Back to hell he thought. /////////////////// At the landing site, Roland and Jerald got out of their car and stood in the spot where the lightning struck last night. Roland leaned down and put some dirt in his hands. He then rubbed it. “Still warm.” he said. “Wait, look!” Jerald said, pointing nearby. Roland looked, saw what he was pointing at, and was surprised. Tire tracks. From a van. He then pulled out his phone and dialed the police. “Chief” he said “I’ve got some new evidence. Apparently, they have hitchhiked a van or have accomplices. I’m going into the next town to get more evidence.” He hung up. “Let’s go.” Jerald said. The two men got in their squad car and drove towards town. /////////////////// Wilfred drove up to a house and pulled over. He opened the door to let the ponies out and they walked towards the house. “So, this is where were staying?” Rarity asked. “Yes.” Wilfred said. “I know the owner.” He knocked on the door. The door opened slightly to reveal a very pretty brown-haired woman. “Hey, Amanda.” Wilfred said. “Oh.” Amanda replied. “Hey, Wilfred. Nice to see you again.” She opened the door all the way and saw the seven ponies. “Hi.” Pinkie Pie said. Amanda screamed and slammed the door shut. “Wait!” Wilfred said as the door cut him off. He turned to the ponies. “Wait here.” he walked inside the house. It was a nice two story house with a straight-stair case and nice furniture. “Wilfred, is that you?” Amanda asked from behind the kitchen. “Yes.” he answered. She then walked out of the kitchen with a frying pan in her hands. She looked at him, then the frying pan and then put the pan down. “Sorry” she said. “You can bring them in.” Wilfred then proceeded to open the door and the ponies walked in. “Hi, again!” Pinkie Pie said. Amanda blinked. “Okay” Twilight said “I’m Twilight Sparkle. This is Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Trixie.” “I was wondering if they could stay here until we find a way to get them back to….” Wilfred stopped. “where are you from again?” “Equestria.” Trixie said. “Yeah, what she said.” Wilfred said as he turned to Amanda. Amanda thought about this. “Well…alright.” she finally said. Wilfred shook her hand. She blushed slightly. “Are you okay?” he asked. “Yeah, I’m fine.” she said. Wilfred blinked then headed to the door and as he opened it turned around “I’m staying at the hotel if you need me, alright?” “Alright.” Amanda responded. He shut the door, got in his car and drove off. /////////////////// It was 10:00. Lily sighed and lay down next to Michael and she kissed him on the cheek. “What if Twilight’s right?” she asked “what if one of them is a spy?” Michael sighed. “I don’t know.” A knock came from the door. “Come in!” the two said simultaneously. Wilfred walked in. “Dropped them off a while back, had a bite then came back.” “Who’d you leave them with?” Michael asked. “A friend of mine, Amanda Joyce.” Wilfred replied. “Oh okay.” Michael said. Wilfred then sat on the bed. “What’s on TV?” Michael flicked the TV on. /////////////////// Discord looked at Zecora as she brought a box in. “How is this supposed to help me take over Equestria?” “It’s not to” the zebra answered “it’s to find and kill this Half-Blood and her friends.” With that she opened the box. Suddenly smoke came out of the box. But unlike normal smoke, this kept it’s form. The smoke separated as it changed into bats, crocodiles, ravens, wolves and horses. The smoke monsters then opened their eyes and mouths. Both were the color of fire. “These are my shadow monsters.” Zecora said. “They can go to places nopony can and they do the job faster.” The things growled. “Impressive.” Discord said. “Go, find the Half-Blood and her friends and kill them.” Zecora said. The creatures roared as they headed into the sky and then teleported, well, up. Discord smiled.