MLP:FiM - Season I: JetStream

by LunicStream1105

Friendship is Magic

Friendship is Magic: Episode 1 & 2

Part 1

It has been minutes since JetStream moved after seeing the sun rise. JetStream finally moved his head back down to his bed, "Ughh, my neck..." he moved his right arm over his neck for the pain of finally moving it. The sun was fully visible once again. JetStream yawned at the thought of his parents waking up, when the yawn went away, he suddenly slumped, "... Why am I so tired now?" he sighed as his body worked at the same speed of a headache. And JetStream paused, "... This is it... This is my grand start for becoming great with my Aura..." he pushed his right hoof to his chest, "I can feel... it..." he inhaled deeply, which made his Aura glow visible. When he exhaled his Aura disappeared. After a short pause, he looked at his bare flank, "And maybe I'll finally find out what my Cutie Mark will be." he gained a firm smile, his Aura showed once again, yet it looked more solid and wasn't flowing as much as it was seconds before, 'My dest-....!' the door to his room suddenly opened. JetStream jumped and looked the door. His Aura was whisked away like a burning fire.

"JetStream?" JetStream stumbled to reach the floor below.

"Y-ye-yeah? What is it?" he sheepishly looked back and forth.

"Just wanting to see if I had to wake you up." Myriad laugh, "... And it's pretty obvious. There will be a train for Ponyville in about an hour, as the invite says." JetStream's eyes opened wide.

Really?" he looked back at his window, "Only an hour?"

"Yes." Myriad answered as JetStream turned back, "Why don't you come out here then?" JetStream looked down for a second before looking back up.

"Okay." he smiled. They both made their way into the living room.

"Ah, there you are, JetStream." Corolla spoke out as she peeked around the corner of their bedroom, "I know it's only an hour, but I like you to gather anything you'd like to bring, JetStream." he did have one thing mind. He smiled, turned around and went for his room. When he ran in, he went for the ring with the colour changing gem inside, slipped it on his right forearm and trotted back.

"I guess I'm done." he smiled without a doubt in mind.

"Are you sure?" JetStream looked down at himself, and to the right where he peered through his room.

Yeah, I'm sure." he walked into the living room from the hallway.

"Alright, then." he suddenly started for the back door.

"Now where are you going?" JetStream looked back.

"We still have a bunch of time right? I want to go in the backyard and look at this ring some more." he lifted his right hoof indicating the black, moderately shiny, ring with the spherical gem pushed into the side. The whole ring had to be pushed all the way near the stomach on his right forearm, so it could be easily spotted, and besides, JetStream felt like it was right leaving it there, when he wore it. He sat just between the patio and the outside, where half of the sun's light was hitting his fur. He slipped the ring off and looked at it, letting the sun's light hit the marble-like sphere. It didn't register quickly, but he took a second glance, and where the sun hit the gem, it would change colour. The whole thing was an aqua colour right then, but where the sun was hitting it, left a noticeable orange hue on it as well. JetStream looked directly up, he gained a smirk on his face. He walked further outside, and chucked the ring way high into the Equestrian air. JetStream looked up so he wouldn't loose sight, but as it came back down, it ended up showing the whole sun when the ring went back down, and came between them. JetStream, out of repulse, stepped back and blinked his eyes, "Whoops... looked at the sun." he suddenly heard a rough pat on the grass around him, he rubbed his eyes and looked down, "Now where'd it..." he found it right next to his left hoof, "Go? ..." yet he noticed the gem was pointing right, so he looked right as well. He ended up looking at the Bell Tower, "Hmm, the Bell Tower..." he carefully looked at it, and noticed the area that's open looks something like a circle from where he is standing. He smirked and picked the ring back up, and faced it toward himself so that the ring fits the Bell Tower's top floor, "It's like a perfect match..." he concluded with his tongue out in concentration, and his left eye closed. He paused as he slipped it back on, 'What if I did the same, but when it happened before sunset inside the Glassed Hill? ... What will it do then?' he paused once more before he heard a voice inside.

"JetStream! The trains are arriving, hurry!" since the mourning was still around, JetStream briefly slipped getting a grip. Altamare's grass was known for being rich and healthy, "Coming!" he responded, going through the back door to the front. JetStream turned around as he closed the door, facing his parents, "You ready to go?" Myriad asked, both his parents stood in front of him. JetStream nodded.

"Yeah."

"Alright, but we might want to pace ourselves, it's earlier than I thought." Corolla suggested. Since Corolla and Myriad are taller, JetStream didn't recognize the difference in their step, therefore he ended up getting behind. Corolla slew down, "Come on, JetStream. I thought you were faster than this." she teased.

"Well, I am... I-" JetStream was cut-off from his reason as he was slightly tugged faster in a direction, 'I guess they don't mean to kid...' JetStream finally decided to speed up, he was now right by Corolla's right side. She smiled gleefully.

"See, I knew you could do it." JetStream decided not to say anything, but instead just smile nervously. After they passed the bridge, Myriad was already waiting at the station.

"Com' on! Speed it up you two!" he signaled them to hurry. Which they pulled it off, they managed to get into the train. JetStream went to an open seat on the right side, Corolla sat next to him, and Myriad sat in front. JetStream couldn't wait, for Ponyville to be a place to stop at.

'Maybe I could stay at Ponyville, if they let me...' the train starts to accelerate slowly, '... Ponyville isn't as busy as Canterlot, yet it doesn't seem so quiet as Altamare. At the point where there's usually something to do there...' JetStream's head looking out the window, he moved his eyes only toward Corolla, 'If only if Mom or Dad think it's fine, or not worth it... it's all up to them...' JetStream huffed as he sank a bit.

"Is anything wrong, JetStream?" Corolla asked.

"No, just thinking about how we'll get ready, like everypony else should..." JetStream moved his eyes from side to side of Mount Notia, until he saw Canterlot. And something really small far away from it, "What is that?" JetStream leaned closer to the window, Myriad and Corolla noticed.

"What is it?"

"... I see something in the air, and it's moving to where we're going." Myriad being a Pegasus, thought he had the advantage in knowledge, so he took the lead.

"Oh!" Myriad exclaimed getting a good look at it, "Those, they're called, Sky Carriages, JetStream."

"Then what is it there for?" Myriad looked to the front of the seat again.

"Most likely came from Canterlot, they get their carriages from Cloudsdale."

"A Sky Carriage from Canterlot? I guess somepony's riding that then..."

"Yes, it's usually from the Princess only to get an escort like that."

"Really? Do you mean, Celestia?" JetStream asked in curiosity.

"Yes, Princess Celestia herself. As I would think of it."

"I wonder who could possibly be riding something like that... I bet they're here for the Celebration too." JetStream wondered. Corolla shrugged.

"You never know, they could only be here for shopping." Myriad turned around, giving Corolla a doubtful look.

"Shopping? In Ponyville?" Corolla rolled her eyes.

"Well, it definitely wouldn't be a first choice for them, it isn't like them. I should know..." JetStream looked down at the ring with the gem, it seemed to be glowing brighter. JetStream had an idea why, it wasn't like this before they got on the train. JetStream looked back up, toward the Sky Carriage. And started to think how it would be to ride in one of them.

Part 2

In the lovely city of Canterlot, where there are the highest of style are required in ponies from each corner of the city, some of those are well known for those positions, especially those associated with Princess Celestia. While on a small route located near the library for the magnificent location. One pony, wearing a white bag with a book stuffed inside, though it could be seen from the top, as if it was all this pony had. She was walking down this route, making her way back from important requests from her parents, as they live locally. She was relatively happy, catching up on the book she had, a smile plastered on her face, and a certain someone waiting for her at the library, where she resides, going under the studies of Celestia herself, it is all she had, and ponies on question could answer for her to be at an extremely lucky state. Yet everypony's not perfect, including Celestia too, they're all ponies, they naturally make mistakes. Most ponies can't help but to poke out the flaws of this pony, while she never boasted unless asked about it, and that's good for your character, as they say. With all that aside, she does have a flaw, and can't seem to hide very well. Even Celestia may know about these personal characteristics. And it all seemed to change when three ponies from the side of the route stopped right in front of this mare. She stopped and looked back up to meet these ponies in the eyes, she looked rather surprised as well, "There you are, Twilight!" the pony in the middle spoke her name out loud, and she seem to have a present on her back, so did the other two standing next to her, "Moon Dancer is having a little get together at the west castle courtyard. You wanna come?" it seems the pony to Twilight's right was Moon Dancer, she nodded as the pony in front of her explained their doing. They smiled ecstatically as she finished her question, as where Twilight leaned back in discomfort.

"... Oh, sorry girls-" she looked at her book in the bag, "-I got a lot of studying to catch up on..." she looked back at them sheepishly smiling. She then dashed past them to quickly get to her destination, as if she was in a rush. Yet the ponies now behind her didn't exactly fall for it. The pony in the middle sighed.

"Does that pony do anything except study?" she was rather annoyed for her behavior.

"I think she's more interested into books, than friends..." they all turned around unsatisfied. Twilight was on her way back home, as she would like to call it, when she recalled some of her recent studies.

"... I know I heard of the Elements of Harmony..." she galloped all the way, where she went over the bridge, a couple of ponies were walking in her opposite direction, the mint coloured one waved, only to be ignored as Twilight continued without anything to return, while the other didn't seem bothered, the one waving looked like her heart shattered to pieces. She finally made it and only had to climb the flights of stairs. While there were tons of stairs, there seemed to be just enough stamina for her. Especially since she is only known for reading books. She climbed her way until she arrived at the tallest point of the tower, where the ceiling was a gold-yellow. Un-alarmingly, her assistant, as they both agreed to call his occupation, held a present in his claws, rather than hooves. He was happy to get outside and deliver that present to Moon Dancer's get toge-.

"Ahh!" His plans entirely lost the mood when Twilight burst the door open to the library, he flew a short distance from where the door slammed him, where she walked in afterward, she looked right.

"Spike." and yet didn't see him, "Spike!" she looked down to notice him lying on the floor, "Spike. There you are." he sat back up form his fall and rubbed his head, looking at Twilight as she trotted by towards an upper level of the library. She stopped in the middle to look around, "Quick..." she jumped to the bookshelf on the left as Spike made his way up, "Find me an old copy of predictions and prophecies." she was more than confident in her research, when she turned back around to Spike, she noticed a present was sent straight through his tail, she lifted her left hoof up to point, "What's that for?" Spike noticed her point and looked to his tail, only to realize his only present was ruined. He picked it up from his tail and held it from the ground to get a look at it.

"... Well, it was a gift for Moon Dancer that..." the gift fell from the wrapping onto the floor, making a small squee as it did. Twilight walked over to a pile of books near the bookshelf.

"Oh Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing." she stated knocking off books that didn't seem significant.

"But we're on a break." he complained, lowering the present further to the floor. Twilight looked bleak at a the last book in the pile, she looked back toward a bookshelf in front of her, her horn started to glow as well, visibly showing a light violet colour. After a couple of seconds, certain books started to flow from the shelves with the same coloured glow.

"No..." a brown book with golden silhouette of an earth pony took the cover, "No..." a plain book hovered next to her as they came up to her faster, "No... No, no, no." she cringed with the frustration of finding this specific book, "Spike!" she exclaimed. Spike was on the job as he was on a ladder for climbing the shelves for more books that were stocked further up.

"It's over here!" he waved the book to her. After a brief moment the book started to glow once again, and her magic pulled it away from the ladder, resulting in Spike falling back to the floor below, still holding the book in the air. Twilight examined it.

"Ah." she stated pleased as the telekinesis of the others fell to the ground. When her magic took it from his claws, it went back to the ground as Twilight turned around to walk to the stand behind her near the giant window. Her magic was flipping the pages for her as she frantically looked around the written text, "Elements, e, e, e... Ah-ha..." the pages stopped turning as she looked to the even numbered page, "Elements of Harmony... see 'mare in the moon' ..." she looked up puzzled. Spike looked back toward her as he we stocked the shelves.

"Mare in the moon?" he looked back toward the stocked books, "But that's just an old pony's tale..."

"... Mare, mare..." Twilight gave Spike a look before going back to the book as she continued as pages flipped rapidly. When they stopped, it came to a page with a mare shaped silhouette on a moon with a dark blue background. Which was surrounded by four stars forming a square, "The mare in the moon..." Twilight began reading the text written on the pages, "Myth from olden pony times, a powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria. Defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it on the longest day of the a thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape-" Spike, who still stacking books, and balancing on a ladder sounded quite uneasy from the legend had to say, "And she would bring about night-time eternal." she gasped and looked toward Spike, "Spike, do you know what this means?" he was still looking at the shelves when he answered.

"No..." he looked back and completely lost his balanced and his progress, "Ahh!" Spike harshly landed right on Twilight's back. Twilight hoofed Spike paper and a quill.

"Take a note, please. To the princess." she extended her tail. Spike jumped on it and gained a few feet in the air, only to land back on the ground.

"Okeydokey." Spike was ready for what Twilight was about to say, as soon as she spoke, he started writing.

"... My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have lead me to discover, that we are on the precipice of disaster." Spike stopped writing as he got nearly finished.

"... Hold on..." Spike interrupted looking confused at his letter, "Preci... Preci..." he looked at Twilight rather worried. Twilight paused.

"... A threat..." she suggested.

"Threeeaaa..." he tried once again, only to look back up to her.

"Uh... brink?" he looked at the paper once again. He let go of his shoulders and looked back toward Twilight. She sighed in distress, "Ugh! That something really bad is about to happen." Spike started writing down instantly. Twilight walked to the other side of the floor, "For you see, the mare in the moon, is in-fact, Nightmare Moon." suddenly everything was so haunting, "And she's about to return to Equestria. And bring with her eternal night." she started to pace back in forth with her worry at hoof, "Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true." she finally ended and came to the large window on the opposite side of the stairs, "I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

"Twi-light Spar-kle, got it!" he held the letter up.

"Great! Send it..." Spike looked down at the floor, and back to Twilight.

"... Now?" Twilight looked back.

"Of course!" Spike shrugged.

"Uh, I don't know, Twilight, Princess Celestia's a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. And it's like, the day after tomorrow." Twilight leaned in close.

"That's just it Spike, the day after tomorrow is the a thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration. It's imperative the Princess is told right away." Twilight leaned even closer, almost to the point Spike had to step back, he went back to the letter and started up again.

"Impar.... impara..."

"Important!" Twilight shouted in frustration, causing Spike to jump back in shock, tripping on his fall. After he got back up after he landed.

"Okay, okay..." he grabbed the letter and held it away from his mouth. He inhaled and exhaled, when he did green flames went flaring from his mouth, which caused the letter to sizzled into pieces that turned into purple-pink fog, which went out the window, "There, it's on its way. But I wouldn't hold your breathe." he gave a warning tone holding his index finger up as Twilight crossed his path.

"Oh I'm not worried Spike, the princess trusts me completely. In all the years she's been my mentor she's never once doubted me." just as she finished, Spike's cheeks bloated, with a burp and fire from his mouth the same looking scroll appeared from nowhere. Where it fell to the floor, Twilight stood confidently, "See? I knew she'd want to take immediate action." Spike picked the scroll up and looked at what the princess had to say. Spike cleared his throat before he began.

"My dearest most faithful student, Twilight. You know I value your diligence, and I trust you completely. But you simply must stop reading those dusty old books." Spike's tone changed, as if he would start laughing. Twilight gasped, realizing the fear that could hold. Especially after all these years of studying under the princess's acknowledgement.

Part 3

After further reading the scroll, it talked about the Summer Sun Celebration. In which the princess held it, as the topic describes it, every summer. Where everything is in full bloom since spring. Spike and Twilight were riding in some of the best transportation one can hold. The princess herself sent to them a Sky Carriage, where they'll fly to their next destination after leaving the library. Spike continued with it as they flew, hoping the scroll didn't go flying all the same, "My dear Twilight, there is more to a young pony's life than studying. So I'm sending you supervise the preparations, for the Summer Sun Celebration..." Twilight didn't look happy at all, she never even looked directly at Spike either. She wanted to get back to reading books. Yet that's when she saw the train going over its rails way below their position, and that reminded Twilight about the time she had a sudden interest for them and how they worked, not specifically their history. She looked back up after the thought finished, "... In this years location, Ponyville." Twilight shifted were she loomed over the side. The town seem to have a recurring colour of whites and yellows. Which the whole town was surrounded by purple mountains that had a steep slope. A couple rivers could be seen as well, "And, I have an even more essential task, for you to complete..." Spike leaned in close, "... Make some friends..." Spike finished reading the scroll as Twilight sighed with an audible groan, "Look on the bright side, Twilight, the princess arranged for you to stay at the library. Doesn't that make you happy?" he bent forward and tightened his fists. Twilight paused, and suddenly popped up.

"Yes, yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right, I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some clues on Nightmare Moon's return." Spike paused.

"Then, when will you make friends as the princess said?" Twilight held a hoof to her chest.

"She said to check on preparations, I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty. But the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends..." the carriage made a slight bump as they landed, coming to a stop as soon as they did, "Thank you sirs." Twilight thanked as she walked to the ponies pulling the carriage. She turned back around, where Spike was in front of her, "Maybe the ponies of Ponyville have interesting things to talk about." Spike looked at the pink pony approaching. This pony was smiling and had a bounce in each step, though was really silent. She stopped as she walked in front of Twilight and Spike, "Come on, Twilight just try." he gestured toward this pink pony. Twilight's ears went backward as she knew she had to do something.

"He-..." he neck went forward, "Hello?" there was a quick pause, before she gasped and jumped into the air, only to flee before they could say anything more, "Well that was interesting all right..." she looked bleaked as she stated.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The doors to the train finally opened when it arrived at the station, "Here it is!" Myriad exclaimed, "... Ponyville!" JetStream trotted out of the door.

"Is the princess here? Is she? I'd liked to meet up with her." JetStream turned around looking like he was pleading to his father,

"Why don't you calm down, JetStream..." he tone suggested as if he had a laughing fit seconds before.

"Please dear..." Corolla added on just as she exited, "... You're already excited and we're not even taking our first step into Ponyville." JetStream turned around.

"Then why don't we?" he asked. Corolla looked up to Myriad, who shrugged.

"Alright then..." Myriad responded, "We will, at the same time." JetStream excite cooled to just a smile.

"Alright." all three walked to the edge of the wood they got on from the train, when they reached the first step onto its soil, they stopped.

"Alright, you ready?"

"Yes." JetStream answered. With co-ordination, they all shifted and eventually they all touched ground at once.

"Well there you go JetStream." Corolla said, "You wanted your first step." Corolla passed him as she continued. Myriad started to walk the same way. JetStream turned to them as they passed, and stopped when he faced Ponyville's direction.

"Whoa... I guess I never stopped to see how this place looked like..." it looked different than Altamare, it was more whites and yellows than blues. But the sun was shining just as it ever was. He inhaled through his nose, and exhaled out his mouth. As he did, at that certain point the gem glowed, then dimmed as he exhaled, he gained a smile and suddenly shouted.

Hey Ponyville! JetStream from Altamare is finally here!"

It would've been nice to have something back it up, but it didn't matter, the looks he received was something otherwise. And yet there were some young ponies around snickering. Myriad and Corolla both turned around at the outburst.

"What's with all the yelling?" Corolla asked. JetStream slumped down with a smile and walked over to them. Myriad paused, and finally spoke as JetStream was right next to them.

"Did you let it all out in one go?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." JetStream smiled. Corolla looked from JetStream to Myriad with a strange look on her face. Acting like they had their own communications, Myriad shrugged.

"I to, divert from the path." he said, Corolla started walking toward Ponyville once again, her eyes satisfyingly half-open.

"Yes you do." Myriad looked down, and then jumped back up with a wild expression and followed Corolla, JetStream didn't quite understand it, but he laughed at what he saw. He thought it was rare to see a Stallion and Mare tease each other, especially Moms and Dads.

"Hey, where are we staying anyway?"

"Well, there's this building, as it's called locally, by Sugarcube Corner. It's a sweets shop."

"Sweet!"

"Don't get ahead of yourself, JetStream. There are two ponies who already work there, I remember their names being Mr. and Mrs. Cake from the scroll, let's hope I didn't forget." she smiled rubbing her forehead, she stopped rubbing and continued, "So I'd like you to behave around them, as well as us two." he held a firm expression.

"Okay." they all turned the corner going right, where it lead to this long road.

"That building all the way at the turn down there." JetStream's neck went up.

"The pink one?"

"Yes..." Corolla nodded, "That's Sugarcube Corner."

"Okay." they all continued to walk there way there. There were at least tons of ponies walking either direction like a flow of traffic, except there obviously weren't any paths marked. There were occasional "Hellos" and "Hi, there's" especially one from this grey Pegasus, it didn't sound like she had the voice like everypony had, but she definitely had the heart. Soon enough they arrived at the building they desired to be set at. Myriad opened the door, where this strategically placed bell was at the top, and rung. A stallion turned to the door and greeted.

"Hello. Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, how may we help you." he smiled.

"Uh, actually, are you Mr. Cake?" he looked down for a jiffy.

"Well, yes, I am." Myriad walked up to the counter and showed the scroll they received the invitation by, Mr. Cake leaned over the counter a bit before he started reading.

"... Ah, I see. So you're the ponies Celestia have told me about. Yes, this is your place of residence during the Summer Sun Celebration. There's a room for you upstairs." Myriad smiled.

"Excellent. Thank you, Mr. Cake." he finished just as Corolla and JetStream walked in. So did Mrs. Cake.

"Oh! Who do we have here? More customers?" Mr. Cake turned to her.

"That's partly it. These ponies are the ones addressed by the princess to reside here during the celebration."

"Really?" she turned to the trio.

"Well then, welcome and get comfortable."

"Thanks." Corolla responded. That's when she looked down and noticed the colt.

"Oh, and who do we got here?" Myriad and Corolla decided JetStream to finally speak up.

"... I'm ten... er, I'm JetStream...." he slightly blushed at his mistake. All of the adults playfully laughed.

"Nervous one?"

"Guess you could, we've just arrived." Myriad stated looking at his own.

"In Ponyville?"

"Correct." Myriad turned back to Mr. Cake.

"JetStream, why don't you go upstairs and look around, there wont be much company. I'm sure you'll be calm there." Mrs. Cake suggested as a tease. JetStream looked over to his parents.

"Go ahead." Corolla stated towards JetStream, he started to walk towards the stairs near the end of the floor.

"Okay..." he said with his head at a slight angle toward the floor. He climbed up the stairs as he continued to hear them start their conversation up again. Everything was starting to get quiet once again. JetStream sighed, "Jeez, it's all of it outside, in here it's barely nothing..." he looked around curiously as he approached the rooms. JetStream got chills when his Aura surged. The gem on the ring glowed a horizontal line that went down the gem. JetStream looked down just as it was ending, "Why does it glow like that?" he stood still, "This Aura..." JetStream felt heat on the right side of his muzzle, "... Could it be the pony who Twister was speaking of? I... felt this Aura before..." and it was just around the corner, that pony was just a right turn away. Yet instead, he went to his room, like he said he was going to, "Hmm. It is cozy I guess..." he sniffed as he sat on the bed with furry blankets, and sighed, "This whole place smells like sugar..." the walls had pink on them, while the floors had a certain tone of a chocolate brown. He started to swing his hind legs, "It might not be so bad after all." JetStream stated, the gem glowed again, he stopped to look at it when he saw it glow, "Hmm..." he looked back, looking at the windows, seeing the sun shine through. Remembering about all that has to be done today, for the night afterward, "Oh! I can't wait!" JetStream sprung on the bed. That's when the pony JetStream was trying to avoid heard him, her right ear twitched. And she looked up to look around. JetStream looked extremely happy, only to notice her in mid-air. JetStream hit the bed again bouncing before it stopped. The pony looked back to what ever she was focusing on, "Whew..." she leaned in further of what she looked like was struggling, "Is she looking for something?" she pulled back and something flew in the air, only to pop back in her mouth, "Hmm, I guess so... I guess there's only one way to get passed it." he hopped down from the bed and walked to the hallway. The pony went to the left wall from JetStream's perspective. When he walked in just enough, he saw a towering clump of stuff used for banners and other stuff. JetStream jumped up, "Whoa!"

"Hmm?" the pink pony shot up and turned where she heard the voice, the Aura JetStream hid suddenly turned into a blazing fire. She gasped when she saw the colt, "Oh my gosh!" she zipped over to JetStream, "How come you'r-?"

"I'm staying here because of the princess." JetStream quickly answered.

"The princess, really!?"

"Y-y-yes, yes, yeah I am." he nodded multiple times, smiling sheepishly.

"WhyareyoutalkingsofastisitbecauseI'mtalkingsofast?!"

"I'monlytalkingsofastbecauseI'mnervous!" JetStream was on edge, he gave a desperate stare toward this pony. There was a long pause, as if each one waited for the other to move their mouths. Soon enough, the pink one cracked the tiniest smile. JetStream noticed it as well, he started to giggle. Within a second these two were having a laughing fit in no time.

"You're really funny." the pony complemented, JetStream smiled and looked at her in the eye.

"You too."

"My name's, Pinkie Pie." Pinkie stated.

"Mine's, JetStream." he smiled. Pinkie walked to the towering pile.

"So, you are new here huh?"

"Well, yeah. Almost half an hour ago." Pinkie noticed the black, shining, ring on near his stomach.

"What are you wearing that ring for?" JetStream suddenly turned toward the pile.

"What's this pile for, Pinkie?" she paused.

"... Oh that? It's nothing really, just some scraps, a couple of banners, I personally thought that one wasn't enough, more scraps, some balloons, streamers with some scraps... and maybe some more scraps... I don't know..." she eyed the pile, "I think I forgot some in there..." JetStream looked toward the tower.

"Alright... Wha-?" JetStream was cut off by Pinkie.

"It's for a surprise party!" Pinkie exclaimed. Myriad looked up the stairs.

"Just what are they planning?" he asked.

"It's Pinkie Pie upstairs, she's the party pony around here, well known one at that." Corolla smiled.

"Parties?" JetStream looked down for the moment.

"Can I ask who?"

"It is for this pony I met not to long from here, her name was... her name... Ah!" she shouted in frustration. JetStream took a step back, slightly worried.

"Don't worry Pinkie! I'm sure we'll find who you're-" he was cut off once again.

"Shoot! How could possibly forget Twilight's name!" JetStream paused, his neck lowered as he sighed.

"Her name is-"

"Twilight!"
"Twilight!"

They stated in unison, "Correct!" JetStream countered.

"Yes! Thank you, JetStream, so much!" just before she grabbed all of her towering temporary belongings, she gasped her loud gasp once again, "I got a perfect idea!"

"Wh-what is it?" he asked. Pinkie bounced toward him, making JetStream only step back.

"You could help me with it, and could be in it as well... this is perfect!"

"Wait." Pinkie Pie slew down, looking back at him, "What do you mean help?" she smiled again.

"Hoping you could help me to make it even better than I could alone." JetStream tilted his head as he suggested it.

"I didn't want to be cooped up in here." JetStream looked up to Pinkie.

"Great!" she dashed to the pile and grabbed, JetStream lunged forward in fear.

"Pinkie!" only to hit the floor alone. JetStream rubbed his head, "What?" Pinkie snickered.

"What was that for silly?" JetStream stood back up.

"Well, you grabbed that huge towering stack of... stuff. I-I thought it would tip over, and spill everywhere..." Pinkie looked flattered.

"Aw, how sweet of you. But you'll have to remember..." she reappeared around the corner, "This is Pinkie Pie you're involved with..." she laughed as she went to the stairs, "You're such a kid, JetStream." JetStream looked out the door, and suddenly realize what she said.

"Hey!" he trotted out the door and down the stairs after her. Mr. Cake saw Pinkie as she descended.

"Ah, you're already to go for that, party, of yours Pinkie?" Myriad and Corolla were shocked to see how much stuff a young mare could carry.

"Yes-siree I'm ready!" she jingled her rhyme just as JetStream made it back down.

"Wait up Pinkie." Myriad and Corolla looked at one another.

"You going with Pinkie Pie, JetStream?" he nodded.

"Yeah, I want to help her out with this, special surprise party."

"So I've heard." Myriad responded to himself.

"Please, can I go? I finally be able to meet more ponies than I could just sticking around." while Pinkie was looking at Mr. and Mrs. Cake, JetStream was looking at Myriad and Corolla.

"Alright." all four of them said in unison.

"Sweet, come on JetStream the ponies await."

"Alright." he turned to his Mom and Dad, trotted up to them and hugged them both, once he let go he went back to the door.

"See you later." they waved as he headed out the door, and closed it as the bell chimed once again.

Part 4

JetStream looked left, as if he thought he already lost her, "To my straight in front of you, JetStream!" he looked left rather confused.

"What?"

"Hurry, you're going to get left behind."

'No way they'll be...' JetStream galloped and caught back up to her, "About did lose you... you fade into the buildings surrounding me..." JetStream sighed. Pinkie looked toward him.

"You know, I bet it is difficult..." JetStream nodded with his eyes closed, "To fade into buildings." her smile disappeared so she could form a curious gesture. JetStream's eyes flung open, and he quickly looked at her.

"That's not what I meant!"

"Nope..." she put one of her hooves in her left ear, as she was trying to clean it, "Heard ya loud and clear." she smiled, JetStream paused and thought for a moment.

"But I wasn't yelling..." Pinkie looked back at him.

"I knew you weren't yelling." she responded.

"Don't you mean, know? It's repetitive..."

"No... and what's repeti-..." she paused and looked back at him, "... Oh, you're good..." Pinkie picked up her pace as she went into a trot, "But you're still a kid." she smiled. JetStream still behind, sped up to catch her.

"That's irreverent to what we're just talking about."

"But what you said was relevant to what you tried to state as, irrelevant..." JetStream knew he had to end this soon, or else it would go on forever.

"... Is that sentence false?"

"No... wait, yeah it's false... bu- No it's tru-" Pinkie Pie realized the face he was receiving from the colt in front of him, "... You sure got some dandy tricks up your sleeves..."

"I don't wear sleeves!" JetStream shouted to the world in open arms. He started to laugh afterward, yet right in the middle of his laughter, a rainbow streak rushed by creating a short but strong wind, which caught JetStream's laugh short. As the air didn't feel right. He swallowed and felt normal once again.

"... Who-what was that?" the wind died as the question ended, although that question didn't get answered as the danger they saw.

"That pony's going to cra-!" JetStream exclaimed, yet it was too late as the rainbow streak already hit an innocent pony into a mysteriously placed mud puddle, "Oooo...." JetStream inhaled with his teeth grit. The rainbow pony got back up, and looked back toward the pony she hit and laughed to herself.

"Uh, 'scuse me?" she gave off a second round of laughter as Twilight gave her a look. Pinkie Pie's mouth opened, as JetStream just let it drop.

"... I never seen a pony with a six coloured mane..." the pony jumped up and hovered above the mud pile, and started to look around.

"Let me help you." she dashed off, flew right past Pinkie and JetStream and flew straight back.

'She's fast...' JetStream thought. She brought a cloud with her, and stopped it over Twilight, "What do you think she's doing with that cloud?" JetStream asked Pinkie, yet she didn't answer. JetStream gave her a look. The pony hopped on the cloud, she started to jump up and down, and as she did, it started to rain, "Well, she is a Pegasus..." he stated quietly to himself. Twilight was soaked, and her mane was drooping. She laughed again when she looked below the cloud.

"Oops, I-uh guess I over-did it, um, uh... how 'bout this?" Twilight was suddenly surprised, her mouth went wide open, just like Pinkies. Which JetStream seemed to notice, "Uh, Pinkie... hello?" he waved a hoof in her face, hoping to get her attention. Suddenly the pony flew in circles around Twilight so fast that the mud started to rise, and actually formed a rainbow that could be seen from a distance. JetStream looked back up to notice the pony was done flying, "Rain-blow dry." she posed in mid-air, "No, no..." she started to sink toward the ground, "Don't thank me." yet nopony was, or even trying to, "You're quite welcome." she landed softly.

"How quaint..." JetStream stated smiling at what he noticed. Soon as the pony took notice of it, she caught her self laughing.

"Baa! Hahaha!" she fell to the floor as she continued to snort a couple of times. When Spike took a look at Twilight, he ended up falling to the ground as well. With an un-amusing glare, Twilight continued.

"Let me guess, you're, Rainbow Dash?" she stopped her laughing and looked up at her. She got back to her hooves with the exception of Spike flying off her back.

"The one and only." she went back to the air, and looked into Twilight's eyes, "Why? Ya heard of me?" she responded.

"I heard you're supposed to be keeping the sky clear." Rainbow flew back a couple of inches as Twilight sighed, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and the princess sent me to check on the weather." Rainbow was suddenly lying back on a cloud above Twilight.

"Yeah, yeah. That'll be a snap." JetStream rose an eyebrow as he watched from the side lines, "I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practicing." Twilight looked like she sighed again.

"Practicing for what?" Rainbow got up and looked behind her, only to point a hoof.

"The Wonderbolts! They're going to preform at the celebration tomorrow. And I'm..." she did a couple flips as she landed back on the cloud, "Going to show them my stuff."

"The Wonderbolts?"

"Yep."

"The most talented fliers in all of Equestria?"

'She's doubting Rainbow...' JetStream thought, 'She didn't recognize how fast she was flying back there...'

"That's them." she lied back down on a cloud. Twilight looked away and blew raspberries.

"Please, they'd never accept a Pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day." she looked away from her as if she was mocking, Rainbow Dash got up from the cloud and looked down at Twilight, looking quite irritated.

"Hey! I could clear this sky in ten seconds flat." Twilight stared at Rainbow Dash.

"Prove it..." Rainbow stood up and instantly got to flying, wiping the cloud she was sitting on as well.

'One...' she bucked clouds left and right, 'Two, three... four, five, six...' she went back and forth with no particular order, 'Seven, eight, nine...' she flew straight then turned around sharp, JetStream trotted to keep up with them and Pinkie followed because she didn't want to get left behind, and flew faster.

"Loop-a-loop around and wham!"

'Ten, eleven.' "Eleven..." JetStream counted the clouds all the way through.

"What'd I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat..." she stated as she landed on the bridge in front of them, although she did it with great stamina, you could still see she looked winded, "I never leave Ponyville hangin'." she caught the stares of Twilight, she laughed again, "You should see the look on your face." Spike looked at Twilight's expression and smiled. Rainbow Dash hovered around them as she was getting ready to fly elsewhere, "You're a laugh, Twilight Sparkle. I can't wait to hang out some more." she smiled as she leaned in, afterward she flew off, doing a couple of loop de loop before she flew off, and passed both Pinkie and JetStream again, followed by a strong wind.

"Wow..." he stated in awe.

"She's incredible..." JetStream summarized the whole act.
"She's amazing..." Spike stated. Twilight looked down noticing the ponies below, that's when Pinkie did another of her gasps.

"I can't be seen!" and dashed as fast as Rainbow flew before JetStream could say a word to her.

"Pinkie Pie wai-! Ugh..." he sank as he thought he lost her.

"Wasn't that Pinkie Pie just now?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, don't know about the other pony there though..." Spike brought it up as Twilight looked away and continued toward the Town Hall. Yet Spike was still standing there, looking oddly at something. Twilight looked over her shoulders.

"Ya coming, Spike?" he couldn't get his eyes off the ring this pony was wearing on the top of his forearm.

"What do you think that ring is for?" he pointed at it from afar looking at Twilight.

"... Alright." JetStream sighed, he took his step forward and started to gallop as fast as he could, where he was suddenly gone.

"What ring?" Twilight asked.

"That... one..." Spike awkwardly paused, as the pony he pointed to was suddenly gone.

"Come on, Spike. We have stuff planned for today, there's no need for your little games." she continued, only to drag Spike as he continuously held his pointer finger out in the same direction.

Part 5

JetStream galloped past the Town Hall and looked right, "No, I guess not... Considering you didn't want me to get lost..." he sighed, letting his neck fall, "How does she do it?" JetStream admitted.

"... Do what?" Pinkie Pie answered. JetStream jumped, yelping as he hit mid-air. So did Pinkie Pie.

"Since when were you here!?" he loudly whispered.

"You galloped right past me." she smiled, "Come on, JetStream! We got to get going!" she had a bounce in her walk when she started.

"Wait, wait!" JetStream caught up, "Where are we going?"

"The surprise party for Twilight-" she looked at JetStream, "Duh!" he smiled sheepishly as Pinkie looked away, "I need it to make it the best! And since you arrived at the invitation from the princess-" Pinkie looked at JetStream as they continued to walk, "As you said-" she looked in front of them, "To Ponyville, I knew I could give you something to do, and everypony can get bored doing almost nothing for even an entire hour tops!" JetStream sighed.

"I'm pretty sure that's just you..." Pinkie quickly rolled her eyes.

"Oh well..." and smiled. They paused, JetStream looked up at Pinkie Pie, and slowly started to speak.

"... Do-do you know abo-?" he was cut off.

"You know what, JetStream? I forgot to ask you something..." he paused.

"... And what is that?" he asked.

"How did you get that invitation from princess anyway?" JetStream awkwardly looked away, "Oh, don't worry, I'm not trying to be a snoopy-pants or anything... I just want to ask..." Pinkie looked at JetStream.

'Might as well, I've never seen her this calm... and may never again...' JetStream spoke up, "... Well, it was six years ago... when I was living back in Altamare. There was this event being held that was... well, I forgot the name, but it was like a point to point route from their to Canterlot. Half-way there, on one of the paths, was a cloud path, where it was meant to be used for Pegasi. And I used this spell like magic to get across it. With Celestia seeing, or heard of it, I'm not entirely sure. She invited us to her castle the day afterward, so my Mom and Dad decided to have us stay in Canterlot for the night. And return to Altamare the next day." JetStream looked to Pinkie, signaling that he was finished.

"Wait... magic?" JetStream grimaced looking slightly downward, "You're not a Unicorn though, you're an Earth Pony, like me... are you sure you're not just coo-coo?"

"Well, if I could show you, I could show you. But I'd rather wait until you weren't busy." he looked toward Pinkie Pie.

"Hmm, that's true I am a pretty busy pony." she hopped a couple times. Waving to other ponies that waved to her in the first place. JetStream looked over to them, and back over to Pinkie.

"And a plus, is that you seem to be well known." he smiled.

"Are you kidding me!?" JetStream regained his stature from the wind her yell contained.

"Well, no-"

"Everypony knows me, Pinkie Pie!" the ponies surrounding them shouted.

"Hello, Pinkie Pie!" JetStream's eye opened wide.

"Wow..." she squeed in her laughter.

"And I know them right back! It's how I got my Cutie Mark." she pointed to her flank.

"Oh... balloons?" he looked right back to Pinkie, "Yes-siree, I'm the party pony of Ponyville. And everypony knows it."

"Well, I don't know it." JetStream admitted.

"Of course you do, JetStream! You're such a kid." JetStream laughed as a cold wave went down his spine.

"You're a blast just to talk to Pinkie Pie." they both paused as Pinkie saw her destination.

"There it is!" she galloped into the library before anypony could see her.

'So that is the party place...' JetStream thought before speeding it up toward the tree. He opened the door softly with his hoof, "Pinkie Pie?" the gem on the ring glowed once again, 'Hmm?' he gave another useless attempt to gaze at the ring, 'I need to figure out why it does that...' when he looked back into the library it was pitch black, "What!? Pinkie Pie, why is it completely dark in here?"

"JetStream! It's a surprise party, it can't be surprising without a surprise at the beginning!" she whispered so no other pony could hear her other then JetStream. He walked in and decided to close the door. He put his right hoof on his chest and closed his eyes as he spoke.

"Don't you need to see to put the decoration up?" slightly after he finished asking, his Aura showed visible. The gem glowed brightly as JetStream went to his Auric sight. Where he looked around, "How did you do it so fast?" JetStream jumped when an orange Aura outline of Pinkie Pie bolted straight toward him.

"Remember, JetStream-" she poked him to the words she was stating, "I'm the best party pony in Po-ny-ville." JetStream looked at the orange outlined hoof on his chest.

"I'll keep that in mind..." he stepped back.

"How did you know where I was? Being pitch black in here..." he was more than curious as why, "You're ring thing is glowing..." she answered.

"Oh, right..." JetStream looked at the outlined decorations, "Don't you need more ponies for this, surprise?" she gasped loudly and dashed to the back of the library, where outline went back toward him. There were rectangular objects being held by her.

"Here take these flyers and give them to everypony except Twilight."

"You're sure direct, Pinkie Pie..." JetStream sighed. JetStream slowly inhaled and exhaled, his Auric sight was gone in seconds after, and the glow of the gem vanished along with his Aura. Pinkie opened the door to the library.

"Now hurry JetStream, please! I don't want to waste time!" JetStream walked out.

"Right, a perfect party." he smiled at Pinkie, she smiled back and nodded, just before she closed the door. JetStream looked ahead of him.

"Wait..." he looked back at the door, "How am I-?" she gave him a saddle-bag.

"Hurry!" she shouted in a whisper tone and closed the door. JetStream looked down at the object, "What's this supposed to be?" although JetStream has seen a saddle-bag before, they were mostly carried by ponies who were travelling by train, and stopped by Altamare for only some time. He put the saddle-bag on, and looked ahead, "Alright, here we go." and he started to gallop. The first couple of ponies were sooner than he thought, he breathed in real quick and pulled a random number of papers out, as soon as he was close enough he would shoot his head upward, letting them go by opening his mouth. He looked back, making sure they made it, "Whew... some more to go..." he stated.

Meanwhile... "No, no, uh-uh-" she commentated on the various outfits she had Twilight try on, while Spike stood there and watched, "Too green, too yellow, too poofy, not poofy enough, too frilly, too shiny..." this one had a green and white outlook on it. With an Emerald plated on the chest, and white tags flying out from the back, "Now go on my dear-" the white Unicorn continued as Twilight looked at what she was wearing, "Tell me where you're from." she grabbed a band around Twilight chests and pulled back to tighten.

"I've... been sent... from... Canterlot... to..." she struck a higher note on the last bit just as it snapped from her letting go.

"Huh?" she got back up with her eyes sparkling, sometimes she doesn't even need the glitter, "Canterlot!?" she got right in front of Twilight, "I'm so envious-" she turned around went to pose, "The glamor, the sophistication, I always dreamed of living there. I can't wait to hear all about it." she stood right next to Twilight and held a hoof upward, "We're going to be the best of friends, you and I." Twilight jumped in shock of the word she used, and suddenly didn't like where this was headed. Suddenly the pony stood away, looking at the center piece, "Emerald!? What was I thinking?" she turned around, nose in the air, "Let me get you some rupees!" Twilight turned around and galloped for the door.

"Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new colour!" yet Spike still stood there, with his eyes half-open he sighed. Twilight went back to grab Spike, and they both went toward the outskirts of Ponyville. The door to the Carousel Boutique opened once again.

"Hello?" JetStream voice echoed through the building.

"Here we a-!" she paused and looked around, "What? Where'd she go!?" she looked around. JetStream put the invite to Pinkie's party on the door step, when the she looked at JetStream, "Sorry, you look busy, I'll just set this here..." she walked up, holding the ruby, that's when he noticed it.

"But excuse me, have you seen a lavender pony walking out of here?" JetStream saw this pony was desperately worried, he didn't know what to answer, then he saw a dress like clothes on the floor nearer to the stage.

"What's that lying there?" he asked.

"The dress I gave the pony who seemed to just walk out of here, why?" JetStream shook his head.

"No reason..." he gave her the paper instead, "And, no. I haven't seen a pony walking out of here..." he lied.

"Well, shoot..." she went to go pick up the discarded clothes, "So, what brings you here?"

"I'm only here to deliver these to un-specified ponies." she turned around, "Just whoever I can give these to." she nodded and turned back.

"Alright, good luck out there."

"Thanks..." he trotted out the door. JetStream looked up to the sky, "I wonder if I could give one to that rainbow-mained Pegasus from before..." he looked into the sky. He saw a darkened cloud. JetStream smiled. He went right below where this Pegasus was, "Excuse me!" he exclaimed. The mare's right ear twitched, "Pegasus on the cloud!" her eyes opened.

"Huh?" she looked down at the ground, "Who's talking?"

"I am!" she looked slightly to the right, and lowered her cloud, "Whaddya want, short stuff..." JetStream paused at the remark.

"... Well, I... I was hoping you could take one of these.." she grabbed one for herself and looked it over on her cloud.

"What's it for?" she looked at him over skimming if for a good couple seconds.

"Well, it's an invite for today, a surprise party."

"Surprise party, huh?" her head went more at an upward angle.

"Yes, as it says on the paper." she looked over to the invite, and it had the place the time, which stated "soon" for some reason.

"Alright, I'll be there..." she hoofed it back to JetStream.

"Well, uh... er, aren't you going to take it?" she lied back down.

"Don't worry kid, I'll be there." her cloud floated back up, JetStream shrugged as he turned around.

"Alright then... hmm, I guess she didn't notice me then." soon after much time, JetStream reached a three turn divide. His breathing was audible, as he was slightly winded. He looked left and noticed a distant barn, "Wow, way out there..." he swallowed before he took a split second to catch back up to speed, "I wonder how Pinkie could be doing at the library..." he looked left and right as he went down one of the paths toward the outer edges of Ponyville. After a five minute gallop. JetStream arrived at the white gate that covered as the entrance. JetStream opened it to walk in and close it once he walked, "I'll just give to the first pony I see..." he needed to, he was in a rush, as "soon" meant in the next couple of minutes to him in the shortest terms. He saw a red coated pony walk into the barn. JetStream smiled, and trotted. As soon as he got around the corner of a door for the barn, Aura shifted, which gave JetStream the warning that there was a pony around. Jumping to reflex, he swiftly jolted himself to the right, the orange coated pony's eyes opened when it felt the sudden wind.

"Who the-?" she looked left and right, and found a pony in cyan and purple standing right there, "Oh, well hello there." JetStream was trying to get a look into the barn, but it was useless, that red coated pony was gone.

"Hello." he responded standing back.

"Ya in a rush?"

"Yeah, so I'd like to give you this." he hoofed an invite. She suddenly looked worried, only to brush it off momentarily.

"Ah, well. As ah hope ya can see, I'm a little busy." she looked over her shoulders to reveal a bale of hay.

"Oh... well then can I put this somewhere where you'll check it later... once you're done?" he sort of cringed as he finished, she looked back in the barn pointing.

"Well, yes. There's a wooden desk sittin' back there in the barn." she looked back down to JetStream.

"Thank you." he said rather quickly and trotted inside the barn. Where it got cooler and shady, yet it was just lit enough as he looked toward the ceiling. He looked straight ahead and realized the desk was just ahead by a door leading to the outside, as it seemed. He set the paper on the desk, and turned around just as the door opened. JetStream stopped to look left, the door opening revealed a yellow coated filly, who jumped to see somepony unexpected.

"Oh! Uh, who are you mister?" she asked in a firm voice.

"Well, I ran into a pony outside and wanted to give her this..." he got the paper from the desk, "It's an invite for a surprise party, and I guess everypony's invited too..." he made a quick glance toward it, and looked back at the filly as she spoke.

"Even me?" she jumped up.

"Well, ye-yeah." he stuttered from the outburst.

"Wohoo!" she jumped, and JetStream smiled, "But wait..." his smile stopped, "I guess that's only if Granny Smith lets me though..." JetStream jumped at the thought of getting through this quickly.

"Well, I hope she does." she turned around, "I got to get going!"

"Okay! I hope ya get your Cutie Mark as well!" JetStream stopped and turned around.

"E-excuse me?" he asked cautiously.

"Well, seeing ya don't have your Cutie Mark. I hoped you'll get it delivering these notes... er invites..." JetStream smiled and looked away from the ground to her, and noticing she was showing her blank flank, JetStream took this in shock, seeing how she can relate it escalated his spirits.

"Oh, well. You too. I hope you found yours as well!" he galloped back for Ponyville, the filly smiled and waved.

"You too, mister!" JetStream exited the gate and galloped straight for Ponyville once again. Once he reached a distance inward, he looked inside.

"Not many left... I'm almost done." he looked ahead and continued to trot wherever his hooves would lead him.

Part 6

"Oh no... All of this rushing and I'm only going to be late!" he grit his teeth running back to the library. The saddle-bag JetStream was equipped with ran out of invites, therefore thought it was about time he got back to the library. He galloped around a sharp corner, kicking up dust as he turned, a couple of ponies behind him flinched. Yet it was only the start of the day, as the sun just hit the top of the sky. When he can to a left turn he noticed the tree all the way at the slight bend of a turn, "Ah! I might make it!" JetStream was nearing the turn when he spotted Twilight and something else being followed by, "... Is that Fluttershy?" he looked in front of him and prepared to do something unexpected, "I can't let them see me... but I got to get in..." he noticed a balcony next to a part of the tree that lined up, "Perfect..." as soon as JetStream was close enough, he made a slight hop into the air, only to force himself higher when he went back down. He hit the wall directly on his hooves and pushed upward toward the balcony. He rose up, even higher then the balcony itself, "Wow, I didn't think it would-!!!" he noticed he had to grab the railing to successfully climb this. He shifted his left hoof toward the rail and almost completely rapped over around it, "...!" he put his other fore hoof on the bottom of the balcony to stop himself from falling, "... That... could have been worse..." he sounded unsure of himself. He quickly swung to where his lower half would peer over the floor, and just at the right moment stopped his right back hoof on the balcony, got his other on there and started to climb over it from that point on. Twilight stopped at the door of the library.

"-Ponyville, and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep..." Twilight kicked her left hind leg after making a droopy tone, making Spike fall onto the floor. When he landed, at the top of his eye he saw something aqua coloured, crawl over the balcony, "Aw look at that, he's so sleepy he can't keep his little balance." she sheepishly grinned enormously at the cream coated mare. Spike looked away from the top of his eye to Twilight, looking irritated. Suddenly the mare picked Spike up and hovered above the ground.

"Poor thing..." she said in a soft tone, "You simply must get into bed." she flew inside the library with Spike in her hooves. Twilight mentally panicked about her plans and dashed in to get this mare to exit. She pushed her out the door and nodded.

"Yes, yes... we'll get right on that. Well good-night." and she slammed the door. Leaving a surprised look on the mare. JetStream walked in from a higher level.

"Ech... I forgot how dark it is in here..." he stopped himself when he heard a voice, "...?"

"Huh, rude much?" Spike asked at the way Twilight recently acted, as Twilight walked up to him.

"Sorry Spike, but I have to convince the princess that Nightmare Moon is coming and we're running out of time." she looked at Spike straight in the eye.

"We just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time." she looked to her left. JetStream stood there in shock.

'Nightmare Moon!?'

"Now where's the light?" she looked right. JetStream sighed as he looked to his left, bent over and flipped the light on, revealing a crowd of ponies behind them on the bottom floor. Making Twilight and Spike jump.

"Surprise!" the crowd yelled as a one of the "scraps" was used across Twilight's muzzle.

"Whoa..." JetStream's shock was drowned out by the exclaims of the crowd, "How'd they get here so fast?" he looked left and right. Twilight's head drooped as she moaned. That's when Pinkie Pie showed up right in front of the mare.

"Surprise! Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie and I threw this party just for you. Were you surprised, were ya, were ya? Huh-huh-huh?" she bounced from side to side.

"Very surprised! Libraries are supposed to be quiet..." she looked over to Pinkie Pie as Pinkie leaned over to her.

"That's silly, what kind of welcoming party would this be if it were quiet. I mean, duh! Boring!" Twilight started to walk toward a table. JetStream turned to Pinkie Pie.

"There she goes again..." he sighed smiling. He looked down from the edge of the floor, "Now how do I get down from here..." he looked back up, "This libraries bigger than I thought..." he said flatly as he couldn't find a way down.

"-Never saw you before that means you're new, 'cause I know everypony, and I mean, everypony in Ponyville." Twilight moaned at the statement and made it to the table, where she grabbed anything off the table to drink, "-You must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends you must be lonely, and that made me so sad-" "This took a sudden turn." JetStream stated, "-Super-duper-spectacular welcome party and JetStream helped me invite everyone in Ponyville." four ponies gathered around Pinkie, "See? And now you have lots and lots of friends." Twilight turned around, she was sweating and her whole face was tinted red.

"Are you all right, sugarcube?" Applejack asked. What she drank had to be extremely hot, because she jumped into the air with her mane and tail literally the fire itself, she dashed up the stairs to a separate room, "Aww, she's so happy she's crying!" as Twilight went upstairs, JetStream spotted her assistant pick up what she poured into her cup.

"Hot sauce..." Spike stated, it was a red bottle with a fire logo on the front, JetStream brought his left hoof up to his muzzle snickering.

"You know, I think it's stuff like that, that makes somepony think you're actually listening to them." he smiled.

"Ooo..." Pinkie tilted the bottle toward a near cupcake where the sauce fell onto it. Pinkie grabbed the cupcake and took it all in one bite.

"...?" JetStream stared from the above floor.

"What? Ehs good..." she closed her eyes and savored her treat.

"Alright, I'm just gonna slide down here then..." he finally decided. When he slid down the wood, and faster than he thought, he tumbled and bumped right into a pony in front of him, "... Sorry! I didn't mean to..." this pony turned around, irritated.

"I hope you didn't..." she paused when she realized the pony she was talking to, "Wait, you're that, delivery colt going around and giving out those invites or whatever they were."

'Delivery colt?' "Yes, I-I was that pony." JetStream went to a normal stance after he thought it was settled down. She laughed as her voice cracked for a split second.

"I expected somepony like that to be clumsy..." she paused snickering, "And you just showed it to me seconds ago." JetStream rubbed the back of his head, smiling sheepishly. Though JetStream needed to, he thought he got a bruise on the back of his head.

"... I guess I did." she suddenly popped into the air.

"Actually, I need to show you to Pinkie Pie. I heard she's been looking for ya." JetStream nodded.

"I was kind of hidden, it's only fair to return to her I guess."

'Wow! I can't believe I'm actually talking to her...' she stopped herself and JetStream when she looked around and spotted Pinkie near the table.

"Okay, she's right over there. You can take it from here." she turned around and started walking back.

"Wait! What about you?" JetStream asked, stopping her. She looked around the surrounding crowd.

"I still got some ponies to talk to..." she sheepishly smiled, "But I guess I'll see ya soon."

"Very soon." JetStream replied, it's not like they'd be across the town. JetStream got passed all the ponies and finally was able to get into talking range of Pinkie.

"Pinkie Pie!" JetStream called, she turned to her left.

"Oh! Hello again, JetStream. I'm glad you're here. And you just missed Twilight, she was so surprised!"

'Looked like it...' "Yeah I saw her reaction."

"I want to thank you so-so much for inviting all these ponies for my-Twilight's surprise party."

"You're welcome, Pinkie Pie."

"And since you have done this for me, and Twilight which his probably bursting with excitement as we speak, I'll like for you to have a gift that you cannot lose!" she stated clearly.

"Really? That's incredible." he smiled.

"I give you JetStream, the gift of friendship!" JetStream stood back in shock.

"Oh! ... Well..." Pinkie suddenly didn't look so ecstatic as she does. JetStream waved one hoof in the air, "No-no, don't worry, you only caught me off guard... of course I'd like for me to be your friend." her smiled returned.

"Woohoo! JetStream, this is your first friend in Ponyville, correct?"

"Yes, actually you are." JetStream stopped to think.

"Well, it's a pleasure to be your first ever friend for ever!" she grabbed JetStream hoof and they both shook on it, extremely fast. Upstairs, Twilight sat next to her bed for now until the Celebration, her right ear twitched to what she heard.

"So that's who this pony was? Making your first friend? I feel partly sad for him... pretty soon I bet he or she will be a crazy pony before we both know it." she rolled her eyes, where they ended up at the bed and sighed, "Oh... just looking at it makes me sleepy... just hope they don't get to crazy down there..." her neck drooped with her eyes half open.

Part 7

JetStream stood at the end of the balcony, the sun was setting for the last time before the a thousandth rise of the sun in the morning. JetStream inhaled and exhaled so many times he lost count looking at the stars above. Especially those four surrounding the moon from such a distance away, 'I can't blame myself for that... she... used me. Recover her strength. But how could she? She's the same one who brought me out of the forest... the same... she did look completely different now than she did when I first met her there...' JetStream stood higher, "Was that even her?" he looked to the stars, as if he could've been asking an answer from them, "There's no way..." he started to pace back and forth, "She was so nice, forging my path out of the forest... and, and now she just turns away and goes to do something like this!?" he shifted his right hoof toward the moon and the four stars. His brows furrowed, his breathing audible, he looked at the ring as it was visible on his forearm, the gem was glowing brightly a brown-reddish mix, it shined in his eyes as well. JetStream lowered his hoof and sighed, "It's just all too confusing... for me..." as he calmed, it went from red to a sky blue, and then just stopped glowing all together, and let the stars take its non-existent light and shine it on the earth pony's fertile ground. Despite the music being played inside, with the blinds closed and the extra space outside along with the balcony. With it never getting too cold all year round, you could sleep out here. JetStream paused for the longest time, "... Twilight... it's incredible she knows about Nightmare Moon..." his neck rose when he realized something, "Is that why Neurelm wanted me to call her the same thing?" JetStream nodded to nopony except himself, "Well, she said so she'll be back to claim, what is hers..." he looked back into the sky, "I feel it's very soon..." JetStream got back up and stood toward the blinds, getting ready to get back inside, "Twilight knows something about her as well... I want to see if we can both get to the bottom of this thing..." his expression was firm neither frown nor smile. The gem then glowed an orange-red, "Lets do it." he pushed the little doors open to get back inside, the music was a much, 'I don't see how they can get away with playing music that loud...' it was either that, or the change JetStream will have to get used to since being in Altamare. He walked around the crowd on the higher floor and walked to the stairs the brought yourself to the separated room. He stopped and took a deep breathe. He slowly opened the door, it creaked as it did. He stopped it when he was able to take a couple steps in, "M-Miss Twilight?" she shifted and slowly turned toward the blue and purple colt with gold-yellow eyes that could've shined in the night.

"What could it possibly be?" she paused to think to herself about hearing the same voice not so long ago.

"I just... well was hoping to talk about..." he paused, then finally spoke up after a good minute, "... Nightmare Moon." she sat up on her bed, raising an eyebrow.

"... Could that possibly been you speaking out my window?" JetStream looked out there with no context.

"What do you mean?" he thought he was fine where he was standing.

"I was hearing this voice, sounded really distressed..." she sighed, "As I could ever be..." JetStream's ears went down.

"Should I go?" JetStream stopped himself as Twilight continued.

"You're free to. Sorry about it though, it usually helps my mood." she lied on her back with a blank stare toward the ceiling.

<i>'What are you doing!? We have to get this conversation through... Equestria could be ominous danger!'</i> JetStream stood back away from the door, Twilight turned her head left on the bed, her mane crumbling together as she did raise an eyebrow.

"I overheard you saying to your..." JetStream paused as he needed a word for it.

"Baby dragon..." Twilight responded.

"Yes, thanks... About Nightmare Moon, I guess I know about her as well..." she gestured her left hoof above the bed.

"So you're one of them that can actually hear?"

"Wha-?" JetStream pondered about the sudden question he received, "Well, it was. Really quiet in there... before everypony yelled, of course." he scratched his head. Her head rose off the bed.

"What do you mean by, you guess you know her?" JetStream paused before he continued, casually, yet softly, digging at the floor.

"I met this pony named Neurelm, in a forest near here. We met up when I lost my way. She... helped me, out of the forest. When I was out and finally able to see the sun again, she stuck around like a voice in my head. As time then went along, things weren't so nice between me and her after a while..."

"This pony turned on you that quickly..."

"I guess you could say that, but any way..." JetStream paused, the music in the background didn't help with the mood.

"... Don't mind them, I'm sure they'll stop soon." Twilight reassured, JetStream shrugged and started to continue.

"Since then nightmares were almost common, and I would even catch myself having different coloured eyes. But I guess that one isn't really important." Twilight rose an eyebrow at the eye colour bit.

"That's awful, and you were innocently lost in the forest?"

"Yes. And finally just skipping to just yesterday, the same pony wanted me to call herself, Nightmare Moon." Twilight laid back after the story was over.

"Although you seem to have a point, I'm not entirely sure." JetStream acted like he was about to take a step forward.

"Do you mind?"

"No." JetStream walked next to the bed and sat there, Twilight shifted where she was over-hanging the same side.

"I see your reason." JetStream admitted.

"Well the reason why, is from how learned about the mare in the moon-" JetStream interrupted.

"I called her something liked that as well..." he pondered with a hoof below his chin, then looked at Twilight, "Sorry..." he sat his hoof back on the floor.

"The mare in the moon, as described in the book I studied, said she was banished to the moon for a thousand years-" she turned her head to JetStream.

"How could you have possibly met her then, if it says right in the very books itself that she was on the moon?"

"... Maybe..." JetStream paused, and then furrowed his eye brows and looked at Twilight, "Maybe they aren't the same pony..." JetStream stated something he wasn't prepared to state.

"What makes you think that?" she asked, criticizing, and audibly louder. JetStream's neck lowered.

"That's, what I'm all choked up on right now..." JetStream replied softly, in a somber tone. He looked at Twilight after his pause, "It's something I still want to figure out. To avoid any more confusion... I just... personally hate the feeling of being lost, in something I should be able to wrap my hooves around, no matter how small it seems to be." Twilight sighed.

"I try to avoid something like that, as Princess Celestia said, it is more to know less about what you cannot seem to understand..." she looked down, then to JetStream, "It's what had brought me far in my studies for..." Twilight paused, JetStream looked at her in curiosity as why she did, "... Magic..." she finally stated. Suddenly the gem on the ring JetStream wore glowed the whole rainbow simultaneously.

'It never did that before...'

"Since when were you wearing that?"

"I, uh... had it one since I was in Altamare, I haven't moved it since." JetStream looked up after a couple seconds, "You said that you were studying for magic? Why did you mention Celestia about it?" Twilight gave an unamused glare.

"Princess Celestia..."

"Sorry..." he looked back down.

"... Is my mentor." Twilight said as if she never meant to correct him. JetStream jumped up.

"Really!?" she hushed him, "... That's amazing."

"It is rather interesting to know that."

"Why didn't you ever tell about this to the princess about Nightmare Moon?"

"I did, but she suggested I went too far into the pile, if I could say."

"And you're still going? That's some strong willpower to continue after some sort of cease and desist, especially by the princess herself." Twilight looked at JetStream.

"Why don't you go back out there, I don't want to talk about this any more if it gets even more interesting." JetStream looked at the door, then to Twilight. He stood up and walked to the door.

"Alright. And it really does help to talk I must admit..." JetStream turned before opened the door.

"About what, exactly?" Twilight asked.

"Distressing matters..." JetStream opened the door at a moderate pace, "I think it does help the mood." just as JetStream took his first step out of the room, Twilight got off the bed and walked up behind.

"Actually, we never got each other's names. Mine is Twilight Sparkle." he looked back to Twilight.

"My name's, JetStream."

"One word name?" Twilight asked.

"Ye- well no, I do have two, but I don't really see much of my second name on everything."

"Okay. So I assume you're the one to pass out the invitations for this party that Pinkie Pie was throwing?"

"How did you know?" JetStream wondered.

"I had to hear her." she smiled. Making it the first time ever for JetStream.

"Alright then, I'll see you later then." JetStream waved as he closed the door. As he did, Spike noticed him walking out. Twilight jumped back into bed, praising to Princess Celestia that she would get some sleep tonight.

Part 8

Twilight groaned at her inability to sleep. She rose from the bed to stare at the clock, it read "5:02am" she looked toward the door, where the lights and sound stopping her from resting came from,

"Ughh..." suddenly Spike came in wearing some lamp cover on his head, the music was blaring and the lights lit the whole room.

"Hey Twilight! Pinkie Pie started pin the tail on the pony!" he lifted the cover from his head to look at Twilight above. Without a second thought, she had enough and finally had to admit it.

"No!" Spike stepped back from the sudden outburst, "All the ponies in this town are cur-razy!" she looked toward the clock.

"Do you know what time it is!?" Twilight looked back at Spike as he answered.

"It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration, everypony has to stay up-" Twilight looked to the corner of her eye in a sassy tone, "-or they'll miss the princess raise the sun." he paused and turned

toward the door, he suddenly looked annoyed, "You really should lighten up, Twilight." she rolled her eyes, "It's a party!" he smiled as the cover dropped back down on his head and walked out of

the room, he closed the door and everything you heard was ambience once again. It was dark enough for a comfortable sleep. Twilight looked up and started to mumble and mimic whatever

Spike just said and practically threw it out the window.

"Ugh! Here I thought I've time to learn more about the elements of harmony, but! Silly me, all this ridiculous friend making has kept me from it!" she violently shifted to her right facing the window as she finally got it out of her system, making her feel better and proving yet another lesson from her teacher. Her eyes opened in shock with what she saw out her window. The silhouetted moon with the surrounding four stars took her whole view. She got up and walked to it, recalling something vital to refresh for what she will probably need, "... Legend has it, on the longest day of the a thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape-" she grabbed the book in her telekinesis, "-and she will bring about ever-lasting night." she saw the description in the book simply matched what it actually looked like, "I hope the princess was right, I hope it really is just an old pony tale-" Spike opened the door suddenly.

"Com' on, Twilight! It's time to watch the sunrise." he swung his arm in gesture still wearing the lamp cover over his head. Shortly afterword everypony started their way out of the library, and to the Town Hall.

"Wha-? Where's everypony going?" JetStream asked to himself as he turned toward the entrance to the library. JetStream swallowed, "I guess it's time for the sunrise? ..." he sighed from

exhaustion, "How's everypony still so hyped?" he yawned, "Alright... let's go." he slowly made his way as he waited for ponies to pass through the door. As JetStream was able to take a look

outside, they were all headed inward to the city. The path went straight for a while, and it passed Sugarcube Corner too. It was tough to see through the line walking down to the Town Hall. When

they got a certain distance away, Corolla and Myriad both exited from Sugarcube Corner, and joined the same line for Town Hall, "They're back!" JetStream picked up his pace so he wouldn't be

left behind. Myriad was in the process of laughing.

"Are you sure it's used like that?" he asked her, she shrugged.

"The pony was either naïve to do so, or brave enough to catch the attention."

"Well, that's we-" he was interrupted as a familiar voice was heard behind them.

"Mom! Dad!" both parents looked at each other, smiling, then looking back.

"JetStream?" he suddenly showed up right in the middle.

"Yeah."

"Ah, I'm happy you're sticking with us, didn't want you to get lost in the crowd." Myriad stated.

"I was thinking I had to walk down with you anyways..."

"Well then-" JetStream looked up to Corolla, "I'm glad you chose to do so." JetStream smiled, making a quick glance to the sky, noticing the four stars once again, made a cold wave flow over his back. He looked back down and noticed the entrance was just a couple steps away. As they walked in they all looked instantly around the building and the ponies already in.

"...?" JetStream even saw pegasi flying inside, hovering around or drifting in one direction to get where they need to go. It was a weird experience since years ago back in Altamare it was considered to give you bad luck to fly as a Pegasus pony inside a building, or anything. JetStream's pause was due to the sudden chilling wind that went past them as they entered the door, "... Did you feel that too?" JetStream asked them, "It was like I felt something cold float past me..."

"That was most likely the effect of them keeping it cool in here, while it being so warm outside." Corolla responded and JetStream sighed.

"... I guess that's a yes?"

"Yes." Corolla answered. They all decided to stand on the left, and closer to the door. While looking up toward the ceiling, JetStream noticed spotlights near the stage.

"Wow, they even have those here..?" when he looked back down, his heart pumped a bit faster as he suddenly became nervous, "I wonder where Twilight and Pinkie Pie are." he looked to the right.

"Oh!" he noticed them near the upper half and to the right side of the building, "Oh... why bother? I don't think they'll let me go over there, we are sticking together after all."

"Don't worry, JetStream. After this is through, I'm sure your Mom and I will let you talk to them." Myriad assured.

"Alright thanks, Dad." he smiled. Myriad looked back up toward the stage. JetStream inhaled and exhaled calmly as he noticed his spherical gem glowing once again.

"Is that thing going off again." Corolla asked.

"Yeah, but it is no big deal." JetStream's eyesight lagged away from her eyes as he looked back down, for the moment at his upper right forearm. Suddenly a fanfare started out of nowhere, and was sung by birds.

"Well, it's starting." Myriad stated. You could see all the heads of ponies turning toward the one stage.

"Wait a minute..." JetStream noticed that it was Fluttershy teaching the birds, "Fluttershy's amazing with animals..." he stated to himself. A spotlight flashed on and lit the place as its light bounces on every single wall. A pony was walking her way downstage.

"Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure, to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!" everypony cheered.

"Wow, she's the mayor of this town?" he noticed she had a scroll with long blue ribbons spinning in a circle, 'If I could clap my hooves without falling right now, I would.' Twilight matched

JetStream expression as they both slightly looked downward to the ground. JetStream saw some sort of glint in the wood, he questioned it, only to receive no answer and look back toward the stage.

"-Magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year!" JetStream hearing those words, yet another spine-stingingly cold wave went down his back. The gem on his ring glow a bright grey, JetStream's eyes opened in shock.

"That isn't good..." he made a quick glance toward Twilight, as he knows her too is informed on such thing. JetStream noticed she was looking up and to her right, "... What is she looking a-?" he

noticed the stars were so close to the moon, and you could visibly see them move, "Oh no..." the gem grew brighter. Both Twilight and JetStream looked away and at the stage. 'I don't think I ever haven't been so scared to see Celestia...' JetStream thought.

'It can be any moment now...' Twilight thought as they feared the same fear.

"-Ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria..." Fluttershy looked to her birds and told

them to get ready. JetStream's expression was the worst. As soon as she finished her most recent word, everything went cold and shattered eventually.

'Honestly I could feel her Aura up there were she was planned to be shown... but now she's...'

"Princess Celestia!" Rarity pulled on the rope, which made the curtain's open, "Eh!?" she looked at the empty space before her.

"This, can't be good..." Twilight dreaded. JetStream bit his lower lip. Mayor Mare looked through the crowd.

"Remain calm everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation."

"Ooo! Ooo!" Pinkie started jumping up and down, "I love guessing games!" she continuously looked around, then at the ground, "Is she hiding?" Rarity went up to the balcony after searching for the minute.

"She's gone!" Pinkie along with everypony else gasped. JetStream sighed.

'.. Right...'

"Oh, she's good..." Pinkie had her eyes up on the upper stage, she paused. Reality hit JetStream never like it has before.

"She's back..." Myriad looked to JetStream, but never asked him what he meant.

"Ahhhh!" Pinkie exclaimed as a swirl of purple, transparent, sparkly goo forms in the same exact spot. It started shifting as it collected more of itself.

"Oh no..."
"Oh no." Twilight looked around.

"Is she looking for me?" JetStream went ahead "better safe than sorry" as he always heard. He looked directly at Twilight with his eyes open. The gem changed to an orange colour, yet still grew even brighter, 'Please, please...' JetStream was suddenly pushed back just an inch, 'Yes!' his tone was rather desperate than thankful. Twilight looked around, and suddenly stopped.

"..." JetStream paused. Twilight looked in JetStream's direction instantly. JetStream nodded with a grimace, Twilight nodded back as well, she didn't know how he did, but that obviously wasn't the

case right now. The gem dimmed as the seconds passed. JetStream, out of shock, looked up toward the stage when everypony jumped, 'Why is...?' "...!" JetStream instantly saw her before himself, yet he was hard to see since he blended into the crowd. Too bad for Pinkie being a neon-bright colour in this situation, "It's Nightmare Moon..."

"Nightmare Moon..." she stood in her own stature of an Alicorn, a symbol of power and knowledge. Mix them together and you got double trouble. Spike suddenly fainted, falling to yet another familiar floor. It has gotten cold in here suddenly as she begun to speak upon the ponies of Ponyville, and the history of what Celestia used to be.

"Oh my dear beloved subjects, it's been so long since I've seen your precious, little, sun-loving faces."

"What did you do with our princess!?" Rainbow Dash blew the question away. She leaped up into the air and intended to fly, yet Applejack caught her by her tail. JetStream sighed.

'That could've went horribly...'

"Whoa there nelly!" she said with her mouth bit down. Nightmare Moon laughed.

"Why, am I not royal enough for you?" her eyes squinted, and her tone was more bitter.

"Don't you know who I am?"

'Yes I do!' JetStream thought, as of he actually spoke, 'But I don't want to get in trouble... or have my Mom and Dad worry for me...' JetStream felt empty thinking it.

"Ooo! Ooo! More guessing games umm, Pokey Smokes... how about, Queen Meanie... no, Black Snooty, Black Snooty-!" Applejack stuffed an apple. Even thought she was aware of this, Pinkie still continued to talk.

"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years?" she leaned toward Fluttershy, who was innocently hovering in the ground. Her goo-like flowing mane flowed next to her, just by staring you could tell it was cold as a winter night.

'I want to get up there!' JetStream was thinking like a shark, he would always have to be on the move. Nightmare Moon moved to Rarity, her mane was just below her chin.

"Do you not recall the legend?" her mane flicked up on her chin, "Did you not see the signs?"

'I would be saying yes to so many of you-!'

"I did." Twilight stated, looking at Nightmare Moon, "And I know who you are. You're the mare in the moon, Nightmare Moon."

'The mare in the moon... Nightmare Moon.' JetStream echoed and swallowed, 'I need to get up there!' JetStream jumped back to life as she trotted forward and pushed through the crowd, "Twilight!" she looked to her left, noticing shifting ponies in the crowd.

"JetStream?"

"JetStream!" Myriad exclaimed, they tried to follow, but they weren't getting all the speed they could get.

'Everything will change in this very moment... she must be stopped...' JetStream finally reached the end. When he got out, he stumbled and caught his balance. He suddenly noticed he was getting stared down by Nightmare Moon herself, 'Or else...' she smiled the instant she saw him, yet it didn't look like a very good smile.

"Well, well, well. It looks like somepony remembers me." Nightmare Moon looked at JetStream like a loving mother, it didn't fit so well with JetStream thought, "Oh, it's been a long time. How have you been, JetStream? ..." her expression was so relaxed. JetStream rose his neck in shock, 'She did that on purpose!' next thing her heard was some of the worst, ponies were gasping like he was some wanted outlaw, "How does she know that pony?" he generally heard from in the crowd. She looked about the crowd.

"Oh, so you're surprised at such a thing? To know him and I have a rotting bond since we first met..." she looked at Twilight, "We have interesting crowd here... And if this is true, you must know why I'm here." Twilight looked nervously through the crowd, at JetStream, then back to Nightmare Moon.

"You're here to... to..." her swallow was audible, she looked worried toward JetStream, as did himself. Nightmare Moon laughed.

"Remember this day little ponies, for it is your last-" she looked at Twilight and JetStream. The gem on his ring started to glow a turquoise colour, he started hearing something about it in the crowd as well, "From this moment forth, the night, will last. Forever!" she started laughing maniacally as he mane and tail surged through the building, they swepped by Twilight and JetStream.

'It's so cold...' the gem grew brighter.

"That's freezing..." she shivered to its surprise. Mayor Mare jumped up, pointing her left hoof at Nightmare Moon.

"Seize her!" Three pegasi guards jumped up and flew straight toward her, "Only she knows where the princess is!"

"Stand back-" she turned right to the guards, "-You foals!" giving them a bitter look, her eyes glowed. She spawned mini-lightning flashes, the guards flew backwards and nearly landed on a couple ponies.

"Ahh!" you could hear screams easily in the crowd. JetStream and Twilight just stared in horror. JetStream bit his lower lip and looked back to Nightmare Moon. His gem glowed the brightest it has ever done, he quickly looked at it in worry.

'That isn't good...' suddenly the miasma swarmed around Nightmare Moon in a circle, a never ending loop, it lunged for the door, and wisped right past Twilight and JetStream on its way out. JetStream lost his balance and had to get it back. They both had the same expressions, yet they may be thinking different things. As soon as the miasma was gone, everypony was galloping right and left in a panic. Suddenly the gem dimmed to where there was no light emitting whatsoever, JetStream was facing a little more toward the ground. He looked back up, Twilight gasped when she recalled what JetStream said, because the iris of his eyes were turquoise once again.

"JetStream!" Myriad called out. He finally looked away from Twilight and to his father.

"Dad?"

"Are you alright, JetStream?" Corolla and Myriad galloped closer when they got the chance.

"Come back here!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she flew outside after it, yet she stopped and grimaced.

"... Nighttime? Forever?" she would watch it go until it practically disappeared.

"Help! I'm stuck!" a pony exclaimed from the other side of the Town Hall, Myriad raised his neck and looked around, as did Corolla and JetStream. They saw a pony caught by a spotlight. Myriad turned to JetStream.

"JetStream, I want you to get back to Sugarcube Corner, all right? You should be safe there." he didn't bother asking him the same. Instantly JetStream turned around, galloping out the door,

looking like he would tear up.

'That was! ... It was like she set me up! I ca-!' "Gah!" JetStream suddenly fell backwards. He was breathing like he was walking through a haunted mansion.

"Watch where yo-! Oh... JetStream..." Twilight turned around, JetStream tried to get back up.

"Ow..." he breathed in with his teeth grit, "Now my flank hurts..." he stated to himself looking toward the ground. When he looked back up, Twilight gasped. JetStream turquoise eyes glistened by the moonlit night, JetStream quickly stood back up, "What is it?" he looked behind him.

"Did you see something?"

"I... I saw you."

"Yeah- wait what?" he looked back to her with an eyebrow raised.

"You're eyes are a blue colour, just like you said earlier today when you and I were talking..." JetStream looked at her.

"These things are something I definitely don't want to lie about..." JetStream noticed his ring changed to a blue hue as well, "These eyes... it's like a curse... a blessing..." JetStream looked at

Twilight knowingly, "A bad one at that!" Twilight sighed.

"I need to hurry and get Spike back to the library, you going to follow?" she motioned to take a step. JetStream looked back and forth, until he finally decided.

"Yes." rather shakily. They both started for the library and fled the Town Hall. From where Rainbow Dash stopped in an aerial position. Something reflected a bright glint in the corner of her eye.

"...! Where they going?" she asked herself.

Part 9

Twilight rushed into the library and went upstairs, "I'll be right back." she said.

"I'll wait..." JetStream responded as he walked in and closed the door behind him. The final steps of her hooves vanished near the door upstairs, JetStream then turned toward the windows.

"... I wonder where the others are..." JetStream continued about what they have to do next, 'I don't think just pony force alone can do it...' he remembered when he shattered the blue gem on the thick necklace she wore in some of her earlier nightmares she brought upon him. As soon as Twilight took her first step out of the room, JetStream's heart skipped a beat as he noticed his gem glowed a rainbow hue once again, "... The elements of harmony...?" Twilight perked up as she went to the bookshelf.

"Excuse me, JetStream. But what'd you say?" JetStream paused.

"The elements of harmony?" she stopped herself to look at him.

"Wait... How do you know abou- I never told you about the elements of harmony when we had our little talk before..." Rainbow Dash went up to the window, and could faintly hear what they were talking through their mouths, she didn't quite like what she was hearing.

"Yeah, I know..." JetStream kicked the ground, and continued, "I know about them because of my-" Twilight popped up and went back to the bookshelves.

"That's it!"

"-Oh okay..." JetStream stood by as she shredded the shelf of its books.

"No, no, no..." JetStream took one sharp look at the shelf before him.

"...!" he walked to Twilight's right, stood up on his hind legs and took a book out with his mouth.

"I hhhink I hhhound et!" his voice distorted by his breathing. JetStream then let go and dropped the book to his right hoof, "Yeah-" he repeated, double checking his choice, "-The elements of

harmon-! Ah!" JetStream looked up as he finished, just see Rainbow staring down at him. The book flew behind him, luckily Twilight caught it with her telekinesis and decided to look at it for a split

second before shifting back to the argument there about to endure.

"And just what are the elements of harmony!?" Rainbow Dash gave a bitter look JetStream, and flew around to Twilight.

"And how do you, and your friend here-"

'Friend?'

"-Know about Nightmare Moon, huh!?" JetStream was just about to speak up, when instead, "Are you both spies!?"

'Is she paranoid!? Maybe Twilight was right about everypony here?' luckily for a tough break deserved, she got pulled back by Applejack, yet again pulling on her tail, "Whoa!" her voice cracked as it hit a high note. Applejack let go, looking irritated.

"Simmer down sally, they ain't no spy..." she looked at Twilight and JetStream, a little more calmly, "But they sure know what's goin' on." suddenly the other ponies, especially Pinkie Pie, who received JetStream's invite had walked up behind Applejack. JetStream backed down, scared about where this was going. And from where they stood, you could tell JetStream was some of the youngest in the group. The mysterious ring that nopony, even himself, knew about, and how Nightmare Moon herself said his name, made him think that this couldn't possibly be the way JetStream would think it would go, like how a lot of roads would merge into one, and never be any different. Since the moon was half of the light in the tree house of a library, JetStream backed up into a shady part of the library, making his gem more visible. There was a pause, Twilight then decided to look back at JetStream, who almost looked like he was cowering, his gem was almost a grey colour as well. She sighed as she looked back.

"I read all about the predictions about Nightmare Moon, some mysterious objects called the elements of harmony are the only things that can stop her. But I don't know what they are, where to find them-" JetStream froze up at that statement.

'Yet I do... they're in this room of a castle somewhere around here... oh darn, I can't exactly to remember the name of the place...'

"-they do!" Pinkie Pie looked around, that's when Twilight noticed this and looked toward her, "I have it, thanks Pinkie." she turned around to her and smiled.

"Well, jeez, I knew you were a bookworm, but that fast? You're crazy, Twilight." she shook her head.

"Well no actually-" she looked back toward the shady figure a bit behind her, "Thanks for finding it, JetStream." she smiled, it warmed him up a bit.

"Y-you're welcome." he stuttered still shocked. He noticed the stares he got, almost all of them looked toward his ring too. Rainbow Dash moved closer.

"Actually, JetStream, I don't remember your eyes being blue like that." she pointed at him. JetStream can felt it, she was calm, so it was something to celebrate, luckily Pinkie Pie didn't find out, hopefully not even in four years. JetStream gestured a shy shrug. After a short pause, Twilight flipped to the best page, and started reading. JetStream also decided to step up and try to read along with what Twilight said.

"There are six elements of harmony, but only five are known."

'But only five are known.' JetStream mouthed the words to himself.

"Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, and Loyalty."

<i>'Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, and Loyalty.'</i> JetStream vividly remembered how the object with six different arms seem to hold each stone, "Yet the one on the top..." he

repeated to himself, Twilight's left ear twitched, making her look in that direction.

"What about it, JetStream?" she asked. He looked up.

"I- oh, uh... nothing, you can keep going." he acted as if he didn't mean to catch their attention, "Continue on with Magic..." he said unconsciously. Twilight shuffled and looked back toward the book.

"The sixth, is a complete mystery. It is said the last known location of the elements, was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters." JetStream's Aura shifted, his gem glowed a turquoise colour. His breathing changed as he looked to his gem, he quickly looked over to the nearest window, which was to his left.

JetStream saw something behind the window, he jumped up looking out the window, "Hey!" everypony else jumped afterward.

"What!? What is it!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"I saw something out there, out that window..." he pointed toward said window, everypony looked left.

"I'm sorry dear, but I'm not seeing anything you are." Rarity admitted.

"I swore I saw something there...!"

"Nah." Pinkie responded, "You're probably seeing things, like me." she brought her hooves up to her eyes as they started to roll in opposite directions.

"Okay..." he stood back. Twilight paused before continuing.

"... It is located in what is now, the Everfree forest." she finished, JetStream suddenly jumped up.

"That's what is was-!" he instantly covered his own mouth. The gem was glowing a bright green.

"... What was that about?" Twilight asked.

"Finally cleared something is all." he smiled sheepishly, almost matching Pinkie's smile. Twilight shifted and started walking toward the stairs.

"We need to get ready."

"Fur what?" Applejack asked.

"..." she paused, then turned to her.

"We're going to the Everfree forest to retrieve the elements of harmony-" she looked at the rest of the group, "-And maybe found out what the sixth element is." she smiled.

"Ya know I must admit, this, element of harmony business is pretty interesting stuff." Rainbow Dash stated.

"... I don't know, I've heard about that forest. I and I don't like what I have heard..." Fluttershy started to tremble. JetStream saw this, and decided what he would do trying to be a hero of some sort.

"Don't worry Fluttershy-" his Aura was noticeably an orange.

"You have all your friends by your side."

"... You too right? I mean... I'm pretty sure you're a friend too." JetStream scratched the back of his head.

"Yeah, thanks Fluttershy." JetStream's smile afterword seemed to have affect.

"O-okay." the others smiled at her afterward.

"We got this, Fluttershy. Don't you worry." Twilight finally got back from the room.

"Tired little fellow."

"Waddya doin' up there?" Rainbow asked.

"I checked on, Spike. Why?" she walked to the door.

"We're leaving the baby dragon here!?" Fluttershy almost broke a new record. They were all shocked by her sudden outburst, Twilight instantly shushed her.

"Please, I rather have Spike here than in the Everfree..." JetStream looked curiously.

'Could they be?' he asked himself to whom he'd ask to who later.

"Sorry!" she squeaked. She decided not to say anything further, but just to turn toward the door and burn the phrase.

"Lets get going." off her mouth. The rest followed after her, the last two being Fluttershy and JetStream. He gave off a sigh and blew it all off. Fluttershy looked over her shoulders.

"Excuse me, JetStream." he looked ahead and caught up to her.

"What is it, Fluttershy?" they were walking next to one another.

"I sincerely must think you again, for saving me... back years ago..." JetStream expressed a worryful smile.

"You don't have to, I heard you the first time... but I do admire your gratitude." Fluttershy looked down at the ground once more.

"I'm... I'm sorry, I just can't seem to forget about it, I necessarily like it to bring it back up. I hope you don't mine me telling you..." he smiled.

"No, I don't mind at all..." JetStream paused before he continued, trying to think of something, "... I bet you can use that to build on what you already have..."

"W-what do you mean?" she asked curiously.

"I... well uh..." he looked around, "... Well, you know how they say how you can learn from past mistakes?" she nodded, "Well, keep that in mind, all of us bet you can..." JetStream tilted his head slightly up, "You should too." his gem was glowing a bright pink, he has never saw this colour until now. After that, less and less conversation broke out until they finally reached their destination, and when they did.

"The Everfree forest..." all stated except JetStream, he cringed.

'Never thought I'd be here again...' he about took his first step, but suddenly Pinkie took it instead.

"Weeee! Lets go!" Twilight turned to Pinkie Pie.

"Not so fast." Pinkie stopped.

"Look I appreciate the offer..." she turned to JetStream, "And the information we shared-" she looked firm into the forest, "But I really rather do this on my own..." Applejack walked up, shaking her

head. Everypony looked at her, even Twilight.

"No can do, sugarcube. We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone." she held a firm posture for herself.

'Ugh, that word!' it looked like Twilight could've physically retreated. Applejack went up ahead.

"Ha!" JetStream exclaimed, "It's like she's the leader or something." JetStream directed to Twilight. Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash continued after. She rolled her eyes at his statement.

"Hmmmm! Especially if there's candy apples in there." she looked back toward Twilight. All she did was give her a stare.

"... What!?" she squeaked, as she turned toward the forest, "Those things are good!" she bellowed in the thought of it.

"You know-" Twilight looked at JetStream, who just started to make his way to the entrance, "I did have a candy, that had one flavor change to green apple, I didn't like it as much..." he paused.

"Hey, wait! Pinkie!" he dashed into the forest after her. Twilight looked down, and sighed. And rather said nothing at all instead of complaining.

Part 10

It's been almost ten minutes since they entered this dark, lavender-hued forest, with only the bright stars above as their only way of knowing if they're still breathing. Trees surrounding almost every angle, and creatures rumored that you wouldn't dare mess with if you valued your own life. Twilight was the first ever to speak since they have entered, "...So, none of you have been in here before?" Rarity scoffed at the very thought, looking everywhere very carefully.

"Heavens no! Just look at it, it's dreadful." she shrieked on the last word.

"And it ain't natural..." JetStream sighed.

"I have..." he rose his neck, he was surprised with the looks he received, "Well, technically yes, I have... It was in the nightmares I was always getting when I was with Neure- I mean..." he sighed, and rolled his eyes to the right.

"Talk about being dreadful..." at that moment he felt something cold as he took his next step, and only that one. Yet he thought he only stepped in something, and shook his hoof in mid-air, "I must admit though-" JetStream continued, "I'm not a pony who likes to necessarily, get muddy..." he had to put his emphases where it needed to be.

"... I herd folks say it don't work the same like Equestria."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Twilight asked. They suddenly heard something, Twilight and Applejack jumped ahead while Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and

JetStream were backing up, Rainbow Dash snuck up to them like a spider and with her ghostly voice.

"Nopony knows, you know why...?" Applejack furrowed her eyebrows as she grew irritated at her teasing.

"Rainbow! Quit it!"

"'Cause everypony who has ever come in, has never come-" JetStream was ready for the pounce, "Out!" she jumped, making them all shriek. Followed by a massive crackling sound, which afterward cracks formed all around. The bad thing was that they were at the edge of the cliff, JetStream was right at the crack, unfortunately the whole chunk broke off, and started to fall, with everypony on it. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy instantly took to the air. JetStream quickly turned around and tried to reach for the edge at which the cliff broke, but suddenly the miasma exhausted from the exact spot.

"Agh!" Making it too cold it almost burned, he let go in the pain and started sliding down as well. The moon shone at the right angle, shining down on them as they could meet their last look. But suddenly it all came back, and he heard out of nowhere.

"Fluttershy, quick!" she instantly went downward.

"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!" she repeated to herself as she went down after her. They all screeched as they slid.

'I need to get a hold of myself!' his hooves were side-ways at an angle, yet he needed to hurry as they would run out of room and time to think. Rainbow Dash swooped down and caught Pinkie in mid-air. Fluttershy caught Rarity's tail in her mouth to slow her down. JetStream saw Applejack caught the vine dangling by her teeth, but Twilight, "Twilight!" JetStream exclaimed, Applejack hearing this, she instantly looked down, 'My hooves still hurt from that cold sting earlier...' yet he still looked around. Applejack let go and looked up, "JetStream grab the vine!" he was prepared and hoped to do so. She looked back down.

"Hold on! Ah'ma comin'!" JetStream and the rest watched in terror, "Gocthya!" he praised to himself as he grabbed the vine sticking out from the ground. Apple jack was now just holding Twilight just over the cliff.

"Applejack! What do I do!?" her hind legs slipping just below on the steep drop below them, causing more pebbles to fall. Everypony awaited her answer, and that's when.

"Let go..." she looked up as she thought about it, and looked back to Twilight. Twilight's eyes almost teared.

"Are? Are you crazy!?" Applejack did look very sincere to the pony almost awaiting anything fatal.

"..." JetStream paused, looking worried himself, when suddenly the gem glowed a pinkish colour, "That... that Aura she reveals specifically to you Twilight, it shows true... I know it!" each pause was a struggle to stay attached to the vine he desperately needed. Twilight looked away from JetStream and at Applejack straight at her truthful telling eyes. She nodded toward JetStream as a thanks without words, still keeping her sincere expression. JetStream could feel it, Twilight's Aura was changing, to a light yellow.

"Listen here, Twilight. What Ah'm sayin' here is the honest truth... Let go... and you'll be safe." she took it into thought. And one second after another became such a problem, she let go without another thought. JetStream gasped in fear, her Aura instantly changed to a murky blue. JetStream breathed in with his teeth grit, as all he heard were screams, until it finally stopped. Applejack looked up.

"Don't worry JetStream, com' on down..." he gasped as he knew he had to take action. He looked at the vine he was currently holding on to, "Ah see platforms we can use below us." she explained her reason. JetStream let go after a seconds pass and started sliding down once again.

"Okay..." she prepared herself.

"Okay, JetStream, Ah want you to prepare yerself! Follow me!" she exclaimed and jumped to a rock platform being pushed from the side, where they were able to land on. JetStream was prepared to jump just where she would feel comfortable.

'Okay... Okay! I don't think I can use just only my eyes!' he closed them just before the jump, and a split second before he rolled off the cliff, his gem glowed a yellow colour. Falling now to the platform below, he gasped as he felt like he was able to breath again, just like before. He was able to see everything once again, and everything that falls behind it, yet it was all outlined in certain colours. His Auric sight has returned as the gem glowed like a light in a lamp post during the night. The first platform was straight below outlined in brown, earth colours.

"Keep it up, JetStream!" she encouraged. Applejack jumped to the next, which was to their right just below. JetStream landed with dust blowing in every direction.

"Aagh!"

"Don't furget to bend yer knees!"

'R-right...' the pain rippled throughout his hind legs. He boost himself forward and saw the platform below as Applejack jumped to the next and the rest afterward, as the platforms seem to make a zigzag pattern. The rock came closer and closer until he finally landed, and bent his knees as instructed to, and looked down for the next to jump down to. Soon enough Applejack hit the ground and looked back up.

"Doin' great so far!" JetStream jumped to the last one, yet as he did, something unexpected flew right past him, it was extremely cold. It swiped him off course, he lost balance and suddenly lost his sight. He missed the rock and just started plummeting. They all gasped, yet Rarity and Rainbow Dash caught this quickly. Rarity galloped closer, yet from where Rainbow Dash was, she couldn't see her. As Rarity prepared her magic.

"Ahhhh-!" JetStream realized he suddenly felt heavier. He suddenly heard something whoosh by, followed by a crash. JetStream finally opened his eyes from them being shut in fear, he looked to his left and gasped. Suddenly he heard Applejack starting to snicker.

"Rainbow Dash are you okay!?" they all went to her. As Rarity moved, JetStream who floated in mid-air surrounded by a blue glow followed after her. JetStream shifted in its grip.

'Jeez it's strong...' she pushed into the rock wall as her head was still encrypted into it. On her last push, she freed herself and landed right on her flank a couple feet away. Her wings flopped to the ground just seconds afterward.

"Oh!" Rarity exclaimed as she looked at the dizzied mare, "Rainbow Dash, darling! I'm so sorry for that!"

"Uh... eh-" JetStream thought of it as weird and or awkward.

"Well, thanks Rarity for catching me..." she smiled.

"Oh, it's no problem. And besides-" she set JetStream back on his hooves, "I think Rainbow Dash needs more help as of now..." as soon as JetStream touched the ground, he recoiled and pulled his left hoof away.

'Ag-! ... What?' he dangled it in mid-air like it was numb, 'It's not stinging anymore... it felt like a cold burn seconds ago...' he looked to Applejack in question, yet she was still busy catching her giggles.

Part 11

After minutes later they were back on the trail, JetStream's now blue irises in his eyes are easily noticeable, if they were glowing as bright as the sun it wouldn't change how much you would notice.

Yet it is still a shameful reminder at how he can't seem to bring himself to answer a simple question as "How does she know you?" or anything around the sort. JetStream was focusing on his Aura, concentrating on it like putting pressure on the end of a water hose, "-And once Pinkie and Rarity were safe, whoosh!" she flew by for effect, "Me and Fluttershy loop-de-looped around-" she did barrel rolls right above Twilight, and descended on her right side, "-and wham!" she landed with her wings folding instantly, her eyes closed in the fear of her own amazement, "Caught you right in the nick of time." her toned calmed. Twilight didn't look so pleased.

"Yes Rainbow I was there-" she turned to her with a pleasing expression, "-And I'm very grateful-" JetStream was still concentrating, when what he needed flew off in the wrong direction of where he needed it to go.

"Oh! Da-!" he gasped, Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy looked at him. As the wave he concentrated flew off in the direction he didn't want, it passed an Aura that wasn't resting as he stood before it.

"What is it, JetStr-" a weightful stomp, stopped them in their tracks. JetStream grit his teeth with a worryful expression.

'What is that!?' Twilight gasped.

"A manticore!"

'Manticore?' it jumped to its hind legs and roared like a lion, "We got to get past him!" Twilight declared. Fluttershy coiled in fear, she landed on the ground only later to soon realize what may be causing this, she jumped when she realized the manticore made a pounce for Rarity. It landed and swung its right paw around, only for Rarity to swiftly duck under.

'And maybe a bit of a fighter too?' JetStream questioned as he backed up, he needed to think about, it was all to confusing, 'Its Aura was so calm just moments ago... What made it so agitated!?' Rarity jumped and swung her hind legs straight at the hostile beast, she landed and looked just as aggressive back toward it.

"Take that you crumpian!" It roared back at Rarity from the insult it took, causing excess saliva in its mouth to fly everywhere. Once it stopped it decided to take a look at what it did, "My hair!"

Rarity exclaimed, she looked back at the manticore, "Ah!" a fled from the battle she decided to kick back into. As Rarity retreated, she past Fluttershy, who slightly yelled.

"Wait!" JetStream looked over to her.

'She might have the same idea... yet I wonder what she can feel from this...' the manticore went after her, yet was stopped once Applejack took over, who appeared to jump onto and exclaim.

"Yeee-haw!" on its back, it shifted and soon started to kick, "Get along little doggy!" she yelled as she tried to hang on. After a couple of seconds of jumping and prancing around, Applejack flew off at an angle, she flew past Rainbow Dash, "All yours, partner." she saluted before diving in after it.

"I'm on it!" and flew right past Fluttershy.

"Wait!" yet it still didn't seem to come across. She performed her "Rainblow Dry" and circled the beast, yet at the proper moment, it swatted Rainbow like a fly with its scorpion-like tail.

"Rainbow!" Twilight exclaimed as she fell to the ground, dust and dirt flew up from the forest floor she slid upon. JetStream gasped. Twilight knew she had enough, and looked with a firm angry smile plastered on her face. Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow, and Pinkie all charged at the beast.

'Are they-!? ... wait... how come the manticore isn't moving at all?' since JetStream was at such an angle, he finally realized what it was, he took a step forward out of tension, as they will all get a hit on the beast that should've never messed with the-.

"Waaaiiiit!" she held, and it was the loudest any of them would ever hear. They all stopped in their tracks. Out in silence, JetStream changed his way in Aura he knew would be friendly, his Aura went to a pale blue, as well as the gem, and acted a worried expression to finish it off with a smile, he was glad to still not see it move. Fluttershy turned toward it, with a friendly smile, yet that didn't change a thing for the manticore, it got back on its hind legs and draw its paw up for another attack, they all couldn't watch as they suddenly heard, "It's okay..." she nuzzled it with her nose on its left paw. Her sweet look was all it took to stop the manticore from attacking, it paused and decided to show its left paw, and unveiled what JetStream thought was his answer all that time, "Oh-" she looked at it in pain, "-poor, poor little baby..."

"... Little?" Rainbow Dash questioned her statement, as it was obviously an understatement.

"This will hurt for just a second."

"Here we go..." JetStream cringed, it grabbed her and roared.

"Fluttershy!"
"Fluttershy!"
"Fluttershy!"
"Fluttershy!"
"Fluttershy!" they all screamed at once.

Yet suddenly it started licking her mane, purring like a cat, "I thought it would've been a dog..." putting his hoof on his chest, yet not boasting a pose. He was looking at Applejack as he spoke.

"-You're just a baby little cutie aren't you?" she started to get a snuggle tone, just as if she got a new puppy. Twilight took her first step deciding to walk past it, the rest followed. JetStream walked up to the manticore.

"Wow..." it suddenly stopped licking her for its thanks, and gave a firm unknown look at him, JetStream took a step back, "Ehhh... uh-" his audible pause was taken.

"Don't worry you, here's not here to hurt you-" her tone was still present as it started to lick her again at her mane, "-Is he? No he's not. No he's not." JetStream laughed the building steam from the stare he received, and just decided to go around, where the rest waited for Fluttershy to return. Twilight was the only one who stopped for Fluttershy.

'She sure knows the nature of animals...' JetStream thought. After they waited, Fluttershy finally walked up to them.

"How did you know about the thorn?" Fluttershy walked past her.

"I didn't, sometimes all just need to shown a little kindness..." JetStream noticed Twilight took her sight to the ground for thought, JetStream shifted his head as if her suggested about something.

Twilight looked at him and shook her head to the trail. JetStream followed behind the smiling mare, which was her first time in a while. Everything felt normal, up until something shifted in JetStream's Aura.

"I swear this place is just something else..." he felt something, it was a cold coloured Aura, and it suddenly disappeared.

Part 12

"Ugh..." Rarity finally spoke up after such a pause, "My eyes need a rest from all this, icky muck." it looked darker ahead, JetStream concluded as the once open ceiling is now been covered, it was almost as dark as if you mined through a cave, "... I didn't mean that literally...." she stated to herself.

"Things are going to get interesting from here..." JetStream said in a dreadful tone.

"It's so dark..." Rainbow Dash looked around.

"That ancient ruin could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn't even know it." they all started speaking at once as if they were at a meeting. JetStream paused and looked around.

"..." he was blankly staring at the tree before him.

"Oh wait... I think I stepped in something..." Applejack said lifting her hoof to get a good look at it. Fluttershy looked behind Applejack, and screamed some of her best screams, "It's just mud..."

Applejack responded. Pinkie Pie kept looking back to JetStream, he wasn't moving for some reason. He suddenly heard something, it changed. His hearing changed ever so slightly, then he saw something to the right corner of his eye, it was black as a silhouette.

"...!" he quickly looked there, only to realize it was a fallen tree branch, "... Oh..." he said, looking up as he caught his breathe, "So that's what that noise was-"

"Whoa!" Applejack yelled, falling back from shock.

"What the...?" the tree had a distorted mouth on it. Yet even worse, they were surrounded by these trees, staring as statues. It built upon them until they let off yet another scream all together.

JetStream cringed, covering one of his ears, still having a horrible look at the trees surrounding them.

"Sometimes I don't know which is worse... wait..." he turned around and noticed Pinkie wasn't screaming with them, he looked back in front of him, only to walk back forgetting there was a tree right in front of him, "... Where's Pinkie?" he looked left and right, then suddenly they heard laughter. JetStream looked to his left, and noticed it came from Pinkie, she was laughing at one of the trees, and soon started making faces as you would to foals, "What...?" JetStream knew what he saw, but something was off about it. But that's when it came together, his gem glowed brightly, lighting up a small radius around JetStream in its rainbow-hued glow, they all looked from JetStream to Pinkie.

"Pinkie! What are you doing, run!?" Pinkie Pie looked at the group of five, acknowledging JetStream to the side, nearly where she was.

"Oh girls, you see-"

Song Time!
When I was a little filly and the sun was going doowwn...
<hr/>
"Tell me she's not..." Twilight dreaded this situation.
<hr/>
The darkness and the shadows they would always make me froowwn
<hr/>
"She is..." Rarity responded, 'Little bit of singing too I suppose...' JetStream thought.
<hr/>
I'd hide under my pillow from what I thought I saw, but Granny Pie said that wasn't the way to deal with fears at all
<hr/>
Rainbow Dash was tired of thinking what this mare could be thinking, "Then what is!?"
<hr/>
She said, Pinkie you got to stand up tall, learn to face your fears, you'll see that they can't hurt you just laugh to make them disappear
<hr/>
Pinkie then went up to a tree and proved her point, "Ha, ha, ha." the face them somehow went away, just as she said. She looked back with a big smile. They all gasped.
<hr/>
So, giggle at the ghostly, guffaw at the grossly, crack up at the creepy, whoop it up with the weepy, chortle at the kooky, snortle at the spooky.
And-tell-that-big-dumb-scary-face-to-take-a-hike-and-leave-you-alone-and-if-he-thinks-he-can-scare-you-then-he's-got-another-thing-coming-and-the-very-idea-of-such-a-thing-just-makes-you-wanna...
<hr/>
She started laughing to pull the theme off, and finally held the last note for quite a time. It also dealt with the rest of the hideous faces and left behind normal looking bark. JetStream smiled looked to

Pinkie as they all fell to the floor laughing, "Pinkie that's amazing!" JetStream felt cold in the back of his head, he scratched it on the spot that felt coldest. The miasma, which was hiding behind the

tree, looked like it suddenly got hurt, it then went right and toward the place they all needed to go. JetStream looked behind them, yet all there were are trees just standing on their own, as it should be. JetStream looked to the ground in thought, only to look back up by Pinkie saying.

"Come on, JetStream!" he trotted to catch back up. Seeing everypony bouncing like Pinkie usually would, it effected JetStream's mood, like it would with everypony. Everything around seemed much friendlier, you could actually explore without something popping out, and that there may be something worth finding in this unknown place, yet it isn't what they are looking for, it is something much more. JetStream had to keep pace, as he kept getting behind.

Part 13

With JetStream following the bouncing ponies, they turned a corner. Though Pinkie suddenly stopped the train they were chuggin' along. They all look toward the river, he stepped to the side and gasped, "The river from my nightmare..." he said whispering to himself.

"How are we going to get across this!" Pinkie exclaimed, there was a slight pause, then suddenly everypony heard a cry from not to far from where they were. They went to the left, moved aside a couple of bushes out of the way and took a look at where the cry was coming from.

'That voice sounds familiar...' JetStream thought, while too busy looking at the river, looking left he noticed they already were out on the other side, "Oh!" he trotted and galloped straight through the bushes, plowing his way to the other side. As soon as he went through, he went back to the ground, stopping himself rather sloppily. He walked up behind the six and looked around,

"This sure is familiar, I guess it had to take a lot for it to be in memory..." when he looked straight ahead he couldn't believe his eyes, and about gasped, 'Incredible! That's the same seas serpent from before!' it was then when the serpent noticed JetStream as well, he paused only to snap out of it seconds later.

"-It was a tacky little cloud of purple smoke just, wisps past me, and tore half of my beautiful mustache-" he pointed to the clearly cut facial hair, "-Clean off, and now, I look simply horrid!" he started to tilt, and started to fall back in the river.

"Timber!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, but just before they could take cover, the serpent already splashed into the river. As JetStream looked up, he noticed the same water coming straight at him.

'...!' he had a sudden flashback, to where he was in Canterlot, it seemed to be the same sewer. It looked like it was playing at the point of where he was falling toward the water, closer and closer until the flashback went white just as the water seemed to nearly him. The flashback suddenly went away, "Ah!" he jumped for no reason as it seemed to be. When he looked around, the six ponies to his left were soaked.

"Oh give me a break..." Rainbow Dash dreaded. Fluttershy looked at JetStream.

"JetStream..."

"Hmm?" he looked toward her.

"I don't mean to bother you, but somehow you're not soaked like us when the serpent splashed water everywhere..."

"Really?" JetStream responded, Fluttershy cringed.

"If... if you don't mind me telling you..." he quickly looked at himself, yet it was true. Not an inch of water seemed to be touching him.

"I got to admit it though... I think I'm building a fear for water..." when he was looking around, he stepped away from his current position to notice even the grass below was wet like the dew of a

normal summer morning. From that point on his mouth went wide open, he finally looked back up when Applejack spoke up.

"That's what all the fuss is about?" she asked. Rarity rushed her way up, and looked at Rainbow Dash.

"Why of course it is!" she looked away walking with her Canterlot stature, her nose in the air, "How can you be so insensitive?" Rarity's tone changed for the worse, "Oh would you look at him, such lovely luminance scales." the sea serpent sniffed before responding.

"I know." it had a sincere tone.

"And your expertly quaffed mane." it rose from the edge of the river to pull it backwards, slightly squeaking as he pulled on it.

"Oh I know, I know."

"You're fabulous manicure." he gasped.

"It's so true!"

"All ruined without your beautiful mustache..." Rarity ended.

"It's true I'm hideous!" she looked fiercely at the crowd of ponies before her, "I simply cannot let such a crime stubulosity go uncorrected!" Rarity looked back at the sea serpent and opened her mouth, she got close to it and plucked one of its scales.

"Ow! What'd you do that for?" she held it in the air, seeing it shine from the moon's light.

"Rarity what are yo-?" all their mouths opened wide with a quick swipe of her tail. Rarity grabbed her cut tail with her telekinesis and floated toward the serpents cut off mustache and attached it from there.

"Oo!" he exclaimed in satisfaction. Rarity smiled.

"You look smashing." Twilight expression showed she was still shocked at her actions, she walked up in a fast pace.

"Oh Rarity! Your beautiful tail!" it had sharp edges at where it was cut.

"Oh!" she turned around.

"It's fine, my dear, short tails are in this season. Besides, it'll grow back..." she said upon thinking to realize how it looked. Twilight smiled, when Rainbow Dash snuck up to her.

"So would the mustache..." she walked back away, turning to JetStream and boasting a pose as she heard him snickering. Twilight gasped.

"We can cross now!" it was true, as the raging waves from before now have all dissipated. Twilight started to cross into the water, when suddenly the water shot up from the serpents tail coming from the water was below her.

"Allow me..." he said wholeheartedly, and then stuck his face in the water so they could finish his bridge.

"Com' on, J'ream." Rainbow Dash gestured.

"J'ream?" he questioned the nick name, yet followed after her. After they all crossed, and JetStream was the last to touch the other side, the serpent rose back up form the water. JetStream turned in shock and looked up at it.

"Goodbye. I hope we meet again." the serpent waved, and afterward winked, JetStream gasped.

'Could he have, remembered that being my nightmare...?' he was frozen in second thought, yet shattered as he smiled and waved back, "Alright. Bye then." he turned around and caught back up to the others.

Part 14

"There it is!" Twilight exclaimed. In all its glory, the shook up castle was still standing up right in front of them.

"Oh!"

"Jeez! What happened to it?" Rainbow Dash said looking critically.

"I'm not sure-" Twilight responded, "-But it went through a lot during the royal sister's reign. Almost all the walls were smashed from the inside, even the bricks had cracks in them too. JetStream stepped from the forest and got to the open area.

"Whoa... She was right, it looked a lot cleaner in the nightmare..." the ceiling seemed to be collapsed as well, so there were a considerable amounts of debris on the floor.

"It's the ruins that hold the elements of harmony." Twilight continued. JetStream walked up to Twilight, looking at her.

"We're going to get across... eh somehow..."

"Right, of course JetStream..." Twilight paused before asking.

"You mind looking back into your nightmare, if you went to the same place, then you probably know how you got across." JetStream gave a nervous laugh in return.

"Well, that won't help much, I remember jumping this entire gap..." he looked down into the abyss below from where he stood, swallowing hard.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we'll get there so-!" JetStream jumped up, he saw Rainbow Dash grab her tail.

"Hhhelp mhhe, JhhetSthhream!" she exclaimed through her grit teeth. He went down towards Twilight, and asked her to give her a hoof to himself. She turned around the best she could, soon they finally grabbed each other's hooves, JetStream pulled his best, he quickly anchored himself against the wooden pole sticking from the ground that connected the bridge as he knew he couldn't keep it up. With a final tug, Twilight was set back onto the edge of where a bridge seemed to have fell. Rainbow Dash dragged her further away from the edge while JetStream was sent back on his flank.

Everypony gave a sigh of relief as Rainbow Dash looked at Twilight, who was just standing back up, "What's with you and falling off cliffs today?" Pinkie Pie looked ahead.

"Now what!?" there was another pause. JetStream looked around, not looking so sure himself. When suddenly.

"Duh..." Rainbow responded, fluttering her wings.

"Oh yeah..." Pinkie Pie realized. JetStream stood back up as he saw Rainbow Dash shot herself straight down. His mouth open in wonder, only to see her rise again with the bridge in her mouth.

"Way to g-..." JetStream was cut-off from himself as he realized, "The cold is back..." he said to himself, looking at the ground. It feels like it suddenly got colder, something had to be around. As

soon as Rainbow Dash landed with the rope still tight in her mouth, her grip loosened as she heard something faintly say.

"Rainbow..." she gasped and dropped the rope.

"Who's there?" she looked back and forth, while the miasma went literally right under her nose.

"Rainbow..." the voice echoed through the forest. She looked around, gritting her teeth. She stood up on her hind legs and swung her forehooves like in a boxing match.

"I ain't scared of you! Show yourself!" Rainbow turned around to the voice.

"We've been eagerly waiting your arrival of the best flier in Equestria." she looked around puzzled.

"Who?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Why, you of course."

"Really!?"

"That voice sounds oddly familiar..." JetStream thought aloud.

"I mean, uh yeah! Me, hey uh, you wouldn't mind telling the Wonderbolts that would ya? 'Cause, I've been trying to get into that group for like, ever..." There was a pause.

"No Rainbow Dash, we want you to join us..." three shadowy figures walked up in the clouds. They slid with full balance as they made to a stop outside of the cloud. JetStream suddenly was standing low, in some sort of defense position.

"Imposters!" some of his sharper teeth were showing. Rarity looked down at JetStream's gem, as it caught her attention. It was glowing a certain colour.

"What's the ruckus about, dear?" JetStream paused, just to figure out what made him trip into this anger in the first place.

"It's those ponies' Auras, I have never seen an Aura from another pony glow so faintly..."

"The Shadowbolts?" Rainbow Dash sounded lost.

"We're the greatest aerial team in the Everfree forest. And soon we'll be the greatest in all of Equestria... But first-" the one in the middle walked up to Rainbow and talked to her side by side, "We need a captain..." she flew into the air, and turned back around. Rainbow Dash looked like she would have accepted it instantly, "The most magnificent."

"Yep."

"The swiftest."

"Yes."

"The bravest flier in all the land."

"Yes-" she broke into small laughter, "-It's all true."

"We need..." Rainbow Dash's eyes sparkled in anticipation.

"... You." the dark-toned pony whispered in her ear. She jumped instantly into the air.

"Woo-hoo! Sign me up!" she paused and looked at the bridge. The three ponies shifted as they saw what Rainbow had in mind. JetStream gasped.

"Just let me tie this bridge real quick, and then we have a deal..."

"No!" the pony yelled, causing Rainbow Dash to jump back in shock, "... It's them or us..." she looked gained a sense of worry. JetStream's heart went faster, he started tensing as he knew he had to do something.

"Rainbow! What's taking so long?" he jumped forward just an inch.

'Do not alert them!' JetStream started backing up.

"Oh no..." Twilight was hit with sudden realization that those ponies aren't what they seem.

"Rainbow!" between pauses, JetStream was able to make good distance. With full force he pushed himself forward.

'Too late I'm doing it!' he was going a full gallop toward the gap. He waited so eagerly to see this turn out just like the nightmare. Just as he made his jump for it, and the other mares finally realized what he was doing. One of the ponies looked directly at Twilight, and put up a cloud barrier. Yet just before it was a complete white wall, JetStream was able to smash right through it.

"JetStream!?" Twilight looked to her right in panic.

"What the hay is he doin'!?"

"That's rather reckless I may add..." not knowing how fast the ground would come at him, he prepared to tumble either way. After passing through the thick clouds, he saw the grass below him. He grit his teeth and prepared to land and keep his hooves in sync with the ground so he wouldn't trip over himself. He slid and stopped just a couple feet away from Rainbow. He shook off the stress that was once there, and had to deal with the stares he got from the two ponies on the left and right of the three in front of Rainbow Dash.

"I knew something wasn't riiiieee-" he nearly stomped his hoof on the turquoise tinted grass. The stares he received were almost paralyzing. Seconds after seconds he got quieter and quieter on the same word. Until he couldn't be heard no more, the one in the middle finally spoke up.

"Well?" Rainbow Dash paused, and decided to finally say what was truly lying behind that muzzle of hers.

"... You..." the pony gained a grin "Rainbow! What are you saying!" is what JetStream would've said, but all that came out was the moving of his mouth. JetStream silently gasped, as he realized he

practically is speechless. When suddenly, Rainbow Dash looked at JetStream, then quickly to the pony in front, "Thank you, for the offer I mean..." JetStream was now just confused, yet until she went straight for the bridge, he drew a smile open-mouthed as Rainbow Dash continued to tighten the rope for the bridge, "But, I am afraid I have to say no..." she looked at JetStream smiling, same for him, "I'll be right back, JetStream." he nodded. As soon as she rushed over, the three ponies all transformed into the miasma. When JetStream gasped, his voice was clear and audible. It suddenly got cold the further Rainbow Dash seemed to go, JetStream's temporal blue eyes glowed as well as his gem. It only took a moment, but he realized the miasma was surrounding him.

"Aech!" Twilight looked ahead to see if JetStream was still up ahead, she gasped at what she saw. Since the clouds still lingered, JetStream's silhouette was brought upon the cloud, the miasma performed some kind of illusion. As soon as JetStream lifted on of his hooves so he could avoid it, the illusion kicked in, revealing Nightmare Moon's silhouette for a whole second. After that the miasma instantly left, leaving its Aura to be a clue for him and the rest who where now crossing the bridge.

"What was that!?" Twilight exclaimed.

"... Whatever it is... it's made upset..." he dreaded looking toward the shattered castle, his blue eyes shined by the moon's light.

Part 15

Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity all decided to walk ahead, Pinkie Pie gasped to show that she was behind, she bounced just slightly faster to catch up. Twilight started walking when

JetStream started to, "So this must be the castle?" JetStream asked, raising a brow at the mare next to her.

"I'm pretty sure this is it-" she paused, "Didn't you say, JetStream, that you went to this castle, in your nightmares?" Twilight asked.

"Well, yeah I did but..." he looked at the castle they were slowly approaching, "... It looked nothing like this. It was much cleaner looking, although the inside wasn't as smashed, it had a couple

dents inside. From how I see it now from my nightmares-" he looked back to Twilight, "-It's basically like my memory has been cleared... but I've yet to remember..." JetStream looked like he saw something to the right, as he wouldn't look away. After a long pause, he signaled that he was finished.

"... Why don't we catch back up." Twilight went to a slightly faster trot.

"O-okay..." JetStream followed after, not looking at the ground. There were a couple gasps in awe as soon as they entered. JetStream was looking at the walls, "Yeah, it has really take a beating..." he looked at the center and gasped, he galloped up to it and took a look, "Wow!"

"What is it?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"This doesn't even look touched. There's no dents or anything happened to it!" he sounded very shocked, his voice bouncing off the brick walls.

"Come on, Twilight, isn't this what you were waitin' for?"

"Yes..." she nodded softly.

"The elements of harmony, we've found them!" JetStream's eyes suddenly jumped to Rainbow Dash as she grabbed one of the stones, followed by Fluttershy.

"JetStream, you might be wrong on that part." Rainbow Dash said, looking at him.

"What do you mean?" he looked to her.

"There are hoof prints everywhere on the top of this thing..." she started to fly down to settle the stones on the ground.

"Careful, careful..." Twilight warned. JetStream instantly froze up, eyes wide open.

'Was that a nightmare...?'

"There are only five stones here..." Pinkie Pie counted to herself as JetStream broke out of the seemingly invisible ice.

"Pinkie, there are six. It's just the top one doesn't have its stone."

"Oops-" she laughed, "I guess I couldn't see it."

"The book said, when the five are present a spark will cause the sixth to be revealed."

"Spark..." JetStream closed his eyes as he went to thinking he had tried to remember something, "The... The arc of the quint... build the unconditional soma. The spark to hold inside the power to bring all to harmony, the celestial corona will be yours to demand..." Rainbow Dash rose an eyebrow.

"Can you translate that please?" Twilight paused, only to speak up moments later.

"What was that, JetStream?" he softly kicked the ground.

"It was something I saw in what my Mom was reading..." Twilight's expression didn't change, "She really liked to learn about the interesting history..." that got Twilight to move.

"Alright." she responded, "I need to get back to these..." she kneeled down to the point she was lying on the cold concrete, "I have an idea... stand back, I don't know what will happen..." they all stood back, and JetStream walked back to the others.

'Is she going to use magic for this?' JetStream paused, his mouth opened when he saw Twilight's horn glow, 'Spark... as in magic?' JetStream standing a good couple feet away when Applejack started walking out.

"Com' on y'all, she needs to concentrate." JetStream looked at the rest, as they all started walk out. Instead, JetStream just decided to back out further.

'I need to stay in here... what if Twilight's right. What if something bad could happen...' a cold wave went down his spine, he shivered and looked around, "Is that a draft I felt..." he noticed something slithering down the bricks behind them, "...!" he stepped forward, only to noticed the tons of bricks that were falling right toward him. As he bent down to jump out of the way, one of them fell directly onto his right forehoof, causing him to fall limb-fully onto the floor, as if he had no control to get back up. The rest started to shower on him like a rainy day, getting dust and stain looking bruise marks everywhere. Looking at him now he looks slightly darker. When he finally looked back up, he noticed the miasma was already circling the elements.

"T-Twilight!" he shouted. She quickly opened her eyes and gasped, that's when the others outside heard and they all decided to go back in. As of now the small twirling was now a very small tornado.

"The elements!" she saw them getting taken by this, as it started to shrink, she jumped for it, when the tornado disappeared, Twilight was gone as well. JetStream shifted in the bricks as he tried

to break loose. They all ran up to in too late, a spark was produced and then it flashed in mid-air. When suddenly they hear.

"Agh." followed by something hitting concrete. The next thing they knew, something emerged behind the pillar their left.

"Who's that?" Rainbow Dash asked. As it looked like a silhouette to them. Finally he walked out to where the ceiling was open, and the light shined on him, "JetStream!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Oh, my! What happened!?" Rarity asked.

"That... thing showed up and I found that those bricks suddenly started falling..." JetStream jerked to the side for the moment, "My legs... they hurt..." he said softly.

"Ya alright?" Applejack asked.

"I'm alright." he answered quickly.

"Where'd Twilight go?" Fluttershy wondered as she looked around. Rarity saw something in the corner of her eye, and looked to her left.

"Look!" she saw a building over on the other side. There was light just pouring out the side of it. JetStream closed his eyes, and prepared his Auric sight. His Aura was a faint red with a mix of grey, it was a sign of lost power and worry. When he shifted Fluttershy jumped.

"Don't worry, Fluttershy." others just stared in confusion.

"JetStream, what are you doing?"

"Sorry I rather get to Twilight as fast as I can." he galloped to the outlined exit and paused there, "Anypony want to follow?" they all looked at the glowing pony in front of them, when Rainbow Dash suddenly jumped in front.

"You're not letting me get behind!" she flew up to him. JetStream still looked back, the rest nodded and trotted up to him. He turned around and practically started galloping at full speed with his eyes closed, "We'll get there, Twilight don't worry!"

Epilogue

Somewhere in another part of the broken castle, a spark was produced, followed by it being surrounded by purple smoke. Twilight Sparkle appeared from the smoke, coughing as she didn't want to breath it in. She suddenly went quiet as she heard small laughter coming from afar. Twilight looked up, only to gasp. It was the one and only Nightmare Moon. She was laughing at the succession she has made thus far, and should be rather lucky to think she'd get this far. She stood up and yelled, "Where am I!?" Nightmare Moon's laughing fit went instantly silent, causing Twilight suddenly back off a step of the hoof. Nightmare had a furrowed look on her.

"Let's not be too hasty..." the stones that circled around her lowered to the floor by a couple of feet, "They'll get here soon... enough..." Twilight ignored what bait she put in front of her. She exhaled and looked toward the ground, just as Nightmare was a brow.

"The... spirits... of the elements. There were jumping at my eyes this entire time... yet they were transparent, like... like a ghost. Only to be more visible as I, and nopony else, figured out something

I thought I never would have." Nightmare snickered.

"What is it? What could have not possibly been on those books that you're surrounded by could have been there?" she had a mocking tone in her voice. Twilight smiled, as she was delighted to talk about it. This tiny expression rose big curiosity for Nightmare.

"It's such a simple yet complex topic... one that can be discussed both ways. The light feelings of one pony to another, to give something and expect nothing except a "Thank you" in return..." she looked quiet unamused.

"I don't see the look of where this has to be going..." Twilight's expression stayed firm.

"That's exactly my point! You're too consumed of the hatred that you have forgot entirely of what it's supposed to b-!" Twilight eyes opened wide, lifting her right hoof from the ground as Nightmare yelled in anger.

"Do not believe into those traps called books!" tears started to break from her eyes. JetStream gasped as he saw the gem glow brightly once again.

"I-I think we should hurry!" Rainbow Dash nodded, who was right by his side.

"Nopony should let such prevaricators abridge the heartfelt consequence on our personal chronicle!" The stones surrounding her were spinning a lot faster than they were, and much higher from the ground. But suddenly they stopped instantly, and fell to the ground within a seconds notice. They now surrounded her on the ground. Twilight's fears rose as her heart pumped faster.

'I got to get to those stones...' when suddenly, Nightmare Moon started galloping at her full speed. Twilight got her horn ready, as it started to glow, "You got to be kidding me..." she said to

herself as she galloped afterward. She planned to teleport up ahead to the stones, now only hoping it would go before they'd hit, or something even worse. And just before they seemed to hit,

Twilight disappeared into thin air. Nightmare gasped, she instantly stopped to turn around back at the stones.

'Oh no!' looking back, Twilight reappeared above the stones and fell back to the floor. She held herself together as a teleportation spell was tiresome to use, she bent down and horn started to glow once more.

"Just one spark..." she paused, the glow went brighter, "Com on, come on...!" Nightmare Moon was rushed into her tornado, rushing from one side of the castle to the other. Twilight thought she had it, until Nightmare appeared. Using her magic, the stones was sent with an electric current, when it sparked, Twilight was sent flying back with a scream, landing sloppily on the cold concrete with her back. She pressed her forehooves against the ground and lift herself back up, looking back at the stones, her mouthed open as they shot electricity towards one another.

"No... No!" Nightmare Moon looked down, knowing she has missed by the littlest. But suddenly, the stones relaxed, nothing was going between. And that didn't look good for Twilight, she gasped as it obviously wasn't complete. Nightmare Moon started to laugh.

"But, where's the sixth element!?" Nightmare Moon got back on her hind legs, and stomped straight towards the ground, launching the stones into the air. Twilight was shocked as they all shattered in mid-air.

"... You little foal! Do you really think you can defeat me!?" JetStream stopped in the middle of a three-way turn.

"Which way do you see it again?"

"That way!?" Rainbow Dash pointed to the right hallway, "Com' on!" she continued.

"Ah don't know what Nightmare Moon did, but somthin' just effected us dearly..." Applejack looked back as they galloped, noticing Rarity was falling behind, "Rarity! Wouldya speed it up?!" she lightly scoffed.

"All this galloping is tiring me out, mind you. And there's no need to yell..."

"Yes there is!" Rainbow and Applejack shouted.

"... Now, you will never see your princess..." her transparent mane and tail started bursting from her body like an energy source, "... or your sun. The night, will last, forever!" Nightmare's laughter

echoed loudly throughout the castle. Her mane and tail swirling around like dark fog. The gem on JetStream's ring started to glow again.

"You know JetStream, I never got around to askin' about that thing of yours..." Rainbow Dash asked.

"That's not important no-" JetStream stopped mid-sentence, and instantly turned the direction he needed to go for the castle room.

"This way!" he yelled without looking back. Rainbow Dash almost slipped trying to decide which way JetStream was going. Suddenly there was a light that took a left turn to, "I think this is it!"

JetStream smiled, as Rainbow suddenly flew up ahead of JetStream and landed with her wings closing.

"Better catch up then!" she looked back to JetStream.

"Hey!" he shouted in response. As soon as they reached it, they galloped out of the hallway and into the open room, where Twilight and Nightmare awaited.

"Huh?" Rainbow Dash went to a stop. As JetStream went out of his Auric sight, he didn't stop which lead him to gallop right into Rainbow Dash from behind, "Whoa!" she screamed as she landed just a bit further, JetStream got back up after he stopped sliding.

"This is it!" he gained a firm expression, looking directly at Nightmare Moon. Twilight smiled, looking back at her.

"... You think you can destroy the elements of harmony, just like that? Well, you're wrong!" All the ponies walked up behind Twilight, with Rarity catching just enough breathe to stand for her own good, "... Because the spirits of the elements of harmony, are right here!" JetStream gasped.

"The spirits of...?" JetStream took a couple of steps back. He brought his right hoof onto his chest and focused, closing his eyes. A white Aura formed around him, and the turquoise colour of the gem dimmed. A white vivid thick fire started to form right at the point of where JetStream's eyes close. And to the point he thought he was ready, he suddenly opened them, revealing the fire looking tip in his blue eyes. He quickly put his hoof back down on the concrete, he didn't want to loose his balance. His eyes were open, although he couldn't see the outlines, this time with this vision, he could see other pony's Auras with much accuracy. JetStream was surprised with what he saw. The Auras of the six ponies in front of him were distorted, true to their colour, but they couldn't be as strong as they can. One was left to be judged, an Alicorn here for revenge and redemption for the wrong reasons, JetStream saw this pony's Aura to be a dark red surrounded by black all around, especially around the top of her head. He could see it, why it was there. He could see the Auras of the ponies closer to him, they were being drawn inward into it, as if some sort of vacuum. One thing's for sure, JetStream kept in mind that the dark red was some of the most often feelings, anger. The shards of the stones that shattered started to hover around Nightmare Moon.

"What!?..." glowing one colour for each.

'Glow your brightest, Twilight. The six of us is your support.' JetStream's Aura surged. Twilight decided to tell Nightmare Moon what she had to her friends.

"Applejack... who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of, Honesty." More then half a dozen of the shards circled around Applejack, glowing her coat colour, "Fluttershy... who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of, Kindness." the same happened for Fluttershy, "Pinkie Pie... who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of, Laughter." she was bouncing up and down as she would normally do, "Rarity... who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of, Generosity." she smiled as the shards surrounded her, "And Rainbow Dash... who could not abandon her friends for her own hearts desire, represents the spirit of, Loyalty. The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us." Twilight had a firm expression on her face.

"You still don't have the sixth element... the spark didn't work!" Nightmare was looking back at her part of the castle, JetStream noticed she gained the slightest smile.

"It did, a different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you-" she looked over at JetStream for the moment, "-To see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited in me when I realized that you all..." Nightmare gave her a rough look, "... Are my friends!" suddenly a shock like sound went into the air, and they all noticed the sixth stone, was floating right above Twilight glowing, it descended and hovered right above her. Nightmare Moon, hid behind her wing in the light, yet it was only her acting, she had something to plan, and these little ponies were not going to ruin it, "You see Nightmare Moon. When the elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all is creates the sixth element. The element of,

Magic!" a spherical glow formed above Twilight, as it lit the whole room. Nightmare Moon finally thought she had a chance to stop it. With her magic she suddenly warming up a good shot for the stone in the middle. Whenever a glow around each of them would dissipate, they gained some sort of necklace they would where, when they got only the first one, Nightmare Moon easily snuck a shot and some of her magic went straight toward the center of the orb. When the magic hit it, it made a sound of something like bouncing of a window. JetStream didn't see the magic itself, but when JetStream saw the sudden unbalance in the Auras he could see, he gasped.

'We can't let anything go wrong at this point!' JetStream's Aura glowed just as bright as the orb in the center. He stood as tall as he could, and changed the frequency to where their glowing orb needed to be healed. He went for violet and let the orb's white Aura soak his up, holding his head up high, yet as it drained into the orb like glow, JetStream grew tired, his legs begun to shake in place, 'It's healing slower than I thought...' knowing the unbalance it would cause, Nightmare Moon started to laugh, yet the six ponies in front of her didn't seem to notice, that was her

plan. Up until she checked back on her acquaintance, she noticed this violet Aura of his was getting drawed into the orb.

"No!" she exclaimed. Feeling like he could fall at any moment, the feeling of being drained felt like he didn't eat for an entire day.

'Com' on... keep it up! I... we cannot... let this go!' with the orb glowing brighter and brighter, and the great sensation of knowing they were making it through, as it didn't feel it was enough.

Nightmare Moon positioned a wide-spread stance, rushing that black Aura toward JetStream. As soon as it hit the violet rushing by, the black tangled itself with it. With his physical energy now being drained even faster, JetStream instantly fell to the floor, cutting off his balance for the chipped part of the magic stone Nightmare Moon shot off. In fact, when JetStream fell to his side, his head landed right next to the piece Nightmare cut off, yet it was the last thing he'd see before his eyes open again from this severely needed rest in such a dangerous situation. Yet just as everything went to black, he something shot out of the orb, not knowing what its colours were for some reason, yet it had much hope. Yet whatever it was, it was what they needed, what JetStream needed.

As it was enough information for JetStream to acknowledge that he has pulled it through to help them pull it off with the handicap Nightmare gave them. As their attack went forward, a big rainbow made an arch before it started to fall like a double helix towards Nightmare Moon.

"Noo!" just before the rainbow practically consumed Nightmare Moon. After the rainbow was gone, the orb that held attack together vanished, as well did Nightmare inside the rainbow. All six of

them were lying down after the place was darkened after the light went away, it was quiet a while for one of them to get back up.

"Uhhh, my head..." Rainbow Dash moaned as she rubbed her cheek as she stood back up, when everypony looked at Rarity when she gasped.

"Oh thank goodness!" she looked at her tail, which seemed to be fully restored, as it was never clipped in the first place. JetStream shifted from his position.

"..." his eyes continuously tried to keep open, "Nnn... Nightmare...." there was this cold before, that black Aura JetStream felt, soon faded away with the wind. JetStream broke a smile, "... She's gone..." he was finally able to get his eyes open to its full extent. He lifted his head to look up in front of him, "They're already standing..." as he tried his best to keep his footing, he realized something, "Wait... she's gone... then my help in balancing did the trick!" he stood higher from his slouch, "Actually..." he sank back down, "I feel a lot better than I did before..." his mouth opened unconsciously in thought. He looked over to the ponies cheering that they did it, as JetStream noticed they were suddenly wearing necklaces, with Twilight wearing a crown, "I have a long way to go..." he looked at himself, "With Aura..." he shut his eyes tightly in excitement, "And I can't wait to see what I can do." Rainbow Dash turned to JetStream.

"Oh!" she trotted over, "You okay?" he took a couple of breathes before continuing.

"Actually, I feel better than ever." he smiled, while Rainbow went directly toward her necklace.

"Look at it, JetStream! We all suddenly got these. I really like how it shines..." she looked at the jewelry at the last sentence.

"Cool..." the gem had a faint glow, like a state of rest.

"Gee, Twilight. I thought you were just spoutin' a lot of hooey, but I reckon we really do represent the elements of friendship." there was a sudden bright glow past the big glass-stained window.

"Indeed you do." a voice said. When suddenly the sky lit up its natural blue colour, and a glowing sphere showed up like the sun, yet it floated closer and closer instead of up. JetStream's mouth opened.

"No way..." when the orb disappeared, no other then Princess Celestia appeared. Standing tall and high, looking down on the ponies before her, "She's actually here..." JetStream looked left and right, "In a place like this?" Soon enough Fluttershy bent down, and kneeled. Followed by Rarity, then Rainbow Dash, then Applejack and Pinkie Pie, "They're kneeling... yet Twilight is..."

JetStream said as he was to the side. Twilight gasped and took her step forward.

"Princess Celestia!" they both smiled.

"Twilight Sparkle." Celestia responded, "My faithful student, I knew you could do it." that's when Twilight's expression changed. JetStream walked in more center, walking Fluttershy.

"JetStream." she bowed a bit to greet him.

"Hi, princess." he smiled.

"But, you told me it was all an old pony tale." Celestia rose back up.

"I told you that you needed to make friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." Twilight nodded to the five girls on her side, JetStream did the same to Twilight when she looked over, "Now if only another will as well..." they all looked back up in shock, back to where Nightmare Moon once stood.

'What?' JetStream wondered what Celestia meant. When they saw who laid in the wreckage of armor, some sort of magic fire still emitting from their attack, they gasped. When this pony saw Celestia, she looked up in shock as well.

"Princess Luna..."

'Luna...?' JetStream walked left a bit, trying to get a good look at her, that's when he gasped.

"It had been a thousand years-" those words he heard echoed like a long tunnel, "-since I have seen you like this." JetStream walked up to the others, looking at one another once Celestia went all the way to the ground to talk to this pony, "Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together little sister."

"Sister?" they all echoed.

'There's no doubt about it... she has to be Neurelm. She looks exactly like her...' her coat was a lighter blue. She had the same coloured eyes, yet they were different. And they looked like regular eyes too, 'This has to mean that every we had seen is now set to normal. Does that mean something crazy happened during both of their rules? Did they rule at the same time?'

JetStream's head was at a slight tilt, as he had one hoof in the air.

"... Will you accept my friendship?" she stood back up. This pony looked absolutely awful in terms of pity, when remembering all those little images, those heated points in fights, and where lead to that one fateful moment. This pony leaped up.

"I'm so sorry! I missed you so much big sister..." tears started to run down their eyes.

'A thousand years...'

"I missed you too." Celestia called back. Pinkie Pie started to cry a waterfall, yet she suddenly stopped.

"Hey! This calls for a party!" she jumped.

"Just wait 'till we're out of this creepy place first, Pinkie..." Rainbow Dash responded.

"Let's go sister. I do indeed think we all should celebrate a reunion." she smiled whole-heartedly. As they all started to walk out, Luna passed JetStream, which seemed to stand almost at equal height. Luna suddenly looked back, and without saying a word, tugged on JetStream's right forehoof.

"Hmm..?" he gasped, yet all she did was give a small smile. Everything was back to the way it was supposed to be.