> Playin' the Golden Record
>  by Ponycrafter
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> Road Trip!
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Twilight sighed and slammed the door shut with her magic. It had been yet another perilous day for her, as well as tiring. She had to buck some apples for Applejack, try on dresses for Rarity and take over weather duty for Rainbow Dash. The latter wasn't easy, seeing as she was a unicorn, but she had managed to pull them all off - while barely managing to avoid lightning strikes from the crazy, prank-loving rainbow mare. Yep, just an ordinary day for Twilight Sparkle. As she planted her haunches into a chair, her stomach growled at her with the fury of a dragon. Speaking of dragons...

"Spiiike!" Twilight called. Her ears swiveled as she heard scaly footsteps prodding down the staircase to her room.

"Yeah, Twi? Sheesh, you look like a me-"

"I know, Spike," Twilight interrupted, trying to ignore the ravenous hunger in her belly. "It's been a long day. Could you make me something to eat? I'm starving!"

"Aye aye, cap'n!" Spike replied, imitating a pirate's voice with surprisingly good accuracy. He padded off to the kitchen, where clicks of buttons and dials being turned filled the air.

Twilight just wanted to get away from it all; Her friends begging her to help, writing friendship reports, and even the occasional disaster almost destroying Ponyville. She had considered taking a trip with her friends, but that would be too expensive - any trips nowadays cost thousands of bits, and not even her magic was strong enough to teleport her somewhere exotic. Images flew through her head as she thought of relaxing on the beaches of Floriluna (That's supposed to be Florida, I'm just too lazy to come up with another name :P) and sipping some delicious apple cider. Or perhaps she could go on a ski trip to Equestria's famous Griffon Alps and enjoy the hot chocolate while sitting near a warm fire. These images, however, were interrupted as a daisy salad planted itself in front of Twilight's snout, snapping her out of her stupor.

"Here ya go, Twi! A nice, tasty salad," Spike said. "Oh, and the stove's gas line just clogged. That's why I couldn't make any fries."

Twilight sighed yet again, and this time not just because she was tired, but because repairing the line would take days, not to mention it would cost yet another thousand bits. She just didn't want to deal with it anymore, and instead focused on her tasty salad. She gobbled it up quickly, leaving only the plate and a few daisy petals scattered about it. Her hunger was finally quenched, and she gathered the energy to stand from the chair and head over to her writing desk. She was soon joined by her number one assistant.

"Twi? Everything ok?" He asked.

"Yeah," Twilight answered. "Just a little bit of thinking's gotten to me - what if I took a vacation?"

The question caught Spike off guard. He hummed to himself for a moment before replying.

"Well, not much would be different around here. Your friends would miss you, though."

Friends. Friends...
Friends!

Suddenly, an idea popped into Twilight's head, causing her to bolt upright and smile almost as widely as Lyra.

"Spike, take a letter!" She said. Spike quickly obeyed, pulling a quill and paper seemingly out of nowhere. Twilight narrated her letter as Spike rapidly wrote it all down.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I have been taking day after day of work, and it is getting exhausting. Helping friends, writing reports to you, the usual stuff. I've been thinking I should take a break from all this and go on a vacation to Las Pegasus with my friends. I bet that if we all pitch in a few bits, we could afford a decent trip there for a few days.

However, this is why I'm writing you; who will watch over Ponyville while I'm gone? I must turn to you when I ask this question. I cannot be in two places at once. Ponyville would be a wreck without me, and my cloning spell probably won't work after what happened last time.

Spike groaned at this, remembering all of the Twilights falling in love with various ponies around Ponyville as he tried to find the real one.

So, this is what I ask you: Do you know of anypony that could watch Ponyville while we're gone? If you do, please message me back soon.

Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle

Spike finished the letter just as his quill ran out of ink. He smiled and wrapped the scroll in a fine red ribbon, preparing to blow it away to the princess. He drew in a deep breath and blew fire on the scroll gently, causing it to dissipate and vanish into thin air. Twilight grinned as she thought of the reactions to her friends' faces when they found out they were going to Las Pegasus. Priceless!

Not five minutes later, Twilight heard a loud burp from behind her, followed by a heavy thump. She turned around, and as expected, a letter lay on the floor in front of Spike, wrapped in a royal red ribbon. However, next to it lay a large bag, full of something heavy. 

"Whoa," Spike said. "How did I manage to burp that up?"

Twilight levitated the letter to her face and unraveled it, reading its contents aloud.

My Dearest Student,

I am glad to hear that you are taking a break from the everyday life of Ponyville. I understand your feelings. Being a princess isn't an easy job! Sometimes I wish I could go on vacation, but I need to stay here and rule Equestria with Luna. However, I believe you'll love this news.

There's been a brief conflict with the Griffons from the far north. They've gotten into a scrap with some of our guardsmen, and due to that, we now have around one million brand new bits in compensation money. I believe you know where this is going!

I have decided to send you one-hundred-thousand bits to pay for your fabulous trip to Las Pegasus. The money will pay for your housing for three weeks, as well as more than enough to enjoy the festivities there. While you're gone, I've enlisted a few rebel changelings to fill in for you. Don't worry, nopony will even know you're gone!

You will be staying in the glorious Neigh-on (Neon) Hotel on Prance street. I've already booked the room for you, thanks to Luna's help - I was never good with numbers. Prance street has many wonderful attractions. There's a fancy restaurant, a few casinos, and a wonderful dance club hosted by a great friend of mine named Golden Record. I've told him you're coming. I'm sure you'll get along great with him.

There's also my personal favorite place on Prance street - the spa! They give the best wing-rubs and horn-filings I've ever seen. They also said something about a "happy ending", but I've no clue what that means. Perhaps you'll know.

Enjoy your trip to Las Pegasus, Twilight. And by the way, if you happen to meet some "lucky stallion", remember to use protection!

Spike burst into a fit of giggles upon hearing this, and he was quickly joined by Twilight.

I mean it, Twilight. It's happened to Luna before, and it wasn't pretty!

Your Loving Mentor,
Princess Celestia

P.S. Don't worry about the changelings filling in. They're traitors to Chrysalis.

The letter ended with a well-drawn smiling pony head, with a wink in place of its left eye.

"Spike!" Twilight yelled. "Do you know what this means?!"

"Yep!" He quickly replied. They both jumped into the air, cheering the same words in unison.

"ROAD TRIP!"





"You wanna take me to Las Pegasus?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yes." Twilight replied.

"As in, the Las Pegasus?"

"Correct!"

"You're not joking?"

"Nope!" Twilight's already large grin grew ever larger as she saw Rainbow Dash's reaction.

Rainbow's reaction started like a time bomb. The input was put in, and things clicked around inside her head. When the time came for her to realize that Twilight wasn't joking, the fuse lit up, starting off as a small smile and gradually working its way up to a full on Fluttershy-esque squee!

"YYYYYESS!" Rainbow cried as her wings buzzed at an impeccable speed, hoisting her into the air. She did a series of flips and twirls in midair, laughing all the way. She ended her show with her world-famous Sonic Rainboom, shaking Ponyville and covering its citizens in a rainbow-colored mist. Rainbow then proceeded to do more flips, pulling into a nose-dive towards the unforgiving soil. Twilight saw Rainbow pick up more and more speed as she darted straight towards the ground, screaming one word:

YES!

Aaaand ending with one word as she smashed headfirst into the ground at breakneck speed.

OW!





Somewhere on the other side of the world

Chopstick Chomper yipped as he felt the ground beneath him suddenly jolt up, then settle back down in an instant. He glanced down at his seat, where his chopstick cutie mark adorned his flank. His straw hat tipped over slightly from the quake, but he reached up with his hoof past his red robes and tilted it back into place. He glanced around at the other surprised ponies that were picking themselves up from the ground. The calm, Ponyese music had stopped for an instant, then immediately began playing as the band members re-organized themselves.

"Me think Ponyville set new ground smash record!" Chopstick said. Across from him, Honorable Dumpling nodded, his gray beard and mane bobbing with his head.

"Me think so too."

"Crazy Ponyville!" Dumpling said.

"Honorable, but crazy!" Chopstick replied.

They both shared a quick bout of laughter before settling down and focusing on their noodles.





"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight yelled as she saw her friend plummet into the ground, causing it to tremble. 

Where Rainbow had landed was a small crater. Twilight ran over to it, daring a look inside. However, instead of glancing upon blood and entrails, she saw a perfectly fine Rainbow Dash, stuck head-first in the dirt. Only her flanks and tail were visible. She yanked her head from the dirt with a satisfying pop!

"Rainbow Dash, are you alright?!" Twilight talk-shouted.

"Eheheh," Rainbow said, scratching her rainbow mane and avoiding Twilight's gaze. "Yes."

Just then, Twilight heard a buzzing noise from behind a house. She excused herself from Rainbow Dash and trotted behind the house, where a shocking - but welcome - sight waited for her.

"You must be the changeling filling in for Dash, right?"

The changeling nodded her head, igniting herself into Rainbow Dash's form.

"... Not bad," Twilight said, "But you've got the eye color wrong."

The changeling peered into a window and saw her reflection. Indeed, her eyes were green; definitely not what color Rainbow Dash's eyes were. The changeling simply shrugged.

"There'sss nothing I can do about it. Our eyesss are almossst alwaysss green."

"Close enough," Twilight said. "You can go ahead and fly up to Rainbow's home, I'm sure she won't even notice you're here."

The changeling nodded once more, then took off in a flurry of blue feathers.





"Well, darn-tootin' Tom! Ah'm a-goin' ta Pegasus!"

Twilight smiled sweetly as Applejack jumped up and down in front of her barn, forgetting almost completely about her apple-bucking. Big Macintosh trotted by, hoisting a cider barrel over his back with ease. He took one look at his sister, and began trotting away again, shaking his head. Meanwhile, Applejack was finished her jumping, and she now lay flat on her back, catching her breath. Not even a tough farmpony like her could jump like that for very long. The only exception was Pinkie Pie, because - well, she's Pinkie Pie. Enough said.

"Twi, I already liked you a lot before, but heck, now I just downright love ya!"

Applejack then took off into her home to inform her family of the news. Moments later, Twilight heard a surprising "Yeeehaw!" from the Apple family's house. Applejack soon emerged from the house, tailed by her family, minus Granny Smith, who was yelling at them to quiet down while she took her nap.

"Ya ain't got any idea how much this means to me, Twi!"

"I'm sure I do, Applejack. Your reaction was pretty much the same as Rainbow's."

Applejack deadpanned after this, before suddenly pulling Twilight into a tight hug. Twilight could feel her ribs crack under the enormous pressure.

"A... jack... air! Can't... need... air!" Twilight gasped loudly between her words.

"Ah, big bro, I think AJ's crushin' her!" Applebloom said.

"Eeyup," Mac replied. He turned to Applejack. "Ya should, ya know... let go."

Applejack was quick to obey, releasing Twilight from her iron grip and planting her haunches firmly into the ground. Twilight then burst into a coughing fit that lasted a few moments. She got a hold of herself, facing Applejack again.

"Sorry Twi, I'm just so-"

"Don't worry about it AJ, the same thing happened when I told Pinkie Pie and Rarity. You should start packing, the train leaves tomorrow!"

"Eeyup."

Applejack was about to whisk away, before she turned back and ran to Twilight again.

"Now, hang on a cottonpickin' minute... who's gonna work at the orchard while I'm gone?"

"Got it covered," Twilight said, nodding her head towards the shadows. Unseen before due to his black shell, a muscular male changeling stepped out of the shadows and into the light.

"SHIFTER!" The Apple trio shouted. They all made a move to tackle the changeling, only to be stopped dead by Twilight's magic. They all floated slowly into the air, protesting loudly and trying to reach the changeling. One of Mac's hooves came dangerously close to pulverizing the changeling, but he came just an inch short. The changeling, meanwhile, didn't even flinch. He yawned out of boredom, leaning against the barn's wall.

"Nonono, relax!" Twilight said. She had to raise her voice a bit to be heard over the protests of the Apple family. They all turned to her in surprise, wondering why Twilight wasn't trying to obliterate the changeling in front of her. Applebloom grunted and yelped as she twirled helplessly in midair.

"This changeling's a rebel. He abandoned Chrysalis," Twilight explained. The family remained silent for a moment, before a chorus of understanding "oh's" came from them.

"Yes. I did not like her at all. She was rather... bossssy." The changeling's voice was less "hissy" than the last changelings' voices were.

Big Mac was the first to speak up. "How do we know yer not lyin'?"

The changeling only blinked.

"You'll just have to trussst me."

The Apple family gave the changeling a wary look, before finally being released from Twilight's magic and being set gently on the floor.

"I suppose I can trust this shifter..." Applejack's eyes lit up with amusement as the male changeling transformed into Applejack's form, shrinking down noticeably. "Aren't ya a tad embarrassed at bein' a girl?"

The changeling rolled his - or her - eyes at the remark.

"I've portrayed girlsss many times before... I know all of their secretss."

Applejack and Applebloom gasped quietly at this counter-taunt. Twilight turned to the changeling, just as shocked. He turned to her as well.

"All of them." The changeling smiled eerily as he peered around to his now marelike flanks. Slapping them with a hoof, he nodded in approval.

Applejack growled, but kept her cool as she remembered that the changeling was only joking. Even if he was friendly, he still had a bizarre sense of humor.

"Aaaalright... but no funny business, ya hear?"

The changeling nodded again before trotting out from the farm, his tail held high in a taunting "show". He bucked a nearby tree, causing a few apples to fall from it. The changeling quickly yelped in pain, looking at his rear hoof.

"Thiss could take some getting usssed to..."





Four down, one to go!

Twilight smiled as she went over her mental checklist.

-Rainbow Dash [X]
-Applejack         [X]
-Pinkie Pie         [X]
-Rarity               [X]
-Fluttershy         [  ]

Twilight's smile then turned upside down as she thought of Fluttershy's reaction to going on a trip, not to mention finding out that a changeling was taking over for her. So far, the other changeling encounters weren't bad - Applejack's reaction wasn't too bad. Rarity was surprised, but accepted the fact. Pinkie pie just said 'Okie dokie lokey!'. Rainbow Dash didn't even care. How would Fluttershy react?

Her question would soon be answered as she trotted up to Fluttershy's cottage, decorated beautifully in flowers and natural-looking vines. Animal homes dotted the landscape around her home. Twilight braced herself mentally and knocked on Fluttershy's door.

Moments later, a white rabbit answered the door. He didn't seem quite happy at being disturbed from his nap. Twilight could tell he was napping because he was wearing a sleeping cap, as well as dragging a red blanket behind him. Twilight put on the friendliest smile she could.

"Hey there, Angel. Is Fluttershy-"

SLAM!

"-home?"

Twilight groaned as she knocked on the door again. If Angel did that again, she swore she would blow the door down with her magic. This time, however, Fluttershy opened the door herself.

"Oh, sorry Twilight, but the door got stuck again. We have to slam it to get it to open fully."

Twilight understood right away, and felt her anger towards Angel dissipate.

"Anyway, is there something I can do for you?"

"Yes, Fluttershy, there is. I have some news." Twilight put on a fake sad face, hoping to joke around with her friend a bit before spilling the beans. The reaction Fluttershy gave the opposite of sad, however.

"You're pregnant?! Oh, that's wonderful Twilight! Who's the father? Is it that handsome Doctor Whooves? Or maybe that hunk of a stallion, Big Macintosh?!"

Twilight stood dumbstruck. Fluttershy then flushed a deep red before averting her gaze.

"S-sorry, Twilight. I've been drinking."

Twilight stood even more dumbstruck than before. "Drinking?! You've been drinking?!"

"Yes," Fluttershy answered simply. She looked back at Twilight.

"What have you been drinking?! Don't be Applejack Daniels, please don't!"

"Coffee."

Twilight's surprise multiplied one thousand-fold. 

"Oh."

That was all she could muster as she scolded herself inwardly for jumping to assumptions. A minute of silence passed before Twilight finally broke it.

"Um, no. The news is even better."

"Twins?"

"No!" Twilight said, and the two giggled quietly. "We're going to Las Pegasus - and you're coming with us!"





Beep. Beep. Beep. The sound of a heart monitor echoed through the hospital room.

"Well, Ms. Sparkle, it's nothing too serious. Just a few broken ribs is all!"

Twilight moaned in pain as she lay on the hospital bed with a large, white bandage wrapped around her chest. To her, it sure felt like something serious. After telling Fluttershy about the trip, the normally timid pegasus hugged her tighter than four Big Macintoshes would have. This in turn broke her already cracked ribs. Surrounding her were her friends, joined by Spike and a doctor in a white coat. Fluttershy's eyes were glossy with her almost crying.

"Oh, Twilight... I... I just-"

"I know," Twilight said. "You got excited." She smiled widely as the group laughed at her somehow funny words.

Quickly, the doctor trotted up to the bed, levitating a clipboard in front of his face.

"Now, Ms. Sparkle, your ribs aren't entirely broken. If I am correct, they should be healed by tomorrow morning, just in time for your train!"

Twilight and the group murmured approvingly at the doctor's words before being hustled out by a nurse. The nurse told them that Twilight needed her rest. Twilight's eyes agreed with the nurse's words as they grew heavy with fatigue. She turned her head and saw a crystal blue mare with an even lighter blue mane, lying on the bed next to her. Her cutie mark was a screwball.

"Hey, you're not injured. How come you're in here?"

"Bark! Bark bark! Aroof!"

"Oh... right."
> All Aboard
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"AAAALL ABOOOOARD!"

The conductor's voice rang loud and clear through the Ponyville train station. The sounds of ponies chatting and steam hissing echoed through the tall room where Twilight and her friends were standing. However, instead of sitting on a train and chugging to a famous Equestrian hotspot, they were trying to understand what was holding up their train. It was probably something stupid. Hoisted ten feet above their heads, with several pegasi mechanics drilling and hammering away at what looked to be the remains of a train whistle. In front of them stood a tall, muscular pony with black cornrows for a mane and a cigar held firmly in his lips. A bright yellow safety helmet adorned his forehead, with a small hole for his horn. Twilight had noticed that his horn was much longer than any other ponies', save for Princess Celestia's. A red mechanic's vest wrapped around his chest and lower body, and a well-kept goatee hid his face. In his mouth, an unlit cigar was held. A cutie mark of crossed wrenches and a train wheel was on his flank.

"Could you say that again, please?" 

The conductor sighed. That had been his fourth sigh since Twilight and her friends had arrived, expecting their trains with their suitcases packed to the brim with food, bits and some unneeded clothing.

"Mon, ta train no chugga anytime soon. Ta train tooter wen kablooey." The mechanic's long, black cornrow mane bobbed as he nodded his head.

"What?" Twilight asked. She was getting frustrated now.

"Wagwan wit yo brain, purple mare? Ta train whistle boomed!"

"Boomed?" Rarity asked. "Why darling, is that even a word?"

"Ya, mon!"

Twilight and her friends had been stuck there trying to find out what the mechanic was saying for five minutes now. Nopony had bother to stop and help. They were all too busy trying to catch their own trains, and any staff were busy working on said trains. The mechanic pushed back his helmet a bit and tried again.

"Looka here, mon. Ta train no gwan move fa one week, seen?"

Applejack began to understand what the mechanic was saying.

"So we can't skidaddle 'till that tooter's fixed?" Applejack questioned. The mechanic simply nodded.

Twilight and the gang understood now. They weren't going anywhere until the train's whistle was fixed.

"Aww, come on, brony! How long's this gonna take? I wanna fly around, smell the Las Pegasus air!" Rainbow Dash did a flip in the air for added emphasis.

"Like said, mon. One week."

The Mane 6, along with Spike, groaned loudly. What were they going to do for an hour at a train station? As far as Twilight knew, nothing. The walls were bland except for some lame paintings, and the benches were broken and rusty. There was a food court, but Fluttershy had insisted they bring their own food - she had eaten at the food court once. Never again, she said.

"Twi," Spike groaned, "I think... I think I'm gonna-!"

BUUURP

The rasta mechanic jumped from surprise at the green flames that singed his horn. The rest of the group, however, simply laughed. As expected, a royal letter sealed in a purple ribbon - wait, purple? Why was there a purple ribbon instead of a red one?

This must be important! Twilight thought as she levitated the letter to her assistant who undid the purple ribbon. 

In place of the royal Canterlot insignia, there was a picture of a shield and star on the golden piece that held the ribbon together. Spike handed the letter to Twilight's magical grasp, who read it out loud.

Dear Little sis,

Heard about your little incident at the train station. Don't ask how. Anyway, I thought I could help you out a bit. I'm off of guard duty for the weekend, so I have a few royal chariots here at my disposal. The princess said I could use them if i wanted to, but I had no use for them - until now!

How would you and your friends like to take the royal chariot to Las Pegasus?

The entire group gasped aloud, including the mechanic, who let his cool fall for a split second.

"Woah! You gwan take ta royal chariot?! Mon! Das crikey!"

I have three chariots here, enough for your six friends. The chariots were built for three, but I suppose you would want some room in them, right? So, I'm lending you royal chariot number 1.

You'll have tons of room in there, trust me. It's meant to transport VIPs and Princesses. I'm sure you'll love it. You and the gang can all fit in there no problem. It's huge!

I've sent the chariot on its way. Oh, and don't be surprised at the one pulling the chariot!

Lots of love,
Shining Armor

"Well, paint me blue an' call me a raindrop! We're all takin' the chair-yit!"

The Mane 6 and Spike began chatting about what the royal chariots would be like. They had all seen the guardsmen pull regular chariots before, as well as Princess Celestia's chariot. However, none of them had seen a royal chariot! The mechanic joined in on the conversation, just as excited as they were about seeing - and riding in - a royal chariot. However, the mechanic remembered something.

"So ya ponies wan yo bits back?" He said.

"No, that's alright," Spike said. "You can keep the ticket money. Consider it a tip!"

"Ahhh, thanks, mon!"

The mechanic trotted off to help the other mechanics repair the broken train's whistle.

The ponies chatted for a good while, anticipating the royal chariot's arrival. When they were about to give up, they heard a loud call pierce the air.

The girls all jumped, as well as a few of the mechanics. What sounded like a mix between a dragon and a stallion's screech reverberated through the air. The Mane 6 whirled about, save for Fluttershy, who was nowhere to be seen. Finally, Pinkie Pie spotted the source of the noise, pointing with her hoof. Soaring through the air towards them was a chariot. The royal chariot they had been expecting. The Mane 6, as well as the rest of the engineers and mechanics in the repair shop, looked towards the open doors of the train bay.

They all ooh-ed and awe-ed at the wonderful sight. The chariot was huge, a bright regal white, trimmed with real gold and silver wheels, spokes and even doors. The windows were elegantly washed, with not a spec of dirt or grime to be seen. Long ropes were attached to it, leading to  something nopony was expecting - a huge spectral pony. 

Its eyes were replaced by glowing green orbs, and the feathers on its back were replaced with sharp, metal blades, shaped to resemble a pegasus' wings. It also had a long, thin horn, nearly the size of Princess Celestia's.There was no face on it, save for the eerie glowing eyes. No mouth, no nostrils, just eyes and ears. Its transparent cyan skin revealed a red, cartoon-style heart beating in its chest. No mane or tail were to be seen.

The ponies, as expected, were petrified. Whatever stood before them clashed terribly with the beautiful colors of the chariot. Mechanics around the workplace stopped and stared, and the occasional one turned and bolted through the door. One mechanic even went so far to levitate his wrench, as if to strike the being, but was stopped dead when an aura of blue magic emanated from the spectral alicorn, "wrenching" it from the unicorn's grasp. He stood perfectly still, staring into the creature's eyes.

Five minutes of heart-pounding silence ensued.

Every minute felt like a day. All the while, the spectral pony turned its head and stared at anypony who dared to look back at it. The being occasionally let out an evil-ish, ghastly whinny, rearing up and glancing at the Mane 6, as well as Spike. Spike didn't look back, or at all for that matter - he was passed out on the floor next to Rarity. Fluttershy looked back at the animal, not a scarce hint of fear found on her face. Applejack stood ready to run, as did Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie's hair made a deflating sound, flopping against her head helplessly. Finally, after what felt like years, Twilight spoke up.

"Ummm... a-a-are you here to take us to Las P-p-pegasus?"

The spectral pony stared back, but began to nod its head.

"W-well, let's g-get going then..."

Twilight motioned for the girls to follow her. Applejack hoisted Rarity over her back, while Twilight carried Spike. All the while, they watched the ghostly being, who in turn watched them back, its eyes shifting in its head. The silence continued throughout the entire building. Only the sounds of hoofsteps and heartbeats were heard. When all the ponies had climbed the stairs to the chariot, Twilight slowly opened its door. It slid open without a sound.

Inside were wonderfully decorated chairs and a table, as well as a magically-lit chandelier, which emanated blue magical light. A large window allowed the ponies to see the being's head and upper body quite well from the center of the room. The ponies had little time to admire, however, as they heard another evil whinny from the ghost pony.

Weee-ghhhhh...

"We're goin', we're goin'," Applejack mumbled as she plonked herself into a chair. Pinkie claimed the wonderfully soft couch, and Rarity was put on it beside her. Spike was awake now, standing and shivering on Twilight's back. He didn't utter a sound. Pinkie's hair began to re-inflate as she slowly bounded up and down on the couch.

"Weeee! Bounc-"

Pinkie was shut up my a muzzle of purple magic surrounding her snout.

"Pinkie, quiet!" Twilight yell-whispered. "That thing might not like you screaming with joy the entire way!"

The ghost chortled, as if in agreement.

"Well, I bet I can take him," Rainbow Dash mumbled. "He's just a ghost, no big deal!"

The rest of the ponies remained quiet. When everypony was seated and ready, Twilight was getting ready to call out to the spectre, until she noticed a small, thin cord with a little bell attached to it on the outside of the carriage. A label with big, orange lettering read PULL TO START. Twilight quickly tugged at it. The bell outside rang loudly, piercing the silence of the building and even scaring a few of the bigger stallions. The ghost pony's ears swiveled back at the noise, just before it moaned quietly and trotted around, its large blade-wings unfolding without a sound. Its heavy footsteps were heard as the chariot turned around to face the open doors of the train bay, and without another word, the chariot was harshly pulled forward into the air, light blue magic aiding in the liftoff. As the chariot picked up speed, the ponies were surprised to not hear the sound of wind rushing against the chariot. Everything remained quiet. Not even the chandelier moved.

"Well!" Pinkie's voice startled everypony out of their ghost-instilled stupor. "Since that scary-wary ghostie-wostie pony ain't scaring us anymore, let's have some fun!"

The rest of the group silently agreed. Even the ghost agreed, nodding its head and emitting a strangely cute moan.

"Well, Pinkie, what should we do first?" Fluttershy asked.

"Ooh! Ooh! I know!" Pinkie bounced up and down on the couch, shaking her hoof wildly. Fluttershy giggled quietly, along with the other girls and Spike, before she spoke.

"Yes, Pinkie?"

"Let's play Truth or Dare!" Pinkie exclaimed.

This seemed to calm the crew down. Everypony thought it was a good idea, gathering around the elegant table in the center of the rather large chariot.

"That sounds like fun!" Fluttershy quietly said.

"Just like my sleepover!" Twilight.

"Well darn tootin', alright!" Applejack agreed, removing her hat and hanging it up on a coat rack nearby.

"Aww yeah, I love this game!" Rainbow Dash chirped.

"Oof... I think I might sit this one out, guys."

The girls turned to Spike, the one who had spoken. His knees were shaking slightly.

"I've had a pretty weird day, and I'd love a nap." He said.

As if he knew where the bedroom was, Spike pushed open a random door. Nope, bathroom. He pushed another. Kitchen. Man, this chariot had everything. But where was the cozy bed? Spike shoved another door open in frustration, finally answering his own question as he flopped down on a large, king-sized bed. Twilight giggled and magiced the door shut quietly. The door read "Master bedroom". Around it, two other bedrooms were labeled. Applejack checked in and said that there were three in each room. Meanwhile, Rarity had woken up and silently joined the girls at the table. Applejack took an apple from the fruit bowl placed conveniently in the center and crunched down on it loudly.

"I'll go first," Pinkie said. "And I pick YOU, Fluttershy!"

Fluttershy squeaked silently and hid behind her wonderfully cute mane.

"Truth or dare?" Pinkie asked in her cheery voice.

"Ummm... oh, I'll pick... dare." Fluttershy emerged from her mane.

"Alright!" Pinkie squeaked. "I dare you to go talk to Mr. Spooky pants out there!"

The other four ponies gasped in response. They all glanced out the front window, where the spectre's wings were still flapping soundlessly. It didn't seem to hear them.

"What?! Pinkie, that's dangerous!" Rainbow exclaimed. 

"Oh, calm down! It's not like he'll bite her head off, or rip off her legs, or tear out her orga-"

"PINKIE!" The entire group yelled. Fluttershy's pupils dilated to pinpricks as she hid under the table.

"What? It's a dare!" Pinkie yelled back. "She has to do it!"

"Well, alright..." Twilight mumbled. "Fluttershy? What do you think, can you do it?"

Twilight peered under the table, spotting a small pink and yellow ball cowering near the base of the table. She looked up at Twilight's voice.

"W-well, if I have to do it..." The rest of the group, even Pinkie Pie, gasped again at Fluttershy's bravery. Even the courageous Rainbow Dash refused to go out.

Fluttershy stepped out from the table, avoiding the glare of the other ponies. She slowly tiphoofed to the chariot door, nudging it open with her snout. The wind didn't sound, nor did any rush in. This drove the crew to believe that there was some sort of magical forcefield around the chariot. Fluttershy stepped out into the windless air, and quietly trotted up to the front of the chariot, where there was a seat built for anypony who was driving via mule or goat. Fluttershy seated herself and cleared her throat quietly. No response from the ghastly pony. She tried again, this time louder.

The ghost pony's head twisted around at an impossible angle, a full 180 degrees, to meet Fluttershy's gaze. This in turn caused the entire pony gang to almost lose their lunch. Its green eyes stared back into hers. Surprisingly, Fluttershy stayed strong, not moving an inch. Perhaps it was out of fear.

"Um... hello." Fluttershy mumbled.

The ghost pony moaned grumpily and twisted its head back around, focusing on the flight.

"What's your name?" Fluttershy asked. The pony swiveled its ears back, then turned its head slightly to stare into Fluttershy's eyes once more. It moaned again, but this time with a friendly tone to it.

Whhoooogggghhhhhhh...

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that..." Fluttershy mumbled, leaning in closer. The pony turned its head more, focusing its eyes on Fluttershy harder.

Wwwhhoogghhooo.

"What?"

Yyuugo...

"Yugo?" Fluttershy asked. The pony nodded its head slowly.

"Well, Yugo, I'm Fluttershy. It's a pleasure to meet you." Fluttershy held out her hoof, which Yugo accidentally smacked with its razor sharp wings. Fluttershy yelped and pulled back, eyeing the miniscule slit that began to ooze blood.. The pony gang inside the chariot yelped as well, fearing Fluttershy had lost a hoof or her entire leg. From their angle, they couldn't see quite well, and none of them dared to try and get a better look. Rarity flopped to the floor, unconcious again. 

Fluttershy began whimpering, and tears welled up in her eyes. It was no bigger than a papercut, but it still hurt. This triggered a strange response from Yugo.

Yugo's eyes turned a deep pink, matching the color of Fluttershy's mane. Its head turned a 180 again, facing Fluttershy. Its eyes met hers, and Fluttershy felt something move through her. Something... ethereal.

It felt like liquid fire coursing through her veins. It felt like melted marshmallow pudding in her tummy. Her wings spread widely as she felt an electrical shock reverberate through her body. She felt as if someone, or something, was inside her. All the while she continued to stare at Yugo. A voice materialized in her head, neither male nor female.

I am sorry.

Fluttershy let herself relax as she forgot about her cut and smiled sweetly at Yugo.

"It's okay, Yugo, you didn't mean to."

The pony gang relaxed their limbs when they heard Fluttershy's calm voice.

"At least she's alright," Twilight whispered, staring daggers at Pinkie, who was busy trying to comb her unruly mane.

Fluttershy reached forward again, avoiding Yugo's razor metal wings, and patted it on the head. To Fluttershy's surprise, she didn't fall through as she expected. She instead felt as if she were stroking a dog. Yugo moaned happily as Fluttershy began scratching its neck, eventually flying alongside Yugo and scratching behind its ears. Though Yugo was in its own happy world, its wings still flapped, undeterred. Yugo's heart literally melted when Fluttershy kissed it on the nose, oozing a bright pink inside of its transparent body.

"Eww," Rarity said, now awake again.

"I think he's kinda cute," Rainbow Dash said. "Creepy, but cute."

"I reckon he's a strong feller!" Applejack cheered.

"Aww, he ain't so scary after all!" Pinkie exclaimed. "He's just a cutesie-wootsie little... thing!"

"Now girls, remember!" Twilight said over the happy mumbling of her friends. "We don't know what this thing is, so we're not sure if it's a boy or a girl. Or both."

"Ooh!" Fluttershy's voice yelped in surprise as Yugo's long leg wrapped around Fluttershy, giving her a nice, big, rib-breaking hug. "I love you too, Yugo," Fluttershy choked out. A blue tentacle slid out from under Yugo's wing and began stroking Fluttershy's mane gently. A chorus of "D'aww" was heard as the ponies saw Fluttershy nuzzling Yugo's large face.

"Well girls," Twilight announced, "I'm fairly certain that it's not going to hurt us."

"Ooh! Ooh!" Pinkie's hoof shot up again.

"Yes, Pinkie?" Twilight asked.

"Let's make a bet!" She said loudly. "First to find out the thing's gender gets a week of free cupcakes at Sugarcu-"

"Ooh! OOF!" Fluttershy squealed loudly as she felt Yugo's tentacle slide down between her flanks, stroking her most private of areas.

"It's definitely a boy!" Fluttershy squealed. "Stop it, Yugo, that tickles!"

Rainbow Dash grinned as she realized what Yugo was doing to Fluttershy.

"Does that mean Fluttershy wins?" Rarity asked.

"Yep..." Pinkie mumbled, her pink hair deflating again as she heard Fluttershy's more excited yelps. An erotic moan sparked the girls into action.

"I'm going to bed," Rainbow Dash said quickly.

"Me too," Pinkie agreed.

"Me three", Applejack replied.

"I as well," Rarity spoke in her cute accent.

"Might as well sleep with Spike," Twilight said. "He's probably still scared from... Hugo, was it? Yugo? Whatever."

The girls all said their goodnights and went to their rooms, quickly bunking and falling asleep. A musical of quiet snoring was soon echoing through the chariot. This was interrupted a few minutes later as the door to the chariot opened slowly, then shutting without a sound. Fluttershy stood inside, her mane and tail now slightly ruffled. Her hindquarters were shaking slightly. Her eyes were drowsy and her legs wobbled with exhaustion. From what? I'm sure you know. She made her way to the bedroom on the right, where Pinkie and Rainbow slept.

"Boys will be boys," Fluttershy giggled.


> Viva Las Pegasus
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The rest of the flight was somewhat uneventful. They met a griffin, who exchanged some bits for somewhere to catch his breath, but that was about it. The ponies had been flying for a whole day straight, and Yugo was showing no signs of exhaustion. The ponies found themselves getting increasingly bored, and not even Pinkie Pie's games could help pass the time. It was now night time, but the ponies couldn't sleep well with turbulence shaking them from their beds. They still hadn't had anything fun to do when Yugo made a strange sound.

Fnyyuuurrrrrrr!

The group, sans Spike who was in the bathroom, turned their heads and glanced forward at Yugo. He pointed with his hoof to the horizon. The looks on the group's faces instantly lightened as they saw bright, flashing lights and spotlights blazing through the air.

They had reached Las Pegasus!

"YEEEHAW!" Applejack cheered. The rest of the ponies quickly followed suit.

"Ooh! We're here!" Pinkie exclaimed.  "We'reherewe'rehere!"

"Oh, those lights are so marvelous..." Rarity stared in awe at the beautiful lights that shone in the distance.

"Yay..." Fluttershy cheered at the amazing sight.

"Aww yeah!" Rainbow yelled. "I can't wait to cut some air through this place!"

"Wow, it's even bigger than the books said!" Twilight used her photography spell to permanently engrave the image in her memory.

The ponies were about to stick their heads out of the carriage to get a better look when a loud roar was heard from Yugo. Another roar promptly followed from behind them. Turning around and peering through the small rear window, Pinkie Pie caught the silhouette of a large dragon speeding towards them. Involuntarily her ears began flopping, her left rear leg began tapping and her tail began twitching.

"DRAGON!" She shouted.

The crew burst into action, diving under the table. Rarity instead ran for the master bedroom. They had all heard stories about the bandit dragons who ransacked unlucky carriages at night. Images of their dooms flashed through their minds. Yugo let out another roar, this time higher pitched.

The rapidly approaching dragon returned it, before soaring feet away from the carriage and dipping out of sight. When Rainbow Dash saw that the dragon had disappeared, she climbed out from the table.

"Peh, dragons. I ain't afraid of no-"

"Excuse me?" A booming voice said. Rainbow whipped around to stare directly into the face of a huge, black dragon. He soared alongside the carriage, his yellow eyes surveyed inside of the carriage. Yugo's green eyes turned a bright red as the dragon eyed Fluttershy.

"... I'm not going to eat her," The dragon said. "I'm a guardsdragon. I just came to make sure you aren't a threat."

Yugo's spectral horn glowed brightly, and that's when the ponies got a good look at the dragon. His scaled weren't black, but in fact a deep shade of green. He wore a large chestplate and helmet, both colored to match his scales. A shining metal "G" emblazoned itself on the dragon's chestplate and helmet. His left wing was replaced by a metallic, bladed one, similar to Yugo's wings.

Fluttershy was the first to act. she crawled out from under the table, followed swiftly by the other ponies. She showed no signs of fear as she eyed the dragon. The ponies were surprised to meet a friendly dragon. Spike gazed in awe at the dragon.

"Is that what I'm gonna look like when I grow up?" He asked.

"Yes, little one," The guard said. "I looked much like you when I was young, except I was green." The guard smiled slightly before continuing. "And I had wings."

The ponies giggled quietly. Yugo's light went out for a brief moment as his eyes shaded back to green.

"Now, to business," The guard grumbled. "I'm going to ask you a few questions."

Twilight stepped forward. "Ask away, sir."

"Do you have any fugitives on board?"

"No."

"Is there anybody onboard that is not present at the moment?"

"Yes, Rarity, but she's just a unicorn like me."

"Are you transporting explosives or toxic goods?"

"Nuh-uh."

"Last question," The guard said. "Why is Yugo pulling your carriage instead of royal guards?"

This question caught Twilight by the horn. "What? You know Yugo?"

"Yes, he is Golden Record's companion."

Twilight nodded, as if she were understanding, but truly she didn't know. Rainbow Dash shifted uneasily on her hooves, growing frustrated.

"Well, you don't seem to pose any threat," The guard said, unhappy he wasn't able to blaze another terrorist out of the sky. He turned his head to Yugo. "Follow me and I'll guide you to Neighon Hotel. Golden Record has informed me of your arrival."

Yugo nodded, tilting left as the guard did. He soared quickly behind the dragon. The ponies allowed themselves to relax and look out the window. Rarity emerged from the bedroom and joined the girls wordlessly.

"So, he was friendly, I take it?" She said.

"Eeyup," Applejack replied.

The group opened the carriage door and crowded carefully onto the outside of the huge carriage. They peeked over the railing and stared out the glorious sight. Beneath them was fabulous Las Pegasus. The gang oohed and awed as they saw fireworks going off in the distance. Strange sirens filled the air as a pair of pegasus guards chased down a speeding carriage. The city was alive with movement, but what really got their eyes was the gargantuan building that loomed in the distance. Some of the windows were lit, others were not. A large, well-lit sign perched on the side of the building - "Neighon Casino and Hotel".

"Is that where we're staying?!" Pinkie Pie shouted. She leaned too far over the edge, however, and the other she screamed loudly as she tumbled over the side. The other girls and Spike yelled after her.

"PINKIE!"

But just as they thought she was a goner, Yugo's wing tentacle dodged out and snatched her by the hind leg. A chorus of "phew" was heard as Yugo flipped Pinkie into his hooves, hugging her tightly.

"Aww, thanks, Yoogie!" Pinkie said. "I thought I was done for! You can hug me anywhere you want, by th- Eep!"

Pinkie reached down and yanked Yugo's wing tentacle from inside her marehood. Yugo's eyes shifted to a blue color as he looked at her, as if saying "why?".

"Not there, Yoogie." Pinkie said in her usual cheery manner.

Aaawwwwwww... Yugo hung his head low as his cartoonish heart cracked in half.

The group exchanged glances before bursting into a fit of laughter. Yugo joined in shortly after. The laugh was cut short as Yugo ushered the ponies inside before slowing down to land on top of Neighon. The landing was rather rough as Yugo wasn't quite used to landing vertically. After touchdown, the ponies grabbed their bags and trotted off the carriage. Spike, as usual, rode on Twilight's back. On top of what looked to be a huge bird perch sat the same dragon guard, although his helmet was now held in his left claw. The group got a good look at his razor-sharp head spikes. Wind ruffled them slightly. Twilight wondered why no wind was hitting her or her friends.

"Welcome to the Neighon Casino and Hotel!" He said as he nudged open the roof door with his claw. The ponies thanked Yugo for the ride, and Fluttershy even kissed him on the snout again. His heart melted once again. He handed Fluttershy a card before she left to join the other ponies who were waiting for her. Yugo's horn glowed brightly, and a cyan forcefield formed and dissipated from around the ponies. Wind quickly battered the mares, and Spike was almost blown off of Twilight's back.

"That must've been Yugo's air forcefield," Twilight yelled over the loud whooshing. "Everypony inside!"

The girls quickly obeyed, especially Rarity who bolted for the door.

"Oh dear, my mane will be ruined!"

Applejack's hat also blew off of her head, and despite her efforts to catch it, it blew away in the wind.

"Mah hat!" She cried as it whipped wildly in the highrise wind. The dragon guard reached out effortlessly and snatched the hat from the air, much to Applejack's approval. "Thanks."

"No problemo," The guardsdragon replied. "Happens all the time."





Twilight stood at the counter of the hotel's check-in booth. She had rang the bell three times, and still no clerk appeared. Twilight's friends chatted and relaxed in the lounge, finding a large comfy couch to sit on next to en elegant fireplace. A tiny but adult dragon tended the fire from the inside, stepping into the flames easily and without pain, moving logs and blowing flames on any unlit ones. Twilight saw the crew burst into laughter as Spike told them an inaudible story. Twilight's thoughts were interrupted at an accented voice.

"May I serve you?"

Twilight turned around and faced a male griffon, dressed in a great-looking tuxedo. She had to get used to seeing all kinds of Equestrian races in Las Pegasus as it was such a great vacation spot. He sat behind a large red book with a quill at the ready. His headfeathers were well combed, and the majority of his feathers were a deep brown except for his head, which was a dark gray. He opened the book as Twilight looked him in the eye.

"Yes, we're checking in," Twilight said. "My last name's Sparkle."

The griffin's eyes darted across multiple pages as he flipped through them quickly. He found the S's, and started going through last names. Stargazer, Stormchaser, Spindle, Shooter... Aha! Sparkle!

"Are you Twilight Sparkle or Shining Sparkle?" He asked.

"Twilight."

"Good. I see you have a reservation for seven in the penthouse," He said, scratching out Twilight's name in the book. "Welcome to the Neighon Casino and Hotel. I am Bildar."

"Nice to meet you, Bildar." Twilight held out her hoof, and Bildar shook it kindly.

"May I show you to your room?" Bildar asked.

"That would be lovely," Twilight said. "Let me get my friends."





Pinkie Pie bounced happily next to Bildar, happily holding a key in her mouth. She had insisted that she carry the key to the room. Bildar had hesitated at first, but let her hold it for now. She hopped into the elevator, and was quickly joined by her friends and Bildar. The griffon pressed a button on the wall, labeled "P", and the elevator jolted into motion. The gang was surprised to find that the walls of the elevator were glass, and they passed multiple floors, each different from the others. On floors four to seven, the casino sat. Ponies, griffons, dragons and even a diamond dog played various games throughout the giant room. They next passed the pool, where folks of all races were swimming happily. A large, red dragon was sprawled out on the floor with four female dragon masseuses surrounding him, massaging various parts of his body. Fluttershy and Rarity chittered excitedly when they saw the sauna and spa nearby. Next were the strangely large rooms that housed dragons of all sizes. They were much bigger than the pony or griffin rooms. They passed more pools, game rooms, another casino and a wonderful ballroom. In the ballroom, a pair of newlywed ponies danced slowly to elegant music.When the elevator jolted to a halt, Bildar raised his voice to be heard over the elevator's loud humming motor.

"Here we are, the penthouse!" He said. "Watch your step on the way out, please."

The ponies stepped into a tiny, bland room with only a few chairs, a window and a door.

"Excuse me," Rainbow Dash said, "What the buck is this?"

"The entryway." Bilder chuckled as Pinkie handed him the key to the door. He pushed it in and turned it (Giggity), and a quiet click was heard as the door drifted open slowly. Like the chariot, the door moved without a sound. Bildar flicked on the light switch, and the ponies stared in awe at the sight before them.

At first, they thought they had entered the royal chambers of Princess Celestia. Golden chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and a marvelous table occupied the center of the room. 

On one end of the room, a 120" flatscreen television hung on the wall, and under it sat a collection of movies, remoted and a Ponystation 3. The television set was complete with matching surround sound speakers that circled a set of jet-black fuzzy chairs. A coffee table sat between two enormous couches, holding the master television remote and four Ponystation 3 controllers. Rainbow Dash and Applejack practically drooled their way over, plonking themselves on the couches.

Opposite the entertainment corner was a large kitchen. It was complete with ovens, microwaves, sinks, and everything else a pony/griffon/dragon would need to cook anything they wanted. Pinkie Pie squealed with delight when she opened one of the cupboards nearby, revealing an entire stash of baking goodies. Rarity admired the kitchen too, as a pristine tile floor and mahogany wood furnishings decorated every inch of it. She even found a bowl of gems, ready for anydragon to eat should they desire a special snack. What truly made this kitchen amazing, though, was the button that Pinkie Pie curiously pressed. Seemingly out of nowhere, a somewhat pony-like robot stepped out from a trapdoor in the wall and into Pinkie Pie's view.

It had a strange look to it. It was equine in form. It had shiny, white metal plating covering it and a finely combed mane made out of magnetic beads. In place of eyes was a camera. It had wires exposed all over its body. Twilight thought it unsafe, but Pinkie paid no heed.

"Hello," The metallic pony said in a male voice resembling a Canterlot accent. "I am Automated Kitchen and Oven Stove System. But you may call me AKOSS, Ms. Pie."

Pinkie squealed again, this time her tail swishing to add to the emphasis.

"He knows my name! Heehee!"

"Of course I do, Ms. Pie. Princess Celestial Sun, known to you as Celestia, programmed me to recognize anypony who enters the kitchen. I am currently unable to recognize dragons or griffons, however."

Pinkie Pie pulled AKOSS into a tight hug. AKOSS didn't know how to respond, so it just stood there while it was being practically crushed by Pinkie's iron grip.

Finally, there was the bedroom. To Twilight's surprise, there were only three beds. Two ponies would have to share each one, but she found that sleeping with another pony wasn't so bad when you had a giant, king-sized bed with silk covers to sleep on. Fluttershy flopped down on one, and literally fell asleep right away. Twilight followed her lead. It had been a long trip, and she wouldn't mind a small snooze. She slapped down next to Fluttershy and dozed off without hesitation.

Meanwhile, Bildar stood ready at the door, waiting. After seeing that he wouldn't be noticed any time soon, he sighed and sat down in a nearby chair, eyeing a small golden statue that stood on the table in front of him. The statue resembled a pony kneeling down, grasping a sword with its mouth and wearing a strange hat and robes. Engraved into the front of the statue's base was the word "Stephano". Whatever that meant.

After a few minutes of admiring the statue, Spike padded over, dragging a bag twice the size of himself, filled to the brim with bits.

"Okay, here's 40,000 bits," Spike said. "That should cover it!"

Bildar hoisted the bag over his shoulder, its weight tipping him backwards and forcing him to go bipedal. Thankfully he had trained on how to walk like this. He thanked Spike and walked out the door, nearly hitting his head on the way out. The door shut behind him, and seconds later Spike heard the sound of the elevator's motor starting up again.

Spike looked at the statue that Bildar was admiring. He picked it up and studied its features, paying close attention to the details put into the pony's robes and hat. The curved sword in the pony's mouth was pointed towards the ground, as it saluting something.

"Stephano, eh?" Spike said as he flipped the statue over, looking at the bottom. It had a little phrase engraved into it. It was hard on his eyes, but he managed to read it.

To do:

Find Piggeh and Mr. Chair
Don't trust statues
Hate barrels
Run from bro
Be wary of teleporting naked guys

"Hello Pewdie!" A mysterious voice with a strange accent emanated from the statue. Spike yelped and dropped it, rubbing his eyes in case he had dreamt it. As he hoped, it was only his imagination. His lack of sleep must have been getting to him. For some reason, he wanted to take... Stephano... to bed with him. He felt safer with it. He picked the golden statue up and headed for the bedroom. He walked past the baking Pinkie Pie and AKOSS. He walked past the gaming Applejack and Rainbow, who were busy blasting each other in Call of Duty: Equestrian Conflict. He walked past a suit of Canterlot Knight's armor. Suddenly, Spike remembered the message on the bottom of Stephano:

Don't trust statues

Spike turned to glare at the suit of armor. He swore it had changed position. Spike turned to walk away again, but whipped back when he heard metal creaking. This time, the armor's helmet was turned towards him slightly. Spike walked back over and studied the armor, expecting it to move. After staring at it for a few minutes with sleepy eyes, he threw Stephano at the armor's helmet.

Clang!

The helmet clanked to the floor of the penthouse, a large dent implanted in the side. Stephano bounced back into Spike's hand, unharmed, and Spike caught Stephano with ease.

"I don't trust you..." Spike mumbled tiredly as he padded off to bed, bringing Stephano with him.
> Rest, Relaxation and Records
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Twilight woke up late, around 2:00 PM. She turned her head to her left and found that Fluttershy was gone from her spot. She turned right and saw Spike next to her, cradling a small golden statue labeled "Stephano". Worried about Fluttershy's whereabouts, Twilight yawned silently and slid from the bed, taking care not to wake the sleeping dragon.

Why did he take that statue with him? Twilight pondered as she tiphoofed into the kitchen to make herself some coffee before going out to search for Fluttershy. In the kitchen, there was a plate of pink frosted cookies. Only two remained, and she saw AKOSS standing near the counter, the words "STANDBY" flashing on his small control panel. Cookie dough was plastered on his hooves and beaded mane. Twilight smiled and tapped AKOSS lightly with her horn.

"Activating!" He said, scaring Twilight and maker her heart skip a beat. His eye camera spun to life, searching for whoever had activated him. He saw Twilight and turned to her.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Sparkle. You had a wonderful sleep, I presume. How may I serve you?"

"I'd like some coffee please, AKOSS." She said.

"Right away," AKOSS said. "What would you like in it?"

"Two cream," Twilight said. "One sugar."

AKOSS got to work right away, scrubbing the cookie dough from his hooves and mane before starting. His silver body glinted in the afternoon light. Twilight took the time to look around the penthouse. She found Pinkie snuggling next to Rarity in one of the beds, and Applejack slept alone in the other bed. Twilight hoped that Fluttershy and Rainbow weren't hurt. She sighed with relief when she found Rainbow Dash in a ball on the couch. Several cans of Red Minotaur lay empty next to it, and several more on the table. A Ponystation 3 controller lay next to Rainbow Dash's front hooves, and the game system was turned off. Twilight guessed that Applejack had shut off the game before going to bed. Twilight could smell the Red Minotaur off of Rainbow's breath, and she cringed when she counted at least twenty empty cans, one still half full.

"Ms. Sparkle?" AKOSS called from across the room.

"Yes?" She answered.

"If you are seeking Fluttershy, she has gone to take time with sir Yugo."

Twilight's shoulders relaxes when she heard the good news, but they tensed up again at the thought of what she could be doing with Yugo. She had really enjoyed her little "chat" with Yugo on the carriage, and now Yugo wasn't busy pulling a big heavy carriage. What could she be doing with him?

"Oh, um, thank you AKOSS."

"You are welcome, madam."

Twilight blushed at being called by such a name. She decided to go into the bathroom. If she was going out to look for Fluttershy, she needed to look her best. She cantered over to the bathroom door and instinctively knocked before opening the door. She didn't want to have another "Walk in on Fluttershy's private time" moment. When there was no reply, she pushed the door open and walked into the bathroom. Like the rest of the penthouse, it too was well designed. An elegant, marble counter housed a matching sink, and above that hung a wonderfully gilded mirror. Twilight wasn't used to seeing such detail put into such small things. Upon seeing herself in the mirror, she giggled to herself.

Her mane was reminiscent of the time travel incident. Her eyes were bloodshot, but she had no idea why. Her fur was sticking out in multiple places, mainly on the chest and knee joints. After a quick shower, Twilight re-styled her mane and was looking like herself again.

"Mirror mirror, on the wall," Twilight said jokingly into the mirror, "Who's the marest of them all?"

"BARRELS!"

Twiilight jumped and screamed when Spike burst through the door, still holding the golden statue that he had before. He quickly slammed the door shut again, and put his back to the door as if something was going to break through. Twilight stood flabbergasted, barely managing to hold back a laugh at Spike's scared expression.

"Spike, what's wrong?" She asked. "And why do you have that silly statue with you?"

"S-sorry, Twi, I had a bad dream," Spike replied. "It was dark, and I had Stephano-"

"Stephano?" Twilight interrupted.

"Yeah, Stephano. Y'know, this guy?" Spike held the golden statue up so Twilight could see. She quickly nodded in understanding.

"I see... Anyways, carry on."

"So," Spike continued, "It was really dark, and I was in an old castle. I had Stephano, and he kept telling me to watch out for the barrels..." Spike shuddered as he went on. "So I ignored him, and next thing I knew, there was this monster pony chasing me! I tried to hide in the closet, but a barrel blocked it from being shut. The last thing I remember was screaming 'BARRELS!' when the monster hit me."

Twilight stood flabbergasted. Again.

"What?" Twilight laughed out.

"Never mind, it was just a dream..." Spike said, setting Stephano down on the counter.  "So what're you getting ready for?"

"I'm going to look for Fluttershy." Twilight continued combing her mane.

"Oh, coolio. Can I come?" Spike asked.

"Sure, Spike. I hope the others don't mind us going out for a bit."

Spike waited patiently outside of the penthouse for Twilight to emerge. She said she'd just take a minute to tell Rarity she was going out so that the crew wouldn't be worried. After what felt like hours, but was only a few minutes, Twilight stepped out. She was looking great, and Spike set Stephano on a nearby chair.

"Ready to go?" Spike asked.

"Yep!" Twilight replied, trotting over to the elevator with Spike in tow. As they waited for it to arrive, Spike climbed up onto Twilight's back. He didn't feel like walking, but Twilight didn't mind. When the elevator arrived, a loud ding! resounded from the elevator doors, and they slid open, revealing the pristine interior, as well as a white dragon twice the size of Twilight. She hesitated to enter, but she didn't feel like making herself look like an idiot. She crowded in next to the dragon.

The dragon was female; Twilight could tell from the chest and snout shape. Spike paid close attention to her, admiring her white scales and spines. The dragon mainly ignored Twilight and Spike as they descended down to ground level, but a few times Twilight could hear the dragon sniffing her.

She must smell my perfume, Twilight thought. The dragon turned, and caught Spike staring at her. He turned around quickly, blushing a bright red. The girl dragon simply giggled. To Spike, her giggle sounded like a melody of beautiful birds.

Ding!

Twilight stepped out of the elevator, the white dragon in tow. However, the dragon kept on walking towards the front door of the hotel, stepping out and joining a small group of male dragons. One of them put his arm around the white one before they walked away down the street.

Twilight focused on the task at hand... err... hoof, and managed to pick out Bildar from amongst a crowd of ponies and griffons checking out. She motioned to him, and he slowly but surely made his way over, joining her and Spike.

"Hello," Twilight said.

"Good afternoon. Can I help you, Miss?"

"Yes," Twilight said. "Did you see a banana yellow pony with a pink mane and a cutie mark of three butterflies?"

Bildar thought for a moment, before an imaginary lightbulb clicked on over his head.

"Yes, I did, in fact. Fluttershy, was it?"

"Mhm. Where did she go?"

"Well," Bildar said, "I don't remember. But I do remember her going somewhere with that big fellow, Yugo. He's Golden Record's conjuration, so I'm guessing they're at the dance club."

Twilight thought for a second. Celestia had said that there was a special dance club run by a DJ by the name of Golden Record. She had also said that the dance club was across the street from her hotel. Looks like this wouldn't be a long walk after all!

"Thanks!" Twilight called to Bildar as she galloped out the door, several confused ponies and a zebra staring at her.

Twilight pushed through the doors onto the streets of Las Pegasus. She gasped aloud at the sight before her.

The streets of Las Pegasus were alight with neon signs, early risers and a dragon walking down the roadway - He was too big to fit on the sidewalk. Several traffic signs adorned the many traffic lights. Pegasi buzzed overhead, doing flips and turns. A pony strummed his harp on the sidewalk, with a few ponies surrounding and watching him. A top hat sat next to him, filled to the brim with bits. Twilight craned her next, searching for the tops of the buildings around her. However, they were just too far to see. The blistering heat of the Neighvada desert. Thankfully, the sun wasn't shining today, so she wouldn't have to put on sunscreen. Twilight then remembered her task and began crossing the road - But not after almost getting creamed by a speeding carriage.

"Sheesh, Twi! Be more careful!" Spike said, searching for a safe spot to cross. He had seen streets like this in Canterlot, but there had always been crosswalks. There were none in sight, so Twilight decided to use a quick teleportation spell. In the blink of an eye, she flashed into existence on the other side of the road. A surprised griffin jumped at the sudden pink flash, but held her head high and continued walking down the street. More speeding carriages whizzed by behind Twilight.

Twilight lifted her head and saw that she was standing in front of the dance club that Bildar and Celestia had mentioned. The black tinted doors prevented her from seeing indoors, and two bulky stallions guarded the doors. They wore black shirts, sunglasses and bold faces. Intense rave music could be heard from inside. Twilight started to trot in, but one of the stallions raised his hoof.

"Sorry, ma'am, but you need to be checked before going in."

Twilight groaned at the delay. It was thing after thing now.

"Alright," She said disdainfully. "But why?"

"There's been an assassination attempt lately." The other stallion said. He moved over to Twilight carrying a long metal rod. He passed it over her body, mane and tail. It beeped several times, but the stallion didn't say anything.

"Assassination?" Spike asked.

"Yeah," The first stallion grumbled. "Crazy zebra tried to stab Golden Record. He survived, though, and he's in 'golden' condition." The stallion chuckled at his own lame joke.

"'Kay, you're good ta go," He said. "And watch your drink in there."

Twilight nodded and pulled the door open with her magic. Instantly she was engulfed in a flurry of rave music and different smells. Sweat, alcohol and even heat assaulted her nose. She focused and trotted in. Neon lights lit the black floors and walls with golden light. Now that Twilight was inside, she noticed that almost everything was either gold, purple, black or cyan in color. White was nowhere to be seen. Before her was a long hallway, with differently colored doors leading to bathrooms and "private rooms". Twilight shuddered at the thought at what was going on in them.

"Wow, Twi... Do ya really think Fluttershy's in here?" Spike said. Twilight nodded, too annoyed at the blaring music to speak.

She continued walking down the corridor, folding her ears back as the music got louder and louder. She could now see the silhouettes of different species dancing on the dance floor, strobe lights making their features visible for only split seconds at a time. Twilight reached the end of the hallway. Almost immediately an orange unicorn trotted up to her, the mare's features barely visible in the dim light.

"Hey there, honey," She greeted. "Anything I can get ya to drink?"

Twilight thought for a moment. "Yes, a glass of water would be fine."

The waitress raised her eyebrow. "Water?"

"Yes, water."

"... Just water?"

"That's correct," Twilight said. "I'm not into alcohol."

Spike giggled at this.

"Also," The waitress said, "He's too young to be here." The mare gestured to Spike, who huffed and crossed his arms.

"What? It's not like I'm gonna drink anything!"

"Don't worry, he won't drink anything," Twilight assured.

The waitress only nodded slowly before cantering away to behind a well-lit counter, seemingly the only well-lit area in the club. Several other ponies and a miniature dragon were also behind the counter. Twilight watched the waitress grab a glass and pour some water from the tap into it, before levitating the glass over to Twilight with her orange magic. The orange glow shifted to purple as Twilight took it in her magical grasp, nodding a thanks to the waitress. She then turned towards the dance floor.

In the dim light, she could barely make out the shadows of different races raving to the music. How would she find Fluttershy in that mess? Twilight mentally facehoofed at her own stupidity.

She wouldn't be in there... She would be sitting somewhere, with Yugo.

Twilight then scanned the shadows for any sign of a giant spectral pony. When she felt Spike tap her shoulder, she turned and saw him pointing to a booth across the dance floor. She could make out the enormous shadow of Yugo's body, standing next to a young yellow mare - Fluttershy. They stood next to a tall golden unicorn, who was wearing a pair of bright neon goggles, also golden. A large bandage wrapped around his neck, and he wore a fancy vest that covered most of his torso.

"Good work, Spike!" Twilight called over the loud music. Spike smiled triumphantly and hopped off of Twilight's back, walking alongside her. Twilight saw that she would have to push around the large crowd of dancers to reach Fluttershy, so she stuck to the walls, trying her best to avoid colliding with anypony. She bumped into a diamond dog, who reached out with his paw to stop her. She looked up at him, hoping she hadn't angered him. She set her glass of water down on a table nervously.

"Hey, you tryin' ta get ova there?" The diamond dog yelled over the music. He pointed with his arm to where Yugo and Fluttershy were standing.

"Yep!" Spike yelled back. "Can you help us get over there?"

"Sure," The diamond dog said. He lifted the surprised Twilight above his head with one paw and Spike with the other. He pushed through a few ponies to get through, but he slowly made his way to Yugo. Upon arrival, he set his cargo on the ground lightly and waved a friendly goodbye before disappearing into the crowd. Twilight smiled back and Spike waved. Suddenly, Twilight remembered something.

"My water! Hang on a second, Spike," Twilight said. Concentrating with her magic, she teleported her glass of water to herself, taking it in her magical grasp and trotting over to Yugo and Fluttershy, who had their backs to Twilight and Spike. The golden unicorn looked past the hulking Yugo and smiled a greeting to Twilight.

"Ah," He yelled over the music. "Thou must be Twilight!" His voice sounded more like it belonged to a king. His goggles lifted magically and Twilight saw that his eyes were actually green, clashing with his entirely gold body and goggles. Fluttershy and Yugo turned to see Spike and Twilight smiling back at them.

"Oh, hello, Twilight!" Fluttershy said. She could barely be heard over the intense music. The golden unicorn had an idea, and he trotted up to the DJ booth, grabbing the microphone and turning down the music a bit. A confused crowd of dancers looked back at him, as well as Twilight, Yugo and Fluttershy. Spike was too busy sniffing Twilight's drink.

"Excuse me, subjects," the DJ said, "But we are taking a break from this music. Help thyself to the drinks."

Annoyed groans were heard from the crowd, but they slowly made their way to the bar, where the staff were starting to take orders. Twilight waited patiently for the DJ to descend the ramp to his DJ booth, smiling at Twilight all the way.

"Hey there, I'm Golden Record," He said. "I see you've already met Yugo, my guardian. Fluttershy told me all about you!" His smile seemed to glow in the darkness. It was starting to get creepy now.

"Yep, I'm Twilight. I came here looking for Fluttershy," Twilight said, before lifting her glass and gulping down her drink. It tasted a little funky, but she pushed the glass aside and looked back to Fluttershy. "I was worried that you were hurt!"

"Oh heavens no," Fluttershy said back. "Yugo wanted to show me this nice dance club, so I followed him here." She hid behind her pink mane. "You're not mad at me, are you?"

"No, Fluttershy!" Twilight said back. "Spike and I were just checking on you. Don't wanna get lost in this city, you know?" She giggled nervously as Yugo made a low grumbling noise.

"Well, I'm perfectly fine," Fluttershy answered, patting Yugo's side. "I don't like the music, though. It hurts my ears."

Golden Record stepped forward. "If thou desire, I can play a slow song." His voice reminded Twilight of Luna's royal Canterlot voice. Fluttershy turned to him.

"Oh, that would be lovely!" She said with excitement. "Maybe Yugo will find a special somepony," She giggled. Yugo's eyes shifted to pink as he moaned happily.

"Very well, I shall engage the music," Golden Record said. He trotted up the ramp again, grabbing his microphone with his magic. "Pardons everypony, but we will be playing a slow song now. Then we shall return to the music you all like," He said with his seemingly prince-like voice. He flicked a few switched with his hooves, and a red light glowed on the dance floor. The flashing panels turned a brilliant red and gold as a slow song started up. Spike told Twilight he had to go to the bathroom, and he left to go do his business.

A few interested ponies and a pair of dragons gathered on the dance floor, taking their partners and dancing slowly to the music. Yugo wrapped his wing tentacle around Fluttershy's hoof.

Daaannnzzz?

"Oh, I couldn't..." Fluttershy said.

Her opinion didn't matter to Yugo as he led her to the dance floor and started dancing with her. She eventually gave in and began moving to the rhythm, wrapping her hooves around Yugo's shoulders.

"Cute, are they not?" Golden Record said, appearing behind Twilight.

"Oh, yes," Twilight replied. "But isn't Yugo a ghost?"

"Not exactly."

Golden Record then went on to describe what Yugo truly was. It turned out that Yugo was a magical beast, summoned by accident and tamed by Golden Record when he was just a colt. The two formed an unbreakable bond, matchable only by Celestia and Luna. Twilight and Golden laughed together as Yugo leaned in to kiss Fluttershy, but stopping when he remembered he had no mouth. Fluttershy compensated by pecking him on the snout with a little kiss of her own. Yugo's heart melted - Again. When the song was over, Golden Record excused himself to the DJ booth. Suddenly, Twilight felt very tired, as if somepony had used a sleeping spell on her. The intense dance music that started up shook her awake well enough. She looked up and saw Fluttershy dancing with Yugo on the floor, but she was still Fluttershy, so she didn't go all-out like the rest of the group did. Spike appeared, tapping Twilight on the hoof.

"Hey Twi, I'm back," He said. He saw the drowsy look on her face. "Hey, you don't look so good. Wanna take a seat?" He asked. Twilight groaned and plonked herself in a booth next to Spike. They listened to the music and watched the crowd dance. Soon enough, Fluttershy and Yugo walked over. Fluttershy was visibly sweatingm although Yugo showed no signs of exhaustion.

"Oh, my! I've never danced like that before," Fluttershy said as she sat down next to Twilight. Yugo was too large to fit in the booth, so he sat on the floor instead. Fluttershy took one look at Twilight. "Twilight, are you alright?"

Twilight didn't answer as she passed out on the booth's table.





AUTHOR'S NOTE: Golden Record resembles my OC. If you look at my pic, imagine him like that. And yes, there will be a scene of the Mane 6 dancing in the near future. And yes, Twilight was drugged in case you weren't paying attention.

Plus, if I get enough comments and votes, perhaps I will make a more detailed scene with Fluttershy and Yugo. Perverts :3
> It's definitely not her day
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The first thing that came to Twilight was a pounding headache.

A very, very painful headache.

She carefully cracked her left eye open. Almost immediately her pupils were bombarded by bright lights.

"Ah!" She cried.

Twilight shut her eyes again and tried to sit up. No music filled her ears, no ponies cheering or dancing. Just... Silence. As Twilight craned her back to sit up, her muscles screamed in protest. She tried to ignore the pain, and she carefully opened her eyes again.

The light hurt her eyes, but not as much as it had before. Her stomach felt like it was holding molten lava. Her mouth was dryer than a barren desert. All of her muscles ached profusely, and it even hurt to move her eyes. When she finally gathered the courage to look around, she started to calm down.

She was back in her bed at the penthouse. A tall glass of water sat ready on the side table, as well as a bucket. She wondered what the bucket was for, but her stomach seemed to know why. She felt herself gag, and quickly pulled the bucket over with her magic. Just in time as she began to throw up.

When that torture was over, she felt slightly relieved, but parched. Carefully she grasped the glass of water next to her in her hooves and brought it to her lips, drinking it all down in a big gulp. Her eyes rolled back at the relief, and she collapsed onto her back, letting her muscles relax.

What happened last night?

Twilight didn't hear anypony snoring, nor did she smell anypony. The only thing she smelled was her breath, which smelled of... alcohol.

"Ohhh, no..." She moaned aloud. "I didn't, did I?" She smelled herself again. Definitely alcohol, and the smell of another pony. She hoped she didn't do anything she would regret.

"Hellooo?" She called out. Nopony answered, but she heard heavy metallic clanks approaching the closed bedroom door. Twilight saw the doorknob turn, and the door swung open, revealing AKOSS in all of his gleaming white glory. In his hoof was a tray of breakfast foods.

"Good morning, Ms. Sparkle," He said in his metallic voice. "Had an exciting night, didn't we?"

"Oh, I didn't... You mean, I... And you...?" Twilight studdered at AKOSS' wording. AKOSS chuckled before going on.

"It is but an expression, Ms. Sparkle. Rest assured I did not do anything to you last night."

"Last night..." Twilight pondered aloud. She couldn't remember exactly what had happened last night. Although, she did recall a few things. She remembered going out and searching for Fluttershy. Dancing with a random zebra. Taking drinks from her water. Water... Water. Instantly, the bouncer's words echoed in her head.

Watch your drink.

Twilight facehoofed when she realized what the stallion had said. She must have either taken the wrong drink, or someone had drugged it. AKOSS cleared his throat (Not that he needed to), and Twilight remembered the breakfast tray he was holding.

"Oh, thanks."

"Do not mention it," AKOSS said. "I am only doing my job, Ms. Sparkle." AKOSS turned to leave.

"Wait!" Twilight called. AKOSS turned his head around to look at her.

"Yes?"

"Where are my friends?"

AKOSS turned around completely now. "They have gone out to the dancing club to find the zebra you slept with."

Twilight's stomach turned again, and she threw up once more into the bucket. AKOSS came over and held her mane back, stroking her back. Twilight had slept with another person?! Twilight felt her sickness reside and tried her best not to studder when she addressed AKOSS again.

"I... I really slept with somepony?"

"That is what Ms. Dash told me."

Twilight couldn't believe it. Now not only had she been drunk, but she couldn't remember anything that had happened last night! She could faintly recall the zebra's appearance, however. A black-and-blue striped zebra with a similarly colored mane and tail. A pair of crossed bones for a cutie mark. Tasty-looking lips. And those flanks, those heavenly fla- wait.

Oh no.

She had slept with a mare.





GWAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Twilight bolted upright and screamed bloody murder.

All around her, her friends jumped up and screamed as well at the sudden outburst. Fluttershy was the first to scream, as well as the first and only to cower under the covers. The room was dark, and Spike sat upright, clutching Stephano close. A surprised AKOSS burst through the bedroom door, a tazer gun sticking out from both shoulders.

"What?! What is it?!" He yelled, his normally kind voice now replaced with one of a military sergeant. The tazers clicked to life, sending electric bolts jolting from the metal poles on either end. AKOSS' camera scanned the room before his tazers whisked inside of his shoulders again, with no trace of them even being there.

"Well?" He said. Twilight's friends all looked at her expectantly. Her heart was caught in her throat.

"Umm... Bad dream," She said. "It was just a bad dream!"

Her friends groaned in annoyance, along with Spike, who shoved his pillow over his head. Fluttershy's eyes emerged from under the blankets, while the other ponies all went back to sleep. AKOSS trotted out of the room with heavy thunks.

"Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes?" She whispered back.

"What was the dream abo-"

"You don't want to know.





Twilight woke up bright and early the next day. The morning sun shone through the windows in the bedroom, gently waking all of the mares. Spike didn't even budge. She looked at the clock - 8 AM. She had a while to get ready before her friends. But had she really passed out at the dance club?

She would have to ask later. As she did every morning, Twilight took a shower, combed her mane, the usual. After toweling off, she trotted to the mirror and checked her reflection. Everything seemed normal. The only exception was her breath - It stank. She went back into the bedroom to search for her suitcase amongst the other baggage. She cautiously approached the closet and quietly opened it with her magic. Inside sat seven various suitcases.

It wasn't the gem-encrusted suitcase, that was Rarity's. It wasn't the cupcake filled one either. That belonged to Pinkie Pie. Apples? Nope. Sun lotion? That was Fluttershy's. However, when she finally found her suitcase, she noticed something odd. Two suitcases that looked exactly the same. Both were purple, and neither had a name tag on it. Twilight sighed quietly. All she wanted to do was find her toothbrush...

Sure enough, she zipped open one of the suitcases. Inside she found a Wonderbolts poster. This suitcase definitely belonged to Rainbow Dash. But when she tried to close Rainbow Dash's suitcase, something fell out onto the floor. Curious, Twilight levitated it to her face.

It resembled a flashlight, but without the bulb anywhere to be seen. It was also curved at one end - The other was flat. It was pinkish-red in color, and there was a switch on the bottom. Twilight's instincts came to her and she clicked the switch on. Immediately the contraption began to vibrate at a crazy speed. It made a loud Bzzz! Then, as Twilight smacked it with her hoof in a frenzy to shut it off, she felt something on it. Something sticky.

Twilight then realized what she was holding. Gagging, she whipped (And I mean, WHIPPED) the vibrating monstrosity back into Rainbow Dash's suitcase. The buzzing noise was still going, but now muffled. Casting a glance over her shoulder, Twilight was relieved to see everypony still in their beds.

Everypony but Rarity and Rainbow.

"Hey!"

"EEP!" Twilight whisper-shouted.

Rainbow Dash flapped into view. She wore a confused expression, and her mane was frazzled. Her wingfeathers were no better.

"What're you doing in my stuff?" She asked aloud. Twilight put a hoof to Rainbow's mouth to quiet her.

"Nothing!" She whispered, smacking the suitcase with her hoof. Finally, the buzzing stopped.

"Ok, first I drag you back here from the club, then I find you-"

"Sssh!" Twilight hushed. "You'll wake everypony!"

"Sorry..." Rainbow whispered back. "But still, why?"

"I was looking for my toothbrush."

"Oh. Is it an electric one?" Rainbow asked. Twilight's blood turned to ice. "I thought I heard it revving up."

"Umm, well, it kind of... You wouldn't..." Twilight began to panic as she searched for an explanation.

"Wouldn't what?" Rainbow mumbled. Suspicion spread across her face.

"Never mind..." Twilight cut Rainbow off by turning back to her own suitcase and unzipping it, yanking out her toothbrush. "Aha!"

"Found it?"

"Yep!" Twilight replied, galloping to the bathroom. Pushing the door open, she slowed her pace in the hallway. At least she wasn't being pursued by Rainbow.

"Madam?"

"SWEET LUNA!" Twilight yelled. She quickly covered her mouth with her hoof. She glanced to the source of the voice.

"My apologies," AKOSS mumbled. "But are you actually going to drink your coffee this morning?"

Twilight calmed down. This really wasn't her morning. She nodded quickly.

"Sorry about the last time, AKOSS. I was in a hurry." Twilight put on an apologetic look for AKOSS.

"No worries, madam. I'll have your coffee ready in a moment." AKOSS then cantered over to the kitchen, flicking on the coffee maker and pouring in the beans.

Twilight allowed herself a minute to relax. Clutching her toothbrush in her mouth, she walked over to the bathroom door and pushed it open.

"Aiiie!" Rarity yelled, covering herself with a towel.

SLAM!

Twilight put her back to the door. She had just walked in on Rarity. With no make-up on.

Scarred for life. Never again.





Taking slow sips of her hot coffee, Twilight waited for her friends to arrive. AKOSS sat with her, the elegant chair creaking with his weight. Twilight knew it was going to break any minute now. Before brushing her teeth in the kitchen, Twilight scrubbed her hooves and horn thoroughly. After touching Rainbow Dash's "toy", she swore to never mess with Rainbow's stuff again. Rarity emerged first, make-up on this time. She cast a wary glance at Twilight before seating herself next to her. Later followed Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Applejack was arguing  with Rainbow over who would get to shower first.

"Well, I was here first!" Rainbow yelled.

"Horseapples ya weren't!" Applejack retorted.

"I was!"

"Ya weren't!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was not!" Rainbow smiled at her little tactic.

"Ya were, and that there's final!" Bingo.

"Okay," Rainbow said as she pushed open the bathroom door, triumphant. Applejack stood shocked. A faint click was heard as the bathroom door was locked and shut.

"Why, you cottonpickin' darn tootin' racka frackin'..."

Applejack walked away slowly, back into the kitchen. She helped herself to one of the cucumber sandwiches that AKOSS had made. After taking a bite, she had a brilliant idea. Cranking the kitchen sink's cold water faucet, she listened to the satisfying shriek from Rainbow Dash in the shower. She burst into hysterical laughter.

"APPLEJAAACK!

"So," Twilight said, turning to Fluttershy. "Explain to me exactly what happened last night."

"Oh, okay..." Fluttershy mumbled, taking refuge behind her adorable pink mane.

As Fluttershy carried on with the story, Twilight found out that she had in fact gotten a bit drunk off of somepony else's drink. It was an honest mistake. Twilight only passed out at the table because a loud bass boost faltered her thoughts, rendering her unconscious. She had no idea how that worked, but that's what Golden Record had told Fluttershy. Later on Twilight had danced a bit and had some fun with Fluttershy and Yugo, but after that, she just went home and fell asleep on the couch at about 9:00 PM. AKOSS carried her to the bedroom, where she slept all night like a baby. That is, until her nightmare, of course.

"So I didn't buck anypony?" Twilight asked.

"No," Fluttershy replied. 

"No bar fights, no touching anypony?"

"No."

"Thank Celestia!" Twilight said.

Rainbow Dash emerged from the bathroom, staring daggers at Applejack, who burst into tears with laughing.

"You mule..." Rainbow mumbled as she made her way to Twilight, her mane uncombed as always. However, something else showed on the multicolored mare. Twilight's heart skipped a beat when she realized what.

Anger.

Rainbow trotted up to Twilight, pulling herself close to Twilight's ear.

"We need to talk," She whispered through clenched teeth. Twilight gulped audibly. She knew exactly why Rainbow Dash was angry. Rainbow Dash led her to the bedroom, where Twilight shut the door behind her. Turning to Rainbow, she braced herself for the scolding of her life. Rainbow reached into her suitcase, pulling out the smashed mare's toy.

"Explain."





"And that's why it's broken!" Twilight finished.

Rainbow sat on her flanks, listening in to Twilight's story. When she had finished, Rainbow stood.

"So my toy is broken because you found it by accident?"

"Yes," Twilight admitted, blushing furiously.

"... You're sure it was an accident?"

"Yes," Twilight mumbled. "I didn't know what it was."

"You didn't... Ya know..." Rainbow Dash leaned in closer to Twilight. "Test it?"

"Rainbow!" Twilight hissed before giggling aloud. Rainbow giggled along with her.

"Well, Twi," Rainbow finished before heading towards the bedroom door, "If it was an accident, then I forgive you."

"You do?!" Twilight said loudly. "Oh, thank you so, sososo much!" Twilight's smile beamed brightly at Dash. Twilight swore that Rainbow had to shield her eyes a bit. "How can I ever repay you?"

Rainbow turned to Twilight just as she was exiting the room. A grim smile adorned her face.

"Buy me a new one," She said simply before leaving Twilight stunned.

"Horseapples," Twilight cursed under her breath. This was not going to be easy.





Twilight and the girls agreed on their day plan. First they were going shopping, then they would meet up at the food court in the mall. After lunch, they would go to the pool and relax for a bit. Sounded fair enough. Twilight really wanted to go back to the dance club, which she later found out was named Golden Dreams, but she was outvoted six to one. Even Spike wanted to go to the pool.

"Let's go!" Twilight said enthusiastically as she skipped out of the door happily, Spike on her back. Her friends followed in close tow.

Calling the elevator, the girls started to chat about what they were going to shop for. Rarity was going to shop for dresses - obviously. Applejack and Rainbow Dash decided to head on over to EQ Games to pick up a few games to entertain themselves. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were going to check out the jewellery with Spike. Twilight was going to the Dragon Exhibit to watch the brilliant red dragon, Sharptooth, demonstrate the different species of dragons. Twilight was also going to a special place to find Rainbow Dash a new toy. Ding! The elevator arrived, and the girls happily stepped in at the sight of no other passengers. Pinkie pressed the "G" button with her nose, and the elevator's loud motor whirred into action.

When the girls reached the middle of their elevator trip, the doors opened quietly to reveal a tall, white diamond dog. He squeezed in next to the girls, who shuffled uneasily at the stranger's appearance. He wore a cheetah-style pink fedora and pink coat, and he walked with a limp, using a fancy golden cane to stay upright. Rarity was crammed in closely to him, enough to catch the smell of heavy cologne. Twilight found herself occasionally eying him, expecting him to attack. His large, wolf-like face served no better in calming her down. However, he instead turned to the ponies. He tipped his hat as a greeting.

"Well, 'ello thaya." He smiled the best he could with his sharp fangs.

"Hello," The girls and Spike replied.

"Name's Limpin' Pimp." He said. "Good ta meetcha." Limpin then turned his gaze to Fluttershy, eyeing her flanks warily.

"Heya, baby." He smiled as he had before.

Fluttershy gave the diamond dog  the stare.

"Uhh, actually, nev'a mind." The diamond dog waved his paw and looked back at the door. When the casino floor opened up, the girls were pushed over a bit as the diamond dog left, limping away with his fancy cane. After his departure, the girls instantly felt a lot safer.

"Ugh!" Rarity scoffed. "Does anypony have any idea what he smelled like?"

"No," They all replied.

"He smelled like wonderful flowers," Rarity mumbled. "And utter scariness!"

The girls laughed to themselves quietly as the elevator dinged to a halt.





After a short walk and avoiding several speeding carriages of death, the ponies and Spike reached their destination. The mall's tall white sign hung above their heads, gleaming in the sunlight. Races of all kinds entered and left through the shiny glass doors. The crew were all stunned when they saw a gigantic pair of glass doors open, revealing the same red dragon Twilight had seen earlier in the trip. Pinkie bounced up and down excitedly, while Spike clung for dear life to her mane.

"Ooh, this is gonna be great! I'm gonna buy gems and diamonds and cakes and cookies and toys and trinkets and baubles and games and..."

The rest of the girls did their best to ignore Pinkie's ranting. Spike didn't have much of a choice, seeing as he was stuck on her back. What the ponies saw before them was amazing. A tall building big enough for a dragon (Literally) filled to the brim with stores of all types. Candy stores,output stores, barber shops - Everything you could imagine. The floor was a ceramic tiled gray and the walls were a deep red, with several colored lines leading to different locations. The ponies continued on their way to the food court without any trouble. When they reached the food court, Twilight walked ahead of the group.

"Ok, everypony," She said. "We'll meet back here in three hours for lunch. Got it?"

The ponies and Spike all agreed and set off on their paths. Pinkie almost bounced straight into a mean looking griffin, but she bounded upwards just in time to bounce harmlessly over her. The griffin paid no heed.

"Ok, Twilight Sparkle," Twilight said to herself. "Dragon Exhibit first. Then to look for Rainbow's toy."

Twilight took a look at the colored lines on the walls.

DRAGON DISTRICT >
FOOD COURT - YOU ARE HERE
RESTROOMS >
< CLOTHING
< ELECTRONICS
< FOODSTUFFS
CHILDREN >

It was a bit difficult to read, but Twilight read that the Dragon Exhibit would be held in the Dragon District in fifteen minutes. Tightening her saddlebags to be safe from pickpockets, Twilight trotted off.





It's a lot bigger than I imagined.

Twilight stood in the Dragon District's main center room. Everything there was huge - The chairs, tables, and stores were sized for all dragons to shop easily. Up about fifty feet were more stores, accessible only by winged dragons or pegasi. Not that pegasi would want to shop there, anyway. Twilight was surrounded by the chattering of excited ponies, and not too far in front of her was a big metal stage, decorated to compliment a dragon's appearance. Sharp spines and fake scales stuck out all over the stage. Twilight could see perfectly from her location, and she saw several labels on the stage, listing the different dragon types. After waiting for a few minutes, Twilight heard the crowd quiet down before applauding loudly. Turning her attention to the stage, Twilight spotted a rather small dragon, about the height of a diamond dog. His scales were a deep crimson and his spines were jet black. He had shining green eyes and fangs that jutted out from his lower jaw. He had a rather bulky posture, similar to Spike's, and he was wingless as well. He wore a monocle and a fancy red tuxedo top. He bowed to the audience before adressing himself.

"Good afternoon, everypony, griffin, dragon and diamond dog out there!" His voice was regal and confident, somewhat similar to AKOSS'. "My name is Dr. Razor Sharptooth MuD."

The crowd murmured in anticipation.

"Today, I will be showing you five different species of dragons!" He said with enthusiasm. The crowd seemed to enjoy his charisma, but Twilight found it kind of annoying. "First, let's start with my species of dragons: Wingless Terror!"

The crowd once again applauded Dr. Sharptooth.

"Now, don't get me wrong, the names for all dragon species are supposed to sound menacing. But I assure you, we're perfectly harmless!" Twilight saw Dr. Sharptooth crack a small smile. "That is, if you call pony-roasting harmless! Hah!"

The crowd shared a short laugh with the Doctor, but Twilight saw a few ponies shuffle nervously.

"Ahem! Now," Sharptooth said, "We have no wings, but we're prominent in our fire breath." Sharptooth blew a small flame to demonstrate. "By the time we're adults, we can blow fire up to one hundred feet away!"

The crowd ooh-ed and aw-ed at the amazing fact.

"Next up, we have the Aerial Dominator..."

After about an hour of rambling, the Doctor had explained five different species of dragons to the crowd. There were Wingless Terrors with their excellent fire breath and the Aerial Dominators with their tall, sharp horns and claws. That was the kind that had attacked Twilight and her friends up on Dragon Mountain. Next was the Brawlin' Buster, which was also wingless, but had a muscled body strong enough to crush boulders. It was about the size of Dr. Sharptooth. Then there were Big n' Bads, which were even bigger than Aerial Dominators, but they lacked fire breath or sharp razors. They were the kind of dragons that were ambassadors to Equestria. Lastly were the Mini Monsters, which were tiny dragons with amazing fire breathing skills. They looked akin to Aerial Dominators, but much, much smaller. It was no bigger than Spike's head.

Ugh. Boring!

Twilight set off after the show to search for an "Adult Playground". Consulting the map, Twilight found one - "Red Light Paradise". Twi cantered away towards the Pony District and looked for the store, often referring to the map. She also bumped into Applejack and Rainbow Dash, who were literally bouncing with excitement at the new game they had just purchased: Haylo 4. Applejack said a quick hello, and Rainbow winked at Twilight.

"Remember the deal!" She whispered.

"I will, I will..."





Never again would Twilight go through Rainbow's stuff.

Ever.

Ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever.

EEEVER.

For doing so would mean she could break another of Rainbow Dash's toys. That would mean coming back here. And Twilight did not want to go back in that store. Ever.  ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever.

While Twilight was in there, she spotted many horrifying toys of Discord's making. Penis-shaped sticks, long strings with beads on them... Riding crops... Saddles and double-dildos. Everything that made Twilight gag was in that single, small, dimly lit room.

And what could be worse than that?

Well, try asking the cashier for something you can't find. Especially if that cashier is your cousin. That's right, the owner of the love shop was Glimmer Sparkle.

Now, imagine a typical high school bully. Big, tough and cocky. Now imagine the attitude of one, but trapped in the body of an idiotic, sex-crazed mare. Now imagine that mare having a crush on other mares that were related to her. You think that's bad? Now imagine that same mare with one eye and an eyepatch. Even creepier. Now, try to even comprehend the fact that she had lost her eye in an accident that involved a toy from the store she owned. Terrifying. Disgusting.

Combine that with a twenty-year-old filly-fooling virgin and you had Glimmer Sparkle. Creepy as buck.

Now imagine trying to make a deal about a sex toy with her.

Yeah. That's how it went for poor Twilight. Awkwaaard!

At first, Glimmer didn't recognize Twilight. She was too busy helping a griffin with a "problem". Twilight went to the checkout to ask where to find Rainbow Dash's special toy, but then she realized that her cousin was running the store. She tried to back out. She was almost at the door when Glimmer spotted her.

"He-he-heeyyy, if it ain't old Twispark!"

"... Buck," Twilight swore under her breath.

"Now what's a sexy young cousin like you doing in my sexy shop for sexy... stuff?"

"Look, Glimmer, I know that yo-"

"Go on," Glimmer interrupted.

"... Okay," Twilight mumbled. "I've just come to pick something up for a friend."

"A friend?!" Glimmer shouted. Twilight blushed as she felt several gazes on her. "Twispark, I didn't know you swung that way!"

"Glimmer!" Twilight hissed. "Shut up!"

"Sorry," Glimmer mumbled.

"I need a..." Twilight tried to push back the blush that was burning her ears and cheeks. "A..."

"Lemme guess," Glimmer mumbled. She leaned with one foreleg on the counter. "A vibrator."

"Why, yes. How did you kno-"

"Ssh," Glimmer hushed. "Glimma knows everything, sweet cheeks."

Like I said. Creepy as buck.

Several minutes later, Twilight walked triumphantly out of the store with Rainbow's new toy. It wasn't so bad after all. She did get to see her cousin for the first time in years. Perhaps it would have been better if she didn't run horn first into Rarity on the way out.

"Oof!" Rarity cried out from Twilight's sharp horn. A small trickle of blood ran down her side. "Twilight, you must simply watch where you're going!" Rarity then eyed the small brown bag that Twilight picked up from the ground with her magic.

"Sorry, Rares. I was a little nervous." Twilight made sure Rainbow's toy wasn't broken from the random drop. She then looked up at Rarity, who was staring at Twilight's cargo with a suspicious look.

"What were you doing in there, anyway?" Rarity asked.

"I got lost!" Twilight replied quickly, stuffing the brown bag into her saddlebags.

Rarity simply shrugged before cantering away from Twilight. Twilight sighed in relief.

"Alright then, dear. Meet you at the food court in a few minutes!"

"Food court?" Twilight gasped. "By Celestia's shapely flanks... Today is not my day."





Twilight threw herself onto the bed. Her friends followed soon after, along with Spike and the Stephano statue. AKOSS stood guard outside the door tonight. Applejack flopped onto her bed, saving room for Rainbow when she decided to come to bed. Fluttershy gently laid herself on the bed next to Twilight, snuggling under the covers. Rarity laid down on her bed, followed by an exhausted flat-haired Pinkie Pie. Spike climbed into bed next to Twilight, who hadn't even bothered to cover up. The ponies said a tired goodnight and were almost asleep when Rainbow pushed the door open, letting the evil, burning light into the eyes of the unprotected group of snoozers.

"Psst! Twi!" She whispered. Twilight craned her neck at Rainbow and grunted. "I need you for a sec!"

Twilight groaned reluctantly and climbed over Fluttershy, narrowly missing her poor wing. She lazily trotted off to follow Rainbow into the kitchen. AKOSS tailed them, his heavy metal frame making loud clanks on the floor. Rainbow Dash turned around to face Twilight.

"Kay, you got it?" She asked. 

Twilight grinned and levitated a brown bag from her magical inventory. Rainbow returned the smile and took it from Twilight's magical grasp. Immediately she sat her flanks onto the floor and opened the bag with her hooves. After seeing the contents inside, Rainbow looked up quizzically at Twilight.

"Why did you buy two?" She asked.

"Just in case I wanted to test it."

Twilight giggled and dragged her tired hooves into the bedroom, leaving a very surprised multicolored mare in her wake.
> Bonus Chapter [EXPLICIT]
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys! Sorry about not posting any chapters lately. I got seriously injured in a 4-wheeler crash and broke my right leg from the hip down in four places. I was given anesthetics to ease the pain. Anyway, I went on my laptop to find this chapter written but not published yet. I must've written it when I was still on my anesthetics. Be warned, there's a lot of swearing and suggestive material in this chapter! If you're not into ponies "doing it", I suggest you turn back. I'm only uploading this for fun!





ONCE MORE! MATURE CONTENT AHEAD!






tywilight called her friends into the table room and applejack was playing halo with rainbow. so rainbow came over and hit twilight in the head with her hooves nine times

ow what the fuck rd twi said and she punched her back then got in a fight with her so applejack came over and joined in

rarity came over witht he penis dildo and they all stoped fighting and fucked togeter wit hit. eventuly twilight came all over rainbow and they all came and went to bed meanwhile spike was confused

come on stephano he said as he walked to bed wondering what the fuck just happened

and he started jacking but rainbow saw him in bed. so she came over

spike dude your like 13" she said

i know spike said as he spurted allo ver poor rainbow she screamed and woke the other ponies up. they all saw spike jacking off and screamed so the robot akoss came in and tazed them all. they fell asleep and woke up a hour later. pinkie pie saw akoss fucking her with a big robot metal cock and he came in her.

ewww fuck you akosshwas

and akoss got sent to the moon for rape and abusing pinkie pie. celestia laguhed because she was happy she gotto sent an more pony to the moon with luna. then she came into molestia and raped al the other ponies. a bit latr they woke up and find they were no more virgins and spike was being ridden by molestia. twi sent molestia to the moon and they went to the fucken club again. the yellow iupnicorn was there and they had a ton of fun fucking him even spike. the end


> Something's Not Right
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Once again, sorry for taking so long to write chapters. I'm still healing after the accident, but I should be fine in a week or so. I've also been busy with work, and I will remain busy, but stay tuned as I will continue writing happily. In the meantime, enjoy this new chapter!





Twilight began this day as she had yesterday. Got up, showered, had breakfast with her friends. This morning, the Mane 6 agreed on visiting the dance club. Although they had all seen it a couple days before, they had only seen it for a short while, the sole exception being Fluttershy. Spike decided to stay at the hotel and explore a bit. 

Presently, they were seated around the table, glad to be going somewhere interesting. Nopony found anything interesting enough at the mall, save for Twilight's experience with Glimmer.

"So, everypony remember the rules?" Twilight asked. The ponies all nodded.

"No alcohol," Applejack said.

"No exciting acts with other ponies," Rarity answered, wiggling her eyebrows at Fluttershy, who giggled in response.

"Only eat the tasty looking food!" Pinkie said. She squealed in delight at the thought of a tasty banana split in the Neighvada heat.

"No dancing until we're sure it's safe," Rainbow mumbled. She was unhappy at not being able to dance, but at least she had the pegasus area to fly up to.

"Great!" Twilight exclaimed. "Looks like we're ready to go!"

The ponies let out a sigh of relief at being able to stand up. They had been sitting at the table for about an hour now listening to Twilight ramble on about the dangers of the club. Applejack's front legs popped as she stood, and Rarity cracked her back like a cat would, stretching it into the air. Slowly but surely, they made their way to the elevator. Pinkie mashed the button with her hoof, causing it to turn a bright red in color as the ponies heard a faint whirring noise getting closer - the elevator. When they heard a resilient ding, they watched the elevator doors open, and relieve that there was nopony inside, stepped in. Twilight took the liberty of pressing the button this time, blocking Pinkie Pie with her magic. The elevator started down shortly, and the ponies remained silent as the elevator neared the ground level. Suddenly, the ponies heard a loud grinding noise that sounded like talons on a chalkboard. They simultaneously folded their ears back, grunting in surprise.

"What in tarnation was that?" Applejack asked. Her question was answered when the elevator ground to a halt and the lights flickered off, shrouding the ponies in darkness. The elevator's motor made a loud BANG, as if saying "I quit!"

"Eep!" Fluttershy squealed and hid behind Rarity, who herself squeaked at the sudden pressure on her flanks.

Immediately, the girls began to panic, stumbling over each other in the dark. They grunted in frustration and pain when they butted into eachother. The ponies, save for Twilight, began chittering nervously.

"Oh, buck, we're stuck! Hey, that rhymes!"

"Dangnabbit!"

"Aww, ponyfeathers."

"Eep!"

"Ooh, how dreadful!"

"Girls!" Twilight shouted over the panicked ponies. At the sound of their friend's voice, the crew ceased struggling and drew their attention to a faint purple light emanating from Twilight's horn. "There's no need to panic. I'm sure we're going to be perfectly-"

Screeeech! 

The elevator surged downward, causing everypony to scream in fear. It jarred to a halt after a bloodcurdling two-story fall. The ponies were thrown onto the floor at the force.

"... Fine," Twilight finished. That was when she started to actually worry for her life.

Creaaaaaaak...

The ponies started their panic again, each protesting their fear, even Pinkie Pie whose hair poofed itself flat. Twilight's horn-light faltered for a second before flaring brightly again. The elevator began to jar downwards again, making quick stops often. Every time the girls screamed, thinking they would plummet to their deaths. Each time, however, the elevator stopped dead, with just enough force to knock the ponies off balance, not leaving them time to re-organize themselves before dropping again.

"Everypony!" Twilight shouted over the madness. "Lie on the floor, grab onto whatever you can!"

The gang was quick to obey, diving headfirst into the corners. Fluttershy ducked behind Applejack, and Rainbow flittered beside Twilight. Jolt after jolt, the elevator slowly made its way down. The ponies were just getting used to the jarring when Twilight looked at the elevator's dial. It read floor 46 - it was going to be a long way down. However, just as Twilight was going to stand up and press the emergency button, the elevator plunged downward, this time falling a few more floors than last time. Twilight felt weightless, as did the other screaming girls, before slamming down hard onto the floor.

Snap! A loud crack, followed by a whipping noise against the roof of the elevator, scaring the ponies almost literally to death.

The ponies lie motionless, awaiting another drop. When it didn't come, they slowly stood, looking around silently, relieved at finally being safe. Or so they thought - the dial still read 46. What was happening?

Creaaakkk...

"STOP!" Twilight hissed. The ponies all turned their heads to glance at her. "Don't move!"

"What?" Rainbow said aloud. 

Immediately the elevator made a grinding noise and plunged a few floors down, but not with enough force to knock the ponies over. Another loud snap was heard, this time coming from the roof of the elevator, whipping against a far-away metal plate. 

'Shut up!" Everypony hissed at Rainbow. She quickly obeyed.

After a short wait, the elevator eventually slid to the bottom floor. When Twilight judged it safe, she pushed the alarm button, sending out a steady beep loud enough to alert security. Soon enough their elevator doors were being pried open by the same diamond dog that had the pink jacket and hat. Limpin' Pimp.

They recognized him immediately, but Rarity was sure she felt a more affectionate side of him show in his eyes. She held a newfound appreciation of Limpin' Pimp.

His golden cane was leaned against the wall, and his hat was hung loosely on it, revealing his tall ears. He was only able to pry open the doors a little bit. With more strength, he was able to rip one of the doors almost clean off, showing off his keen raw power. Poor Fluttershy needed coaxing to step through the doors, but soon enough all the ponies were arranged outside of the elevator. Limpin' leaned against the wall and grabbed his hat, flopping it on neatly, then placing his back against the wall, trying to catch his breath. Several ponies and a zebra gathered around, cheering at Limpin' for his heroics. Ignoring the "paparazzi", Limpin' swiveled his head and smiled at the group of ponies.

"You ponies kay?" He asked.

The ponies murmured a yes, and Rarity nodded happily.

"Groovy! Heard a boom, I did, and youze was in theya. Had ta saves ya!"

The ponies nodded again, thanking him dearly for his acts, but they were still a bit wary of his long, wolf-like face and sharp claws.

"Thank you ever so much, Sir Pimp," Rarity cooed. She fluttered her eyelashes at him, before trotting off to join her friends.

Limpin' stood, showing his true proportions to the girls. Twilight judged him to be around seven feet tall. They all shrunk under his gaze.

"Ey, no probs. An' ya can call me Limpy," He said. He grinned slightly, showing his fangs.

As the girls finished their goodbyes, Rarity felt a bit attracted to the diamond dog. Or wolf. Or whatever he was. Either way, she found him cute.





Twilight groaned as she was being felt up by the bouncer pony again. Seriously, security was a bit too pushy around here. When she stepped through, she turned around and waited for her friends to come through. First was Rarity, tossing her mane and harrumphing.

"Ruffians," She mumbled to herself.

Then came Fluttershy, face contorted with shock.

"He was a little rough," She said. Twilight peered through a crack in the door to see more clearly.

Rainbow Dash met her gaze instantly, catching her off guard and scaring her enough to elicit a small shriek.

"Sheesh, Twi!" Rainbow laughed. "Ya think that's scary, go look in the mirror!" Rainbow cackled at her own joke, but Twilight just deadpanned and blasted Rainbow's rump with some magic. "OW!"

Pinkie came through the doors. She bounced happily along as usual. Then Twilight heard a ruckus outside.

"Git yer perverted hooves offa me!"

Then came the sound of hooves meeting skin, bones cracking and a male yelp in surprise. One of the bouncer ponies was shoved through the doors, his sunglasses broken and his eyes spinning around crazily.

"Why, you lovely lady," He said. You're so hot, that I never fived my turnips." He passed out promptly, and his buddy peered through the doors with fear to gaze at his fallen companion. Applejack walked through the doors a moment later, pushing her hat back to stare at the confused ponies.

"What?" Applejack said. "He touched my flanks."





The ponies stepped into the club, loud music blaring into their ears and the smells of sweat wafting through the air. Rarity covered her nose with a hoof, huffing to prove her point; this place reeked. Twilight was reluctant to step into the club again, but being with her friends, she felt a tad safer. Still, the alien noises rattled her skull. Her friends were no better off.

"Okay, everypony!" Twilight yelled over the loud music. "Let's find a booth to sit in!"

Her friends nodded.

"Ah don't like the looks o' this place..."

"Oh, Applejack," Fluttershy mumbled into her ear, "Trust me. You'll love it here."

The rest of the gang scanned the club, searching for an empty booth. Rainbow Dash fluttered up, nearly braining herself on a strobe light, and darted off to get a better look. She returned moments later, motioning for her friends to follow.





The ponies were glad to have the loud music out of their ears. They could still hear it faintly through the solid walls, but the canteen was relatively quiet, save for a few diamond dogs chattering in the corner of the large room. The rest of it was relatively empty. Its design was pretty much the same as the club itself - black walls, neon lights showing the path to the counter. The delicious smell of hay fries and dandelion burgers wheeed through the air. After sitting down, Twilight broke the silence.

"Remember the rules, everypony?" She said.

"Yes," They all chimed in. They wanted to be out dancing, except for Rarity who felt glad to get away from this disastrous music.

"Alright, go have fun!" Twilight said.

The rest of the group only look at Twilight in confusion.

"Seriously?" Rainbow Dash said.

"What? Twilight replied. "What is it?"

"Just like that?" Rainbow giggled. "No recaps of the rules, no lectures, nothing?"

"Nope!"

"So we kin go an' dance now?"

"Yep!"

The pony crew gave eachother one last look of confusion before darting off happily to dance. Applejack and Rainbow went together, while Pinkie and Fluttershy were a team. Rarity decided to stick with Twilight for the time being.From her vantage point, Twilight could see her friends easily. A large one-way window granted her visuals to the entire dance club. There were Applejack and Rainbow, dancing to the beat, while Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy sat at a table for four. They were eating lemon tarts.

Just then, the DJ of the club, Golden Record, clenched the bandage around his neck. Twilight and Rarity looked on, concerned.

"What do you think happened to the darling?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know," Twilight answered. "Probably re-opened his wound."

To confirm this, Twilight and Rarity saw a hint of red seeping through the bandage. Golden Record mouthed something to one of his bodyguards, and the bodyguard put Golden's front left leg over his back, helping him into the back room. The clubbers down below his booth stared surprised, before a substitute DJ took over Golden's position. This DJ had strangely black fur with a white mane, and no goggles to cover her eyes. She looked similar to Twilight's friend, Vinyl Scratch, but her colors and cutie mark were different, the mark instead being a picture of interlocking record needles.

"Oh, the poor thing," Rarity cooed. "It must be terrible to have to leave your audience!"

"I can see that..."

Rarity glanced over to Twilight, who was staring at the door where Golden Record had disappeared into.

"I'm gonna go talk to him," Twilight said suddenly.

"What about me, dear? You can't leave me up here alone!"

Twilight didn't answer as she stormed out of the canteen door, the rocking music filling the air before it shut again.

"I wonder what's gotten into that filly?"

Rarity contented herself by watching the dance floor, thinking once again about the hunk Limpin' Pimp that had saved her this morning. Smiling, she relaxed on her stool, fantasizing about his hulking arms whisking her into a life of riches and fame.

"Ahh, such a dreamboat..."