CHAPTER NINETEEN
The friends emerged in the front yard of Canterlot High in the human world, just outside the broken statue, but at least the gate still worked.
The school was empty as it only an hour after dawn. Nobody was around to see what was happening.
Beast Boy felt relieved to be in his human form again, but he was still down on all fours. Spike, now a dog, told him, “I know it feels weird, just shake it off.”
After a few moments, Beast Boy found his strength again and could stand upright, though he still felt a little wobbly. “Dude, what a ride!” he exclaimed.
Then he turned round and saw all the ponies… in their human forms, and except for Twilight, all the girls admired their new shapes. “Well I’ll be a…” remarked Applejack as she admired her hands and fingers.
Pinkie Pie checked behind herself looking for her tail, but she couldn’t find it and ended up spinning round in dizzy circles.
Rarity admired her clothes as she gazed at her reflection in the polished base of the statue. “Oh, my stars!” she cried “I’ve never seen anything so exquisite.”
Spike admired how beautiful Rarity looked, even though he had seen her human shape before… or rather the other Rarity.
“Whoa… this is so cool!” Rainbow exclaimed a she back flipped, karate kicked, and walked on her hands.
Then there was Fluttershy, she finally came out from behind the statue, working up the nerves to be seen, and Beast Boy… he was almost completely mesmerized by how pretty she looked in human form. He held out his hand to her, “It’s okay, Fluttershy… come on.”
She gazed at him nervously, almost barely recognizing him, though he did tell her about his mutated human body. Still, she managed to work up enough courage and placed her hand in his, and they looked into each other’s eyes. “Whoa… she is so hot.” he thought silently.
His pointy ears tweeked softly, and Fluttershy giggled softly.
The others all thought it was very sweet, but Twilight reminded them all, “We’re here on a mission. We better get going.”
They all walked down the street. “So, this here’s the human world?” asked Applejack “It’s almost like Equestria, only… a little stranger.”
“We can go exploring later.” said Twilight “Right now we have to find a way to get to Jump City.”
The others all agreed, and then cast their looks at Beast Boy, but he just gave them a confused blink. “You… don’t know the way?” Rainbow asked in annoyance. “Give me a break! I was unconscious when I was teleported to your world. I don’t know which way I came or how far it was.
If anything, I thought Twilight would know what part of the world this is.”
Twilight felt embarrassed, “Um, actually… all my adventures in this world happened at the school. I’ve never explored anyplace else.”
“In other words, you have no clue either.” said Rarity. Twilight shook her head sheepishly, and everyone groaned in annoyance. “What were we thinking; coming here without an actual plan?” moaned Spike.
Beast Boy had an idea, “Can’t you use those… Elemental… Harmonize… whatever they are to show us where we are?”
“Okay, first of all: It’s “The Elements of Harmony” said Twilight “And no, they. They can only show us a map of Equestria, not this world.”
“Hey, that’s it!” cried Pinkie “We could just get a map from someone.”
“And just where are we supposed to find someone with a map at a time like this?” asked Rainbow.
Suddenly, they all could hear someone walking down the street, the mail carrier on his early morning route to pick up from sidewalk mailboxes. If anyone would know he would.
“Excuse us…” Twilight asked, and the mailman almost recognized her immediately “Hey, Twilight Sparkle. What are you doing out here so early? Come to think of it, where are your glasses?”
The others were confused, but Spike and Twilight already figured the mailman was referring to Twilight’s actual human counterpart.
“Ah, well… now’s as good at time as any.” the man said as he handed her a letter “It’s another request from the research center in Jump City. They must really want you to come and work with them.”
Hearing those words, and seeing their chance, Twilight took the envelope, “Thank you.” she said. The man tipped his hat, and then he dropped off his mail and walked off on his route.
“Twilight, you shouldn’t have taken that.” said Rarity.
“Well, technically it is addressed to her.” said Spike.
Even Twilight herself knew this wasn’t really right to do, but they were desperate for an address and location, and thanks to the printing on the envelope, they now knew they were in California, but still a long ways from Jump City, about eight-hundred miles North.
“Um… does anyone happen to know how we’re going to get there?” asked Fluttershy.
Everyone groaned and smacked their foreheads in dismay. Beast Boy then looked at Twilight as if to ask, but she immediately answered “No, the elements can’t transport us.”
Beast Boy sighed “I can change into birds, but even with my biggest and best flyers… there’s no way I can actually carry all of us there.”
Once again, the team seemed to be stuck, until Rainbow spotted a poster on a lamppost about an “Air Show” that was taking place later that day.
“An air show!” cried Beast Boy as he looked at the poster “With planes and ships, and skydiving events.”
And idea began to brew in his head.
“What are you thinking?” asked Twilight.
“Follow me! We’re going to that air show.”
The others were very curious to what he had in mind.
Meanwhile, in Jump City…
Every early morning, Starfire came up onto the roof to soak in the rays of the morning sun. She sat on a large boulder-- the one that Terra had used to scale the tower in the night-- and she drowsed happily as sun rose and the warmth of the rays hit her.
Suddenly, she realized the rock. “Strange. I remember no rock being on the roof like this.” she said to herself.
“Hey, Star…” Robin called “I thought I’d find you up here, and…” he paused “Where did that big rock come from?”
“I was just wondering the same thing.”
They both then began to wonder the same thing, “Perhaps… it was Terra?” said Starfire. “Well, I doubt it…” said Robin “I mean, from what we saw, she wasn’t keen on ever using her powers again, but… what else would explain how this rock got up here.”
They decided they needed to look at the security footage from the tower’s cameras.
As they viewed all the footage, Cyborg and Raven came into the lounge, “Mornin’ all.” Cyborg called, but neither Robin nor Starfire even responded. They just sat where they were fixated at the monitors.
“O…kay… what’s going on?” asked Raven.
No Response!
Cyborg and Raven walked over to the monitor to see what they were watching, and what they saw put them in the same fixation: Beast Boy and Terra, on the roof in the night. They also noticed the light from Beast Boy’s neck and in his eyes, and Terra suddenly collapsing. Finally, Beast Boy dragged her away, out of sight from the cameras.
“Okay, what was that?” Cyborg asked with a tone of shock in his voice.
“Beast Boy, he looked as if he were attacking Terra.” replied Starfire. “We know that, but it doesn’t make sense.” said Raven “Beast Boy can’t use magic… Unless…!”
All of them began to feel the same sickening feeling.
Before long, Robin was practically pounding on Beast Boy’s door. “Beast Boy?” he called “Beast Boy, we need to talk.”
No response!
“Come on, man this is serious!” Cyborg called in a deep tone. “Beast Boy, please, we must speak with you.” Starfire added, but in a sweeter and more gentle tone.
Raven rolled her eyes, and very quickly spouted “Beast Boy, please! We want to talk to you and this is very important.”
Still no response!
They all agreed to go inside, and when they slid the door open, their mouths hung open and their eyes widened at the sight of the spotless bedroom. It looked as though an army had cleaned it up, and they always assumed, such a big mess, that’s what it would require!
Suddenly, they heard the sound of snickering behind them. They looked toward the door and saw Beast Boy standing there with a smug look on his face. “Now for surprise number two.” He snickered, and holding up a strange amulet, a bright light flashed, and all the Titans fell unconscious.
“Like moths to the flame.” Changeling hissed as he loomed over the fallen Titans. He then gazed lustfully at Raven and scooped her up in his arms, and he actually took in a huge whiff of her neck, “Mmm…!” he sighed “Soon, you’ll be all mine.”
He gazed down at the others, already knowing exactly what to do with them.