//------------------------------// // 12 Crystal Prep // Story: An Unexpected Trip to Equestria // by Anonomis //------------------------------// After school went back in January; the next three months were uneventful and flew by with ease. In mid March; the students were called for another assembly which they weren't looking forward to attending. “Good morning students I have an announcement for you. Our school will be playing host to Crystal Prep for the Friendship Games,” Principal Celestia said “Really? We all know the end result. They win and we lose,” Flash said sarcastically “This year will be different. We have magic at our disposal and Brian will be here to help us,” Dash added cheerfully “Sorry, but I can’t help. I’ve been here since the start of the year but I never told you one thing about me. Sunset, girls; you know I’m not from around here,” Brian started “Get to point already,” someone yelled “You all know by now about my Nightmare form Ignis, but I came from Equestria like (Princess) Twilight but I’m a lot older than I look. I look 18 but not counting our principal and vice principal, only the students, I’m the oldest here at 25,” Brian continued “How’s that possible? Twilight doesn’t look that old,” someone asked “Physically, she looks 18 to blend in although she’s a few years younger than I am. I’ve already graduated college so everything here is refresher. That’s why I won’t compete, I hold a knowledge difference and don’t need to be accused of cheating,” Brian finished “The Friendship Games will be held over the remainder of the week, starting Wednesday,” Luna explained “Well, even without your help, Brian, we can defeat those prep jerks,” Dash said After the assembly the group was in the band room while Brian was hanging out with Octavia and playing cello. “Are you sure about not participating? You could help give us the first victory we’ve ever had,” Octavia asked “I’m sure. It just wouldn't be fair to do so. Besides it’s best to learn on your own. I can guide everyone but just not help directly. Just don’t tell Sunset and the others,” he said “My lips are sealed,” she replied The next day the bus from Crystal Prep arrived and the Twilight from that world was walking around with what appeared to be a modified compass. “Something's off with that detector Twilight’s wearing. Be careful with your magic just in case,” Brian told Sunset and the others “Nonsense. It can’t be that bad,” Applejack said Rarity was showing off her outfits she made when she ponied up and suddenly felt weak afterwards. “What happened,” Rarity asked weakly “I’m guessing your magic was just drained. I’m staying away from Twilight as much as I can. Absorbing your magic is one thing but who knows what would happen with my power,” Brian said After he said that, Twilight entered the room with Crystal Prep’s Principal Cinch. Upon seeing the detector, immediately excused himself to get away. “If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to get a head,” Brian said much to everyone's confusion Brian left the room and headed down the hall and ducked into the bathroom. ‘That was too close,’ he thought as he splashed water on his face “Brian, do you mind if I spoke with you privately,” Celestia asked as he was leaving the bathroom “Of course.” He followed her back to her office where both Luna and Discord were waiting for him. “Discord, a little privacy,” Celestia asked as he snapped his fingers and sealed the room “Now we can get down to business. Why did you run from Twilight?” “That detector-medallion Twilight is wearing has taken Rarity’s magic. She ponied up and had it drained immediately. If that happens to the rest, something bad will happen. Who knows what might happen if she takes my Nightmare form,” Brian answered “While this is going to be considered unethical, we wanted to ask you if you’d help in sabotaging Cinch’s chances at victory,” Luna asked “You can tell Sunset and the others about the events for the Friendship Games. The events include an academic decathlon which will be held throughout this week, starting Wednesday. Following that the six finalists will compete in an archery contest, speed skating and motocross race will take place Thursday before ending in a capture the flag, if necessary,” Celestia said “I can’t do it. I’ve done some things I’m not proud of but sabotage is beyond that. I’m not speaking for the girls but I know they won’t accept result if we won, only to find out it was due to cheating.” “The decision is all yours. We asked as we weren't sure if you’d agree or not,” Luna said Crystal Prep’s Dean Cadence asked all the students to report to the gymnasium as there was a party planned to welcome the students. Brian left Celestia’s office and headed there to join his friends and was surprised at the sight with everyone just standing around. “This sucks. I thought this was supposed to be about making friends,” Brian said “I’ll make this fun,” Pinkie decided Pinkie stepped out of the room and had Twilight help push two huge boxes in the room. She revealed the contents to be two cannons filled with confetti and streamers. Pinkie also replaced some of the snacks with cupcakes and chose better music for Vinyl to play and ponied up afterwards before having it drained. Seeing everyone actually mingling with one another was great as that was the spirit of the Friendship Games. Cinch walked to the stage and Brian thought the room's temperature actually dropped. “Thank you for the welcome but unfortunately we all know the outcome. While Canterlot chooses its twelve best students, Crystal Prep selects ours by popularity,” Principal Cinch stated “Thanks Principal Buzzkill,” Brian muttered Brian looked over at Pinkie and made his way over to help. He saw what happened to Rarity and reasoned the same thing happened again. “Are you alright,” Sunset asked “I ponied up and all of a sudden, I felt drained,” Pinkie answered “That settles it, the medallion Twilight has is stealing your magic. Unfortunately I can’t be around her in fear of losing ‘you-know-who’,” Brian said before lowering his voice After everything was over and he left to head home, Brian entered the dreamscape to see Ignis againthat night. “You’re right about Twilight. I sensed that necklace sucking in the girls’ powers. Use me only in case of emergency. Otherwise I don’t know what’s going to happen if she obtained me,” Ignis said “That’s why I hope to not be around her too much. And I’m shocked Celestia and Luna would actually ask me to help sabotage the other school! It would taint the victory if we won, only to find out I cheated,” Brian said “I agree. Yeah, you may have stolen something when you were younger but this is worse. I may not be your conscience but I know everything about you and am glad you kept true to yourself.” “Thanks Ig. Well, tomorrow starts the games,” Brian said “Good night and good luck,” Ignis said as Brian left the dreamscape The next day the school started its academic decathlon and Brian was glad not to partake in anything. He was told about half of the included events. Chemistry, Home Economics, Wood Shop, and a group spelling bee would take place before the final math event. Celestia asked for a group of students to assist in the creation of something outside, although she was keeping it secret. A dozen students were gathered and would split shifts so only half of them were working at a time. Brian was lucky enough to be a part of the second group. In the meantime, during the Wood Shop class, the students from the two schools were building a birdhouse while Brian was making one on his own, only bigger. “How big are the entrance holes going to be,” Brian asked grabbing a round drill bit “One inch in diameter will suffice,” Cinch decided Brian grabbed the pieces and clamped them together before drilling through the stack. Each team grabbed their piece as they set out on cutting the rest of the pieces they needed. He replaced the drill bit with a three-inch, although it was used in the school's drill press. Once they finished their cuts, Brian reset the sawblade to make an angled cut on each side of the birdhouse. Once that was done he grabbed a biscuit-joiner and cut small grooves into the edges of the wood. Putting on rubber gloves, Brian grabbed a bag of small wooden biscuits and wood glue and set off working. He spread glue into one hole and stuck a biscuit into the hole and continued the process until most were finished. As the glue finished, the next step was to connect the pieces together and clamp them. “What are you doing? That’s not how you make a birdhouse,” Sour Sweet said seeing Brian's work “You have your way, and I’ve got mine,” he replied “Whatever. You’re not going to win anyway,” she replied “I’m not your competition. The others in this room are.” As the others were showing off theirs for the competition, Brian was letting the glue dry and cleaned up his area, leaving nothing remaining. Once the glue dried, he used nails to reinforce the connections. “That's amazing, Brian. It looks like you didn’t use nails,” Rainbow Dash said “That’s the idea, I was taught how to do this by my father. He had friends that helped as well.” After Wood Shop, the second group was called out to assist in construction outside. When Brian arrived, he saw a roller-skating track already finished along with an archery range. His group was tasked with setting up the motocross track around the outside. They decided on having a wooden racing platform along with a few jumps the riders would cross. Once they finished, Brian decided to test it out after it was built. Hitting one of the ramps with enough speed, Brian decided to land a backflip and rounded the corner to another jump where he performed a can-can by kicking his feet off to one side of the bike, much to Principal Cinch’s chagrin, while Vice Principal Luna watched in awe. “What do you think you are doing,” Cinch demanded “Which part? Testing out the track or performing a couple tricks? Relax, Principal Grinch, I've done this before,” Brian asked sarcastically “It’s Cinch. Crystal Prep will win like we have for many years,” she said angrily “I know exactly what I said, for one. Secondly, I’d like to see the look on your face when you lose for the first tine,” he retorted “That won’t happen,” she said walking away “We’ll see,” he called “I’m surprised any student actually decided to talk that way to Principal Cinch. Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Crystal Prep’s Dean Cadence,” she said holding out a hand “Brian Dragnov. I just can’t respect people like her who have a stick of their ass and think they’re better than everyone else,” Brian replied shaking her hand “Well, my sister and I agree with you on that. Cinch does feel stuck up, although I don’t know about her having a stick up her backside,” Luna said as Cadence left “It’s a metaphor.” “You dare to talk to my principal that way,” a voice called “You talking to me,” Brian asked gesturing to himself “Of course I am. I’m Blueblood, Crystal Prep’s most popular student,” he said “You want a fight, perhaps I can arrange it. Besides maybe I can teach you something,” Brian replied “You can’t teach me anything,” Blueblood said sarcastically “Sure I can. How’s about ‘Getting Your Ass Kicked 101’? While I’d love to knock some sense into you now, how’s about tomorrow we roll out the wrestling mat and fight in the gym? You wear some shorts or something and I’ll have mine,” Brian said calmly “Blueblood agrees. Tomorrow at 10:00am we will have the fight,” Cinch decided overhearing the conversation “Good. See you tomorrow,” Brian said sticking out a hand Blueblood said nothing in return but shook Brian’s hand as the group walked away. “Are you sure you want to do this,” Celestia asked “If it takes him down a peg, then gladly. Besides this will be fun for me; not so much for him,” Brian said The next day Brian threw his black MMA trunks into his gym bag along with a black pair of regulation gloves, a towel and a spare white shirt to wear. He grabbed a blue pair of gloves and chucked them in as well for Blueblood to keep. He dressed casually in all black with tennis shoes, pants and shirt along with his usual trench coat and grabbed a black fedora to wear as they would be outside later for the second obstacles. “You’re actually going to fight Blueblood? He’s the most popular student at Crystal Prep,” Rarity asked in disbelief as the girls joined him outside his house to walk to school “That’s fine with me. Besides, he deserves to get taken down a peg.” Once they reached school, Brian went into the locker room and changed into his shorts and threw a white shirt on while he waited. Blueblood arrived wearing a blue wrestling singlet, complete with headgear and boots. Bulk Biceps carried out the wrestling mat and got it set up for the fight as Brian went over the rules for the fight. “We’re going to have three 3-minute rounds with a minute break in between. Nurse Redheart will be our referee to make sure neither of us gets too injured. And no shots to the face or groin,” Brian explained “Deal,” Blueblood said stepping onto the mat “Oh, no headgear or shoes. And here; put these on,” Brian added throwing him the gloves before stepping on the mat as Blueblood removed the items before joining Brian “Before this fight begins, how’s about a proper arena,” Discord asked He snapped his fingers and an eight foot chain link fence rose out from the ring on the mat creating a barrier for the fight. A ring bell and table showed up which Discord sat down at to provide commentary. “Let’s get ready to rumble,” Discord called as he rang the bell Blueblood tried to drop down to a knee to drop Brian with a double leg takedown but was stopped by a hard kick to the thigh. “And Brian stops a takedown with a hard kick,” Discord said causing Celestia to give him a look “What do you think you’re doing,” Celestia asked “Commentary for the readers,” Discord answered casually “What are you talking about,” Celestia questioned “Anyone who’s decided to read this far into the story,” Discord said Before Pinkie could say anything, Discord snapped his fingers and summoned a gag for her while the others held her back from attacking him for breaking the fourth wall. Brian went for a takedown of his own and grabbed Blueblood’s right leg and stuck him in a leg lock. “A huge takedown and leg lock on Blueblood,” Discord continued Brian decided to release the hold and continue the punishment. Blueblood got up and tried to strike Brian but received a pair of kicks to the abdomen with the second knocking him over. Once on the ground, Brian used an ankle lock and started cranking before the bell sounded. “That was fun,” Brian said “Fun? That hurts,” Blueblood said “I never planned on going easy on you.” “Round two. Fight,” Discord said ringing the bell Blueblood started throwing a couple punches wildly that Brian ducked and took a kick to the midsection. “Again in my chest,” Blueblood asked through breaths “Better there than in the face.” Brian used another double leg takedown and unleashed a barrage of punches to his opponent's legs. “And a series of rapid punches to the legs,” Discord said By the end if the second round, Brian was catching his breath while his opponent was feeling pain in the legs. “Final round. Fight,” Discord called Deciding he was done playing around, Brian waited for Blueblood to attempt a takedown again and sidestepped, getting behind him. Brian wrapped his left arm around his opponent having his elbow at Blueblood’s trachea while the right arm was went behind the head and Brian dropped to his back and wrapped his legs around Blueblood locking him in a rear naked choke. He counted mentally about thirty seconds as Blueblood didn’t respond and released the hold. “It’s over,” Brian called “Winner by stoppage, Canterlot High School’s own, Brian Dragnov,” Discord called as cheers erupted from Canterlot students Discord snapped his fingers and the cage and table disappeared while Principal Cinch went to check on her student. “Can I get a bottle of water,” Brian asked Sunset handed him a sealed bottle as Brian walked back over to Blueblood who was still laying on the mat. “Oi, Black-and-Blue Blood, get up,” Brian said pouring water on his face “What happened,” Blueblood asked groggily “Good news and bad news. Bad news, you lost due to me stopping the fight. The good news is you passed ‘Getting Your Ass Kicked 101’,” Brian joked “You stopped the fight? Why?” “I had you in a modified chokehold. You didn’t respond so I released you for safety,” Brian answered holding out a hand “Thanks. I think,” Blueblood said grabbing his hand to help him up “That was an unfair fight. He believed it was going to be a wresting match, not a fistfight,” Cinch said angrily “I never said that. Perhaps in the future, you’ll ask for more information prior to accepting something blindly,” Brian retorted Cinch opened her mouth before closing it wordlessly knowing Brian was correct. He was the first person to ever talk to her like that and she seemed to despise it. Brian collected his bag and headed to the locker-room without a word. “Here, take these. It should help with the pain,” Redheart said handing Blueblood a couple aspirin and some water Brian grabbed a shower stall and decided to run water over him to cool off, not knowing Blueblood was doing the same thing. “Do you mind me asking how you got those scars,” Blueblood asked “Wrong end of a lightning bolt.” Brian redressed and left after looking at the clock and seeing it was a quarter to eleven. He decided to head to the music room and saw Flash and Octavia jamming. Grabbing another cello, he tuned it and decided on screwing around with a fitting song. Stomping twice on the ground before clapping on a third beat, he managed to get everyone following as he played ‘We Will Rock You,’ as Flash played the guitar solo at the end. “We will, we will rock you,” the room sang “That was awesome! It’s about time someone took those Crystal Prep jerks down a notch,” Flash said “Thanks. I was just glad to do it,” Brian responded “Well, that's more motivation for us to win for the first time,” Octavia said cheerfully “To Canterlot High,” Flash called “Canterlot High,” everyone yelled After lunch, everyone headed outside where many were shocked at the size of the course that was constructed. Brian sat up front to have a good seat. The students were unofficially separated in the bleachers with Canterlot on one side and the Prep on the other while Brian was dead center in the front row, not caring about other's opinions. When the girls came out, everyone from CHS cheered seeing the heroines were representing the school, while there was scattered applause from the prep with their representatives. “The course will begin with the archery. Each teammate must hit a bull’s-eye in order to start the speed skating and the winners will start the motocross last. May the best team win,” Dean Cadence introduced Brian watched as Applejack scored the first bull’s-eye causing Fluttershy to start her attempt. Crystal Prep started off well before Twilight constantly missed requiring help from AJ. She ponied up and like the others, had the magic taken. While that was going on, Pinkie and Rarity were holding a massive lead in the speed skating before the others managed to keep up. He was glad to see his friends leading the motocross race when portals started opening up causing vines to erupt and start attacking anything in their way. One vine struck the bleachers and just barely missed his head, solely striking his hat, slicing it in half. “I do believe you killed my hat,” Brian said casually “Sorry Urahara,” a voice called Brian turned to see who said it and saw an orange haired male in all black who disappeared as quickly as he was seen. “Resquiate In Pace,” Brian said holding one half of the hat while making a cross with the other, causing some students to laugh The fun came to an end when he saw just how much trouble then vines were causing. “Everyone get off the bleachers! Head behind them and leave the area,” Brian yelled seeing the vines “Who put you in charge,” a female Prep student demanded “I did! Now get going or I’ll throw you that way,” he retorted “Alright, I’m going,” she said deciding not to argue Brian directed them to safety and was glad that no one was hurt in the mayhem that occurred. “I’m sorry, this was my fault. I wanted to understand the magic,” Twilight said Brian kept his mouth shut, as he had some choice words for her, none of which were pleasant. He saw Dash have her magic taken away and knew Twilight couldn't understand that she was dealing with as it was something out of her control. “Brian, could you assist with the final challenge? We would like you to put the school flags somewhere in the school,” Celestia asked “Of course. What boundaries do I have to follow,” he asked “What do you mean,” Principal Cinch asked “Where I can and can’t place the flags,” he said flatly “Anywhere they might be a challenge,” Celestia said “I’ll eliminate the heads,” he said causing everyone to give him confused looks “What is a ‘head’,” Cadence asked “Bathrooms. I won’t place it there.” They handed him the flags and Brian knew where he wanted the flags to go. “Discord, could you help me,” he called “Place the flags on the roof’s flagpole,” Discord answered “A false one there, actually. The real ones are going to be in the offices.” Discord popped out for a moment before returning with a ladder and tape. They headed to Celestia’s office and taped the flag above the desk and repeated the process in Luna’s office. Once he headed outside to inform them the task was finished, Brian heard the Crystal Prep students chanting ‘release the magic’ to Twilight causing her to open the detector and release the magical energy she collected. "You don’t understand the magic you released,” Sunset stated “I do understand the magic I collected now,” a voice called that obviously wasn’t Twilight’s Whoever it was, was opening multiple portals to Equestria and everyone could see the other side but one thing caught his eye. His family was staring in fear with the princesses and Brian was irate. “You think you can go about destroying this world to get to my home all over magic!? It’ll be a cold day in Hell before I let you do that,” Brian yelled “And what are you going to do about it,” the evil Twilight asked “Introduce you to a friend. Meet Ignis,” he retorted as he transformed Unbeknownst to him, Ignis didn’t have his normal blue eyes but the same blood red eyes that were like the first time he was released. “Does anyone notice Brian's eyes? They’re red,” Fluttershy asked “Red eyes are really unbecoming,” Rarity commented “That’s not good. I have to stop him before he does something rash,” Sunset decided Brian flew towards Twilight with the actual intent to kill her. Sunset transformed into an angelic version of herself and had to stop Brian from doing something he would regret. “Brian, stop! This isn’t you! I know why you want to do this but it isn’t right. Equestria is your home! Look through those portals and see the faces of everyone there! They’re terrified; not of Twilight, but of you,” Sunset called “What the heck is going on,” one of the prep students asked “Giving up so easily,” the evil Twilight taunted Brian flew back towards the school and forced himself to calm down as his eyes reverted to their usual blue while the others kept their distance just in case. The transformation was over in a matter of seconds as he dropped to the ground to meditate. “Twilight, let me help you! There's another way,” Sunset offered “I’m sorry,” Twilight said, dropping to her knees Once Brian saw the girls revert back, he joined them and Cinch couldn't believe what she saw. “Celestia, I demand you give us the trophy! Your students somehow transformed into angels and dragons,” Cinch argued “And you saw one of your own transform and threaten to destroy two worlds. Do you want to be the pot or the kettle,” Brian retorted “Saving the world is more important than a trophy,” Celestia countered “That’s it, I’m reporting this to the school board along with my resignation,” Cinch decided, walking away “Good riddance, ya Grinch,” Brian yelled “We are the champions, my friends. And we kept on fighting till the end,” Brian started to sing “We are the champions! We are the champions! No time for losers, because we are the champions, of the school,” Brian and everyone finished That night when Brian entered the dreamscape, he saw Ignis crying for the first time ever. “Ig, what’s wrong,” Brian asked “I’m so sorry. I saw our friends and family at home and I snapped,” Ignis said through tears “It’s not your fault.” “Don’t bullshit me! Everyone saw my eyes changed. They weren’t blue they were red,” Ignis retorted “Why’s that so bad?” “You know the video with me killing Grogar? My eyes were red. In fact, that was the next stage of transformation, reverting to the ooze body I originally had,” Ignis answered “Fuck. I didn’t think of that.” “That’s why I’m so sorry. Sunset was right, I saw our friends at home and they were actually scared of me, even though we are separated,” Ignis said “We just have to be careful. To borrow a movie quote, ‘you either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain’. As long as we don’t reach the point of no return, we should be fine.” “Thanks. You’re absolutely right. We do need to be careful with using this ability to not reach that point,” Ignis agreed “Well, let’s see how tomorrow goes at school,” Brian said as he left the dreamscape One say later, Brian and the girls planned to have a picnic to relax when Celestia walked over with Twilight. “We have a new Wondercolt. My sister and I were hoping you’d all help Twilight get adjusted,” Celestia said “Sorry for all trouble I caused,” Twilight said “Actually, I’d like to apologize to you, Twilight. I’m sorry for constantly running away from you and nearly killing you with Ignis,” Brian said bowing his head “Why did you run from me,” she asked “Your amulet sucked the magic out of the others and the Equestrian portal and I feared what might happen with mine.” “What’s Equestria,” she asked curiously “My home, where you opened the portals to. I just hope my family's not mad at what happened.” “What do you mean?” “The dragon you saw, Ignis, is my Nightmare Form. The last time I had red eyes wasn’t good news. My girlfriend had to help change me back.” “That bad, huh? Glad that didn't happen,” Twilight said hugging him “Perhaps a proper introduction would be warranted? I’m Brian Dragnov.” “Twilight Sparkle.” “You, in the black; I want a word,” a voice called “Shining, what brings you here,” Twilight asked her brother “Him. I heard from Cadence about a student in black who attempted to kill my little sister,” Shining said pointing at Brian “Only because she released magic she didn’t understand and attempted to destroy two worlds,” Brian countered “Is this true, Twily? Did you really try to destroy multiple worlds,” Shining asked in disbelief “Yes. Everything Brian said is true. I released the magic due to the others pressuring me to do so,” she said Shining turned to punch Brian but he flicked his hand and held up a hand full of Hellfire. “Really? In front of everyone you have a death wish? I hit you with Hellfire and you're gone. No funeral or anything but a pile of ash,” Brian questioned “What is that? Some kind of trick,” Shining demanded “Trick? No, this is real and I really don’t need your sister watch me kill her idiotic brother.” Shining attacked Brian only to be met with a knee to the abdomen as he extinguished the flame and started to put Shining in a chokehold. “Both of you stop. Fighting is not needed. Yes, Shining, your sister did attempt to destroy two worlds. He did attack her, but was stopped by one of the girls in some kind of angelic form. It’s not wise to attack the student who easily defeated Blueblood in a fight,” Cadence explained "Wait, you beat Blueblood? I’ve always wanted to teach that snobby punk some manners,” Shining said getting up and helping Brian to his feet “Are you two faced or something? You go from wanting to fight me to being calm?” “Changing the subject, where did you hide the flags,” Celestia asked as Shining kept silent “Look to the heavens indoors and you’ll find the answer you seek,” Brian said cryptically Celestia, Cadence and Shining left while the former decided to try and solve the riddle. Once they left, Twilight wanted the answer. “Where are they?” “In Luna and Celestia’s offices above their desks.” “Never would think to look there,” Rainbow Dash mused “Exactly. I thought about putting them on the flagpole but that wouldn't be fair.” As the group enjoyed their picnic, the portal lit up and Princess Twilight emerged from the other side, much to their surprise and delight. “Sorry about not answering your messages, Sunset. I saw the weirdest thing ever,” Princess Twilight said before seeing her counterpart “Make that second weirdest.” “Princess Twilight, meet Twilight. Twilight, meet your pony counterpart,” Brian said, motioning to each one “Um hi,” Twilight said waving shyly “Brian, is it true,” Princess Twilight asked “Is what true?” “Portals to Equestria were opened by a demonic version of myself and you fought against her? The girls told me once I returned home,” Princess Twilight asked “Yeah it’s true. I used Ignis to fight against Twilight. And unfortunately, I nearly returned to the ‘Grogar’ event.” “I don’t know whether to hug you or slap you,” she replied sternly “Both. I deserve it.” Twilight raised a hand to slap him, much to the shock of her human counterpart, but gave Brian a hug instead. “I can’t do it. You may deserve it but I can’t slap a fellow member of royalty,” Princess Twilight said, relenting “Wait a minute, you never told us you were royalty, darling,” Rarity said in disbelief “Because I don’t consider myself above anyone else. Being a prince is just an honorary title to me. I’d rather be looked at as an equal.” “Thankfully, you have had it easy. Celestia’s probably going to make you create a guard and a castle for yourself sometime soon,” Princess Twilight said “And I get to hear the problems of idiots, that have nothing better to do,” Brian said sarcastically “You’re right about that. Before my trip, someone tried to fight about a tree between two houses,” she said sighing “Each claimed ownership of a tree that predates the houses,” Brian guessed “I turned them away because of how ridiculous it was,” she finished “Um; I have to know what this ‘Grogar’ incident is,” the human Twilight commented “I’m not going to answer that.” “I'd like an answer,” she asked “Honestly; it'll be better to drop the subject. You'll only get an answer if I decide to give it to you.” As everyone said goodbye to Princess Twilight and Brian headed inside to retrieve the birdhouse he made, Principal Celestia sat in her office and looked up towards the ceiling and found the answer. “Very clever. Sister, check your ceiling,” Celestia called “Already did. I found the flag for Crystal Prep taped above my desk,” Luna answered entering the room holding the flag “Brian gave me the clue outside about looking up to the heavens indoors. You and I would be the only ones to answer it,” Celestia said “Well, he did hide the flags in a place neither team would think to look,” Luna said cheerfully Brian and the girls headed home where he hung the birdhouse in the trees in his backyard before calling out. “Huginn, Muninn where are you? I have a something for you.” From seemingly out of nowhere two black ravens appeared and landed on Brian's outstretched jacket covered left arm. “How long did it take for you to train them,” Fluttershy asked “I didn't. Ever since I arrived here through the portal they've been watching me. Although unofficial, I named them after Odin’s ravens.” “Who’s Odin,” Twilight asked “For my home, in Norse mythology Odin is the Allfather, or head of the gods. He had two ravens he would send out to spy on things that were going on.” “Okay. I kind of understand it,” Twilight said, although still confused “What do you mean, watching you,” Applejack asked “When I arrived here for the first time, they were sitting on the house. I didn’t think much about them as they didn’t bother me. If they’ve fed, it was on their own.” “Who sent them? Princess Celestia,” Sunset asked “Doubtful. Someone else did it.” The girls decided it was getting late and decided to head home while Brian ate and went to bed early after everything that transpired that day.