Rainbow Dash was sleeping in her cloud home, she had been crying for some time the night before, but after a while fell asleep. She awoke on her side and lied there for a while, letting her eyes adjust to the light that had been getting brighter as the sun rose above horizon. Her eyes were a slight red from the previous night, making them appear bigger than they really were. She rolled over after her position had become uncomfortable, and was met by the gaze her pet tortoise, Tank. The two stared at each other for a long time, then Rainbow broke the silence, "What Tank?" She groaned, the reptile only looked at her with its beady eyes. "What are you looking at!?" She demanded, he still blankly looked at her, then slowly made his way over and rubbed his head against her cheek. After a few moments of showing his affection, he lifted off into the air with his helicopter-like propeller, and flew around Rainbow's bedroom. She started to get annoyed by his actions and got out of bed to stop him. She threw off her blue blanket that depicted the aerial acrobats known as the Wonder Bolts on it, then lifted into the air to grab Tank, and put a stop to his shenanigans.
He buzzed around and past a window, then right past Rainbow's nose. "Tank! Enough, I'm not in the mood." She pleaded with him, but he didn't listen to any of it. He swooped down low to the floor, then back up and into the next room, all the while Dash gave chase. She slowly began to give up and let him go, but then he spun back around and flew directly at her, causing her to duck out of the way. "Will you knock it off!?" She yelled at the increasingly annoying tortoise. He simply continued with his games and dived back at her, only forcing her to become more irritated. After a few more seconds of chasing him around her house, she finally caught him and gave him a stern talking to. The animal was unfazed by it and simply went on his way when she put him down, but as she did so, she looked out one of the small windows that offered a view of Ponyville. She gazed out of it for a while, thinking of what she was going to do for the day. She thought back again to the previous day, how James had taken everything the princesses told him, how he reacted to both the alicorns and herself. "Well I suppose most ponies would have acted that way." She sighed.
She stared at the ground for a moment, then heard a buzzing sound outside the window and snapped her head back up, but soon recognized the sound of the small propeller spinning on her pet's back. Although he was not of higher intelligence such as Rainbow Dash or James, he was still able to think and feel. He motioned for Dash to come outside for a nice morning flight. She obliged his tiny head gesture and went out to join him, forgetting about James, forgetting about the new threat of the changelings, forgetting about everything that didn't have to with flying in the blue, open sky.
The sun had risen up higher and lit up everything in its morning rays, signaling for the day to begin. As the two flew up higher and higher, they could see others coming of their houses and greeting one another. Dash decided to take it slow and just enjoy the beautiful scenery that was Ponyville. They flew side by side at a nice pace, slowly dancing their way around clouds that stood in their way. They came to a stop on a cloud above the lake that Rainbow and Pinkie Pie liked to swim at. "Thanks for getting me outta' there buddy." She said to her small, green friend. He walked over and for the second time, rubbed his cheek on hers, causing her to giggle from his affection. She peered out over the cloud and down to the water some two hundred feet below, she hung her hooves over the edge of it and was soon joined by Tank. "I wonder if he'll come back?" Rainbow asked Tank, he only looked back at her with a blank stare.
She came back from the edge of the cloud and sat in the middle, letting the sun warm her back. Tank, once again, slowly crawled over and sat down next to her. She turned her head to him and asked, "Tank? Why do I like him? He's not even from here, from this world!" The tortoise only looked up at her with a blank stare again. She popped back over the cloud and hung her whole upper body over it. "I'm gonna' take you home and see if James came back yet." She said as she got back up from her position, then lifted into the air once more. They took their time to get back and even stopped to talk with one of the other pegasi residents of Ponyville, Cloud Kicker, whom was out for a morning flight as well. "Hey Cloud Kicker! What's up?" She asked the light blue, and blonde maned mare. They landed down on a good sized cloud so they could chat.
"Hello there Rainbow Dash, I'm jut out for a nice flight on this wonderful morning. How about yourself?"
"Right on, I decided to take Tank out with me this morning, well more like he took me out." Dash said with a slight laugh.
"Oh? Who's Tank?"
"My pet tortoise!" She stated proudly, Tank then came out from behind her legs.
"You brought yer pet tortoise out for a flight? "That's a little odd I'd say." She said back with a look of bewilderment on her face.
"Yeah I know, Twilight gave him a special thing so he could fly. Here, look!" She exclaimed, Tank then rose into the air once he heard his name get called. He hovered for a moment to let Cloud Kicker get a good look at him.
"Well I don't think I've ever seen an animal like that fly, that's pretty amazing! You said Twilight did that for him?" She asked.
"Yeah, it was totally awesome!"
"Why did you want him as a pet, I would have thought, knowing you, you would have wanted something that was naturally able to fly, and fast too?"
"Well I did, but this little guy has a lot more abilities than you may think! I was trapped under a rock, my wing actually, then he came along and pushed the giant boulder off of me! Right there it was pretty much an instant friendship." Rainbow explained, both pet and owner moved closer together and smiled.
"Interesting Dash, I never would have thought you for a pony to even own a pet, let alone one like this."
"Well just like me, he's pretty awesome, so it just worked out how it should have naturally." Rainbow said, slightly gloating about herself.
"Yeah I guess so, well Dash it was nice catching up for this brief moment, but I'm gonna' get going." Cloud Kicker said as she began to turn away from Dash.
"Alright, well it was good talking to ya', have a good one!"
"Actually wait one second, did you see what happened with that new pony in town to other night?"
"New pony? Who moved here?" She asked confused.
"You haven't seen him yet? That new pony, well not exactly a pony? Wow you're really out of the loop Dash, you been up in the clouds this whole time?" She asked Rainbow, looking at her wondering just how somepony could have missed the new creature that had come to their world.
"Umm, no? Who is this stallion?" She asked again, still very confused.
"You haven't seen the giant pony walking around town? What was he anyway, I think he said he was a human when everypony first saw him." Cloud tried to remember back the other day.
"Oh James! Yeah he's a human. I guess I've been around him so much that he didn't seem any different from anypony else!" Rainbow laughed.
"Really, you've gotten to be with him that much? Well, it seems like someone may have found a special somepony." She winked at Dash.
"No, it's not like that!" Dash defended.
"Sure... sure." Cloud kicker teased.
"I like him, but not like that, you know I'm not a lovey-dovey pony."
"Whatever you say. Hey, were you at that concert the other night?"
"Yeah, with Vinyl?"
"That one! I thought I saw you there, you were dancing with him after he ripped into those jerks who were messing with that unicorn."
"Oh yeah, those ponies were mean, but I think James set them strait." Dash said confidently of James' work.
"He was pretty brave in taking them both on, I don't think anypony else would have done so."
"Yeah, he is pretty brave, and strong-"
"And good looking." She finished off Dash's sentence with a playful nudge and wink.
"What? Oh get out of here!" Dash said, chasing her friend off the cloud.
"Alright Dash I'll catch ya' later."
"See ya!" Dash said, then turned away with slightly red cheeks. "He is good looking though." She thought, "Alright Tank let's go home, I'm gonna' check on James, I need to see him." The two flew back without any distractions this time. She locked Tank inside so he didn't accidentally fall out and and hurt himself. She took off again and made her way to James' home. She went quickly, but not too quickly, that way it didn't seem to anypony that something was wrong, and she wanted to think of something to say to him when they met again. She made it there, but had thought of nothing to say. "Darn it, maybe he'll say something first." She hoped. She touched down just outside of the door and proceeded to knock, the door slightly creaked open when she did, but revealed no one inside.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
James had been trudging through the forest for a while, the sun was up and was shining bright like most mornings. The air was warm and the sky was dotted with a few clouds. James had been changed by the encounter with his brother and his Marines, he now knew what he needed to do. Although he was still a little mad from how the princesses had handled the situation, he forgave them. He walked with his head held higher than before, and with the usual swagger a Marine would strut with. He thought to himself of his new enemy and how he would bring her down. "Well if she's planning on an invasion, we'll need to counteract her somehow, but if I'm understanding correctly, our forces are much too little to match theirs. They're an army of two species, one part is made of griffins and the other are changelings. Looks like we're going to have to fight like Vietnam and use guerrilla warfare. Probably is a good thing that they brought me here then because I doubt any of these guys have had to kill before. This is going to be rough training them, but if a DI can take a civilian right out of high school and turn him into a highly motivated, critical thinking, professional killer, then I can too. With them not having hands though, it could be an issue, but we'll work through it." James conversed with himself. As he walked he heard another rustle in the bushes, "Oh hey, another one of you pricks!" He shouted out, thinking there was another cockatrice in the brush.
He walked over and quickly kicked through the bush, trying to take it by surprise this time. Nothing was in the bush though, he searched through it more, but after a moment he heard another rustle, this time further off to his left about twenty feet away. He crept up to it with his pistol drawn, waiting for it to jump out at him like the others did. He got to the bush and kicked at it again, only to hit nothing. Behind it was another bush much larger than the one he was kicking in. "Any one on the other side?" He asked out loud in case another pony was there with him. There was no answer. He brought up his pistol and aimed it in a random spot Bang. "Did I get it?" He asked himself. He waited and listened for a few seconds.
He knew he could leave and not waste anymore precious ammunition, but something kept making him want to see what was on the other side of the bush, so he took a few steps back and prepared to charge through the bush. He crashed through to the other side and quickly started to look around for the suspected animal. A cloud had crossed in front of the sun, causing the area to become darker. He searched hard for the cockatrice, but in all of the places he looked, he could not find it. Then the sun came back out. He looked around more and then up in the trees remembering that the strange creature was able to fly. Up in one of the trees about teen feet away, a wolf looking beast was perched on a branch, staring directly at him, not moving or making a sound.
James was not expecting such a fierce looking creature to be peering down at him. He quickly brought up his pistol and aimed at the animal's chest, daring it to move; but the creature did not, it only stared at him. Its eyes were dark blue with a slight silver tone, the hair on its neck and head was a dull white and stood out on its black and sparsely white speckled body. Its claws were sunk into the branch it was on, and its sleek, black wings were tucked up tight against its side. It watched James' movement so closely that it could see his chest expanding and contracting from his breathing. The two stared at each other for several minutes, unsure of what to make of the other. "What are you?" James whispered. Before James could do anything, the large wolf-like creature pounced off of the branch with a powerful jump and flared its wings, taking flight and leaving James staring at it in wonderment and awe. "Man this a strangely beautiful place." He stated to himself.
After the run in with the wolf, James remained on edge and listened for any little movement that sounded out of the ordinary. He got the feeling of being at war again and went into his usual 'patrol' mode, watching for anything that looked suspicious. Clouds came and went as he made his way back to his new home, and nothing else gave him a surprise, only a few very small animals scurried across his path every now and then.
He reached the edge of the forest that butted up against his home. "I wonder if anyone came knocking... doubt it." He thought to himself. He came up around the right side of the house, then noticed a familiar cyan pegasus standing at the door. "Well I guess someone did come to pay me a visit." He thought. Rainbow went inside and he followed her in.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rainbow Dash stepped inside the darkened living room, leaving the door open so she could see somewhat, "Hello!? Are you here James!?" She called out to him. she was met with no answer though. James was standing in the doorway behind her, but Rainbow was unaware of it. She ventured further into the house, looking everywhere to find him. After checking all of the downstairs area, she moved to the upstairs to see if he might be trying to fix the broken door she had seen before. James watched her ascend the staircase, but did not go after her, he simply found a seat and waited for her to return.
Rainbow searched around in all of the rooms and even went back and checked them all again. She gave up and went back downstairs, unsure of what else to do or what she would want to do; just wait for him, who knows how long that will be, or wait for him to come back into town. "Hello Rainbow Dash, how are you doing?" James asked when he saw her come back down, she immediately stopped her thinking.
"Ahhh!" She screamed out, but then realized that it was just James.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to startle you. Well, maybe a little." He apologized.
"Jeez James, you almost made me jump out of my skin!" She yelled at him.
"I'm sorry." He said again as he got up. Dash slightly backed away from him, but then moved closer to him.
"Are you alright James?" Dash asked.
"Dash, before we get into anything about me, which there will be a lot to tell from last night, I want to apologize for my behavior. I acted like a jackass" He began his apologies.
"It's okay James, I forgive you, don't worry about it."
James squatted down in front of her, "No it's not, I acted like an ass, and stormed out like schmuck. I hurt you, I could tell I did, and I cussed like an ignorant fool at your princesses. That was probably one of my least professional moments, and honestly, I was a selfish jerk. Rainbow Dash, I am so, so sorry for what happened yesterday. Can you forgive me even the slightest?" He begged her.
"Yes James, I can, and I did. You did make me feel bad, and... and I actually cried for a few hours last night." She told him, even though she didn't want to admit she let tears come out of her eyes.
"Dash I am so sorry I caused the pain you felt." He apologized once more.
"Let me finish, I realized while this was happening, that what you must have been feeling everything I was, except a hundred times worse. I mean, I don't know of anypony who would just be alright with them being dead, and then yanked to another world to live again and protect those ponies too! I think we all decided on that yesterday after you left. So let's just put it behind us James, I forgive you." She told him. James immediately lurched forward and wrapped his arms around her, she returned the hug and the two embraced each other for a while. When they broke away, they looked at each other for a minute, then randomly began laughing. James stood up and went over to where he dropped his ruck sack. "So what were you saying happened last night?" She asked.
"Oh, right! Well, where to begin?" He asked out loud. He decided to just begin after he stormed out. He told her about tripping and falling down, then shooting the tree. After he told her about it, she realized how bad he actually felt. He then proceeded to tell her about the cave and the strange happenings at first. Then about his pack disappearing without him moving it, and then the spiders crawling around just a few inches from his head. She twinged a little bit at hearing the mention of spiders, she was terrified of them as well, and even when just the word of them was mentioned, it made her skin crawl.
"So you were stuck in a hole, with a bunch of spiders right next to your face!? You really are fearless!"She exclaimed.
"I was terrified!" He said back, "But that wasn't even the scariest part."
"What, was there like, a hundred more spiders that came at you!?" she asked, astonishing herself with the number.
"No, much worse. My brother came back." He said in a flat monotone.
"Y- your brother? You said he was dead though."
"Allow me to finish." He said. He continued telling her about the experience, about Andy practically flying at him and then the two ending up back in the room with the princesses. The whole time Rainbow listened attentively, amazed by the encounter that James had. He finished his tale with telling her about the wolf-like creature hidden in the tree. He asked Rainbow if she had ever seen such a creature before. She told him that she never had, but of all the things in the Everfree, it didn't surprise her. The two sat in silence for a moment, then James spoke up. "Dash, let's get out of here, I'm starting to feel a weirdness coming on." He said as he began to rummage through his rucksack, just to make sure all of his stuff was there.
"Yeah I kind of feel it too, where do you want to go?" She asked, finally happy that she was able to spend time with him again.
"Doesn't matter, just not in here, plus it's a nice day!"He exclaimed as he pushed some of his gear around in his bag.
"Well, Applejack said she needed some help today with apple bucking, if you don't mind doing a little bit of work?" She offered.
"Doesn't really bother me, we gotta' head through town to get there though right?"
"Yeah, I haven't even eaten yet, do you want to stop by Sugar Cube Corner on the way?"
"Sounds good to me, I could go for some chow too." He agreed. James checked his pistol and stowed it in his holster, he was down one full magazine now, leaving just two left to defend himself if the time arose. "Gotta conserve it, man." He thought. He declared that everything was in order, and the two walked out of the living room, and through the door. James didn't bother locking it behind him.
The two walked on for a while, making their way into Ponyville. They passed the park James had seen Scootaloo at, thinking back to it brought up memories of James' childhood once more. As James day dreamed, he became unaware of what he was doing and where he was going, and ran face first into a tree and fell down. He quickly snapped out of his trance and blinked a few times, only to be met with the face of a laughing Rainbow Dash. "Bwahahaha! That was so funny, you just went face first into that tree, and then whoop! You were down on the ground!" She roared with laughter.
"Ha-ha-ha, laugh it up!" He said as he got up, "hey is my nose bleeding at all? It kind of feels like it is." He asked her. Dash had a hard time controlling her bursts of laughter, but eventually got it enough under control to where she could observe him. She leaned in close to him as he bent down so she could see better, their faces were just inches apart and Dash's face began to flush a little.
"What if I just... leaned in a little more?" She thought. She had been staring at him blankly for a few moments and James took notice to it.
"So what's the assessment there doc?" He asked, feeling awkward in the position.
"Huh? Oh um, your fine, I-uh, just wanted to be really, super, extra sure that you were alright." She said quickly to try and fool James in case he had caught on to what she was thinking.
"If you say so. You okay?" He questioned with a puzzled expression.
"Yeah I'm fine! I great actually!" She said quickly again.
"Alright... you sure?" He asked doing a double take at her.
"Yeah I'm sure, let's get going." She demanded, trying to hurry them along. James stood up again and they continued down the small path that lead to town. About five minutes passed before either of them said anything.
"Hey Dash, can I ask you something?"
"What's up?" She asked, what she was thinking was, "Ooo maybe this is it, when he finally asks me to be his special somepony!"
"How do you stand being around me?" He asked plainly.
"Ahh come on!" She thought, but it came out instead as, "What do you mean?"
"Well I just realized that I smell horrible and I haven't gotten to take a shower yet, how can you stand my stink? I can barely take it!" He admitted.
"I didn't notice you smelled like anything, not that it would matter how you smelled." She told him, saying the last bit quietly under her breath.
"How can you not smell this!?" He asked as he fanned his hands in her direction, blowing his sweaty stench at her. After a moment, she smelled it.
"I don't know why you have a problem with that, you smell good actually!" She exclaimed, the smell of him caused her heart to slightly flutter.
"How do I smell good, I smell like popcorn and dirty socks!" He asked very confused by her sense of smell.
"You actually smell like a cupcake from Sugar Cube Corner."
"You're telling me I smell sweet!? Thanks for the compliment, but there is no way I'm buying it!"
"I'm serious you smell good, which is weird I think too, and I kind of like it." She said, her face flushing red again. She turned her head away quickly so he wouldn't see it.
"Bull corn, I still do not believe you!" He disagreed.
Okay, when we see somepony else, we'll ask them. I'm not lying to you, really." She told him, the redness had gone away luckily. They walked on for a few moments and then one of Ponyville's earth pony residents came strolling by.
"Excuse me, can you tell me how he smells?" Rainbow asked the random citizen.
"I beg your pardon? You want me to smell him? Why?" The earth pony asked.
"Just, can you, please, he doesn't smell bad I swear." She told the earth pony. James was unsure of what to do, so he stood where he was awkwardly as the pony walked up to him with a skeptical grin, and began to sniff around him.
"Wow, you weren't kidding, he does smell good! What do you have on?" The earth pony asked.
"That's my sweat actually." James stated. The stranger looked up at him then turned away in disgust.
"I just smelled your sweat, why would you do that to me?" The earth pony asked.
"So I smelled sweet to you?" He asked.
"Well yes, but why did I have to do that?"
"Just to see really." He stated bluntly. The earth pony turned its head up and strode away in frustration and disgust. The two looked at each other and shrugged, then continued on their way to Sugar Cube Corner to get something to eat. On the way they passed by Twilight's home, also known as the local library. Dash immediately stopped.
"I thought there was something that involved you and Twilight that you needed to know about." She said to James whom also stopped.
"Can't remember what it was?"
"Umm, not real-"
"James!" Twilight shouted out from her second story window, cutting off Rainbow.
"Oh, hey Twilight we were just talking about you! What do you need?" He asked up to her. Twilight teleported down to the both of them.
"Hello James, Rainbow Dash, how are the both of you doing today?" She asked them. They both replied with a 'good'. "James I need you to come inside with me, Rainbow you can come too, the princess left something for you and told me specifically not to touch it." She continued.
"Oh that's right! Now I remember what the princess brought for you." Dash said as the memory of the princess came back to her.
"What is it Twilight?" He asked caught off guard by the sudden urgency.
"I don't know, but my guess is that you will, so come on." She explained as she lead the other two inside. James had not been inside the literal tree house before. The sheer size of it made him look upon it with awe, bookshelves lined all of the walls and many books were missing from them. Some were stacked up on the floor and on a few tables. He looked up and saw the second level catwalk, also lined with bookshelves.
"You're quite a book worm aren't you Twilight?" He asked.
"I've been told that once or twice before." She said with a smile.
"She's also an egghead." Rainbow whispered to James.
"Did you say something Rainbow?" Twilight asked as she lead them over to the kitchen.
"No, nothing." She answered back. They entered the kitchen area and on the table was a wooden box about three feet long and two feet wide.
"Is this the thing you brought me in for Twilight?" He asked.
"Yes, I have no idea what it is or what it might be, but it's kind of heavy." She said, thinking back to her having to move it after the guards set it down in the library. The three of them approached the box, James looked over it for a moment.
"Where's the lid?" James asked.
"There's no lid? Why would the princess do that?" She asked out loud to herself. James picked it up and felt the weight of it.
"Wait a minute, i- is this what I think it is?" He asked himself.
"What, what is it?" Twilight asked, the suspense was getting to her.
"Well you had the box upside down just so you know, and if you'll give me a moment, I'll unclasp these latches and I'll show you." He said. He undid each one and it came loose with a jangling sound. He popped off the lid and peered inside, "I was right!" He shouted out.
"What is it!?" Twilight asked, her eyes had lit up with delight as she waited just a moment longer to see what was so important.
"Oh I missed you baby! I don't ever want to part with you again." He said as he looked down into the box.
"Well what are you waiting for, show us!" Twilight demanded.
"Hey, not just anybody gets to see Loranda!" He barked back.
"Loranda!?" Both ponies asked with very confused looks. James reached in and picked up the contents of the box and held it up for both mares to see. Twilight's face went from excited to crushed and uninterested in a flash. "Girls, meet Loranda, this is my M4A1, and she will reach out and bitch slap any man who dares back talk or disrespect her!" He exclaimed with a delightful grin.
"Your what?" Twilight asked still confused.
"This is my rifle, similar to my pistol on my side here, but it shoots much, much faster." He said. He looked it over and saw the magazine was still in it, then removed it and pulled back the charging handle to clear any rounds in the chamber. One round popped out of it and landed on the floor with a metallic clink. He then flipped it over to the other side of the receiver and flicked the safety on, then picked up the loose round on the floor and put it back in the magazine which he set on the table.
"So this is another thing that you use in... your field of work?" Twilight asked.
"Yes ma'am. This beautiful weapon has been through more than you could imagine!" He exclaimed.
"Do you mind telling me about it so I can write a letter to the princess about it, as well as take notes and the like?"
"Gladly, I'd like to inspect this too and make sure everything is okay inside."
"Very well, allow me to grab a quill and paper." Twilight said as she dashed out the room. She returned just a few moments later, James had already cleared a spot for the three of them. They took a seat, with of course Dash sitting next to James.
"Tell me about your 'Loranda', James."
"Well I'll start with a quick history lesson. The first type of this rifle was made in the 1960s by a man named Eugene Stoner, and a company called ArmaLite, it was originally semi-automatic like my pistol. It started out as the AR-15, but then, get this, a company by the name of Colt, bought the weapon and produced the first M-16, which is what this weapon is based off of."
"Well, that is sort of ironic." Twilight said.
"It's pretty funny I think, anyway through the years, the M-16 went through many modifications starting with the M-16A1, then the A2, all the way up to A4. Now, where this came along was when the M-16A2 was built, then in 1994 it came on scene as just an M4 carbine. That was a three round burst, meaning only three rounds would shoot when the trigger is pulled." He explained, all the while taking his gun apart and inspecting it. He reached into his bag and pulled out some cleaning supplies.
"Wow, humans have created some very interesting and complex objects throughout your time. I'm interested to know what other things you have accomplished."
"Well a big one is that we have put someone on the moon, and sent satellites out into space."
"I thought you didn't have magic though, how did you get a human to the moon."
"Easy, smart scientists, mathematicians, and hard workers. Plus a big rocket to get the people there." He smiled as if it was no big deal. Twilight's mouth dropped open in astonishment.
"I know what a rocket is because we have fireworks to shoot off during celebrations, but you used one to get somepony to the moon?"
"Well it's actually a really big one, with some other smaller ones, it's lengthy to explain. Anyway, what I was saying about my rifle here, it basically went from the M4 to the M4A1 and the SOPMOD version as well. SOPMOD stands for special operations peculiar kit, so just more updates have happened. This one is a SOPMOD M4A1. All of the things on here are to help me see better and acquire a better target aperture on my enemy. Luckily it doesn't look like anything is broken so that's fantastic." He continued his lecture on his country's weapon. By this time he had taken the whole weapon apart and cleaned it. He put all of the internal parts back in and placed the two receivers together, put the two pins back in and pulled back the charging handle to make sure everything was in its place, then pulled the trigger to make sure it would fire. It made a definitive click and let him know that it was ready to go.
"Is that all James?" Twilight asked him.
"In a nutshell, pretty much, I could go on for hours on this, but that would get dull and boring." He stated.
"Well... alright, I'll send a letter to the princess and let her know that you got what you needed."
"Very well, do you need help with anything while I'm here?" He offered.
"Not with anything I can think of, if I do though, I'll let you know."
"Cool, well, I guess we'll just be heading out, not really sure what else to say. So, have a wonderful day and we'll see you later. Oh, in that letter, could you send my deepest apologies to the princesses for what happened yesterday." He asked.
"I most certainly will, James." She assured him.
"Thank you, and have a wonderful day." He said as he got up with Rainbow. He slung his rifle over his shoulder and then his rucksack, and showed themselves out the door. Just after they left, Spike came running down the stairs.
"Was the human just here!?" He asked Twilight.
"He was Spike, I'm afraid you missed him, maybe you'll get a chance to talk to him later." She tried to reassure the baby dragon.
"The one time I don't want to sleep in, and I do!" He cursed himself. Deciding that he could do nothing, he went back to bed.