//------------------------------// // On the Way // Story: Lights, Camera, Action. // by LightsCameraAction //------------------------------// Chapter Three: On the Way The stretch limo took LCA and Golden Flash to the airport. It was still dark when they got there. LCA had never seen the airport before, he had never even left Canterlot before, besides when he visited his friend Rarity in Ponyville. There were more ponies here than he had ever seen in one place. The limo pulled up to the front drop off point of the airport. Everypony was running around in a crazy fashion, either trying to find luggage, or trying to get to their gate. LCA went to open the door of the limo to get out, but was briefly stopped by the stallion sitting next to him. "This isn't our stop." He said, pushing his hoof away from the door. "Wait, what do you mean? If we don't get out here, we will have to walk further." Replied LCA. "Actually, we have a surprise for you." Golden Flash said, with the same smirk on her face that she had earlier. "What do you have in mind?" LCA asked. The driver pulled forward and turned onto a road with a sign that read V.I.P. Only. They stopped at a booth near the entrance, and the stallion that was driving rolled down his window and showed the pony in the booth a card. The pony in the booth then hit a red button which lifted the gate arm, and the limo pulled ahead. The road went through a tunnel, and opened up into the airport tarmac. There were airplanes taking off and landing on their assigned runways. The limo drove along a road that was parallel to one of the runways. All the way at the end of the tarmac was a small passenger plane. The limo pulled up next to it. "Now this is your stop." The stallion said. "Awesome, our own private jet!" Yelled LCA. "Yep, she's a beauty. She flies like one too." Golden Flash said with pride. The stallion that was driving got out and walked over to the back door and opened it. The stallion sitting next to LCA was the first to get out of the back of the limo. He got out and went to the trunk to get his bags. Golden Flash got out next, and then LCA. He looked around the tarmac to see what else was around. He saw the control tower that was directing the planes that were taking off and landing. He saw several other private jets on standby, and countless full sized passenger planes. "Ready to go?" Flash asked. "Hell yeah!" Replied LCA. One of the stallions loaded LCA's bags aboard the jet and into the cargo hold. A pilot came out from the building near the jet, and unplugged a fuel hose from the side of the plane. He walked over to the steps that led up into the plane and stepped in. He walked up to the cockpit and put a headset on, while setting up the controls. Flash and LCA walked towards the plane, and went up the steps. The inside of the jet was even more luxurious than the limo. Flash turned and walked towards the back of the plane and through a small curtain. LCA followed and found himself in a room like area with four seats, two on each side of the isle, facing each other with a table in between the chairs on each side. Flash sat down on the left seat furthest away from the curtain, and LCA took the seat closer to it, facing her. "So are you excited to see Lasso Angeles?" She asked. "Of course, I heard it's amazing there." LCA replied. "It is definitely different from Canterlot, that's for sure." She said, looking out the window next to her seat. LCA did the same, and saw the two stallions leaving in the stretch limo to go get off the tarmac. The pilot cut through the radio to speak. "Is everypony ready?" The pilot asked. "Yeah, I think so." Flash said while holding a red button on the wall of the plane near her seat. "All right then, here we go. We have already been cleared for take off." Said the pilot as the plane engine started to roar. The jet slowly backed out of it's parking spot on the tarmac near the airport, and made it's way toward a runway. It turned onto the runway, and then stopped. The pilot did some last minute checks and radioed the control tower. "Ok, we are ready, are we still clear, over?" He said into his headset. The radio crackled and the control tower answered, "Yes, you are clear and ready to go." "Copy that, over." the pilot replied. The plane's engine roared to life yet again. The jet started moving slowly down the runway, and picked up speed quickly. The plane reached 400 miles per hour and left the ground. LCA looked out the window at the night sky and Canterlot as it slowly got smaller and smaller until it was almost invisible. He turned away from the window when Flash broke the silence. "Well, you better catch some Z's kid, you have a busy day tomorrow." she said. "Yeah, I guess I should." Replied LCA. "Hold on, before you do, I have something that might help block out the jet engine." She said, as she reached under her seat and into her bag. She pulled out two pairs of wireless Beats headphones. They were DJ Pon-3 themed. She tossed one of them over to him, and he pulled out his iPhone and activated his Bluetooth. The phone connected to the headphones instantly and he put them on his head, and she did the same. Flash reclined her chair back as far as it would go, until she was practically laying down. LCA pressed the button on his chair to make his seat recline, and it slowly slid to the same position as hers. They both fell into a deep sleep.