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// Chapter 14 
// Story: The Power of Portals 
// by Flames173 
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	Jodi, Luke, Twilight and I stood in the hall outside the Dusk's room, just trying to make it so everyone understood the situation we were in.
"So, knowing him, Dusk probably hid the princess in some secret bunker beneath the castle that nobody know's about." Twilight explained.
"Can't you do some magic spell to detect the princess?" I asked.
"No, I am the princess of magic, so I can do more advanced spells than anybody else, but the thing is, you've heard of Daring Do?"
"Yeah?" curiosity was welling in my veins as Twilight thought of how to explain what she was going to say.
"Well, like, she, the author got it wrong. Daring is real, yes, but she isn't a pegasus, she is an alicorn."
"Mind, blown." I said, putting my hooves to the sides of my head, then pulling them away.
"She is the princess of navigation."
"So, where does she-" I began.
"Just, let me finish!" Twilight scolded. "I can cast any magic as long as no prince, princess, king, or queen has chosen the specified field in which the spell belongs. So, I can't cast a spell to locate someone unless I know the general area they're in, and I mean KNOW. I can't just assume. And, as you were asking, Daring governs nowhere. She had the choice of ruling Cloudsdale, but declined for a life of adventure."
"So, we have no way of finding her?"
Twilight and I talked more about Daring Do. Jodi and Luke tried to make sense of anything they said together. We were completely oblivious to the pony slowly hobbling down the hall towards us.
"You better start explaining. NOW!" The injured guard shouted, holding his wings close to his body and favoring his right forehoof.
"I have a crazy idea guys." I said. "Tackle me in three seconds, don't ask just do." I said.
"What, why?"
"DON'T ASK, JUST DO!" I demanded. I stretched my wings, cancelling Luke's spell and going back into my body. I looked at my friends as they dogpiled the guard.
"Now, why did you want us to do this?" Jodi asked the guard.
"Um guys, I'm over here." I laughed.
The three of them looked at the guard they had suppressed then at me and at the guard again.
"Oh, how didn't I see this one coming?" Twilight asked.
Luke shrugged as much as he could, being pinned under Jodi.
"What's going on?" Shining asked, picking himself off the ground and rubbing the base of his horn.
"I'll explain later, but Dusk is probably going to come out to check on his guard. Luke, do the door spell thing."
Luke nodded then did the spell he pulled off on his first day in Equestria, everyone piled through the door except for him and me.
"You go in, I know exactly what to do with this guy, just, hide the door somewhere." I said, hopping on the guard.
"Ok, I hope you know what you're doing." Luke said. He opened the door and hung on the handle. He moved it to the ceiling before pulling himself up into it. I pushed the door open slightly and shoved the guard through it, his body still sprawled. I quickly flapped my wings and went up into the door.
"Nice hiding spot." I said to Luke.
"Thanks. Hey Twilight, why aren't we falling out the door?" Luke asked the purple alicorn in the cramped space.
"Well, the room's center of gravity is the floor it has when the spell is activated. Since said floor is still at the bottom of the room, we fall towards it." the lavender egghead explained.
"I somehow followed that." Jodi said, poking her head into our conversation.
"Shh, he's coming out." I said, looking down as Dusk walked out of the room, a spell ready on his horn. He looked down the hall both ways.
"You freaking liar." he said, pulling the unicorn guard out of the room. "Begone with you." He shot a spell at the guard clone and he vanished, he quickly recreated him and laughed. "You're not as incompetent as the last are you?" he cackled menicingly and went back in the room.
"I'm amazed he didn't question where we were." Flash said, breathing down my neck.
"I honestly forgot you were here." I said.
"So, how about we get out of here." Luke said.
"Sure."
"All right, everypony stay in." he kicked the door open gently and jumped down. He gracefully grabbed the door handle and moved the door through the ceiling until it was on the roof of the castle. He flipped it over so he was outside and he stood to the side, letting us out. "Thank you for riding the Skywalker Express, we hope you take us again some other day." he said jokingly as he helped us out of the room.
"Why the Skywalker Express?" Shining asked when he was pulled out.
"It's better I don't explain."
"Is Skywalker your last name? Luke Skywalker. Cool. I like the ring of it."
"Yeah, let's go with that. Sorry I let my nerd out there." he apologized quietly when he pulled me out.
"It's ok man, and hey, why don't you ever move the door while your inside it?" I asked
"It's more fun that way." he explained.
"I guess that makes sense. So, next quest, where is Celestia?" I said, staring at the town below.