Lyra, BonBon, Data, Rosetta, Lance, Clair and Dom arrived at the port of Avaira.
"Halt!" A pair of griffin guards barred their guns in an X formation. "Please state your business." The guards were confused when they saw the two humans on-board along with Lyra, but all they were asking for was a reason for travel.
Lyra walked up as if she had done this a thousand times before, "I bring news from Equestria. News with great importance to humans."
The guards widened their eyes and unbarred their weapons. "You may pass," they knelt.
...
Everyone except Lyra stared in wonder at the technological metropolis that was Avaira. It was like stepping out of the dark ages and into the 21st century...
No, the city had to be even more advanced than most modern cities on Earth. It was like research and technology were the highest priority here.
A black and white griffin sat down in a majestic hall made of plastic and wood. Lyra sat across from him.
"Hello old friend," the griffin smiled warmly, "I haven't seen you in forever," he leaned forward, "what brings you back to Avaira."
"Well, old friend," Lyra grinned, "Let's just say I no longer have as many reasons to be jealous of you griffins."
the griffin leaned back, "Why is that?" He walked over and pulled a pen and paper from his desk. He could feel a story coming on...
"Well..." Lyra began...
Dom and Clair walked through a massive steel chamber-lock door. On the other side, they saw humans and griffons working together on projects and experiments ranging from robotics, to chemistry, to some things they didn't even know how to classify.
"Hello," a nicely dressed old man walked up to the pair, "So you're the duo from Equestria I heard so much about..." He smiled.
"So you want to be my apprentices?" Clair and Dom nodded. The man turned around and motioned for them to follow, "Then I'll show you the door project you'll be helping with."
Luna addressed the pony another pony on tax laws...
She wished ponies would trust Celestia more. Luna didn't really feel she was suited for desk work, but after news of how Celestia's horn got broken came out, her ponies gradually lost faith in her. Naturally, the ponies turned to Luna instead.
At first she relished the attention, but... The formalities had increased in stiffness from a thousand years ago from tough food to rock. It was no wonder Celestia was so rigid all the time...
She would have to do something about that... When enough time passed that ponies forgave her sister, she would be welcomed back into a world where fun and politics could be mentioned in the same sentence without a hint of sarcasm!
And the humans... The humans were to be as trusted as ponies, no matter how hard she had to convince some of the older guards of that...
...The humans sometimes even offered to help Celestia after they heard her story...