//------------------------------// // Chapter 18 // Story: A Brony's Dream Come True // by FeatherFoot //------------------------------// A/N BAM Chapter 18 baby! In full size! Sorry for the wait! And omg it has so much text that I am kinda glad I put it in parts. End A/N Ponyville Library... Jake awoke to the sound of hoofsteps from downstairs. He groggily got out of bed. "Ugh...Twilight must be up. Why?" he told himself, before seeing Spike get up too. "Hey there Spike." "Hey, Jake. Man, what is Twilight doing down there? She woke me from the most wonderful dream." Spike said. Jake smiled to him. "What was the dream about?" he asked. Spike blushed a bit. "I can't tell you." Spike told him. Jake just grinned. "It's okay, Spike, you can tell me you like Rarity. I promise I won't tell anypony." Jake said, chuckling mentally. "Spike admitted to him. "Okay, I do. Now, you promise you won't tell anypony about this?" Spike asked him. "Promise." Jake replied, earning a smile from Spike. "Good, now let's go see what Twi' is up to." The two proceeded to go downstairs, to find Twilight pacing. "Twilight?" Spike said. Jake just simply greeted her. "Hi." Jake stated with a tired tone. Twilight did not even glance at them, and continued to pace while she talked. "Oh, hi Spike, hi Jake." Twilight said, a bit worriedly. Spike walked to a window. "It's the middle of the night." Spike stated. "Why are you pacving like this?" Jake was just as curious. "Franky, I don't know how you two could sleep at a time like this." Twilight replied, recieving a look from Jake. Spike pulled a clock from nowhere. "3 AM?" he stated groggily. Twilight teleported in front of him. "It's awful, it's horrible, it's TRAGIC!" Twilight said, making Jake worry. He trotted off the stairs. "I don't understand. What's wrong?" Jake asked with worry. Twilight tossed a calendar to Jake. "Now do you see what's wrong Jake?" Twilight asked him. Jake looked back up to her. "You missed Arbor Day or something?" Jake asked. "No, the problem is i just finished planning my schedule for the month, But I forgot to leave room to plan for the next month." Twilight stated. Jake chuckled, and Twilight dashed up to him, holding a calendar with her magic. "Don't you see, there's not enough time to plan another schedule." She stated overdramatically. "This is an absolute disaster!" Jake chuckled more. He trotted up to Twilight. "Twilight, don't you think you're getting a bit too worked up over nothing?" he asked her. Twilight just shot him a look. Spike walked back upstairs muttering to himself, just audible enough for Jake to hear him. "I woke up from an ice cream dream, for this?" he told himself, making Jake laugh mentally. He turned back to Twilight. "Listen, Twi', I know it is important for you to make plans, but maybe you are getting just a bit too panicked over it." Jake told her. Twilight then did something unexpected. She got up in his face, and started telling him off. "Listen to me Jake, If I don't get this schedule done, it will not only be a disaster for me, it will be a disaster for everypony else in Ponyville. Do you understand?" Twilight stated frantically. "No, no I really don't." Jake replied, concerned for Twilight's sanity. He tried to calm her down. "Listen to me, if this is so important to you, then I'll help you with it." Jake stated reluctantly. Twilight calmed down and smiled. "That would be wonderful!" Twilight responded. They got to work planning everything for the next month, from the metting with the Ponyville Hayboard, to her lunch with Pinkie. Later... Twilight was writing something down on paper with a quill, while Jake read something from the shelf. Twilight then gasped. "Oh my gosh, I think I did it!" she stated. She trotted over to Jake. He turned his attention to her. "If I can find a way to read the Art of Invisibility Spells, and Thormo's Brief History of Canterlot at the same time, That could leave us a half hour scheduling window!" She said excitedly. Jake smiled. "That's great Twi'!" Jake stated, but at that very moment, the wind started blowing. Sparks began flying around the room, and Twilight and Jake looked to each other, and then to a ball of magic right on the other side of the room. They looked on nervously, never seeing that before. "What's going on?" they both said at the exact same time. The ball of light got increasingly big, and finally, it collapsed in on itself, and expanded outward rapidly, engulfing the entire room in a bright light. When the light subsided, they could see two forms on the ground in front of them. One had a bandana like object around its head, had a black suit on, and an eyepatch, sporting a scar as well. The other just had a black suit on. Twilight and Jake looked at each other, and screamed. Both figures got up, and they realized what they were. They were Jake and Twilight. The actual Jake tried to comprehend what happened. Then the second Twilight started to speak. "Twilight, you've got to listen to me!" she said. "Who are you?" the real Twilight asked. Jake just looked at his double, as the second Jake just looked back, a worried loke on his face. The he spoke as well. "Jake, you have to listen too." he said. Jake just looked nervously at the clone. "We came with a special message from the future." The future Jake stated. Present Jake looked astonished, while present Twilight started asking random questions about the future. The future Twilight even disclosed a time travel scroll's location in Canterlot. the present Twilight continued asking questions. This dragged on and on, until finally, the future Twilight silenced her with a hoof in the mouth. "I have something extremely important to tell you about the future!" she said. Future Jake continued for her. "It is extremely important, but we only have a few seconds so you have to listen!" he said worriedly. Future Twilight continued. "Whatever you do, don't-" right then, they were gone in a flash. "Future Twilight?" present Twilight looked worried more than ever. Jake looked over to where future Jake was, but he was gone as well. "What were they trying to warn us about?" Twilight asked to Jake, obviously scared that a disaster was bound to happen, then worried about her future clothes and mane, and her scar. Jake came up to her. I'm not sure what they were warning us about, but it must be serious." Jake told her. They held each other in fear, worrying about the future. 5 minutes later... Twilight looked at the mark on the ground where Future Twilight was at a moment ago. "They must want us to prevent whatever horrible thing happens in the future!" Twilight told Jake. He just stood there, taking in every word. Jake then spoke up. "Should we warn everypony else?" Jake asked. She gasped. "Yes, let's go warn everypony!" She then burst out the door toward the square, Jake following her out. Ponyville Square... Pinkie Pie was, apparently, walking in midair being suspended by nothing but balloons, with Fluttershy trailing behind her. "Come on, Fluttershy!" Pinkie called out to the timid pegasus, "The party can't start 'til the party supplies get there!" Struggling on the ground, Fluttershy was inching her way in the direction of Pinkie, with what felt to her like a few hundred pounds of party supplies on her back. "Happy to...help...but..." Fluttershy staggered out, before she finally got up. "Can I carry...the balloons...next time?" Just as she finished, Twilight ran headlong into her, scattering the party supplies everywhere. Twilight picked her head up and didn't notice gag glasses on her face. Jake tried to keep from laughing, but he burst out. Twilight overheard this. "What's so funny?" she told him, a bit annoyed. "It's...it's nothing..." he stifled out. Twilight trotted away to warn the other ponies, while Jake resumed laughing for a good minute, before finally coming to grips with the situation at hand. "Listen everypony," Twilight announced, unknowingly still wearing the gag glasses. "I've got something really important to say." Just as she finished, the six ponies that were watching and listening broke into a fit of laughter. She finally noticed the glasses on her face, and tossed them off. Jake then arrived and stood next to her. "This is no laughing matter!" She continued. "We have a crisis on our hooves!" Jake continued for her. "Listen to her everypony! She's telling the truth!." he said. The crowd let out a gasp. Rarity and Applejack approached the crowd, not knowing what was going on. Twilight continued. "Me and my good friend Jake here were visited by ourselves from the future!" she added. The crowd broke into laughter again. "This isn't a joke!" Twilight added. Jake cut in. "Our future selves warned of a disaster that is set to occur...when did they say Twilight?" he stopped, then Twilight continued. "Set to occur Tuesday morning!" she added. Applejack spoke up. "What kinda disaster?" Jake continued. "We're not sure." "We got sent back into the future before we could explain!" Twilight concluded. Pinkie suddenly burst out. "RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIVES!" she called out. Rarity ran up to the two of them. "Whatever shall we do?" she stated. "How do we stop an unknown disaster?" Jake replied. "Looks like we have to work together to make sure everypony is safe from...whatever is coming. Rainbow Dash, Jordan!" RD and Jordan then went up to the two. Twilight gave them their instructions. "You two and the other pegasi spread out over Equestria. See if you can find anything that can lead to a disaster, and I mean anything." she told them. "Got it!" they both replied, and they were off in a flash. "Everypony else..." Twilight was cut off by Pinkie screaming and midair running past everypony. She stopped in front of all of them. "Anypony else want to panic with me?" she asked nonchalantly. No one answered. "No?" she asked, and then continued screaming and "running". Twilight and Jake just gave blank expressions for a moment. Twilight then came to her senses, and continued talking. "Everypony else...time to disaster-proof Equestria." She concluded. Everypony got to work Disaster proffing the area. It would take a while, but it would be worth it considering the circumstances... Later... Everypony got to their lovcations to prepare for the disaster. Applejack and Rarity were in charge of filling any and all cracks in the dam. Applejack readied the smoothing tool, and spread the cement in the cracks in the dam. She repeated this for every crack in the dam, until 2 hours later, Jake stopped by. "How's everything going?" He called to the two ponies on the suspension. "Everything is goin' fine, Jake!" Applejack called out, while Rarity wiped her off with a towel. " We should be done in a little while!" "Great to hear!" Jake called out. "I'm going to check on everypony else!" He trotted off, and Applejack and Rarity continued. Jake looked around and saw everypony working diligently to get Ponyville ready for any kind of disaster that may befall them. Meanwhile... Rainbow Dash and Jordan were leading the entire fleet of pegasi all around Equestria, looking for anything that could cause a cataclysm. They checked Fillydelphia, Manehattan, Buffalo, and just about everywhere in Amareica, leaving one location unchecked, Las Pegasus. They all turned to head there, but Rainbow suddenly got a cramp in her right wing. "I think we should stop here. I need a break from flying. My wing is killing me." She told Jordan. Jordan nodded, and motioned the rest of the pegasi to go on without them. They landed in Las Pegasus, and trotted over to a nearby bench, they sat on it. "Damg, today is rough on the wings." Jordan told himself and RD while massaging his own wing. Rainbow looked to him. "Jordan, I know this is a bad time, but..." she was cut off by Jordan. "I know. You were going to say you loved me, but I already know." Jordan said, but Rainbow continued. "Yes, that, and you were spectacular at the show." RD finished. Jordan blushed a bit. "You were a lot better than me, admit it." Jordan teased. Rainbow blushed at the compliment. They bith were silent for a few seconds after each other's comments. Rainbow then asked Jordan something. "Well, we are in Las Pegasus, Do you want to do some sightseeing?" Rainbow suggested. "I'd love to." He replied, and the two trotted down the street, side by side, to tour around the city. Ponyville... Jake trotted up to the water tower, seeing a water hose running up to the top. He struggled to get to the top, and when he arrived, he surprisingly saw Mrs. Cake filling the water tower. "But, how did- there's no- then how- ah forget it" he complained. He then taked to her. "Hi Mrs. Cake. I came up to check on the water tower. How's it going here?" Mrs. Cake smiled to him. "Oh everything is going fine here, dear." she replied. "It shouldn't be too long before the tower is topped off." "Great to hear that. Well, I'm off." he said. He waved to her, and then forgot he was on top of the water tower. He fell off and hit the ground with a thud. "Ow. Good thing the physics here are much different than on Earth." He got up, shook off any lingering pain, and continued walking. 'I wonder if RD and Jordan found anything yet. Las Pegasus... Rainbow Dash and Jordan were trotting down the sidewalk, looking at all the flashing lights, and all the ponies around, obviously here on vacation. Rainbow saw something that caught her eye, a poster that told of an upcoming Wonderbolts show. "Heh, looks like we will be seeing this place again, huh?" Rainbow told Jordan. He gave a small nod. "Hey, Rainbow, look at that!" Jordan pointed his hoof at the tent that read 'Daring Do book signing'. Rainbow squeed, and pulled out a Daring Do book. Jordan looked puzzled at the fact that it came out of nowhere, but shook it off. She dashed to the line, and Jordan followed. 3 hours later... Rainbow was next in line to get the book signed. The pony in front of her trotted off, grinning happily. 'That will be Rainbow when this is done." he thought with a small sigh. She opened the book, and the author of the book promptly signed it. He then told her what Jordan was not expecting. "You seem cool." Jordan then sighed, knowing that the author didn't like Rainbow as much as he did. They then trotted away, and Rainbow was in the air, obviously excited. "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh that was awesome!" she cooed, and Jordan was beaming at seeing his marefriend so happy. " So now what should we do?!" She asked Jordan, obviously not going to calm down anytime soon. "Uhh, you...decide?" Jordan replied timidly. Rainbow nodded, and she grabbed his hoof and jetted off to the nearest casino. Jordan could only grin at her enthusiasm. Ponyville... At the bridges in Ponyville, Big Mac and Pinkie Pie were in charge of making sure the bolts on each were secured. Jake trutted up to them. "Hey you two!" Big Mac got startled and accidentally dropped Pinkie into the stream. Jake chuckled a bit, then regained his composure. "How's everything going with the bridges?" Pinkie replied to him. "Everything is going super duperly absolutely positutely great!" Big Mac replied after her. "Eeyup" he replied. Jake then checked another thing on the scroll he had. "Okay, check on bridges, check." Pinkie then spoke up. "But there's no check on the bridge!" Pinkie then pulled a green felt check mark out of nowhere and put it on the bridge. "Now there is!" Jake rolled his eyes, and smiled to her. "Oh Pinkie, you are so random." Jake stated, chuckling. Pinkie eventually joined him. Big Mac just stood there. "Okay, well I've gotta check on everything else. I'll see you later!" With that, he was off. Big Mac lowered Pinkie back to the bolts to continue. Cloudsdale... Cloud Dasher was sitting around his house just relaxing, when a knock rang out from his door. He trotted over to it, and he saw his friends Shadow Breeze and B.B. "Oh hey guys, what's up?" Cloud asked. "We heard there are two new Wonderbolts!" Shadow said. "And I heard one of them was your friend! We have to meet them!" He was excited, while B.B. remained quiet, not sure what to say. He finally got his words out after a little time. "I can't...wait to see them either." B.B. stated in his reserved tone, but smiling while doing so. Cloud and Shadow chuckled, and patted him on the back gently. "Okay, I'll admit I'm...a bit shy to...meet them." "It's okay, B.B. I'm also a bit nervous to meet actual Wonderbolts, but you know what they say..." Shadow stopped. "Well, I don't know what they say, but we won't get over it until we meet them." Shadow's reassuring tone calmed B.B. a bit. "Anyway, Cloud, where are they?" Shadow had an excited grin on his face. B.B. ducked away a bit. "They aren't here. Me and you two are the only ones who didn't get assigned to go all over Equestria to disaster-proof Ponyville." Shadow facehoofed when he heard this. "Looks like we should have come by sooner than. Anyway, when and where is the next show?" "By this poster I found, it is next Tuesday afternoon in Las Pegasus." Shadow looked astonished. "THAT far away? Wow, I'm glad it is next Tuesday. That gives me time to plan!" Shadow announced. B.B. kinda ducked away a bit. "Anyway, Cloud, see you later!" With that, they flew off back to Shadow's place. Cloud decided to visit Ponyville, and see how things were going. Las Pegasus... After hours of slots, and lucking out twice, Rainbow and Jordan trotted out of the casino with 7 bags of bits. "I still can't believe you hit triple sevens twice in a row!" Jordan told her. "We have enough here to last the rest of our lives!" "'Our' lives?" Rainbow asked. Jordan smiled to her. "Of course. Rainbow, there's no better place I've ever been, than here with you." At what he said, Rainbow let a blush fill her face. "Well...I mean...I didn't-" she was cut off by Jordan. "Rainbow, you are the coolest, awesomest, most rad girl...mare...whatever...I have ever met." With that, Rainbow started to shed a tear. "Now you made *sniff* me all sappy." She told him with a happy smile on her face. Then, in an instant, they locked each other into a hug. Jordan started to tear up as well. He was thinking about wanting to go back to Earth at some point. This moment made him rethink where he wanted to be. He wanted to stay with her, forever. Ponyville... Jake was nearing the end of the entire checklist. He was exhausted from checking the preparations and could not wait to rest. He noticed three little fillies. They noticed Jake, and started talking amonst themselves. He trotted closer to the three. "Hey there you three. I'm just checking on preparations for Twilight." Jake stated. The three smiled. "Everythin's goin' fine! We just finished pickin' up the last of the garbage!" The little tan one with a bow told him. we should be done in a little while!" "Great to hear!" Jake told her. She noticed his flank was bare. She told the other two, and they all went wide eyed. Jake then went from happy to confused in ten seconds flat. "Why are you three looking at me like that?" "Oh, nothing." The three told him at the same time, before giggling. "Okay then, see you three later!" he told them, but was interceptedby the three before he could continue making his rounds. "Wait a minute mister!" the white one said to him. "Why are you a blank flank? You're practically a stallion!" Jake then looked at his flank. It was indeed bare. Then all three had an idea. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS HELPING HANDS! YAY!" All three said in unison. They all gathered around Jake. "Ahm Applebloom!" The bow wearing filly stated. "I'm Scootaloo!" The orange one with wings told him "I'm Sweetie Belle!" The white filly with a horn announced. "WE'RE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!" they all then announced in unison once again. They then ushered Jake to an undisclosed location. Luckily for Jake the list was done. Once he was freed from the CMC he would get back to Twilight and tell her everything was completed. CMC clubhouse... Jake, while being coaxed by the three fillies, came upon a small threehouse. He was ushered inside, and he tried to convince them to let him leave. "Look Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, right? I really appreciate you three trying to help me find my cutie mark, but I really need to report back to Twilight with my list." "Are ya sure yer not just tryin' to make an excuse?" Applebloom interrogated Jake. They all gathered in a group huddle. Minutes passed, and the three disbanded with a simple shake of heads. Jake facehoofed. He knew he would get in trouble for being tardy bringing Twilight the list. Applebloom then remembered something. "Girls, ah forgot we need to help Zecora get some herbs for one of her remedies!" she told the others. They went wide eyed, and all but one left, the one being Applebloom. She turned to Jake. "Don't go anywhere Jake, we will be right back!" she told him, and left the clubhouse. Jake saw this as an opportunity to make his escape. He looked out the window to make sure she was out of sight, and he opened the door, trotted out, and made his getaway, making a break for the library. 15 minutes later... Jake saw the library in the distance. He was almost there! Just when he got to the door however, he was intercepted by Pinkie Pie. "Hiya Jakey!" she told him, making him jump back a few feet. "I need a favor!" Jake sighed in exasperation. First the fillies wanted to help him with his cutie mark problem, now Pinkie Pie needed help with something. "Listen Pinkie, I need to get this list to Twilight. May I please-" He was cut off by Pinkie pushing him toward Sugarcube Corner. "Please, I need your help with this!" Pinkie told him. Jake was helpless against her, knowing her physics breaking abilities. He looked up while being pushed, and saw Jordan and Rainbow Dash flying overhead. They were holding hooves the entire way, and he saw a smile on both of their faces. He tried to wave to them, but it was fruitless. They were focused on something else. They disappeared from sight just as he was pushed through the doorway into the Corner. Meanwhile... Jordan and Rainbow Dash arrived at her home. They trotted into the doorway, and Rainbow pulled him into a hug again. "That time in Las Pegasus was the second most wonderful time I've ever had Jordan!" Rainbow told him. He smiled to her. "Well, the good times don't have to end, do they?" he replied to her. "You're right, and there is a few days between now and the Wonderbolts show we have to go to, so what do you think we should do until then?" She asked Jordan. "I think we should tell Twilight there was nothing to report. That way, we have more time to ourselves." he replied. Rainbow gave a warm smile. "Let's do just that." she told him, but looked around out the window for any sign of Twilight, and could not see her. "Oh, maybe she's not quite ready yet." "That's okay, just as long as you know, before, I was thinking of returning to Earth when either the princesses or Twi' found a spell to do that, but now, I'm rethinking it, and I want to stay here...with you." he told her, making her blush a deep red. "R-really? But, you'll miss so much on your world." She told him. Jordan frowned at that statement. "Truth is, my world is awful. It is filled with war, pollution, and violence. I would not be missing much if I stayed here, except for my...f-father..." Jordan broke into tears thinking about what happened to his father the day he got the news about his passing. Rainbow trotted up to him to comfort him. She held him close, not wanting him to suffer through his thoughts alone. Jordan then looked up to her, seeing what she was doing. "What's wrong Jordan?" She told him, oblivious to why he was crying. "M-my father...he...he...passed on before me and Jake came here..." he told her. Rainbow gasped. "Oh my gosh. I had no idea Jordan." She held him closer. She did not want him to suffer his thoughts. Jordan felt her warmth as she held him. Jordan then felt weightless, as if he felt nothing but her warmth. Rainbow started feeling the same thing. Jordan then held her as well. They held each other for the longest time, neither wanting to let go of the other. Sugarcube Corner... Jake was dragged through the doorway by Pinkie. He looked back to her. "Pinkie, what is this about?" he asked her. "Silly! I'm making a party for a very special somepony!" she said with glee. "Who?" Jake asked. "In due time Jakey-wakey! Now help me set up please?" she asked with a pair of puppy dog eyes sporting a pout. Jake couldn't say no to that face. "Okay fine. I'll help, but you have to Pinkie Promise that when I'm done, I can bring the list to Twilight, okay?" Jake asked with a hint of begging. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" She recited the Pinkie Promise. Jake sighed. "Okay, let's get started..." Cloudsdale... Over an hour passed after Jordan revealed to Rainbow Dash what happened. They never let go of each other, not even for more important matters. Finally however, they started letting go of each other. Jordan didn't want to let go, but he knew it was inevitable. Rainbow looked down. "If it means anything, Jordan, I think your father would be proud of you." she attempted to reassure him. Jordan looked up to her. He attempted to give at least a weak smile, but other emotions took over. He fell over in a heap, covering his face in his hooves. He knew he could not stop what happened from happening, but he felt like it was his own fault. "Jordan, you...listen...Jordan?" She looked at him. He cried himself to sleep. She picked him up, and placed him on the bed. She covered him up with the cloud blanket. "I...feel for you." She whispered to him, before she made her way out of the room, starting to shed a tear. Ponyville library... Spike finally finished painting the walls. He turned and gave Twilight a stern look, liek he completely disapproved of this task. "Twilight, what was the point of painting the walls again?" he told Twilight with an agitated tone. Twilight smirked. "It's to prevent a disaster on the walls Spike. You never know when it will paint!" she replied. Spike responded with a scowl. Twilight trotted out the door, and went to go look for Jake. She explored around Ponyville. She looked at the Carousel Boutique and Sweet Apple Acres, as well as Fluttershy's cottage, but couldn't find him. She never thought to check Sugarcube Corner because she believed it was the least likely place he would be. She was making her way to her next searching spot when she saw Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie belle running, appearing to be in a panic. "Girls, what's wrong?" Twilight asked them with concern. "We wanted to help a blank flank pony get his cutie mark, but he left our clubhouse before we got back from Zecora's!" Applebloom told her. Twilight then went from confused to a mix of panic and anger. She starting getting angrier and angrier, until she floated into the air and her mane and tail burst into flames. The three scared fillies ran in the opposite direction. "He promised to bring me that list when he was done...he MUST be done by now, about 3 hours after I finished mine!" she shouted, and in a flash, she teleported everywhere she could, still not considering Sugarcube Corner. "WHERE ARE YOU?!" Sugarcube corner... Jake and Pinkie were nearly done preparing the party for the special pony when they heard shouts and screaming coming from outside. "Pinkie, did you hear that?" Jake asked Pinkie with concern. "It's probably nothing. Goofy stuff always happens!" Pinkie said with glee. Jake facehoofed, knowing her reaction would have been that. He turned back to the "matter" at hand, wondering what was going on outside. Skies of Ponyville... Rainbow Dash flew toward the center of town, tears slightly dripping on her face. She landed in the center of the plaza, and trotted over to a bench, and sat on it. She thought about what Jordan had said. "I...I didn't know what he...went through." She went deep into thought, feeling weightless once again. She wanted to figure out how to make Jordan feel better. She opened her eyes once again, only to come face to face with a red pegasus that had a concerned look on his face. She got spooked and rolled off the bench. The red pegasus got even more startled and scurried backward. Rainbow got up and shook her head. She turned her attention to the red pegasus that startled her. He had a dark red coat with a greenish brown mane and tail. He had lime green eyes, and looked as if he had seen a ghost. Rainbow Dash approached slowly. The dark red pegasus backed up every time. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you." Rainbow Dash tried to reassure the frightened pony. He at least calmed down enough to stay in place while Rainbow approached. "Can you...tell me what your name is?" "M...my name is...B..." the pegasus trailed off. "Come again?" Rainbow said. "M...My name is B...B..." He trailed off once again. "One more time." Rainbow said. The red stallion pegasus just froze in place, but mustered the ability to say his name. "M...My name is B.B." He said, very shyly. "Heh, you know, you remind me of one of my friends." Rainbow said with a smile. This made B.B. give a weak smile. "Really? Who?" he asked. "I won't tell you, I'll show you!" She said with a beam. B.B. just backed up a bit. Rainbow blushed. "Oops. Well...let's go." Rainbow said, then landed and took B.B. to meet Fluttershy. In another part of town... Twilight had searched just about every square inch of Equestria searching for Jake. Her mane and tail amazingly still ablaze, she only had one place she did not look, Sugarcube Corner. She stormed toward the bakery and slammed open the front door, while Jake and Pinkie were in a different room. They both heard the door slam open, and Pinkie ran into the main room. She saw Twilight. "Hi Twilight!" Pinkie said with a smile. "Where *pant* is *pant* he? *pant*" Twilight was obviously in a rage. Jake overheard her, and went into a panic. He looked for another mean of exit, to rush to the library and put the list in a not so obvious place. He wanted Twilight to think he had already brought it by. He found a back exit at the back of the building, and opened it slowly. He believed he was scott free, but the door made a creak sound. Pinkie and Twilight heard this. They rushed to the door, but only to find it open with nopony around. Twilight immediately burst out that very door, looked in both directions, and did not see any sign of Jake. She immediately rushed back to the library. 5 minutes later... After blasting through the town, scaring some of the residents, she came upon the library door. She slammed it open, making Spike jump. "Sheesh, Twi', careful with the door next time." Spike told her. Twilight completely ignored him and burst upstairs. She opened a door, and found Jake on the bed. She started scolding im, making Jake jump. "JAKE, I WANTED THAT LIST DONE FOUR HOURS AGO! WHY DIDN'T YOU BRING IT TO ME?!" She sounded like she was going to tear his head off at any moment. Jake tried to calm her down by explaining. "Twilight, you are overreacting. I brought it by four hours ago!" He pointed his hoof toward the desk by the wall, his completed list on top of it. Twilight looked at it, and instantly, her mane and tail turned back to their normal purple and pink color. She panted heavily, and collapsed to the floor. Jake picked her up, and put her in her bed. He pulled her covers over her. He trotted out of the room. He thought of what just happened. 'She seemed so out of character just now...' Fluttershy's cottage... Rainbow Dash and B.B. arrived at a small little cottage on the outer edge of the Everfree Forest. The animals running happily, they took notice of the visitors. Some of the animals even waved. B.B. looked at them with a smile, but turned to see the foreboding forest behind the cottage. He froze in place, Rainbow not noticing him until she was a few steps further. "What's wrong?" Rainbow asked B.B. "T-the forest..." He said trailing off. "Don't worry, kid. Stick with me!" Rainbow stated proudly. B.B. gave only a slight smile. They made their way toward the cottage's door, and Rainbow knocked on it. B.B. looked even more tense than before. He wanted to take flight before his shyness got the best of him, but he just stood in place. The door opened to reveal a yellow pegasus with a pink flowing mane that was Fluttershy. B.B. started to back away, but Rainbow held him firm in place. Fluttershy tensed a bit too. "Fluttershy, this is B.B." she stated. "B.B., Fluttershy." The two looked at each other, then torned away, a blush on both their faces. Then they both slowly turned to each other again, blushes still on their faces. Fluttershy was the first to break the silence. "Uhm...h-hi." They both said with a stutter. They continued talking to each other in sync. "I-it's nice to m-meet you." At the sight of his, Rainbow stifled a giggle. They kept talking in sync for a good five minutes before turning away with full on blushes filling their faces. They both turned around, and, finally out of sync, Fluttershy spoke up. "I-I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you!" B.B. raised his hoof. "I-it's alright. I'm just...a little shy is all." Fluttershy looked at him for a moment, then back to Rainbow. "Rainbow Dash, is he really this shy?" she asked the cyan rainbow pegasus. "Let's just say it was not easy for me to introduce myself." she stated with a bit of embarassment. Fluttershy giggled a bit, and then turned back to B.B., who was chuckling. "W-would you...like to come in?" Fluttershy offered to B.B. He looked to Fluttershy with tense eyes, but responded. "O-okay." They both headed in the small cottage. Rainbow smiled happily, and trotted away, hoping him making friends with the shyest pony in Ponyville will help his self esteem. Ponyville Central... "Done...and done!" Twilight stated thankfully. "Applejack, did you find anything in the Everfree Forest?" "Nope, the perimeter's clear." Applejack replied. "Great." Twilight stated. She turned to Rainbow Dash. "My team gave the all clear!" Rainbow said reluctantly. Twilight replied. "Excellent. By the way Rainbow, where is Jordan?" Rainbow went wide-eyed. She flew off in a huff back to Cloudsdale. Twilight shook her head. "Okay, we have done everything on the list...but still, something's not right." Twilight wondered. "Futire Twilight looked like she went through something bad." Just than, everypony heard a roar. Fluttershy's cottage... "So...um...B.B., What do you like?" Fluttershy asked the other shy pegasus in the room. Just as B.B. was going to answer, they heard a huge roaring sound. They turned toward the door. "N-no t-time I guess?" B.B. responded. Fluttershy looked out a window in the direction of Ponyville, only to see a large three-headed dog. B.B. ran up to the window as well. He didn't stay there too long however, as he reeled back and fell to the floor, shivering. Fluttershy grabbed him. "Come on!" She told him, and they left the cottage toward Ponyville. Ponyville central... Everypony in Ponyville stared at the sight before them, a large three-headed dog before their very eyes. Off to the side, Pinkie trotted up to the group. "Ok everypony, follow my lead." she stated, before promptly screaming, and running off. Soon enough, everypony was in a panic, many running into their homes, or the closest building or shelter they could find. Spike ran up. "What is that thing?" He asked to anypony. "That's-" Twilight tried to say, but was cut off by Jake. "Cerberus?" Jake finished for her, earning a stern look from Twilight. "Sorry." "He's supposed to be guarding the gates of Tartarus." Twilight finished. "Wait, if he's here, then-" Jake ws cut off this time. "The evil monsters could escape and destroy Equestria!" Twilight said, smiling for some reason. "Destroy?!" Spike and Jake exclaimed at them same time. "Yeah! Isn't it great!" Twilight responded, Spike and Jake giving her a look of disapproval. She turned back to Cerberus. "Het Cerberus, you look like you could use some obedience training!" She called out. "Magic obedience training." Her horn started to glow, but she was stopped by the sight of Fluttershy rubbing his belly. "Who's a cute little three-headed dog?" She said dragging out the word "dog". Jake trotted up. "Wow. I knew she was good with animals, judging from the animals at her cottage, but not THIS good." He stated. At that very moment, Pinkie Pie ran by screaming. "Pinkie." Twilight said. Pinkie instantly quieted and nonchalantly looked at Twilight. "Yes, Twilight?" she asked. "Do you have a ball I can borrow?" Pinkie then rushed to a nearby tree and pulled out a ball. Jake heard her say something about a "ball emergency". This made him chuckle. Twilight took the ball with her magic, and coaxed Cerberus back to the gates of Tartarus. Jake only looked on. 'Man, crazy stuff DOES happen here.' Jake thought to himself. He headed to the Library to wait for Twilight. Cloudsdale... Rainbow Dash trotted in through the door of her home, and saw Jordan looking through her books. She went up to him. "Something on your mind Jordan?" Rainbow asked, making Jordan jump a bit. He turned around. "Not really. I just saw your books and I gotta say, this Daring Do" character seems a lot like Indiana Jones." He responded. Rainbow looked puzzled. "Who's Indiana Jones?" she asked. "Only one of the best adventure characters on my world." Jordan responded once again. Rainbow smirked. "Probably not as good as Daring Do I guess." This made Jordan cringe, and gave her a playful look. "Heh, well h may not be as cool as a pegasus, but he does have grand adventures." he told her. "So does Daring Do!" Rainbow told him. "Jones is better!" Jordan exclaimed. "Daring is!" Rainbow shouted back. Within ten seconds flat, they were wrestling on the floor playfully. They did knock some stuff over, but they knew it was all in good fun. Ponyville Library... Jake trotted in the doorway to find Spike walking up to him. "Hey, where's Twilight?" he asked. "Oh, she is out taking Cerberus back to Tartarus. Anyway, how are you Spike?" Jake asked. "Oh, I'm good." Spike responded. "So, how have things been going between you and Twi'?" he asked with a playful smile. "Isn't that sort of personal?" Jake asked. Spike just shrugged. "Well, anyway, if you really want to know, things are going great." "Good to hear!" Spike said. "Well, I'm heading back upstairs to go to bed." "Right behind you." Jake said, and trotted up the stairs. He hopped into bed, pulled the covers over himself, and drifted off to sleep. Ponyville library... Jake awoke to the sound of Spike getting up from his slumber. He rose from his bed, and looked at the calendar. Spike then began to speak. "Man I wish Twilight would go on adventures more often." Spike stated. "Best sleep I have had in weeks." Jake chuckled at his remark. He heard the door creak open. Both turned to the source. Coming into the library was Twilight, with dirt covering her. "Hey Twilight!" Spike greeted her. Jake continued for Spike. "How did it go with Cerberus?" "Great!" Twilight told the two. "He is back guarding the gates of Tartarus before any creatures escaped." Twilight then frowned. "By the way Jake, Jordan talked to me earlier. He said he heard a bit of what future Twilight told me." Jake looked confused. "And?" "He said she was telling me to not worry so much about the future." At this, Jake was surprised. He did not even see or hear Jordan listening in on them. He was going to have to talk to him later. "Anyway, I am going to Canterlot later to pick up some books I ordered. Do you want to come?" Jake put his hoof to his chin in thought. He then replied. "Sorry Twi', I have something else I have to do." "Oh okay..." Twilight responded, a slightly glum tone accompanying her words. She trotted out the door and teleported to Canterlot. "Hey Spike?" Jake called out to the little purple dragin. "Yes Jake?" Spike responded. "Just a quick question, Couldn't she have gotten all of us to Canterlot to the restaurant by using her teleporting?" Spike then facepalmed. "I think she would have used a bit too much magic to get you all there?" Spike responded. It was then Jake's turn to facehoof. "Right. Well, I have something I need to do. I'll be back in a bit." With that, Jake trotted out the door, leaving Spike in the library. Ponyville Central... "Jordan? Where are you?" Jake called out. He searched some of the local businesses around town but couldn't find him anywhere. He then remembered the day it was from looking at the calendar. He facehoofed. "That's right, it's Tuesday. He and Rainbow are probably out in Las Pegasus to rehearse for the Wonderbolts show." He sat down at a bench. He then heard a voice. A voice he did not want to hear. "There ya are mister!" It was Applebloom and her friends. "Where were you? We have been searching all over for you!" Sweetie Belle told him. "Why didn't you stay in our clubhouse?" Scootaloo asked him. "I told you already that I had to deliver that list to Twilight first." Jake stated. "I got it there, but not before getting dragged by Pinkie to set up a party for who knows who." Jake responded and sighed. "But, the list is delivered, and I suppose I can-Yipe!" Jake was cut off by the three fillies dragging him back to the clubhouse. It was going to be a long Tuesday. Las Pegasus... Rainbow and Jordan were putting on their Wonderbolt's costumes. After getting ready, they stepped out into the central room. Spitfire then trotted up. "Ok everypony, let's give them a show they will remember!" At this, everypony in the Wonderbolts, including Rainbow and Jordan, cheered. Rainbow then turned to Jordan. "Well, this is it, our first actual performance!" Rainbow said to Jordan with glee. He smiled back. "This is going to be so-" they stepped out into the arena sized field, and what they saw shocked them. Millions of ponies filled the bleachers. Literally every square inch of the seats were covered in various colors. Jordan gulped. "-fun." He then shook his head. -flashback- Jordan was on stage, performing one of his school's most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet. "Romeo, Romeo, o where art thou Romeo?" his castmate, Jennifer, playing Juliet, called out. Just as he was about to say the famous line, he fumbled, and knocked over a cardboard bush. It was like a domnino effect, the entire set demolished in about ten seconds. Jordan looked around. the entire audience gasped, but then one of the audience members, ironically the school's top bully, started laughing his head off. The entire audience followed suit, making Jordan blush a deep red in embarassment. He ran off the stage in complete humiliation. -end flashback- Jordan just looked around. He remembered doing the stunts in front of the Wonderbolts, and then the audience being revealed to him, but this was different. He KNEW the audience was there. He doubled back. Rainbow looked concerned. "Jordan, is something wrong?" Rainbow asked him. She was about to continue, but Jordan darted back into the main room. Rainbow stared in the direction he went, when Spitfire spoke up. "What's up with him?" she asked, and Rainbow responded. "I'll go talk to him." She replied, before going the same direction Jordan went. She did not have to go far, because he was right in the next room, cowering by a wall. "Jordan, what's going on?" Rainbow asked with a mix of worry and disappointment. Jordan just looked up. Seeing it was Rainbow, he calmed a bit. "I-I'm sorry Rainbow, it's just-" Jordan was cut off by Rainbow. "So what if you are scared of heights. You're a pegasus! DEAL WITH IT!" Rainbow scolded, before Jordan retaliated. "I am NOT scared of heights!" Jordan yelled back, before calming himself down. Letting out a sigh, he told her about the play he was in, and how he made a complete fool of himself. Rainbow's anger was replaced by sympathy. "Jordan, I-I had no idea about that." Rainbow said, before Jordan continued. "From then on, I have always gotten stage fright performing in front of an audience if I was aware of it." He concluded. Rainbow blushed. "You're blushing. You have something on your mind, dont you?" "I was in a competition a while back and, I had the same feelings you are, but a different reason." She said. "I was scared of goofing up my Sonic Rainboom and humiliating myself in front of everypony in Cloudsdale. My friends re-encouraged me to do my best though, and even though I goofed up the first two moves I was doing, I did the Sonic Rainboom, and rescued Rarity from falling, and saved the Wonderbolts too." Rainbow paused with a sigh. Jordan just stared as she spoke. She then continued. "Point is, if you don't face that crowd, you're not only hurting yourself, but others also, including me." She said the last part with a tear forming. Jordan noticed this, and comforted her. "Dashie, I...I-" He was cut off by one of the Wonderbolts, Soarin, calling out. "Hey, are you two coming or what?" he called out to the two. They looked at each other. "Well, looks like we are up." Rainbow said to Jordan. "It seems so." With that, they both kissed for a brief moment, before heading out to the field to perform. Ponyville library... Jake had just got back to the library after an entire day crusading with the three little fillies. He fell to the ground, exhausted. Spike walked up to him. "Hey Jake." he said. Jake smiled to him. "Hey there Spike!" Jake replied. "How have you been?" "Great! You?" Spike responded. "Heh, let's just say I've been adventuring, heh" Jake stifled a chuckle. Spike joined in. They chuckled for a good 10 seconds before Spike continued. "Hey, Jake, do you want to play a game?" Spike asked. "Sure!" Jake then responded and started to look on the bookshelves. "Hmm...Maybe I need to go up higher." He grabbed books out of a pile and started stacking them one by one. He got them into a stairs-like formation, and he started to trek up to the top. Spike looked at him, but rolled his eyes and looked on a lower shelf. Just then however, one of the books slipped out, and Jake fell to the floor. "Ugh, my head." Jake called out. He fell off a pile of books he was using to find a game book for him and Spike to use. He reassembled the stack of books, and hopped on top of them to continue searching. "Let's see, Games for Mares, no, Slumber Parties, no, Planning Parties, no," he searched for anything that him and Spike could use for games. Considering he did not have his computer, he couldn't play anything in it. He then gave up. "Sorry Spike, I can't find anything related to-" he was interrupted by Spike calling out. "Games for Gentlecolts! Found one!" He called out. Jake then mentally slapped himself. 'Why did I even look in the "Mares" section in the first place?' he wondered to himself, before clumsily getting off the books, and putting them away. Before they could start their game, Spike belched a letter. Jake took notice and picked up a letter with his magic. My dearest student Twilight, I know you are enjoying Jordan and Jake's company, but I am afraid I have to send them back. I'm banned from councils because of you two arriving here. I can't return to them until you two are gone. ~Celestia Reading this, Jake gasped. Spike looked concerned. "What's wrong Jake?" he asked. "Proncess Celestia wants to send me and Jordan back home." Jake responded weakly. He then fainted in his shock. Spike left him there, considering he couldn't pick him up. He just sat next to him, waiting until he woke up. A/N Hope you liked it! Again, sorry for the wait! Chapter 19 will be mainly focused on OCs. End A/N