Chapter 13: Hot Spot
Earlier, at the Ponyville Day Spa…
“Sigh…”
Rarity was in a depressing state as she tried to forget her troubles and woes at her favorite Day Spa with very little success. Some ponies usually drink their sorrows away at the local cider tavern. For Rarity however, a day at the spa was all she needed to wash away her sorrow.
She was half submerged in one of the spa’s Therapy Pools, with pony shaped fountain faucets that poured a mixture of warm and cold spring water.
After her unfortunate swim in garbage (thanks to Pinkie Pie), she had rushed home for a quick, but thorough, shower before desperately searching the whole town for Alex. After several fruitless hours of searching, she mournfully gave up. Not only had she lost her newest pet, she had also lost her only ticket to become the talk of Fancy Pants Evening Gallop Party. Things couldn’t be any worse…
Rarity had stormed into the Day Spa and 'politely' demanded all the works. The spa ponies worked hard to fulfill Rarity’s needs. She had gone through their entire list of relaxing treatments but none of them were enough to satisfy her grief. She had hoped another relaxing dip in their Therapy Pools would ease her tension and stress, but it did very little.
Aloe, a pink earth-pony with blue mane and an oriental flower for a cutie mark, trotted over with a ladle and poured some clear, warm water over her back.
“Feeling better miss Rarity?” she asked with a hopeful look in her eyes.
“Alas, no…” Rarity sighed. “My future is still as bleak as yesterday’s fashion designs! Where? Oh where has my precious Alexander gone?” Rarity wailed as she threw her hooves in the air like the ever popular drama queen she was, unknowingly splashing water in Aloe’s face.
Dripping wet, Aloe rolled her eyes and sighed as she trotted out to the waiting room where her twin sister Lotus Blossom, a blue earth-pony with a pink mane and a similar cutie mark sat to greet customers. Or she would, if they hadn’t been forced to close up due to Rarity practically using up every product they had at their disposal. Even her woeful wailing had spooked away potential customers.
Normally they would have asked her to leave, but Rarity was also their best customer.
“Still upset?”
“Yes...” replied Aloe with a tired sigh. “And this is her fiftieth treatment! How long is she going to stay here?”
“Who knows? Whoever did this to her really did it good…” said Lotus.
“I just hope she gets over it soon so that she can finally get out of here!” Aloe fumed.
“Look on the bright side. At least she’s paying us...”
*****
‘How am I going to pay for all this..?’ Rarity solemnly pondered as she sank just deep enough for only her muzzle to remain above water, blowing bubbles from her mouth as she stared depressingly at nothing. To add more woes to her state, she had in her fit of lament practically gone through every spa treatment there was. More so than once! Along with her hours of work and weeks of ordering supplies for her dress, she had pretty much exhausted her income.
She contemplated on having another round just to get over that depressing thought.
‘Oh what’s the use..?’ she silently moped. Even bathing in Zecora’s last batch of herbal bath didn’t do any good. ‘Oh Alexander… My precious little Alexander… Why..?’
She had tried to come up with every solution to her problem, but the reality of the situation made it all too impossible. There was no way she could have her ruined dress repaired and ready for the party, and using another dress was just out of the question. The only thing that could truly save her from the public ridicule was Alex.
“Hopeless! It’s utterly hopeless! Of all the things that could’ve happened, this is the WORST- POSSIBLE- THING!” she threw her hooves in the air and wailed some more, unaware that something small was being forced out the faucet.
“ALEXANDER! PLEASE COME BACK TO ME-HE-HE-HE-HEEE…!”
SPLASH!
*SHRIEK!*
*****
“…Reallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreally-”
“RAINBOW!”
“Sorry… Squee!” Rainbow finished, putting on the best apologetic smile she could muster. She hoped that Twilight would forgive her for the mess she mad, however Twilight didn’t seem to be moved by her apology and had been ignoring her since her ‘little’ shock at seeing the state of the library. “I’m serious Twilight! I feel really bad about all this!”
“You practically destroyed my library and you lost Alex down a well! You really should feel bad!” she fumed. She felt sorry for Spike who had to remain and pick up after her.
“Ooh! Ooh! Don’t forget she ate him too.” added Pinkie.
“YOU WHAT!?!” exclaimed Twilight.
Rainbow shot Pinkie a venomous glare before looking back at a horrified Twilight. “Eh… Never mind that! We really should focus on finding the little squirt and make sure he’s safe, right? Squee!”
Despite that rather disturbing information from Pinkie, Twilight knew Rainbow was right about one thing. Not wasting any more time, she levitated Alex’s shoe out of her saddlebag, which she had managed to return it to normal size with little of what remained of Zecora’s ruined antidote, and placed it on the ground. She then stepped back and concentrated hard as she focused her magic on it. The shoe slowly lifted off the ground, spun around in the air before stopping.
“Hm… Let’s see. It’s seems to be pointing in the direction of…”
“TWILIGHT!”
“Gah!” Twilight yelped, dropping the shoe as she saw Applejack storm towards her with Fluttershy and the Cutie Mark Crusaders following close behind.
“What’s tis’ Ah’ hear of y’ stealin’ from the youngen’?”
“Steal?” Twilight was confused. She then glanced down towards the Crusaders who frowned at her and realization suddenly hit her. “Oh! Applejack I…”
“Twilight, Ah’m surprised at you! Ah neva thought that ya stoop so low to steal from Applebloom n’ her friends! Ah ought to kick you right upside the head!”
“No… Please don’t…” whispered Fluttershy, detesting any form of violence.
“Applejack, it’s not what you think!” Twilight defended while backing away.
“Don’t ya try n’ deny it Twilight!” yelled Applejack. “Applebloom told me everythin’!”
“Ya pulled a switch-a-roe on us. If Sweetie Belle hadn’t been so curious, we’d never figure out the bottle ya gave us had a mouse in it!” said Applebloom.
“It got in my mane!” cried Sweetie Belle as Scootaloo tried to comfort her while shooting a glare at Twilight.
“Look Twilight. Ah know y’ n’ Ah know ya probably had yer reasons, but Ah jus’ can’t let tis pass. Jus’ hand over whatever it was ya’ stole and we’ll let bygones be bygones.” Applejack held out her hoof.
Twilight looked at Applejack and sighed. “You’re right Applejack and I wish I could give them Alex back, but some ‘featherhead’ dropped him down the well and now I have to find him.” She scornfully eyed Rainbow Dash who looked away, whistling and trying to act innocent.
“Alex?” Applejack blinked. “Yer lookin’ for Alex?” She blinked some more and glanced down at Applebloom. “Wait… Applebloom? That there thing she stole from ya… That was Alex?”
“Yeah!” Applebloom said accusingly. “We found ‘im in the orchard. He’s goin’ to help us get our cutie marks!”
Applejack suddenly became conflicted as she realized that the very thing she was trying to get back for Applebloom, was the very thing she had been after all day. Biting her hoof, she realized she was going to have to try and talk Applebloom about this.
“Now Applebloom… When ya’ll said she took somethin’ from ya, ya didn’t say it was…”
“Ah know Applejack but…”
“Ya’ll should have brought ‘im to the farm! We all could’ve been hoof deep in Bits by now!”
“What? But Applejack…”
*SHRIEK!*
“WHAT IN TARTARUS WAS THAT?” yelled Applebloom, receiving a light slap at the back of her head by her sister.
“Applebloom! Language! Twilight, what in TARTARUS was that?”
“That sounded like Rarity!” exclaimed Rainbow Dash.
Twilight quickly focused her magic on the shoe again. Once in the air, the shoe spun before stopping and pointing its tip in the direction of the scream. “I got a lock! It seems to be pointing in the direction of-Gasp! He’s at the spa!”
“Let’s go!” said Applejack and all the ponies raced towards the spa.
*****
Rarity wailed as something had pushed itself out of the fountain faucet and landed with a splash in her pool. Thinking it was some horrible unsanitary creature, she reached for the nearest brush and readied herself to assault the filthy intruder. The creature then rose to the surface and Rarity was trembling with fear over how big it suddenly looked. Her eyes then grew wide with disbelief as the creature finally emerged from the water.
“I… I’m back to my old self! Oh thank you merciful Lord, I’m big again! What a relief-! Oh fudge…”
“ALEXANDER!?” she happily exclaimed as she dropped the brush. “Alexander! You came back to me!” Rarity tearfully dove forward to hug him. “I just knew you would!”
Alex quickly submerged just as Rarity was about to grab him. He sneaked his way passed her under water and quickly climbed out of the pool. Soaking wet, Alex quickly wiped the soap from his eyes and found the exit. As he bolted for it, he suddenly found himself frozen in place as a familiar blue aura seized him. “Oh no! You are not running away from me again!”
Alex felt himself being pulled towards Rarity. Looking for any means to get free, he eyed a basket of sponges. As Rarity reeled him in like a caught fish, she was suddenly assaulted by a sponge.
SPLOSH!
“Ih! What are you-?” before Rarity could speak any further, she found herself being bombarded by moist sponges.
SPLOSH! SPLOSH!
“Stop that! Honestly, do you even know where those sponges have be-?”
SPLOSH!
Her protests were silenced by a sponge that landed in her mouth. “Ack! Ptui! Ptui!” spitting out the sponge, and the bad aftertaste it left, she lost her focus and Alex forced himself free. “NO! COME BACK!”
Alex flew right through the door, colliding with Aloe who was about to enter with a bundle of folded towels on her back.
CRASH!
Completely covered in towels, one of the two lumps beneath rose to full height and pulled off a towel to reveal itself as Alex. Aloe, dazed and bewildered by what happened, rose her head up as well, removing the towels off her face.
“I’m so sorry!” Alex apologized. “I didn’t see…” He didn’t get to say much as Rarity barged through the door and eyed him with wild determination. “Ops… GOTTA RUN!” Alex was gone in a flash.
“Huh? Wha..?”
“Alexander! You come back here this instant!” yelled Rarity as she raced over Aloe.
“Miss Rarity? But… But your treatment..?”
“Don’t need it darling! I’ve found what I was missing!” Rarity beamed as she galloped after Alex, leaving a somewhat confused Aloe on the floor.
Having dried himself off with some towels he grabbed during his flight, he made his way towards the entrance to the spa. He then saw Lotus Blossom standing in front of him, wondering what the commotion was about.
“LOTUS BLOSSOM! STOP HIM!” yelled Rarity. Lotus just looked confused and didn’t move. “PLEASE! STOP HIM NOW OR ELSE I’LL NEVER LE-HE-HE-HEAVE!!” she cried. Suddenly, Lotus Blossom narrowed her eyes, took a stance and blocked Alex’s path.
“HIYA!”
Showing no signs of stopping, Alex stared bewildered at the pony in front of him that seemed to look as if she knew martial arts. “Pfft! Yeah right! As if you’re going to- WOOOAAAH!”
“KYYYYIIIIIAAA!!!”
CRASH!
What seemed impossible, Alex was suddenly tackled, flung through the air and sent crashing into a wall. Dazed and upside-down, Alex watched as Lotus Blossom and Rarity ganged up on him.
“Heavens! That was rather uncalled for Lotus! Alexander honey, are you alright?” asked Rarity with concern in her voice. Alex was flattered that she cared for his well-being, but he had no intention to stick around and get leashed. Unfortunately, the only exit was now blocked.
Quickly getting back up, Alex bolted passed them and down the way he came. “Hey! Come back here!” yelled Rarity as she and Lotus gave chase.
Alex ran down the corridor, glancing back at Rarity and Lotus as they followed close behind...
CRASH!
He collided with Aloe again, who had been trying to gather up the towels on the floor.
Alex found himself lying on top of Aloe, with the towels raining down around them. They both shook their heads and stared surprised at each other.
“Oh! Hi again…”
“Aloe! Stop him! Stop him and Rarity will finally leave!” yelled Lotus. Aloe, brightened by that good news, tried to get a hold on him but Alex pushed himself off, forcing her down and continued towards the Therapy Pool.
Surrounded by a pool, towels, sponges, tubs and spa equipment’s, Alex realized he was trapped as there was no way out. While eyeing the towels, Alex suddenly had an idea. ‘Desperate times calls for desperate measures!’
Bursting through the door, Rarity and the two spa ponies stopped and eyed Alex as he stood in front of them with a wet towel in his hands. “No place to run Alexander! Surrender now and- Why are you holding a wet towel?” Alex narrowed his eyes. He twirled up the towel, tightened it and smiled mischievously at them. Rarity realized what he was planning and narrowed her eyes, meeting his.
“You wouldn’t dare…”
*Cue Western Stand-Off Music*
While Rarity locked eyes with his, Lotus Blossom and Aloe slowly approached him from the sides, trying to cut off any escape and backing him up against the edge of the pool. Alex glanced at them and readied himself. The two ponies then made their move and charged him. Lost in the moment, Alex gracefully avoided them and delivered a painful whip to their flanks.
CRA-CRACK!
“AH!”
“AI!”
SPLASH! SPLASH!
The two ponies, reacting to the pain, lost their footing and fell into the Therapy Pool. With the spa ponies in the drink, it was only Alex and Rarity now. Alex swung his towel around like a nunchako, followed by an intimidating ‘wanna dance?’ gesture with his hand.
Rarity blinked in surprise by this turn of events, but playfully smirked and magically pulled forth a wet towel-whip of her own.
“Oh… It. Is. ON!”
Like a scene from a popular anime cartoon, both Alex and Rarity locked eyes with eachother and made their move. They jumped towards eachother, both of them swinging their towel-whips and striking a blow to their sensitive rears.
CRACK! CRACK!
“IIH!”
“OW!”
After comically dancing around while rubbing their sore rears, they instantly struck a pose and locked eyes again. They waited for the right moment and swung their towels.
CRACK!
By some random fluke, both ends of the towels met and got tied up in the momentum. With both towels tied together, Alex and Rarity suddenly found themselves in a tug-o-war, trying to pull away from the other.
Using both her magic and teeth, Rarity tried to pull her towel free while Alex made a grab for the nearest post and held on to his towel as best as he could.
“Let… go!” strained Rarity.
“O...kay!” replied Alex as he suddenly let go, sending Rarity tumbling into the pool along with Aloe and Lotus Blossom.
“WHOA-HAHAA!”
SPLASH!
All three ponies surfaced from the pool, Rarity spitting out water as she watched Alex standing by the door. “Ta-ta!” Alex smiled, waving before he disappeared through the door. Rarity fumed with rage, making the pool seem like a bubble-bath.
“ALEXANDER!!! YOU GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!”
Alex ran down the corridor towards the exit. Nothing could stop him now.
“It’s pointing down here…”
CRASH!
Alex saw stars as he suddenly crashed into yet another pony. Shaking off his dizziness, he then noticed something in front of him.
“Hey! My shoe!” he exclaimed, happily picking up the shoe after he realized he was missing his. He then heard a familiar groan beneath him. His blood then ran cold as he got a good look at the pony he ran into. “Ah! Twilight?!”
“Alex! I’m so happy to see you’re back to normal again…” Twilight painfully smiled, thankful that her overwhelmed joy of seeing him alright suppressed any intent of physically harming him after that brutal collision that left her pinned on the ground with Alex lying on top of her.
“ALEX!?”
“LEXY!?”
Alex's eyes widened and nearly popped out with trumpet-bursting dread as everyone, including the Cutie Mark Crusaders, had all arrived at the spa.
*SHRIEK!*
Alex stormed off Twilight and headed back down the corridor again with the ponies galloping after, running over Twilight in the process.
“Uuh…” Twilight painfully groaned while seeing stars.
With the herd close behind him, Alex ran back towards the pool. He stopped as the doors of the Pool Room suddenly burst wide open, revealing a dripping wet and angry-looking Rarity, along with the equally annoyed twins Aloe and Lotus Blossom.
“ALEXANDER!” Rarity roared, causing Alex to tremble.
Looking both sides, Alex was cornered. With both the exit and the pool completely cut off, there was only one way to go. He had avoided it for a very good reason; The Sauna. With no other option, Alex darted towards the Sauna, with the ponies hot on his heels.
Alex burst into the Sauna. Fortunately it was empty. But aside from a fire-stove, a bucket of water with a ladle and benches, there was no way out and nowhere to hide.
“He’s in the Sauna! We have him now!” yelled Twilight as she caught up with them.
“Ah got mah rope ready” yelled Applejack.
Thinking quickly, Alex grabbed the bucket of water and poured it all over the stove. The large build-up of steam filled the Sauna just as the ponies barged in.
“We gotcha- HEY?!”
“OUCH! Watch it!”
“Where is he? I can’t see!”
“I have his leg!”
“That’s MY leg!”
“Whose rope is this?”
“EEEP!”
“WE GOT HIM! AH! SOMEPONY GRABBED ME!”
“*SHRIEK!*”
“What’s going on!?”
During the confusion, Alex, crawling on all fours, sneaked out the steam-filled Sauna and scurried towards the exit. As the steam finally settled, the Sauna was quite the sight. Applejack’s rope was everywhere and she herself was tied up like she was back in the barn. “Not again…” she sighed.
All the ponies were tied up in the most comical fashion. Both Twilight and Rainbow were bound together; muzzle to muzzle, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were in a bundle, holding on to eachother’s back leg. Aloe and Lotus Blossom were conveniently bound together back to back. Rarity was hanging upside-down by her hind legs. Fluttershy was probably the only untied pony who was curled up in the middle of the floor, shaking like a leaf while concealing her eyes. And Pinkie Pie was holding onto… her rear?
“I GOT HIM! I GOT HIM! Huh?” Realizing she was hugging her own rear, Pinkie let go and giggled. “Giggle-Snort! Sorry!” She then looked around. “Where’s Alex?”
“HE’S GONE!” Twilight immediately yelled with frustration.
*****
Enough was enough. Now that was Alex big again he wasted no time and quickly headed out of town, passing ponies that just stood around and stared puzzlingly at him.
Back at the spa, Twilight and her friends had finally gotten lose from Applejack’s rope. They burst out the front door and immediately went their separate ways to search for him.
“He’s around here somewhere!” Twilight snorted. “I’ll get him if the last thing I do!”
“Not if Ah get 'im first!” replied Applejack.
“No way! I’m gonna get him!” challenged Rainbow Dash.
“You leave him alone. He’s mine!” sneered Rarity.
“Nopey-Dopey! He’s mine, mine, mine-MINE!” cheered Pinkie Pie as she skipped away cheerfully.
“HE’S OURS!” yelled the crusaders, speeding off in their scooter.
Fluttershy, watching them take off, waited a moment. “Um… No! He’s mine…” she whispered and ran off shortly after.
Watching the ponies disappear, Aloe turned to Lotus Blossom. “Finally!” They stood there quietly for a moment. “By the way, did Rarity pay us at all..?”
“No… I don’t believe she did…” replied Lotus slightly annoyed. They both frowned.
Aloe then had a thought. “You know, that human must be pretty special if they want him so badly. He could even make a nice addition to our business.”
“I agree! Let’s find him before they do!” The spa ponies cantered off to search for him.
All over town, Twilight and her friends went about searching for him, asking random ponies for any information. This soon earned the attention of the entire town. Soon words of the human spread like wildfire and it wasn’t long before every pony started to find a fascinating interest in Alex. Some even found interest in him without really knowing why.
*****
“Have you heard? They’re looking for some creature called a human!”
“A human? That weird creature that’s been running around here?”
“Is it dangerous?”
“A human? How exciting!”
“HUMAN!!!”
“I want one!”
“ME TOO!”
“I think I saw him heading for Ponyville Park!”
“HE’S IN THE PARK!”
“TO THE PARK!!!”
*****
Taking a moment to finally put his shoe back on properly, Alex breathed heavily with exhaustion after that horrible spa ordeal. Hoping to find some sanctuary in the park, he hid in the bushes as ponies went to and fro unbeknownst of his presence. Alex started to wonder if there was any escape from this. Was there any way he could possibly get home? Would he even find it? Or would he spend the rest of his life running from ponies in this crazy pony world?
“HERE HE IS! I FOUND HIM!”
Alex burst out of his thoughts and looked to see a green earth-pony mare peering at him through the bushes.
“GRAB HIM!” another pony yelled. The pony made a grab for him, but Alex quickly dodged her and took off like a shot with the other ponies in hot pursuit.
As he ran he suddenly saw three more ponies galloping towards him with great determination in their eyes. Alex made a sharp detour, trying to lose them. One unicorn pony tried to stun him with his magic, but was unable to lock on to him. He then looked up and saw two pegasi diving down towards him.
Taking a chance, Alex positioned himself just right, dodging away just as they made their dive and causing them to collide with the approaching ponies behind him.
CRASH!
With the ponies momentarily down and out, Alex had only short time to breathe easy as he heard another voice.
“He’s over there! Quick! Get him!”
He turned and saw more ponies approaching. Alex ran as fast as he could with the herd of ponies hot on his heels.
Somewhere high above ground, a pony in a hot air balloon suddenly glanced over the side and curiously watched all these ponies below chasing this strange bipedal figure that kept dodging them at every turn.
*Cue Benny Hill related theme*
*****
Several chase scenes later…
Exhausted, Alex finally stopped running and panted heavily as he tried to regain his breath. He had run further into the park, dodging ponies left and right before he finally managed to lose them. Now he was standing in open and plain sight on a grassy field. While there was currently no sign of ponies, he knew it was only a matter of time before more arrived. “What’s happening? Why are there so many ponies after…” Alex suddenly heard a faint rumble that grew louder by the second.
RUMBLE!
“…me?” he squeaked as he stared with silent horror at the massive herd of ponies that now approached him from all sides. If he was on an island, that island was slowly sinking beneath an ocean of ponies. Alex collapsed on his knees. This was it...
“Hey! What is this? What’s going on?” Twilight yelled, frustrated to see so many ponies all at once. After hearing where Alex was, she immediately set her course for the park. It was only when she arrived she suddenly noticed she wasn’t the only one. “Hey! What do you want with Alex?” she asked a random pony beside her.
“You want that human? Well I want him too!”
“I don’t know why, but if he’s THAT interesting then I want him!” another pony joined in.
“No! I want him!” yelled a pegasus.
“NO! HE’S MINE!!!” screamed Twilight, pushing them away with her magic.
“Off! Get back! Get back consarnit!” yelled Applejack, bumping into the other ponies, forcing herself ahead of them. “Sheesh! These ponies are as excited as piglets’ durin’ feedin’ time!”
Pinkie Pie had no problem skipping through the mob of ponies as she happily hummed her favorite tunes.
“Faster Scootaloo!” yelled Sweetie Belle as their scooter slowly pulled ahead of the galloping ponies behind.
“I’m trying! I’m trying!” panted Scootaloo, more concerned about being trampled than losing Alex.
“Oh no you don’t! He’s mine!” yelled Rarity as she frantically tackled one pony after another, reducing the competition as best she could. “MINE!”
In the sky, Rainbow Dash found herself being surrounded by pegasi as they all homed in on the target on the ground. “Think you’ll get him before me, huh?” She zoomed ahead, causing the others to get caught in her tailwind and thrown off course.
Fluttershy however struggled to keep up. “Oh! Excuse me, but you’re in my way and…” Getting a short glimpse through the herd of ponies, she saw the now terrified Alex as he sat on his knees, covering himself and trembling like a scared little rabbit. Suddenly, a surge of emotional rage exploded inside of Fluttershy, causing her to send several ponies flying by the cheer force of her own determined mission to protect Alex, impressing even her own friends. “LEAVE! HIM! ALONE!!!”
Alex could do nothing but watch as the wall of ponies closed in from around AND above him. Twilight and her friends were in the lead. Time seemed to slow down as they were now only a few feet away from him and closing. Alex crouched down and closed his eyes, brazing himself for the inevitable impact. They were now only inches away. Their shadows touching him as they enclosed upon him. Alex felt everything going white…
KA-BOOM!
The tremendous collision sent several earth-ponies, unicorns and pegasi flying in every direction, creating a huge mushroom cloud of dust.
Once it settled, it revealed a mountain of ponies all piled up on top of each other.
“DARN IT! SO CLOSE!!” lamented a mint unicorn as she was pulled out of the pile by her earth-pony friend. All the ponies moaned and groaned, shaking off the pain and dizziness of the impact. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, even the Cutie Mark Crusaders, all crawled out of the pile aching and moaning. At the top of the pile, a pony was suddenly shoved aside as Twilight forced herself up, looking around rather confused.
“Wh- Where did he go? GAH!”
Twilight yelped as she was suddenly forced off the top by Ditzy Doo who popped up from beneath her, sending her tumbling down to the ground.
“Off!”
*****
‘Am I dead? Is this the After Life? It feels pretty close to being alive…’
Alex slowly opened his eyes. The white light that engulfed him faded and he found himself no longer in Ponyville Park, but somewhere else entirely.
Looking up, he saw a marvelous ivory colored castle in glorious décor. He then turned around and found he was standing on a balcony. Looking over the balcony, he was even more shocked to discover that he was suddenly high up on a mountain side. Looking straight ahead, he caught the sight a familiar town in the distance. It was Ponyville!
“How did this happen? Where am I?!” he asked no one in particular.
“Thou art in Canterlot, the Capital of Equestria and home to the Celestial Regents!”
Alex turned around and saw the new pony that suddenly appeared behind him.
“And We hast found thee at last! Huzzah!”