The whole group were arriving at the outskirts of London with the city now in sight. Twilight had remained silent for a while with her eyes closed in deep thought, after imagining flipping a bit on a ground, she opened them and breathed in deeply with a smile as if to say that she had made her choice.
"Alright girls, I've come to a decision." she said.
The others paid attention as Caroline focused on her driving.
"I believe that we should accept the Prime Minister's proposal. A lot of hard work will need to be done, but it wouldn't hurt any of us to try."
"Well Twi, if that's what ya want, ah can respect that, sugarcube." Applejack replied.
"Yeah, it might take a while for me to get used to it, but I'll stand by your decision." Rainbow added.
"Me too, if you're happy with your choice, then that's fine." Fluttershy said, joining in.
"YAY!" Pinkie yelled as she bounced around the back seats. "MULTI UNIVERSE PARTY!"
"Pinkie!" Rarity lightly scolded, "Do be careful, Caroline is trying to drive us into London safely." she then cleared her throat. "Twilight, you won't regret it. This is going to be fabulous news when we get back to Equestria."
"I hope so and I'm sure Princess Celestia will find the time to help out, since she knows more about rulership than I do." Twilight replied.
"Alright ponies, we're here." Caroline said as they drove into the city.
The people were out and about, all of which didn't notice the ponies in Caroline's car, passing on by.
"We're going over to 10 Downing Street and once we arrive there, I can't go any further as only the Prime Minister, members of his cabinet and the staff who work there are allowed in." she added. "But still, they're all in for a surprise when they see you."
When they drove past the several roads, they reached Downing Street and pulled over just a metres away from the door.
"Here we are, ponies. Good luck with your negotiations and I hope you pull through."
"Thank you." Twilight replied. "Let's go girls."
The car doors opened and the ponies got out, they then closed the doors and waved to Caroline who drove away till she was out of sight.
"She was a very nice human." Fluttershy complimented.
"Ah'll say, a might lot better than any other human we've seen so far." Applejack agreed.
They walked up to the door and came across a policeman guarding outside. At first, the officer paid no attention until they came closer to him, causing him to look down with a serious expression.
"Can I help you miss?" he asked.
"Oh yes, my name is Twilight Sparkle and me and my ponies are here to speak with the Prime Minister to accept his negotiation offer." she replied.
The officer stood aside to the right and said no more as he regained his focus as a living statue of sorts. The ponies came to the door and Twilight tapped on the door with a hoof. It was then opened by a member of staff and the employee was taken back, seeing the ponies standing outside. But thinking that they're here to see the PM, the employee stood back and allowed them through. The ponies walked on inside the building and took in the scenery of where they stood.
"Well I never." Rarity commented. "These humans really do go all out with decorations."
The others nodded, unable to say anything else as they walked onwards down the hallway to the stairs that went up two floors. Another employee which was a maiden this time came along by and saw them.
"Oh uh." she said to them nervously. "If you're looking for the Prime Minister he's on the second floor."
"Okay, thanks." Twilight replied.
The ponies then walked up the stairs and noticed the framed portraits of the people that were in black and white before seeing the coloured ones as they climbed onwards.
"Who are these humans in the photos?" Rainbow asked.
"They look like the portraits of previous Prime Ministers that have discussed all politics and such in this building." Twilight replied. "Well, it's what the guide book says."
Soon, they walked to the second floor and looked around before they came across a male human all dressed up with a blue tie.
"Good day to you, ponies." he greeted.
"Oh, hello there." Fluttershy replied nervously.
"You must be the Prime Minister, David Cameron?" Twilight asked.
"Of course and I assume you are here to discuss the negotiation with me?"
"We sure are." Applejack replied. "Will it be private or somethin'?"
"I can't make that a guarantee, but we'll discuss this on the cabinet office, just follow me."
The ponies nodded with understanding and followed him as they walked past another hallway until they walked into a room with a huge wooden table and ten chairs on each side.
"Take the seats on the other side, if you wish." Cameron told them.
The ponies did so, they found it a little strange to be sitting on the chairs like humans and now they finally know what it feels like when Lyra Heartstrings sits like she does on the bench. After getting themselves comfortable, they paid attention to look forward at Cameron who sat down in his Prime Minister chair.
"First of all, I'm am thrilled that you agreed to come to see me." he added. "And as I promised, no harm came to exist."
"That's fine and dandy, mister." Applejack replied. "But ah'm sure we're not 'ere to talk about formalities."
"No indeed, what I said in my statement was true and deep down inside, this is all a first for me as we have never had this encounter happen to us in our Earth's history, but I am prepared to do whatever is necessary to form a unison with this world and your world through our teleportation technology."
"That's good to know and may I say that you look smashing." Rarity complimented.
"Well I am flattered and I thank you for that, but I'm sure that agreeing to speak with your leader is a far more important issue than trends."
"You mean Princess Celestia?" Twilight asked.
"Is that who your leader is?"
"She is and she rules all over Equestria with a kind heart." Fluttershy replied.
"But she's also a firm ruler who we always remain loyal to." Rainbow added.
Twilight was considering telling the Prime Minister that she also raises the sun, but thought more of it and decided against it.
"That's very interesting to know." Cameron responded. "So are there a few things I can help with before I request a meeting with your Princess?"
"Yeah, we would like to start with getting our vacation bags returned to us." Twilight replied. "We left them at a hotel not far from where we traveled into this world."
"You must mean the hotel where there is the Internet Cafe on the opposite side, because I know that hotel."
"Yes, that's the one." Pinkie replied, nodding.
"Leave it to me, I'll send out a request to the staff there to have them sent here and returned to you."
"Great." Twilight replied happily. "When will the teleport be activated as we will need to go back to our world to let the Princess know?"
"Well that, I do not know when, but if I hear anything about it, I will let you all know."
"That ain't much to go on, mister." Applejack said. "But it's good news all the same.
"I have a request if I may." Rarity declared, holding her hoof up for a second. "Could there be a way for me to open up a fashion business store in London?"
"That will depend on if my meeting with your Princess goes smoothly."
"Speaking of smooth, if the agreement comes through, will you help in providing awareness and support for us ponies so that we don't scare humans or make them want to come after us?" Twilight asked.
"I will do whatever I can to ensure your safety whenever your kind visits our world and I'm sure the Princess would do the same if it was the other way around."
"So what are we supposed to do in the meantime?" Rainbow asked.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Come on in." Cameron responded as the door opened.
"Excuse me for bothering you, Prime Minister." said a security staff member "But the scientist team just asked me to let you know that they're portal is ready to go so that the ponies can return to thier world."
"Looks like we'll be going home soon." Fluttershy said.
"Ya don't say." Applejack muttered, making Rainbow giggle.
"Well, it's been a pleasure meeting you..." Cameron said.
"Twilight Sparkle." Twilight replied. "I properly should've introduced you to the others before we started."
"That's fine, we can go over greetings and such another time." Cameron got out of his chair and held out his hand over to Twilight. "I wish you all a safe journey back to your home."
Twilight held her hoof out and shook hand and hoof.
"Thank you, Prime Minister." The girls then got out of thier chairs. "Let's go, girls."
"Right behind ya, Twi." Applejack replied as they left the room.
The ponies walked down the hall and down the stairs to the ground floor whilst Cameron made a phone call to the hotel they mentioned.
"That went better than I think any of us expected." Rarity said.
"Yeah and now we can have multiple universe parties!" Pinkie replied happily.
"Only if this pays off for us, Pinkie, don't rush into things just yet." Twilight advised.
When they exited the building, they saw a small crowd which had gathered around, but they were kept reasonably far away. The mares smiled at them, hoping that things will be better from now on. The people to thier surprise smiled back in return before a London cab pulled over and the driver got out.
"Your cab is here to take you and your luggage from the hotel is here too." he said as he opened the passenger door.
"Goodness, that was fast!" Fluttershy said, feeling surprised.
"Okay Twilight, you have me convinced now." Rainbow added. "These humans are awesome!"
"Ah'll agree, that Prime Minister sure knows how to help out." Applejack said, nodding in agreement.
The ponies then got in the cab and they were in the same positions as before with Twilight and Rarity sharing the front passenger seat. They soon closed the doors and were on their way to the science building. During the drive, Pinkie looked behind and saw their vacation bags all looked as exactly the same as they had left them, she saw a small note among the bags and took it.
"Hey girls, look at this, a note from some human." Pinkie said as she held the note and began to read it.
Here are your bags and I made sure that everything you had are packed in them. I hope you enjoyed your short stay at the hotel. Anytime you wish to come visit here again, you're more than welcome to stay in room 326, we'll have it reserved for you ponies only, in the future.
Yours faithfully,
The Hotel Manager
"Well isn't that nice of him to say?" Fluttershy asked, smiling.
The others nodded in complete agreement, knowing that they'll always have somewhere to stay the next time they come to the human world. When they arrived at the science building, the ponies got out and the cab driver called out to them.
"Don't you worry about the cab fare, it's on the house for one time only." he said.
"Thank you, dear." Rarity replied as the cab pulled away.
The ponies walked inside and up to the main reception hall to see a few humans around. This time, the humans weren't scared as much as before, but instead just smiled at them. The ponies continued to walk past the small hallway and it got a bit dark before they opened a door at the end and walked in to see the portal room and the team of scientists present. One of them noticed the ponies walking in, he shivered a little but regained his composure.
"Okay, I can do this...I will be brave." the team leader said to himself. "Greetings ponies." he said to them. "We are about to give this portal a final test run just to be sure that our new invention is a complete success. Are you here to return to your world?"
"Yes we are, but only if you keep the portal open after we leave." Twilight replied.
"Why is that?"
"Let's say a very important pony is being asked to meet with the Prime Minister."
The science team blinked before agreeing to it.
"Very well, just stand back and then when we have this online, you can all walk through."
The ponies nodded as they walked behind the control desk to witness the team getting final preparations checked over before the leader pulled the lever down which began to run up the power and shortly, a bright flash appeared and the portal went online with a moving swirling image inside. The six ponies walked up to the portal and stepped right through it, one by one they left the human world with smiles and all the way back to Equestria.
In a big flash, they arrived in Twilight's library in the basement with all of her scientific research. Before they left the library, they each shared thier thoughts about the human world in a letter, Twilight then got Spike to send off the letter to the Princess, now all she had to do was wait for Celestia's reply. All of them were feeling hungry as it was approaching lunchtime, so they agreed to say their farewells and see each other again soon.
Their experience with going to another universe was indeed a surprise for them at first and despite some of the setbacks such as coming home several days earlier then planned, they did agree that thier vacation with the human world was most enjoyable and would certainly visit again. For now though, Twilight was very happy with how the whole experience went in the end and that it was a complete success.
THE END