//------------------------------// // Shit Happens. // Story: To hide from your friends among your friends // by QuickType //------------------------------// ==========================Chapter 2=================================== “This way, there is a old dragons cave over there at the top of that mountain. Its Overlooking a town called Ponyville.” Crunch said souring in front of them. After about 20 minutes of flying they landed at the cliff outside the cave. The town below was about a 5 miles from the base of the mountain. “Ok, am I the only one who is cool with the wings?” Jack said folding and unfolding his wings slowly. “It feels natural, but why did it happen?” Piper asked stroking a wing softly. “Magic?” Max suggested. “Who cares why it happened, I am just glad it did!” Jack said with a large grin. “I dont think Ive seen you smile that big since you kicked that guard in the groin.” Mandy said The company laughed at the memory. “Enough chit chat we need to move in” Crunch said Stepping into the cave they noticed the dragon that lived there had left a note in the floor near the entrance. ‘I leave part of my horde here as a gift for those brave enough to venture here, to my old home.-Leomaris the red’ There was a huge pile of bits, gold bars, gems, and other treasures, near a wall in the back of the cave. “Woo! we are RICH!” Piper screamed Jack and Max climbed to the top of the pile of cash, hooked arms and started dancing a jig on top of the gold. “Hey guys! look what I found!” Mandy said as she stuck her head out of a large crack in the back of the cave, by the Horde pile. Jack and Max hopped down and followed Piper and Mandy into the crack. Before Jack went in he turned around, “Hey Crunch? You coming?” he asked. Crunch sat facing away from him and said “You have fun, Ill keep watch.” “Ok then, your loss.” Jack said before turning and heading into the crack. Inside was amazing, there were glowing mushrooms lighting the whole area in a dim light and in The center of the room was a hot spring, steaming and warm. “by the look of it the water comes from that river we saw running thru the town. It runs under the mountain where it is heated and brought up here and then it flows thru that hole in the wall there to form another river” Piper said “So the water is constantly refreshing itself?” Max asked “You got it biscuits” Mandy said as she gave Max a big kiss on the cheek “Ha!” Jack said “She called you biscuits!” “I keep forgetting, I am the only mature adult here.” Crunch said poking his head in, his blue bug eyes slightly glowing in the dark. “Crunch how old are you again?” Jack asked “47 years old” Crunch said “What time is it?” Piper asked “Based on how the sun is lowering. I say its about 7 pm” Crunch said. Piper yawned “Its time to sleep, after all those hours working in the mine I am surprised we managed to do all that.” “I guess it was adrenaline and the excitement I am starting to feel it to.” Jack stretched “I guess we can just sleep in here, its warm and dark” He said as he layed down on the dirt and stone of the cave. “Tomorrow I am going to go get us some pelts to sleep on” he said as he slowly drifted off to sleep. Piper layed next to him and also quickly fell asleep as well. “I'll take watch” Crunch said as he left the spring leaving Max and Mandy alone with the two sleeping humans. They went over to the opposite side of the cave then their friends and quietly started talking. “So Jack told me that they have dogs where he and Piper come from.” Mandy said “Really? Do they talk like us?” Max asked “No, you know the ancestral dogs that ponies use as pets?.” she said “Ya” “Thats all they have” “No way…” “He said that our kind reminds him of some pets like those he used to have, due to our long fur and golden color” She said with giggle They started to laugh “HAHA! To think we have ancestor like beings in another world!” He said “Could you keep it down?” a groggy voice came from the other side of the room. “Sorry” they both said in unison and giggled afterword. “Good night Max.” Mandy said “Goodnight Mandy” Max returned. =========================thenextmorning=============================== Jack woke up in the dimly lit cavern next to his beloved. With a stretch he went to see if the sun was up. Climbing out of the crack he saw Crunch sitting in the middle of the cave. “Good morning young one.” Crunch said with no emotion in his voice “Where are you going?” “Maybe cause some trouble, get a pelt for sleeping on.” “Have fun, make sure you aren't followed back.” he said as Jack grabbed the crossbow, some bolts, he also grabbed some gold and a loaf of bread. He fastened his katana to his belt. slung the CB to his back in a way so it wouldn't interfere with his wings, walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped. Using his wings to swoop up into a glide he soured over to the town eating the bread as he glided. Dropping low to the ground to avoid being seen by the citizens ‘ I need a map’ he thought to himself he brought himself to one of the houses and looked into the 2nd story window. On the wall was a map of the surrounding area and a map of what looked like the town. ‘ Well that is convenient.’ he thought as he slowly opened the window and crawled inside. There was nobody in the room so he took the map off the wall and put some gold on the floor and exited the house. ‘ now lets see’ He thought as he pulled up the MAP(map not final). Jack decided to fly into the Everfree forest to go hunting. Taking off he swore he heard a gasp from some were. Ignoring it he flew to the direction of the school. Flying over he saw foals walking to school, three of them where looking up at him and waving. Jack recognized them as Scootaloo and friends and waved back before hang a left and diving into the forest. ==============================Piper============================== Piper woke up an hour after Jack left. She left the crack to see Her friends sitting and munching on bread “Good morning.” Mandy said as before she took a bite of bread. “Morning” Piper respond “what time is it?” “Just after 9” Crunch replied before tossing her a loaf of bread “Where is Jack?” she said as she clipped her sword to her belt. “He went hunting” Crunch responded as he turned his head to the mouth of the cave“I hope he doesn't give our position away.” “Which direction did he go?” Piper asked as she stepped out of the cave. “Towards the forest” Crunch said “Thanks papa Crunch!” she said before taking off as she bit off a bit of bread. Piper heard the dogs laughing as he started to take off followed by Crunch saying. “I am the oldest here! and you kids need a father figure!” Piper fully agreed. ============================Rainbow dash============================ Rainbow cursed under her breath her light blue coat and wings and rainbow mane with a cloud rainbow lightning cutie mark did not help her stay stealthy, but she had been following this strange creature for an hour now through the forest and it hadn't noticed her yet. ‘He must not be too dangerous the crusaders know him.' Thats when she heard a roar. ===========================Jack================================== The loud roar almost startled Jack , he quickly unlocked the safety on his bow as he walked into a clearing. ‘Finally after an hour, something.’ He thought as he saw a giant shadow appear on the other side of the clearing. =============================Rainbow================================= ‘Oh, Celestia! that thing is going to be slaughtered by that manticore!’ Rainbow thought as she watched. ===============================Jack================================== Jack watched as a manticore appeared in front of him +ROAR+ It was loud and big, it could easily fit all five of them with room to spare. “Come to papa!” Jack yelled a bit nervous at the monsters big size. It was easily comparable to a teenage dragon. He raised the CB and aimed for its head as the creature started charging straight towards him. He pulled the trigger and sent the bolt flying. and watched as it sprouted right in its left eye up to the feathers on the arrow. The Manticore roared even louder, but halted its attack and watched him with its remaining eye with absolute hate. Jack clipped the CB to his back and drew the sword and screamed “FOR SLEEP!” and charged. The Manticore stood on its back pawn and readied its paws to swipe at him, but Jack pushed himself forward at an incredible speed and stabbed the mammoth of the manticore in the heart. The manticore fell to the side and died as it hit the ground. He pulled his sword out of the beast, stood on top of his kill fully extended his wings pointed his still bloody sword in the air and said “I am Jack! Slayer of beasts!” looking down at the now dead monster. “Sorry, But Ive got a family to feed and we need something soft to sleep on.” Cleaning the blade on its fur he sheathed it and said “ We thank you for your sacrifice.” He laughed a mocking laugh as he tried to take off with his kill only to find it was to heavy for him to take off with it more than a few feet off the ground. Dropping it with a thud he sat down on the soft furry body and thought for a moment. “I guess I could gut it right here, but ill need a smaller knife…..I could ask Piper if she wants to help me carry this...looks like I am running home.” ===========================Piper================================== After flying over what looked like a school. Piper heard a roar over to her left so she started heading in that direction. ==========================Rainbow================================ Rainbow dash sat there mouth gaping in complete shock! ‘Gotta tell twilight! She’ll know what to do.’ She was about to take off when she heard a voice from above. ===========================Jack====================================== “JACK!” Jack heard from above. looking up he saw Piper was descending down to meet him. “Woah! Did you kill this thing yourself?” “Sure did!” Jack said as he took off in a hoover to meet Piper in the air. “let me guess.. you need help gutting it?” Piper asked Jack was at a loss, truthfully he did not know how to properly clean kills, he usually had his friends do it for him. “Yes..” He sighed in defeat. “help me push it on to its back” Piper asked as she landed and got ready to push. “Wait, It has a scorpion tail, we should cut it off” Rolling her eyes Piper drew her sword and swiftly cut off the tail and threw it away. “Anything else?” “It has wings?” Jack said shrugging. There was a sudden rustle in a tree as a brightly colored pony quickly flew out of it. “Dang” they both said at the same time. “Papa Crunch is going to kill us.” Piper said with disappointment “Papa Crunch?” =========================Twilight================================= Twilight woke up and started making her morning coffee, like usual. Spike her baby dragon assistent came down stairs and said “ Hey, Twilight I have a question?” “Yes spike?” “Why am I purple with green back scales?” Does it have anything to do with your coat being purple? or your mane having those pink stripes in it or your star like cutie mark?” “No…” Twilight sighed “why do you ask?” Spike shrugged “No reason, Just thought id ask.” Twilight took a sip of her coffee,as there was knock at a the door. She walked over to find it was Derpy the gray coated and yellow mained, bubble Cutie Marked mailmare, with a letter from Twilights brother Shining armor. “A handsome white stallion with blue hair gave me this and told me to deliver this to you.” Derpy said before dropping the parchment and taking off to deliver more mail. Closing the door she quickly read the letter that came with the rough sketch of two creatures ‘Dear,Twilight We recently liberated a diamond dog slave mine and noticed these creatures flying out a hole a dragon made in the roof, If you or your friends see one of them tell the princess immediately, One has golden hair and the other has hair that is black, both have white wings. We will dispatch troops to you if you see them. - Shining ‘ with his cutie mark of a shield with a star in the middle. There came rapid knocking at the door once again. “Coming!” Twilight called. When she opened the door she saw Rainbow with a panicked look on her face. “Look, Everfree, Creatures, manticore, kill.” She panted. “Ok,Dash slow down and tell me what happened.” Dash quickly explained what happened, while Twilight wrote every word down. and sent it to the princess. “Now what?” Dash asked. “We watch the forest for them to leave.” So the two friends sat and watched the forest from Twilights roof. After 20 minutes they say saw the two winged beings carrying the corpse of the manticore over to the mountain range where their yellow and pink, shy, friend Fluttershy yelled at a dragon that decided to live there. 30 minutes after seeing this, Princess Celestia,Luna, Cadance and Shining armor with two 10 pony teams of guards arrived. “Where are they?” Shining asked “Over near the mountain where the sleeping dragon was.” Twilight replied Then the squadron took off with Shining in a chariot towards the mountain. ===========================Jack==================================== “We were spotted…” Jack said in a sad voice. He and Piper standing next to each other in front of Papa Crunch. Crunch frowned "what was the one thing I told you not to do?" "Don't give our position away." They both said. As they hung their heads in shame. "You are all lucky, I happen to know a lot about illusion magic." He sighed "As the leader of this little family punishment will happen later, but for now push the manticore body behind the gold and get behind the gold with the body, I am going to make us look like rocks." "Yes, Papa" the four teens said at the same time trying not to laugh. They did as told and Crunch flew over them and with a glow of his black horn cast the spell on himself and his 'children' just in time for 3 guards to peek into the cave. Everyone held their breath as the guards passed by them and were completely oblivious crack in the wall leading to the hot spring. "Report!" A strong young voice came from the entrance. "All clear ,sir!" One of the soldiers called back. " They must have made their home somewhere over the mountain, move out!” A voice came outside “Sir! A local dragon says he saw them flying into the everfree forest.” “How recently?” “About an hour ago, Sir.” “If these creatures are strong to take out a manticore within a minute with just a sword, they could take out a town like ponyville in ten, we need to capture them immediately.” ===============================Fluttershy========================== Fluttershy was in the middle of feeding her friend Mr.Bear, when Twilight showed up. “Oh, hello Twilight, what can I help you with?” she said in her usual soft voice. “Good afternoon Fluttershy, we could really use your talent now.” Twilight said. “Goodness what happened?” Twilight quickly explained what her brother and Rainbowdash saw. “That isn't good…” Fluttershy said “I know, I was going to go talk to our Zebra friend.” “Zecora?” “Yes.” “You want my help to go, Incase you run into one?’ “Thats the plan.” Twilight said with a smile. “Ill be happy to help.” ================================Jack================================= They waited for 20 min. after the guards left the cave to be sure. “I think we are good.” Crunch said dropping the illusion. All of them sighed in relief. “Now don't forget about your punishment.” Jack and Piper tenced. “Piper you are going to be cooking for the next 2 weeks after today, Jack you are on ingredient duty, there is a potion maker in the everfree. You must find her and tell her ‘Crunch wishes to untaint his lunch.’ then ask her to show you how to make the manticore anti venom, gather the ingredients and bring some here…and leave your crossbow here.” “AWWWW” they both moaned. ‘I'll go now.” Jack said as he put the crossbow on the loot pile and picked up a small dagger in its place. “Please be careful, Jack” Crunch said as Jack started to take off. “Yes, Papa Crunch.” He said with a smirk. As he flew by what map claimed to be a library Jack gained a shadow, one of the guards. “Halt!” He shouted. Jack thrust up his wings applying ‘the brakes’ and the guard zoomed by next to him, not before receiving a swift round house kick to the gut. He watched as the guard slowly drifted down to the ground. He did not want to kill anypony, but that doesn't mean he couldn't knock them around abit. He thrust himself towards the everfree treeline and started scanning for this potion makers hut. ==============================Shining============================ One of his elite Pegasus guards entered the library gasping. “Whats wrong.?” “Enemy spoted Mams and Sir” He said soluting. “And you let him escape?” Shining asked. “No Sir, I presuied and ordered it to stop.” “And what happened?” “It stopped immediately, But due to the momentum I couldn't stop as quickly and as I passed, it kicked me in the weak spot of my armor, resulting in me having to land, then it proceeded into the everfree, Sir.” “Feel free to take a break, you have earned it.” “Thank you sir.” The guard soluted once again and left. “It seems to be interested in the everfree.” The white alicorn said her light rainbow mane flowing on some unforeseen wind. “I agree sister.” A dark colored alicorn said her mane looked as if there were stars in the night sky. The pink alicorn named Cadence with streak of yellow in her pink hair stayed silent and stood next to Shining “Celestia, Luna” Shining said. “Yes?” Celestia said in a motherly tone. “That was my best guard, he was sitting on top of this library.” “Curses, Sister it was right above us and we missed it.” Luna complained “If its in the everfree, I wish for Twilight’s safety” =================================Jack================================= After a good 20 min of searching Jack found the hut. Landing in front of the tree hut, He folded his wings and knocked on the door. “You come as suddenly as a breeze , one moment please.” a voice came from inside ‘I hope she doesn't rhyme the entire time’ Jack thought then laughed as he realized he also rymed. “Come in come in, so youre lessons may begin.” Jack opened the door and walked in. "Oh, this may seem silly, but I was expecting a filly." " I need you're help" "Then tell me with speed, what do you need?" "Crunch wishes to untaint his lunch, I need manticore antivenom." He said " Then let us not waste time, come inside and I will teach you how to make the slime!" Jack stepped into the shack, and was greeted to smells of random nature. "You already have the first item on your trail, manticore tail." She said as she nodded to the tail Piper cut off resting on the wall. " how long until it expires and I need to get another?" " This potion is not a race, we use the venom as a base." Jack was getting really tired of the rhymes. " where is the next ingredient?" "The next ingredient is in the front of the forest, it is mostly picked by brave tourists. You might take its white hint with a bluish tint." He nodded " be right back" He walked outside of the shack and took off jogging down the path. ≠=====================================Twilight ============================== Twilight walked down the path to zecora's with fluttershy. "We are now entering mantacore cockotrace territory Twilight, so keep your guard up." They heard a scream up ahead. "Who else is in the forest fluttershy?" " What is today?" "Friday" Fluttershys eyes widened and her peuples shrunk. "Applebloom goes to Zecora's on Friday!" They saw a clearing ahead, and they started running. ============================Jack================= Hearing a scream he started running towards the noise ,just in time to see a cockotrace turning applebloom to stone. Enraged he quickly flew over to the cockatrice and grabbed it by the neck. "CHANGE HER BACK!" =======Twilight==== They stopped and watched the cockitrace Finnish its spell, they were about to confront the monster when they saw the winged being come out at an alarming speed and grab the cockatrace and start yelling. =======Jack===== "If you don't change her back." John slowly drew the dagger on his belt. "I am going to start cutting, slowly" He said slightly pressing the tip on its belly. The cockitrace staired at the stone filly, and as soon as her color returned, Jack dropped the monster. It wasted no time in running away. Applebloom gasped suddenly as she regained consciousness. "A cockatrice! Oh, hi jack!" The filly said with a smile. Jack put the knife away smiled back "hey Applebloom are you ok? " "Ya I'm fine, I was on my way to Zecora's, I am supposed to bring her some of these flowers." She said before going into her saddle bag and pulling out a white flower that occasionally pulsed blue. "Yes!" Jack said jumping up in the air " Zecora sent me to find some as well. You have just saved me a trip." He said smiling . "Common let's go tell her what happened." Applebloom's face brightened. "Can we fly there?" Jack thought of the guards that might be patrolling around looking for him. " let me check for guards, be right back." He said before quickly flying up to scan the sky. After seeing nothing but sky and clouds he went back down to join Applebloom. " I think we are good... so sure! Let's fly!" Jack grabbed Applebloom in a hug and took off back to Zecora. ====Twilight==== They watched as the creature named Jack took off with Applebloom. Twilight sat there with a shocked look on her face, she turned to see Fluttershy smiling . "Aren't you worried? Why are you smiling?" She asked "I am just happy Applebloom has made a new friend." "Ya, a friend who eats mantacores, and stares down cockatrace" "So, should we follow them?" "Of course, we still need to talk to Zecora to see what she knows." ≠===≈========================Jack===================== "WOOOOOOHOOOO!" Applebloom screamed as they flew back. " Why don't you want adults or the princess, finding you?" She asked suddenly. "Well, what does Zecora do when she finds a new plant?" Jack said "She studies it and gives her findings to Twilight, if Twilight needs it." "OK, so what does Twilight do to new animals she finds?" "She has Fluttershy use The Stare to convince them to follow them then she runs tests experiments on them with her machines." "What's the stare?" "Well Fluttershy's special talent is animal care, its represented by three butterflies as her cutie mark. The Stare is something she does to help her convince the more defiant animals to listen." " So what happened to these animals after testing?" "Most are released back into the wild, but some are sent to Canterlot for some reason..." "That's why, I don't want me and my love to be ‘tested’ on...she has gone through enough torchure." They landed at Zecora's as Jack asked one more question. "Where is Canterlot?" "Canterlot is on a castle on a mountainside by ponyville, please come inside we have positions to fill." Zecora said standing at the door. They went inside and Jack and Applebloom told Zecora what happened. "My that was a story to tell, I hope dear Applebloom you are well?" "I am better now thanks to Jack." "Alright what's the next ingredient?" Jack asked "For the next ingredient there will be no evil to thwart, you need some quarts, the mountain where the dragon is shy, because dear Fluttershy said Hi." "So I need to pick up a rock from my cave?" Zecora laughed a bit and said " I was at your cave yesternight, I got enough to my hearts delight." "Is that it?" Zecora nodded and then proceed to put the ingredients into a basin in the middle of the room. The potion in the pot smelled of freshly cooked bacon. "That smells delicious.." "It smells terrible." Applebloom said "This brew is popular with those who eat meat, for them this is a treat." "No wonder ,it smells like freshly cooked meat" Jack said "It wouldn't be your doom if you tried some Applebloom." "Why not." Applebloom said with a shrug "Want to sample, some Jack?" "Sure." He said as he took the small cup Zecora handed him. "Together" Applebloom said. "One" Jack said "Two" Applebloom said "Three" they both said as they took a sip out of their cups. As Zecora expected they both had different reactions. "Blegh!" Applebloom cried John stayed silent but shed a single tear. "What is it Jack?, give my potion some feedback." "It tastes like my grandmother's meat castrol, it was my favorite meal, back when I was home.." "You miss your home don't you." Applebloom said with a sad look in her eyes. "No, only my grandmother, she was the only good thing in my life, other than Piper." After getting 20 large bottles of the stuff Jack prepared to go out the door when he stopped and turned to Zecora and Applebloom. "Please don't tell anypony, I was here, or where I live, even...Twilight was it?" Applebloom nodded "We won't tell anypony you were here." The rhyming zebra nodded "I will not say a word about you." And with that Jack took off back to his cave home. =====Twilight==== They watched as Jack took off from Zecora's and went to the west. Twilight walked up to the door and knocked. "Come in!" Applebloom called out. She opened the door and said "Tell me everything you know on Jack." Applebloom and Zecora both raised their eyebrows and said "Who?" =========Jack======= Jack noticed the sun had moved a bit, the whole adventure took him about an hour. Arriving back at home Crunch greeted him at the mouth of the cave. "Welcome home ,my son" Putting down the bag of potions Jack smiled and said "What's up Pops?" "Did you do as I asked? " "Yes, sir" "Good, now go get a bath with Piper, I'll cure the meat" Jack did a mock salute and walked inside, past the pile of shimmering loot and into the crack in the back. Inside he found everyone's clothing neatly laid out and drying on the warm floor. "Hey Jack" Piper said waving from inside the spring. "Wash your clothes and join us!" She said smiling Jack smiled and got to work. ====Pinkie Pie=== "Hi, I am Pinkie Pie I have dark pink mane a light pink coat,I am an earth pony, my talent is party's represented by three balloons as my cutie mark!" Pinkie pie said "We know who you are darling we've known each other for years." Rarity said "Oh, you are Rarity, you are a white unicorn with a deep bluish purple mane, you're talent is finding gems represented by three diamonds, but you really love is fashion that's why we are here in your shop the carousel boutique .!" "What in tarnation is going on?" "You are Applejack you have an orange coat, blonde mane usually kept in a ponytail and a cowpony hat with three apples representing you're talent of making apples on your farm." Pinkie said "OK bye!" Pinkie said. =======Luna====== Luna was walking down the streets in ponyville. "I remember when manehatten was this small" she said to herself as she watched daily life go about. "Mistress" She turned to see her captain of the royal night guard, Dark Wing. In his black armor as his usual uniform, with a green eye in the middle of his chest plate. "Yes, Captain?" "Sargent gold eye has confirmed the suspects whereabouts, Mistress. Should we attack?" "No, keep on surveillance. And hold deny information to other guards other than the ones you put on said surveillance , also do not tell Celestia or her captain and his day guards, understood?" "Yes mistress, I live to obey." then proceeded to walk down the street Most night guards where bat ponies the rest where ponies a few dragons,and dragon pony hybrids called dronies, The night guard armor is usually a night sky blue and all turns the pony gray for stealth purposes. This was normal in military standards, but to see a bat pony in broad daylight is a rare sight. So some ponies started as Dark walked back down the street. ====Jack==== "Soups on!" Crunch called The four of them stood at the same time. " Oh there is a difference in gender for you." Max said slightly amazed "Of course their is Maxy . Don't you see the boobs on the chest like ours?" Mandy said Jack and Piper blushed and looked at each other then blushed deeper, looked away and covered themselves with their hands and wings and proceed to find their clothes. " Hey our clothes look fixed!" Jack exclaimed There 'clothing' that was once withered from a year in the mine now sat fresh as the day they bought them but with holes in the back where still there so they could fit their wings into the clothing, after quickly putting on their clothing they looked at each other. "We are us again, I guess we were used to the grime and dirt from the mine." Piper said "The water must be magic, and it fixed our clothes for us." Jack said "Weren't we wet a moment ago?" "Must be the water." Max said walking up dry as a bone. "Come on let's eat!" Mandy said running out of the spring back into the main cave. They went over and got golden plates from the loot pile and they filled them with bread and manticore meat. They sat down and began to eat lunch. "So." Max said in between bites "Truth or dare?" "Dare.” Jack said. “I dare you to eat a gold coin” Jack got up and popped a nickle size coin in his mouth and swallowed it whole. “Ok, so Max Truth or Dare?” “Truth.” “What is your opinions on cats?” “Fucken hate them.” Max said with no hesitation ==========================Celestia========================== Celestia already knew what her sister was doing, She knew that Her sister knew where these creatures were and she was going to find out. She sat in her student’s library, and watched as Twilight zipped around the library reading books and connecting dots with a push pin board, string and pictures, all while talking at a million miles an hour. Celestia believed these creatures to be an ancient race known as Humans, based on their description. At one point they were as powerful as the ponies but they were ruthless and aggressive, and had constant wars with the griffons and hippogriff tribes, who are still trying to fight each other to this day. But the humans blew themselves into another dimension with magic, Celestia wanted to know why, and how these humans are back? She had erased all traces to them in the history of equestria, to be sure no pony but specific ones could know. But She wanted to see Twilight figure all out, from the beginning to end. By Twilight Jumping up and down screaming “Yes” over and over again told her that her ever faithful student has figured it out. “Princess, we need to find Lyra!” Celestia remembered Lyra she was a unicorn mare with a mint coat, brilliant cyan mane and tail with a white streak, sunglow eyes, and a cutiemark of a lyre. ================================Lyra================================== Lyra was walking thru the streets of ponyville collecting supplies, She figured out where the winged humans she saw went and decided it would be a good idea to go and further her research by observing how humans naturally behave. She was just leaving the butcher with some fresh meat when she was approached by two princesses and twilight at the sametime “Castle bound gauntlet.” both the princesses said at the same time. Lyra knew what they wanted to talk about based on the code phrase. “I am free to serve my lord, but not on the open road.” this was code for “sure I can talk, but not here.” ============================JACK!!!!============================== The evening was approaching and Max and Jack were sparing outside the cave, while the girls watched. Jack dodged an uppercut and swiftly kicked Max in the side, Max grabbed his foot and swung Jack to the cliff,he slid off and hung on to the edge. “I think Max won that.” Jack said admitting defeat climbing back up. Max and Jack shook hands, they went inside as the sun fully set. Crunch lit the fire pit that they had dug in the center of the cave, Jack sat next to Piper and wraped a wing and an arm around her, they kissed and sat there in front of the fire on a stone bench. " Good job on this benches." he said to Max. "Well what do you think me and Mandy did here all day? We dug out rooms in the spring and used the extra stones to make some seats for the pit." Max said "Thats, cool. I had no clue you were good at stone making." Jack said "Well were, dogs what else do you think we are good at?"Mandy said "I am just happy to do my own digging with my Maxy over here!" She exclaimed hugging Max around the neck. Crunch walked out of the spring and said "My children, it is time for me to feed will you grant me your love?" This was normal to them, Crunch regularly asked the lovers of the mine if he could feed on them. The process did not hurt in fact it made you feel good afterwards, as if you were surrounded by puppies that were climbing all over you. They agreed and Crunch sat between the two sets of lovers and started to inhale impossibly deeply, for about five min. All the while they all cooed in eachothers arms. It was going to be a good night.