It was just another peaceful night in Galveston, and the many locals and tourists were out and about, enjoying the nighttime side of the island. The many lights and sights on the island blazed fiercely, piercing through the inky black nighttime darkness. A few seagulls were still flying, and a few were still swooping down on tourists, stealing their food before they even have a chance to react. Meanwhile, at Scholes Airport, Jason and Twilight were just about to get ready for bed, Jason was already in his pajamas. Twilight was already in the bed on her side, the bedsheets were already draped over her. She was still waiting for Jason to get in bed with her.
"Jason was so right. Galveston is really pretty at night, no wonder he loves it here." Twilight said to herself, looking out the window.
"Coming to bed Jason?" Twilight suddenly asked.
"Yeah, hold on, Twilight." Jason replied.
A few minutes later, the two lovers were in each other's embrace. Twilight used her magic to drape the bedsheets over Jason, and Jason was about to turn off the lights. But suddenly, Jason realized something as his eyes widened. "Twilight, we need to do that rehearsal I told you about three days ago." He said, grabbing the operating manual and walking to the cockpit. Remembering what Jason said, Twilight trotted after Jason into the cockpit, once she was in, Jason shut the door behind them. Jason secured his harness, opened the operating manual and began running through the checklists. But with it being the dead of night, Twilight fumbled with her harness.
"Twilight, what are you doing?" Jason asked.
"I can't see, Jason, it's too dark!" Twilight replied.
"Hold on." Jason said, undoing his harness, walking over to Twilight's seat, and fastening her harness.
With Twilight's harness secured, Jason went back to his seat and put his harness back on. Jason began turning on the systems and soon began the start-up process. Jason then turned on the radios and navigation system. He then started both engines at the same time. Once both engines were up and running, Jason opened the throttle, and the plane taxied out to the nearest runway. Once given takeoff clearance, Jason tightened his harness, lowered the flaps to takeoff position and pushed the throttle handles to full power. With a newly replenished supply of food and fuel, Jason's Boeing 777 leaves the tarmac of Galveston Scholes airport, and the rehearsal officially begins.
As Jason's Boeing 777 climbed past 1,600 feet, Jason circles around the island twice, looking out the window at the sight below him before flying off into the inky black night. As Jason's Boeing 777 flies off, on the ground below, the roar of the two Trent 800 engines vanished gradually, granted a few islanders heard and saw his plane flying overhead, but once it flew off, they went on with their lives without a care in the world. While still climbing, as Jason left the lights and sights of Galveston island behind him, there was nothing ahead of the Boeing 777 but open ocean. "Well, Twilight, it looks like this rehearsal is on." Jason said to Twilight as he retracted the landing gear and the flaps.
Jason?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, Twilight?" Jason replied.
"Do we really need to do this? " Twilight asked, crossing her forelegs. Jason sighed, leveled off at 7,680 feet, engaged the autopilot, and undid his harness.
He walked over to the alicorn and put a hand on her shoulder, "Twilight, don't worry, we'll just do this one rehearsal and once we're done, we'll be back in Galveston before you know it." Jason reassured her.
But Twilight was still bummed out, and Jason could feel it through his arm. "Twilight, this'll be over before you know it, I promise." Jason reassured her, kissing Twilight on her cheek.
"You know, Jason, I'm starting to feel a little better." Twilight said,
"Good." Jason replied. He sat back in his seat, put his harness back on, and disengaged the autopilot. "Alright, let's get to Florida." Jason said to himself, taking a deep breath as he began climbing to 10,600 feet. But as Jason and Twilight conduct the rehearsal, they don't know it, but fate has other ideas in store for them…