As we rode down the desert road toward the ruins, everyone was talking, dancing, and having fun. Vinyl was playing some more of her dubstep as we drove. I just sat there lost in my own thoughts and watched the desert dunes whizz by.
"Hey, Jet. Is everything okay?" Wind asked.
"Huh. Oh, yeah. I'm fine. Just remembering what happened yesterday." I replied without looking away from the window.
"You really love her, don't you?" She asked.
I sighed and looked at her with sad eyes.
"It's more than love. I would do anything for her. If it came down to it, I would sacrifice myself for her." I replied.
She just looked at me with care in her eyes. She pulled me into a hug.
"We'll save her. Don't worry." She said.
"Thanks. You've always been good friend and team mate." I said as she let go and went back to join the others.
I rode the rest of the way in silence. The bus stopped in front of a partially collapsed Roman style temple. There was a group of people waiting outside of the building.
"Well, we're here. Let's get our gear unloaded and get this party started." Sun said as we exited the bus.
The DJ booth set up rather easily and Vinyl started the music. We made our way back behind the booth to a hallway and found the throne room. I turned to the group and noticed one of them was missing.
"Where's Pinkie?" I asked.
"Take a guess." Twilight said as she pointed behind us to the rave area.
"Of course. Oh well. We shouldn't need her. Let's find that lever." I said.
We split up and searched the room.
"Found it!" AJ shouted from the right side of the room.
"I found one too." Rarity said from the left side.
"Two levers? I wonder which one is the right one." Twilight said from behind the throne.
"Wait, I found something." I said as I looked at an inscription on the wall.
Everyone came over to look at it too. On the wall was the phrase, 'רק כאשר התפיסה שלך משתנה, יהיה לך למצוא את הדרך הנכונה'.
"What in tarnation is that chicken scratch." AJ asked.
I studied the inscription for a minute.
"It appears to be ancient Hebrew." I said.
"How do you know that, darling?" Rarity asked.
"In the academy we are forced to learn over a dozen languages so we can translate any documents we may encounter during our missions." I said.
"What does it say?" Twilight asked.
"It says, 'only when your perception is altered, will you find the correct path'." I said.
"What does it mean, alter your perception?" Twilight asked.
I just shrugged.
"Hey guys!" Pinkie yelled as she burst into the room.
She joined us at the wall.
"What are you guys doing?" She asked as she looked at me.
I looked into her eyes and noticed that her pupils were bouncing around.
"Pinkie, did you accept any kind of food from anyone at the rave?" I asked.
"Of course I did. It would've been rude to say no." She said.
I just sighed and put my head in my hand.
"Just help us find the right lever so we can get the armor piece and get out of here." I said.
"What do you mean help you find it? It's right there." Pinkie said as she pointed to the middle of the room.
"Pinkie. There's nothing there.
Maybe you should just sit down until the effects of whatever you took wears off." I said.
She gave me a hateful look and walked over to where she pointed. She motioned beside herself.
"You guys don't see the pedestal sitting right here?" She asked.
I looked to Twilight with a concerned look.
"Pinkie, maybe Jet's right. You should just find somewhere to sit down." Twilight said.
Pinkie just groaned. She stuck her hand out and it disappeared. When she pulled her hand back, she was holding a set of gold grieves with red gems in the shins of them and what appeared to be spikes on the backs of them. We all gasped.
"Pinkie. How did you do that?" Twilight asked.
"I just grabbed them. They were sitting right here." She replied.
"Wait. Alter your perception. That's it, we couldn't see them because our minds are free of mind altering drugs." I said.
"Well, ah guess them ancient Las Pegasusians liked ta party to." AJ said.
"I guess so." Twilight said. Just then, the boots levitated out of Pinkie's hands and disappeared.