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// Sanctuary 
// Story: Friendship is Magic: The Movie - Equestria v Earth 
// by Dinodisneylover1 
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After the chase, all the thugs and villains returned to the old abandoned bar and hotel. Some of the thugs quickly entered the building and ran to Spectrus' office with some of the villains including Adagio following. While they ran, they spoke to each other.

"Who's gonna tell the bloomin' boss the bad news?" One of the thugs said.

"Don't look at me. I ain't saying nothing. You tell him." A thug with a British accent said.

"Me? I told him last time, you silly twit. And I don't believe in doing it twice." The previous thug said.

They arrived at Spectrus' office at the door. They stopped for the moment.

"Oy, here's an idea." The British thug said and looked at the tiny thug with dwarfism that grabbed Applejack during the fight and got accidently hit by the very large thug. "Shorty, you tell him."

The thug pointed at the door and grinned at him. The other thug grinned too. The tiny thug looked at the door.

"Tell him what?" The tiny thug asked with a funny voice.

"That we...you know, botched the job." One of the thugs said.

The tiny thug gulped.

"He's not going to like that." He said.

The tiny thug cautiously opened the door. He stood there for a moment and looked at Spectrus who was sitting in some kind of devil throne. He didn't look amused. The tiny thug played nervously with his fingers.

"He-hello there." The tiny thug said.

Spectrus slowly raised from his throne and slowly walked towards the tiny thug.

"It don't look good when only one shows up. Does it, small fry?" Spectrus said.

The tiny thug kept starin at him with fear in his eyes. Spectrus slowly closed the door and circled around the tiny thug.

"Hmmm." Spectrus said while walking.

On the other side of the door, the other thugs listened carefully.

"Blimey. I can't hear nothing but step, step, step, step." the British thug said.

Spectrus stopped walking and stared at the tiny thug, but suddenly he heard giggling from the other side of the door and turned his head towards it.

"Imagine if we saw Adagio in there and have a gander at her better side, I would sleep with a smile on my face." One of the thugs said quietly to the other thugs.

It made them giggle and snicker. But they were unaware that Spectrus was looking through the keyhole at them. The veins in his eye could be seen when he sees them. Then the unexpected came, his gauntlet came out of the keyhole. The thugs were screaming at the sight. The gauntlet quickly grabbed all of them through the keyhole. When they were in the room, Spectrus dropped them on the ground. The thugs stood straight up and the other villains entered the room.

"He has something to tell you, boss." said two of the thugs in unison while pointing at the tiny thug.

"It better be good news." Spectrus said with a glare.

One of the thugs pushed the tiny thug in front.

"Well, we did exactly what you said to do...and killed off Sunset Shimmer." The tiny thug said.

Spectrus smiled, but it changed to a shocked look when he heard about the 'kill off Sunset Shimmer' part and grabbed the tiny thug.

"YOU WHAT?! I didn't say 'kill her', you dolt. I said 'do not kill her until I say so'." Spectrus said.

"Oh, that's good...because we missed her." said one of the thugs.

Spectrus threw the tiny thug on the ground.

"And is the game afoot?" Spectrus asked.

"Uh...yes?" one of the thugs said.

"WHY IS THE GAME AFOOT?!" Spectrus shouted.

"I-I-I mean 'no'." the same thug said.

"Ah, excellent. So the ponies are dead. Now we can move on to..." Spectrus said but before he could finish his sentence, he got interrupted.

"Wait! Um? Can I still change my answer?" The same thug asked.

"Are the ponies dead or not?" Spectrus asked annoyed.

"Well, you see. A...A human boy helped them escape." The same thug said.

Spectrus was silent for a moment.

"A human boy?" Spectrus asked and his eyes turned to the left.

"Anyway, we will get them and Sunset Shimmer one way or another. Right, guys? GUYS?!" the same thug asked.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah, sure. Whatever he said. Absolutely." Some thugs said.

"See? We can still do the next phase of the plan. Operation: Dethrone The Princess will be as easy as pie." The same thug said.

"Dethrone the princess? Is that what I called the name of this operation? Dethrone the princess?" Spectrus asked.

"Not that I know about. I think you called it... Kill The Sun. Right?" The same thug said.

"Kill the sun, yes." Spectrus said. "Because like the sun, Celestia presents hope and love. When I was raised in Equestria by her, I didn't gain any hope and love from anypony. Just because I was different than them. Can you believe that?!" Spectrus said.

"Yeah, boss. We understand." a teenage dragon said.

"You guys failed to capture Sunset Shimmer and the ponies and failure is unacceptable. This is your fault." Spectrus said while pointing to the three henchmen who guarded the cell.

"But boss, she was acting so sweet at first like an innocent child. And then all of a sudden, she punched me in the face and escaped." The first henchman said.

"You fell for her tricks?! YOU STUPID IDIOTS! Can't you handle a little girl?!" Spectrus yelled while his hands began to glow with dark energy.

"Please, spare us! We promise it won't happen again." One of the thugs said.

"I normally wouldn't allow to let you live after a failed attempt, but I can make ONE exception. I've treated you all like you were my own sons and daughters. The next time you fail, I won't be so merciful." Spectrus said with a glare.

"Believe me. No one appreciates that more than us." One thug said.

"SILENCE!" Spectrus said and everyone went silent. "Now listen, you mutts. The next stage of the plan must happen. I'm also planning for our greatest attack. And it ain't to kill the princess...yet. It's to kidnap her."

"HUH?" The hugs asked.

Spectrus sighed.

"I have a perfect plan in mind for Celestia and all of her subjects. And I'm going to decide what I will do with Celestia. After what I'm going to do to her, she must be dead. Or I can't become king." Spectrus said.

"AAAAAAH." The thugs said in understanding.

But some of them looked confused at each other.

"I don't get it." The tiny thug said.

Spectrus facepalmed himself.

"Just...go to your beds. Tomorrow we'll prepare the creatures I've catched. That's when the real fright begins for the entire world. Now go before I murder you." Spectrus said.

"Okay, okay." some of the thugs said and quickly ran away.

But some of them stayed.

"Um... boss?" One of the thugs said.

"What is it now?" Spectrus asked annoyed.

"There's...something else you need to know. Remember when the pink pony took your bike?" One of the thugs asked.

"Yes." Spectrus said.

"When she rode it. We tried to catch her and it...kinda crashed between our bikes." One of the thugs said and showed some motorbike parts. "Well, uh."

Spectrus looked at the parts and sighed in defeat.

"Just go to bed. I'll see what I can do with it." Spectrus said.

The thugs placed the parts on the desk and walked away. Spectrus went in depression and walked out of the office to go straight to his room. When he reached it, he slowly opened the door and entered. Unknown to him, Adagio followed him too. She went into the room and slowly closed the door. Spectrus walked towards his bed.

(Music from 1:31)

"Oh, they're hopeless. A disgrace to the forces of evil." Spectrus said while laying on the bed and sighed. Adagio walked towards him and laid on him.

"Oh. Is my Speckie-Weckie not feeling well? It doesn't help by threatening them." Adagio said.

"Shut up, Adagio." Spectrus said.

"Why should I? You know I'm right." Adagio said and straddled her body around Spectrus' belly.

"I ordered them things to do and gave them rewards. And this is how they repay me? With foolishness?" Spectrus said.

Adagio also began to lay her arms on his chest and laid her head on it. Facing him. She placed a finger under his chin.

"Spectrus. You still have a lot to learn about simple humans. Not to mention ponies. Sooner or later, you're going to meet your downfall if you're not careful. Believe me. I experienced it." Adagio said.

"I've been locked up in a stinking cell in Tartarus for many years. I'm as careful as can be." Spectrus said.

"I hope so, Spectrus, or we'll be doomed to be locked up again. And you better hope that the princess is still in the hospital. Or we'll be worse than ordinary. We could possibly end up..." Adagio said.

"Don't say it!" Spectrus shouted.

"Dead."

"No."

"We cease to exist. We must succeed."

Spectrus knew she was right. Celestia may be kind-hearted, but he doesn't want to know what kind of effect his crimes could possibly do to her. "We'll be gone." He closed his eyes and then they shot open again. "No. Oh no. She'll be gone. They'll be gone. I'll think of a way."

Then he began to chuckle evilly.

"Hahaha. There are a million of reasons why I should. I have a plan, but that must wait at the right moment. I never doubted myself or any of you. Do you doubt me, Dagi?" Spectrus asked.

Adagio leaned closer to his face. "I never doubted you. I'm just worried."

"You and me both. But I won't let that get in the way of stealing the throne of Equestria. I'll find a way somehow. I'd stake my life on it. I'm tired. I need rest." Spectrus said.

"Don't you wanna..." then Adagio whispered in his ear. "And if you like, I can ask Aria and Sonata to join this time. What do you think?"

"That would be swell. Alright then. Call them." Spectrus said.

"Just lay down. I'll be right back." Adagio said while standing up and going to the door.

Spectrus still had a lot to think about. But he was determined to succeed.





Nighttime. Nathan, Spike and the ponies were on their way to the place that Nathan mentioned. Sunset also joined the party. She left the bike somewhere on the highway and went with them just as planned. While they were on the way, Nathan had to bring his car to a car fixer and gained a replacement car until it's fixed. He played some music from the radio on the way.

"A few times I've been around that track. So it's not just gonna happen like that. Cause I ain't no hollaback girl. I ain't no hollaback girl. Oooh, this my shit, this my shit." Nathan sang.

Some of the ponies especially Pinkie were moving their heads to the beat. Twilight was quiet. Her eyes looked at the road and Nathan a few times.

"Um, Nathan. Could you turn that off for today, please?" Twilight asked.

Nathan heard that and turned it off.

"Not in the mood for a little victory music?" Nathan said.

"We fought against Spectrus' men and they chased us. A lot of cars were destroyed and people were killed during that chase. Doesn't that worry you?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, that's true. I mean, we could have been done for." Nathan said. Suddenly his eyes went wide and grabbed Twilight. "We could have been done for!"

Twilight watched the road and saw a car coming straight at them.

"Nathan! The road!"Twilight yelled.

Nathan quickly looked in front and saw the car too.

"AAAAAAH!" Nathan screamed and quickly turned the wheel and avoided the car who was honking loudly.

"Hey! Watch the road!" The guy from the car yelled.

Nathan stuck his head out of the window.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Nathan shouted and focused back on the road.

"Um, thanks, Nathan. For saving me back there." Sunset said to Nathan.

"It's nothing. It's what I do." Nathan said.

Sunset sat between Pinkie and Rarity. Rarity was holding Spike. Spike remembered that after the chase was over, Rarity's hair was completely messed up and she had a shocked look on her face. She then had to groan in relief because the danger had passed. Now she was back  to normal.

"How come you're all still ponies?" Sunset asked.

"Discord gave us a spell that can transform us into humans whenever we want." Twilight said. "I can give you the spell too. I remembered it. But we'll have to wait for that."

"Wait. She's a pony too?" Nathan asked.

"Yeah. Didn't I tell you that?" Twilight asked.

"I would say 50%." Nathan said.

"But what were you doing at Spectrus' place?" Applejack asked.

"He...He locked me up." Sunset said with a sad look on her face.

"What?" Twilight asked.

"He locked me in a cage. He said all those gruesome things. I've never been so terrified in my life." Sunset said.

Suddenly, her eyes went wide. Because she felt something rubbing against her belly. She looked down and saw it was Nathan's cat who was rubbing itself against her in affection. Purring while she does it.

"Oh, aren't you the cutest thing." Sunset said and stroked the cat.

The cat enjoyed it. So much that she laid on her back to let Sunset rub its belly. Nathan saw that in his rearview mirror.

"Hm. She likes you." Nathan said.

"You really are changed, aren't you." Fluttershy said.

Sunset nodded.

"What gruesome things? What did he say?" Twilight asked.

"He want to kill Princess Celestia and all the other ponies. In the most horrible ways possible." Sunset said.

The ponies all became shocked. So was Nathan.

"He kept blaming Celestia for everything that happened in his life. I can't believe I became friends with a monster." Sunset said.

Twilight's eyes went wide when she heard that.

"Wait. You actually know him?" Twilight asked.

Sunset's head hung low while stroking the cat.

"It was many moons ago. When I became Celestia's student, I was only obsessed with power. I walked most of the time alone outside. Friendship didn't interest me. And then...he appeared." The ponies were all listening very carefully. "He...He was so different and yet so nice. He was a charmer. He shared my obsession with power. He told me we could rule Equestria as equals. I agreed. One day, things went wrong between me and the princess. I wanted to run away. Spectrus told me there was a way to escape. That's when I learned about the mirror that the princess showed me." Her eyes began to tear up. "Now,... he's back and he still had that desire but I didn't after everything that happened at the Fall Formal. When I refused, he and his friends from Equestria attacked me and tried to catch me. They succeeded. I had to save an entire school from a bomb that he placed. I saved the students and the principals, but the school...is gone. If I...If I knew who he truly was in the first place, this wouldn't have happened. But I was so obsessed and selfish. This is all my fault." Then she began to sob in her hands.

The ponies, Spike and Nathan all felt sorry for her. Fluttershy came closer to her and placed her hoof on her leg.

"It's not your fault, Sunset." Fluttershy said.

"Yes, it is. If I wasn't..." Sunset said.

"It's not your fault. It was his fault. He tricked you. Nopony deserves that." Fluttershy said softly.

The dogs licked her face. She wiped her tears away.

"We're going to find a way to stop that maniac." Twilight said.

"Yeah, if he thinks he can beat the princess, Equestria and Earth. Then he doesn't know us yet." Rainbow Dash said while smashing her hooves together.

Sunset stopped crying.

"Come on. Give us a smile." Pinkie said.

Sunset began to smile slowly.

"There. That's better, isn't it? Remember, every cloud has a silver lining." Nathan said.

"That's true. Every bird can build a nest, but it's not everyone that can lay an egg." Pinkie said.

"That's right." Nathan said but then his eyes went wide and quickly brought his head to look at Pinkie and gave her a funny firm look.

"How much further is that place, Nathan?" Twilight asked.

Nathan brought his attention back to Twilight. "It's not so far. By looking at the road and the signs, I say we're almost there. As you all know, we had to stop first to let my car be fixed. Because somepony used her magic to destroy the dashboard." Nathan said as he gave a firm look at Twilight.

"It was an accident." Twilight said.

"Yeah, that's true. But your accident is going to cost me lots of money. Man, have I got a story to tell those two." Nathan said.

"Who?" Sunset asked.

"Some friends." Nathan said.





After minutes of driving, they finally reached their destination. The car stopped at a house. Nathan turned off the engine and stepped out of the car and so were the rest.

"Well, here it is." Nathan said.

The ponies looked at the house. Twilight looked very closely at it.

"I know this place." She said to herself.

"Are you sure it's safe here?" Fluttershy asked.

"Flutters. I've known these guys for very long. They're one of the greatest. And they're married." Nathan said.

"Aw. That's so sweet." Rarity said.

"But I'm not so sure how they would react when they see talking ponies and a talking dragon. So I'm going to tell them everything and make them relax about it. Wanna come to the door, Sunset? Because you look like a human even if you're pony." Nathan asked.

"Okay." Sunset said.

"Don't worry, guys. Your ol' pal Nathan here will handle everything." Nathan said.

He and Sunset walked towards the door. Nathan turned his head once again towards the ponies.

"Wait here." He said and walked further.

Sunset and Nathan both stopped at the door. Nathan lets out a quiet sigh and rang the bell on the door. They were waiting for a few seconds and suddenly the door opened. It revealed a beautiful girl with a jet black ponytail that's draped over her shoulder. She wears a zipped-up black Nightwish hoodie with the Imaginaerum cover art on the back, along with black jeans and black shoes. She saw Nathan and Sunset and immediatly recognized Nathan.

"Nathan? What a surprise. What are you doing here?" And then she looked at Sunset. "And who's your girlfriend?" She asked with a smirk.

Nathan and Sunset looked at each other nervously.

"Uh... Well..." They both said.

"She's not my girlfriend." Nathan said.

"He's not my boyfriend." Sunset said.

"Easy. Easy. I'm just teasing you." The girl said.

"Um, Penny. This is Sunset Shimmer. She's...a very good friend. Sunset. Penny Lewis. Look, I want to ask you something." Nathan said.

"Who is it, honey?! We don't normally expect visitors at this time of night." A male voice was heard.

"What about from very good friends?!" Nathan asked.

Suddenly, the boy the voice belongs to arrived at the door and looked wide eyed at Nathan.

"Nathan?" The boy asked.

"Hello, Ian." Nathan said.

"What are you doing here?" The boy named Ian asked and looked at Sunset. "And who is she?"

"Can I please ask my question first?" Nathan asked with his hands clasped together.

Ian and the girl named Penny were quiet for a moment.

"Can't I and Sunset and a few friends of mine stay here for a few days? I promise we won't cause any trouble." Nathan said.

Ian and Penny looked at each other and thought.

"Please?" Nathan begged.

"With how many are you?" Ian asked.

"seven plus me and Sunset is nine." Nathan said.

"Well, we don't see any problem in that. Don't we, sweetie?" Penny asked her husband.

"Okay, you can come in." Ian said.

"Thank you. Thank you so much." Nathan said.

"Hey, that's what friends are for, right?" Ian said.

"Okay, girls! You can come!" Nathan called.

Suddenly, Nathan's cat arrived too. Penny saw it.

"Thea? What is she doing here?" Penny asked.

"I'll explain later. Another question. Do you mind if you have dogs in the house?" Nathan asked.

"No. Why?" Penny asked.

"Because we have two dogs with us and they're homeless. Don't worry, they're washed." Nathan said and stepped inside the house.

Penny and Ian looked at each other with a weird look on their faces.

"Oh, by the way. Seeing my new friends would be a bit of a surprise." Nathan said.

"What kind of surprise?" Ian asked.

Nathan pointed towards the door. They turned around and their eyes went wide. Five little ponies and a little dragon came inside.

"It's okay. You can come inside." Nathan said.

"Oh...my...God." Penny said.

"Are those..." Ian said.

"yep, magical ponies and a dragon." Nathan said.

The dogs came inside too. Ian and Penny were a bit surprised. 

Then Nathan saw one was missing. "Say, where is..."

And suddenly, Twilight also entered the house. Ian saw her and his eyes went even more wide.

"Twilight?" Ian asked.

Nathan gave Ian a weird look.

"How do you..." Nathan was about to ask.

Twilight heard her name and looked at Ian.

"Ian? Is that you?" She asked.

"It is you!" Ian said and walked towards Twilight.

"Hey, but..." Nathan said with a weird look on his face.

Twilight and Ian hugged each other.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Nathan asked.

Suddenly, Penny saw Twilight too.

"Twilight!" Penny said and ran towards her to hug her.

"But... But... How..." Nathan said with the weirdest face imaginable.

"Penny!" Twilight said while she hugged her too. "It's so great to see you again."

"But..." Nathan said.

"What are you doing here? How is Shining Armor?" Ian asked.

"And Cadence?" Penny asked.

"HEY! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!" Nathan yelled.

Ian, Penny and Twilight turned their attention to Nathan.

"Nathan. You didn't tell me you know Twilight." Ian said.

Nathan was violently shaking his head and suddenly stopped it.

"Hold on! Hold on! Let me get this straight. You two know her? And she knows you two? Does anyone get this? DID I MISS SOMETHING?!" Nathan said while trying to breath to calm down.

"Easy. Easy, Nathan. Yes, we know her. But mostly her brother." Ian said.

"Her brother? Are you two telling me things I don't know about?" Nathan asked.

"Well...it's a long story." Penny said.

"Is this a joke? You're telling me information I could have used a day ago before I met them. Do you know how much trouble I've been through today? You know what this is? This, my friends, is false advertising." Nathan said.

"We know you've been in trouble." Ian said.

Nathan was about to say something but stopped first.

"You do?" Nathan said.

"Yes. The highway." Ian said.

"How did you know?" Nathan asked.

"Can you come with us, please? All of you." Ian asked.

Penny closed the door and they followed them. But Sunset placed her hand on Nathan's shoulder first.

"Um...Nathan. Do you have a cellphone I could use? I want to tell my friends I'm fine." Sunset said.

"What happened to yours?" Nathan asked.

"Spectrus broke it." Sunset said.

Nathan grabbed his cellphone from his pocket and gave it to Sunset.

"Do you remember your friends' numbers?" He asked.

"I do." Sunset said and grabbed the cellphone. "Thank you."

Nathan smiled at her and walked to the living room. Sunset was tapping the numbers on the cellphone. Meanwhile the ponies, Nathan and the animals were in the living room.

"Could you maybe explain your actions today?" Ian asked and pointed at the TV.

Nathan and the ponies' eyes went wide because the TV showed images of them during the chase on the highway. It also showed images of the villains and destroyed cars and motorbikes. Pinkie walked towards the TV.

"Hey, look. That's us." Pinkie said with a smile.

Penny was writing something on a paper.

"You got everything, honey?" Ian asked.

"Yes, Ian. Here you go." Penny said and gave Ian the paper.

Ian grabbed the paper.

"Oh, oh. Here comes me." Pinkie said while seeing herself on Spectrus' bike on the TV.

Penny saw her on the TV and gained a strange look on her face.

"Is she driving a bike?" Penny asked.

"Yep." Nathan, the ponies and Spike said.

"And...you're okay with that?" Penny said.

"Well, uh..." Nathan said.

"Um, well..." Applejack said.

"No." Twilight and Fluttershy said.

"It depends." Rarity said.

"Yes." Rainbow said.

During that time, Sunset was talking to her Canterlot High friends through the cellphone in the hall.

"It's okay, girls. I'm fine. Oh, it was horrible. But I'm safe. Thanks to Princess Twilight and her friends. And mostly to Nathan. I know, he's sweet. A bit strange, but funny and kind." Sunset said.

While she talked, Ian, Twilight and Nathan walked towards a table while the other ponies and Spike were watching a bit TV or talk or do other fun stuff.

"28 cars, 30 bikes, 1 truck...and a boat...totalled?" Ian said.

"34 bikes if you count those by me." Pinkie said.

Nathan and Twilight gave Pinkie a firm look.

"Sorry." Pinkie said and paid attention to the TV.

"How the hell did you sink a boat?" Ian asked.

Ian began to pace around.

"We...We didn't sink it. We..." Nathan said.

Suddenly, Ian pushed some stuff from the table in frustration.

"Ian. Easy. Easy." Nathan said.

Penny heard it and went straight to her husband.

"Oh no. Not again. Honey, please. Calm down." Penny said.

"I know. I know. It's just..." Ian said.

"Try to breath in and out. It'll help." Nathan said while he and Twilight were sitting on a chair.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked.

"Lots of bad things happened in this world. Terrorism, explosions and stuff. And now this. He can't stand it anymore. I don't blame him. I also want to explode when I see or hear things like that again." Nathan said.

Ian was breathing in and out a few times. Then he calmed down. Suddenly, Sunset Shimmer arrived and gave the cellphone back to Nathan.

"Thank you." Sunset whispered and kissed Nathan on the cheek.

Nathan felt that and had to smile by that.

"Excuse me for my agression. Ever since all those bad things happened in this world, I just can't stand it anymore. This one takes the cake." Ian said. 

Suddenly, Nathan's cellphone rang.

"Oh. Excuse me. This could be important." Nathan said and pressed the button on his cellphone. "Hello? Is it fixed? That's great. What's my debt?" But suddenly his face was frowning. "What? 20.000 dollars? That's overreacting. You can't be serious! OH, KISS MY PALE ASS! It was the dashboard. And my headlight was broken because of a criminal." Then he looked firmly at Twilight. "Yeah. Yeah. Somebody or SOMEPONY will come with your money. Somepony will certainly come with your money." Then he closed the cellphone.

Twilight heard the part about the dashboard and she tried to hide under the table.

"I don't know what happened that caused that. But there are always two sides in a story. So...what's yours?" Ian asked while he sat on a chair.

"Well, it all began when I came home from a party and..." Nathan said but Twilight interrupted him.

"Me and my friends arrived on Earth for an important mission." Twilight said.

"They used some kind of portal to get here." Nathan said.

"Nathan, I know such things. Me and Penny are friends with ponies. They told us everything about their world. It's cool." Ian said.

Nathan nodded.

"When it started to rain, we looked for shelter. That's when we met Nathan. We slept at his house. The next day, we looked in town for answers." Twilight said.

"What kind of answers?" Ian asked.

"Hey, I was back from a party and..." Nathan said.

"To find a very dangerous boy." Twilight said.

"What dangerous boy?" Ian asked.

"Ever heard of a guy named Spectrus?" Nathan asked.

Suddenly, Ian gave him an eye-brow and became interested. "No. Never heard of him."

"That's the boy I'm talking about." Twilight said.

Then Penny came to the table. "What are you all talking about?"

"Nathan and Twilight are speaking about some guy named Spectrus." Ian said.

"Hey. I've heard the name somewhere before." Penny said.

"You did? From who?" Twilight asked.

"From some people." Penny said.

"What did they say?" Twilight asked.

"That that person killed lots of people and attacked various towns. Some say that he also secretly sells drugs." Penny said.

"Great. Another drug dealer." Nathan said. "I bet you know a pony named Princess Celestia?"

"Yes. She, her sister and Twilight came to get Cadence and Shining Armor back." Penny said.

"What does the princess have to do with Spectrus, Nathan?" Ian asked.

Nathan took a deep breath. "He's her son."

Ian and Penny's eyes became wide when they heard that. Penny took a chair too and sat down.

"What?" she asked.

"Actually an adopted son. According to Twilight and her friends, several years ago, the princess found Spectrus when he was just a baby in her castle garden." Nathan explained.

"As a baby? But how did he get there?" Penny asked.

"We never found out about that." Twilight said.

"The princess decided to raise the child as her own and named him Sunlight. But because of a series of unfortunate events, he lost his mind and became evil. He changed his name and turned against the ponies." Nathan said.

"There were some ponies on school and on the streets who bullied him and threw rocks at him because he was the only human in Equestria." Twilight said.

"That's insulting." Ian said.

"He wanted a source of energy called the Elements of Harmony to rule Equestria, but that plan failed when the princess and a unicorn wizard stopped him. He was locked up for his crimes. Blames the whole thing on Celestia. We're talking paranoid, delusional psychosis. I've seen where the guy lives. Cozy, if you're Hannibal Lecter." Nathan said sarcastically.

"Bu...But how did he get here?" Penny asked.

"According to Twilight, he used a smart scheme to escape Tartarus and used the magic mirror to get to Earth. End of story. As for Celestia, her heart broke into a million pieces." Nathan said.

"And after so many years, he has finally returned to Equestria to get his perfect revenge on the princess. He asked all of our enemies to cooperate with him and take the princess on the perfect day for them: her birthday." Twilight said.

"Where does Spectrus live?" Ian asked.

"In an old abandoned bar and hotel in the middle of nowhere. Me, Spike and the girls went there because they also kidnapped a girl from my school. Her." Nathan pointed at Sunset.

Ian and Penny turned around to look at her and turned back to Nathan and Twilight.

"Sunset Shimmer? Why has she been kidnapped?" Penny asked.

"She's a pony too." Nathan said.

"She? A pony?" Ian asked.

Nathan nodded.

"But how come she looks like a human?" Penny asked.

"Normally, if we go through the mirror to this world, our bodies take the form of a human. But now, we're ponies because our good friend, Discord, cast a spell on us to stay this way and change into humans whenever we can." Twilight said.

"Really? Discord is a name?" Nathan asked sarcastically.

"Nathan." Twilight said.

"But why would that guy take Sunset?" Ian asked.

"Apparently, those two know each other a long time ago. And suddenly, he found her at Canterlot High. He began to betray her. He took her with him and blew up the school." Nathan said.

"Is that what happened?" Penny asked because she saw that on the news.

"That guy is dangerous. He possesses a whole army of thugs and villains. He's prepared to not only take Equestria, but our world as well. The whole cosmos." Nathan said.

"So it all makes sense now. Dude, what are we gonna do? We can't fight against a guy who owns an entire army." Ian said.

"Not if I, Twilight and the rest have anything to say about it." Nathan said.

"Nathan, are you insane?" Ian asked.

"I'm not. I want to help these ponies and the humans." Nathan said.

"You're going to get yourself killed." Ian said.

"I'm very watchful for certain attacks. My grandfather served as a soldier in World War II and he taught me everything." Nathan said.

"You may do many things, but I will not allow you to go on a suicide mission. This is serious business." Ian said.

"I know it's serious. You think I'm stupid?!" Nathan said while his temper began to raise.

"Okay. Let's all calm down for a moment." Twilight said trying to prevent an argument.

"I had to fight against some woman who seems to be some kind of big dragon-like seahorse." Nathan said.

"Yeah. I've seen it. And what you did was reckless. It was stupid! And it was dangerous!" Ian said.

Nathan and Ian glared at each other.

"There's one thing i don't understand. If what happened between the princess and Celestia was so many years ago, how come he's still here?" Penny asked.

"He must have done something that makes him immortal and keep his youth." Twilight said while theorising.

"I told you immortality and eternal youth is a possible thing." Nathan said.

"Oh. This again?" Ian said.

"Yes, again. Because you and other people won't listen and believe me." Nathan said.

"Just because it's true, doesn't mean you can get them back." Ian said.

Nathan's eyes went wide. Ian suddenly realised he said something wrong.

"Oh no. Oh god, no. I mean..." Ian said.

"I want to be alone right now." Nathan said with a glare and raised from his chair.

"Nathan?" Twilight asked.

Nathan walked away from the group with an angry look on his face and went upstairs. When he went to a room, he shut the door which made a loud noise. Everyone and everypony closed their eyes and opened them back after the loud noise. Ian sighed and went to the kitchen.

Twilight turned her attention to Penny. "What was that all about?"

"I'm not sure we should tell you. It's kinda painful." Penny said.

"You can tell us anyway. We want to help." Twilight said.

"Fine. Ian's mother died while he was born." Penny said.

With that Twilight's eyes went wide and everypony from the living room including Sunset and Spike turned their attention to the conversation with the same reaction.

"And his father?" Twilight said almost afraid to ask.

"Killed by a criminal." Penny said with deep regret in her voice.

Everypony looked down to the ground. While Penny spoke further.

"He saw the whole thing happen with his own eyes. His grandparents from his mother and father's side raised him further until he could live on his own. But the pain still lurks in him. He never had a mother. His father was the only one who took care of him before it happened."

"That is so sad." Twilight said.

"Our parents are gone too. My dad died during a plane crash. Ian's mother wasn't the mother type. Nobody knows what happened to her. And his father died after he finished college. But his story, is one of the most painful I've ever heard. " Penny said.

All the ponies kept looking down to the ground. Until Pinkie raised her head and formed a smile on her face. She began to gasp.

"Everypony. Come here." Pinkie said.

"Could you excuse me for a minute?" Twilight asked.

Penny nodded. Twilight raised from her chair and went to her friends. They gathered in a circle to listen what Pinkie had to say.

"Girls. I've just got the best idea ever." Pinkie said.

"What is it, Pinkie?" Twilight asked.

"Well, Nattie lost both his parents. And he never had a mother, right." Pinkie said.

"Yes." Twilight said.

"And Spectrus left Princess Celestia to become an evil ruler." Pinkie said.

"What's your point?" Rainbow asked.

"Well." Pinkie said and suddenly began to whisper in Rainbow's ear.

Rainbow's eyes went wide. "You're kidding me."

"What?" Twilight asked.

"Pinkie wants the princess to be Nathan's mother." Rainbow said.

"What? Pinkie, we don't know if that will work. Besides she already has a son." Twilight said.

"A son who abandonded his mother and becomes an evil maniac?" Rarity said.

"Oh, right." Twilight said.

"Come on, girls. Look, Nathan is sad and the princess is sad. But if we put them together, their lives would be complete and perfect. I know it sounds crazy, but aren't we all a little crazy in this big world?" Pinkie said.

The ponies began to think. Until Twilight broke the silence.

"You know. That doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. Maybe we can do something about that after this is all over."

Spike, Sunset and the other ponies nodded in agreement. Suddenly, they heard something. It was music. It sounded like an oboe. It came from upstairs.

"Does anypony hear that?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes, I hear it. Could that be Nathan?" Sunset asked.

"I'm going to look." Twilight said and went upstairs.

She looked around to find the noise and found a door that leads to a room. She placed her ear against the door to listen to the beautiful music. Then she slowly opened the door and saw Nathan on a bed playing oboe. She listened to the beautiful music that he's playing. Suddenly, Nathan stopped playing when he saw Twilight at the door.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you." Twilight said.

"It's okay. Did you like what I played?" Nathan asked.

"It's lovely and so emotional." Twilight said.

"One of my favorite compositions by Ennio Morricone. Great Italian composer." Nathan said.

"May I come inside?" Twilight asked.

"Sure. Come in." Nathan said.

Twilight came inside and walked on the bed to sit next to Nathan.

"I know what happened to your parents. I'm really sorry about that." Twilight said.

Nathan sighed. "It's okay. You didn't know about it in the first place. I don't tell these things to certain people...or ponies in your case."

"I understand how it feels to lose someone dear to you. I can't handle that pain myself. But sometimes you gotta get through it. Applejack did that a little after she lost her parents." Twilight said.

"I'm sorry for her loss. I better say that to her in person. I can't get through it, it's too much. You know, I always dreamed to be immortal and eternal youthful with my loved ones and friends by my side. I know it sounds crazy, but I hate death and aging. More than anyone else on this world. I can't live through that much pain anymore." Nathan said while his head looked on the ground.

"I'm still really sorry for what happened." Twilight said while trying to comfort Nathan.

"It's okay. I also feel for Ian and Penny's losses. They also have rough times. My grandparents and my aunt's family are the only ones I have. And I got a few friends. But it's good that I made more. Never thought I would be friends with ponies from another world." Nathan said smiling a bit at that thought.

Twilight also couldn't help but smile. Nathan's smile went away and looked at the ground in sadness. Twilight saw that and placed her front leg on his shoulder.

"Hey. Everything's going to be just fine." Twilight said.

Nathan still looked at the ground.

"That was Adagio Dazzle you fought against during the chase." Twilight said. Natahn's head raised up and turned his head to her with interest. "She's a Siren from Equestria. She and her two fellow Sirens caused disharmony for many years by using their music and songs to charm ponies. But to maintain that power, they had to feed off the negative energy that came from the ponies. They were banished by Starswirl the Bearded to Earth and they did the same thing again."

"Shit." Nathan said while listening.

"Yeah. That sure smells a lot. But after all, me, Sunset and my Canterlot High friends stopped their schemes. Though I never thought they would cooperate with somepo- someone like Spectrus. *sigh* I can't believe that the princess took care of a monster." Twilight said.

"You'd be surprised what bad things can do to people." Nathan said.

"I wasn't prepared for any of this." Twilight said looking at the ground.

Nathan placed his arm around Twilight and stroked her mane and fur. It soothes her.

"We're going to capture that guy. On my live I swear." Nathan said.

Twilight looks at Nathan and smiled.

"Thank you. For taking us in your house and to help save Sunset." Twilight said.

"It's you guys I need to thank." Nathan said.

"For what?" Twilight asked.

"For coming into my life." Nathan said.

Twilight smiled warmly by that.

"Say, Nathan." Twilight said.

"Yes?" Nathan asked.

"Would you like to play that melody again?" Twilight asked.

"Hm. Sure." Nathan smiled.



He played the oboe again. Twilight listened to the music and some tears began to drop from her eyes by listening to the beauty of it. She imagined a beautiful and peaceful place. All of a sudden, the other ponies, Spike and even Sunset came upstairs to wonder what that music was. And then they found the source, but Nathan just kept playing. They all gathered together to listen to this piece of art. Even Ian and Penny came upstairs. Many of them began to form tears in their eyes. After the melody ended, they wiped away their tears. Rainbow also began to have some tears, but she quickly wiped them away and tried to act cool again.

"That was the most beautiful music I've ever heard." Fluttershy said.

"It was like a little slice of heaven." Applejack said.

"Yeah...it was pretty awesome." Rainbow said while trying to keep her cool.

"Oh come on, Rainbow Dash. You were just as emotionally strucked to the heart as the rest of us." Rarity said.

"What? There was just something in my eye. A little fly got there and... Guys, I'm not made of stone." Rainbow said.

Nathan and Twilight smiled by that.

"I never thought music in this world could be that beautiful." Sunset said.

"Thank you, guys." Nathan said.

They all smiled.

"That reminds me. When you came into my house, you told me one of you has stood mano e mano against a giant centaur. Who was that again?" Nathan asked.

All the ponies and Spike looked at Twilight. Nathan saw them looking at her and knew what they meant.

"You? Hahaha." Nathan laughed with delight and stroked Twilight again. "That sure took a lot of guts. Like I said before, we never had magical talking ponies as friends before. But all the help that we can use here is welcome."

"Shall we go downstairs?" Twilight asked.

"Sure." Nathan said.

Everybody and everypony went downstairs. They were all sitting on benches and chairs. They began to talk about a lot of things.

"We have a little announcement." Ian said.

"What kind of announcement?" Nathan asked.

"It's a bit of a surprise." Penny said.

"Well, tell us." Rainbow said.

"Okay, it's something between me and Ian." Penny said.

Everybody and everypony began to think.

"You're getting married?" Pinkie asked.

"They were already married." Twilight said.

"No, wait. Wait. Let me guess. Does it have something to do with little feet?" Nathan asked.

"When you say it that way, yes." Penny said.

Twilight began to think. "Little feet?" Suddenly she came to a thought and gasped. "Can it be? Are you two-"

"We're having a baby." Ian said.

"Congratulations, mate." Nathan said and shook Ian's hand.

"Oh my goodness. A HUMAN BABY!" Pinkie said with excitement.

"Wow." Rainbow said.

"You know. Shining Armor and Cadence also have a baby." Twilight said.

"They do? My goodness, Ian. Is it a filly or a colt?" Penny asked.

"A filly. And she's really beautiful and cute." Twilight said.

"Oh. I hope we get to see it and who knows our baby can play with their baby." Penny said.

"I'd love that." Ian said.

"A pony baby and a human baby. Hm. Sounds cute." Nathan said.

"Oh, I hope your little bundle of joy will be just as adorable as Flurry Heart." Rarity said.

"And I will give him or her the best human baby party ever!" Pinkie said with joy.

Suddenly, Nathan began to yawn. He stretched his arms and cracked his neck. "I'm tired after such a hard day. Maybe it's best if we all go to bed and talk further in the morning." Nathan said.

"That's a good idea." Applejack said and yawned too.

"Wait." Twilight said. "Nathan. Would you like to read this book? It kinda interests me. I'm not that tired yet." She gave Nathan the book.

He read the cover.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? Can't we do that tomorrow?" Nathan asked.

Twilight gave him a pouty look.

"Oh no. Please no. Not the pouty pony face." Nathan said while trying to resist it.

But she kept holding that face. Finally, Nathan gave in.

"Alright. Alright. One chapter and then we all go to bed. Are you all okay with this?" Nathan said.

"Not at all, darling. I'm kinda interested what books humans have written." Rarity said.

"Me too." Rainbow said.

"It's been a long time that we've read that book." Penny said.

"You should all see the movies. How about this. We read all the books first and then watch the movies on certain days. How about that?" Nathan asked.

They all nodded in agreement.

"Alright, let's get on with this." Nathan said while opening the book.

(Music from 1:50)

They all came close. Sunset lied on a bench to listen and Twilight sat next to Nathan to read along. Spike sat on Nathan's lap also interested to read it.

"Here we are. Chapter one. The Boy Who Lived." Nathan cleared his throat and read. "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense. Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache."

Minutes passed and Nathan came to the half of the chapter. Everypony was very interested because it was all about magic. Nathan put a little life in it while reading like trying to imitate the characters. Some of the ponies had to laugh because of his sillyness.

"A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you'd have thought he'd just popped out of the ground. The cat's tail twitched and its eyes narrowed. Nothing like this man had ever been seen on Privet Drive. He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak that swept the ground, and high-heeled, buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice. This man's name was Albus Dumbledore." Nathan read.

Rainbow became amazed when he read the part when Dumbledore brought out his Deluminator. Sunset smiled while listening to the story. Twilight also smiled when he read the part where the cat transformed into a witch teacher named Professor McGonagall. Pinkie and Fluttershy liked the part when Hagrid appeared. Many of them became a bit scared when the name Voldemort was mentioned.

""Hagrid," said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. "At last. And where did you get that motorcycle?" "Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sit," said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. "Young Sirius Black lent it to me. I've got him, sir." "No problems, were there?"
"No, sir -- house was almost destroyed, but I got him out all right before the Muggles started swarmin' around. He fell asleep as we was
flyin' over Bristol." Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall bent forward over the bundle of blankets. Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep. Under a tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped cut, like a bolt of lightning." Nathan read while imitating the voices.

Fluttershy had to cry a bit because she heard that the baby's parents were murdered. Applejack comforted her. Nathan came to the end of the chapter.

""Good luck, Harry," he murmured. He turned on his heel and with a swish of his cloak, he was gone. A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley... He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter -- the boy who lived!"" Nathan read. 

(Music from 2:37)

He looked from the book and saw that everyone was asleep. Even Spike on his lap. Nathan silently closed the book and putted it away. He grabbed Spike and looked at the ponies. He placed Spike next to Rarity who was sleeping peacefully. Nathan also looked at Penny and Ian who were snoring. Penny's head laid against Ian's chest. Nathan had to smile by that.

Pinkie who was sleeping next to Fluttershy, suddenly grabbed Fluttershy's long tail to cover her body like a blanket. Nathan silently turned all the lights off and prepared a matras for him to lie on. Twilight slowly opened her eyes and looked at Nathan. He slowly laid on the matras, placed his head against the pillow and putted the blanket on his body and began to fall in deep slumber. Twilight slowly came from the bench and walked towards Nathan. Sunset also opened her eyes and saw Twilight walking towards Nathan. She used her magic to remove the blanket a bit and laid next to Nathan. She used her magic again to cover them both with the blanket. She rubbed a bit against Nathan to sleep in a good position. Nathan slowly opened his eyes and raised a bit. He saw Twilight sleeping next to him. Nathan smiled by that and looked at Sunset who smiled to and slowly felt to sleep. Nathan looked one more time at Twilight and placed his arm around her. 

Everybody and everypony slept peacefully. Outside the moon shone brightly over the quiet town. Tomorrow is gonna be a busy day.