• Published 4th Jun 2019
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The Horizon Adventures - GT3RS



The Main 7 take on Horizon Britain. A crossover story between MLP:EG and Forza Horizon 4.

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Cross Country: The Titan

5:30am - Derwent Mansion.
One week later.

Twilight slowly crept out from under the duvet cover that blanketed her, light seemed to be absent from the room. She picked up her phone and checked the time.

Five thirty, nice.

She tiptoed to her backpack and picked up a star shaped hair tie, purple star decorated skirt, blue striped shirt, a pair of sneakers with socks and thick glasses that were all neatly placed on top of it.

Twilight sneaked her way to the door, into the hallway and to the bathroom where she changed from her pajamas to her normal clothes.

Sneaking back into the room occupied by six sleeping friends of hers, Twilight set her pajamas down and fished around in her backpack until her hand brushed against a leather and metal key fob, she pulled it out and stuffed it into her pocket.

She made her way to the front door, unsure if Luke had locked it for the night. Pulling the handle was met with a lot of resistance.

Okay there goes sneaking out, now I have to actually find the key.

*click*

Rainbow would have been impressed by the speed Twilight shifted her body to face the noise, she found a far away source of light had been turned on.

Her brain ran through ten thoughts a second, who was that? Where's the light source? Is it an intruder? Is it Luke? One of the girls?

Walking towards the room, Twilight found Luke sitting on the couch with his legs on the table watching TV. He froze when she came into view.

"Oh! I didn't see you."

Twilight blushed and awkwardly chuckled, "Yeah sorry, can I ask you something though?"

Luke sat up straight, looking a bit puzzled, "Uh, sure, what is it?"

"Okay so when I used to play Horizon Four before we got teleported here I used to watch the sunrise from the top of Moorhead Wind Farm, and it's near sunrise so can I go do it for real? Pleeeeeeeease?" Twilight pleaded.

"Y... Yeah I guess, the door key is here," he said while passing her the key. "Just leave it on the counter, okay?"

Twilight nodded and thanked him before unlocking the front door and leaving the key on the kitchen counter.

Using her own key, she unlocked her now fixed Apollo IE. It came as a surprise that a replacement rear bumper for a million dollar hypercar was available on such short notice.

Twilight buckled in and put the key in the ignition, letting the 6.3 Litre naturally aspirated V12 spring to life, before lifting the front end up and turning high beams on.

Always good to lift the front end up when not on roads, she told herself.

Navigating the world of Horizon Britain was like child's play to Twilight, sometimes she found it easier than Canterlot City.

While it would be easier to drive through the Lakehurst Forest to reach Moorhead, going up the M 68 was a much more thrilling route.

Five minutes, ten minutes? Twilight wasn't sure, but it didn't take her long to reach the south end of the M 68.

The clock in the Apollo's centre console read 5:49, giving her eleven minutes to make it to Moorhead before sunrise.

Oh well, just means I can floor it!

Brutal acceleration was on Twilight's side as the Intensa hit 60mph in 2.7 seconds. The speed limit was set to said 60mph, something Twilight didn't really care for.

Her exit soon materialised, she flipped the indicators on and pulled towards it, still going 70mph.

Checking the clock again, it read 5:53 as Twilight turned right, onto a large dirt clearing at the top of Moorhead Wind Farm.

She noticed a condiments vendor set up and decided to buy a cup of coffee with the money from her glove compartment, it was pretty useful to have.

Twilight stared out at the rising sunlight through the Glen Rannoch mountains when a question popped into her brain, "Do I want to go home?"

She had family and friends back home, they would want to see her safe again, or at least know where seven girls went.

It does help that we've been gone roughly ten hours though. Twilight's brain calculated.

For the moment, she was treating this as a one shot situation, there was no second chances.

If she chose to leave, she could kiss this world goodbye.

But if she chose to stay... She would have to say goodbye to her best friends.

The thought made Twilight reflect on all the good times they had together, the Friendship Games, Camp Everfree, saving the Daring Do set, Equestria Land, the Spring Cruise...

Could she just ditch them for a life of racing?

The simple answer was she could, but she didn't want to.

Would they see it as selfish? Would they understand? Would I be happy with the choice? What if I go back and it's the wrong decision? What if I stay and it's the wrong decision? What if I-

Twilight stopped her brain from shifting into maximum overdrive and chose to enjoy the sunrise like she had planned.

She could see Edinburgh City far off in the distance, glistening with street lights and cars that were no more than small specks of moving colour.

Twilight took in the view, noticing Bamburgh Castle out of the corner of her eye.

"Oh yeah, that's today isn't it..." she mused.

The switch finally clicked inside her mind after a few seconds, "That's today!"

Chugging down the last dregs of her coffee, Twilight ran to her Apollo and slipped in through the driver door. She turned the key and shifted into reverse, pulling a frantic J-turn onto the road.


Twilight pulled up outside of Derwent Mansion, she was in such a rush to open the front door that she forgot to close her car door.

"IT'S TODAY! EVERYONE GET UP! NOW NOW NOW!" A purple girl shrieked at the top of her lungs as she burst into the room with six sleeping girls inside.

That's if you replace the words scared half to hell with the word sleeping.

Sunset shot up, molding her body to a karate like stance, "W- wmhwah! What's today?"

"It's today!"

"What is today?! Tell us!" Rarity commanded.

Twilight threw her hands up, "The Titan! You know... The Cross Country race we've been practicing for all week!"

And just like that, the room descended into pure chaos.

"I was just about to say, that's in three hours," Luke said while in the doorway, holding a cup of coffee.


Seven cars blasted through quiet roads, shattering the peace with an ear splitting roar of various engines.

"Come on! I am NOT being late for this!" Twilight said to her friends through the Snapgap call. "We have twenty minutes until the race starts!"

"Blame Rarity," Sunset said.

There was an audible gasp from the fashionista before she spoke, "You can't blame me for this, can you?"

"Who was the one that took an hour and a half doing their makeup and hair?" Rainbow asked in a cocky tone.

The only answer she got was silence and then a burst of laughter from most of the girls.

Their mirth was replaced with uncertainty, or in Twilight's case even more excitement as they passed under a big 'Horizon H' Logo spread out above Bamburgh Road.

Between Bamburgh Castle and the nearby lighthouse laid the official start point of the race. As this was a Cross Country race, the cars were specifically of the 'Rally Monsters' category.

A small section of Bamburgh Road had been closed off for the race, two lifting barriers allowed cars to enter and leave the section, Twilight pulled up to the booth that opererated them.

"Hi, we're here for the race," she said politely after rolling down her window.

"You got a pass?" the guard asked in a voice that radiated authority.

Twilight's eyes shrank to pinpricks, "Oh..."

"Sorry miss, no pass, I can't let you in."

Luke leaned over, making himself known and displaying his Director pass, "It's fine, they're with me!"

"Oh, in that case, go right ahead!" The guard happily said, raising the barrier.

Upon being asked, Luke explained, "I've asked the security detail to check absolutely everyone. You wouldn't believe the amount of people we have trying to get in with their rustbucket Civics these days."

The seven strong convoy pulled up, each car receiving various looks that ranged from delight to confusion at why mostly supercars were at a Cross Country race.

Twilight parked on the side of the road and got out of her Apollo Intensa Emozione, Luke following her and exiting through the passenger door.

"Thanks alot for the ride, now I gotta go set this up, see ya!" Luke exclaimed before two Horizon Staff escorted him to the main stand.

"Hehe, see ya!"

Fluttershy locked her Charger and strolled over to Twilight, "What do we do now?"

As if appearing out of thin air, Maverick walked over to the group, "Hey! Glad to see you here, you excited?"

Pinkie was the first to respond, "Sorta, yeah! It's going to be so mu-"

Twilight jumped into the conversation, "Of course! But we don't know what cars we're racing."

Maverick waved a hand, gesturing for them to follow, "I'll show you the starting line." The starting line consisted of two rows, with six cars each. The girls occupied spots three to nine.

Twilight discovered that spot three hosted a Hoonigan Liveried Ford RS200 Evolution, fierce modifications inside matched the fierce exterior.

Sunset looked to the right of the Ford and found a bright blue M-Sport Fiesta RS. Also a Ford. Hmm... Blue isn't exactly my color, but it looks nice.

Rarity stood at the back of the RS200, admiring a Rockstar liveried Volkswagen Global Rallycross Beetle. It reminded her of her own car back home, without the huge wing attached to the back.

"This is lookin' mighty fine," Applejack complimented the Gymkhana 10 Ford Escort Cosworth Group A in spot six, in a similar Hoonigan livery to Twilight's RS200.

A grey, red and white #199 Subaru WRX STI VT15R Rally Car held the seventh spot behind Rarity, Fluttershy thought it looked rather nice for a sedan.

Rainbow wasn't one to be into cars, she left that to Twilight. However, seeing the Honda Civic Coupe GRC in the eighth spot next to Fluttershy reminded her of the Civic Type R that her boss Spitfire drove, and she knew that car was slick.

"Nice."

No one was surprised with what was in the ninth spot, reserved for Pinkie Pie. A bright pink Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 was parked in it, with a wing that made Twilight's eyes nearly bulge out of their sockets.

Spots one, two, ten, eleven and twelve were taken by other various rally beasts. The only thing Twilight cared about was making sure none of them got first place.

There was a collective silence before Maverick broke it, "Cool, right? Okay, let's get you girls ready!"

He jerked a thumb towards a clothes rail with racing suits, gloves and helmets, "Once you're ready, just meet back here or something."


It looked like something straight out of a science fiction movie, seven girls were suited up in identical black racing suits, gloves on their hands and helmets over their heads.

"Hey! You guys noticed we look like clones of eachother? We could pull a super duper prank on people!" Pinkie noted, cartwheeling around the area.

"Yes, it's a shame I had to take my nails off for the gloves to fit, but that's life I guess. Or as they say in France, c'est la vie—" Rarity began as a familiar voice rippled through the tannoy system.

"Will all racers proceed to the starting line, I repeat, will all racers proceed to the starting line," Luke announced.

Twilight called her friends over and addressed them, "Okay, this is one of three races we need to complete. Podium places are one through three, but that doesn't matter. The best bet for us is to get places one through seven, don't let anyone get in front of you."

"Got it!" Six girls replied in unison, before walking to each of their cars and getting in.

From her rear mirror, Twilight could see Maverick going to each and every car for a few seconds before moving up the starting grid, he soon reached her after Sunset, "You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, we're gonna win this."

Maverick chuckled, "From what I've seen, of course you are. Good luck."

Twilight gave him a polite wave and watched him finish off with the cars in spots one and two. He gave a thumbs up to Luke, who stood on the overhead platform that stretched over the road, microphone in hand.

"This, is the race that will decide who is accepted into the Cross Country Horizon Roster. I wish all of you the best of luck." Luke said smiling at Twilight, "Now, let's race!"

Her cheeks blushed a crimson red before her gaze averted to the screen just below Luke, it displayed a big 'READY' before changing to 'SET' and finally 'GO!'

Twilight slammed her foot onto the gas pedal harder than she ever had before, the white 'Proxes' logo on the tires becoming a white blur within a few seconds.

In those few seconds, she ran through the rough sketch of the route she had in her head, Past the lighthouse, that jump, bunch of fields, across the motorway, Fairlawn Manor, the biiig jump, that one corner and then the train yard.

Twilight yanked the wheel right, overtaking Sunset in the blue Fiesta.

She caught Sunset's mouth moving through the side mirror, whatever she had said was a mystery.

Twilight dropped onto the sandy beach after the two ahead, kicking up a sandstorm for Sunset and whoever was behind.

Clearing the rocks by the lighthouse, a ramp that stood before the racers came into view.

Accelerating hard, Twilight pressed onwards, catching some air before landing at the far edge of a small pond. The AWD drivetrain helped to navigate it.

Situated next to the pond was a farm, however it was devoid of all animals. Either because it was abandoned or they were moved for the race.

Probably the latter.

Jumping over a pair of train tracks, Twilight tried to focus on her rear view mirror, all the girls were still going strong, not letting anyone get the better of them.

Cutting through spacious wheat fields, she decided now would be a good time to try and overtake. It was... Surprisingly easy.

"Hah! Wow, that wasn't as hard as I thought," Twilight cheered.

She pressed on, widening the gap between her car and theirs as Greendale Airstrip drew close. It was lined with red and white water filled barriers and tires stacked on top of each other, creating two paths.

Twilight sharply turnt to the right, Oh, I know what one I'm going for!


"Woah, woah! Hey what the hell was that for?"

Sunset seemed to be having a much more difficult time than Twilight. With the cars from spots one and two directly ahead of her, she decided it would be a good idea to overtake on this small section of airport runway.

That was until one of them, a Rahal Letterman Fiesta, decided to almost push her into the stacked tires and water filled barriers.

Sunset let off the gas pedal for a second, this was one of the reasons she quit watching street races as a teenager. They were always quick to finish and ended up in a wreck or a near death crash. She had to wonder if this was the guy from Edinburgh.

A quick look to the left disproved that theory.

Enough with that, just overtake him!

Sunset shifted up a gear and jerked the wheel to the right, slowly gaining the upper hand.

Jerking the wheel left again, she made sure that they couldn't overtake once dense trees covered one side of the path with more red and white barriers on the other side, forcing drivers into a single file line.

The Ford Focus RS RX in second place was much more aggravating, going so far as to brake check her as they came out of the trees and into a clearing.

Sunset seethed, "Ooh, you seem a bit cocky, let's change that."

She pushed her M-Sport Fiesta to 140mph and got about a car length away from the rear bumper of her opponent.

It was simple, Sunset would wait for the driver to try and brake check her, she would swerve to the right and overtake them in one swift motion.

She focused on the rear lights, eager for them to light up a deathly red.

Sunset got her wish, as the Focus slammed on the brakes and the lights lit up. She had made sure no other car was on the right to cause some sort of wreck.

Pulling with all the force her hands could muster, she yanked away from the rear of the Focus. Leaving it at the mercy of gravity, which had problems with lightweight and nimble cars such as the Focus.

Sunset peeked into her rear view mirror, noticing that her opponent's ride had turned sideways, then proceeding to lift up off of the bare Earth and fly into the air, rolling over at high speeds above 100mph. Carbon fibre body panels being reduced to a shriveled wreck.

"Ohhhhhhhhh..."


Rainbow frantically turned the wheel as her Honda dove for safety, hoping that it wouldn't be hit with a flying Ford Focus.

It's driver felt the exact same way.

"What in the actual hell was that?!"

She frantically looked to the side mirror, mortified to see a burning carcass of a Rally Car turned upside down on it's roof. Looking at the surrounding cars, everyone else had also seemed to move at the right time.

"Quick reflexes gotta count for somethin' I guess," she said.

Pulling a moderately sharp left turn and jumping over another ramp, Rainbow slowly inched closer to Sunset's car until they were side by side in the Queensforth Golf Course. Both of them shared the second position for a moment.

She looked to the left and jerked a thumb backwards after Sunset had noticed, who gave a small shrug.

The pair neared a road and Rainbow charged ahead, the Honda she drove gaining some air.

"Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about."

Landing with a pretty big thud, she corrected the now skewed appearance of the car as it nearly collided with the Rahal Letterman Fiesta she had overtaken.

I definitely don't want to be the second person to end up like that. Rainbow thought.


Fluttershy was pretty worried at the moment.

Shortly after the racer had left Greendale Airstrip, a sneaky opponent had came up her Subaru's backside and swept past, leaving her in eighth place behind Twilight, Sunset, Rainbow Dash, a Rahal Letterman Fiesta, Rarity, Applejack and now a yellow Ford RS200. Pinkie Pie and two more rally cars were the only ones behind her.

Evidently the two rally cars weren't going to be nice, they persisted in gaining the eighth and ninth positions using the fields of Fairlawn to their advantage.

The two cars won the fight against Fluttershy, leaving her and Pinkie in the dust while they breezed along the grass.

Fluttershy could almost feel tears welling up in her eyes, B-but Twilight said if we don't get to the first seven places we might not go home!

She felt like giving up, pulling to the side and not finishing the race—

—But the thought that two mean people could just do that! It unnerved her.

Something inside Fluttershy changed, she felt... a little angry.

No! I'm not going to be left here, I'm going to win this race!

Fluttershy's expression became one of determination, she was dead set on not letting anyone get one over on her.

Her foot nearly crushed the gas pedal, aligning the Subaru with a ramp up ahead beside Fairlawn Manor.

Time seemed to slow down... Or speed up. Fluttershy wasn't sure what one, but she knew that adrenaline was coursing through her veins faster than her car was going as it climbed up the ramp and all four wheels spun in mid air.

The Subaru came back to earth with an almighty clunk, the wheels regaining contact and catapulting Fluttershy to the ninth position.

"Yay!"

Granted, she was known as the pink-haired kind girl who loved animals, but it felt good to let loose a little bit of anger every once in a while. Especially on the mean people.

She kept on moving ahead, passing into the eighth position by cutting up the other car in a sharp right turn.

"Haha! Serves you right, meanie!"


Rarity had just managed to come out of that turn unscathed, she restored the yellow Beetle to a position that wasn't sideways.

Leaving a trail of flattened grass in her wake, she maneuvered around another right turn marked by water-filled barriers, kicking up a storm of dirt.

The thought of overtaking that pesky Ford Fiesta crossed her mind, now seemed like a good time to try.

Rarity swiftly moved to the left, only to be nearly clipped by a speeding Subaru that forced her to reverse the wheel and move right.

"Is that.. Fluttershy?" she asked.

Her answer came in the form of the Subaru passing to fourth place, it was like everyone else had been given some sort of penalty that forced them to slow down.

Looking in her side mirror, Rarity saw that Applejack, a yellow Ford, Pinkie Pie and two other cars were behind her.

She wanted in on passing at that speed, shifting up a gear and turning to the left again.

Not being much faster than the Fiesta, it gave the driver enough time to spot the Rockstar liveried Beetle attacking.

They turned to the left in a crazy fashion, only to jerk away from Rarity, and repeat it again.

"Gyah!! And to think people enjoy this! This is insane!" she screamed, wanting to get ahead as soon as possible.

Her opponent had backed off, staying to the opposite side of the course.

Noticing a left turn coming up, Rarity kept to the left side. She hit the brakes and cut through the inside of the turn before shooting out of it with her foot clamped down, now in fifth place.

Two green flags were set up just before what looked to be an electricity transmission tower with a narrow slit between them.

She decided to embrace it, slowing down and narrowly missing one of the metal supports.

I just hope there's no more of this insanity later...


Applejack was pretty sure this was her favourite type of driving.

Ever since she had been a little child, her Granny Smith had let her drive the tractors at Sweet Apple Acres. She also helped Big Mac with Zap Apple Cider deliveries and got to drive the work truck on a few occasions.

The rough terrain was so familiar, although driving a lightweight, eight hundred horsepower, car that was specifically designed for rallying felt like a bit too much.

"This darn thing is so hard to control," she frustratedly said, near missing a fence, "Gosh darn it. Ah clipped it didn't Ah?"

No contact was felt, so she brushed it off and looked up at the unreasonably sized hill that the cars ahead were driving up.

Applejack followed with mild curiosity, unsure of it there was a 180 turn or a drop.

One benefit of the Ford Escort Cosworth is that it is very light, which Applejack used to overtake the Fiesta that stood in her way.

She reached for the gearstick and put the Escort into sixth gear, only then did she notice that a long sixty foot fall awaited her.

With nerves of steel, she shot forward and left the edge of the small mountain, gripping the steering wheel like a life preserver. A monumental jolt rocked her very core as the car landed back on stable ground.

"Gguh, I feel dizzy..."

Luckily she couldn't see any more plunges of doom, but she could see a train yard and a big finish flag waving in the midday wind.


Boy am I in a doozy!

Pinkie Pie bounced back and forth in her seat, that jump had really shaken her up. She recalled Maverick saying about a train yard being the finish. Squinting her eyes, she could see rail cars in the distance.

Looking closer to the surrounding area, she caught eight cars ahead. Two of which didn't seem to be any of her friends.

Running the math through her brain, she came to the conclusion that this was a bad, bad situation.

Pinkie started to panic, "I'm number nine, I need to be seven! Oh no, oh no!"

She fished around in her left pocket before grabbing hold of an orange and pink sweet wrapper, she unravelled it and plopped the red candy inside into her mouth.

Her body started to jitter even more, then her hands started to glow a bright pink. The glow manifested around the entire Peugeot she drove, before swirling to the back end and sliding into the exhaust pipe.

A few tense seconds later, pink flames soared out of the exhaust and the world became even more of a blur. There was a large gap between the two cars ahead of her and her friends. Time to go for it!

"Let's make up for the lost time, woohoo!!"

The Peugeot shot forth, blasting by the two Fords that now held the eighth and ninth spots.

It didn't seem to stop, its driver being eager to clear the gap between her and her friends.


Twilight hit the brakes, letting Sunset catch up to her RS200 before lightly touching the gas.

Sunset checked her mirrors, pleased to see Fluttershy of all people in third place.

Wow, nice work, Flutters.

Fluttershy eased up on the throttle, falling beside the blue M-Sport Fiesta.

I did it, woohoo!

Rainbow's Honda Civic GRC maneuvered next to the grey Subaru, she gave a two finger salute to Fluttershy and smiled.

Rarity let the engine in the VW cool off, sliding next to Twilight.

"I need a nice spa appointment after this..."

Applejack came up their rear ends rather quickly, she fell in line next to Rarity and her Beetle.

"Where's Pinkie?" she asked herself, not being able to see any bright pink car in sight.

A hundred meters ahead, was the finish line surrounded by empty rail cars. It would be a real problem if Pinkie never made it to seventh place.

As if summoned by Applejack's thoughts, a bright pink Peugeot materialised behind the top six.

She could see the expression of it's driver, very, very determined.

The car seemed to have no intentions of slowing down, the girls jerked their cars to the right and left, leaving an opening for the temporary missile. The 1.8 litre four cylinder engine catapulted it through the scattering racers as hot pink continued to shoot from the exhaust. Only before the finish line did it seem to partially slow down, claiming the first place position before anyone else.

Twilight decided that she'd go for second, inching ahead of her friends to bag it. In her usual style, she pulled a 360 spin directly over the line. The spectating crowd was rather pleased with it.

Sunset followed in her tracks, gravitating the Fiesta to the third spot.

Rainbow copied her, pursued by Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy.

One by one, the girls pulled towards where Horizon Staff were pointing and parked their cars, Pinkie eating a cupcake as she got out of the Peugeot.

"Care to explain what was that all about then?" Luke asked as he walked over to the group, mainly focused on Pinkie.

"What you gotta understand is... She's Pinkie Pie," Rainbow said.

"Which means..." Sunset continued.

"We don't know." Twilight finished.

Pinkie stood there, eating her cupcake.

After a few seconds Luke let out a defeated sigh, "Well, you won regardless. So congratulations."

"Does this mean we'll be in the whatchamacallit? Ah forgot." Applejack said.

"The Roster, yeah." Luke responded nonchalantly.

Cheers of elation and exhilaration were all he got in response.

"Okay, so now that's over and done with, how about we just chill?" Rainbow said.

"I agree, that was pretty nerve wracking," Sunset replied, shuddering at the thought of the Focus that crashed.


Six cars drove down the driveway of Derwent Mansion, Twilight at the forefront. They pulled up and walked to the front door, exhausted from an exceptionally long rally race. Despite chilling on Bamburgh beach for a few hours, everyone was still low on energy.

Luke unlocked the door and let everyone in before stepping inside himself, bidding everyone farewell before heading for the bedroom.

"It's a little after ten, I'll see you in the morning, goodnight!"

"Goodnight!" Twilight waved.

She entered the room with the girls, opting to jump in bed and sleep.

Once everyone did the same, Twilight closed her eyes and waited for sleep to overtake her body.

Today was fun.

Author's Note:

The Horizon Adventures, now with pictures Google Drive links!

2023 Edit: The Horizon Adventures, now actually with pictures!