After a failed teleportation spell, Allister and gang end up in Equestria in their new pony forms. While trying to use his magic to get back home, Allister accidentally attracts unwanted attention.
Numb. That's all Allister felt as he laid on the soft, cool, green grass. It was actually quite refreshing and an adequate offset feeling to the pain scorching all throughout his body. Slowly regaining consciousness, he opened his eyes to see the spinning world placed before him. He deduced he must've hit his head hard from the previous fall...if you could call it a fall.
He groaned loudly as he tried to hoist himself back up to his feet, though the action didn’t feel quite as familiar as it normally was, but he excused it as just a side effect from all the pain.
“Ugh…..well...I’ve heard of worse ways to travel…” Al groaned as he throbbed his head with his…
“Hooves?” Al looked at where should be his hands, fingers and all, though they didn’t seem to be present, but instead there appeared to be two blunt white hooves.
“Wh-...but I’m...I’M-” The more his vision cleared, the more his panic level rose as he continued to stare at his equine body.
“OH GOOD, YOU’RE AWAKE!!!” A familiar face appeared from the top of Al’s head.
“GAH!...BENJI!! WHAT ARE YOU-” Al started to shout.
“YOU’RE ALL FURRY! YOU’VE GOT HORSE EARS AND A SNOUT! AND LOOK AT THAT COOL PICTURE ON YOUR BUTT! IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE YOUR WINGS!” Benji, the small grey bunny, quickly hopped all around Allister’s body, admiring almost every detail.
“YOU EVEN GOT YOUR VEST AND LOCKET AND THIS REALLY COOL HORN AND YOUR HAIR LOOKS NICE AND-”
“BENJI WILL YOU PLEASE-” Al snapped at him. The small bunny stood before him, still mildly excited over the sight. “...Wait...did you shrink?”
“Wha- me? Naaaaaaaah, not at all. I’m just…” Benji looked at his tiny paws and feet, pondering his next choice of words, “...nimble! And...probably more agile!” He smiled. Al simply rolled his eyes before checking himself out.
“Let’s see, horse body, horn… unicorn- that’s a new one isn’t it,” Al huffed, not exactly enthused with this new form.
“Hey, it could be worse. Besides, it kinda suits you.” Benji complemented, still admiring Al’s equine form.
“Right...so where are the others?” Al replied rather bluntly.
“Oh they’re around...er, somewhere I guess.” Benji frantically looked around. “...Wherever this place is.”
Al stopped and adjusted his glasses (to the best of his ability) as he looked around. It seemed to be a moderately peaceful place. Bright green trees, bright blue sky, even brightly colored critters. Maybe a little too bright for Al’s eyes. It would have to take some time to get used to.
“Wait, I got this-” Benji cleared his throat. “-MAX IS A WIMPY PUPPY!!!” He shouted into the distance.
Almost immediately, a crumbling sound started to emanate from some nearby trees, growing louder and louder as beast sounds started to resound out of the rumbling. Al and Benji simply took a couple steps back grinning as a smaller horse burst out from the wood.
“WHO THE HELL SAID THAT! I’M GONNA KILL ‘EM! IF I FIND WHOEVER SAID THAT, I’M GONNA-GUAH!” The smaller horse tripped over his own hooves, groaning as he hit the ground. His brown hair was more messy than normal, even moreso with his messy ginger-colored fur.
“Good to know you’re alright, Max.” Allister teased.
“Goddamnit Al...how the hell did you get used to horse legs so fast?” Max started to hoist himself up, with Benji helping him sort out his hooves. “Where even are we? And why are we horses? Why is Benji so small? How come you have a horn and I don’t? Where’s my phone?” He started asking questions all at once.
“Well we appear to be in a place that changed our appearance quite dramatically.” Al reassured, though Max didn’t look so pleased with this answer.
“Was it cuz of that teleportation spell you tried to teach Melody? I told you, you guys are wasting your time with-”
“OH SWEET LORD ON HIGH, WHERE’S MELODY!?!?” Al started to panic.
“We’re over here guys.” A lady voice sounded from the opposite direction. Al immediately sprinted toward the familiar voice while Max slowly followed, taking a little longer to figure out his walk. Benji giggled as he helped him along, disregarding Max’s growls.
Al came to a larger tree where a smaller horse, more pony-size this time, stood front hooves perched against the tree as she looked up at a much younger filly with wings stuck on one of the branches.
“Oh thank heaven you’re alright.” Al slowed down as he walked to the female equines.
“Not really. My nose is more itchy than normal, my clothes go as far as my waist, and I’m really craving some food. Something is clearly wrong here!” The dyed red hair pony responded.
“Well...yes Sally, you’re a horse.” Al replied.
“No duh, Captain Obvious! Now help me get your kid down.” Sally kept reaching up for the filly, a little disgruntled by the unfortunate outlook.
Al nodded and raised his hoof, focusing his magic on Melody….only nothing seemed to be happening. He tried pointing at her...still nothing. He tried waving his arm violently at her, hoping something would happen...nothing. Placing his hoof down, he huffed in disappointment before realizing he had a horn. Now normally, he associated unicorns to be magical in their own way, via power from the horn. Perhaps this was true for his own scenario. With that, he closed his eyes and focused his magic through the head. Before long, he heard a spark before seeing a violet aura appear at the top of his peripheral vision. He smiled and focused on Melody, who was then engulfed in the same violet shade and taken carefully down from the branch.
“Ha! So the horn IS useful!” Al was pleased with his discovery.
“Yea, congrats.” Sally huffed, not exactly amused. “You alright honey? Nothing broken?” she then spoke to Melody, who sat on the ground, examining herself. She nodded and smiled, signaling she was okay.
“Oh good, you almost gave me a heartatta-” Sally started.
“HEY UH, LITTLE HELP!? GUYS!?” Another voice sounded from a different direction. This one a much younger fella.
“How on earth did you get stuck up there?” Al laughed as he helped the small green filly on all fours. She stumbled a little, before positioning herself to remain stable. She looked at herself again, flapping and admiring her tiny wings. She looked up at Al and smiled.
“How’s your scar?” Al pulled back her scarf wrapped around her neck to reveal a huge red scar around her neck. “...Still red as normal. We’ll have to keep practicing on that healing magic a little more, won’t we?” Mel blushed. “Come along now, let’s catch up with the others.” Al turned back toward Sally’s direction. Mel took her time figuring out one step at a time. She stumbled one way, then to the other before she started to get the hang of it. As soon as she felt comfortable, she quickened to a trot, then to a gallop as she caught up to Al, enjoying every step.
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“Is everyone alright?” Allister announced as the rest of the gang reunited.
“Physically or mentally?” Max asked, still disgruntled.
“I’ve had better days.” Sally retorted.
“Dudes, check out this sweet pattern on my back! And my hair looks so cool!” The small zebra announced.
“See? James has the right idea!” Benji exclaimed. Melody simply went over to admire James’ coat.
“Good, everyone’s alright. Now...does anyone know where we are?”
“More appropriately, does anyone know how to get back home?” Max asked.
“Aw, c’mon Max! It’s a whole new world! Let’s go explore! Meet new friends! Have a fun time!” Benji resounded.
“Honestly Benji, I think half of us are more interested in getting out of this place than staying.” Sally replied.
“Yea, half of us are depressed adults, so shut up.” Max added.
“Well I mean, when you put it that way-” Sally rolled her eyes.
“Hey! I’m an adult too!” Benji argued.
“Guys, please, not today of all days. It’s bad enough we had to end up in a foreign world that transformed us into equines.” Al groaned, annoyed with the bickering.
“You’re the one that got us here.” Max pointed out.
“And if we can be calm and civilized about this conundrum, I can get us home quicker. Is that clear?” Everyone nodded to his stern lead. “Right, now let me see….”
Al closed his eyes and focused more magic into his horn, only a teleportation spell took a lot more energy than normal. As he focused more, he felt his magic coursing through his body, bringing a slight breeze into the fray. However, something didn’t feel right about this particular spell. There was an unfamiliar feel of magic mixed in with his own. It started to overwhelm him, worrying him as he never felt this kind of magic before. It was warm...too warm. It was bright...too bright. It was powerful….TOO powerful! Breaking Al’s concentration, this magic turned to have a mind of its own taking hold of him. He blacked out.
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Numb. That's all Allister felt as he laid on the soft, cool, green grass.
“You think he’s dead?” He heard James’ voice echo and ring in his head.
“He’s an angel, he can’t die from magic….can he?” Max’s voice came next. With that, Al started to open his eyes once more, his vision started to clear as he saw all around him were familiar faces.
“Is his face gonna stay like that?” Benji’s voice came next, much clearer than the others.
“Ugh….wha-...what happened...did it work?” Al lifted his head slightly, his eyes still half shut, like he had just woke up from a long nap.
“Nope.” Max replied, disappointed.
“Are you alright Al? You kinda went super saiyan for a minute there?” Sally helped him up.
“Super saiyan?..What are you-” Al started breathing normally again.
“Yea, there was like this huge light show and everything! Your eyes went all white, your wings kinda showed-” James started.
“And this huge purple light came from your horn and shoot up into the sky-” Benji continued.
“Yea, and your eyes went all white and there was this loud noise and a lot of wind, a lot of bright lights and everything-”
“And your eyes went white!” Benji repeated, slightly louder.
“My eyes wen-..wh-..what are you talking about?” Al fully regained his composure, standing up.
“Well something happened. I don’t know what, but it did.” Sally added.
“I know what DIDN’T happen.” Max rang in, “we’re not back home yet.”
“Oh shut it, at least he tried...right Al?” Sally retorted.
“Yes I-....well I...at least I think I did...the best I can describe it was...a feeling of some foreign magic fused with my own. Like perhaps this world has a magic of its own that somehow connected with my own power and created some sort of overdrive that broke my concentration and took over me completely. So much so that I fear this kind of magic is far too unstable for me to perform and could cause total protonic reversal upon my own abilities, causing me to lose complete control over my own power, or could even cause much more drastic side effects on myself and those I perform the spell on!”
“So...we’re stuck here?” Max finished. Everyone had gone silent through Allister’s panic- he had only realized the pairs of worried eyes that were on him.
“....y-...yes,..but no need to worry. A world with as much power as this, there’s bound to be a solution to our problem here.” Al replied, trying to calm down.
“YAAAY EXPLORING TIME!!!” Benji resounded as he bounced around the group. James joined in and followed him around the area. Max didn’t look so pleased.
Max began to storm towards the taller horse, “Allister, I swear to god, if this is a joke or you pulled another jinx on us, I’m gonna-” he was cut off by a quick tug to his ear, pulling him back.
“Max, shut it. Let’s just calm down, look around, and find someone that can help us. Al did all that he could do, just let it go, okay?” Sally reassured him. Max continued to briefly stare at Al with batting eyes before huffing away from the team.
Sally sighed, trotting up beside the white stallion, “you sure you’re alright Al?” Al blinked as he looked at Sally, then feeling Melody’s small hoof against his own. He looked down at the worried filly and smiled.
“I’ll be fine, really...thank you...besides, this place shouldn’t be too bad. What with all the bright hues and peaceful settings, you’d think this world has nice residents in it, right?” Al reassured.
“HEY LOOK! A VILLAGE!” Immediately the three of them rushed to the distant sound of Benji’s voice.
Sure enough, they stood over a small hill overlooking a small town, though slightly overshadowed by what appears to be a...crystal tree house?
“...Not a very good design choice in my opinion.” Sally looked in confusion.
“Whooooaaa….look how shiny it is!” James stared in awe.
“I suppose we should start there then, should we?” Al asked the crowd.
“Last one there is a rotten carrot!” Benji sprinted.
“HEY, NO FAIR, YOU HAVE BUNNY LEGS!” James chased after him. Melody almost started to follow, only to stop and decide to be by Allister instead.
“Eh...whatever.” Max followed slowly. Sally and Allister followed behind into the strange and peaceful village.
The village was lively and welcoming as ponies, much like the size of Sally and Max, roamed the area. Some traveled in pairs, some with carts loaded with supplies, some dressed up fancier than others, some sped by both on foot and in the air.
“Uh guys?...I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.” Sally started.
“Wait, we were in Kansas before?” Benji replied confused. Sally excused his remark.
“Whatever this place is, I don’t like it.” Max growled as he saw some female ponies wave to him.
“But you never like anything.” James replied.
“Exactly. It’s bad enough this place is called ‘Ponyville’. Let’s just find help fast and get outta here.” Max quickened his pace remembering the welcome sign as the entered the edge of town earlier.
Allister followed the group at a somewhat slower pace, admiring the sights around him. Everything about this town was just so beautiful, perfect even. Everywhere he looked was one friendly face after the other, even the village itself had bright colors of green, blue, pink, brown, unlike the dark greys and muddy greens that he was used to. The sounds consisted nothing like what he was used to back home with all of the busy streets full of people chanting advertisements and vehicles alerting each other in such a fussy way. Rather the sounds here in this place called Ponyville were much different as it consisted the sounds of citizens enjoying each other’s company, chariots with only so much as a tiny bell, and fillies laughing as they play together in the slow streets. Even the smell of freshly baked goods filled the air, apple products especially, with a hint of sweet desserts in the mix. This place was a heaven on earth. He couldn’t help but crack a smile.
“Yo! Al! Ya coming?” Sally’s voice rang out to him, snapping him back into the task at hand. He quickened his pace to catch up with the group. It was a shame that they had to leave so early. Maybe this is what Benji sees all the time...as silly of a thought as it is, it would explain his constant happy behavior. Al pondered the thought as they continued on their way.
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It wasn’t long before they reached the front doors of the crystal castle, where they assumed some high authority would reside. Al stepped forward and knocked on the door a couple times, a large echo resounded from within.
“Now you all mind your manners. We don’t want to be rude.” He addressed the group, staring at Max on that last line. Max simply shot him a ‘whatever’ look before Al turned back to face the door.
Shortly after, the door loudly creaked open as there stood a little purple dragon with green scales, about James’ size, holding a feather duster while noticing the newcomers.
“Uh...can I help you?” The dragon spoke, keeping the door halfway open. Benji couldn’t help but smile at how cute it was.
“Good afternoon. My name is Allister and my comrades and I come to you in need of assistance. We’re very sorry to have intruded on your domain like this, but we come from a very distant land and are looking for some information on how to get back to our original destination. Do you know someone, if not yourself, can help us in any possible way?” Allister proudly announced.
“So...you need a map?” The dragon replied.
“More like a magic teleporting thing that can get us back to our world and out of yours.” Max chimed in from behind. Al glanced at him unimpressed.
“Oh! You guys are from that place? Yeah, sure! Come on in!” The dragon opened the door wider, motioning them inside. Max smirked at Al for his little victory, watching Al grow even more unpleased as he walked inside the castle. Al followed closely behind.
Inside felt just as big as it looked on the outside, filled with bright hues of blue, purple, and mint as the light reflected on each crystal pillar. Multiple carpets sprawled out on the floor, some decorative plants and picture framed littered the walls, even the windows look somewhat like stained glass.
“This might be the first time I’ve ever heard someone come from the other side of the portal into Equestria...unless you count Sunset Shimmer, but she’s originally from Equestria anyway. You might not recognize me, but I’m Spike. I was the little purple dog in your world who stuck around Twilight a lot.” The dragon spoke. Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
“Um...so you know of our world?” Al asked, breaking the silence.
“Well yea. You’re the ones that stand on two legs, right? And you’ve got fingers and stubby noses and everything?”
“Well I...suppose that’s correct. We’ve just...never exactly heard of a purple dog as a norm in our times.”
“And we’ve never really heard of someone named Twilight before.” Sally continued.
“Really?...Did you guys go to Canterlot High or Crystal Prep?”
“None of us know what those schools are.” Max answered.
“Well what about other people? Like some of them would have yellow skin or green skin or purple? They would kinda have their pony colors except not as ponies?”
“I think you might be confusing us with something different. None of that sounds remotely familiar to us.” Al responded.
“Although can you imagine having purple skin? I think there’s a song for that!” Benji exclaimed.
“So...you’re NOT from the other side of the portal?” Spike finished, looking somewhat disappointed. Everyone gave him a defeated look before Spike spoke again. “Well that’s a first...but I’m sure we can find something for you anyway. Twilight practically has a book and a spell for anything...and heh, she’s gonna want to ask you a bunch of questions.”
“Great.” Max huffed unenthusiastically.
“So your master is called Twilight, and she’s the head of Ponyville?” Allister chimed in. They continued to walk further down halls of crystal.
“Well she’s called the Princess of Friendship. Mayor Mare is the one that governs Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle kinda takes care of the rest of Equestria, along with her friends of course, cuz of the whole ‘Friendship is Magic’ thing.”
“Princess of Friendship?” Allister asked.
“Friendship is Magic?” Sally chimed.
“Wait...Mayor Mare or Mare Mayor? Or Mayor Mayor?” James spoke. Melody blinked in confusion.
“He was the one eyed one horned flying purple people eater, one eyed-” Benji sang to himself.
“First Ponyville, now EQUESTRIA!? What is with you horses and puns!?” Max exclaimed.
“Uh...heh...We should probably get you guys home first before I confuse you more.” Spike laughed guiltily. Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
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They soon entered what appeared to be the throne room, only it looked to be more of a ‘knights at the round table’ setting with seven seats (one of them a lot smaller than the others) set all around a stone table that displayed a holographic map of the land. Each throne had its own symbol plastered above where an individual would sit. In the largest throne sat a pastel purple-colored unicorn with a hint of pink in her mane surrounded by books and documents, mildly distracted by several of them.
“Hey Twilight, I found some ponies that need some help getting back to their world...and they’re not from the other side of the portal.” Spike announced.
The purple unicorn, presumably Twilight, looked up from her book to see the group standing with Spike on the other end of the table.
“Not from the portal?” She flew up from her throne to meet the crowd, surprising the group with her large purple wings. The only pony they knew who had both a horn and a pair of wings was Allister, but even his wings are transparent and non-visible to the naked eye. This pony, however, had normal pegasus wings, much like Melody’s but bigger.
“Should we bow, or…?” Sally whispered to Al.
“This is Allister and his friends. They somehow got teleported to Equestria and need a way to get back to...wherever they’re from.” Spike introduced the situation. Twilight looked to the group, studying their designs.
“...And you folks are NOT from Canterlot High or Crystal Prep?” She asked.
“Perhaps you’re not so familiar with the concept of the multiverse, Princess Twilight.” Allister stepped forward, bowing to her as he said her name, “We’re from a place called ‘Earth’ where humans are more subjected to...a lot less colored races than from what you’re familiar with. We could perhaps be from a completely distant universe beyond Equestria instead of an an alternate Equestria, if we’re speaking from your perspective.”
“...I see.” Twilight stared in confusion.
“We tried using Al’s magic to go back home ourselves, but something kinda went haywire and made a huge explosion and everything. So we thought we’d talk to someone like you to help us out.” Benji explained. Al looked away in embarrassment.
“Wait...Were you the one’s that made the violet beacon of light just outside of Ponyville?” Twilight asked, her face lit up.
“Yep, that was Al.” Max answered.
“Well that’s one mystery solved.” Spike commented.
“That was actually quite incredible. I haven’t seen anypony else create that much power since the battle against the Storm King. You must have an extensive knowledge of magic to pull something like that. You probably rival the power of Princess Celestia herself!” Twilight examined Allister excitedly.
“Um...thank you princess, but...it was merely an accident. We’re still in need of your help.” He replied awkwardly watching Twilight circle him.
“Oh right right. Sorry.” Twilight smiled sheepishly before getting back on track. “Well the only way I know that can get you all back to your home safely is by the power of the Elements of Harmony, but we would also need Starswirl and the others to accomplish that, and they’re all scattered to different parts of Equestria…”
“Well what about Discord? He could probably do it in no time!” Spike suggested.
“I said SAFELY Spike. Besides, Discord’s not one to make friends easily. I doubt he’ll want to help newcomers return home on such short notice.” Twilight huffed.
“Well what about Princess Celestia? She was taught by Starswirl, maybe she has something that can help.”
“I don’t know Spike. Princess Celestia knows a lot, but even Starswirl kept some things secret from her.”
“Well, what about the Constellation Convention coming up? Everyone is gonna be there for that.” Spike pointed at the pile of books Twilight was previously engulfed in.
“Yes but that’s still a week away, unless-” Twilight turned to Al, “-you wouldn’t mind waiting for that long?”
“We’re not exactly in a rush. All things considered, we much prefer to take the safest route possible, no matter how long it takes.” Allister replied. Max looked at him more disappointed than before, almost giving out a slight growl.
“Can we get in contact this ‘Princess Celestia’ anyway? Just to see if she has anything at all for us?” Sally stepped in.
“...I guess it wouldn’t hurt to try...Spike?”
“Ready!” Spike called out from Twilight’s throne holding one of her quills over a blank scroll. Twilight cleared her throat and began to recite…
“Dear Princess Celestia,
I am pleased to inform you that I have discovered the source of the explosion of magic that appeared not too long ago just outside of Ponyville. It just so happened to be a group of ponies who have arrived from a different world, one that is beyond our own comprehension of Equestria’s universal limits. They came to me asking if I could help them return to their respective homes to which I suggested you would know something, perhaps a spell from Starswirl, that could help the situation. Regardless, if you have any helpful information, these ponies would surely appreciate it. I await your response.
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.”
Spike scribbled the last few words before setting the quill down, rolling up the scroll. With one quick puff, he used his green dragon breath on the scroll engulfing it in flames causing it to rise and escape out of a nearby window. Sally, James, Melody, and Benji watched in awe as it went on its way.
“Wow, I haven’t written a letter to Celestia in a long time. It brings back memories…” Twilight sighed before turning back to Al and crew. “She shouldn’t take too long to reply, but if you wouldn’t mind, I have a few questions about who you are and where you came from.”
“OOH OOH! I WANNA TELL HER!” Benji exclaimed from Al’s back, startling Twilight. He pulled out a miniature guilele miraculously from behind his back and hopped onto the round table map.
“Ugh, not this again…” Max started to walk to one of the thrones.
“You might want to pay close attention to this one Princess.” Al advised. Twilight giggled in understanding as she sat attentively watching the bunny tune his instrument. Benji began tapping his foot and strummed the guilele like a quick paced catchy tune.
“Long ago from a whole world you don’t know, there lived animals, humans, and beasts. And freely they roamed till some took the home and, for some reason, disturbed the peace. There was a great war over who wanted more of the land and of authority. Till everyone thought if they just lived apart, they would finally live happily. So they made an agreement and signed a petition to live in six different tribes. Where no one would dare to interact more than the races who fit in their lives.”
Spike immediately fell in love with the tune, bobbing his head to the beat. Twilight continued to stare in wonder.
“But someone decided that this wasn’t right for the tribes be rivals of hate. So down from the heavens came angels of seven who vowed to make everything great. Their names were Damian, Gloria, Rachel, Mackenzie, Samuel and Rob. But the youngest of all stood Allister tall who knew he would be fit for the job. He created a world where everyone from every land would gather and sing. A land full of love, where Al ruled above and took care of them under his wing.”
Twilight looked at Allister in amazement, which Al simply smirked victoriously. Benji started to hop around the table making gestures to act out the verses.
“But then came a human so pretty and fair and for whom this angel would fall. Mackenzie who sworn to be Allister’s lover did not like this human at all. The human and Allister married and had only one daughter named Melody. But Mackenzie killed the wife and stole the child leaving Allister alone to grieve. So he made up a spell that he mixed with dark magic to bring his family back. He failed and was banished to Earth as punishment for all the love that he lack.”
“You did WHAT!?” Twilight caught.
“I was young and didn’t know how to handle the situation at the time.” Al’s face dropped, looking away from Twilight. Benji started hopping from one pony to the next.
“Several years passed, until finally at last, by Sally the child was found. They came to agree that Sally should be the new mother that would stick around. They moved in a home where they lived all alone and raised Melody so happily. Till in came a bunny, a human, a werewolf named Max, James, and ME! Oh shenanigans came and went as they go but one thing was certain to them. No matter the trouble their teamwork would double Fighting off evil to Find their way home and they Never would fail for as long as they can Until one day their story would end!”
Benji ended the tune on a solid note. Spike clapped in amusement as Benji bowed to the audience. Twilight continued to stare in astonishment.
“I think you might need to revise it Benji, cuz you told so much about Al that you didn’t even get to the good stuff about me.” Max called out from the other side of the table.
“Eh...it’s a work in progress.” The bunny smiled sheepishly.
“Wait, you’re a werewolf? Like the ones that turn into big hairy beasts during a full moon?” Spike asked Max.
“Yep, and I’ll come eat you in the middle of the night too.” He teased, giving Spike a sinister look. Spike shrunk back into his seat looking more frightened.
“He’s only kidding, Spike. He’s still conscious of himself at night.” Al reassured, shooting Max a frustrated look. Max simply shrugged with a smug grin.
“This is so fascinating! I can’t believe I’m meeting creatures from a whole ‘nother universe!” Twilight exclaimed, “I can’t wait to hear more! You have to tell me everything about these tribes, and the adventures, and-”
Immediately, Spike let out a huge fiery belch, summoning a scroll much like the one he sent earlier.
“Oh...right.” Twilight stopped, disappointed over the task at hand. Spike opened the scroll, clearing his throat before reading what it said inside.
“My dearest Twilight,
I’m happy to inform you that Starswirl himself is here in Canterlot and knows a spell that can help these little ponies. If they are eager to oblige, meet me in the Capital as soon as possible.”
“Finally, some good news.” Max perked up.
“Oh! Well then I guess we're going to Canterlot early! If any of you don’t have anything else to take along or to see, Spike will escort you to the train station. I’ll need some time to pack.” Twilight started to turn to the door.
“WOO-HOO! MORE ROAD TRIP!” Benji hopped down from the table toward the door. The rest followed.
“Thank you so much Twilight.” Al walked with the purple alicorn.
“Oh, it’s nothing, really. Besides, part of the reason why I’m coming with you is to hear more about you and your friends.” She blushed.
“All in good time, young princess. All in good time.”
