My Little Pony: The Portal 2

Chapter 21: Return

The train pulled into the Ponyville station. Alex looked out the window, watching as the familiar setting of Ponyville slid into view. Then he found Rainbow Dash and the others all waiting for him at the station. Even Discord was there waiting for them.

As all of the Pony Tones came out, there the girls came to greet them all with hugs and warm commendation. Alex went to Rainbow Dash immediately, greeting her with a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey, babe. Welcome back!" Rainbow Dash greeted him with a grin. Alex smiled at her.

"Thanks. It's good to see you. How've things been while we were gone?" He asked.

"Just fine. I heard that things went really well! Word of the show got all the way back to the Wonderbolts locker room!" She said with a proud and wide smile. Alex nodded with some surprise.

"Wow, really? That's awesome!" Alex chuckled.

"You guys were awesome! I'm only surprised you didn't get more famous!" She exclaimed with a giggle, hugging him again. Alex chuckled and hugged back, but then something caught his eye...

"Oh, Fluttershy! Finally you and your special somepony have returned!" Discord exclaimed happily, wrapping an arm around both of them. Fluttershy giggled.

"It's good to see you, Discord. How are the animals back in the cottage?" Fluttershy asked.

"Right as rain!" Discord answered happily, pulling out an umbrella from behind his back. He opened it up, then turned it upside-down, causing rain to fall upwards from within it. He closed it again and tossed it aside.

"Thank you for keeping an eye on them." Fluttershy said with a smile. Discord scooped her up.

"Of course! That's what best friends do, after all!" He replied, hugging her. Alex, observing how close he and Fluttershy were, found it very off-putting, especially with Evan watching this and saying nothing.

"Oh, by the way, Evan, when you have a moment, I'd like to discuss something very private and very, very cool with you. Something that I hear you might be interested in." Discord said aside to him in a sly whisper. Evan shrugged and nodded.

"Yeah man, sure. Just let me know, and we'll talk." He said with a nod.

"We're glad that you made it back safely from the tour. I also wanted to show you something exciting!" Twilight said, clapping her hooves excitedly. Alex was the first to respond.

"Haha, alright. Lead the way." He said. Twilight gestured for him to follow, and he made his way with her way back towards her castle.

"While you were all gone, I was able to make construction arrangements. I don't know if anypony's told you about the School of Friendship idea that I had, but the building is almost done!" She exclaimed happily.

"School of Friendship? I may or may not have heard something about that. I mean, the way things are here, I assumed something like that already existed." Alex said with a chuckle. Twilight giggled a bit and shook her head.

"No, it doesn't. Since having to save Equestria from the Storm King, I have seen for myself just how many different creatures are out there, and they all need to learn friendship too. That's why we're opening a school!" Twilight said, gesturing forward to it.

Alex looked ahead and saw that to the right of her castle now stood an impressive structure. It was complete with a water-adorned walkway, it was quite tall, and it appeared to have other structures built into the sides of it. Alex looked on it in awe.

"Oh my god, Twilight! This is amazing!" He exclaimed, looking on it with wide eyes. Twilight grinned proudly upon seeing his reaction.

"You like it?"