A Pony...And Her Starbucks

Chapter 8: From The Top

"Come on wings! Work!" I said as I tried my hardest to slow us down as the ground was getting closer and closer. Everything I could do to slow us down wasn't working, even in the slightest at all. I was starting to understand why Rainbow Dash said that landing was the hardest part to master and she was very much correct. "I may not know a lot about wings but shouldn't they be... flapping or anything?" Stella exclaimed with quite a large amount of fear in her voice. "It's too late!" I exclaimed as I looked down to the rapidly approaching ground. I don't know if my eyes were deceiving me but there appeared to be a few bins right below us which seemed to be our best option to land on. "On my signal, you jump!" I instructed as Stella looked at me with a confused look. "What do you mean jump?" Stella asked. "Just...JUMP!" I yelled as I gave my signal and Stella jumped off me and we both were free-falling. This next part is a little blurry to me but I remember closing my eyes, I landed on what I presumed was the bin, and then I was in another dumpster. "Back where I landed," I said as I tried to find a way out of this extremely smelly dumpster. I'll S̶m̶e̶l̶l̶, I mean spare you that smelly section as I opened the lid of this dumpster which I'm assuming closed when I landed in it. As I crawled out of the dumpster, I felt as if something was...wrong. It's hard to describe but I felt like something wasn't right. I first noticed that Stella was nowhere to be seen. "Stella?" I asked as all that could be heard were the sounds of mice having an afternoon snack when I remembered something else. Back in Equestria, Fluttershy was always the one giving the mice an afternoon snack, I can't recall a time when I saw a mouse trying to fend for itself before. It made me feel a little sad to see no one try to be helpful to the mice but this wasn't my top priority in the slightest. As to where I was, It looked similar but different. There were all buildings like when I first arrived here but they seemed much...closer than before. Not only that but the area I was in was also a lot darker. I'm guessing the buildings were blocking the sun in some way since It was harder to see where I was in this new area. "Stella?" I asked again when something else happened. On the opposite side of this area, there was what looked like another dumpster and this one had its lid shaking as if something was trying to push it open. "Don't worry! I'm coming!" I exclaimed as I sprinted over to this dumpster and pushed open the lid with everything I had...then Stella appeared...looking green in the face. "This...is... intolerable!" Stella exclaimed as she slowly crawled her way out of the dumpster and fell to the ground. "Stella!" I said as she picked herself up and stood up. "Twilight! Thank goodness you're alright!" Stella said in a relieved, yet nauseous voice. "Glad to see we're both still in one piece, now where are we?" I asked as Stella seemed to recover from the dumpster. "I'm not entirely sure. I think we should have a look around." Stella said. "But what about the people from before?" I asked in worry. "If more come, you can just fly us out of there, right?" Stella asked as I noticed something. From the same dumpster that Stella landed in, there seemed to be a scroll, one that I recognized. "What is this?" I said as I pointed to the scroll. "You mean this?" Stella asked as she reached over and grasped the scroll and everything seemed to click. "That scroll must have brought me here," I said as I took a look at the scroll I wrote on from so long ago. "What are you talking about?" Stella asked with confusion visible on her face. I then took a few minutes to explain what I just realized about that night. "Get rid of these doubts like a spell" "So basically, pouring your doubts and emotions onto this scroll is what sent you here in the first place?" Stella asked. "At least that's what I think for now," I responded. "So shouldn't the scroll be able to send you back home?" Stella asked. I was about to respond when I heard the sound of the rectangular weapon and two men walking towards us. "I was expecting a challenge, I honestly was." One of the men from before said as he pointed his rectangular weapon at my head, ready to use it at will. "Get your gun away from her!" Stella said as the man looked at her. "Ms Suite, it's time to head back to your room. Get the horse in the truck." The man said as the other taller man walked towards me with the rope from before. I want to say I put up a fight, I do want to say it, but my energy was spent as well as my wings. Before I knew it, I was being thrown into the backseat of their futuristic vehicle. "Twilight!" Stella yelled as the other man kept her busy. "Why do you care?" I heard the man ask Stella from the backseat. "She's not your friend, she's an alien, an anomaly if you will. Why would you want to make friends with a creature like her?" I heard the man say. I don't know how or why for that matter but it felt like everyone and everything was quieter, and not in a good way. Like time itself slowed to a crawl, along with everything else. Stella, me, nor the agents said a word, yet, it felt like something needed to be said, and it was said. "Because she taught me the one thing I desperately needed, friendship." That was it. I don't know how it happened or why it happened but right when Stella said that I taught her friendship, something that she desperately needed, my horn started to glow up. Within moments, my magic started to work again and I wasted no time at all. I used my magic to teleport out of the backseat and instantly, me and Stella went for the men. One of them tried to attack me with the weapon that Stella referred to as a...gun If I remember correctly. I then created a protective shield around me and Stella which protected us from these attacks but it also left the men in shock. "How...How are you doing this??" Both of the men asked with anger and fear in their eyes. "With the power...of..." I said. "Oh wait, friendship. We know." The taller man interrupted me as before long, we had surpassed them and trapped them in front of a building. "Please don't hurt us you two! We're sorry for trying to capture you and make millions off of you." The men pleaded with fear in their eyes. "What should we do with them?" Stella asked me. "I'll give you another chance to go back to where you came from at once." I said in a very strict voice. "Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyes unicorn and Ms Suite. WWWWEEE won't bother you two again." The men said as they then ran away from us with their tails between their legs. "That was some fight you put up back there." Stella said in a very calm voice. "No, it was some fight that we put up." I said. Just then, Stella reached over and hugged me. "Thank you for being my first-ever friend." Stella said in a very quiet voice. A few seconds later, I was giving a hug right back. "How many times do I have to say it, it's what good friends are for. I'm glad I could teach you that." I said as something else happened. The scroll then appeared next to me as it started to glow up. "What's happening?" Me and Stella asked as we watched the scroll transform into what looked to be a portal...home. "Well, that looks like my way back home." I said. "You're leaving already? But...but there's still so much that I wanted to do." Stella said in a slightly disappointed voice. I looked over and looked her in the eyes. "Don't worry. It's not a goodbye. It's just a goodbye till next time." I said. "I...I'll miss you Twilight. Thanks for caring for me when no one else cared." Stella said. "You're welcome." I said as I took a deep breath, looked back at Stella and the city...and stepped through the portal to my home, Equestria. 

The End