Tis' the day, where everything fall into places.
"Well, goodbye hut." The very hut now burn into ashes, leaving no trail but a thick atmosphere of magic. All belongings went with her, the gift and everything else is inside a luggage.
Cid had to brace herself this time, coming "Home" with every bits of her memory slowly come into piece.
"We really need to go?" Cid mutter, our Siantess here only nod.
"Must play order into place, i'll miss this place dearly." They walk into town Hall, the place is daunting and large compared from what our Saintess see from the first time she stepped into the town.
Our saintess knock the door, she said "Is anypony there?" She pause for a moment, before she open the door herself.
"Mayor Mare, pardon my immediate visit from our resident."
"Don't worry, so what is regarding your visit?" Mayor let them inside her office, greeting by herself. No fear and just act of curiousity, with slight taste of- Suspicion.
"We decided to move back into our original universe, found way back home." This put a smile to Mayor's face, for Vey finnaly able fulfill her original goal.
"Congratulation, Vey. Just to say meet you next time?"
Our saintess elaborate, with Cid gritting her tooth "Indeed, but i am afraid will never see all of you again."
"Rule of your world? I guess you have less freedom there, but it is your choice." A stinging frequency spot behind our saintess, appear yellow mare.
"Oh, leaving now. Suprised you are a respecful mare, i gotta appoint to you."
"Surely, we got our goal. And i supose that book of yours is for us to use, corect?" Stardust, live up to her name. Give away the book to our Saintess, and an amulet from her hair for Cid.
Stardust ignite her horn "No need to say goodbye, i already take your leave." She vanish into a warping space, putting smile to our Saintess face.
"So, where is this way back home you were going to?" Mayor went outside the Hall, with our duo follow behind.
"The Doctor's residence."
Mayor took a lead towards the location, as The Doctor himself was out of his MUFFIN. He approach Vey, he inhale like a shivering horse.
"The dimension was disrupted from outside the MUFFIN, i guess that is yours to leave." He open the MUFFIN door and let all three of these ponies inside, with Mayor not daring to touch even a single thing present inside.
Mayor was mesmerized with the inside of MUFFIN, large room inside a small MUFFIN public phone.
Her eyes glide all over place until a sting light grab her attention.
"It is the time." The light now took a shape, revealing what behind the portal. A pony the same size as our saintess come out, this pony seems suprised, so did our Saintess.
"Sullivan?!"
"Valens!?"
They both knew each other yet they did not expect each other to met on this place, The Stallion's face show a total shock with all of his character thrown out from himself.
"Really? Why is it you?" He have a bracelett shines the exact same as the portal's frame, Cid hid behind this equally terrifying lad.
Our Saintess expression turn to some degree, and "Me, you mean other's also being trapped?!"
The Stallion's Expression turn blue, he drag Our saintess with Her master inside the portal. "Thanks for leading her back, Bye!"
The portal shrinks into lights, then vanish.
Shines in Sullivan's bracelett vades with the portal closing, the place is mesmerizing with bunch of city light.
No sound pass by besides air resistance, no chirping, no freezing, no lifely sound present at all. All of it is absent from here, yet there was life even the small one. But everything was covered by this highly sturdy formed metal road, solid with parts of metal all sorted in order. Supported with bunch of solid geometrical structure, and safety side prevent a 20 stories fall.
The metal road, solid and silent. Just like a brick, still morning with no fog and rain. No natural life present besides plants after 1 kilometre radius from the first one, yet our trio here walking along this road.
"Got a new responsibility i see."
"Yea, you know what it means-"
"Of course i know it you coco head!" Our saintess smack the stallion's head, leaving him laughing and smack our saintess back with the same move.
But it turn out to be damaging, "Ow, HEY!" The stallion sprinted towards the scheduled place, our saintess took another way with the same speed. "Wait for me!" Our young mare with no choice, take off with her belongings and a luggage bag.
A drone zoom before Cid and follow her, it lead the way of her destination.
She follow it with no word, unlocking 2nd mach along the way with our saintess and stallion went full on mach 3. The structure didn't falter once, after exposed to the speed with not even a single dent was spotted during this chase.
This took them 15 minutes on reaching a mile long chase, with both using their perks after leaping into the air.
Both leave no word to use, spotting each other before landing on the ground with speed. This leave the ground of dirt fly upon their landing, the stallion boast himself and getting smacked with equal force from earlier.
He screech in pain, "Not change a single bit, you filthy b*tch."
"You undeserving flea, nibbing off popularity from your lean *ss."
Cid waiting their childish play done, walking to the building inside accompany with the drone. "Are you done?"
Handing the luggage to Vey, she almost forget it and thanking Cid.
"Ah, Palace of the Ancient one. Lame name, old terms is used whatever." This was a place where all of the artificial lights from outside neutralized, revealing a clear vision of the sky. Even the Galaxy's center was somewhat visible from broad daylight day.
Pillars are scattered everywhere, often broken.
This place have mile long diametre, with form of a full circle. The main building itself was abstract, greek and modern touch.
The inside was way bigger than outside and more crazier than MUFFIN, literally branching out of the building itself. Klein bottle only the concept, the realization is this room. Like 2D living organism manipulating the 3D space, of course it is mind blowing.
"With the existence of magic, we can reach the impossible." Is carved on the enterance made out of glistering white rock.
"After 3 years, have you still remember the Throne room?"
"Of course i did, you are no longer to venture here than me."
"Well, we'll see about that."
Our young mare kept following the drone, completely taking other route to the throne room. This time Our Saintess not forgetting her luggage, with sharp movement and relatively high velocity moving around the way into throne room.
With our young mare silently walking into the disignated place, she saw a Statue. "What is this statue?"
A painted metal statue, the coat is just like her's. The mane have slightly different spectrum of color, eye of determination and armor covering all over but her head.
"This is a memorial for the deceased child of Princess Erika, her sacrifice will forever be remembered." This room shift into a dark plain of grass, the statue no longer possess armor. Now it wear a black robe and words present, it says "Rest in peace, Nidaria Tempest. Along opening of gates and change on the domain, confusing and yet the Drone found a way into the palace. 'This feels wrong, that statue looks exactly like me.'
Not a minute pass, our young mare find herself in a large room.
The drone levitate itself into a perfectly fitting socket, completely submerged on the wall. A light appear, it tells Cid to just move forward.
"Okay, but why is nobody here?"
"But somebody is here, i am." Tall mare appear, she roughly taller than celestia even with her long horn. A fading cyan coat she have, no longer glow like hers. She wear no crown, but her mane tell a story of endless voyage. Lights began to appear behind her head and overshadow her face.
"Greatma?"
The Empress replied "Indeed, but thee er not directly mine." The Empress sat upon her throne, ordering our young mare to get on her lap.
"But you are still my blood and flesh, honey."
The coldness of her voice, the fading warmth of her body indeed make our young mare feels at home.
"Ha! I am the first!"
"No, i am!"
The empress look at both late horses, her expression unreadable due to the sun shine behind her head. She said "You two having fun exploring?"
With both of them bow down, but with different intent.
Sullivan drop a cold sweat, meanwhile our saintess just bow down with hot brain. "No, no need to bow down." Her eyes were visible, reflecting light from both of eyes.
"Veyrl de Valens, not even a single scathe present by your absence. And the new portal wielder, Elvei Sullivan."
Both horses walk closer to the throne, Empress's face became more visible.
Both of her eye is mechanical, but she was fully flesh.
"So, how about the expansion?" Our saintess curiousity overthrown her manner, but The Empress casually said "Going to take universes under our empire's wing, still not enough to eliminate the upcoming threat.
The Empress examine and manipulate her clone's decendant's wing.
"Come on, is it really that bad?"
The Empress pause, her head twist to our saintess face upclose. With a cold tone "I see you die with this mechanical eyes." For the first time, after the Nightmare Moon. Vey drop a cold sweat, which is enough to say everything.
"Y-you're not joking, Right?" The Empress exhale, she said "Unfortunately, i cannot say otherwise. Countless times we keep resetting the multiverses, you keep losing memory."
The stallion, following the flow realise. "Wait, does that mean-"
He stare at his forelimb, his pupil shrunk.
"Come on now, cheer up. Go to your base and get a nice rest, and ready for a take off."
The Empress wake our young mare up, she sleep along the conversation. But she immdiately jump, move from the way. "Cid, maybe you would like to stay here?"
"Uh, sure."
A drone zoom from behind, offering direction to a room. It went behind the Large throne, it outcomes the exact same throne room.
But there is no outways and only room unchanging, a forbidden room, Empress personal room, and several other room. One of which was a bedroom, intended for her arrival. "Neatly placed, thanks Greatma!"
"Sure thing, honey!"
The Empress stare intently at both of these horses, she command "Take your foot off this building, now."
Both of the Horse run back into the opposite way from where they came into the room, why did they run you ask? Because-
A wall began to animate, in it was a quick horse running from an expanding room. It will force them to a time warp maze, having the negative mass and 3 dimensional maze is bad enough.
Imagine have to get out in less than half an hour, experiencing a klein bottle effect for bunch of times with a practically indestructible wall around you.
"The time left was 20 minutes, impressive."
The Empress show up outside the monument, as it shift on her very own will.
"I must credit you two on sprinting with maximum speed for 10 minutes straight, haven't lost your touch even a single bit."
"See you next day, young ones."
Both horses sit on the ground after the Empress vanish into crackle of space.
Our saintess got a blue face, after knowing the truth.
"Cheer up, we are likely less chance to die tomorrow." The Stallion put words on his comrade, a light appear as his wristband glow the exact same light.
Our saintess eyes began to glitter, the portal get bigger and bigger.
It engulf both horses into a classic building, with the cashiers bulge their eye out. "Whaaat?!"
"Vey, you're alive?!"
They were all friends of our saintess, which she replied with a chuckles and "Not even a single scratch."
Their jaw kept hanging from this realisation, as an older mare yell to all of her co workers "Of course, i doubt she didn't survive it. She survived Empress training session, of course she will live." This is enough to convince them, as they stare to each other. Then yell "Welcome back, Vey!" in unity and clapping their hoof.
One of our saintess winged female friend here whisper to her ear "Bring back a stallion i see, very lucky of you indeed."
Our saintess pull up her brows "What? This freak? No, absolutely not. And your tase will not work on me this time, not in a bilion years!"
The Stallion turn his face to our saintess, "You talking about me?"
"Yes, and this pipsqueak thinks we're dating." Which turn the Stallion face the exact same as our saintess did.
The winged mare protested "Hey i am not short, you're just too tall!"
"What? This freak? Hell nawh, don't even started on it."
The tone and speech pattern of both horse in match with each other, putting our saintess winged friend on another chance of teasing. "Aww, both is the exact same piece of a jigsaw."
"Elli! Go back to your job!"
"But this is my Lunchtime!"
"Tis' ended seconds ago!"
The winged mare groan out of sheer you can name it yourself, then both of them sat opposite to each other. "So, what did you think?"
She did a combination of code, then all of the cashier did a salute. She proceed to ask "How did you find this place?"
The stallion stare her dead in the eye "You don't need to know, for you amnesiac b*tch." He flick our saintess forehead with enough force to sent her head back. Put her in a lot of pain.
"When did you get into- wait a minute, don't you mean-"
The order is up, a glass of water is served in front of these two horses. "You are on Harrison's group aren't you?"
He drink the whole glass of water, slam his hoof on the table and said "YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT!"
"Shudv known earlier, you meathead also visit this. Wait, you watch me eat here?" This put The Stallion's lip curled inward, as he drink 1/3 of our saintess glass.
"Alright, you caught me."
Both give an akward pause, before lean back to the respective chair back rest.
'Both of the commanders always get here. And that stupid dragon horn, he really spot me using it? Then i am screwed.'
'That happen when we are still 40's, but why did we keep remember this moments!'
Both have the same steaming thoughts, our saintess drink the entire 2/3 of her glass. The Stallion's steaming head now coll down, with him handing the payout to the cashier.
"How is this suprise?"
"Well, suprise is still it. Thanks."
"AHaha- don't thank me, atleast you forget."
"Forget what?"
"You did, see you on the space station!"