Celestia had cast the cloud-walking spell on the party. This time, another new member showed up. She had pink hair and green eyes and a purple electric guitar. Her name was Coryza, and she was a mugician. She was much more tomboyish than Katie (and that said a lot.)

"Music master!" Katie cried in glee upon looking at the mugician.

"What are you?" Coryza asked, confused.

"Pyromancer. I am also an illusomancer." Katie answered as everyone else climbed into the Valkyrie, save for Gilda.

"So, you need me to make sure you're going the right way." Gilda asked.

Katie nodded...before picking up the tank with one single pinky finger.

"You really are tough." Gilda said as she led the angel to the cloudy city.

"There's a reason they call me 'tiny but fierce.'" Katie replied, the weight of the tank not hindering her at all.

When they reached the cloud city, the tank was set upon the biggest unoccupied cloud they could find before the humans stepped out into the day.

"It makes rainbows?" Matt asked, pointing to Cloudsdale.

"Seems like. Pegasi sure know what they're doing." Natalie chimed, clearly awe-struck by the sight.

"I have to admit, these clouds are dreamy..." Lance sighed, a blush and a slight nosebleed now visible on his face. The clouds made him a happy camper.

"Might as well help in weather management." Katie cooed, looking at the setting sun. It was glorious.

"Again, we attack at night?" Anna asked, laying on a cloud with her hands under her head.

"More or less. Right now, we have a whole lotta time to kill." Answered the kitsune.

"After this, I have to go back to royal guard duty." Coryza sighed, eying the rest of the party. She sure had the strangest group of all.

NoLegs meowed. He just wanted to curl up and sleep.

Gilda folded her wings. She had nothing to say.

"Even back home, clouds weren't as cozy as this..." Blake sighed, crossing his legs with the 'I am about to fall asleep' look on his face. Nobody could blame him though.

Fenrir made himself a cloud bed and curled up like a kitty cat. It didn't mean he'd fall asleep, but the more the merrier.

Twilight lay next to Matt. It wasn't because she liked him, it was because she wanted to stargaze. That, and there was this strange factory above the cloud city, almost in the way of the moon if it weren't in its new phase. "Is that the factory?" Asked the unicorn.

"Eeyup." Katie answered. "That's it, right there."

"You know what it produces aside from illegal shenanigans?" Natalie asked, clearly confused. She had reason to be confused, as the factory didn't show any signs of weather making. In fact, the damn thing looked like an airship mixed with a war machine.

"Not really. I tried getting more intel and every time I asked, it backfired horrendously." Answered the fox.

"I wonder if the Praetorian is there." Lance chimed, "I mean, look at the damn thing! Who's to say it isn't there waiting on me to reprogram it?!"

"What's a Praetorian?" Katie asked.

Lance slapped a hand onto his face. He then groaned and took out a photo of the machine from his pocket. He walked up and showed it to Katie. "THAT'S the Praetorian." He answered.

"What time is it?" Fenrir whimpered with a yawn.

Lance took out a multi-tasking device. "Close to nine." He answered, "We move in an hour."

The werewolf nodded before returning to watch the factory in the sky. The sun was setting. Other than the sky machine, it looked marvelous.

Natalie sighed before laying on the clouds. Her mind entered a state of bliss for once, and it was a good thing.

Anna walked up to Lance and sat next to him. She grabbed his shirt sleeve and forced him to sit his tail down. She looked at him with a seductive grin. "One of us did say we have until ten. Might as well make the most of it."

Lance chuckled before he turned his gaze to the archer. "Me and my big mouth." He said warmly, a grin of his own etched on his lips. He hugged her tightly and she did the same. Anna rested her head on his chest as he stroked her hair. It was as smooth as fresh, spring leaves sprouting on trees.

"Dude," Matt sighed as he pointed accusingly at Lance, "I really envy you now."

Lance couldn't help but laugh whilst shaking his head. "You've no idea, Matt. You've no idea."

Anna sighed contently. Feh; Matt's usually jealous of something. Hell, everybody was at some point in time.

Katie was busy making a cloudman. Snow wasn't present, so she said 'fuck it.'

Matt, who was now too bored for his own good, began playing chess with Blake. They were surprised a cloud could hold the entire board and all the pieces. Bah; they should've been shocked when a cloud could hold the damn Valkyrie and everybody else in it! Coryza stood next to them and made sure no cheating occurred at all.

Gilda and Twilight were already asleep. NoLegs lay between them, purring in his sleep.

Anna and Lance retreated into the Valkyrie and proceeded to get down to business, so to speak. There was a closet of sorts in the tank and it had a simple bed in it. The entire closet was soundproof so nobody could hear them outside. Clothes were put in a box outside the closet so they wouldn't be sullied with what was going on.