PoV: Jak

Location: Ponyville, outskirts of town

Time: 1:00 P.M

One week after return

It's been a long week for me, from having to clean up the library alone to going to another Equestria to help out with an infestation problem. But it wasn't all that bad, after returning home from the other Equestria and calming Twilight down, she showed me what she had learned about her powers. She knows how to fire Light Eco from her hands but she still doesn't know how to transform.

I introduced Samos to Applebloom, telling her that Samos was going to teach her more about her powers. She was genuinely excited to start learning about them.

Spike faced his fear of himself losing to his bloodlust as a dark Eco user. After he was finished, I offered him a way to get rid of the eco in him but he refused, wanting to control it. To say that I was surprised is putting it lightly.

I began teaching Twilight all I know about light eco and managed to make her grow wings made of Eco. I taught her how to fly and and land safely, after a few trials and errors which mostly involved her landing on me, hard.

Afterwards, I got to hang out with my daughter. Scootaloo even showed a cool trick with the Jet-board and Nyx finally got to use a strong levitation spell, powerful enough that it raised all of Ponyville. Imagine my reaction when I saw an entire town flouting up.

I also checked out the progress on the Precursor robot and saw that it was going good, all they needed to do is make six working laser cannon. I had received a bone crushing hug from Sig as be welcomed me back after being gone for a month. The gang were ecstatic once I told them Samos was back and greener than ever.

Now I'm enjoying a nice picnic with my marefriend, my daughters and Spike. While we ate, I told about the Precursors and how they are the ultimate beings, even told them about the time I found out what they were.

"So Jak, what's on the agenda for today?" Spike asked as he ate a gem.

"Well, earlier today I got a letter from Celestia saying that it was time for Shinings test." I said as I took a bite out of my sandwich.

"What does he have to do?" Twilight asked as she laid down on my lap.

"I have to accompany him to a Metal head nest that I've located, he needs to prove himself in battle." I said to her.

"Don't get him killed, just mildly bruised, I'm still mad at him for calling you a freak." She said as she grabbed an apple.

"Wow, letting your brother get hurt for calling me a freak, I feel so special." I said, giving her a kiss.

"What's a Metal-head?" I heard Scootaloo ask.

"The only way for me to describe them is that they're monsters, who stop at nothing to get what they want." I said to her.

"Rhino is one too, but he's different than the others and non-violent." I said afterward.

"Oh." Scootaloo said. I looked down to Twilight and gave her a kiss, surprising her with it but she kissed back.

"Don't worry about Shining, I'll make sure he gets back in one piece." I said, after the kiss.

After finishing up with the food it was time to pack up and go. I said my goodbyes as I walked to the Everfree but not without a threat from Twilight saying that if I died, she'll bring me back to kill me again.

Arriving at the castle, I hurried towards the garage, passing by Al, Zii and the gang as I ran towards the garage. Once at the garage, I got on the Sand shark and started up the engine. I then took out a mask I bought a few days ago in a Mask shop and put it on as the door opened for me to drive through.

I drove out while laughing like a maniac as I hit the turbo to Canterlot.

"Wahoo, this is going to be fun!" I shouted as I put the pedal to the floor and turning on the music player.

PoV: Celestia

Location: Canterlot Palace, entrance gates

Twenty minutes later

We've been waiting for father to arrive, so Shining Armor could take his test. Shining asked about him, if he was a war stallion, earning chuckles from both of us when he mentioned Father being a pony.

"What's so funny, your highness?" He asked us.

"Nothing Captain." I said as I heard music in the distance followed by the sound of an engine on full speed.

"What is that music?" Shining said as he blocked his ears. I saw the Sandshark drive around the corner and headed straight for the gate. Luna opened the gates just in time as the Sandshark drove in, it spun around and parked just infront of a gardener. The gardener looked terrified as he fell to the ground like a statue.

Father came out of the car wearing a mask for some reason and walked towards us. Shining Armor got into a defensive position, pointing a spear at him.

Father took hold of the spear and snapped it like a twig. He looked at Shining with the one eye hole of the mask, then looked at me and Luna.

"You got the Plasmite charges?" He asked as Luna threw a bag of them at him. He opened it and pulled out a plasmite explosive.

"Alright." He said as he turned to look at Shining Armor.

"In the car, now." He said. Shining stood up and looked at father.

"And why should I listen to you!?" Shining shouted at him.

"Because, not only is he our adoptive father, he's also the one who will evaluate your performance in this test." I said to him. Shinings eyes grew to the size of dinner plates, realizing he talked back to his commanding officer and our adoptive father. Father took of his mask and threw it at the Sandshark, making land on his seat and then turned to look at him.

"And don't think I forgot what you called me at the wedding and Twilight said to bring you back in one piece, she didn't say in what condition though." Father said as he walked back in the SandShark.

"What the hell are you waiting for!? Get in, you sack of shit!" Father shouted, making Shining quickly get in.

PoV: Jak

"Don't touch anything, Don't ask about my things and don't insult me, Twilight is still mad at you." I said to the captain besides me as I turned on the engine. I then stepped on it, activating the turbo and drove off towards a Metal Head nest in the mountains.

On the way, I could see Shining sweat like crazy as he tried to avoid eye contact.

"Do you know what to do?" I asked him.

"No, I don't even know what a Metal head is." He said.

"Well, this is going to be funnier than I thought." I said, chuckling a little at his misfortune.

"Anyway, Metal heads are a race of intelligent creatures that are hell bent on killing everything, don't ask. Your job, head into the heart of the nest, plant the bombs and take those fuckers out." I said as I took out an Metal head Gem.

"You get bonus points if you collect these gems from dead Metal heads." I said, putting the gem back. He looked like he wanted to ask about something, so I motioned him to ask away.

"So, you're dating my sister." He said, narrowing his eyes at me.

"Yup, she's the best thing that ever happened to me. If you got a problem, just tell me." I said, making my eyes pitch black as I looked at him.

"Well y-y-yeah." He said in fear.

"Well, say it then! Honestly, this is worse than Pecker and Daxter fighting." I said to him.

"How can I know if you're not in it for only sex?" He said. I stopped the car and shoved him out, I blinked to him, grabbed him and slammed his head on the car.

"Talk shit about me and Twilight, I dare you." I said, holding him down on the floor.

"I'm with her because she's one of the reasons I have left to live. Say anything that insults my relationship with her, not only will you have me trying to get you but Twilight also will." I said as I stood up.

He coughed out a bit of blood as he stood up and glared at me. I motioned him to get back in. Once he got in, we drove off as I put on a song in the music player.

"I'm going to give you a ten for your endurance against a steel bar to the face but I'm also giving you a five for your reaction time. Too slow and the Metal heads will easily get you." I said to him.

"What?" He asked, still glaring at me.

"Your reaction time is too slow, you need to work on that." I said, healing him up with Light Eco.

"That was a part of the test!?" He shouted in outrage.

"No, I made it apart of it though." I said with a grin as the Sandshark jumped over a large ravine.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" He said as he held on for dear life.

"You have no idea." I said with a large grin.

"Is she really mad at me?" He asked.

"Well, how would you feel if Cadence was a Human and Twilight called her a freak?" I asked him.

"I bucked up." He said, putting both his hands on his face.

"No you didn't, there's bucking up and then there's fucking up Royal and you've fucked up royal." I said to him, taking a hard right.

"Yeah, I can see that. Listen, I'm sorry for calling you a freak, I was just to stressed with the wedding and I snapped at the first thing I saw." He said.

"Dude, you need to apologize to her. She's the one that's pissed off, not me." I said to him as the Cave entrance to the nest in the distance.

I slowed down and parked in the trees.

"I'll give you twenty minutes to put the bombs, if you aren't here by then, I'll go see what's going on but I will also give you a deduction." I said, giving him the bag of Plasmite charges.

"Don't I get a sword or anything?" He asked, tying the bag on his belt.

"No, I'm giving you something better." I said as I took out a spare scatter gun.

"It has enough ammo for this, but it's loud only use it when they found you." I said, giving him the gun.

"You pull the trigger to fire it, then you pump this part." I said, moving the pumping mechanism of the gun.

"Okay, wish me luck." He said as he got off the car and walked carefully towards the Cave.

I sat on the hood of the car as I began to meditate, one of Samos' lessons on how to control my anger. I thought about the few things that anger me, while trying to not change. I could feel my horns grow out but soon disappeared as I took deep calming breaths.

15 minutes later

"Start the thing!" I heard someone shout. I opened my eyes and looked above the bushes and saw Shining running from a mob of Metal Heas Grunts while holding a sack of Metal Gems. I quickly got it in the Sandshark and started the engine.

Shining jumped in and we drove off. He took out the detonator and we both looked back as we jumped back over the ravine.

"How many did you set up?" I asked him.

"Um...all of them." He said as he pressed the button. The ground shook, making us look back at the mountain.

The mountain then collapsed on itself, probably due to the large cavity the explosion left. As we saw the mountain crumble down, I heard Shining start to laugh. He then started to laugh his ass off, making me join in as well.

"That was awesome!" He shouted. He then grabbed the sack and gave it to me. I opened it up and found two hundred and ten metal gems. I tied the sack up again and looked over to Shining.

"Congrats, you passed the test." I said to him as I changed the gear to drive.

"We got time to kill before we get you back to Canterlot, so I'm driving is to Ponyville." I said, putting the pedal to the floor. I put in a song to celebrate his achievement.

He started learning the song bit by bit as I drove back to Ponyville.

Location: Ponyville

Time: 3:00 P.M

After leaving the car back at the garage and explaining how the entire base exists under the castle, me and Shining walked the rest of the way to Ponyville. We saw a Manticore pass by us and Shining asked why it didn't attack, so I told him about the one that attack me.

Once we arrived at the town, I lead him to his sister's home. Once at the library, I opened it and walked in with Shining behind me. Seconds after I closed the door, I was tackled to the ground by an orange and midnight blue blur.

"Dad, you're back!" I heard then both say as they hugged the shit out of me.

"Hug any tighter and I might explode." I joked, but they loosen their grips anyway. Twilight soon walked in but her smile was replaced with a frown as she saw Shining.

"Told you that you've screwed up royal." I said, not wanting to swear when the girls are around.

"What are you doing here?" She asked her brother in a monotone voice.

"I came here to apologize." Shining said.

"Well, I'm waiting." She said, tapping her hoof impatiently.

"I'm sorry for judging the pony you're dating and I'm sorry for not believing you in the first place." Shining said as his ears folded back. I just laid there on the floor with Nyx and Scootaloo in my arms.

"Finally." Twilight said as she walked over to Shining and gave him a hug.

I heard a knock on the door, so I got up with Nyx and Scootaloo and went to see who it is. I opened the door and saw Alduin and Lokzii at the door.

"You blew up a mountain." Zii said.

"I didn't do anything." I said to him.

"The explosion was caused by a huge amount of Plasmites. Do you know anyone with that kind of explosive?" Al said, raising an eyebrow at me.

"There was a Metal head Nest in the mountain, I used for Shining Armors test. He managed to plant all of the bombs and collect two hundred and ten Metal Gems." I said, showing them the bag.

"Wow." They both said as they looked inside the sack.

I closed the door, leaving them with the gems and walked back to the living room. Once at the living room, I saw Shining and Twilight having a conversation while Nyx, Scootaloo and Spike a board game.

"Time to go." I said to Shining, gaining a nod from him as he hugged his sister goodbye, he then gave me the Scatter gun but I told him to keep it.

"Hold still." I said as I made him blink back to Canterlot. After he left, I was soon greeted by a pair of lavender lips connecting with mine.

"So, how it go?" She asked as I hugged her.

"He passed, he also blew up a mountain in the process but that didn't matter." I said to her.

"You want to go see how Samos and Applebloom are doing?" I asked her, she gave me a smile and nodded as Nyx and Scootaloo got up from their chairs, excited to see their friend.

"Well, come on." I said as I opened the door and letting everyone walk out first, before closing the door, I looked at the entire library and had only one thing in mind.

'Home.' I thought with a smile as I closed the door and walked towards Twilight. Next Chapter: In need of an Editor Estimated time remaining: 1 Minutes