Moments later.

AJ and Spike were waiting where James wonder off leaving his car behind. The wind picked up threw the pass with the clouds above them going faster thanks to the high winds.

AJ standing next to James's car start to find cold air getting to her, and starts to rub her arms trying to get warm.

Before hearing footsteps in the distance. “Spike?!” She calls out to him sitting on his bike with his suit working almost overtime trying to keep him warm. “Yes.” He responds to be called out before hearing the same footsteps.

The fog rolled in while their friends when to find James. They begin to see shadows in the fog bank, before seeing Rarity and Rainbow carrying James with Pinky following them.

Spike quickly gets off his bike running towards them, taking Rarity's side while AJ did the same for Rainbow.

With them trying to catch their breath for carrying him for what felt like a mile or two. “What happen?” Spike asks them before getting a quick response from Pinky Pie. “He’s hurt.”

Both of them noticed the makeshift bandage that was once Rarity's scarf.

Hearing an engine coming towards them and three sets of headlights cutting threw the fog. Stopping only a few yards away.

Twilight gets out coming running towards where everyone else sees the makeshift bandage on my head. Pinky opens the door on the passenger side of my car Spike and AJ help me get into the seat. I start to come around still filling the effects of the blood loss, making vision go hazy.

Duke and Danny get out wondering what going on with Fluttershy following close behind. Filling the cold air around them cutting threw them like a blade seeing the storm above them drawing closer by the min.

Twilight talking to the others when they came closer to hear. “Alright, things couldn’t get worst. But they could have been worst.” Saying feeling the cold cutting threw her jacket as well as getting the confused looks from the others. Pinky standing to me checking on my heath before Rarity speaks up.

“Twilight darling, I know you're trying to help. But it's not working.” She tells her friend. “I know.” Twilight said in response.

“Just give me a minute.” Twilight said out loud before giving time to think about their next move.

Danny speaks up while Twilight is thinking. “Why let me drive James’s car.” Making Twilight lose her train of thought for a second before responding to that statement.

“Well, that answers one of my questions. What about the pup?” She asks out loud. Before hearing out from Fluttershy that wouldn’t be out of character for her.

“I’ll take him, for now.” She answers Twilight's question before running into a roadblock with their pain.

The young pup doesn’t want to leave James’s side sitting in the driver's seat. Danny gets to the driver's side door and begins to open it seeing the pup grilling at him, making to take a step back.

Fluttershy comes around towards the driver's side of my car seeing the pup start to grail at her as well, she uses the stair on him with little effect. I come around hearing the pup putting my hand on his back claiming him down and turning towards me. “I’ll be alright, go with Fluttershy for now.” I tell him before blacking out again.

The young pup leaves with Fluttershy towards her car. Danny finally gets in and now sees the car gone into electric mode to save fuel.

Pushing the gas making the car go back into normal mode hearing a small roar of the engine. Closing the door seeing the car is still in drive just the e-break is on with light on, and the handle pulled up. He releases the brake feeling the car move a little.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy getting the young pup in the passenger seat still looks worried about what will happen to James. She gets into the driver's side before hearing a voice of a child. “Will he be alright?” The voice asks out loud scaring a little wondering where it came from before looking over at the young pup.

“Did you say that?” She asks him before hearing a quick response. “Yes, I did.” He answers her question. Before realizing a glow coming from the mirror, getting a closer look seeing that her mark on the side of her neck is glowing.

“You can hear me?” The young pup asks her to take the young pup's mind off from James for a moment. “Yes, I can back home, but I couldn’t in this place until now.” She answers the pup's question before making a realization.

“It must be the element.” She said out loud.

Then a loud crash of thunder when off in the distance making it echo throughout the pass, spoking everyone. Spike is the first to speak up. “I think it is time for us to get going.” Seeing the cloud going dark above them.

“He’s right, with this storm coming in and getting worst the longer we wait.” Twilight said out loud walking towards her car.

The journey hasn’t been going well for the group with James injured and the coming storm getting worst and closing in on them and now stuck in the middle of this god for sacking road.

With Twilight taking point leading the group with the help of Duke pulses. The miles when on and on threw the ice. The road when many directions leading only God knows where.

No matter which path we take the storm seems to be following us and getting stronger.

Rainbow gets on the noticing something going on with the storm. “Is it just me, or this that storm following us and getting stronger?”

Applejack wondering about this too and get on the radio. “Danny, how’s James doing?” She asks him.

He looks over at me trying to come around before blackout again. “Not good, he tries to force himself awake and keep blacking out from the blood loss.

Meanwhile

Twilight starts to get frustrated with how long it’s taking and not only that it feels like they are going around in circles.

Then something cut across her vision making her to hit the brakes nearly having the others rear-end her. “Twilight, what was that about?” Spike asks her over the radio. “I saw something.” She answers his question.

“What did you see?” Rarity asks her. “I don’t know it looks more like a shadow than anything else. Before seeing a figure coming towards them wearing heavy clothes made for extreme cold.

“Who’s there?” Rainbow asks the unknown figure that shows out of nowhere.

The figure removes its hood revealing itself. Shows an older man in his mid to late 60s from the gray and white hire on his head and face. The beard on his face was full and bushy, made of gray and silver.

“Hello there.” He responded with a warm felt smile on his face. The jacket he was wearing is a fur coat that dragged on the snow. Black leather gloves.

The fur coat has died into a dark color that is hard to make out from inside of their cars.

Twilight gets out leaving the engine running to talk with the old man. The closer she got to see the old man seeing the jacket died color is dark red with black trim on the sleeve edges and the middle of the jacket.

“Was you following us?” She asks him before getting an answer from him. “Or are you following me?” He answers her question leaving her puzzle.

He looks up seeing the storm before heading towards James’s car taking up the rear of the group. The others see the old man questioning what going on.

The old man opens the passenger door seeing me out cold, and that is not the only thing seeing the makeshift bandage on my head. As well me trying to come around seeing a burry vision of the old man in front of me.

Hearing a loud crack of thunder overhead before everything goes black.

He moves the collar revealing the mark on of my neck. “A Guardian.” He said out loud before turning and seeing a purple lighting strike cutting across the darken sky above them. “A Storm Guardian.” He said out loud before seeing Twilight coming toward him.

“Excuse me sir, but time is short with that storm ragging over ahead.” She tells him before getting cut off by him. “And you’re trying to get threw the pass without lost in the progress.”

“How did you know that?” She asks him leaving herself puzzled by the response. “I’ve seen many come threw this pass and get themselves lost in the progress. Both Reds, Silenzers, and those drivers during the dark times.” He said out loud somewhat answering her question pulling something out from inside his jacket.

“What is that?” Twilight asks him before doing a loud whistle off into the distance. The others are trying to find out what going on over the radio and by ear before seeing a single headlight turn on in the distance and with a roar of an engine seeing a red v twin motorcycle coming towards them, jumping over them landing the rear pulling up towards the old man.

He closes the passenger side door and gets on the bike before saying something to Twilight. “If you and your friends don’t want to be lost, it would be best to follow me.” He tells her.

After he said that Twilight gets back into her car, and he takes the lead. Before throwing the small sphere-like object made from glass. In just seconds a portal opens in front of them shocking everyone.

“Impossible.” Danny said out loud before hearing something over the radio. “If you’ll want out; it would be best to follow me.” Realizing it’s the old man said that.

With no time wasted we follow the old man threw the portal.

Here is the 54^th chapter in the story.

The pass didn't want them to leave and someone willing to help them.

Twilight and the others don't think they can trust the old man that they just met. They thought the same thing about me when I first met them. But they have no choice in the matter.

All I can say is the old man is hiding something or leading them toward the right path.

That's all for now.
This is James Cribb.
Signing Out.