Enya looked shocked. Not at the defeat of Nena, but at her true form. "I knew all about Nena's Stand," she admitted, "But I didn't know she was hiding her true form." "She must have wanted to look presentable to you," DeKurliss suggested, "She was hired to be your personal servant, after all." Enya shrugged. "In any event, this is most distressing. I only have one final assassin to send after the Joestars. If the Wheel of Fortune can't get the job done..." She conjured her Stand, Justice. "Then I'll just have to take action myself. For the sake of my son's memory, I won't let the Joestars anywhere near Egypt!"

It took some doing, but the group managed to get Polnareff out of his funk after learning Nena's real identity and drive the group through Delhi and toward the Indo-Pakistan border. "It's getting kinda cold," Fluttershy noted. "That's because we're reaching the Himalayas," Polnareff explained, "Soon we'll be out of India and into Pakistan." He turned solemn. "Someday I'll return to India though. To give Avdol a proper send-off." The others closed their eyes. Kakyoin had been let in on the fact that Avdol was still alive, but he suggested they not tell Polnareff since he was too honest to lie on command.

The road started to get narrow, and Polnareff spotted a car ahead of them going too slow. Frowning, he risked an overtake by off-roading against the nearby mountainside. "Good thing our car has four-wheel drive," he said. "That was way too reckless!," Kakyoin pointed out. "You really could've hurt that driver with those pebbles," Fluttershy scolded, "What if they broke through the glass!?" "We've caused enough of a ruckus on our trip fighting enemy Stand users," Joseph reminded him.

Polnareff looked a little embarrassed, but then he gasped when he saw something ahead and hit the brakes. "Now what!?," Jotaro demanded, "I thought we said no more reckless driving!" "Sorry!," Polnareff said, "But look who's right ahead of us!" The group looked to where he was pointing and gasped. A kid in familiar clothing was standing near a road sign thumbing for a hitch. The kid pulled off her hat to reveal it was Anne. "Hey there," she said cheerfully, "Long time no see." "Gimme a break...," Jotaro muttered.

"Anne what are you doing here?," Fluttershy said, "I thought you were still in Singapore. What about your father?" Anne nervously rubbed the head of her back. "Well, to be honest, my family actually lives in Hong Kong... And I kinda sorta ran away from home..." The group did a collective jaw drop. "I fucking called it...," Polnareff muttered. "Anyway," Anne said, "Since we've all met up again, how about we travel together for a while? At least until the next city."

Jotaro sighed. "Well, it's not like we can leave her out here." So Anne was allowed to ride with the group, sitting on Fluttershy's lap. Though Fluttershy noted some reluctance on Anne's part in spite of their friendship, and the young girl's looks toward Jotaro was giving her some bad feelings. 'I get the feeling she's started falling in love with Jojo too... At least she's more subtle about it.'

As they traveled along the road, Anne explained why she was hitchhiking everywhere. "I'm gonna be a grown girl soon, you know. Which means I'll have to do girly things, like wear a bra and look good for boys... I'd look pathetic traveling around the world at that age." Fluttershy gave a subtle cough, reminding Anne that she was that age. "Well...," Anne said, embarrassed, "I guess some girls are okay doing that regardless... By the way, where are Avdol and the older Mister Joestar?" No one seemed willing to answer her.

Before anything more could be said, the car from before showed up, now moving much faster. Polnareff tried speeding up, but the car seemed to match them. "What the hell?," he asked, "Earlier that guy was moving slow, now he wants to speed up. Well, the road's gotten wider so I'll let him pass by." He pulled to the side and stuck his arm out the window to signal the other driver that he could pass. As the car moved by them, Polnareff noted that the windows seemed caked in dust, save for the part getting cleaned by the wipers.

Once the car was ahead of the group, it suddenly slowed down and started pouring on the exhaust, causing the group to cough. "Jeez...," Anne said, "What's this guy?" "He must be mad because of Polnareff's earlier recklessness," Kakyoin suggested. "Then he must pretty vindictive," Fluttershy pointed out, "Most people would simply stop the car altogether to get out and complain, not slow down while flooding the guy behind them with exhaust." "Did anyone see the driver's face?," Jotaro asked. "No," Polnareff said, "The windows were caked in dust."

"You're thinking this might be another Stand user?," Fluttershy asked. "If a boat can be a Stand," Jotaro pointed out, "Why not a car?" Just then, the window of the other car opened, and a large muscular arm came out signaling Polnareff to pass. Polnareff scoffed. "You should have just stayed behind me in the first place." However, as Polnareff made to pass, he realized that he was about to hit a large truck coming that was also trying to pass. "Star Platinum!" Jotaro called out his Stand, which knocked the truck aside as the two vehicles started to collide, preventing a great deal of damage.

"I'm starting to rethink traveling with you guys," Anne admitted, "I'd forgotten how much weird stuff happens around you." "Thank goodness for Jojo's Star Platinum," Polnareff said, "Otherwise we would have been crushed." "I don't see the other car anymore," Joseph said, "Maybe this is another Stand user that's after us." "Let's keep moving to the border for now," Polnareff said, "And keep an eye out for that car. If it is another Stand user, who knows what they can do?"

"What about the truck?," Kakyoin asked. "We'll just have to ignore it," Jotaro said, "As far as the driver is concerned this was just an accident." The group soon reached a rest stop, where they decided to take a break and have something to drink. As they got their drinks, Joseph spotted the other car beneath a tree. They rushed over, but the car was empty. "The driver must be somewhere around this place," Joseph said, "Fluttershy, see if the local animals know anything."

Fluttershy nodded. "Music in the Trees!" Her Stand contacted a few birds in the tree above them, but their response was odd. "They said the car parked here and no one got out of it!" The rest of the group gasped. "Then that tears it!," Polnareff said, "That car must be a Stand!" Suddenly, the car started up, the familiar large arm poking out of the window. The car then drove off down the mountain road.

They followed the car to a road sign, one of the signs pointing to Pakistan. "There's something off about that sign," Fluttershy said, "It's bent and twisted at the bottom, and the arrow pointing to Pakistan doesn't have directions that make sense. Not to mention the sign above it is facing away from the road." "Maybe so," Polnareff said, "But that driver is following the sign. If he is a Stand user, we can't cross the border safely until we're sure he's no longer a threat. We can drive back around and take the other way if it does turn out to be wrong."

What they didn't see as they passed was a third sign that said the road they were driving down was closed. The group was right near the other car. "There you are!," Polnareff said confidently, "We'll get him at the next turn!" But as they rounded the turn, Polnareff had to break, since the road dead-ended at a rope bridge over a ravine. "Where'd he go?," Kakyoin said, "He can't have crossed the bridge, could he? Or did he fall into the ravine?" The answer soon came as the car wound up right behind him and started ramming into them. "He got behind us somehow!," Polnareff realized.

"Look!," Fluttershy said as she pointed to the mountain next to them. The group turned to see tire marks on the vertical cliff face. "That must be how he got behind us!," Joseph realized, "This puts it beyond all doubt, that car has to be a Stand!" "Knowing that doesn't help our situation!," Polnareff pointed out, "This bastard is trying to push us off the cliff! It's like trying to push back against a tank! Jojo, try smashing it with your Star Platinum!" "That'll just send us off the cliff altogether!," Jotaro said, "The force of the impact will just create an opposing force working against us, like how we got bounced away from the truck earlier!"

"Then we'll just have to jump out of the car!," Polnareff said as he moved to remove his seat-belt. "Wait Polnareff!," Kakyoin called out, "The driver can't leave the car before the passengers in this situation, or else there will be no one to hold down the brake pedal!" Polnareff gasped, as he had already let go of said pedal. "Uh... Sorry...," he chuckled out nervously as the car started falling down the cliff. Kakyoin sighed. "Hierophant Green!" Hierophant Green emerged and started moving toward the Stand car.

"Kakyoin, your Stand lacks the strength to pull us up!," Joseph called out, "It'll get ripped to shreds if it tries to support us!" "Don't take me for an idiot, Mister Joestar," Kakyoin assured him, "I'm well aware of my Stand's limitations. Take a closer look, and you'll understand." Joseph soon saw what Kakyoin was talking about, as Hierophant Green had taken their car's winch with it, hooking it to the other car.

"Smart thinking," Jotaro said, "By the way, Kakyoin, are you familiar with sumo? Specifically, the tactics right around edge of the ring." Star Platinum appeared and grabbed the winch's cable, pulling the other car down. "That pulse-pounding action gets me excited every time!," Jotaro called out as Star Platinum punched the other car, causing the two vehicles to trade places, the group landing safely while the other car fell into the ravine and crashed.

"Indeed," Kakyoin said, "I love that feeling too. But Jotaro... In sumo it's against the rules to punch your opponent." Jotaro just smirked as they got out to inspect the crash. "Well," Joseph said, "Even if that was a Stand, there's no way the driver could survive after a crash like that." 'Oh don't be too sure,' a male voice said, coming from the car radio, 'After all, my Wheel of Fortune can easily protect me from a crash like this... Mister Joestar!' "He knows my name!," Joseph said, "That must mean he works for DIO!"

'Correct,' the voice said, 'My name is ZZ! You remember Forever and his Stand Strength from the China Sea? Well my Wheel of Fortune is a bit similar to that, just on a smaller scale. Allow me to demonstrate.' A sudden tremor started to form under their feet. "Quick!," Joseph said, "Back in the jeep!" "No, get back!," Jotaro said, "If he's using the radio he may be underneath the jeep!" Sure enough, Wheel of Fortune burst up from right underneath the jeep, sending it flying. Wheel of Fortune then proceeded to repair itself good as new. It then continued to change, into a more monstrous form.

"I was trying to be more subtle earlier," ZZ said from inside his Stand, "But now that you've figured me out I'll just have to be a bit more direct!" He started racing at Jotaro, who scoffed. "Okay, bastard. Let's see who's stronger." But before there could be any impact, something hit Jotaro in several places on his arms and torso, causing blood to spurt. "What the hell!?," he called out, "What did it shoot!? I couldn't see anything!" Wheel of Fortune hadn't stopped moving, but luckily Polnareff and Kakyoin were able to pull him out of the way. However, they got hit by the same attack.

"What is this?," Polnareff asked, "There's no glass or needles in them. They're not even that deep, just really painful." ZZ cackled. "Next I'll aim for your legs!" "Quick!," Kakyoin called out, "Into the cliffs!" They group hurried through, but Wheel of Fortune just squeezed through rather easily. It launched another unseen attack, and Anne wound up tripping in the struggle. "Anne, run!," Fluttershy called out. Anne seemed frozen in fear at the sight of the monstrous car. "Gimme a break!," Jotaro said he grabbed her, "Didn't you hear Fluttershy!?" Anne just got a blush on her face as the group started climbing the cliff.

"Go ahead and run!," ZZ taunted, "But there's no path for you to take! None for safety, none for Egypt, and none for a bright future! My Wheel of Fortune will splatter you over these rocks!" The tires of Wheel of Fortune suddenly sprouted spikes, letting it scale the cliff. "Let me handle this!," Fluttershy called out, "Music in the trees!" ZZ got a sudden surprise when a large cluster of trees suddenly emerged from the cliff face, knocking him and his Stand off.

"Damn it," he said, "Those trees are blocking the entire cliff. No matter, I'll just dig through the cliff underneath them like before." Back at the top, the group waited. "Did we get him?," Polnareff asked. "Hey," Anne said, "What smells like gasoline?" The group noticed that Anne was right, there was a smell of gasoline around them. "Wait...," Kakyoin said, "That's coming from our wounds! That must have been what was happening earlier, he was shooting gasoline at us!"

"Correct!," ZZ said as Wheel of Fortune burst out from near Jotaro, "Even with their velocity the fluid wasn't strong enough to badly injure you, but that was never the intention in the first place!" Suddenly, electrical wires from Wheel of Fortune caused Jotaro to be set ablaze. "Jotaro!," Joseph called out. "Don't Mister Joestar!," Kakyoin called out, "We'll just get lit on fire too!" Jotaro seemed to collapse as ZZ laughed. "And so Stardust Crusaders ends early. Take that, mtnetsurfer!"

"Come on," came Jotaro's voice, "Haven't you read the original manga?" ZZ was shocked as Jotaro emerged from the ground behind him. "You couldn't kill me then, and you sure as hell can't kill me now. Besides, who's gonna replace me as the main character, you?" ZZ was flabbergasted. "You... You dug underground with Star Platinum!?" "Yep," Jotaro admitted, "You managed to burn up my jacket, but it's no big loss. As for the rest of me, it seems you were wrong about there being no paths left to take. After all, a path is something you forge for yourself. You saw for yourself when you were blocked from the cliff by Fluttershy. But I think you could benefit from a remedial lesson."

ZZ freaked out as Star Platinum started doing a good impression of a car crusher. "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!" The assault caused ZZ to go flying out the other side of his Stand, making a good imprint in the ground as he skidded away a few feet. "You see?," Jotaro said, "You really can forge your own path if you apply yourself. So our lesson ends here."

So, I was right, my decision to make Hol Horse Applejack and Caesar's son did throw people for a loop. So let's move on, shall we.

Oh, people were wondering why I don't make the MLP characters closer to their canon counterparts. Uh, cuz this ain't the original MLP universe. Expect some similarities, but also keep in mind these are alternate reality counterparts, so differences should be expected.