part 3.3

"Twilight, look at me, relax", I said, touching Twilight's shoulder.

Twilight looks at me taking a deep breath.

I show Twilight how to walk, and she follows my lead, but still wobbly.

We saw pony characters in human form.

"Where are we?" asked Spike.

I shrugged my shoulders, pretending not to know.

The camera closes-up on the statue base.

"I don't know", said Twilight, walking to the statue.

"But that must serve as the gateway back to Equestria", Twilight figured out as She pushes a hand through the surface; the ghostly image of a hoof appears beyond.

"We need to find my crown as soon as possible and get back there",  said Twilight, then she pulls away and shakes her head.

Twilight turns away resolutely. 

The camera cuts to just behind her, framing the new place she is now facing: a two-story red brick building with two wings framing a central courtyard where the main entrance is located. The roof above these doors is set with a glass dome topped by a small flagged clock tower that would not look out of place in Canterlot, and a sculpture of a crowned gold horse head stands atop each corner facing the street. Two windows are mounted directly above the doors, an eight-pointed star on the first story and a rearing horse on the second, and a third gold horse head tops the roof above them. Tilt down slightly to frame Spike at her side.)

"I suggest we start searching the castle first", said Twilight, looking  at Canterlot. 

"Works for me", said Spike.

Before Twilight started heading to the door like a pony, I showed her the way she should walk.

"Oh… right", Twilight blushes from embarrassment.

I smile and lead Twilight to the door.

"Kanisha, how do you walk so easily?" asked Twilight, amazed.

I covered my mouth, realizing I'm acting too much like a human. 

I turned to Twilight, pointed to people that were passing by, and saus "While you were panicking I observed the people's movements".

"In only a few seconds?" asked Spike.

"I'm a fast learner, and don't worry Twilight, you'll get it", I said. "Just remember one foot in front of the other".

"Foot?" questioned Twilight.

I pointed to where our hooves used to be.

"These are called feet?" questions Twilight.

"Yeah, but we'll worry about that later, we need to find that crown", I remembered, and headed to the stairs.

Twilight follows me, starting to walk more human-like.

We end up by the door.

Twilight tries to use her magic, but it doesn't work, and says "My magic it isn't working".

I felt Twilight's head, and says "You don't have your horn".

"What?!" gasped Twilight.

"We really need to find you a  mirror", said Spike.

I guided Twilight, while Spike opens the door.

The camera shows a long shot of the building's interior as they enter. We are inside a school, with trophy cases in the front lobby and banners/signs decorated with horses' heads and C's attached to the second-story balcony. We advance cautiously, the camera cutting to just behind them and panning to frame the decorations visible from this angle, all with blue backgrounds: some showing a yellow C, the others depicting rearing horses to either side of a yellow horseshoe superimposed on crossed lightning bolts. The C's in all of these banners/signs are styled as sideways-facing horseshoes.)

(The camera zooms in on a plaque resting in a trophy case to their right; Twilight steps up to it and presses both palms against the glass.

 "What do you think, Spike?" asked Twilight, looking through the glass."Other artifacts she's stolen from Equestria?"

"Kanisha, what are we?" asked Twilight.

"That I haven't figured out", I lied.

'Sorry Twilight, but I can't tell you yet', I thought.

The bell rings and the halls flood with students of all make and model. Both normal skin tones and pastel shades of other colors are represented. They stream past Twilight and Spike, paying no mind even though he has jumped up into her arms out of sheer fright. As Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon pass, the former gestures carelessly with her cell phone and knocks the two new arrivals to the floor, where a dropped soda can bounces off Twilight's head.

"Huh?" asked Twilight, barely missing getting hit with a basketball. "Ooh!"

I try my best to get through the crowd of people and pulls Twilight out too, which makes her fall by a boy with spiky hair in two shades of deep blue who is reaching for something in his locker. He wears sneakers, jeans with turned-up cuffs, and a dark gray jacket with one stripe each of red and white on the back and each sleeve. Spike is first to get clear of the throng and doubles back to yank her out; a stuck foot comes loose and she tumbles against the boy's legs. He turns to face her, exposing vivid blue eyes. This is Flash Sentry.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Flash, and closes his closet.

"You okay?" asked Flash, holding out his hand.

Twilight answers his question with a silent nod, and he goes on his way, books tucked under one arm.