Van was gone from his current spot again, though, he hadn't really gotten far, having gotten to one of the other corners of the room, sitting down.
Nightshade, having argued with her mother for nearly an hour, agreed with Raven. "Alright. Let's just go." She turned to Winter. "You're coming, too. You owe my friends an apology."
"Do the magic giving thing again?" Raven requested. "I take you, Dusty takes the others." Dusty took Maya's place at the bar once more as she flew up to clear the rest of the clouds from above the bar.
"You can still do that? I figured the magic would have worn off by now." Nightshade shrugged. "Okay. Let's go." Winter was staring a strange rock on the ground. "You two go on ahead. I'll find my own way back."
Zeran walked in, and was immediately tackled by Berrilyn. "you were supposed to be here a few hours ago" Berri commented dryly
Raven embraced Nightshade tight and took them back to the Nexus. "Are you certain?" Dusty tilted his head. "It won't be exactly easy."
Meanwhile, inside the bar, Black had remembered something that Maya told her, and went outside to talk about it with her. "Hey Maya," he asked, slightly nervous. "You... still up for going out later this week?"
Winter nodded. "I'll be fine. See you at the bar." Nightshade sighed. "You'd better show up. Alright, let's get out of here."
Van had vanished again, this time sitting at the bar, looking directly at Dusty, speaking blankly, "Hello." Mat took a look over at Van after he spoke, who had once again taken the seat next to him, "Just out of nowhere."
After taking them to the Nexus, Raven held Nightshade tightly by the hoof and led her towards the Equestria portal, which popped out in Manehattan. (God, I got myself all confused. We'll just say there's no bartender present. *squee!* me.) Dusty grabbed onto Silver and took him into the Nexus shortly after, almost falling from exhaustion.
Van wasn't staring at Dusty, but he was staring at Maya. Mat gave a light chuckle, "Hey, Maya, can I get another Cider?" Van spoke, "Cider?"
(Silver was in the bar. Blackout went to the chaos realm.) Nightshade looked around. "Hey... this is Saddle Row! Did you bring us here on purpose?"
(Just imagine my name corrections. I need a few days before I'm smart again.) "This is the only place the Equestria portal drops out," Raven said. "We're just gonna have to fly." "Cider." Maya poured Mat a cider. "It's a drink, Van."
