> Janet hesitated, one hand on the doorway. A police car banged up onto the sidewalk, blocking off the way in front of the car. The other approached from behind, crushing Discord’s car between them.

> “Now or never!” Tracy yelled. “I don’t know about curses—but Equestria’s a nice place to live.”

> “You think there might be a way back? A few months from now, when this blows over?”

> Tracy shrugged. “Maybe. There are other Worldgates, but nopony can tell us where—”

> The door banged open, and men in blue uniforms jumped out, pointing something black towards them. “On the ground, right now!”

> Their boss took one last look back towards them—then she jumped. The Worldgate caught her in the air. She glided over the two of them, as elegant as the noble hippogriffs depicted in ancient sculpture and song.