Love transcends the wall.

I think that I may have encountered a rather bewildering breakthrough in my research.

an artificial gateway could be constructed and kept open, with the aid of tremendous amount of magical energy.

i have already constructed a prototype version that is portable and big enough to pass small objects through.

Although judging by amount of energy that even that took me, i fear I will need the help of both princesses's for the gateway.

If only i could convince dearest celestia that nothing bad would come of it...

-starswirl the bearded

Ethera decided that she did not want to deceive her new friend too much, so she left a note saying roughly were she was going, she did not know exactly but she made it as clear as possible, finished up some more chores around the house, and then set off for her destination. firstly she wanted to get a look at the town itself, so she opened the door and stepped outside onto the pathway. the first thing she noticed was the smell of clean natural air. she took a deep lungful and breathed it out slowly. it felt absolutely wonderful, almost as if she had not taken a breath of fresh air for a very long time. she opened her eyes, she had not realised that they were closed, and took another step forward. the next thing she noticed were the huge scorch marks she had left in Cheerilee's garden and on her path, she instantly felt guilty and just a tad nauseous. it must have hurt so much when she hit the solid gravel path. either way the last thing she remembered was lying on Cheerilee's floor staring into a mirror. she gathered her wits about her and set off once again in the direction of ponyville. she found herself admiring the wildlife and tree's, and she hadn't the foggiest why. she picked out the details of leaves and of how some branches twisted in a rather beautiful way when vines grew up them. the small rabbits that were hopping around lightheartedly were such a masterpiece of life and things that were living. when she reached a rather large pond she stared out in total fascination at the beautiful crystal clear waters, her eyes fixed upon a solitary swan, and how its neck arched so gracefully into the waters in which it swam. it pulled out a single shining fish, that fish was built to perfection, its shining scales flowing seamlessly over it's streamlined sleek body.

thing's generally continued in that fashion until Ethera was almost on the verge of tears at the beauty of the wildlife that surrounded her. she had to sit down for a minute to regain her composure before she could continue on her journey. whilst she was sitting she was approached by another pony, who tried introduced herself. "um h-hello?" the newcomer said. Ethera cocked her head to one side, a smile was spread across her face and there really were tears in her eyes now. "oh hey..." Ethera said softly. the newcomer asked Ethera's name and she replied in the same soft tone that  she had used before. "well i-i'm sorry that i came up so quietly Ethera, i just saw you crying and wanted to see if anything was wrong.

Ethera then asked in turn "So whats your name?". The mare stuttered a little and said "oh, its fluttershy."

Cheerilee was getting rather impatient. she had been in the waiting room of the BOPE (board of pony education) for well over an hour now and no-one had bothered letting her into the office where all she had to do was drop of a stack of paper. she was gloomily looking out of the window to her right, it wasn't a very interesting view. this was the part of town where the the high-class and legal ponies dwelled. the buildings were straight and angular, each one set in an almost geometric fashion. they were either painted grey or brown, although not so they looked in any way like a checkered fashion, overall it was a rather boring wait. after another half an hour of waiting a clerk came over to tell her that she may enter now. she subsequently arose walked through the doors, turned off to one side, walked through another door, and delivered a stack of papers to an official looking stallion and left. done, such a pointless wait she muttered to herself. she stormed out of the BOPE in a rather bad mood and decided then and there to head for a more colourful part of town. as she headed into the shopping district her eyes caught sight of the gardening shop and she decided to go and get some more seeds to replant her garden. she stormed into the gardening store, and the storekeeper raised an eyebrow in question. Cheerilee realised that she was in rather a foul temper, and took deep breaths and closed her eyes. when she opened them again she felt calm and a lot less aggravated than before. Mrs seed lowered her eyebrow and said to the flustered looking pink pony "did you have another argument in the BOPE?". Cheerilee sighed and replied with the occurances of that morning, however  deliberately leaving out Ethera. she did not know why she kept it a secret but nonetheless she did. Cheerilee purchased a few seeds, and thanked her friend for the concern that she showed. the next stop on the list was the ponyville library, but unfortunately when she tapped the door with her hoof there was no answer, however she noticed a note stuck to the inside of a window, it read :Gone to canterlot to meet up with my old friends, back in a week or so! -Twi

Ethera was rather enjoying Fluttershy's company. it seems that allot of their interests crossed and not to mention their personalities. one of the oddest things it had seemed was that angel bunny had taken quite a liking to Ethera. Fluttershy was totally astounded, she described how it had taken even her hours of work and coaxing to get angel bunny to even come near her, let alone like her. Ethera currently sat on the floor in the middle of all of the animals along with Fluttershy, she was slowly stroking her hoof along angel's drooping ears and the little thing was chittering away happily whilst nibbling on a small carrot. this moment left a special feeling in her heart of a small taste of true happiness. just a small taste.

but enough to trigger one of the recepticals that had been left.

Remember.

she blacked out.

Ethera opened her eyes, her home was in total ruins and the orchard was on fire. she gasped in terror, she could hear her parents screaming inside. something snapped inside of her. she got to her feet and swore an oath to remember, one that she could never revoke, one that could never be broken. she clasped the dark grimoire in her hands and called upon a demon to seal her soul to. she vowed that she would destroy her attackers, and their families, and their friends. she felt the evil being pierce her soul.

it ripped her to shreds.

and remade her in its image.

Blink.