A Third Gem

    "Is it broken?" Crystal asked the stallion next to her, "Did we break it?"

    "No, it's not broken, yet." Rain Cloud said, "Just damaged on some parts."

    "Damaged how?" Crystal asked.

    "We're going to miss information sometimes. It was destroyed by time." Rain Cloud inspected the disk.

    "What if this is The Trigger?" Crystal asked, "What happens then?"

    "We find them." Rain Cloud saw Crystal wanted more, "No, we won't kill them."

    "Good, because look at why they did it." Crystal said, "Friendship. True Love."

    "Look, this may not have been The Trigger." Rain Cloud said, "For all we know, we started with the wrong disk. Do you know how long it's been since anypony went to a library?"

    "Ten years." Crystal did some math, "Leaf should be twenty, and Sweetie Belle around seventeen."

    "Yes," Rain Cloud said, "Let's keep watching."