Loki - Pony of Deception

“Where is everypony?” asked Loki quietly himself, when he was walking in the empty Ponyville.

“Maybe I should have listen to Pinkie Pie, when she was telling me about parties this year.”

Suddenly he heard voices coming out of sweet-shop. He looked inside:

“I´m telling you, she is scary.” explained Applejack something to Twilight.

“What did I missed?”

Hardly finished and was pulled inside.

“Evil came to the Ponyville!” told him Rainbow.

Loki wondered what does she think.

“Dragon?” asked.

“NO! Zecora! Look outside!”

He did as she told him and saw a pony with brown cape, digging in dirt.

“Heh, Zecora. That name reminded me somepony. But that is far...”

“That´s not important Loki, the main thing is, that this evil witch is here!”

“Witch? That´s nonsence. Magic is common, so I don´t understand what are you so scared for.”

“She can curse us!”

Now Loki actualy laught.

“Jeez Dash, curse is whatever spell that has negative impact on you. Such curses I can do too.”

“But, she does them with herbs.”

“That´s not a curse. That´s a poison.”

“I don´t care what is it, eather way, she will curse us.”

I quit.

“So...”

“Where is Applebloom?” exclaimed Applejack.

“Who?”

“My little sister, she was just here!”

“We have to find her, what if she went after Zecora?” horrified Pinkie Pie.

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Later, at the border of Everfree Forest.

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Loki was breathless. Not just Zecora´s name reminded him somepony, but voice too. And he knew who. Loki thought that she disappeared from his life.

Hmm, I know what these blue flowers are. At least they will ease things.

Next day, before Twilight woke up, went Loki to the Sweet Apple Acres. As he expected, Applebloom was sitting there on the fence.

“Hi!”

“Hi!”

“About yesterday, could you please help me with something?”

“Of course! What do you need?”

“When will girls wake up, they´ll think that they are really cursed by Zecora. I need your help, so they won´t do anything stupid, when they´ll  go find me at Zecora´s house. Don´t worry, I know who Zecora is and I can assure you, that she isn´t dangerous.” told her with kind smile.

“Ok.” answered and both ponies went to the Everfree Forest.

“Why will girls think, that Zecora cursed them?” asked little filly.

“Do you remeber that blue flower on the edge of forest?”

“Yes...”

“It´s called Poison Joke. What is does are small jokes that affects your look and some other small things. But besides this, it´s completly harmless and antidote is simple.”

“Why won´t you tell all this stuff to girls?”

“Because they need to teach a lesson about not judging ponies just by their look or habits. I need you to find ingredients fot antidote, in case that Zecora will not have them.”

“Why we are not cursed, or poisoned?”

“I am immune, because I once lived in forest similar to Everfree and you were standing on Applejack´s back. Oh, look! We are already here!” said Loki and pointed on scary cottage.”

He knocked on the door.

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At the same time, in Ponyville.

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“Applebloom is gone.” horrified Applejack.

“Loki disappeared too.” said Twilight.

“They surely went after Zecora again! And they sure don´t know how she cursed us.” spoke Rainbow.

“Maybe it happened to them too, they were with us.”

“Definitely we have to find them.” decided Twilight.

All six friends hurried into scary forest to find them. Fortunately they found Zecora´s cottage pretty soon.

“So, Applejack and Dash will go first and make us a distraction. Then we will grab Loki and Applebloom and escape. Got it?”

“Yep!”

“3, 2, 1, NOW!”

They all rushed inside, just so they could fly in the air being holded by green magic.

“So these are those friends of yours?” asked Zecora standing next to Loki.

“Yea, they are a little superstitious, but it´s fun with them.”

“Loki! What are you doing and where is Applebloom?”exclaimed orange pony.

“Don´t worry, she went to find herbs for antidote on your socalled curse.”

“What are you talking about?”

He explained them effects of Poison Joke and what was Zecora doing in Ponyville at the first place.

“So we were mistaken?”

Grey unicorn nodded and released his friends.

“I think that I should introduce you. Zicora, these are my friends Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy. Girls, this is Zicora, or Zecora whatever you prefer. She is my adoptive mother.”

Few minutes was silent.

“Your mother?” couldn´t Twilight  understand.

“That´s right.” Zecora agreed. “Once, several years ago, I found a baby, sleeping at herbs in the Everdark Forest. It hadn´t parents, so I took it home and raised it. I gave him name Loki, after immemorial god with guile not knowing the limits. So he lived with me, learned about herbs and alchemy, until he went out into the world.”

“Exactly. I had no idea that Zicora would move to the Everfree Forest, but when i heard her voice, there weren´t any doubts.”

After a while talking all ponies went to spa to heal from Poison Joke. Everpony was happy, exept Zecora, that was wondering about her conversation with Loki.

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After Applebloom went for herbs.

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“So did you find your talent, as you were hoping for?” Zecora asked.

“No, I improved it. Just my destiny is still mystery.”

“The most important is that, that you are happy. Please, tell me about what happened when you went on studies to Queen Chrysalis.”

Loki told her how he became Chrysalis´s faithful student, about his mission in Ponyville and complications that had appeared.

“What do you plan now?”

He told her and on her forehead appeared wrinkles.

“You are standing on thin ice my son, are you sure about this?”

“Yes.”

“I care about you, but I also know you well, so I believe in your success, but aren´t you afraid of consequences?”

“That is a tax, that I have to pay. There is no chance of avoiding it.”

“Take this.” she pulled out of a chest a necklace with red gem in it.

“When you will not expect it, this necklace will save your life.”

“Thank you mother.” unicorn hanged the gem on his neck.

“One last thing. Trust to those who you care about, you might be suprised one day.”

“What do you...” he couldn´t finish, because other ponies came.

He will understand, when the time is right.