Moon's Blade and the Crystals of Chaos

Chapter 4:
The Book

It has been several days since we entered the tomb. The last few days I've learned more about Ponyville and it's surroundings, as well as its inhabitants. I've spent most of my time together with Rainbow Dash, which seemed oddly interested into adventuring. She showed me a book starring a pony called 'Daring Do'. I've read several pages, and I actually started to enjoy reading those stories. It was all familiar, it almost resembled the adventure we had a while back in the tomb.

I were walking through the village, on the market. I've recently gotten myself a small job to earn some bits. I were helping out Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner, and she paid me really well.

"As long as it makes you smile it's okay to give you this much!" she had said to me.

After buying some food, Morgana walked towards me.

"I know what you're doing," she said.

I knew she was angry, but her face showed no emotion.

"Stop it. Stop it right now."

"You can't know that. Unless..." I said, but before I could finish my sentence I were interrupted by Morgana.

"The crystals are mine. I need them more than you do."

"Did you send those ponies in?"

"Yes, but they were too weak and careless to take care of the job."

We were silently looking at each other for a few minutes.

"I'll make it easy for you," Morgana continued, "Hand over the crystal and nothing bad will happen."

I hesitated for a minute, then responded "I can't. It's my duty to collect them. You know that, don't you?"

"I thought you'd be smarter than you'd look," she said, "I guess I were wrong."

She walked away from me, stood still and said "We'll meet again." Then she walked away.

I wondered what was wrong with her, why she wanted the crystals so badly. So badly that she even sacrificed ponies for it.

It became evening after being confronted with Morgana, so I went back to Twilight's.

"Hey, uhm, could you do me a favor?" Twilight asked.

She seemed kinda troubled and kind of unsure to ask me, but I asked what I could do for her.

"You see," Twilight started, "With just a single crystal Ponyville nor Equestria has been saved."

"Sooo?" I asked.

"So we need the other crystals. I'm afraid I don't know their location, so we will need the book I gave the other pony."

I already had the feeling what she was going to say.

"So you want me to steal it from her?"

"No, not stealing!" Twilight said troubled, "Just... Taking it back."

I nodded and agreed on searching the book.

"Thank you!" Twilight said relieved, "Applejack sells her a lot of apples, so she might know her pretty well. You should ask her if she know anything."

I nodded and left for the Sweet Apple Acres.

Upon arriving at the farm I saw Applejack being busy with the barn. I walked toward her.

"Hello?" I shouted at her, "Could you help me for a moment?"

"Sure thing." Applejack responded.

I asked her if she'd know anything of Morgana's location.

"I'm sorry, I don't know," Applejack said somewhat sadly, "But she usually drops by at Rarity's Boutique. Maybe she knows something I don't."

I thanked her for the information and were about to walk away until Applejack asked me why I needed to know this, so I told her what I knew about Morgana.

"What?!" Applejack screamed, "So she's the one responsible for those deaths?"

I nodded in response.

"She won't be getting any of my apples anymore."

We laughed for a while, then said goodbye. I went toward Rarity's Boutique.

I knocked on the door of Rarity's home.

"Come in, come in." a familiar voice said and the door opened.

Rarity stood in front of me.

"Oh, it's you. How are you doing? Do you want a cup of tea?"

I smiled, and entered.

While drinking our tea we discussed life a little. After a while Rarity asked "So, what are you here for?"

I explained to her about Morgana and the book. After telling her about the sacrifices she screamed and spilled her tea all over the floor.

"Oh no!" she said, "Not my fabulous carpet! It's a disaster! I worked on this carpet for so long!"

She stood up, "Don't mind me, I'll go get something to clean it with." She said as she walked away.

After waiting for a few minutes she cleaned the carpet, and I decided to help her. After a while the carpet was all clean again.

"Thank you for helping me," Rarity said, "So what can I help you with? Oh, right, her location..."

We sat down, and Rarity took a while to think about it. After a while she said "I don't know her exact location, but by the end of the day she always walks toward Fluttershy's home, so I guess her home is somewhere near there."

I thanked Rarity for telling me what she knew.

"I'm sorry I can't help you any further," she said, "If you need a dress, come see me."

So I went to Fluttershy's farm.

Fluttershy was playing with the night animals in her garden.

"Hey, could you help me for a moment?" I said, but she was startled and fled into her house.

She looked out of her window anxiously, but when she saw me she came out of her house and slowly neared me.

"Sorry for startling you like that," I said sorrily, "Especially at this time of the day... Night..."

"Oh, it's no problem..." she responded quietly, "Is there anything I can do for you..?"

I asked her if she knew anything about Morgana and her location.

"You mean that pale white unicorn that ignores anything around her?"

I nodded.

"She's a meanie. She almost kicked one of the bunnies."

Fluttershy seemed kinda angry, yet sad. "I'll help you!" she said, with a face that clearly said 'revenge'.

She told me everything she knew about Morgana, including where she lived.

"I've seen her going inside the abandoned house, not far from here," Fluttershy said, "It's a bit inside the Everfree Forest, but if you follow this path I'm sure you'll find it."

I thanked her and went on my way.