Imura released her grip on the pegasus and hopped back over to her group, smiling as if she just won the lottery.

“You have no idea?” Asked the unicorn.

“Nope.” Kaguya replied, shaking her head. She glanced back at Reina, who had taken her sweet time to shut the door.

“So, these past ten years...you were here, yes?” Reina asked as she turned back around to look at her fellow earth pony.

“I have been here indeed. First few months, shit hit the fan every other week, but after that, it eased up.” Kaguya answered, ears twitching.

“I’m a witness...ow.” Yuuki sighed as she rose onto her hooves and reclaimed her seat. She glared at Imura. “If you broke my wings, you’re paying the hospital bill.”

A mare with a really light blue pelt trotted up to Kaguya. The back part of her sky blue mane was held back in tight pink ribbons, letting just enough hair alone to look like fluffy rabbit tails. “Do you know where my big sis is at?” She inquired, her blue eyes shimmering in wonder.

“She’s a big mare, and so is Imura’s sister. She and the others have their own place--which is not here.” Kaguya answered, crossing her forelegs awkwardly. “Though, they still visit.”

“You’ve brought your bunch up well, I see.” Reina remarked, smiling at her fellow earth pony.

“And I see you have a bit of trouble with yours, as usual.” Kaguya stated, smiling back.

A stallion with a green pelt arched a brow, really light-colored and fluffy green mane shifting as if in a breeze. On his head, shifting with the mane, was a red beret. “Aoi, you think we could find your sister’s place?” He asked.

Aoi turned to the stallion. “We could, Kaze, but we don’t know where.” She replied.

Kaze sighed and shook his head. The mare did have a valid point.

“Hey, what’s that necklace for?” Asked another stallion, black mane with brown eyes and golden orange pelt with an x-shaped scar between said eyes. He was looking at Yuuki.

“I...well…” The pegasus stammered, cringing for a moment as sweat adorned her face, “I...uh...have just grown attached to it after all these years.”

Another with a brown, fluffy mane and matching eyes sighed. He had a reddish-brown pelt, and he was looking at the one who asked Yuuki about her necklace. “Kasai, she doesn’t look too comfortable talking about it.” He said.

Kasai glanced at the one who was looking at him. “You got me there, Kurei.” He sighed, shaking his head.

“Hey, what’s this soccer ball doing on my hip?” Imura asked, using a hoof to point at her hip. Indeed, her cutie mark was a soccer ball.

“That simply represents your talent around these parts. If you don’t have one, you simply haven’t found it yet.” Kaguya answered, taking a moment to sigh.

Kaze looked at his hip, a frisbee leaving a trail of light green wind adorning it. “I guess that explains something. Speaking of which, where’d my frisbee go?” He asked, glancing back at Kaguya.

“I don’t have all the answers. I just work here.” The white-pelted pony moaned, a hoof connecting with her face.

“Well, we could always find some other objects that represent our butt tattoos and go with that.” Kasai proposed, raising a hoof with a smile on his face after he looked at his cutie mark, which was a simple baseball bat.

“The term you’re looking for is ‘cutie mark.’” Yuuki corrected, shaking her head sadly.

Aoi looked at her mark, a hammer-esque object in terms of shape with a long handle, a pike’s point, and a red ball attached to it via string. “But what about my weapon?” She complained, eyes beginning to water.

The unicorn’s horn glowed, and from thin air came the hammer and ball, as well as the frisbee and soccer ball. In addition, a baseball bat was in the fray, and they all floated in the air.

“Yeeeeah...can’t see one of those getting a scabbard anytime soon.” Yuuki remarked, looking at the hammer-and-ball in particular.

“I can work around that.” The unicorn replied, a thick strand of fabric appearing from nowhere. Both ends of this long, thick strand wrapped around two separate points of the hammer’s elongated handle, secured in place by metal clasps and tightening mechanisms. Carefully, he wrapped it around the midsection of its owner, and he even gave the strap a button to the side should she need to use it at some point in time. As for the others, Kasai got a scabbard to store his bat and the other two got saddlebags for their objects, leaving Kurei out.

Reina trotted to the table and sat down on an available seat. She looked at Kaguya and sighed. “For the past ten years, woman, I’ve been looking for you. Tell me, aside from your bunch of kids, who else was brought along for the ride?” She asked, now frowning, though it was faint.

“01--who now goes by Takashi, and that’s a long story--Mimi, and Mimu. Disregarding the Quartet, it’s nothing more and nothing less.” Kaguya answered, blinking.

“And you said two of them were dead?” Reina inquired, brow arched.

“Let’s just say those two fucked up on grand proportions and enraged the head honchos of this place.” Kaguya answered swiftly, ears twitching. “And I am not lying when I say this, but one controls the sun and one controls the moon!”

Now, it was Reina’s turn to blink and go wide-eyed. “One...controls the sun and the other does the moon?” She asked.

“If you want, we can waltz right up to Canterlot simply so I can prove my point.” The white-pelted pony replied, sighing again.

“And...where is that?” The mossy green mare asked, blinking.

“You’ve surely seen that mountain with a building lodged in one side?” Kaguya groaned, a brow twitching.

“Yes.” Reina replied with a nod. “Who wouldn’t in this town?”

“That’s Canterlot.” The white-pelted mare replied.

Author's Note

Names are as follows:

Aoi = Japanese word for 'blue'
Kaze = Japanese word for 'wind'
Kasai = Japanese word for 'flame'
Kurei = Japanese pronunciation for 'Clay'

~Dragon