Whispers- Songs Of The Soul

Twilight bit her lip as she walked in, lifted a hoof and tried to speak but was interrupted by Discord. "Don't look so tense, Twilight. Loosen up!" He made an arrow appear pointing at Eclipse, and so Twilight gave a frustrated cry.

"Eclipse, would you like to go for a walk?" Then Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy darted through the door.

"Trouble! Come!" Rainbow Dash yelled, grabbing Eclipse by the arm and flying out with her.

"Um...if it's okay Twilight, can you come too?" Twilight nodded at her quiet friend, gave a sharp stare at Discord, and walked out.

They found themselves at Sweet apple acres, but the trees were bare and stone like. "Who could destroy an orchard," Applejack picked up a fully ripe fruit from the ground, "and eat the leaves and nothing else?"

"Fluttershy, do you know any creature that's capable of this?" She shook her head in reply.

"I...I do." Eclipse stammered as she walked towards a stone tree and touched it, "The Anthintikus. It's saliva destroys the vitamins and minerals a tree needs for survival and turns it into stone. It's a creature from the ever free forest, deep in the core of it. I can't imagine why it would come here."

"I'll go to the library of the castle at once and read of this abnormal creature." Princess Twilight said as she turned away, running and leaping to get airborne.

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Twilight looked at the crystal grandfather clock in the front of the library, it read 9:00. "I still have time to convince Eclipse..." A flash of light appeared, and the draconequus leaned over her head and grinned to say,

"Good luck with that." Twilight, in an effort to shove him away, lost control of her magic and a book dropped near her hooves.

The Guide To Explain Unexplainable And Powerful Creatures

Twilight shrugged, tilting the book cover open and levitating the page an inch near her face. "A... A... A... Ah ha! The Anthintikus." She began to read, "This creature represents a snake the size of an average cloud. It's skin is made of pure stone for defensive reasons, stressing them in the process of shedding their skin and renewing it. It is an omnivore, though it does not eat ponies. It will only attack pony kind if it feels threatened. Be cautious when approaching, it has been known to destroy cities as large as an empire." Twilight shook her head. She wasn't scared, she was terrified! She continued to scan through the sentences, "Their diets consist of trees, leaves and meat. This is met in such disgust from pony kind as they must hunt for it and will usually hunt bunnies or bears in the care of ponies. They eat the leaves of trees and thrust their fangs into the bark, sucking in all the vitamins it wants. It's saliva makes the bark slowly turn to stone, and it serves as a venom when dealing with larger or more intelligent beings." She grabbed the book, sheltering it between her wings and stomach, and ran as fast as she could. She made herself disappear and reappear infront of her friends.

"Find anything, Suga' cube?" AppleJack asked, noticing the mare panting.

"This..."

"The Guide To Explain Unexplainable And Powerful Creatures? What in sweet celestia's name is that?" Rarity questioned herself, puffing her mane with her hoof. There was a moment of silence after the book had been read, that was before the ponies anxiously trotted about.

"M'ah Orchards... They'll be destroyed!"

"Now, darling do not speak of the worst. It shall not be pleasant and many hoof-acures will go to waste but-"

"I do know a spell that can fix-" they lunged at her, all except for Twilight.

"And you didn't mention it because?"

"I thought you knew-"

"Darling, speak up like a proper lady, stop being dramatic."

"I don't speak up, does that mean I'm not a proper lady, Rarity?"

"Fluttershy, dear, I didn't say that and I didn't mean that. You know it."

"Girls..."

"Well Eclipse is sure gettin' on ma nerves. I mean, we give 'er a home and a family, and yet she scares us like that!"

"GIRLS! Give her a break, look at...her? Where is she?" Twilight's lilac eyes darted around both frantically and fearfully.

"She was just here? She couldn't have gone far on hoof, probably in the skies. Even so, Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack spread out and look

for her on the ground. Twilight, Fluttershy and the Awesomest Pegasus In Equestria, that's me, will look in the air. Go!" Rainbow spread her wings and instantly vanished, leaving a cloud of puff in her place.

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Eclipse sat silently at the top of the hill, the cold, thin air entering her lungs made no difference to not breathing at all, and she was suffocating silently. But being an alicorn, it didn't harm her in any sort. She sniffed, laying her head on the ground. FLASH, there was a bright light, and Discord sat on the rock. "Greetings."

"Gosh... You startled me. How did you know I was here?"

"I didn't. This is my hill. Look on the side." Eclipse moved to the left, noticing the large marking. It read;

DISCORDS HILL

"Oh... Sorry. I'll leave at once."

"No. You can stay. Your sad, why is that?"

"I... Don't belong here." There was a large pause as Eclipse removed the tears from her bright red eyes, and it was interrupted by Discord.

"And I do? I am a Draconequus. I have a head of a horse, horn of a goat, antler of  a deer, a goat beard, a snake tongue, dare I go on? I possess the power of chaos and the image of a freak. Yet I deserve friendship as much as any other. I know that you are upset... But you do. If a villain like me can be forgiven, Luna too, I think you can as well."

"But, Discord, I didn't think they wouldn't know of such a basic spell... For an alicorn, I'm so stupid!"

"Yes, I guess you are, but right now you should be the greatest pony you can be."

"You're right..."

"Course I am! Now, come Eclipse. I believe somebody is looking for you." He pointed at Twilight Sparkle, who was calling to her student, though unaware she was on the hill. Eclipse nodded, hugged her newly found friend, and leaped off the peak. Her wings spread out as she gracefully glided down.

"Eclipse! Please don't be upset..."

"I'm not. Come on, we have an orchard to save." Twilight smiled at Eclipse, then galloped to the orchard.

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Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were gathered around a picnic table. Eclipse hopped onto the table and let her horn be enveloped with a glowing red aura, and soon, beams of light were shot at each tree. Every tree that was hit soon had been frosted with a deep red colour, than a natural brown colour. Soon, all the trees had their leaves and bark on them.

"That was wonderful, dear. I'm sorry... I'll make it up to you though. I promise."

"Yeah, me too." Rainbow added to Rarity's apology.

"That was vague." Rarity stated, turning to Rainbow Dash.

"Girls!" Fluttershy yelled, pulling them to each other. "Apologise! Is that a way to talk to a friend?"

"Sorry..."

"Well, apology not accepted."

"What!" Eclipse stared, wide eyed at the two friends fighting. Her horn illuminated once more, and both girls were teleported to Discord's hill. She teleported a quick letter to it too.

Dearest Discord,

Your assistance and advice was appreciated. Please talk these two out of their strange fighting behaviour. Thanks.

Eclipse

"Where'd they go? I could'a sworn Rares was right 'ere?" Applejack gaped.

"Uh... They'll return, right?" Twilight whispered to Eclipse quietly, who nodded.