"So, Typhon was Celestia and Luna's younger brother?" Candy asked.

"Yes, I didn't know him for too long myself, but they were pretty close. Honestly, I was shocked when I found out that he ran away not too long after Luna became nightmare moon. The last I've heard of him was something about The Forsaken land" Uncle explained as he pulls out a map (from nowhere) with a question mark in the center, "No one knows where it is though. I heard he built his own kingdom there for Equestrians or anyone who grew tired of their peaceful way of living"

"Why would anyone want to get rid of peace?" Candy scratches her head.

"Peace could be boring sometimes," He threw the map away, and laid back in the air," Having a bit of chaos in your life keeps the sanity...sane I guess"

"I'm pretty sure you aren't using those words right"

"Who says?"

"Logic!"

"Where's the fun in logic?"

"I guess you have a point"

"None of that matters!" I snapped, I turn to my uncle with a serious look, "What does any of this have to do with us? You haven't explained why we are alive yet"

Discord sighs and Sits in front of us, "This might take a while to explain...So I'll just be blunt. You and your friends are here to fight Typhon in the element's place"

Crickets chirp and the old castle howels as the wind blows through. It was so quiet that a pin can drop and you would hear it.

"WE WHAT?!" Candy shouts in disbelief.

"I can't fight!" I shout right after her.

"We're going to die!"

"What made you think the two of us could beat a demon lord?"

"We're going to die!"

"This is unbelievable"

"Did I mention that we're going to die?"

Suddenly, zippers appear on our mouths.

"Calm down. I guess I'll have to explain after all," Uncle shrugs, "As you already know, you were born from chaos. I used a couple of very powerful spells to bring you back from the dead, in Autumn's case, out of a vegetative state,"

I hold my arm with my hand in an attempt to hide my visible chills.

"While normal children are born from...Well, I'll let your parents explain that part some other time," He rubs the back of his neck in thought, "You two and your friends were re-born from magic. In simpler terms, you're artificial beings created from chaos magic"

"So, we have magic even though we're not unicorns!?" Candy asked excitedly, after unzipping her mouth.

"Not exactly. It's more like, you are the magic" He explains, "Your heart its self is like a container and center of the magic in your bodies and your lives. Basically, you're immortal as long as your heart isn't completely destroyed. Bleeding out, Brain damage, falling off of a cliff, drowning, suffocation, All of these common deaths aren't possible for you. Though it may cause some kind of damage without being fixed immediately"

"So, How do we fight Typhon exactly?" I asked after unzipping my own mouth, "You said he supposedly has over a hundred different types of dark creatures right?"

"Let's not jump that far ahead, There is something else you two need to do for now," He says.

"What's that?"

"Find the rest of your friends"

"Why can't you just tell us who they are? Do we really have that much time to waste?" I ask.

"Relax, you have at least another five to six years before Typhon makes his big move," Uncle says and a large timer appears next to him,"Besides, with everything that's going on now, I doubt the princesses will let me roam freely for a while"

"Are you going to be in trouble?" My face changes to one full of concern.

"Not much," he crosses his arms, "But some people have trust issues. Aren't I always honest and good?"

I smile at his joke, suddenly feeling a bit more calm about my situation.

"Well, I'll see you later. Good luck," He pats my head before disappearing.

"Good luck to you too" I mumble back.

"Wait!" Candy exclaims, "How do we get back to town?"

The wind howls throughout the empty, dark castle in the middle of the everfree forest.

We both sigh.

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The next day

I sit at the table of my kitchen, writing down a list of names in my notebook.

Grant
Quinn
Ashton
Julia

"What are you doing up so early?" Mom asked, suddenly appearing in the doorway.

I jump slightly and quickly shoved the notebook into my bag.

"Nothing. Should you be up? You were hit pretty bad yesterday" I glance at her leg wrapped in bandages.

"I'm fine, It's just a little sprain" She smiles softly and makes her way into the kitchen. She watches as I grab my bag and boots, "Isn't school canceled today?"

"It is, But Candy and I have a...project to do so we're going to meet up at the park" I hastily explain as I struggle to pull my shoes on.

"Is today really such a good idea. After everything that happened last night, I'm not so sure-"

"It'll be fine mom," I assure her after zipping up my sweater, "I promise"

"Alright then, have fun," She says hesitantly.

"We will!" I leave the house and head towards town. Because, there's no school today, there are many kids walking around. Most of the adults still have work, while the remaining ones are helping to repair what Cerberus crashed last night. This should make it somewhat easier to look for the others.

I stop near the center of town and sat on a nearby bench. I pulled out my notebook from before. I have no idea where to start. I know the names and how old everyone should be, but I have no idea how to look for them. What if they aren't even the same gender? Would they look similar to their old bodies?

"Hey, Autty!" Candy shouts as she rushes up to me, "Sorry I was so late, It took forever to get- what are you looking at?"

I didn't even realize that I had been staring at her so intently. It's still blurry, but I can remember how Candy used to look. Dyed red hair, freckles, and big hazel eyes.

"Hey, Candy?"

"Yeah?"

"Have you ever had freckles?"

"Hmm, Nope, not that I remember. Why?" She gasped and held her cheeks, "Do I still have sprinkles on my cheeks? How embarrassing"

I laugh and look back down at my book, "You are definitely Candice. You may look different now, but I'd remember that personality anywhere"

"Does that mean we can find our friends?" She asked.

"Yeah, I just don't know where to start-" I cut myself off. I spot non-other than the young prince himself.

"What's wrong? " Candy questions as she follows my gaze, "Is that Nebula?"

He had a bag on his back, It looked heavy, almost like he was carrying rocks, and his coat was so long it nearly covers his feet. Some stopped to wave to him, however, he seemed like he had something important on his mind. I've never seen him look so out of it.

"Where do you think he's going? I wonder what he's carrying. We don't have school so..." Candy tilts her head in thought.

"Let's go," I say as I grab and pull her along.

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After following the prince for thirty minutes, he stops in front of a lake near the outskirts of town. We hid behind a tree, close enough to see him clearly. He stops and drops his bag on the ground, the heavy item inside made a loud sound as it fell.

He takes his coat off revealing his lack of a shirt and swims trunks. He then steps closer to the water.

"Is he going swimming?" Candy whispers, "It's cold out today"

"Shhh, he might hear us"

He is visibly cold when the water touches his feet, but he brushes it off just as quickly. turning to face his bag, he opens it and pulls out the heavy object. A pair of weights attached to a chain. He sits and attaches the chain to his leg before returning to the water.

"What is he doing?" Candy questions.

"I don't know" I whisper. What could someone do with weights at a lake?

Wait a minute.

"Wait!" I call out, giving away our hiding spot.

It was too late though, Nebula had already dived under. The weight should be pulling him down to the bottom of the lake, so far that you can barely get there just by swimming.

"Candy! Go get the princess!" I tell her, she comes out of her shocked state and nods before running away.

Candy is fast but not fast enough, it could be too late by the time she gets someone. I rush over to the lake and removed my coat and shoes. Then I swiftly dove into the water. At the bottom I see Nebula, his face is pained, probably from the cold water and the lack of air in his lungs. He wasn't too far down luckily.

I reach him and attempted to pull him up. When he sees me his eyes go wide and he shakes his head.

'No? Does he want to die?!' I think to myself.

He attempts to push me away, but his energy is dropping. He goes limp, allowing me to get a grip on him, but the weight continues to pull us both down. I pull on the chain, desperate to free him, but there's no way I can break it.

Suddenly a blue aura appears over the chain, and it breaks. I look back at Nebula, in time to see his eyes close again. I thank him in my head as I pull him to the surface. I gasp for air as we emerge from the water. Dragging his body to the shore, I notice that Nebula was not breathing.

"Oh no" I gasp, "Please Nebula, open your eyes!"

I do my best to perform CPR, I tilt his head back, push down on his chest and even mouth to mouth, to no avail.

I place my ear on his chest. There's not even a heartbeat and his skin is cold and pale. It's too late. The prince is gone.

"Why would you do that?" I mumble as my eyes fill with tears, "What happened? What were you thinking?"

"I was going to ask you the same," A voice says.

I look up to find Nebula's eyes meeting mine. I jumped away in shock as he struggles to sit up. I only came back when he hunched over and began to cough. I quickly move to help him up.

"Thank god you're alive. I thought-"

"Are you stupid?" He asks harshly, glaring directly at me "You could have died! Why would you dive into the water like that?"

"Me?" I ask in disbelief, "You're the one who tied a chain to his leg and tried to go swimming. In fall no less!"

"I had it under control. It was for an experiment" He says as he takes deep breaths, attempting to get more air than water in his lungs. He nearly falls over again but I catch him, letting his body rest against mine.

"Your heart wasn't even beating and your skin is as cold as ice. How are you even alive?" I touch his back, attempting to help him despite my agitated mood. When I touched him, however, my eyes widened in shock, "It's still not beating"

"I could say the same to you," He says, his face in the same expression.

"Y-Your not..." I shudder as I step back, "We're-"

"Nebula!" princess Twilight rushes up to us, with Candy following behind.

"Oh my god, what happened?" Twilight cries as she grabs Nebula and pulls him into a hug, "Your freezing! Where is your coat?"

"I'm fine. I just wanted to collect some of the plants from the lake for a project. I guess Candy and Autumn saw me and got the wrong idea" He lies. He turns to me and Candy with a smile, "Sorry for scaring you like that"

"Um...it's okay?" Candy responds.

"Yeah?" I follow.

"Thanks for looking after him," The princess says, "But why are you all wet Autumn?"

"Oh, I uh-"

"After I told her what I was doing she offered to help. She knows a lot about plants," He says, cutting me off, " Why don't you come help me with my experiment later. I'll explain how it works"

"Actually we have to-" Candy starts. I cut her off by covering her mouth with my hand.

"Sure, we'll see you then" I reply.

He nods and leaves with his mother. Candy looks back and forth between us just as confused as me.

"Did I miss something?" She asks.

I place my hand over my heart. Sure enough, it was beating.

"Yeah. A lot"

Author's Note

Woo!

I'm back from writer's block! Hooray!

Let's celebrate with two updates today! (Internal cringe at that horrible rhyming)

Next chapter: "This wasn't the first time"