“Shall we?” I said gesturing for her to grab my hand.

“With pleasure.” She replied. “But what about the party? And all of the guests?”

“They will be fine, also,” I said, watching Pinkie bouncing all over the place setting games everywhere. “I think Pinkie has her work cut out for her, the girls are enjoying this too.” I said pointing to the girls. Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Applejack were all talking between themselves while the others were either playing Pinkie’s games or just chatting with the guests.

“you’re right.” She said smiling. “Then let’s go.”

I took her hand and walked outside, once there I took her into the forest. “Where are we going?” She asked.

“It’s a surprise.” I said winking at her. We walked for a bit then we reached the cave that leads to the Heart of the forest. The outside of the cave though was completely different, thanks to Woodman of course. The clearing in front of the cave was filled with a multitude of different kind of multicolored plants that filled the empty space in front of the cave, in the air there were dozens of fireflies that lit the place like spirits traveling through the night sky. The moon was in her prime and her beautiful light basked the entire thing in an almost supernatural way. At the centre, there was a path that climbed all the way to the top of the cave. The cave itself was now cleaner, the fangs were polished and the entrance was littered with torches.

“It’s beautiful…” Said Sunset.

“You didn’t see anything yet.” I responded. “Come with me.” We followed the path and reached the top of the cave there, there was a tree big enough to almost cover the sky, we walked under it and I sat on a low branch, then I patted a branch next mine suggesting to Sunset to sit down too.

“Why are we here?” She said sitting.

“You’ll see.” I said, then the music started.

Moon Without The Stars, I always loved that song, I just felt that it was the right thing to sing there and there.

I made her stand up and wrapped a hand around her waist and started to dance to the rhythm her eyes darted around trying to grasp everything that was happening when she noticed how close we where she blushed a little before smiling and leaning her head on my chest. The fireflies from before started to rise and flew around us like an audience, watching us.

I was feeling like I was in a dream, the night, the sky and the moon. All paled in comparison to Sunset. She was beautiful with a smile that lit the night with its sheer beauty. The tempo was lento, and we danced it. The song really get my words out for Sunset to hear. I couldn’t think of an existence without her now, I was finally, truly happy.

I slowed the dance and I stared into her eyes, almost losing myself in them, a tiny breeze formed and all around us the grass moved and almost shared our dance.
While we were dancing, almost on cue, the branches of the tree moved away, and the light of the full silver jewel of the sky that was the moon hit us like if it was a spotlight. There were only me and Sunset right now, nobody else. The world was our stage and we, danced on it with our heart, free from the bonds that chained us to the world.

The branches lifted more and cleared our vision of the moon, the moon was right behind us basking us in her beautiful light, and I held Sunset closer than ever, I don’t know how really but, we started to leave the ground, now the jeweled night was our ballet stage. Luna’s moon shined brighter than ever, the stars around it gave the illusion of millions of other dancers around us. While we were dancing in a circle we went higher and higher, the fireflies flew up around us in a column of light that lit Sunset’s face.
Then it started, a magnificent meteoric shower that filled the sky, Sunset looked at me with teary eyes and without even thinking I leaned her closer to the point that our noses were touching each other.

“I love you” I said.
“And I love you too.”

We kissed under the moonlight, with an intensity that I never experienced before, I could feel Sunset’s love and her mine. The song continued while we danced and showed our love to the world. The song was now reaching the end, that beautiful dream finished like so many things, but I knew deep inside that our love would remain eternal.We started to descend and the fireflies flew away in the night while the song gave out its final notes filled with emotions.
We broke our kiss and just stared at each other before Sunset spoke up.

“Wow…” She said. “That was, beautiful.” She started to cry. “Thank you, thank you.” She said hugging me tightly, and I reciprocated. “I love you.”

“I love you too, my phoenix.” I said with a smile.

“How did you set up all of this?” She asked.

“A little help from Woodman and a stroke of luck with the meteor shower.” I replied. “Now come with me there is still one thing that I want to show you.” We walked down and entered the cave, I guided her through the tunnels. At the last turn, I asked her something.

“Now Sunny, close your eyes and don’t open them until I say so ok?” She nodded and I entered the main cave. Once there I waited for the right moment
“Open your eyes.” I said, then I pointed at the Heart, the moon had arrived at its zenith, the light from the moon shined from the hole in the dome right on top of the Heart. When the silver light reached it the Heart divided the moonlight creating an aurora borealis of silver colours, a moon rainbow. The entire cave was immersed in this beautiful light. Sunset was completely speechless, so I just hugged her, and we remained there admiring nature’s work.

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I was in a dark place, around me there was nothing but darkness. Then in that endless darkness a light shined, it was a deep red colouration and it was reaching me. The light started to condense into a pony shape when it was about three meters away from me, then at a meter of distance it finished and took the form of somepony I knew very well. An almost exact copy of me, but her mane was red with a patch of green in it, her coat was pitch black with some specks of purple on it, the specs were more visible around her waist and breasts. She also wasn’t wearing anything on her. All of this with her almost sickening smile.

Hatred.

“Hello, cady!” She greeted me. “How is the pony that I hate the most in this world?”

I snorted, crossing my arms. “Quit the games Hatred, you hate everypony the same.” I said.

She immediately narrowed her eyes and said.”Yeah, you’re right.” And she continuing. “So why are you here?” She asked while biting off her finger before regenerating it.

“Why are you doing this?” I asked.

“What? This?” She said biting off another finger, I nodded and she continued. “It’s easy, it’s because I hate myself, as such I will make myself suffer for it. Oh don’t worry, I hate you as well, and your clothes and this world.” She explained.

“I was inside the Everfree when some kind of fog appeared. Then I woke up here.” I won’t tell her what really happened.

“You really are an idiot, aren’t you?” She stared at me in the face and started to cry blood. “Li͞st̕e̵n here and ̛l̷i̧st͡ȩń we͝l͜l ̧Ca̡de̢nce.̶ ͏I ̷AM ỲO͟U!̕ ͞T͠h͘e͠r̀e i̵s͢ not͏hin͝g y̷o͟u ͝ca͘n ̧h҉id͝ę ̛f̸r̸om͏ ͝m͞e҉.̨ ͟A̧ND͜ I HAT̸E ̧IT!"̀ She said in a distorted voice. “I ̶͏s̸a̕w̶͞ ҉́͟w҉̶h̸҉at ̕͟h҉́a̵̕p͟͏̧p̀͞e͏̀ǹéd ̧̕H̨͏̀A͏H͝A̸̡H̷̕A̴.̛ ̕͜D́Ơ̵ ͞Y҉͘ÓU ́R̷Ȩ͟A̛͢L̴L̵̶͡Y҉̡͟ ͡T̸͞H̛Ì̴̀N̵͢͝K̛͟ ̷͠Y͢O̶͟U͏ ̛C̡͘O͞U̢͘LD ̛SA̵͏͢VE̡̕ ̷TḨ͏̀E̸͝M?̵́͞ Y̧͜O҉̡U ͝҉̶W̨̢ER̵E̷̸ ͞͡N҉̷E͢͡V͡Ȩ҉R̶ ̷̨́T̶̡͡H͢E̷ ̵̵Ǫ̵͝NE̕͜͟ I̷̶̢N̨͏ ͜͡C҉̕O̸N̛T̵R̷Ǫ͢L͜!̀̕͞ ̴̧Ǵ̷͠Ó̸̢ ͏͟A̧͟ŃD̢͜ ̷̨H̷̡͠I̷͢ḐE̕ ̡͢BET̀͠W̴̡EE̢̕Ń͠ ̵̴͡Y̸͜͡Ó̡͜U̶R͜ ̨̕C̸A̢͘̕P̢͟͟T̴̶OR̢’S͘ L͏E̶G̶S͢ W̢I͞L̶L̵̶͡ ̴Y̧Ơ҉Ų?͡ ̡͢I͝ ̢͠H̨A̴͟͝T́E̸ ͏͡Y͝͝O͟͠U A̸̴N̢D͟͡͡ I͏ ͡HÁ҉T̴͜͞E̕͡ ̵̴̧C̴̕E͘͘L̢̡̛ES͡T͜I̢͞A͏̧͘! G̶̸͘͜O̴͟ ̛͝Á͡N̨D̨͘ ̴̨̕͞B̷͘U̴͘͞͏̵R͜͏͟N͞͠ ̛́͘͜I҉̡͏́͜Ń̴́͟͜ ̵҉T͜͡H̵̕͞͡͠E̴̢͝ ̷͜S̴̵̢͝Ṕ҉͞͝Ȩ̡́͡C̢̕͝I̶҉̷͡A̷͟͞͠L̕͘ ̢͡H̵̕͠Ę͜L͟͝L̀͞҉ ̢͟҉͏Ì̶͘͟҉ ́͝B̸̷Ứ́̕͞Ì͘L͏̷̧̀T̨̀͟ ̧͝͞F̵̨͠Ơ̴̸̡͡R̷̸̨̧̛ ̡̡͜͜͟Y̶O̕͝͠U̕̕͘͝͝ ͞͏W͢͡͠I͘T̨̧̢͘͜H̸̶̡͘ ̷̸̶T̶̴̶H̡̢͞͞E͝Į̸̷͏R̡̀͠ ̡͟S̵̢̀O̕Ư͘Ĺ̸S̢̧ ̶̕̕W̵̴͢I̧͏͟L̢͘L͢ ̡̛͞Y̴̴͜͠Ǫ̷҉͜U̸̵̸?̴͢ ̶H̀͘͡A̕H̨̨̕͟͞A̶͡H̢͘҉̨͞A̸҉H́҉͞͏A͘͝H͜͏A̴͟.”

I couldn’t take it anymore, I charged my fist and punched her in the face with all my strength making her fly away.

“It’s your fault! It’s your fault I have to wear that damned necklace! It’s your fault I have to kill! IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT! I̧ ͟H͘AT̢E YOU!I͜͞͡ ̨̛̕HA̷͘T͡E̛ YO͢͏U̵!͏̵I҉́͞ ̵̵͘͢H̷͘Á̢͝T̷͘͠E̡̨͟ ̨͘͟͝͝Y̴͝O̢͜Ứ!҉” I shouted in a distorted voice, too similar to hers for my liking.

“I hate myself too hahahaha you fool! You are too weak to fight me! Give up, lend me your body so that I can finally kill everyone!” She shouted appearing in front of me.

“Never, I will never do it! Demons like you should be burning in hell!” I shouted angrily at her.

She restricted my movements and whispered in my ear. “Then it’s really unfortunate for you, that I am you… we will reach that famous hell hand in hand hahahaha. Look at yourself, you can’t even control a figment of your own imagination, worse you gave it sentience, you brought this on you.” She backed away from me. “Admit it! You are a creature of hate! Love is meaningless the only real force in this world is pure HATRED!”

“I’m Mi Amore Cadenza, Princess, and Goddess of love and I will never become like you!” I said feeling that I was starting to wake up, the world around me started to crumble.

“You’re right. You will never become like me.

Yͫͣͮ̕͝͏̸͕̞͚̣͕̥͕̼̼̲̦͉̣͞Ő̷̸͇̗̬̘̮̙̱̞̹̬̘ͤͣ͗̏ͯͦͤ̚͜U̧̿̔̍̔͗̌ͩ̊́̕҉̤̠̬̬͙̀ͅ ̴̢̀ͤ͗ͤ̿̄͛̅ͫ̉̑̉ͮͨͪ͏̢̻̩͔̫̦̬̼̯ͅḀ̴̤̱̰͌̈́ͩ͛͋́L̴̷̛̲̲̖͓͇̘̰͇͚͙̦̮̠̮͛̐̌͂͒̂ͬͮ̈͋͛̽̄̓ͯͪͩ̅͠ͅR̸̛͐͋̆̿ͫ̎̍͡͠҉̱̺̮̝̝̘̺̱͚̘̱͖̞̖̹̙̼̠ͅȄ̸̜͎̱̳̞͚̱͓̟̼͕̲̄̂͂̚͟Ą̶̛̩̞̭̯̺̳͈̩̳̹̠̥̮̝͂͑̃ͣ̓̕͡D̼͈̤̫͕̥̻͙̜͖̪̦̪̼̺ͣ͊̾̔̓́͝͠ͅͅͅY̵͖̳͖͙̟̯̗͕̹̺̌̑ͭ͆̕ ̢̩̩͈͕̪̫͎͚̖̮̥̲̲͕ͯ͊̎͐̑ͯ͒ͭ̂ͣ͊̅ͯ̾͐͟͝A̸͚͕͈̲̞͖̻̗͖̟̮̦̟̥͓͙ͩ̍̎ͧ̑̄ͮͥ͂ͨ̈́͐́͝R̸̡͔̱̥̳̬̮̬̤̤͚͈͕̗̫̖̄̋ͨ̔̌̎̿̈́̈̈́̿ͭ̍͗ͮ̑̓̚Ȩ̢͈̟̙̪̹̙̗͈̝͉̫͂͛͐͒̎͋̊ͦͦ̀̄̚͢ͅ!̵̸̷̱̭̖̺̱̜͔̰̼̼̠͚͔̝ͦͭ̏͒ͩ͑͊͡͝ HAHAHAHAHAhahahaha.” She said while fading away.

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I heard a scream from Cadence’s room, I was there to visits her again and to check the necklace. I rushed inside and saw Cadence screaming and panicking on the bed, the nurses were trying to stop her but she swatted them away like nothing. Cadence was growing more and more violent until she almost snapped the neck of one of the nurses, she grabbed her by her neck and almost killed her. I reacted quickly and used my magic pinning her down against her will.

“Servi oboedite dominis.” I said in a firm tone. Cadence immediately fell limp and stopped moving, the necklace on her chest was now glowing signaling that the spell was still in function.

“I’m yours to command.” She said in a monotonous tone.

“Calm down and listen to me, when I’ll give you the command you will be still and you will explain to me what happened.” I said.

“Yes domina” She replied.

“Evigilare faciatis” I said and Cadence resumed her screaming and flailing. “Stop!” I said firmly.

Cadence stopped abruptly and said. “I was in the forest, the demons inside of it forced me to see my worst memories and almost destroyed my psyche. I fell into a coma and met Hatred. We talked and she told me that I’m not the goddess of Love because I’m her and she is me. I’m a being of hate.” She explained.

“I don’t care what your imagination says to you. Get up, you have to find Hunter, we believe he is in the Everfree forest. I sent the Omegas alone to investigate, reach them and resume the search, Now!” I said. Cadence was on the verge of crying and I didn’t have time for that.

“Status miles.” I imparted, Immediately her face was devoid of any emotions, without a word she stood up, grabbed her clothes and made her way out of the hospital.

“Now let’s see if the Omegas already sent a report.” I said while teleporting to my throne room. There there was a messenger ready to read the new report. “Talk,” I said.

“Yes, my princess. Shining Armor here, we encountered resistances inside the forest, it seems that new monsters now inhabit it. The new monsters are already coded with three different codenames. The Ghosts, little white creatures with maimed faces, extremely rapid movements and deadly if in great numbers. Devourers, at six meters tall these beasts can destroy a powerful shield with their fists, they can withstand a large amount of damage before dying, their peculiar characteristic is the enormous mouth that traverses their whole body. The last one was never seen but we suspect it exists, for lack of physical description we will call them Nightmare, they can emit a powerful fog filled with hallucinogens that can make someone relive their worst memories, if left unchecked they can scare off entire armies with fear alone. Finally, we reached the center of the forest but a multitude of trees filled with Ambrosia blocked our path and we can’t move forward. We request the Solar blessing to cut down those trees. We are currently in ponyville inside a tree library, we are waiting for orders. End of the report.

‘New creatures eh? Where are they coming from? The solar crusade killed the majority of the dangerous species and brought many others to the point of extinction. I will need a live specimen of the first two to study them, I also need to start producing anti-fear charms to counteract the effects of the Nightmares.’ I thought.

I teleported from my room a little vial filled with blessed water and gave it to the messenger.
“Take this to the Omegas, be quick and if you break this…” I said leaning on him with a cold look. “Be sure to break your neck next understood?.” I said. The messenger swallowed hard and nodded taking the vial with him.

“I will be quick your majesty, trust me.” He said. I just nodded and he hastily got out of the room.

‘ Now let’s see if we can do anything to find those nightmares…’

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After the light show in the cave I took Sunset home, there we found out that the girls were already there all waiting with a frown.

“Where were you?” Asked Rainbow flying directly to my face. I put a hand on her shoulder and grounded her.

“Your mother and I were away on a date.” I said. They blushed a little and looked at the floor.

“I-I’m sorry.” Fluttershy said.

“Why my dear?” Asked Sunset.

“When we noticed that you weren’t at the party anymore I panicked and sent everyone away to search you.” She said covering her face with her hands.

I put a hand on her shoulder, crouched down and said. “Don’t worry Fluttershy, it was very responsible for you to do this.” At her confused expression, I replied. “You see, you saw two important guests disappear without a trace and your first thought was to find them. I assume that you all helped her?” I asked the others.

Twilight took a step forward and said. “Yes, I coordinated the searchers, Pinkie, Applejack, and Rarity all joined the various teams. Fluttershy, Rainbow, and Derpy all searched from the sky. We didn’t find you anywhere so we returned home to think of a better plan, and then you entered.” While Twilight was explaining the others nodded when she mentioned their names.

“My little brave girls, you don’t need to worry. Daddy is strong.” I said in a joking tone, then I whispered. “The only one that scares me is your mother while she’s angry.” I said, they giggled a bit, then Sunset hit me on the back.

“I’m not scary!” She said pouting.

“Oh noooo a scary mother! Scatter!” I said and then we all started to run away while Sunset was chasing us.

After a good twenty minutes of running we were all laughing on the couch, I stretched my arms and hugged them all.

“I love you so much.” I said. They snuggled a bit inside my hug and let out a happy sigh. Now I have something for you.” I said breaking the hug and standing up.

“What is it?” Pinkie asked. “A gift? Oh-oh-oh ah-ah mmmmh a guitar? A weapon? A kitty? Ooooh please be a kitty.” She said bouncing up and down on the couch.

“Nope, sorry Pinkie. What I have for you is a special gift called the Hive Mind. With this, you can always contact me and the others changelings. You will recognize each other inside of it because we are all golden points instead of blue and green. Blue dots are female changelings, green ones are male changelings.” I explained. “I will transfer to you my genes on the hive mind now. You are ready?” I asked.

“Yes.” “Hit me!” “Sure.” “Absolutely” “I’m ready.” “Yuppi doo!” Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie said.

I nodded and sprouted six different tendrils that embedded inside of their chests then I transferred my genes of the hive mind. After the ordeal, I retracted the tendrils and said.
“How are you? Everything alright?”

“Yeah totally!” Rainbow replied.

“Very interesting…” Twilight muttered.

“Oh thank goodness. I told to the guards to stop the searches. I’m just confused on why they didn’t try to contact you.” She said.

“I was inside the Heart of the forest, where the hive mind probably doesn’t work. It’s my best guess anyway.” I said then continued. “Now we need to discuss your training. Rarity will be training with Regina, she will teach how to be stealthy end lethal. Fluttershy, you will instead train with Woodman he will teach you how to mold the forest into your ally. Applejack you will train with Viribus and Sunset, he will teach you how to fight with only your fists, she will teach you how to control your fire powers. Pinkie, you and Rainbow will train with me, I will teach you how to fight with all of your weapons, Rainbow will especially be trained in her lightning abilities. Twilight, you will train with Ferdinand, he will teach you how to fight with a sword and how to use powerful magic.” I said. “Questions?” They all raised their hands.

“Who are they?” They asked.

‘I knew I forgot something!’ I thought. “Well, you see they are…”

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We were inside of the library ready to move, but the messenger wasn’t there yet. So we waited.

And waited.

Until a knock was heard from the door.

“Who’s there?” I said.

“Sir, I’m corporal Stone Edge can I come in?” Somepony said from outside.

“Yes, enter.” The guard opened the door, he was a grey maned stallion with a grey mane and grey eyes, the name was fitting it seemed. “What do you want?”

“Sir we found another error on the outskirt of town. A unicorn mare, cerulean, and silver streaked mane. Her name is Trixie Lulamoon, her horn is disabled and seemed incapable of using magic.” The guard said saluting.

“Never heard of her. Do the usual.” I ordered. He saluted again and started to go away when I got an idea. “Wait!” I shouted “I got an idea. Take her to the forest tomorrow morning, the monsters inside of it will deal with her hehe.” I said chuckling darkly.

“Sir, yes sir.” He said before exiting.

“Now that that was taken care of, let’s see if there is something worthy of reading while I’m here.” I thought. I saw a book and picked it up.

‘Daring Do and the sapphire stone. Interesting.’

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The guard returned, after he captured me and chained me at a pole, I had to sleep like an animal chained and unable to truly sleep because of the cold winds. He left me in the middle of the street and I was panicking on my fate. I thought he would just leave me here to die of starvation, but at last, he returned.

“Where are we going? Where are you taking the Great and Powerful Trixie?” I said.

“Shut up, error. You have no right to speak.” He said in a cold voice.

“How dare you-” He cut me off slapping me across my face, a trickle of blood exited my nose.

“I said. Shut up.” He replied and this time I kept my mouth shut. We walked for a good minute before reaching the forest.

‘Where are we going? I-I don’t wanna die!’ I thought scared. ‘It’s that forest’s fault if I’m in this situation, before entering it my horn was fine!’ My horn was vastly different from a normal one, mine looked like it blossomed like a flower, and my magic was inaccessible.

“Here we are.” He said. “Go in and don’t come back.” He pointed to the forest.

I nodded and walked inside. Better be in danger inside of that forest that trapped like the other errors. ‘No, they are not errors. They are unfortunate souls like me, how can I think of them like that when I’m like them?’ I thought.

I continued to walk until a strange fog appeared. Then the environment started to change, the trees were all bending at impossible angles and the ground was sometimes near and sometimes far away. I was confused and dizzy but I continued nonetheless, sometimes I caught a glimpse of something watching me but with all the weirdness around me, I just dismissed it. After some time, I don’t know how much my sense of time was in disarray, anyway I encountered a being. It was very tall, completely black with two red eyes that stared at me.

“Who are you?” I said to it.

“Poo͘r litt͏le p̀o҉n͟y͟.” It said in a male voice.

“I’m not little, I’m the Great and Powerful Trixie, now tell me what do you want!” I shouted to it.

“Aband̨on͜ed͡ by ev̀e͏r͝y̨ǫn͏ȩ, ͞r̢e͟j͞e̸ct̴e͢d͞ a̧n̴d l̴aug͝h͜e͝d ̨a͢t͟.” He said, I think it was an he anyway.

“What are you saying? I-I was n-never a-a-abandoned.” I said with some tears in my eyes. He leaned down and walked in circles around me while talking.

“I̕ s̸a͟w͏ y҉o҉ur̶ ̛p҉ain,̸ what̛ ̶y͟o̵u ̴ha͜v͜e en̸d͜ured,͡ ̢wh̀at y̴o͝ư h͠ave ҉s̴a̸c͞r̀if̡iced ̢t̡o ͝come̷ ͜a̶t ̀t̷hìs ͞p̷oi̕n͟t̨.͡ Y̛et ev̷er̸y͏t͢h̷in͢g̕ ͘is no̷w̧ ̷gǫńe̡,̡ bec̴a̴us̢e ̷o̸f si͢m͠p̧le ̴j̸ok̷e͜ ̴a̴ńd à c͞r̸ue̕l͝ ͡su҉n̢.͟” He said in a strangely kind tone.

“What do you know?! Who-who are you? How do you know so much? What do you want from me? Are you here to kill me? That guard sent you didn’t he? Then do it. Kill me just for a simple ‘joke’ as you are saying.” I said now angry, if the universe wants to kill me then I won’t give it the satisfaction of seeing me kneel and beg.

“̡I͠'a̶m͢ ̢a Sp̸e̶ct̴r͠e ̀a͡n͠d I͜ w҉il͡l guide͏ y̷ou͝ ̶to̷ saf͞ęty,͝ ̴m͏y ̕mas̢t͘e͢r̵ ̨w̡ill̨ ̨pŕote̢c͞t̢ yo̢u f̷r̛o͟m ͏the̢ ţyrant, ͟ḩe͝ w̸i̶ll͘ h́e̶a͞l ̕yo҉u ҉and ͢g͢iv̴e̶ ̵yo͡u ̶b҉a͡c͜k͟ your ̨pŕíd̵e. ̕You̵ ̡will ̴mak̀e f͟r̕ien͠d͟s, ́may̛b̀e ͜you'͞l͞l f̧ind̵ love͏,̛ t̡akę ͠mý h̡a̛nd́ an͘d ҉I̸ ҉w͡i͢ll̡ t͏a̕k̴e ̕y҉ou͢ tó hi̡m̛.͞ ͏Re̛f͘use, an͟d I̵ w̧íll̴ sh̷o͡w you҉ ͢t̵he wa͞y ̸o̶ut o͞f ̧the҉ f̕or͜es͝t.̧”

“W-w-what?” I said a little spark of hope lit inside of my heart. “He can really heal me?” I asked. He just nodded, I pondered on what to do, I could take his offer of just go away and exit this dreadful forest but… A feeling, a strong feeling that I never experienced before grew inside my chest. I was Celestia’s best unicorn, I was her best student, I'm of the Lulamoon house! And still… she wanted me dead, she didn’t even try to heal me, she wanted me dead without a second thought. ‘I will get at her, I will get my powers back and I will get my REVENGE!’

“I accept,” I stated firmly.

Th̀e̢n̴ ҉co͝me ̴wi̷t̢h̶ ͜me ͏T҉ri͢x̕ie͘ Lul̸am̀oon, y͞ơur n̨e͟w͜ ̷lif͘e ̧sta̴rts todáy.̀ He said. I nodded and followed him, how he knew my name was a mystery but it wasn’t the time to dwell on such things.

“Who is your master though?” I asked.
“H͠i͟s ͜nam͠ę ̧is Philip ̸M͢e͞rc͞e͜r,̸ ̡b͢u̕t ̛I̷ ̧t͞hin͠k̸ ͢y͡ou k̷no͢w h͞i҉m̷ ͠w͝ith ̶t͠he ̡na̶m̷e҉ ̡of̀ ̸H͝u͟n͡te̷r.”

“Hunter!?” I said shocked. “The stories are true then?” I asked, I heard about him on my short visit to Ponyville, ponies said that they saw a figure destroy the barracks but didn’t see it well enough to give a description. They call it Hunter though.

‘Interesting, I sure hope he can help me.’

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I used a big chunk of the night explaining the training routines and their trainers to the girls and a bit of the morning to explain to them what is going to happen.

“So let me see if I got this right.” Applejack said. “Celestia, an evil Goddess with control over the sun wants to kill every single being that isn’t perfect in her eyes?”

“Pretty much, yeah.” I said.

“And you want to create a rebellion to kill her and free the prisoners?” She asked.

“Yep,” I said.

She smirked and said. “Then I’m game. We will show her what we can do.”

“Yeah, we will show that meanie.” Pinkie said bouncing around.

“We will need weapons and money though.” Twilight said. “How are we will get them?”

“I thought about- Wait a sec.” I sensed that one of my guardians was trying to speak with me.

“What is it?” I said in the hive mind talking to the Spectre.

“M̷a̵s͘ter,͞ I ̶fou̷n͞d̷ ͜a͜ p̨ońy̡ th҉a̷t͘ ̸nee̵d͞ ̛y̕ơur pow̡e̕rs. ̵H͟er̀ name̢ ̵ís͠ ̵Tr̛i͜xi̴e ̢L̕ulamo͠o̷n̛.͢” He said.

‘Trixie? Uh, let’s see what she needs.’ I thought. “Take her to me.” I ordered and he nodded.

“Sorry girls we need to cut this short, a guest showed up and I need to greet her.” I said.

“Can I come with you?” Sunset asked. “I want to meet her too.” She said, she probably eavesdropped on me while I was talking.

“Alright, Pinkie, Rainbow you can come too.” Rainbow and Pinkie got out and waited for us in the garden. “You girls find your trainers and start with your training ok? Also Fluttershy, you are in charge until we come back.” I said, Fluttershy nodded and they got away saying bye while they were passing, but Twilight said something else.

“We need to talk later, about the rebellion.” She said and I nodded, then she nodded back and exited.

“Alright let’s go.” I said to my group, I created my wings and took Sunset and Pinkie in my arms before flying off.

“Weeeeeeee!” Pinkie cheered, “I believe I can flyyyyyy, I believe I can touch the skyyy!” She said happily, I chuckled and Sunset giggled at her while Rainbow just muttered something about her being random.

We reached a clearing where I saw the Spectre with a pony next to him. She wore a classic magician attire blue with accents of cyan on her legs, she wore also the remnants of a cape. Her mane was a mess and she had bags under her eyes, her coat also was a little paler, if that could be even possible.

“You are Trixie Lulamoon aren’t you?” I asked her.

“Y-y-yes Hunter.” She said.

“Please call me Philip. You are not one of my enemies after all. She is Sunset, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.” I said presenting the girls.

“A pleasure to know you. I’m the great and powerful Trixie.” She said. “Or at least I was…” She continued trailing off.

I then noticed the condition of her horn, I sensed a characteristic magical signature around it.
“Poison joke? It could be after all it messed up Twilight’s horn too.” I thought.
“Did you stumbled around some blue flowers?” I asked her.

“Yeah, I was traveling towards Ponyville when I tripped and fell into a bunch of blue flowers why?” She asked.

“They are called poison joke, it’s a plant that plays a prank on anyone that touches it.”

“Your horn, Hahahaha” Rainbow Dash said laughing finally noticing her horn.

“Ignore her, now come here and stay still.” I said. From the memories of the guards I devoured, I learned that the antidote to the poison joke exists in theory but it’s almost impossible to get. You have to coat the area of effect of the poison joke with Ambrosia, I don’t really have the problem of procuring it so I readied myself to cure Trixie.

Trixie neared me and bowed her head a little, I touched her horn with my hand and pumped Ambrosia on it, the poison joke tried to retaliate but I overwhelmed it and won. The horn visibly folded itself and returned back to its original state.

Trixie touched her horn hesitantly and then started to cry, she then tried to use magic and picked up a flower from the ground. She was so happy she cried and hugged me while continuously repeating thank you.

“Hehe, I see that you are really happy, sorry to break this to you but I’m already taken.” I said. She let go of me and blushed a bit.

“S-sorry, it’s just-” I cut her off.

“Don’t worry I understand. Now that I have restored your magic, what will you do?”

“I will help you kill Celestia!” She said firmly and without hesitation.

“Are you sure? It will be dangerous you could die.” I said.

“I prefer to die with my magic and with my freedom fighting her than just remain passive and let her kill me.” She said with no fear.

“Then welcome aboard. Trixie Lulamoon.”

Author's Note

Alright chapter 12! After some told me that the relationship was rushed I created this chapter, hope you enjoy it. Anyway I was a liiiiiiittle late because school. But! For the next two weeks I will be far more free with my time and I will write more.
Also I want to introduce my new editor Rolay7 the guy is really good at his job.
Let me know if you liked the chapter with a thumb up and if you didn't understand something ask in the comments, as always stay tuned and sharped for next
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Edited by:Rolay7

Oh yeah I will probably add some secret codes that if cracked will give you the password for the unpublished chapters, there you will find some secrets log entry, the codes will be operative from next chapter so let's start the game. Tell me if you like the idea or noth though XD.