The Lunatic Guardian

A week has passed and Night settled down as a guard in Princess Twilight’s castle, and tonight she has a special task. Now it's 20:30 and Night is completely equipped, standing beside Twilight at the entrance hall. "You have a special task for me?" Night asked Twilight who nodded her head.

"Yeah, well. . . its part-task and part maybe. . . we have someone who could help. The task is to protect me on our way to Zecora’s hut, in the Everfree Forest. The purpose being, that Zecora might know something about you. I also need to get some supplies from her." Twilight finished her explanation. Night followed Twilight out the castle, heading to the Everfree Forest.

A few minutes after entering the forest, Twilight and Night started to chat. "So Night, how was your night at Rarity's place? And how was it trying to sew clothes?" Twilight asked curiously cocking her head to the side.

"Well let's just say it was a nice night, and Rarity will not come to me asking for help sewing clothes. But, everything else where good, well Sweetie Belle was scared of my appearance at first but after a while she opened up and we even played half the night. It was very funny," Night looked partly ashamed looking away, but she smiled a bit in embarrassment. "I am very good in the art of protecting and fighting, but I am not so good at creating things." Night explained rubbing her face with her fetlock.

"Well if that is the case, then we shouldn't really be thinking of making any medicine or food. The only thing you could try is Magic of course, and maybe helping animals. Possibly even helping out at the Sweet Apple Acres" Twilight suggested.

Night disagreed shaking her head, she wanted to try everything, "No I think I should still try everything out, maybe I get some memories back." Night said pulling one of her katanas pointing it towards a bush, "Who is there?" Night demanded only to see a timberwolf jumping out of the bush towards Twilight, but Night reacted quickly cutting it down with one strike. "Well that was, easy," Night said with a stoic mask.

Twilight looked amazed her mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Shaking her head she was finally able to clear her head asking: "Hey Night, how do you even swing those swords around? Don’t they weigh more than a couple of boulders?" Twilight was startled by the sudden Timberwolf attack.

"What? They weigh more than a boulder? no way, they are as light as a feather, I can't even lift a boulder.” Night chuckled losing her serious expression. “I can just barely move a boulder, but what are these TimberWolfs?” She asked with her bad vocabulary, but before Twilight could answer Night cut her off. “Oh well I don't really care, I have to say it feels so liberating to fight." Night smiled down at the smaller mare. Twilight notices the red Dragon eye of Night’s glowing in the darkness.

"Hey Night, do you know that your Dragon eye is glowing? How does it feel, is anything different with your view?" Twilight asked observing the dragon eye.

"I know that my Dragon eye is glowing, but only when I pull one of my katanas or if I get really angry. It feels like a fire burning in my eye but it's not painful, it’s warm and it feels like I can fight against everything that tries to fight me. My view is different, I see enemies that try to attack me or a friend of mine with a red aura and friends with a blue aura and everything and everyone between friend and enemy has a yellow aura around them. I should tell you that I really shouldn't fight against a whole army of enemies, before you ask I don't want to tell you why, well for now." Night explained with her bad vocabulary. Taking Twilight time to process her words, putting her Katana back into her sword-sheath and her Dragon eye stops glowing gradually.

"That sounds interesting. . .” Twilight mused. “Well, I won’t ask if you don't want to talk about it." Twilight and Night continued walking again, but this time. . . in silence.

After a while of a few Timberwolve attacks later, Night and Twilight arrive at Zecora's place. "We’re here, this is Zecora's home." Twilight explained knocking on the door.

The door opens: "Ah, Twilight Sparkle, I have been expecting you, how was your trip and who have you brought with you?" A Zebra stood in the door. Night first looks surprised that there was a Zebra living alone within the Everfree Forest.

Twilight walked into Zecora’s hut, along with Night who had to crouch to fit inside the tight space. "Hi Zecora, well we had some timberwolf attacks but Night here dealt with them easily, and this is Night by the way,” Twilight said pointing to Night the dark alicorn. “This is the mare I told you about with the curse. . ." Zecora closed the door behind them.

Night introduced herself to the zebra: "Hello Zecora, I am Night temporary guardian for Twilight Sparkle and her castle, and I don't know my real name nor do I know where I am from." Night said with her bad vocabulary, giving a slight bow when she finished talking.

"Welcome Night, I am Zecora the zebra herbalist. Who just might shine some light on your past." Zecora introduces herself to Night. "And I was told that I could maybe help you with your memory problem."

"Really, but how?" Night asked excitedly which looked odd, seeing a dark alicorn like herself smiling, she looked intimidating.

"Oh, that is only a possibility. . . I am not entirely sure if it will work. There is only a little chance, but come first and have a cup of tea." Zecora said giving them both tea.

Inside the house, they all sat down around a small table, on the table was a teapot and 3 teacups "So what is this method you talked about, Zecora?" Night asked with her odd vocabulary making Zecora even more curious about the alicorn.

"I have a mixture which helps against amnesia, but it will only help for memories which are not repressed, or to say it shortly if you don't want to recall something. Doesn't matter if it’s consciously or unconsciously. Some even try a spell or something close enough. Drink it or you don't recall." Zecora explained while putting a phial onto the table, "If you want to try the drink, drink it. If you don't want to remember then don't drink it."

"Well I want to know so I will drink it, Will there be any side effect that I should know about?" Night asked cautiously taking the phial in her magic, bringing it close to her face to examine it closely.

"Not really, only a little headache. . . maybe. . ." Zecora mentions pointing to a couch, "but the only thing that is sure, while you recall your memories it could be that you will be asleep, so go lie on this couch."

"Ok, then I will go to the couch," Night said childish ishly making Twilight giggle at how cute she sounded. Getting on the couch laying down on the couch, drinking the mixture falling asleep.

In the dream, Night awoke in a castle that felt familiar, it was night time, Night got up and walking a bit inside the room, seeing her equipment putting it on. After equipping her armor on and her Katanas to her sides, walking to the door exiting the room. Now walking into a corridor where 2 stallions were wearing dark blue armor. Both of them salute her and say: "Good evening Colonel Midnight Shield, we have an emergency, we have trouble with some rebels again. This time we need to be fast, we heard that they plan to attack tomorrow during the daytime. We’ve located their base at the border of our known kingdom, so we don't have much time." One of the stallions explained to his superior.

"Roger that, get the other 2 and be fast, I will wait at our magical launch pad." Midnight Shield commands heading to the launch pad in question.