(Twilight's POV)

"Wow! Is that really a truth?" Spike said, being quite amazed with the story that these ponies around me are telling. I, for myself, must admit that those ponies were telling quite useful things. "If it is, then... Then, this town ... This town..."

"Is the one big snake pit. Yes, that's true. The Ponyville founders, Pears and Apples, which come here from Appleloosa* were not the most honest around here an' stuff." Applejack said, taking a bite from an apple she borrowed. "Kinda, unpleasant to talk about the family, but this here is a truth and it needs ta' be told. Even, if it's hurtful as freshly made cut."

*(Piece of history: Appleloosa had two troubles by that time. Train robbings and 'rotten' apples. Both of them were solved
by settling a town of Ponyville. Though, only one of those troubles was solved as it should.)

"Yeah, AJ is right," Rainbow Dash said, taking a sip of cider. "But one cannot forget about a loyalty. Whoever you be, you need to be loyal to his or her captain and crew. Without those, I would be dead long ago, with a severed neck or maybe with a bullet hole. They appreciated that in me, so because of this I was always getting a bigger piece of the cake when we were dividing the loot. I... I was loyal to them till the end. They... Were not. That's how I end up here, in that Goddess forgotten dump."

"Hah... If the guards would hear us talking, they would probably got us under a lock and the key." Spike said. Thereafter, Applejack raised a purse and shook it, making the money in there to chink.

"This here will make them do all the things you want, ain't that true, Dash?" She said.

"As right as you always are, AJ" Rainbow Dash replied. The two highfived without even looking at eachother. A sign of years of cooperation.

Hmph, they were through quite a lot... And that story about Ponyville... I thought as I was watching them having a good time. Need to say my thanks to Pinkie for the punch and purse. Another thought crossed my mind, when my telekinesis got a glass closer to my lips, so I took sip, while my hand gripped my purse tighter.

I didn't force Pinkie into returning it to me. Instead, I found it in one of the pockets of the cloak. I've never noticed, when she put it into a pocket.

This moment someone knocked on the door.

"Coming, coming!" Pinkie said in her common attitude, and opened the door letting the one who was outside to come in.

"Good day, ladies! You all are having a good time, as I see," a masculine voice come from the door. "Well, no matter what I'd come here for a book, so I need a librarian."

"Yes, what can I do for you," I said, while coming to him. The guard was there, and he strained when he saw me. "Hey, what can I do for, mister..."

"Twilight Sparkle?" The guard said.

(Narrator's POV)

Saint Saber's comrades never understand why he loved the books so much. He couldn't say about it much either. He just got a book to read someday and since then he couldn't stop.

As the time goes by, the book's affection of the Saint Saber, the second lieutenant of the Royal guards, didn't weaken but became stronger. Yet, as one of those guards, who was after the known outlaw, Twilight Sparkle, he knows where was the point that couldn't be crossed.

Not all the knowledge is allowed to be known. The knowledge that possess a threat for society, must be destroyed, and those who possess the said knowledge must be arrested and punished.

He has never understood the librarians in a restricted area of Canterlot's library. They're good ponies, he thought. Well, not all of them, but that's still doesn't change my opinion that the thing they're doing is useless. The whole place needs to be put onto the fire.

That very moment, he got closer to the local library. He didn't get anything with him when they accompanied Celestia to the Ponyville. So, now he wished for the local library to have something he would find interesting.

It was quite the bad news when he heard that the local librarian, Hard Cover, was out of town and will never come back. Then, he heard a gossip that there is a new librarian.

The library itself looked rather unique. At first, Saber didn't notice it, since a big oak tree in the middle of the street looked... Well, it looked outstanding, but still for the newcomer it was impossible to say that this place was a local library.

There, standing in front of the door, he heard the mares talking behind it. Mares were talking loud enough, so the door can muffle their voices and make them inaudible.

When he knocked on the door, the voices immediately silenced. Then, a cheered up voice comes from behind the door, "coming, coming!" Then, a pink earth pony opened the door.

Saint Saber entered the library, looked around and said, " Good day, ladies! You all are having a good time, as I see." After some time, he added, "Well, no matter what I'd come here for a book, so I need a librarian."

A purple unicorn came closer to the guard and said, " yes, what can I do for you." After that, the guard was lost in thoughts. Something looked oddly familiar in that unicorn. He tried to remember it, but nothing came into a head, then it hit him. After that, she said something, but he wasn't listening.

"Twilight Sparkle?" Saber said. That's definitely her. He thought. Then, his gut feeling told him that is there is a danger. "The bitch is in game, yeah?" He said, while dodging the ray which flew, from the tip of Twilight's horn, towards him. "You'd better surrender now, or..."

"Or what, bastard?" Rainbow Dash said, thrusting him to the ground.

"Or Celestia..." He was interrupted, as a Applejack's heavy fist fell on the top of a his uncovered head.

"Celestia will start an orgy with you, bastards? Well, I wouldn't be surprised," Rarity said.

"Wow, Rarity, this... This sounded rather vulgar." Twilight said.

"Well, as I already said, how can one be a lady if those ruffians are around?" Rarity said, rising her head as if she's being disgruntled, but she changed in seconds, when she looked at the unconscious body of guard.

"An', what are we gonna do with him," Applejack said.

"The answer is simple," Rainbow Dash said, taking the handgun from the holster. Then, with a click, she pulled back the hammer and aimed it at his head.

"No!.." Twilight shouted, putting away the Rainbow's hand with a handgun. "He is the second lieutenant of the Canterlot's department of the royal guard. If he's gonna die, then..."

"But he can't be left alive, either," Rainbow replied with grumble, yet she holstered the handgun. "He will told about us, and then we all would be hunted down. You, Twilight, especially, as far as I can understand."

"Maybe... Just maybe... We could flee..." Twilight said with uncertain voice.

"Flee? Where?" Rainbow said, putting a pressure onto the Twilight. "Maybe, just maybe, you have a hideout somewhere?"

"Well... I... I have friends, Firefly and Night Dream, in Baltimare," Twilight replied.

"Oh, friends... I wonder who are those... Wait! You said Baltimare?!" Rainbow tried to mock Twilight, but was taken aback when she realized where Twilight's friends are from. "You mean... You mean that your friends are..."

"From the Syndicate?" Fluttershy said, to the surprise of everyone in the room. "That's wonderful. I always wished to know how they are making their schemes, how they are doing their shady deals... At least, since I left the Three Circles.*"

*(Bit of history: 'Three Circles'. Those are a somewhat legendary band of bandits from the Whitetail forest. They are known for being somewhat of a country in a country. They have their laws, leaders, mentality and symbols. Though, one should admit that the gang is in need of changes... But, which ones?)

"Wait, you are from the Three Circles?" Spike said.

"Yes, I am. Where do you think, I got my skills at potion making?" Fluttershy replied.

"Wow, that's so cool," Spike said, being amazed by her words. "They are... They are like myth or legend in the Syndicate... Wait, they says that those guys reside in the Whitetail Woods, and it's not far from Ponyville... It means that..."

"Yes, you are right, little drake," Fluttershy confirmed his words, making him squeak in glee.

This moment, all of them heard the groaning sounds from the side where unconscious guard was laying, but they were short-lived, since the guard's head meet with Dash's elbow.

"Huh, take this you, bastard," She said. "Guys, I... I believe, that it would be better to head to somewhere safe. We can't kill him, so then it's better to hide for the time being."

"Oh, I know! I know!" Pinkie immediately started bouncing, "I have a hideout! I have a hideout in Everfree!"

"Everfree?" Dash said, "not a bad choice but isn't the forest kinda dangerous?"

"Well, it is, but if we are gonna be armed then..." Pinkie said, but was interrupted.

"Armed? Fine, let's go then. Three out of seven is okay, I think," Rainbow said, opening the door, but not exiting the building. She started watching the streets, instead "Also, take note to yourself, Twi. Be more accurate."

"Three out of seven? It's you, me and..." Twilight said.

"AJ. She's able to take anyone with her bare hands, and that's if not saying that the branches could be a good weapon, if used correctly, and believe me, AJ knows how to use them."

"Our way crosses mah farm, so me and Dash gonna take our tools anyway," AJ said.

"Darling, you know that's everyone of us, actually, has weapons and mastered combat skills with those weapons," Rarity emphasized.

"And where are they?" Twilight asked a question.

"They were left in our homes, since none of us expected something like this," Rarity said, then she looked at their surroundings. "You know, since Celestia will arrive only by the dusk, I think we have an hour or so."

"No. Every minute may cost us dearly. If you're going to pick up your items, then go get them. Thirty minutes is enough?" Twilight replied.

"Yes, more than so. Isn't that true, Fluttershy?" Rarity said.

"Yeah, but we need to hurry, so I'll go then," Fluttershy replied and went to the door.

"I'll too, goodbye everypony!" Pinkie shouted and went right after Fluttershy.

"See you at the farm," with those words Rarity left the building. Soon after that, the library was left empty, except for the guard who was left tied up and unconscious.

They were ready to leave. The forest stand in front of them. Twisted forest with a twisted trees. It was impossible to see a thing farther than ten yards.

"Celestia is on the way, so she will be going to arrive after thirty minutes ," Rarity said, checking the sharpness of her knife. Belts and pockets, that were all over her body, contains a dozens of knives, and as she showed me earlier, their owner knows how to quickly grab them and throw them so the blade would pierce the target. Her other tools were floating nearby her, and Twilight admitted that, no matter how strange it was, the others tools Rarity was using were a shovel and a pickaxe

"We'd better hurry. Town's becoming a big disturbed vespiary. We're not sure if it's because the guards find our lieutenant or because Celestia is so close." Fluttershy said, putting the arrows into a quiver. Next to her, Pinkie was cleansing her rifle.

"Fine," Twilight said, looking into the forest. When the squad was standing by her side, they started their path into the Everfree forest. "So... What's about the forest? Why you said that it's dangerous?"

"Ah dunno, but folks in town keep talking about these here woods," Applejack answered.

"They say, that those who have gone into a forest... Have never come back," Rainbow said, turning her voice to a more dreary one, as if trying to scare someone, but nopony finds her frightening a bit.

"Hmph... There is really something in the air," Twilight said. "I can't get a grip on it, but there is something. Some kind of energy, but I can't say what it is."

"And you don't need to," Rarity said, dusting herself. Twilight admitted, that they were not going through any shrubs, so they was no possible way that she get dirty. "The main fact is that that there is something in the forest, and because of it..."

She was interrupted by the howl. "Timberwolves! Now, everypony, prepare yourselves," Rainbow screamed, already aiming into the forest.

When Twilight prepared her spell, the wooden wolf already jumped in front of her. When she released the spell, a ray of dark purple have jumped off of Twilight's horn into the wolf.

When the ray hit the wolf, a piece of green energy have flied out of the wolf's body and have gone away with a black energy that starts condensating around its body. When the ray of green and black energy hit the ground, a shadowy copy of a wolf popped up in the place.

A shadowy wolf immediately attacked its normal copy. They started fighting but the result was clear. A normal wolf was weakened by Twilight spell and he was constantly missing attacks of his copy.

Twilight in the same time already threw that spell into another bunch of wolves making them to fight they own copies.

Twilight's friends were fighting alongside her. The gunshots were fired, and the wooden pieces were flying in the different sides. Applejack's sledgehammer was shattering the bodies of timberwolves. Rarity's pickaxe was cracking the wooden heads, while she was striking the bodies with a shovel. Fluttershy was shooting the arrows at anyone who was nearing itself to her and Spike who was hiding by her side.

The fight ends fast. When they only get the rhythm of a battle, the last of the wolves died. "It was fast," Rainbow said, reloading her gun.

"This pack was little," Applejack said, looking into the forest, if more of the wolves will come. "Two dozens is nothin'. I had heard that there is a pack of seventy wolves with three alphas, but that's somewhere near the heart of this here forest."

"That's quite interesting to hear, darling, but I believe we'd better move forward. The stink's killing me," Rarity said, closing her nose theatrically.

After some time of walking, Dash asked Twilight a question that have been bothering her. "Twi, can you tell me, why you're so afraid of Celestia?"

"Oh, it's a long story but if being short, then imagine yourself, if your favorite pupil would be doing something, you're strictly against," Twilight replied.

"I've never had a pupil, but I believe, I understand you," Rainbow said. Then after sometime, she realized what Twilight said, "Wait, you mean... You were Celestia's favorite pupil?"

"Star pupil," she replied.

"Wow, this is so..." This moment, they heard rumbling. Then, the pathway had crumbled and a good piece of the earth, they all were on, had slid down into the fracture in the ground.

The pegasi of the team immediately flied off the ground, taking Rarity and Spike with them. Twilight and Applejack had slipped down, and while AJ dug herself into the ground near the edge of a fracture, Twilight managed to hang on the said edge.

"Twilight, hang on in there, I'm coming," Applejack screamed, while slipping down a bit. "Twi... Oh, no, Twi! I-I d-don't know how to..." Then, she looked upside. "Oh, Twi, I... You'd better believe me, now. You... You need ta let go, Twi."

"What?! Are you mad? You want to kill me?" She screamed.

"Ah've never lied to anyone in mah entire life, so believe me now, Twi," She answered in a calm voice. It soothed her a little bit, and after some seconds, she decided to believe her. She let go of her grip and fell into an abyss freely.

The fall was short though. Both of the pegasi had caught her, and with her they slowly descended onto the ground. When they were on the ground, Dash and Flutter had flied back to pick up AJ.

After short-lived shock, she looked at her teammates. Everyone of them was in a good condition, though Fluttershy looked a bit exhausted. Everyone, except... "Hey, where's Pinkie?"

"I'm here, don't worry," She shouted from behind.

"What? Where was..." Twilight said, but was interrupted.

"There is a path that leads downhill," she answered, before Twilight was able to answer the question. "But, you know, it's kind of strange, since I used that pathway over there for some time, so I don't know why the whole thing fell apart."

"It's all interesting, but I believe, we'd better hurry..." A roar interrupted her. Looking to the side, they saw a manticore on their way.

"Oh, great..." Dash said, picking up a gun in one hand, and a saber in another. The other prepared their weapons too.

Then, Fluttershy saw something in manticore's behavior. A suffering. Pain. She slowly lowered her bow, looking directly at a manticore.

"Girls, cover me, I'm going to check something," she said, while putting away her weapon.

She started to slowly closing to the beast. "Now, little thing, I'm not a threat and not a treat either. I just want to see what's wrong," she started to soothe the manticore.

When she stand beside the manticore, she watched the manticore precisely. Nothing. How strange. Wait, what if I...

She looked to the paws of the manticore. She sighed, when she saw nothing, but that didn't stop her.

Then, the manticore raised the paw she already watched. Looking at it, she saw that the was a little splinter.

Bingo, She thought. "Now, little thing, you'd better stand still or you would worsen up everything," She said, as she was taking away the splinter. When, the beast roared at her, the ponies and a dragon behind her become alarmed and started to quickly closing to Fluttershy, ready to kill the beast if he would hurt their friend.

"Now, Mr. I-Roar-At-Ponies-Because-I-Can, You'd better go, before my friends find you as a threat," Fluttershy said. The beast quickly looked at ponies and ran away.

"Flutter, is the beast taken care of?" Dash said, aiming at a retiring beast.

"Yeah, the little thing, just had a splinter of wood in his paw. That's nothing," She replied.

"Wow, that was... kind of you," Twilight said.

"Oh, it's nothing. Every creature needs a bit of a kindness, even if they don't deserve it," Fluttershy replied.

"Well, let's not waste our time," Rainbow said. No one finds anything to say against, so they continued their path.

After some time, Pinkie broke the silence, "Hey, girls, I wondered, if the splinter and avalanche was in the first place because of the Zecora."

"Zecora? Who's she... or he," Twilight said.

"We don't know ourselves, but everyone call her a witch, and she lives here in that forest." Rarity said.

"Yeah, that fella is someone ta be feared of. She's spooky as... as that thing over yonder." Applejack said, pointing at something forward.

Everyone took the weapons and looked in the direction Applejack was pointing at.

There was a spooky face. A bunch of them.

Then, a laugh from behind could be heard. Looking there, girls had find only madly laughing Pinkie.

"Ha-hah, you'd better look at your faces..." She said, while pointing at them. "Those... Those are just mere trees. Twisted, but nevertheless."

"Trees... But, Pinkie..." Twilight said.

"Ha-hah, if... If you don't see it, Twi... Then, just giggle at them... Giggle at the ghostly." She interrupted her, saying things in the breaks between the laugh outbursts.

"Giggle... as if ha-hah," Twilight said, giggling falsely. Then, as if by the magical click, the a spooky face become a tree. Wait, really?

When, she come closer to the place where the faces must be, there was only trees. How is that possible? She thought for herself. "Pinkie, where in Tartarus you've known that."

"Oh, my grandma told me. Actually, she told me a lot of things," She replied.

"Oh, and where does she live? I think, I would like to talk with her a bit," Twilight said.

"She's dead. Someone put the house on fire. Galloping blaze consumed it with everyone in there," She said, immediately turning sad, while her poofy mane straightened up.

"Oh no, Pinkie! Look here, your frown wouldn't help us. We need that bubbly mare, you always was. Not that grumpy and repulsive mare, you can become," Rainbow said, trying to cheer Pinkie up, and she was quite successful, since Pinkie's mane poofed up.

"Yeah... Y-you are right, Dashie... You are right," Pinkie said.

"Hey, Rainbow, what's up with Pinkie?" Twilight asked Rainbow after sometime of walking.

"Oh, she have those things happen to her from time to time. When she have moments like this, it's better to cheer her up, cuz in a state like, she may speak about... Certain things," She said, while the shudder come across her body.

"Oh, fine," Twilight said, while she understand that for a pony like a Rainbow Dash, such a shudder isn't something common. After some time of walking, Twilight spoke up again, "You know, thinking back of that magic..."

"Yeah, sugarcube?" Applejack replied.

"It was something! I believe it was combination of illusion and dark magic. But is it really a dark magic, and not a shadow magic? If it so, then this illusions probably the most valuable thing for the magic researches in the last several centuries or so. It's really a pity, though, since the researchers would find those illusions forbidden."

"Woah, Ah'm not sure if understand ya in yer fancy tale, but it's about the magic we'd encountered, yeah," Applejack said.

"Yes, it is. I would like to learn more about it. I want to understand why the spell is dispelling itself if the one laughs at it. If I would understand it, then I would be able to remove it from the spell matrix," She said, only to face the silence, as no one in her gang understand her. "Well, forget everypony. Still, take a note to yourselves - some day, I'm going to make a little trip into that forest and I'll find those trees."

After some time, they walked into a river with really strong current. When Applejack put her hand into the water, it was near to be torn apart from her.

"Right here, was a bridge. I don't know where it is. Also, the torrent wasn't that intense," Pinkie said. Then, Rarity's voice come out suddenly.

"Hey, darlings, I know that stream's creating really loud sound, but I believe that there is someone crying," Rarity said, pointing somewhere up the stream. When, they go through the bushes, an odd scene appeared before they eyes.

A water dragon was crying his eyes out. He also was complaining about a piece of a mustache.

"Hey, fella, whatcha crying over," Applejack said to the water dragon, but was unable to catch his attention.

"Hey, darling, I believe it's not how you speak with someone like him," Rarity said, while getting closer to the water dragon. "Hey, big one," She screamed, making the dragon to interrupt his crying session. "As I can you are the one to look after oneself. What made you so sad?"

"There... There was that b-black cloud that... That whizzed and... And torn up half of my mustache clean-n off!" He complained.

"Oh, that's all? Well, now, listen to me, mister..." Rarity said, but stumbled upon his name.

"Steven Magnet. My name's Steven Magnet," He answered.

"Well, Mr. Steven Magnet, the pony like me cannot leave something like this unattended. With that piece of mustache you look so horrible," Rarity said, causing even more weeping from Steven.

"I know! I know!" He complained.

"It takes so much time to give them attended properly," Rarity continued.

"I know! I..." He was interrupted.

"But fret not. I'm here and I believe I have solution to your problem," Rarity said.

"You do?" he said, while being confused.

"Yes, now give me a second," She said, getting a knife on her belt. She levitated it to her tail, while grabbing the tail into the telekinetical grip. In one motion, she sliced off her tail and then she levitated it to Steven Magnet's piece of a mustache.

"Here, it's not permanent solution but your problem isn't permanent too," she said, while tying up the piece of her tail to the Steven's mustache.

"Oh, my mustache! It's back! My precious mustache!.. Now, how can I repay you, my dear ponies?" He said, being really glad, that they done such a good deed for him. Even, if it's was only one pony that helped him.

"Oh, dear Steven Magnet, we wish to cross that river, but there is no bridge. We can see that you strong enough to stay in that stream, so we would like to ask if we can use..."Twilight said, but Steven answered faster than her.

"Me as a bridge. Why, of course. It's the least I can do to you," He said, while putting his body so it makes a path that leads to the other bank of a river.

When they got to the other coast of the river, Twilight was the first to speak, "Rarity, your tail..."

"Well, darling. If you didn't understand it before, I will say it to you now. I, by the very nature, am quite a generous pony. I would give way more of things than my tale, if needed." She replied, with pride in her words.

Twilight hesitated, trying to find some topic and words, but found that she have no way to continue the dialogue, so they continued their path in silence.

After walking through some bushes on their way, they faced another fracture, but on the other side of it was their destination. The Castle of Two Sisters.

"So, that's it?" Twilight queried.

"Yeah, it is. I owns a stash in the dungeons of this castle. I'm not sure if anypony used it before me," Pinkie answered. When they got to the edge of a cliff, Pinkie called out again. "Hey, I used to walk on that bridge, but someone cut the ropes," she said, pointing on a rope bridge that was hanging on their side of the cliff.

"Woah nelly, that a big of a divide over here," Applejack said, looking into fracture in front of her.

"That bridge... Someone really wishes for us to never get to that castle," Twilight stated, looking at the bridge.

"I'll get that bridge for you, girls!" Rainbow shouted as she already was heading for the hanging bridge. The fog immediately fill the gap between Rainbow and the gang. That get everyone suspicious except Rainbow.

When she was on the other side of the fracture with one of the ropes, she heard someone whispering to her. "Rainbow Dash, right?"

"Ah? Who said that?" Rainbow said into fog. Three silhouettes have come out of the fog. The on in the middle started to speak with mare's voice.

"Oh, the glorious Rainbow Dash, we are the rising star of the equestrian nation, The Shadowbolts. One must remember that name, since we're the one who will raise higher than those damned Wonderbolts," The silhouette said, that actually was a mare in the darker version of the wonderbolt's outfit. The other two was stallions in the same outfit.

"Oh, I'm grateful for you, guys, but you see here, I need to fix this bridge," She pointed at the bridge beside her. The mare stopped her though.

"No! Rainbow Dash, please, listen to us," She pleaded. "We are the outcasts like you. Why do you think we are hiding our hides in that forest, instead of shining in the glory of Celestia's Sun. Because, we were suppressed by those wonderbolts when we were weak. But we have power now. We will rise up higher than they could ever hope to."

"Wow, cool story!" She said, then she heard her friends from the opposite cliff. "Uh, guys?.. Oh, I'm coming, I'm coming!"

"Huh, Rainbow Dash, wait! We have an offer for such a magnificent, swift and brave mare like you. You are becoming our captain, receiving all the glory, the money... Everything you ever hope to get. You... Need to abandon those mares." She said, pointing at Rainbow's friends. They tried to caution Rainbow not to do whatever the shadowbolts wanted her to do, but the fog immediately thickened so it become impossible for Rainbow to hear anything her friends tried to say to her.

"No, Rainbow, don't listen to them. Those fellas, want nothin but to hurt us!.. Argh, Twilight, that smoke suppressin' all the shoutin' we're doing. Do something 'bout it." Applejack scolded.

"I'm trying! I'm trying! That spell is too complex, and I also never encountered the magic like this. At least, some part of it." Twilight replied abruptly.

Meanwhile on the other cliff, the shadowbolts were trying to entice Rainbow, so it was for the Rainbow to decide.

"Well, I must tell ya, your offer sounds really good and stuff..." Rainbow hesitated, "But I will tell you one thing," she said, drawing their attention to her. "You want me to betray my friends. I never did something like this, I'll never do," she said, while taking the handgun and shooting into the mare's heart. The bullet goes through, but no blood has flown out. Rainbow immediately started to tying up the rope and when the bridge was hanging firmly, she ran over it, not noticing that the shadowbolts started to slowly fading.

"Oh, Rainbow, it's you! we were so afraid of you. First, you fly into the abyss and then you popped up on the other cliff, and then you started to tying up the ropes, and then some grim meanies appeared and they started to say something to you, and the cloud become dense and! And!.." Pinkie babbled in excitement.

"Yes, Pinkie, I know," Rainbow replied.

"So what did those fellas tried you to do?" Applejack asked.

"They wanted me to abandon you, guys. Can you imagine it to yourself. They wanted me to join their team and abandon you," Rainbow replied.

"As Ah can see, you choose ta be with us instead," AJ mentioned.

"Yeah, I do. They outfit looks cool, though," Rainbow said.

"I haven't seen it for myself but I believe that they looked simply awful," Rarity voiced her thoughts.

"Whatever. We still have to go that castle. Twilight, how are you in there?" Rainbow said.

"Yeah, I'm going. It's just this spell... Oh, screw it," she said, when she got closer to her friends. "I still need to warn you, guys. Someone in that castle don't want us to get in there, and by the looks of it, this someone is a master in magic. At least, he or she was able to combine three different types of magic."

"That bastard tried to question my loyalty. Nothing will save him from me, cuz I'g gonna kick his butt into the next week in ten seconds flat," Rainbow screamed in anger and flied to the castle. Others followed her.

No one of them knew what was waiting for them in those ruins.

Author's Note

I always wondered, how the writers make big chapters. After this, I have no questions on the matter.