Author's Note

Friendly Reminder: This entire story is written from Lola's perspective.

Arc 1: A Hero Emerges - Part 4

"Wait, didn't you tell us your mother was Patra? Is that when they met?" Sunset asked me.

"Eeyep. Though they wouldn't be together for a long time to come." I said.

"Why did it take so long?" Princess Twilight asked.

"If you'll let me continue, you'll find out why." I said.

My father and mother were together for the entire storm, passing the time by getting to know one another. Once it was over, my mother insisted on a picture together to which my father agreed. My mother cropped the picture using some scissors and put the now cropped picture into a locket which she gave to my father. It was a promise that they will meet again under more favorable circumstances.

After this, my father returned to expert's lab with the ingredient needed to finish things off. The concoction was then given to the still unconscious Victoria. After it was given to her, she began to slowly wake up.

"What the..." Victoria said. "My...my body...I can feel...that my body is okay..." She said.

"Don't make any sudden moves. It'll take some time for that concoction to take effect." Tellma said. "But you'll be okay now. You won't ever have to worry about your magic tearing your body from the inside out any more." She added.

"My...condition is cured? But how?" Victoria asked.

"I actually wouldn't say it's cured completely; just halted in it's tracks." Expert says, examining the read outs from his machines. "So long as nothing causes too much pain to your nervous system and overstimulates it, your condition will no longer be a concern." He added.

"I can live with that, as now I can live normally." Victoria said. "That's all I ever wanted." She added.

"I will say though, you should be careful about things that could overstimulate your nervious system. According to my readouts, your condition was just a few minutes away from finally killing you." Expert said.

"I cut it that close with the plant?" My father asked.

"What exactly took you so long to get here?" Zapper asked.

"A hurricane and someone who needed saving." My father said.

"Isn't that a bit risky?" Jester asked.

"Maybe, but I wasn't going to let them die or be in that hurricane alone. I made my choice and I'm not taking it back." My father asked.

"You risked the clock running out on one person just to save another?" Zapper asked.

"STOP HARRASSING HIM!" Victoria said, using her magic to set Zapper on fire.

"STOP DROP ROLL; STOP DROP ROLL!" Zapper said, rolling around on the floor in an effort to put out the fire on him.

"...Whoa..." Victoria said. "I can cast magic without consequence now..." She added. "I'm...I'm finally whole..." She said with happy tears in her eyes.

"I wouldn't advise casting too much magic right now." Expert said.

"I can wait to cast more later I suppose. The point is I can live normally. Sure I can still cast magic, but I can still live normally!" Victoria said. "Once I'm able to, I can't wait to go to the mall, or a coffee shop, or even the park! I can do everything I've missed out on because of my condition. This rules!" She added.

"Someone's easily pleased." My father said.

"Thank you...thank you all just so much!" Victoria said. Suddenly the sword my father had glowed a bit.

"...What was that?" My father asked.

"The Javelin has been away from happiness for far too long. The happiness that Victoria gives off has restored a portion of the Javelin's full power. Make enough people happy, and the sword will eventually be restored to it's full power; changing shape as it's power is restored bit by bit." Tellma said.

"Then perhaps, once it's at full power, it can be used to stop the Dark Master." My father said.

"Oh it can indeed do that. In fact, you will find that at full power, the sword's final form will be the key to ending the one known as the Dark Master." Tellma said.

"Better get used to using this thing then." My father said.

"Dark Master huh?" Victoria asked.

"I'm afraid there's not much information I have on him outside of the fact that this dude is evil as evil can be." Expert said.

"Well I suppose I can help out. Your allowing me to live a normal life. Helping you defeat this Dark Master dude is the least I can do in return." Victoria said.

"You need more rest before you can even do that." Expert said.

"Yeah yeah yeah...I get it." Victoria said.