Me and the New World

Chapter 10: To the city on the mountain.

The trip back to the castle of friendship was done in silence, once the ponies were at the castle Anon went to her room.

"Is Anon going to be ok?" Fluttershy asked concerned.

"I don't think she will, after something that awful it would not surprise me if she goes back to trying to hide from the world," Rarity stated.

"Well, I hope this trip to Canterlot will help," Twilight implied.

"I have been doing some thinking, and I think it will be better if you and Anon stayed at the castle, Silver bolt went to the extreme to hire the Dark Sun Guild. Anon has something that Silver bolt wants so badly to the point he would get killers to do his bidding," Celestia said.

"Well, what could it be?" Applejack asked concerned.

"Sister, do you remember what Discord said, Anon can mix magic?" Luna asked.

"Wait, mix magic?! But, that can't be, no pony can pull that off!" Twilight implied with extreme shock.

"Yes, but, we learned that Anon, came from a different world, their strongest mage was able to create their moon," Celestia stated.

Twilight was spinning, (Not literally spinning), at the new information that had to do with Anon. But, Twilight thought about how levitation was somewhat difficult on Anon.

"Wait, she has a hard time using magic, how could she mix magic?" Twilight asked confused.

"Well, I don't know myself, if she does have a hard time with magic then it must be through some other form," Luna stated.

"Well, she could have limiters on her magic flows. So her body didn't make mixed magic, it might be affecting her normal magic. Well, now that I think about it what if... Wait, that's it!" Twilight stated in an exciting shock.

"What is it Twilight?" Celestia asked confused.

"I realized we were looking at mixed magic all wrong," Twilight answered.

"Yeah, none of us are understanding you Twi, can you please tell us?" Rainbow dash said.

"Alright, so everypony knows we have magic blockers to control our magic flow. What if they were doing more, like making sure we can't mix magic. Wherever Anon came from, they must have learned that and worked around those limits," Twilight said with excitement.

"So, if we find out how to do that, we can use more powerful magics," Luna implied.

"Well, that is an interesting turn of events, but, now that makes the attack for Anon more important, and we need to work harder to keep her safe," Celestia stated.

"Why is that?" Twilight asked concerned.

"I was thinking about why Silver bolt went to this extreme to abduct Anon, and Luna I think you know what it is as well," Celestia implied with worry.

"You don't mean that?!" Luna asked worriedly.

"What? What is going on? Please tell me!" Twilight questioned scared.

"Sorry Twilight, if what was brought to light is true, we think Silver bolt is going to try to summon something far stronger than us, through... Anon's blood," Celestia said.

Everyone was silent, a single tear fell down Twilight's face, she teleported away, and all of the ponies plus dragon were shocked at the action. Everyone except Celestia and Luna was freaking out.

"EVERYPONY CALM DOWN!" Luna yelled in the royal canterlot voice.

All of the ponies stopped due to having to cover their ears, Celestia was a bit annoyed at that, Luna gave a sheepish smile.

"Everypony calm down, Twilight is with Anon," Celestia stated.

"And how do you know that?" Rainbow dash asked a bit annoyed that her hearing was put to the test.

"Well, it does make sense, Anon was holding on to Twilight's leg for life while we were coming back. And Twilight would not allow anypony unless it was us to get close," Fluttershy said.

"Ya do make a good point, Anon did look like she would break at any moment," Applejack added.

"Well, if Twilight is going to Canterlot, we will go as well, she needs her friends," Rarity stated.

"That is noble of you, but, it is up to twilight if she wants you to go or not," Luna pointed out.

"Well, we will just need to convince her that we need to come," Rainbow dash said with a determined tone.

"We won't force her to choose," Fluttershy said with a small bit of anger.

Rainbow dash backed up after hearing Fluttershy's anger.

"We just can't leave her alone, we are her friends," Rainbow dash said in defense.

"I know, but, we won't force her to take us with her," Fluttershy responded.

We just have to wait for her to decide," Celestia said.

~~Two Hours Later~~

"Why is she taking so long?" Rainbow dash asked annoyed.

"Have patience, she will come out sometime," Celestia stated.

The door opened and Twilight and Anon came out, Twilight holding packing bags in her magic, she then turned her attention to Spike.

"Do you have everything you were going to bring packed?" Twilight asked.

"Yes I do," Spike answered.

"Good, we are leaving now," Twilight stated.

"Wait, Twilight, let us come, we have a better chance of keeping Anon safe together," Rainbow dash implied.

Twilight was thinking about if she should allow her friends to come or not. It was true that they risked their lives to get Anon back, but, the real reason they didn't get injured or killed was due to the royal guard being there. They were civilians even being the elements of harmony, even Rainbow dash would not fare well in a true fight to the death. And that they were lucky that the ones they faced were only a small group of those mercenaries.

"(Sigh), Fine, you can come, but, we need to be careful," Twilight stated.

"Alright! I mean, yeah I understand that," Rainbow dash said.

"Ok, if you all want to go, head back, and pack, I planned on staying at Canterlot until the threat on Anon is over," Twilight stated.

The ponies left to get ready to leave as the last pony went, Twilight wrote a letter and had Spike send it away.

"Alright, now we just wait for them to get back," Twilight thought to herself.

CANTERLOT CITY.

As the group was making their way through the city, ponies were moving out of the ways of the Princess's not wanting to seem improper in front of royalty. After what seemed like an hour the group made their way to Twilight's first home.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"Coming!" The muffled voice of a stallion called out.

The door opened and on the other side was Nightlight, and behind him was Twilight velvet.

"Twilight, I got the letter you sent, so, what is wrong? Your letter didn't give that much to tell us," Velvet asked worriedly.

"Well, do you mind if we come in first?" Twilight asked a bit embarrassed by the group of ponies behind her.

"Of course, your brother and Cadence are already inside," Nightlight answered.

"If you are wondering, my friends, are staying at the castle," Twilight stated.

"Hey, Twi!" Cadence called out.

Twilight and Cadence did their normal routine when they saw each other after a long time apart. Cadence noticed the green filly on Twilight's back and gushed at how cute she was.

"And who is this cutie?" Cadence asked with a loving tone.

Anon tried to hide from the pink alicorn, unknown to everypony Anon had a small blush.

"I will tell you everything, I need Shining armor to hear this as well," Twilight said with a serious tone.

Cadence noticed the tone Twilight was using and felt like something was truly wrong, After everypony plus dragon was in the living room Twilight started to talk.

"First, I want to introduce Anon... I adopted her, she is my daughter," Twilight started with.

The four ponies were silent, then Cadence picked Anon up with her magic and pulled her over to hug Anon.

"I can't believe I'm an aunt!" Cadence said with excited joy.

Twilight and her friends were expecting Anon to freak out. Anon felt scared that this pony picked her up out of nowhere, but, felt calming love, for some reason she felt happy.

Twilight at first was mad that her sister, (In-law), would do that without asking but before saying something she saw that Anon was fine, Twilight started to calm down. And she noticed that Anon was happy more than her normal self.

"Well, I guess being the Princess of love can do that," Twilight thought to herself.

"Well, it isn't what I expected, but, congratulations on becoming a mother," Nightlight said.

"It is nice that both of my babies are parents now," Velvet said with happiness.

Everypony noticed that Shining armor was silent, his eyes were closed.

"Shining, are you ok?" Twilight asked worried he might be mad.

Twilight was pulled into a bone-crushing hug by Shining armor.

"I can't believe that my baby sister is a Mon!" Shining armor said with tears of joy.

"Can't... Breath... Need, AIR!" Twilight replied trying to get out of the hug.

"Oh, sorry, I was, excited for you, that's all," Shining armor stated while wiping away tears away.

Twilight got back on the seat she was sitting in before being dragged to a death hug.

"Now I need to tell the rest," Twilight stated.

For the last two hours, Twilight explained how the filly was found, how Twilight took the filly in, and how Celestia helped with the proper paperwork that needed to be done. After that, she told on what was going to happen, but, that a group of mercenaries called the Dark Sun Guild tried to foalnap Anon, and how it was all because of Silver bolt.

The whole time Twilight spoke Cadence was keeping Anon closer to her, out of reflex, Cadence thought if she let go, Anon would disappear into thin air.

Twilight left out the part of Anon saying that her biological parents were killed, she still needed to process that info. Also, the whole harvesting of Anon's blood thing, that in itself nearly put Twilight into a coma of pure shock. Once she was finished the four were in silence, Twilight velvet fell to the ground out of shock, everypony was worried something was wrong.

Velvet opened her eyes after a second, she stood up on shaky legs.

"Take it easy, you had a bad fall," Nightlight stated in a loving worried tone.

"I-I'm fine, it was just a lot to take in at once," Velvet said trying to stop the shaking.

"Are you going to be ok mom?" Twilight asked concerned.

"Yeah, I need some time to take everything in," Velvet implied.

"We should take our leave for the castle," Luna said.

Those who were going to stay at the castle were starting to leave the house, all except for Rainbow dash, who wanted to be a good friend to Twilight. It took a lot of convincing, but, the cyan pegasus gave in and left with the rest.

"So, you hungry?" Nightlight asked Twilight.

"Yeah, I am, thanks for letting me stay," Twilight answered.

"It's no problem, you are our daughter, even if you are a princess," Nightlight said.

The group made their way to the dining room, once there she saw that Anon was sitting next to Twilight velvet, and flurry heart was with Cadence and Shining Armor.

"So, your name is Twilight velvet, and mom's name is Twilight sparkle?" Anon asked confused.

Velvet gave a small laugh at that and said, "Yes it is, why do you ask?"

"Why do you not have the same last name? Isn't the last name supposed to be your family name?" Anon asked confused.

Twilight's heart skipped a couple of beats at Anon referring to Twilight as a mom, she felt like she could burst into flames at how much love she had for her daughter. Of course, Cadence felt the immense aura of love Twilight had for Anon, she felt like she could be crushed under all that love.

"I wonder if other ponies in the empire can feel that with me and flurry heart?" Cadence thought to herself.

"So, are you going to come over or just stare?" Cadence asked in a teasing tone.

Twilight blushed at that and sat down by Anon.

"What do you mean by that? We do have a family name," Velvet questioned confused.

"Always asking the big questions I see," Twilight said with a smile.

"Well, it's nice to see she has the same way of asking questions as you," Shining armor stated.

"What do you mean?" Anon asked confused.

"I am saying you have a keen eye for things, and that is a good thing," Shining armor answered.

"Oh, ok," Anon said with a small hint, (And I mean small), of pride.

The rest of dinner was spent asking questions, at least half of them were for Anon. Everypony made their way to their rooms, Twilight was not going to let anon sleep in a different room than her. After tucking Anon into bed, she assured Anon was going to be alright, Twilight got into her own bed and fell asleep.

The cave was large and scary, but, most of all it was dark, darker yet darker, the darkness was spreading. The shadows cut deeper into the flesh the sound of a silent scream was everywhere yet nowhere. Eyes of hate and hunger everywhere and everywhere, a sun with black flames. A blue tree with glowing leaves was in front of the cage, it was larger than the mountain that had Canterlot.

Out of sight, Luna was trying to break out of the tree that had her, her goal was to get to the filly. Her pained screams could be heard through the whole of the dream realm, but, only heard by Luna.

She watched as Anon's own mind was on the verge of self-destruction. With one push she teleported out of the tree and used her most powerful wake-up spell to stop the night terror from ripping the mind past the line of return.

Anon woke out of bed in a cold sweat, she looked around to see she is no longer in danger of any monsters. She got out of bed and made her way to Twilight's bed.

Luna was making her way to let Twilight know what happened, it was a good thing Luna had that spell to let her know if something was wrong. As she was in front of Twilight's door she tried to open it, only to find it won't open.

"I guess Anon woke Twilight up then," Luna thought to herself.

Twilight felt a heavy thump on her side, enough to wake her up, she noticed somepony was in the bed with her, she lifted the blankets to see two sad-filled hazel eyes looking back. Twilight pulled Anon closer to the pillows so she can sleep more comfortably while sleeping.

"(Sigh), All of this is insane, I sware, but, not everything is bad," Twilight thought to herself.

She allowed herself to fall asleep hoping Luna could help with Anon.