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Somewhere in the unknown.

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A being sat in the center of a slime filled room. The walls and ceiling was black with slime as there was no seemingly way to either enter or exit the room. No windows, just slime. In the center of the room sat a single being. Chained up and imprisoned. A red satanic ring surrounded the being as a seal. Preventing the being from escaping.

But, this was no satanic being. It was a human. A human of red and white. Their weapon laid on the ground nearby, just out of reach. The being had been asleep. Signs of abuse could be noted on their features. They were alive in a living hell. And yet they were still going strong. Luckily for her, divine intervention had occurred. A being, not from this world, had entered the world. And granted her a second chance.

As the being opened their eyes, they realized they were still imprisoned. Imprisoned in a world without escape. And yet, a breeze of hope had filled the room. They realized. There was hope from this nightmare.

"👎︎☼︎☜︎✌︎💣︎💧︎📪︎ ☟︎⚐︎🏱︎☜︎💧︎📪︎ ❄︎☼︎🕆︎❄︎☟︎💧︎📬︎ ✌︎ 👎︎☼︎✌︎☝︎⚐︎☠︎ ⚐︎☠︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ ☹︎⚐︎⚐︎💧︎☜︎📪︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎✡︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ⚐︎🕆︎☼︎ 💧︎❄︎☼︎☜︎☠︎☝︎❄︎☟︎💧︎📬︎ 🕈︎✋︎❄︎☟︎⚐︎🕆︎❄︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ 👎︎☼︎✌︎☝︎⚐︎☠︎📪︎ ✋︎ ✌︎💣︎ ☞︎☼︎☜︎☜︎📬︎ ✌︎☠︎👎︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎ 🕈︎✋︎❄︎👍︎☟︎ 🕈︎✋︎☹︎☹︎ ☞︎✌︎☹︎☹︎📬︎ ☼︎🕆︎👌︎✡︎📬︎📬︎📬︎ ✋︎ 💣︎✋︎💧︎💧︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎📬︎" The being stated in sheer hope.

They then sank back into the world of unconscious, waiting for their brave hero to come to their aid. Without knowing if they are friend or foe. Lucky for them it was the initial one. She is waiting for you, Twilight Sparkle.

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Somewhere else in existence.

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In the other world, a child has been reported missing. After it never returned from a vacation. The parents searched and searched the world over and over. But despite it, their young three year old child has been removed from the face of the planet. Realizing they could no longer find her alone, they turned to their monarch. Princess Celestia.

It was raining. Twilight's father Night Light, calmly walked through the rain, his magic all forgotten as his hope was getting squashed by the rain. It has been six months since they last saw the youngest child. A bright, book-loving, socially awkward child. Has suddenly and without warning gone totally missing.

"And?" The mother of Twilight, Velvet Sparkle asked.

Night shook his head. "I am afraid I have searched this area six times already. I have no area left to cover. I even, with permission, got the chance to search inside the houses. But nothing."

Velvet's head sank to the ground as her finally hopes started to become strained. "I guess I will have to resort to the final chance. If that fails... then..."

"I know. Let's get back home first. We mustn't fall ill from the rain."

Velvet nodded, her hope in the world was already low. She really didn't want to resort to begging for help. But if she fails, all hope is lost. And she will have to prepare for calling her 'missing in action' and 'presumed dead'. She had already been preparing a spot in the graveyard. Just not for their youngest daughter.

As Night and Velvet quickly went home to dry themselves out from the rain. They looked upon their cold empty home. Twilight's brother was not made aware of this, this was done to preserve his mental sanity. He wanted to become a royal guard. If Twilight's circumstance got in the way of it, he would grieve for the rest of his life. His future all forgotten.

This was the decision made by Night, even if it made him feel guilty.

"If we fail." Velvet said, "He deserves to know."

"I know. He deserved to know from the beginning. It's just..."

"He has the right to look brightly on his future. I know. I feel a bit guilty too."

"Well if the princess knows. She is likely going to bring him into the know." Velvet mentioned.

"Which he has every right to." Night admitted.

Velvet nodded, the two then ate dinner and went to bed. Even if the two of them only got nightmares for every night since then. They will sleep, but they are stuck with nightmares for the rests of their lives. Their nightmares range from seeing Twilight die before them, to simply the feeling guilt weighting them down until they could no longer move.

After the usual barrage of nightmares. The two wake up, not feeling refreshed, as their head the bathroom to get ready for their conversation with the monarch. They also eat a small breakfast, as they dress up for their last chance. They then open the door and leave the house. Potentially for good as they are planning on moving away and back to their parent's house. In an attempt to restore their sanity.

After an uneventful trip to the castle, they finally arrive at their last hope. Black walls below their eyes shows their restlessness. Something that the guards in the waiting room took note of. Whatever the reason for their visit. It was incredibly important.

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Meanwhile in the throne room.

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"Thank you your highness." Shining Armor now captain Armor said. He got promoted only a few minutes ago to the captain of the guard. Not yet royal guard, as he wasn't quite ready yet.

"You are dismissed. I need to begin the day court." Princess Celestia ordered, Captain Armor saluted as he walked out of the room.

Before the princess is able to call it open, a guard from the waiting room entered.

"What is it?" The princess asked confused.

"Captain Armor's parents are in the waiting room. The look poorly." The guard mentioned.

"Poorly how?" The princess asked worried.

"Like depressed or lost. Whatever ails them, it feels as if you are their last hope. The mood in the room is grim." The guard explained.

The princess blinked, "All guards, prevent other ponies from entering. They deserve to be given an special court time."

"Understood." Every guard in the room said as they leave the room.

"Let them in."

"Yes, your highness." The guard saluted as he quickly let them in.

The parents slowly make their way inside. Their look depressed and sad. They give the princess a deep bow as a nobility. Which is odd.

"Do rise. I am the bringer of some good news." Celestia said in an attempt to raise the mood, "Your son, Shining Armor, has been given an promotion to captain of the guard."

Velvet gave the princess a careful smile, "That's good news..." she said, but the mood didn't increase.

"What is the matter, miss Sparkle?" Celestia asked straight up.

"Our youngest child, Twilight Sparkle has gone missing. We have searched everywhere to no avail." Velvet answered.

"It's been six months your highness." Night added.

Celestia's eyes widen, "Is that so. Where have you searched so far?"

"Entire Canterlot, including the forbidden areas. Entire Ponyville, entire Manehattan. We are losing hope, your highness. Your help is our last resort. And we are already this close to simply calling her 'presumed dead', your highness." Velvet explained. Her depressed mood bringing down the room.

Celestia was stunned, this is first time any parents would call their own daughter presumed dead before. "At what age?"

"Three."

This shocked Celestia into silence. "What was her last known location?" she quietly asked.

"Canterlot forest. Near the lake we found a small paper with her hoof print and weird symbols on it." Night explained, "We tried to make sense of the symbols. But nothing came from it."

"Do you have it on you?"

"Yes. Alongside a dried, previously wet, book. We found that in the lake itself. Again, the book has a weird language on it. We have never seen it." Night said as he physically gave the paper and book to Celestia.

"Why aren't you using your magic?" Celestia asked as she inspects the book.

"It reminds us... of her." Night said as the mere though made him nearly cry. This wasn't missed by Celestia. However Celestia was rather focused on the book that was given to her. So she didn't say anything about it. Instead she realized the type of language used in it.

"This is... Human language." Celestia said as she looked at the book. "An ancient language no longer used anywhere."

"Hm? Isn't the human race from outside our solar system?" Velvet smartly asked.

Celestia smiled at the question, "That is correct. But on this planet there isn't a single one. So, how this book came to be, is beyond me. Where did she get this?"

"Uh..." Night gulped, "Remember how I also searched the forbidden area's in Canterlot? Well..."

"Are you telling me, that she sometimes explored forbidden area's within Canterlot?"

"Libraries to be exact. She has read every book from every library in Canterlot at the age of 3. So she probably got bored... and chose to search the forbidden libraries instead." Velvet explained.

Celestia made a deep sign. "I see. In that case, she probably searched my... sister's library?"

"Princess Cadence?"

"No, no. The one that is supposedly a fairy tale. Princess Luna."

"Ah. So that is what Twilight was talking about. She felt sad that she was stuck on a single planet all by herself. Anyhow, that is where that book probably came from." Night mentioned.

Celestia's brow twitched at the mention, but then furrowed it. "What did you mean previously wet?"

"We found it in the lake itself. That's why we believe she might be dead. The lake's center is hollow and goes out of Canterlot. If she was sucked through that, she could be dead." Velvet explained.

"That could in theory, indeed, kill her. But, I sincerely doubt it. Was only the outside wet, or also the inside?" Celestia asked.

"Why?"

"The book's inside can't be wet, unless it was opened before it hit the water. Meaning that she was using the book, before it got wet. It's spell protected against water. But only when it's closed."

"The inside was wet."

"I see. Then I will send my best professors on the case to investigate any foul play on the book." Celestia said, she then turned her attention to the piece of paper with weird scribbles on it.

"These scribbles aren't just peculiar. They are magic circles." Velvet offered, "But when we tried casting them, they fizzled out. As if they are one time use only."

"Yes. They can only be casted by your daughter. Its... reverse summoning magic. She summoned herself into another world. The way it's been created suggest that she was trying to create teleportation magic. The two are very close after all. But instead of it working... I think it malfunctioned." Celestia explained.

"So it wrong warped her?" Night asked.

"Yes."

"Is she still alive?" Velvet asked slightly hopeful.

"Yes. But... I cannot undo it. This magic isn't simply undone. A wrong warp is quite literally a mistake. Undoing a mistake of this scale... Impossible. Even with my magic. I cannot do it. She is stuck until she find a way back herself." Celestia mumbled.

"Not to mention, it's possible that the wrong warp, not only warped her time and space. But also herself. In more ways than one." Night added.

"Thus?"

"Your daughter is definitely alive. But! She won't come home for quite a bit of time. If at all. The wrong warp could be too severe. Even your daughter's memories could be warped from it. I sincerely hope that isn't the case, but it's definitely possible." Celestia warned, "Anyhow, I will try to free your daughter. It might, no will, take many years to come."

"That is the best I could have heard all year. I thank you, your highness." Night said pleased, a smile finally making his way back onto his face.

"No matter what form, memory or size of my daughter. I will accept it all. Do not worry about that. Thank you, Princess Celestia." Velvet said as she finally smiled.

"One last thing before I get going." Night said, "Please inform Shining Armor about all of it. We chose not to tell him out of fear of his mental health. But now that the future might look bright. Please inform him. We are both going back to our parent family homes to recover our sanity."

"Very well. I guess I need to close court early. As this takes priority." Celestia mentioned.

"Thank you, your highness." Night said as they finally left.

Celestia looked high and mighty a moment ago. Only to slouch in her chair after hearing that. A child, at the age of three no less, wrong warped into the unknown. Not to mention, this child somehow gained unauthorized access to her sister's forbidden and private library. After a moment of silence, she sat straight once more. As she rang her bell.

This caused Shining Armor, now in head of the guard gear, to enter the hall. He bowed then saluted, "You called your highness?"

"Captain Armor... I had a talk with your parents just now."

"Really? Were they proud of my achievement?"

"Yes. But that is not what this was about. It's about... your younger sister. Twilight Sparkle." Celestia said, she probed Shining Armor for an reaction. But all he reacted with, was confusion. This suggested that the parents kept him in the dark intentionally.

"She... is gone missing."

"What?! Where was her last known location?" Shining Armor shouted shocked.

"For the last six months..."

Shining Armor's face turned white at that. "What." He said a lot more quietly.

"I now know that there is no way to simply find her... As she wrong warped herself. But the same couldn't been said for your parents. They searched for six long months. To no avail." Celestia said saddened.

"Where did that wrong warp go?"

"I am going to have to investigate that myself. Twilight stole a book, belonging to my sister Luna. The book is entirely written in human language. I will have to translate it first." Celestia said.

"Or... Just show me. I can read human language after Twilight forced me to learn it." Shining Armor said determined.

Celestia blinked, "Well that is convenient." she said as she showed the wet book to Shining Armor.

"The book about Grimm." He immediately translated as soon as he saw the title.

Celestia immediately pulled the book away from Shining Armor, as soon as she heard that. She instantly knew what this was about.

"What?" Shining Armor said confused.

"That's... a ultra, highly, classified and dangerous book. How the hell did she get her hooves on this?!"

"I heard rumors that she was working on an unsealing spell and was bribing the guards to the library. Why?"

This caused Celestia's mouth to hit the floor as she gaped at the implications. "Captain Armor leave finding Twilight to me. I want you to shut down and erase those libraries from ponies minds!"

"About that... Twilight did the latter one already. She just didn't do it on me."

"Erase minds?!"

"Yup. Though I wonder if she casted those... with the right spells. But if it works... why fix it?"

"Did you make sure?" Celestia asked skeptical.

"Jones! Come here!" Shining Armor called one of his guards into the room.

"Yes, captain. What is the matter?" Jones, one of male guards asked.

"You do a lot of guarding right?"

"Yes, captain."

"Any libraries?"

"Yes, yesterday I had library guard duty. Why?"

"Have you... lets say..."

"..."

"Forbidden libraries?" Shining Armor asked.

"Forbi-" Jones was about to say, only for his mind to be instantly reset about that as his eyes turn gray for a moment.

"You called captain?" Jones said as though no previous conversation had taken place.

"Nevermind. You may go."

"Yes, captain." he said as he left the room once more.

"There. Does that answer your question?" Shining Armor said slightly proud.

"Huh." Celestia said impressed. "That was the correct spell. And a powerful one at that. No wonder everyone seems to avoid the forbidden library like the plague. They are forced to."

"Also about that unseal spell. I believe Twilight was unsealing the seal you place on her library. And I clearly remember how that unseal spell looks like. I could summon it into this room right here if you want me to."

"Please do."

Shining Armor took a step back as he points his horn at the ground. "𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔰, 𝔏𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔰, 𝔊𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔨𝔢𝔰, 𝔘𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔰, 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔰." He mumbled. "𝔖𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢." he finished as a magic circle with a half moon in the center appeared.

"Is this it?" Celestia said surprised.

"Actually... There is one more part. But... then it will be cast and fizzle out right after. This is the only way I can show it."

"Then cast it in full, I want to see how it looks like."

"Alright." Shining Armor said. He point his horn to the spell. "𝔉𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡𝔰. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔲𝔰, 𝔤𝔬𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. 𝔅𝔢𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥. 𝔘𝔑𝔖𝔈𝔄𝔏!"

The spell then flares up as six smaller rings appear around it. A second circle over it and a third one below it. They spin for a while, only slowing down as they light up. It then empowered a powerful symbol of a sparkle. Twilight's signature. It shone incredibly bright as it unwittingly broke a seal in the room.

Shining Armor and Celestia watch as Celestia's ultra powerful seal spell on the floor gets broken on the spot. The spell then fizzled out leaving behind the now broken seal that leads to Celestia's secret underground safety facility. Shining Armor felt slightly drained from it, But not by much.

"That's... wow." Celestia said in awe.

"That was one of Twilight's unique spells. You can tell, because Twilight uses a sparkle as signature. This is her magic, one of a kind magic. Or Twilight Magic as she calls it. Now I can see why Twilight said this. quote "My magic, Twilight Magic, is magic meant for the weak. But can be strong under the right circumstances. Just like this seal spell, it will only properly activate if there is a breakable seal in the area. Otherwise it won't work." end quote." Shining Armor explained.

"Interesting." Celestia said, "Please teach me that one later, I want experiment with it."

"Absolutely." Shining Armor said not minding at all. "Celestia? That piece of paper is lighting up."

"What." Celestia said as she looked at the piece of paper left behind by Twilight

The light quickly turned into a spell. A unknown type spell with some rings floating around it. It then hovered into the center where the seal spell had been cast.

"Wait! That's!" Shining Armor said, he approached the spell and fed it some of his magic.

"What are you doing?"

"That's... An message pre-recorded into the paper. The unseal spell broke the seal on it too." Shining Armor explained.

"Is it activating?" Celestia looked curious at it.

"Is this thing on? Did my spell succeed?" Twilight voice came from the paper.

"Wow. Twilight actually succeeded in making an unique spell besides the unseal spell. How amazing." Shining Armor said, only for Celestia to shush him.

"If this spell worked. And if exactly six months have passed. Then you should be hearing this message. My name is Twilight Sparkle and I am currently trying to release Princess Luna from the moon early by using a reverse teleportation spell in the summoning form. However even I am not unaware. It's definitely possible this will go wrong." Twilight explained.

"Luckily for me, I have a few worlds panned out, in case of tragedy. In case I fail, this summoning spell will summon me to a random world. In the form of a wrong warp. In that case, I prepared two other worlds to head towards. A world named Earth and a world named after an incident, Remnant. In case I head to Earth, I should be easily recoverable. But in case of the latter... There is a way to reverse summon me back. But not just anyone can do it."

"In case of the latter, the following conditions must be met. The spell has to be casted onto the lake of Canterlot Forest. The spell caster must be a alicorn. The spell caster must be Princess Luna and finally, atleast ten years must have been passed." Twilight said, "The reason for the ten year delay is because of how dimensional travel works. Unless you want to kill me during travel, you must let my body get used to the new world. Lest I get ripped apart by dimensional winds. And the reason why it must be Princess Luna, is because my spell is derived of her original reverse summoning spell, from book twelve of Lunarium paradise series. Which according to her, only Princess Luna knows how to reverse it."

"Either wait ten years. Or earlier if I find a way home first. Though that might be unlikely. In both worlds, magic is rare at best, forgotten at worst. Which is not a good sign. Anyways, I will now stop recording. My spell is ready. Wish me luck. I will need it." Twilight said as the pre-recorded communication ends with that.

"Do you...?" Shining Armor wondered.

"Sadly Twilight is correct. Only my sister Luna knows how to reverse that spell. But I am already impressed she managed to cast a alicorn level spell. Let alone wrong warp herself into a predetermined location. That must have taken so much prep work, it's crazy." Celestia praised in awe.

"What do you mean?"

"I am fairly, no one hundred percent certain that she made it to the world of Remnant. Since I cannot sense her on Earth. Which means, we either wait ten years or wait for Luna to be freed from her curse." Celestia explained.

"What about that bearers thing? Twilight once told me she was destined to become something she didn't want to be destined to. Something about the elements of harmony and element of magic, which is something she called, element of friendship or whatever?" Shining Armor asked.

"Yes without Twilight. We have nopony in that position." Celestia said.

"I know I just became captain of the guard... But... if you need a new pupil. I could become that pony." Shining Armor offered.

"That is a good offer actually. While I have plenty of Captain of the Guard candidates. I have no candidates for Twilight's old position of my personal pupil. If you don't mind, you can switch still." Celestia said surprised at the offer.

"Then I will switch. I want to help Twilight go home. What better way than to become your student."

"Well then. Hand in your badge and helmet plus armor to your the ex-captain of the guard. Tell him that you will step down due to circumstances." Celestia instructed, "Meanwhile I will test you on your knowledge and magic power."

"I will also tell my girlfriend, Cadence about this change. She might not like it." Shining Armor said as he ran off to return the gear.

"Now then Twilight. You messed with this world quite a bit. Let's see what the future will hold now." Celestia mysteriously said to nobody in particular, "Or rather, Let's hope we rescue you first, before you disappear on us first."

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Meanwhile, somewhere in Remnant.

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Taiyang has finally arrived in Vacuo. And it became immediately clear that something was terribly wrong. The whole continent was in uproar due to something. That something became abundantly clear. Tai saw Blake, the child to the head of the faunus on a screen. It was a news station. But then...

"Bang!" A shot was released inside the crowd on the TV.

Taiyang saw as the crowd began running in all directions, spooked by the sudden sound of a gun. Much to Tai's horror. Blake had been shot. And she was in Vacuo capital city. The Atlas guard was also there. They were guarding an Atlas owned facility. Blake was being left alone by their people in kind. As she was shot, she became the catalyst for the panic.

Blake, still a child, could simply shout for help and pain, as tears rolling over her cheeks. Tai somehow saw Ruby in Blake. He then rushed in a sheer panic towards the scene in the hopes of finding Blake before it was too late. He had trained alongside Ruby, Yang and Twilight. So he was in top performance. Like a dragon of wind, he rushed at the speed of Ruby's semblance towards the scene.

And because of that, he made it in time. The TV was still rolling, as the news anchors saw Taiyang grab Blake off the streets. Badly injured as she was, she was too weak to struggle. In a rush of acknowledgement of the situation. He rushed back toward a village in which Blake's parents lived. Only they, could heal Blake in time.

Again at the near speed of sound, Taiyang made it in time. He knocked on the door, then broke said door in order to get in. Though the owners of the house, Blake's parents, were pissed at the door being broken. One look at the situation, switched their mood. From anger to shock. Taiyang gave Blake to her parents. Causing them to rush her into their medical bay.

This all happened really fast. Mostly because Blake's life was on the line. Thanks to Twilight's warning, nobody had to die today. In a single day, Taiyang entered Vacuo, saved a child's life and rushed across Vacuo in order to do it. He was slightly tired. But nothing compared to the hell Twilight had gone through.

"Taiyang Xiao Long. Fancy seeing you here." Blake's mother Kali Belladonna said slightly surprised.

"Sorry about the door. Someone's life was on the line there." Tai said slightly sheepish.

"I know. I will forgive you. Just this once. Thank the gods you were here on time... Or else."

"Thanks to a vision of one of my children. Your daughter is safe for now."

"Oh? One of you're new children perhaps?" Kali said smiling.

"So the news has already reached this far huh?" Taiyang said slightly concerned.

"Don't worry. I merely heard it through the grapevine. That information is not yet fully public."

"That is good atleast." Taiyang said slightly relieved.

"So, besides saving my child. Why are you really here?"

"Summer. Summer related business. And that is no joke. Apparently this continent holds a valuable piece of information on Summer's whereabouts." Taiyang said somewhat more serious.

Kali smiled, "So she predicted that too, huh? Anything more specific?"

"Apparently the dragon on Mount Glenn is alive and awake. Saving that dragon from itself will save Summer somehow." Taiyang explained, "Something about it being corrupted by the Grimm pools, and that undoing the curse will help the future."

Kali blinked surprised. "That's... Yes. We got information on that dragon alright. Even Ozpin is aware of that one."

"Yes. And apparently he is the reason why the dragon is like it is today. If we undid that mistake. We could help both Summer and Ruby's future." Taiyang grumbled.

"Interesting. Very interesting. In that case, come. I have much to show you."

Kali then turns around and flick a random book from a bookshelf backwards. Like a switch, the bookshelf opens up. Revealing an hidden library. There, in the center of the room, sat a replica look of the dragon, or Wyvren as the nameplate stated.

"Before I show you any further. Why would the dragon hamper with Ruby's future?" Kali asked.

"I am not entirely sure. But I assume the witch will make use of them against us." Taiyang said impressed as he looks at the replica.

"I see. So we are taking some preventive action against it." Kali concluded.

"That, and the dragon might know where Summer has run off to. Who knows, perhaps she is a lot closer to us. Then we thought."

Author's Note

Yes, Shining Armor is together together with Cadence earlier in this universe.
Also, time works like this 1 year in Equestria is 2 years in Remnant.

Ending with a cliffhanger. Don't worry. We will get a part 2 on this chapter. Though this is what you will know about the dragon for now. More will be revealed in the future.
In the next part, we will check up some more on Blake and her father. And Yang and her mother.