"So, hi." Luna said nervously.

"Hey." Moon replied with anger that was barely hidden.

"I, wanted to apologize. For real this time. I have understood my wrongs and have seen why you became upset when I first apologized." She was practically dying of nervousness, unable to stop shaking.

"Have you now?" The reply was harsh.

"Yes. So, truly, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for ruining your life. I'm sorry for blaming you for all this. And, I'm sorry for taking advantage of you." She kept going on.

Floral was on the side, watching on as he sipped on tea. Although he completely understood what was happening, he was still worried about something.

"Uh, why is Moon made out of cardboard?" He asked.

"I, I don't know! I'm nervous. I'm not sure I could even stand in front of her after, you know, everything." Luna replied.

"Well, if you really want to apologize, I'd suggest you actually steel your nerves." He spoke calmly as he stepped forward, his cup of tea turning into butterflies and flying away. "Because, honestly, this is kind of sad." He said and tapped the carboard cutout, allowing it to drop to the ground.

"I'm trying my best okay? I just don't know how she would act. Since, during our, banishment, we didn't really talk to each other." She said with a sad look.

"Look, Luna, I'm glad that you're trying to save your friendship with Moon, but take this slowly. As you know, you hurt her, badly. She'll need a lot of time to think before she could speak to you again." He said with a calming smile as he placed a hoof on her shoulder.

"I, suppose. Thank you. You don't know how much these visits have helped me." She thanked him kindly.

"It's fine. Though, if you really want to get to know her better, you should probably come to the camp. You know, actually talk to her?" He suggested as he laid backwards on top of a cloud.

"Hmm, but, what if, no, she will hate it. I don't want to ruin her Heart's Warming." She refused.

Floral could only sigh at the scene. He was trying to help, but he also knew what she said was true.

"Tell you what. Just get her a gift." He said. "You don't exactly have to interact with her, but you could still show that you care." He said calmly as Moon manifested right next to him.

She was uncharacteristically normal, despite looking the exact same. Instead of the usually lethal feeling she gave to others, this version somehow gave off the vibe of an annoyed teenager.

"Whatevs Luna, thanks for the gift or whatever." Moon said in the voice of an exhausted teen who just finished ten college assignments in a single day.

Luna stared for a few seconds with a blank face.

"That is not her." She stated.

Floral took a glance at Moon before waving a hoof at her, blowing the fake Moon into the air as she turned to dust.

"Okay, maybe spending that much time with her sort of ruined my vision of her. But my point still stands." He replied.

"Alright, Remedy. I'll try, but what am I supposed to give her?" Luna asked.

"Well, why don't you try to find something that could be important to her. Maybe, some kind of relic or whatever that's connected to her kingdom."

"Oh, yes. That is the perfect gift." She mumbled to herself. "Thank you, your ideas are sufficient!" She excitedly said before disappearing.

Floral could only sigh. He was making quite a decent progress with Luna, but she could be stopped at any moment if something goes wrong.

"Now, should I try and speak to Moon about this?" He muttered those thoughts to himself as the world changed.

Instead of the starry plane they had been speaking in, it became a bright day. There was a soft breeze and an earthly smell.

Satisfied with the change, he took a stretch as a cauldron appeared in front of him. A book flew over from the sky and landed on his hoof. The title was 'Gustavo's Griffin Grubs'.

"Thank you, Luna." He said to the air as he flipped to a page.

"So, where's my gift?" Moon asked impatiently.

Getting up with a groan, Floral chuckled as he walked to the campfire.

"Well, I cut it pretty close, but I managed it." He said as he came back with the dagger.

"What?" Moon was a bit confused.

"Couldn't find a safe place to hide it." He said and reached behind Moon.

She felt a tug on her mane as Floral brought out a necklace.

"What the fuck?" She asked and started to inspect her mane.

"Don't you worry, I put it there last night." He reassured her.

Holding the necklace, he angled the dagger and cut straight through one of the gems, turning it into the shape of a cut diamond.

"Woah." Moon was pretty impressed.

The necklace itself was was made of silver chains and blue diamonds were encrusted into it. With one gem bigger than the others visible right in the middle, it was pretty fancy looking.

"Holy shit, you made this? With the big diamond?" She incredulously asked.

"Took me three weeks, but yeah." He replied and carefully draped it over Moon, concealing her wooden choker. "You said you liked the ring, but it didn't suit you. So, I eventually came to this."

Moon took a few moments to inspect the necklace. "I love it." She finally said with a smile.

"Good. Took me a lot of work to make those gemholders." Floral said with a chuckle as they walked towards their campfire.

"Hey, I didn't ask for it." Moon replied as her shadows extended out.

The tendrils brought out a few sticks and logs along with a match.

Floral only gave another chuckle in response as he dug through their supplies. "Welp, happy Heart's Warming right? Let's make a good meal." He told her as the fire was started.

"Fuck yeah!"

Ugh. What the fuck happened? Shit, my head.

"-et....we have to....it's comi..again!"

There was distant yelling. Groaning from movement, I barely opened my eyes. Fire was spreading.

What the?

*Creak*

Hearing the sound from above, I forced myself to spin. Taking considerable force out of, I looked upwards.

What is that? What's falling? Wait, something is falling.

Is that, the treehouse?

Unable to move, I could stare as the structure fell down. Not even able to scream, I helplessly watched as it finally reached me.

"Moon?"

What the fuck are you doing here?

"Careful, careful. It's really hot." Floral warned as I slowly took the wrapping off of the pan.

"Dude, I know. Besides, I'm using shadows. I can't feel it." I replied as I carefully rolled the wrapping away.

We've already spent thres hours making the damn pastry, I am not failing when we're this close.

With the relief of succeeding, I took it away as the glorious meal shone in brightness.

"Holy fuck, the smell." I gave a comment as I stared at its beauty. "The beef, uh, something-ton."

"Yeah, I can't believe we actually managed to make it." He added on.

Took us too much effort.

"Making that without an oven. What a challenge huh?" Floral said from the side as he brought out two plates. "Welp, time to eat."

Slicing it open, I poked the slightly pink insides with a fork. Soft.

"I, think it's ready." I took a guess.

"It should be. We baked it for two hours." He said and started to slice it.

Taking a piece on my plate, I sat down on a log as I used magic to bring the barrel of whiskey over.

"Here." I took the knife Floral gave me and sliced a piece off. "Damn." Was all I could say.

"I'll admit. This does taste quite good compared to others." Floral said as took another bite. "I think the mashed potatoes are better though."

"Bullshit." I replied with a chuckle.

"Yeah, yeah. You grew up appreciating meat, while potatoes were a stable in every house where I lived."

We shared a few jokes and stories as time passed.

Suddenly, Floral stopped as he stared at a random direction. His face was fully concentrated as he tensed in preparation.

I wasn't much different as I prepared to act. Though, I still couldn't sense what Floral found out.

"Yo!" The rather rough voice called out from behind the bushes.

"Gilda! Good to see you!" I was pleasantly surprised by the visitor.

"Good afternoon, Gilda." Floral was pretty happy as well.

"Yeah, yeah. I was passing by, thought I should see if you guys were still alive." She said casually as he took a seat.

"Come on, take a seat. We made beef wellington." Floral told her as she sat down without issues.

"So, where you headed?" I asked the question as I saw her luggage.

A bindle, barely holding onto a bunch of bits.

"Oh, you know. Just, traveling around." She replied rather weirdly.

"On Heart's Warming?" Floral interrupted.

"Yeah, thought I could visit some friends across the country." She explained as she received a plate from Floral.

Weird. She seems strangely, nervous? I mean, she was nervous when Floral attacked her, but she was pretty chill after that. Wonder what's bugging her.

"Well, if you need a place to stay a while. You're welcome to crash here whenever you want." I think that's for the best.

"You sure? You guys feel like you're struggling just by yourselves."

"Nah, it's cool. The asshole won't mind it either, would you?" I asked Floral jokingly.

"As long as you don't fuss about sharing your meals." He said back.

"Wha? Fuck you. I don't eat that much."

"Whatever you say." He said with a chuckle.

"Pssht, whatevs." I dropped the matter and took a bite. "Hey Gilda, you drink?"

"Uh, sure. What you got?"

"Whiskey, take it or leave it."

"Yeah, that'll do."

With that, I started to pour some in a cup. Right as I turned around, I was instantly pushed down.

"Really? Right now?" I heard Floral complain.

"What the buck was that!?"

Getting up with a groan, I pushed Floral's hoof away and stared forward.

"Seriously?" I asked out loud as I stared at the enemy, another wooden pony. "Can you guess what this one has?" I asked Floral.

This one looked a bit weird. It had the same features as the others, but it was also kitted with an axe.

"Everything." He answered shortly as he pulled a stone axe off of the whiskey barrel. "Gilda, hide." He commanded.

"Yeah, sure." Gilda replied and sprinted away.

"So, what's the plan?" I asked the question as I stared forward.

"I'll take charge, you suppor-" He was cut off as the pony suddenly appeared in front of us.

Having my magic ready, I was about to phase back, but Floral jumped in front of me and grabbed the axe from the middle. Following it up, I redirected my magic as spikes emerged from below the pony.

It dodge with a simply jump as it let go of the axe and tried to punch Floral. He retaliated by tanking the punch and struck it from below with the stone axe. A hit.

Taking the chance, I followed it up with a leap and got on top of it. Right as I landed, I brought the knife down and dug straight into its head, lodging the knife there. Knowing exactly what these things were capable of, I jumped away and landed on the ground as I gathered more magic, dodging the vines that tried to rush me.

"Move!" I yelled and slammed into the ground with my hooves as ripples of spikes traveled to it through the ground.

Floral heard me and bit into its hoof as he dragged it downwards and slammed it into the ground. Working as a counterforce, my spikes dug into it entirely, lifting it up to the air and impaling it in several areas.

Right as vines started to come out, I sent another burst of magic as the spikes exploded into others, destroying the pony from the inside. Taking a few seconds as I stared at the motionless puppet, Floral jumped next to me as he brandished the stone axe and throwing a few torn pieces of vines away.

"That it?" I asked out loud.

"Seems you destroyed its core. Stay vigilant though, we don't know what'll happen." Hearing those words, I let my guard back up as I gathered more magic.

I'm starting to run out a bit, and forcing myself to use more will damage my core. If I keep doing that, I'll keep losing strength.

"How much more can you do?" Floral asked.

"About twice, maybe?" I answered as I leaked my shadow.

Connecting it to the shadows of the forest should charge me.

"Shit." Floral cursed.

"What?" I asked and looked at where he turned to. "Fuck."

"Gah, let, go. Freaking tree pony." Gilda was struggling.

She was captured in vines. Another wooden pony was walking next to her as she was shut down by a metal edge on her throat. Where did it even get that axe.

Taking a glance at Floral, I looked back at the pony again.

"No fucking way." I cussed as I stared at their postures.

The exact way they held a stance with an axe.

"We probably should've figured that out with the others." Floral commented as he stopped his charge. "Got any attacks from you I should worry about?" He whispered the question.

"It can't imitate Nocturnal magic, except for the spikes maybe. I don't have anything too complicated other than that." I whispered back and took my shadow back.

Taking another good look at the pony, I realized something. Those vines, they're not connected to the pony. It means there's another enemy.

It pressed a bit harder on Gilda's neck, causing blood to start streaming.

"Alright, alright, we get it." I spoke annoyedly as I let go of my fighting stance.

"Annoying." Floral commented as he dropped his axe and kicked it away. "We don't have weapons, what do you want?!" He yelled.

The pony tilted its head creepily as a smile appeared again.

"You." It actually, spoke.

What the fuck?

Is he the one who trapped us here?

"Kill her." Its voice was creepy as all hell.

Like a scratched vinyl mixed with a broken door. Only made more eerie with its slow way of speaking.

"Why do you want us to kill her?" Floral asked.

"Not, the griffin. The Nocturnal."

Huh?

Shit.

I glanced at Floral, asking him what to do. He was tense. So was I. I know the asshole wouldn't hurt me, but we also need to make sure it doesn't hurt Gilda.

"Take me instead." Floral said.

"Oi, what the fuck are talking about?" I quickly asked him.

"Unacceptable." The pony responded. "You are, my champion, to kill, the others."

"No, we can come to an understanding. We can kill those, others, you're talking about. None of us has to die." Floral was talking back.

What the fuck do we do?

"It is, non-negotiable." It denied as it drew its axe forward. "That one, must die."

Floral thumped the ground once.

Wait, fuck. What am I supposed to do?

I don't know what to do.

"Surely, if you think about it. We could come to a middle ground." Floral kept distracting him as he thumped once more.

Ah screw it.

I started to discreetly gather magic for a single spell. A cutting spell that could set Gilda loose.

"Not possible, you have, grown too, attached, to her."

"Alright then, fine." Floral said as he thumped floor one last time.

Instantly throwing my spell forward, a pure dark blade rushed forward in an instant, cutting through the ground and raising a dust cloud. Having had ample time to aim it, the blade instantly cut through the vines, just barely missing Gilda as she fell to the ground.

"YOU!" That prick shouted out loud as Gilda took the chance and instantly started to fly away.

Right as the pony tried to give chase, Floral was already in front of it and swung down. With a loud bang, the pony was instantly knocked down to the ground.

"Gilda! Get my weapon from the fire wood!" I shouted the command as I had already reached the pony.

Seeping more magic, I swiped upwards as more spikes pierced through the pony.

"Ugh." Before I could explode it like the other one, my concentration was ruined by a vine suddenly grabbing me.

Forcing my legs to the ground, I pulled back as a vine connected to the pony tried to pull me in. Floral was also being pulled.

Though, unlike me, he grabbed the vine using both hooves and yanked it towards himself.

Seeing the opportunity, I gathered magic into my hoof as I prepared to land a blow.

"Here!" Finally, Gilda yelled loud as she threw the knife over.

Changing plans in an instant, I threw a tendril and caught the knife. Right as the bastard came flying over, I poured in immense amounts of magic into the knife.

With one swing, I flipped the knife and stabbed down, right into its heart. Pouring everything else, I made sure to cover this bastard's entire body before I blasted downwards.

A gaping hole appeared in its body as everything except its limbs and head were obliterated.

Stumbling back with a heavy breath, I fell down as my magic reserves were emptied.

"Well, shit. I'm impressed." Floral commented with a chuckle as he stood next to me. "You killed the bastard in one shot."

"Wow." Gilda was amazed as she walked over.

"Fuck yeah, I'm pretty damn impressive." I said smuggly as I laid down on my back.

Ugh. That took way too much out of me. I gotta recharge.

Leaking my shadow out again, I connected it to the shadows of the forest as I started to regain more magic.

"Good timing there though, Gilda. That throw came at the perfect time." I spoke up as I raised the knife to the sky.

Its edges were pitch black, an eerie sense invading just by looking at it.

"Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you about this thing." I spoke to Floral.

"What about it?" He responded.

"What's this thing made out of? Is it like enchanted or something? Magic goes in way too smoothly."

"Well, if you must know, it's from-"

*BOOM*

Yes. This will be perfect. Blueblood liked the snow globe, so I don't see a reason why Moon wouldn't like it.

Although I gave the staff quite a scare, I managed to have them make this in time. I even stood over to watch the process myself.

I have made sure to have it include a shadowy area, under a pale moon with a single castle. The same castle she said she used to love in.

Suddenly being broken out of my thoughts, the area shook heavily as I almost dropped the globe on the ground, managing to catch it with my magic.

"That, could have been disasterous." I mumbled as I stood steadily. "What was that?"

Staring to the sky, I saw smoke rising up. Knowing it was trouble, I instantly teleported over.

Appearing with a flash of light, I looked over the area. A light green colored fire everywhere, dirt was blasted through the camp. A nearby tree almost fell over on me.

Simply stepping away, I took a few steps forwards.

"What happened here?" I mumbled the question and looked around.

Staring at the only landmark around here, I saw that a treehouse was falling off the giant tree.

"Moon!" I yelled and flashed over before putting a protective barrier above me.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" She asked in an annoyed tone, a new necklace I didn't know about hanging from her neck.

"That does not matter. Art-I mean, are you okay?" I corrected myself as I asked.

"I'm fucking fine." She refused my help as she struggled to stand.

Seeing her about to fall down again, I quickly grabbed her with a hoof.

"Don't touch me!" She yelled and slapped my hoof away, causing her to fall to the ground.

"Please, I'm only trying to help." I pleaded as softly as I could as I extended a hoof.

She glared distrustfully as she stared at my hoof. With moments of nerve breaking silence passing, she gave a single groan before accepting it.

"I better not fucking regret this." She said loudly as she stood up with another groan.

"You won't, I promise. I won't break it this time." I said hopefully.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Now help me find Flo-Remedy. Help me find Remedy, and Gilda, a griffin cuck." She said that last part with a slight chuckle.

"Uh, yes. What happened here?"

"I don't fucking know. One second we won, then another I got blasted to Tartarus and back." She complained as she took a few steps forwards, almost falling as she did so.

I worriedly went to hold her, but she held me back before starting to walk on her own.

"If you find an eerie looking knife, bring it. It's a good weapon." She said before walking away.

"Alright, I guess I'll, go that way." I sulked slightly as Moon walked away without hearing my words.

I gave a sigh before walking the other way. I couldn't have chosen a worse time to arrive.

"FUCKING!" I was distracted by Moon suddenly yelling.

Quickly flying over to her, I saw her trapped in some vines.

"YOU! YOU SHOULD, HAVE DIED!" A voice I didn't know was shouting.

Before I could take action, a creature made of wood, looking eerily similar to a pony rose from the ground. Slowly healing itself, it shook with anger as it pointed an axe towards Moon.

How could it be though? There's two different cores that I could see as it regained shape. And it has so much emotion. Much more than the ice cold puppets I've seen before.

Thinking to move before it could do anything, I blasted it with magic and landed next to Moon. I tore away the vines and held Moon steady.

"Move!" She yelled and pushed me away.

Getting up hastily, I saw a big vine headed towards me. Erecting a barrier, I blocked it and teleported above and threw lightning with my magic.

Scorching the vines away, I stared at the wooden pony and blasted it again with a much stronger strike if thunder.

Landing next to Moon again, I shielded ourselves as I stood vigilantly.

"WHO ART THOU!?" I demanded the question.

This thing is definitely sentient.

"You are, not needed, Princess." It said as it brandished its axe.

"Oh this insolent little." I muttered and readied myself to fight.

"Careful. That prick might be talking out of his ass, but he definitely has the skills to talk shit. Just hiding it." Moon said from the side as we prepared to attack.

"Now!" Suddenly, a rough voice suddenly yelled out.

Glancing at where it came from, I saw a griffin.

"Agh!" I heard the wooden pony let out a sound and turned to see.

Remedy was there, and he stomped its head before taking its axe and split it right open.

"Fucking hell." I heard Moon cuss.

"TWO CORES! IT HAS TWO CORES!" I hurriedly yelled as I remembered the detail.

Suddenly, vines burst out from the wooden pony, knocking Remedy away. In an instant, I tried to teleport him over to me, only for him to be pulled away. Without pause, it sent extra vines as they all rushed at the griffin, destroying the surrounding area.

Flashing a bunch of air to myself, I stepped out of the barrier and threw another lightning blast. It sacrificed another vine to protect itself before slamming Remedy into the ground.

Hearing the repeated slams coming in again and again, Moon tried to run in, but she stopped almost instantly as she struggled to stand.

Flying over, I started to rain magic as a dust cloud slowly arose. With my magic spread around, I could easily sense where Remedy was.

Though, it just kept and kept bringing out more vines. The ones I destroyed quickly regenerating back. During that dust cloud, Moon suddenly ran in. Quickly stopping my barrage, I put a barrier on and dropped to the ground.

"Come on!" I heard Moon yell.

Using my magic sense, I found the two. I teleported over and shielded them. Through the dust, plenty of vines, enough to fill vision, all cut through as I felt some of them banging my barrier.

Wait, some?

Frantically turning my head, everything seemed to slow down. Most of those vines went straight for the two.

Moon, who was dragging the injured Remedy, turned back slowly as her eyes started to widen. They were about to reach her. It was too close.

Quickly! What spell do I know? What can help right now? How fast can my magic reach them?

All those questions, yet only a resounding nothing came from my mind.

Right as the vines were about to hit Moon, she was suddenly pushed away as Remedy suddenly replaced her image.

Looking at the scene, I only gasped in horror as Moon fell to the ground. A sudden feeling of loss filled me as I stared at the scene.

Remedy, managed to hit one away with his axe and dodged others, but one still managed to go through, subsequently him as well. Hanging from the air, Remedy had a fierce look as he stared forward, barely fighting to stay awake.

"REMEDY!" I shouted as I flashed over.

With a strike of lightning, I burned the vine away as I put a protective barrier around all three of us. I made sure that the barrier was a full sphere that went into the ground as I dropped down next to him.

Quickly bringing out the best spell I knew, I started to apply it to him. As my blue colored magic started to seep in, I was deep in concentration. Though, the constant banging of vines on the barrier was making this difficult.

"Moon." I said through gritted teeth.

"What do I need to do?" She asked in a rather cold voice.

"Distract him. I can't concentrate with him hitting the barrier." I gave the instruction.

A few hoofsteps were heard, and Moon walked out of the barrier, dragging Remedy's axe behind her as she went.

"Hey." I heard Remedy say with a small cough.

"Not right now, Remedy. I need to concentrate." I tried to shut him up, but my vision started to become a bit blurry and my eyes started to sting.

"Listen." He said as he barely touched my snout. "Moon, she's gonna go berserk. If that happens-"

"You're not dying, Remedy. You won't if you let me concentrate." I warned him.

"Just, listen!" He said through his teeth as he coughed up a bit of blood. "If, if I die, tell her what you know."

"You won't-"

"Tell her. Give me your word that you'll her." I wanted to refute, but his gaze was focused.

Faltering under that look, I almost collapsed as I nodded.

"Good."

Moon, with a completely expressionless face, simply stared forward as her magic seemed to just dominate the area. She gave off a dangerous vibe that made the plants shrivel and any living creature flee. Except for one of course.

"Nightmare. You, must die." The wooden pony said with its slow voice.

Moon didn't reply as she just stood there. Her gaze was cold, empty. As if she wasn't even alive anymore.

In a single second, dozens of vines rose from the ground as they all swung towards her. With small movements, Moon jumped or stepped lightly to dodge the attacks. Only swinging the axe when one she couldn't dodge appeared.

"Grown, stronger?" It asked.

Without replying, Moon rushed in. Sending several attacks her way, the wooden pony leaped back to get some distance as it sensed that something was wrong.

Seeing those attacks, Moon simply ran faster as her body started to turn pitch black. Then, right as the attacks hit, she still didn't stop.

The wooden pony tilted its head, creating knocking noises. It was confused.

But that confusion was soon replaced with panic as Moon suddenly leaped up from right in front of him. It hastily grew vines all around him as a defense mechanism as the area suddenly turned darker. The vines seemed to pierce Moon, but she didn't give a single reaction before disappearing mid air.

The wooden pony looked around. It couldn't see anything. In an area of pitch black, it lit up magic as a bit of light brightened the area. With green lights, it kept looking around for Moon. It knew that she couldn't keep this up for long.

Sensing something, it instantly looked back as vines were ready to strike. Nothing.

It sensed another attack and turned to attack. Nothing again.

Realizing what was happening, it lit up more lights as it spread it around. It was confident it could win. In its mind, Floral was simply stronger, and it beat him easy enough.

Looking around, it saw Moon's figure lighting up and instantly threw an attack. It connected, or, it should have. It didn't feel anything. Turning around again, it launched vines at another figure, only for it to disappear.

Now the wooden pony was confused. It couldn't find Moon.

Feeling another attack, it launched an attack without looking, only to fall down as it realized its leg was cut off.

It was now, scared. A feeling it hadn't felt in a long time was resurfacing.

"You forget." Moon's emotionless voice echoed through the area. "I may have a different name, but I was Puer Umbrae Laito Nocturn, the god of the Nocturnals. You have made a mistake, thinking I was so weak, that you could hurt an important one to me, and LIVE!" She said the last part, finally showing emotion as countless eyes appeared in the void.

Every single one of those pupils stared with full intent to kill, filling the area with heavy pressure as it started to feel truly threatened. It knew it wouldn't die, yet it feared for its life.

"I know this is a puppet." Moon's voice whispered in its ear in a taunting tone. "I'll find you."

Having had enough, the wooden pony let out every last part of its magic as the entire area was filled with growth. Trees and vines grew high as it reached the edge of the void. Cracking it slightly, it regained a bit of hope as it forced its body to use more strength. Breaking through, it finally had good enough vision.

Immediately pulling up more vines, it stood on defense.

From all directions, dozens of Moons appeared under the light, all ready to strike with an axe.

Acting on reflex, it spun it's hooves as the vines spun around him, landing an attack on all of them. Until he was suddenly struck from the side.

Moon, using both back legs, performed a devastating jump kick. As the wooden pony was knocked back, a shadow tendril connected them as it was pushed back greatly. Going and going, breaking through several different trees on the way until it finally stopped with one final impact, becoming pinned to the giant tree.

Moon, using the tendril, pulled herself as she was launched at neck breaking speeds.

"GILDA!" She yelled while she was in the air.

The wooden pony raised its right hoof as vines came out of it, intending to counter attack.

*BANG*

It was stopped as two bolts of lightning suddenly traveled from behind Moon, blowing its entire leg off.

Seeing Moon coming ever closer, it was about to self destruct. Simply activate both cores, and produce and explosion.

"AAAAAAHHHH!" It suddenly felt an impact on its head as something sharp dug through.

Sending out more vines, it still had hope to win. Gilda, in response, pushed the knife sideways, splitting its head right open. She swiped sideways with her free claw, completely shredding its head before jumping away.

With the opportunity coming on a silver plate, Moon disconnected the tendril. Having already reached the pony, she had spun from the force. Using the rotating force, she locked on her target as its chest appeared. Having been caved in and destroyed from her previous attack, she could clearly see a shining marble.

*Thuk*

That single sound announced the victor. The wooden pony slumped down as one single axe had split it in half, as well as its remaining core. Using every last of its strength, it slowly raised it head towards Moon.

Leaning in, Moon whispered. "You copy others, right? Then this is how he died the first time." She said before pulling the axe away, allowing the pony to fully die.

Ignoring Gilda, she slowly tried to turn around. She saw the lightning attack. If Luna had the time to cast an attack spell, then she feared the worst.

Yet, before she could gather enough strength to do so, she felt a touch on her shoulder.

"Hey." Her eyes widened at that voice.

Turning around with enough force to crack one's neck, she was shocked as she stared at who had touched her.

"Floral!" She yelled in relief and instantly went for a hug.

Her body started to turn normal once again as tears started to stream down.

"Hey, hey. I'm alright. I promised didn't I?" He said softly as he ran his hoof slowly through Moon's mane.

Moon swiftly let go as she inspected the injured area. Blood was everywhere, but the wound itself was seemingly closed.

"What? How? I know Luna is shit at healing magic." She asked and stared back at his eyes.

"Wow, priorities." Luna commented tiredly.

She had obviously exhausted herself by using too much, well, everything.

"But yeah, the healing process should've been slower, but something else aided my magic." She explained slowly.

Gilda was just struggling to stay awake at the moment.

"Wait, you can't die anymore?" Moon asked Floral.

"Not exactly, but I'm pretty sure this, is now under my control." Floral said as he raised a hoof, a bright green color emanating from it.

"Cool." Moon replied as silence came shortly after.

In the awkward situation, Floral took a glance at Luna, giving her a signal.

"Oh! Right." Luna spoke up as she turned to the place she came from.

Cutting through the air, a single orb came flying through. Carefully holding the snow globe, Luna presented it to Moon after wiping a bit of dirt away with her hoof.

"Here, and, I'm sorry. Really, this time, I realized my mistakes." She said as Moon grabbed without much thought.

Giving it a single shake, Moon stared at the little flakes of fake snow falling down slowly.

"Whatever, Luna. Thanks, for the gift, or whatever." She said as she held the snow globe.

"Hey, Moon?" Gilda spoke up as she leaned on Moon. "Think I'll take you up on that offer." She said and passed out right on top of her.

"Just where is she? She said she'd be back around an hour ago." Celestia was pacing in her room. "She raised the moon, so I know she's alright, but she wouldn't be spending that much time at Remedy's camp. Remedy himself would tell her it was time to leave." She kept talking to herself as thoughts of different plans started to pop up.

*Bam*

Crashing through her balcony, Luna rolled in as she stood up with a shaky stance.

"Luna!" Celestia was alarmed as she quickly used her magic to inspect her injuries.

"Hey, Celly." She said with a bright smile. "I was in a fight." She said it so casually before collapsing on Celestia's bed, pulling Celestia as well with a hug before passing out shortly after.

Still shocked, Celestia didn't know what to do as she just laid in the bed with Luna's hooves tightly wrapped around her.

"You're a riot, Luna." She said with a sigh before returning the hug using her hooves and wings.

Even though her evening plans with Luna had been ruined, she was just relieved that Luna was alright.

Still, she couldn't figure out why Luna smelled like ash and soot.

Author's Note

Heya!

I know these last few chapters may have felt a bit slow, but the pace will go back to it's usual speed now. I just, really couldn't have skipped the Heart's Warming episode, and a way to ruin it somehow.

Anyways, as always thanks for reading!