"We've been brainstorming non-stop and we still can't think of anything!" Twilight complained as she slumped on the couch.

Blueblood was knocked out cold on the coffee table, having pushed himself for the experiments. He was just sleeping.

"I have an idea!" Light randomly burst through the door with a frazzled mane.

"Oh! Finally!" Twilight was a bit ecstatic.

Blueblood stumbled and fell to the floor as he tried to get up. "You have diarrhea?" He asked in a groggy tone.

"What? No. I just said I have an idea." Light corrected him before hopping over. "Okay, so basically, we've been going at this so wrong." She said and magicked over twenty journals. "This is every combinations we've tried, and we've already went past the limit on how much more we could try." She explained and magicked them away. "Which is why, we should the opposite." She proposed with a smile.

Twilight had a look of realization as the facts hit her at once. Blueblood was a bit confused.

"What?" He asked.

"It's so simple, even a pony who doesn't study magic would know!" Twilight said gleefully.

"Again, what?" He asked.

The two mares started to converse, sharing plausible theories as our stallion was left with a sense of idiocy.

"So!" The two mares finally came to a conclusion after finishing their incoherent rambling. "Bluey! Can you take us to one of the Princesses?" Light suddenly asked.

"Huh? What?" Blueblood was slightly startled as he was reading a comic book.

"Blueblood, focus! Can you take us to a Princess?!" Twilight yelled the question.

"Uhh, yeah, sure." He finally answered. "But, Aunty Celestia has Day Court. Aunty Luna went off somewhere, and Princess Cadenza is away for a meeting to Yakyakistan." He explained as he felt a sweat drop.

"BUCK!" Light shouted.

"Ugh, we are so close to a scientific breakthrough in the magic field, and we're stopped by a timetable?!" Twilight groaned in annoyance.

"Eh, sorry?" Blueblood said, but he didn't know why he should've said it. "Why do we need the Princesses again?"

"Well, here's what we're thinking." Light started off. "If we've been adding components and different rules and runes to the spells, what if we take it out? If we kept taking it out, we'd reverse through the history of magic."

"And?" He asked.

"Simple, because spells and our magic have been developing for thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of years, it's not actually the original magic." Twilight continued. "Because of this, we have to go back the first time magic was used."

"I see, so, invent time travel?" Blueblood asked confusedly.

"Wha-no. Blueblood, I'm aware you're an idiot, but you can't possibly be this stupid." Twilight rebuked with an incredulous expression.

"I'm joking." He replied and got up with a groan. "Basically, we have to see how magic without other stuff in it works." He mumbled. "The purest form of magic currently, A.K.A, Alicorn magic. I'll see if we can get Aunty Celestia to use her Alicorn magic, though, I'd say we'll have to wait until sundown." He informed the two as he left, after giving Light a quick peck of course.

"Ugh, this somehow feels worse than Hearts and Hooves day." Twilight groaned.

"I thank you for this, Daring Do. And I'm sure our adventures will make a fine addition for your books." Luna said happily as she threw a bear away.

"Ancient hideouts of a cult, yeah, these'll do wisely." Daring Do replied happily as she wrote some words in her journal. "Anyways, what's the actual purpose of these visits?"

"It is to find out what these cults have done, and more importantly, how?" She replied and stopped in front of a puzzle wall.

"Hmm, astrology?" Daring Do commented as the puzzle was already being solved in her mind.

Then Luna punched the wall.

*Crack*

"Hm? Quite durable." She mumbled and punched again.

"Uh, right, I should've known this is how you do things by now." Daring Do said with slight disbelief and went in first. "Well, quite a lot of the same thing as every other hideout." She said and started to poke around.

"Hmm, this is becoming a bit repetitive." Luna said as she floated a few books over.

Most journals held their experiences in the cult, daily lives and such. Others were mentions of a great return, and how that would result in the rising of the folk who have been forsaken by the sun.

"Well, no matter how I see it, this all just repeats the same thing. Rich get richer, and the poor get poorer." Daring Do commented and threw away a journal.

"Hmm, although it's honorable, it does lose it's shine when it's apparently the same in every city." Luna replied and placed the last journal down. "It means they were delusional about inequality."

"Um, ain't it kinda right though?" Daring asked. "I mean, the nobles and stuff are all living in a big city on a mountain. Anywhere outside that would be kind of poor, no?" She asked.

"Hmm, well. As right as you are, I do not believe sacrifices and raids suffice as a good method." Luna replied as she spread her magic around.

"Well, true." Daring had to admit. "Anyways, this is the last place according to your tip. Pretty sure it's the biggest too. And we still haven't answered that question."

"That is correct." Luna replied as she kept looking around.

"Then, I guess your tipper missed a few? Or the cultists took all the important info and left." She said as she sat on a random desk.

"Well, I doubt that." Luna said as she looked straight down. "Prepare for flight." She announced and slammed down with lightning.

"Whoah!" Daring was slightly startled as the floor collapsed. "What the?" She muttered as she floated in the middle of a gigantic room.

"So, this was the reason it was the furthest from Equestria." Luna commented as she flew down. "Quite secretive, you'd have to pretty sensitive when it comes to magic if you want to find this place."

"Yeah, I think this is everything, right?" Daring replied as she looked upon rows and rows of books. "Hmm, yeah, these are different."

"Records of plans, and entries from high level personnel." Luna mumbled as she searched through. "As good as these are, they're useless now. We need to find the method to their power."

"I guess so, can I use these for my series?" Daring asked and threw another book away.

"I don't see why not. These are all things forgotten by time." She replied and went to the lower levels, finally landing on the ground.

"So, I never asked but, who is your tipper?" Daring asked and landed beside Luna. "These places aren't one would find just by walking around. Since, at least half of these hideout are outside of Equestria."

"That, is a question you should be asking the stallion himself. And, with a rather recent event, I don't believe his location would remain hidden." Luna answered and pulled another journal.

*Rumble*

"Hmm." Luna readied herself for a fight.

"Oh, you found another secret passage." Daring spoke up. "It's pretty rusty though." She mumbled and pushed a bookcase all the way.

"Oh, quite an easy-"

"Shush, never say that, you'll jinx it." Daring cut her off and walked in.

"I see." Luna acknowledged and followed behind.

"I'll say though, I didn't see anything that could be used for light. Did these cultists have something that allowed them to see in the dark? Kinda like Bat Ponies." Daring commented as she looked around in the dark.

"Well, either that, or Unicorns made up most of their forces." Luna said as her horn lighted up. "It does go against a fact though."

"Which one?"

"Unicorns, were rarely a commoner. Because of magic being so versatile, trained casters dominated the battlefield, making most of them honorary nobles due to their achievements in wars. That kept continuing until all but a few Unicorn families became nobles." Luna explained as they continued to walk. "So it doesn't make much sense for Unicorns to talk of being poor."

"Huh, guess I should've paid more attention in History class."

"I doubt these topics were taught nowadays, let alone the bad side of it."

"Right, racial discrimination. It's not really possible to forget about that one."

"As it were. Especially since nobles are still mostly Unicorns." Luna ended the talk as they reached a wall.

"Alright, this one's the creepiest of them all." Daring said out loud as she stared on.

"It is quite disturbing, even if we knew beforehoof from the journals." Luna added on as she stepped forward carefully.

"You really don't care about the blood huh?"

"I've bathed in the blood of my enemies, dried ones are rarely a reason for disgust."

"Yeah, sure, I'll just, be in the air."

"Of course. I won't mind." Luna replied and stepped over a skull.

"Dang, how long you think these have been sitting here?"

"Although dried up blood turns gray, or even a darker color after a few weeks. These stayed red, most likely due to them being hidden from sunlight, and the weather. Though, I'll guess, about fifty years over nine hundred." Luna answered and finally came upon her answer. "This, should be the answer." She muttered and opened a book, only to get zapped by lightning.

Though, it didn't affect her.

"Lightning magic, quite impressive. It's a hard element to control." She commented and fully opened the book.

"So, what're you seeing in there?" Daring asked as she didn't want to come closer.

"Hmm, poems?" She said in a confused tone. "As time travels, we must go backwards. As the wars end, we must regain our values. As society progresses, we must reverse it to meet the standards. Back, to the time we were all equals."

"Well, that's the biggest mound of idiocy I've heard."

"Hmm, these all mention going back. To regain what they've lost. Exactly what would that be, is the question."

Daring sighed. "Well, it doesn't exactly matter what they valued is it? Since, you're trying to make sure this stays hidden. As long as you have the method that is."

"You are correct, let us leave." Luna said as she turned back, a small spark turning to a great flame behind her. "This piece of history, it teaches no values and has no purpose, so they shall stay hidden for the rest of time."

*Slurp*

It was a peaceful day in the camp. Gilda was snoring as she laid upon a nest. Built upon a platform held up to the treehouse by a few ropes. Moon was taking a bath at the nearby river. Floral, he was drinking a steaming cup of tea as he waited for a pot of soup to boil.

A single beige colored pony was leading a strike team of six. With motions to move forward, they made no sounds as they carefully approached the camp.

Circling around, the beige pony pointed at two. Pointing at the river, she turned to the other three. Motioning one of them towards Gilda, she lead the other two as they climbed the giant tree. With a shared look, they nodded and split up.

Using the thick branches, the beige pony carefully looked down. Then, she was shocked to no longer see Floral.

"So, what's your name?" Floral asked calmly as the other two were knocked out cold.

Dumbfounded on what just happened, the beige pony stood in a fighting stance as Floral stared with an amused gaze.

"Yo, Floral! You got guests!" Gilda yelled at him.

She was leaning on one part of her bow, pointing one of her claws dangerously close to a stallion's eye. The stallion, had a scared glint as he was biting one the other part of Gilda's bow, praying to his gods to not let it break as he felt the height that he would fall down from.

"Hey! Who the fuck are these assholes!?" Moon yelled annoyedly as she was drying herself up with a towel, two ponies being dragged behind her by shadows.

"Well, you two. These, will be our new apprentices." Floral replied and instantly leaped at the beige pony.

"!" The beige pony couldn't react as she was pushed off the giant tree.

Only to be caught by Floral as he used shadows to slow his descent. The two knocked out ponies following behind them. Gilda didn't react much as she rolled over the edge and fell down, catching the stallion and her bow in the process as she glided down. Moon was just annoyed at having her bath time interrupted.

"Celestia and Luna told me you'd be coming here." Floral said as he sat back down at the fire. "Though, I'm sure they said there's supposed to be seven of you."

"Hey! I'm here! I'm not late am I?!" Iron Shield shouted anxiously as he stopped himself from falling. "Sorry, this guy couldn't fit in the train, and he decided to run all the way here." He explained and got off the Timberwolf.

Moon gasped in delight as she instantly ran for it. Floral gave a chuckle and walked over.

"For fuck's sake, Harkon! Where were you?!" Moon asked as she was hugging him tightly.

Harkon was wagging his tail in response, blowing up a dust cloud. Gilda flew over as she found a spot on Harkon, shortly before going to sleep.

Giving him small scratches, Floral turned around as Iron walked over to the others.

"Welcome. You are all proud members of the Secret Monster Intelligence League of Equestria." He announced and stood infront as a small amount of bloodlust was released. "For exactly one month, you'll all be under my guidance." He said and slammed a hoof down, creating a small shockwave. "Training starts now."

Author's Note

Hey! Another chapter is out!

And I'm gonna slowly start to make progress. Things could get big, or maybe small if I'm overestimating it. But anyways, thanks for reading! And I'll see you next time!