Sunset, Alise, Eric, and Adagio continued to walk through the woods until they came upon an old bridge that was over a large valley.

“Please tell me we are not going to actually walk over that old bridge,” Adagio said.

“I don’t think we have much of a choice.” Sunset said.

“But it looked so unstable that it might collapse at any moment.” Adagio protests.

“Then we have to be very careful.” Eric said.”I will go first to test the bridge.” Eric then began walking onto the bridge and managed to make it to the other side safely. He then turned to look at everyone. ”Alright everyone, it’s safe.” All three girls then look at one another.

“Well, I guess the bridge is safe to use.” Sunset said before turning to look at Alise, who had a scared look on her face. Seeing that Sunset offered her hand to Alise, who just looked at the hand before grabbing it. The two then began walking onto the bridge, and as soon as they got onto the bridge, Adagio followed them. However, as soon as they got into the bridge, the sound of barking was suddenly heard, and immediately everyone stopped, turned to look back, and saw the huntsman and his wolf. The wolf growled at them before running towards them.

“It’s the huntsman.” Sunset said in fear before picking up Alise.” Run.” Both Adagio and Sunset then run for their lives as the wolf and the huntsman get onto the bridge and chase after them. As the huntsman and his wolf chase after sunset and adagio, he suddenly tosses his chain towards sunset. Fortunately, before the mace could hit her, she quickly moved out of the way. Unfortunately, however, the mace ended up hitting one of the bridge pillars, destroying it completely, causing the bridge to tilt to the right. Luckily, the two girls manage to grab the railing of the bridge before the sudden tilt causes them to fall off the bridge. The three then look down and see that the entire valley is covered in mist, making it impossible to see how deep the valley is. They then turned to look at the huntsman and saw that he also managed to grab the railing before the sudden tilt made him fall into the valley, and his wolf was able to use its sharp claws to embed into the wooden plank.

“We need to go now.” Adagio said before she and Sunset run for their lives, and as soon as the two began running, both the huntsman and his wolf run after them. The wolf then jumps into the air and tackles Adagio onto the ground.

“Sunset Adagio is in trouble.” Alise said, causing Sunset to stop and then turn to see that the wolf was on Adagio. Sunset gently put Alise on the ground before turning to her.

“Go. I will handle this.” Sunset said, and before Alise could say anything, Sunset ran off to help Adagio, who was trying to push the wolf face away from her face. From her position she saw the huntsman standing nearby, and in his hands was an axe. As soon as the wolf saw Sunset running towards them, it quickly jumped off Adagio and ran towards Sunset. As soon as it was near enough to jump into the air and try to pounce on her. Fortunately, Sunset was able to quickly move to the side before the wolf landed onto her. After the wolf has landed, it quickly turns and tries to jump onto Sunset. However, unfortunately for the wolf, the magic protection on the necklace activated and created a burst of light that sent the wolf off the bridge. The huntsman, seeing this, quickly ran to the side and watched in horror as his beloved wolf fell down into the valley, where it then disappeared into the mist that covers the valley. The huntsman stood in silence for a few moments before letting out a roar of anger and fury. He then turned to look at sunset and saw that Adagio had gotten up and was now running towards her.

“You alright?” Sunset asked Adagio.

“Yeah, I am alright.” Adagio said before she and Sunset turned to see the huntsman glaring at them. ”But I don’t think we will be alright for long if we don’t run.”

“Agree.” Sunset said before she and Adagio quickly run for their lives, and as soon as they start running, the huntsman chases after them. As soon as the huntsman was near, he quickly pushed Adagio towards the side, causing her to almost fall off the bridge but luckily hit the railing, thus preventing herself from falling towards her death. The huntsman, after pushing Adagio aside, quickly ran ahead and blocked Sunset's path. He then swung his axe towards sunset head. Luckily, Sunset was able to narrowly dodge the swing that almost took her head off. After dodging the attack, she quickly moved to the side just as the huntsman swung down his axe on the spot she was standing on. After dodging the attack, Sunset quickly turned and tried to run for her life, and after seeing her run in the opposite direction, Adagio decided to do the same and follow Sunset. As the huntsman chases after them, he quickly turns his axe back into a chain mace and throws it at them.

“Look out.” Eric called out, causing both Sunset and Adagio to turn and see the mace flying towards them. Acting quickly, both girls quickly duck down as the mace flew past them. It then hit the middle bridge, destroying it, and in addition to that, the force of the mace caused the bridge to shake with enough force that it caused the old rope to snap, which in turn caused the bridge to collapse, causing all three of the people to fall off the bridge and towards the valley.

“Ahhhh!” Sunset screams as she falls off the collapsed bridge. Luckily, however, due to her quick thinking, she was able to quickly grab onto the gap between the planks that was located at the end of the collapsed bridge. She then heard screaming and quickly looked up and saw Adagio falling. Just as the girl fell past her sunset, quickly grab her hand. Immediately after she did that, the huntsman fell past them, and both girls looked down to see the huntsman continue to fall until he completely disappeared into the mist.

“Sunset, Adagio, are you two okay?” Eric asked as he and Alise looked down from above the valley.

“Yeah, we are okay.” Sunset said as she placed Adagio's hand into the gap between the planks.

“The huntsman on the other hand.” Sunset said before she looked down at the valley. ”Not so much.” She then looked up to look at both Eric and Alise. ”Don’t worry; I think we can climb up just fine.” The two then began climbing up the collapsed bridge. The two climb up in silence until that silence was broken by adagio.

“Thanks for saving me just now.” Adagio said quietly.

“You're welcome.” Sunset said as she and Adagio reach the top of the collapsed bridge. As soon as they reach the top, Eric quickly helps Sunset up, and Alise helps Adagio up.

“So the huntsman is really gone,” Eric asked.

“Yeah, I believe so.” Sunset said.”But even so we shouldn’t stick around. Let’s go before anything else happens.”

“Agree.” Eric said before he and everyone left the area as quickly as they could.
….
Unknown to everyone, however, was that deep in the valley, hidden in the mist, was a tree branch that the huntsman was currently hanging on to through the use of his chain mace. Earlier, as the huntsman fell into the valley, he saw the branch, and acting quickly, he threw his chain mace at it, which quickly wrapped itself around the branch. After stopping his fall, he was now climbing up the chain, and once he was on the branch, he quickly untangled his chain mace and turned it back into an axe. After putting it back onto his belt, he slowly looked down at the valley, and as much as he hates to admit it, his beloved wolf is now gone, as even from where he stood, he was still unable to see the bottom of the valley. The huntsman then let out a scream of fury as he looked into the sky as if cursing the very universe itself. After calming down, he then tightened his fist in anger.

“Revenge.” The huntsman said in anger as now his hunt for Eric and sunset has become personal. The huntsman then made his way to the wall of the valley and began climbing up. It would be a long and hard while before the huntsman could reach the top, but his anger fuelled him with enough energy that it is only a matter of time before he reaches the top of the valley.
….
In Sombra Castle, Sombra was walking through the hallway of his castle with a thoughtful look on his face.

“If things go according to plan, the necklace will be mine.” Sombra thought to himself before another thought came to him. ”And what of Sunset? What should I do with her once I get the necklace?" Sombra then stops as he places a hand on his chin in thought.

“The most logical thing to do is to send her to the mines.” Sombra thought to himself as he began walking once again. ”But for some strange reason, the idea of her being sent far away from me fills me with uneasy feelings. Maybe I can have her work as my personal maid in my castle; that way I can have her by my side every day.” Immediately when that thought entered his mind, Sombra's heart started beating fast, and he once again felt the strange feeling overcome him once more.

“There it is again, that strange feeling.” Sombra thought to himself. ”But for some reason the more I felt it, the more it felt pleasant. Why does thinking of that girl bring out this feeling? Without that necklace, Sunset shouldn’t be someone who should catch my interest, yet whenever I think of her, my heart beats fast, and what’s more, I can’t stop thinking of her and her beautiful face and beautiful eyes that seem to mesmerise me. They are so beautiful and attractive I could look at them all day.” As soon as Sombra reached the door that led into his throne room, he opened the door, and once the door opened, he saw his throne, and immediately an idea came to him.

“Maybe instead of giving her the role of a maid, I will give her the role of being my queen who will rule this land by my side.” Sombra thought to himself as a smile began to form on his face. ”That way she can be by my side forever.” As the thought of having Sunset as his queen brought excitement to Sombra, he then began to imagine how his life would be with Sunset as his queen. In his mind he imagined Sunset sitting on a throne that was next to him and Sunset sitting down at the castle dining table with him and eating together, and finally he imagined him and Sunset sharing a kiss, and suddenly a realisation finally hit him.

“The strange feeling that overcame me, it’s love.” Sombra thought in realization. ”How can that be possible? I shouldn’t have this feeling for her and yet.” Sombra thought back to when he almost kissed Sunset. ”It did happen.” Sombra then walked up to his throne and sat down on it with a thoughtful look on his face.
….
The sun had finally set again, and it was nighttime. The group, after a long day of walking, came upon what looked like a cabin. All four look at one another in silence before that silence is broken by Eric.

"I will go and check." Eric said before he went to the door and knocked on it. When he heard nothing, he knocked on the door again and again, and when it became clear that no one was going to answer, he turned to look at Sunset, Adagio, and Alise.

"I don't think anyone is home." Eric said before he turned to the door and grab the doorknob and turned it to find that the door was unlocked. He then turned to look back at everyone. "It's unlocked."

"Good, then let's go." Adagio said before she entered the house, and it wasn't long before everyone else followed her inside.

When the group entered the cabin, they saw that the inside of the cabin was in decent condition despite looking like it had been abandoned for a few years. Adagio then sneezed, causing everyone to look at her.

"This place is covered with dust." Adagio said before she sneezed again.

"Bless you," Alise said.

"Thank you," Adagio said.

"Adagio and I will look around downstairs for anything useful." Sunset said to Eric. "You and Alise look around upstairs." Eric nodded before he and Alise quickly walked up the stairs.

"So where should we start?" Adagio asked.

"We can start at the kitchen." Sunset said before she and Adagio went into the kitchen. As soon as the two enter the kitchen, Sunset turns to look at Adagio. ”So, Adagio, is there something you're hiding from us?”

“ Huh.” Adagio said as she turned to look at Sunset with a look of surprise.

“Those clothes you are wearing.” Sunset said suspiciously.”Those are earth clothing. You are not from the land of dreams, are you? “Adagio stood in silence for a moment before suddenly letting out a small smile.

“You got me.” Adagio said.”But I am not the only one who is hiding secrets, am I?”

“What are you talking about?” Sunset said.

“You are from Equestria, aren’t you?” Adagio said, causing Sunset to look at her in shock.

“How do you know?” Sunset demanded.

“I can smell the scent on you.” Adagio said.”It might have been a long time, but I still remember the scent all too well.”

“Too well.” Sunset said before a sudden realisation hit her. ”You're from Equestria too, aren’t you?”

“You got me.” Adagio said as she crossed her arms.”My sisters and I were from Equestria before we were banished to Earth.”

“Banish.” Sunset said.”Who are you really?”

“Well, since there is no longer a reason for me to hide it, I may as well tell you.” Adagio said.”You see, a long time ago, my sisters, Aria and Sonata, and I were originally sirens from Equestria.”

“Sirens,” Sunset said in shock.

“That's right, sirens.” Adagio said.” Through our songs we were able to spread disharmony in Equestria by causing the ponies of Equestria to fight among themselves, and by causing them to fight we also cause them to produce negative emotions for us to eat, and with every negative emotion we eat we grow stronger. However, unlike my sisters, who were content with just simply spreading harmony and eating negative emotions, I wanted more. I wanted to rule Equestria."

“You try to take over Equestria,” Sunset said.

“That’s right.” Adagio said.”Of course I wasn’t foolish enough to try and face both Celestia and her sister Luna alone and unprepared. So I convince both of my sisters to join me with my plan to take over Equestria, and after convincing them to join me, we began making plans to take down both Celestia and Luna. The first step of our plan was to make ourselves stronger so we could stand a much better chance against them.“

“And let me guess, your plan was to cause as many ponies to fight among themselves so they would create a lot of negative emotions for you and you sisters to eat so you can become stronger.” Sunset said.

“That’s right.” Adagio said.”Our plan was to go to small villages and towns that were far from canterlot so that the princess wouldn’t notice what we were doing and use our powers to cause the pony to fight among themselves and produce as many negative emotions as they could for us to devour and once we gain enough we would move to another small town or village to do the whole process again and once we were sure we were strong enough we would go to the larger city and towns and use our powers to spread more chaos and gain more power and not only that with our power we would turn the ponies that live there into our brainwashed servants creating an army we can use to conquer equestria and by the time the princess realize what was going on it would be too late as we would have already been strong enough to challenge them and not only that we would also have a army comprise of their brainwash pony backing us up. An army that the princesses won’t dare to strike knowing that they are innocent ponies brainwashed to serve us.”

“Given the fact that you are not ruling Equestria, I take it your plan didn’t go well.” Sunset said.”So what happened?”

“Star Swirl,” Adagio said.

“Star Swirl the Bearded.” Sunset said in surprise.

“Yep.” Adagio said.”Star Swirl discovered what we were doing and banished us to Earth. However, while Star Swirl managed to successfully banish us to Earth, we still have our pendant, the source of our magic, and while they have lost most of their magic, they still have enough magic for us to use. So after arriving on earth, we spent centuries wandering the planet trying to spread disharmony so we could gather as much negative energy as we could to regain our lost power. However, it wasn’t easy, as the negative energy humans produce wasn’t nearly as strong as the ponies. Not helping is that earth doesn’t have magic, and to make it worse, there was also the fact that the humans back then had a loathing for magic, as back then, once someone saw us lose magic, we had to flee as quickly as we could.”

“Even though it was centuries ago, I remember it all like it was yesterday. I remember how in the first year alone, when we first arrived on this world, my sisters and I tried to hide our magic after we learnt the humans hatred for magic. But it never lasts long, as eventually someone would eventually discover our ability to use magic and try to burn us at the stake or drown us for what they deem as witchcraft. I also remember the things they used to call us: demons, devilspawns, corrupt monsters, and many more.“ Adagio said before sighing.”I will admit that during our time on earth we did commit crimes like theft and many other such things, but it was mostly for survival.”

“Now that's something I can sympathise with.” Sunset said.”During my time on earth, I did many things, such as theft or extortion, just to survive on this planet.”

“I guess that’s another thing we have in common.” Adagio said.”Anyhow, my sisters and I were so desperate to survive in this world that we would do anything to survive. We even went as far as to offer our magic in the service of human kings and emperors, and in return for our service, they would allow us to live in their realm without persecution. Unfortunately, none of them accepted our offer as they saw us as demonic monsters or threats to their power, and the few people who did accept our offer immediately backstabbed us the second they no longer needed our services.”

“No surprise there.” Sunset said.”Anyone who actually did accept your service is probably people who are the least trustworthy sorts.”

“Funny thing is we were aware of that, but given our situation, we were extremely desperate.” Adagio said. “Anyhow, after a while, we eventually decided that since we cannot regain our former lives, we can simply just settle down and use our magic to amass a large wealth so we can spend our days living in comfort and luxury.”

“And let me guess, that didn’t turn out well too.” Sunset said.

“No, it didn’t.” Adagio said.”Every time we try, people would immediately get suspicious and wonder how three young girls could get such wealth, or some jealous noble would try to take it for themselves, and sooner or later they eventually discover that we can use magic, which in turn means we have to run off again. Living a quiet life as a simple villager wasn’t an option either because every time we managed to find a place to settle down, the people around us would eventually grow suspicious of us when they noticed how even though years had passed, we never showed signs of ageing, and when people noticed this, they would go into the one explanation they could think of, which was witchcraft, and let me tell you, back then, even the simple accusation of it meant being chased by an angry mob with torches and pitchforks.”

“And let’s not even go into the human treatment of their females.” Adagio said bitterly. ”Humanity has a shockingly cruel attitude toward their females, treating them as lesser than males. Most of the human males I have encountered have been creeps who have had no respect for my intelligence or talents and only cared about my appearance. Sure, there were some females in this world that had gained positions of power, but they were few and far between, and very few of them ever helped out their fellow women.” Adagio then looked away and stared at one of the window in the kitchen that showed the woods outside. She then chuckled bitterly before turning to look at sunset. ”You know, sometimes I can’t help but wonder if this is what Star Swirl had intended: to banish us to a magicless world where we are doomed to wander forever with only just enough power to draw negative attention but not enough to reclaim our former glory. If it was truly the case, then I guess Star Swirl had a cruel way to punish his enemies.”

“I hardly doubt it was the case since the way Celestia had described Star Swirl to me, he sounded like a person incapable of such cruelty.” Sunset said.

“You know Celestia personally.” Adagio asked with a raised eyebrow.

“ Me and celestia have a history.” Sunset said. Adagio just stared at her in silence before eventually deciding to break it by continuing her story.

“Anyhow, eventually humanity has evolved in many ways.” Adagio said.”Gradually, the superstition and fear that ruled the human world slowly disappeared, and humanity started exploring the world rather than listening to outdated dogma. Women had gained more rights. Reason and knowledge became more important, and it became easier for my sisters and me to better blend among the humans, especially since humans no longer believe in magic and aren’t no longer on the lookout for witches. Things seem to be going well for us, or at least when compared to how things were previously. But then we ended up here.”

“How you three ended up here exactly.” Sunset asked. Adagio didn’t say anything but instead just looked up at the ceiling before turning to look at sunset.

“It was my fault.” Adagio said.”Even though we can live a peaceful life now, I still wanted more, so I spent years trying to find a way for us to return back to our former glory, and one day I thought I found it in the form of an old book that was being kept in an old library. When I read through the book pages, I realised that it was some kind of spellbook. Excited with the idea that I managed to find something that might restore our former glory, I quickly brought it to my sisters, and we immediately decided to cast one of the spells in the book. However, something went wrong, and the next thing we know, we end up here. At first when we arrived here, I thought our luck had finally changed, as the second I arrived here, I could sense the magic in the air. It might not be as strong as the magic in Equestria, but it was still strong enough for us to increase our magic, and with time we might be able to restore ourselves to our former glory. However, unfortunately, like always, our luck didn’t last, as unfortunately for us, Sombra caught wind of our existence and of what we were doing, and he quickly went to confront us. We try to fight back, and with our magic now stronger than ever, we thought we could win. Unfortunately for us, however, Sombra was stronger than all three of us combined. Not only did he defeat us, but he destroyed our pendants and stripped us of our powers, turning us into regular humans, and after we were defeated, we were immediately sent to the mines, and well, you know the rest of the story.” Adagio then looks on the ground and chuckles bitterly. ”If there is one good thing that came out of all of this experience, it is that I learnt how much of a fool I have been. It was because of my desire for powers that my sisters and I went through centuries of suffering, and now we have truly reached rock bottom, as now not only are we trapped in another world far away from Equestria, but now we lost our powers and become just regular human teenagers, and frankly right now I can’t see anywhere for us to get any lower.” Adagio then shakes her head before turning to face Sunset.

“Well, since you know my story, what’s yours?” Adagio said.”What you did to get banished to earth.”

“I wasn’t banished; I went to Earth of my own free will.” Sunset said shocking adagio.

“What.” Adagio said in shock.”You actually willingly went to Earth. Why would you do that?"

“It’s a lot more complicated than you think.” Sunset said.”To understand, we need to go back to the beginning, the very beginning. My earliest memory that I can remember was being raised in an orphanage somewhere in Canterlot. I never knew who my birth parents were or why they left me in an orphanage. But one thing I do know is that I was different from the other children in the orphanage.”

“Different.” Adagio said.”Different how?”

“I was a lot more talented and smarter when compared to the other kids.” Sunset said.”I was considered by many as a prodigy among prodigies, as even at such a young age of 6 years old, I was able to become a skilled magic user that was skilled enough to master advanced spells that only older unicorns should be able to cast. My talents with magic were able to wow many of the orphanage staff and children. Sadly, however, it wasn’t enough to get me adopted. I never knew why since I thought my talents with magic would make parents want to adopt me as they would be proud to have a daughter so talented. Maybe it was something about my look, or maybe they didn’t want a daughter that was unusual and not like the others. Whatever it was, I never got adopted no matter how hard I tried to convince the parents that came to the orphanage to adopt me.”

“So what happened next?” Adagio asked.

“One day I decided to cast a tracking spell on a ladybug.” Sunset said.”After casting the spell on the bug, I let it go into Canterlot, and after a while I follow it since I want to see if my spell works. I eventually manage to find it; however, I was so busy trying to get the bug I didn’t notice where it was leading me, which was Canterlot Castle Garden. I didn’t realise it until Celestia found me.”

“At first I thought I was in trouble, but much to my surprise, Celestia was more curious than anything.” Sunset said.” She wondered what I was doing in her garden, and not knowing what to do, I told her the truth, and as soon as she saw the ladybug, I placed the tracking spell on Celestia, who was immediately mpressed. She then asked me to show her the other spells I master, and without hesitation, I did. Seeing that I was able to master such advanced spells at such a young age, Celestia was greatly impressed with me; she saw that I had the potential to achieve great things, and the next thing I knew, Celestia went to the orphanage, and after filling out some paperwork, she gained custody of me, and I became Celestia's personal student..”

“Her personal student,” Adagio said.

“Yeah, her personal student,” Sunset said.” And for once in my life I was actually wanted, and in addition to that, life as her student was quite good, as I got to live in the palace and have all the luxury and privileges of being her student entails. But the one good thing above all else was the motherly love Celestia gave me.”

“Motherly love,” Adagio asked.

“Yeah, motherly love.” Sunset said.” During the time we spent together, Celestia would treat me like I was her daughter. I remember the good time we had together, such as during heartwarming eve when we would spend the night together and exchange gifts or how she would read me stories. Another good memory I have with Celestia was during Nightmare Night.”

“Nightmare night.” Adagio said.” What’s that.”

“You don’t know Nightmare Night.” Sunset asked in a confused voice.”Huh, I guess you were banished here before Nightmare Night was invented. Anyhow, Nightmare Night is more or less Equestria's version of Halloween. Anyhow, I remember during one nightmare night when I was still a filly, I dressed as a royal guard and spent the night as Celestia's unofficial guard.” Sunset then let out a small chuckle before shaking her head.”I had everything a pony could ask for, and my life is perfect.”

“And let me guess: something happened.” Adagio asked,

“Yeah, it did,” Sunset said.” One day she appears.”

“ Who.” Adagio asked.

“Princess Cadance.” Sunset asked.”A former Pegasus that ascended into the ranks of alicorn.”

“Wait, ponies can become alicorns.” Adagio asked.”Is that even possible?”

“Apparently it is.” Sunset said.”Anyhow, after she appears, Celestia adopted her as her niece.”

“And let me guess, you become jealous.” Adagio asked.

“I was.” Sunset said.”I didn’t like the fact that some newcomer showed up out of nowhere and was instantly accepted as family by Celestia. A part of me felt like I was being replaced and that Celestia would shift all her attention to this newcomer.”

“And did she?” Adagio asked.

“No, she didn’t.” Sunset said.”She still has her attention on me and tries to be a part of my life while also trying to be a part of Cadance's life. She even tried to have us be friends with one another, and while Cadance was friendly, I wasn’t able to get along with her since a part of me hated her for being adopted by Celestia.”

“However, Cadance indirectly gave me an idea on how I can get closer to Celestia.” Sunset said.”If Cadance can ascend into an alicorn, then why can’t I?”

“You try to become an alicorn.” Adagio asked.

“That’s right, I did.” Sunset said.”I asked Cadance how she became an alicorn, and she told me she became an alicorn due to Celestia. Apparently, according to her, Celestia made her an alicorn after she broke the curse of an evil unicorn, and hearing that gave me an idea. If I can prove myself to Celestia, then maybe she will turn me into a princess and would see me more than a student; she would see me as a daughter and someone who is worthy to walk by her side.”

“So I dug deeper into my studies and spent years improving my magic and skills with the hope that one day it would be enough to impress Celestia that she would make me a princess.” Sunset said.”But no matter what I did, it wasn’t enough, and in time I noticed how Celestia and I started to spend less time together, with her choosing to spend time with Cadance.”

“So you really were being replaced,” Adagio asked.

“No, I don’t think it was that.” Sunset said.”Thinking back, I believe it was because she wanted me to open up with other ponies; in other words, make friends. I remember how Celestia would keep encouraging me to make friends with other ponies, but due to me having grown arrogant due to my skills in magic and my position of being her student, I would brush it off and at times would say how friendship was a waste of time.” Sunset then sighed before she continued with her story. ”Anyhow, Celestia apparently grew concerned about my growing arrogance, and many times she would give me talks about humility, but like always, I would just ignore or brush it aside, and after seeing that no matter what she said would make me listen, she decided to one day show me a mirror. I didn’t know what she expected for me to see, but what I saw in the mirror was probably what she didn’t expect.”

“What did you see?” Adagio asked.

“I saw myself as an alicorn with a crown on my head.” Sunset said.”Anyhow, after Celestia saw that, she quickly ended our lesson and refused to talk more about the mirror. I spent weeks trying to get her to tell me the mirror, but she always said no and that we will get to the mirror when I am ready.”

“And let me guess, the phase when you are ready hit you the wrong way.” Adagio said.

“Yes, it did, since back then I believe I was ready.” Sunset said.”And that Celestia was holding me back. But I suppose in a way she was, but not because she didn’t want me to achieve my potential but because I really wasn’t ready. I didn’t listen to or understand her lesson in friendship or humility, and it was due to that that Celestia believed that I wasn’t ready. The entire time, Celestia had been trying to teach me everything I needed to know, but in my arrogance, I always ignored them.”

“So what happens next?” Adagio asked.

“What happened next was that I snuck into the restricted section and tried to gain information about the mirror.” Sunset said.”I manage to find a book about the mirror and learn that every 30 moons it will open a portal to another world, and it so happens that the night I decided to sneak into the library was the night that the mirror will open. But before I could get more info, Celestia appeared, and she didn’t like what I was doing, and we had an argument, and she decided to remove me from my position as her student and immediately had her guards escort me out. Unfortunate for them, however, I was able to knock them out and quickly jump into the mirror, and, well, you know the rest.” The two then stood in silence for a few moments before that silence was broken by sunset.

“I guess that is another thing we have in common.” Sunset said.”We were so arrogant that we believed we deserved more, and it was due to that that we failed to appreciate the things and people we had in our lives, not until our arrogance caused us to lose them."

“I quite agree with that.” Adagio said bitterly. The two then stare at each other in silence, not knowing what to say now.

“So should we go back searching this place?” Sunset said in an attempt to break the silence.

“I believe so.” Adagio said before she and Sunset quickly looked over the kitchen, only to find a few utensils, a few frying pans, and a few cooking pots. Once they were done, they exited the kitchen to see Eric and Alise standing next to a table. When they heard the sound of the door opening, they immediately turned to look at them.

“Oh, there you two are.” Eric said.”Find anything.”

“Nope, we didn’t find anything useful.” Sunset said.”What about you two?”

“Besides finding a few blankets and pillows, nothing much.” Eric said.”The only useful thing we found is this map.” He then gestured to the map on the table near them, and immediately both Sunset and Adagio quickly got nearer to the table and saw the map.

“Is this the map of the land of dreams?” Adagio asked.

“It is.” Eric said.”And if I am right, we are right here.” Eric then pointed to a spot on the map, And the palace is right here.” He then pointed to the center of the map. Sunset looked at the place Eric previously pointed and saw that they weren't far from the palace.

“We are almost there,” Sunset said in shock.

“Yes, we are.” Eric said.”And if I am correct, it’s only a few hours walk from here to there.”

“Which means our journey is almost over.” Sunset said happily.

“It is.” Eric said happily, knowing that soon he will see Serenity again. ”Anyhow, I believe we should rest for tonight and begin our journey early in the morning. If we are to beat Sombra, we need all the rest we can get.”

“I agree.” Adagio said as she yawned. ”Besides, I was getting tired anyway.”

“So how many rooms are there upstairs?” Sunset asked.

“There are two rooms with one bed upstairs, and as I previously mentioned, there are a few spare pillows and blankets in the closets in those rooms.” Eric said,

“In that case, both me and Alise can share one of the beds,” Sunset said.

“And Eric can take the other bed, and I will take the one with the pillow and blanket and sleep down here.” Adagio said.

“Are you sure you want me to have the bed?” Eric asked.

“Yeah, I just want to be alone for now.” Adagio said, and immediately Sunset understood that after having to reveal her entire story, she would no doubt want to be left alone for now.

“Come on, guys, let’s go to sleep now; we have a long day tomorrow.” Sunset said.

“Alright, come on, let’s go to bed, everyone.” Eric said.
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Somewhere in the air above the woods were a large number of Black guards riding on the giant bats. Accompanying them were the umbrums. Leading the army of Umbrum and Black Guards was a Black Guard holding what looked like a pendant. It stared at the pendant before it started glowing red, and immediately what looked like an arrow appeared in the pendant and pointed straight forward.

“It’s glowing.” The Black Guard said.

“This means the king plan is working.” The umbrum flying near the black said. ”We must go now.” Without a second to lose, all the black guards and umbrum flew in the direction the pendant was pointing to.
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End of Chapter 6

Author's Note

In case you are wondering the idea for Cadance backstory came from here:

The inspiration for some of sunset backstory is from here:

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