And I thought we were normal. How wrong I was.

   Walking up the trail, I can feel my magic slowly returning to me. I should really practice some other lower level spells. If I do that too much right now I'll just keep draining myself aimlessly. While this would help get me gain a magic reserve, if I use a lower cost spell for longer I can get more endurance. Not to mention lower level spells will be memorized by my soul more quickly, rather than this one that would probably take a while.

"Hey Uefi, fly up for a second and see if anypony is getting close. If they are we need to come up with a cover story." I say remembering how large that dome was.

"Alright." He says unenthusiasticly while flexing his wings.

"Don't go too high. If that blue one is searching for us we don't want her to see you."

"I got it." He says propelling himself upwards.

   As he ascends I think back to when I casted that spell. Something resonated within me. Something inside of me was enticed by it. What was that? It felt like some kind of peace coating my soul. But why? That spell was designed to plunder and steal. Why would I feel at peace while using it then? Could it have something to do with my cutie mark? Or could it have something to do with those two from my soul? Interrupting my though Uefi lands back next to me softly.

"There are two ponies coming our way. They're not going too fast but it won't be long until they reach us. What's the plan?"

"Let's just keep it simple. Tell them we just left and we weren't sure what exactly happened, so we came out here to see if anypony knew anything."

"Whatever you say, it's not like I could think of something. What if that fails?" He says as we start walking again.

"Then leave it to me."

   We continue to walk on for another 4 minutes before I begin to hear hooves coming close to us. Motioning for Uefi to stop I take out my watch and check the time, 8:23. That blue one will still be looking for us. It won't be long until she figures put where we went. I need to finish this quickly. Rounding the corner I see a purple unicorn mare who seems to be sprinting and an orange Stetson wearing earth pony mare that has her eyes closed and looks to only be jogging. Screeching as she looks at me the unicorn punches me in the face. As I fall the orange one, seeming to have found new vigor grabs my shirt and slams me into a tree. What the hell?

"Ah fuck. What's your problem?" I say catching my breath,

"Be quiet. What'd you do to Twilight?" The orange one says with a heavily coated accent.

"Who?" I say looking over to the Uefi and unicorn  both of whom still seem to be processing what's happening. Damnit Uefi help me out.

"My friend there."

"I don't know. I guess I scared her when I turned the corner."

"That true Twilight?" She says turning to her friend.

"Uh, yeah. Sorry about that, I just saw that black dome and it scared me. Then you came and with your dark colors and it just pushed me over the edge I guess." Fair enough. I guess I do have that effect on people.

"Oh. Well, sorry about hurting you like that buddy." The orange one says letting my down.

"It's fine. If anything, I'm sorry for scaring your friend so badly." I say walking over and holding my hand out to Twilight. "Want some help?"

"Oh yes." She says taking my hand as I pull her up. Looking at her now, she is wearing a complimentary purple shirt, a pair of dark purple pants and has her purple mane in a straight well-kept fashion with a magenta streak going through it.

"And Cloud," I say walking over to Uefi. "SNAP THE BLOODY FUCK OUT OF IT!" I say punching him into the closest tree.

"WHY'D YOU DO THAT?" The one, apparently called Twilight, says being snapped out of her trance.

"YEAH, WHAT THE HELL STILL?" Uefi says standing back up.

"I got tired of that helpless look on your face. I don't like seeing such a depressed person."

"He hasn't seen himself lately has he?" I hear Twilight whisper to the orange one.

"Probably not." She says with a smirk.  They're right. I do look a little depressed apparently. I always have, or so I've been told, but I never understood it.

"Regardless, who are you two?" The orange one says as I turn around.

"Cloudbreaker." Is all Uefi says having regained his balance.

"I'm StillSonata. And you are?" I say giving a slight bow.

"I'm Applejack and this is my friend Twilight Sparkle." The one called Applejack says. Getting an actual look at her, I see she is wearing a white undershirt with a brown vest on top, a pair of jeans and her blonde mane in a, ironically, ponytail. But did her name HAVE to be Applejack?

"Nice to meet you. By the by, why were you running?"

"Oh well, I was talking with Applejack and then some kind of dark magic cloud with scarlet sparks spewing from it came over the town. So we decided to get to town and see if anyone knew what happened. Do you know anything about it; it looks like you just came from there?" Damn analytical unicorns.

"Well, we just came from town, it the only think I can tell you is that it was dark. Like all black dark. We came out here to see if somepony knew anything." As Uefi says this I see a twitch in Applejack's left eye. Is she catching on to the lie?

"Oh so you don't know anything?" Twilight asks seemingly disappointed.

"Nope." I say noticing another twitch in Applejack's eye.

"Why are you lying?" Ah shit, she caught us. On to plan B.

"I'm sorry what?" I say trying not to be immediately blunt.

"You were lying just now about not knowing why it happened. Why?"

"Alright you got me it was my spell that did it." As I say this Applejack gives a slight nod and Twilight becomes simply...well oblivious.

"And why'd you use a spell like that? Something that makes everything in it go dark isn't very every day."

"Well technically it destroys all light within it and all light entering it. But as for why I used it? I used it because we had two ponies following us and I wanted to make sure they stopped."

"Do you really think covering the whole town was necessary?"

"Well it seemed the most effective way to make sure nopony knew what happened and it’s not like I enjoyed it. That magical strain wasn't any fun at all.

"Wait... You said you casted that spell?" Twilight asks seeming to have broken out of her trance.

"Yes I did." I say dusting my back off where I had neglected to.

"B--but I have never read about or heard of such a light spell. I don't even think it’s recorded. Where do you learn it?" Well I'm out of automated responses. Time for improvising.

"Well yes it is mostly an undocumented spell, but it's an old spell. I got a journal of stealth spells from thief. Apparently she saw some kind of talent I had for it and wanted to pass these spells on to someone who could use them. She really was a nice mare, pretty too. She died shortly after though, they killed her since she still knew all of those spells and was a danger to peace." I say lying on the 3rd, 5th and 6th statement but it doesn't seem like Applejack caught on. However Twilight remained intrigued.

"Oh, can you teach me?" She asks pleadingly.

"Nope." I say bluntly.

"WHAT? Why not?"

"For one these aren't the kinds of spells for everyday unicorns and 2nd, she was killed for knowing these. If I teach you then others will learn about them. Then I will be responsible for the death of many ponies." As I say this she seems to understand and calms down.

"Wait you said she saw a talent in you. Does that mean your cutie mark is for stealth?" Twilight says questioningly.

"No. I can perform a few but it’s not my special talent. My talent is for the violin. Thus the name StillSonata." As I say this Applejack's eyes absolutely spasm. I'll have to explain it to her.

"So we were on our way to town then?" Uefi says seemingly tired of our banter.

"In a few moments Still will be but not you." I hear a familiar voice say.

   Noticing everypony but me and Uefi froze in place I turn around and see the owner of the voice. Shit. Nothing but shit. Standing across from us is Princess Luna casually biting into an apple.

"What are you doing here, I though you forgot us?" Uefi says seemingly dumbfounded.

"When an event like the one you two are occurs I have to take a one day trial period to test if you actually are meant to be here." Ah shit I know where this is going.

"So one of us failed then." I say down-casting my eyes.

"Yes. I'm afraid immensely so."

"I thought you knew we were meant for here." I say looking back up to her.

"We can only guess. We can check your wavelength and estimate but until we pass you though we can't be for certain though."

"So which one of us failed?" Uefi says seeming to have fallen out from his trance.

"You did Uefi. While I thought you would still adjust your wavelength has actually veered back to that of your own universe. Because of this I can't let you stay here."

"Well that's a fucking relief." Wait...what? I know Uefi too well he's never been so blunt.

"What do you mean Uefi?" I say wondering about his sudden change in attitude.

"Exactly what it sounds like. I'm fucking tired if this stupid mock earth with pastel horses. It's fucking annoying and yet here you are ENJOYING it and giving a fuck about it." He says enraged. Is this really what he feels? I can feel his hate.

"Is this what you meant by changing in wavelength Luna?" I say taking a few steps closer to her.

"Yes he's gone back to the human he really is, that's why I'm sending him back."

"What will happen?"

"He'll wake up like he would've the night you got sent here and won't remember a thing. Everypony here except you and me won't even remember him having ever been." She says as a glow emits from her horn.

"Yeah I couldn't care less. Just blast me you stupid pony."

"Wait a second Luna." I say walking over to him.

"Uefi... Goodbye." I say grabbing his wallet and sincerely saying goodbye to the Uefi I knew before. Luna then sends him off in a haze.

"So that's the end of him huh? Back to earth and all?"

"Yes. I'm leaving now." She says charging her horn.

"You're going to forget me this time right?"

"Yeah I'm taking the pill as soon as I get back." And with that she disappears from where she was standing, but not before I see a twitch in a certain orange pony's eye. That lying bitch.

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   I take Uefi's bits out of his wallet and put them back into mine before tossing it away with my telekinesis. Time then begins to restart, it begins with the wind picking back up and soon after Twilight and Applejack both start moving again. They both look around for a second before their eyes fall on me. Oh yeah, I'm not where I was before. It doesn't seem like they noticed Uefi is gone now. It’s probably for the better. With how he was talking, it seems like he was ready to just kill somepony. Still, I can't believe he changed that much. But, even more so, I can believe he's just gone.

"You comin'?" Applejack says; taking me out of my trance.

"Yeah in a second I dropped my watch. Care to help me find it Applejack? Twilight you go on ahead." I say waving her off.

"Oh...well, ok. Just don't be too long." She says with uncertainty. As she begins to walk off I turn back to Applejack.

"So, what do you want to actually know?" I say knowing she caught onto me.

"Uh?"

"You want the truth don't you? I'll tell you, just tell me what you want to know."

"Alright then. Why were you lying in the first place?" She says while readjusting her hat.

"There are just some things about me I'd like of keep to myself for a while."

"And those are?"

"I can't tell you all of them but I'll tell you a few of them. First, I'm new here and I don't want everypony to know everything about me. Second, some of the things I lied about might scare ponies from me and I don't endorse rumors."

"Alright but what are the things you're hiding then?"

"Once again you're not going to get everything so it'd be better if you just asked what you wanted to know." I say looking back around the sky. Still nothing. Good.

"Where are you from?"

"I can't answer that."

"Ok then. Where are you living?" She says seemingly annoyed that I shot down her first question.

"At the edge of the Everfree forest, just look for the blue box covered in vines.”

“Ok then… Since I don’t feel like you’re going to answer my other questions I’ll just skip to this one. What really is your cutie mark?” I should’ve seen that coming.

“It’s no use lying to you so I’ll tell you. My cutie mark is for sneaking, stealing and assassinating.”

“I’m sorry. What’d you just say?” She says raising an eyebrow.

“Probably what you heard. My special talent is sneaking, stealing and assassinating. It should be self-explanatory why I wasn’t eager to admit what it actually is. So, can you just keep it a secret, between us?” I say hoping she reacts rationally.

“Well… I may be none too fond of what you’re good at, but if you’re not just abusing it and being a criminal, I’ll keep your secret. Just remember, you owe me.” Thank you Applejack. Thank you.

“Thank you, and trust me I don’t plan on being a criminal.”

“Well alright then we better catch back up to Twilight.” She says turning around and then she begins to jog off.

“Yeah, we better.” I say jogging back up to her.

   After jogging for about two or three minutes we come up on Twilight and we begin to slow down until we are walking with Applejack on her left side and myself on the right side.

"So did you find your watch?" She asks as we walk along.

"Uh? Oh, yeah I found it. It wasn't too hard to find." I say taking it out of my vest pocket.

"Ok then. Could you check what time it is?" She says eyeing the watch as I click it open.

"It's 9:13." I say closing the watch and putting it back in my vest pocket. "I need to get a chain for this; I guess I'll make a trip back to the Carousel Boutique once we're back in town."

"Oh, we were on our way there anyway to see Rarity anyway we can go along with you." Twilight says as we reach the end of the path to and from the orchard.

"When did you get to town anyway?" Applejack asks seeming to have noticed it must be my first day in town from the looks I've been getting form the ponies.

"I got here last night. I came into town, met a drunk mare called Berry Punch, got these clothes and the watch from the boutique, came back into town in this morning, noticed I was being followed, got some food, went outside, casted the spell ad you know the rest." I say giving them the full recap of my time here.

"So you're living by yourself?"

"Yeah I am."

"So, you are going to school here, right?" Twilight asks.

"Yeah, I am. I'm going to the meeting tonight. Now that you mention it, where is the school?" I say realizing I have no idea as to where it is.

"It's on the first road north from the one to the orchard." Applejack answers for Twilight while gaining an uneasy look. I guess she still is a little uneasy about my talent.

"Where are you from anyway?" Twilight asks, but she seems to not be curious by her tone.

"Oh nowhere special, I guess. I don't have any family to speak of so I'm on my own." As I say this Twilight seems to have regained some curiosity

"What do you mean you don't have any family to talk about?" Applejack asks looking over to me.

"I just don't have any. They're dead or I don't know about them. It's just me." I say remembering Uefi isn't here anymore. Damnit I miss the old him.

"Oh, sorry for bringing it up." Applejack says sympathetically.

"It is fine; I don't have a problem talking about it." I say trying to even the mood.

"What's the population ratio here anyway? I've only seen 3 or four stallions since I got here." I say wondering why there are so many mares here.

"It's a 13:1 gender ratio in favor of the mares." Twilight says normally. Damn. How is this town working? Oh well, at least the odds are in my favor.

   As we walk into the center of town, I make sure to check around for the pink pony or the blue one. Not seeing either of them I continue to walk across with Twilight and Applejack into the boutique. As we walk in I notice that, instead of Pattern being here, there is a marble white unicorn mare with a styled purple mane and tail wearing a simple blue long sleeve shirt and ivory coloured pants using her magic to move things into their appropriate places. So would this be Rarity then?

"Hello Twilight, Applejack and..." She says turning around to face us.

   Next thing I know five hangers impact my face and stomach. As I fall backwards I hear her scream. Beginning to stand back up I see Applejack trying to calm her down as Twilight catches more of the things she's throwing at me.

"Umm... What's happening Twilight?" I say regaining my balance and cleaning myself off.

"Rarity is being a little panicky. She tends to become slightly melodramatic after things like that darkness. Just give her a minute." She says replacing things back to where rarity was getting them from.

"Now Rarity just calm down. He's not doin' nothin'. He's friendly." Applejack says somehow getting Rarity to calm down a bit.

"Oh. I'm so sorry for throwing things at you. It's just your eyes and whatnot scared me a bit much." Rarity says stopping her flailing and replaces the objects.

"It's fine, if anything I'm sorry. I should've waited for Applejack and Twilight to warn you before I came in. By the by, do you have a chain for this watch. I bought it here last night along with these clothes from Pattern but I forgot to ask about a chain." I say holding up the watch.

"Oh yes, well, I'm fine really. I'll go get you that chain." She says walking over and grabbing a silver chain with a clip from a case.

"Thank you, how much will that be?" I say pulling out my wallet with my free hand.

"Oh no, those watches are sold with the chains. I guess Pattern forgot to give it to you since it was so late yesterday." She says handing me the chain.

"Thank you. Wait... How did you know I got these late last night?" I say attaching the watch to the chain, the clip to my left pants pocket, and putting the watch in my left vest pocket and my wallet back in my right pants pocket.

"Oh, after you left she came up and told me about your coming here and what you bought. You're probably the only pony around here who'd be wearing those clothes." She says giving me a simple smile.

"Is there a problem with them?" I say looking into one of the many mirrors around the room. I don't see a problem with them.

"No it's not that. They look rather nice on you actually. It's just not many ponies would wear them casually."

"Well thank you for the compliment. So what are we doing now?" I say turning back around to them.

"Well, if you just got here I guess we could show you around. And you could meet a few ponies." Twilight says calmly.

"Yeah, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash would probably love to meet you." Applejack says somewhat enthusiastically. Wait...Pinkie....Rainbow... Ah shit...

"Would those two happen to be a pink earth with a scrabbled hair style and a cyan pegasus with rainbow hair?" I say cautiously.

"Yes. Why?"

"Because I'm pretty sure I pissed them off."