When will it end?

Luna woke up. She was back with Equinox and Blaze. As she took a quick glance around, she saw the unconscious Doctor lying passed out against the wall. Blaze was slumped, and due to a crooked shadow, was in mare form. As Luna approached, Blaze stood up. "So now you know. I'm Equinox's shadow, his opposite. We are supposed to be separated in different worlds, but due to what happened, we aren't. There should never be two souls in one body." She said as she faced Luna. "The longer I'm in Equinox's body, the longer his mind will be compressed. Eventually, he'll die. And when one side dies, so does the other, unless killed by the other with with no resentment." As Blaze turned away, Luna saw a tear leak from her eye.

"Is there any way to save him?"

"You must take him into the crack. There lies a portal to the shadow, where I was born. There, Equinox must use his magic to etch in the algorithm you saw. Afterwards, he must push against the portal. Doing so shall allow me to leave his body. But be warned. There shall lie some of the fiercest monsters to ever exist, as well as your opposites. Be prepared, but if you don't hurry, he will die." The curtains suddenly flew away, letting in sunlight. The shadow was dispelled, and Blaze was gone. Luna rushed out of the room to gather everyone.

She found Celestia and Twilight talking to the Director, found Rainbow ogling over Daring in the cafeteria, with Ornstein listening to Daring's stories. She found Artorias and Ciarin having a picnic behind the hospital. After she gathered them all in Equinox's room, she explained the situation. "So we must journey to the bottom of that accursed pit?" Growled Artorias in disgust.

"Yes, it is the only way to save Equinox." replied Luna.

"Why are we helping this bozo anyway?" whined Rainbow.

"Because he is an Alicorn like me and Luna." said Celestia. "Alicorns are very few, and we must help every single one we find."

"Oh."

"So down there we will find are shadows?" asked Ornstein.

"Not exactly. There we will find are opposites, are other half. Our other half is what keeps us whole. To kill your other half would be to kill part of yourself. It is very dangerous." said Luna.

"Well then, what are we waiting for?" asked Ciarin. "Let's go!"

"Actually, we are waiting for someone." said Celestia.

"Who?" asked Twilight.

"You really think you would go into battle without me, Twilight Sparkle?" There, standing in the doorway was the one pony nopony expected.

"Applebloom!?"

"Huh? Oh, no. I'm just here to visit Lyra. Just wanted to say hi. See yah'll later."

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Applebloom scurried away, and in her place was a very regal Griffon. He was around as tall as Celestia, and had a blue waistcoat with a gold trim on. Under that was a cyan shirt, and a pair of green jeans. He was a light brown, and his chest had fine streaks of red running across it. The top of his head was black, and he had a small stache to show off as well. In the pockets of his waistcoat were tons upon tons of maps.

"Hello Princess. Good to see you again."

"And you as well, Linebeck." The griffon waltzed into the room, and laid a map down onto the table. "This is my plan of attack. We need to hit em fast, and we need to hit em hard!"

"Uh, Linebeck, this is a map of Canterlot's finest eateries."

"I know. I'm starving, what'd you expect? Had to sail across the high seas to get here. Not a bite to eat the entire way."

"Why didn't you just catch some fish?"

"Didn't think of that, but it's a good plan. Now," he said as he leaned onto the table, "What are we doing?"