Hi everypony and welcome back for another chapter of my best story, seeing as how my Skylanders story isn't going so well. Only got 2 reviews on my last chapter of that story, it's a tough crowd.

Anyway, I'll tell more about my holiday in Gran Canaria now. Let's see if I can do it in list form.

It was really hot.

I met some nice people.

I went to an animal park.

I fed a banana to an ape.

I stroked a baby crocodile and a dolphin.

I watched the MLP FIM Season 4 final for the first time.

We went to a restaurant every night to eat, and every time we did I would have a couple of Strong Bows and get really drunk. My best score so far is 5 in one night, or was it 6?...Forgot.

I spent a few or maybe a lot of coins trying to win a prize in the hotel claw-machine. Curse my damn competitive nature with claw-machines.

And I think that's about it.

Now, on with the chapter, please enjoy. (Warning: Long chapter)

Chapter 55: Moleyair the Mage

Ponyville Day Spare

Me, Twilight, the rest of the mane 6, and Zelga were all spending some time at the Day Spare.

I was in the hot-tub with Twilight and Zelga.

Rarity and Fluttershy were getting a hooficure for one.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack were getting a back massage.

And Pinkie Pie was getting her hooves polished.

As we lay in the bubbly water together, I couldn't help but think about the dream I had last night. How it turned from a violent nightmare to a peaceful dream. Who was that small guy who saved me? Was that really Nightmare Moon controlling the storm? How was I supposed to find this guy? So many questions that I knew would take a long time to answer.

"Oh…this is so relaxing." Twilight said with a warm smile as she rested against the side of the hot-tub.

"Yeah, I swear these guys get better every time we come here." Rainbow Dash said as one of the Spare Stallions massaged her back.

"And my hooves have never looked shinier." Pinkie said as she looked at one of her hooves and smiled at her own reflection in them.

Meanwhile, I was suddenly released from my train of thought when I felt a soft body lie against my left-side. Knowing it was Twilight, I smiled warmly. "Twi…I love it when you do this, it's so cu-whow!" I said loudly when I saw who was really lying against me.

It was Zelga, she was resting her back against me with her eyes closed and a comforting smile on her face. I was frozen in place before I shot my head around to face Twilight, she was staring just at me, waiting for a reaction.

I then made the first move and scooched away from Zelga. Once that happened, Zelga opened her eyes and turned her head around to face me. "Something wrong, Matt?" she asked.

I was about to answer before Twilight moved up in front of me and gave Zelga a firm look. "Actually yes, something is wrong, Zelga. I don't know why you're so fond of Matt, but you do realise he's married, right?...To me!" she said with a small glare in her eyes.

"Yeah, I know…what? Can't a girl relax against her friend?" Zelga said, returning her furious glare.

"Not when that 'friend' happens to be my husband. Why are you so interested in Matt anyway? Why do you always act like you have a thing for him? Aren't you currently dating Big Macintosh?" Twilight asked as she crossed her arms.

"Yes I am, and when I was lying against Matt, I was fantasising about him. I was imagining it was him I was lying against, I was even about to say 'Oh Big Mac, you're so soft and warm' before you started snapping in my face about it." Zelga said coldly.

"Excuse me?!" Twilight snapped as they both gave each other vicious and growling looks.

I knew if I didn't do anything, they would break out into a fight. I quickly got between the two angry girls. "Whow! Twilight, Zelga, stop! Don't start fighting over nothing." I said as I gently pushed them away from each other.

Zelga pushed my hoof off from her chest. "What was I doing? She's the one who started this whole thing." she said.

"Just keep the hay away from my husband!" Twilight snapped loudly. Soon, all our friends were watching us.

"He's a free colt and he can do whatever he wants, he's not some animal you can keep on a leash." Zelga replied.

"I do not treat him like that!" Twilight said with an even worse growly look.

"Ha! That's a laugh, I see the way you act around him these days. I'm surprised he still wants to stay Ponyville…in fact, I'm surprised he still wants to be married to you!" Zelga said in a very harsh tone; making everyone gasp loudly.

I then shot Zelga an angered look. "HEY! That's going too far, Zelga." I said before I moved my face closer to her's. "Now you listen to me, I love Twilight more than anything and she definitely doesn't mistreat me. And all that stuff you just said to her was really crossing a line…."

Zelga kept her firm look as I moved my face away from her's. "Now…I think you're about done in this hot-tub. Maybe you should go into the steam-room or something and cool down." I said, slightly calmer.

Zelga huffed. "Fine." She said before she climbed out of the hot-tub and grabbed a towel from the rack with her mouth. After she dried herself, she stormed away into the steam-room with the towel still in her mouth.

Once she was gone, I turned around to face Twilight. "Twi…are you alright?" I asked in concern.

"No, I'm not alright. Did you hear what she said to me? Who does she think she is saying things like? I can't believe her." Twilight said as her ears dropped in sadness.

I then moved over to her and hugged her tightly. "It's ok, Twi…nothing she said was true…I love you, Twi…very much." I said sweetly.

We then laid back in the hot-tub and tried to relax with my arms still around her. As the tension died down, everyone went back to what they were doing.

What we didn't know was the door to the steam-room was open slightly and Zelga was watching us through it. She glared darkly at us before she carefully closed the door the rest of the way.

-A few minutes later-

After we were all done with our treatments, we all walked out of the Spare feeling refreshed. "Oh that was lovely." Rarity said with delight.

"Yeah, my hooves have never been so smooth." Fluttershy said as she looked at her front-hooves while flying in mid-air.

"Yep, it was a good day." Applejack stated before she turned her head to face us. "That is until Zelga started making a scene." She said.

"I know, what did she think she was doing? I mean, you actually believe she was fantasying about Big Mac while she lying against Matt?" Twilight asked as she walked up to the others.

"As much as I want to believe it, I have a fealin' she was just using that as an excuse." Applejack said with a small glare in her eyes.

"Yeah." Rainbow Dash said before she shot up to me and stared me right in the face. "And don't think I didn't see you enjoying it, you were gonna let her do it, we're you? Confess!" she growled.

Rarity's horn glowed before she used her magic to grab Rainbow's tail and pulled her away from me. "Now Rainbow Dash, don't accuse Matthew of such a thing. He loves Twilight more than life itself, he once said so himself." She stated.

I nodded. "Yeah, I did…and it's true." I said honestly.

Rainbow Dash stayed in mid-air as she crossed her arms and huffed. "*Huff* That's what they always say." She said.

Applejack looked up at Rainbow and gave her a firm look. "Rainbow Dash, stop accusin' Matt of bein' a two-timer, you know well-and-true he's not like that." She stated.

Rainbow Dash looked down at her. "Fine, if he's not the two-timer, Zelga is. I mean, she's with your brother yet she hits on Matt every moment she can. If you ask me, someone should tell Big Mac about this." She then groaned in frustration. "You know what? I don't have time for this, I'm outta here." she said before she shot up into the sky and flew away from us.

We all watched her until she was out of sight. After that, my ears dropped as I lowered my head. "I take it she's still mad at me because of what happened on my birthday." I said.

Twilight and the others then looked at me. "Well…kinda, I guess…" Applejack said before she gave me a warm smile. "D-Don't worry though, sugar cube. You know what she's like, give her some time…or in this case, a lot of time…and she'll be back to her old braggin' self in no-time." She said with confidence.

Rarity turned her head to face Applejack. "However, she does speak an excellent point, Applejack. If Zelga truly istrying to…'hit' on Matthew, your brother should certainly be told. We wouldn't want him to find out the hard way." She stated.

Applejack then sighed. "I know, but I'm just afraid of how he'll take it. He seems to really like Zelga, I've never seen him so…cheery…before. I don't fancy hurting his feelings…but…it's probably best if he knew the truth." She said.

At that moment, Fluttershy walked over to her. "Well…maybe you don't have to tell him just yet." She said.

"What're you talking about? If he's gonna keep goin' out with Zelga, he has to know the truth." Applejack stated.

"I know, but what if this was all just a small hiccup? What if she's telling the truth?" Fluttershy said.

Rarity then walked up beside her. "Fluttershy, dear, I know your thing is kindness and all, but even I have to say that sounds silly. It's clear that Zelga was making all that 'fantasizing about Big Macintosh' thing up, it's actually quite obvious." She stated with an unconvinced look.

Fluttershy turned her head to face her. "But what if she wasn't? All I'm saying is Ponyville is known for second-chances." She said with a small smile.

"Urr…no it isn't." Twilight said with a raised eye-brow.

Fluttershy's smile then went away once she realized that no-one had ever said that about Ponyville. "Well…sometimes I think it is. Don't you think Zelga deserves a second-chance anyway? I mean, remember when Discord said he turned good but none of us believed him?" she asked.

Twilight stepped forward. "Oh no, she's not staying with us like he did." She said strongly.

Fluttershy quickly looked at her. "No, I wasn't suggesting that, I meant we didn't believe him until he proved himself. Maybe Zelga just needs to prove she's really good inside." she said, hoping we'd agree.

"Zelga's been in Ponyville for nearly a month and she's done no such thing." Applejack said with her eye-lids half closed.

Fluttershy gave her a humble look. "Urr…maybe she's a late bloomer." She said.

"Sorry Fluttershy, but I'm afraid that flower has already lost its petals." Rarity stated.

Fluttershy then looked at all of us. "Oh come on, girls…and Matt, can't we all learn to forgive and forget? Let's give Zelga at least one more chance. Like Princess Celestia would say, it's important to always do the right thing when we can." She said.

After a silent moment, Twilight sighed. "I suppose that's what she would say." She said before she gave Fluttershy a strong look. "Fine, she's gets one more chance, but if she tries anything else with Matt again, I can't be held responsible for what I'm gonna do." she said.

Fluttershy took that as the best answer she was gonna get. "Oh…urr, ok." She said quietly.

Just then, Zelga came out of the spare with a saddle bag on her back. "My ears are burning, someone talking about Moi?" she said in a smug way.

Applejack glared at her. "I gotta go, I have some chores to do." she groaned before she turned around and stormed away from us.

"See ya, Applejack." I called, wondering if she was going to call back…she didn't.

Zelga then walked up to Twilight. "Twilight, sweetie, listen…I said some hurtful things in there and while I was in the Steam Room I had some time to reflect on what I did…I just want to say I feel terrible and I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry. I know you love Matt more than anything and it was wrong of me to say otherwise." She said in a very convincing tone.

We all watched the two of them as Twilight thought about what Zelga just said. The moment was silent before Twilight spoke. "Well…you really hurt me, you know…but when you say it like that, I suppose I can forgive you. Mostly because Fluttershy convinced me to." She said.

Zelga gave her a weak smile. "Oh…well I'm glad we can put all that behind us now and I'm really glad you can forgive em." She said before she turned her head around to look at her saddlebag.

Zelga then opened it with her mouth before she used her mouth to pull out a small present. She turned her head back around to face Twilight and held it out to her. "Here, I want you to have this. I got it for you." she muffled.

Twilight was slightly surprised by this, she never expected someone like Zelga to give her a present. She took it with her magic and looked at it with wonder. "Wow…thanks, Zelga. What is it?" she asked.

"Open it up and see." Zelga said with a small grin.

Twilight then used her magic to undo the bow and take off the lid. Once she looked inside, she gave whatever was inside a confused look. "What the?" she said.

I walked up beside her. "What is it, Twi?" I asked.

"It's…an orange." Twilight answered and she pulled a normal orange out of the box.

Me and the rest of the girls looked at it with even more confusion before I turned to face Zelga. "Why an orange?" I asked.

Zelga smiled. "It's not just any orange, it's a magical orange. Give it an hour or so and it'll do something you wouldn't expect from an orange." She explained.

Twilight gave her a slightly interested look. "Oh…right." She said before she looked down at the orange. "In that case, thanks Zelga. I'll be sure to keep on it in case it does anything." she said.

Zelga gave her a pleased smile. "Great! Well I need to go, got some stuff to do. I'll see you guys later." She said before she turned her attention to me. "By the way, Matt. Do you mind dropping by my place this afternoon? I need to talk to you about something, it concerns your show for Nightmare Night." she stated.

"Oh…urr…" I said before I turned my head around to face the others.

Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy were all shaking their heads to say 'no' while Pinkie was nodding her head to say 'yes'. But once she saw everyone doing the opposite thing, she quickly started shaking her head to say 'no' as-well.

I then turned my head back around to face Zelga and smiled weakly. "Umm…sure Zelga, I can drop by for a minute." I said.

The 4 girls then let out groans, but they were quiet so Zelga couldn't hear them.

Zelga smiled again. "Cool, I'll see you then." She said. She then turned around and began to walk away before she stopped and turned her head around to look back at me. "Don't keep me waiting." She said with a sly smile before she continued to walk away.

Once she was gone, I turned around and saw the girls giving me firm looks. "…What?...She wants to talk about something involving the show. Maybe she has an idea on how to improve it." I said.

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Huh, yeah right." She said before she turned and stormed away; taking Zelga's present with her in her magic.

As I watched her walk away, I walked up to the rest of the girls and turned to face them. "What's up with her? I know she and Zelga just went through a big fight, but why is she acting this way?" I asked.

Rarity then shook her head with her eyes closed before she opened them. "Oh Matt, I'm surprised you don't see the big picture out of all this. I don't mean to sound rude, but are you really so blind?" She said.

I gave her a confused look. "W-What do you mean? What big picture?" I asked.

"I think Twilight's afraid Zelga's trying to steal you away from her. That why she's always so nice to you, but mean to Twilight." Fluttershy explained.

I looked at her. "She's not always mean to Twilight, she just have her a present, you all saw her." I stated.

"We saw Zelga give Twilight an orange, not a present. If she wanted an orange, she could've gone to the market for one." Rarity said with her eye-lids half closed.

I then looked at her. "It's the thought that counts, right? Besides, it's a magical orange." I stated.

"And you believed her?" Rarity asked with a raised eye-brow.

"Yeah, even I don't believe that, and I believe a lot of things. Like the purple gooey monster that lives in my closet, I leave a cupcake out for him every night to show I don't mind his company." Pinkie Pie stated with a large smile.

We all stared at her in awkwardness for a moment before we returned to the main subject. "Anyway, the point is Twilight's just afraid you're getting too attached to Zelga. She's worried you're more interested in Zelga rather than her." Rarity explained.

I was slightly shocked by this. "What?! That's crazy! I love Twilight, I'd never go after another mare. I mean, yeah, Zelga's pretty, but not enough that I'd cheat on Twilight with her. You know I'm not that type of guy…right?" I asked, actually wondering if they saw me that way.

Fluttershy then stepped forward and placed her hoof on my shoulder. "Of course we do, Matt. We weren't saying that, we just think maybe you should…spend more time with Twilight rather than Zelga. Look, you've been very nice to her since she arrived in Ponyville, you've made her feel more than welcome and we're happy you did so, but we think it's time to put it all to rest now. Go see Zelga this afternoon like you said, but after that, stay with Twilight and make her feel loved, alright?" She said with her sweet voice.

I gave her a small smile. "Ok, I will…thanks, Fluttershy." I said.

Fluttershy smiled warmly as she removed her hoof from my shoulder.

I turned looked at everyone else. "Alright, I'll go back to the library and have a small talk with Twilight, but I have something else to deal with today so I'll have to see Zelga and spend time with Twilight some time tonight." I stated.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion before they looked at me. "What is it you need to do?" Rarity asked curiously.

"Let's just say I need to write a letter to Princess Celestia, something tells me she'll know something about it." I said before I turned and walked away from them. "See ya." I said without looking back.

"Bye Mattie, I'll tell the gooey monster in my closet you said hi." Pinkie Pie said happily as she waved her hoof to me; making Rarity and Fluttershy roll their eyes.

Later: library

Once I got back to the library, Twilight wasn't very happy that I agreed to see Zelga this afternoon, I was starting to think Rarity and Fluttershy was actually on to something. I followed her around the library to try and explain things to her, but she wasn't paying much interest.

Right now we were in the second main room. Twilight was sitting in front of her work desk reading a book while I stood behind her. "Twi, it's not like I'm gonna be there all night, I'm just going to see what she wants then I'll come straight back."

"I think she knows what she wants, Matt. It's the same thing Princess Luna wanted once." Twilight said coldly without taking her eyes off the book.

"Oh come on, Twi, you don't mean that. What happened with Luna was completely different, I helped her feel more confident with herself and she got the wrong idea about it. I didn't say anything to Zelga, I've just been trying to make her feel more welcome here in Ponyville." I explained.

"Well I think you've made her feel more than welcome, now she probably has the wrong idea too." Twilight said.

"For God's sake, Twilight, I love you, not Zelga. I thought I made that perfectly clear the last time you thought like this." I said before I took a step closer to her. "…I'd never take interest in another girl. You're my one-and-only, Twi, you always will be. But if it'll make you feel better, I'll talk to Zelga when I see her and…if she really does have some form of feelings for me, which I'm hoping she doesn't…I'll tell her in person that I'm not and never will be interested in her." I stated.

Twilight was silent for a moment before she turned her head around to face me. "You'd do that?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah…if it would make you feel better." I said.

Twilight turned around and sighed. "Alright…but when you do talk to her, don't be really hard. We may not see eye-to-eye but I don't want her feeling hurt so bad." She said.

I gave her a small smile. "Don't worry, I will nice." I said before I grinned slyly. "And maybe when I get back, I can show you just how much I love you." I said as I stepped closer to her.

Twilight smirked. "Oh really? Well, I'll do the same. You definitely enjoyed it last time." She joked.

I smirked with her. "Oh-ho!...I love it when you talk like that." I said as I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her closer.

Twilight giggled a little before she shared a kiss. At that moment, the door opened and Spike walked in the room holding a quill and sheet of paper. "Matt, didn't you say you wanted to write a letter to the-" he then stopped once he saw me and Twilight kissing.

We soon noticed him and pulled away from each other. There was an awkward silence before Spike broke it. "Ur…bad time?" he asked.

Twilight and I looked at each other before we looked at Spike again. "No Spike, it's alright, we were just settling something." I said before I walked over to him. "Now, what we're you saying?" I asked curiously.

Spike cleared his throat before he continued. "You wanted to write a letter to the Princess, right? Well I'm ready when you are." He said.

"Oh good, thanks Spike, just go into the front-room and I'll be with ya in a minute." I said.

With that, Spike turned around and walked out of the room. Once he was gone, Twilight walked up beside me. "Do you really need to send a letter to the Princess? I know someone spoke to you in your dream, but how do you know Celestia will know who it was?" she asked.

I turned my head to face her. "Who else can I ask? She and Luna have been around longer than we have, one of them must know something about it." I stated.

Twilight sighed again. "Fine, do what you want, but don't bring me into it." she said in a grumpy tone before she marched over to the doorway.

I watched her walk away, wondering why she was so angry. "Twi, are you ok? I know you're not happy about me seeing Zelga, but I thought we just settled this." I said.

Twilight stopped where she was before she turned her head around to face me. "I know…I'm sorry, I don't know why I spoke like that. I just don't feel very well." She said.

Feeling concerned, I took a step towards her. "Do you want me to take you to a doctor?" I asked.

Twilight shook her head. "No, I'm fine, I'll just get some pills from the medicine-carbonate in the bathroom and have a glass of cold water, I'm sure I'll feel better after that." She said before she turned her head back around and continued to walk out of the room.

I followed her out and noticed Spike sitting on a stool in front of his writing desk. While Twilight headed towards the bathroom, I walked over to Spike and tapped his shoulder with my hoof; getting his attention.

Spike turned his head around and saw me. "You ready now, Matt?" he asked curiously with a smile.

I nodded. "Yep, are you ready to start?" I asked.

Spike nodded as-well. "You bet, just say the words and I'll get them." he said as he prepared to write down what I was going to say.

With that, I started speaking out my letter to Celestia.

"Dear Princess Celestia.

As you may know, for the last few months I've been having strange dreams that feel extremely real and are also very frightening, but last night my nightmare was transformed into a dream by a small cloaked creature.

He told me he knows something about the missing Elements and he also told me to seek him out in the real world to get more answers.

I don't know who this guy is or what he knows, I write this letter to you because I figured either you or Luna might know something about him.

I await your reply.

Yours truly, Matthew."

Once I finished speaking the letter, Spike rolled it up into a scroll and burnt it with his fire breath; turning it into a cloud of smoke. The smoke then flew out the open window and up towards Canterlot.

Spike closed the window before he turned around to face me. "So this guy in your dreams…what did he look like again?" he asked.

"Well, he was short, dressed in a brown cloak, he was holding a long staff in his hand or claw or whatever, and he had a deep old-man voice. He also had a wise yet strong attitude." I explained.

"How strong?" Spike asked.

"He hit me over the head with his bloody staff, that's how strong." I stated.

Spike chuckled. "Haha, on dear, it's one of those old guys that hit people with sticks. Haha! How many of those do we have in this town?" he said with an amused smirk.

I returned his smirk and chuckled. "Haha, yeah I know. My head still hurts from it as-well." I said as I rubbed my hoof against the part of my head which guy hit with his staff.

As we both started to laugh a little more, Spike suddenly stopped and his cheeks inflated as if he had thrown-up in his mouth before he burped out a cloud of smoke which then turned into another scroll.

"Huh, that was fast." I said as the scroll hit the floor.

Spike picked it up and unravelled it, he then cleared his throat before he read out what it said. "My dearest Matthew, may we come in?" he read.

We were both confused by what it said before we suddenly heard a knock on the front-door. Once we looked over to it, it opened by itself to reveal Celestia and Luna standing behind it. "Hello Matthew, Spike, how are you both?" Celestia said as she and Luna entered the library.

Spike and I looked at each other in confusion before we looked at them again. "…We're alright." I said before I got to the real conversation. "Urr…don't take this the wrong way, but…why are you two here?" I asked curiously.

"You sent us a letter, Yes?" Luna asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, but why are you here to answer it in person? Couldn't you just sent a letter back?" I asked.

"Usually we would've, but after hearing what you said in your letter, Luna and I wanted to be here to ask you some questions first." Celestia explained before she and Luna sat down on the floor in front of us. "I know this must seem very confusing right now, but we have suspicions that the creature you described from your dream may be…someone we know." She said.

I was surprised by this. "You might know him? I knew it." I said before I looked down at Spike. "Didn't I say they would know?" I asked with a smirk.

Spike rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you said that." He said as he crossed his arms.

Just then, Twilight came into the room and saw Celestia and Luna. "Princess Celestia? Princess Luna? What are you two doing here?" she asked as she trotted over to us.

Celestia looked down at her. "We came to speak to Matthew, we got his letter and we're here to answer it." she explained.

Twilight then looked at me with a firm look. "Matt, you were just supposed to write them a letter and wait for them to write back. You didn't have to ask them to come all the way down here to answer your questions." She said.

I looked at her with wide eyes. "I didn't ask them to do anything, they came here by themselves!" I said.

Celestia got up and stepped forward. "Whow, Matthew, Twilight, please calm down." She said.

We both looked up at her and our ears dropped. "Sorry Princess, we've…been going through a lot lately." Twilight stated.

Luna stepped forward as-well. "You two are not starting to form marriage problems, are you?" she asked curiously.

Celestia quickly turned her head to face Luna with a firm look. "Sister! That's not an appropriate question." She said.

Twilight raised her hoof up. "No, no, it's alright." She said before she looked at Luna. "And to answer your question, no, we're not started to get marriage problems. We've just been having a rough few days." she stated.

"Well I hope you both make it better soon." Celestia said before she turned her attention to me. "Now, down to business. This creature from your dreams…what did her look like?" she asked.

I then described the creature to them. "Urrr…he was short, wearing a cloak, had weird claws for fingers, spoke in a deep old-man voice, holding a long staff with a crystal on-top." I said.

Celestia and Luna looked at each other before they looked at me again. "This staff he had? Was it carved with markings?" Luna asked.

I thought about ti before I answered. "No…but he did hit me on the head with it." I stated.

At that moment, Celestia and Luna smiled largely at each other. "That is him!" Luna said with joy.

"After all these years, he's finally retuned. I haven't seen him in so long." Celestia said.

Twilight, Spike and I were slightly confused by this. "Yeah, sorry to interrupt the happy moment, but who are you talking about? Who's back?" I asked.

Celestia and Luna looked down at us and Celestia stepped forward. "Matthew, you may not know this, but you have been visited by one of the wisest minds in Equestria…Moleyair ." she said.

I tilted my head. "Moleyair? Who's that?" I asked curiously.

"Moleyair is an old but powerful Mage, he has the ability to see small glimpses of the recent future, along with many more magical talents." Celestia explained.

"After suffering a serious injury, he felt that he was not capable of living in Canterlot anymore, so he left to find a new home where he could rest and work on his studies. No-one has seen him since." Luna said.

Twilight stepped forward. "A Mage? I've heard of them, they're powerful sorcerers with amazing skills in magic. Last I checked, they were all gone, either dead or hiding in different parts of the world. There's really one here?" she asked with interest.

Celestia nodded. "Yes, Moleyair is the only Mage we know is still alive. We suspect he's living somewhere in the Ever Free Forest, but no-one knows where."

"Oh that makes it easier." I mumbled sarcastically.

Luna looked down at me. "Matthew, did he say anything in your dream that indicated where he might be?" she asked.

I shook my head. "No, all he did was change my nightmare into a dream and told me to find him." I then frowned. "He didn't really tell me how thought…it would've helped if he did."

After hearing that, Celestia and Luna looked at each other before they looked back down at me. "He told you…to find him?" Luna asked.

I could tell by the sound in her voice and looks on their faces that something was up. "Yeah…why? Is something wrong?" I asked.

Twilight, Spike and I listened closely as Celestia spoke. "Before he left, Moleyair said he would return one day and call upon one pony who would become his pupil, then he would pass on his wisdom and techniques to that pony." She said.

We were slightly stunned by this. "Wait you mean…he went into Matt's dreams because he wants him to be his pupil?" Spike asked.

Celestia nodded again. "Yes, but he said the only time he would do this…was when the world was coming close to destruction." She stated.

We all gasped a little. "W-What do you mean 'coming close to destruction'? Are you saying the world's ending or something?" I asked in slight panic.

"We do not know, only Moleyair would know, but we do not know where to find him." Luna said.

We were all silent for a moment before Twilight spoke. "Then Matt will have to search the Ever Free Forest until he does find him." she said in a serious tone.

I turned my head to face her and gave her a confused look. "I will?" I asked; earning a nudge from Twilight's elbow. "I mean, yeah, I will." I said with a fake smile.

"Are you sure, Matthew? It is very dangerous to travel through the Ever Free Forest alone." Luna said with slight concern.

"That's why Spike's going with him." Twilight said with a small smile.

Spike looked up at her. "I am?" he asked; earning a nudge from her elbow like me. "I mean, I am!" she said to the Princesses.

Celestia then looked at Twilight with a raised eye-brow. "And what of you, Twilight? Will you be venturing with them?" she asked.

Twilight gave her an honest look. "I would, Princess, I'd really love to meet Moleyair. But I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately, I feel like I'm gonna throw up at any minute." She said as she rubbed her stomach with her hoof.

I looked at her with concern. "Are you sure you don't want me to take you to a doctor about that? I'm starting to think you're coming down with something." I said.

Twilight looked at me and gave me a warm smile. "No Matt, I'll be fine…I'm sure it'll pass eventually." She said.

"Well at least let me stay with until I'm sure you're alright." I said.

Twilight shook her head. "No Matt, you heard Princess Celestia, you need to find Moleyair, it's important." She said.

I then thought about it before I sighed. "Fine…but if Spike's coming with me, Jeff's gonna be looking after you." I said before I looked over to the stairs that led upstairs. "Jeff!" I called.

There was a moment of silence before I voice upstairs broke it. "What?!" Jeff's voice called back.

"I'm gonna be going out for a while with Spike, Twilight's not feeling so well and I need you to look after her!" I called loudly.

"Can't you get Peewee to do it?!" Jeff's voice called.

"No, for two reasons. One, I don't know where the hell he is, and two, I'd rather have someone bigger than him looking after my wife!" I called.

"*Groan* Alright, I'll look after your girl!" Jeff's voice called.

"Thanks!" I called back before I looked at Twilight again. "Jeff's gonna look after ya." I said with a cheeky smile.

"*Groan*" Twilight groaned as she rolled her eyes.

Celestia smiled. "It's settled then, you and Spike shall go into the Ever Free Forest and find Moleyair. If I were you, I'd look for either a small hut or a hole in the ground." She said.

I looked at her in confusion. "Hole in the-…why would he live in a hole in the ground?" I asked.

Celestia smirked. "You'll know once you see him." she said.

"Why does that make me nervous?" I asked out-loud and got no answer.

While we were talking, none of us notice the magical orange on the table glowing, it then grew a wide freaky grin.

-A few minutes later-

After planning what I was going to do and having a quick drink of coke, I opened the front-door and walked out of the library with Spike following behind.

We turned around to face Twilight and the Princesses who were standing in the doorway. "Please be careful, you two." Twilight said.

"We will, don't worry." I said with a confident smile.

"And for goodness sake, if anything happens to him, come back here as quick as you can and tell me so I can get him out of the mess." Twilight said.

I raised my hoof. "Relax Twi, I'll make sure nothing bad happens to Spike." I said with a small smirk.

Twilight looked at me with her eye-lids half closed. "I was talking to Spike." she said.

"…Oh…" I said as my smirk went away.

Celestia then stepped forward. "Now remember Matthew, Moleyair has probably been resting for a very long time now, so take things slow with him and don't rush him. I know you have a lot of questions, but he's very old now and he might not be as quick as he used to be." She said.

"Especially after his great injury." Luna added.

Spike looked up at her. "What is his 'great injury' anyway? What's wrong with him?" he asked curiously.

"You will find out when you encounter him." Luna stated.

"Again, why does that make me nervous?" I said out-loud.

"Don't worry, Matthew, you have nothing to be nervous about. All you have to do is search the Ever Free Forest until you find something out of the ordinary. Hopefully he left you things leading to his home." Celestia said with a comforting smile.

"Alright, I'll try." I said before I turned my attention to Twilight. "Twi…are you sure you want me to go? I don't really like the idea of leaving you here when you don't feel well." I said in concern.

Twilight gave me a sweet smile. "I'll be fine, Matt, don't worry about me. I'll be right here when you get back." she said.

I retuned her smile. "Ok Twi…" I said before my smile went away. "But if anything happens, send Jeff or Peewee to find me and we'll come straight back. Please…just promise me you'll do that." I said.

Twilight sighed. "Alright, if it'll make you feel any better about it, I'll do that." She said.

My smile returned. "Thanks Twi." I said before we shared a warm hug.

After a second or two, we separated before I turned around and started walking away from the library with Spike walking beside me. Twilight waved her hoof goodbye. "Be careful out there, you two." she called.

"We will." Spike called back as we kept walking away.

Once we were far enough away from the library, Twilight stumbled a little and groaned. Celestia and Luna noticed this and gave her a concerned look. "Are you alright, Twilight Sparkle?" Luna asked.

Twilight placed her hoof on her forehead and looked up at them. "Yeah, I'm alright…I just felt a little dizzy there." she said.

"Maybe we should stay with you until Matt comes back." Celestia said, feeling concerned for her student.

Twilight placed her hoof back down and shook her head. "No, you've got more important things to do back in Canterlot." She said before she looked at Luna. "But Princess Luna, can I speak to you for a moment?" she asked.

Luna was silent for a moment before she nodded. "Of course, may we go inside to speak?" she asked.

"Yeah." Twilight answer with a nod.

Celestia then walked through the doorway until she was outside the library. "I'll leave you two to your business then." She said before she stopped and turned to face them. "By the way, have either of you seen Discord? I can't find him anywhere in the castle." She said.

Luna and Twilight shook their heads. "No, I have not. In fact, I haven't seen him a while." Luna stated.

Twilight gave Celestia a small smile. "Don't worry Princess, I'm sure he'll turn up eventually. I mean, when doesn't he?" she said.

Celestia chuckled a little at what Twilight said. "You're right, Twilight. He'll show up at some point, maybe the Diamond Dogs know where he is. Anyway I should go, goodbye Twilight, let me know when Matt returns." She said.

Twilight nodded. "I will." She said.

Celestia then looked at Luna. "Sister, I'll see you back in the castle." She said with a smile before she spread out her wings and took off into the sky.

While she made her way back up to Canterlot, Twilight and Luna went back into the library. "What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" Luna asked.

"Well…I don't know if you already know, but Matt's been having some terrible nightmares lately." Twilight said as she closed the front-door with her magic.

Later: The Ever Free Forest

After entering the Ever Free Forest, I was searching everywhere for anything that looked like it was left intentionally, Spike was riding on my back helping me look.

"See anything yet, Spike?" I asked as I kept walking deeper into the forest, being careful not to trip on any rocks, branches or tree roots.

Spike was looking around with his hand held above his eyes to block out the sun. "No, I don't see anything." he answered.

I sighed loudly. "*Sigh!*…You know, if this guy wanted me to find him, you'd think he would at least leave me something that would help me find him." I groaned.

"I know, you've said four times now. Let's just keep looking, there's bound to be something here." Spike stated.

I decided to agree with him and kept looking for something, anything that would tell me where to find Moleyair.

But after two minutes or so, we finally spotted something. It was a sign standing up by a tree with writing on it, it said "Go this way" with an arrow pointing towards a rocky path.

The very look of the path sent chills down both our spines. Unlike the dirt path we were currently on, this path was made of crooked rocks stuck into the ground surrounded by dead trees, I also could've sworn I saw a pair of yellow glowing eyes in the darkness.

We both gulped in fright over this. "D-Do we really need to go down there?" Spike asked.

"W-We have to, Spike. We need to find Moleyair…it's important." I said before I took a step forward and stepped on the path.

The second I did, we heard a spooky growl from inside the dark area ahead, the growl continued until I lifted my hoof off the path. Spike and I looked at each other before I placed my hoof back down on the path; making the growling noise come back.

I repeatedly lifted my hoof up off the path and placed it back down; making the growling noise go on and off like a light switch. I was even starting to do it in a musical tune; which was amusing me a little.

Spike soon got tired of this and smacked the side of my head. "Knock it off, Matt! We're here to find Moleyair, not make monster growl music." He said firmly.

I shook my head to snap myself out of my own amusement. "Right, sorry, got carried away there." I said before I focused on the path. "Alright…lets go." I said before I stepped on the path again and walked down it into the darkness ahead.

If felt like we had been wondering for hours. It was dark, we had no idea where we were, and we felt like we were being watched. But eventually, we found another sign. This time it said "This way" with an arrow pointing downwards.

We were both confused by this. "What the hell? Why is it pointing down?" I asked.

Spike shrugged. "I don't know…maybe it means 'go back' or something." he said.

"Yeah, maybe." I responded.

Suddenly, we heard a small cracking sound, our eyes widened before we looked down. We were shocked to see the ground under my hooves was starting to break, as if I was standing on something other than earth, like glass or wood, most likely wood.

"Oh shi-AHHHH!" I yelled as the floor beneath me broke and we both fell down a long dirt tunnel. We slid fast down the tunnel until we finally got to the end and hit a hard floor.

Spike and I groaned in pain as me laid on the floor. "Ah…ow…didn't see that coming." I groaned with my face flat on the floor.

"Oh, you think?" Spike said sarcastically as he stood up.

I pushed myself off the floor before I examined our surroundings. Only two words could describe it…pitch black. We couldn't see a thing, I couldn't even see my own nose.

"Where do you think we are?" Spike asked curiously as he waved his arms around to try and feel something.

"I don't know, but at least we know what the sign meant now…it meant 'go down'…which is exactly what we did." I stated.

"But isn't that a good thing, it means we're on the right track, right? Now we're even closer to finding Moleyair." Spike said in a pleased tone.

"Yeah, we're on the right track, but the problem is we can't see where the track's leading. I can't see anything down here…where are you, by the way?" I said as I tried to feel around for Spike.

"I'm over here." Spike said what sounded like behind me.

"Where's 'over here'?" I asked in a joking way as I turned around and tried to feel around for Spike again.

"I'm right in front of you…I think." Spike said while trying to see me through the darkness.

At that moment, some lanterns attached the walls lit themselves up; providing us with a small amount of light.

I then spotted Spike a few feet away from me facing a wall. Once he saw the dirt wall in front of him, he looked around and saw me. "Oh…we weren't even close." He said.

We then saw more lanterns light themselves one-by-one down the tunnel. It was clear that they were lighting themselves to show us the way down the tunnel.

"I take it we go down there." I said as I pointed my hoof down the tunnel.

With that, Spike hopped up onto my back and I carefully made my way down the lit tunnel.

After a few minutes, we reached the end of the tunnel to see a large room. As I walked into it, I couldn't help but examine it.

There was a large round table in the centre of the room, another large table by the wall with a chemistry set on it, a book case by the wall on the other side of the room, a few more lanterns attached to the walls, and a few roots dangling from the ceiling.

"Whow…homey." Spike said in amazement.

"Yeah, it's hard to believe someone actually lives here." I said as I walked up to the table in the middle of the room and saw an open book on it.

I looked down at the book and was shocked by what I saw in it. It was a page with Thorn's picture on it, I read through it and discovered that the entire page was about him, from his birth to his death. However, it didn't say much about him, no known family or anything about his past before we first met him.

Spike looked over me and saw the page. "Is that…Thorn?" he asked curiously.

I kept my eyes on the page as I answered him. "Yeah, it's like someone's wrote a page about him." I said before I thought came to me.

There may be more about him on the other pages. I turned to the next page only to see it was blank. I turned to the next one, also blank. The next one, you quested it, blank. It was like Thorn's page was where it stopped.

"The book ends with Thorn's page, the others are blank." I said out-loud so Spike could hear.

"That's weird, maybe they're meant to be filled in at some point." Spike stated.

"That's a possibility, but why's there a page about Thorn in the first place? Who would write about him?" I asked, wondering why someone would be interested in a maniac like him.

Spike noticed a few more pages before Thorn's. "Hey, there are more pages before Thorn's. Go to the beginning of the book and see what they say." He said.

I was about to do that before we heard a door creek open. We turned to face the direction it came from and saw archway. We were then stunned to see a large shadow of a guy with a hunchback and a long nose, it's mouth opened to reveal a bunch of crooked teeth.

Spike was quivering with fear at the sight of it. The movement of the shadow indicated that whoever was casting it was coming towards the archway. "Who is in my home?..." a deep scary voice asked.

Both of us were too shook up to speak, but knowing a guy like this could be impatient, I spoke. "Urr…sorry mate, but…aren't you Moleyair?" I asked, afraid of how he might respond.

"I am, I've been expecting you…Matthew and Spike." The guy said.

Spike put his hand on the side of his mouth. "How did he know our names? How did he know I was here too?" he whispered to me.

"Shhh, don't ask things like that out-loud, you might make him mad." I whispered as we waited for Moleyair to reach us.

I could tell by the movement of his shadow that he was getting closer, any moment now we would see this large frightening Mage that had already proven to be an intelligent and great creature.

Just then, we noticed his shadow getting smaller and less scary until the creature finally emerged from around the corner.

Spike and I looked down to see a small creature in a light-brown cloak with his hood up. In his right-hand, he was holding a long wooden staff with a light-blue gem attached to the top. I looked at his hands to see his fingers were actually long claws, I also noticed his long furry nose poking out from under his hood. "You are Matthew and Spike, right? My site isn't what it used to be." He said in a deep old-man voice.

We were stunned by the fact that what we thought was a scary creature was actually a Yoda-sized old man. "Urr…yeah, I'm Matthew and this is Spike." I said as Spike waved down to him.

"Good, you don't know how many times that happens." He said before he took off his hood, revealing himself as a mole wearing a pair of black goggles; which shocked us even more.

"So…you're Moleyair then?" I asked curiously.

"I am he." Moleyair said as he walked past us while tapping the end of his staff against the floor. "And you are Matthew, also known as the Hero of Canterlot for defeating Thorn. You've been married to Twilight Sparkle for a few months now and you're still trying to figure out how, in your own words, a sad-sack like yourself could've possible got an astounding life such as this." He said as he walked towards the table.

I gave him a firm look. "Sad-sack? Who are you calling a-…" I then stopped once I realised what he said. "Wait, how do you know so much about me?" I asked curiously.

Moleyair turned around to face me and smirked. "I know a lot about you, Matthew. For you see, I have the ability to see small glimpses of the near future. I saw you arriving in Ponyville before you even came to this world, I saw both your victories over Thorn before he died, and I saw your wedding to Twilight the moment you proposed to her." He stated.

We were amazed by this. "Whow, you're like some sort of fortune teller." I said.

"I supposed I am, but there's only one difference between me and the fortune tellers you see in the circus…my predictions are actually real and not cheap guesses." He said with an amused smile

The three of us chuckled at that. "Haha, very true. So is it only my future you can see or can you see everyone's?" I asked curiously.

"I can see everyone's near future and their past. I even know about Spike, how Twilight hatched him from an egg and kept him, how he secretly thinks Twilight's constant lectures can put any pony to sleep, and his obvious crush on Rarity…I don't really need to see into the past or future to know that part." Moleyair stated.

Spike blushed from embarrassment. "Urr, I…I don't buy any of this. He's probably making some of this up." he said strongly, hiding his embarrassment.

Moleyair raised his eye-brow. "Really? Well then." He said before he looked over to the left. "See that shelf up there?" he said as he pointed his claw up to something.

Spike and I looked over to where he was pointing and saw a shelf with a vase on it. We looked back down to him. "Yeah, what about it?" I asked curiously.

Moleyair then explained. "Well it broke a while ago and I had to fix it, but due to my poor eye-site I did a pretty poor job of it. I just had a small glimpse into the future and I can see the shelf braking again, causing the vase to fall down onto the copping board beneath it and fling the sharp knife on it directly towards you. I say you should duck…now."

At that moment, the left side of the shelf broke and the vase fell down. It hit the end copping board on the counter below and flung the knife on it towards me. Spike and I yelled out in fright before I dropped down onto the floor with Spike on my back and the knife shot past us.

The knife flew across the room before it stuck itself into the wall on the other side of the room. Spike and I were panting loudly at how close we came to being hit by that thing.

"I can tell by the panting sound you two are still alive, that's a relief. Remind me to fix that again later." Moleyair said before he turned around and continued walking.

After Spike got off my back, I stood up and we both followed him. We were both still a little shook up from what just happened. "H-How did you do that? You said what would happen and it suddenly happened…y-you knew it like you saw it before." I said, stuttering slightly.

"That's because I did. I told you, I can predict the near future. I'm just glad it was that one." Moleyair said.

I was a little confused by this. "What do you mean by 'that one'?" I asked curiously.

Moleyair stopped and turned around to face me. "I thought you would ask that. You see Matthew, every single time someone makes a choice, a number of futures are created. For example, I saw a number of different futures when that knife flew off the table, one in particular I hoped wouldn't happen." he said.

"Which one was that?" I asked.

"Let's just say…it involved a bit mess." Moleyair answered.

Once we heard that, Spike and I gulped hard. "Well….I'm glad it wasn't that one then." I said.

"Same here." Moleyair said before he walked over to the table in the middle of the room. "Now, your answers to your questions. First off, don't worry about this book with Thorn in it, it's not important." He said as he closed the book and threw it over to one of the bookcases, it skilfully landed in an empty place among the rest of the books.

"Whow." Spike said in an impressed way before he looked at me. "He's good." he said.

"I can do more than that, Spike" Moleyair said before he turned around to face us. "Now for your second question, I've called you here because the time of a great danger is near." He said.

After being reminded of this, I felt worried again. "Yeah, about that, what kind of danger are we in? If Celestia's right about you resting until the right time, why come back now? Why didn't you come back during Nightmare Moon's return? Or when Discord took over Ponyville? Or when Thorn appeared? Are you saying there's something worse coming our way?" I asked, feeling more panicky by the minute.

Moleyair held his hand up. "Relax Matthew, to be honest, I don't know what the danger is or when it's actually going to come, all I know is its not far off. But I'm going to do something about it." he said.

"Really? What's that?" I asked, wondering what he had in mind.

"I'm going to train you to fight. So when the danger comes, you'll be more than ready for it." Moleyair explained.

I was slightly surprised by this, Moleyair wanted to train me. But did I need it, Luna started training me a while ago and now Twilight's doing it. "Oh…no offence, Moleyair, but Twilight's already training me at the moment, I don't think it's really necessary." I stated.

Moleyair was quiet for a moment before he hit me on the head with his staff; making me yell out in pain. "I didn't mean with your magic, I meant your fighting skills. When you're pinned down by a worthy foe, magic and flight won't always be there to help you, your Element won't always be there to help you. You need to learn proper combat, you already know some, but it's not enough." He said strongly.

I rubbed my head with my hoof. "I get that, but why did you hit me?" I asked in an annoyed tone.

"First lesson, suspect the unexpected." Moleyair said before he grabbed his staff with both his hands and swung it at me.

Seeing this, I quickly ducked and it missed me. "Good, you're a fast learner. I can see we're going to make good progress in these lessons. If there's anyone who can teach you combat, it's me. I'm very skilled in martial-arts. In fact, I used to teach it in Canterlot many years ago." Moleyair stated.

Spike and I looked at him with confusion. "Urr…that's good to hear and all, but there's something we need to ask….why are you talking to that chair?"

"Huh?" Moleyair said before he stretched his arm out and felt the chair in front of him, he wasn't facing me, he wasn't even close. "Oh, where are you then?" he asked looking around for me.

"I'm right behind you." I answered.

Moleyair turned around and felt my chest. "Ah, there you are. As I was saying, I used to teach martial-arts in Canterlot and I'd like you to be my first pupil after so many years of retirement." He stated.

Spike and I looked at each other before I waved my hoof in front of Moleyair's face, he didn't react in any way. "Umm…Moleyair…when you say you have bad eyesight, how bad is it?" I asked, worried about what the answer would be.

"Oh it's nothing too serious." Moleyair said, unaware that I was still waving my hoof in front of his face.

"So you can see my hoof then?" I asked curiously.

"Your hoof? What about it?" Moleyair asked in confusion.

After hearing that, I was more than shocked. "Oh my God! You've got more than poor eyesight, you're completely blind! You can't even see my hoof in front of you!" I said as I placed my hoof back down on the floor.

Moleyair sighed. "Alright, I admit it…I can't see, I'm blind. I lost my eyesight centuries ago…" he explained.

At that moment, Spike and I remembered the Princesses mention something about his 'great injury', this must be it. "Oh no…Princess Celestia and Princess Luna said you suffered a great injury before you left. This is it, isn't it? You got hurt and made you blind." Spike said.

Moleyair nodded. "Yes, that's why I had to leave Canterlot…I wasn't any good to anyone there anymore, I had to go into hiding until I could learn to live with my blindness, and now I have. I may be blind, but the magic within provides me with a special type of sight. My eyes are useless, but I can see with my mind, just like how I can see into the future." He explained.

"Whow..." I said in slight amazement. "But wait, if you can see with your mind, how come you were talking to that chair and you couldn't see my hoof?" I asked curiously.

"Ok, the seeing with my mind thing doesn't always work, it's kind of in the middle of on-and-off, if you know what I mean." Moleyair said.

I nodded. "Yeah, I get it." I said before I decided to change the subject. "So you think you can actually train me to fight with my bear hooves?" I asked.

"Yes, I can. Don't let my lack of sight fool you, Matthew, I'm still a Mage and a master or martial-arts." Moleyair said before he walked over to the table and grabbed a sheet of paper and a quill. "We can't start today though, maybe sometime this weekend. I'll give you this letter to explain everything to your wife, hopefully she'll understand." He said as he wrote the message.

Once he was done, Moleyair rolled the letter up in a scroll and brought it over to me. "Here, give this to Twilight when you get home." He said.

Spike took the scroll from Moleyair.

At that moment, Moleyair gasped loudly and held his hand against his head, he was quivering like crazy. Spike and I got worried about him. "Oh my God, Moleyair, what's wrong?" I said in a really worried tone.

Moleyair then stopped shaking and panted hard. "I'm…I'm alright…just let me catch my breath." He said.

"What the hell was all that about? You look like you had a heart-attack or something." I said, trying to calm myself down.

Once he caught his breath, Moleyair looked up at me. "I just…I just had a vision. I saw the hooded pony, the one who's been stealing the Elements…he had another one." He said.

After hearing that, I remembered the hooded pony who's been making off with the Element lately. The memory of him always getting away made me hatred towards him. "That bastard, he's gonna get another one." I said before I looked at Moleyair. "Which one did he have? Did you see who he was?" I asked, desperately hoping he knew.

Unfortunately, Moleyair shook his head. "I'm afraid not, but I did see something…I saw you, full of rage and hatred. You were beating someone savagely, demanding answers. I have a feeling the crook will steal something besides an Element, he'll take something else, something precious to you." he said.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I'd never beat someone like that, no matter how angry I was. What could the hooded pony steal that could make me cross such a line. "But…why would I do that? I've never done something like that." I said.

"I don't know, but like I told you before, there are many different futures, the one I just saw may not be the real future that'll come to pass, just a possible one." Moleyair said.

I remembered him saying that and the thought of it only being a 'possible future' relaxed me a bit. "Alright…alright…Moleyair, I need to find this guy…is there anything, anything at all that can help me find him before he steals another Element?" I asked in desperation.

Moleyair rubbed his chin with his hand before he thought of something. "There may be one thing you can do, I don't normally suggest such a thing…but if you're this determined to find him, then you may have no other choice."

"Ok, what is it?" I asked, wondering what he had in mind.

"There is a creature living in a deserted part of Equestria. Most ponies stay as far away from him as possible not only because of his bad attitude, but because of his blood thirsty apatite, he eats any creature that enters his territory. However, legend says he can uncover any secret in the world, he may be useful to your cause." Moleyair stated.

I knew what he was saying. Whoever this guy was, he could probably find out who the hooded pony was, or better yet, he may already know. I gave Moleyair a serious look. "Who is he?" I asked.

"His name is Jersey Devil, he lives in a dead swamp near the Badlands. If you go there, he's not hard to miss…seriously, he's the only one living there, if you don't see him, you're basically as blind as I am." Moleyair stated in a joking way.

"He sounds kind creepy." Spike said.

"He's more than creepy, my dear boy, he's a terrifying beast." Moleyair said before he looked up at me. "I should warn you, Matthew. If you go to Jersey's home to search for answers, be on your guard, he is a reckless monster who will more than enjoy feasting on your flesh and bones." Moleyair said.

Hearing this left me and Spike with our jaws hanging, it wasn't long before Spike fainted onto the floor.

I then thought long and hard about that name, Jersey Devil, I've heard that name before back in England, but I couldn't remember why.

I decided to forget about that and focus on the real problem. If I was going to find out who the hooded pony was, my best chance was to get Jersey Devil to tell me who he is. But from what Moleyair said, it sounded really dangerous. But at this point, I may have no choice. "…I'll do it, I'll find Jersey Devil and have him tell me where I can find the hooded pony." I said with a brave tone.

Moleyair nodded. "If that's what you need to do, Matthew." He said before he looked up at the clock on the wall. "Oh is that the time, it's pretty late, you two should be getting home." He said to us.

"How do you know what time it is? You're blind." Spike stated.

"Do you really want me to explain it all to you again?" Moleyair asked with a raised eye-brow.

Spike then remembered what he said before and he felt a little sheepish. "Oh sorry." He said.

Moleyair waved his hand. "It's alright, now get going, you don't want to make Twilight worry." He said before he looked up at me. "Now remember what I've said here, Matthew. If you're sure about going to see Jersey, here's a tip, research on him, learn more about him, then maybe you'll have the upper-hoof what you meet him." he said.

I nodded. "I will, don't worry, I won't be looking for any trouble. I'll go there, get my questions answered, get out, no-one gets hurt, easy." I said with confidence.

"Yes, But Jersey may not be as…cooperative." Moleyair said.

"Well I'll just have to make something up as I go along." I said before I changed the subject. "Anyway, about my training, you want me to come back here on Saturday?" I asked.

Moleyair nodded. "Yes, Saturday will do nicely. I would suggest next Saturday, but if I recall, that's Nightmare Night, I suspect you'd want to spend it with your wife and friends." He said.

I nodded. "Yeah, this Saturday will probably be best. I'll just have to explain it to Twilight." I said.

"Don't worry, that letter I gave to Spike will explain everything to her. I'm looking forward to our lessons." Moleyair said with a friendly smile.

I returned it. "Same here." I said before I changed the subject again. "Well we better go, it's been great meeting you and I'll give your regards to the Princesses." I said in a friendly tone.

"Please do, and who knows, maybe I'll finally leave this place and go see them at some point." Moleyair said.

"I think they'd like that. I'm not sure, but I think Luna's gonna be in Ponyville on Nightmare Night, maybe you should drop by and meet everyone." I said, kind of hoping he would agree to.

Moleyair then grew a warm smile. "I just might do that." He said.

With that, Spike climbed onto my back and I turned around to face the exit. I turned my head around to face Moleyair. "See ya, Moleyair, take it easy ok?" I said.

"I will, but you can't leave that way, the entrance you came in is only good to coming down, not up," Moleyair stated.

I then turned back around to face him with a confused look. "Oh…well, how do we get out then?" I asked.

Moleyair just grinned before he tapped the floor with his staff. Once he did that, a hole opened on the ceiling above me and there was a bright light shining down from it, it was the sunlight. I was then magically lifted off the ground before being sucked up the hole towards the surface.

A minute later, Spike and I shot out of the hole and landed in a soft bush near it. Due to being in the dark for a long time, the sunlight hurt our eyes. We were temporary blind until we got used to it and looked at each other. "S-Spike…are you alright?" I asked.

Spike rubbed his eyes and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Wish we could've come out a better way though." He stated.

I chuckled a little. "Yeah, I lift or a staircase would've done." I stated before Spike climbed on my back.

We then looked over to the hole we came out from and saw it close up. "That Moleyair sure is full of surprises." Spike said without taking his eyes off the place where the hole was.

"Yeah, and he's probably got a lot more for us." I said before I looked around for a path to follow. I then saw a rocky path with sign next to it that said the name "Ponyville".

Once I knew where I was going, I turned my head around to face Spike. "Come on, Spike, let's go home." I said before I turned my head back around and walked over to the path.

After reaching it, I followed the rocky path all the way back to the Every Free Forest main road. From there, I knew my way back to town.

A few minutes later: Ponyville Streets

By the time we got back to Ponyville, the sun was almost gone and night time was upon us. Spike was yawning almost every minute. "Matt…are we there yet?" he asked in a tired way.

As I kept walking, I turned my head around to face him. "We're almost there, mate, just relax on my back until we get there, have a little nap if you need to." I said.

Spike smiled warmly at me. "Thanks Matt." he said before he laid his head down on the back of my neck and closed his eyes.

I returned his smile before I turned my head back around to face the road. At that moment, someone came out from around the corner of one of the building and started creeping across the street. That is, until whoever it was saw me and stopped. "Matt?" the pony said in a female voice.

I took a few steps forward. "Yeah…who are you? I can't see you." I said as I narrowed my eyes to try and see her properly.

The mare then stepped into the light of the streets lamp and revealed herself as Zelga. Once I saw it was her, I felt relieved. "Oh…Zelga, it's just you." I said.

Zelga walked up to me. "Yeah, it's me. Who'd you think it was? The Boogiemare?" she said before she laughed at her own joke. "Haha, I'm a terrible joker, anyway what are you doing out at this time?" she asked.

"I could ask you the same thing? Where are you off to?" I asked curiously.

"Sweet Apple Arches, I'm going to see Big Macintosh." Zelga answered before she moved in closer to me. "Between you and me, no-one knows I'm going there, not even Big Mac, I'm gonna surprise him." she said in a whisper.

I couldn't help but smirk with amusement over this. "Oh, I get it. Well I bet he'll be more than surprised. What's the plan? Go over there and fly up to his window?" I asked.

Zelga shrugged. "Could do that." She said before she decided to change the conversation. "Anyway, where've you been all day? I waited at my cottage for you, but you never came." She stated.

"Oh yeah…sorry about that, I got a little caught up in something. W-What was it you wanted to talk about anyway? Something about my show on Nightmare Night?" I asked, wondering what she had in mind about that.

"It wasn't anything important. I was just thinking…well…maybe I can perform with your band with a new song that night. If you're interested, of course." Zelga said nervously.

I titled my head. "You want to perform with us on Nightmare Night? B-But we already have a song prepared, it would take ages to practice a new show." I said.

"I know, but just hear me out. I have a song, a plan, everything you need to make a new performance in only a few days. Back where I was from, everyone said I had a great singing voice. Do you think…sometime this week…you can drop by my place and hear me sing? You know, just to see what you think of it?" Zelga said with a small smile.

The look on her face told me that she really wanted me to do this. Not wanting to disappoint her, I nodded. "Ok…I suppose I can do that. And who knows, if you're as good as they said you were, I might be able to squeeze in an extra performance on Nightmare Night." I said.

Hearing this made Zelga smile with joy. "Thank you, Matthew. I promise, you'll love it, I've gone through everything to make sure it's perfect for Nightmare Night." she said with an excited tone.

I smiled. "Well I'm…looking forward to hearing it. Now, I better go, Twilight's probably worried about me." I said before I walked past her. "Enjoy whatever you plan on doing with Big Mac." I said.

Zelga watched as I walked past her. "I will…oh, and Matt." she said.

I then stopped where I was and turned my head around to face her.

"Don't tell anyone you saw me here, I wanna keep it between me and Big Mac if you know what I mean." Zelga said with a sly grin.

I smirked. "I won't." I said before I remembered something from my conversation with Moleyair. "Hey Zelga, can I ask you something?...You know someone named Jersey Devil?" I asked, wondering if she had heard of him.

Zelga's grin faded away and she was silent for a moment. But after a few seconds, she answered. "…Never heard of him…Why?" she asked.

I was a little disappointed by this, but I wasn't really surprised, I wasn't even expecting Twilight to know him. "No reason…just heard that name somewhere and wanted to know if anyone knew it. It's alright thought, it's not important…goodnight, Zelga." I said before I turned my head back around and continued walking down the street.

As I walked away, Zelga gave me a suspicious glare. "Jersey Devil…now what would you want with him?" she said to herself before she turned her head around and saw the path leading to Sweet Apple Arches.

Zelga stared at it for a minute before she grinned evilly. "As if I would." She said before she took off into the air and went in the completely opposite direction. Instead of going to Sweet Apple Archers, she was heading towards old castle in the Ever Free Forest.

Library

Once I got to the library, I approached the door and raised my hoof up to open it, but before I could. "Matt!" a familiar voice said behind me.

I turned around and saw Applejack trotting towards me with Peewee on her back. "Applejack? What're you doing out here? Does anyone sleep in this town anymore?" I asked.

Applejack stopped in front of me. "Apparently not…look, I now it's late, but Twilight sent Peewee to fetch me because of some sort of…situation." she explained.

At that moment, I became worried, Twilight was looking ill when I left and I was starting to think something bad had happened while I was gone. "What happened? Is she alright?" I asked in concern.

Applejack raised her hoof up. "From what I know, I think she's fine, but Peewee said she wanted me because of my experience with fruit." She stated.

I looked at her with confusion. "F-Fruit?" I said before I looked at Peewee on her back. "Peewee, what the hell's going on in there?" I asked.

"You'll see when we get in there." Peewee said.

With that, we all faced the door and I pushed it open with my right-hoof. Once it was open, we stepped inside and looked around. "Twi? I'm home! Where are you?" I called.

After a minute or so, Twilight came out from the other room and saw us. I then noticed Twilight was wearing a thick pair of earmuffs. "What took you so long, Matt?!" she said in an annoyed tone.

I walked over to her with a concerned look. "Twi, are you alright? Applejack said you were in trouble."

"I am in trouble, Matt! That thing in there has been driving me crazy since Princess Luna left! I'm ready to pull my mane out here!" Twilight said loudly.

"T-Twi, I don't understand, what thing?" I asked in complete confusion.

"See for yourself!" Twilight said as she pointed her hoof at the door that led to the room she just came out of.

We then turned our attention to the door that led to the other room and I made my way over to it. I then stopped in front of it before I slowly placed my hoof on it and pushed it open.

Once it was open, I was confused by what I saw, it was the orange Zelga gave to Twilight earlier today, it was sitting on the table at the end of the room. I then walked into the room with everyone else following behind, I approached the orange and looked down at it. "…It's…just the orange Zelga gave you before…" I stated.

"I know, and I'm starting to wish I didn't take it. It's been driving me crazy all night!" Twilight said in a frustrated tone.

I turned to face her. "I don't get it, how's it been doing that? It's just a fruit." I said with a raised eye-brow.

"I'm not a fruit, I'm an orange." A sudden weird voice said behind me.

With our eyes wide open, we all looked the orange. "Urr…what?" I said, actually talking to the orange.

"What? What? What in the butt! Ne-hahahaha!" the voice sang before laughing in a creepy way.

At that moment, I recognized the voice, something I haven't heard in a long time, I felt a wave of fear flow within me. "Oh no…please…for the love of Celestia, no!" I said as I slowly backed away from the orange.

Everyone looked at me with scared faces. "What is it? What is that thing?" Spike asked as he hid behind Twilight's front-legs.

"It's…it's…" I said without taking my eyes off the orange.

The orange then spun around to reveal a creepy face. It had two eyes and a large smiling mouth. "It's me! Orange! Ne-hahaha!"

"The Annoying Orange!" I yelled in absolute fright.

"Hey, why are you yelling? Are we having a yelling contest, I wanna play! AHHHHHHH!" Orange yelled at the top of his voice.

We all covered our eyes to try and block out his yelling. "Matt, make him shut up!" Peewee yelled as Orange kept yelling.

"I don't know how! On-one knows how!" I said to him with my front-hooves covering my ears.

Spike looked up at Applejack. "Applejack, you've lived with fruit all your life, can you do something? That's why Twi called you over, right?" he asked.

But before Applejack could answer, Orange stopped yelling. "Applejack? More like Apple-smack, ne-hahahaha!" he laughed; making Applejack groan with annoyance. "Hey! Hey Apple! Hey, Apple, hey! Why do you have three apples on your butt? Ne-hahahaha!" he laughed again.

Applejack growled before she looked over to Twilight. "Alright, I see why ya called me over, but I don't think I can do anything. Can't you just zap it or somethin'?" she asked.

"I tried, but it won't shut up, I think it's been cursed with Black Magic!" Twilight stated.

Orange then looked at me. "Hey you! You're green, are you a pear?" he asked.

I knew he was talking to me. "Wh-…n-no, of course I'm not, do I look like a pear?" I asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Are you broccoli?" Orange asked.

"No." I answered.

"Cucumber?" Orange asked again.

"No!" I said in a more frustrated tone.

"Oh now I know who you are, you're the green leprechaun? Hey, what did you do with my whistling-pinwheel?" Orange asked again.

"Oh my God, you're annoying!" I said loudly in an extremely annoyed tone.

"I can't take this anymore!" Twilight screamed. "I wanted to avoid this, but I have no choice, I'm writing to the Princess, she'll know what to do." she said before she galloped out the room.

"For goodness sake, Twilight, hurry!" I said as I was starting to freak out.

As Twilight wrote to Celestia for help, we were forced to stay in the room with Orange's annoying remarks and terrible jokes. Even if we left the room, we'd still be able to hear him, he was just so damn loud!

"Hey, why do you all have such long faces? Na-hahahaha!" Orange laughed before he sighed. "*Sigh*...What's with the dragon?" he asked curiously.

May Celestia have mercy on us all…

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

The cameo character is the "Annoying Orange" from the famous YouTube videos with the same name, I don't own him or anything about him. I asked the creator if I could use him in this, but he didn't reply back so I just went for it.

Pony News: During SDCC, a clip of Season 5 was shown, it has gotten me so excited. From what I've heard, this is what we can expect.

Twilight grieving over her former library.

Luna having a nightmare.

The 100th episode is focused on background characters, Coco Pommel will return.

Maud Pie will return.

Rainbow Dash will have an entire solo song.

In other news, (Keep this bit a secret), Meghan McCarthy confirmed something very big to me not long ago, she wants to keep it a secret, so it's very important that no-one tells her or anyone else I'm offering this news to those who are willing to take it to their graves. Of course, I can't say it on here, so if you want to know, PM me and I'll discuss it with you.

Ever I started this story and attracted so many of you, I've seen you all as my friends who will always have my back on things, that's why I'm trusting you all with this info and that you won't tell a single soul about it, remember this.

Please remember to review.

My next chapter will be up sometime after the next chapter of Skylanders: Beginnings.