Discord Watches Cupcakes

Discord's POV

"Ah, finally! A break from those dull teachers!" I told myself, along with my living picture of myself I hung on my wall. Since I was still the ISS, In School Suspension, teacher of the high school, I had to go to the boring meetings all the time. But they were still much better than sitting through hearing nobles argue in fancy voices.

Why was I still doing this job, some pony may ask? Well it's simple enough. That school was so violent and chaotic, it was heavenly to me! Girls pulling at each other's hair weaves because they're wearing the same shirt. Boys breaking out in fights in the middle of the cafeteria. Teachers getting caught in the crossfire. And most of all, every delinquent going directly to me.

I let them all talk and even bring card games for them while I play a '3DS' or an app on a phone I confiscated from one of the nerds or texters. And hearing them shriek like banshees or blow-up about it is so hilarious!

High school drama! Whoever says it was pointless had no sense of humor!

Still, travelling from here to Canterlot castle was so annoying. So instead, I gave myself one of the rooms in the mansion that we all called The Care de Lot. Not the most original name I'll admit, but not too bad either. I moved in recently and filled my room with everything I'd need. Bed. Desk and computer. Fake diploma that made me a certified teacher. And of course, my enchanted window that let me see anywhere on Earth. Like a hidden video camera was hooked up to a TV.

But seeing as how I was bored of trying, and sadly failing, to spread chaos on this already insane world I went to the computer. Indie Games were fun to tell the truth. As were games where I was 'God' or the master of other people. Really helped cope that I didn't rule Equestria.

Other than that however, I did actually like all the fan made things based off the show that was based off me...Oh, and the others too. John De Lancie did my voice justice, and it was funny to laugh at how they made me react to 'Princess Twilight'. Blue Flu, how did I never think of that?!

Still, there was one video I had been saving for a special occasion. And since the hundredth visit to ISS had been achieved, I figured now was the best time.

"Why hello there new fan-video." I said as I clicked on it and snapped my fingers. Going into the video itself. Yes, I could do that. Jealous?

"So. Cupcakes, huh?" I asked as I had a remote appear in my talon-ed hand. "Well, let's get this thing started!" I yelled out in joy as I pressed play.

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3 Minutes Later

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

I crawled my way out of the computer and didn't waste any time as I turned around and smashed the monitor with my lion paw. "What in the world?!" I asked in utter fear and terror. "Who would make such a messed up video?! And a MUSIC video for crying out loud?!"

I simply fell to the floor and tried to calm myself, feeling sick to my own stomach right about now! It's common knowledge that whenever you go into a video, everything is real! Which means that if I got close enough some of Rainbow's blood would...

"Ugh! I'm just so glad that I never have to worry about the thought of Pinkie Pie actually coming anywhere near me for-" That's when I froze. "Celestia needs me to come to the castle to greet them all tomorrow...And Pinkie will be..."

Realizing how bad tomorrow was going to be for me, I simply did the one thing my magnificently chaotic brain could manage. I passed out onto my floor.

Never again am I watching Cupcakes...Or eating them...Or looking at them...In fact, I think I'll just go on that paper only diet for a few weeks...And therapy.

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP or anything relating to Hasbro. All I own is Blitz, this story, and the ideas that come forward.

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Lyra's POV

Lyra and Bonbon's House

As I came through the door and closed it with my back hoof, not even wanting to use my magic right now, I walked over towards the middle of the living room. Not even wanting to look towards Bonbon with the news I had.

I walked around the couch, and in front of it and the coffee table. Standing straight as I turned towards Bonbon. Not even attempting to look down at her.

I didn't even know what I was about to say to her right now. With the news I had, I don't even think words could describe my emotions. In fact, this news was so much that I was wondering whether or not I should even tell Bonbon about it.

So instead of tell her right away, I stood ahead of her. Looking of into the distance like some kind of cheesy emotional actress.

"This is probably going to be an obvious answer," Bonbon started as she started to sit up from the couch and put the magazine she was reading down while she gave me a straight face. "You have something, don't you?" She asked me with a raised eyebrow.

"Yep." I said simply, still looking off into the distance. I just wanted to take a moment to myself before I explained it to Bonbon.

"Well then, just what is it?" She asked, curious about just what I figured out. "So is Blitz one of these Who-mans?"

"Humans." I corrected her matter-of-fact-ly. If she was going to ask about it, she could at least say the name right.

"Whatever. So, did you figure out anything?" She asked again, wanting to get back on the subject.

"Yes. Yes I did Bonbon, I figured something out alright." I told her with a nod of my head, trying to make this moment last as long as I could.

"And?...Is he human? Is he not human? Is he part dragon, what is it?" She asked, getting slightly impatient with me and my suspense.

I sighed. Knowing that I had to move on from this moment and tell her the truth. In all honesty, the truth of it all was almost too much for even me to handle. How was I supposed to tell her now? Especially when it played out too many times in my own head.

Yet, I took a deep breath and prepared myself. For my news was something that would forever haunt me and possibly Bonbon as well. "The truth is...I don't know!" I screamed out in complete and utter defeat. Falling to the ground as I even started tearing up a bit.

"Wait, you don't know?" She asked confusedly. "You walked in here acting high and mighty about the whole thing, and you're telling me that you don't know?" She asked again, trying to make sure she understood it while I, meanwhile, just kept sobbing on the floor.

"Rub it in, why don't you..." I told her as I sniffled a few times. Not wanting to cry. "I follow him all day to try and prove he's human. But all he is, is just a Cypony that isn't human at a-ha-hall!" And there I went. Crying in my own defeat. All of this studying for one whole year around a town of smelly, annoying Minotaurs, and I was right back where I started! Sounding like a complete idiot and creeper while I chased around rumors and ideas that were so stupid!

"Well...Uh...C-Come on Lyra, it's not that b-" The second I glared at her with the intent to kill at this point, she took that back. "O-Okay, poor choice of words!" She said, taking it back. "But...Surely, you have to have something to go with right? I mean, you put so much effort into this, so you had to have something go right."

"No...Nothing. He talked like a normal pony would, sat like a normal pony would, and acted like a normal pony would. No 'anyone', no sitting up like a human, and he isn't even that violent! He just sat in the bushes while that Zebra in the Forest fought off a bunch of wolves and dogs! I was wrong Bonbon, there's nothing to go on here..." I told her. Outright defeated.

"That's...That's it?" Bonbon asked. "That's everything you did to try and find out that Blitz is a 'human'?" She asked, wondering if that's all I was telling her.

I sniffled as I looked up to her with tears in my eyes. "Y-Yes?" Why, what's wrong?" I asked her.

"What's wrong is, that doesn't sound like the Lyra I know." Bonbon said with a frown. "Usually, Lyra would be going nuts and try to prove to every pony in every way that humans are real. Especially in the most hyper of ways. And even more especially when something like this is staring right in your face!" She told me, shaking me a bit to try and get her point across.

"But...But I did everything that I knew would prove that-"

"No you didn't Lyra! The Lyra I knew wouldn't resort to all these stupid notes! She always kept trying to prove it to every pony possible! Whether she did or didn't have any proof! What, did you leave that Lyra with those monsters?!" She asked, getting emotional about it herself now.

"Minotaurs." I corrected her.

"Whatever!" She said, dismissing the correction as she forced m up to my hooves. "You've come this far! And are you really going to just give up now, when you think you might've found a human wondering around in Ponyville?!"

"No..." I said half-heartedly, not even trying to look towards Bonbon.

"I can't hear you Lyra!" She yelled, into my ear as loud as possible. Making me jump away from her.

"Ow! Bonbon, don't do that, it hurts my ears!" I told her with a frown as I rubbed my ear in pain. "But fine, I'll try again."

"I'm sorry Lyra, but I don't believe you." She said, jumping over and shaking me by the shoulders. "Now I want you to try again. Tell me that you want to prove humans are real!"

"Okay, fine!" I yelled out, trying to get away from Bonbon again, only for her to shake her head in disapproval and go too far by trying to make sure I wasn't about to give up. By slapping me repeatedly.

"Come on Lyra! That's not the face of a winner! You know what that's the face of?!" She asked me, getting way too into cheering me up.

"The face of pain?!" I asked, not sure what else to say right now. It was moments like this which made me believe that she ate too much candy herself. Because while I can get hyper, it is nothing compared to Bonbon's rare crazy moments.

"That's right! But pain doesn't make winners Lyra! Now say it! Say that you're going to try and prove Blitz is a human!" She commanded me. Finally letting me go so I could say it without being interrupted or anything.

While I was still trying to get my brain to stop pounding the sides of my head, I was conscious enough to realize that she did have a point. Before I even went to Moss Cow, I never gave up on trying to prove humans were real. And now, right when I was about to prove every pony-No. Everybody else wrong, I was about to give up?!

"Hay no!" I yelled out suddenly, standing up determined as I went into my old room to get a few things. No way am I gonna give up now! I've been through to much to quit!" I yelled out as I pulled out my grandmother's hoof-stitched quilt, a wig, and a pair of my Mom's old reading glasses. Don't ask why I have them, I just do.

"Come on Bonbon! We have a pony to accuse!" I told her as I stuffed everything into a saddlebag. "And I know just how we're going to do it too!"

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Blitz's POV

Ponyville Retirement Home

"So what you're saying is, some pony's been following me?" I asked as I finished repairing the railing that had split apart. You see, some time ago the Ponyville Retirement Home had this patio that was strong enough to hold three ponies at a time. It broke down, and no pony's had the time to fix it. So it's just been sitting there. Broken while the door was sealed off.

"Yeah. Her name's Lyra." Spike told me as he handed me a few more nails so I could nail back in the balusters that were near the splits in the railings. You know, those pegs that connect the top rail to the deck of a patio? "She left a few days before you got here, and I think she's been after you."

"Really now?" I asked, thinking it over as I got the balusters back in and covered the nails with wood putty. "Is she a unicorn? Mint-green, and gets really excited about whatever she's doing?"

"She found you?!" He asked, looking around quickly. "What happened? What did she ask you?" Spike questioned, concerned about what all this Lyra did.

"Well, not really." I told him with a shake of my head as I finished with the railing. Setting it aside and going over to the supports next and inspecting what was left. Luckily, I found the blueprints for the patio and knew exactly what the supports were supposed to look like length wise. "She didn't really have any chance. She tried to get me to sit down at the Quills and Sofa's Store, then she tried to trick me into going to the Everfree Forest."

"That's it? She didn't ask you anything about where you came from? Nothing like that?" Spike pressed on, really getting concerned about that kind of thing. "I thought for sure that she would try and ask you something..."

"Nope. In fact, she hasn't asked me anything. Not even about how I'm a Cypony or how I became your guy's friend." I told him as I pulled out a piece of lumber that was the right size to use for supports. "Now that I think about it, she might've also tried to spy on me from a bush earlier today too. Why did she do any of that anyway?"

"Oh, uh..." Spike started, trying to think something over. Eventually, he just shrugged nervously and reached into his backpack, pulling out a giant gem. I didn't know that he got gems that big. I wonder if that's his allowance from Twilight or something.

"It's not that big a deal. Forget I said anything." He told me as he took a bite of his gem. "Anyway, so what happened at Everfree Forest? Was there actually some pony there?"

"Kind of. I ran into Zecora as she took on some Timberwolves, a Cockatrice, and three weird dog things." I told him as I positioned the lumber to cut at just the right length. Before I did though, Spike spit out the pieces of his gem and one hit me in the forehead. Discombobulating me as I swung my tail downwards. Which missed my mark and made me cut the lumber at the wrong point.

"Wait, three dogs?!" He asked, now suddenly at attention. "They didn't happen to be Diamond Dogs did they?!" He asked in fear. Only for me to look confused and squint my eyes a little. "Oh, right, you don't know. They have grey or brown fur. Weird jackets and collars that have gems in them? They can dig really well?"

"Yeah, that's them." I told him with a nod as I looked over the support beam I was making. Luckily I didn't cut it to short and could still use it. But the more important thing here were those dogs. Obviously, they had some history or something. I guess that explains why they were after Rarity. She must've annoyed them or tricked them into doing something.

I didn't want him to worry though, so I changed the subject as I cut the small bit of extra wood off the support beam. "Still, Zecora stopped them all without any problem at all. And when she was finished, she saw me there and figured out that I was thinking about the trip."

"The trip..." He said, sounding like he just now remembered something important. "That's the actual reason I came to find you. I don't know if she told you or not, but Princess Celestia sent me a letter too. One that was only for me to read."

"Did she give every pony their own letter?" I asked, confused about that.

"No. No, just us." He said with a frown that looked pretty sad. It looked like he was upset about something important. So I stopped my work for a second to hear him out. Only, he just tried to talk about something else. "Probably a good thing though. If she gave a letter to Twilight, I think she might be freaking out even more than she is right now."

"Wait a second." I said, frowning at him. "Twilight's freaking out about this? How much is she?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

He just sighed and shook his head. "Last time I checked on her before I left, her room was completely ransacked and she was running everywhere writing her own list. She didn't want me to help pack because she wanted to make sure she had everything she needed to go on this big important quest Princess Celestia summoned us all for."

"So you didn't think to stay there and help her calm down?" I asked, not sure what to think about that. Whenever Twilight went nuts, she threw all sanity out the window. But at the same time, she was still Spike's sister...Mother...Boss...They were related somehow! And if that was the truth, than shouldn't Spike be here helping me.

"Believe me, I tried. But unless I wanted to have her accidentally blow me and the whole library up, it was way safer to just leave the library and let her sort it out." He explained with a nervous nod, glancing towards the library.

"Well...Okay, you got a point there. But she can't be freaking out that much, right?" I asked, looking towards the library myself.

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Meanwhile

"Oh, come on Twilight, think!" Twilight yelled at herself while going over the list. "I've packed all the important books that I'm going to need for any surprised test. I've packed enough flash cards and papers for proper notes. And I've packed all my previous notes on the recent spells. But I know that there's something I've got to be forgetting!"

As she kept glancing around her now destroyed room, she levitated every small thing towards her to check and see if it was important. Most of the books were all over the floor, her bed was over turned, and the mirror was now cracked from an inkwell flying into it by accident.

"Practice! I need to practice every spell I've learned! Because what if the Princess doesn't even give me a chance to study?! I won't even have a chance!" She told herself, trying to calm herself with Cadence's breathing technique. Only for it to act more as hyperventilating before she started yelling again. "But I don't have enough time to practice all of them today!"

"Wait!" She yelled out, facing her reflection in the mirror. Grinning at it like a mad mare. "What if I practice them all at once?!"

"That's genius!" Her reflection answered her. At least, in her own point of view it did. "That's sure to impress the Princess!"

"I know!" She answered, using her magic to fling what was left of her destroyed bed onto the window of her room. Making it extremely dark, but just barely possible to see.

"Now by practicing all these spells at once, I'll be able to control large amounts of it! It's so perfect, it's three levels of advanced magic above my own!" She cheered. Officially losing all since of sanity for the time being.

"Here we go!" She called out to herself, charging up the insane amount of magic all at once. Preparing to release it and do all those spells at the same time in her small, not well protected, bedroom.

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Blitz's POV

Suddenly, I was proved very wrong very quickly. Because the instant I finished my sentence, the outer wall of Twilight's bedroom blew clear off in splinters. Followed by her mattress flinging out of her room. All the springs popping out of the thing simultaneously.

All. Towards. Us.

"Hit the deck!" I yelled out, tackling Spike with as much force as I could. Sending the two of us flying through to Retirement Home's front door. Both breaking it off it's hinges, and giving the elderly ponies their seventh heart-attack of the month.

"Dear Celestia, what was that all about?!" I asked no pony in particular as I got up and made sure Spike was okay. He was a little scared to death, but nothing out of the ordinary for a Twilight brand freak out.

"I think Twilight's freaking out about a surprise test again..." Spike said breathlessly as he got up and dusted himself off. "I need to go over there and calm her down before she blows up the rest of the library. I'll be right back so we can finish the patio." He told me.

And slowly enough, he caught his breath and headed for the door. Going to take care of the on problem I was pretty sure only he could solve. Twilight blowing up libraries.

"Alright, good luck man. You're gonna need it..." I said hesitantly. I've only seen Twilight that freaked out once. And to be honest, that was probably the only time I was actually scared for my life. The sad part about that was that Spike told me that how she was then was only half as crazy as this on other time she lost it.

"Excuse me," Some pony called out from behind me. On that sounded annoyed and angry towards me. Something I really didn't need for today honestly.

"Uh...Yeah?" I asked, turning around to face some pony that looked a little familiar. I knew that I had seen her from somewhere, but I couldn't exactly tell where. "What do you need?"

"Me? Oh, well nothing much. I was just wondering when you were going to fix that door you and your friend smashed through." She told me with a fake cheery attitude with a fake smile to boot. "You know, since it's starting to freeze every pony inside the building?" And there's the sour attitude that she was hiding! Like a pastel colored sour gumball.

She did have a point though. Because the door fell off, the elders were shivering from the breeze. "Right, sorry, I'll fix that right now." I told her. For all I knew, she could've worked here. That basically making her my temporary employer.

Good thing I had my tools, screws, and some door hinges. The tools and screws were obvious enough, but they never told me whether or not the door broke apart along with the patio. So I brought them just to be sure.

As I got to the door and started replacing the hinges, I heard an elderly ponies voice call out from behind me. One that sounded at least genuinely kind instead of the mare who was complaining to me.

"Oh Bonbon, calm down. You really mustn't be so rude to the repair pony. After all, he only came here to fix this old noisy humidifier." The elder pony said towards the humidifier she was sitting next to.

She looked pretty harmless though. She had an old wig, some giant glasses, and was rocking back and forth on a rocking chair while an old looking quilt was around her. I couldn't see much of her, but it was easy enough to tell she was trying to be nice.

So 'Bonbon', the most ironic name I've ever heard mind you, just sighed and nodded. "Yes Grammy."

"Oh, uh...I'm not here to fix the humidifier. I came to repair that patio." I told her with a small apologetic smile. I wasn't about to start an argument with an elderly lady any time soon. "Sorry."

"Oh, come on." Bonbon told me with a frown. Getting in my face as I installed the final new hinge. "My Grammy's losing her hearing over there because of that teapot, and you're going to just ignore her?"

"Well...That wasn't what I was saying." I told her with a frown as I got the door and put it against the hinges. I then started screwing them in place. "I just said I didn't come her to fix it. I never said I wasn't going to fix it." I corrected her with a frown. Seriously, this mare's attitude was really getting to me at this point.

"Now you see Bonbon, this is exactly why you don't complain." The elder pony told her with a frown. "I thought me and your mother taught you better than that." She said in that light-hearted scolding voice those nice grandmothers had. I mean wow, this lady sounded like the nicest pony I've met today.

Bonbon then sighed, not wanting to argue with her 'Grammy'. "Sorry Grammy, I'll stop." She told her. And sighing again, she turned towards me. "Sorry...You." She apologized

By this point, I had finished the door and tested it out. Opening and closing it a few times to make sure it was okay. "It's fine." I said a bit bitterly before walking over towards the elder and the humidifier. Which was shaking in place. "It probably just has a few screws loose. Won't take too long mam." I told her politely.

"Oh, thank you sonny. But feel free to take your time. My granddaughter may be nice to be around, but her stories always end the same way. With a mare she really likes." She told me with a sly grin. To which Bonbon started blushing like crazy.

"Lyr-I mean-Liar!" She said, correcting herself with a frown. "Grammy, I thought we agreed that we wouldn't tell certain ponies those stories while we were here..." She said, gritting her teeth with embarrassment.

"Oh, come now Bonbon, I'm only teasing." Grammy said with a light chuckle and wave of her hoof. "But any who, I don't think I'd mind hearing a few stories from some pony else. Not many ponies visit me these days. So, where are you from?" She asked with a small smile.

I started looking for the right screwdriver I had, the screws on the humidifier being Robertson screws. Basically, they were screws that had a small square pattern in the middle to use the screwdriver for. "Well, I've been in Ponyville for about a year now. But I was born in Cloudsdale. When I was old enough, I started moving everywhere. Even lived in Griffon Country for a while."

Since it had been so long, I had Twilight help me come up with a fake life story after they found out I was human. It was just the right amount of detailed enough so no pony would question it. Plus she gave me some trivia on cities and random events that happened so I wouldn't mess up on some facts.

The rest was just small uneventful stories that led to Ponyville where I am today. Luckily, Twilight didn't make that too hard to remember either, so I was set to tell ponies my fake life story.

"Griffon Country? Why, how interesting. I've been out of Equestria my own once. Went to a land called Moss Cow. Nice Minotaurs..." She said, thinking back to whenever that happened. Okay, Grammy was already sounding pretty cool! She went to a freaking country of Minotaurs?! Dang it, why couldn't Twilight let me have grown up there?!

"But tell me, what made you want to come back? Did you get homesick?" She asked, keeping the subject away from herself and on me.

"Yeah, homesick. Like I'd ever get homesick." I said bitterly. "No, there just weren't that many ponies living there. I felt like the only pony, so I came back to Equestria."

"Wait a second." Bonbon said confusedly, now actually talking without sounding rude. "It sounded like you didn't like Equestria the way you said it. But now you're saying that you came back because it didn't feel like home enough?"

Oh dang... "Well...I didn't mean Equestria as a whole. Just Cloudsdale. Not too many happy memories, you know?" I asked her while I somberly knocked on my metal leg a few times.

"I know that it had to be a hard time for you." Grammy said with a nod. "But luckily for you, Cloudsdale hospitals are always known for their talent in physical conditions."

"Yeah. Good thing too. I don't think any other hospital could have a chance at saving me. Metal heart included." I told them with a nod, happy that they weren't getting freaked out about how I was a Cypony. And to add a cherry to all this great news, I even found the Robertson screwdriver. So I was able to fix up this annoying humidifier for them so they didn't have to hear it so much.

"Nope." Bonbon told me with a small but victorious smile. Quickly snatching my screwdriver away before I could do anything else.

"Huh? What do you mean nope?" I asked confusedly. Just sitting in place while they both gave sly smirks to one another.

"We mean, that everything you're saying is fake." Grammy said with a mocking shake of the head. "You see, it runs in the family that we can tell when some pony lies." Wait...So are they saying that- "And right now, we can tell that everything you just said was a lie."

"Uh...Wha-wait, hold on." I said, getting up and taking a step back. Those two and their combined smirks were starting to look a little weird. "So, what do you mean that-"

"We mean, you're not telling the truth." Bonbon said, standing up. "You've never gone to Griffon Country, you were never at Cloudsdale when you got hurt...In fact, I don't think you were ever born in Cloudsdale."

"Very good Bonbon. I knew you were getting better at reading lies." Grammy complimented Bonbon with a happy attitude. "But did you spot his other lie? He said he came back to Equestria."

"O-kay, this is getting a little awkward..." I said cutting in. There was something very wrong here. How did they figure that out so quick? How can they see through lies better than Applejack? And how's come they're still smiling like freaks?!

I had to get out of here. Now.

"You know, I think you can figure out how to fix the humidifier yourself. It's just a simple few loose screws. And don't worry about returning the screwdriver. Think of it as a gift. Thank you for the talk, but I gotta go and take care of some packing. I'm going on this trip tomorrow, you know?"

"Oh, yes. I know it quite well." Grammy said with a small nod. "You're going to Canterlot along with Twilight, correct?" She asked me, smiling since she knew that was the answer.

"Dear Luna! how did you-" I started backing up a little more. Now getting a little freaked out by her. "I-I mean, w-we're not-"

"And you're also going with the rest of those nice mares, right?" Grammy pressed on with that annoying smile still on her face. And knowing that she could tell when I was lying, I wasn't getting out of here so easily. Not to mention, she apparently had some kind of way to-

"Are you wondering if I can see into the future?" She asked, sounding a bit entertained by watching me freak out. With her granddaughter snickering a little besides her.

"Goodbye!" I yelled out, turning around to get Away from these two witches! They were getting way too personal with these future-seeing, mind-reading, lie-detecting tricks. And with how Celestia wanted to see us tomorrow urgently, I couldn't risk them knowing about the trip.

"Oh no you don't!" Grammy yelled out, now suddenly sounding a good thirty years younger as she used magic to catch my metal tail with ease. "You see Blitz, we're onto you! So unless you want every pony else to find out just what your big secret is, you better tell us instead."

"I...I can't...You shouldn't..." I tried to say, stunned about how much they had gotten right. Plus, they knew my bucking name for crying out loud! Who were these two?!

"Hey Blitz, I'm back." Spike said, coming inside the Retirement Home as he finished off that gem from earlier. "Thankfully, Rainbow Dash was coming by to return the latest Daring Do book, so she told me that she would calm Twilight down for me. So, we ready to fix that patio or what?"

"Uh, Spike?" I asked in a deadpanned expression, all three of us now looking towards him. Grammy let her guard down and her magic had a weak grip on my tail, I just sat there with a frown, and Bonbon simply rose an eyebrow towards the clueless drake.

"Yeah Blitz?" He asked licking his claws of the emerald's sprinkles. Still not even seeing the two of them surrounding me.

"I don't think we have time right now. I'm a bit preoccupied here." I told him, hoping he would figure it out for himself.

"Huh, what do you...Wait a second, what's going..." He asked looking at how I was about to be held captive for questioning. Seeing this, Spike gasped and pointed towards Grammy. "Blitz! It's Lyra!" He yelled out.

"Took you long enough!" Bonbon yelled out with an annoyed tone. Which I couldn't help but nod in agreement. Did it really take him this long to realize that I was being held against my will by...

"Wait a second, did he say..." I turned around to face 'Grammy' and noticed immediately. The same mare that had been following me all day was, "Lyra!" I yelled out, suddenly figuring out who it was behind the disguise. One that I was so stupid not to see through since it was a worth disguise than Team Rocket.

"Blitz, run!" Spike commanded, tackling the door and knocking it off it's brand new hinges. Which was completely uncalled for by the way! I just fixed that door!

But knowing that I had to scold him later, I quickly detached myself from my tail and landed on my hooves. Not wasting a second as I sprinted for the door. Letting Spike hop up on my back before running off again.

"Bonbon quick!" I heard Lyra yell out from behind us. No doubt that they were now starting to run after us too.

"Spike, how much do they know?!" I asked him as we kept running. He was on my back, so he would probably look behind us and start yelling when they got close. And since I couldn't fly away and the heavy drake was slowing me down, we wouldn't last too long like this.

"Way too much! Lyra won't stop chasing us until some pony stops her, or we tell her about it!" He told me, looking behind us to see how it was going. "She's levitating your tail around!"

"She's what?!" I asked in complete shock. Why was this pony following me while waving around what was closely related to a sword?! Did she want to know about what was going on this much?!

"And that's not it! She and Bonbon are gaining on us!" Spike told me, just like I thought he would. "She's levitating your tail over to Bonbon and gave it to her! And now she's-wait, huh?" He asked, rubbing his eyes to see if they weren't fooling him. "Lyra just…Turned at that last corner."

"She did?" I asked, slowing down just a bit to look behind me and not trip. And sure enough, Lyra wasn't there anymore. Instead it was just Bonbon, who was having trouble keeping up with us since she was trying to carry my metal tail in her mouth.

Seeing that she was having a hard time keeping up with us, I chose to stop her now. If she kept following us, then she could tell Lyra where we went. So even if it was a bit cruel, I made sure that she stopped following us.

I then ran beside a cart that was parked to the side of the road and nudged the back door of it. Opening it, and making everything that was inside spill out of it. That being a large haul of carrots. One so large, it would send Bugs Bunny to the actual Doc.

The carrots rolled out of the cart and spilt all over the ground like an orange wave. Which Bonbon had no way to see coming as she ran onto them and tripped to the ground. My tail flying out of her mouth and underneath a flowerbox.

In hindsight, that was probably good luck. Carrot Top would see it at the 'crime scene' and come directly after me. And I already had two crazy mares chasing me, I didn't need a third one!

"Alright, that's one down!" I yelled out thankfully. Turning the corner that lead to the Everfree Forest before slowing down to help catch my breath. "There any sign of Lyra yet?" I asked, knowing that she was still somewhere.

"No...No, I don't think she followed us." Spike said, sighing in relief as he relaxed on my back.

"Okay, I think we're in the clear then. Which means you can stop using me as a beach chair now." I told him as I came to a stop right outside of the forest. Spike sighed, but knew that he wasn't going to get away with just lazing around now. So he jumped off.

"Why does it even matter anyway? I mean, Twilight doesn't care when I'm riding around on her. And if I were the size of a full grown dragon, I wouldn't mind you guys riding me." He told me with a frown. "So why can't I just ride around?"

"Because like it or not, I don't like the idea of others riding me." I told him with a frown. "In fact, I don't even like any pony getting in my personal space. That's why I hate it when the girls try and pull me in for a group hug."

"Oh come on Blitz, the hugs aren't that bad." He told me with a frown. Meanwhile, I was wondering if they've finally brainwashed him...Does that mean I'm next? "Besides, it's pretty much a normal thing for ponies to get in eachother's personal space. That's probably why I'm used to it anyway-"

Just then, he ate his own words as a levitating frying pan cooked them for him. Spike then fell to the ground as the frying pan that had hit him stayed up in the air. Levitating because of a golden-colored aura.

I jumped back a bit and got my guard up towards the frying pan. Expecting whoever was levitating it to send it after me next. Only, the aura around it faded and let it fall to the ground besides the dazed Spike.

Good thing he had thick scales, or else he could've boarder-lined a concussion.

"Okay. Where are you?" I asked calmly, ready for whatever came next. No doubt that it was her, so all it left was to find her before it was too...And, I'm now being levitated into the air.

"There you are!" Lyra said, jumping out from behind a bush. "So you thought you could hide from me forever, huh?!" She asked me with a victorious tone in her voice.

"Uh...No, I wasn't hiding at all actually. I was standing out in the open after I ran away from you and your friend." I told her with an angry glare. Of course, it's hard to try and stay intimidating when you're being dangled in the air upside down by the golden-aura of magic thanks to a mint-colored unicorn. "By the way, how did you get here before us? You turned in the complete opposite direction."

"Yeah well, I had to get the frying pan from home real quick," She then used her magic to teleport in front of me. This answering my question. "Because I couldn't teleport all the way home and then all the way outside of Ponyville. Teleporting long distances really takes a lot out of you."

"I'll believe it." I told her casually, not dropping my glare as I was stuck in the air.

"Now," She said, dropping me instantly before I even had the chance to catch myself. And while I tried to get up off the ground, Lyra jumped on top of me and pinned me down. Using her magic to help keep me down. "I want some answers and I want them now!" She demanded, shaking me like crazy. Making my head hit the ground multiple times.

"No way!" I told her, not daring to say a thing about it. "If you think that by spying on me all day, sending me on a wild goose chase in the Everfree Forest, making me sit on a couch, blinding me, tricking me into thinking you were an elderly pony, somehow reading my mind, spray-painting 'Some pony wasn't here!' on my cart, chase me down, knock Spike unconscious with a frying pan, pin-"

"Wait a second, what was that one you said two back?" She asked in confusion.

"Chasing me down!" I told her angrily. If she thought that she could say she didn't actually chase me down, then she better hope that this magic will hold me down because I just might make her regret ever meeting me!

"No, no, not that. The one before that." She told me. "I never spray-painted anything to your cart. I just hid it behind some bushes and vines." She told me with a frown. Only to shake it away immediately. "But that's not important! What is important, is that you're going to tell me exactly what I want to know! A secret you've been hiding from Ponyville, and possibly all of Equestria itself!"

"And I'm telling you! I'm not going to say anything! I don't care why you want to know so much about it! You're not getting one word out of me!" I told her, not backing down. I've faced problems worse than this crazy mare! I wasn't about to lose to her now!

"Why have you kept this a secret for so long?! Why?! For years, I've been trying to figure out the truth! I've read so many books, gone nearly everywhere to find answers, have been laughed at by just about every pony for what I believe, and I just got back from going to a country filled with Minotaurs! And just when I'm about to get the answers I want, you won't tell me?!" She asked me, breathing through her nostrils at how insane she was acting right now.

"What?!" I asked, now just completely confused. "All this has just happened today! What are talking about with 'years'?!" It was official. This mare was insane. She had no sense left in her, and was probably just saying whatever the first thing came to mind.

"Don't you use that lie on me!" She ordered with what just about seemed to me like a demonic voice. All while shaking me like a ragdoll once again, and, by purpose or accident I wasn't sure anymore, bashing my head into the ground. "It all ends today! Tell me! TELL ME!" She screamed in my face. Her mane going all over the place, her nose flaring, and her eyes dilating to the size of rice grains to make her look crazier than a stalker...Which given what's she's done today, I think she actually is.

"NO!" I yelled right back in her face, trying to get her off of me so I could get away from her. I was at the mercy of some pony who had lost their mind! I could be taken care of right now and no pony would ever know what happened! I didn't really have the idea to be scared of her right now, because I was too busy just trying to get her OFF!

"Ugh..." A shaky voice off to the side said. Followed by the sound of the grass rustling a little bit. And then a gasp before I heard Spike yell out, "Blitz! Whatever you do, don't tell her anything!"

"SHUT UP!" Lyra shrieked, levitating her horn so Spike would be pulled over and held down besides me. It was fine though. I mean, with everything else going on, I didn't need my good ear anyway. "I'm so close right now! The second 'Blitz', if that is his real name, admits that he's human, I'll finally be able to prove to every pony that I was right!"

"Hold up..." I said, while still glaring at Lyra. Still trying to get my ears to stop ringing as I focused on what she just said. "What did you just say?"

"Human!" She yelled at me, furious at something by this point. I'd guess me, but I don't think I've actually done anything wrong. "I've been trying to get you to admit that you're human!" She yelled out again.

"Blitz?" Spike said fearfully, hoping that Lyra wouldn't start aiming towards him again. "I'm sorry I got you into this. I think I accidentally made her want to spy on you. I tried to get her to ignore it, but she wouldn't listen to reason." He told me, sounding sad that he couldn't keep that a secret.

But I ignored that for now. "So, let me get this straight Lyra." I told her, now just looking calm. Not frowning, not glaring, just completely calm. And while she was far from calming down herself, it had at least a small effect on her. "You've been tracking me down all day. Not to figure out what our trip to Canterlot's about, but...To have me prove I'm 'human?'" I asked her with a calm voice.

"Well, duh!" She said, sounding as if that was obvious. "Trying to get you to sit down like a human. Asking you to tell your past. Watching to see if you act or talk like a human. Why would I want to know why you and your friends, one of them being Princess Celestia's star student by the way, are going to Canterlot for something?"

Not about the trip...This whole time, I thought she was some sort of spy that wanted to figure out about this trip to Canterlot. And now, "Oh...I...I think we have a huge misunderstanding right now." I told her with wide eyes.

"A...A misunderstanding?" She asked, not following what I was telling her. "What do you mean a misunderstanding?"

"I mean, I think we got off on the wrong hoof here." I told her with a shake of my head. "Here, I'm not going to run away. Besides, if I do you'll just levitate me back here. So, could you let me, and my friend Spike, sit up?" I asked her, trying to be rational about this.

"Oh. Uh-uh sure." She said, releasing her magical hold on the both of us. I got up and sat down, where as Spike took this opportunity to run as fast as he could. Thinking that I was lying to Lyra.

As he got only twenty feet away however, he stopped and looked behind to see that I was staying. "Blitz?! Come on, we have to get out of here before-"

"No Spike." I stopped him with a shake of the head. "Thanks for trying to keep the secret, but...I don't think it'll be much of a problem anymore. Besides, I don't mind if a few other ponies know."

Spike. Twilight Sparkle. Applejack. Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash. Rarity. Fluttershy. Zecora. Applebloom. Scootaloo. Sweetie Belle. Princess Celestia. Princess Luna. Vinyl Scratch. Mayor Mare.

Fifteen. Fifteen ponies knew I was actually a human. In fact, there were probably a good ten or twenty other ponies that knew I wasn't human somewhere in the Royal Council or something. The number was going up more and more every day by this point. Sooner or later, ponies were bound to say something and more ponies would see it.

And with the fact that I was about to take a trip back to the world of humans, what was the harm in a few other ponies knowing? It was better to let the secret slowly ease into every pony than for all of them to find out all at once. So knowing that was the truth, I swallowed any doubt and spoke up.

I extended my right hoof, my normal one, up to hoof-bump Lyra as a way to introduce myself. "Hi Lyra. I'm Electric Blitz. My real name's Zeke, and yes...I used to be a human." I told her calmly. Not angry. Not excited. Nothing but completely calm towards Lyra.

"You...You're actually...You're admitting that..." She stuttered, not sure what to say about this. I'm guessing she didn't expect such an easy confession.

"Yes. I was a human. I came to Equestria and was turned into a pony. I used to walk on two legs and have hands." I told her, telling her the one thing that was mostly different from humans and ponies. "I used to sit...Like how you were sitting in the rocking chair earlier." I explained to her, remembering how that was something she tried to make me do.

"H...H...Hands...?" She asked, shell-shocked by the news I was giving her. Spike, meanwhile, walked over and decided to let me say my peace. Slowly seeing just why I decided to admit it in the first place.

"I was born in a country called America. In Texas, San Antonio to be exact. And if you wanted to know, yes. I was a Cypony when I was a human. But Human Cyponies are actually just called Cyborgs. And to answer another question you have, yes. I like it better as a pony. In fact, I hated being a human." I went on. Pausing again to let her try and collect her thoughts again.

"..." But instead of even try to say anything, she just sat there. Mouth hung open, eyes wide and focused on me with a complete blank expression. To which I just smirked a little at.

Sure, Spike and the others definitely asked me questions for days. And since they didn't understand how things like weather working like Everfree, or how one town probably had more humans than all of Equestria had ponies, it took a lot of explaining. But here, she didn't ask any questions at all. In fact, she let me talk to her and even take a few moments to take it all in myself.

Is this what it's like? To know all about something that almost no one but you knows completely about? Because if it is, I think I might just have to rethink being so humble about everything because this moment alone just feels so great to take in.

"Anyway, is there anything you want to-Mmf!" Sadly, the whole entire moment of enjoying talking to some pony about my human life was interrupted as I was silenced in what had to be the most shocking thing ever.

Lyra had tackled into me head first. Knocking me down to the ground. Sadly, I couldn't care less about that because I had a WAY bigger issue right now. Lyra didn't even give a single warning as she started kissing me. Completely on the lips and without any say so from me. Not only that, but no matter how much I tried to push her off of me, she would. Not. Get. OFF!

After what had to be the longest three seconds of struggling I've ever gone through, I managed to push her a good three inches away from my face. She didn't even try to listen to reason as she tried to hold me down. So knowing that I couldn't get her off myself, I turned to Spike out of desperation.

"Spike! Please, help GET HER OFF ME!" I told him. Sounding very scared right now. Of course, Lyra pinned me down once again and kept me quiet. And to add insult to injury, Spike burst out laughing right beside us.

I swear, he better hope I get killed from lack of breath because I just might kill him for this!

But seriously, what was I supposed to do right now?! My first friggin kiss, and it's in the form of a one-sided make-out session from a pony who hated me to the point of torturing me! And it went from that to this in one, two, three...NINE! Nine full sentences, not counting small, few word sentences!

Okay, that does it. I'm officially doomed! I have a stalker chasing me around, and now she won't let me go! I can already feel myself losing consciousness from lack of oxygen. This has got to be the dumbest way any pony has ever died! I can just hear the autopsy report now:

"So doctor, what was the cause of this pony's death? He was found outside of the Everfree Forest next to a baby dragon who died of laughter. Was it a type of Poison Ivy?" The nurse would ask.

"No. Instead, this patient died due to suffocation. You see, he couldn't breath when...When...Hehehe...When he couldn't...Ahahaha! When some pony...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The doctor would then break out in laughter himself. Causing the nurse to go into a panic.

"Oh my Celestia! Now the Doctor's having a Laugh Attack! Hurry! We need depressing photos! STAT!" The nurse would yell, letting two big nurse ponies run in and drag the Doctor away. And seeing how she didn't have an answer, she would look at the autopsy report herself.

"Patient: Electric Blitz. Location: Outside Everfree Forest. Cause: Kissed to death...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

YES! I guarantee you, that's how it's going to go! I'm already losing conscious, and Lyra wouldn't get off me! Oh please Celestia! Please save me! I don't care how, just save me before I die in the dumbest way in history!

And suddenly, as if by a stroke of luck, everything became silent as some pony from off to the side gasped in utter horror about what was going on right now. "LYRA! HOW COULD YOU!" Bonbon shrieked in complete shock. She had finally caught up and found us after being stopped by the carrots and a very long lecture from Carrot Top.

Lyra then officially snapped out of it and let me go. Jumping off me completely and letting me take deep breaths. Glad that that nightmare was over! Honestly, I feel so messed up from now. I tried to shake the whole thing from my head, but I couldn't. This mental scar would now be forever burned into my memory!

As Lyra and Bonbon argued about something while Spike was still laughing his head off, something I would gladly remedy in a second, I couldn't focus on much of anything. I tried getting my breath back while I kept replaying it in my head.

And have you ever heard of how every pony takes a cold shower whenever they feel unclean?...Yeah...It must be nice for them, huh?...To tell the truth, I think I may just take a cold shower anyway...

After what seemed like hours, I finally caught all my breath and just collapsed to the ground. Only for Lyra to walk over to me with a very angry Bonbon glaring directly at her. I tried backing up a bit, but she spoke up before I could run for it.

"I'm...I'm sorry about that." She apologized, looking very sorry. "You see, I get really excited about even the littlest things. So when something big like...Like discovering humans..." She said, blanking out again.

This frightened me, but luckily Bonbon snapped her out of it. "Right, sorry! But yeah, I just kind of snapped for a moment...No hard feelings?" She asked, hoping that I'd just get over it.

But seeing how I wasn't saying anything, much less looking any different in emotion than shocked, she thought of something. "Wait, I think I have an idea." She told Bonbon. "The stress spell." She said, running it by Bonbon, who simply nodded.

Then her magical aura surrounded her horn and my head as she focused on one other spell she knew that would help right now. And before I could even manage to ask her just what was going on, everything started to calm down for me. All at once, it just stopped being so bad.

Even the memory itself was just going away for now. Yeah I'd be scared for life, but at least for now I was okay. "Uh...Thanks?" I said, unsure of what else to say as I stood up and felt my head. I wasn't freaking out, and I was fine now.

"No problem. Besides, I kind of owe you anyway." Lyra said, feeling very awkward as Bonbon glared at her. "Is there anyway I can try and make up for that though?" She asked. It sounding very scripted because it was probably something Bonbon probably forced her to say.

But still angry at her, I jumped at that chance. My mind being so clear right now, I thought of the best idea that would benefit every pony. "Actually, I do have one thing. You see, since me and all my friends are taking a trip to Canterlot for a while, we'll need some pony to watch our companions." I told her with a smirk.

"Watch companions...? You mean, all of your pets?" She asked with some worry.

"Yeah. All six of us have pets. Applejack's dog Winona should be fine, but as for all the others we need some pony to watch them for us. Fluttershy's animals included." I told her, nodding to help get my point across.

"Watch pets?" Lyra asked, thinking it over to herself. She didn't exactly look sure about it, but in the end it didn't matter as Bonbon stepped up.

"Don't worry. I'll make sure Lyra takes care of them." She assured me with a nod. One that showed me that she was just as angry, if not three times more angry, than I was right about now.

"Thank you." I said with a small smile. "I think you'll have to tell the others that you're going to be pet sitting for all of us though." I told Lyra, to which she just nodded half-heartedly. "Oh, and one more thing."

She looked up, worried about just what I was about to say. "If you dare tell any pony else what just happened..." I said angrily, to which she closed her eyes and waited for the worst.

"Then I won't tell you everything I know about humans." I told her with a small smile on my face. As easily as I could've given her some kind of threat, it was obvious that she knew what she did was way out of line. That, and she regretted it just as much as I was shocked by it. So there wasn't a point to threatening her.

"You...You mean it?!" She asked, now getting really excited. So much to the point where she was jumping in place like crazy. Wow, I guess she did get excited easy.

"Yep. Watch the animals, and don't tell any pony what just happened. Do that, and I'll teach you about humans." I told her, backing up a space. "Be warned, if you dare come near me to hug me or something the deal's off."

"Don't worry Zeke!" Lyra told me, using my human name. Something I wasn't really happy about, but it was better than a hug. "I promise that all those animals will be just as good as when you left them in my care!"

"Perfect! Now, you better hurry. It's almost sundown, and you gotta talk to every pony." At that moment, an explosion sounded off from Ponyville. No doubt from Ms. Books-a-Million herself. "I think you better talk to Twilight first. Because she's only going to get more paranoid from the packing she's doing."

"You got it! Come on Bonbon! We've wasted enough time already! Bye Zeke!" Lyra said, sprinting off in excitement. Leaving Bonbon with me and the dragon who was in his own little world.

She then tossed me back my tail which she had brought with her. "Don't worry. I'll make sure she doesn't talk to any pony about the whole 'human' thing. It's only fair." She then turned to leave, but stopped for a second before turning around. "About that whole teaching thing...Would you mind if I came to?" She asked, sounding a bit interested in humans too.

"Uh...Sure, I guess so." I told her with a shrug. To which she simply nodded and ran off to try and find Lyra. Now just leaving me and...

"Will you quit laughing?!" I asked, hitting Spike over the head with my tail before putting it back on. I didn't hit him as hard as Lyra did with the frying pan, but it did hit him hard enough for sure.

"OW!" He yelled out, rubbing his head. "You know, that really hurts!" He told me with a frown.

"Yeah? Well maybe next time you can think to save your friends lives before laughing like crazy." I told him calmly with a frown. "Seriously, not even a little help?!"

"...Okay, I'm sorry. That was my bad." He apologized, looking a little down that he needed a small reminder for it to settle in. "So...What now?"

"Well, we need to finish that balcony. Then we can talk about the trip. I think you were talking about something you wanted to say." I said, remembering that one part. Not only that, but I needed to talk to him about my letter. Now that there weren't anymore distractions, nothing was left to help avoid it.

"Oh yeah. The letters the Princess gave us." He said, remembering what I meant. "Well, let's go then. I think that we do need to talk about it." He admitted, sounding way more mature than he usually did. Whatever he needed to talk about, it certainly wasn't something dumb. That's for sure.

"If you say so Spike." I said as both of us started walking back into Ponyville. For what had to be a relatively quiet trip back.

"Can I ask one question right now though?" Spike asked, breaking the short-lived silence.

"Sure, why not. Ask away." I told him, knowing that it was probably important whatever it was. I wasn't about to turn down one of his questions at this point. Especially when it sounds like something's been eating him alive all day.

"Thanks..." He said, thinking of how he should put it. I didn't rush him though, because it was probably going to be something that had a deep meaning to it and was- "So how was the kiss anyway?" so annoyingly stupid that...

I took a deep breath and sighed. Frowning towards what had to be the slyest grin I've seen Spike have on his face. He was acting sentimental to make me lower my guard and answer his stupid question...And it worked.

"Well..." I started, not wanting to think back to it too much. But not wanting him to be afraid of it or anything, I tried to say the first good thing I could try and come up with off the top of my head. And luckily, I was able to think of one thing.

"She tasted like mints."

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And that was the final episode of the 2nd Season of A Brony Life! Good Celestia, it took forever! I'm really sorry about the delays lately, but I've been working on something new. In a week or two, I'll tell you all what it is. Some of my friends who talk to me regularly on PMs know what I'm talking about, but not all of you.

So in one week, I'll start posting the finale! And I have some news I want to talk about. Some I'll put in a list form so it's easier to read:

1: I'm not putting a limit on how many chapters this finale is making. I'm fleshing out three brand new characters, building relationships with those three and the mane 7/Spike, and will be introducing new concepts. It will be a finale that will be as long as it needs to be.

2: I will post each chapter the second it's done. So there's no schedule for them. A chapter could come up one day after the last one, or four days. Maybe even two chapters in one day if I'm lucky. And please don't ask when the next one will be up. It won't take me as long as normal episodes, but it will vary.

3: I already know how the finales gonna go. It'll be in three acts.

ACT I: Coming Together

ACT II: The Museum Plan

ACT III: Returning to the Unpredicted

4: All the OCs that are sent to me will all get cameos. This I promise you. If by towards the end of the second ACT you haven't seen the name of your OC called out, please tell me. I'll be sure to remedy that.

5: I want to start a poll. One that will change each time. Every five chapters of the finale, I will reset a poll on my profile. It'll ask which of the three (Big Mike, Morgue, Joe) are your favorite. I'll announce when it's reset so check in when it does please. I already put one up on my profile for now, and it will stay until five chapters in the finale have passed.

So please check one of the three in that poll. It helps me know who to work on.

All that said, I think it's time I leave off here. I'll see you next chapter, in one week, with the beginning of the finale! Goodbye every Brony!

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Dear Blitz,

Before you openly let the others see this letter, I suggest reading it yourself before making that decision.

You see, this quest that I need you all to go on is one that I know you may not approve of at first. But be aware that everything in the other letter was true. This is important, and it will need every pony's combined efforts. Yours most importantly.

Your element, the Element of Courage, is not the only one. There are actually four Protectors of Harmony and you are just one of them. The other three are Heart, Persistence, and Creativity. And those other three are in the same world you once lived in. In the same country, in the same state, and in the same school.

I am afraid that it is indeed those three. It is because of this that I decided to send this letter to you personally so you may have time to think about it. If you don't accompany the others, I'm afraid that they'll have no choice but to go out alone. As frustrating as it may seem, this isn't a task we can deny.

They're all going because they are all Element Bearers and because I think that Morgue and the others will want to meet all of them before agreeing to the task. They do not know what it is either, aside from the fact that you are all coming to help them accomplish it.

Spike is coming because he will be the only way to come in contact with me personally. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, the original plan I had for contacting all of you was put into jeopardy. Letters are now the only safest way.

Not only that, but I have given him a secret letter of his own as well. One with similar instructions about a secret he will need to reveal to all of you at once.

I know what they have done to you in the past, and I understand that this is more than questionable to you. Which is why I'm hoping you'll understand. And if you still don't want to, then at least consider what this quest may mean to Rainbow Dash and the others.

While you have told them about your world, each of them will want to be there for a different reason. And yes, I am aware of how they are popular in your world. As is Princess Luna, Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, Discord, some other ponies of whom I have selected to be in your world temporarily, and even Spike himself.

If you want to talk to any pony about this right away, Spike is probably the best choice.

I hope you'll consider it, and come to the castle. We will answer any questions you have about this tomorrow when all of you have arrived. Until then, goodbye Blitz. I hope you make the correct decision.

~Princess Celestia