Fluttershy was laying peacefully in her bed. She was enjoying a lovely dream of herself on a romantic date with Dusk. Her sleep is rudely interrupted by the sound of Rainbow Dash crashing through her bedroom window.

"Fluttershy!!!" Dash shouted.

"Fos-Ro-Dah!" Fluttershy instinctually shouted, sending Rainbow Dash flying across the room.

"Oh Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy ran to Dash. "I'm sorry, are you okay?"

"Not important." Dash composed herself, getting to the air, darting back and forth. "Rune is on a rampage and Dusk said to get everypony!"

"Oh my." Fluttershy said. 'I knew Rune was strange but I don't believe he'd do this without reason.' She thought to herself.

Both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flew as fast as they could, well Rainbow Dash flew pretty fast, Fluttershy was falling behind. But they eventually made their way to a flipped over Sugarcube Corners.

"Oh my." Fluttershy said, looking around the rubble. "Rune did all of this?"

"Looks like it." Dash responded.

Among the ruins was Pinkie Pie. Pinkie was rocking back and forth, mumbling to herself.

"It's all gone." Pinkie mumbled.

"Uh Pinkie?" Dash patted Pinkie on the shoulder.

"Oh Dashie." Pinkie started to tear up. "It's all gone!"

"Pinkie..." Dash tried to comfort her, rubbing her mane. "It's okay. We'll get Rune for this."

"Rune?!" Pinkie asked. "Rune? RUNE! RUNE DID THIS???"

Pinkie moved away from Dash, went straight to the basement. She came back a minute later, her mane was flat and straight and she had ropes and a couple cannons strapped to her back.

"Let's make that MOTHERBUCKER PAY!!!!!!" Pinkamena shouted.

"but maybe there's a good reason for all of this." Fluttershy tried to say but was muffled by Pinkamena and Rainbow Dash's battle cries.

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Dusk and Trixie ran as fast as they could, following the path of destruction that Rune was making. It wasn't too long before they caught up to him. Rune, mane was flailing in the air like a brown fire, his horn was glowing a dark indigo and his eyes looked like they were spewing orange smoke.

"RUNE!?" Dusk shouted.

Rune stopped, and turned towards Dusk. His eyes went back to normal and his horn stopped glowing. Even the building he was just levitating was placed gently on the ground.

"Oh hey Dusk." Rune said very calmly. Rune looked around, possibly trying to come up with some form of excuse. "This.........This is exactly what it looks like........."

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Back at the Cutie Mark Crusader tree house, Sweetie Bell was hurriedly wrapping up the locket, trying to make it look inconspicuous. As Sweetie Bell made her way down the ramp as a scared Scootaloo and Apple Bloom.

"Sweetie Bell!" Apple Bloom shouted. "We have to get out of here!"

"Why?" Sweetie asked. "What happened? I heard a loud boom!"

"Apparently some angry unicorn is literally flipping buildings!" Scootaloo said.

"Oh my Celestia!" Sweetie Bell said. "I knew Rarity would get angry, but not his angry!"

Sweetie and Apple Bloom jumped into their wagon and driven by Scootaloo power, they made off as fast as they could.

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Dusk was able to "convince" Rune to calm down.

Dusk, Trixie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rarity stood in front of Rune, who was chained to the floor in Dusk's laboratory.

"Now Rune?" Dusk asked. "Can you explain why you almost DESTROYED PONYVILLE?"

"I was looking for something." Rune reluctantly said.

"What could you be looking for that makes you destroy half of Ponyville?" Applejack asked.

"How about this?" Rune proposed. "If you unchain me, I'll fix Ponyville and I'll explain everything."

Dusk and the mares huddled together. Whispering too softly for Rune to understand. Every few seconds, one or another of the ponies looked at Rune.

"If you fix Ponyville, then we'll listen to your story." Dusk said, breaking out of the huddle.

Rune nodded. The chains came off and Rune made his way to the front door.

Humming a simple sounding tune, Rune took a branch with his magic, stuck it into the ground and began carving what looks like a massive shape around the ruined part of Ponyville.

After about an hour or so, Rune finished his massive drawing:

With the Ponyville Library being in the center.

"What is all of this Rune?"Trixie asked.

"This." Rune passed a small piece of paper showing the drawing he drew.

"That's a repair circle!" Dusk said in amazement. "Where did you learn that spell?"

Rune sat down and turned back at Dusk. "Remember when Luna showed me those teleportation circles? Same process. I'm just putting everything back to the way it was."

Placing his hoofs on the lines, activating his horn. the lines glowed red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and then violet. As the circle glowed, to the shocks, gasps and aws of the townsponies, the town slowly repaired itself. From Dusk's perspective, this was an amazing spectacle. But from anypony already inside the semi-destroyed town, like say the Cutie Mark Crusaders, it was a terrifying sight.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Apple Bloom shouted.

"EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEE!!!!!!" Sweetie Bell screamed.

"WOOAAAHHHHH!!!!!" Scootaloo shouted, doing her best to dodge the rubble building itself back together.

"WHAT'S GOING ON????!!!!" Apple Bloom shouted.

"I DON'T KNOW!!!" Sweetie shouted back. "BUT KEEP MOVING SCOOTALOO!!!!!"

Scootaloo nodded, fluttering her wings as fast as she could, she sent the scooter she was moving to go faster, dodging in and around the various chunks of houses that were raising from the ground.

"We're almost there!" Sweetie said a little calmer. The Carousel Boutique was in their sights.

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The repairs were complete. The town of Ponyville was now back to as it was before Rune's onslaught. The circle drawing on the ground was now gone. Everypony was still in shock but gradually accepted that the town was now fixed and back to normal. Everypony around Rune still had their jaws wide open in shock and possibly amazement.

"So NOW can I explain everything?" Rune asked impatiently.

Dusk closed his mouth and nodded.

Inside the library, Rune began his short tale:

"So I own a locket." Rune confessed.

"A LOCKET?" Rarity shouted, trying to make it like she was just as surprised as the others. "You destroyed half of Ponyville for a locket?!"

"Yes Rarity." Rune wasn't fooled but didn't want Rarity to know that. "I have this locket that holds a very dark secret of mine."

"A Very Dark Secret?" Applejack said. "Well that doesn't sound good."

"What could be so bad that you hide it in a locket?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Does it have something to do with Princess Luna?" Pinkie asked, trying her best not to ruin the suspense by breaking her fourth wall.

"Yes." Rune confessed. "There's something very dangerous inside that locket that has something to do with Princess Luna."

"So where did you see it last?" Dusk asked.

"Well I went to bed with it on." Rune got up, and walked over to his room. "But when I woke up it was gone!"

Rune looked into his room to see Spike frantically trying to pick up something.

"Oh S-P-I-K-E?" Rune playfully, kinda scary-like manner asked. "What are you doing?"

Spike turned his head and looked like he was caught committing a crime.

"I...Uh....." Spike couldn't say anything.

"Spike?" Dusk asked, reaching Rune's room. "What are you doing in Rune's room?"

Not being able to come up with an excuse, Spike tried to make a break for it. But as he thought that he was running away, Spike noticed that he was slightly floating above the ground; his little legs running in place.

"S-P-I-K-E???!!!" Rune said, a gleam of a very creepy, very horrifying look pierced his eyes and it simply terrified Spike.

Spike, now tied up to a chair was sitting under a bright over hanging light. The rest of the room was dark, he couldn't see anything else. Only Dusk and Rune acted as interrogators. The others sat across the room.

"Spike?" Dusk asked, walking into the light. "Just tell us what you were doing."

Spike remained silent, he knew that if he confessed, then Rarity might not like him anymore.

Dusk eyed that Spike seemed to have something in his claws. "What do you have Spike?"

Spike started to sweat but remained silent. But Dusk was able to open Spike's claw, falling to the ground were several small scales, all of them were dragon scales.

Rune immediately rushed forward and stared very intensely at Spike.

"WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY LOCKET?!" Rune shouted, to add to the intensity, Rune's mane started to flail as it it were alive, his eyes spewed orange smoke and out of his mouth, fire blew over Spike's very terrified face.

"That's enough Rune!" Dusk loudly said, placing his hoof on Rune's shoulder.

Rune stopped, his mane and eyes returned to normal and Spike was still terrified.

"Rune?" Dusk asked. "Couldn't you just read Spike's mind and find out? There's no need to threaten or scare Spike."

Rune didn't respond. He simply walked over to Spike.

"Spike." Rune said. "Normally this is a very slow, very calming procedure, but I'm not in the mood for that!"

Rune gently places his horn upon Spike's forehead. Rune's eyes closed and his horn glowed. Spike's eye started going blank and eventually closed as well. Across the room, Rarity, realizing that Rune will find the answer soon, got up form her seat.

"Where you going Rarity?" Applejack asked.

"Oh it's nothing." Rarity replied. "I simply forgot something at the Boutique. I shall be right back."

So Rarity was just about to walk out the door when the door slammed shut in front of her, large chains wrapped around the door and two large hands formed from the door frame, holding the door shut.

"What?!" Rarity said in shock.

"You're-Not-Going-Anywhere." Rune playfully teased at Rarity.

Rarity looked back at Rune. Rune's eyes were normal, his mane and all other features were the usual, but his expression was a very stern, a very serious one. Nopony has ever seen that look on Rune's face.

"I just finished looked through Spike's memories." Rune said.

"I uh....well...I was just going to the Boutique." Rarity tried to save herself. "I forgot something."

"You mean my LOCKET!?" Rune said, backing Rarity into a corner pressed against the door. "I really hope that's what you were doing. Look at Spike!" Rarity looked at Spike, who was sitting in the now well lit kitchen, he looked like he just either experience the most amazing orgasm or has seen the most terrifying thing. "I know you asked him to steal my locket from me. No give it BACK! Or I'll do to you what I did to Spike!"

Rarity was getting really scared here. But she was saved by Dusk, Applejack and Rainbow Dash pulling Rune back. This moment of distraction was enough to case the illusion on the door to disappear. Rarity took this opportunity to run for her life. Rune saw this and in his anger, knocked Dusk, AJ and Dash off of him. Looking from the door back to the ponies that stopped him, in a flick of his horn, all three of them were bound by ropes.

"I'll leave you like that until I get my locket back." Rune said. Then he looked at Pinkie and Fluttershy. "Are you two gonna get in my way?!" Pinkie shook her head and Fluttershy, she did what you'd expect, she cowered under something.

Using his teleportation magic, Rune went from the library to the Carousel Boutique. But when he arrived, he appeared in front of the Cutie Mark Crusaders' way, crashing into each other.

"Oh sorry about that." Rune said in a calmer tone.

"It's okay Rune." Apple Bloom said. "We're not hurt."

"Yeah be we won't be much longer!" Sweetie Bell panicked. "If we don't get this to Rarity, we'll all be in big trouble."

Sweetie Bell then took out the locket, to show what she was talking about. Rune's eyes immediately gleamed with joy.

"MY LOCKET!" Rune cheered.

"Your Locket?" The Crusaders asked in unison.

"But I found it on Rarity's table. How is it yours?" Sweetie asked.

Rune tried to explain. "Because Rarity-"

"There you are Sweetie." Rarity shouted from a distance. "And I see you found my locket. Please bring it here."

"Your Locket?!" Rune shouted in anger.

"Yes." Rarity calmly said, trying to turn the situation into her favor. "Now Sweetie, please back my locket."

Rune leaned towards Sweetie Bell and the other Crusaders. "I can prove it's mine. Give it to me." Rune whispered.

"How can you prove it?" Apple Bloom whispered back.

"I can open it." Rune replied. "Give it back and I'll show you what's inside."

Now Sweetie Bell, as well as the other Cutie Mark Crusaders have only known Rune for about a year, but he's never lied, never broke any promise he made to them.

"Sweetie." Rarity was losing patience. "Bring back my locket NOW!"

"Sorry Rarity." Sweetie said. "But Rune promised to open it." Sweetie then handed the locket over to Rune.

"Why you." Rarity charged at Rune. But in a flash of light, Rune along with the crusaders were gone.

"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Rarity cried in defeat.

Back at the Cutie Mark Crusader tree house, Rune was surrounded by the three crusaders; all of them giddy with anticipation. Holding his precious locket again, Rune felt so much happier and more secure. Looking at the hopeful looks in the little fillies' eyes, Rune knew he had to keep his promise.

"Okay." Rune said. "Now I promised I'd show you what's inside. BUT....but you must promise me you will NEVER tell anypony about what you see..........PROMISE?"

Each filly raised their right hoof. "We promise" They said in unison.

"Okay." Rune held the locket close to his mouth. "Nepo"