I run through the cottage at top speed. The dumb one has slept in again, forgetting her duties once more. I swear, if I wasn't here she would probably forget her tail somewhere. I kick her door open and hop over to the bed, where I jump up onto it. It's empty. You have to be kidding me. She forgot where her bed is. First the cherries in my salad, then the chickens start thinking they can peck away at my food bowl, and now this! That's it, I'm kicking her head in. I've made up my mind, she needs to be put in her place.

"HUUUUUUUUGHNNG!" I look over to the bathroom as the sound of the dumb one puking roars from within there. I leap off the bed and run over there and kick the door open, where I find the dumb one laying before the toilet.

"Uhg, good morning Angel. Sorry about this, just some morning sickness." She says before she flushes the toilet. I wince a bit from the vile smell and back away from her as she picks herself up and begins to brush her teeth. I hate these kind of moments. If I don't remind her that she has to get going, she'll take forever in there. But if I go in there, then I'll have to smell the remains of... blech.

Smelly bathroom, remind dummy.... choices.

Dammit, you better remember the cherries next time!

After a good brushing I gargle the remaining bile out of my mouth and down the drain. Morning sickness, one of the joys of pregnancy-

THUD-UD-UD-UD-UD-UD-UD

I look down and see Angel kicking at my leg, trying to get my attention.

"Yes Angel, do you need something?" I ask him. He points back to the window, pretends to swing a stick around, then pretends to eat a hand held- "OH! I forgot that I was helping Big Mac today!" I run out of the bathroom and begin to head for the front door. How could I have forgotten so easily! I hope Big Mac isn't upset at me.

I quickly grab my harvesting staff and run out the door, barely remembering to shut it as I take off for the eastern field. Finding Big Mac wasn't a problem, all I had to do was look for the large red dot that's kicking trees. Oh wait, I forgot to thank Angel for reminding me. Oh, but I'm already late for helping Big Mac, and I'm already here. But I don't want Angel getting mad at me either, especially after I forgot the cherries. I look back to Big Mac and see him staring right up at me. He's already seen me, I can't leave now, sorry Angel.

"Good morning Mac, sorry for being late." I say as I land before him.

"Mornin’ sickness?" He ask as he walks over to me and nuzzles my cheek.

"Yeah, real bad. I hardly slept last night."

"Why woncha come on over and stay on the farm? Ah hate not bein there fer ya when ya git like this." He says as he moves back to the tree and resumes picking up the fallen apples. I sigh as I join him. We have this talk almost everyday now.

"I told you Mac, that wouldn't be good for Granny. She doesn't remember us being married, let alone me being pregnant. For now, we'll just have to... to..." I look behind me and survey the trees.

"Ta what? Everything okay Shy?" Mac asks me worriedly.

"Yes, yes I'm fine. I just felt as if some... pony was watching me. Where is Applejack working today?" I ask him as I resume picking up apples.

"She's out in the corn field dis mornin. Ya sure everything is alright? Ya look scared." He says as he walks over to me and makes me look him in the eyes.

"Yes, everything is fine... but if I could stay by your side for the rest of the day I would really appreciate it because I have this nagging feeling that I'm being watched and I also want to spend time with you but the other thing is really-"

"Shy."

"Too much?" I ask, blushing deeply.

"Eeyup."

"Sorry. I just..." know who that is and don't feel safe being alone, "want you by my side." He smiles to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek, making me blush even deeper.

"Course, but that means y'all have to come wit me ta the Library. Storm is callin all Spartans there fer sumptin." Spartans... as in the fighting experts.

"Oh, of course! I don't mind at all! It won’t be a problem, will it?"

"If it is, they can tell it ta my flank.Now lets finish this up before we git going." I sigh in relief with the thought of being surrounded by all of the Spartans, though I can still sense those eyes staring right at me. What is he up to? How did he escape? Discord, please don't do anything rash.

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With a tired groan I finally pull myself out of the crystal cavern and begin the walk back home. It's been nearly an entire day, but I've learned everything I can from that machine. It's pretty ingenious really. The back enchantment is a soul snare, and to keep the soul from breaking out or fading it keeps it powered up with the Elements. So if a fluctuating soul is captured, it'll solve the problem by adding more power until it becomes stable. And since the soul isn't in the body, no harm done. Brilliant... dangerous, but brilliant.

From there, the souls power activates the other eight enchantments. I could only see three of them, the two on the ground and the back most one, so I have to make some assumptions. The floors larger ring sets the spell to break the human body down while the smaller one sets the spell to put it back together, getting the coding from one of the previous enchantment. This one takes up the most power, which is why it takes so long for the body to actually change.

The last one is a simple energy reader. I takes a reading of the subjects soul and translates it for another spell. My assumption is that your power level determines what you'll turn into. Awakened people must have turned into unicorns, seeing as how they had the most power. Active souls must have turned into pegasi, seeing as they would more than the average person to do so. And finally, everyone else turns into an earth pony.

Thus, humanity continued. I just want to know where they got the coding for the ponies. I guess they could have taken it from one of those assailants. That would be sick, but it would help them in the long run I guess... Maybe I shouldn't think too much on this. I make it to the outskirts of Canterlot and look up to the mountain. Why did we have to put the mico platform so high up?

I look over to my new wings and try to get them to budge, only being able to get a few twitches. I guess I'm not flying then. With no other option I begin trekking my way around Canterlot and up the mountain.

FLASH

FINALLY! For fuck sake. I hate that mountain, I miss the cheating abilities of magic, and rock slides are assholes! I just want to drop into bed, and fall asleep for the next day. I open the closet door and plop onto the center of the bed. I just lay there, eyes closed as something wiggles under my stomach. Wiggles? I roll over and move the sheets to find Shadow.

"Shadow?"

"AAAAAH!" She screams when she sees me and tries to run away, but I grab her before she can get off the bed.

"Shadow, stop screaming! It's me, Miles! It's, stop fidgeting, Shadow..... SHADOW!" I yell, getting her to freeze. "Shadow, it's me. It's dad. I know I look different, but it's still me underneath." She stares at me, wide eyed as she continues to pant.

"... dad?" She asks as she leans over and looks-

"What are you looking at?"

"It is you! You have the same cutie mark! It's a bit different, but so are you I guess." She says happily as she breaks my hold and hugs me... then hits me as hard as she can.

"What was that-"

"Why did you make me say goodbye! Everypony thought you were going to die!" She yells as she continues to hit my chest. "Don't do that to me! I hated you for that, I hated you."

"Shadow..."

"I didn't want to lose you like I loss Lantern. You were the only pony that ever saw me and cared about me. And you made me say goodbye. Why did you do that to me?" She asks as she looks up to me, tears running down her cheeks.

"Shadow, I thought I was dying. I didn't know this would happen. Shadow," I say as I pull her face to look at me. "I'm so sorry, I really am. I didn't want you to go through this for nothing. Had I known that I would be coming back, I wouldn't have forced you to do that... but that still doesn't make it right. What I did was wrong, can you forgive me?" I ask her as I wipe a tear away from her cheek. She looks away from me to wipe her face clean before lunging at me, hugging me as tightly as possible.

"Okay, but if you do this again it's a no." She says, making me laugh.

"Deal. Now, what were you doing in here?" I ask her as I hug her back.

"Oh, Moosden gets noisy so I come here to take naps... and I kind of like sleeping in your bed." She says shyly. I laugh again, making her try to hide her face in my chest.

"It's alright. A nap sounds good actually, it's what I came here for. How about this, we take a quick nap before spending the rest of the day together. Sound good?" I ask, getting her to shake her head in agreement. I move to the other side of the bed and lay on my side, trying to get comfy. "Okay then, sleep, then other stuff."

She nestles herself against my side and begins to go back to sleep. I try to do the same, but it quickly feels as if I'm suffocating my wing. Once it gets to be too much, I move around to I'm completely on my back... but that doesn't feel right either. No, I've seen Storm sleep like this, why is it weird? Maybe-

"If you keep moving I'm kicking you out." Shadow says as she sits up. I laugh a bit as I try stretching into a proper position. "Here, try sleeping like this." She instructs me to lay on my stomach and to tuck my legs underneath myself. At first it felt weird, but once I relaxed into it, it was good. She pulls my foreleg out a bit and sets herself in there, using my leg as a pillow.

"Better?" I ask her, getting a tired nod from her. I guess I'm going to have to learn how to sleep as well... that sucks.

"Miles?" Shadow asks quietly.

"Yeah?"

"Um... I... well... what happens next... cause... I liked living with you, I really did... but Butterscotch and E'Claire..."

"You really like living with them, don't you?" I ask her as I lay my head on a pillow, trying to get as much shut eye as possible.

"Mhmm, but... I don't want to leave you either-"

"Shadow-"

"But at the same time, they've been so nice to me. I don't want to just leave them-"

"Shadow-"

"But I'm already going to Ponyville Elementary, so I guess I would have to live closer to-"

"Shadow." I say as I move a wing over her. Wait a sec, FUCK YEAH! I moved a wing! HA! Now... how the fuck did I do that?

"Dad?"

"Oh, right. Shadow, you don't have to pick. You can have both." I tell her, getting a confused look. "It takes you ten seconds to get to Moosden, Shadow. You can have both."

"Oh yeah... but you're okay with me living with Butterscotch and E'Claire?"

"Yeah, but you better visit often. I mean that, daily visits. No exceptions." She giggles a bit as she relaxes back onto my arm.

"Okay." I sigh in relief and relax as well, trying to fall asleep. "I love you dad."

"I love you to Shadow, now, shhhhhhhhhh. Sleep." She giggles a bit, but otherwise remains relatively silent. I close my eyes and let myself to finally fall asleep.

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After a long deliberation with Ulfric, I finally get a chance to deal with my nightly duties. Though I am in the Griffin Colonies, checking on the dreams of my ponies hasn't proven to be too difficult. Mainly because of the power increase from my beloved. I walk down the stone hallway to my chambers and shut the door behind myself. Out of the public eye, I sigh and move over to my bed, where I drop down and relax a bit.

Dealing with Ulfric is always tiresome. On top of him being as unmoving as a mountain, his mental probings are tiresome. He's always trying to break into my mind to somehow get an edge on me, but I've held out for this long. But that's besides me now. Now I can go into the dreamscape and escape the problems of the Griffin Colonies.

After I remove my jewelry, all except my bracelet, I lay on the bed and charge my horn to enter the dreamscape. It appears to me like the night sky. A black canvas dotted with little white specks. When I focus on a single speck, the dream opens up for me, allowing me access.

Let's see... not much right now, though it is still fairly early for them. I can see maybe twelve, most seem to be little colts and fillies who were sent to bed early. Nothing worth checking up on. I can see two adults. An elderly mare dreaming about her late husband... no, not there. The other adult seems to be dreaming about... nothing yet. They must have just fallen asleep. Oh well, with nothing-

GO BACK

I nearly jump back to consciousness when my soul tells me that. It hasn't spoken since... before. Go back? Okay, I go back to the previous dream and wait for it to begin to form. The first thing to come to is a large green field nestled between two forest. In the distance is Canterlot Mountain, but without Canterlot.

"Well, I didn't think it would be this kind of dream, but whatever. I'll roll with it." I spin around and... and....

"MILES!" I yell as I wake back up in my bed. That was Miles! HE'S ALIVE! I have to go back, I have to see him as soon as possible! I jump off the bed and begin to gather all of my things, tossing them into my bags frantically. Once I have everything together, I run for the door and-

SMACK

"Hey Luna... Luna?" Regina asks as she steps in. Once the door shuts I fall off the wall onto my stomach. "Luna! We just got a letter from Celestia... oh, you got one too? Good, with you packed we can get going. Do you know what's going on?" She asks me as she helps me up.

"Wait... you got one from Celestia... oh.... oh my."

"Is that bad? What's going on?" She asks me as I start to walk to the bed.

"I think... I think Miles is back. No, I know he's back." I say as I take a seat on the bed. Regina runs over and hugs me, lifting me up slightly.

"That's great Luna! I can't believe it, he's alive! What happened? How did he do it? Is it permanent? OOOOOOO, can I see him shirtless!?"

"Regina... Celestia sent the letter... and no, that's my man."

"So?"

"So, that probably means that Miles told her... about us." Regina sits there, not completely understanding me. "*sigh* I never told her, remember!?"

"OOOOOH! Well... hmm... You'll just have to face the music on that one then." She says as she turns and leaves the room. With a groan I levitate my things and follow after her.

"But what about Miles? He'll probably be mad to. What should I do?" I ask her as I catch up with her.

"You want the easy way, or the hard way?" She asks me.

"... that depends. What does each one entail?" I ask nervously, getting a wicked grin from her. "Sometimes I wonder how you're not an escort."

"Doesn't pay enough. Now, either way this is ending with you on your back, but let's hope for the fun way." Why did I ask for her opinion? Well... if Miles is really back, then I guess it would end that way. I mean, by the time I get there, I should be in heat again. At least now I'll have my man back. Hang tight Miles, I'll be there soon.

Shout out to Not FBI for picking who Discord visited first. Thanks for reading and like always,

Brony on!

Pssst, new blog post for OC's! Calling All Spartans!