The last three days have been really good for me. I got to reconnect with a mother that I thought I'd never meet, had some alone time with Twilight, and worked out the inheritance thing, couldn't really ask for more. We decided to leave early today because both Twilight and I decided that the sooner I got my training done, the better. I don't know how she did it, but my mother somehow got Twilight on board with me to get the training. So, here we are, holding each other as we take her balloon back to Ponyville, just taking in the sun rise together. She lets out a small sigh as she leans her head against my shoulder.

"Tired?" I ask as I lean my head against hers.

"No... just, glad."

"About what?"

"A lot of things. Us, meeting your mother, our friends, everything is perfect right now" she says as she tightens her hold on me slightly. I sigh and give her a kiss against the head.

"Yeah... thanks for doing this... getting my mother I mean."

"I'm just glad she likes me. I was a little afraid she wouldn't when we first met."

"Even if she didn't, it wouldn't matter... I love you Twilight." She turns to me and runs her hoof along the side of my face with a slight smile.

"I love you Storm." We lean in and share a passionate kiss as we start to descend into Ponyville. When we land behind her place I scoop her up and fly her to the door, getting a small eep and giggles from Twilight as she holds onto me. I let her down to open the door, only to have it slam open in her face.

"Storm! When did you get back? And where's Twilight?" Spike asks as he walks through the doorway. I close the door and watch Twilight slowly slide off the wall to her hooves. "Why were you behind there?"

"Spike, you should really open doors more slowly," I say as I check on Twilight.

"Oh... sorry. Well, glad you're back, want me to make some breakfast?"

"Actually I've got some stuff to drop off at home, so I think I'll eat there."

"I'll come with you, it's been a while since I saw Miles anyway. Want to tag along Spike?"

"Well... sure. I'll help you with those bags then." I nod and walk back with Spike as Twilight goes inside to get something. We each take one of my bags and start to pull them out when Spike tries to look inside one of the pockets of the bag. I slam my hoof over it and cover up what's inside. "Storm! What's the-"

"Spike, please do me a favor and don't look inside of that pocket. I want to keep it a secret for as long as possible."

"Well, what is it?"

"I can't say. It's nothing bad, I just really, really want it to be a secret. Only one other pony knows what's in there and I want to keep it that way."

"Okay, okay, I won’t look..."

"Actually, can we trade bags?" He gives me an irritated look before he trades bags with me. We walk back to the front and wait for Twilight to come back down.

"What's she doing in there anyway?" Spike asks.

"She said she had to get something, just give her a minute." Probably best to not tell him she is taking birth control. I think I'll
let Twilight handle that one. She makes it back down and we head towards my place.

"So Spike, did we miss anything important? How did AJ do in her contest?"

"She won the blue! Not surprising if you ask me, but it was still a close call. Good thing she asked Miles for that last minute training..."

"She asked Miles for help, wow. I know she got over that stubbornness, but she still rarely asks for help with anything," Twilight says.

"I know, but she did. Let’s see, what else... OH! Miles saved Pinkie Pies life!"

"Really!? How?" I ask.

"They were on the Ferris wheel, and she fell out. He jumped after her and saved her and the Ferris wheel from falling over."

"Wow, anything else?"

"Umm... no. Not that I know of at least. What about you two? How was it at your moms?"

"Well, I had a little trouble sleeping," I say, getting Twilight to blush, "but other than that, it was good. It was nice to speak with somepony I thought I'd never meet."

"Hmm... did you have fun Twilight?"

"Umm... yeah. His mother is a very nice pony. But, I had a little trouble sleeping at night as well." She says, making her face blush even more.

"Maybe you guys shouldn't spend too much time at that altitude, it's really messing with your sleep." Spike says innocently. Twilight and I just laugh and agree with him. We make it to my place and walk in the front door.

"AHH WOLF!" Twilight screams as she teleports behind me. I look over to see a wolf sitting in the corner behind the couch and recliner. Its shaking slightly and staring off to the kitchen area. I walk over and peer into the other side of the living room to find Miles curled up on the ground, with all of his magic portals sputtering out white flames. The ground around him is covered in different scorch marks and seems to be glowing red from Miles.

"MILES!" I yell as I run to his side.

"STAY BACK!" He yells at me as I approach him.

"Miles, what’s wrong? What’s-"

"I SAID STAY BACK!" He yells as he slams his fist into the ground sending a wave of magic that turns his house into solid jade. I look around in astonishment before another wave sends it back to the element it was before. "AAAAHHHHHH! JUST STAY BACK! STAY AWAY!" He yells with mixed cries of pain and misery.

"What's going on? What can we do to help? Come on Miles tell us!"

"N-NOTHING... JUST.... H-HAVE TO WAIT... FOR IT TO-TO-TO PASS!" He yells as he rolls over and holds onto his knees. I can see the pain in his face, he's in absolute complete pain.

I look back to Twilight and ask, "is there anything we can do?" She walks over and takes a look at him for a bit before she looks back to me.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do... maybe the princess can help, I'll write her a letter" she says as she walks over to the table. I look back to Miles and just watch helplessly as he sits there in pain. There has to be something I can do... something.

"Is there something I can do?" Spike asks as he walks up to us.

"I don't know Spike... we can't do anything for him right now. His magic makes him too hot to touch right now."

"I'm a dragon, lava doesn't even bother me. Let me try to help" he says as he walks up to him and holds a claw to his head. He moves his claw to a few different spots before he looks back to me. "He's not hot."

"What do you mean, look at the ground, there are scorch marks everywhere."

"Yeah, but he feels cold to me. Almost frozen."

"Spike, send this to Celestia" Twilight says as she levitates a scroll over to Spike. He sends it away and we just stand aside, watching helplessly as Miles contorts around in pain. The flames start to jet out at a high rate, slowly turning to a dark emerald green.

I HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH

"That can't be good." I say as I look over to Twilight.

Luna and I are having breakfast together again. It’s nice to have her back to her old self again, mostly. I can tell she's still hurting from before, but in time she'll move on. She's still keeping quiet, but at least I've got her out of bed.

"So, how was the night court?" I ask, trying to start a conversation up.

"Quiet," she says bitterly as she takes a bite from her pancakes.

"Quiet how?"

"No pony showed up."

"Oh. Well..." she gives a deep sigh and takes another bite. I was about to say something when a scroll suddenly appeared before me. I take it and read it over. This can't be good.

"Another letter from Twilight, what's it about this time?"

"Well..."

"Well?"

"It seems that Miles is in trouble again." I say, making Luna drop her fork.

"What happened?"

"Well... according to Twilight, he's experiencing some kind of energy overload..."

"We have to help him!" Luna says as she stands and starts to leave the table.

"Luna, wait," I say as I chase after her, stopping her at the end of the table. "I don't think it would be wise for you to go-"

"And why is that?"

"Luna, you just broke up with him, do you really think seeing him so early is a good idea?"

"I may not be with him anymore, but that doesn't mean that I don't get to see him ever again. He is still my friend and I wish to see him," she says as she continues to walk out. I shake my head and follow her out. I just know this won't end well, but there's no way I can convince her not to go. We walk to one of my carriages and make our way to Ponyville. The entire trip was done in silence, Luna giving me the cold shoulder. We land out front of Miles' house where we find Twilight, Storm Cloud, and Spike waiting out front. Why is Storm Cloud waiting here?

"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, thank goodness you're here. "Twilight says as she runs up to us and gives a bow.

"Twilight, my star pupil, it is good to see you again, though I wish under better circumstances. What's going on with Miles?" I say as I head for the door, only to stop when all three of the jump in the way.

"You can't go in there princess!" Storm yells.

"And why not? Also, why are you here? I thought my orders were pretty clear-"

AT LAST YOU ARRIVE

I look to the door to see the green being from before appear. He looks almost exactly the same, only now it seems to have hair that flows down from its head.

"Soul Fire?" Luna says as she walks forward. In the blink of an eye the being shoots forward and stabs Luna in the chest with its arm. Luna's mane and tail rocket up as her energy levels soar to unbelievable heights. The green being pulls back its arm as Luna drops to the ground unconscious, her mane and tail still shooting out energy.

"What have you done!" I yell as I run to Luna's side, only to back away when the same blue figure as before appears above Luna. It floats down to the ground before Luna and walks towards the green one, stopping feet away from it.

WHY DO YOU CALL

MY TIME IS LIMITED

TIME, IS OF NO IMPORTANCE

EVEN SO, I WISH TO PROGRESS

YOU WILL PROGRESS WHEN I ALLOW YOU TO

DO NOT FORGET WHO GAVE YOU THIS POWER. WE MUST PROGRESS NOW. TIME IS WORKING AGAINST US.

The two of them stand there for a moment before they each take aggressive stances, both making blades appear from their hands out of their energy. They suddenly lose form and bolt at each other as balls of pure energy. When they collide into each other a shock wave explodes out from them, sending me back a bit. When I look back to them they've soared high into the air, jetting around in a frenzy of crashes that sends waves of energy from them.

"Princess, what's going on?" Twilight asks as she runs to my side.

"I don't know, what happened during my trip here?"

"The green one appeared and just floated above Miles. When we tried to talk to it, it just waved its hand at us, sending us flying back." Before I could ask anything, a series of shock waves makes us look back up at the fighting pair. They collide a couple more times before slamming into the ground before us, sending dust high into the air. After the dust settles we see the two forms standing before each other without the swords.

FORGIVE MY INTRUSION

FORGIVE MY DELAYS

They walk towards each other and share... a kiss? It's hard to tell because of the lack of features on them, but the motions are all the same. They hold it for a while until the blue one breaks it off and starts to walk towards Luna. It hovers over her and fades back into her, making her wake up.

"Huh? What happened?" she asks as she looks around. "Soul Fire?"

FORGIVE THE-

"GIVE....ME....CONTROL!" We all look back to see Miles standing in the doorway. The dark black lines on his body seem to be cracking away and have wisps of black smoke falling from them. His eyes have turned pure black and seem to have the same smoke billowing out, covering his cheeks as it falls to the ground.

DO NOT-

Before he could finish Miles jumps forward and punches into the air, sending a column of black energy at the green entity. He jumps above the column and flies straight for Miles and collides with him, forcing him unconscious. The column of energy has disappeared, but the ground where it was being fading away.

"What was that?" I ask in disbelief.

"I think we should ask Miles when he wakes up... this seems to be something new," Luna says as she walks towards his unconscious body. I knew this was going to be bad... but I have a feeling things just got even worse.

Thanks to Sine wave for picking what the house turned into.