(Twilight POV)

I hum lightly as Spike and I continue to organize the books around the library, feeling a lot more relaxed since the incident that happened this morning. Since Drak decided to head out with his workout with Rainbow, I decided that now would be a good time to reorganize the place. As a few of the books floated in the air around them, I look over to see how my assistant is doing. "Everything going ok Spike?" I call out.

The young dragon currently was on a ladder, holding at least half a dozen books in his arms as he does his best to stay balanced. "Yea Twilight, I-whoa-doing ok here. Just-oh boy-trying to stay steady." He says, slowly walking down the ladder and collecting a few more of the tomes.

I sigh and shake my head. "You know that you don't have to keep gathering all the books at once. It's fine to take a few at a time." I remind him yet again. He always seems to do this to himself, making it much more difficult than it really needs to be.

Spike just huffs as he finally gets himself steady on one of the rungs. "I know, but this makes it get done quicker, and the quicker it gets done, the sooner I can go outside and play in the snow." He says, looking around himself and giving a small smile. "Besides, it seems I'm getting the hang of-"

Just then, the door suddenly slams open, causing the vibration to shake Spike on the ladder...and topple over, all the books landing all over and around the poor dragon. Giving a small puff of smoke, he leans against his arm with a grumble. "Nevermind..."

I look over to see who it was that entered the library so suddenly...and to my shock, I see AJ and Rainbow, the former carrying an unconscious Drak on her back. I gasp as I place the books down and quickly rush over to them. "AJ, Rainbow! What happened?"

"I don't know! At one moment we were seeing about his whole not looking into other's eyes thing, then the next moment he is mumbling something about some pony and he just goes out of it." Rainbow says, carefully laying him down on the couch as she and AJ look at the unicorn.

"Ah tried to tell her that we need to bring him to the hospital, but-" AJ starts before being interrupted.

"And I kept saying that he has been there enough already to last a lifetime! A pony shouldn't be there for such a long time!" She states, waving her fore hooves in the air.

"Girls, enough!" I say, getting their attention back to the situation at hoof. "In any case, he's here now, so let's see what is wrong before we decide to bring him to the hospital or not." I say, getting a nod from them both.

We look down at the human and I quickly start inspecting him, seeing if there is anything else amiss about him. After a few moments, I move to his face and use my magic to gently open his eyes. Thankfully, they seem to be normal and not the bloodshot red that it was at the party. "Eyes are normal, so it isn't a panic attack." I say to myself, getting some relief from the others. "What exactly happened?"

It was Dash who spoke up first. "We just finished our training and I thought it would be a good idea to head out and get some food, so I took him to AJ to get some fritters. Anyways, we had a whole thing with how AJ didn't trust him and she said sorry, all that stuff."

"Afterwards ah asked him about why he doesn't look into other pony's eyes, and he had no idea himself, so we thought that looking into some pony's eyes would help him to see, perhaps with what he feels, and then..." AJ continues before pausing, both of them looking at each other.

"And then what?" I ask, confused.

"Well...it kind of got really creepy by then..." Dash says, and they go on to explain how when looking into Rainbow's eyes, he was somehow able to see what she was feeling, like an open book. However, after a few minutes, something seemed to happen that caused him to collapse.

"So we brought him here...well, Rainbow brought him here. Ah still think-"

"AJ he's here let's just deal with the here and now." Dash says with a sigh, the country mare giving a small nod as she finally agrees.

"So he just fell unconscious like that?" I ask, looking him over some more, checking his vitals again to make sure they are normal, which so far they are...at least from his other times I took his vitals.

"Yea, that's pretty much it...although." The cyan pony pauses as she rubs her chin with a hoof. "He did mention that I reminded him of somepony for some reason. I think he said she's called...Aryas?"

Now this got my attention. "Wait, he said you reminded him of some pony? As if you looked familiar to some pony he...knows?" I ask, my eyes going wide as I look at my speedy friend.

"Yea, but I don't see how that...oh..." She starts to say before her eyes go wide as well, AJ quick to follow suit.

"Does that mean staring at Dash here caused his memory to be jogged?" The Earth pony asks.

"It would seem so, but I can't be sure till he wakes up." I say softly, looking back at Drak sleeping on the couch. As the minutes slowly tick by, an idea starts to form in my head. "Unless..."

"Hold on there sugarcube. Ah know that look, and it can't be anything safe." AJ says as she walks closer to me.

"Yea, your ideas tend to be a bit risky, and that's coming from me." Agrees Dash.

"I know, but it may be our only chance to find out something about him." I explain, turning to face them. "There is a chance that looking into your eyes jogged something, and his mind is currently going over such memories. The best chance would be to have him tell us what he sees when he wakes up, but there is a chance that he won't remember it, like a dream if you will. The best chance is for me to...to dive in and see for myself." I say. "I promise, it should be simple for me to do. I just need to adjust the memory spell a bit and then I can just enter his mind...at least, the current thoughts of his mind."

My friends hesitate as they look at one another, and then at the laying human. It takes only a few moments before they sigh and give a nod. "Ok, ah trust you." AJ says.

"And I do as well." Rainbow agrees.

I smile at them both, and give them a hug each as thanks. "Thank you, I promise to be as safe as I can." I say before turning to face Drak. Taking a few deep breaths, I close my eyes and light my horn, my mind already going through the motions of the spell. Soon, I reach forward with my magic, touching his forehead...

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(Drak's mind, Twilight POV)

Well, this is interesting. Seems so dark though, almost like it's empty...wait, there's a light. Just...a bit...closer...

The next moment, I open my eyes and find myself in the middle of a forest, surrounded by trees on all sides. It's rather strange, for the place reminds me of the Everfree, and yet...it looks nothing like it. It's brighter, for one, and I can hear birds singing in the distance.

Before I can get a chance to listen to them, however, they just as quickly stop as they had started. I don't even get a chance to find out why when Drak suddenly appears from the underbrush, his staff in hand as he rushes back before turning around, seeming to be in a fighting stance.

I quickly get up on my hooves, not realizing I fell down to a sitting position. "Drak! Thank Celestia I found you. Where is this place, do you-"

"You can't keep this up for much longer Aryas." The human calls out, seeming to ignore my very presence. I give him a strange look as I walk around him to get him to look right at me.

"Drak, can you hear me?" I ask, waving a hoof in front of him. However, he doesn't react at all to me being here. In fact, when I look at his eyes, he doesn't even flinch or try to look away, as if I'm not there at all.

Before I can inspect this further, the shrubs shake as another person...no, a pony rushes out, this one holding a spear in her hooves. Her coat is cyan in color, her mane a rather messy yellow as she took a ready position in front of the human. A quick look at her sides showed that she is indeed a pegasus, even if one of the wings is bandaged to her side. If I didn't know any better I would have assumed it was Rainbow with some hair dye, but her eyes are much different as well...more experienced and focused, as well as a much darker shade of purple. Plus her cutie mark is different; a bright orange spear with wings

"You really think you can run away from me Drak? Even in my injured condition you can't beat me on a bad day...and this is far from a bad day for me." She brags, giving a rather cocky grin.

Drak just rolls his eyes as he waves the tip of his staff at her. "Big words coming from somepony who can't even run faster than a mere human, Aryas. Do you plan on talking me to death or actually fighting me?" He asks, surprisingly cocky for himself.

The mare, Aryas I assume, snorts as she readies her spear, and before I can react, she charges forward, the tip aimed right at the human! And I was still between them!

I gasp as I quickly place a shield around us both, ready for the impact. However, instead of hitting the shield, her spear just goes through it. And not only that, she phases through it as well, like it isn't there. I try to block her with my hooves now, but instead of hitting me, her spear passes through me. I can't help but shiver as I feel not only her weapon but herself just rush through my body as if I was made of air. I shake my head as I look at myself in shock, then I hear the sounds of wood clashing, and turning I see that Drak blocked the strike, and was making his own attack.

Realizing that there is nothing I can do, I lower my shield and resign myself to just watch. I soon figured out, with a few more tests, that nothing I could do could affect what was happening. For all intent, I was just here to watch and observe, unable to change the outcome of what was happening. I was rather worried that I couldn't do anything, and the longer the fight went on, the more I realized that Drak...was losing.

As the fight went on for what felt like hours, the human collapses, giving Aryas an opening. She yells out and charges, knocking the staff from his hand and slamming the butt of her spear into his gut, causing him to fall down on his back. She quickly takes advantage of the situation and, tossing her spear to the side, lunges forward as she pins him to the ground, her face inches from his.

Drak struggles for a few moments before finally falling still, just staring back at her with slight annoyance. The pegasus just smirks...and then headbutts him lightly.

"I win again!" She says with a laugh.

The human grumbles as he moves a hand from under her and rub his head where she hit him. "Do you really have to do that every time you win Aryas?" He asks.

"Hey, until you can beat me, I get to do whatever the fuck I want." She says with a grin, sitting down on his lap as Drak gets up to a sitting position, stretching his limbs. It's at this moment that I am able to take a better look at the human, and I realize that he is shirtless, nothing covering his top, only wearing some pants and shoes. Not only that, but I could see that his skin was much more...softer? At least it was different without the scars there that he got...or the bandages.

"Such a nice way to treat your savior." He comments, reaching over and flicking his finger against her head, causing her to flinch lightly.

"Ah, you whine too much. Need to toughen up if you wish to get to my kind of performance." She says with a grin, poking his chest with a hoof. "I will say, you have gotten much better since we first started."

"Yea, well perhaps you actually are helping me then." He says with a chuckle, getting her to roll her eyes before laughing back.

"Perhaps so. Never thought I could be a good teacher." She replies back. They just laugh for a bit as they enjoy the silence, Aryas slowly leaning against him as she sighs, the human pausing a bit before hugging her back. "Still not used to such interactions, are you?"

"The most physical contact I ever got was getting grabbed by a market owner or slapped across the face by someone." He says.

"Well, we ponies are a lot more physical in the...kinder way, so no worries about me hitting you...much." She teases, causing him to huff and her to chuckle. As they sit together for the time being, taking in the silence of the forest, the mare leans back and looks at him. "Drak, can I ask you something?"

The human looks back with a raised eyebrow. "Aryas, you've been with me for at least two months now, and taking up my supplies, I think you are free to ask whatever you wish...within reason of course." He adds, causing her to to whisper "damnit"

"Really though, I am curious about something." She says. Drak gives a nod and the pegasus continues. "I've noticed that, whenever we do something, be it sparing, talking...hell, just nothing in general, you seem to keep your gaze away from me. I know I'm not the prettiest mare to look at, but-"

Drak is quick to shush her with a finger to the lips. "Hey, you are a very nice looking mare, no need to speak about it otherwise. Still surprised no one asked you out."

"Perhaps, but you don't get much time to date others in the Order Army." She says, giving a small huff, clearly not liking it. "Besides, the only other beings available are all too old for my liking, so pass."

Drak laughs as she laughs back with him. As they fall silent, he sees that she is still waiting on her question, and with a sigh he nods. "Ok, but it may seem a bit silly to you."

"Try me." She challenges.

With a nod, Drak begins. "Very well. Basically...I'm an empath."

"An empath?" She asks, head cocked to the side in curiosity. "That some sort of mage or something based on emotions?"

"Not quite, it's more like...how do I say this..." He pauses to think it over before speaking again. "Basically, you know how people and ponies and all other beings can tell what a person feels with body actions, and how we can feel sorry for someone in certain situations, basic things like that?"

"So feeling empathy for somepony cause they are down on their luck?"

"Exactly. For me, it's...more intense. I can actually feel what someone is feeling, how they are, if they are sad or happy or worried, that kind of stuff. Not only that, but their emotions also fuel me, in a way. For example, how do you feel right now?"

"Right now?" Aryas pauses as she thinks it over before responding. "I have to say content."

"And that is what I would have guessed as well, for I feel the same way. I can feel what you are feeling just by being so close to you, but for me, looking into your eyes makes the feeling more intense. And the more intense the feeling, the more I feel it myself." He sighs as he lets out a small frown. "Sadly, it isn't all useful, and more of a hinderance than anything."

"Why is that?"

"Well, if someone is happy, then I'm happy, simple enough?" She nods. "And if I'm sad, then I'm sad, which can help me to make someone happy again."

"That sounds more useful than anything else."

"Here's the thing. I can't control it that well, or at all at times. When someone is happy, that's great. However, the more intense feelings can cause me to...really feel unbalanced, as it were. Say someone is feeling nervous with something, and they look into my eyes, then I start to feel nervous. The more nervous they feel, the more I feel as well, and that means the more nervous that I get as well."

"Well, that does sound rather bad..." She says, frowning a bit.

"It gets worse. Cause of me being an empath...at least with my experience, I find myself able to influence others with my own emotions, so to speak." He continues. "it's not straight up mind control or anything, so don't start thinking to use me to control others."

"Rats was going to ask you to help me with my world domination plans." She jokes, causing them to laugh as he strokes her mane lightly.

"Perhaps another day. Anyways, for whatever reason I emit my emotions out in some sort of wave. Again, more intense emotions makes it stronger. So when I'm happy, others around me tend to be happy, when I'm sad, they become sad. Angry...well, you get the idea."

There is a small pause as Aryas lets it soak in before looking back up at him. "That...that sounds rough. It has good perks, but there are just...so many drawbacks, from how you describe it."

"That's how it feels for me too. And like I said, looking into someone's eyes causes me to really feel their emotions, and...well, for me it's a bit...intimate, from what I've learned." He pauses before taking a deep breath and exhaling. "I only look at other's in the eyes when I trust them enough, or if they are a very close friend."

"And what am I too you?" She asks, curiously, causing him to pause.

He looks at her slowly, his eyes roaming over her face, at first avoiding her eyes, then glancing at them. He holds his gaze with her, but only for a moment, then quickly looks away. "I admire you as a very strong and kind friend. I would say one of the closest friends I have...though I doubt you care too much about it." He says, giving her a small grin to show that he is joking.

"Clearly, the closest friends with a hermit, that is one for the bucket list." She jokes back, punching his shoulder lightly. They both laugh as the tension in the air leaves them before she continues. "Honestly, I really do appreciate it. We don't get too many friends during this war, so...to make even one is...something special." She says, looking up with a smile.

They both fall silent as they just enjoy each others time together for a while, Drak even sometimes looking into her eyes every so often to feel her happiness, even if he can feel it without needing to do that right now.

Soon, Aryas lets out a small sigh as she gets off of his lap, shaking her head a bit. "Let's get going, I'm hungry and it's your turn to cook." She says, walking over to grab her spear.

Drak laughs as he gets up and grabs his own weapon. "It's always my turn. How about you cook for a change?"

"Cause I like eating edible food, which you can make. I can't even make a simple stew." She explains, the human laughing at this.

"Perhaps one day I can help you learn to cook...properly." He says, walking up to her.

"Perhaps...though I would like to know how you make that stew. Even if I can't cook it, I can tell the camp cook and he can make it when I return. It will be a blast when I return." She says, smiling back up at him.

Drak smiles back as they start walking through the forest and out from where they had fought. "If you insist. It isn't that complicated though. Just need some warm water and then you chop up the veggies and put it in. It's just the..." He continues on, his voice slowly getting softer before finally vanishing.

I blink as I realized I had been sitting here the entire time, almost motionless as I listened to the entire thing. Slowly I got up from where I was sitting, which was next to them, and shake my head. "Wow...that...that was amazing. Drak's an empath and that is why...that is why he doesn't look at others in the eyes. Incredible..." I say softly to myself.

Before I can say anything else, I find myself slowly yawning, then I open my eyes wide to keep myself awake. "W-wait, how am...am I getting...tired..." I say as I feel myself starting to fall deeper into slumber. The forest starts to fade from my eyes without even closing them, and the longer I keep them open, the tougher it is. The sounds slowly vanishing as I shut my eyes for a moment...

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"Twilight, wake up!"

I open my eyes with a start as I gasp, my head jerking up and awake. Blinking rapidly, I look around to see where I was. Thankfully, it seems I'm still in my library as I also realize...I'm on the couch now?

Confused, I start to get into a sitting position, only to be pushed down by a pair of hooves. Looking up I see that AJ and Dash are looking down at me, the latter pushing her hooves to keep me on the couch. "Easy there Twilight, you feeling ok?" She asks, concern heard on her voice.

I take a few deep breaths before nodding, rubbing my head a bit to soothe the small ache there. "I'm...fine. What happened?"

"Ya tried to enter Drak's mind when he was asleep, and then the moment your magic touched him, you just...collapsed." AJ explains. "You sure you're ok sugarcube? You took quite a dozy of a fall."

"I-I'm fine." I assure her, getting up off the couch and onto the floor. I shake a bit before steadying myself as I continue looking around. "But...but where's Drak? I thought he was resting on the couch, not me."

"He woke up about ten minutes ago, and he was about as worried as the rest of us." Rainbow says. "I think he said he went to the kitchen to get some food with Spike." Sure enough, just as she said that, we hear footsteps behind us, and turning around we see both Drak and Spike walk out from the kitchen, both of them holding some water and a sandwich.

As soon as Spike saw me, he place the items on the table and rushed over. "Twilight, you ok? I heard what happened, but I didn't know what to do, and I-" He started to say before I shushed him.

"It's ok now Spike, just a bit of a backlash. I'm fine now though." I tell him with a smile. Seeing me awake and ok seems to put him at ease as he smiles back.

"I'm just glad that you're awake now. We were worried for you." He says. "We made some sandwiches while you slept, thought you might be hungry since we did kind of miss lunch."

At that, my stomach growls, along with Spikes, causing us both to give small smiles before laughing, the rest of the girls laughing as well as Drak. "Seems that was a good call Spike. Let's go eat!"

With that we all went to sit down at the table, Spike and I eating our food, while the other three just had some water to drink. As we fell into silence, I couldn't help but to look at the human, seeing what kind of reaction he might give after that ordeal. He sees me staring at him and, with a sigh, looks back at me. "I'm guessing you saw me with...Aryas?" He asks.

"How did you-"

"AJ and Dash told me when I woke up. Explained what you did and that they had no idea what to do. I just guessed that you would wake up on your own, like I did, but if I was wrong..." He pauses as he frowns at the thought, though AJ is quick to comfort him with a hoof to his arm.

"You did the right thing Drak. No need to be a worrywart about it now." She says, causing the human to smile softly.

"Yea, though you still need to tell us more about this Aryas pony, and how you knew her." Rainbow asks, clearly still interested with what we found in his head.

We fall silent as we all look over at him, the human just staring at his water. "It's...it's a bit fuzzy. I can remember it, bits a pieces of that moment, but...but it's taking its time. It's rather slow, if that makes any sense." He explains.

"If you don't mind..." I interrupt, causing them to look at me. "I could explain what I saw, if that's ok with you?" Drak barely pauses to give me a nod, and with that I start telling them what I saw in the memory.

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"So, you're an empath, and looking into eyes increases the feelings that you can see in other ponies?" Dash clarifies, getting a nod from both me and Drak.

"Something like that. The way he explained it to Aryas is a bit different to what I read, but I do know that everypony is different when it comes to such things. Like magic, no pony has the same kind of magic, maybe similar, but not the same." I say, getting a nod from my friends.

"Well it is interesting. Ah know a couple of my family members that are these empaths, but not to the same degree as how you feel." AJ says, looking at the human with new curiosity. "If ah remember right, ah think granny might have told me that ah might be some sort of empath myself...maybe..." She pauses. "Though it's most likely just my element that helps me with it."

"Empathy comes in different forms, so it is possibly that you being the Element of Honesty amplifies your empathy to others." I explain, AJ drinking her water as she thinks it over. "In any case, it's a bit to take in. We just got so much information about Drak's past, and what he may have been through. It's rather exciting now that the worry is over." I say, clapping my hooves together in joy.

"And here you are without your notebook." Spikes kids, getting a laugh from us all.

"Perhaps, but I can write it down when I get to my room." I say, before a small yawn escapes Drak. "Feeling tired Drak? I know it's not that late, but you did have a rather lengthy workout with Rainbow, and I doubt that was a walk in the park."

"Hey, I keep telling you ponies that I went easy on him." Dash states, forelegs crossed in front of her.

"Easy for you is above average for most of us here." Says AJ, getting a chuckle from the human.

"You do the same amount of work that I do Applejack."

"I said most of us."

"Anyways, don't you two have things to do?" I ask, getting a pause from them.

"Oh horse apples! Ah forgot mah stall!" AJ exclaims, getting up from the seat. "Ah need to head back to make sure all is fine there. Talk to y'all later!" With that, she gives a wave before heading out.

"And I do have a few things that need taken care of at home before I finish the rest of my workout...the flying part at least." Dash explains, getting up and taking to the air. "See you tomorrow for another workout Drak?"

The human sighs as he leans back against his seat. "My legs and arms are still so raw, do I have to do it so soon?"

"If you want to get back into shape then you are going to need to do it every day." She explains, getting another sigh from him.

"If I must." He relents, getting a small "Yes!" From the rainbow pony. With that, she waves bye to the rest of them before heading out.

Drak then turns his attention to Spike and asks, "You got any plans or no?"

He stretches as he gets up from his seat, taking his plate to the sink. "I do, but...it's helping out the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and I doubt that is going to be anything good." He says, getting me to giggle.

"Spike, you promised Sweetie Belle." I remind him. The dragon lets out a rather large sigh before nodding, and once his place was cleaned he heads out to get ready to go outside. With the dragon gone, that just leaves me and the human.

We remain silent as we both nurse our drinks, me having finished my food a while ago. I could feel the silence slowly building in the air before I decide to finally speak up. "So...Aryas..."

Drak blinks as he looks up at me in confusion before realizing what I was asking. "Oh yea. Her. I think I...I found her somewhere when she was injured and helped her recover from them. She couldn't make it back to her regiment as she got lost from them, so I offered to take care of her...at least for a while."

"Do you know what happened to cause her injuries?"

He shakes his head. "Can't say I do, though that is nothing new." He pauses as he looks at his drink again. "I do know that she is amazing with a spear, and she is the one who taught me most of my staff lessons."

"And the Order Army?" I ask, getting him to look up. "Do you know what that is, or who they are?"

He shakes his head sadly. "Can't say I do. All I know is that she is a part of it when I met her. I wish I knew more..."

"You two seemed rather close." I mention, trying to act casual about it. "I mean, you looked into her eyes when you mentioned the whole thing about doing it with only those that are close to you, so..."

Drak pauses as she gives me a curious look. "Twilight, are you...jealous?"

My eyes go wide as I quickly shake my head. "What, me? No, why would I be...I mean that just makes no...I have no reason to be-" He waves me off with his hand for me to fall silence which I do so.

Once he has my attention he starts. "I don't know, Twilight, but my guess is that yes, we were close, I just...I don't know how close. I know now that she is one of my first, if not THE first friend I ever made." He says. This information, while I already knew it to be the case, causes a small pang of my heart as I look down, ears flat on my head.

"Oh, w-well...I mean good for her..." I say as I take another drink, eyes closed to try and compose myself. When I open them, I nearly give a jump as I find Drak kneeling right next to me.

"Twilight, you don't have to be jealous, really." He says, and before I can comment he hushes me again. "Yes you are jealous. Empath remember?"

"Oh...right..." I sigh as I give myself a face hoof. "Sorry, I just...I liked being the first pony ever to friend a human, and now it's..."

"It doesn't matter, cause what happened in the past is the past." He says, reaching over and grasping my hoof in his hand. "Aryas may be my first friend ever that I had, and from what I can see being friends is a big deal here, but that doesn't change the fact that we are all friends as well. And yes I do consider you as a friend."

"You...you do?"

He nods as he gives me a comforting smile. "I do. And if it makes you feel any better, you are my first friend that I made here. And that won't be taken away from you." He says. Smiling at him, I quickly reach over and wrap my hooves around him, hugging him close. He hesitates like in the memory before returning the hug in kind. We remain silent for a few moments, with me nuzzling him a bit as I let out a small sigh.

"You know, you really aren't used to so much physical contact if you still hesitate from getting a hug." I say, getting him to laugh softly.

"Well, I'm guessing that I will the longer I stay here." He says, causing me to giggle and nod as I pull back.

"Now that I think of it, it feels rather silly for me to get jealous on whoever your first friend is." I say, realizing the error of my ways. "All that should matter is that we are friends, and I promise to help you no matter what."

"Likewise...friend." He agrees. With that, we untangle from the hug as I get off of my seat. "Here, let me take care of the dishes for you."

"Are you sure?" I ask, to which he nods.

"Of course. Besides, I need to get some clean air after that moment with the memory." He explains.

"You're gonna have plenty of time to get clean air with Dash tomorrow." I giggle, causing him to groan.

"Don't remind me." He sighs, getting us both to laugh. "Anyways, let me take care of this then if you need me I'll be out on the porch. I have learned that the night sky is very nice here, at least for me."

"Perhaps we can go stargazing sometime!" I say, getting a nod from him.

"Perhaps so. For now, time for me to clean." He says, taking the plates and heading to the kitchen.

"You know where to find me if you need anything!" I call out to him, in which he nods. With that taken care of, I head on upstairs to my room first to get my notebook and write down what I learned today. As I walked upstairs, I couldn't help but to think about what happened a few minutes ago, with the hug, and each of us promising to help the other. Taking a deep breath, I put on a new determined look as I enter my room, closing the door behind me. Looking around, I find the memory book and open it once again.

"We can do this, Sparkle. Our friend is counting on us."

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