I'd read the books cover to cover at least three times to be certain the I was remembering the information correctly. They lined up with the theory I had about what really happened to Vesper, and all that was left was to check the memory of my fight with Luna. Even so, if my theory was correct, I would still be missing a lot of information.

I'd also continued to work on my Arcane Circles. I'd finished designing the La-

My door burst open and Twilight walked into my room. What?

"I had a Shield Circle up, how the buck did you get past it?" I asked.

"I borrowed one of Rarity's golden needles," she replied. Pretty much what Trixie did... "Hello, by the way."

"Hey. So what do you want?"

"I got a letter from Princess Celestia telling me about the library in the old castle and how it might have a book on the Tree of Harmony." Wait, what?

"The what of Harmony?" Twilight gaped.

"Are you kidding me?! I've explained what happened to you literally ten times now!" I resisted the urge to burst with laughter.

"I'm sorry, Twilight, but you're gonna have to explain it again." Twilight's eye twitched. Ha! She's way too easy to- She suddenly grew a manic grin. Uh... "Twilight?" She began creeping towards me, which I responded to by backing off.

"Oh, don't you worry, Cloud!" She charged up her horn. I don't like where this is going... "I'll make sure you never forget again!" Oh dear...

"Cloud?" Asked Spike as he, Twilight and I walked towards the old castle. "Why are you crying?"

"Because bad things happened, Spike," I replied.

"Okay, but why are you crying blood?"

"Because bad things happened, Spike."

"Uh... Did Twilight do something to-?" I got close to his face and stared into his soul.

"We do not question Twilight's ways."

"Okay, now I'm freaking out." Twilight chuckled.

"Oh, Spike," she said, a happy grin on her face, "Cloud is just messing with you! Aren't you Cloud?" Her grin seemed less happy and more manic.

"Yes," I replied, nodding emotionlessly. "I am a silly Pony." Suddenly, Princess Luna dropped out of the sky and landed in front of us.

"STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCU- Oh, it's you two." Princess Luna sighed.

"Uh, excuse me?!" Spike asked angrily.

"What seems to be the problem, Princess Luna?" Asked Twilight.

"I sensed some dark magic being cast at the library," Princess Luna replied, "but by the time I arrived there, it was empty. I followed the trail here, but you two were the only ones I could find."

"Three!" Shouted Spike. "Us three!"

"There is no need to worry, Princess Luna," I stated. "There is no dark magic here." I forced out a laugh. Princess Luna frowned in confusion.

"Why are you speaking emotionlessly?" She asked. "Actually, why are your eyes bleeding? That seems more important."

"Do not worry, Princess Luna. This is normal."

"And as for the speech and calling me by my title?"

"You know me. I am a stupid." There was a short silence.

"Okay, now I'm freaking out." Princess Luna cast a spell of some kind and her eyes widened. "My stars! No wonder I could sense dark magic!" She blasted me with another spell and MY MIND WAS FREE! SWEET FREEDOM! I WILL NEVER TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED AGAIN! I fell to the ground and began rolling around.

"FREEEEEDOOOOM!" Everyone else was awkwardly silent. "Oh, shut up." I climbed to my hooves. "Thanks, Dick-Horse." God-Horse II scowled at me.

"You seem happier than in your dreams."

"Speaking of, when can you recreate our fight?" She rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Tonight. But first, I must find who cast the dark magic. What do you remember?" That's... A good question...

"Uh... I was winding Twilight up... She looked freaky... And then I was here." Luna blinked before looking at Twilight.

"Twilight, did you-?"

"It was Applejack," Twilight quickly interrupted.

"Oh, okay." Luna flapped her wings. "I must go and arrest this Apple of jacks. I will see you two later." She flew into the air.

"THREE!" Screamed Spike. But it was too late, as she was already gone. I turned to Twilight.

"Are you alright? You've been acting weird this last week." Twilight continued to grin without blinking.

"Yes! I am a fine!" Welp, good enough for me. I'm not so sure... And yet I don't care. I went back to walking and Twilight followed, Spike still sitting on her back. I'm such a dick. You are what you eat. Go screw myself. I already did, that's what I was talking about. I really hate me sometimes... But not when I bone myself! I wonder what cast the dark magic? I don't really care, I need to focus on finding Vesper. Whatever the buck did it will have to either wait its turn or go away.

I peeked out from the bushes to see Cloud and Twilight continue walking towards the castle.

"Dammit sister!" I whisper-shouted. "I was just starting to have fun!" I sighed and teleported to the Ponyville library, right on top of Watcher.

"Mrph!" He tried to cry out.

"Watcher!" I shouted angrily. "How dare you assault royalty like this! You will be disciplined for your actions!"

"Mrgl!"

"Why am I here, you ask? As Ms. Overcast is dead, I am here to reclaim you as my slave."

"MPHBL!"

"Bah! Guard, slave, what's the difference?" Watcher managed to crawl out from under my butt.

"But Cloud says that my Mistress isn't dead!" I waved a hoof dismissively.

"Cloud is delusional over her death, that's all! He doesn't matter much anymore anyway, the Elements are restored and the only use he'll be is with experiment 23-X." Watcher gasped.

"23-X?! But, your highness, that experiment is so unethical! And how can you say that he doesn't matter?! He's saved-!"

"Yes, yes, he's saved things many times, etcetera. He was fun while he was useful, but the Elements of Harmony should be much more fun!"

"But 23-X-!" I bitch slapped him.

"Do not question my ways! 23-X shall be many levels of fun!" I fired a laser at a wall, blowing it up. "Now we must go!"

"Uh, but if Cloud is right then wouldn't Mistress be a much better candidate?!" He said quickly. I sighed.

"You are correct. Vesper's DNA is by far greater. We only need a small amount too, so-" An idea struck me. "Ooh, I know exactly what to do!" I cackled for a while, rubbing my hooves together. "Very well! You shall remain here as my spy for a while!"

"Um, okay, but why not use agent Ste-?" I suplexed him.

"Do not question me! You are my spy now!" Watcher squeaked in pain. "And now, I go!" I teleported to my carriage.

Princess Celestia teleported away. Okay, I managed to buy some time! I shakily climbed to my hooves. I need to find Cloud and warn him about the experiment!

Author's Notes:

Celestia's losing it.

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Can anyone guess what the new Arcane Circle is?