Walking out into the hallway, Red noticed that Discord didn't make any indication that he was going to go with Red. "Uh, Discord, are you coming, or not?" Red asked, raising a brow. Discord yawned, and waved his lion paw at Red. "Nah, you go on without me. I have personal business to attend to." "Whatever you say..." Red began to walk along the hallway. After five minutes of walking, Red came across a set of double doors. Red walked up to the doors, and pushed them open.

And saw the throne room. On the throne, was what looked like a picture. Walking up to it, Red picked it up, and looked at it. It was a photo of Celestia and Luna. But what Red didn't expect was that they were fillies. Red turned the picture over and saw a strange symbol. It was drawn it what Red guessed was blood. Red put the picture in his jacket, and turned. Only to see Celestia, same as she was when he first saw her in the hell they were in. Red gripped the sword on his back, ready for a fight. Celestia didn't seem to notice, or care. She walked right up to him, and smiled pleasantly. "Ah, Red, surprising to see you here."

"What exactly do you mean by that?" "Well, what I mean is, you're still alive." "Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have patched me up then." Celestia tilted her head, and asked, "What do you mean? I left you to bleed out." "Wait, the only other one who was with us was..." Dammit! Red ran right by Celestia, who was too shocked by his sudden movement to do anything to stop him. Dammit, we have to find her. "What? Why?" Because, Twilight, Luna, and the other alicorn were with her when we got separated. "Oh yeah. Well, you better find her, and fast."

Red ran past the room he was in, not even bothering to see if Discord was still in the room. Checking every open door in the hallway, Red pan past a room with a closed door, then stopped. Walking hurriedly, Red went up to the door, and opened it. Inside, he found the three alicorns he was looking for, along with a certain pink pony, near a fireplace that was lit. Sighing in relief, Red got their attention. Luna rushed to him, and hugged him. "How did you survive the fall?" Luna asked, tearing up. Red was confused by the question.

"What do you mean? I didn't... Oh, I think I know what happened." "What do you mean by that?" "I didn't fall, you only saw an illusion, probably made by this place, that was me falling. What happened to me was that I got grabbed, but I managed to cut the things grabbing onto me, and climbed up the top." Luna hugged him tighter, and Red saw Pinkamena frown.

"Uh, Luna? You can let go of me now." "O-oh, right. Sorry." Luna let go of Red, blushing slightly. Red walked over to Pinkamena, and gave her a small hug. "So, what happened after we got separated?" Red asked, looking back at Luna. "Well, not much, other than having run into a few creatures here and there." "Hm..." "What about you, Red?" "Well, I got into a room, and remembered some things I'm not proud of. Oh, and I met Discord and Celestia on the way here."

When Red said that, Twilight asked, "Wait, you saw Princess Celestia?" "Yeah, why?" "Why didn't you bring her with you?" "Hm, I don't know, maybe it was because she was covered in blood. Or maybe it was because she stabbed me when I first saw her here." All three alicorns looked at Red in shock, and said simultaneously, "What!?" "Yeah, I passed out of blood loss, and woke up in a cage. Who did you see before you woke up in that room?" Luna answered first, "Well, I saw Discord." Then, Twilight, "I saw my assistant, Spike." And lastly, the alicorn Red didn't know the name of, "My husband, Shining Armor." Red looked into the fire, and thought about the answers to his question. Then, it hit him.

"Luna, exactly how much do you trust Discord?" Luna was visibly puzzled by the question, but answered nonetheless, "Uh, well, he's the one I trust most." Luna's answer was what Red was expecting. "How 'bout you Twilight? How much do you trust your assistant?" Twilight looked at the fire and said, "I trust him more than anypony else..." Red knew Twilight was starting to piece it together. Red then asked, "Anyone starting to see a connection?"

They all nodded. "Good, so now we know to not trust anyone as long as we're in this hellhole. No matter who they are." Red looked into the fire and began to think about the situation they were in. They couldn't trust anyone, not even each other, as soon as they walked out of that room.

Red began to walk out of the room, and said to them all, "If you see me again, don't trust me, even if I tell you otherwise." Then he was out in the hallway again. Looking to both ends, he saw Discord floating lazily toward him. Red walked to him, and asked, "So, you finish whatever it was you needed to?" Discord nodded, then yawned again.

"So, what have you found since you went off to do your own thing?" Discord asked.

"Well, I found Luna, Twilight, and another alicorn I haven't seen before."

"Hm, does she have a crystal heart for a cutie mark?"

"A what?"

"Oh, that's right, you have no clue how things work in Equestria. Well, a cutie mark is an indication on what a pony is best at"

"So, Celestia's cutie mark is the sun on her rear?"

"Yep."

"Huh, guess that makes sense. So, you know the other alicorn?"

"Eh, not really. We're more acquaintances than anything else really."

"Hm, so, what's her name?"

"Cadence. Princess of love."

"Your kidding. Your kidding, right?" Discord shook his head, and told Red, "Nope."

"You have to be fucking kidding me..." Next Chapter: Return Part VI Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 5 Minutes