Charles sat idly by within the throne room as Celestia returned with several potions floating in her magical grasp. As she floated one of them to Charles he looked at it, giving a soft sigh as he uncorked the top of it and downed the entire bottle. Giving a disgusted face once it passed over his tongue and down his throat. He gave a couple quick coughs as his stomach began to glow slightly before expanding outward to cover his entire body. After a few seconds, he had returned to his Alicorn self.

"I really hate having to use those potions Tia, We need to keep as many of them as possible in case something else happens in the future." Midnight spoke up as he smacked his lips a little from the after taste of the potion.

"I understand your concern my dear, but I have a feeling that these potions will be needed now, more than ever." She sighed as she placed a potion into her regalia, and hoofing the other to her sister who did the same. "These potions will enhance our magic usage and ability to create more magic in a shorter period of time that it would normally take us."

"Let us hope that we will not have to use these though, and finish the job with minimal damage and casualties." Luna stated as well.

"I am going to pull a few of them from my stash as well to keep on hoof in case they will be needed. I still have 12 of the potions left that Zecora made, let's just hope that we won't use them all to fight the enemy." Midnight spoke as he pulled a few of them out of his stash portal before closing it back and placing the potions onto his being with magic as a glue source.

After a few more minutes, everything stopped as Midnight's eyes widened for a moment, giving a smirk as he spoke out to the group before him.

"One of the elementals has been put down."

The group cheered loudly for a moment before stopping and lowering their heads. Celestia speaking first.

"I do not want to cheer for the death of another, so let us be thankful that this pony will no longer be able to hurt another being without the use of such cheer."

The others nodded slowly before Midnight spoke up. "Tia, how many other nations are their in this world?"

"Several others, but the population in them is little to none. Saddle Arabia is part of Equestria, but it does not connect to our main land. There is also The Land of the Worg, A nation filled with intelligent wolves and were-creatures. Their government is based from a group of Elders, much like Griffonia. However, they have the ability to use magic on a different scale than the ponies of Equestria........." She paused for a moment as she mulled over a peculiar thought. This catching the others attentions to the point of them breaking her train of thought.

"Tia?!" Midnight shouted causing her to snap to attention and stare at him in somewhat of a shock from the volume he had spoken with.

"What? Yes! I'm sorry, I was just thinking of something rather odd." Celestia spoke as she gave a thoughtful glance at the dark Alicorn.

"Care to let us in on that particular idea? Since you did seem rather deep in thought, I am a little curious myself." Midnight chuckled seeing her sheepish smile.

"Well, it just occurred to me about the Worg's method of casting spells. If I recall correctly, they cast their spells much like you used to before being cursed." She said as she rubbed her chin in thought slightly.

"Wait, you mean to tell me there is a race that can think up a spell and then just cast it like I used to? So what's to keep them from taking over this planet as well?" Midnight stated rather bluntly.

"Their ability to cast strong spells takes almost twenty times as long as a pony of this world. That plus they cannot cast powerful spells. The entire populace of the Worgs can cast spells, some better than others. But they mainly cast spells to just help with daily life and to help procure food. Their population is very small as well. Less than a quarter of the griffon population." Celestia stated as she continued to mull over the similarities in Midnight's ability to previously cast spells like the Worg.

"That still doesn't explain how I was able to cast spells like them though."

"Tia, wasn't there a unicorn that was once able to cast spells much like Midnight when he was bitten by a Worg?" Luna asked as she recalled a story of old.

Celestia's eyes went wide as she remembered the story, her horn lighting up as she vanished from sight for a moment and then reappeared with the crack of a whip. A huge smile spread across her face as she pulled open the book to the page in question that told the story.

"Here it is, a story of old." Celestia said as she began to read out loud. "Starswirl the bearded once traveled to the land of the Worg in search of an ancient artifact that had been stolen from Equestria during the early years of it's founding. The land had been given to me and all of the ponies upon our arrival in the world, but still had many other sentient species that lived here. Over time they began to horde relics of magic, one such being the great unification stone. Starswirl the Bearded had traveled to the Worg nation to find it but failed, having returned from the nation with many wounds across his body. Many of them bite marks from the Worg that he had battled and beaten. As time passed he had read many new spells to try and cast them. However one day he had run out of certain alchemical ingredients in order to cast a particular spell. He had wondered what the consequence would be if he would cast without that ingredient, so he cast it. Upon it's casting however, none of the ingredients had been consumed, leaving him bewildered and asking why. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the spell in question had changed since it didn't use and ingredients for its casting, and became far more potent. This started his research into casting more spells without ingredients. Before his mysterious disappearance, it was said that he had well over a hundred thousand spells. But no pony could every cast them even though he had made a record of them."

The group sat there in stunned silence for a minute before Luna spoke up once again.

"But that doesn't explain how Midnight could cast spells like him either. Have you ever been bitten by a Worg Midnight?" Luna asked as she looked to him.

"When I was in my home world, I was bitten by a large timber wolf while on vacation with my parents. My grandfather had been bitten by one as well as a tiger. But he was part of a native tribe to my country that existed before the countries founding. Do you think that might have played a part in it as well?" Midnight stated.

"There is that possibility, but we won't know for sure until we run a few tests." Celestia said causing Midnight to flinch a little.

"I don't like the way you said that." He said as a nervous expression fell upon his face.

After some explaining, Midnight had been taken into the medical wing of the castle to have the so called 'tests' administered onto him to check and see what his ancestors had passed down to him through his DNA. He had been placed into a series of magically run devices that hooked up to almost every part of his body. Several needles being placed into him to gather some blood and running it through a machine as well to bring up a list of different species of animals along with how they had become part of who he is now.

As the medical staff along with Celestia watched the monitor, they looked on in astonishment at how many different creatures had caused harm to, or had been a part of or friend to Midnight's ancestors.

"This is simply amazing Night. I had no idea that your history contained so many different relationships with animals. Most of them being fought, but also a few that had them as friends to the point of being part of their families." She spoke in awe as she looked at the list as it continued to grow.

"They would be called pet's in my world Tia, but regardless of that fact, many people consider certain animals to be part of their family, even though they cannot communicate like we do." He said as he craned his head to look at the monitor as well.

"It says here that your ancestors, had many different type of 'pets' as you put it, but three seem to repeat quite often. One being a wolf, another a tiger, and the final one being a bald eagle? I don't understand, this bird doesn't look bald." She said as she pushed the monitor to in front of Midnight.

"Tia, it's not bald, it just has that name because it's head is solid white feathers." He said as he looked over the list to see that the three main animals that were used as pets were also the number one in related injuries as well.

"So what does this mean besides the fact that I have these as part of my ancestry?" He continued.

"Well, to be honest, it means quite a lot. You see, when a being has any types of injuries that they had obtained from another living creature through the means of drawing blood by biting, or injecting them with something. That becomes part of them and their future offspring. This explains why you were able to cast spells by just thinking of them, and why Starlight is able to fly and cast spells before he is even a year old." She spoke out feeling relieved upon finding the answer that had plagued her since Starlight had first flown and cast his first spell.

"So then that means........." Midnight trailed off as realization hit him. "Tia, does this mean that if I let a Worg bite me, I can get regain my ability to think of spells and cast them along with remembering everyone of them without having a limited number of spells?" He said as a smile spread across his face, feeling hopeful that this would be a possibility.

"I have no clue at this time Midnight, but I can send a diplomatic letter to the Worg nations elders to have you meet with their eldest witch doctor." She stated as she began to float over a parchment and quill.

As she was starting to write onto the parchment, everything stopped as Luna burst through the medical wing door, almost taking it off it's hinges.

"Tia! The attack on Equestria has begun!" She shouted causing both of the Alicorn to nod to each other, Celestia moving to her sisters side as Midnight pulled all of the wires and needles from his body and quickly trotting to her side as they quickly teleported to the throne room.

Upon appearing in the throne room, many ponies were already moving at a frantic pace as orders were being given by Shining Armor and Cadence. The three other captains already having been dismissed from the meeting and sent to their platoons.

"Shining Armor, give us an update please." Celestia spoke as he was giving one of his soldiers an order. The pony galloped off as he finished his order before Shining turned around to the map on the table in front of them.

"We have had confirmation that Screwball, along with three elemental ponies have begun their attack on Equestria. They are taking no time to site see and are barreling through Horse Shoe Bay toward Baltimare as we speak." Horse Shoe Bay has already seen huge devastation by them and many of the ponies from the small city have evacuated, heading toward Canterlot by train and boat. The rivers will be safe from them for the time being, but the train can still be attacked if the enemy dares to try." Shining stated as he showed the areas on the map.

Midnight looked at the map for a moment before gazing toward the area of the Everfree forest. He gave a questioning squint before he turned around to head out of the throne room.

"Night? Where are you going? We need you here for support and tactics." Luna stated as the others looked to see his horn lighting up.

"I'm going to see somepony real quick. I won't be more than a few minutes at most. Standby for ten minutes before taking action with any plans." He said just before he vanished into thin air.