Chapter Nine: Familiar Faces

“Yeah, see you around.” Serenity waved goodbye to the couple of ponies as they walked away from her, the pale pink mare letting out a small sigh of relief. She could finally have another chance to enjoy her day of rest.

Ponyville had awoke not too long ago, Serenity surprised at the number of ponies that get up so early. Always taking the back route running along the Everfree forest to the hospital for work, Serenity never realized the large number of ponies up and out of their houses in the early hours of the day. Despite the barely lingering tiredness in their eyes, the ponies of Ponyville seemed lively as ever. The fillies and colts ran through Ponyville as if they had nothing in the world to fear, chasing each other playfully as they made their way to the school house. The mares and stallions walked around aimlessly, enjoying Ponyville and the beautiful day that spread itself in front of them. However, Ponyville was not completely the best place to be in Equestria, at least, to everypony’s knowledge.

Throughout Ponyville, signs and posters were put up in store windows and on the sides of kiosks. On the posters revealed that Ponyville was under a slight watch for anypony suspicious in the next week. With the disappearance of three mares already, the thought of somepony else being taken away sat in the back of everypony’s mind. On the contrary, even with that lingering thought, the ponies continued out their day as casually as they would any other day, taking almost no note to the poster’s warnings. Another factor, however, kept the thought fresh. A small watch guard had been put up around Ponyville, a large group of stallions and mares wearing a thick black necklaces keeping a close lookout at the outskirts of Ponyville. Luckily, not all of them were the brightest stallions or mares around, as Augury had quite an effortless time sneaking into the town unnoticed, even able to switch to Serenity’s form in a small alley with no detection. Still, even if the watch guard ponies were not doing their job very well, Serenity kept her distance away from them for the time being.

Serenity walked slowly through the streets of Ponyville as she headed for the edge of Ponyville, a certain house kept in her mind as she ventured through the town of ponies. Occasionally, a pony would stop to say hello, or if they hadn’t already, welcome her to Ponyville, but despite the on and off conversations, Serenity kept to herself. She held on to Chrysalis’s guidelines and reminded herself about them constantly, even if Chrysalis would have no idea if Serenity broke them or not.

Serenity came to a stop at the edge of Ponyville, the field leading into the Everfree forest stretched out in front of her. “Almost there. Left, then it shouldn’t be too far. Hopefully Frost or anypony else hasn’t trashed it with a party or something.” Serenity thought to herself as she began to walk to her left along the edge of Ponyville. The Everfree forest seemed to be peaceful from where the pale pink mare walked, the creatures that occupied the dark and dense forest nowhere in sight. Although, even if Serenity would want to explore the forest, Everfree was off limits for the next week for the ponies in Ponyville. Zecora, who had a small opposition to it, was moved from her home in Everfree to a similar shelter in Ponyville for her safety. Little does Ponyville know, the extra safety protocols would be for naught. Though a certain lavender unicorn had an idea of the actual routine and future targets of the foalnappings, the other ponies could only guess who would be taken next, for now.

Serenity looked up from the small dirt road she walked along, a small smile forming on her face. “Ah, there it is. Looks it has been untouched since we left. At least, from out here.” Serenity thought to herself and she began to walk towards the structure in her sights. Salvation and Tranquility’s home rested on the less dense areas of Ponyville, considering nopony would want to live this close to the Everfree forest. Despite the occasional sounds of Everfree in the distance and the strike of the Ponyville tower at noon, Salvation and Tranquility never had a problem with their home.

The pale pink mare walking along the fields of Ponyville came to a stop at a narrow path, the curvy dirt cut through the grass of the front yard leading to a small house along the edge of the Everfree forest. The house seemed to be almost an exact replica of the other homes spread out through Ponyville, Serenity smiling at the sight of the uniquely familiar structure.

“Finally... home.” Serenity whispered to herself and walked across the front yard, the feeling of the dirt and grass on her hooves bringing a lost comfort to her heart. The pale pink mare lifted her hoof up to the front door, taking a second to recognize the feeling of the dark brown wood that made the entrance. Serenity smiled as she pushed her hoof forward, the sight of her home a picture she had longed for ever since she came out of her cocoon. Wiping her hooves off on the mat in the doorway, Serenity quietly stepped into her home and shut the door behind her. The main entrance room made up most of the small house that Serenity called home, casual furniture spread throughout the edges of the room, leaving a large space to walk through in the center, where a large ovular rug sprawled out across the wooden planks that made up the floor. Stairs in the far left corner of the entrance room led up to another level of the house, Serenity eager to return to her and Tranquility’s bed once more.

Serenity walked over to the couch resting on the right wall and laid down on her side, staring at the outline of the window that cast on the floor in front of her. “A little more than three weeks away from home and I’ve already missed it so much. If only Quil were here to be home with me...” Serenity spoke out loud, the tone in her voice becoming partially dejected with her last sentence. The pale pink mare sighed and lifted herself off of the couch, fixing her mane with magic as she trotted across the main room’s floor. Serenity came to a stop at the bottom of the stairs leading to the upper level of the house, a small smile forming on her face. With a click of a spell, Serenity flared into a fiery dark blue mass as she walked up the stairs, only to find herself in a different form as she arrived at the top of the stairs.

Salvation scanned his eyes around the room, taking a second to admire his natural pony form in a mirror on the wall across his and Tranquility’s bedroom. A large bed rested against the wall the stairs emerged from, the blankets neatly folded and tucked under the mattress from the morning Salvation and Tranquility had woken up before they left. Salvation chuckled quietly to himself as he walked over to the bed, placing a hoof on the dark green blanket tightly wrapped around the mattress.

“Always had to have the bed made perfectly, huh Quil?” Salvation said quietly, half expecting an answer. Salvation sighed as he looked up from the bed and over to the wall across from him, squinting slightly as his eyes met with the light of day. The glass doors gridded with thin wooden planks let through the soft rays of the morning sun into the room Salvation stood in, the sun just barely rising over the snowy mountain tips in the distance. The balcony on the other side of the glass doors looked out over the fields of Ponyville, a few ponies just leaving their homes. Salvation felt something gently edge into his mind as he stared at the balcony, bringing a smile onto his face as he remember the night before he and Tranquility had left Ponyville.

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“This was a really nice night to sit on the balcony, wasn’t it?” Salvation asked, turning his head to the lavender mare sitting next to him.

Tranquility nodded, her eyes staring into the stars above. “You always know when it’s going to be nice outside, don’t you?” Tranquility asked as she turned her gaze to Salvation. The two ponies chuckled quietly and Tranquility leaned her head on Salvation, each of them falling into a quiet happiness. The light radiating from the candle in Salvation and Tranquility’s room illuminated the balcony gently, the light flickering in the wind blowing through the open glass doors.

“When do you think we’re going to be leaving tomorrow?” Tranquility asked.

“Oh, fairly early. Wake up about seven, get ready, say goodbye to our friends and family, and hopefully leave around nine or so. That sound nice?” Salvation said.

“Yeah, sounds good.” Tranquility shifted her eyes from the mountains to Salvation. The light grey stallion stared out at the Ponyville landscape with a blank expression, his eyes seeming to be tired.

“Something wrong, honey?” Tranquility asked, gently rubbing her head against the stallion’s coat.

Salvation sighed and shifted his eyes to the floor of the balcony. “I’m still thinking about the family back in the hospital.”

“Salvation...”

“I know, I know... but why did it have to be me? There were plenty of other doctors in the complex, but none of them would have wanted to do it either. It all came down to me having to tell them.”

“It was really that hard?”

“It’s never easy breaking the news that one of your relatives aren’t going to make it. The pain in their eyes...”

“Here, let me show you something.” Tranquility put her hoof on Salvation’s chest and pushed him lightly.

“What are you doing?” Salvation asked.

“Just lay on your back. Trust me, it’ll help.”

Letting out a small sigh, Salvation lowered himself backwards, Tranquility laying down next to him. “Now what?” Salvation asked.

Tranquility grabbed onto Salvation’s hoof lightly. “My mother used to tell me this when I was just a filly. It has helped me get through a lot in my life, maybe it can help you. Just look up at the sky. Ready?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay.” Tranquility cleared her throat. “Happiness, time spent with the ones you love. Push aside the sadness, and stare into the sky above. Reflect on your past, hold on to the memories, and you’ll have nothing to fear. The present isn’t the best place to be, when within your eyes, are tears. Let the light of day guide your dreams. Let the dark of night cover your seams. When all looks lost, think of the past. The memories, that will forever last.”

“Something a little deep to be telling a filly.”

Tranquility smiled and pushed Salvation playfully. “Oh hush. Whenever I felt sad or like I was alone in the world, I followed my mother’s rhyme.”

“And it worked?”

“More than you think it would. My mom always had a way with cheering me up, but when she passed away, her rhyme would always get me through the worst. My father, being the idiot he was, never cared to pay any attention to me, so I had to manage on my own until I finally got sick of it. But, I’ve already gone over that story so many times. Sorry, Salvation, I didn’t mean to bring it up.”

“Hey, it’s alright. It was your past, it’s hard to let go of something like that. You sure you don’t want to talk about it some more?”

“It’s fine.” Tranquility giggled and rolled on her side, latching on to Salvation with all four of her legs. “As long as I’m with you, I’ll be the happiest I have ever been.”

Salvation turned his head to Tranquility and pressed his lips against hers, the lavender mare beaming with happiness. “I love you, Tranquility.”

Tranquility burrowed the side of her face into Salvation’s head. “And I love you, Salvation.”

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“Is she still out?”

“Yeah, just give her a minute. She’ll wake up soon enough.”

“Should we get her off her side? She doesn’ look very comfy.”

“She’ll manage.”

“What about them? Are they goin' to be alright?”

“Don’t worry Applejack, they’ll be fine.”

“What about her?”

“She’ll be fine, too. Here, take these and go help Rainbow with the other two. Looks like they’re just waking up.”

“Why are they shiverin’? And what in the hay are these for?”

“Side effects from the spell on them, they’ll feel cold. The blankets are to help them feel warm. Go.”

The muffled voices slowly made their way from the mouths of the ponies to Daisy’s ears, the pink mare’s eyes slowly opening. Twilight Sparkle stood a few feet in front of her, two or three books coming down from the shelves of the library and setting down on the floor as Twilight made room on the shelves. Daisy’s vision and hearing seemed to be disrupted slightly, everything she heard muffled and everything she saw blurry. Through the haze in her eyes, Daisy was able to get an idea of where she was and who she was with. The two stallions she had been with in the Everfree forest sat on the other side of the library, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash tending to them as they came to. Twilight Sparkle stood in front of Daisy with her back turned to the pink mare, taking books down off of the shelves and placing a few medical supplies on them.

Daisy groaned and stretched her legs, a sudden feeling of freezing rushing into her body. “Twi... light.” Daisy said weakly, bringing her legs closer to her.

Twilight quickly turned around and walked over to Daisy, grabbing a blanket and placing it on top of the mare laying on her side. “You’re going to be alright, Daisy. Just keep that blanket on you.” Twilight Sparkle said as she moved Daisy’s mane out of her face.

“What... happened?”

“You and the two stallions over there had a sleep spell cast on you in the Everfree forest. A pretty strong one, too.”

“Where are Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy?”

“They’ve... they’ve been taken by somepony. We don’t know where either of them are, or who took them, but we know that somepony foalnapped them.”

“Why didn’t they take us?”

“That’s what I’m trying to figure out. I have a theory, but it may be a little early to assume such a thing. Such lay your head down and take some time to wake up.”

“I am awake.” Daisy shook her head slightly and slowly sat up, quickly covering herself with the blanket. “Did we find Rarity?”

“I’m afraid not. We think she has been taken as well.”

“Oh...” Daisy and Twilight sat in silence for a second, the voices of the two stallions, Rainbow, and Applejack talking filling in the emptiness.

“Daisy. Do you think you’re awake enough to maybe answer some questions that I had for you?” Twilight Sparkle asked.

“Yeah... yeah, I can try.” Daisy yawned, rubbing her eyes.

“Do you remember what happened in Everfree? Did you see anything peculiar?”

Daisy stayed silent for a moment, scrunching her lips together and rubbing her chin as she dug into her memory. "I remember the sound of the air screeching and the two stallions were gone within seconds of each other.”

“Did you see who took them? Did you see what they looked like?”

“I... I don’t know. All I remember was a weird dark blue light coming from above my head after something came down and picked me up. The light from the aura flickered against my hooves like it was fire, but I couldn’t get a clear picture of who it was coming from.”

“Did you see the color of their coat on their hooves? Anything?”

“It was too dark, my lantern had gone out. I can’t remember anything else from that. I’m sorry if it didn’t help a lot, Twilight, but I hope it can be of some use.”

“It’s alright, Daisy. You aren’t to blame. Try and keep yourself awake. Sleep spells tend to linger around for a while.” Daisy nodded and leaned back against the wall of the library as Twilight Sparkle stood up and walked away from her. Twilight halted in the middle of the library and a puzzled expression formed on her face, the lavender unicorn digging into her mind.

“An aura flickering like fire?” Twilight thought to herself. “And after she can’t remember anything. That must have been the sleep spell. But flickering like fire? I’ve only seen that kind of aura... no, no no no no no, that can’t be possible... can it?”

“Twilight? Are you alright? Yer, uh, pacin’.” Applejack called out from the library wall, watching as Twilight slowly walked in a circle in the middle of the room. Twilight looked up from the ground at Applejack and Rainbow, the two mares staring at her with slight worry.

“Uh... yeah, I’m fine. Just thinking.” Twilight assured her friends. Applejack and Rainbow shrugged and turned back to the two stallions. Blushing slightly, Twilight walked to the shelves in the library and scanned the books within them intently.

“Chrysalis...?” Twilight muttered under her breath.

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Another day had gone by in Ponyville, the cycle of night and day continuing in its path as the moon slowly revealed itself in the darkness. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle had spent the day before tending to the three ponies that had sleep spells on them, the three friends getting as much information out of the three ponies as they could. Despite the amount of information described and recalled as best as it could, the knowledge of the three past captives didn’t stretch any further past Daisy’s description of the event. Even with a few recall spells casted by Twilight on the three ponies, something seemed to be blocking the spell from taking an affect on them. Although, if the spell did cast, the information uncovered would still be limited. Given up on the attempts to get the three ponies to remember anything else, Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack continued on with their day, feeling as if they were defeated.

Three of their friends gone and the ‘foalnapper’ still on the loose, a feeling of helplessness spread across the three remaining target’s hearts. Not enough evidence on her theory, if the knowledge Twilight possessed could be called evidence, the lavender unicorn would be seen as a laughing stalk if she brought up the idea of changelings. Four years changelings have been defeated, the thought of changelings would be deemed ridiculous even in the eyes of the royal guard. However, away from her changeling theory, Twilight had another idea brewing in her head. Though it had been her first impression on the situation when she learned the Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy had been taken, Twilight Sparkle tried to stray away from her other idea a much as she could. A plot to capture the six wielders of The Elements of Harmony stayed in Twilight’s mind, the lavender unicorn became worried about her friends, more than she was before. With an unknown predator stalking the streets of Ponyville in an innocent form, Ponyville seemed to be in more danger than it had ever been as a forgotten enemy emerged from the shadows.

Who knew Twilight’s perception would be correct?

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Sweet Apple Acres rested in a deep slumber for the night, Applejack’s mind exhausted from thinking about what could have happened in the forest. It was only three hours earlier that Rainbow and Twilight were with the orange mare in Sugar Cube Corner, silently mourning over their friends’ disappearances. As the sun slowly set on Ponyville, the three mares said their goodbyes for the day and headed their separate ways for the night. For Applejack, an overwhelming feeling continued to surge through her, as zap-apples were coming in quick. Her mind stayed unknowing of her friends’ feelings, but Applejack figured that they didn’t want to show their colors. The disappearance of three friends in less than a week slowly ate away at the three remaining spirits of harmonys’ minds, each of them dwindling into a hidden, suppressed and somewhat unrealized depression. However, unbeknownst to Applejack, that depression would come to an end, as she would be reunited with her missing friends once more.

Applejack’s eyes opened tiredly as light hoofsteps ran across the roof of the house on Sweet Apple Acres, the orange mare rubbing her eyes and lifting her head off of the bed with her front legs. Applejack slowly scanned her eyes around her room, her eyelids barely open.

Thinking the hoofsteps had come from in the house, as tired as she was, Applejack quietly called out. “Applebloom? Is that you? What’re you doin’ up so late?” The orange mare stayed silent for a second, listening intently into the stillness of her home. Down the hall, Applebloom’s quiet snoring leaked out of her partially open door, Applejack forcing herself out of her bed and looking around confusedly. The moon in the  night sky illuminated Sweet Apple Acres enough for Applejack to see out into the fields surrounding her home, Applejack staring with tired eyes out of her window. However, something caught the orange mare’s eye as a figure seemed to dash from tree to tree, Applejack becoming even more confused as the figure slowly made its way away from the house.

“What in tarnation...?” Applejack whispered. As fast and as quietly as she could, Applejack weaved through the house she awoke in and dashed out the front door of her home, staring out into the apple tree fields as she halted a few feet away from the doorway. The figure had disappeared from Applejack’s sight for the time being, the orange mare lifting a hoof to her head and scratching it profusely.

“But... there was just... what?” Applejack muttered as she let her hoof back down to the ground. She stood in the quiet of night for a small moment, staring out into the apple orchards surrounding the house behind her.

As Applejack started to think it was just in her imagination, a stallion’s voice pierced the silence, Applejack almost jumping out of her coat. “Admiring the scenery? I never thought you would wake up.”

Applejack whipped around to face the voice, the orange mare not recognizing it as her brother’s. “Who are you? What’re you doin’ here?”

The voice leaked out of the darkness of a shadow extending from the house, the moonlight only a few inches away from revealing the origin of the voice. “Who I am is of no concern to you. What I’m here to do, well, you might be better off knowing for now.”

Applejack squinted menacingly and crouched down into a stance ready for hoof to hoof combat. “I think you best tell me who you are before I wake the whole town up and get you caught red handed. You’re that foalnapper fella, arent’cha?”

“So quick to catch on.” Augury calmly spoke. Within an instant, Applejack’s eyes opened widely as she caught a small glimpse of a structure on the owner of the voice, the orange mare backing up partially. Slightly confused at Applejack’s sudden reaction, Augury turned his head to his side, only to find that his wing had risen slightly, the insect like structure hanging out in the moonlight.

“I really should have learned to control these things more.” Augury groaned as he stepped out into the moonlight, sensing that Applejack knew what he was now.

Applejack’s eyes grew even wider as Augury was lit up by the moonlight, the creature standing in front of her house staring at her blankly. “You’re... you’re a changeling! But- but I thought Twilight’s brother got rid of y’all!”

“There’s been a change of events.”

“But, you don’t have any holes in yer hooves, and you have a mane and tail. Come to think of if, you’re not as thin as them things now, are you? Yer- yer a changeling, right?”

Augury began to walk towards the mare in front of him, Applejack backing up at the same pace. “I don’t like to call myself a monster such as those things.”

“Are you a changeling or not!?”

“Just listen to me.”

“What are you!?”

“You’re not listening.”

Out of frustration and slight fear, Applejack stopped in her tracks and swung her right front hoof as hard as she could at Augury. However, to her surprise, a hoof abruptly stopped her swing, Augury’s hoof holding back Applejack’s slightly shaking leg.

Augury shifted his eyes from Applejack’s hoof to the mare’s eyes. “Bad move on your part.” With a small click of a spell and a small magical poof, the changeling and the pony disappeared from the front yard of Applejack’ house, another magical poof bursting lightly in the orchards. Applejack stumbled from the exit of the teleportation spell, Augury landing on his hooves firmly and watching as Applejack regained her balance.

Applejack turned around to face Augury, the changeling waiting for her to stand still. “You’re not takin’ me! I’ll never let you take me!”

“As much as I don’t want to, you’re going to have to come with me. Now, just hold still-” Augury cut his sentence off as Applejack dashed forward and turned herself around, extending her legs outwards. Augury’s head jerked backwards as Applejack’s back hooves crashed violently into his head, the changeling stumbling backwards, almost losing his balance. As Augury came to a stop, he lifted a hoof up to his mouth and inspected it, a small smear of blood on his dark grey coat.

“If you want to do this the hard way, I’m more than happy to after that little stunt.” Augury spat, wiping his hoof off on the grass of the orchard.

Applejack turned to face Augury again, leaning into the same position she had been in before she charged at the changeling. “I said, I ain't goin' with you. Not without a fight, that is.”

Augury smirked slightly. “Well then. Shall we dance?”

“With pleasure!” With a kick of her back hooves, Applejack launched off of the ground towards Augury, her front hooves stretched outwards. Augury pushed off of the ground with his front legs and stood up on his back hooves, positioning himself with one of his hooves behind him. As Applejack collided with Augury, they slowly slid to a halt a few feet behind where Augury had been standing, the changeling standing on his back legs with Applejack’s face buried in his stomach. Taking the opportunity, Augury reached out and grabbed Applejack’s back legs, swinging his arms above his head as quick as he could afterwords. The orange mare quickly flew up into the air, her eyes bulging at the sudden sight of her orchard nearly fifty feet below her. Before she could react, Applejack felt two hooves grab onto her back and she quickly flew higher into the sky. As she quickly came to a halt in the air, Applejack adverted her eyes from the ground below, only to find the face of changeling staring at her sternly. Applejack stared into Augury’s dark blue eyes, the changeling returning the action with an angrier approach. The changeling and the pony came to a stand still in the air almost one hundred feet above the orchard below, Augury cradling Applejack within his grasp as he fluttered his wings.

“So we’ve come to a little situation here, haven’t we? I have wings, you don’t. I have magic to break my fall, and guess what? You don’t. Now, there are two options I have for you. One, you fall and die. Two, you quit attacking me and come with me peacefully with your legs intact. Which option would you like?”

Applejack lowered her brow angrily at Augury, almost regretting the words that escaped from her mouth. “Two.”

“Good choice. Now, you’re going to have to promise me that you won’t attack me, alright? You are The Spirit of Honesty, aren’t you?”

“I won’t make any promises.”

“... I’ll just take that as a yes.”

Augury and Applejack slowly lowered back to the orchard, Applejack pushing herself away from Augury as they touched the ground.

“Now, Applejack, I just want to say that-” Augury began to say, his gaze towards the mountains in the distance.

Applejack’s voice shattered Augury’s train of thought, Augury turning his head to the orange mare. “I never made a promise, mind you!”

Growling, Augury stepped off to the side as Applejack leaped at him backwards with her back hooves ready to buck with enough force to knock out a manticore. Not able to see behind her that far, Applejack extended her back legs as hard and as fast as she could, a feeling of accomplishment coming onto her as she felt her hooves connect with something. However, the sound following made her heart sink. An electric charged surged through the tree Applejack had bucked, the orange mare turning her head to look at Augury. The changeling had a fiery dark blue aura surrounding his eyes, a sinister smirk upon his face. Applejack began to take her back hooves off of the tree as she heard the electric surge begin to come back down, but found herself stuck to the tree with a dark blue aura around her legs.

“Now, where did you think you were going?” Augury asked, the smirk on his face extending into a full smile. With a sudden bolt of electricity surging through her body, Applejack felt her muscles tighten and she shook violently. Normally, the orange mare would have flung from the charge, but Augury’s magic held her in place. A few seconds passed and Applejack continued to have electricity course through her, a few spots on her coat turning black. Augury chuckled and let go of the magical hold on Applejack’ back legs, the orange mare soaring from the zap-apple tree she had accidentally fallen into. Augury walked over to the orange mare laying on the ground as the aura around his eyes faded. Aside from a few patches of her coat burnt and her mane spiked in random directions, Applejack’s appearance had not been affected. However, she seemed to have fallen unconscious. Augury leaned down and put his ear to her chest, nodding after a few seconds as he heard her heart beat normally. The changeling sighed and lifted Applejack onto his back, keeping the magic hold on her to keep her steady.

Augury turned his line of sight to the Apple family’s house in the distance, a feeling of sorrow sweep over him a third time. “Applejack is going to be alright. As worried as you’ll be about her, I’ll make sure that she isn’t harmed any further.” Augury said quietly. The changeling slowly lifted himself off of the ground and began to fly away from Ponyville, letting the darkness of the night cover his movements. Only two mares remained in Augury’s first group of targets. However, something would emerge within Augury that he had hoped would stay within him. Something that he may not be able to control.

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Wow, would you look at that. Another double chapter upload! Huzzah! But seriously, I really need to learn when to stop and end a damn chapter. This (what used to be and was intended to be one) chapter was cut in half (again) due to length.

On another note, I just thought I would come in and say that the violence toward Applejack with the zap-apple tree was NOT (repeat) NOT unnecessary. It will be explained in the next chapter in further detail about why it was there.

So don’t come at me with ‘HUR DUR, YOU HURT APPLEJA-’

NO.

SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

I WOULD NEVER BRING HARM TO THE MANE (ha) SIX WITHOUT A CAUSE.

I JUST... I CAN’T- DHGOLDSFAHDTEAMLHKSDLRULESB

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