“Really? I’ve been out for that long?” She nods. “Did anything else happen to me while I was out?” At the she grimaces.

“Well… Um… How do I say this.” She pauses, trying to think of a way to tell me whatever she’s going to tell me. “Tirek may have impaled you on a magic spike while we were taking you to the hospital. On the chest.” She says with as much care as she could us. I strain a little to look down and see that my stomach is covered in bandages.

“Well that explains the slight pain from when Fluttershy hugged me.” Said yellow pegasus winces and looks down.

“I’m sorry...” She whimpers. With strength slowly returning to me it took a little effort to reach over and scratch her in between her ears. A soft smile appears on her face as I scratch her.

“It’s alright Flutters. You didn’t know that would hurt me..” I stroke her mane once and flop back onto the bed. “So…” I look the nurse and, who I assume is Doc Tender Care. “How long do I have stay here?” The orange brown pony scratches his chin.

“It shouldn’t be more than another week. By then you should be as bright as rein.” He says with a smile. I nod in response.

“Cool.” The Doc and nurse walk out of the room. Leaving me with the six girls and Discord. He looks to be bored out of his mind. “Discord, is it?” He picks up his head.

“Yes.”

“How do you his name?” Twi, the ever inquisitive one asks.

“Lets just say I know a lot of things, and I don’t know how I know, I just do.” She nods, contemplating who knows what. I turn my attention back to the… draconequus… I think that’s how it’s pronounced. “So you are the god of chaos?” He nods with a proud smile.

“The one and only.” Discord proudly states. He stands up and bows. Holding a top hat that appeared out of thin air.

“And am I correct to assume you’re friends with these girls?”

“Well mostly with Fluttershy. Other than her, they’re more like… acquaintances.” He says with a smirk. Rarity, Aj and Rainbow scowl at him.

“Ah think you better get on outta here Discord.”

“Oh! That reminds me. I must go tend to Fluttershy’s animal friends. Ta ta Fluttershy.” Discord states a little too effeminately. A puffy pink cloud forms around him and quickly dissipates, leaving empty space where he stood. I look back to the group of friends.

“Something tells me you three don't quite get along with him.” I say with a knowing smirk. “Moving on to a different subject. You girls mind catching me up with what happened while I was out?”

“Actually, ah gotta get back to apple buckin’. Later guys!” Aj waves to us and we wave back as she leaves the room.

“Anyone else leaving?” They rest shake their heads. “Alright. Lay it on me then.” I say as I stretch my a-

“Emby! Your wings! They're different!” Pinkie shouted.

“What?” I turn around and see that I have wings again. But they’re different like Pinkie said. Instead of feathered wings. I now sport bat-like wings, even draconic looking. “What? How?” *Draconic wings? How the fuck!?* The spot where my normal wings met my back, now two slightly long arms jut out, webbing in between each finger, they even look more muscled than my regular arms. And the hands, they would be normal, except the fingers are about two feet long between each knuckle, and each thumb is left normal. Grey scales dot the palm and back part of each hand, complemented with the skin colored a dull grey like my feathers. “How did these grow? I shouldn’t even have wings anymore!”

“Whaddya mean by that?” Rainbow asked. I look to all of them seriously.

“You all saw me as a ball of fire fueled by rage right?” They nod slowly. “I turned into that because the fucking prick Tirek tore my wings off!” They all blanch. “Yeah, he tore my fucking wings off in the most painful way possible. I’ve never felt that much pain in my life.” I cross my arms. My new wings stay flared, they flap once in agitation.

“Did he really do that?” There was a slight tremor in Rainbows voice. I nod with affirmation. “Wow, that’s bucked up. Even for Tirek.”

“He used me try and coax the Princesses to giving him their magic. You can pretty much guess what happened next.” Fluttershy, Twilight and Rainbow wince sharply.

“That would explain why you ascended into that, flame form.” Twi muttered. Fluttershy, who stayed quiet the whole time. Got up, wiped her eyes again, calmly walked over to me, and gave me another hug. But this one was soft, it was an embrace, I felt warm. Happy even, I’ve never been that happy ever since childhood. It was like mom giving me a good old bear hug. Filled with love, compassion, friendship. At that moment I felt truly overjoyed. I closed my eyes and hugged her back. We stay like that for a minute, then a second set of hooves hugged me. I open my eyes, and Rainbow decided to hug me. Followed by Rarity, Twilight and Pinkie.

*They really do care for me... *

-No doubt.-

=Mmhmm.= The group hug lasts for another minute or two, I then feel a rush of warmth shoot through my body, it left me feeling at top physical condition, at least, that's how I feel. Then they take a step back.

“Thanks, I needed that.” I look to Rainbow. “So what? You finally stopped thinking of me as a monster?” She blushes a little, and she nods a little. “Was it because of what you saw me do?” Her face brightens up.

“Yeah! That was so, awesome!” She takes to the air. “We saw everything! Dude, that had the most awesomest thing I’ve ever seen!.” She holds her hoof out to me. Taking the hint I bump my fist to it.

“Wait, you all saw everything?” They all nod.

“We already put the last key in the box, so we were just waiting for the Tree of Harmony to grow, and it gave us our ‘Rainbow Power’ forms.”

“Ahh, I see. What’s the Tree of harmony?” I can’t let them I know more about their than they think I do now can I? Of course I had to play dumb.

“It’s basically a crystal tree that keeps harmony and chaos in balance.” Twi explains.

“Oh… Is that some of what I missed?”

“Not really. What you really missed is all the black vines from Discords seeds of chaos growing from the ground and terrorising Ponyville and Discord betraying us.” Rainbow finished with a scowl.

“He betrayed you guys?” Rainbow nods. “Huh… And now I’m guessing he’s reformed or something?”

“I guess...” She says with a grunt.

“She means yes Ember, Discord does mean well. We think.” Twi said.

“Oh.” I mull that over for a second. “Well, moving on, is that all I missed?”

“Not exactly. Tirek, destroyed my house...” Twi said with a frown. Rarity tried to comfort her.

“But now you have that beautiful castle darling! Isn’t that better than your old home?” Rarity draped a foreleg over Twi’s shoulders.

“Yeah, I guess so.” Then Fluttershy put her two cents in. While I just sit there, confused as ever.

“And you saved Spike and Owlicious.” That got Twilight to better spirits. I can pretty much guess who Owlicious is.

“You’re right.” She says with a small smile.

“Wait, castle?” I didn’t do that much research when I was back on my home planet, I may have forgotten a thing or two, or ten.

“Oh yeah! When Twi put the last key in the magic box it went into the ground this giant crystal castle grew out of the ground! It. Was. Awesome!” Rainbow nearly shouted.

“Is that all?”

"No, remember what Rainbow said about my new castle?" I nod. "Well, in the throne room we discovered, when we all sat down at our respective thrones, a table that displays a map of Equestria grew out of the ground. And it showed us a particular area that it wants us to go to."

"Did it just tell you that before you got here?" Twi nods. "Then why are you still here?"

"Pinkie wants you to come along to-"

"So you can our body guard!" Pinkie interupted, throwing her forelegs in the air.

"Body guard?"

"You know! Just in case we might need your help!"

"I don't think we'll need his help Pinkie. As long as you got me!" Rainbow boasted. Pinkie just stares at her. It's kinda creepy.

"But didn't you see what he did to Tirek?" That shut the blue boasting bimbo up. Pinkie turns back to me with a bright smile. "So will you come along with us? Huh huh huh!?" She gets into my personal space a little. I think about for a minute, then shrug.

"Eh, why not? Got nothing better to do, so, yeah." That set the pink hyperactive pony off. She cheers loudly and bolts out of the room, doing whatever it is she does. "She's a bit quirky isn't she?" Twi sighs.

"That's just Pinkie being Pinkie."

"I see." I stretch again, loud popping sounds emanate from my shoulders and arms, all four of them, should I even call my appendages arms? "Wow I feel a lot better. I wonder if I can stand up." I shifted in the bed I'm resting in to stand up.

"I don't think that's a good idea. Remember what Doctor tender Care said!" Twi frantically fails her forelegs as I stand the fuck up. My legs pop a little am I almost hit my head against the ceiling. "Or not." She sighs again.

"Well then, shall we get going? After I check out of this place?"

"I guess so..."

"Let me get this straight, you somehow went back to your homeworld, and you think Princess Celestia had something to do with it?" I nod.

"Pretty much. And I think Celestia had something to do with it." After checking myself out of 'Ponyville General Hospital' as the ponies call it, much to the surprise of all the staff there. Rainbow went to go get Aj while the rest of us waited by the train station this town apparently has, I stopped by my house and caught Chrysi up about everything. She was glad to see me again, and all better too, apparently she couldn’t go to the hospital because she ran the risk a getting caught, even if she changed into a pony. And the train itself is called 'The Friendship Express', it should be named 'The so Fucking small I can Barely fit Express'. We all got in and rode it to the small town Twi was talking about earlier, and she filled me in about they plan to do when they get there. I can feel the train slowing down. "I need to speak with her about that when I can."

"We're here!" Pinkie shouted. The train came to a stop and we all stepped off it. As soon as Fluttershy stepped off the conductor put the train into reverse, quite hastily too.

"Strange." I silently remarked and I fall into step behind the girls. We traveled across a deserted landscape until we reached a small cliff that looks over the town we're supposed to be at. It's fucking small. Looks like there's barely twelve houses. They start talking amongst themselves and I just keep an eye on Pinkie. She’s somehow crawling under rocks. And a big one just crushed her. It confuses the fuck out of me that she managed to carry the boulder a few feet and climbed on top of it.

"This is were the wants us to go?" Rainbow griped.

“This is where the map says.” Twi pulled out a map from somewhere. I don’t know where they store shit like that.

“Well it can certainly afford some... architectural flourishing.” Rarity commented.

“Are ya sure this is where the map wanted us to go?” Aj asked.

“Yes, I am sure.”

“Well I don’t know about all of you, but I’m going to find out if they have a spa.” Rarity began to walk towards to small village.

“Hold on Rarity.” Twi blocked. “We don’t know what could be down there, besides those ponies.”

“You think a monster could be somehow controlling them?” Rainbow almost got too close to Twi when she asked that.

“What makes you think that Rainbow?”

“It just makes it sound much cooler.” I roll my eyes.

“Lets just go.” I say and walk ahead of them. They fall into step at either side of me when we reach the town. We get a ton of looks from the residents. And they start a really creepy welcome committee. All while smiling creepily.

*If this is part of the show, I didn’t see this episode.* My knowledge of the show only goes as far as season four, I think. No that does not make me a ‘brony’ or whatever you call those people into the show, I only did that for research purposes. The girl’s and I were eventually lead to a table by some mare, said mare left and came back with a plate full of muffins. I chose to sit with my legs crossed on the floor. I continued to look around and watch the residents go about their business. Nothing is normal from whatever they’re doing, even for ponies.

-Well this place is fucking creepy-

=It strangely reminds me of “The World’s End”. The way they smile and stare, a little unnerving to say the least.=

~Agreed.~

“Ember?” I get a poke at my shoulder.

“Huh?”

“You comin’ with us?” Rainbow asked.

“Yeah.” I get up and follow the girls, lead by the ponies of this village. There is apparently some cave the ponies of this place have where they store their cutie marks. I kid you not, there is actually a way to get rid of a cutie mark. I later found out that some communist whore brainwashed these ponies to forsaking their cutie marks to become equal. But I found a small flaw; There are pegasi, unicorns and regular ponies. I’ll let that sink in for a minute.

“Here it is!” A white stallion cheered. Me and the girls gwak a little at the massive walls of taken cutie marks. Silence befalls us as we continue stare.

“Beautiful isn’t it?” A feminine voice comes from behind. We all turn and see that a pink unicorn mare with dark purple and turquoise mane and tail walks in front of us. Her words fall dead on my ears and I nudge Twi.

“What?”

“I don’t like her. Something’s off about her.”

“You’re getting that too?” Rainbow whispered. By now the mare, walked up to the wall of cutie marks and picked up a stick with a fork at one end. I manage a straight face as I analyze her. Looking for anything that might set her away from the town’s ponies. God their lingo is getting to me.

“With the Sanity rod,” I had to hold back a snort. “everypony here is made equal.” She walks dangerously closer to us, and the others surround us, smiling widely, almost evilly.

“It’s a trap!” Twi takes to the air and charges her horn. The pink mare pointed the stick at Twilight and a beam of turquoise magic shoots out. I, acting before thinking, jump in front of Twi and take the full blow of the magic beam. And like before, it had disastrous effects. The resulting explosion sent me flying at a wall of the cave. Luckily, my wings flared and cushioned the impact, without taking damage to boot. I land back on the floor and take a defencive stance. Wings still flared and gauntlets at the ready.

*Nice.* I look ahead of me, and the pink mare has already cast whatever spell she has on the girls. Looks like they’re hurting pretty bad.

~Get in front of the magic again!~

“What?”

~I Can absorb it and convert it to your magic!~

“Got it.” I make a beeline at the beam of magic and step in front of the pink mare holding it. *This better work.* I make contact and the beam absorbs itself into my body.

“No! What are you doing!?” The pink bitch screams.

“Keeping you from making everypony equal.” I can feel the power within me rising.

~Oh no...~

*What?*

~I didn’t anticipate this much magic! Move!~ I try to but all I get are some twitches. I can feel something build within my being. And something is lighting up the cave, it was me. The light was coming from me.

*The fuck is going on?!* My vision is starting to turn white.

“Ember!” I heard the girls call out, then my vision completely turns white. Then pitch black.

*What happened? And why do I feel tired..?* I tried to call out to anybody. But my mouth didn’t move. I couldn’t move any part of my body at all. *Hello!? Anyone there!? No response. *Did I get knocked unconscious again or something?*

“You really need to stop doing shit that’ll knock us out.” I whip my head around and Embris appeared.

*So I am unconscious, ok.*

“I actually don't know whether we passed out or not. For all we know we could be dead.”

*Oh.*

“You know you can talk right?”

*Tried that earlier, I can’t move at all. Hey, where’s Emby?*

“He’s around. And that could mean you’re tied up.”

*You really think that?* She shrugs.

“Always a possibility. And considering what happened before you got here...”

*Riiiiiiight. Makes sense. That pink bitch probably has me tied up.* The background starts to turn white.

“Looks like we’re about to find out.” She fades away and everything turns white.

“About time you wake up.” I pick my head up and open my eyes. I’m in some room with no windows, probably a basement, and the pink mare from earlier is sitting a few feet away. I try to move, but it seems that I am tied up, rope covers my torso and legs. “It was getting pretty boring here.”

~About time you woke up.~

“Where are the girls?” She chuckles. I move against the rope and I found out that I can rip them up. *Wow this shit is weak.* The pink mare chuckles.

“Don’t worry, they’re safe.” She stands up and walks closer to me.

“The fuck are you doing?” She smirks.

“You seem to be immune to my spell, seeing that you don't have a cutie mark.” When she's just a few inches away from me she sits back down. “But I can still turn you into one of us.”

“And how are you going to do that?” She smiles and a blush appears on her cheeks.

“By turning you into my slave.”

*Oh HELL NO!!!* I break the rope holding my arms and slam my fist to her face, making her slide across the floor. I quickly untie the rope around my legs and stand up. She stood back and crouched down.

“A fighter huh? You’re not going to make it out of here alive if you keep doing that.” I smile widely and flex my wings, my eyes change red again. She loses her smile at that.

“You stupid cunt. You actually think you can break me? You think you can turn me into your fucking mindless slave?” I teleport and appear right in front of her. “Bitch you got another thing coming.” I managed to teleport away before she shot me with a beam of magic. I ready my gauntlets and take a defensive stance. When she does nothing I leap to land a solid hit at her side. She shot another beam of magic at me, knocking me into a wall.

*Can you cast a shield around me? That’s getting pretty fucking annoying.* A red shield forms around me, acting like another layer of skin.

~Like that?~

“Perfect.” I rush the mare again. She shoots another beam of magic, this time it bounces off the shield and digs into the wall. *I am in a basement.* This time I landed a good kick on her side, sending her sprawling across the floor. That seemed to knock her out, she’s got moving, but I can see her chest rising and falling. I slowly walk over to her and nudge her side. A nasty looking bruise is starting to form. She twitches and groans, but stays still otherwise. *Out like a light bulb.*

=Nice=

-So what now?-

“Now we get the fuck outa here.” I grasp the mare in my magic and head upstairs with her in tow. The room leading to the basement looked like an average bedroom. I pay no attention to that and head outside. As soon as I step outside I’m greeted by the residents of this lovely village, all looking at me and the girls, who are also out here, their bodies tinted a dark grey. And their cutie marks, I’m gonna call them c-marks from now on, all replaced with equal signs, but Fluttershy is missing.

“Hey! It’s you again!” A white stallion shouts. “Has our mayor shown you the errors of your ways?” He walks close and stops just a feet feet away.

“More like the other way around.” I set the unconscious mare between me and him. He goes wide eyed.

“What did-!”

“Now Fluttershy!” Twi yelled out. Next thing I know I’m drenched in water. So is the mare and the stallion, the pink one wakes up when the water hit her.

“Huh? What?”

“You see!? Your mayor has lying to you all this time!” I guess Twi had this planned out or something. The residents all gaps when they lay eyes on the drenched mare.

“You lied to us?” The white stallion asked, clearly hurt, emotionally. I briskly walk over to the girls.

“So you planned this?” Twi nods.

“Yes. Except for you coming in like that. What happened to her anyway?”

“Me and her had a little stand off. By the way what’s her name?”

“Starlight glimmer, why?”

“Just asking. Also, is what she was doing here illegal? It kinda is on my planet.”

“What, spreading communism? Yes that’s illegal. It’s considered a crime against equinity!”

“Good.” I turn back to the crowd. “And we might need to go after her.”

“Why?”

“She’s running off with a cart.”

“What!?” All the girls shout. I take to the air, a little shakily because of the new wings, and chase Starlight. Along with the ponies of this village.

“Fuck, she knows how to run.” Starlight managed to stay ahead of us while running up to the top of a snow covered mountain. "And I really practice with these new wings." She even caused a mini-avalanche and destroyed and fucking bridge. I cleared the snow and some pony created a bridge out of balloons, don’t ask me how he did that, he just did. The chase eventually ended at the mouth of an ominous cave. *It’s also weird how my wings didn’t ice up. Eh… magic.* Right now Twi and Starlight are in the middle of a stand off. I can’t hear what they’re saying, all the snow blowing about and I kept distance between me and Starlight. She’s a good shot. The girls got their c-marks and now all the ponies are gathering around Starlight.

“I won’t let you take me!” I heard that. The pink communist mare created a bubble around and it expanded until it eventually exploded to a flash of bright light. When that died she was gone. But there were tracks leading into the cave. I land next to Twi.

“She’s getting away!” She makes a move to go into the cave, but a blue hoof holds her back.

“We can look for later.” A blue stallion spoke. “Right now we want to experience true friendship. Come on!” The stallions walks away and me and Twi look at each other.

“Weird.” We both say, we both chuckle a little.

“You can join the others, I’ll go after her.”

“You sure? It looks pretty scary in there.” I look at her pointedly.

“Do I look like a wimp to you?”

“No...” She shakes her head.

“Then I’ll see you later.” I say with a smile. She smiles catches up with the rest and I walk into the cave.

Author's Notes:

I hope you liked the update! (P.S. Writing has gone back to full speed ahead since I got my computer back!)