Starlight entered the dining room carrying a tea tray and looked at the table, where Princess Celestia was patiently waiting. Starlight smiled and walked to the table, setting the tray on top of it. “Here it is, Princess. I hope it didn’t take too long.” She said with a nervous smile.

Celestia smiled gratefully at her and eased her worries. “It didn’t, thank you for making tea for us.” She said.

Starlight breathed a sigh of relief, giving Celestia a cup. “It was nothing; I was already going to make some for me.” She said.

Celestia took a sip of her tea before talking again. “Are you sure you don’t know where Luna is?” She asked.

“I’m sorry, your Highness. Spike said he was going to train with his friend, uhh…” She trailed off for a moment. “Fairy, I think. I can only guess she’s with them.”

“I see.” Celestia said before taking another sip. The castle’s door opened and something stumbled to the ground, surprising the two. They went to the main hall and looked at the door, seeing that Luna, Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow and some other people they didn’t know – or remember – the name and I were standing there, looking at Eclipse, Sapphyra, Soul and Spike, who were comically fallen on the floor, exhausted.

“Huh. You’d think dragons were a bit tougher than that.” I said with a raised eyebrow. I used my telekinesis spell to lift them up before noticing the two looking at us. “Oh hello, Starlight. Princess Celestia.” I said, nodding to them before turning to Twilight. “Somewhere specific I can drop these four?”

“The library above has some couches on it for people to sit on. I’ll show you the way.” She said, walking to the staircase. We followed her, Celestia and Starlight joining us after Starlight grabbed the tea they were drinking.

“What did you do to get them that exhausted?” Starlight said, looking at the four worriedly.

"I was testing their strength and trying to figure out what their passives were.” I responded.

“And did you discover it?” Celestia asked.

I snapped my talons and a notepad with some notes scribbled on it appeared on my hand. “Yup.”

We entered the library and I looked around. There were multiple bookshelves and some couches and pillows scattered around; there were also a few tables here and there with chairs for people to sit.

I walked to a couch and unceremoniously dropped the four on it, making them yelp. “Warn us next time.” Eclipse grumbled, sitting on a more confortable position.

Those who were standing took a pillow, sat on a nearby couch, or just leaned on the wall; Starlight offered us tea but most of us declined, the exceptions being Twilight and Eclipse. I lifted my notepad and presented it to them. “I put here the data I could gather about your passives, but their names are up to you five.” I said.

Spike raised an eyebrow. “We have to name the passive?” He asked.

I shrugged. “It’s still a spell; a passive one, but still a spell." I looked at my notepad. "Now, I’ll read them to you and you can think of a name for it, ok?” When they nodded, I began. “Alphabetical order. Eclipse.” He looked at me. “Good side: the more hurt you are, the more damage, from punches to beams, you’ll cause. Bad side: The healing spells we use on you will cure way less than they should.”

He thought for a second, setting his empty cup down. “Necessary Pain.” He said. “I feel this is going to help me a lot.”

“Maybe, but I can see it being a pain in the ass too.” I said with a laugh. “Mirror, I already had an idea of what your passive would be and now I’ve confirmed it. Good side: your magical power increases when you’re touching your spell, directly or not. Bad side: based on what you told me, you’re weakened on daytime.”

She nodded. “Makes sense; I always feel weaker and lazier when the sun is up. Well… what about Moon’s Touch?” She suggested.

I nodded. “If you like it.” I said before turning to the next. “Sapph. Good side: you’re faster when the temperature is a bit cold. Bad side: your spells deals less damage when it’s hot.”

She stopped for a moment to think. “Magic Winter. Sorry, it’s the best I could come up with.” She said with a sheepish smile.

“It’s ok; my own passive is called Copycat.” I said with a laugh. “Soul, yours is a bit complicated. Good side: When you’re fighting, a mark will appear on your target’s body that only you can see – or rather, feel. If you hit it, you attack or spell will deal extra magical damage. Bad side: if you hit somewhere that isn’t marked, your attack will deal half the damage and deactivate the passive for a few seconds. During this delay your attacks will deal regular damage.” I said. Some passives are very simple, but some are more complicated than an actual active spell!

“Nightmare Mark.” He said without much thought.

I raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. “And Spike. I couldn’t gather any data on your passive today, but I remembered something interesting. Remember the first time I’ve been here? The BlizzCon on Manehattan one week after my birthday?” I asked and he slowly nodded. “Remember when Eclipse broke your Diablo action figure? You got so pissed you chased him through half of the town; Scarlett and I both tried to slow your down, but you still ran like we weren’t even doing anything! So I think your passive is like that: The good side is, when you’re angry, you’ll mark a target that pissed you off. Chasing this target will make you faster and stronger, and I'm pretty sure it also works during combat.”

He nodded again. “Makes sense.”

“The bad side is, depending on how much you’re angry, you won’t be able to control yourself.” I said.

Spike winced. “I remember that. I couldn’t stop running after Eclipse; I wanted to at least punch him on the balls for what he did.” He said with a sheepish laugh.

“It took Mirror to stop you. She teleported on front of you when you cornered Eclipse on an alleyway; and she shielded herself and Eclipse. The first punch you gave cracked the shield, and the second broke it. Luna created another and held on it, and the shield then absorbed all your impacts until you calmed yourself.” I said.

“Yeah, you pounded the shield with so much force my head hurt for an hour.” Luna said while rubbing her forehead. She paused and looked at me with furrowed brows. “Wait, when I held the shield it became stronger. That’s when you guessed my passive, right?” She asked.

I grinned and nodded. “Yep, I started to suspect right then, but I couldn’t be certain. You could’ve been powering up the shield more, for all I knew at the time.” I said.

“If this is my passive, then I’m happy I don’t get a lot angry all that easily.” When he noticed our lidded stares he groaned. “Come on, it was a limited edition and expensive as hell! And I didn’t get completely out of control, so I wasn’t that angry! The only way I will lose control completely is if I really hate the guy I’m fighting.” He stopped for a moment as he mouthed what he just said. “Dragon’s Hate? Yeah, that’s a cool name.” He said with a nod.

I smiled and scribbled down the names of their passives. “Ok. I’ll go out for a bit; I promised Bella I would look around for her collar.” I looked at Celestia. “I could go home and get Niv, if you wanted to see her.” I said.

“It would be appreciated. I'm curious to what it looks like.” She said.

"It's a she." I said before looking at my family. “Ok, we’re going to search, get the animals and return. You five could take it easy and rest.” Luna opened her mouth. “Mirror, shut the fuck up; you need to rest too.” I cut her off.

Luna rolled her eyes but complied. I smiled and walked out of the castle, my family close behind. "And drop your fucking disguise!" I shouted when we were out of their line of sight.

The other giggled at Luna when she returned to her alicorn form. “Shut up.” She growled.

“Oh come on, Mirror. You know she’s right. You’ve been spellcasting for the whole past hour.” Eclipse said with a laugh, putting an arm around Luna and poking her ribs. “You’re at least a bit tired.”

Luna sighed and relaxed, leaning on the headrest and on Eclipse. “I know.”

Celestia raised an eyebrow with a smile and Rainbow blinked. "Heh, I honestly thought she'd break you finger for poking her." The pegasus said.

Luna scoffed. “He’s done worse.” She said with a shake of her head.

Eclipse laughed. “Yup, but I have an excuse. After all, I’m your duo; you’re closer to me than to the rest of the Guardians.” He said.

“Because Spike and I are the only ones willing to put up with your shit for more than two hours; and because Spike is Fairy’s duo, already.” She said matter-of-factly.

“That may be true, but you still love me.” Eclipse hugged the alicorn and Luna rolled her eyes, a small smile coming to her face.

“What are those duos you keep talking about?” Twilight asked as she teleported the tes tray Starlight was still holding to the kitchen.

“Duos are like, two people that work well together.” Spike started to explain. “I’m Fairy’s duo because I can keep up with her tactics and because we kind of identify more with each other than with the others.” He pointed at Eclipse for him to continue.

“Sapphyra and Soul are a duo because they think alike and don’t really need to talk to each other to know what they have to do. Scarlett and Viper are also a duo because they work well together when they’re on the offensive; they can destroy anything they’re up against. And I’m Mirror’s duo because we are good friends, work together rather well, etc. Dolph doesn’t have one, but she always play in a group, so she doesn’t mind it much.” Eclipse finished for him.

“Luna, if I may ask, why do you like this name so much to the point of having your friends call you that instead of your real name?” Celestia asked. “Even Pinkie’s is a short for her real name, but yours is completely original; aside from the Moon part.”

“Well, I tried to put the name Luna, but someone was already using it. Same with PrincessLuna, MasterOfTheNight, PrincessOfTheNight, PainterOfTheNightSky… After a while I gave up just started using a random name that I don’t remember right now.

“When I met Fairy, she suggested me to put the name of something I liked, or that had a meaning behind it. She also said how she could imagine my face on the moon and the stars. That gave me an idea, and when I tried Mirror Moon it actually worked!

“I use this name on all games I play. And like I already said, I used a thestral disguise with this name during Fairy’s first visit." She gave them a wide grin. “I had so much fun there! I felt like I was a common pony for once! Every time someone calls me Princess Luna, I feel like I’m above them – ok, technically I am – and every time I tried to socialize they always tried to use me to rise their status or they just felt like I was too much to even be their friend, and even the name Luna remembers me a bit of that, except when it’s you or one of the elements, of course.

“And also except for the Guardians; these four idiots plus the four that left help me have fun the ‘commoner’ way without caring of who I am, so I asked them to call me Mirror Moon, the Star-wielding thestral that they’ve met at the BlizzCon, instead of Princess Luna, the princess that shouldn’t even think of socializing with the ‘lower-class’.” She finished with an air-quote.

Celestia slowly nodded. “I didn’t know you felt like that.” She muttered.

Luna smiled. “I know; I hid from you on purpose. I have my friends now, and they actually care about me, even if they’re a bit, eh… I guess Rarity would say ‘uncouth’.” She said with a shrug.

“I guess.” Celestia said with a slow nod.

My family and I were walking around town, looking for two stores that hopefully would have what we’re searching for.

“Come on, where is it?” Niner growled. I was starting to smell smoke.

“Calm down, I’m sure they have one around here.” Dranitta said, but it fell on deaf ears.

“Why is so hard to find a fu-” She started to say, but I covered her mouth and pointed at a group of eight-year olds that passed near us.

“Even I know better than curse around children.” I said with furrowed brows as I released her.

She glared at me but said nothing. We turned around a street and I slammed on someone, making me trip backwards and both of us fell to the ground.

“Ouch…” I groaned, standing up. I turned to who I slammed on and recognized her color pattern immediately. “Oh, I’m sorry Fluttershy. Someone made me stop paying attention on where I was going.” I said, glaring at Niner, who simply shrugged in response. I sighed and turned back towards the fallen pegasus. “Need help?” I asked, offering a hand.

She grabbed my hand and I pulled her to her feet. “I-I’m really sorry, Fairy. I should have paid more attention to where I was going too.” She apologized, making me smile.

“No worries.” I said, before stepping aside for her to pass. When she was going to pass I lifted a hand. “Actually, you wouldn’t know where we can find a pet shop around here, would you?”

She blinked. “A-Actually, I know one. I can show you, if you don’t mind.”

My smile broadened. “Lead the way!” I said.

We followed her through the streets, gaining a few looks that were making Fluttershy a bit nervous. I noticed that, so I decided to start up a conversation to distract her. “So, where were you going before we ‘crossed paths’?” I asked with a chuckle.

She gave a coy smile before answering. “I actually just finished the shores back home, so I decided to visit Sugarcube corner and buy something for me.”

I nodded. “After buying Bella’s collar, we’re going home to get Niv. You can join us, if you want to.” I suggested.

“Really?!” She asked with excitement. I knew that she liked rare animals – or animals in general – but damn, that’s a big change of behavior for her.

I chuckled a bit and turned to look at the others, who were on their own conversations and hadn't paid much attention to us. “I don’t think they care, so sure. We can get the other pets too, if you want; you couldn’t play much with Amaté, and I think you’re going to love Niv and Neon.” I said.

She squealed in excitement before covering her mouth with a large blush. “S-Sorry!” She squeaked.

I giggled. “Don’t worry. If you were calling me to play a game I’ve never played before, I'd be acting just like you are.” I said with a smile.

“I-If you don’t mind me asking, why do Bella want a collar?” She asked when we saw the pet shop just down the street.

“To use. Her power is that she can turns into any animal she knows, if she’s strong enough, of course. She thinks that a collar complements her shapeshifting, so she used one. Unfortunately, her old one broke, and we never found one with the enchantment we need.” I explained.

“Enchantment?” She asked in confusion.

“If she shapeshift from a diamond dog form to a manticore form, any normal collar would snap. We need one that has an enchantment that makes it fit any form she may turn.” I said and Fluttershy nodded in understanding. "This enchantment is pretty uncommon, so we never found another."

We entered the shop and looked around. There were shelves with food, collars, leashes, dog houses... anything you would expect to be in a pet shop, really. Fluttershy and I both went to the collars section while the others looked at random things while waiting for us. I’m the only one who can identify magical auras, so they’re counting on me to find it.

I examined the collars on the shelves and one in particular caught my eye. It was a blue collar with metal spikes around it and a place to put those tags.

I fucking suck at descriptions, if you didn't notice until now. Better use the link above.

I looked at it and I could feel the magical aura of a spell on it. ‘I only know three spells that are used on collars. Maybe…’ I thought, hopeful. I grabbed it and walked to the counter, where a green unicorn mare with brown hair was standing. “Hello, did you find anything you like?” She asked with a surprisingly kind smile. The smiles of vendors back home are almost emotionless.

“Maybe.” I put the collar in front of her. “Is this collar enchanted?” I asked.

She looked at it for a moment before turning back at me. “Yes. It has a size enchantment that allows any creature to wear it, no matter its size.” She said happily.

I went wide eyed and looked at the others. “Found it.” They all stopped and rushed to the counter to see it.

“So beautiful…” Moonlight said with wide eyes.

“Yeah, it’s Bella’s style.” Dranitta said with a grin.

“How much?” I asked.

“Seventy bits.” The attendant said, still smiling.

I snapped my fingers and my bit pouch appeared. I looked inside to see how much I had. “Twenty one…” I groaned. “How to Perfectly Miscount, Starring Talon ‘Fairy’ Stryke.” I mumbled with a hand on my face.

“I have five.” Draco said, putting his bits on the counter.

My friends all put some of their bits to buy Bella’s collar, but in the end we still needed some more. Six more bits, to exact.

“Masters damn it!” Niner, Dranitta, Moonlight and I all shouted together, gaining a confused look from the mare.

“I think I still have some more back home. But I don’t remember where I put it.” Draco said, scratching his head.

“It’s very hard to find someone who can use this enchanting spell, so this is the best price I can make, I’m sorry.” The mare said with an apologetic tone.

I sighed. “I know. In theory is simple, but it’s a bitch to cast.” I grumbled. “Enchanting is one of the few magics I just can’t use.”

“Here.” Fluttershy put some of her bits on the counter, making us look at her. “If this is going to make you friend happy, then I’m happy to help.” She said with a kind smile.

We smiled back. “You really are the element of kindness, huh?” Moonlight said.

“Bella is going to hug the shit out of you.” I giggled.

The attendant grabbed the bits and handed me the collar, which grabbed and thanked her. We walked out of the shop and into an nearby alleyway. I handed Dranitta the collar and prepared my spell. ‘If I want my mana pool to grow, I need to use more high-level spells. Or at least higher than the ones I have.’ I thought. “Copycat, Amber: Wind Portal!” I sent forth a blast of wind that opened a portal in front of us. One by one, my friends – even Fluttershy – stepped into the portal that led to my house. I jumped in and grabbed the collar back, walking inside the house.

“Hey, bitch! Where are you?!” I shouted, making my friends chuckle.

“Kitchen!” I heard Bella shout.

We walked through the living and dining rooms and entered the kitchen, where Bella was making a sandwich for her and Lightning, who was waiting on a chair.

The kitchen had an oven and a fridge, some cabinets to put cups, plates and groceries, and a counter with two chairs/stools near it; the counter was what separated the kitchen from the dining room, and a door that led to the house’s backyard.

“What can I do for you?” She asked before noticing Fluttershy. “Oh! Good to see you again, Fluttershy!” She said happily. Seeing Fluttershy’s confused look, she burst into purple flames and showed her natural form, making Fluttershy ‘eep’ in surprise.

“O-Oh, hello Bella. I didn’t recognize you.” She said.

Bella giggled. “Well, I was disguised.” She said, putting on her disguise again and making Fluttershy blush.

‘Lightning probably found a way to make her stop moping around.’ I looked at my sister and nodded in thanks, and she smiled in return. “I just wanted to take a look on your pendant.” I said. Bella looked at me curiously before taking her necklace off and handing it to me.

I took off the paw pendant and put it on the collar before showing it to her. Bella’s eyes widened when she saw it, and she slowly grabbed the collar. Lightning stood up and walked to us, seeing the item. “It’s beautiful…” Bella said before putting it on her neck.

“What are you waiting for? Go test it!” I said, making her run to the door. We followed and stopped a few feet away from her.

She looked at us and charged her magic, purple flames gathering on her paws. The fire swirled up and engulfed her, before expanding and disappearing, leaving a manticore on her place. She put a paw on her neck and felt the collar’s spikes, and when she didn’t feel it squeezing her neck, she pouced on us and hugged me hard. “Oh, Thankyouthankyouthankyou!” She said happily.

I coughed and looked to my friends. They were holding their laughter, except for Moonlight and Lightning; they were rolling on the floor, laughing hard. I smirked before turning to the colossal cat hugging me. “Y’know, they helped.”

Bella looked at them and hugged them all, except for Lightning and Fluttershy. “Thank you too!” She said, squeezing them.

Moonlight and Niner glared at me. “Fuck you.” They choked out, making me laugh.

Bella released us and turned back into her diamond dog form, walking to Fluttershy. “Did you help too?” She asked.

Fluttershy blushed. “I-It was nothing.” She said looking to the side, but Bella hugged her all the same.

“Thanks.” She said before retuning inside.

I looked at her direction with a smile before following. “Do you know where the pets are?” I asked the changeling.

She looked at me. “They’re around. They can be just outside sleeping on a shade or flying near the clouds.” She said, taking a bite of her sandwich and handing Lightning hers.

I groaned. “Cool.” I walked outside again and looked around. My house is near the White Tail Woods, so they can be anywhere inside the forest. A faint smile appeared on my beak. ‘I just need to find Valor or Niv; they can help us find the others.’ I thought.

We entered the forest and started looking for them, calling their names. “Fairy?” I heard Fluttershy call and turned to face her. “One of the birds is blue?” She asked.

“Both, actually. Valor is really big and Niv is the size of a normal phoenix.” I said. “Why?” She pointed at a branch a few feet above us, where a blue mass could be seen. “Oh.”

I walked to the tree and started to climb. Being an Assassin, I’m very agile, and that helped me a lot here. When I reached the first branch I decided to start jumping until I reached the bird. I jumped from branch to branch until I finally reached the cryophoenix.

I sat on the branch and looked at the mass. It was a small light blue cryophoenix with a violet gem in its head. I poked it with a talon and it woke up, looking at me with its violet eyes. It chirped happily.

“Good morning, sleepyhead.” I said with a chuckle. “Come on, there’s someone who wants to meet you.” I said, jumping down. I fell to the ground and rolled to absorb the impact. I looked around and saw they had already found Amaté, and Fluttershy was petting the wolf. I walked up to her with Niv perching on my shoulder.

Fluttershy looked up and saw Niv and slowly pulled a hand up. Niv looked and it shyly before jumping on her hand, making Fluttershy shiver. “Cold…” She said quietly.

I giggled. “Yeah, cryophoenix means cryogenic phoenix, and that means she uses ice magic instead of Fire magic.” I said.

“Oh…” She nodded in realization.

“Niv, Amaté, do you two know where the others are?” I asked. They both looked at me and nodded before taking off, making Fluttershy pout.

We waited for a moment before we heard a loud screech. We looked up and saw a blue bird diving toward us. The bird looked like he wanted to stomp us, but just a few feet from us it flapped its large wings and gently perched on Dranitta’s outstretched arm.

Fluttershy stared at it with wide eyes, clearly not expecting for a bird of prey this big. “It’s enormous!” She said in surprise.

I couldn't help but laugh. “Yeah. We don’t know why it’s so big, but Aguion practically fell in love with him.” I said. Valor is a very, very¸ big blue eagle. He looked at Fluttershy with his blue eyes and squawked in hello.

“O-Oh, h-hello. V-Valor, right?” She nervously asked. Seeing his nod, she calmed herself and smiled. “I’m Fluttershy, pleased to meet you.” She looked behind me noticed that Niv and Amaté were returning. Niv was carrying a black furry spider with neon blue stripes, and Amaté was walking with a black and grey wolf at her side.

I followed her gaze and smiled. “Those are Neon Rose and Mighty.” I said, turning to the animals and stepping to the side as they came closer.

“Pleased to meet you too. And you two too, Amaté, Niv.” She said with a smile.

Amaté and Mighty barked while Niv hooted. Neon jumped on Fluttershy’s hand and crawled to her shoulder, laying there. “Looks like the little guy likes you.” Draco said. “That’s rare. It only happened for Flora and me.”

“Aw, I thought she would be frightened…” Moonlight complained.

“W-Well, I take care of a lot of animals. The only animal that scares me are,” She gulped. “D-Dragons…”

"Feral or Sapients?" Scarlett asked with a raised eyebrow. Fluttershy stood still, her pupils slowly shrunking. "I'll take that as a yes."

You know, our universe has two kinds of beings: Sapients and Ferals; some species have both forms while others don’t, extinct or never really existed. Feral dragons are like the demon lord I fought, but dumb.

Well, dumber.

“Feral dragons make me shit my pants too, and Soul commented on how Fluttershy avoided himband Sapph like the plague." I commented with a snicker. I poked the mares a few times and she blinked before shaking her head and turning to look at me. “Celestia and the others must be waiting. Let’s go.” I said.

We exited the forest and I checked the time on my phone. My eyes widened when I saw we had spent about forty minutes on the woods. “Oh, shit! Let’s go, fast!” They checked their own phones and started to run towards the castle, flying or using dash abilities. Even Fluttershy flew ahead, carrying Neon with her.

I grumbled in irritation and looked at the animals. “Only Amaté knows the way, so I’ll have to lead you guys.” I said. I looked at Valor and smirked, the eagle seemed to know what I was thinking.

I don’t know if I told you, but I’m a fucking midget for my age. Spike is almost a head taller than me, and the others are as tall as or taller than him. Scarlett and I both are 5’4”, Dolph is 5’8”, the other guardians are about 5’11”; the rest of my family, Luna and the Aspects are between 6’0” and 6’2”, and Celestia is 6’5”.

So with Valor being a giant bird, his wings would probably be larger than mine, if I had a pair. I bowed a little and Valor grabbed my sides gently. When he nodded, I started to run with the animals following close behind me, and jumped. The eagle flapped his wings and we slowly rose to the air.

I looked down and saw Amaté and Mighty running below us, then turned my head to Niv who was flying beside us, and smiled. I looked up to Val and nodded my head, as if asking for him to go faster.

He noticed that and flapped his wings faster, making us dash forwards and enter the city's sky. Valor lifted us a bit more so we wouldn’t have to worry about bumping – or tackling – anything. “Stay above the streets; Amaté knows the way, but it will be better if she can see us.” I called and Valor squawked in ok.

I looked down and noticed that the others were just a few feet in front of us, and we could reach them easily. I put my weight forwards and Valor dropped, I then lifted my chest and he opened his wings, making us ascend and dash rapidly towards my friends, Niv trying to keep up.

“See ya!” I shouted as I passed them. I laughed and looked to our path, seeing the castle just ahead. I smirked curled into a ball, making Val release me. I back-flipped and shielded my paws as I fell to the ground; the almost frictionless surface made me skid towards my destination, slowly coming to a stop. When I was slow enough I put my hands behind my head and dropped the shield, falling into a steady walk. “Nailed it.” I said with a cocky smirk.

I felt Niv perch on my shoulder, and stretched my arm to Val to perch on it; I grunted when I felt the eagle’s weight but still smiled. Amaté and Mighty reached us at the same time my friends did. “What took you so long?” I asked with mock confusion.

“Show off.” They said together, making me snicker.

I turned to Fluttershy, who looked at me and Valor with surprise and awe. I love seeing these reactions when I fly with Valor! “Fluttershy, can you call the others? I don’t think entering with five animals is a good idea.” I asked. She nodded and walked inside; after a minute or two playing with the animals the others stepped out of the castle.

“Holy shit, that’s a big bird!” Rainbow Dash said in awe when she laid her eyes on Valor. The others all caressed the animals and pretty much guessed who was who.

I gently grabbed Niv and walked to Princess Celestia, putting the bird on the Princess’ outstretched finger. “It’s beautiful.” Celestia said with a smile, Luna cooed and gently pet the cryophoenix.

I smiled too. “Yeah, she’s really cute.” The moment I said that, the bird puffed up her chest proudly, looking like a ball of feathers.

We laughed at the bird's shenaningans before I turned to Twilight and Rainbow, who were comparing their wings to Valor’s. “Incredible! Our wings are 4’6” long and Valor’s are 4’3”!” Twilight said, astonished.

“Where the hell did you find this bird?” Rainbow said in the same tone.

“I have no idea where Aguion found this guy. He just appeared with him one day; he was hurt, so we took care of him and he didn’t leave afterwards.” I said. “Good thing he didn’t, he already saved us plenty of times.” I smiled at the bird.

“Falling to your death? He looks like he can carry a small pony.” Rainbow said, petting the bird's head.

“Spot on, actually.” I said. They looked at me in confusion and Valor flew to my back, putting his head on to of mine before he started flapping his wings, making us hover a bit and maintaining us on the air momently. He stopped his movements and we both dropped to the floor. “I know there’s a spell to create wings of Arcane magic, but I can’t cast it. I’m training my air control with Valor so I will only need to train my wing position when I fianlly get the spell to work.” I said with confidence. Being a wingless griffoness, I was teased as fuck during my childhood; I never let it bother me, but I'll still have the last laugh when I finally create my pink wings of pure energy.

“But the wings aren’t yours, how does that even works?” Rainbow asked with furrowed eyebrows.

“Bank to the right, bank to the left, ascend, descent, spin, dive… I do the body motion and Valor does the wing motion.” I explained with a shrug.

"So that's Valor?” Spike said, entering the conversation. “I see what you did here.”

I snickered. “Lightning dressed up as Quinn on Halloween – our version of Nightmare Night; it's based on your holiday, actually – and put Valor’s armor on this guy, one time.” I said, pointing to the bird.

“Well, I shall go back to Canterlot. The weekly day court starts soon, and I cannot cancel it, unfortunately.” Celestia said wih a hint of irritation. Court sucks that much, huh? “You need to return before nighttime, Luna. Your court is today too.” She warned her sister.

Luna nodded her head with a smile. “I understand, Tia.” She said.

Celestia smiled before teleporting to her castle. Luna sighed before turning to me. “I guess our training starts now?” She asked, making the Guardians groan.

“Yeah, let’s-” I was cut off by a grumbling sound and put my hand on my belly. “-have lunch first.” I said with a nod, making my friends snort a laugh.

“Sugarcube Corner?” Scarlett asked.

“No money.” I said with a frown and sighed. “Let’s go home – again – and have lunch there. It’s closer to the forest, anyways.”

“Or you can have lunch here.” Spike suggested, pointing to the castle with a thumb. “I can make something for you all really fast.”

My eyes darted around before focusing at him again. “To eighteen?” I asked and he nodded. “If it isn’t too much trouble.”

“It isn’t, trust me. Come on!” He said while entering the castle, and we followed close behind.

Author's Notes:

So! I hope you liked this chapter! A few things you guys don't give a shit about:

- I already wrote down every spell the Guardians can use, and I'm now writing the Elemental's.
- I've found those pictures on google images.
- Niv's eye and gem colors are from this picture.
- Some things that happens to Fairy also happened to me or to a friend in real life. An example is the LoL crossover scene on the chapter "A Night of Gaming". The only difference is that I lost that match.
- No, I didn't steal Luna's nickname. It's based off another fic, that you guys probably know, but that's it. Heh, quite ironic for Celestia to say 'completely original'.