Chapter VII

“Twenty-five, Twilight. Twenty-five different tricks, and counting!” Spike praises Twilight as we walk through Ponyville.

Twilight smiles proudly at his praise.

“I’m a little curious about where you learned some of those spells though Twilight. Some of them looked a little familiar.” I say to her from her other side, my wings folded at my side as I walk.

“Really? Which ones?” Twilight asks.

“Eh, not that many, the breeze spell and the ice forming spell are the main one’s I’m talking about.” I answer.

“Oh! Princess Celestia taught me the basic concepts for them a while ago, but I haven’t really practiced them until today.” Twilight tells us.

“How come?” I ask.

“They just seemed a little redundant. They’re almost exactly like some regular unicorn spells that are pretty common. Such as with the breeze spell, it almost feels like I’m just pushing the air around with my levitation. And the ice spell is just like pushing the air together and then removing the heat. It didn’t feel like I was forming an actual spell designed for those purposes. But they sure as heck required a lot more magic to cast, that’s for sure.” Twilight explains.

“Oh, then that makes a little more sense.” I say.

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Wind, and Ice. They’re basic elemental forces, so they’re simple in application, but challenging to control. Celestia probably got the idea of those spells from watching me use my magic, way back when.” I say.

Twilight and Spike stop. I look back at them. “You have magic?” Twilight asks me in surprise.

I smirk, then hold up my right foreleg and create a diamond of ice with a small flash of blue in my upturned palm.

“Whoa! That’s so cool!” Spike exclaims.

“Make waaaaay!” “Coming through!” Two voices shout out from in front of me.
I turn my neck back around in time to see a dull yellow and green pair of shapes run around me. I whip my head around again and wrap my tail under Snips and Snails’ barrels before they can run into Spike.

‘Oh yeah, Boast Busters. I probably should have remembered it from Twilight doing her magic tests.’ I think as I recollect the MLP episode.

“Whoa there! What’s the hurry?” I ask them, setting them on the ground. They turn to me and widen their eyes.

“DRAGON!!!!” They shout in fear before jetting off again.

Spike, Twilight and I just stare after them as they run off. “Well that was rude. Do parents even teach foals basic manners in this day and age?” I ask Twilight jokingly.

“Hey, maybe that new unicorn in town can save us from that dragon!” I hear Snips say loudly in the distance.

“There’s a new unicorn in town?” Twilight says questioningly.

“I wonder why they think some random unicorn can take on a dragon.” Spike says with a frown.

I shrug. “I don’t know. But do you guys want to go see where they’re heading? I’m a little interested in meeting this new unicorn.” I say to them.

“Okay. I’m a little curious too. Let’s go.” Twilight says.

We walk in the same direction that Snips and Snails went for a few minutes until we come to a gathering of ponies. Twilight starts forward and moves through the crowd with Spike on her back. I follow closely behind, but from the way ponies look at me once they see my larger form pass them, I have a feeling that I might have a while to go before I’m as accepted as Twilight and Spike. Twilight stops next to Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash at the front of the crowd.

“Hi girls. What’s going on?” Twilight greets them.

Rarity turns to Twilight with a smile. “Oh, hello darling.” Then she notices me. “Oh my.”

“Hey, the big guy’s finally awake. Took you long enough.” Rainbow says with a smirk.

“Well whaddyuknow. How you feelin?” Applejack asks me.

“I’m feeling fine, but between being awake and asleep, I think I prefer asleep. I might need to take another nap later today.” I say. Then I yawn.

“Hah! I can agree with that!” Rainbow exclaims with a grin.

“Fillies and colts!” A familiar voice calls from behind stage. “Get ready to watch in awe and amazement! For this day you are about to witness magic unseen and unused by anypony until this day! Get ready to bear witness to the amazing magical power, of the Great and Powerful Trrrrrixie!!!!!” A blitz of fireworks and pyrotechnics erupt from behind stage in a dazzling display of flaming coordination, before Trixie in her hat and cape appear on stage from a blast of smoke.

“My my, what boasting.” Rarity comments on queue.

“What’s wrong with boasting?” Twilight asks.

“Nothin’. Except when some filly starts flauntin’ their magic around like they just won the blue ribbon from a rodeo.” Applejack answers with a frown at the blue unicorn on stage.

“Just because somepony has more magic than others, does not mean that they’re better than everypony else.” Rarity adds.

“Yeah, especially when you have me being better than everypony else,” Rainbow says cockily. “Er, I mean, boo. Magic smagick.” She says awkwardly after a glare from Applejack.

I try to cut in to give the argument that most bronies would argue for Trixie’s case. “Hey, uh, not to say you’re wrong or anything but-.”

“Well, it seems that we have some nei-ei-ei-ei-eighsayers in the crowd.”

But I end up groaning in pain from how bad that pun is when I hear it in person.

“Um, Bael. Are you alright?” Twilgiht asks me in concern.

“No. No I am not. For that pun was frickin’ terrible.” I say, my face down in my palm.

“Hey! Language, there are children in the crowd.” Trixie yells at me from the stage, to my surprise.

I look up at her, consider her words, and nod in agreement. “Okay, I admit, that was a poor choice of words on my part. And I’m sorry about that. But you have to admit that pun was horrible.” I say.

“It was kinda bad.” Rainbow says in agreement with me.

“Borderline shameful now that I think about it.” Applejack says.

“I want a refund!” Somepony in the back of the crowd shouts.

“This show is free to view.” Trixie deadpans.

“I am satisfied with my refund!” The same pony shouts.

“Ugh, fine. I’ll concede that the pun was bad. Now can I continue with my show?” Trixie asks with irritation.

“Only if you quit your boasting!” Rainbow says.

“She’s a stage performer, Rainbow. It’s her job to boast in order to make the show more entertaining.” I tell her.

“YES! FINALLY somepony who gets it. Thank you, random dragon in the crowd! Now can I get back to my show without anypony interrupting, please?!” Trixie asks loudly.

“Sure. Go right ahead.” I answer for the rest of the crowd.

“Thank you. Now where wa-.” Her voice catches and she slowly looks back at me.

I blink at her. “What?” I ask.

“Dr-dr-dr-DRAGON?!” She exclaims in shock, her eyes bugging out.

‘It’s only happened twice and it’s already old. Yes, I’m a dragon, can we move on?…Hmmm. Maybe I can have some fun with this.’ I think with a growing smile.

“Dragon!? Where?” I ask in mock surprise. I’m grinning though so I think it’s pretty clear I’m trying to screw with her. I actually hear a couple chuckles from other ponies besides members of the main six.

Trixie snaps out of her shock and then re-assumes her confident bravado. “So, it would seem that this town has a dragon holding the inhabitants hostage. This presents an opportunity for the Great and Powerful Trixie to prove to the ones who doubt that Trixie is truly the best.” She says with a smirk. “I shall give you one chance to leave dragon, before I bring my full power to bear against you.” She says to me.

I we stare at each other in silence. “Psst. Spike. I think you ought to surrender like she’s asking. She looks like she means business.” I whisper loudly to the purple dragon next to me. He jerks his head up and shoots me a glare.

Some more ponies laugh at my badly hidden secret message to the smaller dragon. Trixie looks at me indignantly. “Are you mocking me dragon?!”

“Hmmmm. You know what, I think he is. Spike, that’s not very nice, you should take what someone’s saying to you more seriously.” I say to him sternly.

Spike deadpans, the crowd laughs, and Trixie’s eye twitches.

I crack up. I could never keep a straight face if everyone else is laughing. “Heh, yeah, but in all seriousness, I have a name, so I would appreciate it if you could use it. My name is Baelor, oh Great and Powerful Trixie.” I say with a casual bow.

Trixie snorts angrily. “Well then Baelor. It seems that you have foolishly chosen to ignore Trixie’s mercy. In that case, it is my duty as an Equestrian citizen to defeat you and send you back into the wilderness where you belong.” Trixie says arrogantly.

I shrug. “Okay. Hit me with your best shot then.” I say, amused.

Trixie’s horn glows and she brings a rope out from behind the stage, which then wraps around my legs tightly, bringing them together. But I manage to stay upright, despite the sudden narrowing of my body’s supports radius.

I blink. ‘Huh, I guess she’s sticking with what she did in the show.’ I conclude while contemplating which method I should take to get out of the ropes.

“Have you had enough yet? Trixie can see that your situation is quite dire now that she’s prevented you from being able to move. She will permit you to leave if you so choose, now that Trixie has displayed her superiority to a measly lizard like you.” Trixie says mockingly.

I give her a bemused look. “… Yeah, I think I’m good. Let’s keep this going.” I say before puffing a small blast of fire at the ropes. They catch and disintegrate at a ridiculous rate like all things flammable in cartoons. “So does Trixie have any more Trickseys to show before I take my turn?” I ask her, stepping up to the stage.

She scowls at me. “Now who’s making horrible puns? Let’s see how you handle this.” Her horn glows again and a dark cloud floats over to me.

Knowing what’s coming, I decide to take a page out of Natsu Dragneel’s book. When the cloud shoots out a bolt of lightning at me, I turn to it, and take it to the face.

And take a moment to chew the electric current before swallowing it loud enough for everyone in the audience to hear.

“Hm. Not bad. Could use a little bit more agitation to give it a little more kick, but overall that’s some pretty tasty lightning. My compliments to the chef.” I say to the gob-smacked unicorn facing me on stage. I glance at Twilight and the others and see that they’re equally stunned.

“Did you just eat lightning?” Rainbow asks me incredulously.

I open my mouth to answer, but a feeling builds first in my stomach and then up to my throat. My eyes widen and I aim my mouth into the sky and let loose the lightning that I just ate out into the sky.

“Correction. I just ate, and then belched out lightning.” I say to Rainbow without missing a beat.

It is surprisingly easy to get a crowd of ponies to laugh… so long as you’re on a stage.

“Argh! Let’s see how much you can joke around when I hit you with this!” Trixie shoots a spell at me that I can’t feel any threat from, so I let it hit me.

Boy was that a mistake.

“Oh the horror! Green is most definitely not your color darling.” Rarity says with disgust.

I stare at Trixie with an impassive face, a pile of garbage balanced atop my head and over my back.

“… Okay, I’ll admit that you got me with that one.” I say to her. She smirks triumphantly. “So, how’s about I give you a hug as a prize for your flawless victory.” I add with an evil smile.

Her face morphs into one of horror as I start walking towards her. “Agh! No! Get away from me you disgusting reptile!” She shouts as she backs up rapidly.

“I am what you made me!” I crow with sadistic glee.

She steps back and falls off the stage onto her back with a yelp. I see my moment and I pounce, cackling like a madman.

She screams and bolts away. I land and give chase with grime streaming off of me like a disgusting scarf of filth.

She runs around the perimeter of the crowd, and I keep after her, but due to my recent awakening, I’m not really in the mood to channel energy into my limbs to catch up to her.

That isn’t to say that I would need to, I’m a four legged predator with longer legs than her, so I could catch up to her almost instantly if I felt like it. Then it happens…

She trips.

I don’t know what she tripped on, and I don’t care, I just take another flying leap at her, ready to rub the garbage dripping off me into her face.

Trixie turns around just in time to see me almost on her and she screams.

And screams.

And screams.

And screams…

And by that point I’m wondering why I’m no longer descending upon her to enact filth-coated vengeance upon her.

Trixie actually stops screaming by this point as well and stares at me floating in the air. I then notice that there’s a light blue magical aura around me, holding me up.

“Huh. Good reflexes with your magic there Trix.” I say to her, taking it in stride.

“Actually, that was me.” Rarity says while stepping towards us from the crowd.

I stare at her in surprise. “Why?”

“Because nopony deserves to have their carefully groomed mane infected by such filth.” Rarity replies while carefully moving me away from Trixie, who seems just as surprised that she’s being saved by Rarity as I am.

“Aw come on Rarity! She had it coming!” Rainbow protests, hovering up to us.

“It’s only a bit-a dirt. It’ll come out.” Applejack adds. I hear a few ponies in the crowd grumbling about the missed comedy as well.

I frown a bit, but not at Rarity. The town’s unanimous shift towards my side doesn’t really sit right with me. ‘They’re too quick to laugh at others.’

“Up you go darling. Let’s get you back up on stage where you belong.” Rarity says while offering a hoof to Trixie.

“Er… Thank you?” Trixie accepts her help up. She then slowly walks back on stage, seemingly devoid of the superior attitude she used to be using earlier.

Rarity sets me on the ground.

“So, I will be continuing my performance before it was interrupted. Can… anypony remember where I left off?” Trixie asks the audience.

“You were at the part where we say BOOOOOOOO!!!!” Rainbow says hotly.

I feel a flash of anger.

“Rainbow!”

But not as much as I just felt from Rarity.

“Whaaaaaat?” Rainbow’s scratchy voice whines. “She’s just going to keep bragging about how good at magic she is. And she covered Baelor in trash.”

“I am upset that she did that as well. But be that as it may, I have a feeling Baelor does not hold a grudge against her. And he did make a valid point. Trixie is a showmare, and boasting of her power and exploits are likely just a part of her act.” Rarity explains to Rainbow.

“She still didn’t have to be such a jerk. “ Rainbow mutters, glaring over her shoulder at Trixie. She’s telling the Ursa Major story, but I think she’s putting the spin on it that it was her ancestor that defeated it instead of herself.

“To be fair, she kind of did me a favor with the garbage. The moon was really dry and uncomfortable, so having all this slimy and wet garbage covering me is actually kind of soothing.” I say.

I am not lying about it either, it’s honestly nice feeling simply because it’s a change from a thousand years of dryness.

“Ewwwww. Baelor, how could you possibly think that having garbage covering you feels good?” Rarity asks in horror.

“Ugh, dude, that’s nasty. Go take a shower.” Rainbow says, her nose wrinkled in disgust as well.

“Oh my gosh, a shower sounds like su-huh-huch a good idea right now.” My body shuddering from the thought of having hot water lightly pounding on the back of my neck, coursing down my body, and the bathroom filling with hot steam.

“Oh no, you are not tracking in that garbage into Twilight’s library. Go and wash yourself off with a hose, or jump into the lake, or something. But do not track all that disgusting waste inside of Twilight’s home.” Rarity in no uncertain terms, tells me.

I take a moment to think of that and I nod in agreement. “I’m okay with that, which way’s the lake?” I ask.

“I can show you where it is.” Rainbow offers, looking a little too happy to have an excuse to leave.

“And before you go, allow me to remove the bulk of this rubbish.” Rarity says, her horn lighting up again and lifts the majority of the garbage off me.

“Thanks.” I tell her.

“C’mon, let’s get you cleaned up big guy.” Rainbow says before darting off past the fountain in the center of town.

“Tell Twilight and Spike that I’ll be back in a bit.” I say to Rarity as I start running after Rainbow.

“I will be sure to let them know.” Rarity calls out to me.

I turn my attention to following Rainbow’s polychromatic tail. She’s pulling ahead a little bit, but she’s also obviously not trying very hard to outpace me from the low frequency of her wing flaps.

It’s been a while since I’ve taken a good run and I’m actually feeling pretty good right now, so I decide to start lengthening my strides to catch up to her.

She looks back and sees me gaining on her slowly, and smirks. “You’re pretty fast for a big bulky dragon. Bet’chyou can’t keep up with me when I’m actually trying though.” She says challengingly.

I smile in response and suddenly double my speed, passing her up for a second before she effortlessly matches my speed, flipping over onto her back in flight so she can stare at me.

“Nice try, but no.” She says, still flying in a way that makes it seem easy. “Maybe you’ll stand a chance if you start using those wings of yours.”

‘Alright, you asked for it.’ I think, accepting her implied challenge.

I shift my momentum so that I’m firmly planting my front feet on the ground, followed up with my back feet planting almost right behind them. This sudden momentary stop causes Rainbow to instantly pass me up, but now I’m able to do one of my favorite things when it comes to running.

Using the little amount of power in my core at the moment, I send all of it down through my legs and into the earth to as deep as I can.

And then it comes back a hundredfold.

The power stored deep down in the planet’s mantle surges up through my legs, and up between my lungs into my core. And then bounces again back down into my hind legs.

And then I launch myself forwards, halving the distance between Rainbow and I with a single bound. After a second stride, I’m right next to her as she flies. The look on her face at seeing me disappear one, moment, then reappear the next is priceless.

“Try to keep up!” I taunt with a grin. I take a third stride and rocket ahead, now able to absorb enough power to make these massive leaps as soon as I touch the ground, rather than the pause like with the first one.

“You’re not getting away that easily!” Rainbow shouts after me. I glance back and see her steadily gaining. Pretty soon she’s managed to catch up to me again. This time though, to my satisfaction, she looks much more serious about the race.

“Do you still think I can’t keep up?” I ask her smugly once she pulls up parallel to me.

She glares at me sourly for a moment before breaking into a grin. She abruptly turns right into an alley.

I stumble a bit before twisting around mid stride and slam my front left foot on the ground. The energy of the earth keeps my foot firmly stable, despite my momentum carrying me at an upward angle from the ground. Using this link, I redirect my energy into pulling myself back to the ground and then launching myself around and into the same alley that Rainbow shot down.

I see Rainbow up ahead and I chase after her, using more controlled and faster strides in the narrow alleyway. Rainbow turns right as she leaves the alley, and I leap onto the right wall of the alley to launch myself out of it as well, allowing me to gain some ground on her again since I didn’t have to slow down to turn.

After the turn, we rush through the open street. I have to leap over a box in my path, and Rainbow pulls ahead even farther. I push myself, sucking in even more energy from the ground with each stride and leaping farther with each bound.

We rocket out of the town proper and into an open field. I can see the lake fast approaching, and I push myself even harder to try and beat Rainbow.

But she takes a quick glance back and pushes harder as well. We’re both giving it our all and we seem to be staying at the same speed. Neither of us can move faster than the other.

Of course that just means I can’t close the distance between us and pass her to win. I know I haven’t done this in a while, but I was kind of hopeful that I could beat Rainbow in a race if I could catch her off guard with my foot-speed. ‘Oh well, maybe I’ll stand a chance while flying, once I get the energy.’ I think to myself.

But as we rapidly approach the lake, I get an idea to claim a personal victory.

Rainbow gives off one last burst of speed and blasts over the surface of the lake and loops up in a victory pose. “Ha HAH!!! Yeah!!!” She crows in victory.

She doesn’t get a chance to do much else though, because I launch myself at her with an earth-powered leap and catch her in a gliding embrace from the edge of the water. We then plunge down into the cold water, with Rainbow crying out in surprise from my spur-of-the-moment glomp.

I let go of her once we’re both submerged. No need to make her panic and think I’m trying to drown her. We both swim up to the surface, with me emerging first, and Rainbow popping up a second later.

“What the hay was that for!” Rainbow asks me angrily.

I chuckle as move to float on my back. “Heh heh, sorry. Some ideas are just too irresistible when you have them.” I say with a wide grin at her. She just glares at me.

“Oh lighten up, you probably needed to wash the sweat off you after that race.” I tell her.

She continues to glare at me for a few seconds, before letting out an annoyed grunt.

“On the bright side, you still won.” I point out, hoping to cheer her up.

That does indeed perk her up. “Heh, yeah. You’re pretty fast though. I never expected somepo-er, somedragon to be able to keep up with me in a race, let alone while running. Are you as fast a flier as you are a runner?” She asks while also leaning to float on her back like me.

“Yeah, but not by much.” I answer. “The ground gives me more of a boost and can let me go longer running while drawing on its power. I have to rely on my own internal energy to fly though, and that can run out pretty quickly if I try to push myself to go as fast as I can while in the air.” I answer.

“The ground gives you a boost? What do you mean?” Rainbow asks.

“The entire planet is like one giant energy source. It has roiling magma and heat only a dozen or two miles down, and even more concentrated energy even further down. I’m able to send some of my energy down to that layer, suck up the energy, and then pull that energy back up to me. Then I just use that to run, or hit something really hard if I need to.” I answer.

“That kind of sounds like cheating.” Rainbow says with a frown.

“It’s not cheating any more than you using your pegasus magic to fly.” I retort.

“Pegasi don’t have magic.” Rainbow says.

“Sure you do. You wouldn’t be able to get off the ground with those tiny wings if you didn’t. You may not realize you’re using it, but you are.” I say.

Rainbow is silent for a moment as she mulls over my reasoning. “…Then I guess she was telling the truth.” She mutters.

“Hm? Who was telling the truth?” I ask her.

“Nightmare Moon.” I tense at the name. Rainbow doesn’t notice my reaction and continues. “She tried to get me to join her side or something back at the front of the castle. She said she could ‘teach me to master the sky’ but I thought she was just lying to get us all to leave. She used her wings to do the things she did, but I just thought she was trying to be flashy with her magic or something. I guess she really was using pegasus magic though. She really could have taught me some pretty cool stuff.” Rainbow says the last part quieter.

We then float in the water on our backs in silence for a bit.

I’m trying to shake myself out of the feeling of cold fear her name just inspired in me. ‘Why?’ I ask myself. ‘I know that I don’t have to worry about her anymore. So why am I so terrified by just her name? Why?’

“You okay there?” Rainbow asks, drawing my attention.

“… Yeah. I’m just thinking that I’m nice and clean now.” I lie.

We float in the water for a little bit more.

“I’m gonna get out.” I say while turning to swim for the nearby shore.

“Oh, okay. I’m going to do that too. We should hang out again sometime Baelor. You’re pretty fast and I’d love to beat you again in a race.” She says with the same enthusiasm she had while we were racing.

“Same here.” I say while walking onto the shore. “But I’m not going to let you win that easily. If you slip up, I’m going to beat you, so you better push as hard as you can.” I reply with a smile.

“Hah! You better believe I’m not going easy on you next time. You almost passed me a couple times cause I was taking it easy at the beginning. You won’t stand a chance when I go full out from the start.” Rainbow boasts.

We continue to just chat and banter with each other as we walk away from the Ponyville lake, the finish line of a race, and the starting line of a friendship.

In Canterlot

Princess Celestia sips some tea while sitting on her large pillow in her private study. Suddenly, a whorl of smoke flashes in front of her and manifests as a scroll in the air before falling to the ground. Celestia picks up the scroll to read it.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I learned that sometimes, when somepony is acting in a way that irks you or others, that you shouldn’t jump to conclusions. Not everypony is as they seem at first glance. Sometimes they cover themselves behind a mask for one reason or another, and while they may seem boastful or arrogant at first, if you take the time to get to know them, you may actually like who you see behind their mask when they take it off. My friends and I met a new pony today named Trixie, and she’s actually very enjoyable to be around once you look at her boasting in a different light. She’s both an entertainer and storyteller, and her sense of imagination is amazing to listen to and watch when she illustrates it with her illusions. I feel like we’re all going to be great friends in the future, and I hope Rainbow comes around and grows to like her as well, since she kind of got rubbed the wrong way when they met.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

P.S. Baelor woke up today. He helped us understand that Trixie’s boasting is a part of her performance, and that we shouldn’t take offense from it, and instead try to just enjoy her stories. I don’t think things would have worked out the way they did without him.

Celestia smiles upon reading her student’s friendship report. ‘Oh Twilight, I’m so glad that I left Bael with you. He’s going to help you so much, and I hope you can help him as well.’

Princess Celestia rolls up the friendship report and stores it away before returning to her tea.

Author's Notes:

Chapter complete, and MAN WAS THAT ONE A HASSLE TO WRITE!!!

"How many hassles did it take?"

All of them. All of the hassles were used.

"That's not the right way to use hassle in a sentence."

"Oh god, first an evil emperor and now a Grammar Nazi. When will it end with you?

So yeah, there's good news and there's bad news that comes with this chapter.

"WHAT?! Bad news? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"So what's the bad news?"

Since this was the last chapter on my laptop that I have made progress on, the next chapter is going to take a while to write, and likely won't come out for... a really long time considering how busy I am IRL.

"Welp. There goes the fanbase. They're all going to down vote this story now that they know that."

"Hush. And the good news?"

WE ARE OPEN TO ANY AND ALL CROSSOVERS NOW!!!! LET THE CROSS-DIMENSIONAL SHENANIGANS BEGIN!!!!!!!

"YAY!!!!!!!! NEW FRIENDS!!!!!!!!"

"Excuse me! Sir! I have a question!

Yes Ictus?

"Are they going to join us in Author's Space at the end of the chapter?"

That depends.

"On what?"

On whether or not they come to Bael's world, or if Bael goes to their world.

"Makes sense."

Yep. Oh yeah, and one more thing before we go... actually two more things. One, thank you guys all so much for your support. By this point, this story has gotten 331 views, and 48 likes. THAT'S ALMOST 50 LIKES FOR THIS STORY!!! I can't believe that people actually like this crap junk stuff that I write.

As for the second thing...

Pinkie? What is that idea that you and Ictus had last chapter?

"Oh. That. Me and Ictus just entered this story into the Displaced Birth of the Stars Event on the group Forum page."

Huh. Coo-wait WHAT?! WHY?!

*snicker* "Cause' your reaction was funny?"

GAH!!!!!!!!!!