“There are stories of ants known as the Tunnelers. The Queen of them is never seen but when she is seen. She is the kindest creature ever. If you harm a Tunneler she will come out of her chambers to speak with you and understand your reasons. Many don’t understand this but she has no hateful feeling in her soul. There are stories of her taking wounded from battles and the sick. I hope to meet her one day. Maybe someday I will learn.

Written by an Unknown pony doctor.

Its been close to three years since the death of Ruby. I didn’t wish to think of this. But I was allowed for now to stay in a room to myself. I spent the last three days crying for the poor little creature. I get on my many legs and the meeting hasn’t been called yet. I hear a knock on the door though. I go to my mirror and clean up my buggy face.

“It’s open.”

The door opens up and I see Cranberry the poor mare has been through so much. I feel so bad for her. She wasn’t alone though. Her wife follows behind her. I have a feeling that Cranberry didn’t want to do this meeting.

“I am sorry for invading your privacy. Miss Gold Wings.”

I felt my fake Magic eater name. Didn’t fit anymore. I lied to Ruby about my name being Gold wings. Well, it was my name at the time. I took a deep breath closing my eyes looking away to the mirror.

“I regret that my last words to Ruby were a lie about my true name. I am one of the first queens created by Majesty. One of the Queens that got exiled from the island. Because back then there was war. I refused to fight. Gold wings were the name of one of my first brood daughters. Who died during a battle. When my mate and I refused to fight for her. My name is Phammaxia.”

Cranberry stays silent looking away from me. From what I could tell she didn’t wish to speak to me about anything. But I feel her wife pushed her into talking to me about this. Gem leans down to whisper to Cranberry.

“Look Phammaxia I am sorry. I was just jealous of how Ruby treated you like her mother. I adopted her and it made me feel bad that I couldn’t be there for her in the end. I wish I could have stopped everything she did. The fact that she did so many things and she was either controlled or she did some of it herself.”

I look away from Cranberry, closing my eyes. I didn’t care for the fact that I have this feeling that she felt I stole the little bugs’ love. The little bug love even had love herself back on the island? I look back to Cranberry.

“Cranberry I am a mother of many. I take a mate after the other dies. I will live forever if this war doesn’t kill me. Then another egg will take over and become my replacement.”

That is the sad truth of magic eaters. I may not look like one anymore and may not live on magic anymore. But I still remember what the island was like back then. Looking back to the mirror. It was time to get ready for what a queen must do.

“I am not just a Queen Cranberry, I am still a magic eater. Just I don’t eat magic anymore. I am one of the first broods that Majesty created. I left many years ago after I got tired of being used as Majesties weapon on the former citizens of that island. She let me and my mate leave. She warned me I will never be able to return as long as she lives.”

Gem looks between me and Cranberry. She didn’t want to speak to me. I am starting to wonder if what Cranberry has been through is not making it easy for her to speak to others. I watch Gem lean down talking to her wife. Cranberry looks away. The two of them are very good together.

“Yes I am sorry Gem is correct I need to get over the last three years and talk to others. Many of us have been allowing the hate sickness to take over us. When I heard the name Ruby my rage-filled me and I wanted to harm her. Just because of what she has done.”

Looking back to the mirror the hate sickness. It’s normal in this land. I look back to Cranberry standing back on my many legs. Click my legs and my guards slowly come in with armor to get me ready for the alliance talks.

“I wish I could speak to you more about this Cranberry. I must get ready for the meeting of the alliance. After we are done we will talk again. So please I need you two to leave and we will meet again after the talks.”

Gem and Cranberry leave the room going back to their rooms. I close my eyes tightly. I could feel the feelers of my mate stroking my face opening my eyes seeing the dark green warrior ant. I just relax as the others slowly place the armor on me.

“Jackal, I am not sure I can handle any more battle. I haven’t been in a real war in years. I have just spent most of my time laying eggs and making the next generation of Tunnelers. What can we do?”

Jackal the green ant sits down on his big ass staring at me with his light blue eyes. I see again why I fell in love with him after my last mate died from battle. The issue with being one that can live for so long. You live beyond those that can never live. I have buried so many of my children and those I love.

“That is the question love. Are we in the right to join this battle? Maybe it’s time for us to do something. We have sat back for a long time and watched this land become how it is. Even though you and your former mate came here many years after the war between Celestia and Luna. You have seen much.”

He is not wrong. I have seen and heard much. The tunnelers have been part of this land since before the war. I wish I could have helped stop the war. But I know fully that I will never know if I didn’t just keep to myself and only came out when it was called for.

“I don’t know if I should tell the entire truth of what I did back on the island. How treated everyone back then and before the war that fully got rid of Majesty.” I took a deep breath while the armor on my body gets polished by my guards.

“I think you worry too much my queen. You need to tell the truth, they all need to know more about us. You haven’t been fully open and. We all regret how we treated Hawk. I was one of those that was about to give her up to the bounty hunters. The hate sickness has become too much for a lot of us.”

I close my eyes. I didn’t know what to think my guards were right. So is my mate, it's time, to tell the truth, and why we haven’t even joined a lot of the battles that the dwellers did. I took a deep breath and walk out of the room. Looking at the paintings on the wall. These old paintings of old stories. One of the six mares that helped when the Storm King first attacked. Then looking at them again they changed so much. I look at an old newspaper clipping.

‘A group of pony terrorists attacked Mount Aris causing the Hippogriffs to break off from the peace that the ponies created years ago. They said they will take in ponies and zebra refugees if they don’t fight each other.’ I look at a second one that is many years later.

‘The Upholi, the hippogriffs, and Abysiddions break off from the ponies to focus on their problems. The leaders of the Upholi couldn’t be talked to about this. Since their city is under a civil war they blame the ponies for the cause of it.’

I just stare at the old newspapers. The ponies caused so many problems. I am sure the zebras caused just as many problems back in the day. I took a deep breath turning away from the wall. Not even sure that I could add more to the table. I turn to see a painting and on that painting is Crunch the Rock dog and the heroes of Hard Shell. The heroes and Crunch from what I am told by the camels.

That he was a hero along with these heroes. Then something made Crunch turn on them and turn them all to stone. No one ever understood but he turned angry and evil and the camels only know why and they will not talk about it. They say the truth is worse than not telling the truth.

I get closer to the meeting room and I notice that the heroes are here already. They all turn to look at me. Gem is sitting behind Cranberry. I am thinking she is there to keep her relaxed just in case they ask the heroes to speak. I sit down and trying to relax my entire body is going through many ideas. That this is going to fail that the alliance will not form.

The first story was about Diamond, the founder of the tribe that Elemrad now leads. I feel so bad about them. I had no idea that Diamond died of a sickness that was part of their DNA. I wonder if anyone survived the sickness to later die. Because they couldn’t find a cure for that sickness.

So much pain these creatures went through. Verde stood up and it took an hour for her to go through her story. The story wasn’t much since they didn’t go through many battles. She saw the end of the world like most of us did. I wasn’t there of course but I did have friends who were in that area that got hit by that Mega spell.

It was my turn now I stood up from the many chairs I lay my body on. I am so much bigger than most of the tunnelers since I am the queen. I took a deep breath seeing many eyes stare at me. I didn’t know what to think at all I felt worried about this and froze seeing the eyes of the heroes.

I could see the tired eyes of them all. Roll Roll didn’t want to come. I heard he has a family now. I heard they all have families now and didn’t want to become heroes again and just allow the desert to fight without them. We are forcing them back into this life. A life that could end them with a quick and heartless thought. I turn my eyes to see Beezen sitting in a chair looking up at me. I know from the looks of his face. He is the one that Ruby took down with that sword.

He gave me a quick wave and so did his pen. He and this pen are writing a story all about this. I wonder if he will turn on us later. I felt so misgivings about this. I wanted to just leave and go home. I saw more eyes staring at me. I took a deep breath feeling a claw being put on my shoulder. I turn to see Elemrad and she smiles.

“Please Phammaxia, I understand you’re not good at this. But please we need your help with this to convince the non-desert dwellers so please.” I took a deeper breath nodding a guard placing down a big book of our history. Since It’s not easy for me to remember it all. I lied to Ruby. I told her many things. I hope she will forgive me for what I said to her.”

I open the book looking down at the start of my history. Taking a deep breath.

“It all started during an old war. During the war, Majesty got the idea to create creatures like me. She took a body of something Grogar created and then experimented on it. I was one of the 10th queens that hatched from a set of eggs.”

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The beginning

Like most of what she created. She created us through magic and science. I was the tenth queen that was hatched and I remember much of what she said to the ten of us when I got hatched. The words I remember are so fused in my brain that I will never forget them.

“Don’t expect the world to respect you if you can’t respect it. There are many in this world of ponies and other races that will expect respect. Even if they don’t give it back. Giving it back to the war may have caused many problems for my species. I may be exiled and removed from that ability to be like Luna and Celestia. But never forget that our lives are part of a cog. We are a small cog in a small island of a prison. I created you to help me with this cog. Please my little children don’t fail me.”

The words stuck with me for a long time. How my life was. We didn’t have to fight to be the best. Since I was called Gold wing. My brood when I came of age she gave me my mate. The mate I came to this land with. I had to become a queen by proving myself in a battle. I and my sisters and I followed her to the old Cliffside. It was just a normal small fishing town.

When we stand over the cliff looking down at the so-called down. Majesty stares down at those she thought were subjects. The many races of this town weren’t ponies but a race of strange bears and shapeshifting birds. They had another name, the Pannas. They had a history with the creature that this island was formed to keep a creature in prison in the middle of the island. She has been hearing stories of a rebellion forming and she wanted us to stifle it.

“Look at those creatures my children. I have been training you to be strong since. You will have to train your brood. Look at them, they're below you, my children. You’re the creation of a queen. They wish to destroy our wonderful land.”

A robotic bird lands in the tree.

“Or Majesty, they wish to live on their own.”

Majesty stares up at the robot anger in her eyes.

“Shut up dragon, you're just the warden of this island. You’re meant to follow what I say. Now tell me what did you see?!”

The warden of the island is a dragon fused to the life of this island. Most fear if he dies the island will die. He told many though if he dies the island will just search for a new warden to take his place.

“Majesty I am not your minion or your grunt. I am meant to keep this island running. But if it will make you feel any better. They have a meeting going about leaving the island. They want to go meet up with the colony they left back at Dream Valley. They will request you soon to let them leave.”

Majesty grabs the robotic bird in her magic and brings it to her eyes. The hate in those eyes. I will never forget the hate in her eyes. She is so kind when you see her in private. She is so kind to those she sees as her children. Then if you talk back to her she will lose it and think you’re backstabbing her.

“Listen to me, warden. My kind created this island and they put me here to keep you in line. It wasn’t the other way around like you keep telling me. If it was the other way around. I would be in prison with that creature.”

Majesty tosses the bird into the tree. It didn’t harm the robotic creature. But she snorts not enjoying being told that she can’t control everything like she thinks she can. It took only us as her children to help her calm down.

“Mother. Please don’t allow yourself to be angry. Talk to them in calm respect and then maybe they will stay in your lovely presence.”

The others stare at me. Of course, I was right to talk to her like her daughter. The others did their best to calm her down. I have no idea what to do other than calm her. She lifts us all in her magic. She wasn’t as strong without her alicorn powers but she looks at all of us in our eyes and puts fear in us.

“I want strong children. Children that won’t talk back to me and understand to keep peace on this island. We need to stop these lies from being spread about me!!”

No lies are being spread about her. Just this race of creatures, the Pannas want to leave this island and go back to their families. All I know about them is that they helped create this island. They built in a strange legend that they chiseled into the walls of the caverns of this land.

“Mother. Please we don’t want to cause a war.” The first-born queen grunts and she tosses her off the edge. Thankfully she can fly and just hovers there coughing. We started to feel that we can’t stop her from losing her mind.

“There will be no war caused by this. Again my children we need peace. Now come with me and we will stop this meeting.”

We march into town. Just us the magic eaters she created and her. She had no guards to even follow her this time. The bears of this town. They called themselves Fishers and they looked up at us and backed away. The fishers didn’t wish to cause problems with us and we walked into the meeting hall the birds are having their meeting in. She opens the big doors and we all walk in.

The long-necked birds turn their necks to stare at us. The one standing at the podium comes down from the stage. He is the oldest of them and holds a staff and stares at us as we walk up to him.

“How may we help you Majesty?”

The ten of us hoped that Majesty would keep her cool. She looks down at us and she took a deep breath and a gentle smile forms along her lips. She shifts on her hooves and looks up at the bird. We keep hoping that she keeps herself from losing her temper.

“I heard from a source that you wish to leave my island my dear Old feather.”

The old bird stood proudly clutching to the staff that kept him standing. He lost his power to shapeshift ages ago. He is older than most of his species and to them a seer. He knew what was going to happen next and he didn’t tell his kind.

“We feel it is our time to go back home to Dream Valley. We got word that judges of the stars are attacking it. We must do what we can to save our species. We must do what we can to save the Sun Stone. Majesty… what about Spike?”

When I heard the word, Spike. I remember stories that she told us about a little dragon. A little purple dragon named Spike. A dragon that she called her little friend but most from what I have been told was enslaved to her. She was a tyrant in this land called Dream Valley.

The words of that name made her enrage her eyes glow with the heated hate that she held inside. Her blue magic glows from her hold and it forms around the bird’s long neck. She grabs it tightly lifting the old bird to stare right into her enraged eyes.

“Spike he grew up he left. Me with that dragoness. He.”

She shook anger filling her heart. The rage filling her soul. Just that name the dragon’s name made her so angry. The words Dream Valley seem to do just the same. The stories of her turning those that didn’t listen to her into trees. Turning them into bubbles then trapping them in the paintings of her liking.

“I was a QUEEN!!!”

She held the magic tighter to the bird’s neck and he screams gasping for air. The rage building so much that the birds do everything they can to save their leader. They shift to the various beasts and they charge to attack Majesty. A group that turned into wolves try to attack her from the left side me and my blue sister kept that side from getting harmed. It took so long for us all to see and notice that she lost her mind.

“I was QUEEN!! Of that land they all. Bowed before me because it’s what I deserved!! What did you deserve?! You’re nothing but a slave to follow my whims!!. I am an Ailcorn I deserve my powers returned to me!!”

The rage was so great that she brought the poor creature close to death. She drops the poor creature to the ground her rage slowly vanishing. She uses her magic to fix her frazzled mane and stares down at the dying creature.

“Know...this... Majesty. Heroes of legend….heroes.A group of heroes of a legend. They will fight… you and you will fall.”

The poor creature died after his last words and the last and final thing she did to the Panna she fed them to the creature. The ten of us finally got to meet him as we kept the creatures from running from the enemy that they made years ago.

“So… what luck of me to finally get my revenge on the old one’s species. The Pannas Oh if only Ruff could see me now. I would finally have my revenge on him. A meal such as this is my revenge on what he did. On what he and his granddaughter did to me.”

A tentacle wraps around a group of the Panna and he takes them into his prison and stuff them into his mouth and he laughs. The taste the features that come out of it maw when he laughs. The bits and pieces of bone and remaining flesh after he chews fly to the messy prison floor below.

“I feel it was the most I could do. We both have been wronged by the ponies and creatures of Dream valley.”

Majesty turns to look at us her children. I could tell in her eyes that she just started to become the tyrant I learned she was so long ago. We let the last of the birds go while he ate them. We all turn to leave and the squid laughs.

“I will escape someday Majesty. Then you will be my meal. No offense to you of course my dear. It’s just my nature. I am created by the might of the powerful Grogar after all. He is my father and I am his deadly minion.”

Majesty stops in her tracks not even looking at the creature. She lifts one of my sisters and puts her at the prison gate. She screams in fear as the squid wraps the tentacle around the bug. It was either instinct or whatever it was. The nine of us flap our wings and rip our sister out of the tentacle and the squid monster screams in pain. As the flesh falls to the floor.

“You see Squirk I am loved. They wouldn’t have allowed their sister to get eaten. Come my children it’s time to build my kingdom.”

We all look at each other as we hold our scared sister to us. We all leave the prison just to hear the creature laughing loudly echoing through the island. It didn’t take long for Majesty to turn to madness. But first, we became of age and I was the first one to form a brood. My brood had been called Gold shells. I don’t get why but that is what we called me. My brood was housed in the caverns inside Cliffside.

My sisters and I saw less and less of each other while we just started forming our broods. Majesty has been working on other ways to get guards. She would have our children kidnap children old ponies and so on even zebras. She magically changes the creatures into magic guards.

I didn’t even see all this since I have been told this by my children. I have been forced to stay in the caverns and keep breeding. I didn’t enjoy this but I kept hearing stories of what is going on. I called a meeting for the other queens. There is an area of land that no one has gone to it’s a giant forest and we could meet there.

A few days later the meeting was on. The warden always kept an eye on us during these times. Even though he didn’t try to tell the queen what was going on. But I had to tell the others how I felt. They all came and we all grew up large. We are all fat thanks to all the eggs that went through our bodies.

“I am sorry my sisters...But I need to tell you this. I ain’t feeling happy. The stories I have been hearing. Majesty kidnapping ponies and zebras turning them into guards of magic. It’s been many years since she created us. I no longer feel that I can stay here and accept what she is doing.”

The larger queen the red one. Her brood is known as the stormtroopers for the queen. She and I haven’t always seen eye to eye. But I am sure she would agree with me on all this. The other broods are normally scouts.

“I can’t fully agree with you Gold. I do understand how you feel. What do you think you can do though? Leave this island? The only way you could is if you make contact with the reptile species of the island.”

The reptile races? I do know there is a turtle family that has been living here. They got mutated by the magic of this island. So many creatures mutated and the queen allows them to live in their areas. Of course, she tends to forget that most of them are in very hard-to-get areas.

“I don’t want you to be an enemy of our mother Gold. But we can go talk with her if you feel that you need to leave. So… that means..”

We all turn to look at the castle city in the middle of the island. The castle houses ponies and many other races in there. I remember the slums treat many creatures like slaves below. The upper city is full of the rich and those that follow everything the queen saids.

“You know how she hates us being in the castle grounds. She refuses to allow us there but our children are all that is allowed. Even though we need to get Gold to a place she will be happy. So let’s go I guess.”

It took us a little bit of a day to get to the castle. We get over the walls and finally, we make it to the castle in the middle. I wasn’t used to flying like this so it took me a while to catch my breath. I have been locked in that cave for too long. So just flying at all was harder than it was used to. The door was open thanks to the warden.

“Hello, ladies.”

The ten of us walked into the warden’s room. He is sitting on a chair and able to leave the room every time he wanted. The tubes that are connected to parts of the island are attached to his heart and the back of his head. Around him are a bunch of screens made of magic and science.

“Warden is Majesty here?’

The warden gives a quick nod.

“Yes, she is in her throne room. A creature from the outside world is here to help her. He said he is from a friend of hers and refuses to tell her who sent him here. So please don’t do something stupid ladies. Also Gold I hope she lets you leave.”

Fear filled my core I forgot the warden has eyes all over this land. We left the room and the ten of us walk into the throne room. Hovering by the queen herself is a strange cloud creature. He turns around to stare at us. He looks like a strange storm cloud with deep sunken eyes and sharp claws.

“Ah, my magic eaters. Come and meet my new court member. He will be leading the army and that means your children. His name is Reaver.”

He bows to us.

“Charmed ladies. I am here to help your queen with her island and to keep it from falling apart.”

The larger sister the red one walks up to our mother and whispers in her ear. Pointing her left front leg at me. Then Majesty looks to me a frown forming on her face. I could tell that she wasn’t happy. But I have a feeling that she is not going to get upset with me.

“Gold please come with me.”

I gulp deeply and I follow her into her chambers and she sets down a candle. She lays down in her bed and looks up at me with a sad smile.

“You aren’t happy here I am told. Maybe explain to me the issues you have.”

I took a deep breath and I explained to her how I felt about everything I heard. I told her I am not happy how the Minotaurs and the Griffins that came to this island years ago have a little war going on. Even if their town is connected. I told her I am not happy that my brood is being used to kidnap creatures.

“I see what do you want to do then my little daughter?”
I took a deep breath and paced a bit she watches me. I was one of the ones that got very nervous and she knew this. Since she raised us from hatchlings and did everything for us. I just wish I didn’t feel like this. I love my mother I do she has done so much for me.

“I want to leave the island mother. I want to take my mate and find land to spread your word and glory. I want to make it ready for your grace and lovely world my wonderful mother. Please mother I can’t just stay locked in a cavern all my life making children days on end. I just can’t I need to see the world mother.”

So she didn’t argue with me she just looked like she was about to cry. She looks away from me a shine forming in her eyes.

“I am going to lower the spell for you so you can leave. There is a boat at Cliffside that will take you to Equestria. A land I went to after Dream valley was lost from the boating charts. But promise me… little one you and your mate don’t go for me. Go for yourselves.”

I walked out of the room and didn’t look back. I could hear loud sobbing and I felt bad. The next day my mate and I waited at the dock. I hugged all my sisters and she didn’t betray me like I thought she would they all didn’t. The queen back during this time was kind and gentle. She just had a streak of fear that she wouldn’t be loved anymore.

I waited for her to come to say goodbye.

“Love we can’t wait anymore.”

I look to my mate. We took half our eggs. We left the others behind since they might hatch another queen when I am gone. I get onto the large wooden ship with the zebra’s ponies and many other races holding to get off this island.

The griffin captain whispers to my love.

“Gold they can’t wait for us any longer come on.”

Tears fall from my eyes magic tears. I look away getting on the boat. The captain and others call that it’s time to go. A bunch of families leaving this island to get back to those they love. Some have been on this island for years. One stallion I talked to thinks that his family has moved on without him.

When we leave the docks. All I could see by a tree is Majesty she didn’t come to say goodbye to me. Floating beside her is Reaver. Who just watches me go. The island fully vanished from sight not long after.
The boat travel wasn’t as easy as I was told. Many storms hit the boat hard but we stayed going. No one died and had enough food hopefully to get us to the new worlds. A zebra ship hooked up with us to take the zebra families home.

A zebra I got to know through this trek. They told me stories of how harsh their land can be. A filly hugs me tightly and looks back to her parents.

“We promise you Gold we will be fine. We are strong and so is our daughter. Come little one it’s time to go home.”

I watch while the many zebras leave only one zebra family stays on the boat. It took us a while to get to the land we are meant to get to. We get to a port town known as Kludgetown and in this town when we get there are creatures I have never seen before. We didn’t get stopped by anything or anyone.

Just may creatures look at us and leave us alone. We finally made it into an area not far from Kludgetown that would be our den. It took us many years to build into it and we tunneled to most areas we were allowed to do so. I didn’t know what to think of it during this time. I am sure most of the time I wouldn’t even know.

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The meeting area.

“I am sure I wouldn’t know what would happen but most would never know.”

I close the history book. Looking up at the others and the heroes that are here for the meeting. I took a deep breath and shift from the podium to fully speak about what I fully remember. I couldn’t remember everything because I needed the book.

“We went through life pretty much like The Ferrum and the naga. We did what we could found places to hunt and more found. We mated we breed I lost many mates over the years. We founded the alliance of the dwellers. Then the stories I was told of my mother and what she did..”

I look towards Hawk, Roll Roll, and Tick Tock.

“Those three told me what happened during the time that Majesty lost her mind. The fact that many of my sisters might even be dead. The heroes of legend did what they could to free my homeland. Even if it means almost killing my species. Majesty did so much that these three I am sure are ready to fight like that again.”

I move and pace around showing that I am ready to fight myself. I can no longer sit by like I did when the dwellers first started. I did so much to stop my children and others from joining in the battles that are needed and so many died because of that.

“I am friends of these dwellers. But as most of them would tell you we didn’t even fight or join in the wars they wanted us to. Elemrad didn’t get on my case she understood and the others for a time did as well. But Verde started threatening us if I didn’t get off my ass for once and fight for this land.”

I look over to Emerald and she smiles showing she is happy I finally admitted the truth. I have been a coward after what happened on the island. I don’t want to fail them like I failed to save my mother.

“My species has been fighting with the naked mole-rat creatures the ones that lived in that area that got hit by the mega spell they are kind. They have been showing us the best ways to fight. The ways to fight underground and keep others at bay. Now I offer my brood my warriors and myself in this battle. They will even join us as well they may not be desert dwellers but they will join this battle.”

There are cheers of the many creatures in here. Some I have never seen before. I may learn about them in time. I go near the other leaders after speaking my heart and mind. I wish I could have gone deeper into what happened to us. The lies I told Ruby and the others. I couldn’t since most of those lies aren’t needed for what is ahead.

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The eyes of Beezen.

I look up from the pages I wrote again. The pen that I held in my hand stood on my leg and look at all the creatures cheering. It was new to him since he was always silent for an object just meant for writing. But like I told Ruby before the creatures even if they aren’t alive without the paint. They know what goes on around them.

“Beezen I think I am starting to understand what you see in these creatures. Do you think they will be able to do what you think they can? Do you think they will win the hearts of the other judges so they fight the stars?”

I shift a bit in the chair thinking of these words. Trying to melt the hearts of the other judges wouldn’t be easy. Some want power and most judges just want to teach the ponies a lesson and Wheel Tread wants this land to rely on him and his idea of progress.

“I am not sure my friend. Many hearts won’t be won. They first have to win the hearts of the citizens of this land. That won’t be easy. Sometimes it takes more than just deeds for the heroes to win the hearts. Sometimes it takes a voice.”

I turn my head just a bit to see the prob bot that Dj Mixer uses. It’s been here the entire time and no one else noticed or cared. It takes more than just deeds it takes one that is willing to fight the good fight to bring hope to those that need it.

“We will see my friend. We will see”

I look back down to my book and what I have written. I feel the time is about to time for the heroes to finally having to speak to each other. The tension of anger between them is not hard to see.

Footnote: Max level.

Perk: The Tunnelers: The ants are those that come in and are never seen again since they quickly go back underground. When you fight alongside these ants. You feel their hope their wisdom it fills you with hope to fight on. They will never give up and they never give you a reason to give up yourself.

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