Red spat out of the orange pony in a geyser of gore. The other ponies in the semi-circle turned with horrified expressions as the orange pony was pushed upward by the force, backpedaled, and landed on her back, a pool of blood quickly forming under her. The cyan pony cried out the orange one’s name and ran for her friend. The pink, yellow, and white ponies also ran for their fallen companion. As she shall the life drain from her friend’s emerald green eyes, the cyan pony could hear the laughter, and the smugness, and the uncaring of the yellow eyed lavender pony from some way over. But it didn’t matter to her, that monster’s confidence. All she cared for was her friend, calling her name despite the dying ears losing their capabilities long before. The same name, over and over again.

“Applejack… Applejack… Applejack… Applejack… Apple… AAHH!”

Rainbow Dash shot up from her bed, the sheets flying up from the dreaming mare’s sudden movement. Well, dreaming was a strong word; it was more like a nightmare, one that had replayed itself many times before. Rainbow Dash looked around, confirming she was indeed in her house and not on that plain, watching her friend die. The speedster wiped the sweat that had formed on her forehead and brows. Looking out the window, Dash could tell it was some time near ten o’clock. Sleeping in was an activity Dash took as a second job, and she loved that job very much. Lately, however, sleep had not been so kind to the mare. Once, Rainbow Dash would have went back to sleep. Now she got up, unwilling to face the chance to get pulled into the dream again. The mare went to readied herself for the day

“So the boss has given me your work schedule for this week, it’s a pain in my flank but there’s not much that can be done right?” The pale Persian blue mare smiled at Rainbow Dash.

“Yeah, I guess.” Rainbow replied dully, taking her cereal bowl in both hooves and slurping down the remaining milk. Dash finished and sighed, placing the bowl back on the table. “I’m really sorry Cloud Kicker, being disabled like this wasn’t really my choice.”

Cloud Kicker motioned a hoof at Rainbow. “It’s nothing Dash, though I’ll admit, I’m surprised this isn’t a scheme of yours. Losing your wings is a popular way to get off work.” The mare laughed at her own joke.

“Yeah, I suppose so…” Dash replied, smiling at the mare. Cloud Kicker had started visiting Dash ever since her wings had been taken by Logic. She had become a good friend and had helped ferry information from Dash’s work to her home. Without wings, Dash couldn’t work, and she had to take a leave of absence. Officially, Rainbow Dash had lost her wings due to a unicorn safety team that had visited the weather factory. One of the workers had been sick and sneezed unstable magic into the machines and created a cloud that shocked Rainbow Dash and dissipated her wings. Until a specific tonic could be ordered from Canterlot, Dash was grounded.

“So Dash, what are you going to do with your new found freedom?” Cloud Kicker waited for a response, but none came. The mare looked deep in thought and seemingly ignored Cloud. The mare gave a look of concern. “Dash? Dash. Dash!”

Rainbow snapped out of her daze. “Wha?! What’s… Is something wrong?”

“You look distracted.” Cloud Kicker explained. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Dash replied. In truth, the mare was thinking of her accident. Logic was damn good at what she did, better than Twilight even. Twilight would have moral concerns about falsifying accident reports and creating an unstable magical cloud to act as proof. Logic had no moral boundaries in that regard and had easily made the necessary arrangements to have Rainbow Dash get off from work with pay for the past month, something about an Element of Harmony deserving back pay for her past services.

“Well, you look like you have a lot on your mind, like you have some grudge you’re holding onto.” Cloud Kicker got up and smiled at Dash. “Trust me when I say that hanging on to hate isn’t worth it.”

“You know that from personal experience?”

Cloud Kicker chuckled. “Let’s just say my brother and I grew up with a lot more than one incident against each other.” Cloud looked at the position of the Sun and sighed a little. “Well, I’m afraid my visit has to end if I’m to get to work on time. Don’t want the boss getting angry at me.”

Rainbow smirked. “Yeah, getting chewed out by Wind Storm isn’t the most fun thing in the world. Get outta here before you give him reason to get angry.”

“Yeah. See ya Dash!” Cloud kicker waved to Dash and rushed out the door to Cloudsdale.

Dash watched the mare leave, then let out a heavy sigh. “Let go of my grudge? How can I when it’s a friend who got hurt the most?”

Rainbow looked down on the pleasant town of Ponyville from within her hot air balloon basket. Logic, much to Dash’s spite, had thought of everything and provided the mare with all the things she could need to keep her life as normal as possible.

Rainbow grouched; she wouldn’t need to have to be catered to if Logic hadn’t severed her wings with magic. She wouldn’t need this balloon if Logic had let her face Creativity and end her for all she did. Creativity, that name stung the tongue just from the thought. To think, that monstrous mare was still out there, unpunished for her crimes against so many ponies.

Rainbow Dash shook her head, not wanting to think about that insane fragment. Leaving her troubled thoughts, the mare finally realized where she was: the sky above the Ponyville library. Rainbow Dash peered over the side to see a familiar mare and dragon exiting the library. The two were conversing, but Rainbow Dash couldn’t make out what they were saying.

“So Lust and Creativity are in Canterlot? That’s really bad news.” Spike the dragon felt his legs shake as he remembered his encounter with Lust.

“Indeed it is Spike.” Logic replied. “But I am confident we can defeat them. After all, Lust is no true enemy, she simply wishes to find something to place between her legs and begin thrusting. Creativity is another matter… she will certainly be trouble. Still, if all goes according to plan then by the end of today the only fragments that will remain loose will be Anger, Morality, and Deceit.”

“Do you really think Creativity will try to steal Princess Celestia’s magic and become an Alicorn?”

Logic looked at Spike and nodded. “Yes, it is most definitely her plan of action. It is the only way she can remove herself from the need of acquiring the other fragments.”

“But we’ll stop her before she succeeds right?” Spike asked, obviously nervous of facing a hostile Alicorn fragment.

Logic patted Spike on the head. “We will do our best Spike. If we are unable to prevent Creativity’s thieving attempt we can at least stop her afterwards. Luckily, if Creativity does succeed, we need not worry about returning Celestia’s magic. Alicorn magic is much more personal than regular magic. If taken away from its owner, Alicorn magic will eventually overload the thief and backfire on them, returning to the original owner after the thief’s termination.”

Spike gulped at the last word, but he shook it off. If Creativity died, it was her own fault. “Right… well, I’m ready and I promise I won’t talk about this to the others.”

Logic nodded, turning to her saddlebags and pulling out a letter with her magic. “Very well. Now, if you’d be so kind as to deliver this letter to the Doct-… I mean, Time Turner, he will be able to get this to Ditzy Doo. We will need her before the day is out.” Logic handed the letter to Spike. “I believe he is at his shop currently, fixing clocks as he so often does… hmm… poor him, this must be such a step down from saving the…” Logic caught herself instantly. “I mean… nevermind, go along Spike.”

Spike cocked an eyebrow, more confused than curious. Shrugging, the baby dragon ran as fast he could to Time Turner’s Clock Shop.

Logic watched him leave, and then turned her attention to the Everfree forest. “Right, time to go see Zecora. Without that Phoenix’s Second Wind potion we will not be able to survive long enough to stop Creativity if she does become an Alicorn.” With that, the fragment began her trip to the Everfree Forest, intent on retrieving the potion she needed.

Rainbow Dash looked at the scene below her with mild disgust. She didn’t get it; it didn’t make sense. How could Spike and all her remaining friends still trust Logic? It was her fault Applejack was the way she was. Twilight would have protected Applejack; she would have protected all her friends. But Logic, Logic didn’t care. All that mattered to her was completing her mission. She didn’t care who fell as long as she gathered up the fragments and rebuilt Twilight.

And that was another thing, how do they know Logic’s being honest? What if Logic wants the same thing Creativity does. What if she wants to take control of Twilight, but has kept it quiet so the other Elements wouldn’t move against her? How do they really know Logic is on the up and up? It is thoughts like this that pushed Rainbow away from her friends and Logic.

But it’s wrong; you have to stick by your friends, no matter what. And then came that thought, the thought of guilt Rainbow had felt for so long since she had betrayed her friends. No, no… she hadn’t betrayed them… but she did abandon them, like with Discord. She was being just as self-centered, as arrogant, and uncaring as when Discord had affected her.

“No, no, NO!” Dash yelled out, falling backward into the balloon basket. The ex-speedster’s hooves were on her head like she had a migraine. Rainbow Dash moaned loudly. “I need a drink…”

Dash took an adamant sip from her coffee mug. Exhaling happily, she looked around at the outdoor section of Bon-Bon’s Sweet Shop. It was a nice place to relax and catch one’s breath, though she’d never let Pinkie Pie know she came here.

Rainbow Dash had finally calmed down from her little episode she had in the hot air balloon, but thoughts still lingered. Maybe she had been too rough on Logic. Seriously, even she knew there are some things magic can’t do. Dash gripped her cup tighter, unsure sure what to do. Stubborn as she was, it had been Rainbow’s pride more than anything else that had stopped her from returning to Logic and begging for forgiveness. Rainbow Dash sighed; she didn’t know what to do. There was so much going on because of those fragments. There were so many angles, so many plans and schemes and ideas. Rainbow didn’t know what was truth and what was…

“Hello Rainbow Dash, nice day today isn’t it? I love the Sun…”

Rainbow Dash froze at the familiar voice, its words ringing in her ears. The Wonderbolt hopeful mare visibly shook as she brought her head up to face the mare in the eyes, those eyes. Those eyes were familiar and different. Her smile was so much the same, but twisted and perverted. Her name was different and yet the same too, if that made any sense. Still, Dash knew her well, she was…

“Hey Twilight, how are you?” Bon-Bon appeared out of nowhere, wearing a pink apron and balancing a serving tray on her back.

Twilight looked to Bon-Bon and smiled. “I’m doing great Bon-Bon, just catching up with my good friend Dashie here, right Rainbow?” The rainbow-mane mare was currently speechless at the moment however.

Bon-Bon didn’t notice Rainbow’s state and continued to talk. “Well that’s good, ponies have been saying you’ve been acting odd lately, glad to see they’re wrong. Well, back to business, Dash, that coffee will cost you…”

Twilight lifted up a hoof. “Allow me.” With that, she pulled out the required number of bits and handed them to Bon-Bon. “This should cover it.”

Bon-Bon smiled. “Yeah, it should, thanks. Geez, paying for Rainbow, you’re such a good friend Twilight.”

Twilight shrugged. “Being a good friend is what I do.” Bon-Bon smiled in agreement and left the two to converse further.

When Bon-Bon finally left Rainbow Dash returned to her senses. “Deceit.” She mumbled angrily.

“In the flesh.” The fragment replied coyly.

“What do you want?”

“Interested in some Wonderbolt tickets?”

“Shove em’ up your flank.”

“That’s not very nice Dashie.”

“Sorry, I don’t really care.”

“Like you really don’t care about Applejack?”

CRASH!! THUD!!

All the ponies in the Sweet Shop turned to see a table turned over and Rainbow on top of Twilight, the speedster’s face was red with anger. “Don’t you ever say that again! Applejack is one of my best friends!”

Deceit coughed from the ground impact. “And yet you allowed her to be hurt and didn’t even go after her attacker when it was all said and done. Doesn’t much sound like a friend to me…”

Deceit took the punch Rainbow Dash threw at her with a little laugh, either the strike hadn’t hurt or Deceit was stubborn. “SHUT UP!” Dash yelled. “Logic took my wings! I couldn’t go after her! It wasn't my fault, it was Logic’s!”

Deceit chuckled. “So quick to blame others Dashie, yet not once do you look at the mirror and think yourself at fault. Heh, what a foal.”

Dash’s teeth clenched. “Foal?! FOAL?! I’ll show just how hard this foal can hit!” Dash brought her hoof down upon Deceit, but all it hit was dirt.

Deceit reappeared on a small banister that outlined the outside café. Hanging on it Lyra-style, the fragment chuckled. “Wow, that really hurt. My insides are just in a wreck from your strength Dashie.”

Rainbow Dash jumped after the fragment, who once again disappeared into an orange flash. Dash fell over the banister and hit the hard ground. Getting up instantly, the mad mare looked desperately for the fragment.

“I’m certainly not over here!”

Dash looked to her right to see Deceit standing in an alleyway, a smirk on her face. Without thinking, Dash raced down the street after the fragment. Deceit ran into the alleyway, humming to herself as she did and igniting her horn. Dash didn’t notice and continued to the chase the fragment her hatred was currently focused on. Rainbow saw the fragment turn a corner. Skidding to a quick stop then bolting forward, Rainbow could see Deceit at the end of the alley, right near the other entrance. Deceit made no moves to escape and just smiled as Dash made to ram her.

THUNK!!

Rainbow Dash hit something, felt like a wall. The mare fell backward onto her backside. Shaking her head to rid herself of the stars, Rainbow looked up at the alleyway, confused.

Deceit’s laughter filled the air. “Ha-ha… wow, I can’t believe you fell for that! I mean, I did a great job and all but still… wow.”

Dash looked up and saw the fragment resting on a rooftop, one of her legs swaying back and forth over the edge. Dash looked back at the alleyway and saw Deceit smiling at her. “What the? How are you?” Before Dash could finish, Deceit’s horn flashed. The open alleyway became distorted and wavy until it shifted back into its original solid wall look.

“I’m Deceit Dashie, does this surprise you?”

“WHY?!”

Deceit’s face took on some surprise. “What?”

Dash looked close to tears, but not there of course (she still had a reputation to uphold). “Why me?! Why are you messing with me? Why not Logic?! All I want to do is forget about you stupid fragments! So why do you keep pestering me?!”

Deceit laughed. “Because I like you Rainbow Dash, why else? If you want some other reason… well Rainbow, I love deceit, the action and such. And so I’m attracted to you, no homo, because there’s nothing better than a mare that’s deceiving herself.”

“Deceiving myself?! I’m not deceiving myself!”

Deceit laughed. “Yeah, keep thinking that Dashie, I’m sure that eventually it’ll… whoa!” Deceit dodged a rock that Dash had tossed at the fragment. Catching herself from falling off, Deceit realigned herself on the roof. “Rude Dashie, very rude.” Deceit picked herself up and began trotting away. “I see you don’t want to talk. Fine, I’ll just take my information elsewhere.”

Rainbow’s eyes widened. “Information?! What information?!”

“Sorry Dashie, not in the mood anymore… see ya!” With that, Deceit disappeared on the other side of the wall.

“Deceit! DECEIT~!” Rainbow Dash yelled after the fragment. Realizing that she wasn’t coming back, Dash bolted from the alleyway and tried to get onto the other side of the buildings.

On Deceit’s side, the fragment laughed audibly as she pranced about. “Poor Dashie, never gonna know what I know! Still, I like it that way!” The fragment laughed to herself, content in her cruel mental treatment of Rainbow Dash. “Alright, enough laughing, better hightail it outta here before she gets across.” Deceit bolted away, running as fast as she could. She had gotten about ten meters before an outstretched hoof stopped her.

“Oops… did I do that?” The hoof’s owner stated rather coyly.

Deceit tumbled forward and hit a streetlight. Shaking her head and looking up, the fragment tried to spot the one who had tripped her. She caught a lime green flash just as a teleportation spell was used. Other than that, the street was empty. “What the? Who was that?!” Deceit looked around for another second before her situation came back to her. “Crap! I gotta get outta here before Rainbow Dash…”

“Gets you?!”

Deceit turned to see the cyan mare ram into her. The two tumbled to the ground, punching and clawing at each other. Deceit’s horn flared as she used a blast to throw Dash off of her. Rainbow landed with a loud thud and a grunt.

Deceit righted herself as she stood up. “Ow, crap that hurt!” The fragment huffed as she looked over to Rainbow Dash, the speedster only just getting up. Deceit smirked. “Sorry Dashie, almost, but still no dice.” The fragment’s horn lit up as she prepared a teleportation spell.

Rainbow huffed heavily as she got up. “Not… not this time!” The Wonderbolt-hopeful mare ran with all her might at Deceit. Just as Deceit cast her spell Dash grabbed her. Rainbow felt magic wash over her and before she knew it she was pulled into a vortex of magic.

A familiar clearing deep in the Everfree forest was silent and peaceful. Nothing out of the ordinary was happening in this clearing. A single spark interrupted the clearing's tranquility. That single spark became another, and another and soon a bright flash of orange filled the clearing. Two mares were flung out of the flash and hit the ground hard.

Deceit quickly pushed Dash off with her magic and fell back. Dash skidded on the ground but quickly stopped herself and hopped up. Truthfully, Rainbow’s vision was swimming rapidly thanks to the magical flash, but she tried to right it.

Deceit huffed angrily at Dash. “Damn it Dashie, don’t you know it’s rude to interrupt a teleportation spell like that?!”

Rainbow Dash wobbled as righted her head to the source of Deceit’s voice. “Sorry, I don’t really care! You’re gonna tell me what you know!”

“Fat chance.” Deceit yelled, her horn igniting.

Before Dash could react, Deceit teleported next to her and punched Dash in her sides. “Stupid mare! All you are is a traitor!” Deceit teleported again to Dash’s other side and slammed her hoof into the mare. “To Applejack!” Another teleportation and Dash felt Deceit’s hoof slamming into the side of her face. “To the rest of your friends!” Another teleportation and Deceit was facing Rainbow Dash. “And mostly yourself!” Deceit brought her hoof into the underside of Rainbow Dash’s chin and sent her flying. The mare landed with a thud a foot away. Deceit smirked, flexing her hoof. “Ow, that sort of hurt.”

Rainbow Dash could feel blood dripping from her mouth and nose, but still she got up and faced Deceit. “You… you think you can spit out lies and make me feel terrible? Like I’m the one at fault for what happened to Applejack?!”

Deceit burst out in laughter. “Oh Rainbow Dash…” Deceit’s horn flared and a magical aura completely enveloped her. The swirling vortex of magic moved towards Dash and once it was close to the mare it dissipated, revealing a bloodied Applejack. Rainbow Dash stepped back in horror. Deceit-jack smiled deviously. “You want to know the information I have? Well, here it is: I don’t need to lie to make you feel guilty Dashie.”

Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and shook her head. “No, no, no! It’s not… It’s not…” Rainbow stopped mid sentence as a realization hit. Deceit said she didn’t need to lie to make Dash feel guilty. Despite it being said by a fragment of lies and deception, Rainbow could tell this sentence was truthful. Deceit hadn’t been lying about Rainbow Dash being a traitor. If a fragment of lies spoke this as truth then… then maybe… Rainbow had been in the wrong. Rainbow admitted it to herself… she had been wrong, about everything. It wasn’t Logic’s fault and all Rainbow was doing was being a fool. Well... no more!!

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes and looked at the Applejack looking Deceit. “You’re right.”

“What?” Deceit asked, confused.

“I betrayed my friends… I betrayed Logic… I certainly haven’t been living up to my Element… but…” A determined fire sparked in Dash’s eyes. “It’s never too late to start again! And I can’t think of a better way to start than stopping you Deceit!”

Deceit took a step back nervously, dropping her illusion. “Well… it seems my mental breakdown has backfired on me… how unfortunate…” The fragment suddenly stood firm again. “Doesn’t matter. You can’t capture me! After all, we’re deep in the Everfree, how do you plan to get me to Logic?” Deceit let out an evil laugh. “You seem unable to go about your plans. Heh, well, let’s make sure you never can!” Deceit charged her magic and chucked it at Rainbow Dash.

The mare dodged the blast but got caught in the shockwave. Rainbow went flying and fell into a clump of vines and bushes. Luckily, it was a soft landing, but that hardly pleased Rainbow Dash. Deceit was right; she had no way to get the fragment back to Logic, Rainbow Dash started to get up from her landing zone. The mare had no capture devices and therefore no clear, secure way to get Deceit back. How could she possibly… huh? Rainbow looked down as she felt something softer than the vines and leaves under her hoof. It was cotton, and once Dash brushed away some vegetation she saw herself looking one of Logic’s capture device bags. It was the same bag that had been torn off the fragment by the hydra when they had come in to the Everfree to save the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

Dash flipped open the degraded bag and, much to her delight, inside were a bunch of capture devices, still in working condition! Dash smirked as a plan sparked in her mind. The rainbow-mane mare stood up and turned to face Deceit, hiding the bag from sight. “Really Deceit? I’m disappointed.”

Deceit cocked an eyebrow. “What? What are you talking about?”

Rainbow Dash laughed. “It’s nothing, it’s just… what’s with all the ranged attacks? Only weaklings and scaredy cats use those. I thought you were better.” Rainbow Dash stood confident, hoping Deceit would forget the close-range beating she just gave Dash and would take the bait.

Deceit acknowledged the past but still took the bait like a cat to a laser pointer. “Weakling?! Scaredy cat?! Well, ignoring that I just beat you up four minutes ago, I’ll humor you and take you out with a magically charged hoof.” Deceit’s horn lit up and her left hoof started glowing with an orange aura. The mare charged. “IF THAT’S THE WAY YOU WANT IT!!!”

Dash smirked. “Yeah, that’s exactly how I want it.” Rainbow pulled out a capture device as Deceit got close and slammed it on the fragment’s chest. The device lit up and began sucking Deceit in.

The fragment looked down at her disappearing form and then shifted her gaze to Rainbow Dash. “Clever mare…” The fragment yelled as the device finally sucked the rest of her in. When the last of Deceit was in, the device took on an orange glow.

Rainbow Dash smirked triumphantly. “And ponies say I’m stupid and headstrong.”

Night had fallen over Ponyville. Rainbow Dash trotted through the dark streets. It had taken her all day to get back to Ponyville from her location in the Everfree forest. She had actually hidden when a loud explosion and bright flash had erupted in the sky, fearing it was the end of the world or something.

Still, now that Rainbow Dash was back in Ponyville, she was unsure of what she was doing. Really though, what was she going to do? What was she going to say? How could she repair such damage? How could she think that her destination could ever forgive her for her arrogance? How could she… Rainbow had arrived. The mare looked at the dark silhouette of the Ponyville library, illuminated by a dim light inside.

Dash looked at the door for a few minutes, wondering if she should just put the device on the step and run. Logic had no right to forgive Dash for her childishness, or so Dash thought. Finally, Rainbow Dash decided to just leave the capture device and bolt. The mare placed the orange glowing device down and began trotting off; Logic would find it in the morning. When Rainbow Dash was a foot or so away she heard knocking. The mare turned and saw a rock hitting the library door for the second time. The rock was enveloped in a lime green magical aura and after its second knock; it simply fell. Dash looked at the rock for a few seconds before realizing the door was opening.

Inside the library, Logic and Spike found themselves sitting on the couch by the fire. Logic had just told Spike the truth that the fragments would be killed repairing Twilight. Spike looked down at the floor for a minute or so.

Finally, Spike looked to his feet. “Logic I… I’m sorry.”

“Do not be.” Logic replied. “It is what it is. I only hope my sisters are using the extra time I gave them wisely. At least they are accepting of their fate. They are stronger than many.”

Spike sat back down on the couch and looked at the fire. “It’s been a long day.”

Logic chuckled. “That it has… I suppose it is time to…”

A loud knock came from the door. Spike turned to wooden barrier. “I wonder who that could be.”

Logic got up. “As do I.” The fragment walked to the door and unlocked it with her magic.

Logic froze a bit, unable to process things for a moment. Instead she just stood there and gawked a little at the pony standing in her doorway, looking back at her.

“Rainbow Dash…” Logic finally found herself saying.

“H-Hey Lodge…” Rainbow replied. Gathering her courage, Rainbow Dash turned and stepped up to Logic. “Look Lodge I… I know I don’t deserve forgiveness for how I acted and… and I don’t expect any but I finally caught Deceit and…” Rainbow’s eyes widened as she felt the warmth of embrace.

The two mares just stood there, Logic hugging Rainbow Dash. The fragment’s face was its usual neutral mixed with what looked like guilt. “I have… I have been researching pony interaction self-help manuals about ways to apologize. This is the correct response, right?”

Rainbow held back tears. The mare did nothing but returned Logic’s embrace. “Yeah, yeah this is ok Lodge… thank you… so much for forgiving me.”

Logic grunted. “I cannot hold a grudge Rainbow, no real emotions remember? Other than that… I would be a terrible friend if I did not forgive you and I… I do not wish to a terrible friend… I wish to be like my mother.”

Rainbow smiled. “Well, other than having extreme OCD, I think it’s safe to say you made it there Lodge.”

The two stood there, bathed in feelings of being reconciled by the opposite party. Spike watched from the couch, smiling softly. A lime green flash popped up next to the dragon and Curiosity appeared at the dragon’s side. Spike looked at the fragment, who winked at him and smiled. Spike got the gesture and kept on smiling.

Despite all the happy feelings, Spike couldn’t but shift his eyes to Logic’s reading material once more. It was true; Logic had a big pile of pony interaction manuals. Those however, were read days ago and thrown to the side. What worried Spike was Logic’s current reading habits, the ones she refused to speak about no matter how much he asked. It was all about brainwashing and mind erasing spells.

Why would Logic want to learn mind erasing?