I was walking through the castle halls to the workshop so I could use the Rune Teleporter to get back to Ponyville and Twilight.

‘That was an odd meet with Princess Celestia. She’s been a little off as of our return from the other world or at least since her talk with Edward. I wonder why she wants me to keep on eye out in Ponyville. Sure things have been on a teader-todder since the Pokemon showed up but the occasional battle between ponies is normal now. It’s not meant to harm anyone or the Pokemon for that matter. In fact, it meant to help the pokemon evolve into the next form. ‘

I made my way to the workshop and opened the door. Not much goes on in here except for research, reading, sleeping, and minor experiments. Since Edward made his lab he mainly leaves this place for Time Turner, Twilight, myself and a few others to use. Ed set up the Rune transporter so only certain ponies could use this thing when he built it so no pony could use it to sneak into the castle and mount some form of attack or something of the sort. Something to do with the Runes carved into it. According to Twi not even she knows how he did it. He used some form of ancient none Equestrian based magic he learned while on one of his journeys.

To tell the truth I really didn’t want to move in with Twi so soon but I’m glad Edward pushed me. Twi is a great mare even if she can be a little study obsessed at times. One of her more redeeming qualities are her schedules, though she doesn’t make them a nearly as accurate as she used to according to Spike. Edward took this away from her during our training together and it caused her to have a nervous break. Thank the sisters we had Spike there to snap her out of it or in this case slap her out of it. Hehe. Edward just threw a bucket of ice water on her to get her back to normal.

Back to the teleporter. This will take me to the shop in Ponyille where I’ve been staying until I get my room set up in the library. Spike has been a big help in moving my things in. Rarity couldn’t stop gossiping about how the two of her best friends are now living with the coltfriends. She then went on to says how half of the Elements are now in serious relationships for six hours.

I stepped onto the teleporter and in a bright flash of light was sent to the Automail shop in Ponyville. As I collected my vision I could hear someone in the shop fooling around with tools with the sound of a saw mixed in. I could also make out the sounds of a giggling filly in the background. The one working was none other than Time Turner. The filly was either his daughter, Dinky, or one of the customers in the front of the shop.

“Ah, Polearm. Good to see you. What’s the latest news from Canterlot? Why the Princess summon you on your time off?” Time asked me as me vision finally cleared I saw him at the workbench working on a green crystalmail wing.

Fun Fact is crystalmail wings are made mostly of wind emerald to allow pegasi to fly with very little difficulty. All models come with lightning diamond and water sapphire as secondary components to promote a pegasus’s weather control magic. There are models with more of these secondary part than others that solely focus on this magic as well that are made specifically for the weather control team pegasi. Those are called weather wings for short.

“Hello Time. Nothing new to report on Canterlot. As for my summons, it was just Princess Celestia checking on me and Twilight’s living accommodations and her telling me to keep an eye on Ponyville for her,”

“Understandable seeing as how Ponyville is the last line of defense before Canterlot. Sorry, about Dinky. Derpy had to make her mail run today and she was out of school due to the weekend so she had to come with me to work. Come here and say hi to Mr. Polearm sweet,” Time called his daughter over from where she’d been playing with whatever she had.

“Hello, Mr. Polearm it’s nice to see you again. Are you going to be guarding us now?” The adorable filly asked me with big yellow eyes.

“Yes, I am Dinky. My guard post is stationed here now. I have the rank of captain like Prince Shining Armor did but as he’s still in the Castle I’m not needed there anymore so the Princess and Edward stationed me here to make it easier o me and so I spend time with Twilight,” I said with a smile tussling Dinky mane a bit causing her to giggle.

“Is Ms.Sparkle your marefriend now? She talks about you a lot when she comes to give lectures and magic lessons at school since the Candle Festival,” Dinky asked walking over to her father who proceeded to pick her up.

“Dinky. You shouldn’t ask personal questions like that. It’s very rude,” Time says with a light scolding but loving tone which caused Dinky to lower her head and blush from embarrassment.

“I don’t mind Time. Yes Dinky me and Twi have been together since the festival. We’ve actually been moving my things to the library here in town. It’s another one of the reasons I was stationed here. I’m still Edward’s Assistant so I still work in Canterlot quite a bit. My work here as a guard is only part-time at dusk. I do still have my own studies as Edward’s student to but that’s just fun for me.” I said with a wink to the young one. “I also get to spend time with my special somepony when I study too. I hope I answered most of your questions little one. I’ll see you tomorrow Time I’ve got to go and stop in and talk with Spike. Unfortunately for him, the Princess has in-roled his services into Ponyville’s guard ranks. Haha.”

“One minute before you go Polearm. I have somethings I want you to give Edward.” Time said stopping me placing Dinky on the floor. “He said to give him any Displaced tokens I came across. Well, I came across one. They’re drawn to ponies like Edward and myself. Here.”

I token the token and felt a surge of energy from the strange object. It was a metal object in the shape of a yellow diamond in an orange V with silver wings on either side. I then heard a voice of the Displaced that had made the token.

"If you need the Gale of Justice or the Fangs of the Shadows by your side, call upon the Blade of Light ‘Aeta Zero’. Those who walk the path of darkness and hatred, I will punish with agony and pain."

“Whoa, so that’s what that’s what it’s like to hear a creed in your head. How does Edward keep up with them all,” I said shaking my head as I staggered back a bit?

“Take it easy their son. From the look, you’re giving me this is the first time you’ve heard a Displaced’s creed. Can’t say I’m not surprised though. You’ve been to another version of reality and been involved with a few different Displaced at once. Most ponies don’t usually have that type of opportunity,” Time says as he steadied me. “Be sure to give them to your grandfather when he returns from his crusade in the other reality and this one too. No idea what’s going on with it either but it’s definitely a token from the void energy coming from it.”

Time then set a bright orange dragon scale on the table next to me. I took the scale and placed in my bag and head out the back door of the workshop. I bid Time and Dinky farewell and was off to Rarity’s Beautique so see Spike and perhaps as Rarity for a few sets of clothes as mine a currently a little worse for the wear. Lab experiments tend to help you burn through your wardrobe rather quickly.

I was on my way through town when I came across Fluttershy and her pokemon Oshawott and Angel Bunny in the park. Those two don’t mix well when it comes to a lot of things due to their similar personalities. Neither of them cares for Disord very much and they often tag team him in pranks. Speaking of Disord, he’s become something of a fixture around since he saved the CMC from a hydra and various other problems while we were gone. He said something about how he loved the chaos they caused in their own and how Fluttershy would be upset if any of her animals got hurt. Discord may deny it but he likes living here especially with Fluttershy being there for him whenever he feels left out. He did get a pokemon recently that’s just as odd looking as he is called a Girafarig.

I didn’t see Discord around with is odd cause when Fluttershy is in the park he’s not to far. I saw she noticed me so I walked over to say hello.

“Afternoon Fluttershy how are three today? Your confidence in coming out in public seems to have improved a lot as of late,” I chuckled. “Where Discord and Choas?”

“We’re doing rather well Polearm. Thanks for asking. As for Discord and Chaos, they’re over there napping,” Fluttershy said pointing at a nearby tree where I saw the odd duo dozzing. “They both helped me with the animals really early today so we could get done and spend some time together. We’re getting better about well… um… you know.”

“Being in public and showing affection to each other,” I snickered while Fluttershy’s face turns bright red as she hid her eyes behind her hair. “Sorry to cut things short Fluttershy but I have to get going. I have to stop by Rarity’s place and speak with Spike and I wanted to see Rarity would take an order for a few new clothes since most of mine are falling apart.”

“Oh, sorry for keeping you Polearm. Do tell Rarity I said hello and tell her I’m looking forward to our next Spa day. See you later,” Fluttershy says as she waved bye and went to walk up Discord and I went on my way.

It wasn’t long before I made it to Carousel Boutique. I entered said fine establishment and was greeted the usual ringing of a bell above my had and the singing of an all too familiar unicorn.

“Welcome to the Carousel Boutique. How may I help you this afternoon? Oh, Polearm how are you doing today, Darling? Is there something I can help you with or did something happen between you and Twilight?” Rarity says breaking character from her shop owner persona.

I could feel my face flush with heat from her last question but I managed to speak after a few seconds of recomposing my thought. “I’m doing just fine Rarity and nothing happened between me and Twi. I actually came by cause I have a few things that needed attending to. First off, I need to speak with Spike on behalf of his mother. Secondly, I wanted to know if you would be willing to make me a few casual outfits as most of my current close are either guard uniforms or to wear out for lab experiments to wear.”

“Certainly Darling. Spike is upstairs taking a nap. You can speak with him after I get your measurement. Please step into one of the change rooms and strip down. Only to your under of course. I go get Spike up while you're doing that. I should be more than five minutes,” Rarity says fetching her usual pair of red glasses as she left the back of the shop.

‘Well that takes care of part of why I’m here,’ thought to myself as I did as I’d been told.

Rarity soon returned from upstairs with Spike in tow. He was rubbing his eyes as he started to speak.

“Hey Pole, Rares said you needed to talk to me about something,” Spike said with a yawn.

“Afternoon Spike. Ah! Tickles! Rarity please, feet sensitive”

“Sorry dear,” Rarity giggled.

“Yea, yea. Anyways I came by cause your mom ask me to in a way,”

“What? Mom asked you to stop by?” He said popping to attention.

“I was summoned to the castle to give a rundown of my moving in with Twilight and how things were looking in Ponyville. Princess Celestia seemed very concerned that something might be going on here in town and wanted you, me, and the two elite guards stationed here currently to make patrols at night.”

“I wonder what’s going on. Something must really be bothering mom if she has not just me and you but two of the elite guard on patrols. Did she say anything specific about the patrols?” Spike asked going into the kitchen.

Spike was more than smart enough to figure out something wasn’t right. Using elites, a Dragon and a Captain were not only more than enough it was excessive just to patrol around a town at night. I know Ponyville garners more attention than other small towns due to Everfree and now the Elements of Harmony, among other things. Spike came back with a tray of tea. He had coffee.

“What are your thoughts Pole? You in charge of the guards in town now. Do you think something big is up? Or about to go down?” Spike asked as I came out of the changing room.

“I think something is happening behind the scenes, Spike. And with your mom being how she is, she’s trying to keep it under wraps so as to not cause a panic. We should do the same. I do know we need to keep a very close eye on Twi too. Princess Celestia seemed very worried about her specifically when she asked me about how she was doing.”

“Hmm,” Spike said as he drank his coffee. “I can go back to staying at the library for a while. Now that Twi’s back she’s head Librarian again and I need to catch up with her. So this will be perfect and I can help with afternoon and dusk patrols but that’s all. You’ll be at the library to now so I know Twi will be in good hands when I’m not there,” Spike said while winking at me. “Oh, sorry Rarity. Forgot you were standing there.”

“It’s alright Spike, and you can also count on all of the Elements too, Polearm. Twilight is our friend. After we get done with our own stuff we can take turns watching her. Rainbow will be the most available of us. But do you really think there’s something going on that involves Twilight?”

“Honestly Rarity. I think there is and I think the Princess knows exactly what it is. I also think that Edward is involved somehow. Call it family, instinct, or guard intuition. I know he knows something is about what’s to go down but he’s not going to interfere with certain events due to hunches as he calls them. My grandfather is quite sneaky but he can’t hide everything.”

“Polearm, why do you think Edward has something to do with whatever is going on? He may know something is going to happen but I don’t think he’s actually apart of what’s going on. You know how he works better than anyone. We all know he has knowledge of things that are could happen. He told us this during training but you have to remember he also told us that things aren’t going the way he remembered them. I for one trust Edward and whatever he has planned,” Rarity says as she started to go through fabrics.

“I’m with Rarity on this one, Pole. Ed only does things secretly if he has to. And if mom is worried that means not even Ed has all the details of the upcoming events. But if you, me, and the a few of Ed’s other students are placed here for the event or whatever it is, then that means Ed knew enough to put those he trusts on the case,” Spike walking over to Rarity side and pointing out a fabric.

“You two are right. I really shouldn’t be the one questioning my Grandfather’s motives. If he’s the one who told Princess Celestia to put us on patrol and to watch Twi then I’ll go along with it. For his sake and Twi’s. I’ll talk to you guys later and thanks for the advice. Let’s not tell Twilight about the whole guarding her ordeal. Know how she is she’ll probably freak out about this.”

“Sure,” Spike said nodding along with Rarity.

It was only going to take Rarity a few hours to make my new clothes. While she worked on my new clothes Spike and I decided to head out and give the other Elements a rundown of what the plans were and that the Princess and Ed had told us to keep an eye on Twilight. We later went on to tell them of how Rarity came up with the idea for them to take shifts in being with Twilight. Of course Rainbow loved the fact she is doing secret op for the royal family and was more than willing to keep an out for anything suspicious during the day and keep watch over Twi when she did go off by herself, as Rainbow was the one with the freest time out of all of us. Next, we hit up Aj at her Sweet Apple Acres and of course, she had her suspicions that Spike and I weren’t telling the whole truth. We had to explain not even we knew the truth of what was going on but she agreed to help out in the end for Twilight’s sake. After Aj, we headed to Fluttershy’s cottage and she was more than willing to comply without have to give another explanation. And last but not least we had the pink menace herself, Pinkie Pie. Spike and I had the unfortunate time of walking in on one of Pinkie’s baking experiments.

‘Yea not gonna ask that mare why she thought it was a good idea to mix pop rock candies with hot sauce. Poor Spike almost burned down Sugar Cube Corner from the indigestion he got.’

After we managed to put out the fires and find some antacids for Spike we all cleaned up the kitchen and told Pinkie of the happenings. She agreed but we had to make her Pinkie Promise not to tell a soul. Just a precaution that Edward taught me when involving anything with this weird mare.

After the Pinkie incident, I dropped poor Spike back off at Rarity’s Boutique and let her tend to her ailing drake-friend, grabbed my finish clothes, and then promptly departed for the library to meet up with Twi. It didn’t take long to get to the library and that was good cause I was worn out from today’s events of running around and planning out to watch Twi. I wish I could tell her about this but it would only freak her out because the two people she had more respect for than even Starswirl expected something to happen to her. Still, something in the back of my mind told me that this event was supposed to happen but if not handled right thing would go very bad in the near future.

“Don’t worry Edward. I’ll keep Twilight safe while making sure to keeps things on track,” I said to myself before opening the Library door. “Hmm, lights are off. Twilight I’m back and I have some big news for you. Edward came back for a bit today and got Princess Luna-”

BONK!

A pair of cloaked figures, one in blue the other black, emerged from behind the door and approached the unaware earth pony as he set his new clothes on the nearest table. He was looking around while searching for the mare he cares for and had recently started to live within the library they lived in calling out to her when one of the figures raised a small club. In the next instant, the club came down hard enough to knock out the unsuspecting earth pony.

Said figure was the larger of the two and was known more for his brawn than brain. The other was known for is smarts and magic. They had come to retrieve their target, Twilight Sparkle, for the sake of their queen’s rival. They were both footmen for the Children of the Night sent to get the young unicorn as it was time for the Queen to be resurrected and Twilight Sparkle was the main key to this. Even if they didn’t get why one of the Elements of Harmony that had played the main role in destroying their queen was needed, they would fetch her if it meant the return of Nightmare Moon nonetheless.

“Did you hear that? The alchemist came back from the journey he was on to bring the poser on his current journey. We couldn’t have asked for a better time for us to resurrect our Queen,” the blue-cloaked figure said to the black cloaked figure in the black library.

“Yes, this is perfect. Our queen will be brought back. First, she’ll take down the Sun monarch taking her rightful place as Queen of Equestria and bring forth the Eternal Night which should have been brought long ago. Second, she’ll take down the imposter. Third, she’ll undo the spell the imposter has on the alchemist and he’ll once again take up his monocer of the Crimson Butcher, King of Minos. They will then rule Equestria as King and Queen of the Night as it should have been so long ago,” said the other black cloaked figure.

“It looks as if the fates have smiled on us this day. We had decided to move now because they had returned from one of the alchemist’s other journeys and we knew he’d let them rest for a few days and we didn’t know when they’d return again. I hadn’t expected this guard though. Who is he and why is he here? Do you think the Solar Princess has become aware of our plans to resurrect our true ruler?!” asked the blue-cloaked figure in a panic.

“Calm yourself, buffoon. No, if the pretenders to the throne had become aware of our plans then they would have acted sooner. They could possibly suspect that we are planning to resurrect our queen later rather than sooner. Which is all the more reason to move forward with the plan and continue as brother Casting Index has instructed. As for this guard, he is no mere guard. He is, in fact, one of us in many ways. His name is Polearm Aries and he is the last descendant of his branch of the House of Aries that were adopted by the King and Queen so long ago. He’s also the personal assistant and student to our soon to be King,” The black cloaked one said. “According to our brothers and sisters, he is also in a relationship with Twilight Sparkle. Which is why he is here to check up on her or they might have made plans to go out this evening. It’s good we caught him off guard though. He can use some form of magic he learned from our the alchemist and he’s much stronger than any one of the Children’s Guards.”

“Is he really that dangerous? I mean, he’s just a guard? Sure, he knows a form of magic that he got for the alchemist but surely he can’t be that much of a threat. Everyone knows the alchemist is barely stronger than the Captain Shining Armor,” Chuckled the first cloak.

“Fool, the alchemist wasn’t at his best moment in that fight. His true power rivals that of the Queen herself if not equals it. Most of the public doesn’t realize the true knowledge and power he holds is for greater than the pretenders he is surrounded with. The alchemist is, in fact, the only reason we can revive the Queen. Thanks to several of his texts and a few special artifacts that were left in his home after his disappearance over two thousand years ago. We now know from the reports in the castle that he was betrayed by someone close to him and we suspect that the Solar Princess had a big part in trying to bring down her supposed beloved brother,” Explained the Black Cloak. “As for Polearm here. Yes, he is that dangerous if not more so due to his training under the alchemist as well as his magic, rank, and lineage. Our sources say he has now attained the rank of captain and he is just a strong as Captain Armor in terms of magic and physically stronger too. These are current reports as of before he left with the king on his last journey. This guard would make an excellent Guard Captain in our ranks if he received the Blessing of the Night. But sadly, we don’t have time or brother Casting Index’s ability to give the Blessing.”

“Jeez. I really don’t want to tick the alchemist off if I ever meet him or this guy either. While he’s conscious anyway. Why do we need this Unicorn anyways? And what old stuff did we get from the alchemist that could possibly help use now? You said that it’s all over two thousand years old, ” The first cloak asked.

“Why they paired me with you for this job makes no sense other than your muscle. We need Twilight Sparkle because she is literally the living Embodiment of the Element of Magic. Which in turn means she is the only one other than the imposters or the alchemist with enough magical power to revive the Queen. The books and scrolls that we found in the fabled Golden Eyed Sage’s cave were studied and detailed various rituals and spells from many cultures that, when combined, with the knowledge the alchemist left behind we can use to revive the Queen. The same thing goes for the artifacts that we found in the Sage’s cave,” The black cloaked figure huffed as he then looked to the unconscious guard and the unconscious Twilight. “There’s no telling if and when these two will wake up and it’s not dark yet. We’ll have to wait for the imposter to raise our Queen’s moon before we can even think about leaving this damn Library.”

“Hey Cipher who was the Golden Eyed Sage anyways? I hear that name dropped around in a lot of old stories and legends in different places but no one ever really seems to know exactly this dude was. Some of them say he was a doctor others say mage. Heck, I heard one time he was called a botanist once. Sorry for asking stupid questions all the time. I guess i am all brawn and no brains,” sighed the blue-cloaked figure in sadness.

“Aha, It’s okay Dumb Bell. You're not as stupid as people think it’s just you have a hard time remembering or retaining certain things. As for the Golden Eyed Sage, I’m afraid all I can tell you is the stories and legends I’ve heard too. But you and I know for a fact that he was real at some point and time though. So some of what we’ve heard must be true,” Cipher explained trying to comfort his fellow cultist.

“I heard mostly legends actually. I do know that most of them say that he was before times of the posers. Some of them say he was an adviser to the ancient Queen Faust and King Flare Stars. Others say he was a traveling mage who help those he came across with ut ever asking anything in return,” Bell said sitting down in the nearest chair as he and Cipher waited for the sun to set.

“All I can say, Bell, is that The Sage did exist at one point in time in the past and he was a powerful and benevolent being like our Queen will be once we resurrect her,” Cipher said looking to the ponies on the floor again. “As soon as it’s dark and no one is around or on the streets, we move out.”

Dumb Bell nodded his head in agreement. The duo then waited till it was dark and the town was asleep and made their move.

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