A Ford truck drove at full speed through the road, moving away from the famous Warehouse compound, the two passengers inside were quiet for the moment but inside their minds they could only think in the same, what's will happen when they go back to Equestria and report their defeat.

Finally the bull/man broke the silence. "Aren't we going too fast?".

"The further and sooner we get away from them the better". Answered the orange siren as she drove the truck around another curve on the road, it wouldn't be long before they get to where the portal was located but Adagio didn't wanted to wait longer in the human world. "As soon as we get back to Equestria we'll get our magic back and heal up".

"I see". Rawhorn shifted his injured body on the seat, trying not to be tossed around in one of those curves, the machine they where on felt like a death trap to him.

Soon the light shone over a sign, a warning, up ahead the road split into two, the new road that was constructed to reach the bridge when the old one was abandoned when it was considered too dangerous to be used.

Adagio stepped over the gas pedal and the truck roared. Rawhorn was only warned when the truck broke through the bushes and small green plants that grew over the old road, his injured body received new bumps and bruises as the truck trashed its way across the abandoned section of the road.

Finally the machine of death stopped with a screech, Rawhorn immediately tumbled out of the metal box and crawled around while his head stopped swirling. "Was... Ugh was that necessary?".

"Hmm". Adagio answered with no interest at all, Rawhorn was now starting to wish to have left her to her fate in the hands of the humans. "We have to walk the rest of the way".

Rawhorn stood up ready to yell. "Why did you brought us over here then? We can barely walk as we are!".

"They're gonna come looking for this chunk of metal, if we leave it too close to the portal they may find it, this old road was closed many years ago so it wouldn't look as suspicious that we left it here".

"I... I see, I should have... I should have guessed something like that, my apologies".

"Now I'm sure that you took a nasty hit the head, but don't go soft on me now, let's move on".

"Understood". Rawhorn followed the Siren through the rest of the road, while abandoned, the plant life have taken over, turning the once dirt road hardly indistinguishable, not only that but mud and rain turned the section Into a real nightmare to walk by. As they did moved forward Rawhorn noticed a small wooden contraction at the side, it was old and almost completely rotten.

Rawhorn approached the weird construction, indeed it was made out of wood, pretty long ago, almost collapsing due to age, there was some runes written over them but most of it was unreadable, despite this been his first time in the human world somehow Rawhorn was able to understand the message written on it.

...ase for.iv. me, I am .o.ry
I w.n't fa.. yo. ag..n
I pro...e
S.r.y Ma & .a

"Adagio, what's that old thing?".

"What! Where?" Adagio found the old thing and it took just a bit to recognize it. "This thing? Is an old crucifix, it marks the place where someone died, human use them as mock tombstones, its part of their rituals". Rawhorn observed the odd human thing with new found respect but nothing more and continued following after Adagio.

Finally, after what felt like forever they come to a clearing that almost left them In front on the bridge. The two equestrians waited just in case that a car passed by but the road was dead silent.

"Let's go".

Following the path of shadows they walked their way to the side of the bridge and around the slop. Right under the bridge, In the middle of the stream was their gateway back to their world.

"Go ahead, I'll follow you".

"What? Why? Afraid I may run away with the gem?".

"Run away? No, run for revenge? Yes".

"Tch, not this time, but I'll be back... and princess or not Shimmer and her friends will pay!".

"Let's survive today first". Adagio jumped to the water finding it cold but manageable, the current wasn't strong either, using her familiarity with water Adagio swam without problems, and soon reached the place where the natural portal was located, before joining her Rawhorn inspected the area on sight, for a second his eye caught a light coming from the opposite of the riverbank, Rawhorn focused and managed to distinguish the same construction found before in the old road but it shinned, meaning
that it was made differently, of metal. "More humans died around here it seems".

"What are you waiting for? Hurry!". Adagio yelled from her position and finally Rawhorn jumped to the water after her.

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After paying their respects to Mr Spots and put him under ground the group decided that it was finally time to go back.

"Does anyone think weird and convenient that Miss Luna had a couple of shovels in her car?". Asked Pinkie Pie in her happy tone.

"Nah Pinkie, is Miss Luna after all".

"Hey now! You're talking about my aunt there". Said Sunset, causing everyone to stop in their tracks.

"I-I'm sorry darling, I think I misheard you, did you say that-?".

"You heard right Rarity, everyone, it turn out that Principal Celestia legally adopted me a while after I first came to your world, so Principal Celestia is... My mother and Luna my Aunt".

"Sunset, please tell me that this isn't another secret ya kept from us".

"Calm down Sis, there's a lotta stuff we all need to talk and discuss but I reckon y'all tired and we still need to get away from here before someone get recognized". Big Mac jumped to defend Sunset before his sister's mood could get any worse.

"Big Mac is right girls, we better leave this for another time, we need to hurry and...". Cheerilee stopped worrying everyone around.

"Lee? What happened, you ok?". Asked Aria worried.

"Yeah, just remembered that without Big Mac's truck we only have two cars for a total of six maybe seven seats if we push it". Everyone watched around coming to the same head count, ten persons.

"Miss Luna's car can only fit 2 persons period".

"Ugh, electric cars sucks". Rainbow complained.

"If we stop in mah house we can use the other truck".

"Good thinking Applejack, but... what do we do until then?".

"Oh oh oh I have and idea!". Pinkie cheered.

A few minutes, growls, chokes, blushes, protests and changes later the two cars finally left the compound in way to Sweet Apple Access. The small two seater was occupied by Sunset driving and Applejack as passenger. The rest was stacked in Sunset's car with Macintosh driving and Cheerilee at his right, three more on the back with the rest resorting to seat like kids in the other's knees.

"I-I'm not heavy am I, Rainbow dear?".

"Nah, well maybe but... nah!".

"Bu-but what? I'm... I'm too heavy am I? I'm fat! I knew those candies Sweetie Belle gave me weren't really sugar free! Bwaaaah!".

Rarity's high pitched cries forced everyone to cover their ears except for Big Mac who was driving and almost lost control of the car. "Rainbow Dash!" Everyone yelled at once.

"It was a joke a joke, please don't scream anymore!".

After Rarity was reassured that she was still slim and attractive she left the incident go, but the awkwardness continued.

"Eeep!". A small mice like noise was heard followed by giggles from Pinkie. "Pi-Pinkie pie, ple-a-se stop tickling me".

"I didn't, I just moved my hand, like this".

"Eeep! Stop Pinkie! I don't, I don't feel right! Hmmm!". Again the awkwardness came with a vengeance when the chasty and innocent Fluttershy moaned.

"I'm sorry". Fluttershy squealed before hiding her face with her hair, Pinkie meanwhile was debating whatever to leave her alone of try again.

Big Mac watched from the mirror to the face of the girls and found all of them, even the moody Aria blushing red. "Hm Aria, you-".

"Don't you start too Sparkle". Aria warned at Twilight who was over her knees. Watching the weird scene Mac decided to simply keep driving and hoping that her sister and girlfriend were having a better ride than him.

Meanwhile in the other vehicle. "So... That was intense wasn't it".

"Mhm".

"But I'm glad everything worked out fine in the end".

"Sure".

"And we can finally get some rest, I feel like a month has passed! Isn't that crazy?".

"If ya say so Sugarcube".

"Ok Applejack, its pretty obvious you're still mad at me so come out clean, tell me, what about me and Mac been in love angers you so much".

"That!".

"What?!".

"That's what bugs me, the familiarity, the fact that until a couple of days ya two were just friends through me and now y'all lovey dovey with no apparent point in the middle... Oh wait there was, its just that ya two keep quiet about it all, that's what get me mad!". Applejack practically yelled by the end, her voice horsy, she was fighting too many emotions at the same time, anger, disappointment, self loathing, doubt, shock, even jealousy.

Applejack turned her face to watch the outside, soon the firsts lights of the city started appearing, somehow the silent became soothing for the farmer but her friend broke the spell.

"Applejack?".

"...".

"Do you... Do you remember when you girls threw that party for me? My 18th birthday party?".

"...".

"Do you remember how I was acting the following months after?".

"... How can ah forget, ya were all secrecy and avoiding, we were pretty worried about ya".

"About that... I... I was having problems, personal problems".

"...".

"Physical problems".

"...".

"Intimate problems..."

"Ok, what are ya going on about, what do ya mean".

"Do you know how mares go through heat seasons, where they look for a partner to have sex and reproduce?".

Applejack turned to look at the driving girl. "Ah do, mah Mom explained it ta me and Big Mac but...". A few gears connected inside AJ's head. "It happen to mares when they became fertile...". The gears started to spin."the heat turns them all hor-ah mean they... Wait, wait... are ya telling me that THAT! happen to ya too!?".

By this point Sunset's face was as red as a tomato. "Yes..., It started small, little things first but it was increasing, I was ashamed that if you and the rest were to find out you would be freaked out".

"Ah... Uh... Ah don know, maybe... at first but... ".

"You see the problem now, it was difficult for me to comprehend and accept it, worse yet trying to explain it. I was breaking apart from the pressure of my mind and the arousal in my body, but then... a beautiful accident happened, your brother offer me help when I was at my lowest, thanks to him I was able to regain my senses and fix my relationship with you girls, of course many things happened before and after that but from the moment he give me that first kiss to this day I have felt nothing but love and care between us".

Applejack observed Sunset's expression while she kept her eyes on the road, her cheeks were tinted with pink and her smile was completely different to all the ones Applejack had seen, one probably reserved for when the two of them were alone. Applejack was deep in thought, absorbing what she heard from her friend, she was still mad of course, but now she could picture a long last a map of what have been happening all this year.

"Sunset, despite mah bravado ah am... afraid, of many things, but the big ones are to lose another member of mah family and to lose mah friends, since small, we are told ta always stick with family and to protect our home and land from anyone that try to harm it".

"Applejack I would never try to-".

"Ah am not saying that you would do it, but in the case where ya and Big Mac end up bad, what then? And what about the baby!" .

Sunset almost lost control of the Luna's car when she heard the 4 letter word and after regained her senses she parked. "Ba-baby, what baby, Applejack Mac and I aren't thinking about having kids yet!".

"The... but Luna told me... before ah could... when you were... ah...".

"Aunt Luna?".

"Yeah, ah think, ah think that ah know what happened, sorry". Applejack suddenly turned white except for her red face.

"You thought I was pregnant?".

"Ye-yeah, ah thought you guys were going a bit too fast and... when the vice-principal told me ya and mah brother were... Uff, ah feel like an idiot now".

"AJ". Sunset took Applejack's left hand with her right. "I love Mac with all my heart, I trust him like he trust me, I want to keep having adventures and good times with you, with my friends and I want you to be the first one to know that... Mac proposed... and I accepted".

"Fo-for real?".

"You have been holding my hand Applejack, tell me if I'm... If my heart is lying to you".

Applejack pressed her hand tight with Sunset's during the time of the revealing and found no lie in the other's hand. With one final squeeze Applejack let go, she continued in silent for a few more seconds. "Ah guess, the only thing left to say is... Congratulations, Sunset, I'm trusting may brother to ya, and him... He knows what will happen to him if he make ya cry".

"Thanks AJ, I'm sorry for keeping all of this secret".

"That's ok Sunset, I kinda understand now, ah can imagine how ah would deal with something like that".

"Believe me, it was hell,until your bro-".

"Wow there! Ya don't need to tell me more if it is too personal, or graphic".

"Ye-yeah you're right".

A smirk came to Applejack. "Ya screamed a lot didn't ya".

"How did you k-you!". Applejack laughed at her friend's expense but after a few seconds Sunset started laughing too.

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UNKNOWN TERRITORY, EQUESTRIA...

Adagio and Rawhorn emerged from the portal and were initially dragged by the new current, in her original siren form Adagio was able to regain her control first and swam to the surface, Rawhorn caught her tail and took a ride with her.

Once they broke the surface they moved to the edge of the river, unlike in the human world where the river was thinner and tame its equestrian counterpart was wider and wild, a weak pony or a filly would be dragged far until it either was throw to the edge or drowned.

As the Bull and siren closed the distance behind them a shadow appeared from the bottom of the river, the shadow stalked its pray playfully and when it was them saw them about to make it the shadow sprung to life, a whirlpool appeared out of nowhere dragging both underwater, Rawhorn was useless in this situation, Adagio in peak form may have broken out but in her injured form all she could offer was a slight struggle.

In seconds the whirlpool twisted their bodies like marionettes and then it pull them up toward the surface with serious speed. The two equestrians were launched pass the shore and landed in a series of vines that worked to both cushion their fall and tangle them up.

"Aaargggg! Who the fuck dares to-!".

"Mhaaaaaahaaa!".

Adagio's voice died inside her throat, as did her struggle, Rawhorn too stopped. "Soooorry, did my little apprentice got a boo-boo?". Blue good eyes appeared from the shadows cast by the trees, the creature, another siren more older and bigger that Adagio emerged from the shadows, her green fins and scales covered skin shone where the light touched her, her mane waved with the breeze that formed part of her name, a fire red color giving the impression of spreading fire.

"You naughty kids, weren't you supposed to come back long ago? Instead, I found you here, interrupting my alone time, bad Adagio and bad General, hmm? Why are you two all bang up? Did you find trouble in the human world? My my, that's too bad". Her blue eyes scanned both captives until she found what she was looking for, she placed one hoof over the wounds of both of them, slowly pressing it and causing new pain, the older siren then started absorbing the pain born from her evil foreplay, her eyes and mouth transforming from pure ecstasy while her captives endured the agony.

"Emerald Breeze! Stop in this instance!". The named siren did stop but didn't freed her pray, not did she turned to greet the newcomer.

"Ah hello there, Ebony dear, did you came to feast in delicious pain too?".

The owner of the voice was a female Changeling, her black chitin could be easily confused with the darkness itself, at first sight anypony that have lived to heard about the invasion of Canterlot and the Changeling civil war could confuse this one for her mother, the former Queen Chrysalis except for three details, her shorter mane, her elongated crest and the stinger that replaced her normal tail.

"My Empress, give us your command". One of her 4 guards asked.

"Do not interfere my children, this... Siren is just joking, everypony with half a cell in their brains knows we only feast in love like it should be, isn't that right, Scarlet?".

"Correct my Empress". The question was answered by a fifth Changeling who was now under the green siren, similar to her 'sister' Scarlet Javelin also had produced a stinger instead of tail but this one had a red Barb tip which indicated a more powerful poison than that of her Empress, right now that stinger was pointed at the fin of Emerald Breeze.

"Oh are you defending my pupil and Abigail's, Ebony?". Emerald teased the Changeling Empress.

"Only until they explain their overdue as well as the whereabouts of Tree Bark". Explained the Changeling ruler.

"I see, well since I have to heard about too I guess I can let them off, for now". The siren snapped at the vines with her tail, if she was afraid of been sting by Scarlet's tail, she didn't show it.

The Changeling Empress approached the now free Adagio and Rawhorn with Scarlet rejoining her guard. " Adagio Dazzle, General Rawhorn, I believe you have a report to make, as well as delivering the gem, correct?".

"Sure whatever".

"Indeed, Ebony Spear".

"Then move along, Abigail is waiting for the rest of us, Rock Chomper is also present". After informing the duo the empress and her guard flew toward a big rock half hidden by thorny vines, in the surface there was an entrance that could only be accessed by a special magic imprinted in the plants by Abigail herself, if the plant didn't recognize the magic then it would turn violent and use its vines to capture the Intruders.

Recognizing the two rebels the plant let them proceed inside, as they marched Adagio saw the numerous creatures that formed the so called rebellion against the alicorn sisters, mostly changelings and diamond dogs with few others such Griffin, dragons and some ponies that found their schemes broken by the elements of Harmony.

The hideout was a natural creation of this land, product of an earthquake that tore a creek through the black rock, reinforced with powerful magic and spells making it hard even for an Alicorn to find, it was the hearth of the rebellion and a refuge for those who wished to see the time of the sisters and the elements come to an end.

The inside had several tunnels that housed the rebels with more been provided by the Diamond dogs as they continued digging , at the center of underground construction there was a huge hole turned chamber were only the highest members of the organization had access, Adagio was one of the few allowed inside, by been apprentice to Emerald Breeze and by been their main agent in the human world.

It was thanks to the demented elder siren that Adagio managed to learn the special Technics unique to the sirens such as the Banshee's End and her other song spells, they were originally intended to be use only in war times but since the fall of siren society the spells almost disappeared.

Adagio and Rawhorn finally did their way into the chamber, as they did their way both stopped when the figure in the podium turned to look at them, small for her pony size, amber coat with crimson and Amber mane, her once cyan eyes were turning red now due to the trinket hanging from her neck, the alicorn amulet, there stood the pony most wanted in secret by the pony royalty, and the only pony crazy and resourceful enough to unite this band, Sunset Abigail Shimmer.

As they finally found the will to move forward they come inside the the inner circle of the chamber, taking their place next to the pony where the other leaders. First was Rock Chomper, the standing king of the Diamond dogs, his title was not as royal as it sounded, their hierarchy was more a kin to a monster gang where the dog with the most territory and wealth could claim the title of king, however, gem's didn't not grew or could be harvest like plants, so when the greedy king found that he could not grow richer with the territory left he tried to invade the northern part of Equestria that was rumored to have huge deposits of gems hidden under their snow covered ground, there was just the issue of the inhabitants of the land, the yaks, who ferociously forced the diamond dogs out of yakyakistan. After news of this reached Princess Celestia, a united effort was done to increase taxes in the prices of gems exported from the dog's land, not to mention the constant fight to end slavery within the same land. All this combined forced Chomper to look for a solution, one that came in the form of the small unicorn mare in front of everyone.

The Empress was a similar case, constant failures at vengeance by Chrysalis turned the queen of holes mad, in the end her last effort to regain control of all changelings was to get rid of her two sons, King Thorax and his older brother Pharynx, for this purpose she created a new breed of changelings, one armed for total warfare, her new hive was smaller in size but stronger, this new breed was born with a scorpion like tail that could deliver a powerful stab through hard changeling chitin or soft pony hide, also injecting a potent poison capable of killing its pray in mere days, magic and potions could stop the venom but the recovery process was long and not 100% successful. Even with this advantages the civil war was turned against Chrysalis and her hive when Starlight Glimmer arrived to support the King accompanied by royal forces from Canterlot, during the confrontation the queen was slayed and her ultimate plan seemed all but ruined, it turn out even mad, the queen considered the possibility of defeat and so a plan B was concocted, the Empress Ebony Spear and her sister Crimson Javelin were that plan. Born from the last two egg the queen prepared, the new Changelings sisters were even more different from the last breed, harder against magic, even deadlier poison, in case of Javelin her poison couldn't be countered by potions, only high healing magic could stop it, the only drawback to this weapon was the fact that they could only use their stingers two or three times before it run out of poison, even so it was still dangerous trying to confront the sisters. The last change made to the hive was genetically imprinted, such thing was that altered their own future. They could only feast on love and nothing else, they couldn't be turned like the previous changelings, it meant that this group would never be turned against their own.

The last member of the high leadership of the rebels was the green siren, unlike the previous two Emerald Breeze didn't have a real reason to fight the sisters or the elements of Harmony, her entire motivation for looking for trouble against the strongest powers of Equestria was simply her desire to spread pain and feast on it. Sirens drew power from absorbing emotions, wherever negative or positive, however little by little most sirens started to tip toward one side as a preference, it could be considered as spicing your favorite dish, for Emerald though it was a drug, a very addicting drug that already had the siren in the deeps, if it was pain that she delivered herself then more the better for her, it was she who found the hidden portal 8 years ago by accident before Abigail tumbled through it, she liked to retell the first day she crossed the portal and how she found huge amount of pain in the human world, she sometimes would cross it to cause incidents around and feast on it, apart from that her only other interest was to explore around while causing her standard mayhem.

Then there was Abigail, a unknown unicorn, unknown for those who never met the 'other' Sunset Shimmer, where did she came from? How did she obtained the Alicorn amulet? How powerful was she? How was she able to create powerful artifacts like the stones Adagio and Rawhorn used during the previous battle? How did she anticipated the enemy's moves? Her legend only grew when she alone entered the castle of Friendship and almost defeated Princess Twilight Sparkle, for anypony who didn't knew her she was a myth, for the rebellion she was the head and heart, plain and simple.

Finally the meeting was about the start. "Before we begin let's put you in better shape". Abigail's horn shinned and the wounds both Adagio and Rawhorn sustained during their fight started healing, Adagio felt the intrusive magic and didn't like the feeling even if it was washing her wounds away, it felt pitch cold, alien and malicious, she didn't know if it came from Abigail or the amulet which was rumored to turn it's host into a twisted evil version of the user or both, whatever the case she didn't like it, she turned to look at the bull and found him submerged in the healing with the smallest of smiles in his face, that make her remember the sultry aroma she detected in the pony Shimmer and no doubt she was been bucked good by the blonde hick that helped the Rainbooms, she wondered what the hell did males saw on the Shimmers.

Adagio was happy when her body was restored to full health, but more because the invading magic was no more in her that for the lack of wounds. "Now then, I think you two own us a report, we'll listen to Adagio Dazzle first since she was in the human world the longest, then it will be the general's turn".

"I want to know where is Tree Bark! He was with them, I demand to know of him!". Yelled Ebony Spear at the lack of previous answer.

"Calm down your highness, his whereabouts will be talked as will be of his companion, Miss if I'm not mistaken, patience is a virtue that any ruler must practice". Abigail told the Changeling Empress with a calm but dismissive tone, in Adagio's opinion it was a educated way to tell her to shut up and wait.

"Ahem, Adagio, you may begin, now". Adagio took a deep breath and begun.

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The whole caravan finally arrived at the parking of Sweet Apple Acres, soon everyone left the cars and started discussing what to do next. "This has to be the longest week ever! I can believe is just Friday!". Rainbow yelled answered by growls of agreement.

"Well, I don't know about you but after getting Sunset's thingy inside I feel full and ready".

"Please Pinkie, don't make that sound so...". Rarity tried to look for a fitting word.

"Dirty?". Rainbow said.

"Inappropriate!". Corrected Rarity.

"Dirty was what the two Pink ones were doing in the way here". Aria smirked getting the poor Fluttershy to hide behind Applejack.

"Thanks to you all I don't feel like doing that trick again". Sunset joked.

"Wait, you did that on purpose?".

"Well, when I felt Mac been hurt badly I wished to be able to protect everyone and the rest kind of happened by itself". Sunset said as she moved to stand besides Big Mac who put an arm over her shoulder tugging her close.

"That's kind of OP don't you think? We could like fight the bad guys and if we get hurt Sunset can heal us right away, perfect victory".

"Miss Rainbow, ah don know about ya but gettin mah chest crushed is somethin ah don want to feel again, healing magic or not". Everyone thought about the severity of Mac's words.

"So what do we do?". Asked Pinkie in a rare moment where she didn't seemed hyperactive.

"I reckon we lay low, when Rich sees what happened in his property he's gonna look for culprits with the police... dammit!".

"What happen?". Asked Sunset after seen Mac's reaction.

"Security cameras, most be a lot of them in there, just one Image and they'll know we were there".

"You don't need to worry about that, there was a lot of magic used during the whole thing, somehow video cameras and films get scrambled when you used magic near them, I doubt there was any camera left standing after the fight". Aria explained.

"Like Apple said, act normal,well as normal as you can be, go to school or whatever and stay alert, we don't know when Adagio will be back".

After more discussion, the group finally decided to broke up with Cheerilee taking Aria in Luna's car, the rest would bunk in AJ's room. Once inside the house the Apples received the girls with breakfast and after explaining the situation from the last night the conversation passed to more normal themes.

"Well cuz, nothin I can do but say congrats, Miss Shimmer here looks like a fine lady, Miss Shimmer, please take it easy on the big guy, he may look hard but we all know he's a sorry". Braeburn cheered for new couple.

"Brad, they have been going out for a year, she must know that already". Said Applejack a bit sharp

"Thanks Braeburn, again we're sorry for keeping quiet but not anymore also Granny, if there's anything I did that offended you, I'm ready to atone for it".

Granny Smith rose from her chair and walked around the table in silence, everyone remained quiet looking at the old but still strong Grandmother, Sunset too rose from her chair and Mac followed too taking her hand to calm her down.

Granny stopped in front of them, her face like stone before it cracked and a tired smile graced her face. " Ah don care about the past Lass, ya have turned into a beautiful and honest lady and ah m glad that mah knucklehead of a grandson could find his way into yer hearth, make each other happy and ya wouldn't have problems with me".

"Thanks Granny". Said Sunset and Mac.

"Now come here and gimme a hug ya two". Granny spread her arms and both walked into it at the other side Pinkie and the rest of the Apples smirked knowing what was coming, as the hug ended the sound of two well placed whacks surprised the rest of the girls.

"Ouch!".

"Granny why?!".

"That was for playin dumb for a year and for not tellin, now ya better have me some grandchildren before ah die or ah ll haunt ya in yer dreams ya hear!". After more laughs at the expenses of the couple the girls retreated to shower and rest for school.

Big Mac spotted one of his cousins taking the dishes to the sink and follow her. "Hey Biggs, congrats again".

"Thanks Jona, listen, can ah ask ya a favor? One of those that get ya special cider".

Jonagold stopped in the middle of washing the dishes. "Maybe, that depends cousin".

"Not much, just drive me outside of town to get mah truck back and that'll be all".

"That so? Then why the cider".

"To keep it a secret, don want Granny or Bloom to heard about me going there".

"Ya sure? What about ya lady, wanna keep her in the dark?".

"Just for now".

"Ok, but if either Granny or Sunset finds out yer on yer own". Big Mac nodded and left.

Big Mac walked to the outside of the farm and for a moment he simply let his feet guide him through the orchards until he spotted the good old Treehouse, Apple Bloom and her friends had stopped using it for a while and the wood needed replacement but the tree itself was still strong, Mac walked around it looking for the old mark and found it where it always was at arm length distance from the ladder, an old mark made with knife.

PB & BM

Pulling out his phone Mac checked once again the map in the search application, he sighed, it wasn't an error, his truck, the last gift his parents gave him was in the same spot where they lost their lives because of him. He put his phone back in his pocket and turned around to find Sunset watching him a few meters away.

"He-hey honey, didn see ya there".

Sunset crossed her arms, her face was in a scowl. "No, you didn't, didn't wanted to tell me either, you were planning to go without me, right?".

Mac flinched, he didn't even dared to ask how did she knew. "Ya have been through a lot lately Sunny, didn wanted to drag ya into another problem".

Sunset kept her distance and her expression. "You know, is like we switched places from back when you wanted to go with me to Equestria at all cost, it's almost funny, almost".

"Ah... nope, ain't funny".

"Then, what are you gonna do". Sunset waited patiently while Mac went through his own emotions.

"Ah don know, ah know mah family forgive me already but...".

"But you haven't".

"Nope... Ah guess ah haven't".

Sunset waited again while Mac struggled. "Ok then let's do this". She walked towards Mac and did a hugging motion, Mac was about to wrap his arms around her but she jumped out of reach. "I'll keep this until the day you forgive yourself". Sunset show him a familiar locket that she took from him.

"That's mah...".

Sunset teased him by hiding it inside her cleavage. "You can have it back when you walk to me and say 'Sunset, I'm free of this burden' then you'll have it back".

Mac felt almost naked without it but he knew why she was doing this and couldn't stop the smile that came to him. "Ya know ah can take it by force do ya?". Mac approached slowly, like a predator ready to attack.

Sunset smiled back and also moved back. "You could but I know you won't, the man I love does not back off from a challenge when something special is in the line".

"Love ya" said Mac before breaking into a run, Sunset too ran back to the farm laughing while her boyfriend tried to catch her.

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REBEL HIDEOUT, UNKNOWN PART OF EQUESTRIA...

Rawhorn finished his part of the report and the chamber felt silent, only King Chomper's incessant slurping or the buzzing from the two Changelings would break the silence from time to time. Finally, the leader of leaders spoke. " So, we have... a princess in the human world now, the other me, and her... mate has magic as well. Two of our agents are also trapped in the other side and now they are aware of our deals in there as well, have I miss anything important? Adagio? General Rawhorn?".

"No... My lady, that is all, we... We fail you, all the Rebellion".

"I... We apologise".

"We expect any punishment this council sees fit for us".

"Ooooh! Punishment you said, now that, is my area of expertise". Adagio trembled at the prospect of having the older siren going all out in her punishment.

"Not yet Emerald dear, while there's no doubt of the catastrophic results the main point, the real reason of the mission was accomplished, the gem worked, the energy inside while insufficient can still be filled up here and not only that we know that it work we can make more, just imagine at least 6 gems like this, one for each of us, all with the power to challenge or even surpass an Alicorn!".

"While I agree that the whole idea is tempting enough the resources weren't cheap or easy to obtain, specially the main ingredient". Ebony Spear commented.

"Yes, we we're lucky that Adagio here provided her... friend as an ingredient but there's more of one of those, thanks to my spy we know that a number of individuals in the human world came into contact with equestrian magic and as a result their souls and bodies are prime to be used".

"Grrrh why Pony keep insisting in mess with other world, not easier here?". Rock Chomper protested, desperate to see more results and faster.

"There a higher number of candidates here, true, but the danger is also superior, we have 4 Alicorns, 5 element bearers, the pillars, the Wonderbolts, the Royal army and several allied species, all of them in the lookout for one of us, meanwhile in the other side we only have 9 if we count Aria Blaze and the male human, now tell me dear king, where do you thing you'll expend more?". Chomper didn't replay knowing he had no argument.

"You speak true, but what about this Princess, are you goin to deal with her yourself?".
Asked the Empress.

"It would be interesting, but my face and the other are the same, the moment I walk around Canterlot I would be spotted immediately, Adagio and Rawhorn are no good either and you have no experience in the human world, that leaves one option left".

"Mwaaaaah! I knew today was going to be fun, I'm going to the human world!". The siren celebrated.

"Not so fast dear, you will have more that one objective, first, secure our two missing members, second you'll look for the humans in the list I'm going to give you, they'll be turned into material for my experiments and third, this is only if you succeed in the previous two, neutralize the Princess and her group".

"That sound like fun but why at the end?".

"Human communication is far superior that the one here, if magic is exposed to the public the humans will Interfere and you dear may end up in a cage undergoing endless and painful experiments, so secrecy is a most!".

"Alright alright! I'll do as you say". Emerald mumbled but agreed.

"The king will provide you with resources while the rest of us plan our next move, we will Interfere in the meeting between the Canterlot embassador and King Thorax, I think you will like that, dear Ebony". Chomper growled but didn't counter her.

"Finally, the moment for the end of the old hive has come! The moment I will be the real and only Empress!".

"Yes, soon, everything will be in chaos, the peace that Celestia worked for centuries and created at the expenses of others, destroyed by us in years, isn't that beautiful?".

END OF CHAPTER 26.

Author's Notes:

OC bombs dropped, we have confirmed target and impact.

Hope you like it, remember to share more stories with the rest. Have a good one and good luck.

NEXT CHAPTER:

1) Fruits of love chapter 27.
2) Bad Girl's Fun Times: Rainbow's rodeo chapter 2.
3) PokePon chapter 4.
4) Fruits of love chapter 28.