It was cloudy today, as the pegasi of the weather team had planned a small downpour for a few hours, you could tell that you had another thirty minutes or so before the rain started coming down. Artimus is walking next to you as you begin your walk into the forest, she seems a little nervous now, like she's waiting for something to happen.

"Are you okay old friend?" you ask, getting her to stop fidgeting momentary.

"Yeah, I'm fine… it's just been a while since I stepped paw into the Everfree." she replies, her ears flicking left and right for the slightest of sounds.

"There is no need to be so nervous my dear, nothing is going to attack us here." you say as the two of you continue your trek through the forest.

<???, ???, 2435 F.o.D.>
"Another year, another meeting… let's get this over with…" I mumble to myself as I fly towards the Everfree castle.

<???, ???, 2435 F.o.D.>
"Another year has gone by sister, are you ready?" I ask as I finish putting on my dress.

"As ready as I'll ever be sister…" my sister replies stepping into the room, ready to teleport us the Everfree castle.

<Twilight, Canterlot Castle, 2435 F.o.D.>
"See you in a few hours Spike." I say as I pick up the bag and prepare to teleport to the entrance of the Everfree castle.

"Seeya Twilight." I hear being said before the spell transports me.

<???, ???, ???>
"Another year has passed us by… I wonder if i'll be free one more time." I think as I await the others in the Everfree castle.

<Storm, Everfree Castle, Twenty minutes later>
"It seems we're right on time." you say as you exit the treeline and see the castle in front of you.

Standing on the other side of the stone bridge was an alicorn with lavender fur and a violet mane, that had a strip of pink and a light purple in it, she was wearing a dress skirt and a worn sweater, she also had a small crown on her head; this was Twilight Sparkle, the current ruler of Equestria.

"Storm, Artimus, it's great to see you both, and I see you're still walking Storm, I guess all of that exploration did wonders for your legs." she says as you and Artimus cross the bridge.

"I do believe you're right princess, of course, I don't think they'll fail me until my death." you reply, getting a chuckle from the youngest alicorn, you notice that Artimus was staying quiet.

As you say that you hear a pair of wings coming down towards you, looking up you see a pegasus mare landing near you.

"And I thought the party already started without me." they say as they land nearby.

"Hello again Scootaloo, how are you today?" you ask as the orange and purple pegasus walks over to you.

"I'm fine, the bolts are back in business and my kid just got into flight camp last week, giving the house to myself." she replies before looking to Twilight. "Princess, Artimus, it's good to see you both again." she says with a nod of her head.

"It's nice to see you again too Scootaloo, am I'm glad to hear that the Wonderbolts are back in action." Twilight says returning the nod, Artimus just nods as well.

"Well if I'm not mistaken, there's only two ponies missing from our little group, but they might be inside the castle already, so shall we?" you point out before pointing towards the entrance.

"It's been a whole year, let's not keep them waiting." Twilight says before the four of you enter the repaired castle.

As you step through the doorway you see two more alicorns teleporting into the castle, one was angelic white and had a multicolored mane tied into a ponytail behind her, the shorter one was midnight blue and had her mane loose, which depicted the night sky, you knew immediately knew who these two were.

"Luna, Celestia, I'm glad the two of you made it." you say walking over to them.

"Well we were a bit late in teleporting here, but I'm glad we made it in time." Celestia replies with a small smile.

"Yes, I am as well, and it seems that everyone is gathered already, so let's pay our old friends a visit." Luna says looking over at everyone before heading to the main room.

"Always business with her." you sigh as the others follow you in.

You enter what was once the throne room fourteen hundred years ago, it was now transformed into a burial room, graves of the ponies that died those three hundred years ago, on the final day of the hundred midday years. You see two sets of graves that are where the thrones once were, the first set is four graves with cutiemarks engraved on them; the first had three diamonds, it read: "Here lies the Element of Generosity, a loving sister, daughter and friend to the very end."

The next had three balloons, it read: "Here lies the Element of Laughter, a pony who could make anyone smile, and was a friend to all."

The third had a trio of butterflies, it said: "Here lies the Element of Kindness, the most caring pony to exist, may her deeds to help and heal others in their times of need not be forgotten."

The last had a lightning bolt coming out of a cloud, it read: "Here lies the Element of Loyalty, may this pony be remembered in history as a brave mare who put the needs of others before herself."

These were the graves for the four element bearers that died that day;
Rarity Belle…
Pinkamena Diane Pie…
Fluttershy Breeze…
and Rainbow Dash…

The second set of graves were two statues; the first was a timberwolf that was leaping forwards, this was the grave of Redwood the Timberwolf, Scootaloo's animal companion… the other was a stallion holding down and striking a writhing force beneath him, this was the grave of Emerald Summereyes, the Druid of Equestria. It had been another year since you, Scootaloo and the alicorns came here to pay your respects to those who lost their lives in the process of defeating Daybreaker.

"Hard to think that it's been a year, isn't it." Twilight says as she walks over to the graves of her friends.

"It is indeed Twilight… hard to think that we were only here a year ago." Scootaloo says as she kneels in front of Redwood's grave.

"I still feel regret, knowing I had hurt so many ponies in my time as Daybreaker…" Celestia says as she uses her magic to get rid of any vines and moss that were in the room.

"So this… this is where he was laid to rest…" you hear Artimus say as she sits on her legs in front of Emerald's statute.

"Yes, all who died that day were buried here, by myself, Scootaloo and Storm… it was a long and sad process." Luna says as she removes the dead lavender flowers from the ones that are growing there.

"I see… thank you Storm, for inviting me this time… I wish I had known sooner, but still, thank you." she says as you come up to her.

"I am sorry I didn't tell you of his passing that day… but we had been through so much already, and I didn't want to see you break." you reply before patting her shoulder and moving to another set of graves.

These graves you personally dug and buried each of the ponies they belong to.

"Hello again, old friends, I'm back again, it's already been a year… I know you guys would want me to let go of the past, but I'm well on my way to seeing you all again, I hope that Faust has given you all the afterlife you deserved, and I can't wait to see you all again in a few years." you say to the graves before bringing out wooden hand-crafted items, each was a cutiemark, made for each of the graves.

The first was a shooting star flying past a cloud, this was Cloudchaser's. The next also had a cloud, but instead of a shooting star, there was a butterfly, this one was Cloudflitter's. The third was a lightning bolt that was on fire, this was Spitfire's. The last was several bubbles, this one was Derpy's, you had more, and you placed them on their respective graves, taking your time in doing so.

"I hope you all rest well, knowing that you will always be remembered… old friends." you say before paying your respects to the rest of the ponies who were buried there.

You were there, paying respects with the others for five hours, when you all got up to leave you saw that all of them had cried during this.

"Let's go home… before we get too emotional." Scootaloo says before walking out.

You all follow her out of the castle, you see that the sun is getting close to the horizon now and you needed to head home quickly, so taking a big breath of rainy air, you turn to the girls who accompanied you here today and smiled a small sad smile.

"Until next year my dears." you say nodding your head before heading off into the forest once more.

"Until next year." you hear them all say before they teleport or fly off, Artimus being the last one to move.

"Until next year… old friend." she says before sprinting towards the left and leaping into the forest.

It has been at least three hundred years since I was last free, since I last roamed the planet, it was quite boring in stone and I was ready to be free… the only problem being that it would also be free if I broke out.

"What are you thinking of this time Forest?" I heard being asked by the creature trapped in stone with me.

"Just planning my escape from this prison." I replied quickly, it hissed back.

"I know that you have been saving magic on busting out of the stone prison of ours for a while, you could have been free a hundred years ago, so why haven't you already?" It asks getting me to curse, of course it would feel the stone weakening.

"Well I just don't want you to be free too." I said gathering a bit more magic.

"I know that, but if you're free then I'm free too, so what will you do?" It asked making a point I already knew.

"Easy, this." I said before casting a spell on it.

The spell was a modified transfiguration spell that Twilight had helped me make a week before the final battle, it worked in a way that instead of making the person or object a very killable animal, it instead turned them into a child, with their memories locked away until the caster deemed otherwise, I decided to turn her into a unicorn filly.

"What are you doing!?!" it cried out as the spell took effect.

"Giving you a second chance." I replied as the spell finished.

I could quickly hear crying from inside my stone tomb, and I knew there wasn't much air in here to begin with, so without hesitating a second longer, I used all of the stored up magic to shatter the stone prison.

"There we go, one petrification spell dealt with, one being of destruction turned into a baby and of course…" I said as I picked up the baby 'Daybreaker' and stepped off of the platform that held us, quickly reforming it to its previous state. "One statue of me and Day restored so nothing looks out of place." I comment before putting my hood up and leaving the castle as quickly as possible with a slight wobble in my step.

It took a couple of hours before I made it to the train station in Ponyville without being seen, it was harder due to Ponyville now being a small city, but I managed fairly well for just breaking out of stone. I quickly bought a ticket and got on board the next train heading to Manehattan, it was a long ride and I quickly quieted Daybreaker while waiting for my stop.

"You're going to need a new name Day… and let's not forget that you're not an alicorn anymore… but what to call you…" I quietly said as she was asleep in my arms. "I know, let's call you Golden Summers." I quipped before going quiet for the rest of the trip.

It took two more hours before I got off the train in Manehattan, the city just how I remembered it, busy and full of life.

"Ah, nothing beats the big apple of Equestria." I commented to myself before setting off towards the mayor's office.

I quickly entered the building and saw a mare at the desk, she had a light brown mane and white fur, she was wearing reading glasses that were pink in color.

"Excuse me, but I need to talk to the mayor." I said as I approached the desk.

"Do you have an appointment?" she asked, not looking up from her papers.

"No but I have something else that they'll need to see." I replied, getting her to tisk.

"No appointment, no meeting." she said, still not looking up from her papers.

I knew she needed proof so I pulled out the badge I got from princess Luna back during the hundred midday years and placed it on her papers, making her stop.

"I would suggest making that appointment for right now." I said as she looked up at me, I just smiled.

"You have the royal badge, but this hasn't been given to anybody in over-" she starts to which I just cut her off.

"-Two hundred and sixty seven years, I know, I was the last person to receive one, during the hundred midday years three hundred years ago." to which she looks at me flabbergasted. "So about that appointment?" I ask getting her to nod slowly.

"He's not busy at the moment, so go on in sir." she says handing me the badge.

"Thanks sweetheart." I quip before heading upstairs to the mayor himself.

The office wasn't that great, only having a few items that really stood out, but the mayor was a stallion of about average size and had a slightly messy black mane with cream colored fur, he had just finished up some papers when I entered.

"Greetings mayor… Nearsight." I say looking at the name plaque he has on his desk.

"Hello to you too Fritz, how much paper do I have to sign off this time?" he asked in greetings.

"Only mine and my new daughter's papers mayor." I chuckled out a response as I sat down in front of his desk.

He looked up from his desk and went wide eyed at the sight of me.

"You're Emerald Summereyes! You defeated Daybreaker three hundred years ago, how are you still alive?!" he exclaimed as he sat up straight in his chair.

"I see my reputation precedes me, even to this day." I say smiling. "Relax mayor, I'm here for new identification and a new home." I say putting my hands up, Daybreaker sleeping in my lap.

"O-of course, should I put your name or-" he started saying while pulling out the papers.

"No, if word gets out that I'm alive then I'll have ponies and who knows what else pounding down my door, I'll be going by a different name." I say calming him down slightly.

"Very well sir, what's the name you'd like to have put on record?" he asks, readying his pen.

"I'll go by the name of Silent Dawn, and this is my daughter, Golden Summers." I commented making sure that she was still asleep.

"Sir… is that who I think it is?" He asks only to get a nod from me.

"I decided to give her a second chance at life, one where she could be herself rather than an evil side to somepony else." I explained getting him to nod in response.

"Very well sir, and I'm guessing you have something to make it look like you're related." he says to me before going about the paperwork.

"I do, illusion magic is very easy to come by in items." I say holding up my left hand, on it was a simple golden ring with two onyx gems inlaid into it.

"Very well, now just fill out this paperwork and I'll get you the rest of the items you'll need." he says before going to the cabinet drawers to my left.

It took another hour and the sun was setting on the ocean when all of the paperwork was said and done.

"Thank you for helping me mayor." I said shaking his hand, my new official daughter sleeping after some food and water calmed her down.

"It's not a problem, you have the place to yourself, so please enjoy." He replied as I began to walk off.

"I'm sure I will, and I'll vote for you next election." I say before teleporting close to my new home.

It wasn't much, just a small apartment on the west side of town, I lived on the third floor, left hall, fourth door on the right.

"Let's see our new home." I said to no one as I walked towards the building, paperwork in my bag of holding.

"So he's out hmmm… very well, we'll see how long it takes before they find 'im this time." I say sitting in the old rocking chair my granny had, looking into a small crystal ball.

"Granny, mama made supper, you commin'?" I hear my granddaughter ask as she stepped outside on the porch just as I put the orb away.

"I am youngin', just thinkin' 'bout somethin' is all." I said before getting up from my chair. "Let's go enjoy some supper, shall we?" I ask walking towards the door to the old home.

"Yeah, I can't wait to see what ma cooked up tonight." she says holding the door open for me, I just chuckled at her enthusiasm.

"The apples are really getting back up to what they were like in the old days… I wonder if y'all are smiling down on us now… ma, pa, granny, sis and Mac." I think to myself as I sit at the table and enjoy the meal my daughter cooked up tonight.

Author's Notes:

Chapter 3 is up and wow was this one a doozy, it took a while to put what i wanted for this chapter down, but im happy i finished, and as always.
Stay terrifying my little nightmares
-Night Quill