Several hours after headbutting one of the crystal walls, Phoenix took a deep breath as Twilight came over. "Feeling better?" She asked with a soft smile.

Phoenix rested her head against the wall. "Please… tell me they don't actually want that. Tell me they just want something like money, workers or something like that."

Twilight sighed and hung her head. "I'm sorry sir… they're only interested in a mare… or more."

Taking a deep breath, Phoenix turned to Twilight. "Looks like I don't have a choice."

"What about one of the other girls?" Twilight asked. "I'd even go in-"

"No. I'm sorry, Twilight." She sighed. "But next to the princesses. You're too important to risk such a task."

"But…"

Phoenix shook her head. "You're an alicorn with connections to the spirits. Let me ask you this. If one of your friends were in your position. Would you send them in your stead?"

Twilight blinked and after a few moments of thought she hung her head. "No… I would have done the same as you."

Phoenix sighed and looked away. "The girls will likely have their hooves full with the town." Sighing she cracked her neck. "Plus this way the girls won't have as much to worry about."

Twilight blinked. "So… while the girls are getting rid of the… shades…"

"I'll take care of the bigger threat."

"How much bigger are they?" Twilight asked.

"Other than likely being eager to take advantage of whoever is nearby." Her eyes narrowed as she looked towards the school. "Including helpless fillies."

Twilight gulped. "Well… the plus side is we still have time."

Phoenix nodded before heading out. "The others should be done soon. Let them know to stay clear of the school."

Twilight nodded before going back into the castle to find the girls trotting over. "Where's Phoenix?" Rarity asked.

"He's taking care of something. He said for you to take care of the shades and stay clear of the school." Twilight replied.

"And why is that?" Rainbow asked.

Twilight gulped. "He… didn't want to risk you getting hurt."

Rainbow rolled her eyes and sighed. "Fine. The spirits warned us about Shadows. So it'll be a while till we're ready for them." Turning to the others, Rainbow smiled. "Let's save Ponyville… again."

A cloaked stallion huffed as he passed back and forth outside the EverfreeForest. "I can't believe those worthless ponies beat me."

"Are you really that surprised?" A white stallion laughed as he stepped out of the forest.

The cloaked stallion stumbled back away from him. "You… Why are you here? What do you want?"

"You really underestimate me, puppet. You should know I can go wherever I want." The stallion laughed. "What is more important is the fact that you're still sticking around. You know what they picked." His smile slowly turned to a glare. "Or are the shades and shadows your doing?"

"I only planted one Shadow. And that was when I arrived."

"Fine. But I will be watching you and your toys." The stallion warned as he left.

Once the white stallion was gone. The cloaked stallion let out a sigh. "That was close." He looked toward Ponyville. "Those ponies better be happy he likes them so much." He shivered at a thought. "I don't want to think about him in one of his moods."

Luna sat at one of the library desks as she looked through a mountain of books on the subject of love and laws around coupling. A few of the books were even stories about nobles falling in love with commoners or outlaws.

"There has to be something in one of these books just has to have something in it to help me win him over." She huffed. After finishing her sixth book, Luna groaned and tossed it into a pile as she looked at the last book wearily. "Laws and practices." She sighed as she slid it over to herself.

Flipped it to a random page, she scanned it for a few moments before blinking in surprise. "Wait… this isn't one of our books…" She looked over the page again. "Wait… does this mean?..." She blinked in shock at what she reed. Her eyes widened as a blush formed on her cheeks. After a few moments she smiled. "That… might actually work…" Scooping up the book she skipped out of the room and down the hallway.

Looks like the next chapter may involve a lot of sex... maybe some butt kicking. Wonder what will happen next. Lol and what Luna is planning. Thoughts?