Today was a shaping up to be a bad day, Apple Bloom had been running for her life in the Everfree forest. Now she didn't even know if she was even in the same forest anymore. She had never before seen trees so tall, and never before had she met something so strange.

Something ancient.
Something overflowing with old and powerful magic.
Something green.

After a failed assassination attempt, Twilight summons her friends to discuss the fate of her attacker.

This story was made possible with help from my friends Blackyoshi and EmptyPlotFiller, who both helped with editing and contributing ideas. I'm very grateful to both of them and you should go check out their pages.

I'd also like to thank my test readers Nate5700 and Notowa, you were both great!