//------------------------------// // Indicolite and Regrouping at the Temple // Story: Equestrian Gems // by Serenade Sketch //------------------------------// As the other two groups made their way to their respective locations, Grey Tourmaline, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Starlight were tracking down the pony with Aquamarine's power. Starlight then walked right up to Grey Tourmaline. "Hey, Grey Tourmaline, if you don't mind me asking, I was wondering why you or the other gems don't have a Cutie Mark." "Well, you see, we're not really actual ponies, we're gem ponies. Because of that, we don't have any Cutie Marks to represent any talents we have." "Oh, I get it, I was just wondering," Starlight said. "Oooo, I wonder who we're looking for," Pinkie said excited. "Eh, could be anypony," Rainbow replied. A few minutes later, the group came across a familiar wagon which gave away who they were looking for. "Wow, I was WAY off with who I thought we were looking for," Pinkie said. "I never expected we would run into her," Starlight added. "Well, we found her, lets go get her," Rainbow Dash said as she flew over to door. "If I may ask, who are you referring to exactly?" Grey Tourmaline asked as the rest of the group made their way. "I'll introduce you once you meet her," Starlight answered. Rainbow then knock on the door. "Just a minute," a voice coming from inside said. A few seconds later, and the door opened revealing a blue unicorn with a light blue and white mane. Immediately she recognized who three of the ponies are and one of them she was happy to see again, "Starlight, great to see you again." "Great to see you to Trixie," Staright said as she hugged her. "I see you brought two of your friends and a new one with you," Trixie said as she looked past Starlight. "Oh yeah, Trixie, this is Grey Tourmaline, Grey Tourmaline, this is Trixie Lulamoon, she's a traveling magician." Grey Tourmaline extended a hoof, "Nice to meet you Trixie." Trixie then shook her hoof, "It's nice to meet you to. So what brings you all here? I could show you a preview of my next performance." "Thanks for the offer, but we're here for a different reason actually," Starlight said. Grey Tourmaline then stepped in, "Why don't we discuss this inside?" After everyone was inside, they explained to Trixie who and what Grey Tourmaline is and why they came in the first place. "Wait, wait, wait, so what your saying is that she is a 'Gem Pony' and that I have the power of one names Indicolite?" "That and also I have the power of Poudretteite, Rainbow Dash has the power of Rainbow Hematite, Starlight has the power of Star Quartz, and our other friends have the power of other gems, but we can talk about that later," Pinkie said fast. Everyone was just silent until Rainbow Dash turned to Grey Tourmaline. "So what kind of power did Indicolite have?" "I'm glad you asked. Indicolite was an illusionist, her mirages were fake, but realistic and convincing. Even those who knew she used illusions weren't able to stop her, she always knew which illusion to use in which situation. Decoys, glamour disguises, fake outs, even some Equestrian Gems were convinced that they were real." "Illusions, huh?" Trixie said in deep thought. "I'm sure that after some practice, you can create illusions just as realistic," Grey Tourmaline added. "If you have time to, you could come with us back to the Gem Temple, we were hoping you would come with us after we found you, it was the reason we came here," Starlight said. Trixie gave the offer some thought and decided. "Very well then, I'll come with you to this 'Gem Temple.'" "Great, it's settled then, you can even bring your wagon with you, if you want," Grey Tourmaline said. "Why, thank you. Now how far away is the temple?" "Not that far, at least 20 minuets from here if we don't run into any problems." Everyone then walked back to the temple and when they got there, they saw the other two groups returning. "Hey guys, we brought Zecora," Chrome Diopside said. "Hello my friends, so nice to see you," Zecora then turned to Red Pearl and Grey Tourmaline, "And it's nice to meet you too." "Likewise, I'm Grey Tourmaline and this is Red Pearl. Speaking of which, did you find who has Roselite's power?" Twilight stepped forward, "It turns out the pony we were looking for was Cadence. She was busy though, so she couldn't come right now." Grey Tourmaline nodded, "It's fine, just knowing who you found is more than enough. As for me and the others, we found the one with Indicolite's power." She then looked towards Trixie who was setting her wagon near the temple. "So since we found everyone we need to, what do we do now?" Fluttershy asked. "Hmm, I don't sense anyone else with a gem's power and it's getting pretty late right now," Red Pearl then pointed at the setting sun, "I think it's time that you all got some rest." "What about you?" Spike asked. "Well, believe it or not, gems don't need sleep, we can, but we don't need it," Green Zircon answered. "You don't need sleep?" Rainbow asked. "What's next, you don't need to eat?" "Well, actually..." Chrome Diopside said with a sheepish face. "We can explain more about us tomorrow morning, we actually prepared beds for you in advance, we didn't know how many we would need to make, so expect to see a few extras in there," Red Pearl said. Everyone then went inside and followed the gems to the bed room, picked out a bed and began sleeping as the gems went into the library. "Which shelf was it again?" Chrome Diopside asked. "Found it," Grey Tourmaline said holding a big, dark green book. Red Pearl then asked, "Do you really think they can actually do it? I know they have their power, but they're not 100 percent gem." "There's only one way to know for sure," Grey Tourmaline said as the three gems looked down at the book.