//------------------------------// // Harmony Days IV: Interrogation // Story: Sometimes They Call Me Super // by KorenCZ11 //------------------------------// Applejack That night, Ah remembered havin' a weird dream. Well, weird fer me anyways. It was... pleasant. Just a sunny day at the orchard, relaxin' in the cool breeze with my family. Uncle Blood, Aunt Dew, Mom, Dad, Macintosh, Applebloom. Everypony was there and maybe in a life where nothin' went wrong, that woulda been a normal day. No yellin', no cryin', nopony died. When Ah woke up, it was all just so... vivid. The nightmares Ah usually suffer through are hard ta forget in the mornin', but that image of thin's like... like they shoulda been was just so strange. Ah haven't had a nice dream since dad died, so why suddenly...? Rather than bother with that, Ah decided ta see if anypony else was up. No phone, no clock, no windows, so it coulda been two hours passed or twelve. Ah did however notice that the castle was a different color than what it normally was from what Ah could see in the thin darkness. The castle, even in these underground floors, usually had a pale ta deep blue tint ta it. At the moment though, the whole place was a dark violet not too dissimilar ta Twilight and her mother's eyes. There was a faint light at all corners of the crystal box, and when Ah went ta step on the floor, all the lights slowly brightened until the room was back ta it's blue color. Ah wonder what kinda magic makes these lights work? Ah got outta bed and exited the room inta the dark hallway that was just about pitch black, save fer those dim lights under doorways like the one in my room. Ah figured if anypony was up, it'd be Twilight, so my first instinct was ta go check the library. Ah stepped carefully in the dark so ta avoid wakin' any sleepers and stopped when Ah got ta the library. The lights comin' from inside were much brighter than the ones in the hall, and Ah heard voices from inside. “... Well then, what do you want me to do about it? They aren't just going to drop this like nothing happened!” Ah heard Twilight say. Ah guess that means she was talkin' ta somepony. “Do whatever you can. Your team found something I have been trying to contain for almost for a very long time now, and I am not yet ready to move forward until I know Just what exactly these things manipulate,” said the other voice. It wasn't quite familiar, but not one that Ah'd never heard before either. “Okay then, what do you want me to tell them? Just drop it because you don't want them to know?” she shot back. “Now is not the time for you to get an attitude with me! When next you get a chance, interrogate him yourself and find out what he knows. Of all the worst possible times for this to come back up... Had I known he was in possession of a mirror, I would have captured him myself.” There was a good pause before the other voice continued again. “It seems as if I have run out of time. My duties call and I must attend to them. Keep your prisoner separated from your team, and if you must, use me as your excuse. I will come to collect him as soon as I get the chance. Even after all this time not one, but two mirrors resurface... that fool is probably trying to manufacture them again. Your top priority now is to have the Belle daughter investigate him. The moment she is able, you send her on her way, or even before then. Your major was more than correct, and if any more of these things get in the wrong hooves, we have no idea what they'll do.” It sounded stern and cold, almost metallic... which meant it was probably Luna. So that's why she left so quick! Even if Fluttershy didn't lose her shit with Pinkie, does that mean Twilight was gonna redirect the interrogation anyways? Ya know what? Fuck her. I'm gonna go talk ta Goose. With zero hesitation, Ah quickly left the library and more or less felt my way ta back ta my room. Ah figure Ah might need ta wake him up if Luna's still awake, so Ah threw on my suit and went back ta feelin' my way through the castle. As luck would have it, there were a few of those dim lights around the places with 'higher' as opposed ta no traffic like the livin' room and the halls leadin' ta the front door. After makin' a wrong turn twice, Ah found the hall with the conference room and the mirror chamber. Ah opened the door ta the chamber, and just like my room, the lights came on once Ah was inside it. In a bed that replaced the table that was there earlier was Goose, tossin' and turnin' like there were ants crawlin' on him. “Gah...! It... it hurts so bad... Don't... don't touch it... Noise!? Synchro Noise, I... A monster... Agh!” He moaned and cried in his sleep. What the hell? “Goose, wake up,” Ah said at normal volume. “No... stop, you'll kill...” he mumbled. “Goose, wake the hell up,” Ah said, givin' him one more chance before Ah kicked his ass outta bed. “Dad...? Red Hoof... did that to you...?” He mumbled again. Red Hoof? Red Hoof did what? What is he on about now? Now Ah was interested in what he was dreamin' about. With a little more pleasure than Ah should've got from it, Ah pushed him off the bed. “Goose, wake up.” “Gah!” He exclaimed, breathin' heavily. “Oh goddess, my head... what are you doing in here?” He asked after spottin' me. “I'm here ta make ya fulfill yer end of the deal. Get up and start talkin'.” He frowned, shrugged, looked around until he found his hat and put that on, then sat down at the head of the bed. “Oh-kay. What do ya want to know babe?” Ah suppose that his return to form meant that he was just about done mopin', or was tryin' ta hide it at least. “If ya refer ta me, then you'll say Marevelous, Red, or a combination of those in that order, got it?” Ah leaned in ta make sure he was eye ta eye with me, and he backed off. “Yes ma'am!” He said all excited like. Ah didn't like it, but Ah figure that's just part of his twisted personality. “Whatever. First, Ah wanna know what ya looted that gave ya yer second power.” “That's fair. Do you want the long version, or the short version?” Well, clearly he doesn't feel threatened in any way. Ah can't believe he's bein' so casual. Ah grabbed the chair in the room, sat down, and crossed all my legs. “The more detail the better. Oh, and try and keep it without all yer creeper talk.” Goose rolled his eyes. “I'll see what I can do. Well, it all started with the boneheads...” “Ya see, the boneheads were originally a club I started in high school like five years ago, and a few years after that, my old man kicked the bucket, so I ended up taking over his mafia. Fights between groups broke out, things weren't going well, my new guys and my dad's guys didn't get along, so I just disbanded his gang and tried to take over the business with my boys. I have just about the same powers as dad does, save for the whole 'shark skin' thing he had going on, so I'm strong enough to fight with the best of them. Things started going my way, the ponies respected me for me and not my old man, and then the boneheads were in business. So, the gang is runnin' good, and things are going smooth until the fuzz caught our schedule and started sending heroes after us. Now, you know that I won't hit a lady, and I don't let my boys do it either, so when one of you super chicks came after us, I realized I needed somepony who could deal with that. A sexy dream turned into an idea, and I decided to follow through on it. While we were in Galvastallion doing a job, I met Petal Dance in the bad part of the island. She was the boss of her own gang, and she threatened me like I was some regular Joe on the streets. After beating the loving shit out of her boys, we hooked up and I brought her back home with me. I met Aurora next while I was on a relations trip to Crystal up north. Heh, she tried to mug me too but somehow that ended with us in the sack as well. A few things happen in crystal, a certain mob boss dies, I'm run out of the city with Aurora in toe, and somehow we end up all the way in Cloven Cave tryin' to get a hold of the guys back here. Some more... stuff happens and somehow, Aurora and I end up in the red light district of Cloven and that's where we met Heat Wave. Now let me tell you, fire and ice have this weird way they interact during-” Ah stopped him before he added more details ta that sentence. “Why don't we skip how ya got yer harem and move on ta somethin' more relevant, huh?” He blinked and scratched at his fuzzy chin. Even his facial hair grows white with black tips. “Oh. Okay. Well... after the plane crash, Noise, Pulse, and I made it back to Manehattan with the documents we were paid to steal for some info broker.” Ah can only imagine how he got ta this point. “Pulse was curious about what and why we stole a briefcase full of paper, so she started shuffling through it when she found the page that had the Argent port schedule on it. If nothing else, it was a cool find, so before we handed it off to our client, we made a copy of everything in it. When I sat down and looked at it all, it had designs for suits and shields, some thing about crushing crystals up into powder, and some weird hoof written letter about reflections. The letter was more or less some kind of obscure poetry so we ignored it. There were a couple of boats that were highlighted on the schedule, and I knew that Argent Inc. typically deals with precious metals and stuff. Noise suggested that we try and rob one of the ships and sell it's cargo ourselves. I didn't think that was a bad idea since the only thing that would happen is attract more heroes and police, and I could handle all the guys and my girls could take care of everything else. The first one highlighted was labeled Hydrargyrum. None of us knew what that meant, so after a Hoofle search, we figured out that that was the proper name for elemental mercury. I don't know if you know it, but the use of mercury was banned in Equestria almost thirty years ago at about the same time the virus broke out. We didn't really think about that at the time, but since mercury is basically contraband now, I knew it would sell at a high price. With our first target in mind, my crew and I got set up to hijack the ship just a little before the 19th a couple of weeks ago. When we boarded, that ship was guarded to the teeth. Everypony was carryin' assault rifles and shit, way more heavily armed than we were prepared for. With the threat of my guys getting shot, I decided to go it alone with a couple cameras on me in the event I needed to take an emergency exit via Dark Pulse. If you didn't figure it out, she can make portals on things she can see, which was pretty useful at the time. Eventually, I cleared the deck without setting off any alarms and at that point I figured it was okay to take a few of my guys, Pulse, and Aurora with me. With the ship's crew taken out, we took over the ship and made port in my harbor. I happen to legally own that dock you two met us on, so nopony messes with me and my guys while we're doing business there. Or, that's what I thought anyways. Almost as soon as we docked the ship, we were getting shot at by more goons of the same variety as the ones on the ship. I figure these guys were the ones who were supposed to unload the ship we were on and got suspicious when it docked in the wrong port. A gunfight later, and somehow, we managed to get them first. With that much resistance, we figured whatever was on this ship was way more important than just mercury. After a few hours of unloading and checking though all their inventory documents, we found a storage container labeled 'Hydrargyrum' again hidden way far in the back underneath several others. I thought it was weird this one was so... specifically hidden as opposed to the others, so I had Pulse set up portals inside it and on the harbor. Once inside, I realized that the doors to the container had a damn bomb connected to the handle. Whatever was in here was not meant to be found by anypony not in the know, so after disarming that, we opened some of the cargo. As it said, many of the crates had vials of mercury in them, and if that exploded, the entire harbor would have been quarantined for a month. I don't know what whoever was thinking when they put a bomb on the door, but I thought, whatever, maybe they were just dumb. That was until I found the last crate. It was light. So light that even my boys could lift it alone. I could barely lift one of those mercury crates by myself, so that was beyond weird already, but then we opened it. We were cautious to make sure it wouldn't explode either, but this crate was filled with shock absorbing foam and cloths.” He started takin' off his shirt, and Ah was about ta stop him when Ah saw the reflection on his chest. Like it was apart of his skin, there, in his chest, was a mirror. Just like the one that he destroyed on Synchro Noise, just like the one that my father's killer wore. But... it was almost... fuzzy? Like his coat had grown over it, but it still had that reflective property like it was a single surface. It still reflected about the whole room somehow, but it was... made of coat fur? “Inside, we found three of these and a sheet of instructions. It said something along the lines of this: 'Place Hydrargyrum 2.0 on the subjects chest in a contained area. Record results.' The actual text on the page was a lot longer and had more sciencey stuff on it, but I don't remember half of it, and there were words a lot of us didn't know and even fewer could pronounce. I'm not sure that even whoever made these things knew what would happen if they were... turned on I guess, so there weren't really any 'warnings' of any kind but the contained area thing. Being the dumb ass I am, I put one on. To this day, I don't think I've ever experienced such an intense pain in my life. It was like all the blood in my body was being sucked out and shot back into my veins. My head felt like it was about to explode and my legs gave out underneath me. I thought I was gonna die, but just as the pain reached its worst, everything stopped. It was like the mirror had integrated itself with my body, forcing new blood vessels to spawn within it and circulate directly to my heart. I could feel this thing was apart of my body, but it was still like it was some kind of foreign object at the same time. My head was still pounding from the initial change and something was... very different, aside from the weird flesh-metal feeling in my chest now. My crew were all trying to help me get back to my hooves, and all of them trying to touch me only made my head hurt worse. Eventually it got to the point where I wanted them all to go away, and when I opened my eyes, I was on the pier. This feeling was a lot like when I first got my initial powers. After dad got out of jail the first time and went back to doing business while I was like, in my preteens, he got caught up in a turf war with another gang and that ended up with myself being kidnapped as collateral. Things didn't go well, a fight broke out, and I was thrown into the harbor with a cinder block tied to my legs. My dad looked like, and I'm pretty sure he was, some kind of pony-shark hybrid as a result of the virus. What we didn't know then was that, like him, I have about the same thing going on, but I look relatively normal on the outside. I have gills at the base of my neck, and I'm about ten times as strong as a normal pony. I doubt I'm as durable as you are, all things considered, but when I was freakin' out under water thinking I was about to drown, suddenly I could breathe. In that moment of high stress, my shark blood, as dad called it, woke up and changed me into what I am now. And after the mirror thing happened, I could teleport to wherever I'm thinking about at the time. With that in mind and some more testing, we figured out that that mirror gave me another power. There were still two more, so I asked one of my boys to try and test another one out. And that... is when things went wrong. Have you ever heard of the Beast?” Yeah, she's about three meters from where Ah was sleepin'. “Ah've heard about her. What of it?” Goose tilted his head. “Weird, I didn't think anypony knew the Beast's gender. I know I didn't. Well, whatever, you know that it's this raging wolf monster that can essentially tear a pony in half without so much as breaking a sweat. His name was Quiet Step. He was one of those young high school dropouts that the world didn't treat right, and he always hated how weak he was. He jumped at the chance to be a Power Pony if that's what the mirror would do to him, so without thinking too hard about it, I let him have it. The powers he got... they weren't quite as nice as mine were. In the same way...” He shook his head. Goose took a deep breath and swallowed. “In the same way that Synchro did, his body started mutating... after all the screaming and spraying of blood, Quiet was turned into what could only be described as a bird-monster pony hybrid. Whatever mind he had was gone and he started attacking everything around him. Thankfully, he wasn't a unicorn, so there weren't any death lasers, but he still managed to rip apart a few of my boys, some of his own friends... It's not like I haven't seen my own guys get shot and killed before or anything, but... just watching them die so horribly like that... Anyways, with everypony working together, we managed to bring Quiet down and restrain him. I found the mirror was still apart of his skin under his new feathers and figured breaking it might just put him back to normal. He was just fifteen, ya know? He still had a chance at life...” Goose sniffed hard and took another breath. “I shattered the mirror, and like I thought, he did start to revert to normal. But just like how I felt that there was blood pumping through my mirror, so was his. Before we even had the chance to do anything about it, Quiet bled out in a couple of seconds. These things connect directly to the heart as far as we can tell, and breaking it is like cutting off a lung. I tried to hide the remaining mirror after that and told everypony to keep the hell away from that thing. Pulse was supposed to be the only one who knew where the last mirror was in the event we needed to take it and split, but... I guess that wasn't the case. While you were dealing with Synchro, the other girls all told me that if it ever came down to it, they would take up the mirror in an effort to try and protect me. Pulse told all of them about the last mirror and they came up with their little plan, those idiots... I knew we weren't going to last after we got a hold of that thing, we found something way more dangerous than just mercury and made an enemy of whoever created it. If I had to guess, the mercury is probably part of making these, and that's why there was so much of, but I couldn't think of why they would be shipped to Manehattan port if Argent Industries is all the way over in Tin on the opposite side of the province? I don't think that the Northern lakes are faster to travel through than just taking the forest roads, so I can only believe that these were shipped the way they are because something he needs is here. So, since then, I've been working the harbor and having my boys try and find any information they can about Argent's business here. I have a pretty big network, but even with all my connections the only thing we turned up was a foundry just outside the city limits, and that was like after a week and a half of searching. But when we went to check the place out, somepony had already been there and destroyed it. The whole place was just an empty square of concrete.” Empty!? Ah was there two days ago! “What do ya mean empty? Buildin's don't just disappear overnight, when did you finally find this place?" Goose frowned. “I mean, there was nothing there. We scouted the place last Wednesday, but when we went to check it out yesterday, it was just gone. There weren't any signs left or anything. It was like there was never a building there. Did you know about it?” Ah debated on what all Ah should tell him, but the more he talks, the more Ah think he might actually not be as bad as Ah thought. “Well, ta tell the truth, Ah was there Tuesday doin' the exact same thing y'all tried ta do. Ah probably shouldn't say too much, but all the same, they were doin' some shady shit in that foundry. It's probably fer the best that ya didn't make it before we did though. Ah don't think yer girls would be any better off if ya ran inta the Crow.” Goose reared back. “He hired the Crow!? Holy hell... look, I don't know what's going on, but you should know that the next highlighted ship comes in next Thursday, the fifth, at eight PM. That one was labeled 'Stannum,' which is the elemental name for tin. If this one is anything like the first one, there will be more mirrors on it.” Ah started ta chew on my lip. More of these damn mirrors... Ah wonder if that means the bastard who killed my dad is still out there with one of these thin's in his chest...? Ah shook that idea out of my head. Now isn't the time fer that. Ah can't keep this a secret, regardless of what the princess wants, we're gonna have ta deal with this one way or another. Ah need ta talk ta the others and get all this figured out... but first, Ah have more questions fer him. “Okay, thanks, Ah'll keep that in mind. But before Ah go, Ah've still got some things ta ask ya. First off, what's the deal with your mirror? It don't look so much like it's in yer skin as it is a part of yer skin.” Goose looked down at his chest and started rubbin' it. “Really, I don't know. It's so much a part of my body now that it's even started to grow hair. Weird mirror hair, but hair all the same. It doesn't feel cold or metallic anymore like it did two weeks ago, and now it acts like skin when I touch it, see?” He started pullin' on the spot and it stretched and receded just like the rest of his yellow-green coat around it. He pulled and squeezed the area, and it just acted like normal skin. “Wow, that is weird... was it always as big as it is?” Goose shook his head. “Nah. I think it's getting smaller. I figure after a while, it'll just merge with my body to the point that you can't tell it was ever there. That also kind of worries me though... If he's been doing this for a while now, you wouldn't be able to tell just how many successful attempts he's made. Maybe I'm one in a million with these things, but then again, maybe I'm just one in three... the only limiting factor here is how hard these things are to make...” His concerns were about the same as mine. Not knowin' anythin' about these mirrors other than that they have somethin' ta do the virus only makes me anxious. “Somepony else came ta talk ta ya earlier... what did she say?” He took away his eyes from his mirrored coat, then looked back ta me. “Just that I was going to be confined here for an indefinite amount of time, but she sounded exhausted though. I told her I wasn't gonna go anywhere any time soon. Word has probably already spread about the thing in the harbor, and I told them if I ever got caught just to disband. If Pulse kept her word and is doing what I asked her to, the boneheads should be no more by the morning, and those without a place to go should be moved to Crystal. I know I was a gang leader, but if more of these mirrors show up, I don't want any of them getting caught up in the inevitable hero-monster war that happens next. A lot of 'em really are just kids still... It took what adds up to about nine power ponies to bring Quiet down, and nopony in any number has ever caught the Beast. If something as strong and violent as that shows up, I don't know what you guys are gonna do.” Goose sighed and let his eyes drift off inta the distance. Ah shook my head. “Ah know what ya mean. But luckily fer you, Ah've taken the Beast down once already, and if thin's go the way Ah'm hopin', we'll stop the mirrors before they get inta the city. But that brings me ta my next question... this is a little more out of curiosity than anythin' else, but, who was yer dad? Ya mentioned him a lot, and while ya were sleepin' ya said somethin' about Red Hoof...” Ah trailed off. Goose leaned back and put his hoof ta his chin. “Hmm... If I had to guess based on how you felt earlier, I'd say you're about twenty, twenty one maybe, right?” Rememberin' just where he grabbed me earlier just about made me want ta punch his gropin' ass through the wall, but Ah kept my impulses at bay. “Well, you're not wrong,” Ah said through gritted teeth. “Yeah, I'm not usually wrong when it comes to the ladies after all. Anyways, his name was Carcharias Carcharodon, but he went by Shark Tooth on the streets. Coincidentally, my real name is Lamnidae Carcharodon, but you can see how that would be hard to pronounce for a foal. And spell. Elementary school was rough. But anyways, he was only really a big part of the gang scene eighteen years ago, so you only woulda been like, two at the time. I know I was only five. He had an empire over the eastern side of Manehattan for a couple years, but after two years of that, some random guy showed up and captured him. Took out like half his gang too, it was crazy. I would later find out that this random guy ended up becoming Red Hoof shortly after that when I visited dad in jail before he busted himself out. Funny thing is, he got put in jail again by some other hero like a year or so after the whole thing with me happened. He always blamed Red Hoof for starting that 'hero craze' as he called it, but eventually he just gave up the whole crime syndicate thing after he got out the second time while I was a teenager. But it all ended catchin' back up with him and he was shot dead just as I got outta high school. Turns out he was playing puppet master for another gang and somepony found out. These days I own the Carcha shops, but I've tried to keep them clean for the most part. Didn't want to end up like dad and have my name traced through 'em.” He didn't really sound sad talkin' about his dad, more like he was just kinda apathetic. Ah suppose that means they weren't all that close then. Carcha huh? If Ah remember correctly Carcha is a high end clothing store that has shops in a good number of spots around the country. Ah've never been in one, but we used ta live near one that's in northern Manehattan. Ah think Ah passed it on the way ta school every day. Heh. If what he's sayin' is true, then that's probably where dad got that big sack of money that we played with when Ah was little... Ah started laughin' ta myself and Goose Tilted his head. “Find something funny?” he asked, a little offended. Ah shook my head. “Naw. Do ya remember that random guy's name?” He shook his head. “Never found it out. Red Hoof was really good about hiding his identity. I don't know that anypony ever did.” Goose leaned back against the crystalline bed frame, as if he was still lookin' for dad's elusive name. “Well good. 'Cause that 'random guy' just so happens ta be my father.” Goose reared his head back and hit it against the bed frame. “Ow... Really? You're Red Hoof's daughter?” Ah nodded. “If he hadn't caught your dad back then, he probably never woulda became a super hero in the first place. The money he made off that bounty bought our house, and really, that's what ended up startin' the whole 'hero craze.' In an ironic way, yer dad helped start the hero craze.” Goose blinked and crossed his hooves. “Huh. Now that I think about it, it was shortly after that that Red Hoof started showing up, wasn't it? Wow. Talk about purveyor of his own demise right?” Ah nodded. “Ah guess things happen like that don't they?” Ah yawned. Geez, maybe it is only two. “Well, Ah figure that's enough fer now. You just hang out or go back ta sleep. Ah still don't know what we're doin' with ya, but Ah imagine my boss will want ta study ya.” Ah got out of the chair and stretched myself a bit. Goose frowned. “Eww, really? What does that mean?” Ah shrugged. “Look at yer chest, see what made the second power happen. Who knows what else. In any case, don't plan on leavin' soon. And don't think yer outta hot water yet either. Ya beat up two heroes and put a good number of officers in the hospital.” Goose rolled his eyes. “Eh, they deserved it, but whatever. Honestly, you couldn't keep me locked up unless I let ya if it really came down to it, but I like you so I think I'll stay here. Besides. There's nothing but grief waiting for me outside this castle.” Huh. He can teleport after all. Ah don't really know the range either, so maybe he could just leave if he wanted to. “Uh huh. Well... try ta sleep better this time. Ya talk in yer sleep too much.” Ah said as Ah headed ta the door. “Yes ma'am!” he sang. Ah rolled my eyes and shut the door behind me. He's a creep and a little dumb, but at the moment, Ah really can't call him a bad guy... Ah wonder if Twilight is still up... Ah made my way back ta the library in the dark and sure enough, the lights inside were still on. Ah opened the door ta find the sleepin' figure of the violet alicorn in a chair next ta a pile of books. Ah walked a little inta the room and when she didn't react, Ah called her name. “Twilight?” The alicorn jerked awake. “Gah!” She looked around until she spotted me. “Oh, it's just you...” She shook her head and rubbed the sleep outta her eyes. She really did look exhausted, the big bags under her eyes, both of em' bloodshot. “Y'all okay?” She took a deep breath and rubbed at her eyes some more. “I suppose. I've just had a lot on my mind.” She looked at me again and tilted her head. “Why are you in costume?” “Well, ta be honest, Ah over heard ya talkin' with yer aunt.” Her eyes went wide and her mouth dropped open. “You didn't...” “Ah did.” She got out of her chair, flew over ta me, and grabbed my shoulders. “Why!? Why would you do that?” “Because, fuck 'er. That aside, we're in more serious shit than she knows. Do ya know what time it is right now?” She just about sank ta the ground. “Holy hell Applejack... I know she's horrible sometimes, but come on... you can't just go against her because you don't like her!” Twilight practically moaned her words and Ah couldn't help but roll my eyes. “Too bad, it's already done. Ah know all about the mirrors now, and probably some stuff that she doesn't know. Now tell me what time it is. Cause if everypony's gotten enough sleep, we need ta have a talk.” Twilight was still on the floor beatin' her horn against her hooves when it lit up and floated her phone off the table over ta me. Ah took it out of her field and clicked it on. “3:30 AM? Damn, that means Ah've only been asleep fer like, two hours. Look Twi, Ah don't know what y'all were doin', but ya won't do us any good tomorrow if yer tired. Why don't ya go on ta bed and get some rest?” She nodded quietly and got up off the floor. “Okay...” she said through a yawn. “But why do I need to be well rested tomorrow?” “Because. There are some thin's we need ta start preparin' fer, and you're gonna join in.” She lowered her eyebrows. “What?” “Oh, don't you worry about it. You'll find out soon enough.” Ah could feel a smile buildin' itself on my face. Tomorrow is gonna be a fun day. “I don't like the sound of that...” Ah wrapped a hoof around her neck and smiled as we exited the library. “Perfect.”