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// Letter 
// Story: Fireflying 
// by Meziph 
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        Celestia held her guard’s report in her levitation, her face had a mask of serenity and calm, but inside she was confused, and somewhat afraid.

        Two weeks ago her kingdom had been invaded by the changelings, a week and half ago her guards caught scent of a hive inside her borders, a week ago she prepared her guard to go to said hive and try to arrest the changelings.

        She didn’t know much about their society, but if Chrysalis claim to be their Queen was true, then every changeling would be under her orders, and by proxy, every changeling would be and antagonistic force, she was not going to allow their kind inside her borders, she wouldn’t let what happened two weeks ago happen again.

        However, when her guards had found the hive, nearby Manehattan of all places, they found it deserted.Every trap was disarmed, with said’s trap components lying nearby, every cell, room, hall and corridors were devoid of changeling life.It was only in the main chamber that they found something different from trap components; a Letter.

        Said letter went like this:

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                Celestia
        This outpost has been evacuated, every Changeling inside here has been relocated to a secure position, of which there will be no disclosure.I’m sorry, but this is for the better.
        I assume you have found the de-activated traps, the components of each trap and their effects are listed below.

        The letter then went into a complete and detailed disclosure of each substance and object, of which there were in total twenty six different substances, five methods of activation and six methods of application.They ranged from incapacitating an enemy to outright killing them.

        I also assume that you may be thinking about what, and who I am.I’ll tell you this; I’m a helper, I’ve been roaming your lands from time immemorial, and you may have heard of me, many times perhaps.These recent altercations between Yours Estate and the Changeling Queendom have gotten my interest.You’ll be hearing of me again.
        I expect to meet you face to face sometime in the future, I may or may not be building my own City.It would be improper to not declare it’s existance, would it not?

                                                        In the twilight the Firefly appears.

PS: I rather like the old way of finishing a letter, you should make it popular again.

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        Celestia let out a long sigh, she had read the letter many times, and still she had no idea of who this “Firefly” was, and how old was he or she.That style of signing was something that was used almost a millennia ago, these days it wasn’t even taught in school, the only way to know about it was to either find books that were as old as dirt, or to be alive in said time frame.

        If this “Firefly” was that old, then it was by no mean a normal pony, or a pony at all.Celestia had hypothesis of what this being could be, but she was certain that most of them were too outlandish to consider.

        The fact that “Firefly” was also building a city was not helping.

        She decided that it was best to let it rest for now, she was going to need to consult her sister in this.