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// 5: Secrets Revealed 
// Story: Ravenwood Academy 
// by ZeirMakavar 
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Chapter 5
Secrets Revealed


"Get... The Duchess called everyone?" Sunset asked, slipping a shirt on. "Why would she do that? Has Pyro returned?" She asked, looking at her jacket, which the drone had crawled out from underneath.
"I do not know, she hasn't told me anything yet."
"Alright, I'll be right there, where are we meeting?"
"The Equestria wing of the Library."
"The... Equestria wing?" Sunset asked, blinking softly at Tech Wizard's words. "Why would she want us to meet her there?"
"I do not know, but the others are already heading there." Wizard replied, a chuckle in his voice. "Me and Miss Fluttershy are already here."
"Alright, tell her I'm on my way then." Sunset replied, after slipping shorts on quickly, and heading out of her room.

Sunset sighed softly as she slowly approached the library, a massive building which seemed to be larger then the academy itself. She didn't know why they were all being called to the Equestria Wing, which contained a copy of almost every book from the Royal Library in Canterlot, even some books that were lost to the pony world ages ago. This fact both confused, and worried Sunset more then anything. What event is it that the Arch-Duchess spoke of, why would it effect more then one world, and more importantly, how did she know of this? Those questions continued to bounce through her head, as she soon arrived at the Equestria Wing.
"Ah, how kind of you to finally join us Miss Shimmer." The Arch-Duchess said, smiling at Sunset, the others sitting on benches, or leaning against the book cases. "Now that you all are here, I want to tell you all something." She then said, looking over each of them. "As of right now, Pyro is residing in secret, in a realm much like our own. The race who lives there call the land Equestria." The Arch-Duchess continued, which caused both Sunset and Fluttershy to perk up a bit, recognizing the name. "As well, he is going by his true name, or at least the name he put down as his name when he joined the Academy."
"And what name would... Would that be Miss... Arch-Duchess?" Fluttershy asked, blinking a bit softly, looking at Sunset, who returned her look.
"That would be Rourke."
"What a strange name..." Sunset said, shrugging it off a bit. "So, why is he... Why is he in Equestria? And why does that have to do with why we're here?"
"In due time Sunset Shimmer. In due time." The Arch-Duchess said in reply, before tapping her walking cane on the floor a bit. "Now then, he is there, because I received word that one of my greatest enemies has shown up there again." The Arch-Duchess continued, sighing. "They go by The Teacher. They have no corporeal form, and have been a bane to life for several cycles now." She added, sighing once more. "This time, and the last few times as well, they've breached the wall between cycles, by infesting the mind of that worlds, that is Equestria's Rainbow Dash."
"Rainbow..." Fluttershy said, blinking a bit once more, now looking at Sunset worriedly.
"What... What will happen to our Rainbow?" Sunset asked, also worried for her friend. "I mean... the worlds are connected, right?"
"They are, but not in that sense." Wizard spoke up, holding a small gadget. "The only thing connecting our worlds, that is this world, and your home world Sunset, is the mirror portal." He said, laughing a bit. "Well... that, and the magic you brought from your world."
"Yeah, sorry about that... Wait... you... do all of you know?" Sunset asked, looking at them, before looking up at the Arch-Duchess.
"I told them all of where you are from before you arrived to join us here Miss Shimmer." The Arch-duchess said. "But either way, back to the matter at hand. Rourke, is lying in wait, and secret, watching over that world for signs of The Teacher."
"And if he finds any?"
"That is when I will pull him out, and you Sunset, will go in to deal with the threat." The Arch-Duchess replied, to Sunset's inquiry. "As of now, I will be teaching you the magicks which have worked against The Teacher in the past. There's no guarantee they'll work this time around, but it is worth a try."
"And do I have a choice?" Sunset asked, blinking a bit softly, looking at everyone else. "Or is this one of those things, where I don't?"
"No, you do have a choice. Everyone always has a choice." The Arch-Duchess said softly, as the others nodded, and Fluttershy looked on in shock still. "Just know, if you choose to learn the magic I am offering, that everything has a price."







Meanwhile, in Equestria Pyro was softly sighing as he laid down in the hut he now called home. "Man, it's been awhile..." He said softly, as a small light flew around him. "Nice seeing you again too, Ner." He said, laughing a bit softly as he spoke.
"Nice to... YOU WERE GONE FOR ALMOST A THOUSAND YEARS YOU BASTARD!" The small pixie known as Ner yelled at her previous master. "That... That crazy draconequs wasn't worthy of my guidance... but..."
"Rainbow Dash? Is she?" Pyro asked Ner, smiling at his old friend.
"She might be, this one at least... Not the last one, she's a lost cause." Ner said, shaking her head as she spoke. "That blasted Teacher person got involved... and ruined everything after all."