//------------------------------// // Chapter 3-Guardia Destina // Story: A Rainy Day in Ponyville // by Creativa-Artly01 //------------------------------// That night as she sleeps, Twilight hears Guardia Destina's voice once again. "Twilight. Twilight. Why didn't you kill her like I told you, Twilight? Why did you let her live, Twilight?" "She's not evil! She's not like her mother!" screams Twilight as she sleeps. Hearing Twilight's screams, Trixie wakes up and enters Twilight's room. "Are you okay, Twilight?" asks Trixie. "Honestly, no, I keep hearing the voice in my sleep," replies Twilight. Trixie comes and sits down beside her. "Don't let that voice give you second thoughts. Don't let Guardia Destina control your mind. Don't let her control what you do," replies Trixie as she embraces Twilight in a hug. Starlight soon enters the room and hops up on Twilight's bed beside Trixie. "Ignore the voice, Twilight. Don't do something you'll regret. Believe me, I know," adds Starlight as she gives Twilight a hug. A few minutes later, the three let go of their friendly, comforting embrace. A few hours later, the three all fall asleep, each pony embracing the others as they sleep. Trixie and Starlight can tell Twilight needs them to help her through this until the voice decides to finally give up. The next morning, the three wake up to the smell of pancakes coming from the kitchen. They soon enter the kitchen and Prismia Prisma loads three pancakes on each of their plates and then covers them in a honey maple syrup. The three then happily eat their breakfast as Prismia sits in her seat and feeds the baby and drinks her own coffee between each spoon she shoves into her daughter's mouth. Prismia is so grateful to the three for staying with her until this deal with Guardia Destina is done. A few minutes later, they finish up their breakfasts and go outside to Prismia's garden and pick the fresh vegetables and fruits within. As she's picking the produce, Twilight continues to hear the voice of Guardia Destina. She eventually gets sick of it and shouts into the heavens telling the voice to go away. "This is what I feared," says Prismia Prisma, "the voice is trying to manipulate you to get you to kill me. Guardia Destina is tricky and stubborn. She won't stop bothering you until she gets her way. There may be a way around it though, the Dragon Snap plant's poison will put you under a mind cleansing sleep and should get her out of your mind for good." "Do whatever it takes to get rid of her voice in my head," agrees Twilight. Prismia then walks Twilight back into the spare bedroom and gives her the poison. Once the poison is in her system, Twilight falls into a deep sleep as her mind begins to be purged and cleansed from the evil of Guardia Destina. Prismia then sets the tubes of the cure in a glass beside the bed. She'll use them whenever the cleansing of Twilight's mind is done. For now, all she can do is leave Twilight hooked up to the monitor in order to monitor her heart and mind waves until she sees them finally clear of Guardia Destina's influence.