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// Blaze Returns! Hunt for Nero Part 1! 
// Story: Equestrian Tales: Reformer's Quest 
// by PonyJoel 
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A half-hour goes by as Discord celebrates the return of his friends. Twilight and Sunset explain everything that has happened while Starlight Glimmer is sitting at a corner not wanting the look of faces by their friends. She's not ready for them just yet after everything she's pulled. Changing the timelines and making everyone worse. Everyone sighs that everything is finally over but not Discord. He has something to say.

"I know that you, Starlight and Sunset have defeated Nero but I hate to say that it wasn't him."

"What?! What do you mean Discord?" Twilight asked.

"Nero the Necromancer came to me and mock me as I was evaporating away. The whole thing was a test to know his opponent better."

"A test?!" Twilight shouted. 

"Yes. He said that he'll be back but I'm not sure how though. All I know is that he isn't here in Equestria. He's someplace else."

"Where though?" Sunset asked. 

"He's in the mirror." Blaze said as he walks in the castle's map room. 

"Blaze?!" Twilight and Sunset shouted.

"Yea, I know where Nero is. I think I know what he's planning to do over there."

"The portal is closed. There is no way he can make it over there..." Sunset said. Now thinking that Nero is possibly near Canterlot High.		

"As long as magic exists, nothing can remain shut. He's there. I can feel it."

"Alright, Blaze. Before we go any further there is something that you have to..."

"I know what you're going to say. How time was manipulated and you fought one of Nero's clones."

Eyes widen for everyone in the room. 

"How did you know that?" Twilight asks.

"I'm a Necropony Twilight. My magic is different than yours. I saw everything through the other Blaze eyes. I could not control him but I only watch what he did. I'm fully aware of Nero's capabilities and his strategies."

"Then, what's he doing Sugarcube?" Applejack asks. 

"He's bringing an army to bring down all life in Equestria as we know it."

Silence reign for a few moments. 

"If you don't mind. I want to use the mirror and finish Nero before he comes back."

"Wait, if you go in, you won't be able to use your magic," Twilight stated. 

"Yes, I will. My magic is different and not bound to any laws of reality. I'll be fine."		

"You're not going alone," Twilight said. Her friends nodded in agreement.

"I can't take everyone with me. Also, Equestria needs you Twilight along with your friends. Besides, I know who I want to tag along with me." Blaze says as he looks at Sunset and Discord. 

"No.., I'm not going back," Sunset said.

"You must. You and Discord are the only ones who can come with me. To defeat Nero, I can't do it alone."

"I'm in," Starlight said. "If I'm going to be a member of the Reformer, then I need to step up for the team."

Sunset looks down. She wants nothing to do with the Rainbooms but with a serious threat in the other realm, she has to try and stop Nero before he comes and destroy everything in her home. Sunset sighs in defeat and is willing to go with Blaze. Discord is already going. He wants to put an end with Nero so he can be free from his tyranny. 

"Then it's settled. We leave now."

Twilight and Discord reactivate the mirror. 

"Now, there may be a slight change of course when you enter. It should still leave in front of the Canterlot High statue but time will be different when you arrive. Sunset, take the journal with you and document what you see over there."

"I will Twilight," Sunset said. 

"This is going to suck," Discord said. 

"Hmm, I wonder; what our counterparts are doing."

"I don't want to know. We have a mission to complete."

Everyone enters the mirror. Inside is a long path to the other side. Discord, Sunset, Starlight, and Blaze walk down the pathway. Sunset feels uncomfortable going back to the hell hole she went through but now, she isn't alone. She has the support she needs to endure possible weeks looking for Nero.

"Prepare Nero, here we come."

Days passed as Sunset, Starlight, Blaze, and Discord emerges from the other side. It's Monday night and Sunset has her group come back to her old apartment. When they got there, she went in and the apartment becomes an HQ. They'll have to stake out for a while and hope that Nero hasn't made contact with anyone at Canterlot High School.