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// Chapter 8 (unedited) 
// Story: Equestrian labs 
// by Shadow-Aura 
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Back in the crystal empire Eclipse and Twilight had scoured every source of books with Links to the Aperture laboratories with little help as to where to find the location. “Come on hidden bases and where to find them please give me something.” Eclipse said with a groan flipping through the book finding the name Aperture as he read he saw the article was written by someone who knew it well. The article read as followed.

‘Aperture science, or little luna’s laboratories, is a testing facility under the rule of moonbutt that develops technologies eons before its time and using courses known as test chambers to test them. From portal guns to rogue artificial intelligence they had it all until it went quiet…. To anyone looking for this place, I would take care…. Celestia did her best to hide this little bloodbath within the caves of the badlands. Take care and remember the cake is a lie.’

“Yo Twilight I think we got something.” Eclipse said floating the book over to her as she was deep into ‘Sun butt baby photo’s chapter 3’. Making eclipse chuckle walking over to the bookworm tapping her shoulder waking her from her book trance.

“Huh no, luna never put gum in Celestia's hair….. Oh, Eclipse it’s you.” Twilight said with a chuckle as she was drawn out from her reading into her mentor's childhood memories. “Found anything yet nothing interesting over here to report.” 

“I found the location we’re heading to the badlands within the caves lies the mystery of aperture have a read.” Eclipse said handing her the book and smiling happily. Twilight snatched it happily and read through the pages faster than a bullet until she got to the page he was on about. 

“The badlands is filled with caves,”  Twilight said with a groan as she put the book down. She then looked at Eclipse and began to pace suddenly trying to think of which caves haven’t been mapped out yet. 

“Well epsilon and lima are unexplored I think and nova is off-limits.” Eclipse said with a smile as he’d been spelunking in a lot of those caves himself already “But let’s hoof it out of here and take these with us.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Twilight said as she collected all the books that were useful and began to follow the lines that led to the stairwell that leads to the way out Eclipse following the princess of friendship shortly after. The duo thanked Cadence and made their way towards the train station boarding the next train for the badlands.