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// 27th November 
// Story: Diaries of an Equestrian Overlord 
// by KitsuneRisu 
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2.15 AM

Confound it; this is the power of the Scourge.

I had only meant to use some basic magic on the Ponies to make them believe a curse was placed on them by the Poison Joke plant, but the Scourge has managed to evade and deflect every minor spell I have cast at her.

It appears her skill also works to protect her while she sleeps and while she has no conscious knowledge of events around her. It appears this skill also only 'activates' when it detects nefarious plans being committed intentionally. Perhaps the way to get around this is to cause a genuine accident of some sort?

I will have to remember this.

Either way, I had to increase the power of my spells against her gradually until one finally took hold, and even then, it had not the effect of the casted spell, but it is good enough.

In retrospect, if the others wake up tomorrow morning to find that her brain had swollen out her ears, it might be a little daunting.

I feel I might have dodged an arrow there.

I have informed Spike to play along.





9.30 AM

Spike has followed instructions perfectly. He had given Twilight a book which contains a list of ingredients for the 'cure' for their ailment, all of which can be easily obtained from the Everfree Forest. This is when Zecora will offer her help, and they will accept her into their town with open hooves.





9.45 AM

Spike has given me an emergency alert that necessitates a change in plans. He did not follow Twilight and company into the woods as he was originally supposed to due to the fact that Twilight did not take the bait.

Apparently Twilight was being whiny about the name of the book or something, and did not in fact, 'discover' the cause of her ailments. Rather, there were two compound reasons for her taking off into the forest.

First of all, the other Ponies steadfastly believe that the cause of their maladies was Zecora herself. Twilight's finding of the book was meant to override this and cause them much shame and guilt, but as we know that didn't happen.

The other thing was that Apple Bloom had decided to take matters into her own hooves and seek out Zecora's help herself.

I have thusly informed Spike to rush the book to Zecora's lab and return to Ponyville.





3.33 PM

It is now after the ensuing confrontation, and the Ponies are, at this very moment, waiting in the salon for the 'cure', which Zecora is 'gathering' while we speak.

Zecora informs me that it has all gone well, but she has a few pieces of equipment that needs replacing, broken in some sort of scuffle.

She has shown incredible restraint. I must commend her for her efforts.

As it happens, the Ponies did burst in and accuse Zecora of cursing them, but Zecora gave them a big old scolding, and showed them the book that Twilight had overlooked. In fact, Apple Bloom had reached there early, and in a great feat of improvisation, she had her 'help' with gathering the ingredients, using her as leverage to appeal to the Ponies' pathos.

Of course, one of the things that was upset during the commotion was that oversized metal beaker she uses to mix things in.

I will have to quickly pop down to Ponyville now to 'cure' the lot of them, and to give Zecora my personal thanks for her help in this venture.





3.45 PM

I am back, all is well, and it seems that Zecora has been successfully integrated into the village. I am sure there are still some who harbour malicious feelings toward her, but I am sure Twilight will set them straight.





3.50 PM

This is strange though. As I am writing this, I am watching the Ponies bathing in the 'magical cure water', and Pinkamina Pie is staring directly into one of the monitoring devices I had Spike plant a few days ago. It is unnerving.