The next day, he asked Pinkie Pie if she would do him a favor. She eagerly jumped at the chance to help out her friend. Within a matter of hours, the two were searching the library in Canterlot for books on ancient relics. Eventually, they found one of interest. Within the pages of the tome, Knox found information about a relic known as the Talisman of Mirage. According to the book, the talisman could reverse the personality of a pony. Whoever’s personality was to be affected had to be looking at their reflection in the jewel on the talisman. The talisman should then be charged with magical energy, and the reversal will occur. This was perfect! The only problem was that the book didn’t say where to find the changeling artifact!
“The Talisman of Mirage?” questioned Pinkie, who’d been reading over Knox’s shoulder without him knowing. “Isn’t that one of the artifacts Cozy Glow used to absorb all the magic?”
“Wait, what? You mean it’s at the school?” Knox nearly yelled, completely shocked by this new revelation.
“Yeah, it’s in the vault!”
This was only the second step of his plan, but it was working perfectly so far! Now, he just had to keep up his friendship charade for long enough that Pinkie didn’t see his plan coming.