“Uhm girls, I have to tell you something, before we go in to the everfree.” Rainbow Dash said pausing for a moment, “This is my godparent’s Domain, their name is Alastor.”
“I was wondering When you would bring me up?” I said, as the foliage in front of them formed a door just on the edge of the Everfree, and I stepped out of it, before it collapsed back to normal.
“Alastor, as in Alastor Shiromori The First, The Sovereign of Bark and Blood!” Twilight exclaims,
“Oh, old Tia, remembers me I’m touched. Now I’m here to help my goddaughter, and as much as it leaves a bad taste in my mouths, all of you as well, so, let’s get going.” I said,
“But, Celestia said you were gone, she showed me your...” Twilight said, before cutting herself off,
“Let me guess darling, she showed you my cane? if so where is it? You know the deal without my cane, I’m not of much use to you.” I lied,
“Well, you see, I Don’t Know where it is, and think it was dismantled.” Twilight said,
“That doesn’t matter as long as you didn’t just lie to me, I can just call the pieces of it to myself.” I said, as I began to call the pieces, the first to come was the long bladed razor vine which slotted into the length of green-ish red stained wood which follows after and acts as the body of the cane, and finally came the Scarlet eyed Pomel, which slipped snuggly on the top of the cane. “Well, off we go.” I said, as I began to walk into my Forest. “Well, are you coming, Nightmare Moon isn’t going to defeat herself, darling.”
“How did you know that that is what we are here to do?” Twilight asked warily.
“Well My Woods are slowly dying, and I certainly know that AJ here wouldn’t ever be in my wood of her free will, if she wasn’t here to do something, because most of the apples have a undeserved bias for plants that grow by themselves.” I said,
“Now you listen here, plants taken care of themselves is unnatural.” Applejack said,
“No it’s not, she is the Lady of The Everfree and that is one of the only places where plants grow naturally.” Dash said.
“Oh, you’re just saying that to nag me, right?” AJ said jokingly,
“No” Dash said, solemnly,
“You two can argue whether or not plants growing by themselves is natural later, now can we please get a move on?” I said,
Apparently not, after a lot of arguing, I had to separate AJ, and Dash. AJ because she looked like she was about to crush every bone in Dash’s body, and Dash because she was trying to call Timberwolves, when we had just reached good olde Celly’s former home, My patience finally ran out, and I bound vines around them both.
“Alright my dears, I suppose you’re wondering, why I’m not taking either of your sides.” I said,
“Well, Why’d you just stop us and not take my side?” Dash asked, accusatorially, but a quick Stern look made her stop and listen.
“Because, you are both, right, and so extremely wrong.” I said Placidly, as I sagged, really letting my age show as the plant like tendrils, growths, buds, vines, bulbs, and phalanges that makeup my body look more brittle and frail.
“What do ya mean I’m right, an wrong. That can’t be true, because, I’m right!” AJ pridefully declared,
”NO, If You would just Listen! Put your stupid pride aside for a moment and listen to me, Tartarus, You’re as stubborn as your great grandmother!” I boomed as the foliage around us was going into a froth like we are at the center of a small hurricane “Hhm, please just, listen to me, Jacqueline please.” I said in a tired voice, “look AJ, plants grow on their own outside of the Everfree, it is just that Earth Ponies like you accelerate all plant growth around to the point that the soil gets depleted too quickly to be able to support any plants that are grown without the aid of Earth Pony Magic, and so you will never see any natural plant growth, because you have no control over your magic so it promotes unhealthy soil conditions for natural plants.” I said,
“What’d ya mean I can’t control my magic? I don’t have magic, do I?” AJ asked.
“That is a question for another time, but, I have done all I can do, fair well My little Poison Flower, and friends.” I said, as I wandered back into my forest, whistling.
Then I sat back and watched as the elements purified little Lulu, and Celestia showed up to congratulate her student. Then I heard Twilight tell Celestia that I had helped them get here, but, to my great relief did not tell Celestia about my little Poison Flower, ‘I will go and give a gift as thanks for protecting my goddaughter.’ I thought to myself as I left to greet the newest and one of the wisest equines to have entered My Woods, The Isangoma, Zecora .