//------------------------------// // The new mare in town. // Story: Supernova Shadow // by professor space n time //------------------------------// The new mare in town It was a quiet morning in the Carousel Boutique, the interior was calmer than normal, Rarity was at one of the sewing tables finishing a turquoise dress for a business meeting in Manehattan, at the end of the hall the beautiful music of a violin floods the room. "Sweetie Belle, is that you?" Rarity stopped sewing and listened intently to the violin "Sweetie Belle?" The filly looked out from the side and saw her sister "I'm sorry sis', I was practicing my violin, if you want I can do it when you're not busy" "No, not my dear, quite the opposite I like it, it is very beautiful, but I can ask, why? I mean, why play the violin right now? Wouldn't you be better off playing around with your friends?" Sweetie Belle saw her sister and took a deep breath “well…, I was talking to the girls yesterday when leaving school and I told them that I did not want to go on adventures today, today I want to dedicate myself to my special talent, to help others with their problems It's great… but… I don't think I have tried to exploit my potential, so I got Octavia to lend me a violin and decided to practice and you know what, I'm starting to love this! " the filly began to play again. "I think it is very good that you study your talent Sweetie Belle, as long as it is your passion I see no problem, it is also very relaxing on this work day" the two were silent and enjoyed the peace and the music. Suddenly somepony knocked on the door "Rarity?! Are you there?" They were both startled by the sudden scream, Rarity almost pricked her hoof on the sewing machine, and Sweetie Belle broke the violin strings "oh great! Octavia is going to kill me!" "Rarity? Are you there? Please open up, I need to talk to you" Twilight was impatient on the other side of the door. Rarity opened the door "Twilight darling, what's wrong? What's all this fuss about?" "I'm so sorry Rarity, but I have to talk to you, an issue came up and the princess summoned us to Canterlot this Sunday" Twilight looked nervously at something to her right. "an issue? What's this all about Twilight? What does the princess want to talk about? Did Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow get away?!" Rarity began to hyperventilate. "No, it's nothing like that, they are still statues, it's about an old friend of the princesses, apparently she disappeared long ago, and ... well that's all I know, they're supposed to explain everything to us when we're in Canterlot. Anyway, she said she wanted to meet you and the others and she also wants you to make her some clothes. ”Twilight looked to her right, becoming more and more nervous. "Oh that's wonderful my dear! ... and ... where is she?" Rarity looked around for the mare. "Hello there!" Supernova appeared to Twilight's right, Rarity yelled as if she was being killed "ok that's not what I had in mind" "Rarity? Is everything okay?" Sweetie Belle walked to the door and saw Supernova, then yelled just like her older sister, only a thousand times sharper. "Ok, I didn't have that in mind either" Supernova watched as a large group of ponies lay behind them "that's not good" A few minutes and some cold water after the three of them were gathered in the living room, Rarity held a cup of tea shakily between her hooves. “So… excuse me asking but… who and what are you?" Rarity took a sip of her tea. “I am Supernova Shadow, and as for what I am, well that question will be better answered on Sunday to have a complete answer, but for now what you should know is that what happens this Sunday will change the history of Equestria as you know it. and possibly the future as well, so keep an open mind, and please don't gossip around. On the subject of clothes, I need some things, some running boots, underwear, some tunic shirts, you know like Maud or Sunburst clothes and a bathrobe, the only preferences I have is that my underwear have black and red horizontal stripes, oh, and let the bathrobe be white” Supernova added a sugar cube to her tea and drank it. "White? Why that color? Besides, I think a cape like Maud's doesn't fit you" Rarity regained her composure, after all, business shouldn't be affected by personal matters. Supernova looked at Rarity knowing it would be a fashion discussion, she thought her words well “because it matches my eyes, and the cape is to cover my back and chest, I don't want them to see my wings and this… chitin exoskeleton, it protects my organs and ribs but it draws a lot of attention, you just look for a color that matches me " "Okay dear, but I don't think I can make your underwear, this is not that kind of Boutique" Rarity looked a bit uncomfortable with the order. "What? What are you talking about? What kind of tailor doesn't make underwear?" a few seconds later something clicked on her head "wait, do you think I'm talking about lingerie ?!, no, no I mean my clothes!, Iugh!, the mere thought of it disgusts me" Supernova showed pure indignation. Rarity started to laugh nervously seeing the indignant mare in front of her "oh, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry ... heh heh heh, I thought about it the other way, clarified that, I think it would be about 140 Bits in total I'll have everything ready on Saturday ” "Very well, I think that would be all, I know that you will not disappoint me, I know very well your skills with the sewing machine" Supernova made his indignation disappear in an instant recovering his cold and mechanical tone, she was acting all the time. "Thank you miss." Rarity was blushing and shocked at how quickly Supernova's outrage faded. Supernova got up and opened the door to leave "the pleasure is mine, then see you on Saturday, have a good day and good luck with your turquoise inverted triangle dress for the business meeting in Manehattan" she left and Twilight followed her. Rarity stared dumbfounded at the now closed door and dropped her mug, which shattered on the floor, staining the carpet with tea. "WHAT... JUST... HAPPENED ?!" Twilight and Supernova walked the streets of Ponyville "How did you know?" Twilight didn't know whether to be shocked or terrified. "know what?" Supernova was looking for the street they should go without paying much attention to Twilight or the ponies that stopped to look at her "ah..., the dress thing?" "Yes! Nobody but her and I knew it, it was a secret request from a mare with influence in Canterlot" Twilight covered her mouth with one of her hooves knowing that she had spoken too much. Supernova turned his gaze to the other side "in the living room sofa there is an area more worn than the rest, but it has no dust or dirt, it has been worn recently and due to the wear pattern it was from scrubbing it a lot, that means it was a stain, on the tea table there was a small stain of natural turquoise dye, when I took the sugar cube for my tea I scraped it and stucked it on the edge of my cup and analyzed it, for the smell and the lack of impurities I knew that the dye was of a very high quality, and imported, so whoever asked for it is rich, I know it is a mare because turquoise is not the color you expect in a stallion's clothing, the common dresses for those Meetings are not very thick, you can take a long time in those meetings and you stress about your business, then you sweat, the common thing is an inverted triangle dress so that the air travels through the chest area, it is more open, how can I know that it is a business meeting in Manehattan?, simple, the grand galoping gala is celebrated in July 21 according to the newspapers that I read, the dye is not for a celebration of such caliber, they also make the dresses for those occasions well in advance, if it were for the gala they would do it in Canterlot, one of Rarity's napkins was not well washed and smelled like some pretzels that are only eaten in Lower Manehattan, so she was there recently, and what's in Lower Manehattan?, Wall Street, you don't go to Wall Street if you don't do business, and it wasn't just any order, because the pony that ordered it could come here to Ponyville, but no, she made Rarity go to Manehattan, so she doesn't have enough free time to order it, and nothing matters more to a wealthy Manehattan-pony based on Wall Street than her money, taking that into account I can know that it is a turquoise inverted triangle dress made for a business meeting in Manehattan and that it was commissioned by Swan Song " Twilight looked at Supernova impressed "wow ... that was impressive, really impressive" "seriously?" Supernova broke her seriousness and looked at Twilight with a smile of happiness and satisfaction. "Yes, how did you do it?" Supernova smiled like a teacher upon receiving an obvious question from her students. “It is called deduction, deduction is a method of reasoning that starts from a known general principle to arrive at an unknown particular principle, in other words, deduction is applied to discover truths that we do not appreciate with the naked eye, for this we apply what that we already know and evaluate things according to what is safe, probable or possible to interpret the unknown, deducing is nothing more than taking one truth from another, you see, all knowledge is based on a premise, like a chain with hundreds of links If you know those links, the rest is very simple, examples of deduction are the following; If it's Saturday you don't have to work, if it's a pony it's a mortal, if the fruit is ripe it's a healthy and edible food. To deduce correctly I must avoid mistaking my judgment, for this I must know the following two things; conclusive reasoning and presumptive reasoning, who does not know the difference between these two will surely fail; the conclusive reasoning is supported by indubitable affirmations in this section the physical, magical, and mathematical laws can be included, as well as indubitable scientific definitions; Well, with such premises I can develop more solid arguments, if such premises are true the conclusion is irrefutable, the deductions that will never fail me are the ones I make with the conclusive reasoning since these are undoubted and could not be otherwise. A is equal to B, Z is equal to A, result, Z is necessarily equal to B. Mammals are vertebrates, the dolphin is a mammal, therefore the dolphin is undoubtedly a vertebrate animal and since the first premise does not admit exceptions, I can also conclude in cases that do not adhere to the rule, if it is not a vertebrate it is not a mammal, if the fruit is not ripe then it is not a healthy and edible food, definitely a deductive argument is correct or false whether or not it has the protection of the second premise to jump to a conclusion and to make a correct deduction, When they offer me reasons to justify a circumstance, I demand that they be related to it, a common mistake is to make the facts conform to the theory, when the correct thing is that the theory conform to the facts. Presumptive reasoning is when my first premise affirms things that are not certain, summarizes that things happen as they usually do, this is the case of generalities, beliefs and most definitions produce presumptive deductions, plausible reasoning, probable in greater or less degree, that is why it is called presumptive or plausible reasoning, almost all our deductive arguments belong to this type since memory existed, if the first premise is more or less probable but the second does not offer doubts, then the conclusion will be more or less probable to the extent that it is the first, if the second premise is also doubtful the conclusion is more doubtful than both; of a probable argument the premise will have to be firmer than the conclusion so that its probability compensates for its improbability, as it is obvious deductive reasoning allows exceptions, therefore they are not safe, from a probable judgment I cannot affirm anything of the individual cases, the difficult thing is that in reality everything is probable and almost nothing is necessarily necessary, I rarely have sufficient or sure data, my most frequent deductive reasoning does not start from the necessary premises, but possible ones, these do not deal with the true, but the plausible things, this is what makes it more difficult, but once you learn to recognize patterns and argue your premises with observation and physical evidence, and once you compare them to the facts, the result once the impossible is ruled out. As illogical as it may sound, it is certainly the truth. ”Twilight gave Supernova her full attention, delighting in her words. “Ingenious, ingenious indeed, but how do you plan to repay Rarity? You have no money” Twilight was beginning to enjoy Supernova's company, it would be interesting to get to know someone with such reasoning ability better. “Tomorrow I'll go get jewels and then I'll sell it at a pawn shop, you don't mind lending me Spike, right? I would do it myself but a dragon would help me a lot not to spend all day underground, alone…” Supernova regained her seriousness but her voice was warmer with an eloquent tone. Twilight didn't know why, but she felt guilty about that last sentence, after all she had treated Supernova very badly just for not knowing her well; she sighed "Okay... you can go with him, he will be of great help to you, he is very good at looking for jewels, I only have one question, it is out of curiosity, how did you know that the dress was for Swan Song?" Supernova smiled with satisfaction "turquoise and orange combine very well" Twilight looked at her with a mocking smile "What?, I never said that for the deduction I did not need common sense" The two laughed until they reached the door of the Sugarcube Corner "so this is the Sugarcube Corner?, it smells like chocolate and sugar" Twilight smiled and opened the door, it was quiet, very quiet... "SURPRISE!" the lights came on and about 10 ponies appeared next to a fluffy mare pink mare in the center with a cannon, after an explosion and a loud bang, confetti rained everywhere "Happy 'welcome to Ponyville' party Supernova Shadow!" "Pinkie? How do you know who Supernova is? And how did you bring so many ponies here?" Pinkie Pie hugged both of them, Twilight looked at Pinkie confused and Supernova watched her surroundings indifferent to the whole situation. "That's a silly secret, why better not enjoy the party- What is she doing?" They both saw Supernova moving quickly around the room stopping just to watch. "It's nice to meet you Pinkie, and the answer to your question Twilight is bribery" Supernova said calmly, Pinkie was alarmed and Twilight stared at her. "WHAT!?" Twilight looked at Supernova dumbfounded and Pinkie knelt in front of her and silently pleaded with a sad puppy face. “Bribe, Miss Pie's hooves have little sapphire crumbs and traces of cupcake frosting, she bribed Spike with sapphire cupcakes, but that wasn't all look at the barrel, it's cold, normally when you touch a cold metal you leave the mark of your heat, but no, the barrel does not have them" Supernova fogged the barrel and no traces appeared "that means that Miss Pie's hooves were cold, which I could see when she hugged me, this morning is warm, The only explanation is that she had contact with something cold before hitting the barrel and none of the desserts here are served cold, Pinkie's mane has a bit of melted raspberry ice cream on one end, she bribed Spike with cupcakes and ice cream, a lot ice cream, enough so that her hooves are still cold. each and every one of the ponies here was bribed in one way or another, the green one there, he's been looking at the cake since we walked in, he looks old, but he's still very young, slightly overweight, but underweight very fast recently, you may know because his bowtie has a double knot, but if you look closely the ribbons only have wear marks from a single knot, so he started using two knots recently, he has sweat stains. he losed weight very quickly recently, it's slightly overweight, and he looks at the cake so eagerly, it is a sign that he is on a diet and exercises imposed by a relative, probably his mother, I know he did not impose it on him because he does not try to control himself with it cake, he wants to eat it without any regrets, you can see it in their expressions, the rest except for two that I will mention later, they have crumbs in their mouths, super chewy caramel cookies, you can see it in the little caaramel adhered to their lips, and that while shouting 'Surprise!' that purple mare on the right left her mouth open when she saw me, I could see a little candy on her teeth, I know it's super chewy, because she was still chewing it inside her mouth, those two I mentioned before are those from that corner, they are lovers who cheat on their respective husband and wife, the stallion smells of a mixture of artisan cologne, sweat and most importantly Appleloosa brandy, that mixed with the markedness of his muscles and his homogeneous tan tells me that he lives in Appleloosa, but The mare with him is from Canterlot, she is neat, with clean hair, a delicate little filly, they both have the mark of a missing ring, the wedding ring, they took it off, she smells like stallion cologne * sniff, sniff * and I think it just evaporated, he has marks on the back that show that he was lying on his back on the floor, they had sex a while ago in a motel, and they agreed to come here to be in a closed place knowing that nobody in the city knows who they are. Pinkie I want you to know that I'm not mad at you, you did it to surprise me, but that doesn't work for me, I knew you were going to throw a surprise party for me for hours, but I appreciate the attempt, and as for you two lustful cheaters, I want you to know That you disgust me, Now Pinkie as you probably already know on Sunday morning we will have to go to Canterlot, so I hope you attend and without party elements please, I have to go, but I ask you to take care of these ponies, have fun without me, okay?" Supernova looked at Pinkie with affection and a warm smile. "Okie dokie loki!" Pinkie regained her cheerful personality and started jumping around making party games. Supernova approached the door to leave the place, the ponies looked at her, some hysterical, some annoyed, others impressed, but all equally terrified by the mare. Twilight smiled nervously and saw the ponies around her "sorry, heh, heh” quickly Twilight left the place. Twilight sped up her pace to catch up with Supernova "Are you crazy?! Why in Celestia's name did you do that?!" Supernova looked at Twilight confused "but you asked-?" Twilight interrupted her clearly annoyed "I know what I asked! What I mean is why did you said all that about those ponies" "I just gave you the answer, everything I said was true, it was also good entertainment, and you have to admit those two gooey deserved it" Supernova kept her voice serious but looked dejected. Twilight seemed to calm down "well with those two you're right ..." Twilight shook her head and regained her accusative tone "but that's not what I'm talking about!,you dare to say 'it was good entertainment'!. All those ponies are furious, they feel guilty and some were ridiculed for what you said! , Don't you care about the feelings of others?!" Supernova seemed to bother with that phrase, but she still looked cold and serious "Every feeling is a chemical defect that losers possess, all emotions are abhorrent to me, they are the stone in the way, the crack in the lens, they prevent the correct realization of logical reasoning on that I base my life. Emotions are useless" "what does that mean?!" Twilight was outraged by Supernova's words and although she didn't want to do it, something inside her told her to prepare an attack spell. "What are you going to do? Shoot me? Just because I said that emotions are weakness and that I don't need them! Well, what do you think princess, it's true, I don't have them, I don't want them and I don't need them, you should learn that there are cold, hard and lonely people, people who do not have emotions so as not to have to feel pain, or fear, or despair, or sadness, people who don't need anyone and who enjoy being alone; I don't care about others or what happens to them, or what they think about me *sigh*. The coldest and hardest people you will ever meet, were once as soft as water. And that's the tragedy of living. Heartless people, people who only care about themselves once cared too much for others” Supernova finished, all the emotions that she apparently lacked appeared suddenly, she was enraged, she cried, and then... she walked away in silence recovering her expression calm and empty... "Where are you going?!" Twilight screamed guiltily, but couldn't apologize. "To the market, to look for Applejack, she also has to find out, it is likely that she also knows where Rainbow Dash is, also I think it's better if I go alone means less problems" Supernova was lost among a crowd of ponies. Twilight lost sight of her and stood there for a minute 'Who in their right mind could say such a thing about emotions?! Or about loneliness? Or about others? What pony could live without emotions? Or always be alone?', No, it couldn't be possible, Twilight hurried to the castle to find what she wanted in the library 'a spell, it had to be a spell! Nobody could be so cold and indifferent, nobody could be so callous and lonely, right?... right?...' ~ I wandered through the streets until I came across a place full of tents 'the Ponyville market without a doubt', as soon as I set foot on that street my senses hit me, my ear listened to fragments of conversations, my eyes observed each seller and buyer, my smell recognized essences, fruits, vegetables and body fluids, my mind was overloaded with information, I felt that my head was going to explode, so I closed my eyes and concentrated on my goal 'Applejack', my senses were sharpened and the rest became In background noise, I slid across the street avoiding clueless shoppers and came to a small wagon with a small green and white tent, on top of that an apple with a horseshoe in the center, a mare and a filly were tending to the business, 'okay Supernova, remember don't infuriate Twilight's friends, at least no more than necessary, act like a normal pony, now which template should I choose?, Canterlot is out. Applejack doesn't like fancy Canterlot ponies, how about the studious one?, Nah !, very shy, shy people don't talk much and must act more and more shy the more confident the other person acts, Applejack is very confident oh! The relaxed ignorant, that's perfect, after all, ignorance is the best weapon, use her country sayings to make her feel empathy with you' "Hi! I'm Supernova Shadow, ah' want to buy some apples", I spoke with a perfect rural accent, with a carefree cheerful appearance, it was a very easy but very effective personality mask, the only difficult thing is to speak with the accent without exaggerating or forgetting it. The mare with orange hair and cowboy hat looked at me with a calm expression "well hello!, so you are Supernova, I'm Applejack, it's a pleasure" "Yeah, how did you know who I am?" I said happy, smiling and curious 'Pinkie Pie told her, obviously.' "Pinkie told me about you, although ah' have to say that you are not like she told me, well as for the body she was right, but she said you were cold, serious and calculatin', ah' guess she ate a lot of sugar today, or maybe she didn't listen Spike very well. She was probably plannin' the party, what brings you here?” Applejack finished organizing some apples and looked at me 'perfect, I have your attention' "Well, the truth is that ah' wanted to buy some green apples, but ah' see that you do not have, so ah' go to the second matter, this Sunday mornin' we will have to go to Canterlot, the princesses want to talk to Y'all, ah' know more or less what they are going to talk about, but ah' can only tell you that it can change history as everyone knows it and probably the future of equestria" Applejack looked at me suspiciously. "Ah' don't know you very well, but as the element of honesty ah' can know that you are lyin' to me" ‘seriously?’ I said to myself ironically ‘well, you’re not that easy to convince my dear, this will be fun’ "I'm not lyin' to you, sugarcube, I'm just not tellin' you the whole truth, it's a way to keep secrets without bein' dishonest, ah' know that you know what I'm talkin' about" I gave her a warm and trusting smile "unless you don't trust me…” I pretended sadness and shyness, Applejack looked at me doubtfully 'that's it, doubt' “Okay Shadow, tell Twilight ah'll be there on Sunday, sorry for sayin' you were lying. Would you like somethin' else? We have red and yellow apples, apple pie, apple cider, and caramel apples made by me ”she confidently showed me all the products placed in a drawer under the cart. "No thanks, ah' only like green apples and fried snacks, but if you could tell me where ah' can find Rainbow Dash, you would be very helpful, ah' have not seen her flyin' anywhere" everything is fine for now... "Knowin' her routine, she is surely takin' a nap on a cloud" 'oh great!, what was missing!, now I will have to fly and review each cloud ... or I could attract her to me, yes, that's it!' "Oh well thank you very much, it's what ah' needed, ah'll go find her, see you later, bye!" I went on my way out of the market. I could hear how Apple Bloom approached Applejack "What's wrong sis'?" "Ah' don't know Apple Bloom, but that mare smells like problems to me" I just rolled my eyes 'really? But I acted so well... well, I think even the earth ponies are prejudiced' ~ Spike was walking through the corridors of the castle, his tasks were already finished and he had decided to read the latest issue of Power Ponies 'The atraxia network', when he passed in front of the library door he saw it half open and a lavender mare surrounded by books and blackboards "Twilight?" Twilight turned around she was ... nervous?, scared?, hurried?, confused?, her face showed so many emotions at once that it was impossible to know how she was or how she felt "uh? What?" Twilight noticed Spike's presence "oh, h-hi Spike, what are you doing here?" "That's what I wonder, what are you doing? Where is the princesses friend? I think I owe her an apology for the hit with the chandelier" Twilight looked nervously at the pile of books around her and then he saw Spike and sighed. "Spike, sit down... w-we need to talk" Spike walked over, put his comic on the table and settled into a chair. "Is it about the birds and the bees? Please Twilight, I don't want to have this conversation, I've already gone through the molt, I know very well what sex is and I don't plan to go to bed and / or get anypony pregnant" Spike was flushed and frustrated to have to say it. "What?!, No!, Iug!, Bad mental image, bad mental image!. No, it's about Supernova" Twilight was still disgusted. "Oh, sorry, heh, heh" Spike's whole face flushed, 'Why did I have to say that?!' he thought. "it's okay. After visiting Rarity we went to look for Pinkie Pie, later we will talk about bribery young man, however, when I asked Pinkie how she had gotten so many ponies to go to the party, Supernova... she… she began to deduce" Twilight was still terrified by what she was going to say. "deduce?" Spike was confused, so confused that he didn't care about the scolding he would get for accepting 'gifts with favors' from Pinkie. "You remember that detective from your comics 'Mr. Nopony' you remember that his powers were to read the minds of ponies and then guess everything about them, easily solve cases with just little hints. She did all that and more, she discovered who each of the ponies there was, how they got there, how they were bribed, it was also she who told me how and with what Pinkie bribed you, she even discovered two lovers... out of wedlock, without magic, without crazy powers, without enchanted artifacts, she only used her brain and her senses, she explained to me that she had a reasoning method that mixed with her knowledge and her observations, made her able to deduce all that” Spike listened to Twilight impressed. "Wow!... cool!, so is she some kind of genius who does justice?" the little dragon was excited while Twilight could only look at him in fear. “No…, she is nothing of the sort, she did everything not to answer me, she did it because she liked it, she said everything mercilessly, insulted, ridiculed and enraged every pony in that room, the only good thing she did was apologize to Pinkie for ruining the party and explained that surprises were predictable for her, then on the street I asked her why she did it, I asked her if she cared about the feelings of others and she..., she told me that emotions were weaknesses, that they were useless she said 'I don't have them, I don't want them and I don't need them', she said that she didn't care what happened to her or what others thought and that she didn't need anyone, that she didn't mind being alone, that she wanted to be alone . She had no emotions, she was so distant, a pony like that cannot be possible. So I came to look for a spell to explain it to me, mind control, brainwashing, some method of bottling emotions like Starlight, but blocking the emotions, but I can't find anything." Twilight looked really scared and confused, she wanted an answer, this time not out of curiosity, but out of fear, fear that it was true. Spike was silent for a minute processing what he had just heard "and if it's not magic ..." was the only thing he could say, Twilight broke the chalk with which she wrote on one of the blackboards. "What?!" Twilight looked at him like she was saying 'did you lose your mind?' "Of course it has to be magic, what else could it be?" "And ... what if it's not magic, what if she's like Cozy Glow, intelligent, eloquent, but manipulative, she could be like her, and with that lack of emotions, she might be able to do anything, no matter how terrible could it be, what if that changeling's thorax is a clue?, what if she's controlling the princesses to take control of Equestria?" Spike was terrified by the machinations of his own mind. "It could be a possibility, but we cannot be sure, and we cannot accuse her without evidence... tomorrow you will go with her to the caves to look for jewels" Spike was alarmed. "What ?! Twilight are you crazy ?! You think she might be some kind of crazy supervillain and you decide to send me to a dark and far away place with her!" Twilight seemed to hesitate but then looked at him seriously. "I didn't say she was a crazy supervillain, you hinted at that. The truth Spike is that we cannot guarantee that she is evil or that she is using some kind of black magic, in fact I have been studying her, she has not used any magic today, I need you to go with her because if I am wrong she could get hurt or get lost there in the caves and if I am right you will help me to get proof of it, I need you, not as my assistant, but as my friend, okay?" Spike seemed to hesitate, but then he saw Twilight's desperate face. “Okay” he said reluctantly “but what about his journal? Couldn't you read it and find out who it really is? And by the way, where is she?" "I ... I'm not sure I want to read her diary, I know they are private things and you can judge a person a lot by the secrets they keep, I don't think it's fair for me to judge them only by what is written in that diary, after all everything you write there is private and what you don't tell others so it might give me a distorted view of who she really is. also with how smart she is, she would surely realize that I read it. And I don't know where she is, after what she said about emotions we had a little fight and she got lost in the streets, although she told me that she would go find Applejack and the others to tell them about the meeting in Canterlot, I don't know where she is right now ”Spike worried. "Let's hope they're okay" said Spike getting up and grabbing his comic to leave the library. Twilight waited for Spike to get out of there and when she stopped listening to his footsteps she replied "I hope so..." ~ 'yes, I think it's high enough' I was in a balloon 30 meters above the clouds, any pegasus could hear me from there, so I breathed and prepared to execute the first and only step of my plan "RAINBOW CRASH! I bet I beat you in a race! " I heard loud flaps in the distance 'you know what they say, if you want to get the attention of an athlete make fun of her ego' I saw a blue dot approaching at high speed and stop in front of me I smiled and looked into her eyes "Dash, Dash, my little flash" "What do you want egghead? You interrupted something important" I didn't have to use my deduction to know that she was upset. "I don't think taking a nap on a cloud is something important, you know very well what I want, you heard me scream it, or maybe you're afraid to say it short wings" I smiled egocentrically 'fight ego with ego' Rainbow was enraged "I just wanted to make sure, I will run with you, but tell me what do I get in return?" "Tomorrow I will go to look for jewels in the caves, if you win I will get you 500 bits in precious stones, if I win you will give me the bits you have to hoof, do we have a deal?" I looked at her coldly without the slightest trace of doubt so that she would not believe that I was lying. "You have a deal" we both smiled in an egocentric way at the same time 'you don't know what awaits you...' "Very good, but I make the rules, we will race on the ground and under no circumstances can you make more than one movement with your wings, the first to cross the city wins" Rainbow Dash looked at me alarmed 'You weren't expecting that, did you?' "What's wrong? Are you afraid of losing?..." I wanted to annoy her. "I'm not afraid of anything! And less to a freak like you" she told me furiously 'someone is upset that they touch their pride...' "Please don't call me a freak, I know you have poor eyesight but I don't think I look that much like you" 'Nobody calls me a freak, dear.' I think I broke it with that last thing "are we going to run or not ?!" "When you're ready Rainbow Crash" I wasn't going to stop bothering her ‘if you mess with the bull of you mess with the horns’ We went down to the city and stopped in front of the main street of the city "we'll see who crashes egghead" Rainbow Dash told me with a mocking grin on her face. "ready, Steady, Go!" We both started running, Rainbow Dash went around a street to avoid a group of houses, I knew I couldn't waste time so I got up on my hind legs and used my hands to climb the balcony of one of the houses , I climbed the facade and jumped from roof to roof, then I slid down a chimney and kept running, I ran into a mare and her foal in the middle of the street, I ran again on all fours and took momentum, I jumped over them and I continued without stopping, my heart was beating at full speed, my reflexes took control of me, I dodged, climbed and overcame any obstacle in my way, I was about to kill myself or break something many times, I felt alive! I thought that I no longer cared about dying but before I knew it I was on the other side of the city completely exhausted but happy. About 7 minutes passed and I could not see Rainbow Dash anywhere I was about to go look for her when from a street to my right the pegasus came out completely exhausted and threw herself to the ground to catch her breath "ho-how did you arrive before... ?" "The fastest way to travel from point A to point B is in a straight line, I just ran forward avoiding obstacles, climbing over the houses and not losing my step, it's called parkour" she looked at me sad and defeated "hey, don't blame yourself, you did well, let me help you get up " "Thanks ... well a deal is a deal here you go, 20 bits is the only thing I bring with me, good race we have to repeat it another day" Rainbow Dash started to walk away. "Wait! I almost forgot, I was with Twilight this morning, this Sunday morning we will have a meeting with the princesses in Canterlot, they are going to talk about magic, history and all that intellectual stuff, but we will still have to go. I can't tell you what we're going to talk about, but I don't think you're interested, will you be there? " Rainbow turned to look at me. "Yeah, sure" she turned around and left calmly ‘well that didn't go too bad, now I just have to look for Fluttershy, she's probably in her sanctuary’ ~a little bit later~ I arrived at a space on the outskirts of the city, a beautiful place, with a waterfall and the noise of birds and nature aside a small quiet house, practice my tone of voice a little and knock on the door. A pegasus peeked out the door with a little rabbit on its back "uh? Hello?" he asked kindly. "H-hi-Hi, I-I'-I'm" suddenly the little rabbit jumped towards me, I stepped back and stepped on some daisies "Eeep!, Oh... no..., I-I'm sorry... I'm so sorry, I-I-I didn't mean to, I just- " Fluttershy gently covered my mouth with her hoof "calm ..., you don't have to worry, come, I invite you some tea" "I-I couldn't take it, I-I-I don't mean to be a bother." Fluttershy looked at me and pointed inside the house. "I insist" I gave her a trembling smile and entered the house, there were birds fluttering and small animals coexisting peacefully. "I hope my friends don't bother you, I can take them outside if you want" she said kindly, I sat in a secluded place in the room with my head bowed. "N-no-no i-it's okay, I like animals" Fluttershy gave me a warm smile and carefully served a rich berry tea, she added sugar to hers, I did the same, I discovered that with a single teaspoon it was enough, we both took a sip and when all was at peace she looked at me with those cute eyes. "And tell me, what brings you here?" She asked me kindly and eloquently, I hadn't spoken to someone with such a sweet voice in a long time. "Well I..." I cleared my throat "Well, I'm Supernova Shadow, I came for three reasons, one; on Sunday morning you and the other girls will have to go to Canterlot, the princesses want to talk about something that has to do with me and with the history of Equestria, let's say I'm an old friend, I don't want to talk much about that ”I used my shy and trembling voice and made my body tremble to generate sweat and nerves. "Hmm... ok tell Twilight I'll be there" Flutters took a sip of her tea "What are the other two things?" "Uh? Oh right, you see I have a little pet monitor lizard and I need to get him food, but it's difficult with his uh... 'particular diet', as you know they are carnivores, I know you have some carnivorous animals in this sanctuary, so I I was wondering if you could give me some m-me-mea-meat to feed it, also, I need some bits so I was wondering if I could help you with something to get some money in return, you know like feed the animals, bathe them and all that" I kept my nervousness but got rid of my shyness. "Hmm ... okay, you can help me with the animals, I'll tell you what you have to do in a while, it may take a while so I'll give you the food for your friend when you leave so that it is as fresh as possible" she looked at me kindly and gave me a sheet with a small to-do list, or so I thought, when I took it, the list unrolled until it traveled several meters 'well this will take longer than I thought, but the food is worth it' ~ Several hours had already passed and Spike looked at the door impatiently, after reading his entire collection of comics to distract himself, Spike had nothing else to think about than Supernova, he took Twilight to bed and told him to sleep, but he didn't had been able to sleep in all that hour, so he decided to wait, but it seemed that she was not going to return, he looked at the diary on the table and raised his claw to grab it, suddenly someone came through the door "there you are!" "Spike? What are you doing up at this time?" Supernova said confused but with her always cold, distant and serious voice. "I'm the one asking the questions here! Where have you been?!, What have you been doing?!, What's in those bags?!, And why do you smell like roses?!" Supernova stared at Spike in silence for over a minute and then decided to speak. “I've been working all day at Fluttershy's sanctuary, what's in the bags are the bits that I earned in a race with Dash and food and more bits that I got in exchange for helping Fluttershy, I smell like roses because I had to bathe after I finished my work, I didn't want to come back smelling like a zoo, now calm down little one and tell me how was the new comic” Spike was alarmed and looked at Supernova directly. "How do you know I read a new comic?" Supernova sighed in frustration and dusted her hands and paws. "I notice a smell of old and new comic paper in your hands mixed with a worn smell of hay fries, which tells me that you read your old comics and then finished a new one, also on that table you have a receipt for a comic, so tell me how was the comic? " Spike was stunned. ‘Twilight was telling the truth’ "i-it was okay." "It's good to hear it, look, I'm a little tired so I'll take some parchment and ink to write the documents that I need, and I'll pay for it with this, I think this is enough, but first I'll make myself something for dinner, I think Twilight already told you what we're going to do tomorrow. ”Spike nodded, she passed him a few bits and went to the kitchen. Spike put the bits on a table and looked into the kitchen he saw Supernova standing on her two legs looking for some cooking utensils, she took out a frying pan, a cutting board and the largest knife in the kitchen, she began to cut what he found a salad of lettuce, cucumber, salt and lemon. Then she put it aside and cut several slices of something she had in one of the bags but he couldn't know what it was, she bathed it with a little oil and seasoned it, then put it in the pan and began to grill it, “Spike I know that you are there go to sleep please, I know you think it is bad that I have no emotions but it is fine for me seriously, I can live like this, I like to live like this and I am not going to do anything to anyone, I just want to see my friends again and then I'll go, you two will not have to worry about me, go to rest, you will need your strength tomorrow, I promise that I will give you some of the best gems I can find if you sleep now and help me tomorrow" he smiled and decided to listen to her. when he walked away he noticed the smell that began to release whatever she was cooking, it smelled like the hay of hay burgers, only a thousand times better!, in the endhe went to his bed and fell asleep 'maybe she wasn't as bad as I thought' he said to himself.