//------------------------------// // A “Shocking” Discovery // Story: Glamrock Takes Equestria! // by Kibat Grenbuku //------------------------------// Twilight and her friends gathered in the living room, they can still hear some squeals and laughter from upstairs, thankfully some of the animals weren’t too bothered by this, except for some rodents like squirrels and chipmunks. “Ah don’t know about you,” Applejack starts, “But I think havin’ him here in Equestria might be the greatest thing than the Grand Galloping Gala! Eh, no offense to it’s tradition, but havin’ a new kid like Gregory is such a heart healin’ moment.” “I quite agree!” Rarity chimes in, “Though, I do say, he was indeed in a dark moment before coming here. Beside, have you see his clothing?!” Twilight rolled her eyes, predicting when she was going to overreact about that as she continues on, “Honestly, it was such in horrible condition! But, it’s nothing that a fashionista like myself can’t fix.” “What about you Pinkie?” Twilight asked. “I think he’s very adorable!” She exclaims, “I mean, earlier he wasn’t in the best condition, but who can say no to that little cutie?! He’s so adorable, I just wanna hug him all day!” Rainbow just scoffs half jokingly. Twilight took notice at the prismatic maned Pegasus’ attitude. “Something you have to say Rainbow?” “I-I don’t know!” She retorts, “I mean, all we know is that he’s some other creature of some kind, then all of a sudden he became a colt, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for the kid?” Twilight was shocked to even hear those words coming out from her friend’s mouth as she continues, “Plus, from the memories that you described earlier in that Chamber, he could’ve ordered that bear thing to attack the anthropomorphic rabbit to toss her off the roof! Or, again, it could-” “Oh no, you’re not gonna say it again,” Applejack cuts her off, “Did your eyes went too blurry when doing your stunts? He’s an earth pony, he wouldn’t have any ability to cast any magic!” “Then again there’s Pinkie Pie.” Rainbow argues. “Pinkie’s different Rainbow Dash,” Twilight explains, rubbing her sleepy assistant’s head, “There’s just something we can’t explain about her an her Pinkie sense, but in Gregory’s case, he is indeed an earth pony, he wouldn’t be capable of performing any type of magic of any kind.” “Hold on,” Rarity butts in, “Wasn’t there a Crystal Pony that was capable of summoning a horn and wings of an Alicorn from the rediscovery of Equestria?” It caught Twilight’s attention, “No, I don’t think there wasn’t any record or mention of that in any book that I’ve read.” “Wait wait,” Rainbow interrupts, “You’re not referring to Diamond Comet the Crystal Pony, are you?” Rarity nods, “In fact, it was my father who told me the story of her.” Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack was in shock, their jaws nearly dropped to the floor and they said in unison, “Get out of here!” “Your dad told you about her?” Rainbow asked. Rarity once again nods her head, “Oh, she was an inspiring mare to all of Equestria! Story goes is that she was once instructed by the “creator” of Equestria, Grogar himself, but when she what he was doing to Equestria, she decided to face against him. As expected, Diamond Comet had banished her teacher away and she became the first Guardian of Harmony." “Wow… That’s one tough mare.” Rainbow says in awe, Twilight nods in agreement, but the main question was this: Why wasn’t there any mention and/or record of Diamond Comet, and why wasn’t she told about this when she first became Celestia’s student? “Tougher like her namesake,” Rarity continues, “But she was also the first to become an actual element herself.” That caught the librarian’s attention yet again, “She created herself a Element of Harmony?!” “Well, more specifically, she became and encased her spirit as an Element of Harmony.” This kind of knowledge blew everypony away, from being Grogar’s acolyte, to being a literal living element, but that still doesn’t explain why and/or where the Chamber of Creation came into play. Twilight then pulled out out an object, it was six inches wide and ten inches tall, it’s frame was a silver-gray smooth stone with a a symbol, it appears to be the head of a bear, it’s silhouette was a orange-brown, on one of it’s ears was a red earring, on the top of it’s head was a top hat with a blue streak across it, and in front of the silhouette was a electric blue lightning bolt. She looked at it curiously, it looked like the design from the huge bear from Gregory’s memory. Does this bear really have a strong connection to this boy? If so, then why? Why would it sacrifice itself to save him from this rabbit lady? She would have to ask Gregory about that, he’s the only one who knows what that bear was, and what happened on that. “Twilight darling?” Rarity asks Twilight, snapping her back to reality, “Are you alright?” The lavender mare nods and says, “I just think that Gregory needs to open up and tell us what happened, it could give us a reason as to why he’s reborn here.” After some bath time shenanigans, Twilight got Gregory and the Cutie Mark Crusaders squeaky clean and dried off, Gregory’s feeling of a warm towel was very comforting to him, finally the chance to have fun and get clean at the same time was a very good experience compared to living out on the streets from the past two weeks. Unfortunately for him, he was still having trouble with standing and walking, thankfully Twilight was there to help him with support and says that will be the first lesson… for tomorrow. They went back to the living room and the lavender mare settled the colt down on a couch. “Gregory, I know you’re just having a good time,” Twilight explains to her new friend, “But we a some questions that needs answers.” Gregory looked at her, he was hoping that she wouldn’t bring any of this up. “If you don’t want to talk about it, that’s completely understandable.” She added, placing her hoof on his shoulder, comforting him. Another choice. He could either be straight with them and tell them what he was, what happened at the Pizzaplex and why he decided to take his own life, or just not talk about it and let the nightmares continue to haunt him until he’s at the point of an emotional breakdown. He looked at the floor and gave it some thought, he trusts completely of Twilight and Sweetie Belle, then there was Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Rarity, they helped him and make him happy, probably the happiest since forever. But then there was the two skeptics, namingly Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash. Sure, Scoots did help him to be calm and got him to be a friend, on the other hand though, she doesn’t seem to be a believer in highly advanced technology. Rainbow Dash was gonna be much harder to have her believe him, yes she seems the type of mare to be interested cool gadgets and high tech, more notably machines, but to tell her the night at the Pizzaplex with killer robots being controlled by a security guard who was responsible for hacking them? She would find it completely absolutely absurd and not believe in every word. “Y… you will really believe me Twilight?” Gregory asked, sounding a little scared and hesitant, “I-I just… I’m gonna get the feeling that you might think I’m crazy after what I have to say…” “Oh darling, whatever it is that you want to tell us, we are willing to believe.” Rarity encourages, all eyes were on the only male pony in the room, some were smiling and waiting to listen, while Rainbow Dash was just staring at him, like as if a black robed judge was ready to give out a final verdict. Gregory took a deep breath and explained the horrific situations he went through. “W-well,” he starts, “I-I guess I’ll start by saying that, I kinda lived in the Pizzaplex.” “You live there?” Twilight asked him curiously. He nods and goes to specify, “I-I mean, I don’t literally live there, I just live there to get away from the outside problems.” That caught Rainbow Dash’s attention, but then jokes, “Like what? Did the weather patrol team forgot to have storm clouds set with lightning?” Gregory looked at her very confused, and that ultimately made her dumbfounded, “Seriously?! You have no weather patrol team from where you’re from?!” He shook his head and continues, “I mean, I’m a human being, we don’t have magical powers to control weather… that does sound cool though.” “Cool?! Try awesome!” “Alright, Rainbow,” Applejack says, patting her shoulder, “Just settle down, you got plenty of time explaining weather control later.” Gregory then further explains about how he snuck in the backstage and met his robotic guardian bear and friend, Freddy Fazbear. Twilight finally got one of the questions answered and started to connect more dots in her mind, he was indeed protecting Gregory, and it seems their relationship seems something more than just friends. He continues on, “I thought he was going to slow me down on getting me out, but he was very cool to hang around with, even behind closed doors. He was supportive, funny, he even called me ‘Superstar’ sometimes.” “Wow, he seems like a cool dad!” Scootaloo says to him. “How cool would it be to adopted by a robot?!” Gregory blushed at the idea, Freddy Fazbear? As his dad? Would the Pizzaplex would even allowed that? To have an animatronic as a parent, that’s incredibly unheard of. Then again, all that time he spent in the Pizzaplex with Freddy, with him being worried about his safety, helping him get through some of the security protocols, he could go on. “W-well…” he stutters, “I-I mean, he kinda acts like a dad, but him as my adopted dad? I would stretch that far as to call him that.” “Admit it,” Scootaloo teases him, giving him a gentle punch to the shoulder, “You wanted to ask Freddy to be your dad…” she pauses and ponders for a second, “Or would that be your Frad?” He blushes like mad, Sweetie Belle could notice that and reassures him, “It’s okay Gregory, Scoots is just trying to give you a hard time. Please continue.” He gave her an embarrassed goofy grin, making her giggle a bit before continuing on with his story, further explaining about the security guard, his near run in with the other animatronics, and his prized possession, the Fazwatch. During on their exploration in the Pizzaplex, he explains that there use to be a rabbit animatronic named Glamrock Bonnie. From what Freddy had told him, Montgomery Gator accidentally smashed the rabbit into pieces, that info shocked everyone, except for Rainbow Dash yet again. “Why that’s awful!” Fluttershy cries out. “I know that alligators were vicious, but that was just cruel!” Rarity adds in. “Look on the bright side,” Pinkie Pie chimes in, “At least Gummy isn’t like that!” Gregory looked at her confused, she owns a pet alligator? He puts that question on hold for now as Twilight then asked him a question, “But Gregory, why would you live in the Pizzaplex alone? I know the outside world can be scary sometimes, but think about your parents. They might’ve been worried sick about-“ “I really don’t know who my parents are…” Gregory cuts her off, his voice sounded broken, she went wide eyed hearing this, but what she heard next broke her heart, “And now I know why…” “Aw, c’mon Sugarcube,” the country pony reassures, “I’m sure that isn’t true. Heck, even when we were your age caused some sorts of trouble.” “Not the same kind of trouble like you did.” He said sadly, “T-Twilight? H-how would you react if I lied to you about… I-if I…” he kept stopping himself, the memories of seeing Monty being broken in half, chucking a speeding go-cart at Roxy, and sending Chica into a garbage smasher. “Gregory?” Twilight asked, snapping out of his trance, “If you lied to me about what?” His lips started to quiver, his eyes started to fog up again, to even have the gall to lie to his own protector by nearly sending his friends into scrap and taking their upgraded parts, sure he only did this because they were probably reprogrammed to find him and he wanted to go through another way out of the Pizzaplex and have Freddy coming with him… only to get himself nearly killed by Vanny and instead had Freddy sacking her and sending them careening off the rooftops. “I-I… I’m a bad kid…” he whispered to himself. Twilight heard this, her was shattered a million times over hearing him say that, she hugged him comfortingly and shushes him. “Don’t say things like that,” she coos, “You’re not a bad kid Gregory.” “BUT I AM!” Gregory shouted into her chest, “I TORE FREDDY’S FRIENDS APART! I STOLE THEIR UPGRADE FROM THEM AND LIED TO WHERE I ACTUALLY GOT THEM! EVEN WORSE, I BROKE INTO THE PIZZAPLEX! I’M THE REASON WHY FREDDY’S DEAD! I’M EVEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECURITY GUARD’S DEATH! I’M SELFISH! I’M A MONSTER! I-I-!!” Gregory was shushed once more by Twilight, rubbing his back. He kept blaming himself despite the comfort, he felt like shouldn’t receive love of any kind in return and could’ve gotten a slap in the face, or would’ve been kicked to the streets. Everyone in the room was dead silent, Gregory’s sobs filled the room. Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy were absolutely heartbroken for the colt. To see this little guy have his own heart ripped to pieces by what he did, it's bad enough that he doesn't have parents of his own. Though not like Applejack, whom has lost her parents due to an accident, the other three mares couldn’t imagine what would’ve happened if they were in Gregory’s hooves. For the CMC, to see a kid who views himself as the bad guy? This isn’t how a colt like him should see himself like this, he should live in a life of happiness and wonder. Scootaloo tapped on Gregory’s shoulder, making him quickly turn his head to look at her. “Hey, Gregory? I want to say I’m sorry.” She starts, this made him confused, “You did looked suspicious when you came here… and to be honest, I was more focused on getting a Cutie Mark and it made me looked greedy. I didn’t wanted to get Cutie Mark that screams “Foal Sitter,” but Sweetie Belle is right, you’re more important to help out than finding a Cutie Mark.” He smiled at the CMC and they gave him a group hug. Gregory never made such good friends like them back on his world, he’s always been alone on the streets, even inside the Pizzaplex. Rainbow Dash now couldn’t help but feel bad for the kid, but the story that he just told them, some of those things doesn’t really make sense to her. Machines? Security turned kidnappers? This sounds way too suspicious, even for her. Twilight took notice and asked, “Rainbow? Is there something you wanna say?” Rainbow Dash looked at everyone in the room, then at Applejack, giving her a look that say, “Don’t even think about.” She just sighs and say, “No, not really.” She just forces a smile. Twilight could tell that she really wanted to him straight to his face that he could be lying. Twilight looked at Applejack, seeing the country pony motioning her head out to the door. “Girls, could you comfort Gregory please?” The lavender mare asked, “I need to talk to Rainbow Dash.” The fillies agreed and four of the six mares went outside, while Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie remained in the cottage. “Oh!” Fluttershy gasped softly, “I forgot I made water for some warm drinks! Gregory? Do you anything? Tea? Hot chocolate?” “C-could I just have water please?” He asks her politely. “What?! No hot chocolate?!” Scootaloo exclaims in shock, “Don’t tell us you never tried it?!” Gregory was blushing in embarrassment as he then says, “W-well… let’s just say… I had a bad experience with chocolate in particular…” the fillies were confused as to what he meant by that, and before Apple Bloom could ask what he means, he then clarifies to them, “I-I’m allergic to chocolate.” The three went wide eyed about this piece of info. “You’re allergic to chocolate?!” Scootaloo asked in shock once again, “How in the hay could somepony be allergic to chocolate?! That’s like Apple Bloom being allergic to apples! And she’s an apple farmer!” The yellow country filly just rolled her eyes and then asked her, “Was that a farmer joke?” “…Yes.” “Wait, how do you know that you’re allergic to chocolate?” Sweetie Belle asked him curiously. He blushes a rosy red and then stutters, “I-I… um… W-well… I-it makes me feel itchy, it makes my belly growl a lot, and I don’t mean a hungry kind of way… and the smell alone, it just makes me sneezy.” “Sneezy?” Apple Bloom repeated that last word, “Gosh, I don’t know anypony that have that type of allergy.” Sweetie Belle nods in agreement, “So, no chocolate, anything else you’re allergic to?” Gregory gave it some thought, thinking really hard aside from the night, but he just shook his head and said, “No, nothing I could think of.” Scootaloo then decides to change the topic and then asks him, “Was there any good things when you’re at the Pizzaplex?” Once again Gregory gave into thought, just for a moment and chuckled a bit, “W-well, there was one, before I got discovered on the night Freddy and I met, there was a place called Fazer Blast, I really couldn’t make friends because… well, I’ve never been good at it, due to the having some bad rumors about the Pizzaplex, but that’s besides the point. When I snuck in, I met a pretty cool kid name Wizard.” The three fillies gave him a weird look, that made Gregory chuckle, “It’s weird, I know, not many kids know why he was called that, it could be a nickname. Anyway, Wizard was like a ghost of Fazer Blast. One moment you could be shooting at your opponent, then bang! He comes out of nowhere and shoot ya back! I did got back at him a couple of times and we got acquainted after that.” Apple Bloom smiles and says, “Wow, that does sounds like fun! That could be somethin’ we should try and get our Cutie Marks next!” Gregory got confused, “You mean a brith mark?” Sweetie Belle realized that he’s still new to their world and explains, “Cutie Marks represents to what they’re good at. We ponies are born without a Cutie Mark. They’re are obtained when ponies discover a unique characteristic that sets themselves apart from others.” “We've been trying to get our Cutie Marks to appear,” Scootaloo adds in, looking at her flank, “But we haven’t exactly gotten ours yet.” Gregory noticed her looking at her flank and then blushed at the fact that Cutie Marks is literally are on their butt… he could imagine what his would even look like, perhaps an arcade machine? He’s pretty good at video games. Or maybe gear cogs and wrench? He’s been getting the hang on upgrading Freddy back at the Pizzaplex. “So, you’re meaning to tell me that you tried almost everything to get them appear?” He asked them, the three of them nodded, “You mean you’ve tried drawing?” “Yup.” AB says. “Singing?” “Done that already.” Sweetie Belle chimes in. “Sports?” “Tried, didn’t work out.” Scootaloo says plainly, “Trust us, we’ve nearly tried everything, but we can’t seem to be able to appear!” Gregory could tell she was absolutely frustrated with this Cutie Mark business as she took a swig of water. He gave it some thought, they were call the Cutie Mark Crusaders for a reason… maybe… just maybe… “Maybe I could join you?” Gregory suggested, that made the white and yellow fillies wide eyed and pegasus filly to do a spit take and coughing out the leftover water, that made him a little nervous, “D-did I say something wrong?” “U-um… well no,” Apple Bloom said, a little nervous as to what she’s going to say to him, “A-Ah don’t know how to put this, b-but-“ “You’re more than welcome to join us!” Sweetie Belle says joyfully, that ultimately made the two fillies jaws drop. “R-really?” He asked in surprise “R-really?!” The other Crusaders asked in shock. “Tomorrow, at the clubhouse, we’ll give you a speech and you’ll be an official Cutie Mark Crusader!” She declares, giving him a pat on the back, “You’re gonna be great helping find our Cutie Marks, and who knows? Maybe you’ll get yours too!” Gregory smiles, feeling nervous, he wasn’t expecting Sweetie to just answer right out of the gate, but if finishing a Cutie Mark may help him get his life back together, this could be it. At the same time Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash went outside to continue their discussion. Twilight was absolutely upset that Rainbow was going to tell Gregory straight to his face that he could be faking, again. “Rainbow, I know what Gregory has told us may seem like a stretch, but-“ “A stretch?!” Rainbow asked her in shock, “a stretch is an understatement! Try those big words you always use, like falsification, mendacity, or prevaricate!? I mean seriously! That’s the kind of stuff you would read or hear about in a comic book!” Twilight could absolutely tell suspicion in her tone of her voice, but she could hear a hint of… jealousy? “Darling, please,” Rarity reassures, “If Gregory does intends on hurting us, he would’ve told us. Besides, he’s a colt! He wouldn’t be strong enough even have the capacity to do so!” “Maybe that’s what he wants-“ “Rainbow, for pete sake, knock it off!” Applejack scolds, annoyed by such terrible accusation, “Ah swear, you’re getting this whole “Gregory might be lying to us,” schtick on my nerves!” Rainbow was twiddling with her hooves a little, Twilight, ever the observer, starts to take notice, the hint of a jealous tone, playing with her hooves. “Rainbow Dash,” she begins to ask, “A-are you… jealous of him?” She could see the pegasus’ eyes went wide by that question, a rosy blush on her cheeks. Twilight gasps at this revelation, “Oh my gosh, you are!” Now Rarity dramatically gasps, while Applejack’s eyes went wide, the other time when she became jealous was in the Mare-Do-Well incident, but there was the proof and the poor cyan pegasus was caught. “Am not!” The prismatic maned mare retorts, her voice cracks, she could hear Applejack now snickering, trying to hold her laughter in, she shot her magenta eye daggers at her country friend and protests again, “I am not jealous!” “Heh, I would believe you Rainbow,” she chuckles, “but if the blush wasn’t a dead giveaway, Ah don’t know what is.” The pegasus began to stutter, trying to explain, “Y-you… But h-he could-!” She looked at Rarity who wore a look of concern for her, then she looked at Applejack who a face that plainly says, “Gotcha.” “I-I… you…” her face was redder and redder, steam literally coming out of her ears, she couldn’t take it and screams at the top of her lungs, “ARRGGHHHH!!!! OKAY FINE!!! I’M JEALOUS, OKAY?! YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUB IT IN!!!” “Rainbow dear, please don’t shout,” Rarity shushed, “It’s the middle of the night.” The pegasus’ face was now a very dark shade of crimson, at this point, everypony in the area could possibly hear her. “But, why are you so jealous of him?” She heard Twilight asking her. “I-I can’t really talk about it…” Rainbow says, her voice is shaking, “I-It’s embarrassing.” “Oh c’mon,” Applejack says to her, punching her shoulder, “It can’t be as bad when you accidentally ripped your pjs and havin’ your rump exposed in our sleep night.” She chuckles at the memory, “You knew that it was a little too tight, and we tried to warn ya-“ “Okay first of all,” she cuts her off, “That was three months ago! Secondly, after that happened, if you recall, I got that fixed!” “Heheh, yeah, gettin’ a few wiggles in there too if Ah recall.” “AJ!” The country pony couldn’t help but chuckle again, “Sorry Sugarcube, that’ll be the last time. But still, it can’t be bad as that.” “But it is!” She retorts, both Rarity and Applejack raised a brow of their own. She sighs and says, “Okay look, I’ll tell you… tomorrow.” Applejack raised a brow, she knows that line all too well, last time that happened, it was her that tried that, but that resulted in breaking Pinkie’s Pinkie Promise, and running for her life and away from a very belligerent Pinkie Pie. If there’s one thing she could take from, aside the friendship lesson they learned that day, it’s to NEVER break a Pinkie Promise, especially with Pinkie Pie. “Rainbow, you better hold up your end of that statement.” She warns. “Yeah, yeah, I know, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” She says, doing the Pinkie Promise. So much was running through Gregory’s mind as he was on Twilight’s back, joining the Cutie Mark Crusaders, learning about Equestria’s culture, including Cutie Marks. But he did have a lot more questions, like what kind of magic will he’ll experience? What other kinds of creatures he’ll encounter? “How much further is it Twilight?” Gregory asked her, as they’re on the path heading to Ponyville. “Not too far now sweetheart.” She reassured him, of course, she had a tired Gregory and a sleeping Spike on her back, hearing her little dragon assistant snoring, she tried her best to not laugh at his loud snores, but then she sees a dim light up ahead, indicating that they’re almost towards their destination. “Ah, here we are!” That caught Gregory’s attention and gasps softly as Twilight gives him the introduction, “Welcome, Gregory, to Ponyville. It may not seem like a bustling town right now, but tomorrow, you’ll see what it’s like.” As they entered the sleeping town, Gregory’s eyes darted around at some of the buildings, lot of them seems like village houses that you would typically find in medieval fantasy books, from behind some of the houses, he then notices a train station. He’ll definitely have to ask Twilight for a train ride sooner down the line. Also in that view, far from the station, there was a hospital, thankfully it doesn’t seem to be rundown like that one hospital he stayed in if he recalls. As they went past a couple of houses, his eyes gazed at a huge oak tree, it seems to tower over the other houses and probably the biggest tree he ever saw comparing to some of the trees in his world. “Whoa…” he gasps quietly, “This is where you live?!” “Yep,” Twilight says as she opens the door to the library, the room’s interior was a sight to behold, shelves filled with so many books, probably some are about spells, legends, items, so many to even know and find, “and since we really don’t have a guest bedroom, I can probably sleep in a sleeping bag and you can have my bed until I can get another bed for you.” They went upstairs on the second floor and into Twilight’s bedroom, more shelves, more books, Gregory was in awe of her. “How many books do you even have?” He asked. Twilight was about to answer, but then she stops to think, she giggled awkwardly a little as she then says, “Um… to be honest, I think I stopped counting at around two hundred and fifty-seven.” “That many?” He asks in shock as he was lifted up by magic and onto Twilight’s bed, she nods to his question and then she lifted Spike, and into his little basket, tucking him in with his blanket. “Okay, now, I gotta study this relic I found in the Chamber of Creation,” Twilight explains the young colt, “But if you ever need me for anything, give me a holler, okay?” He nods and tries to get comfy in her bed, she strokes his head, tells him good night and she leaves the room with a lamp light dimly lit. As she leaves the room, she took off her saddlebags and took out the stone tablet again, she has never seen anything like this. So she grabs out some of her books of magical relics, ancient tablets, and her reference notes during her exploration in the Chamber. She opened one book and began to scan through one sentence at a time, then down another line, then another, then another… nothing, so she turns to the next page, then she reads another line, then another, then another… once again, nothing, and turns another page to repeat the process. Two and a half hours later Her research was not meeting her expectations, no answer came to her in any of these books, at all! She looked back at the notes and tried once again to match up to anything that books may hold an answer… once again, there were no answers to the questions she has. “Urgh, this is frustrating!” She groans quietly, becoming very agitated and putting the notepad down, “There are no records of the Chamber of Creation, or this stone tablet!” She then tries to calm herself down with the breathing technique her foalsitter, Cadence, taught her, she inhales slowly through her nose and exhales through her mouth, she does again, and again, until she’s finally collected her thoughts and tries to think aloud, “Okay… so there are no records, where else can I find about these in particular?” She looked at the bookshelves again and began to scour through the alphabetical order of books, from myths and legends to forbidden items and arcane magic. Once again, the process repeats, she was about to give up, but then she finally, finally comes across a excerpt from a book that was written by Starswirl the Bearded himself! The text reads: ”Something that was peaking my curiosity is these stone tablets, they don’t seem to be Equestrian by any means, but somehow Equestria’s ancient text are engraved on it’s frame. I’m beginning to believe that the source of these tablet are indeed coming from the Chamber of Creation itself… where that is, it’s still out my reach.” Twilight smiles and says to herself, “Out of reach, until today that is.” She kept reading: ”I really can’t explain this in much detail, but I can only hypothesize that something that is tied to the individual in question, a tablet like this one shown in this drawing, like an object or memory that they last saw or have before dying. What’s interesting about this is that a few ponies that I came to mentor have experienced memories of their reincarnated forms, but that’s a very rare case, or in other case, the object or memory in question doesn’t have any ties to their reincarnated souls. In an extremely rare case, I met a mare who’s name is- “TWILIGHT NO!!!!!!” Her eyes went wide as she heard an ear killer’s scream, this nearly made Twilight’s heart stop placing her hoof on her chest. She looked at the staircase and she went immediately to mom mode, going upstairs and into her bedroom to see Gregory covered in sweat, his eyes bloodshot, bags under his eyes… she could see that he was having a really hard time sleeping. That wasn’t the only thing, he screamed so loud, it woke up Spike. “Huh?! Who?! Why?! Where?!” The dragon asked, fully alerted and awake, looking around the bedroom and took notice that Twilight was in the room. He then heard somepony hyperventilating. “Gregory, honey? Are you okay?” She asked him, she went to the side of the bed, the colt did answer her as he kept hyperventilate, “Gregory? Sweetheart? What’s wrong?” She stroked his head, drenched in sweat, his entire face went pale from the nightmare he just had. “Whoa, Gregory! What happened?!” Spike asked in shock, taking notice of Gregory’s condition, “You looked like you came out from a rapid lava lake!” “I SAW HER!!” he screamed, tears were running down his cheeks, “VANNY WAS HERE!! SHE WAS COMING HERE TO KILL US!! SHE GOT SPIKE, THEN YOU, THEN… Then… OH PLEASE, I DON’T WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN!! PLEASE, JUST MAKE HER GO AWAY!!” Twilight felt awful for Gregory, he was still traumatized on the night from the Pizzaplex. She sat up on the bed and pulled him in for a hug. “Shh... shh... It’s okay, Gregory. I’m here, I’m here,” She whispers tenderly into Gregory’s ear, whom is now crying and hiccuping into her chest “She not going to harm you. She’s already gone from your world, right?” He in turn hugged tightly, grunting from the tight wrap from his forelegs, not even wanting to let go. She continues to calm him. “Oh, Gregory…” she sighs sadly. “Man, and I thought dealing with Discord’s reign was bad.” Spike says, troubled with the nightmare the colt had. He patted on his shoulder, getting the boy’s attention, his bloodshot eyes starring right at him, “I don’t know who Vanny is, but whoever she and if she’s ever giving more trouble, you got us to count on. By the time she even lays an appendage on ya, we can send her packing and buck her out of here in no time!” “B-but what if she found her way here like I did?!” Gregory timidly asked, “W-what if she does something horrible to you?! W-WHAT IF-“ “She won’t,” Twilight cuts him off, placing her hooves on his sweat and tears soaked face, “You’ve been through a broken life before, and since I’m the one that remade you and resurrected you soul, I’m going to make sure nothing awful like that will ever happen to you again. You have me, Spike, and our friends to help you, and believe me when I say that nothing bad will happen to you, by Celestia’s life, I mean it. I will help you get your life back together.” She kissed his forehead and hugged him once more. As she let go of him, he seems calm and gave her a weak smile. “T-Twilight? Can I ask you something?” Gregory timidly asked again. “Anything.” She replies with a kind smile. “In… Instead of sleeping in the sleeping bag… can you sleep with me?” Twilight was taken aback by his question, but she smiles and then says, “I’m more than happy to do so Gregory, scoot over and I’ll join you.” He does so and she got her hind legs into the covers. Spike sees this and then he asks, “I don’t suppose you got room for one more?” Twilight giggles at Spike’s question and pats behind the colt. As the little dragon sets himself in a sleeping curl, Twilight begins to hum a melody for Gregory. Her voice was gentle, soothing, as if one of God’s angels was sent down from the heavens and had given form of this mare, this guardian angel. 🎶Rest now, my dearest star Luna’s moon has arrived Let it’s light embrace you And cast your fears aside 🎶 🎶 You may feel sad And you may feel broken But I’m here to guide you So please here the words that are spoken 🎶 🎶 Let your heart dance like the stars Finally shining in the darkened sky And let your eyes rest and see your happiest dream Let it take flight and let it soar high 🎶 🎶The day has come and gone Now the sun too needs it’s rest Now the illuminating moon is here Your flight to the dream’s realm will be blessed 🎶 🎶 They will forever share your laughter Even not knowing why Let it be seen now and forever after Through the sky, through the sky 🎶 🎶 Let your heart dance like the stars Finally shining in the darkened sky And let your eyes rest and see your happiest dream Let it take flight and let it soar high 🎶 🎶 Rest with me now until day breaks And dance with me as the light points the way Dream your dream, and it will set you free Glide among their soirée 🎶 🎶 Let your heart dance like the stars Finally shining in the darkened sky And let your eyes rest and see your happiest dream Let it take flight and let it soar high 🎶 🎶Let it soar high 🎶 Twilight looked at the sleeping colt and dragon, smiling at what she’s achieved she let out a yawn and held Gregory close to her. “I promise,” she says to him quietly, “I will keep you safe… just flow where the stars and Luna guides you and have good dreams. Good night Gregory.” With that, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.