A dire situation
“What’s going on?” Babs Seed said. “I thought we’re safe.”
“I think we may not be safe,” Cozy Glow said as she flew next to Babs Seed.
“You’re not saying what I think you’re saying,” Mage Meadowbrook said with a concerned tone.
“Remember the words that Twilight Sparkle said?” Cozy Glow asked. “That she may have been spied upon?”
“Oh dear,” Mage Meadowbrook said. “Does that mean we have to put up with those cretins again?
“Good heavens,” Starswirl the Bearded said. “You’re telling me that they know where we are?
“I’m afraid so,” Cozy Glow said. “I think the reason why they didn’t invade is because they wanted to catch us all when we least expected it.”
Rockhoof looked out through the mouth of Grogar’s Lair. Though he saw no sign of life, a sense of uneasiness filled his lungs.
“I believe we may not be safe in this cavern,” Rockhoof said. “If what Twilight Sparkle said is true.”
Midnight Sparkle was quick to fly all the way to the crystal ball and fire a blast of magic into the orb as Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, Babs Seed, Starlight Glimmer, Princess Celestia, Starswirl the Bearded, Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook and Stygian gathered around.
“Please tell me this isn’t true,” Midnight Sparkle said.
The crystal ball showed an image of Neigh Nanners with an army of protesters right behind him, marching away from Manehattan. Some of them were armed with pitchforks, torches, clubs and even swords, maces and axes. The entire group backed away in fear as Midnight Sparkle stared at the crystal ball.
“I….I don’t believe it,” Midnight Sparkle said. “They know where we are. I was played for a bigger fool than I realized.”
“Our situation is far dire than ever,” Queen Chrysalis said, stepping forward. “They’re going to come for us and tear us to bits.”
“Twilight,” Princess Celestia said. “Now is not the time to be brooding. We have to do something about this.”
Midnight Sparkle looked down at the crystal ball and saw Neigh Nanners and the Protesters march through the forest. They made their way into the Unicorn Village within Bridlewood, tearing the place apart and sending the various unicorns, including Latin Roma, running to the hills. As the protesters tore the village apart, Midnight Sparkle overheard the sound of her companions chatting amongst each other.
“Everyone,” Midnight Sparkle said. “I have made a decision.”
“That’s great,” Starswirl said. “What should we do?”
Midnight Sparkle closed her eyes and said “Abandon base.”
Immediately, Starswirl, Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook, Stygian, Babs Seed and Queen Chrysalis began to make a run towards the entrance. But they froze in place when Princess Celestia yelled out “STOP!” They turned around and saw Midnight Sparkle, Princess Celestia, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow and Starlight Glimmer standing there next to the bell and the crystal ball.
“Not a good idea,” Starlight said towards the group near the entrance.
Starswirl turned to face Celestia and said “Are you crazy? They’re going to be here any moment now.”
Princess Celestia levitated the Bewitching Bell with her magic. She turned to Starswirl and said “Twilight was able to use this bell to create a portal to here. We’re going to create a portal directly to Canterlot Castle, and get ourselves back home. Allow me to do the honors.”
Starswirl nodded and said “Then make it so.”
Princess Celestia fired a blast of magic into the Bewitching Bell. The bell rang and created a second portal. She turned towards the rest of the group.
“Now,” Princess Celestia said. “Let us go back to Canterlot.”
Starswirl quickly ran towards the portal and jumped through. Following from behind were Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook and Stygian. But when Celestia, Midnight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer and Babs Seed turned, they noticed Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow remaining still in place.
“Go, now,” Chrysalis said. “We’ll hold them off.”
Starlight ran besides Chrysalis and said “You’re coming with us.”
“Are you that blind?” Tirek said. “We’re pariahs towards the ponies in Canterlot.”
“I will give you three amnesty if you come with us,” Celestia said. “Now come.”
“Listen,” Cozy Glow said as she flew up to Celestia. “If you pull that stunt, many of your allies will call your actions into question and justify Neigh Nanners’ resolve.”
“Like that’s going to matter,” Babs Seed said. “They’re already declaring all of us pariahs that deserve to be locked up.”
Midnight Sparkle walked up to Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow and said “They’re right. Besides, you saw what that kind of magic did to Babs Seed and to all of us. Do you want to come back with us to Canterlot? Or become mindless zombies to Neigh Nanners?”
Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow stood silent for a bit. They all stepped forward and said “We’re coming.”
“Good,” Princess Celestia said. “Now go through the portal.”
Without a second thought, Tirek ran as fast as possible towards the portal and jumped in, with Queen Chrysalis and Cozy Glow flying in afterwards. Celestia, Midnight, Starlight and Babs Seed all looked at each other before staring at the portal and bell.
“Twilight,” Celestia said with a smile. “It’s great to have you back.”
“Even when I’m bad,” Midnight Sparkle said. “I do agree.”
“And by the way,” Celestia replied. “Be prepared for the backlash Luna and Novo plans to give to us and Starswirl.”
With a running start, Celestia, Midnight, Starlight and Babs Seed ran as fast as possible, jumping through the portal all while dragging the Bewitching Bell through. The portal closed the moment all four ponies ran through.
Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Princess Luna wandered down the halls from the throne room. Next to her were Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Spike and Sunset Shimmer. Every one of them looked nervous.
“I have not heard from Princess Celestia since she left for Manehattan with Starlight Glimmer,” Princess Luna said, pacing nervously.
“Calm yourself, Princess,” Applejack said. “If anything happens, you’re our last hope.”
“But that’s just it,” Princess Luna said. “Without my sister, I feel….incomplete.”
“And we feel incomplete without Twilight Sparkle,” Sunset Shimmer said. “But we press on in hopes that she will see the error of her ways and come back.”
“Yeah,” Pinkie Pie cheered. “I bet they’re using the Bewitching Bell to create a portal from the evil lair alongside Starlight Glimmer, the Pillars of Old Equestria, our own foes and Babs Seed to come back home.”
Everyone just looked at Pinkie Pie with a stern look on their faces.
“Pinkie,” Rarity said. “I know you have a lot of faith. But that just came right out of nowhere, even for you.”
“Really?” Pinkie Pie said. “Well, take a look right behind you.”
Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Sunset, Spike and Luna turned around to see Stygian running up to the group.
“Stygian,” Rainbow Dash said. “What happened? Did they get Princess Celestia, Starlight and the others?”
“No,” Stygian said. “We’re all back. All of us.”
“All of them?” Spike said. “Even Twilight’s back.”
“Yes,” Stygian said. “She’s back. Though you can barely recognize her.”
Luna, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Sunset all turned towards Pinkie Pie, who let out a playful raspberry at them.
“Told ya,” Pinkie Pie said at the end of her raspberry.
Princess Luna turned her head towards Stygian and said “Well this is the best news we’ve heard all day. Lead us to Celestia and the others.”
“Righto,” Stygian said as he turned around and ran towards the hallway entrance, with Princess Luna, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Spike and Sunset Shimmer following from behind.
In the Grand Foyer of Canterlot Castle, Princess Luna ran down the doorway and down the staircase. Her eyes laid on Princess Celestia, who got herself up and dusted herself off with her wings. Right next to the Alicorn Princess were Starswirl, Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook and Starlight Glimmer. Luna ran up to Celestia and proceeded to give her big sister a hug. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer, Spike and Stygian followed Luna from afar.
“I’m glad you were able to get back in one piece,” Princess Luna said. “I don’t know what would have happened if you got lost in that chaos.”
“I was only gone for a few hours, Luna,” Celestia joked. “It’s not like I was gone for a thousand years.”
Luna looked up at Celestia and gave her a stink eye. Celestia gave off a playful raspberry towards her sister.
“Okay, that was too soon,” Celestia said as Starswirl and Starlight walked up to her and Luna.
“What we all encountered was far worse than we realized,” Starswirl the Bearded said. “Neigh Nanners has turned ponies in Equestria against us using a relic known as the Emotion Amplifier. We tried to confront him. But I’m afraid he was able to outfox all of us.”
“Begging your pardon, Starswirl,” Fluttershy said. “But what do you mean by that?”
Starlight breathed out a sigh of anxiety and said “Well thanks to a fine situation, we wound up forging a truce with them.”
Starlight pointed to her side where Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow stood by. This caught the attention of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer, Spike and Princess Luna, who all but Pinkie took an aggressive stance.
“What are those three doing here?” Rainbow Dash said.
Pinkie Pie just waved and said “Hi Chrysalis. Hi Tirek. Hi Cozy Glow.”
Rarity glared at Pinkie and said “Don’t greet the enemy. What if they take advantage of you?”
Princess Celestia walked up to Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow, turned towards Luna and said “Don’t worry. They’re not going to attack for the time being, considering that they’ve suffered the same fate as the rest of us.”
Princess Luna’s face went into a disturbed look as she waltzed over to Celestia and said “Are you out of your mind? You decided to form an alliance with those three?”
“Considering that Neigh Nanners have decided to treat them and us as the enemy and how they overpowered all of us,” Princess Celestia said. “We had no other choice.”
Queen Chrysalis walked up to Princess Luna and said “Consider this, Princess Luna. As much as we despise you, we despise Neigh Nanners far more. So this truce is absolutely necessary.”
“Even if it is,” Princess Luna said with a harsh tone. “I have a distrust in you three, considering the stunts you pulled in the past, from draining Equestria of its magic to kidnapping all of us.”
“Then consider that any hostilities towards you and your kingdom will not be on the level of Neigh Nanners,” Lord Tirek said. “Besides, our beef is with that monster and his Emotion Amplifier.”
“I’d say you three belong back in Tartarus where you belong,” Luna said. “I don’t trust you villains at all.”
“This, coming from the pony who was Nightmare Moon and got banished to the moon?” Cozy Glow said with a smirk tone.
Princess Luna violently pulled Cozy Glow over to her and yelled out “Don’t you take that tone with me, young lady.”
Immediately, Celestia got in between Luna and Cozy Glow and said “Enough. All of you. We have to put aside this squabble and work together. Otherwise Neigh Nanners will overpower all of us.”
“Sister,” Luna said as she released her grip from Cozy Glow. “Have you not learned why Discord got in trouble for that Grogar stunt he pulled?”
“Princess,” Starswirl said. “As much as I hate to take sides, I’m with your sister on this. Regardless of what Discord did, that pales in comparison to the crisis we’re in. This is going to take everyone to work together.”
Somnambula walked up to Princess Luna and said “If that wasn’t enough, you should have seen up close what the power of the Emotion Amplifier could do. It was like we were buried under an emotional avalanche of rocks and we were rendered powerless.”
Luna let out a sigh and said “I was afraid of this. Maybe returning from the moon was a bad idea.”
Princess Celestia reached down and picked up the Bewitching Bell with her magic. Luna just looked at her sister with total unease.
“And you also acquired Grogar’s Bewitching Bell?” Princess Luna said. “Honestly, you managed to outpace my time as Nightmare Moon.”
“At least I was able to recover Discord’s Magic,” Celestia said. “Not that it will do us any good. Twilight told me that his magic was worthless.”
“Wait,” Luna said. “Twilight is here?”
Spike ran up to Princess Celestia and said “Tell me she’s alright.”
“She is,” Princess Celestia said. “But you may not recognize Twilight in her current appearance.”
Sunset Shimmer turned her head and looked next to Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow. Nearby, Midnight Sparkle looked up at Sunset before hiding her face with her wing.
“Twilight?” Sunset said. “Is that you?”
Midnight Sparkle barely poked her head out and said “I’m no longer the Twilight you used to be.”
“You’re right,” Spike said, approaching Twilight with curiosity. “What happened to you?”
“She became Midnight Sparkle,” Sunset replied. “Like how the Twilight Sparkle of my world became Midnight Sparkle because of what Principal Cinch did to her.”
Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy all ran up to Midnight Sparkle. They were happy to see their friend, but also concerned for her.
“Twilight,” Rainbow Dash said. “What were you thinking? Why did you put your faith in becoming this Midnight Sparkle?”
“Well,” Midnight Sparkle said. “It’s a long story.”
Pinkie Pie jumped up to the group and said “Well after Neigh Nanners sent you crying away from Canterlot, you wound up in Grogar’s Lair, wanted to confront Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow, only to be dejected when ponies across Equestria had made a pariah out of you. So you joined their caused, allowed the Bewitching Bell to turn you into Midnight Sparkle, help double cross Grogar who was really Discord in disguise, went undercover along with Cozy Glow as ponies from the future to spy on the protesters, discovered the purpose of the emotion amplifier, used Discord’s magic to jinx a village of unicorns into going ‘Bing Bong, Bing Bong,’ when they heard Magic, Wing, Feather or Mayonnaise, watched as Cozy Glow rescued three kittens from drowning, tried to turn Neigh Nanners’ protesters against him, only to realize that the Emotion Amplifier overrode Discord’s magic, ran into Celestia, Starlight and the Pillars, were forced to form an alliance, were overpowered by Neigh Nanners’ Emotion Amplifier, and had to retreat back to Grogar’s lair before realizing you had to come back here with everyone because Neigh Nanners placed a magical spark behind your neck to track your every movement.”
Pinkie Pie collapsed onto the floor with a lack of oxygen. She breathed in and out really fast as she tried to catch her breath. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Spike and Sunset all surrounded the pink earth pony.
“Pinkie,” Rarity said. “I think you overdid it.”
“Actually,” Sunset Shimmer said. “When you think about it, it does make a lot of sense.”
Sunset Shimmer walked over to Midnight Sparkle, who now stood besides Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow. Midnight just stared back at her former student.
“Twilight,” Sunset Shimmer said. “After hearing what Pinkie Pie had to say because she’s…well…Pinkie Pie, I think I understand why you went down this path. And even then, it wasn’t enough to endure the harassment this Neigh Nanners character gave you.”
“Woah woah, Sunset,” Rainbow Dash said. “You’re now justifying what she did?”
“I’ve been down this path before when I was this she-demon,” Sunset Shimmer said. “But I had a more selfish reason. Twilight on the other hand, I believe Neigh Nanners was messing with her in more ways than one. He must have used this…Emotion Amplifier to convince her to be evil, and then mess with her and the other villains when given the chance.”
“Sunset,” Applejack said. “I don’t know if you know this, and even though you’ve been a villain before, we don’t really have trust in Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow.”
“And you may not have any other choice,” Sunset said. “Sometimes we have to take a hard and painful path to get to the solution we need. The easy way out is not always the best way.”
“But what if they turn on us?” Applejack asked.
Tirek walked up to Applejack and Sunset and said “You actually do have a reason to distrust us, considering what we did in the past. But right now, I’m not in the mood to double cross any of you. I’ve got a bone to pick with Neigh Nanners, and until this is settled, I have no choice but to help you ponies out.”
Rainbow Dash flew up to Tirek and said “Fine. But don’t expect us to be nicey-nice with you three.”
“Deal,” Tirek said. He turned to face Applejack and added “And by the way. There is someone you know of that we were able to rescue.”
“Wait,” Applejack said. “What do you mean by that?”
Tirek merely stepped to the side, where Applejack laid her eyes on Babs Seed.
“Babs?” Applejack said.
Applejack wasted no time running up to Babs Seed, who leaped into her older cousin’s arms and hugged her.
“It’s great to see you again, cousin Applejack,” Babs Seed said. “You wouldn’t believe what that monster Neigh Nanners did to me.”
Applejack faced Babs Seed with a tear in her eye and asked “But how did you break free?”
“I can answer that.” Applejack turned her head to see Mistmane walking up to the apple farmer. She added “And I’m afraid it’s worse than what you can imagine.”
“Mistmane,” Applejack said. “You saw what happened alongside the other pillars. Can you tell us what happened?”
“Babs Seed was under some sort of magic from this Emotion Amplifier,” Mistmane explained. “She kept chanting how Neigh Nanners was a prophet of some sort that will save Equestria and overthrow all of its rulers. Celestia included.”
“But how did Babs Seed break free of Neigh Nanner’s mind control?” Applejack asked.
Mistmane smiled and said “Ask Tirek. He was the one who freed Babs Seed, though at the expense of added indigestion.”
Applejack looked up at Tirek, who stood firm with his arms crossed. The centaur looked down at Applejack and said “It’s true. I tried to drain what Neigh Nanners put on Babs Seed out of her. But the moment it got into my system, I suffered a sharp pain that I couldn’t bear. I was only fortunate enough to expel the magic out of my system the way I took it in. The little one was fortunate enough to break free. But to absorb the rest of that magic out from the protesters is something I cannot stomach.”
Applejack looked down at Babs Seed, who gave the apple farmer a wink. The honest mare looked up at Tirek and said “I know I don’t have trust in you because of what you did back then, especially when you used Discord for your own means. But after what you did to save Babs Seed from this kind of mindless control, you have at least earned my trust. Thanks.”
Tirek nodded and smiled as he said “Don’t mention it.”
Nearby, Celestia and Luna began to walk up the stairs with Starswirl and Stygian by their side, all while Celestia had the Bewitching Bell beside her. While Luna still had a sense of distrust towards her sister, Celestia focused more on the door with a hint of worry in her face.
“So I take it you’re going to let Queen Novo and the others know about this,” Luna said in a stern tone.
“I am,” Princess Celestia said. “All I know is that when they learn that we brought Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow here, I’m going to get yelled at even worse than when I yelled at Discord. I’m betting Novo’s going to chew me out far worse than she did with Twilight.”
But before Celestia or Luna could reach the top of the stairs, they saw Queen Novo at the doorway. It didn’t take long for the elder alicorn princess and the hippogriff queen to stare down at each other.
“Princess Celestia,” Queen Novo said. “You’re back.”
But Princess Celestia only turned her head back in shame.
“What is wrong, Princess?” Queen Novo asked. “You look like you did something bad and you’re expecting me to treat you as harshly as I once did with Twilight Sparkle.
Without a single word, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna pointed to Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek and Cozy Glow near the bottom of the staircase. Queen Novo slowly walked down towards the three villains.
“Oh,” Queen Novo said. “These must be the terrible trio that Discord tried to dunk into the sea for Twilight Sparkle.”
“I’m surprised that you brought up Discord,” Queen Chrysalis said as Novo approached her, Tirek and Cozy Glow. “But then again, I’m more surprised at what Discord tried to do to us.”
Queen Novo laughed and said “Oh please. If I wanted to stop you three, I would have done so right away.”
Queen Novo took her eyes away from Queen Chrysalis and looked down at Cozy Glow.
“So this must be the troublemaker who’s Tirek’s protege and who took Equestria’s magic away,” Queen Novo said while Cozy Glow crossed her arms in a grumpy pose.
“Yeah?” Cozy Glow said. “What’s in it for you, sister?”
“A feisty one, I’ll say,” Novo laughed. She regained her composure and said “But I must ask you this. What happened to your parents?”
Cozy Glow turned her head away in shame and said in a depressed tone “That’s….something I don’t want to discuss.”
Queen Novo’s face turned to curiosity. Celestia and Luna watched in the background, their faces turned towards each other in grave concern. Luna whispered something into Celestia’s ear, who nodded back.
“I….understand,” Queen Novo said in a hesitant, and yet concerned, voice.
Queen Novo turned her eyes towards Tirek, who barely shifted his head away from the Hippogriff Queen.
“And you must be Lord Tirek,” Queen Novo said. “I heard you’re both the brains and brawn of the trio. I also heard tales about how you used Discord for your own means, and your fight with Twilight Sparkle.”
“What you speak is the truth,” Tirek said. “If you have a distrust towards me because of what I did, then you have every right to do so.”
Novo merely chuckled and said “So I do. Though on the flip side, and it does make me sound like a hypocrite, you are one handsome looking Centaur.”
Lord Tirek looked at Queen Novo with an astonished look on his face, all while Queen Chrysalis growled at the Hippogriff Queen.
“I believe it would be best if you directed your attention to Twilight Sparkle,” Tirek said in an embarrassed tone as his face blushed bright red. “You’re probably going to be upset when you see her.”
Queen Novo turned her face down to Midnight Sparkle, who barely hid behind Tirek.
“Twilight?” Queen Novo said. “Is…is that you? What happened?”
“Don’t look at me, Queen Novo,” Midnight Sparkle said as she hid her face. “I’m in an even worse position than when I tried to steal that orb of transformation of yours not long ago.”
Queen Novo walked up to Midnight Sparkle, who buried her face into Tirek’s leg. She reached down with her claw towards Midnight’s face, who barely took a peek.
“I was selfish back then,” Queen Novo said. “I thought I could protect my own people by keeping them in Seaquestria, away from the Storm King. But in the end, I turned out to be no better than the Storm King, and my daughter showed me the hard way, even at a risk of being grounded.”
“But….you were right,” Midnight Sparkle cried. “I don’t deserve to belong with you, and now I don’t deserve to belong to any of my friends, or even my new allies.”
“Twilight, listen,” Queen Novo said. “Whatever is in your head, is not your fault. Neigh Nanners corrupted your mind with this so-called Emotion Amplifier to make you become a villain, and then did it again to destroy your own faith. You are better than what that monster says you are.”
“But,” Midnight said, only for Tirek to pull his leg away from the dark unicorn.
“I hate to take the side of a good guy,” Tirek said. “But she’s right. I actually was excited to see you join our side. But after what happened in Manehattan and what Neigh Nanners did to you, I would sooner see you get better as my enemy, than to see you suffer as an ally.”
Midnight Sparkle turned her head from Tirek towards Queen Novo, who held her claw out. Midnight slowly reached her hoof out until she barely placed it on Novo’s palm, who gently closed it and placed her other claw on Twilight’s hoof with a smile on her beak.
Princess Celestia walked up to Queen Novo and Midnight Sparkle. She placed her hoof on Midnight’s face, causing the dark unicorn to rest on the palm while allowing Novo’s grip on her hoof to slip off. Celestia turned towards Novo with a tear falling from her eye.
“Thanks, Queen Novo,” Princess Celestia said. “I owe you one.”
“That won’t be necessary,” Queen Novo said. “But that being said, don’t expect Twilight’s own students to be kind about seeing Cozy Glow again, or Chrysalis or Tirek.”
“Noted,” Celestia said.
Luna walked up to the group and said “But now there’s the case of having to find a cure for what Neigh Nanners did to Twilight. And to the citizens of Equestria. If only we had that tome on artifacts that was stolen from them.”
Midnight Sparkle’s face lit up. She jumped out of Celestia’s hoof and started to panic-jog in one place.
“I just remembered,” Midnight Sparkle said. “In our haste to get out of Grogar’s lair, we left the book behind.”
“We’re bigger fools than we realized,” Queen Chrysalis said. She began to run towards the entrance as she yelled. “Come. We’re getting that book back.”
Suddenly, Queen Chrysalis was held in place by magic. She turned to see Princess Celestia holding the Bewitching Bell by her side as she pulled Chrysalis back.
“It’s too late,” Princess Celestia said. “At this point, Neigh Nanners will most likely have recovered the book for his own deeds.”
“Which means,” Starswirl said. “He could end up discovering even more secrets about the Emotion Amplifier.”
Luna walked up to Celestia and said “Well I can’t blame you on that one, sis. But what do we do now?”
Celestia turned towards Luna and said “I have this strong feeling that we may have to evacuate the refugees to the Crystal Empire, and go with them ourselves. I believe the Crystal Heart may hold a key into fixing this mess.”
“Sis,” Luna said. “I hope it does. Otherwise, mother help us all.”
Back in Grogar’s lair, a number of protesters surrounded the outside of the place with extreme prejudice. Inside, there were only a handful of protesters on lookout as Neigh Nanners looked through the caverns, scanning the place through.
His eyes caught the attention of a tome that was left behind in a nearby corner that was out of sight. Neigh Nanners walked up to the tome, picked it up, opened and placed it on the table. He turned a few pages of the tome, looking through every word, every sentence and every paragraph.
But as he looked at one page, he cracked a smile in anticipation.
To Be Continued