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// End Of Part One 
// Story: Absence Of Life 
// by AnnEldest 
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Discord and I entered the hospital to join up with the others. As planned, they were all in Sandbar’s room. I was thinking about everything that I have learned in the last couple of days. Everything was slowly unfolding in making sent however there was still one little thing that didn't feel right. If everything I saw with Discord was true then there were a few things that just didn't line up. 

When Spike saw us, he got up from his spot and ran up to us. “So? What did you find out?” 

“She's innocent. She was there that night but she didn't kill him. He was just sick.” I believe I might have been smiling a little bit too brightly than I should have. But it was a nice feeling that  I wasn't blindly trusting someone. 

“Oh?” Spike asked, shocked. “And Timber Hall?”

“We don’t know. We didn't see anything with him,” Discord answered. “But we shouldn't let it be past us yet. We’ll help the kids do this then we can worried about her.” 

“Just out of curiosity how do we reverse the curse she has,” I asked. 

“ I read up on it,” Spike began.” it's not as simple as it may seem. When you do a  curse like that sometimes a simple spell or magic isn't enough. You need a place to  contain that sort of magic or need something more stronger to cast the spell.”  He hesitantly pointed at me. “ You should know this when it came to using the elements to send you to the moon. It's the same thing here. Timber Wing  would have needed to use something very powerful.”

“If was Savannah said to me was true, my bed would be something like a relic. Sort of like the Phoenix,”  I suggested to them. “They both seem to know dark magic so they would both know how to make one.” 

“The only question would be what to use as a relic and where is it now?” Discord said. 

“And those are questions we can answer after we're done helping the kids,” Spike said. 

After that, everyone else was talking about the next step of the plan and what each of them would need to do. I stood by the doorway watching everyone carefully listen to Spike's instructions. 

“This won’t stop anything.” I knew it was Savannah’s voice. 

I stared out into the hallway. She was standing in the doorway, motioning me to follow. Against my better judgment, I slowly trotted out hoping no one noticed. I let a few of the nurses and doctors trot past us and let the hallway clear a little bit before speaking; didn't need anyone to see me talking to anything. 

“This won’t stop anything,” Savannah repeated herself. 

“I don’t understand.”

“I know what you're trying to do. Even if are successful, he will still come after though. He needs them to stop me.”

I took a glance at the students before resuming my stare at her. “Who?” 

“Timber Wing,” she said annoyingly as if she expected me to already know that. 

“Savannah, I don't know how to tell you this but I've never seen him,”  I confess to her. It was true I hadn't ever seen him once through this whole ordeal. It was always Timber Hall. 

 she looked at me completely stunned. I  delete it if she believed me. “That's impossible. He's been talking to that little girl. How have you not seen him?”

“Silver Stream?” That wasn’t right. “How do you know it was him?”  

She scoffed at that question. “He's the only one that wants to stop me. He also knew where the house was. Who else could it have been?”

 that was when I was convinced that she didn't know who Timber Hall was. but that still didn't add up. If she didn't know who he was then did she kill him. Then it hit me. 

“Give me a moment.” Without waiting for a response I went back into the hospital room.

“Cozy Glow, when did you cast that spell?” I asked drawing all of their attention to me. 

“The spell would have been casted when we all recited it not when all the symbols were written?”  cozy glow wanted to clarify with Spike. 

“That's right,” Spike answered. 

“Then it would have been the night Sandbar was attacked. So about two weeks ago now.”

“There was no way that that happened two weeks ago. It feels so much longer,” Sandbar said.  He was right about that. Unfortunately little did he know. 
  
“That was what was off to me. Timber Hall and his friends went missing two months ago. And if Savannah wasn't able to leave the house before the spell with cast--”

“There's no way she could have been able to kill Timber Hall,”  Cozy Glow finished for me.          

The realization slowly swept through the entire group.

“But she did Kill the entire Village,” Gallus pointed out. 

“The entire Village practically killed her,” Cozy Glow snapped. 
 
“It wasn't right what she did to them but they did wrong to her first. I guess it is a very tricky situation but we should always try to be better than our enemies instead of worse,”  Ocellus calmly said to them. “The point is she didn't kill Timber Hall…” 

“That’s right,” Yona agreed. 

“We said we'll deal with this later, Luna,” Spike said.

“I know, sorry. I need a think.”  I stormed out of the hospital room and trotted down the hall.

 Something wasn't right. Why would Timber Hall lie to me? Was he that devoted to his grandfather or something? I was so close to figuring this out. I just need it. Last missing piece…  

“You okay?” 

I turned around and saw Cozy Glow standing there. 

“I’m fine. Just thinking. Actually, you said you believed you saw him before coming to me. what did she say to you again?” 

She was quiet for a moment as she thought to herself. “Something’s wrong. Find me. Something is wrong. He told me he would fix this. He kept this from me. I needed her to see this. She can help me with it. She can find me.”  She shrugged. “Honestly assumed he was talking about you. You were so invested in finding him.” 

 It made sense then I figured that she was correct on that assumption. “For the moment let's just say that he was. What would he have needed me to see?”

“I guess whatever was on the camera.”

“And who kept it from him?” I asked.

“I don't know.”  She shrugged again. “All he said was that someone was going to help him fix it.” 

“He was supposed to.” That wasn’t Cozy’s voice. “He said that it was the best stop seeing you that the girl would be able to help me find my body. He said he was going to talk to her and if needed you. I had something on me that could help us or that was what he said. It was the watch that I gave you. He wanted that for some reason. That was all he cared about... I thought that he was trying to help us.” 

Consciously I slowly began to face him listening to every word that he was saying. I wasn't sure how to respond to it but the more he spoke, the more it all started to come to me and make sense. I wanted to ask him how did he get the watch but I didn't want to speak up with cozy glow behind me.

 Luckily though he seemed to have already known this as he then answered it. “ I received a letter a month before….”  his voice trailed off. “ I was told to meet up with someone. They said that in my grandfather’s will I was to receive something and it was the watch. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen. I just wanted to be found. I wanted my friends to be found I don't want everyone else to think that they'll never find us.” His body was fading again as he was crying now until there was nothing left.

 I was breathing heavily as I was trying my best not to cry. I bit my lips as I felt a lump in my throat. this really did seem to be one huge misunderstanding and even after everything,  there was still no way to track him and his friends down. However, there was still one thing but I was able to figure out.  

“I need my bag.” I started trotting back to the others. 

“What?” Cozy Glow followed. 

“My bag.” 

“I know where your bag is. You left it at the castle after that night we were attacked. I was going to give it back to you but I forgot to bring it with me. It's in my room now.”

I stopped where I was at and turned back at her. ”Well then take me back to your room.” 

I followed her as we headed back to the school. It didn't take long for us to walk down the hallways and up to a door.  the second she opened the door I immediately ran in there looking for my bag. I saw it lying right by her bed as I used my magic to quickly open up and dump all of the content that was in there onto the floor.

 I scramble through all of the things until I got the one thing I was looking for. With my magic, I held up the watch. The watch that I was received the night before any of this happened. The night when it's simply seemed like a ghost was just missing and needed to be found. Of the night when I really didn't understand what he was really a part of. Or at least unintentionally a part of. 

 Savannah mentioned how Timber Wing always carried it around, I was told by what I thought to be Timber Hall to never let her have it.  and after learning about how to reverse the curse I now knew exactly what this watch really was worth and it was a lot more than what Spike had told me.

“I know what we need to do. I know what this is.” 

Cozy glow looked obviously confused at me as she didn't know half of what was really going on. “It's a watch.”

“Maybe but it's also what we need to stop everything.” Still holding it with my magic, the watch floated right beside me. 

There was a sudden knock on the door. The slowly opened, revealing that it was silver stream. 

“The others were looking for you and I saw you guys coming in,”  she simply said.  her voice seemed dark and empty.”

“We were just about to head back now,”  I answered. 

“Princess Luna thinks that she might have figured it out,” Cozy Glow said with excitement.

“That's great,” Silver stream said with a smile but it seemed fake and her voice didn't match it. She walked past Cozy Glow and went up to me. “I'm really happy that you're helping us.” 

“It's what I do.”

“I'm just saying I really appreciate it. You helped me more than I think you realize so thank you for that.”

“Silver Stream you really--” She hugged me quite tightly before I could even finish. I just simply put a hoof around her not wanting to be rude. “You're welcome.” 

“Princess Luna?!!” Cozy Glow shouted. 

I  jumped at outbursts and was about to ask what was wrong when I felt myself being pushed back a couple of steps. I looked up and saw that Silver Stream now had the watch in her hand.  Her eyes then begin to glow red as the watch begins to light up. My first instinct was to light up my own horn but of course, it didn't work. It quickly came upon me what actually had happened. 

“I must admit I am impressed.” It was still  Silver Stream’s voice but I knew that it was not her. Flashbacks from when I was at the Crystal Empire with Cadence started coming back to me. I have prayed that I would never have to witness that again. “But of course, you always figure things out too late. I didn't know about my grandson giving this to you; would have saved me a lot of time but none the less I got what I wanted and I'm not letting you stop me.”

“Silver Stream” pointed the watch at me as it grew brighter. I stood still breathing heavily unsure what to do. My heart was beating it my mind tried to come up with anything to stop this.

“Silver Stream, I know it's not you. You can fight this. Please.”  I knew we were doing nothing. 

“Get me that!” I heard Cozy Glow scream as she lunged at silver stream taking her hand that was holding the watch and began struggling to take it away from her.

“Let go you, bitch!” 

The two of them continue the struggle over the watch when suddenly silver stream screamed as cozy glow bit her on the arm. 

“Luna, get the watch!” Cozy cried out. 

I saw the watch drop onto the floor and whether intentionally or not Cozy Glow kicked it and caused it to skid across the room. I quickly ran and grabbed the watch which was still glowing and pointed it over at the two of them. The lights shining on their face and they stop tackling each other and stared up at me. Silver Stream simply smirked and stepped away from Cozy Glow. 

“Release her, Timber Wing. She has done nothing wrong to you,”  I warned as I pointed the watch at her. 

“Or else what?” Her smirk somehow grew bigger. “You can't hurt me. You hurt me you hurt her.” 

That was the unfortunate truth that I had already dealt with once and was forced to face again but with a child. Luckily though, I felt a presence that was all too familiar. I stayed quiet hoping it was who I thought it was. 

“Why don’t you leaver her alone?!” Cozy yelled. 

“Now why would I do that? Face it. There is nothing you can do.” She started laughing loudly when she was suddenly cut off the end with a quick gasp passed out onto the floor. There was a loud thump as she fell dropping the watch. The watch then dimmed and no longer was lighting up. 

Discord stood behind the now unconscious Silver stream. “Maybe she can’t but I can. Unlike Rosetta, you are very weak. Pity.”

 I let out a small breath of relief. It wasn't over but at least at the moment, she was safe. 

“W-what j-just happened?” Cozy Glow asked. Confusion wasn't even the right word to describe the look on her face. 

“Now care to explained to me what is going on?” Discord smiled at me. Standing right next to him was no other than Savannah. 





“You want to what?” Spike asked in disbelief. 

We had all gathered outside of the hospital. Thankfully, Sandbar was feeling well enough to trot.  Though I did stay close to him just in case.

“We need to release Savannah.”  I pretended not to notice her smile at that. 

“Is that a good idea?” Yona ask frightened. 

“After everything she has done?” Smolder scoffed. 

“Yes,” I nodded.

“So we’re just choosing the lesser of the two evils, then?” Gallus asked harshly. 

“Guys, let her finish,” Sandbar jumped in on them.

“Yes, maybe, I don’t know” I snapped at them. “The point is is that she can stop him. She didn't know that you guys warrant against her. Because  Timber Wing was talking to Silver stream she thought that you were working for him and not being used by him. But now she knows so if we free her she can fight him and help Silver Stream.” Discord was holding Silver Stream in his arm. 

“I know that I'm no longer the mare I once was,”  Savannah signed heavily. “ I'm never going to be here again and I'm not going to pretend that I am;  the least I can do is help you guys and make sure that he can't hurt anyone else as he has hurt me.” She took a deep breath as her eyes watered. She quickly wipe them as they rolled down her face. 

“What's the plan then? Weren't we supposed to just reverse dispel?” Ocellus asked. 
“We don't need to if we free her,” Spike said. 

“The only thing is how do we make sure “he”, “ Cozy Glow gestured at Silver, “Doesn't get away.” 

Spike held up the book that Cozy Glow and Smolder used. “I've been reading through this and there's a lot of interesting things in here. I will admit I did kind of struggle since I'm still practicing on my pony Latin but there is no doubt a lot in here.”

 He continued. “There is a spell that might be able to help. It's a spell meant to temporarily trap spirits. kinda like the curse ohn Savannah but very minuscule. It won't last long but it might by us some time.”

“All I need is five minutes with the bastard,” Savannah said with a low harsh voice. 

“I don't think she will need very long,” I chuckled. “Now with all of that being said, I think I might have a plan.” 

It didn't take long for all of us to get to the house. The plan was already in motion. Spike had explained the spell to the kids and exactly what they needed to do. Very similarly to the symbols in the house, we're going to be placed around it. That way Timber Wing wouldn't be able to leave. Each of them had a symbol that they would mark on a certain part around the house.

The only thing was that we needed to make sure he went into the house. Then buy them enough time to finish the spell by distracting him. Though that part was actually going to be easy. Discord laid Silver Stream down on the floor. It was only a matter of time before she would wake up and I already knew that most likely Timber Wings still had his hold on her. Hopefully, we would be able to release Savannah before she would woke up. 

Now all that was left to do was wait. The watch in my hoof, eyeing the symbols that started all of this. I felt a hand on my back.

“All things considered this wasn't too bad compared to things we faced before,” Discord tried to lighten the mood. 

“Yeah, I guess,” I nodded. “Let’s just finish this.” 

“Okay. I’m going to check on the others.” Discord walked to the door. 

I was going to follow him when we both heard a loud bang from above. We both stared up at the ceiling and stared at each other with the saying confusing glare. Before any one of us could actually question it there was a creaking sound coming from the floor. I figured out too late that it was coming from beneath me And screamed as I felt myself free falling into a void below me.

  I cried out loudly and in pain as I make and pack onto the ground below me. I groaned as I try to find the strength to get up.  That was when I heard a chuckle that send chills up my spine.

“You really thought it was going to be that easy,” Timber Wing said as he came upon me. That's when I noticed the watch on the floor stop. He picked it up and it started glowing again. 

Whatever pain I was feeling instantly went away with the adrenalin that flew through my body that got me to get up. He fired a blast of fire, I rolled to the side, dodging it. He began to fire blasts repeatedly, and I kept dodging them, just barely.

I got up and continued running down this void that I found myself in. Everything was dark so I had no idea where I actually was. My only exception was in the basement that we found the last time we were here. But I wasn't really sure it just felt like I was running down one long hallway.

I could feel him behind me as he constantly kept trying to blast me. All I could do was just keep running and dodging and hoping that the others could finish the spell. 

Eventually, though I, unfortunately, hit a wall where there was no longer a way to keep running forward. I turned around and start only a few feet in front of me.

I stood there ever silently, shivering in fear. The only thing I could think of was trying to get the weird powers that Shredder told me about. I lifted my hoof trying to get it to light up but no avail. There was nothing I could do.

“You just had to help him.” He shook his head, disappointedly. “You couldn't just say no and went on with your life.”  

I squeezed my eyes shut, preparing to get burned.

“Luna!” I turned to my right and saw Discord. “Move!” 

I jumped out of the way as Discord shot a blast at Timber Wing. He deflected the blast with his own and shot out another one at Discord. Discord formed a shield allowing the blast to hit it causing him to stumble a few feet back.  

I stood and watched the two as they brawled with each other. I wanted to do more to help him but I was powerless. 

I felt the gust of wind beside me. Savannah looked at me with a very similar helpless look as I had. 

“This is how I've been feeling for the last 60 years.” She looked down on her own hoof. 

“Where are we? This doesn't look like it's part of the house.”

“It isn't,” she said. “I call it the void. Think of it as a little pocket dimension. A little small place where you can go and hide. This was where I would go to test out my experiments. All you have to do is fly up and you would be out of here. It's not really that big. But the only way out is up.”

“How powerful are you?!” I asked. 

“I had a lot of power,” She crossed her arms. “And very little to fight him now. You seem to have quite a lot of power in you. I sense it but you don't have enough control over it.”

My body tensed up as I was beginning to see where this was leading to.

“I know I'm the last pony you would want to trust,” I wouldn’t say the last but not the first. “but if you want to help them, you're going to have to put in a little faith in me as I did with you. Just long enough for them to release me.” 

I wasn't sure what to do but she was right. My mind went back to What shredder has told me. The powers I can have by using the powers that the spirits could give me. But I didn't know if I could trust her to use my body and let her take over my mind. The thought of possession already scared me socially after what happened to Cadence. But I could already see that Discord was struggling.

Maybe not all ghosts are bad... 

“Okay,” I whispered.

What happened next is really hard to explain. All I felt was like a weird pressure in my body. It was like Nightmare Moon but so much stronger; feeling this power, this adrenaline, presence in my mind. I could see but I couldn't feel. I couldn't move anything. I couldn’t speak. The only thing I could do was think. I could hear my thoughts but everything else was not in my control.

 I was nothing more but a thought in my own body at that moment. That should have scared me, terrified me, and make me question everything that I did and agreed to.

But I wasn't. This adrenaline that I felt was so addicting that I had to witness what I could now do. Even though I wasn't able to do it myself, I wanted to see and feel it. It didn't matter if I was in control or not just as long as I kept feeling it. 

Discord put another shield of a magic sphere. He was pushed back a few feet upon blocking the blast, before he fired a powerful beam at Timber Wing, causing him to fall onto his back. Discord Teleported behind him and Shout out another blasted him. Timber Wings then jumped up dodging the blast and shooting one of his own back at Discord. 

This time it hit Discord and he cried out as he was sent into the nearby wall cracking it on impact and groaning as he fell to the ground. 

“Nice try.” Timber Wing turned back to finish me off but I no longer was there. 

Open your eyes.
It's time to see the morning sun
Don’t cry.
Don’t run.
Let’s see what the day becomes.


The words came out of my mouth but I wasn't the one saying them. It was my voice, but it wasn't me. We stood a couple of feet behind him. Timber Wing turned around and simply scoffed. 

“What is this?” He laughed. 

Both of my hooves lit up a very bright blue orb. “It's sad that she lacks so much control. Because I can feel so much power in her.” She fired a beam at him, hitting him in the face and stunning him.

“L-luna?” It was Discord. 

“Go!. Finish the spell,” I heard myself say to him.

“Luna, what--”

“Just finish the spell!!” I shouted at him. Discord didn’t say anymore. He got and teleported away.

“Now shall we continue?” She turned back at her target and shot a blast at Timer Wing. 

He dodged another beam from us and bucked us in the face, throwing us on our back. I heard my voice as I cried out in pain but I felt nothing. The Cry of pain than the last long as it started to turn into laughter. I felt myself stand up, hooves still lighting up. Magic then wrapped around him. He struggled to get away from the grip but wasn't able to. 

She lifted one of my hooves to the air. As she did so he began to follow then she slammed him hard onto the ground. And then slammed into the ground again. Then did that again a couple more times.

She released him from my grip, letting him drop to the ground. His eyes widened in fear as we trotted up to him. He shielded himself, but we easily broke through them and gave him a mighty uppercut, sending him flying high in the air. She then shot upwards and fired an extra thick beam of magic, hitting him with a rocking explosion.

He landed on the ground bleeding, grunting, unintentionally letting the watch go right beside him. 

“I'll be taking that,”  I said cheerfully as I saw myself pick it up from the ground with my powers. 

“Luna?” 

She smiled when she heard that voice. I saw Discord standing there, looking at us in shock. I knew he had most likely seen what I just did. “Is it ready?” 

“Yes, We just need you to bring the watch back to the other so Spike can---” 

“Don't bother,”  I heard myself interrupt him. “I already know the spell.” 

We held the watch up to our face and I heard myself begin to whisper. I couldn't make out everything that she was saying but I could tell that most of it were in pony Latin. What I did hear though was how it ended. 

I wait for the time when the sun will truly rise. See now spirit from the depth of the night, come forth now into the absence of light.

“I wait for the time when the sun will truly rise. See now spirit from the depth of the night, come forth now into the absence of light. I wait for the time when the sun will truly rise. See now spirit from the depth of the night, come forth now into the absence of light.”

Magic infused my body. A bright light surrounded us as we lit up the void that might have even been brighter than the sun itself. The light then began to die out slowly and slowly so we were back on the main floor of the house

But something else was different too. The house no longer was wrecked nor seemed abandoned. It looked just like the vision Discord and I saw. It was back to its glory back when Savannah left there all those years ago. 

“I’m free…I’m free…Thank you. Thank you.”

And just like that all of that energy and adrenaline that I fell went away. My body felt drained. I fell weak as if for once I  age of the number of years I was. My legs were shaky wobbly as it was getting harder to stand.  I was light-headed and I began to fall to the ground. However before I landed, Discord grabbed me and held me in his arms.  

Timber Wing lay in the center of the room. Savannah landed beside him. She noticed him shaking weakly in an attempt to stand on his hooves and she immediately stamped her right foreleg at his back, forcing him to lay on the ground again.

“You know, I almost gave you a chance. I almost considered loving you.”  she looked back at us. “I suggest you head out and your sakes don't come back.”

Discord helped me up, keeping ahold of me. “You won't have to worry about that.”

That was the last thing I remembered before I was finally blackout.   

Nothing much had happened. I woke up later back in my room and Discord had explained to me what had happened. They took Sandbar back to the hospital before anyone noticed he was gone. They had all agreed that it was best to never mention this to anyone. The students had no problem agreeing with. 

I spend the next few days in my room feeling sick. Celestia was worried about me but was told by a doctor that it was just the feather flu. I knew what it was though but I wasn't going to correct anyone.  The only real good news was that nothing else seemed to be happening to the students and silver stream was also feeling better as well. She didn't remember what happened but cozy glow and I decided not to tell her. 

With everything that she was already put through it was best not to let her know that she almost hurt some of her friends. I didn't like keeping secrets from a child but it was what was best. Hopefully one day they could offer to get this had happened altogether. 

Today though Discord, Capper, Spike, and I over to the hospital to see Trixie. I had to admit that I wasn't as focused on her as I felt like I should have been. I still didn't understand what part she has a play in all of this. Something attacked her and Timber Hall but it wasn't Savannah. Part of me wondered if it was Timber Wing but it didn't seem like it was him though. Spike was set on just believing it was some of the Fallen that escaped. I, unfortunately, had to force myself to believe that as well. At least for now. 

“Is she going to be okay?”  Spike asks concerned.

“The doctor said that she should make a full recovery,” Capper said with a little doubt in his voice.

I stood at the doorway of the hospital room. She was laying on the hospital bed asleep. she had surprisingly recovered from her wounds fairly quickly according to the doctors but mentally she seemed very off. That was why she was still at the hospital. I was just hoping that she would get better. 

“So what did you guys do with the watch in the book?” Capper asked. After the night Cozy Glow and I were attacked by Savannah, Capper has spend most of his time keeping an eye out on Trixie so Spike was catching him up.

“The watch is just being added to the collection of other cursed items we have been started with,”  bike answered. “The book, however, I have decided to keep a hold of... I have a feeling it might  be able to help us.” 

The two of them continue to talk back and forth. I wasn't paying attention much. I feel a tap on my shoulder from Discord and I looked up at him.

“Luna?” 

“Yes?”

“I've been wanting to bring this stuff but--”  he paused for a moment. I already knew what he was going to say. “ I Know What You Did down there.- I know--”

“Not now, Discord,”  I  stopped him. “We can talk about it later with Shredder I promise.” 

“Really?” I knew he didn’t believe that. 

“Yes.” I trotted into the room and sat next to Capper who was still looking over at Trixie. 

“So what now?” Discord asked. 

“We wait for the next time something tries to kill us,” Spike jokingly answered with a chuckle. “Boy do we have one heck of a story to tell Big Mac at our next guy's night.”

“Yeah. Bet he'll feel really lucky that he chose to help out Granny Smith make that big delivery,”  Discord laughed back. He then looked over to Capper. “Hey Capper, ever thought about joining guy's night?.”

“I know what you guys do and no offense but I'm not really into role-playing games.”

“If we can get Discord to love it we can get you,” Sike said to him. 

“I'm not really into it myself but honestly I could use a nice break from our little reality,” I said. 

“Does that mean we're doing it?” Discord asked hopefully. 

“Like now? Capper asked 
“Yeah, now. Let’s go.” 

“Well I'm not going to say no to that,” Spike cheered.  

I couldn't help but burst out laughing as Spike followed Discord out of the room. Most likely to head over to the castle to play some more ogres & Oubliettes. 

I looked at Capper. “Shall we? Don’t worry we can check on her later.”

He signed heavily and got up. “Why not?” 

We both went out of the room to join the others. When we got into the waiting room I saw that Cozy Glow was sitting in one of the chairs. The second she saw me she got up and tried it up to me. I noticed that she was wearing a saddlebag. 
 
“I'll just catch up with the others and you can meet up with us,” Capper said and then head out the door.  

“Hello, Cozy Glow.” 

“Hello, Princess Luna.” 

“ I just wanted to say thank you for everything.”

“ there's no need for that. It's part of the job,”  I smiled and nodded at her.

“I know but it still means a lot to me.” She shared a smile back with me. “But also,” She began going through her saddle. “I wanted to give you this.” She pulled out the camcorder that she had shown me the day she started telling me everything that have happened with her and her friends.

“We never really had the chance to look into this and I believe it's important.”  She was right about that. That was something that was left alone. the camera itself was still in terrible condition but maybe it could be fixed. But I didn't know much about fixing camcorders. 

I took the camcorder from her “Don’t worry. I’ll look into this.” 

“Did you ever find him?” Cozy Glow then asked. She was talking about Timber Hall. 

“Sadly, I have not but I won't give up,”  I said determinedly. ”It's just going to take a little bit more time is all.”

“Well, I believe you will find him.”

“Thank you.” We both started making our way out of the Hospital. 

“I have to head back to the school but I hope I see you again.”

 I leaned forward to her and gave her a small tap on her head. “I hope so too but under different circumstances. See you around Cozy Glow.” 

I looked out in the distance and I saw Timber Hall staring back at me. He was still pale but I have sworn I could see just a little hope in his eyes even if for a second. I promised him and I was promising myself that I was going to find him.  That was my next mission.

However, for now, I was going to enjoy a couple of hours with my friends. Even if it was going to be watching or playing such a rather silly game, it was going to be a nice break from everything else we've done. At this point, it was just routine to face these things but now I knew and was more confident than ever before that no matter what happened, I wasn't going to have to face it alone. 

Now our mission began to help those that were. Thinking back to it all, it was interesting to see all of the stories of these lives that we have helped and changed. It was weird thinking about all of these different people that we have met living and dead.  But their stories were also a part of our own. Stories that would have been left untold if it weren't for the abilities that I was gifted with. It was kind of ironic when I thought about it. 

 In order to really share my story, I first had to share theirs.