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// Ch 8 The Crusaders 
// Story: Enforcing Change Side Story 
// by Scootaboom1 
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Emerald Garden

Unlike the first time I had a potion so that I didn't get train sick.

We were not sure why Sunstone hadn't gotten her cutie mark.

Mist Mane had heard about a group known as the cutie mark crusaders from the royal family.

I tried to cheer her up but she just looked out the window and ignored me.

I was starting to get worried for her.

Hopefully this trip at least cheers her up.

Sunstone

Despite the trip to Ponyville to meet these so called experts known as the cutie mark crusaders I just couldn't.

The train ride over I just looked out the window.

Sure I loved my family and my life but it felt like something was missing.

Was it something wrong with me?

Emerald kept trying to cheer me up but I couldn't.

As the train came to a halt.

We were supposed to meet them at the platform.

Looking around I saw three fillies l, one of each tribe.

They seemed to notice us.

I continued to look around for these so called experts when the three fillies who were only a little younger than me approached.

I confirmed to them that I was Sunstone they introduced themselves as the cutie mark crusaders.

I was skeptical and asked how they could be experts on personal crisis.

They invited us to their club house.

I signed knowing that I wouldn't be able to get them to stop without humoring them.

When we made our way thru Ponyville many ponies greeted and thanked the crusaders for their help.

This made made me a more confident in their ability to help.

When we made it to their clubhouse I started to explain my issue.

It wasn't to worried about the cutie mark itself but rather that I felt like something was missing.

Like a part of me was missing.

I explained how I was found and the missing memories of my past.

I also told them about my struggles with magic too.

They started to consider what to do when they suddenly seemed to remember a potion that may help.

With some help from the local alchemist who helped us before.

Eventually the potion was made but when I drank it nothing happened.

According to the alchemist this means that the memories themselves were not there.

Sweetie Bell suggested that make our way to the library to see what we find.

We looked for anything that could be a clue.

I tried to use my magic to lift a book but it fell out of the air.

I sighed and said that I was going to go for a walk.

I had two reasons for it.

To blow off steam and second was to investigate the strange feeling I got both this time and last time I was here.

I seemed to somehow know my way through the halls of the castle.

I entered a room filled with machinery and a mirror.

When I saw the mirror the strange feeling felt overwhelming.

With a thought I walked into the mirror.

Emerald Garden

When Sunstone left I knew that I couldn't leave her alone.

Not only was she in a bad mood but she had been acting strange ever since we entered the castle.

As I followed her I noticed that she was in some kind of trance.

When she entered a room with a lot of machinery.

When she started to walk into the mirror I run to follow her but slipped and hit some podium before I followed her through the mirror.

Nightlight

After Emerald Garden made her way through the mirror the her crash into the podium caused the journal ended up falling off.