CAMP OF THE FALLEN GODS
A young woman with long raspberry hair and a flower crown was walking at night around a nomad camp.
"Hey Gloriosa, why do you go out at this time of night?" asks a teenager with green hair.
"Sorry for worrying you Timber but Discord said he was coming back tonight."
"Why don't you look happy about that?" I ask his sister.
"Because he said that he would bring more guests than expected." She answered.
"Didn't you hear something?" Timber said.
“AAAAAAAAAAA!!”
In an instant Gloriosa and Timber saw two giant lizards running past.
"I win! I win!" Pinkie yells as she jumps for joy on top of the lizard.
"Who let Pinkie Pie take the reins of the lizard!?" Limestone yelled furiously.
"Pinkie wanted to know when Sunset's birthday was and they both bet on a race." Maud replied.
"Okay, you won. I'll tell you when my birthday is, but don't tell anyone else!"
"Your Majesty, please, why don't you let the more experienced one drive next time?" Shining Armor says as he is holding tightly to his belt.
"It's not that bad...Harry didn't complain." Sunset said with a face that showed how much fun she was having despite losing the bet. Sunset didn't like to lose but for some reason she didn't care much this time.
"It's because the poor thing is paralyzed with fear!" Fluttershy replied as he tries to calm a traumatized bear.
Then Sunset looks around and sees many tents made of leather and skins, she also notices that more people begin to appear and she immediately remembered that from what Discord said, most of them are gods, she also noticed that there were some humans, since humans did not emit the same presence of the gods.
Discord suddenly lifts Sunset up onto his shoulders. "Welcome to the headquarters of the fallen gods." Discord then looks around. "Didn't I take eight lizards with me?"
Just at that moment, the eighth lizard that was ridden by Wallflower appeared. "Why did you think it was a good idea to bring all the diamond dogs in one lizard?" Said the green goddess.
"Well... I think that's all of them." Discord said as he ignored Wallflower's complaints. “What about you? I take it there weren't any problems while I was gone?"
Gloriosa sighs in resignation and talks to Discord. "We'd have less trouble if you hadn't taken Wallflower...how do you justify that?"
"I used some divination and it turns out they weren't going to need her until..." Discord looks at the sky and answers. "Now!"
Wallflower runs to the center of the camp and raises his hands. “Divine Power 'Eye Closed'”
"Hey girl, do you want to know what's happening?" Discord asks Sunset. "I want you to look up and tell me what you see."
Sunset looks up at the sky and concentrates without knowing what to look for. "It would be easier if you tell me what I'm looking for." Discord touches one of Sunset's eyes. “aaaah!! Why did you do that!?” Then she sees Discord pointing at the sky and Sunset sees a giant eye. "What is that?"
“That's the 'omnipresent eye.' It is something that can only be used by someone from the divination affiliation, they can use it to watch or look for something. Although it can only be used in a temple that is in the land of the gods and I also think that the name is a bit exaggerated, since although the eye can see in a place at the same time it can still be in any place".
"And what is she doing?" Said the redhead.
"That's a divine power... but Wallflower's is special since she can make the eye ignore us." Discord replied.
"Is it over?" someone asked.
"Yeah. Hey Wallflower, the danger is over!" said Timber.
Wallflower lowers his hands and sits down to rest. Meanwhile Gloriosa continues to talk to Discord.
“You seem to be in a good mood. I take it you found what you were looking for?”
"Yeah. Hey girl come over and meet Gloriosa Daisy, she is the leader of the fallen gods”.
“She is the leader…? I thought you were the leader?" Sunset asked. The gods who heard Sunset looked at each other and then began to laugh. "What did I say?"
Timber who was also laughing approaches Sunset to explain. "Listen, miss... Discord is a good person, his advice is listened to and appreciated, and many of us here wouldn't be alive if it weren't for him, but..." Timber made a serious face. "I'd rather fight All Master with my hands tied than leave Discord in charge of anything."
Discord pretends to be offended and says. "Come on... I'm not such a bad leader."
"Yes you are!!" All the gods shout.
"Hey!! Do you remember the shipwreck from which I saved them all?” Discord said.
"You mean the same shipwreck you caused?" Timber replied.
"What a shipwreck...?" asked Pinkie.
"We don't talk about it." Timber answered but when Pinkie was going to insist Timber answered again. "We never talk about it!"
While Discord and Timber were arguing, Gloriosa approaches the humans and diamond dogs that had arrived. "Welcome to our camp, I have been preparing your tents so you can rest, tomorrow we will assign tasks to everyone to help with the camp."
BEFORE LEAVING THE CAMP
"I need one of you to go to Canterlot." Sunset tells Velvet and Night Light. "Redheard is going to organize the freed slaves and rally other factions to the cause...and she's going to need someone from House Sparkle to prove the legitimacy of it all."
"In that case I volunteer to go." Reply Nightlight.
“Do you understand how important everything you have to do is?”
"I know how dangerous this mission, Your Majesty, can be."
"Please stay safe please." Velvet nudges her husband as they hug.
Sunset didn't like the idea of breaking up the family. She knew how sad that was from her own experience. Sometimes he wondered if Grandpa Gruff was okay.
"You'll need this." Sunset hands him her necklace with the royal ring. "With this you can convince more groups to join."
"But Your Majesty." Night Light tries to talk until Sunset interrupts him.
"I'm not going to need it for a while so take care of it."
"I will do that, Your Majesty"
NOW
That same afternoon Sunset was enjoying a good rest in her tent until...
“Hey girl! Wake up!" Discord yells.
"What happen to you?! Don't you see I try to get some rest?!” Sunset said angrily.
"You've been resting since we came... I remember it like it was yesterday." Said Discord.
“We arrived today in the morning!!”
"Seriously? As time flies... come we have to see what you are layers of ".
After Sunset gets ready she follows Discord into the forest.
"Why are we here? Sunset asks.
“To start…” Discord looks around the forest. “I'm escaping from Gloriosa who keeps asking me for an explanation about all the humans I brought with me. Second... I want you to tell me if you can still use magic. And third, I want you to tell me what your plans are from now on.” Discord replied.
Sunset sighs and answers. "As I said before, no, although I feel that I still have my magic for some reason I can't use it... maybe the human body simply isn't good for magic."
"And how did you learn to use magic in your world?"
"I was self-taught." The former unicorn replied.
"Autodidact? Don't they have schools of magic or at least teachers who teach it?"
"There are but... but I didn't live among unicorns at first." Sunset noticed Discord's look that said he wanted to know more. “I lived my childhood among griffins... and they don't exactly specialize in magic and there were no other unicorns around to teach me so I had to teach myself. Eventually my grandfather sent me to a unicorn school where I was able to improve."
"Then the situation is not as bad as it seems."
"What are you trying to say?" Sunset found what Discord said weird.
“What I'm trying to say is that it's easier for you to walk the same path that you once walked. And you told me that you were self-taught... that means that you already know that way”. He said with a wide smile. "You just have to walk it again."
Am I going to walk the same path that I once walked?
"Time is on your side girl, I guarantee it."
“I suppose it could work but... I heard Filthy Rich talk about the aura of materialization. Could you teach me how to use it?"
"I guess sooner or later you were going to find out about that... and the answer is no, at least a god couldn't teach you that."
"Why?"
"Simple answer, I have no idea how it works, I know of humans who learned without the need for a teacher but they all had mental vision."
"Mind vision?"
“It allows you to see things that ordinary humans can't…” Discord started looking around and noticed something. "On that rock, can you see anything?"
Sunset concentrates but doesn't notice anything. "I do not see anything". Sunset said.
"I see a mass of air floating." Pinkie Pie said that she was next to Sunset also looking at the same rock.
"AAHHH!" Sunset screamed in fright. “Pinkie! What are you doing here?!”
Suddenly Applejak appears from behind a bush. "Pinkie Pie saw you heading to the forest with Discord and I told her to leave you alone but she insisted since you still haven't told her when it's your birthday then I lost sight of her and then I found her here."
Sunset sighs as she remembers the bet. “Discord, could you let them stay? They also want to train to be stronger.”
"Hey, pink, how much did you hear?" Discord asked.
"Almost everything!" Pinkie says happily.
"Okay. The rest you explain to your friend... I'm not going to repeat everything... back on topic, if you don't have mental vision then you don't have the talent to learn it yourself and you will need a teacher."
"Do you have mind vision?" asks the redhead.
"Of course not, mental vision is something unique to humans, I can just notice faint cues in the environment, that's why I knew about the air mass."
"Are you talking about that air mass?" Applejack asked.
"Can you see it too?" Discord asked surprised.
"Actually before I couldn't see it that clearly, just small and fuzzy spaces but for some reason lately I've been seeing it more clearly." Applejack replied.
"Now that's weird..." Discord thinks about the situation. "That's a mystery for later. Now I guess you two could try to learn it and then teach Sunset... meanwhile we can also train you to improve your fitness and also learn to fight. It will be very difficult. Do you think you can bear it?"
"We are not afraid of difficulties." They all respond.
“Excellent if you want we can start the training now”. Discord says as he hands the three girls a stick. "First lesson Real combat!".
The three girls were going to attack Discord until he stops them. "They're not going to fight me!" And the three stop. "You girls are going to fight against..."
"Sorry for the wait, I'm here now." At that moment Fluttershy appears. And the three girls look at Discord.
“They won't fight her either…not her really…Fluttershy, call them now.
Fluttershy settles down. "I'll try to be kind... 'Divine Power'." Fluttershy's shadow begins to get bigger.
Sunset prepares to fight. "Are you ready Applejak?"
"Like a cake fresh out of the oven."
"And you Pinkie?" And Pinkie doesn't answer. "Pinkie Pie?" Sunset realizes that Pinkie is missing. "Where did she go?" They then notice that Pinkie was running. "Pinkie Pie! Why are you running away?!” Sunset yelled noticing how far away Pinkie was.
“Pinkie sense!!” Pinkie Pie yells in the distance.
"You know Sunset... I think we should run too." Applejack said.
Then Fluttershy screams. “'Pack of Beasts!!'”.