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// Chapter 31: A Chestnut and a Princess fight the President 
// Story: A Walking Chestnut 
// by Netap 
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When Lycanroc chased Samuel into the forest, Cadence was worried she lost them.
A friend of hers is being hunted by the leader of the group which kidnapped princess Moonbeam, He was in danger and she couldn't do anything.

Cadence never really fought anybody outside of some sparing matches against her fiance, but she knew the basics of both Unicorn and Pegasus combat, so she could hold her own until actual guards arrive to reinforce her in the case of an attack.

But right now, she doesn't have her guards with her, all of them remaining on the ship they arrived in, leaving Cadence as the only pony available to stop Lycanroc and save Chespin.

But with the two of them under the canopy of the forest, she doesn't know where to go.

Until she saw a bright light shoot upwards like a beacon of hopes and dreams, a star shooting upwards leaving behind a trail to follow.

A trail leading right to President Jeremiah "Lycanroc" Anderson himself.




Wiping the blood off his pristine white coat with a tattered cape he picked up, Prince Blueblood turns to look at the beacon of light shooting upwards from the nearby woods. "Is that where Moonbeam is?" Princess Ambrosia Muffinsbuns asked him as she too cleaned a splattering of blood and grime off her yellow fur.

Looking closely at the beacon, Blueblood can only barely see his cousin flying towards it as nothing more than a purple and pink speck in the distance.
"I do believe so, let us hurry over then," Blueblood turned to look at the Diamond Dog Princess, 
"Shall we?"




Climbing out of the tunnel that was dug for her, Princess Moonbeam and her new friend, The Carbunkappa kid, looked towards the most visible landmark.

"What is that?" Moonbeam Twinkletail whispered to herself as she looked towards the beam of light shooting towards the sky a mere two hundred meters away from her. "Gah," The crystal-covered turtle voiced out in his turtle language, whatever that word meant.

"Whatever it is, The Great Princess Twinkletail shall take a look!" And with a bravado she didn't have, she picked up the Carbunkappa and walked toward the trail of starlight.




"Thanks for coming so fast, let's take him down," I say to Cadance, who even without understanding what I'm saying, nods her head.

As I continue to ricochet between the trees to add momentum to Rollout, Cadance's horn glows the same blue light as the barrier surrounding the clearing before boxes and pillars of hard light or whatever type of magic-made construct they count as appeared in the clearing.

"You!" Lycanroc screamed as he jumped back onto his feet "Why are you interfering?! You Equestrians are ruining everything!" He yelled as he leaned forward and ran towards Cadence, seemingly ignoring the constructs appearing around him.

And as he entered between several of the shapes, I took my opportunity.
Using the momentum I built with Rollout by ricocheting off the trees, I shot towards one of the nearby shapes Cadence created.

At the speed I was going, I was close to a redlining race car. I was fast.

And as my Rollout hit the magical construct, It shattered into shards and shot towards Lycanroc, who was forced to stop running towards Cadence and lift his arm to block the shards. I rocketed back into the tree line before ricocheting into another shape, shattering it, and rolling back to the tree line.

"Stop moving!" Lycanroc yelled as he dodged another barrage of magic construct shards, trying to keep me in his vision as I rolled around the edge of the clearing, bouncing between trees and constructs.

I decided to honor his wishes, by shooting past with a Rollout, narrowly avoiding his grab at me midair.
"Stop it!" He yelled as he lunged after my small form, I instead ricochet back towards him, hitting him in the stomach before he could react and shooting back towards the trees before he can catch me.

Growling in annoyance, Lycanroc stops looking for me and turns his hate-filled sights over to Cadence, who's sweating at keeping up the barrier whilst maintaining the construction of new constructs to jump off of.

With a feral grin across his face, Lycanroc starts running toward the princess.

With a final ricochet, I shoot towards Lycanroc, passing above him and exiting Rollout midair.
He quickly looks over his shoulder at me, only to get his torso and left arm caught by a vine whip.

"Huh?" He voices as the two green ropes of grass-type energy capture him, only for him to be sent dragging after me as I use the momentum from Rollout to drag him away from Cadence.




A dark fog hovered over the city of Dimondia as it floated toward the fight between the two humans.

The creature hidden in the fog has spent almost a month looking forward to getting its revenge against the ones who put it in the state it found itself in, and one of those humans was the perfect way to reach it, the more nights it spent spying on him, the more it was sure of it.

All she needed was the chance to take over his body when he is at his weakest. And it nearly succeeded when it learned of the anomalous time dilation between the reality he came from and its own, the only reason it failed was because of that dream of a reality made of three apocalypses, but it matters not.

Now he is fighting, actively weakening himself, making his body ripe for the taking.
It was difficult hiding from the newly freed princess of dreams, and it was hard manipulating the emotions of those around him to bring him into his predicament. 

But the simple thought of how intoxicatingly pleasurable it will be to see the faces of the other Spirits when they find out it won was enough to make the entire chain of events worth it.

Making Samuel feel negative was easy enough to do with him being paraded around Canterlot like a rabid animal, it barely had to work!
Making Blueblood think of ruining the mission with a petty revenge plot against the secretary took a lot less effort than it thought it would take.
Making Jeremy start his plan early by fueling his anger against the rulers was what truly made it all click.
With Lycanroc kidnapping Moonbeam, It knew that its plan was successful.

Not that clown Discord, not that psycho Cosmo, and not that fool Eris, but it!

Not Chaos! Not Malice! Not Pleasure! But Nightmares!!!

And all it needs to do is wait for Samuel to wear himself out against Lycanroc, and it will be her victory.




Cadence breathed heavily as she worked her unicorn magic Overtime, creating more and more constructs for Chespin to bounce into.

If someone told her a year ago she would be risking her life to save a rodent from a Dog with rocks in his hair, she would have asked if he was alright.

But now that her horn is burning from overuse, she can't help but think that maybe she should have listened more when she was in school.

Chespin once more shattered one of her constructs, her horn pulses a bit brighter to replace it.

"Yep, Unicorn Combat at its finest." Cadence thought to herself as another bead of sweat rolled down her brow.




Reaching a barrier in the forest, Moonbeam tries to look inside to see what's happening on the other side.
And as soon as she sees what's in, she quickly turns to hide behind one of the trees.

"He's in there" She whispers shakingly as she holds the turtle-like creature closer to her chest.

On the other side of that barrier, fighting what looks like Mr. Mouse and a Pink Unicorn, is President Lycanroc himself.

"We have to help them" She whispered to herself, looking at the trees surrounding her before taking a peak at the young Carbunkappa she was holding.

"This might hurt a bit," She told him as he looked up at her, "But I promise you that no harm will come to us," She looked into his eyes.
"Do you trust me?" Princess Moonbeam asked the crystal-covered turtle.

And when she received a nod in return, she smiled.




"Hurry up, We're almost there!" Indiana yelled as she ran towards the beacon of light, Katherina and Fiona running after her.




Blueblood and Ambrosia calmly strode towards the forest outside of Dimondia, where the beacon of light that stretches endlessly into the sky stands.

"When we arrive, You will pick up your sister and run whilst I rejoin Samuel and Cadence. Do we agree?" Blueblood asked as he entered into the treeline, Ambrosia nodded to his plan, looking forward to hugging her sister once she was safe.




High above the clouds, leaving after itself a trail of light, The Shooting Star of wishes, Jirachi, stopped in her journey.

High above the world, looking at the entirety of the country of Caninia, Jirachi giggled to herself.

A Wish of Freedom.

Her master truly was a funny one.

And with a bright explosion of light and stardust, The Wish Was Finalized.

"Jeremy Anderson," She began, her melodious voice like wind chimes on a peaceful day, reminding any who might listen of a zen temple or a shrine, "Your Wish, The Freedom of the people of Caninia, is ready." She took a short pause to close her small green eyes.

And when she opened them again, they shone a bright gold. "Your second wish has been granted," She said as two of the ribbons on her head burned away, leaving only one attached.

Looking at the single blue ribbon flopping on her crown, she pulled her hands to cover her mouth as she giggled again before disappearing in a shower of gold and blue sparks.


And the wish was granted.