Chapter 53: As The Misty Clears
Misty roared as she lifted her right hoof up, which is a homemade sock puppet of herself with an evil look and the amulet. “‘Get dragon fire for Opaline!’ Evil laugh. Mwahahaha!” She mimicked herself in a slight evil deep tone as she gave an evil laugh to her sock pocket. “‘No! Be loyal to your friends!’ Happy laugh. Hee-hee-hee-hee!” She then made a high-pitch tone as she lifted her left hoof, which is another homemade sock puppet of her being friendly with a smile, which had no amulet on, as she made a happy laugh to her friendly puppet of herself.
Apparently, Misty is feeling conflicted to herself whether she would get the dragon fire for Opaline and turn on the Mane 6 or keep being a friend to the Mane 6, hench why she made two sock puppets of the evil side or the good side of herself to choose whether she turned on her friends to get the dragon fire or stay friends with them, which is hard for her to tell which side she is on and that if it was right.
“Hey Misty!” Sunny’s voice called out as she was behind a bush Misty was hiding, which startled the unicorn as she fiddled around with her sock puppets and quickly took them off and hid them as she turned to see Sunny and the rest of the Mane 6 appearing behind her. “Whatcha you doing?” Sunny asked in a curious smile.
“Yeah. What were you doing behind this bush?” Sunset asked in curiosity while wondering what Misty is doing behind this bush while the others are curious about it too.
“Uh…” Misty nervously said with a sheepish smile as she covered up her sock puppets underneath a pile of leaves. “Just… Uh… Admiring this grass.” She said nervously with a nervous laugh as she picked up some grass, which made the Mane 6, except Izzy who kept smiling, looking confused. “Mmm! Green!” She nervously said as she then tossed the grass away. “No inner struggle between good and evil over here!” She quickly said as she waved her hooves.
And then Misty’s amulet opened up, which made Misty really nervous as she waved her hooves as she turned as Opaline appeared as Misty started sweating nervously.
“Misty, where are you?” Opaline questioned before Misty then grabbed Opaline’s face in panic as the evil Alicorn yelps and was brought back into the amulet as Misty grunted in effort as Opaline gave a muffled speech.
The Mane 6 looked at Misty in confusion, since they didn’t see Opaline, but Sunset was wide-eyed at the certain pony that only appeared briefly before being put back in. “What the…?” She muttered quietly in confusion from what she saw.
Misty’s amulet then starts moving around as Misty tries to keep it close so Opaline doesn’t come out as she kept it shut with her hooves. “I'm, uh... cleansing its... energy?” She said to them, trying to find an excuse while trying to keep the amulet shut.
“Love a good energy cleanse!” Izzy said cheerfully as she then brought out two dust brushes with sparkles in her eyes. “Can I help?” She asked Misty.
Misty kept grunting as she tried to keep the amulet shut as she turned to them. “Nope! All good! I got it!” she said as the Mane 6 looked at her in concern as the amulet then stopped shaking as Misty started panting and looked at them with a nervous laugh while the Mane 6 looked at her in confusion.
“Misty, we can tell something is wrong with you.” Sunset spoke up while raising an eyebrow at her.
“Something is wrong with me?” Misty asked nervously from Sunset’s statement.
“Yeah. There's something strange about that necklace.” Zipp answered while pointing at the amulet. “You've been acting kinda weird lately.” She added.
“Weirder than usual, even by your standards.” Sunset added, while noticing Misty is acting more strange than she usually do, which is really concerning.
Flashback.
Sometime ago in the Sheriff Station, Sparky is giggling around as he runs with toilet paper as Hitch is chasing him, while being covered in toilet paper himself, no doubt by Sparky, as he chases after his baby dragon.
Unknowing to them, Misty tiptoed behind them, while disguise as a grandfather clock as she stop next to a drawer while Misty inside watched Sparky and Hitch while smirking evilly and wrote down what she saw into her journal.
And then sometime later, Sparky is slurping on a smoothie next to a trash can, while there are some trash around the station, Misty, while wearing a black coat, a black mask and a black hat, sneak up on Sparky on Hitch’s desk, about to sneak attack him to get the dragon fire for Opaline, but when she jump, she crashed into the trash can while giving a dizzy look, which Sparky notice.
“Huh?” Sparky asked in confusion to wonder why Misty is here and why she is in the trash can.
And then finally, Hitch hummed to himself happily as he cleaned up his office and organized his pens in place as he walked off.
But then Misty appeared from under the desk as she gave a smirk and moved one of his pens out of place before she hid again.
End of Flashback.
Zipp showed the whole thing to them on her phone, having recently put in secret cameras in Hitch’s station after Sparky went missing the first time, to make sure to see who it was if he ever got stolen again.
Hitch was shocked after seeing the recording. “That was you?!” He questioned Misty while pointing a hoof at her.
Misty was shocked that they had a recording of her, having not noticed the cameras in the station as she gave a nervous smile at Hitch. “Pretty funny, huh?” She asked as she gave a nervous laugh.
Hitch wasn’t having as he gave an irritated look at Misty. “Yes.” He simply said while giving a sarcastic laugh in response while still giving Misty the look.
“Misty, I don’t know what the necklace is doing to you lately, but every time when I’m around it, I somehow sense some kind of dark magic in it.” Sunset pointed out after sensing something wrong with Misty’s amulet for a while whenever she is near it with Misty.
“Dark magic?” Misty asked in surprise while feeling nervous at the same time.
“Yeah. Like that time with Sunny’s compact mirror sometime back before it faded.” Sunset answered. “And I keep feeling off about that necklace ever since.” She added.
“Zipp and Sunset are right.” Sunny said in agreement. “Why don't you just take it off for a little bit?” She suggested as she reached out to grab the amulet, but Misty jumped back.
“No!” Misty called out to them while giving a nervous smile while holding the amulet with her hoof. “I-I can't take it off! It's... It's really special to me.” She said nervously as the Mane 6 looked at her in confusion. “Now, if you don't mind, I've got errands to run!” She quickly said before she trotted off, leaving the Mane 6 behind.
Zipp and Sunset looked at where Misty ran off while looking suspicious.
“Hmmm…” Zipp said to herself.
“Something is up with Misty and that necklace she’s wearing. But what?” Sunset asked herself as she and Zipp looked at each other and nodded their heads together.
After leaving the Mane 6, Misty wiped her forehead with a sigh in relief. “That was too close.” She said to herself as she looked around before she spotted something. “Ooh! Shadowberries!” She said as she saw a tree with shadowberries, which are berries that look black, in front of her. “They're Opaline's favorite!” She added, knowing that shadowberries are Opaline’s favorite berries.
Misty then climbed the tree to pick one of the berries, but as she was about to reach one, the amulet got stuck in a branch, preventing Misty from grabbing one as she looked down and noticed that her amulet was the problem.
With no choice, Misty climbed back down and took off her amulet as she placed it on top of a pile of rocks. “Don't. Move.” She said firmly to her amulet while pointing a hoof at it before she climbed back up to the tree.
But what she didn’t know is that the amulet was suddenly grabbed, which turned out to be Zipp behind some bushes. “Can't take it off, huh?” She asked with a smirk before she hid into the bushes to sneak away with the amulet.
Misty came down the tree with a smile as she held up a shadowberry. “She's gonna love me for at least five minutes when she sees these!” She cheered with sparkles in her eyes as she gave giggles, but then she noticed that her amulet was gone. “Huh? Necklace? Where are you?! I said don't move!” She called out in panic as she moved some leaves to find the amulet as tears started to form in her eyes.
Back at the Brighthouse, Zipp places the amulet on the table with the rest of her friends gathered around.
“I'm telling you, something's not right with this thing.” Zipp said to her friends as she placed the amulet down as Izzy was wearing her goggles.
“I agree. This necklace is putting off some strange magic in it, but from what, I can’t tell.” Sunset added while looking at the amulet with a suspicious look.
Twilight then appeared from Sunset’s necklace while eyeing the amulet with a suspicious look. “Same with me. This is definitely dark magic in Misty’s necklace, but what it is, I can’t tell. But it is somehow familiar to me.” She pointed out while having a strange feeling she knew this kind of magic before.
“Have you, Twilight?” Sunset asked in curiosity.
“I don’t know for sure. But I can definitely tell that this is bringing back some memories that I might’ve lost before being brought back in this necklace, but I’m not entirely sure.” Twilight admittedly said, having a strange feeling that she knew this kind of magic, but still uncertain what it is.
“That is strange if you are getting those memories back by sensing this magic inside the necklace.” Sunny said, seeing that something familiar to Twilight must be bringing back those memories.
“That is a start at least.” Twilight said to them, at least she is having a feeling that her memories that were lost from the crack from the crystals are starting to come back to her, slowly but coming back.
Izzy then places her goggles over her eyes as she lean close to the amulet to get a closer look. “On the one hoof, it has all the signs of something evil!” She called out while grabbing the amulet and giving it a good look as she picked it up. “But on the other, it's super shiny!” She cheered with a smile and sparkles in her eyes as she held the amulet up with a squeal as she then put it on around her neck.
Sunset then felt nervous after seeing that. “Wait, Izzy! Don’t…” She tried to call out, but it was too late as the amulet opened. “...put it on.” She finished nervously.
Izzy then gasps as her eyes are wide and her pupils are now red. Her friends looked at her nervously as Zipp then tapped Izzy to see if she was okay.
“Izzy, are you okay?” Sunset asked nervously to her unicorn friend in concern.
And then Izzy gave a sinister giggle, which shocked her friends as they had never heard Izzy giggle like that before, even when she made spooky tones sometimes.
“Izzy, you're scaring us.” Sunset said in concern.
Izzy then caught a microphone as she looked at her friends with an angry look, something they have never seen before. “Hey, I'm Izzy! Here's a stupid poem! Earth ponies smell, Pegasi stink and Alicorns are wannabes!” She called out while pointing at her friends, who were surprised and a bit hurt by those words. “They all take baths in the kitchen sink!” She added as she walked to the kitchen sink and sat on it. “Also, crafting's totally lame!” She finished as she smashed a crafted pony made from popsicle sticks with her hoof.
Sunny then gasps in shock at what happened to Izzy.
“Get that necklace off, Izzy! Quick!” Sunset called out as Sunny nodded and went up to Izzy, who kept stomping on the popsicle pony model as Sunny quickly removed the amulet off Izzy.
Izzy’s eyes returned to normal as she stopped stomping as she then gasped at what she did. “Sylvie Stickerton!” Izzy cried as she held up her destroyed popsicle model and held it close to her chest as tears began to form.
Sunset came to Izzy’s side and gave her a comforting hug. “It’s okay, Izzy. We know you didn’t mean it.” She assured as Izzy nodded while tears still formed as Sunset turned to the others. “Okay, that necklace really is bad news and definitely has dark magic in it.” She called out while giving a worried look at the amulet.
“It's like it turns you into the opposite of who you truly are!” Sunny added as she placed the amulet down on the table.
“Like the time when Discord made me and my friends the opposite of who we are when he first came out of his stone prison.” Twilight clarified while remembering the time when Discord was first freed from prison and corrupted the original Mane 6 into the opposites of their elements.
“Really? Is Discord behind this?” Sunset asked as Discord head popped up from a portal.
“Don’t blame me this time.” Discord said in defense. “After that little experience, I swore to never do anything like that again, especially after being trapped in stone for the second time.” He explained, having swore to never do any evil thing again after his learning experiences before he disappeared into the portal.
“Okay, so not Discord. But where did this necklace come from?” Sunset asked while eyeing the amulet in suspicious.
And then suddenly, the amulet somehow lifted up on its own as the Mane 6, except Izzy who is still weeping from her popsicle model, gasps in shock at what they see.
“It’s alive!? How?!” Twilight asked in shock at what she just saw.
“I don’t know, but this is one crazy necklace!” Sunset called out in shock.
The amulet then moved around as it then got a look at the Mane 6 as it gave a sinister hissing sound, which startled them.
Hitch gasps at it. “It's the anti-sparkle!” He cried out before the amulet launched itself into Hitch’s neck, which turned him into the opposite of himself as he gave an angry look. “Rules? Who needs 'em?!” He called out with an evil smile.
The rest of Mane 6 gasp in shock by this.
“Okay, this is bad!” Sunset called out.
Hitch then got in front of Pipp and brought out a trash can. “Pipp! Do more lettering!” He demanded as Pipp nervously tossed some crumple up paper. “Yes! More! Yes! More!” He said evilly as Pipp then nervously started tossing some crumpled up paper around as Hitch gave an evil laughter.
And then the necklace flew out of Hitch’s neck, which turned him back to normal, but then the necklace flew into Pipp’s neck, which made the rest of the Mane 6 to gasp at this.
Pipp yelps as she tries to get the amulet off, but it overtakes her as her eyes turn red and gives an evil laugh. “Anyone for a song?” She asked in an evil pitch tone as she then brought out a four-base metal guitar and play a lough solo with two big speakers, which made all the glass shattered as she smashed the guitar into the ground, breaking it as she gave an evil laugh before she took the amulet off and twirl it before she tossed it away, turning her back to normal . “Huh?” She gasped as she looked into her compact mirror and saw that her mane is a mess before looking at her friends in shock. “What just happened to me?!” She panicked.
Before they could answer, the amulet then starts hurling towards Sunset. But the alicorn dodge it. “Back off, evil neck wearer!” Sunset cried out as she tried to back away from it, but not well enough as it wrapped itself around Sunset’s neck.
“Sunset!” Sunny called out in panic that the amulet was on Sunset as the others looked on in shock.
But then, the amulet somehow gave an electric shock to itself, which made it hissed in pain as it flew off from Sunset as it hit the ground with a bit of smoke coming out.
“What the?” Sunset asked in surprise by what just happened.
“Sunset, what’s just happened?” Sunny asked in confusion as she and her friends are surprised by what they just saw.
“I-I don’t know!” Sunset called out in surprise. “One second the necklace was on me, but then it somehow got shocked as soon as it wrapped around my neck before fleeing.” She quickly said while looking at the amulet.
“How did it shock you when you were wearing it?” Zipp asked in curiosity.
“Not sure.” Sunset honestly said before turning to the amulet, which got back up as it hissed at them again as the Mane 6 screamed. “Aaah! But I think it got angrier!” She yelled out as the amulet leapt at them.
A little bit later, outside the Brighthouse, Misty is still looking for her amulet as she got her face in a log to see if it was in there.
Seeing that it wasn’t in the log, Misty pulled her head while grunting as she got her face out of the log. “It can't have just disappeared!” She called out while sweating nervously as she placed her hoof on her head. “Oh! Opaline's gonna be so mad!” She cried out as she placed her hooves over her face.
And then, Misty heard Izzy’s indistinct shrieking, which made Misty look up and saw the windows of the Brighthouse cracked and saw Izzy’s shadow behind them running away from something as something splatter on the windows as a magic blast can be heard as flashes are shown.
“Oh, no.” Misty said as she place her hooves over her mouth, having a feeling where the amulet is as she raced into the Brighthouse and look in shock that not only the Brighthouse is a mess, but her amulet is releasing some dark magical mists that has spread all over the Brighthouse that infected the others as Hitch is laughing evilly while tossing some litters all over the place as Izzy is stomping on one of her crafts with an evil smile.
And then, Sunset, who is somehow not affected by the amulet’s mist, was flying around as she dodge a chair that Sunny, who is affected, has thrown as she chases after Sunset as she dodge another object.
“Whoa! This is really bad and I knew that necklace was evil!” Sunset called out as she dodge and shielded herself from another object that Sunny threw as she flew around, not wanting to hurt Sunny or her friends since she knows that they aren’t themselves.
Pipp then appeared while covered in mud as she gave a maniacal laughter.
Sunny then grabs some pictures as she tears them off the walls. “Who!” She called out before tossing the figures of her and her friends, with Misty in it, away. “Needs! Teamwork!” She called out as she tossed those pictures to the ground before tearing the one with her and her friends on it in two. “It's everypony for themselves!” She yelled out.
“I'm the heir of the Zephyr Heights throne!” Zipp called out as she was wearing a tiara as she stood on a chair while Hitch kept tossing litter everywhere. “Bow down before me!” She demanded as she gave an evil look with an evil crazed smile.
“You wanted to avoid being queen, Zipp! Even if you know it!” Sunset called out before ducking some objects that Zipp threw and leaping away. “Just telling the truth!” She called out before landing next to Misty. “Misty!” She called out to her.
“Sunset! What’s going on?!” Misty called out in panic.
“Your necklace is what happened!” Sunset called out while pointing to the amulet on the table.
Misty placed her hoof on her chin of this outcome. “Oh, no! What are you doing to my friends?!” She questioned the amulet, aka Opaline, in shock at that’s happening as it kept giving evil clouds out of it.
“Misty! That thing is turning them into the opposites of themselves! And it’s releasing this evil mist all over the Brighthouse!” Sunset pointed out.
“But why isn’t it affecting you?” Misty asked in confusion.
“I have no idea. The second it landed on my neck, it got shocked and flew right off.” Sunset explained before looking at the amulet again with a serious look. “But we gotta close that thing before things get worse than it already is!” She called out to Misty. “Think you can help me?” She asked.
Misty then gave a serious look as she nodded Sunset in agreement as the two ponies then turned to the amulet as they gave determined expressions as they hop into the Brighthouse as they dodge some cloud tentacles that tried to reach them as Izzy kept laughing evilly while still stomping on her craft while Hitch kept tossing litter.
Sunset and Misty are getting close to the amulet, but then they heard Opaline’s laughter echoing out of it, which Sunset doesn’t know who’s laughing but Misty does, as a tentacle cloud then charge right to them, but Sunset brought up a shield, which deflected the cloud tentacle from them as the Alicorn look at Misty.
“Misty, I can’t hold it much longer! You gotta close it!” Sunset called out while straining to keep the cloud tentacle back.
“Okay, Sunset!” Misty nodded in determination.
“On my mark!” Sunset instructed as Misty got into a ready position. “One! Two! Three!” She called out as she lowered the shield, which gave Misty the chance to leap up over it.
Misty then skids across the floor as she stands next to the amulet and then quickly puts it on as the evil mist was sucked back into it as the amulet closed shut.
The Mane 6, san Sunset, kept laughing evilly while doing evil things they were doing before they gasped as they returned back to normal.
Sunset then came to Sunny as she placed a hoof on her shoulder. “Are you ponies okay?” She asked in concern.
“Whoa.” Sunny said as she groaned a bit. “I do not feel like myself.” She honestly said after what happened.
“Yeah, I don't feel like myself either.” Misty admittedly said while looking at her amulet in guilt, having not known that it could do something like this and saw the reason why she was conflicted on her good and evil sides from earlier.
“Whatever that necklace is made off, it turned you ponies into the opposite of yourselves and made you ponies evil.” Sunset summarizes as she turned to Misty. “Misty, that necklace is really dangerous to keep or be around with. You need to get rid of it before it makes things evil again.” She said to her, wanting to get rid of the amulet so it doesn’t hurt or turn ponies evil again.
“You’re right, Sunset. I need to get rid of my necklace.” Misty said in agreement, knowing that her amulet is too dangerous to keep around with after seeing what it did to her friends and herself, doesn’t care what Opaline will say to her if she gets rid of it, it was for her own good and her friends as she turned to the Mane 6 with a smile. “Come on. Follow me.” She said to them as the Mane 6 looked at each other before nodding.
A little bit later at sundown, the Mane 6 followed Misty to a cliff that leads to the ocean as waves are crashing.
“You two were right, Zipp and Sunset.” Misty said while looking at ZIpp and Sunset. “This necklace is bad news.” She added as she took off her amulet.
“You couldn’t have known what it was doing, Misty.” Sunset said as she placed a hoof on the unicorn. “It was making you strange lately and it made us, except for me, the opposites of who we are. And you are making the right choice of getting rid of it.” She said with a small smile.
Misty smiled at Sunset. “It’s the right thing to do for my friends.” She said before she dropped the amulet.
The amulet fell to the sandy beach on the ground as it shattered into pieces and gave an electrical magic discharge as it then shoot out dark magic into the sky as the Mane 6 and Misty gasped in surprise as it got bigger as winds are being blown back from the boom before it faded as the seven ponies looked on in shock and surprise by what they just saw.
Sunset closed her eyes as she focused and took a deep breath as her horn glowed a bit before smiling. “The dark magic is now gone, and so is the necklace.” She answered, having sensed the dark magic from the amulet fade away the second it was released as the rest of the Mane 6 and Misty smiled and sigh in relief that it’s finally over.
Sunny then turned to Misty with a smile. “So, how do you feel?” She asked Misty/
Misty took a second as she then smiled. “I feel good. Lighter. Happier. More like... me.” She answered with a smile as she placed her hoof on her chest, feeling more like herself now that the amulet is gone, feeling the burden and evil essence disappear from her very soul.
“That necklace was causing you problems. With it gone, you are now free from it, Misty.” Sunset said with a smile.
“Yeah, I do feel more like myself now that it is gone.” Misty said with a smile in return.
“That's amazing, Misty.” Zipp said to Misty with a smile before getting close to her with an interesting look. “So, really, who gave you the necklace? Was it an heirloom? A birthday present? Did you find it in Bridlewood?” She asked Misty many questions about the amulet, wanting to know where Misty got it from.
Misty just smiled at Zipp’s questions as she spoke. “Trust me, you do not wanna know.” She answered as she walked off with a smile, not wanting to tell her friends that her amulet came from Opaline, since that might bring out a lot more questions and suspicions and they are better off not knowing.
Zipp rushed next to Misty as the others followed with smiles on their faces. “Come on, give me something. It's definitely not Pegasus jewelry. Critter jewelry? Do critters make jewelry?” She asked many questions.
“Let’s just lay off the questions there, Zipp.” Sunset said to Zipp with a small smile. “Let’s not pressure Misty. If she doesn’t want us to know, we’re better off not knowing.” She added.
“Uh, fine. But can you at least give me a hint, a riddle or something?” Zipp kept asking as the others gave a small laugh as they walked back to the Brighthouse.
Hitch stopped as he held up a crumpled up paper that he kept before giving a sinister smirk before tossing it into the ground before walking off, but came back and pick up the litter before catching up to the others.
A little bit later, Sunset is alone in the bedroom while the others are out for a bit before she looks around to see if the closet is clear as she brought out two necklaces, one is Twilight and the other is the communicator for Discord.
“Okay, the close is clear. It’s safe.” Sunset said as Twilight and Discord appeared as Sunset turned to the lord of chaos. “Thank you for coming, Discord. Because after what happened today, we need to talk about Misty’s necklace and that dark magic it was producing.” She said to them.
“Yes. That necklace was so full of dark magic that it turned Sunny and the others into their opposites.” Twilight said after what they saw and experienced.
“Not only that, but I heard some kind of pony laughing into that necklace. Like it was coming from whoever's in it, like some kind of conductor to transfer evil magic into the necklace before releasing it.” Sunset added after hearing what she heard from the amulet and what it was doing.
“That is pretty strange magic there. Not as a stranger from the magic of our time.” Discord pointed out, knowing strange magic when he sees it.
“Yeah. And the purple black mist it produced all over the Brighthouse really gave off concerning feelings.” Sunset added, which made Discord widen his eyes from it.
“Purple back mist?” Discord asked in surprise as Twilight and Sunset looked at him in interest. “You mean an evil purple back mist that made things bad to your friends?” He asked again to be sure he understood it.
“Yes.” Sunset said in surprise by this.
“Wait, Discord. You know what that mist was?” Twilight asked in surprise.
“You may have lost some of that memory, Twilight. But for me, I still remember something like that mist all those moons again.” Discord said as he started shivering in slight fear from that memory.
“When did you see a mist like that?” Sunset asked while feeling worried that if Discord is scared of something like that, then it gotta be serious.
“Remember when I told you when ponykind and creatures were fighting?” Discord asked as Sunset nodded slowly as Discord sighs as he took a breath. “After when ponykind were fighting over each other because of their differences, the very same black purple mist appeared and attacked Equestria while everypony screamed in panic before Twilight and the girls created the Unity Crystals to stop it.” He revealed grimly.
Both Sunset and Twilight widened their eyes from that as they turned to each other in worry and concern.
“I-I think I remember that time. It was so bad that when ponies and creatures started fighting, that mist appeared and it was up to me and the girls to create the Unity Crystals to keep the balance.” Twilight said, slowly having that memory returning to her as she is shivering, even if she’s a spirit, she would never forget something like that.
"Then how come I wasn't effected by that mist and necklace when it turned the others into their opposites?" Sunset asked since she was the only one other than Misty to not get effected by the amulet's dark magic.
"Didn't you wore my old crown that has the Element of Magic on it when we first me?" Twilight asked since she remembered when she and the Rainbooms fought Sunset when she was corrupted by the Element of Magic when she saw a bad pony/girl.
"Well, yeah. Why?" Sunset asked in confusion.
"Maybe that magic is still resides in you. The magic of the Elements of Harmony must be protecting you from dark magic like that time with the Sirens." Twilight stated since during the battle of the bands, Sunset and the Rainbooms, even Twilight herself, were uneffected by the Siren's song when they first fought them.
"Yeah. That must explain why I wasn't effect or made into my former self when I was evil at CHS a few years back." Sunset said, seeing that she still have the Elements of Harmony magic in her, which protected from the magic the amulet was producing.
"Well, that explains how you are not that pony." Discord commented with an amusing smirk.
“But who created that evil mist? No mist can just appear out of nowhere and that very same mist returned from Misty’s former necklace and somepony was laughing through it.” Sunset pointed out after hearing laughter from the amulet and the same mist that attacked Equestria many moons ago. “Discord, you were there when it happened. Do you know who did it?” She asked the lord of chaos.
“I-I don’t remember.” Discord honestly said. “All those years of isolation and being out of touch with the world made me forget the name. All I know is that it was a pony, a mare.” He added, since he’s been hiding for so long and been so alone that he can’t remember who created the mist.
“Ponyfeathers.” Sunset muttered.
“But we do know one thing…” Twilight spoke up.
“What’s that, Twilight?” Sunset asked.
“Whoever created that mist, and the same one all those years ago, that mare is still out there. Hiding, waiting.” Twilight said seriously while Discord and Sunset looked at each other in surprise before they gave a serious look.
“Then we better be prepared for anything that mysterious mare throws at us.” Sunset spoke up seriously.
“You think we should tell Sunny and the others?” Discord asked.
“They should when they get back.” Sunset answered. “Because whoever gave Misty that necklace, clearly is the same mare that appeared all those moons ago from what you two told me, and she is ready to finish what she started.” She said as Discord and Twilight listened. “Because we need to be ready, work together and watch out for each other, because at this very moment… We are at war.” She finished with a determined expression as she lifted her hoof up. “We’ll watch out for each other. For our friends, for Equestria.” She announced.
“For Equestria.” Discord said next as he placed his claw talon above Sunset’s.
They then turn to Twilight, who is standing there for a moment before she gives a determined look as she places her hoof above Discord’s, even though she can’t tough, she feels determined.
“For Equestria.” Twilight spoke as the three of them stood that way in silence, knowing that evil is coming, and they’ll be ready to protect their home and their friends. After all, they are the Guardians of Harmony, protecting magic and keeping peace and friendship to all of Equestria, and they will protect it to the very end.
End of Chapter 53.