//------------------------------// // Chapter thirteen: The lie // Story: Power Display // by Futters2468 //------------------------------// Harmony just said goodbye to the last few guests. Finally the gala was wrapping up, she forgot how long those festivities would take. Thankfully she had some experience from needing to represent Grogar in political meetings, because he always had something more 'important' to do. "Were those all the guests Spike" "Yes we are finished!" "Oh Thank Celestia!" Now when all the guests were gone and the decorations were cleaned up, spike realized just how sickly Twiight look. Her wings were hanging down limply, her eyes were only barely open, her fur looked devoid of any colour and there were some white stripes in her mane. "Are you doing alright twilight?" "Yes, yes of course i am fine just a little tir-" "Twilight!" Pinkie pie jumped onto her friends back, but to pinkie's suprise she soon was hurled against a throne. "Ouch what was that for?" "Ups my apologies Pinkie. Are you alright?" "Please how often did i break my body for slapstick?" "to be quite honest with you i'm still wondering how you do that" "That's my secret" Pinkie laughed like a villain with thunder suddenly striking in the back "I will not dig any further than" "Can i ask you something twilight" "sure what is it" "Why do you suddenly talk like that, you know all old fashioned?" Harmony forgot that language has progressed a lot since her life, back in her time old ponish was the way creatures would communicate with each other, but now there were all these new words, a few confused the spirit to this day, even after a short lesson with Zecora, who looking back now probably wasn't the best person to ask about such a topic, she still didn't have a full grasp on the new ponish. "I do not know maybe it comes with becoming a princess?" the young six interrupted their teachers. Gallus stepped forward first. "Professor Twilight can we talk to you" "Of course Gallus, excuse me for a minute pinkie" Harmony led them into the dining room. She closed the dooor behind them. "Before any of you speak i would like to inform you of a few things. First of all your headmare will take a little longer, i'm just going to play her role for a little bit" "Why?" "Because i don't want anycreature to worry, you're all very smart childrenyou surely picked up on the tentsion between the races of ponies" "How could we not? Just Yesterday an earth pony and a pegasus where fighting each other in the middle of the Hallway!" Smoulder stopped herself from commenting on the lack of physicall talent the two ponies displayed. "Well this gala should help lift their spirits, but those three idiots messed everything up! I had to step in" "Wait, somcreatures were manipulating the Gala?" Silverstream should have known all those incidents couldn't have been just coincidences. "Yes some pathetic wannabe villains tried to cause some mischief, it's really nothing to worry about. Anymore questions?" Gallus looked trough his friends "No i don't think so" "Then i'll better get going and you should to it is pretty late at night, we wouldn't want you missing an important friendship class, because you didn't get enough sleep" As soon as the Spirit vanished into the halls of the castle, sndbar revealed the book of truth that he was reading during the entire conservation. he looked pale like a ghost with shivering hoofs he slowly flippd trough the now written pages, that explained what truly happened at the Gala. "What is it Sandbar" the griffin really took his new leader role seriously. "S-she lied to us. tirek Cozy and Chrysalis are back! and they formed an alliance!" Ocellus flinched at hearing Chrysalises name her whole body froze and her hard started beating faster than ever before. "No... it can't be.... please tell me you are joking!" Smoulder tried her best at comforting her friend by slowly patting her head, which surprisingly worked. "that's not all they are working for Grogar" "Grogar? Like the father of monsters Grogar? The Enemy of Gusty Grogar?" "Yes that Grogar!" "Wait i'm a little lost isn't grogar supposed to be dead?" "Well the last Gusty the great did end pretty abruptly with Gusty and her friends sacrificing themself to banish grogar, but as far as i remember him being dead was never mentioned" "Why would Tree of harmony lie to Yona and her friends?" "I don't now Yona, but we're going to find out"