*Calming Blaze POV*
I was sleeping peacefully.
Hmm.
There's somepony saying something.
Eh, I'm sure it'll be fine.
There's a feeling of being lifted.
Is it mother?
Did I fall sleep on the couch or something?
"OH!" I wake up startled as snow falls from on top of my head.
"Blaze!" Twilight screams at me with concern.
"What! Did Sombra come back? What happened?" I ask as I frantically look around.
I was on the ground, sitting right outside the train station.
"Blaze, are you not hurt right now?" she asked with confusion.
"No, that shockwave of magic healed me, wait, did you just throw me outside?"
"Uh dude?" Rainbow Dash said as she floated slightly above Twilight.
"Yea?"
"You're on fire right now, literally" she says as I stare at her blankly.
A few seconds of silence as my brain processes the information.
Lifting up my hoof, I look at it.
She's right.
There's a thin layer of fire on my coat.
"What the fu-"
"No cursing!" Twilight suddenly shouted.
I stare at her with annoyance for a second, wondering if I should snap back.
"Fine, I'm too tired for this anyway" I say as I stand up.
Looking down, the snow under me was dry, no water, no snow.
But the fire wasn't hot, it also hasn't burned the train.
Carefully, I put a hoof on the wooden floor of the train station, exhaling a relieved sigh at the fact that it didn't burn.
"How does that work?" Twilight looked closely as I walked back inside the train.
"This is actually new, so I don't know anything about it, though, if my name is anything to go by, it just means I hadn't unlocked it before"
"I guess that makes sense"
I was slumbering peacefully as I rode on the train to Ponyville from Canterlot.
It's been 2 months since the Empire came back and mother still hasn't woken up.
Worrying.
Right now, I was heading to Ponyville to retrieve some personal items and such from the tree library.
*Screech*
With the sound of the wheels coming from the outside, I stretch a bit as I get up from my train.
Currently, I'm wearing a disguise spell to hide my current alicorn like form as I travel.
I look like a colt again, well, slightly shorter than an adult.
Don't want ponies worshipping me again.
With that thought, I step off the train, expecting the familiar creaking platform of the train station at Ponyville.
But I'm in a field.
Going back in, I go to the front of the train and meet the conductor.
"Uh, sir? Why did we stop?"
"I dunno how to tell you this kid, but there's a giant dome around Ponyville"
"Excuse me?" I ask as I look out the window.
What the fuck?
"Yeah, the train can't make it there"
"I can see that"
Ending our conversation, I step out again as he decides to take a break.
Not that I blame him.
I approach the dome and see that it's made out of glass and a bunch of tier 9 spells.
Was there a new alicorn while I was training or something because I'm pretty sure unicorn magic alone isn't sufficient enough for this.
Well, as impressive as it is, it's not connected to the ground.
Digging into the ground slightly, I pit a hoof under the edge of the dome and lift it up.
I went inside under it and let it go, which caused a giant boom.
Now, some asshole with some magic artifact or whatever will come to me, but I'll just ignore them and take my stuff, then I'll leave.
I am way too mentally drained to deal with a Ponyville incident right now.
Oh, the dome is gone now.
With a red aura, it disappeared slowly, causing me to look up and notice the storm clouds gathered on top of Ponyville.
Yeah, definitely not dealing with this one.
With that thought, I retrieve the timberwolf heart, some pictures and go back to Canterlot on hoof
*No One POV*
In the training grounds of the Royal Castle, guards that were off duty were lifting weights, practising moves and looking at the weirdly tall unicorn colt lifting weights.
"So, who is he again?" a pegasus asked his friend.
"Dunno, all I know is that he was pretty damn helpful during the changeling invasion, so nopony really tried to kick him out or something"
"I'd call you a liar if he wasn't bench pressing 800 right now"
"That's not the craziest part, it's the fact that he's using some gravity magic or something right now"
"What? That doesn't even make sense"
"Just look at the ground under him, it's only standing because it's like 2 stories worth of concrete under it, still, it's cracked"
"Ok I wanna call bullshit, how can you prove it's gravity magic"
"Cuz Steel Breaker almost got crushed to death when he walked by"
"Is that why I saw him in the infirmary?"
"Probably"
"Blaze?" A regal voice suddenly called out from the entrance.
All the guards stop what they're doing to greet the princess, but Celestia seemed to solely focus on the only pony still working out.
"What do you want Celestia?" He calmly asked as he set the pole back in it's place.
The guards were shocked at the audacity of the colt, but even more so at the somber look of their princess.
"I, wanted to speak to you"
"Cool, I don't want to" he simply answered as he went towards the entrance.
"Blaze, please"
He simply ignored her as he left the training grounds.
Celestia herself only let out a weary sigh.
"Please, don't let me distract you from whatever you've been doing" she said as she herself exited, leaving the stunned guards to process what they've just seen.
*Calming Blaze POV*
Stupid.
Annoyingly stupid.
The only thought was there as I stared at the statue that's going to be delivered to Ponyville.
I was currently standing with Celestia at the front gates of the castle.
My anger must've showed on my face because Celestia suddenly turned to me.
"Blaze, please, it'll be alright, the girls can handle Discord on their own just fine" she said.
I only rolled my eyes at the thought.
As much as I wanted to go, I'm still not strong enough to do anything against Discord, so leaving mother exposed to danger would simply be foolish.
Speaking of mother, she still hasn't shown signs of waking up.
It's been exactly 83 days since the invasion and the doctor said that it's only guess at this point.
"Whatever" I give out a response before heading back to the training grounds.
It's been, a full 100 days since the invasion.
Mother is currently placed in the bed of the guestroom.
Said that the bed is more comfortable for her body or something.
She's hooked up to a drip or whatever that's called.
A heart monitor, I know that one.
As I'm currently seated beside her bed, I carefully watch to see if there's even the slightest of movement.
It's hard.
My eyes keep getting heavier, day by day.
Lu talked to me about worrying for my lack of dreams recently.
Said something about sleeping at night.
Lately my mind keeps wandering off, thinking of the most random things.
I also keep forgetting a lot of things.
Some words here and there, some important, some not.
The sound of the door opening catches my attention.
Walking in was Celestia.
Lu's probably asleep right about now.
I've been seeing bags under her eyes lately.
"Blaze" she said as she stared right at me.
I return her gaze as she narrowed her eyes.
"When's the last time you've slept?" she asked with a serious voice.
"About 5 hours ago" I answered without thinking.
"You were working out 5 hours ago"
"Must've been 6 then"
"You started 17 hours ago and only stopped an hour ago"
"I stopped in the middle"
"A meal doesn't count, when did you last sleep, for an actually healthy amount?"
Hmm.
I guess I've been cutting on sleep.
It was pretty normal in my other life though.
I was only sleeping for an hour every 2 days since stopping for too long tended to get me spotted.
Or was it the other way around?
Is that a crack in the wall?
I should ask somepony to fix that.
Wait, it's Celestia's place, so I should tell her about it then.
"Blaze!" her voice suddenly pulled me back to reality again.
Right, I was in a conversation.
"Blaze, go to sleep, and I mean real sleep, not an hour power nap. You're pushing yourself too hard"
"Bullshit"
"Don't fucking dismiss it like you've done to my other words, you need to rest"
Wow.
She actually cussed?
Wait, did she ever cuss before this?
She probably has right?
I mean, she's older than known history right now so, she has to have said something before right?
Not that I think about it, how old is she?
Hmm.
I can't say.
Oh, my vision is dark right now.
Did somepony close the curtains?
Eh, I'll figure it out later.