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// -Intermission- March 14th 
// Story: Equestria Legends Online 
// by Shadowflame 
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	Hey, Shadowflame here. It's been more than a week since my team and Team Calvary had gone into the Labyrinth. Well, as you probably know, Jupiter has made us part of a larger guild, just to save time in searching and retrieving the Elements of Harmony. It was only a couple of days ago, but the guild was officially created under the name, "The Knights of Harmony".

So far, in the Knights of Harmony Guild, we only have a small number of players. For a headcount, there's me and my team, Team Calvary, all of the admins throughout Equestria, and couple of strong teams stationed here in Canterlot. It's not much, but hey, we're still growing.

However, something kind of unusual has happened today. It happened while I was taking a walk through the streets of Canterlot, just to clear my mind about a few things.

You see, down under the Labyrinth, while we were fighting the hydra, Discord had said that he'd made that trap to destroy us. He said that once we were gone, the other players in the game wouldn't stand a chance against what he had in store for them. But for the past week, that has really bothered me. I didn't know what Discord was planning, but I knew that it couldn't be good.

It's true that I've talked about this to Jupiter and the rest of the guild, but nobody had any idea what to make of the matter. With all of that uncertainty, it was really putting me on edge with anxiety.

I shook my head and pushed those thoughts out of my mind as I continued to walk down the street. I sighed to myself, "Come on, Shadow. You can't be constantly worrying about that. You just need to distract yourself a bit."

But then, I caught sight of a newspaper stand on the side of the street, giving out the most current issue of the Equestria Daily for today. I smiled a bit, "Perfect. I haven't read today's paper, yet.That should take my mind off of things for a while."

I trotted up to the stand and placed two bits on the stand's countertop. Soon, my money was exchanged with a newspaper. Gratefully, I picked up the newspaper and began to trot back down the street. As I walked, I read the front page of my paper:




Haters Have Struck Again!

The notorious Haters' Guild has struck again, this time outside the city of Las Pegasus. The attack took place at 11:06 AM, inside the cavern dungeon just outside of the city. Their target was a team of players known as Team Dragon, who had been training there since that morning. There were five players in this team when the attack began. However, there was one survivor from Team Dragon: A pegasus mare known as Meadow Breeze.

After she had escaped the attack of the Haters' Guild, Meadow ran to the admin in Las Pegasus. From her, we were able to collect information about the Haters' Guild and their operatives. She was able to give us the names and appearances of this team from the Haters' Guild (See page 3A for further details).

Much like the Guild's attack last week in Vanhoover, this attack was an ambush. This is where the Haters closed off any escape for their target and then killed every player of that group. However, since no one saw the haters from the Vanhoover attack, we cannot verify that this group of attackers was the same one who were behind the attack a week before. It is possible that either this group of haters are on the move, or the Haters' Guild has many teams working underground throughout Equestria.

Whether this is true or not, every admin has advised to keep your ears open for any more information regarding the Haters' Guild. It is also advised that no players should be outside of their city or town after sunset. This has been a message from Head Admin, Jupiter.



I sighed as I finished reading the passage. The Haters' Guild had become more active in the past weeks. With these sudden occurances of attacks, everyone was worried about them. I wouldn't be surprised if they were, because with four more deaths, that brought the grand total of deaths in ELO up to 172. That meant that there was only about 928 of us left.

To read the rest of the story on the attack, I turned to page 3A. But to my surprise, I found a wanted poster on the page. And it was a wanted poster for one hater that I had met several weeks ago: Ezekiel.

I glared at the pegasus' picture. Even after all this time, I could remember the time when he had attacked my team. He was a ferocious fighter, and he was relentless. The combination of these two aspects meant that he'd cut down anyone he fought, even if they were pleading for mercy.

I sighed, as at that moment, I got the feeling that I hadn't seen the last of Ezekiel. I knew he was going to appear again, but when that was going to happen... I just didn't know.

I turned the page of the newspaper and my eyes widened at what I saw:




It's Party Time!

Head Admin Jupiter of Equestria Legends Online has invited you to the party of a lifetime. We know that you've been working hard in the game, but now is the time to take a load off and have fun. This includes a night of dancing, laughing, playing games, and competitive dueling. Treats will be served and music will be provided. So come in and have a blast!


Time: March 21st. Party begins at 5:00 PM and goes in throughout the night.
Place: Canterlot Castle
(Warning: You will be searched for lethal weapons upon arriving. No one may have weapons or attacking items equiped unless you are in the dueling ring.)

Everything will be organized by courtesy of The Knights of Harmony

See You There Soon!




Immediately, I threw down my paper and ran towards the Canterlot Castle. With the knowledge of the Haters' Guild's growing attacks, and with my uncertainty about Discord, only one thought ran through my head, Jupiter, are you out of your blasted mind?!