//------------------------------// // 81. Introductions // Story: Kill Me Now // by Golden Script //------------------------------// “So, wait, the only reason you guys exist is because Twilight and Dillon were in love.” AJ clarified. “yes.” I answered. “And it was Celestia that did It.” she said. “yes.” I repeated. “Are we sure?” everyone thought for a minute, the six stallions exchanging glances. “Well… she looked like Celestia.” Fedorian said. “But what if Discord was just disguised?” AJ pointed out. “Then it was Discord.” I said. “But which was it?” Rarity looked confused. “Either or, the point is we need to go in there and free the princesses.” Twilight said. “I was hoping that Dillon’s memories would reveal something important, something to help us defeat Discord. I was wrong. Now we need to focus on getting in there and doing our job.” We all nodded. “The elements of harmony are ready.” Twilight handed out the necklaces to their respective owners. “We’re coming along to get you in there, protect you, and let you do your job.” I said. Twilight turned to me, “I would strongly suggest the stallions stay in Ponyville, Fixinit.” “We had this talk earlier.” I reminded her. She bowed her head in defeat, “fine, the stallions will come as escort.” We looked around at each other; everyone wore an expression of determination. We might actually pull this off. “Ok, the train to Canterlot leaves in fifteen minutes, we should hurry.” Twilight informed us. We left the library in a hurry, but not before I caught a glimpse of the deaf filly Silver had talked about. She had blond hair, tail and mane, and a dark blue coat. She was engrossed in a book and we were in a hurry so I didn’t stop to talk. We left the library and made our way down to the train station. We got there a few minutes early. I was talking to Twilight when I heard the conductor yell “all aboard!” that’s when one of the least expected thing happened. The deaf filly from the library burst in. she seemed to be holding something under her wing and she was breathing heavily. Then another mare burst into the train right as it started moving. “Just caught it.” she gasped between breaths. The deaf filly walked right up to me and started calming down. When her heart rate had lowered below 2000 beats per minute, she looked me in the eye, not sternly, but like someone who found another ponies watch on a park bench and was returning it to its rightful owner. “I think you might want this.” She released what she was holding in her wind and let it drop into her hoof. It was a box, but not just any box, it was the box. Dillon’s box. I grabbed it from her and put it in my hooves. “thanks.” I said, I must have had a funny look on my face because she stepped back and cowered behind the mare that entered after her. Silver took the initiative, “Fixinit, this is Golden Dawn and her caretaker Lyra.” He said, introducing me to the two that were now standing awkwardly in front of us. “I’m Fixinit.” I said as I walked up to the mare to shake her hoof. “I’m Lyra.” She said, I snuck around her. “I guess that makes you Golden Dawn.” I said to the deaf filly. She seemed to get the message and said “hi.” “This is Fedorian, Rarity, Swift Strike, Cloudy Skies, Fluttershy, Pinky Pie, Rainbow Dash, Presto, EQ, and Twilight. You already met Silver and Applejack.” I pointed at them in turn. “Hello.” Lyra said in place of both of them. There was a short silence, then I decided to ask the question on my mind. “Why did you bring this to me?” I asked Lyra. She looked down at the filly; she was staring out the window watching the mountainous terrain pass by. She didn’t hear me of course, but Lyra wrote the question down on a paper, then showed it to the filly. “I found it while looking for a book and thought you might need It.” she said simply, still a little nervous. “Do you know what this is?” I asked, Lyra wrote it down again. “No, but it looked useful.” She twiddled her hooves, now staring at the ground. We sat in silence for the rest of the ride. I had the box between my hooves. The filly seemed to be eyeing it knowingly. When the train finally stopped at Canterlot we got out and Lyra guided Golden Dawn to a market stall near the train station, she watched me until we were out of sight. “Ok, Twilight, what’s first on our to-do list?” she looked at me as if I were crazy. “We were just going to go up to the castle and defeat discord. Admittedly not my most organized plan, but it’s better than last time I faced the draconequus. We just walked up to him and blew him up.” She said bluntly. “At least now we have a rough plan.” We all waited for her to explain said plan. “And what is the plan?” asked Fedorian. “We sneak into the palace and use the elements on Discord.” She facehoofed. We all made a sound something to the effect of “oh!” as if we were all just realizing this at once. Twilight facehoofed again, “let’s just get going.” She said as she started walking away. ----- When we got to the palace the guards let us in without question, something about Twilight being the princesses’ star pupil. “What do eyes have to do with anything?” Silver asked. “It’s not that kind of pupil, a star pupil in the education system is basically a star student.” Twilight explained briefly. “As teachers pet.” I chuckled. “In a sense.” She confirmed. We made it through the castle without incident, though we did get some weird looks from guards. It’s probably not normal for a group this large to be wandering the halls. When we made it to the throne room doors Twilight turned around to look at the rest of the party. “Are we all ready?” she asked, we all nodded. She turned back to the door and knocked on it.