//------------------------------// // Day 297-Encounter // Story: Hasbro/Square Enix Kingdom Hearts Days of a Nopony // by SonictheHedgepony //------------------------------// Day 297-Encounter "The imposter was discovered again?" I went into the Grey Area to hear Queen Chrysalis mention the imposter that Solaris failed to capture. I turned to see the Queen and Discord talking about it. "You mean the one Solaris..." I began, but trailed off when she turned to me. "She's traversing the Everfree Forest right now." "I'll go and stop her." I figured if I went on the mission, I'll finally find Solaris. "Not by yourself. The target is dangerous." "Why don't I go along?" asked Discord. "I know the Everfree Forest and the castle of the regal alicorn sisters better than everypony else here." "Okay," said Chrysalis. "Go and teach the imposter for what happens when she wears the coat." *** After arriving in the Everfree Forest, we went straight towards the castle of the regal alicorn sisters, which upon seeing it, outside and inside, looked rather derelict. "So, this is the Everfree forest and the ancient castle ruins..." I said. I suddenly received a sharp pain in my head which I tried to soothe with both hooves at my head. "Moondancer!?" asked Discord. He must have known what I'm going through, because he turned to me. I suddenly fell onto my belly as the shear pain in my head won't fade. "My head...it hurts!" "Don't worry. Let's just retreat for the moment and we--" I cut him off. "No...we must...find Solaris..." I felt something rushing into my head now. "What's...happening to me?" "Moondancer!" I didn't hear him as I began seeing pictures of the lavender unicorn and her friends. "All of these...images...flowing through my head." "We must leave!" Suddenly, I began seeing something else, something that feels like it hasn't occurred yet. "Wait...there's something...I think it's..." I saw magenta lights swirl around the lavender unicorn with a white light coming from her center. With this much energy, I saw the lights cover her and I saw something develop on her sides, but I blacked out, unable to handle the pain and memories anymore. I felt Discord pick me up and take me away from the Everfree Forest, costing me my chance to find Solaris. *** "Harmony in Equestria is officially dead. Discord rules, Celestia drools." I heard this mocking voice belonging to Discord and I promptly sat up, feeling angry. "DISCORD!" I found myself in Twilight Town with Discord standing over me. "You alright?" "What happened?" "You collapsed just as we entered the castle ruins, remember?" "I remember going in, and that's pretty much it." I then stood back up. "Whoa, you should rest up a bit." I felt rested enough, because we still need to find the imposter, and more importantly, Solaris. "I'm okay. We need to return to the Everfree Forest." "I'm not sure about that." Suddenly, he felt the skid of hoofsteps behind him. "Who's there?" We turned to see two pony-like figures with their hoods up. One of them had white wings, while the other had dark blue wings. I decided to take a guess on the one with white wings. "Solaris?" I then saw the figure open a Corridor of Darkness and walk through it. "Solaris, wait!" I ran for her, but the figure with dark blue wings stood in front of her, allowing her to disappear. I was anxious to figure out the identity of the white-winged figure. "Get out of the way!" The figure was unresponsive as she ran away from me. "Get back here!" I ran after her, hoping that she can tell me where the other figure ran off to. "Wait for me!" I heard Discord teleport behind me so he can catch up with me. Before you know it, we went into the underground passage in Twilight Town where we were chasing the figure here and there, trying to catch her. Ultimately, we saw a Corridor of Darkness disappear, meaning the figure was gone. "I thought the imposter was found in the Everfree Forest. What the hell's she doing here?" I didn't care about that because I lost the only closest link to Solaris. "Solaris..." "I'm not sure that was her." "I meant the other one. The one that escaped before the other one." I hoped he knew what I was talking about, but my other comment caused me to become saddened. "But I don't understand. Why would she run from me? From us?" *** Solaris heard what Moondancer and Discord were talking about just as Princess Luna approached her and removed her hood. "You want to return to them?" she asked. Solaris began to ponder as she took one last look at her friends before taking off with her. *** We sat on the clock tower, eating our ice cream, watching the sunset, and pondering over the current situation. "Why did she do such a thing like that?" I asked. "Look, what matters is she's alright," assured Discord. "She'll return when she wants to." "Will they turn her into a Dusk?" "Not really." "Then who's the mare she was with? Why was she with her?" Those questions were left unanswered as we continued to eat our ice cream in silence.