They Call Me Insanity

by Commander Ice

My New Apprentice

Mad Mind quickly dashed into Canterlot, trying to find Bright Light.

He began to devise a plan in his head.

'Alright. So here's what's up. We are going to go into town and find Bright Light.'
'Okay. Then what?'
'When we find her?'
'Yeah! What do we do than?'
'I haven't thought that far yet. Sweet lord though... Never knew she was an orphan.'
'You've never met her parent's before! That would be the most likely thing to assume.'
'Hmm... True.'
'Soo... What should we do when we find her?'
'...She's an orphan right? Maybe we should... I don't know... Take her in?'
'What, like adopt her?'
'Yeah... I mean, I'd bet she'd be grateful for it and-'
'NO! No way! We barely even know her!'
'Like most parent's who adopt a child! C'mon Maddy, you know it's for the best!'
'I don't care! I-'
'If you don't care, then why are you bothering to go find her?'
'... For fuck's sake...'
'Oh cheer up! Don't think of it like you're adopting a child... Think of it as an... Opportunity.'
'...An opportunity?'
'Yeah! You'll be adopting a foal of your own, yeah, but think of it another way! Why don't you take her as your apprentice?'
'...WHAT!? My apprentice!?'
'Dude. Seriously? You're kinda overreacting.'
'I actually have a decent reason this time! What would I teach her!? How-'
'Teach her your specialty! Teach her about insanity!'
'Woah! Woah, woah, woah. Hold on a sec. You want me to teach Bright Light about insanity?'
'Yeah!'
'How would I do that!?'
'Explain to her what it's like! Explain to her what it means!'
'Fine. I'll try.'
'Good. Good.'

Mad Mind kept dashing around through town and, eventually, found Bright Light. She was looking into an alleyway and making constant glances left and right. Mad Mind didn't pay this any mind, however. He made his way up to her and grabbed her attention.

"Hey Bright Light!" He called out. Bright Light jumped a little in surprise when she heard his voice. She turned towards it's source and smiled. "Hey Mad Mind!" She called back. Mad Mind stopped right in front of her and made a mental grin.

'Let's freak her out a little.'

His face instantly hardened. "Cut the crap Bright Light. I know what you've been up to." He said sternly. The young unicorn's eye's went wide in shock. "W-what ha-have I been d-doing?" She stammered innocently. Mad Mind grinned. "You are in massive trouble. I better go and report you to the princess. She'll want to know about this." Mad Mind said. Bright Light's iris' shrank to the size of pin prick's as this was said. "No! Please! You see, I-" She quickly stopped herself as she noticed Mad Mind rolling around in laughter. Bright Light looked at him with a 'You've got to be kidding me.' expression. "Seriously?" She said to Mad Mind. He grinned. "Oh come on! Don't you have a little sense of humour? The look on your face: priceless!" Mad Mind said between laugh's. Bright Light smiled. "Alright. You got me. You really had me going." She said with a chuckle of her own.

Mad Mind finally stopped laughing and got up again. "But seriously though. Why didn't you tell me?" He asked curiously. Bright Light stopped. "Told you what?" She asked slowly. Mad Mind sighed. "Oh come on! It's so obvious! The fact i've never seen your parent's before, the house with the eviction notice on it," Bright Light was now stuttering over her words as Mad Mind leaned in closer. "Why haven't you told me you're an orphan?" He asked. Bright Light looked up at him. "An orphan?" She asked. Mad Mind nodded. "Yeah! Y'know. No parent's, living on your own, the Batman-"

"What was that last one?"
"Living on your own." Mad Mind said quickly. Bright Light quickly shrugged it off. "Okay..." She sighed. "Alright. You got me. I've been living without my parent's for... Most of my life now. It's hard to do. I manage to barely get by every day." She said sadly. Mad Mind nodded.

'Harvey Dent. Can he be trusted?'
'Shut up Mania.
'Now for the moment of truth...'

"Hey Bright Light." He nervously began, capturing the attention of the unicorn. She glanced up at him. "Yes?" She asked.

'God, this is so fucking hard!'
'This is harder than asking a girl on a date!'

Mad Mind sighed. "I'm gonna be straightforward with you: I came here just to hear you say you're an orphan. The reason I wanted to know was because..." He began rubbing the back of his neck with a hoof. "I was wondering if it was possible for me to... Adopt you?" He asked nervously. Bright Light's eye's went wide in surprise.

"You want to... Adopt me?" She asked in surprise. Mad Mind shook his head. "N-nevermind. Stupid question. I-I think I should just-" As he turned around to leave, he noticed a weight upon his back leg. He turned his head and saw Bright Light gripping his leg, tears in her eye's. She glanced up to Mad Mind. "I-I'd love that." She said. Tears were streaming down her face. Mad Mind smiled, a warm feeling inside him. He quickly levitated her onto his back. "C'mon. Let's go." He said. He began walking. "Where are we going?" Bright Light asked curiously. Mad Mind chuckled. "Where do you think I live? I'm one of the most rare species of pony for Celestia's sake! You're living with me in Canterlot castle!" Mad Mind swore he heard Bright Light faint on his back. He quickly checked on her and wasn't mistaken, sure enough, Bright Light fainted and was out like a light. He sighed.

'It's gonna be one of those days...'

The duo soon made their way into the castle. By then, Bright Light had awoken and was taking in all of the glory of Canterlot castle. Mad Mind chuckled at her reaction. "You'll get used to it eventually. And don't let it get to your head! Sure you're living in Canterlot castle, but that doesn't make you a big shot! And, barely anypony know's who I am, for the record." Mad Mind said to Bright Light. She gave him a surprised look. "You think nopony know's who you are? You may not know it, but rumours spread pretty quick in this city. Word of you giving Blueblood that beat down got around faster then a wild fire. Everypony know's who you are. And they may not know you, but if they knew you beat up Blueblood, then you're everypony's friend." She explained. Now it was Mad Mind's turn to be surprised. "Huh. So, what? I'm popular?" He asked. She shrugged. "Almost popular. A lot of ponies do know who you are, but I wouldn't give you 'celebrity status' just yet. You're on your way, but just not there yet." She explained.

Mad Mind chuckled. "Seem's to me you know more about this city then I do." He said with a laugh. Bright Light smiled. "Hey, if you were in my position, then you would've had to learn the ropes pretty quick. So, uh... Can you tell me where were going exactly?" She asked. Mad Mind smiled. "Well, I don't like bringing in... How should I say this? Uninvited house guest's to a house I don't really own. So, I'm gonna tell Princess Celestia that I adopted you. And you're coming with me." He replied.

WHUMP!

Mad Mind glanced back and sighed. She fainted again. Instead, this time she had entirely fallen off his back. He brought her back onto his back and carried on toward's the throne room. Halfway there, she came to. "Hm? Wha?"

"Okay, seriously? Just stop fainting." Bright Light blushed and let out a small giggle of embarrassment. "Sorry. It's just... This is a big thing for me. To you, it's just meeting an old friend, but to me, I'm meeting the Princess of Equestria! It's kind of a big deal!"

Mad Mind sighed. "Don't be such a worrywart. Princess Celestia is one of the nicest, most understanding ponies in all Equestria. Just make sure you make a good first impression." He quickly added. Bright Light nodded in understanding. They soon arrived at the big, wooden door's leading to the throne room. Mad Mind stopped. "Are you ready to meet the Princess of Equestria?" He asked. Bright Light nodded in excitement. Mad Mind slowly opened the door to reveal her and some company known as Twilight Sparkle. The two turned around and noticed Mad Mind entering. He silently laughed: he could feel Bright Light's heart rate go up tenfold. Mad Mind quickly made his way up to Princess Celestia and smiled. "Good day my princess." Mad Mind said.

Princess Celestia smiled. "Good day to you Mad Mind. How are you?" She asked. Mad Mind smiled. "I'm fine. I just need to tell you something." He gave levitated Bright Light off of his back and between him and Princess Celestia. "This is Bright Light. She's the foal that Blueblood used to defend himself." Princess Celestia raised her eyebrow's in surprise. "This is her?" She asked in surprise. Bright Light shyly nodded. Princess Celestia laughed. "There is no need to be afraid of me my little pony." She said with a smile. Bright Light sighed in relief.

"Now then, as I'm pretty sure you've told me Mad Mind, you said that this foal was not harmed by you. Why have you brought her here?" Princess Celestia asked. Mad Mind grinned. "I also found out only today that she was an orphan. Princess Celestia, I wanted to tell you that I am adopting this filly."

Princess Celestia's and Twilight's jaw's dropped upon hearing this. Princess Celestia got up from her throne. "Mad Mind, can we talk outside for a minute?" Mad Mind nodded, a confused look strewn across his face.

The two exited the throne room and Mad Mind was greeted with the sight of Princess Celestia with the most serious expression upon her face. "Mad Mind, What are you doing?"

Mad Mind looked even more confused. "I came here to tell you I'm adopting Bright Light. I wanted to make sure you were okay with it." He responded.

"Mad Mind, I can obviously tell that your heart is set in the right place, but could you please at least consider what you are doing? This is a massive responsibility you're undertaking."

Mad Mind's expression hardened. "Are you saying that I'm not responsible?" He spat. Princess Celestia put up a hoof in defence. "I never meant it like that. I'm just saying that maybe this isn't the best idea you've ever had. I-" Mad Mind quickly cut her off. "Celestia, you've never had problem's with me and these sort of thing's before. What's up?" Mad Mind asked with narrowed eye's. Celestia sighed. "Mad Mind, I appreciate what you're doing and all, but I just don't think this is the right path for you. If you're meant to reach your goal of this God of Insanity, then you must not get distracted by thing's like taking care of foal's! It just isn't something you should do!" Mad Mind gave her a small nod of understanding.

"Oh, Celestia. You just don't understand the card's I'm playing on this table. You see: in a sense, Bright Light is going to help me achieve my goal." Celestia cocked her head in confusion. "How so?" She asked. Mad Mind grinned. "Not only do I plan on making her my daughter, oh no, that's only the beginning, I plan on making her my apprentice. That way, I can keep her close to me, and be capable of teaching her my way's within the castle without issue." Mad Mind explained. Celestia gave him an 'Oh.' expression. "I see... I must say, that is quite brilliant Mad Mind," she said, causing Mad Mind to beam. "However, what do you mean by teaching her 'your way's'? You better have learned quiet a bit in order to-" Mad Mind cut her off again. "I plan on teaching her some spell's. Not a lot though. I do plan, however, on teaching her about insanity."

Celestia gave him a look of surprise. "Why?" She asked curiously. Mad Mind grinned. "Any daughter of mine is going to learn about who I am and is going to have to be able to tolerate it," Mad Mind explained. "For a sense of understanding." Mad Mind added quickly. Celestia nodded in understanding. "Well, if you can do it, then by all mean's. But please: make sure she's under control." Celestia said. Mad Mind nodded. The two walked back inside the throne room to be greeted by Twilight trying to get to know Bright Light. What they were talking about was beyond him as Celestia cleared her throat and captured their attention.

"Alright. After further discussion with Mad Mind, Ms. Bright Light, you are welcome to stay with us in the castle as Mad Mind's daughter." Bright Light let out a squeal of delight and hopped in the spot. Celestia and Twilight both giggled at the display while Mad Mind smiled. "Although, there is something the two of us need to discuss first, Bright Light," Princess Celestia continued. Bright Light nodded. "Then, I will have a pair of guards show you to where you will be staying. I'll make sure that it is as close to Mad Mind's room as possible. Wouldn't want you to get lost constantly now would you?" Celestia joked. Bright Light let out a small laugh and nodded. Celestia nodded. "Alright. Now, Bright Light, I was wondering why Mad Mind would adopt a foal in the first place. He later explained to me that he wanted to be not just your father, but your mentor as well. He want's you to be his apprentice."

Bright Light and Twilight both gasped. The young unicorn looked up at Mad Mind. "R-really!?" She asked in excitement. Mad Mind nodded. "Honestly, I wanted to take care of you when I found out that you were an orphan, but I needed an excuse to take care of you within the castle. So, I thought: why not make you my apprentice as well? That way, I can teach you personally, and spend time with you all at once. So, I decided to be both, your father and your mentor. So, what do you say?" Mad Mind asked. He was happy with the response.

Bright Light ran right up to him and hug/tackled him, causing him to fall onto his back. "I'd love that!" Bright Light exclaimed, hugging her new dad. Mad Mind smiled, a warm feeling overcoming him. He quickly picked her off of him and got up. "Now than, Celestia, I'd like you to show my daughter her room." Celestia nodded and called the two guard's down. They quickly arrived, Celestia gave then their order's and the two followed the guards up to Bright Light's new home.

Twilight and Celestia.

As the big wooden door's closed behind Mad Mind and Bright Light, Twilight's eye twitched. Princess Celestia took notice of this. "Twilight, is there something wrong?" She asked. Twilight wore an expression of rage. "He... Got an apprentice... Before me!?" She bellowed. Celestia sighed. "Twilight, just calm down-"

Twilight quickly cut her off. "I was a princess in Canterlot for longer than he was! I saved Equestria three time's for Faust's sake! And yet still, he get's an apprentice before me!?" She spat.

Celestia blinked. "Twilight, I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. It'll take a lot of time in order for you to find your first apprentice. Mad Mind just got lucky when he stumbled upon Bright Light. Don't let it get to you." She explained.

Twilight huffed. "But Mad Mind-"

Now it was Celestia's turn to cut off Twilight. "Twilight, yes, we know that you were a part of royalty for a longer duration than Mad Mind, but that doesn't change anything. You weren't searching for an apprentice in the first place as opposed to Mad Mind who was lucky enough to have stumbled across Bright Light. No need to get jealous, you just need to start searching." Twilight caught that little bit near the end and narrowed her eye's.

"I am not jealous!" She spat at Celestia.

Celestia grinned. "I beg to differ." She replied simply. Twilight gridded her teeth. "I would never be jealous of a stallion like Mad Mind!" She spat.

Celestia raised an eyebrow. "And how, pray tell, would you know that? And why not?" She asked. Twilight opened her mouth to respond, but found no response. She quickly closed her mouth again. Celestia chuckled. "My student, I'm only teasing. No need to worry."

Twilight huffed as Princess Celestia continued. "Now than, all jokes aside, we need to get our meeting underway as soon as possible." She said in a serious manner.

Twilight nodded. "I'll get the girl's." She said and quickly teleported out of the room.

Mad Mind and Bright Light.

Bright Light was literally bouncing up and down in glee as she, Mad Mind and the two guards made their way to where they would be staying.

"I'm so excited!" She exclaimed as she bounced next to Mad Mind who simply smiled at her.

She continued. "I mean, this has got to be the best day ever! I get to live in the castle, get to learn magic, and," she nuzzled up to Mad Minds right hoof. "I get the coolest dad in Equestria!"

That last part warmed Mad Mind's heart even more. He smiled down at Bright Light. "Maybe, after you get settled into your new room, your new dad could give you," he struck a dramatic pose. "The super, ultra-awesome castle tour!" He exclaimed.

Bright Light giggled. "But what if i wanted to get my tour from somepony else? Like Princess Twilight?" She asked.

Mad Mind looked at her. "Then it wouldn't be super, ultra-awesome. It'd be a regular, boring, old tour of lame. Twilight's tour's are boring." Mad Mind grinned. "Mine are about nine thousand one percent cooler."

'OVER NINE THOUSAND!? THERE'S NO WAY THAT COULD BE RIGHT!'
'Shut up Mania.'

Bright Light laughed. "Alright. I'll take the super, ultra-awesome tour."

Mad Mind grinned at her response. "Bueno. But first you need to get settled into your room." He reminded her.

Bright Light's expression of happiness transformed into one of confusion. "Mad Mind, what does 'bueno' mean?" She asked in confusion.

Mad Mind chuckled. "You'll learn. All in good time Bright Light. All in good time."

They suddenly stopped outside a room with (major surprise. You ready?) purple door's. (OH MAH GAWD! NO ONE SAW THAT COMING!) The guards opened said doors to reveal a room that would easily compare to the penthouse of a small hotel: nice lavender walls encased the room in a warm feeling. A large queen sized bed with purple silk bedsheets sat near the easternmost wall. On the opposite side, two white door's were revealed. One, undoubtedly, leading to the bathroom and the other being a closet. And, to top it all off, at the end, two door's with glass panes on each one lead out to a small balcony.

Mad Mind saw Bright Light stare at the room in astonishment. "So. What do you think?" He asked. His answer being a high-pitched squeal of excitement and Bright Light breaking into a full-on gallop as she examined every last inch of the large room.

She looked out the door at Mad Mind. "It's all mine!?" She asked in surprise.

Mad Mind chuckled. "Yup! Everything in that room is yours. I'm gonna give you some time to settle in and I'll go back to my room for a bit. I'll see you in a couple of minutes." Mad Mind quickly shut the door's, turned around and smiled. Not because he was happy about his new daughter/apprentice, but because his room was literally right next to hers. Mad Mind walked into his room, hopped onto the bed and sighed.

'I don't like that girl...'
'WHAT!? Mania! You came up with the idea of adopting her!'
'Well, I changed my mind. It's a terrible idea.'
'How so?'
'I haven't noticed this before, but when you're with her, your sanity levels increase tenfold!'
'Soo... In English now please?'
'In your mind, I'm capable of scaling how insane you are in total.'
'Never thought of you as a grapher Mania.'
'Oh, shut up. When you're not around her and are around different ponies, for example Twilight or Celestia, your sanity is low, meaning you're nearing insanity. But when you're around her, your sanity spikes up.'
'What proof do you have?'
'I just explained all of that for nothing?'
'Without proof, I can't believe you.'
'Alright, if you were at the same insanity level's that you are now when you adopted Bright Light, it would've been easier. You wouldn't have over-thought it too much and making it more simple. But, instead, you over-thought it. Like, a lot. That's why you were so nervous. You were nearly sane so you became a nervous wreck!'
'I was nervous, but I was not a wreck! I still don't believe you Mania. When I see it, I'll believe it.'
'You did see it. You adopted her. You felt those emotions.'
'Stop being a smart-ass Mania.'
'I'm not being a smart-ass. I'm being right.'
'Shut up.'

As Mad Mind drew his argument with Mania to a close, he heard a knocking on his door. He quickly opened it with magic to reveal Bright Light looking as cheery as ever. She walked into Mad Mind's room and sat on the floor. "So! Are you ready to go?" She asked, chipper and ready as ever.

Mad Mind smiled as he got up from his bed and landed on the floor with a soft 'thump'. "I'm ready when you are." He said. Bright Light quickly hopped up out of the spot where she was sitting. "I'll see you outside your room." She said as she dashed to the door. Before she left she turned around. "Just a question, do you ever comb you mane?" She asked curiously.

Mad Mind let out a laugh as he ran his hoof through his familiar mane of red, purple and chaos. "I've tried. Trust me. It doesn't help much. It all just returns to this state by the next day." He explained. Bright Light nodded and allowed her smile to return to her face. She quickly left the room, allowing Mad Mind to take a glance in the mirror.

His mane was, oddly enough, in the exact same state as he had found it. His coat was looking like a new car: (if cars had fur) completely spotless and seemed to radiate the colours of purple and red. He grinned at his reflection before turning his attention back to the door's. He casually walked through them and found it oddly quiet. Almost too quiet...

"SURPRISE ATTACK!"

Mad Mind heard the shout a second to late and found himself with Bright Light on his back giving him a full scale attack. He chuckled and fought back, gently shoving her off his back and pinning her to the ground. He grinned as she squirmed and tried to escape his grasp.

Mad Mind chuckled. "You give up?" He asked mockingly. She giggled. "Never!" She exclaimed. Mad Mind purposely loosened his grip allowing her to wriggle out of his grasp. She quickly got up and pounced at his side. He purposely fell over and allowed Bright Light to pin him. "Ha! I win!" She exclaimed. Mad Mind quickly pulled a reversal and soon had her pinned under his hoof again. "You want a second opinion? I think I win." He casually said. Bright Light sighed. "Fine. You win." She admitted. Mad Mind chuckled and removed his hoof from her.

He let out a sigh. "Alright! You ready for the super ultra-awesome tour of epicness?" Mad Mind asked in a dramatic fashion. Bright Light giggled and nodded. The duo soon began their tour of Canterlot castle.

"This is the dining room. You'll be coming here every single day for food." Mad Mind introduced. Bright Light nodded and peeked inside to see the large table. A question soon dawned upon her. "Hey Mad Mind? If this is where we eat, where do the princess' eat?" She asked. Mad Mind chuckled. "They eat here as well! So you'll be having breakfast, lunch and dinner with all of the princess'."

THUMP!

Mad Mind glanced back and shook his head. What is it with this girl and fainting whenever she learned she was going to be close to the princess'? Mad Mind sighed and levitated her onto his back and kept moving. She soon came to when they were in the hallway filled with the pictures of Blueblood. "Hm? Wha?" She asked, slightly drowsy. Mad Mind sighed.
"You have a thing for fainting when you hear about the princess'. You know that right?" He asked.

Bright Light let out a nervous giggle and apologized. She soon glanced up at the pictures and her face turned sour in an instant. "Why are we here out of all places?" She asked. Mad Mind chuckled. "I know, I hate this guy as much as you do, but this is the only way I know of to the throne room. So you'll just have to deal with it." He said. It was than that Bright Light noticed something.

"Why are there hoof-prints on most of these pictures?" She asked. Mad Mind couldn't help but laugh at the memory of his first day of learning to fly. He glanced at her. "Have you ever ran on a wall before?" He asked. Bright Light shook her head.
"It's loads of fun at fast speed's. Especially on this wall." He casually said. Bright Light quickly caught on to what he was saying and burst out laughing, nearly falling off his back in the process.

They were silent for the rest of the way, until they reached the familiar doors of the throne room. Mad Mind lowered Bright Light to the ground and whispered. "Alright. Here we have the throne room. This-"

Bright Light quickly interrupted him. "Why are we whispering?" She asked quietly. Mad Mind responded. "I have no idea what the princess is doing right now. But, were gonna find out. And were gonna do it stealthily." He said with a mischievous grin.

Bright Light looked at him in shock. "Were gonna spy on Princess Celestia!? Are you mad!?" She argued quietly.

Mad Mind gave her a deadpanned expression. "Did you really just ask that?" He deadpanned to her. She giggled, embarrassed at her question. Without further need to listen to her, he opened the door a crack and peeked through at what was happening. He felt Bright Light trying to see as well, so he quickly levitated her onto his head so she could also peek through.

What they saw surprised them.

Inside the throne room was not just Princess Celestia, but Luna, Cadence, the six girls and...

"What the hell is that thing?" Mad Mind wondered aloud. Bright Light shuffled. "The conjoining of all those animals? That's Discord. He's the god of chaos and disharmony."

"Why is he here than? Wouldn't Celestia flip about the fact he's the exact opposite of what she represents?"

"Apparently he was sent over to Ponyville for a few day's for... 'rehabilitation'. Fluttershy befriended Discord and their friendship made Discord behave as a, per se, 'normal' member of society."

"Did he even do anything bad in the first place?" He asked. Bright Light looked at him in confusion.

"Have you been living under a rock for the past years? Discord transformed all of Equestria into a realm of pure chaos! Nothing was right, everything was upside-down, backwards and inside-out."

"Did he win?"

"Almost, actually. He turned the element users into opposites of their original selves. For example, Applejack a liar, Rarity a greedy bitch-"

"Woah! Language!"

"Sorry. Anywho, all the element users weren't their original selves, henceforth, if they weren't who they were destined to represent, they can't wield the Element's of Harmony, so they couldn't get rid of Discord." She explained.

Mad Mind shrugged. "That answers a few of my questions, but now I have more." He said.

Bright Light hushed him. "Their talking. I'll answer your questions later."

Celestia quickly scanned over the ponies, and draconequus, one last time to ensure that everypony was gathered for. She cleared her throat to get her attention and began to speak. "Now than, now that were all here, we'll get this meeting underway. I hope you're all aware of the threat of changelings possibly attacking again. Our scouts have been seeing copious amounts of changeling movement throughout the Everfree forest and even entering dragon territory." She began. This caused a small uproar in the group.

"Ungrateful bug's." Cadence spat.
"Why are we here discussing it than? We should be out there and taking the fight to them!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"Ah agree with Rainbow! We need to get out there and start fighten' 'em!" Applejack exclaimed.

Celestia shook her head. "Too risky. They know the area better than any of us. They'll have the advantage. The worst part: I believe they might be planning another attack. And they're very confident about it." She said.

Twilight looked confused. "How can they be confident about another attack on Canterlot? After their last attempt at the wedding, I'm surprised they're even bothering to try again. They'll have even fewer changelings as opposed to last time." She said in a confused manner.

"But Twilight, remember that Celestia said that there was changeling activity in the dragon territory." Pinkie pointed out. Everypony looked at her in surprise.

Celestia nodded. "That is what we fear. If the changelings can get the dragons on their side for an attack on Canterlot, it will not fall in our favour. Even with the power of all the ponies in this room, including Mad Mind of course, we would hardly be capable of eliminating any major threat that they throw at us."

Luna sighed. "This cannot be any worse..." She mumbled angrily.

Celestia lowered her head. "Tragically, my dear sister, it does." Everypony's attention was grabbed at this. "There are spies. Just to prove that they're confident about their legion, they even gave us a clue on where they are taking refuge." She levitated a piece of paper for everypony to see. "Were trying to figure out why she sent us a hint like this at all, and what it means. But, as far as we know, we can't trust anypony that we don't know. So keep your guard up for now." Celestia explained.

The room fell into an eerie silence until Celestia spoke up again. "On a lighter note, in case you haven't heard, Mad Mind has found an apprentice. He also adopted this filly as his daughter." This caused massive amount's of surprise in the room.

"Mad Mind has a daughter!?" Rainbow asked in surprise. Rarity had a smug grin upon her face as she walked up to Twilight.

"Look's like you have some competition for Mad Mind's favourite filly now, huh Twilight?" She asked her with a small laugh. The entire room went silent at that. Twilight had an expression that could burn a hole through a wall as she glared at Rarity.

Celestia looked at her student. "What was that? What do you mean by 'favourite filly' Miss Rarity?" She asked the marshmallow unicorn. Rarity realized a moment too late that she made a mistake and began stuttering. "Well, I uh..."

Twilight quickly jumped in. "Ha! Silly Rarity. Just talking about lies. Haha!" She said nervously. She bore a fake smile upon her face which Celestia saw straight through. Under normal circumstances, she would've just let it slide off. But this was something she needed to hear. "Rarity sounded quite certain about what she was saying. So, I ask again: what did you mean by 'favourite filly' Miss Rarity?"

Discord jumped in. "I'm interested to hear this as well. I need to meet this 'Mad Mind' pony sooner or later. He sound's like an enjoyable fellow." He snapped his fingers and summoned a sofa on which he lay down upon and stared intently at Twilight, awaiting a response.

Cadence nodded in agreement and transfixed her gaze upon Twilight in the same manner as Discord.

Twilight was now on the verge of having a nervous breakdown. Rarity began speaking. "I meant, uh... I meant..." Pinkie suddenly cut in. "She meant that Twilight has a crush on Mad Mind!" She exclaimed. Everypony stared blankly at Pinkie as her words sank into everyone present.

A small grin began to form on Celestias lip's. "You... Like Mad Mind my student?" She asked Twilight. Twilight was now in a state of shock. After a few minutes, Celestia's question finally hit her. Twilight hung her head shamefully. "Y-yes." She stuttered weakly. Celestia nodded. "What do you mean that you like him?" She asked.

Twilight was now nearly in tears. "This is humiliating..." She said quietly.

"Now you know how I felt." Came a voice from behind. Everypony turned around and gasped in surprise as they saw Mad Mind and Bright Light standing in the room.

"Now this is beyond humiliating..." Twilight said.

Mad Mind sat there, simply staring at Twilight. In all honesty, he never expected Twilight to have any feelings for him. Hell, they were enemies at a point in time. But Twilight seemed to have just thrown all of that out he window by admitting this.

Mad Mind gave her a small smile. "I believe the princess asked you a question Twilight." Mad Mind said.

Twilight slowly turned herself around towards Princess Celestia.

Celestia nodded. "Go on Twilight. Were all listening."