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// Zecora's advice (9) 
// Story: Cadence Goes Trolling 
// by Flames173 
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	"Are we there yet?" Shining asked, physically spent from wandering in the Everfree Forest.
"Considering we're still walking, I have to say no, we aren't." Cadence answered, quite annoyed from answering the same question over and over.
"We're lost aren't we?"
"No."
"Cadence, we've been trotting around for at least two hours and I haven't seen one sign of other intelligent life anywhere!"
"Shut up."
"No, I'm gonna start bitching to you."
"No, be quiet, I think I heard something."
"Yeah, it's me, now I swear if we don't find that zebra soon I'm going to eat you, slowly."
"No no, I heard something else."
Shining shut her mouth for a little bit. A bush rustled. Cadence stared at the bush and Shining hugged her wife, scared.
"Who goes there? Are you alone or in a pair?" a familiar voice shouted from the trees. It was impossible to pinpoint where it came from, the forest echoed every sounds too much.
"Zecora, is that you?" Cadence asked.
"Yes, now who are you? I have not a clue." Zecora said from her seemingly impossible to find location.
"Zecora, it's me Cadence Miamore Cadenza, and Shining Armor." Cadence responded.
"Ahh, why are you here? I lend you my ear."
"We need your help."
"Why do you need my help? Were the others like a worthless whelp?"
"Well, yes actually."
"Fine follow me to my hut. Be careful not to get cut." Zecora appeared from a bush on the other side of the path that they thought she was on.
"Why would she say be careful not to get cut?" Shining asked.
"There are a bunch of thorn bushes in the woods."
"Oh, I see." Shining said as her leg was stabbed by one, not far from her nether region.
Eventually, the three ponies arrived at Zecora's hut.
"So what is your seemingly pointless plight? Umm, something that rhymes with plight." Zecora asked.
"No offense Zecora, but you're bad at rhyming now." Cadence responded.
"Yes, I am aware. It's because I was attacked by a bear. Yeah, that made no sense. They're bad rhymes because rhyming is difficult, you try going one whole hour with everything you say rhyming."
"No thanks, I believe you."
"So, why did you come here?"
"Well, I cast a spell and no pony seems to be able to reverse it."
"So, who did it hit?"
"Shining Armor."
"Oh, what was it?"
"I turned him into a mare."
"Oh my. That's what I was smelling. I thought you vowed to never use that spell, this is why you never break your vows."
"Yes yes, I know, but can you please fix him?"
Zecora inspected the white mare closely. "Oh my."
"What? Is it reversible? It is right? RIGHT?" Shining demanded an answer
"Yes, quite so, but it may be difficult. Cadence is the only pony who can reverse this."
"But she can't, she has tried at least ten times by now."
"Yes, but this spell is one of the forbidden spells. Cadence will need as much magic energy as she can get."
"So, how would she get that much power?"
"Well, she has to be full, thirst quenched, and completely awake. She appears to be in good enough physical condition, so just make sure she has as much energy reserves as possible. Hear that Cadence, no more physical exertion, eat and drink as much as you can, and, just to be on the safe side, you must avoid everything that could get you sick. I think noon tomorrow should be a perfect time."
"Well, that seems easy enough." Cadence said.
"Nothing is as easy as it seems." Zecora responded. "Now shoo. My family is coming over and I must clean up around here."
The two mares left the hut and headed back to town.
"Zecora has a family?" Shining asked