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// Chapter 21: A Queen and an Ancient Dragon 
// Story: Spike's Nameless Brother 
// by Cold Spike 
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“Well, this is a surprise… oh wait. No, it’s not!” The queen of the changelings laughed. 

Pinkie frowned. She didn't find it all that funny, and she knew all about funny. Then again, if their circumstances had been switched, it might have been funny.

“Hello, er, Queen Chrysalis, is it?” Twilight asked nervously, looking around for confirmation.

“Twilight Sparkle! The princess’s personal student! Oh, this is a wonderful day indeed. You may bow to me if you wish.” The queen then jumped up into the air and landed right in front of the unicorn, muzzle to muzzle. “It may help me spare you all.”

Twilight backed up, making sure to hold her breath. “I’d rather not,” she admitted. “But I’m here to offer you a deal. If you’ll listen, that is.”

They all saw Shadow smack his own face with his hoof.

Chrysalis smiled, revealing her sharp fangs. “A deal with a pony? I don’t think so. Your kind is to be used for our most precious resource, and that’s all!”

“Told you this was a dumb idea…” Shadow muttered.

“And you!” The queen pointed her hoof at Shadow, who flinched back. “Shadow… you betrayed your own kind, and-”

Shadow sighed and literally grabbed the queen’s muzzle with his hooves. He spoke in an whining voice. “How many times do I have to tell you! You are a crazy, crazy queen!” Each time he said a word he opened her mouth to mimic the words. Everyone watched on in shock. “I quit BECAUSE you snapped. Royal guard...” He rolled his eyes. “I think I’d rather be a royal guard for diamond dogs at this point.” 

Rover huffed at this thinly-veiled insult, but remained quiet.

Chrysalis smiled at him seductively, Twilight couldn’t tell if she was going to kiss him or bite his head off. Perhaps both.

“You know, it was kind of stupid to bring us into a room filled with only four guards if you really are planning on getting rid of us,” Garret stepped forward and pointed out.

“What? These guards?” She laughed again. 

Pinkie was starting to get very frustrated. What was so funny? 

Chrysalis straightened up and looked over at her guards. “You are all dismissed,” she ordered. Without hesitation, all four simply spread their wings and flew off. Garret felt a lot less confident all of a sudden. Just how powerful was she?’

“Hmm, I’m not exactly sure what I’m waiting for by the way. With you six Elements of Harmony out of commision, my plan to take over Equestria should be a cinch…” She lunged forward, her horn charging with green energy as she shot a beam of magic at Twilight. Twilight was quick to do the same, and their magic battled for supremacy. It quickly became apparent that Twilight was not as strong as the changeling queen. She began to struggle as Chrysalis’s magic was attempting to force its way through Twilight’s. Sweat dripped from Twilight’s forehead and it quickly became apparent that Twilight needed help.

Shyfrost wasn’t sure if a blast from his mouth would work the same on a changeling. It had worked perfectly on Rarity, who he was shocked to find that she had not brought up. Perhaps they had been too busy reuniting with her sister? For all he knew, his frozen breath could be melted within seconds by that green colored magic, but knew he had to try something. He jumped forward and blew, something unexpected happened though. The ice quickly soared over the queen’s magic and froze her horn, but it also did the same for Twilight. The two stood there, horns now frozen, trying to break their ice, but were unable to.

Twilight spoke first. “Well, I didn't have much magic left anyway,” she said, almost feeling relieved.

Chrysalis, on the other hoof, was much less calm. “You tiny, insolent lizard! Unfreeze my horn at once!” she screamed at Shyfrost.

“I’m not a fire dragon, that’s his bit,” he said, jabbing a claw at Spike.

“Yeah,” Spike paused to casually inspect his claws, “that’s me; but I don’t really feel like it.”

Chrysalis tried to blast through the ice surrounding her horn several times, only to pant for air and look to be in pain a moment later. “H- how did you even do that? I’ve lived for ages and I’ve never seen a dragon do that before!”

The orange dragon shrugged. “I was born that way? I dunno, you should ask her.” Shyfrost pointed to Twilight. 

Chrysalis looked at Twilight for explanation, but Twilight just shrugged and shook her head. Chrysalis frowned but didn’t say anything.

The entire group of ponies and nonponies remained in silence, wondering just why the Queen had not ordered her guards back. To Pinkie, this was funny; the horns freezing over, at least. 

Shyfrost then found himself hurled back by Shadow’s hoof, he began to whisper in his ear. “We came here to allow our artifacts to come into contact with her, so let’s do just that.”

He looked at the Queen who was busy rubbing her horn as quickly as possible in an attempt to melt the ice and free herself; apparently, she wanted to take down the Elements herself. “Uh, how?”

Shadow brought out his odd looking shard and studied it. “I’m not sure, maybe we should touch her horn with all of them?”

“We didn't have to do that with the other leaders,” Shyfrost protested.

Shadow shrugged. “The other leaders did not have horns or magic, but she does. It’s just a theory of mine, I say we go for it.”

“I say that’s kind of dumb-sounding, but I guess she can’t attack us much if it doesn’t work.” He then stopped whispering. “Everyone, take out your artifacts! Now!”

It only took them a second to do this, and when they did, they all looked at Shyfrost expectantly. “Uh, charge at her horn!” He declared.

“What?!” The queen screamed in horror, with no chance to escape. At least not in the time that the five beings that held an artifact were charging at her. In hindsight, she should have just flown away to find some guards. Nothing happened, the five artifacts clanged onto her frozen horn, only to bounce back. Shyfrost looked up, feeling worried. Shadow would not give up, though. He grabbed all five of the artifacts in his magic and repeated their plan, only this time he forced his artifact first. The rest clang off, but not his. He had a sort of instinct to use his ahead of the rest.

They did not clang back, but they also appeared on the surface to do nothing. The queen blinked, then she slowly blinked a second time, and then she looked around. Fluttershy walked forward, very slowly.

“Um, Miss Chrysalis Queen, are you alright?” she asked, not feeling silly in the slightest that she was attempting to help the enemy.

Chrysalis started to laugh. She laughed and laughed in such a deep voice that everyone in the room was convinced that she had either lost her mind, or was truly evil. After all, why laugh like that unless you were insane? Pinkie certainly thought she was crazy at least. The laugh died down and her smile looked sane. “My dear, I’m feeling wonderful.” Something Shadow had failed to notice was his charm had been channeling magic towards her horn, a dark colored magic that was literally shadowed by the trees that surrounded them, but it was visible. It soon died down, leaving him more confused than he had ever been in his life. “I feel… I feel clear!”

Twilight looked at her worriedly. “Um, do you want to destroy us still?”

“Destroy you?!” She reared back in shock and started to rub her head. “My memories are a bit fuzzy, but of course not. Why do you ask?” Her tone went from somber back to almost silly.

Twilight furrowed her brow and turned back to Shadow. “Shadow? What did you do to her?”

“Nothing, I just forced my charm near her horn, see.” He held it up in his magic, the heart shaped piece floating around.

The queen smiled at it. “I know what that is… Yes, I’ve seen that before…”

All of them gasped simultaneously and spoke. “You have?!”

“I was there during their creation, it was eons ago though…” 

Fluttershy felt a bit more confident that she would not destroy them, so she carefully tapped the queen’s leg. Chrysalis looked down. “Hmm?”

“How old are you?” she asked with a squeak.

“Why, I’ve forgotten.” Then she shook her head. “Anyway, they were created at a time of great peril. The world’s leaders had not become well connected with the ponies yet. The ponies were not faring well with Nightmare Moon. The leaders, the ones that were not ponies needed a way to communicate while we lead our nations. They were specifically designed to ‘keep us connected and to stay right’.”

Shadow looked at her, the same look you give to someone who had lost her mind and then gained it back (was that even possible?). “What does that last bit mean?”

“No idea!” Chrysalis proclaimed. 

Everyone in the room groaned. 

“The Great Dragonlord was the one who designed them. You would have to ask him. If he’s still around, that is…” They all looked at her, her features turning far too somber. “Have I really lost that much touch from reality?”

Shadow shook his head, not understanding at all. “You just were about to do, whatever you wanted to do with us. What about your plan, to take over Equestria?”

“Plans can change. I’m not sure why, but I suddenly got the idea that this would be a very bad idea indeed. I’m not even sure what made me think up it in the first place!”

Shadow waved his hoof in the air, as if it was a classroom. “To be fair, we were running out of love for all of the changelings with the way you were running things.”

She pondered this and sighed. “You are correct. I suppose, given enough time on this planet, anyone can reach insanity…” She shook her head again. “I believe, Twilight, that you were willing to make a deal?”

“Um, give me a minute!” She walked over to Spike and whispered something into his ear. He nodded and soon he was blowing fire all over her horn. “That’s better, thank you Spike. The deal is very simple: you and your changelings help us rescue Canterlot and stop Discord along with his accomplices.” She said while wondering if the latter was the other way around or not. “And in exchange, the ponies of Equestria will focus resources on finding a substitute for ‘love’ for you, so you all don’t starve.” She paused. “Um, if you are starving? I’m not exactly sure on your circumstances, exactly.” Perhaps a little more research would not have been amiss.

Chrysalis nodded. “We are; we have been driven to starvation. Perhaps that is the source of my insanity, but that matters not.” She lunged forward and hugged Twilight in a bone-crushing hug. “It’s a deal!”

Pinkie finally concluded decided that she herself was the sane one here, not Chrysalis. 

Twilight was gasping for air. “Too… tight!”

The queen dropped her by flying up, literally falling onto her rump. “Sorry about that. I am feeling very affectionate at the moment…” She licked her lips and smiled.

“Uh huh, so its a deal, good.” Twilight confirmed.

Blaze, or Scootaloo, depending on who was watching her, had enough. “Okay, wait a minute!” She broke out of Rainbow’s grip. “How come you're not evil anymore?”

Rainbow tried to grab her back, uncertain if this queen was evil or not, but the filly ran off. The young purple maned filly was face to face with the queen.

“Me? Starvation can lead to many things. I cannot draw on love from my changelings after all, and I had secluded myself for so long. When a body starts to wither away, so does the mind. Does that explain it?”

“No!”

“Hmm, perhaps that heart shaped charm had love infused within it? Thus fixing my mind and allowing me to see clearly for once. How about that?”

“Well! Uh…” Blaze scratched her head a few times. “Yes!” Then she comically jumped back to Rainbow and waited. Rainbow rolled her eyes.

“Now what is this about Discord? He is loose?” she asked, eyeing Shadow. Shadow wasn’t certain, but he could swear her eyes showed infatuation above all, or perhaps longing. He gulped nervously.

Twilight spoke up. “Yes, he and another one of his race has taken over Canterlot. Worse yet, Princess Luna and Princess Celestia can’t help, and our harmony stones no longer work…” she admitted the last part sheepishly.

“A grim situation, but not an impossible one.” She looked over the artifacts, her eyes landed squarely on the frost dragon.

“You there, how many leaders have you visited? These artifacts have been out of commision for so long, they will need to be… jump-started.”

“You could say please…” He pointed out, bit she simply rolled her eyes. “We only need to visit the dragons, and their leader, or is it leaders?”

“I’m not sure at this point. But there is usually a single leader. Odds are it is still the same one, when an elder dragon passes on practically all of Equestria hears about it. I would have remembered something like that.”

“We don’t know that much about dragons, sadly. Very few books exist in the pony archives.” Twilight explained.

Chrysalis nodded. “Hmm… well, I believe those artifacts will be quite useful, but only if we can get them to the dragon leader.”

“It uh…” Shadow paused at the queens uncomfortable stare but sped right up. “They are pretty close by, I guess we should go now?”

They all stood there in silence, a few slumped down while waiting for something to happen. Shyfrost stood up from his seated positioned and stretched his legs. All of them watched him start to leave the chamber. He turned back. “Well? I don’t think we have that much time to waste!”





One changeling queen, two changeling guards, one ex-royal guard, two baby dragons, three fillies, six mares, one minotaur prince, a griffon blacksmith, a diamond dog and one stallion walked along through a simple path. The dirt pathway was being absolutely torn asunder by so many creatures walking at once. Trees all around them had started thin out from the forest, leading to a less foreboding nature overall. There were still a few travel issues, however.

“Why are you walking on your fours, is that easier for you?” Sweetie Belle asked while walking effortlessly next to Rover. The diamond dog had been panting.

He nodded. “I am not very used to hills…”

“You are apparently not very used to common fashion either, dearie…” Rarity spoke from his right.

Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes and whispered into her sister's ear. “I think you insulted him by offering a new cloak or something like that.”

She huffed back. “I was just trying to be generous.”

“Then try doing it without insulting his cloak!”

Rarity sighed. “...I suppose I can try…”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the group, Twilight was doing her best not to freak out. There was so much information she could learn from the changeling queen alone! However, there were also others around her that she could question.

“So it would seem that emotional energy for your kind would be everything from protein to other basic needs for us and other living creatures.”

“Yes… that is an accurate description, Twilight,” the queen said, doing her best to keep her sanity and patience.

“Oh! This is so great, with all of this information I could fill a book!”

“Good for you! Now if you'll excuse me!” The queen said swiftly and flew up into the air, leaving behind a bewildered mare. Twilight's frown started to switch back to a smile when she realized that she had two guards and one ex guard to interrogate (at least, that’s how they saw it).

“Hey Scoots…” Apple Bloom muttered under her breath, while attempting not to alert her sister. Applejack had not let her out of her sight for a minute, yet she noticed something curious about her friend and her ‘caretaker’.

“Yeah?” Scootaloo spoke in a hushed voice, not really certain why in fact they were speaking so quietly.

“How come… Rainbow there keeps actin’ weird around ya?”

“Wh- well, what do you mean?” Scootaloo stammered.

The farm filly rolled her eyes. “Ah can’t get rid of my sis now, but she is actin’ like she wants to get rid of you… even though she’s still lookin’ after ya? Ah don’t get it.”

“Well… she’s just busy! She doesn’t want me to get in the way, I mean, yeah, she has to look after me, but…” She bit her lip. “Well, a lot of crazy stuff is happening, and she is an Element of Harmony, you know.”

Apple Bloom tilted her head to the side. “Ah what? Are you feelin’ okay?”

Blaze then suddenly remembered that Rainbow had mentioned that they weren't known as the Elements in their day, for their own protection.

Horseapples… I forgot that it’s supposed to be a secret. They don’t even know! That wasn’t revealed until way after they retired… I hate being from the future sometimes.

“Uh, I mean, she’s just real busy,” Scootaloo corrected herself.

“Uh huh, you said that. Are you sure you’re okay?”

Blaze looked into her friend’s eyes, seeing nothing but concern and kindness. She nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine, thanks. Just tired I guess.” She actually did yawn, feeling some what exhausted.
“Ah know what you mean. A certain somepony that’s related to me can get awful tiring.”

“What was that, sugarcube?” Her sister asked, causing her to flinch.

“Nothing…”

The entire group flinched and stopped when they heard a rather loud and almost deafening noise.

“W- what was that?” Fluttershy squeaked out, cowering behind Rarity.

A shadow creeped up over them, only it was clear that it came from far up in the sky. Up above a very large red colored dragon was flying over. They had made it to the dragon lands.

“Alright, I think we made it.” Rainbow pointed out. “So what now?”

“We could turn around and pretend we walked into dragon territory…” Fluttershy suggested while shaking.

“They’re just dragon’s, Fluttershy. There’s two right in front of you. We’ll be fine!” Rainbow insisted with a smirk.

“I suppose there are…” She was referring to the two dragons with them, though they were cute little baby dragons while the one up above was a huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, sharp scale having, smoke snoring, could eat a pony in one bite, totally all grown up dragon!

“I’ve read before that dragons would often meet near hot spring areas. They contain lava pools, too. Our best bet would be to trudge forward as best as we can and try to avoid any confrontations. It shouldn’t be long before we encounter somepony who can help us locate these dragon leaders or leader,” Twilight said swiftly.

“Easier said than done,” Shadow said to her right. “We kind of stick out like a sore hoof. Two dragon’s aren’t enough to make us seem normal to all of the other dragons.”

“That is true…hmm, Rarity!” Twilight called out.

“Yes?” Her friend asked back calmly.

“Do you think you could use your spell to locate larger piles of gems? We might be able to speed up a search of dragon leaders that way.”

She smiled. “Certainly. It’s not a perfect science, but it should help.” Her horn glowed and she started walking ahead of them. The rest of the group followed.

They trudged on for at least an hour. Small talk was given, but nothing of significance was spoken. Eventually, the group neared towering mountainsides.

“Hey, my horn is reacting over there!” Rarity pointed towards the mountains. “It’s as good a place as any to check.”

They started walking again, but Twilight noticed something that was off. “This isn't right, the path here ends at the mountain and into it. But there’s no opening.”

Shyfrost hopped off of Fluttershy’s back and ran up ahead. He slowly followed the dirt path and turned, only to almost run smack dab into the mountain before he stopped himself. “This is really weird…”

Spike ran up to him and hesitantly touched the side of the mountain, his claw reached through. He did it several more times while Shyfrost watched. “It’s magic!”

Twilight frowned and looked back to the path, just now noticing that the path had not been purposely lead towards the illusion wall. The pathway had been worn in that particular area, possibly from constant use, as the dirt had been pushed forward in that direction. “But, who cast it?” Twilight wondered out loud. “I wasn’t aware that dragons could use magic.”

“Isn't Discord kind of a dragon?” Rainbow asked after swooping down. “I know he’s not fully a dragon, but he’s part dragon and part… weird.”

Spike nodded. “Yeah, plus I have magic. I can send letters back and forth!”

Twilight nodded. “You can, but I had always theorized that this was due to our connection.”

Spike’s head tilted to the side. “You mean the letter link?”

She shook her head. “No. Well, sort of. You see, Princess Celestia knew that all dragons have an innate magical connection with Equestria. That, of course, means that all dragons have some magic within them, just like most creatures. You wouldn’t be able to hold the spell and cast it without your magic present. As I suspect, Shyfrost wouldn’t be able to breathe out frost without magic either. But you two are the only dragons that we have had much contact with, so there’s not too much to study. It’s interesting to think that other dragons could cast spells similar to unicorns…” She trailed off and laced her forehoof into the illusion. “Why hide this?” She hesitated but walked right through, the group gasped before she called out. “It’s okay, come in!”

Shyfrost came first, he noticed they now stood in some type of cave that was definitely not long, since light was pouring through on the other side. They scrambled through, coming off on the other side they found an odd sight.

“Is th- th- that an adult dragon? It’s one big dragon…” Fluttershy squeaked out, while hugging Shyfrost for dear life.

“Can’t….breathe…” The young drake managed to get out, at which point Fluttershy dropped him while blushing. He shook his head and examined the dragon. He was indeed very large and in a very odd place. Surrounding them were the mountains only they very small mountains. THey expected to find more rock terrain on the other side, but instead there was grass and wild plant life all over. The dragon was faced away from them and seemed to be busy reading from a tome of some kind. Shyfrost had finally found an adult dragon, and he felt like he had absolutely no idea what to do next. He turned around to face the group and shrugged, giving Twilight and Fluttershy a pleading look.

Fluttershy was busy trying to now hide her face beneath her front hooves, and failed to see Shyfrost’s shrug. Twilight was busy pondering the situation with her eyes closed. so the frost dragon stuck by her, just waiting. Eventually she turned back to Spike who was waiting by her side, feeling anxious yet excited to see another dragon.

“Okay, I’m not exactly sure if this is the best idea.” She looked back to Queen Chrysalis who simply shook her head, wondering what she was getting at. “It is probably best if one or both of you initiate contact first.” She motioned to Spike and Shyfrost. “If anything, seeing another dragon might help this new dragon see us as friendly.” Spike didn’t look so sure but he nodded regardless. Twilight walked over to Chrysalis. “Do you recognize him, by the way?”

She shook her head again. “I do not. The dragon elder had red scales and giant blue spikes on his back. This one couldn’t look more different.” She motioned to the massive yellow beast.

“Alright…” Twilight sighed and turned to her assistant, with a warm smile on her face. “Whenever you’re ready, Spike. If you want to do this?”

Spike looked back at the dragon and turned his head back to Twilight, he did this several times and finally sighed. “A- alright, I’ll do it!” They all smiled and he took a few steps forward. Shyrost felt some what relieved to be able to stay behind and smiled, but that smile quickly faded as purple claws wrapped around his arm and before he knew it, he was being dragged along with his friend.

Shyfrost stood before the massive creature. He looked over to Spike, and to his horror he saw him about to call out. He tried to stop him while jumping forward, but tripped over his own feet and fell forward.

“Hello!” He heard Spike call out. The response was immediate.

The dragon yelled out to the heavens, forgetting his tome. Spike and Shyfrost ducked for cover and held tightly to each other for comfort. Fluttershy was doing her best to try and run away, but though she scrambled frantically, she was getting nowhere as Rainbow Dash was currently sitting on her tail. That didn’t stop her from trying, though.

The dragon crawled out on all fours, he awkwardly turned around to face the source of his disturbance. His eyes squinted, they were squarely focused on the two quivering drakes.

There was a short snarl. “Yes?” He asked the two who were not even looking up. A moment later the dragon raised its eyebrow and gently prodded the two younger dragons. Twilight Sparkle was amazed at how focused the dragon could be on its own kind, she was surprised that he hadn’t even noticed the rest of the group yet.

Spike poked one of his eyes out of their huddle. “Uh….. hello?” Spike squeaked.

The dragon sighed. “I take it you are from the council? What is it?”

Spike gave the dragon a dumbfounded look. This time, Shyfrost worked the courage to speak up. “Uh, no.”

The dragon exhaled a large breath from his nostrils, wind poured over the two. “Then, what are you doing here?!”

“We need some help…” Spike said truthfully.

“...I am to be contacted with matters relating to the council only. This place was protected by illusion magic, how did you two even find the entrance?” He pointed an accusing claw at both of them.

“Excuse me!” Twilight finally called out. She had been debating if she should, but it was clear that Spike wasn’t planning on revealing why they were there anytime soon.

The dragon looked up. He scanned each and every creature and snorted again. He jerked back down to the two dragons who were bashfully smiling up. “Explain!” he ordered.

Spike felt flustered and tried to come up with a response, but Twilight beat him to it. “Look, we just need your help. This is Spike by the way.”

“The affairs of non dragon’s are not my concern.”

“They concern dragons, too…” Spike got out, feeling a tad more confident now that Twilight was with him.

The dragon considered the two drakes and the pony for but a second before waving them off. “Be gone. I am quite busy.”

The giant dragon had already turned back to his parchments and scrolls. Twilight looked down to the two dragons, looking bewildered.

Shyfrost had a moment to think. He doesn’t seem like an angry dragon. Maybe he just needs some help himself? The frost drake ran around the dragon to meet him again face to face. “Hello, my name is Shyfrost and uh… do you need some help?” He questioned, feeling a bit silly.

“Not unless you can provide it,” he said cryptically.

“Uh… I might be able to?” He rubbed the back of his head instinctively.

“Unless you have access to the council's library, then I doubt it young one. Now please, be gone.”

Shyfrost was literally shoved back gently by the dragon’s large claw. The drake looked back to his group with his claws in the air, shaking his head in uncertainty. Rainbow Dash flew up into the air and landed in front of the dragon.

“I could fly to this council and get what you need, I am the fastest flyer in Equestria after all!”

The dragon snorted, releasing a small puff of dark smoke. “I shall not trust ancient scrolls and texts with someone who is too quick.”

Dash smacked a hoof to her forehead, realizing that this was one stubborn dragon. She then flew back and pushed Fluttershy by literally getting behind her and shoving her forward with her head. The dragon’s eye with its massive red colored pupil looked to the cream colored mare who squeaked in response. But she held firm and did not try to dash off like before.

“Um, p-please mister dragon, we just want to help you… so maybe you can help us?”

Finally, the drake sighed. “Very well, since you are all so determined to pester me.” He stood up and looked down to the dragons. “I need a scroll pertaining to protection spells, particularly one that involves shields. You two can be granted access to the library.” Twilight tried to speak up but his massive claw raising up had silenced her. “Only dragons are allowed inside. I do not know why they are traveling with you… all, but you may accompany them to the council's headquarters. Here--” He took out a smaller scroll from his pile and inspected it. Then he placed it into Spike’s clutches. “Use that to gain entry. Return here with what I require, and then we will talk.”

Twilight looked up to him. “You will help us if we get these scrolls?”

“I will.”

“Why do you need them?” She asked. And I can’t believe dragons have protection spells! Think of the knowledge…

He inspected her better while narrowing his eyes. “Return here with the spells. News of your pony princesses’ demise have reached us. Do hurry, please.”

Twilight wanted to protest, but Applejack walked up to her. “Sugarcube, Ah think we better listen to him. Maybe those spells can help us better in the end, don’t ya think?”

“We don’t even know who he is…” she whispered harshly.

“Hey, what’s your name?” Applejack called up.

“It is on the slip that I have handed to Spike.”

Spike handed them the paper, and together they all read the last line.



Signed by, King Pyro