//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: New Chapter, New Story // Story: Treasured Moon & Stars: Vol. 2 Treasures From Mirrors // by TigerSwirl448 //------------------------------// Chapter 1 New Chapter, New Story Twilight Sparkle opened her eyes and sat up in her cot, looking around her small cabin finding herself back on the Fancy Flute. Twilight sighed rubbing her arms, feeling like crying. She sniffed, wiping her eyes to keep the tears from falling. She pulled on her Luna University sweater and her boots and headed out the door. She peeked out the door, looking both ways to hear the sounds of ponies sleeping and snoring from each room. She closed her door behind her and tiptoed out the door to the open air. She walked out to see Derpy Hooves at the giant wheel. She turned and nodded with a small smile. Twilight nodded in return. "Can't sleep?" Derpy asked in that childlike voice she has. Twilight shook her head, staying silent. Derpy nodded with a frown. "Uh, Captain and the Earth pony are on watch." Twilight smiled at her. "Rainbow Dash and Applejack." "Oh right, my bad." Twilight chuckled and walked down to the two elder ponies as they were sitting by the ratlines. The cowpony with a Stetson hat on her head looked up to see Twilight walk over. The Earth pony smiled. "Hey, what are you doing up?" Applejack asked. Twilight sighed. "Can't sleep. Had this horrible dream." "Heh, you too?" Rainbow asked with surprise. Twilight nodded. "So I guess we still share dreams to this day?" "I don't know." Applejack answered with worry rubbing her forehead. "It's just like back in Griffin Field all over again." Rainbow and Twilight shuddered from the memory. "That was way worse than this, I guarantee you." Rainbow said turning away looking out to the stars. Twilight walked over and placed her hand on Rainbow's shoulder. "I learned about you and the Prince. I'm so sorry Rainbow." Rainbow bowed her head. "He was always headstrong. He reminded me of myself." Applejack sighed. "Well, you taught him right Rainbow." Rainbow chuckled. "Yeah I just wished I could call him my flesh and blood. He's a good pony. He will be missed." "He will be." Twilight said sadly nodding. "He's the only royal I know of that actually fought back." The three paused in a moment of silence until Applejack turned to Twilight. "Have you uh... Heard from Rarity?" She asked warily blushing slightly. Twilight gulped shaking her head. "No, I've never seen her or heard from her since we all last saw each other." "In other words AJ, she's gone." Rainbow said sourly. "Just like Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie." Applejack sighed pulling the brim of her hat lower over her eyes. Twilight squeezed her eyes shut, hearing from them what happened to her two friends. It was still hard to imagine such kind souls were now dead. "But," She thought. "How come we could feel their spirits in us back at the Crystal Planet?" The two mares turned to Twilight with surprise. Twilight made a conclusion as to why they felt Sombra's presence with Octavia. It was possible that the gems that were made for the elements were possibly created by the Crystal ponies. And with Octavia being in the mix with her Luna’s Tear or the Crystal Guardian Jewel and being in connection with Twilight, it's possible that all the Crystal Guardians, and the Elements of Harmony, were made from the same type of crystal. In a way, the Elements of Harmony are Crystal Guardians of harmony and peace. Rainbow nodded slowly. "Well... from your experience I guess... Okay, I don't know how or why." Applejack sighed. "But really, while I was going through that blasted headache, I thought I felt Rarity suffering, too." The two friends looked at her with shock. Applejack swallowed, taking off hat then scratched her head. "I felt her and... Pinkie. I felt her, too." Rainbow gulped, thinking. "Fluttershy... I thought I felt her, but it was too faint." Twilight nodded. "Same with me. Perhaps we had contact with them." "But how? Pinkie's dead." Applejack said with wonder. "I watched her die!" Twilight and Rainbow stared at her with shock. Applejack cleared her throat turning away. "She died in my arms. How could she be alive?" "How did she die?" Twilight asked quickly. Applejack sighed. "She was lashed then bled to death. They threw her into the crematorium at the prison and that is all I know." Rainbow bit her lip, squeezing her eyes shut as she slowly sat down. Twilight shook her head feeling anger and sadness all at once. "Then how can we get a replacement Element of Laughter?" "We can't!" Rainbow said harshly. "We just can't." Rainbow stood up and left the two mares to mourn alone yet again, for another lost friend. Applejack sighed wiping her stinging eyes. "I'm sorry I had to-" "No," Twilight interrupted, shaking her head. "Don't apologize for telling the truth. Never turn your back on your element Applejack." Twilight said sternly as tears flowed out of her eyes. "We will get revenge for our suffering." Applejack stared at Twilight worriedly. "Sugarcube," Twilight looked into Applejack's green eyes then turned away and decided to leave the cowpony alone. Applejack sighed shaking her head. She has never seen Twilight like this since her first coltfriend was killed and mutilated by the enemy during the war. It took two hours to find Twilight before getting herself killed for revenge. It took her a couple of months just to bring her back to her old bookworm self. She sighed again and decided to turn in. The next morning, everypony sat in the mess deck eating breakfast of oatmeal. Rainbow sighed staring at the gray goop then used the bowl away leaning back against the wall thinking. She turned to see Octavia getting her helping and a second bowl for the Captain. Rainbow watched her smile at Spike and turned to leave. She turned to look at Rainbow. Rainbow raised her brow. Octavia flinched a touch and turned away, quickening her pace up the steps to get outside. Rainbow sighed rubbing her sightless eye, remembering Octavia as a filly. "Dear Luna," She whispered to herself. "Tick Tock, you're daughter sure is a piece of work." She jumped hearing Applejack taking a seat at her table. "Everythin' alright?" She asked. Rainbow sighed shaking her head. "It's nothing." Applejack nodded slowly getting a scoop full of breakfast. "You can always talk to me, Rainbow." "I know." Applejack nodded noticing how Rainbow turned away, staring at the wall. Applejack might not be able to call it even with Rainbow Dash but the poor pegasus was putting this on herself. "It wasn't your fault, Dash." Applejack whispered noticing how Rainbow stiffened in her seat. "What wasn't my fault?" "You know where I'm going with this." Applejack said calmly. Rainbow went silent glaring at the floor now. Applejack gulped down the stuff and stuck out her tongue at the taste. She turned back to Rainbow crossing her arms on the table. "You weren't the one that caused this, alright?" Rainbow nodded. "Sure, but I know I was a part of the cause." Rainbow stood up and left the mess deck. Applejack sighed rubbing her eyes. She felt so alone right, now. ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ Princess Octavia entered the cabin where she slept with Vinyl and Princess Luna. She smiled sadly to see Vinyl sleeping again in her cot, looking more pale than ever. Octavia turned to see Princess Luna's sleeping form. She sighed seeing that Luna was still her small size. Octavia and Vinyl saved Princess Luna from the evil daemon Sombra. In order to protect herself those many centuries ago, Luna was able to be disconnected with her magic, causing her to stay in eternal sleep and stay in her sleeping young form. She looked more like a young alicorn than a full adult one like Queen Celestia. Octavia was able to clean and give Princess Luna new clothing to replace her torn garb that was in no way fixable. Octavia set down the two porridge bowls on a counter and turned to kneel down by Vinyl's cot. She placed her hand over Vinyl's forehead to feel the heat of a fever. Just a week prior, Sombra had stabbed Vinyl with his sword. The sword had pierced her stomach and come out of her back. Somehow Vinyl survived long enough for Octavia to preform a healing spell on accident. The spell healed Vinyl's devastating wound, but something else happened. Vinyl is now very, very ill, even worse than what she was when Octavia met her. With help from Twilight using a special scanning spell, they figured out that Vinyl was suffering from infection, clearly the sword Nightmare Moon/Sombra used wasn't well maintained and now Vinyl was suffering. What made it even worse was that Vinyl's coughing fits were getting longer and harder to watch and more blood came out of her lungs every time she had a coughing fit. Octavia was at a loss of what was affecting Vinyl or even how long she was like this before the infection sapped her energy and made her sick. Vinyl opened her eyes and smiled seeing her. "Hey," Octavia smiled, stroking her face. "How are you feeling?" "Just cheeky," Vinyl said sarcastically clearing her throat. Octavia nodded and reached for one of the bowls of watery oatmeal and a spoon. Vinyl gave her a look. "I can feed myself," "Vinyl, you can hardly sit up, let me." Vinyl groaned and allowed Octavia to spoon feed her. Vinyl turned to see Luna. "So anything yet on how to wake the Princess?" Vinyl asked. Octavia turned to Luna then up at the counter to see the crystal heart still glowing. Octavia was able to snatch the Crystal Heart and five other smaller jewels called the Guardian crystals out of Sombra's temple in the Crystal Moon. So far because of her Guardian crystal called Luna’s Tear she could hear the Guardians from the crystals and some other voice in the Crystal Heart. From what they told her, Luna should wake up soon. But Octavia was starting to get worried. Without the temple's resources that kept Luna alive all these centuries she might die. It has been a week and the only way to feed Luna was to make a watery mix of the oatmeal and spoon it down her throat. So far her body was slowly coming to and reacting normally. Professor Daring Do, a professor from Luna University in Canterlot, fears for Luna's psyche. Because of all those years in the Princesses self-imposed stasis, her mind might be unstable. There are just too many things to worry about and worse of all Octavia had to find a way to get to Canterlot somehow and tell Queen Celestia of her royals and their corrupted government. She could probably help. She turned back to Vinyl and sighed. "I don't think it'll be simple." She answered feeding Vinyl again. "Everypony has a point." "Whaf doff yove fhik?" Vinyl said around the spoon getting a look from Octavia. Vinyl smirked wrapping her arms behind her head. "I fear that the Princess won't..." She paused thinking. "There is this story I heard from a slave in the palace. She said that the Princesses must always be together. The Sun must be there for the Moon. The Sun will fall, and the Moon shall rise, over and over again in a cycle of harmony. The Moon can't rise without the Sun, and the Sun cannot rise without the Moon.” Vinyl nodded. "Yeah, my mom used to tell me that story, too." Octavia thought for a moment then smiled. "You've never told me about your mother." Vinyl blushed looking at her seeing her purple eyes. Vinyl gulped looking back at the ceiling. "I don't want to talk about her." Octavia nodded a little disappointed in this one clue in understanding Captain Vinyl Scratch. Since she was put on this boat she kept trying to understand who Vinyl was, what her past was, what made her who she was today. The few things she knew of Vinyl is, she hated royals, she was somehow connected or involved in or out of the slave industry, her parents were both gone, no other family, and she was a hybrid. Not to mention seems to have an interest in Octavia. Octavia can't say that she wasn't interested in Vinyl. Well she was just she's not sure about Vinyl. Sure she was strong, brave, kind, and had gorgeous eyes. That's where Octavia coughed suddenly trying to hide her yelp of shock, as she blushed thinking of those ruby eyes. Just thinking about them made her look over to see Vinyl staring at her. "Everything alright?" She asked. "Yes, I just," She coughed a couple of times. "Just had a tickle in my throat that's all." Vinyl nodded, blushing herself. "Well, thanks for the chow." Vinyl said smiling. Octavia smiled back. "You're welcome." She stood up and reached for her own bowl to eat. "How are our new crew mates?" Vinyl asked getting comfortable in her cot again. "Blossomforth and Raindrops were helping Scootaloo and Apple Bloom fix the engines. By the looks of it, they were down there practically all day." Vinyl shrugged. "That's good to know. Luna knows we need it." Vinyl cleared her throat realizing the subject of her prayer was sleeping next to her. Octavia chuckled noticing Vinyl's blush. "How about that AJ and that other pegasus, what was her name again?" "Captain Rainbow Dash, you mean." Octavia said coldly, stirring her bowl. Vinyl blinked, she never heard Octavia's voice like this since the first time they met. She looked at her to see her glaring into her bowl. "Sure... Uh, how about the Professor?" Octavia shrugged. "She's trying to find information on some jewels called the Elements of Harmony. I think I remember hearing something about them." Vinyl nodded. "I think I heard a thing or two about them. It was said that they were the first rebels before the rebellion happened." She shrugged again. "It was very vague since nopony was allowed to talk about them anyways." Octavia nodded thinking. "Twilight was sure getting serious with the Elements stuff. Especially the strange things about me and Twilight and those other two sharing the same possessions back on the moon or, uh, planet." Octavia remembered the horrible pain in her body trying to fight back the evil daemon, Sombra's, control. Somehow, some way, Twilight, Captain Rainbow Dash, and Applejack felt the same pain in their own skulls and bodies as if they were being possessed. Daring mentioned something about being together or linked to the Elements of Harmony, which was still very strange. How could Octavia have such a magical connection to two other mares, who she didn't want to associate other than Twilight Sparkle who she does have a connection with? Her brain started to pound just thinking about it. "Anyway, you need some rest. I'll be back with Daring to check you out, and Luna as well." Octavia stood up and took the bowls away as Vinyl got herself comfortable in the cot with a yawn. Octavia turned to look at Vinyl as Vinyl closed her eyes with a sigh. Octavia smiled looking at Vinyl's cheeks, then her snout and her lips. Octavia shook her head and left the room blushing hard. Octavia stepped out the door of the cabins and passed Derpy at the helm waving hello. Derpy smiled. "Mornin' Princess." "Good morning Derpy." She said going down the stairs then headed for the mess deck below the hatch. She handed her dishes to Spike as he was washing them with Sweetie Belle's help. "Hi, Octavia!" Sweetie Belle called out her now dressed in Scootaloo's extra shirts and pants since her dress was ruined from the fight at the moon. Octavia smiled. "Hello Sweetie, how are you?" "Great, how's the Captain?" Spike looked up from washing to listen. Octavia sighed. "She seems to be doing better in spirit. But her fever is still high. Do you know where the professor is?" "Right here, actually," Daring Do said as she came down the steps, fixing her suspenders. "Something you need, your Highness?" Octavia smiled at the elder pegasus. "Daring, I was wondering if you can check on Vinyl and Princess Luna?" Daring nodded. "I'll have Twilight come along too, she wants to try a new spell with the Crystal Heart and Guardians." Octavia nodded. "Sure, I can arrange them for the spell." Daring smiled. "Good, I'll go get her and meet you in the captain's room." Octavia nodded and started out the mess deck as Daring frowned with concern. "Something wrong?" Spike asked noticing the professor's face. Daring sighed. "This infection is horrible, but I'm more concerned with her horrible cough. It's no secret that she has some sort of disease in her lungs. And I've heard that cough before." "Wait you mean," Sweetie Belle asked with sadness. "Vinyl will die?" Daring nodded slowly. "We'll try and help her through her pain. But she's dying." "Wait, you mean you knew about that?” Spike asked worriedly. Daring nodded. "Yes," She said sadly. "She's the oldest pony I have ever seen with the disease." She paused thinking. "When was the first time you noticed her coughing blood." "Blood?” Sweetie asked with shock. Spike sighed setting down his rag. "Well... We all noticed her coughing real bad one time. She claimed she had it since she was a kid. She never coughed in front of us again. But sometimes she does and she knows we're worried. But she told us not to worry." Spike sighed shaking his head. "She's in pain, you can see it after she coughs. It's hard to listen to, or even watch." Daring nodded. "Right, well it's-" "Daring!" The three ponies turned as Twilight ran down the steps. "What is it?" Daring asked as Twilight panted. "It's Vinyl! She's not breathing!" Daring immediately started running. "Stay there!" She ordered pointing behind her to Spike as she and Twilight ran up the deck. Sweetie Belle looked at Spike to see him worried too. ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ Octavia was holding Vinyl in a sitting position as she tried to draw breath, holding her chest. "Vinyl! Come on, you can breathe can't you!" The door opened as Daring ran in. "When did it start, quickly now Twilight!" "Coming!" Twilight yelled out her hand glowing in a dark pink aura. "Just a moment ago, what's happening to her?" Twilight quickly placed her glowing hand on Vinyl's chest and her other hand on Vinyl's back. "Hold her!" Octavia held her on her shoulders as Vinyl started turning purple trying to breathe. Octavia pat Vinyl on the face as her eyes started to roll back. "Vinyl, stay with me!" She yelled out. Twilight sighed as Vinyl started to be covered in Twilight's magic. "Breathe now!" She called pushing Vinyl's body with magic causing Vinyl to sputter out blood then let out a gasping breath. "Got it!" Twilight called out as Vinyl took in another big breath then let it out panting, her head lolled forward unconscious. Twilight spat to the side getting Vinyl's blood out of her mouth. Octavia was shaking holding Vinyl's shoulders so tight. Twilight removed her hands as she canceled her magic. "Alright, lay her down." Twilight whispered panting from adrenaline. Octavia slowly lowered Vinyl onto her back on the cot. Octavia looked up to see Daring with her eyes closed. "It's already started." "What's started?" Octavia asked with worry turning to see Twilight using her white sleeve to wipe off her face and neck of the blood splatters. Twilight sighed. "Her body can't take another one of those, Daring." She said with worry. "It took power just to get her muscles to start again." "Muscles, what's going on? What's happening to Vinyl!" Octavia cried out. Daring looked at Octavia. "Did Vinyl ever tell you where she was from?" Octavia nodded confused. "Manehattan." Daring nodded with a wince. "Of course." She sighed shaking her head looking down at Vinyl. "Can one of you tell me what is wrong?" Twilight sighed. "Have you heard of the plague in Manehattan?" "Yes, it killed hundreds of hybrids in the station. I even had a case of it." She said worriedly. She turned to Vinyl with a gasp. "Vinyl had it?" "Yes she did." Twilight said as a matter of fact. "While we were at our time in Manehattan we were around during the plague. Daring was lucky to have us get some off world shots that would protect us from diseases. We weren't sick but we tried our best to help the homeless." Twilight shook her head sitting on the counter by the crystals. "When you had the disease, Prince Tick Tock called out for all doctors, even private royal physicians, to go and help the homeless hybrids and the sick Earth ponies." Twilight continued with a glare. "Oh they helped alright. They helped make the diseased even worse. They let the Earth ponies die while hybrid pegasi and unicorns like Vinyl were healed." "Practically." Daring interrupted with a stern glare. "There was a doctor, who worked for a royal family in Manehattan, upper Manhattan I believe. He was sent out and instead of helping eliminate the disease he made it worse. Sure the symptoms were gone but he left something else." Daring paused to point at Vinyl as blood roll down out the side of her mouth. Octavia covered her mouth staring at Vinyl with shock. "You mean a trusted doctor and the royals did this to innocent ponies, even to a child?" She asked, insulted by such an act. Twilight nodded. "Yes, we've seen at least two hundred ponies, mostly children in the streets suffering from this." Daring sighed sadly. "We gave them food and clothing but it was never enough. They died from suffocation. Their diaphragm muscles would be shot out by the disease. They suffer painfully and there was nothing we could have done to ease it." "Then the royal guards came around and told us to leave." Twilight said darkly, glaring at the floor, her hands clenched into fists. "Telling us it was none of our business in helping the weak and helpless. It was the job of the royals." Twilight spat. Daring walked over to wrap her arm around Twilight. "We never made land fall at Manehattan again. Knowing well that we would be put into prison for aiding the homeless, especially homeless hybrids." Octavia gulped kneeling down beside Vinyl taking her hand, holding it tight. "What can we do? Is there anything we can do to get rid of this?" Daring and Twilight looked at one another then back at Octavia. Twilight leaped off the counter and left the room in a hurry shutting the door behind her. Daring sighed painfully, rubbing her neck. "No, nothing has been proven to help. The bastard that did this wanted the hybrids to suffer. And Captain Scratch is another victim. She'll die soon and there is nothing we can do to ease her pain." "But you just," "We need Vinyl since she is the Captain of this vessel. Also she's a very, dear friend and we'll try everything we can to keep her alive. But it's futile Octavia." Octavia squeezed her eyes shut squeezing Vinyl's hand with both of hers. "Why does this have to happen to us?" Daring patted Octavia shoulder. "We live in a world where ponies like us are nothing but trouble. Octavia, get some air. " Daring stood up and left the room closing the door behind her. Octavia felt tears rain down her face pressing Vinyl's hand against her face. ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ Applejack walked out on deck and stopped, hearing sniffling. She turned to see Sweetie Belle crying in her crossed arms. "Hey sugarcube, what are you cryin' about?" Sweetie Belle looked up with red eyes at the Earth pony. She wiped her nose with her sleeve. "Captain Vinyl is very sick. She's dying!" Applejack blinked and turned away. "Dying of what?" "I don't know, Twilight came running into the mess deck screaming that Vinyl wasn't breathing. She came back past me and told me that Vinyl was going to die now matter what." Applejack was surprised. Twilight never acted like this. "Can't she help her?" Sweetie Belle shrugged. "I don't know. She helped Vinyl before I saw her but she was acting like she couldn't do anything or there was nothing she could do." Applejack nodded patting Sweetie on the head leaving her alone. Applejack walked down the steps and saw Twilight standing by the starboard rail. Applejack walked over and blinked with surprise to see Twilight with a cigarette. "I thought you don't smoke?" Twilight gasped and turned to see Applejack giving her a funny look. Applejack noticed that Twilight's eyes were puffy and red and her face was wet from the tears. Twilight turned away taking a short draw from the cigarette. "I have been for ten years." She whispered. "Only when I'm miserable and..." She rubbed her forehead, her chin quivering. Applejack stood with her leaning forward on the rail looking at Twilight as she started to cry silently. "The filly told me about the unicorn. The Captain. What's going on?" Applejack asked carefully as Twilight sniffed and wiped her eyes. "I can't heal her." She whispered with a sob. "She's been poisoned by some jerk ass royal." Twilight threw the cigarette away, she looked down to see a bucket. She growled and kicked the bucket away. Rainbow was walking up from the second hatch dodging the bucket as it clanked past her. She turned to see Twilight squat down with her hands clenching her mane, crying. "I hate them all!" She screamed out crying. "All they do is cause more pain and death, even to innocents and now we're losing another pony and I have to watch her die!" Applejack kneeled down, hugging Twilight to her chest. She turned to see Rainbow staring with worry. "What's wrong?" Rainbow mouthed. Applejack shook her head to Rainbow. "Not now!" She mouthed in return as Twilight continued to sob into Applejack's shirt. Rainbow nodded and went back below to grab some things. Applejack looked back at Twilight and rub her back. "Alright Sugarcube, I'm sure you can use that brain of yours to help her out." Twilight shook her head as she pulled away from Applejack to look in the eye. "I can't Applejack. I just can't. My magic can get her to breathe again but I can't get the disease out. She needed real help. Some other healer with powerful magic or powerful medicines." Applejack turned away thinking hard. She bit her lip, remembering what she promised, but the life of that unicorn Captain, that everypony even Twilight seem to care about was dying painfully too. Applejack has seen everypony, even Pinkie Pie, die and she always blamed herself for not helping them. She sighed and patted Twilight on the back. "I think I know who can help us." Twilight looked up at her with surprise. "Help? Who?" Applejack paused and turned seeing Rainbow coming up, pulling on her red coat and pulling the lapels together looking at Applejack. "I can’t say. Go get the professor." Twilight nodded getting up watching Applejack standing up as well with a conflicted look in her eyes. Twilight turned and ran to the cabins. Applejack rubbed her face as Rainbow walked over. "What's wrong with Twi?" She asked watching the unicorn disappear into the cabin block. Applejack sighed. "The unicorn hybrid is dying." "Really? I thought she was doing well?" Rainbow said with worry. "So did I, but I guess she got something else." The two turn to see Daring and Twilight running over. "Twilight told me that you know of somepony that can help Vinyl?" Applejack nodded with a sigh. "Eeyep." "Who?" Daring asked with curiosity. Applejack gulped. "I can't tell you." "Why?" Rainbow asked. "Because I promised never to talk about her or where she lives. Unless it was important." The three ponies stared at Applejack as she tried hard not to lie. She knew her friends could tell when she lied. She had done it before and was embarrassed for weeks from the stupid lie that almost killed her friends. Daring sighed. "Can she be trusted?" Applejack nodded. "Yes ma'am. She saved my life a few years ago before I joined Nightmare Moon's pirates." Twilight nodded with a sniff. "Can she help Vinyl?" "I know she can. She's the greatest healer in the Outer Rim. And she's the only one that can help the Captain." The four mares were silent thinking. Rainbow turned to her. "Where does she live?" Rainbow asked. Applejack was silent for a moment then sighed. "She lives on Everfree." "Everfree?" Daring asked bewildered. "The rouge planet Everfree?" Applejack nodded. "That's the one. She lives in the deepest jungles of Everfree with the Zebra Tribe. The last one of its kind in the galaxy." Twilight blinked and wiped her nose with her sleeve. "Can she help us? For real help us?" Applejack nodded. "Yes, she can be trusted and yes, she will heal up the Captain." "You seem to really believe this pony can make miracles." Rainbow said suspiciously. "She will. It might take a while but she will do the job." Daring thinks for a moment then sighed looking at Twilight. "Can we trust her? I know she is your friend, Twilight and she's an Element of Harmony, but she was a pirate after all." Applejack held her tongue as Twilight looked at her then to Daring. "I know Applejack, she could never tell a lie, no matter how hard she tried to.” Rainbow snorted, covering her mouth, hiding her smirk. Applejack blushed at the snort. "But yes, we can trust her." Twilight said with finality. Daring nodded. "Alright, go tell the Princess. Applejack please come with me and we'll have Derpy set a new course." "Aye-aye." Daring and Applejack headed for the stairs with Twilight already running to the cabins. Rainbow stood there, biting her lip. She turned to look out to the stars.