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// The missing ingredient 
// Story: Loose-Ends 
// by AlphaFireStorm 
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  "CLEANSE!" I try again for the thousandth time. I tried blood, I temporarily blinded Rarity with it. Inside me, Star was usually technical. I've tried combinations, the closest to it was frost and dash. but that made me crash into a tree, and made apples grow and drop. After a while Vinyl trots up to me, and starts talking about her dream. The only thing I remember was something about Big Mac. It sounded similar to Star's visit. I hear her say: "I loved him" and it hits me like a brick. "The missing ingredient!" I yell and run to my tent. I start writing some equations on the board. "What the hell man?" Vinyl asks, walking in my tent. "You are a genius! Vinyl you are a mother fucking genius!" I yell. "How?" is her simple reply. "The reason cleanse won't work is because it doesn't have meaning behind it." I say, frantically. "So?" she asks. "The meaning behind it should be the strongest positive feeling, Love!" I yell, and rush outside. "Twilight bring out the captives!" I yell, prepping for testing. "Vinyl stand here!" I yell, bursting with excitement. "Ok" she says, standing next to me. Twilight brings out the nighmares that have been captured. "CLEANSE!" I scream at the nightmares. Nothing happens for a second. "So you were wro-" Vinyl started before being stunned by the sight. The nightmares had literally exploded into light. "It worked!" I yell, spinning in the air with pleasure. "Holy shit, you fucking did it!" Vinyl screams. after a few well deserved cheers I headed back to my tent. While I was doing some tests I looked at the board, and realized something. If there was a spell for strongest positive feeling, then there was one for the strongest negative feeling. The spell: corrupt. I ignore it and write it all down before clearing the board. I learned not only cleanse, but it's meaning. I then dropped my quill in a semi-shock state: I was in love with Vinyl. I tried to not let it get in my way later that night at a party, it's grey faction tradition. Of course, Vinyl was DJ'ing her own party. It was a time to party, And I had an Idea. It was probably a bad idea in heinsight but I don't care. "BESERK!" I yell and my body lights up neon blue. At intermission, Vinyl walks up to me and shoves me. "Why the hell didn't you tell me to use beserk at this party! I would have looked awesome!" she yells. "First off, You can't use beserk, and second, you are DJ'ing." I say, playfully shoving her back. "Oh yeah?" She asks, looks down and then yells: "BESERK!" and she lights up neon red. "Damn, When did you learn that?" I ask, stunned. "I sort of watched how you did it." she answers. "Hell, lets light up that dancefloor!" I say, and before I say another word, I freeze. all the ponies on the dancefloor are gone, and in their place, stamding tall, is Slender-Mane, except now he has a mouth. He chuckles, and looks at Vinyl. The one thing he says to her is: "Corrupt" she then turns to me and pounces...