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// Chapter Nine 
// Story: When You Wish Upon a Star 
// by Nightshine_Eclipse 
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"Everything is not what it seems."



The little vampire-bat filly sprinted down the street that she had original walked down to find the violet alicorn and element bearers. She held the two items that the zebra, Zecora, had given her, tightly in her mouth. As the filly ran, she also watched the flask and flower, making sure that nothing would happen to them. Sadly, for the little filly, she spent to much attention to the items, rather than where she was going. 
As she was sprinting full pace, and not paying attention to the path ahead of her, she ended up running into a creature that had stepped into her path. The collision caused the little filly to fall, and the items she had once held tightly in her mouth to fly over her head. Panic struck her. She scrambled off the ground and followed the items from the ground. Her head was running in circles, trying to predict where the flask and flower would fall.
The creature that Comet Blaze ran into watched in amusement as the little filly made herself dizzy, trying to predict the place the items would fall. The creature, of course, decided to joke around with the little filly and used his magic to make the items disappear, laughing, when the little filly looked around in surprise. Then her eyes landed on the creature in front of her.
"Who are you?" she asked, looking at the creature before her.
The creature had a horse-like head. Upon his head he had two different type of horns, on the right, he had a deer antler and a blue goat horn on the left. He also had one long fang, pupils of two different sizes, a snake tongue, a goat beard, and white bushy eyebrows. His body was also created with different animal parts. His right arm was of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, and the left leg of a goat. The creature before her also had wings, the right of a bat's wing and the left of a Pegasus wing, and he had a horse's mane and a dragon-like snake's tail with a white tail tuft. To be honest, the creature looked familiar, with his snake-like body and a million different parts, but the little filly couldn't figure out why.
"I'm Discord, the master of chaos!" the creature, Discord, announced.
"You're Discord?" Comet Blaze asked, surprised.
"Yes, and you're A-I mean, who are you?" Discord asked, covering up what he was going to say.
"My name is Comet Blaze," the filly answered, unsure. She wanted to know what he was going to say.
"Ah, Comet Blaze. Now, aren't you looking for something?" the creature asked, grinning, before disappearing.
"What did you do with my things?" Comet Blaze asked, angrily. 
"Why do you assume I did anything? And after we just met," Discord said, appearing behind the little filly.
"You wouldn't have brought it up if you didn't do anything," Comet Blaze growled.
Discord rolled his eyes. "Good point, good point," he whispered, his annoyance obvious.
"Where. Are. My. Things?" Comet Blaze asked, forcefully.
To the little filly, she was just angry. But to Discord, it was so much more. Before him, the once ash and blood filly was now a full grown, very powerful creature that's eyes were completely black. Around her horn, magic was buzzing, and her wings fully spread. Discord started to step back. He confirmed his suspicion. It was her. 
"Okay, okay. Calm down, calm down, " Discord said, snapping his claws, causing the potion and flower to reappear. 
"Thank you," Comet Blaze growled.
Thankfully, for Discord, instead of the very powerfully, able-to-do-anything-to-him creature that had stood before him only a few moments ago, was now replaced with the little vampire-bat filly that could do next to nothing to him. Rolling his eyes, he set the items on the ground.
"What's so important about these items, friend?" he asked, intrigued. 
"I need them. I was sent here to collect five items, and the flask and flower are two of those five," Comet Blaze explained.
"What are you trying to do, bring the dead back to life?" Discord asked, rolling his eyes.
"Yes."
He looked down at the filly, narrowing his eyes. The little vampire-bat filly looked right back at him, staring into his eyes, silently challenging him to say something. Eventually, Discord shook his head and looked away. 
"Excuse me for a moment," the creature of chaos said, snapping his fingers, making him disappear.
Comet Blaze watched as he reappeared by the trail that Twilight Sparkle and the element bearers just exited.
"Bravo, ladies, bravo! How ever did you save the day this time? Blast the beastie with your magic necklaces, I presume? Where are those little trinkets of yours? You know, the ones you use to send me back to my extremely uncomfortable stone prison?" Discord asked in a shrunken down size, on Applejack's back. He moved her mane away from her neck and looked at her neck, proving his point even more so.
Applejack sighed, then answered, "Gone."
"Gone? Gone?" Discord repeated, smiling.
"But our friendship remains. And if you want to remain friends, you'll stop thinking whatever it is you're thinking and help us clean up," Fluttershy reprimanded. As if to play along, or something, the creature of chaos, as she reprimanded him, kept shrinking himself, making himself become very small.
"Fine. But I don't do windows," the creature of chaos replied, appearing normal size, and in a maid's costume, and started walking down the path.
"One thing I don't get. Why did all this happen now?" Applejack asked, looking at everypony.
"I have no idea. Those seeds I planted should have sprouted up ages ago," Discord said.
"What did you say?!" Twilight Sparkle yelled.
"Oh, why should I try to explain it when you can see for yourself?" he said, smirking.
Twilight Sparkle took the flask in her magic and took another sip of it. Her eyes, again, shot open, in a blinding white light. The little filly watched, narrowing her eyes. Again, Discord used his magic to take the potion from her. Shaking her head, she silently hoped that much of this potion was going to be needed.
"Well, obviously things didn't go according to my original plan. My plunderseeds should have stolen the magic from the Tree of Harmony and captured Princess Celestia and Princess Luna thousands of moons ago. Alas, it seems the tree had enough magic to keep the seeds from growing up big and strong. Until now, that is," Discord explained, smirking.
"You realize this is information we could have used hours ago?!" Twilight Sparkle yelled, angrily.
"And rob you of a valuable lesson about being princess? What kind of friend do you think I am?" Discord said in a fake saddened voice.
Comet Blaze stayed hidden behind a bush, and watched as the once element bearers and the violet alicorn walked away, leaving the flask where Twilight Sparkle had set it. Smiling, she dashed from her hiding place and grabbed the flask. She smiled in success and decided to also head back to the tree-library.








Comet Blaze was, again, alone in the tree-library, as Twilight Sparkle, her friends, and Spike all went to Canterlot for the Summer Sun Celebration. They had all left, leaving the little filly behind. It didn't bother the little vampire-bat filly, though. She was used to being excluded and forgotten. Back home, she was never included in anything.
She went into the library portion and decided to try practicing. Taking out her notebook, she opened up to the first page. Here, she had taken notes on Levitation. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and started to concentrate on trying to make her book rise. It took a few moments before she opened her eyes. When she did, she smiled. The book was levitating! She did it!
Comet Blaze spent the rest of the evening practicing and researching more about magic. The little filly was overjoyed that she was finally learning magic and was able to do a lot of it. She went through most of her notes before she decided that what she had done already was enough. Using her magic, which made her smile, she lifted the book and pencil and settled down onto the ground with the book before her, keeping the pencil in her magic. Once she was settled, she started to write.

Four out of five. I only have one item left, thanks to a zebra named Zecora. She was very helpful, and I'm glad she was there, otherwise I never would have found the potion of pink or the flower of desire that comes from the heart (the flower is called Heart's Desire!). Now I only need to find the Seeds of the plant that will awaken your past, whatever that means. Today, apparently, is the Summer Sun Celebration. Sadly, I didn't get to witness what the celebration was, but I did get to do something. I finally got to practice my magic! I can levitate things now! It is so awesome, finally being able to use my horn! I forgot to mention, I finally met this creature, he goes by the name of Discord. He is what they call a Draconequus. Discord was very irritating! First, he made the items I received from Zecora disappear, then he took the flask again, giving it to Twilight Sparkle. But I guess it's alright, I mean, I do have the two items still. Anyways, I think it's time to wrap up this entry. It's getting close to moonrise and I want to get a snack before I fly...

Closing her notebook, she got up from her spot on the floor. After a few moments of stretching, she stumbled her way into the kitchen. Looking around, she decided on something simple. Apples. Taking one in her magic, she levitated the apple to her mouth and took a bite. 
Yum! she thought, taking another bite.
Soon, the little vampire-bat filly was full, after eating four of the best apples she had ever eaten. She grabbed a cup, again with magic, and filled it with some water, before downing it. She repeated this a few more times. Once she was refreshed, her hunger fed and her thirst quenched, she went back into the library portion. Taking her notebook into her magic, she put her prized possession back into her bag. After everything was picked up, her notebook put into her bag, and whatever else she had to do, she went to the window and opened the curtains. 
It is almost moonrise! the little vampire-bat filly thought, excitedly.

It is almost moonrise...