//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: The Day It Began // by Dyon //------------------------------// “I believe your concerns are valid, and we shall look into them. Thank you for bringing this to my attention Swift Note,” Celestia said to the small blue pegasus in front of her. The pegasus gave a deep bow and turned to leave. Celestia watched as the last solicitor of the day exited the throne room. Today had seemed to drag on forever with an endless stream of ponies that had minor complaints that they wished to have addressed. Celestia sometimes grew tired of listening to ponies that brought their troubles right to her doorstep, but it was her job, and she would do it for as long as she could. Celestia let out a sigh and roused her sister out of her nap with a light jab. Luna was startled from her sleep and looked around the empty throne room. The Steward of the Moon’s face flushed red as she realized that she had fallen asleep during court yet again. The sun was beginning to set on the horizon, and it would soon be time for Luna to raise the moon. Luna was about to apologize to her sister for failing in her fight against boredom when a frantic white pegasus guard ran into the room. “You Highnesses,” he said bowing hurriedly. “There is great trouble. One of the statues in the garden has disappeared.” This alarmed Celestia immensely. “Which statue was it?” she asked frantically. “It was the one of a unicorn mare next to the statue of Discord,” he informed. It took Celestia a little while to realize just which statue the guard had been referring to. At first Celestia was relieved that it had not been Discord who had escaped again, but when she figured out which pony had been freed she wasn’t so sure who would have been worse to let loose upon Equestria. Discord was evil that was certain, but he did not seem to go out of his way to harm others. She wasn’t so sure what Apathy would do when she was free in Equestria. “Leave us,” Celestia commanded to the guard. He bowed and turned to leave, closing the doors to the chambers behind him. “What is this Tia?” Luna asked, clearly troubled. “This is very troubling news sister,” Celestia replied. “Who exactly was the pony that escaped?” Luna asked her sister. “In truth I don’t think I can answer that Luna. I don’t know what pony would be in control at the time,” Celestia said. “I do not understand your meaning sister,” Luna replied. “I think it is time I told you Luna. It was my greatest failing as a teacher, and I hoped that it would never come to light. Now I see that was foalish,” Celestia said before she began to recount her tale from long ago. _________________________________________________________________________ The academy was dark at night. Torches lined the halls lighting the way to the dean’s office. During winter break most of the students had left the school to be with their families. Celestia walked the halls, slowly making her way to meet her old friend and former pupil. Spellock was now the dean of the school, and he had been one of the most powerful unicorns Celestia had ever seen. She was lucky to have found the young colt, and nurture his gift. Warm memories of times past filled Celestia’s mind as she approached the tall wooden doors that stood before her. With a thought the doors slowly opened with an ominous creak as the goddess made her way into the room. From what Celestia could see there was nopony waiting for her in the room. The fire from the fireplace cast sharp shadows off of the chair that sat in front of it. Celestia slowly made her way to the chair where she expected Spellock to be napping. What greeted her was not the pony she had expected. In the chair sat a green mare with a pink mane. She seemed to not even have noticed Celestia’s entrance into the room. She continued to stare ahead into the fire, which gleamed viciously in her eyes. “Hello Celestia,” she spoke after a minute. “Hello my little pony do you know where Spellock is? I have come here to meet with him,” Celestia informed the strange mare. “I apologize, but that is quite impossible,” the mare replied. “What do you mean by that?” Celestia inquired, it was at this point that she noticed the pony before her used no honorific when she addressed the princess. “It would seem that he was unable to hold up against the breaking as well as he had hoped. He is gone, and will never be returned,” she replied candidly. “I am not sure I understand,” Celestia stated. “He discovered something in the archives. He wanted to share it with you since it troubled him so much, but he didn’t last as long as he had hoped. He is gone Celestia, and now we know the truth.” “What truth do you speak of? And what have you done with Spellock?” Celestia asked trying to look threatening. The green mare didn’t seem to care. “I did nothing with him. He found out the truth about you and about us ponies as a whole. He tried to master all of magic himself, but the breaking was too much for him and his mind evaporated. Now we are all that is left. You may call me Apathy.” The green mare got up from her seat and approached the sun goddess. “What truth do you speak of Apathy?” “The truth of how you have kept ponykind under your tyrannical rule for so long. The truth of how you have limited us. Spellock sought to break this limitation, and acquire more than just one talent. Sadly he wasn’t as powerful as he had thought himself. He learned of the Well of Eternity, and of its power. The power that you have kept all to yourself. We will take this power for ourselves, and liberate ponykind from you,” she said as she brushed past Celestia. “You will do no such thing. The Well of Eternity is something that shouldn’t be tampered with by the likes of you. You know not what you are trying to do,” Celestia yelled at the pony walking to the door. “We know enough Celestia. You shall not keep us down any longer,” the green mare called back as she opened the door so that she could leave. Celestia had acted before she could even think about what she was doing. Apathy was lifted into the air in a torrent of magic, and tried to free herself. Against the awesome power of the sun goddess she was completely helpless. After a few moments her screaming was cut off, and she was completely still. Celestia slowly lowered the statue of the mare to the floor where it rested. “What have I done?” _______________________________________________________________________________ “She was going after the Well of Eternity?” Luna asked, shocked at the implications. “That is what she said,” Celestia replied. “How did she learn of such a thing?” Luna inquired. “When I searched the office after the incident. I found a very ancient tome hidden in the desk. In the book it told of the well and what it was capable of. I wish I knew where the book came from,” Celestia said. The two sisters sat in silence in the throne room for a while. They were completely alone and able to speak freely, but neither knew what to say. This was something that both never expected to happen since the Well of Eternity was supposed to be a secret, and never be talked about. “What will we do now sister?” Luna asked. “We will warn several ponies of the green mare, and we will send guards to search for her,” Celestia replied. “That is not what I am talking about Celestia,” Luna glared. “I know sister. I just don’t want to think about who would have given this information out,” Celestia said looking defeated. “We have to find out sister. This is a serious breach of the rules. The only one that would do such a thing is probably Discord, but there are others we cannot rule out,” Luna said to her sister. “Discord is probably the one who would unleash this knowledge on the world,” Celestia agreed. “I do think however that Terra may have written the book.” “Terra? I don’t see how that would be possible,” Luna replied. “Like I said the tome was ancient. It could have likely been many thousands of years old. So it is possible that she was the one to write it,” Celestia stated. “Then it could have possibly been her I suppose. I suppose that any of us are capable of writing the thing, except Artifia,” Luna mused. “What did you do with the book Tia?” “I destroyed it immediately after finding it. The knowledge it contained was far too dangerous for Equestria. I could not let it fall into the wrong hooves,” Celestia replied. “I agree sister, that was the right thing to do,” Luna said trying to cheer her sister up. “I am just worried about what is to come next,” Celestia said leaning back in her throne. “What do you mean Tia?” Luna asked. “So far today we have had sompony we haven’t seen in hundreds of years casually show up in our throne room to tell us of a human coming to Equestria. Now I have news that an extremely dangerous pony has broken free of her prison. I am afraid of what will happen next,” Celestia replied. “I don’t know what else could possibly go wrong today Tia,” Luna said half joking. As if on cue the doors to the throne were thrown open, and a creature stormed into the room. She was humanoid in shape, but instead of skin she had thick green scales. Green fire blazed on her head where she should have had long hair, she didn’t look very happy. At the end of each of her arms were wickedly sharp claws able to tear a pony to pieces with no effort. A couple of guards ran into the room behind her, and started to surround her. “Your highnesses hurry and leave here we will take care of the intruder,” The captain, Chain Mail, called to Celestia and Luna. “MOVE ASIDE MORTAL OR YOU SHALL BE REMOVED FROM MY PATH!!!” the scaled creature screamed at the pony. Black smoke began to make its way from her flaring nostrils as she stood in the room seething. “Captain Chain Mail,” Celestia called. “Take your guards and leave us.” “But your highness,” Chain Mail began to argue. “That was an order captain,” Celestia said sternly, something that was rare of the princess. The captain motioned to the other guards that were in the room watching the exchange. They quickly filed out and closed the doors behind them leaving the three immortal creatures in the room. The scaled creature was beginning to calm, but her hair was still ignited in flame. “Empress, what brings the queen of dragons to our throne room on this fine day?” Celestia asked trying to break the ice. “DO NOT PLAY DUMB WITH ME CELESTIA! I HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF HOW ONE OF YOUR PONIES HAS SUMMONED A HUMAN TO THIS WORLD! ARE YOU PLANNING TO THROW US ALL INTO RUIN!” the queen of dragons exclaimed. “Can we take it down an octave? You will no doubt scare the ponies working in the building,” Luna said, garnering a glare from Empress and Celestia. “Is this more to your liking child?” Empress asked. “Just because I am smaller than my sister doesn’t make me a child. I am just as old as you are,” Luna shot back. “Could have fooled me,” Empress replied candidly. “Now now girls. Wasn’t there some purpose to you barging into our throne room?” Celestia said trying to calm the two down. As long as she could remember Luna and Empress had never seen eye to eye, and would bicker at every opportunity that they got. For beings that were thousands of years old they could act like children sometimes. Celestia wondered if this was what Luna was talking about when she told her about how she seemed to act differently around Apollo. “Indeed there was a purpose. Apollo paid me a visit earlier today and he informed me that a pony in your domain has summoned a human to the world. What is the meaning of this Celestia?” Empress asked turning to the white alicorn. “Of course he did,” Celestia said rolling her eyes. “The truth is that we became aware of this just earlier today and we will deal with the situation. Do not bother yourself with this matter.” “Do not bother myself? Do you not comprehend the ruin that a single human can bring to this world?” Empress asked Celestia, beginning to fume again. “When Apollo paid you this visit did he happen to mention that he has a spell in place to keep that from happening?” Luna inquired causing the dragon queen to stop in her tracks. “He failed to mention that,” Empress conceded. “Then it appears he has gotten what he wanted. You to come here and angrily interrupt my day,” Celestia sighed. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he was back at your lair picking through your gems and trophies.” Empress let out a menacing growl at the thought of Apollo tricking her so he could steal her possessions. Dragons were not normally known for their charity, and robbing a dragon was often thought to be a very foalish thing to do. Empress turned and began to walk to the large doors at the entrance of the room. “Then I leave this to you Celestia. Do not disappoint me,” she called over her shoulder as she made her way out of the room. “Well sister you were right about more things happening today,” Luna said once they were alone. “I suppose I was. It seems to be time to begin organizing a search party,” Celestia replied. “For whom?” Luna asked. “First we shall search for Apathy since she is actively trying to destroy us. Next I suppose we shall look for the human,” Celestia replied. “I wonder what kind of human was brought here sister,” Luna mused aloud. “So do I Luna.” ___________________________________________________________________________________ My head was swimming with information about Equestria, the country I had apparently landed in. Twilight was not one to go easy on somebody when teaching them new things. She could even get excited about showing me how math works. Even though math in this place seemed to work exactly how it did back in my world. I didn’t stop her when she tried to teach me about Algebra. I was currently taking Calculus back at school on Earth, but her reviewing algebra gave me time to think about my situation. Equestria seemed to be ruled by two all-powerful princesses that controlled the sun and moon. When Twilight explained this to me I couldn’t help but wonder exactly what shape this planet was. Could this planet be flat and the celestial bodies are literally guided around it. Or was the planet just being turned by the goddesses so it seemed like they were raising the sun and moon. Or was this all just a metaphor. The idea of it being a metaphor didn’t really seem to match up. In Equestria apparently magic was an everyday thing. All the ponies seemed to have some sort of magic that they could do. Earth ponies were magically strengthened and could grow plants where the other two kinds of ponies could not. Pegasi flew with magic, and could manipulate clouds and weather with their hooves. Unicorns, which seemed to be the most magical of all, could actually cast spells like the one that had brought me here. So who was to say that their rulers couldn’t move a star whenever they wanted to? I had been given a lecture for the past couple of hours over the entire history of Equestria, and it left me reeling. It seemed that mostly nothing had happened for the past millennium until two years ago when super villains somehow managed to come into the world just to be beaten by the mare in front of me. That part I took with a grain of salt. Despite there being no major events for almost one thousand years, that did not stop Twilight from filling me in on every single thing that had happened in Equestria. In hindsight she probably skipped over a lot of things, but it still seemed like she had told me everything that was in the history of this country. I had never been someone who paid that much attention in history class so trying to follow the excited mare’s ranting was very taxing. I now sat with my back to a wall listening to some Guns and Roses on my phone. I would never be able to put into words just how grateful I was that my phone had made the trip with me to Equestria or how thankful I was that it had not broken when I fell through the roof. Rather than thinking how happy I was I just strummed my air guitar to the opening riff of Welcome to the Jungle. After a little while I opened my eyes so that I might somehow ask Twilight if she had anything to eat just to be startled by the sight of the lavender unicorn staring at me in disbelief. I didn’t like how she was looking at me at all so I took out my earplugs and waited for her to speak her mind. “How are you doing that?” she asked. I hadn’t been ready for the question. I was honestly expecting something along the lines of “Why are you bobbing your head like that?” But instead I got a question that I had no idea how to answer. What was I doing that was disturbing her so much? I motioned for her to walk closer, and she hesitantly made her way to where I was sitting. I held one of the earplugs up so that she could hear it, since it didn’t seem to have been made to fit in a pony’s ear. Twilight listened to it for a little while before stepping away. “Yes I know what music is. Though I don’t think I have ever heard any quite like that. I was asking how you were making that sound,” Twilight clarified. This confused me even more. The phone was how I played the music, if that wasn’t what she was talking about then I honestly had no idea what she meant. So I just shrugged, and put my earphones back where they belonged so I could continue to listening to my music. Twilight didn’t seem to like that, and stormed away. A few minutes later I was once again interrupted as Twilight made her way back over to me. She used her magic to yank the headphones out of my ears so that she could glare at me. “Tell me how you are making that sound,” she demanded. I quirked an eyebrow at this. I honestly had no idea what she was asking of me, but taking away my music was not a wise move on her part. I grabbed the earpieces that were suspended in the air and tried to pull them out of her magical grasp. They didn’t budge an inch, even after I got to my feet and put all my weight into pulling on them. Maybe Twilight’s stories about lifting a seven story bear into the air with her magic were true. After a while I sat back down and pouted. “I will give them back when you tell me how you were playing that music,” she stated. I franticly pointed at the thing she had taken away from me. This only seemed to annoy her. “Not this thing. I am asking about what you were doing with your hooves,” she clarified. What was she talking about? I was sitting here listening to my music, and she came and took it away like she was my mother or something. What did she mean what I was doing with my hooves, by which I assumed she meant my hands. A sudden realization dawned on me in that instant. I put my hands up like how I would if I was playing a guitar, and strummed the imaginary chords. To my surprise a sound rung out in the air. This caused me to jump back. Since when had I been able to create sound out of nothing. Not to mention that I had no idea how to actually play the guitar. Twilight saw the surprise on my face. “Did you not realize that you were doing that?” she asked. I shook my head as I lifted my hands up again. I strummed the imaginary guitar and was again greeted by a sound. This time I actually tried to play a little bit of Welcome to the Jungle, and once again to my surprise the invisible instrument complied. It sounded as perfect as it did in my head, and I played the opening riff. This was an incredible feeling. “So how are you doing that? Is it magic or something else?” Twilight asked again. I shrugged in response. I had no idea how I was doing it, but I knew that it was the most awesome thing ever. Being able to magically play an invisible guitar was the most exciting that that had ever happened to me, and that included being summoned to a different universe. I wondered if I could do this with other instruments. I immediately moved my hands to imitate holding a drumstick and struck an invisible symbol that was next to me. The sound was jarring, but was still completely awesome. It was like I had some sort of super power and could just create music by thinking about it. Twilight didn’t seem to like that she had shown me that I could do this. She levitated the earphones back to me. “I am sorry for taking these from you,” she apologized. I waved away her apology. I was honestly happy that she had been so insistent on getting an answer, because it had led me to realizing this amazing thing that I was apparently able to do. I continued to beat on my invisible drum set, and noticed that the sound was actually getting louder. Was I making it get louder by wanting it to or was it just because I was paying more attention to it. “It is pretty late so can we not be so loud,” Twilight suggested. I conceded her point and mentally quieted the drum set. It wasn’t long before I became bored of the drums and switched back to the electric guitar, and began to try out all my favorite songs. “I just realized that you haven’t eaten since you got here. Do you want me to get you something?” Twilight asked, to which I just nodded and returned to playing my air guitar. Twilight rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen leaving me behind to play One by Metallica. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Apollo paced in the dark cave while admiring the myriad of golden trinkets laid out before him. He stopped and picked up a golden crown that was inlaid with far too many gems, and placed it on his head. He then walked over to a mirror that was on the wall so that he could admire himself. He looked completely ridiculous with all of the necklaces he was wearing. His hands were completely covered in rings that shone all the colors of the rainbow when held up to the light. On his head the crown he had picked up sat tilted sideways to emphasize his complete disregard for whomever the trinkets belonged to. “Perfect,” se said sitting down against the wall. Apollo had very little that kept his interest these days. Part of the drawback of living forever was that one would often find themselves completely bored to tears. Aggravating others seemed to be the only thing that could relieve his boredom these days. So he would wait here until Empress returned so that he could antagonize her, and hopefully be able to keep him from being bored for the rest of the day. It had been many hours since he had told Empress about the human and she had flown away without thinking. He had expected her to do this; she had always been the hotheaded kind. So he decided to pick through her jewels and other trophies so that he could get a little more excitement out of her later. He even reorganized all of the letters she had in her desk, but he wasn’t going to be around when she found that one out. Waiting was something he had become very good at over the years, but it was still boring. Apollo sighed as he sat on the cold stone floor of the cave. Just then something caught his attention. He had stopped looking over Equestria when he came to this country, but there was movement near something that he usually kept a keen eye on. This was far more interesting than pissing off a dragon so Apollo rose to his feet and tossed all of the jewelry off himself. He barely had to concentrate, and he was immediately teleported across the world to a clearing in the middle of the Everfree Forest. The clearing was calm, and it seemed that all of the wildlife had scattered when they sensed him coming. That was typical in this the forest, since there was no one to take care of the animals here they had become wild. At least, there had been no one to take care of the animals for a very long time. The tall black figure paced in the clearing as he waited for the pony that had alerted him. He froze as he heard the bushes near him begin to rustle, and he turned to face the green mare that made her way into the clearing. The mare was babbling to herself incoherently but this didn’t bother Apollo as he waited for her to notice him. When she did she froze and stared at the tall figure. “Are… you a human?” she managed to ask. This caused Apollo to break out into a monstrous roar of laughter. He had never been asked the question, and it caught him completely off guard. The green mare began to slowly back away from him, clearly wary of the insane creature before her. “No I am not a human, though I do look like one. Jumping to conclusions like that is a bit racist don't you would think,” he answered as he took a step towards the mare. “I did not wish to insult you. Would you happen to know where the Well of Eternity is?” she asked still slowly backing away. “The Well of Eternity? Of course I know where it is. Why do you want to know?” Apollo replied keeping step with the retreating mare. The green mare stopped in her tracks. “I am looking for it for some… research,” she lied. “Well that is obviously a lie. Would you like to try again?” he asked. “Fine. I am looking for the well so that I can claim untold powers,” she said taking a step towards Apollo. “Well then, since I am the keeper of the well you must get past me,” Apollo said causing the green unicorn to deflate. “You want to fight me? Fine,” she replied as her horn started to glow. “You misunderstand. To see the Well of Eternity you must answer riddles three,” he stated with a smile. “Are you serious?” she asked clearly put off by the idea. “Completely.” “Fine then ask your questions,” she said clearly not amused. “What is your name?” Apollo said beginning the game. “Apathy.” The green mare said slowly, not sure if she had heard him right. “You don’t look like an Apathy to me, but oh well I guess you got the first question right,” Apollo confirmed. “What is your favorite color?” There seemed to be an internal debate over this, but eventually the mare answered. “Black.” “What do you know that is my favorite color too. It looks like you had a bit of trouble answering that one. Hope you can get this last one right it is the hardest,” Apollo said hoping to draw the small pony deeper into his game. “What is… the meaning of life?” he asked after a dramatic pause. “The meaning of life is… well it’s… to live?” she replied after a moment. “I am sorry we were looking for the answer 42. It seems that you missed the very last question. Do not worry though. Two out of three is passing in my book,” Apollo said smiling down at the confused green mare. “Does that mean that you are going to let me through?” she asked hesitantly. “I will do you one better. I will take you to the fountain myself. Why don’t you just follow me,” he said as he turned and began to walk through the clearing. The green unicorn named Apathy quickly followed behind him. This little pony would bring him lots of amusement. Especially if she was intending to do what he thought she was. He chanced a look back at her and saw that she was staring at his back. “Do you find me interesting?” he asked. “Um no, well yes I do? But not in the way you are implying,” she said looking away. “What exactly do you think I was implying?” he asked smiling to himself. “You know exactly what you were implying,” she shot back at him. “Do I?” his question went unanswered as the mare lowered her gaze to the ground and silently followed him through the forest. It wasn’t a long walk from where they had been standing in the clearing. Apollo had barely managed to notice in time to catch the mare. If he had not reached her in time then she would have walked straight past the well, and he would have missed his chance to mess with her. He did not like that thought at all. Apollo pulled back a branch that hung in front of him, and stepped onto a brick path. A short distance away he could see the blue light of the well being cast against the trees. He could tell that the mare behind him saw it as well since she gasped as she stepped onto the path behind him. He slowly made his way up the path to where the well was shining in front of him. He stopped a couple of feet from the Well of Eternity and looked into its depths. The well swirled with what appeared to be blue water that had white wisps running through it. It was a sight that seldom before him had seen. There was a small enchantment on the well that stopped anyone from finding it unless they already knew where it was. A simple enchantment, but it was extremely effective. “Well here we are,” Apollo announced as the mare made her way beside him. “Good then I shall be taking over,” came a distinctly masculine voice from the small green unicorn. The unicorn’s horn lit, and her entire body began to glow. She lifted into the air a few inches, and her body began to shift. She grew slightly taller, and seemed to put on a lot more muscle. After a few seconds a black unicorn stallion with a white mane stood where she had before. He looked up to Apollo with burning red eyes. “Now what should I do?” he asked. “Just who exactly are you?” Apollo asked back. “I have no name,” he replied. “That should do nicely then,” Apollo said as he kicked the pony into the well. The black stallion was completely caught off guard by the swift movement, and was unable to stop himself from flying into the water. Before he could get a hold of himself the riptide of the well had already caught him, and was beginning to pull him under. He let out a terrified scream, which was quickly cut off as the water invaded his mouth. It wasn’t long before the stallion disappeared completely beneath the swirling waters of the well, leaving Apollo staring down at the Well of Eternity with a smile on his lips. __________________________________________________________________________________ I sat near the wall in the library allowing my mental guitar to let out random tunes as I tried to think of something to do. It had taken a while for using magic powers to lose its novelty, but nothing stays new forever. Twilight insisted that I needed to stay in the library, and not go outside. She was afraid that one look at me would scare somepony to death, which I thought was absolutely ridiculous. But she was the boss and this was her world, not mine. So I sat against the wall trying to think of a song that I hadn’t played through yet. I have always been pretty good at storing music in my head, but when you have hours to yourself to just sit and go through every song you could think of, you find yourself running low after a while. At the moment I was referring to my phone to see if there was something on it that might brighten my spirits. Twilight was sitting at her desk studying a book. I had come to the conclusion that Twilight was what I might think of as a college student, and as such she seemed to study a lot more than I ever did. Which wouldn’t be an incredibly uncommon thing, I had never been that great at studying. Spike, the baby dragon I had been introduced to was napping in a basket near Twilight. I know that I should have been more excited about meeting a dragon, but when everything in the world seems to come straight out of myths and fairytales you tend to suspend disbelief and just accept everything. As such I had merely shook the dragon’s hand, or was it claw? Our arms had met and gone up and down when Twilight introduced him to me. Twilight had told me about how she didn’t like me playing heavy metal in the library so I had taken to playing acoustic ballads, which my phone distinctly lacked. I sighed as I dropped the device, and decided that I should just catch up on my rest. I put my head back against the wall, and started to drift off to sleep. I hadn’t realized just how tired I had been until then. I had almost lost consciousness when a loud belch roused me. I looked over to where Spike had been sleeping, and caught the sight of a scroll falling to the ground. Twilight looked to where the parchment had fallen and deftly lifted it off the ground with her magic. It unfurled in front of her, and she read it. She read it very quickly I might add. She then looked from the scroll to me, and motioned for me to come over. I begrudgingly obeyed, and got up from my semi-comfortable position to see what was on the letter she had received. She turned the note to me, but all I could make out were indistinct letters so I simply shrugged. Twilight rolled her eyes and began to read the paper aloud. To My Most Faithful Student, It has been made aware to me that earlier in the day a pony that had been imprisoned in the statue garden, much in the same way Discord had been, has escaped. I want you to be on the lookout for a green unicorn mare with a pink mane. She has the cutie mark of two masks, one frowning and the other smiling. If you spot her contact me immediately, please do not approach her. I know that you are not afraid to put yourself into dangerous situations and I admire you for it, but please Twilight do not engage her. I have sent guards all over Equestria in search of her so I know that it is simply a matter of time before we find her. Do not worry too much about this Twilight, and continue with your studies. Thank You, Princess Celestia P.S. Did you happen to summon a human to Equestria? I am not angry if you have, but I really need you to contact me if you did. Hoping to hear back from you soon. Twilight finished the letter and looked up to me trying to gage my reaction. The fact that the princess of the country I was currently in knew that I was here didn’t surprise me in the least. As I said before I stopped being surprised a while ago. When Twilight was unable to make out any particular reaction she decided to simply ask. “What do you think we should do about this?” I shrugged and walked back over to where I had been sitting. It was late in the night, and I didn’t feel like doing anything about anything. If Twilight wanted to write a letter to the princess to tell her I was here, that was her thing to worry about. I was extremely tired, and just wanted to get some sleep. So I once again leaned my head back against the wall, and began to slip back into sleep. This time I wasn’t disturbed as I made the dark descent.