//------------------------------// // The empire of Crystals, Part seven: Millennium. // Story: A New Tale In Equestria. // by Sylif Daring Doo //------------------------------// ____*The Crystal Empire, top of the spire.*____ Everyone was wide eyed at Fang's words, but even more shocking was what he had claimed. 'I am NOT Fang....' The words echoed through everyone's thoughts. Eventually, Roxanne drew her swords and spoke. "Then who are you!" She snapped angrily. Fang sighed and sheathed Soul and Spirit. "I am an ancient being, created over one hundred thousand years ago to ensure the safety of this world, a sentinel." He explained. Roxanne growled but when she went to speak, Gwen beat her to it however. "Who are you?....exactly....and where is Fang?" She asked in a hostile tone. Fang walked forward and stopped when he was exactly between Sombra and the group. "My name?....it has been so long since I spoke it, but still.....my name is Lyaroa, Sentinel of Equis." Replied the sentinel. Roxanne looked at Sombra and then at Lyaroa. "And Fang?" She asked. Lyaroa crossed his arms and tapped his head. "You are looking at him, he is my host." He replied. [1] This time it was Twilight who spoke up. "Your....host?" She asked curiously. Lyaroa nodded and looked at Twilight. "That is correct, since my old body is missing, I am forced to have a host body....Fang was kind enough to oblige me." He replied. Skitter stepped up and pointed at Sombra. "Then answer this, why did you spare him?" She asked. Lyaroa looked at Skitter. "Because those trinkets they wield hurt like hell." He replied. Roxanne tightened her grip on her swords as she shivered in anger. "You had better tell me.....why you chose Fang!" She snapped. Lyaroa sighed and looked at Roxanne. "I chose him because he is my creation." He replied simply. Everyone's eyes widened at that, but Twilight chose to get answers. "Could you explain?....I'm afraid I don't follow." She said. Lyaroa nodded, he then looked at Sombra and sighed. "One moment." He said before kicking Sombra in the face, rendering him unconscious. Lyaroa walked to the nearest wall and leaned against it. "Now, where to begin.....I suppose I had best start at the beginning, you all may wish to sit down, this could take a while." He said. Gwen cleared her throat and got everyone's attention. "I hate to be the party pooper, but what about the undead?...we can't just talk this over with them running around." She pointed out. Lyaroa nodded and looked at Roxanne. "I don't suppose that my explanation could wait until we finish off the remnants of the undead army?" He wondered. Roxanne sighed and reluctantly nodded. "Whatever, let's just get this done." She replied flatly. ____*down at the entrance to the castle, ten minutes later.*____ Gwen looked out to the city and saw the destruction that was wrought, she looked around and watched as Roxanne and Lyaroa charged out into the city to combat the swarming undead, as she looked around to see her friends going to assist in the fight, a thought entered her mind. 'How long has it been?....how long was Lyaroa inside of Fang?' She wondered as she charged to assist the others. Roxanne growled and leapt at a skeletal Minotaur and sliced it's head clean off before continuing to assault the undead. 'The sooner this is over, the sooner I can get some answers.' She quickly destroyed some more undead before glancing back to see Lyaroa make a warpath in the undead ranks. As Roxanne attacked, she came across a large group of skeletal minotuars and ghoul's, she soon engulfed herself in flames and continued her rampage. Gwen flew after the undead in the sky's, she came across an undead griffon and threw a flurry of punches and kicks at its sides and chest, soon forcing it to fall to the ground hard. As the fight raged on, Twilight could only look around and see how quickly things had escalated, she cringed at the sight of two soldiers getting crushed by a skeletal minotuar, a tear dropped down her face as she lit her horn and fired a destructive volley at the minotuar, fixating it's attention on her. Lyaroa spun in a deadly whirlwind of steel and destroyed multiple undead minions, he then turned around and saw that Twilight was under assault by a minotuar, he quickly charged after the minotuar and slowed down time, he then moved under the minotuar and swung at its legs with a fierce blow before jumping away. When time returned to normal, Lyaroa watched as the minotuar fell to the ground before crumbling, he then charged towards the broken undead ranks. [2] Twilight sighed and decided to get back into the fight, she saw that some of the guards were slowly being overwhelmed and she soon ran over to assist as a question entered her mind. 'How could it have come to this?' She wondered. _____*ten minutes later, (I'm saving you about a minute of reading about pointless fights.*______ After the fighting finally stopped, the soldiers did their best to clean up the streets and calm the people of the city down, assuring them that it was finally over, soon enough, Roxanne dragged Lyaroa to the castle and pulled him inside while he spoke. "You do realize that I can walk?" Lyaroa asked. Roxanne huffed. "Shut up or I'll tear your arms off." She replied coldly. Lyaroa's eyes widened but said nothing as he was dragged off, as the pair passed Gwen and Twilight, Lyaroa waved. "See what I have to deal with after saving your lives?" He asked the two equines as he passed. Gwen looked at Twilight with a skeptical look. "And HE is supposed to be one of the strongest creatures in existence?" She asked. Twilight shrugged and looked at Roxanne, who remained silent as she walked. "If what he says is true....then yes, but still....." She trailed off as she pictured Roxanne in a state of pure anger, she shivered and looked at Gwen. "I don't think that he wants to piss off Roxanne." She said to her Pegasus friend. Soon after that, Skitter approached Gwen and Twilight with an amused expression on her face. "Hey you two....did you see Lyaroa and Roxanne recently?" She asked with a snicker. Gwen raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Yea, they went into the castle, seemed like Roxanne was about ready to beat him up if he went on talking." She replied. Skitter chuckled and motioned for the two to follow her as she walked towards the castle. "Come on, we should probably go make sure they didn't cause any trouble." She said as she walked away with a short and quiet laugh. Gwen sighed and followed Skitter. "Come on, let's get going." She told Twilight. Twilight nodded and followed Gwen. "Time for answers huh?" She wondered. Gwen nodded. "Most likely, it'll be good to just get this whole thing over with." She replied. Twilight managed a slight smile and looked back to the city as they entered the castle. 'It sure will be good to just head home.' She thought. _____*ten minutes later, top of the (former) spire, (warning, following scene requires A LOT of reading).*_____ Lyaroa sighed as he looked around and noticed that there was a rather large group, there was the six Elements of Harmony, Skitter and Roxanne, Dark and Talon....thankfully the kids were not around, and neither was Ralkon or Shining and Cadence, who were busy helping out with the damage below. The silence lasted around a minute until Twilight spoke up. "Lyaroa....that's your name right?" She asked. Lyaroa nodded. "Yea, that's my name." He replied. "Alright, so maybe we can continue where we left off?" Twilight suggested. Lyaroa nodded and leaned against the wall. "Where to begin?...." He wondered. Roxanne cleared her throat and got Lyaroa's attention. "If I may....perhaps you had better start at the beginning, so we can get the clear picture." She suggested. Lyaroa nodded again and looked up at the sky. "Well now.....this'll take a while." He cleared his throat and sighed. "Alright, the first thing I should tell you is what exactly a Sentinel is." He said calmly. As everyone got into comfortable sitting positions Lyaroa began talking. "Sentinels are ancient beings that forge and protect worlds, in a way....we have the ability to cross dimensions, because of our duties, Sentinels are also immortal, but most choose to simply create new worlds over and over, expanding their dimensions......you might consider it the largest sandbox in existence." He paused to let it sink in. He soon continued. "Moving on to something more relevant, in my personal lifespan, I have made many worlds, if I was to make a rough estimate, I would have made at LEAST six thousand worlds, and no I am NOT explaining how exactly it's done." He paused a moment. "But still, eventually I got tired of making worlds, I believed that I had made enough of them to last forever, so I chose to pick one of the more.....vibrant, of worlds to visit, and I just so happened to find this one." He paused at the sight of some confused and skeptical faces. Lyaroa sighed and sat down against the wall. "In this worlds time, my arrival would have been three thousand years ago, and since I was seeking to end my boredom, I decided to decrease my powers as I formed a body for myself, it wouldn't be until eight hundred years later that I finally met some people of interest, the Equines." He paused and cleared his throat before continuing. "I begun observing them, at first as a large albino wolf, for about a year, before I was finally approached by one who had the bravery to face me, Ankip, a young warrior of the Runia tribe." He looked at Twilight and sighed as he noticed her curious expression. "If it makes you happy, I can give you some of their history, for documentation." He told the mare with an eye roll at her slight grin. Roxanne however sighed and shook her head. "Can you just get to it?" She asked. Lyaroa chuckled. "Alright, hold on....anyway, Ankip was very cautious approaching me, but when he reached me, I looked directly at him, he was startled at first but he remained calm as he spoke to me, he asked, 'why do you watch us wolf?'.....and I replied to him, 'I am observing your kind.....you are, interesting." he chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Anyway, for the next few years, Ankip taught me the ways of his tribe, which were mostly a peaceful people that lived off the land, in return, I kept a watchful eye on the village and surrounding areas, alerting them of anything that could threaten their village." He then noticed that Roxanne was slowly losing patience, he could tell from the occasionally twitching fingers. Lyaroa then decided to continue quickly. "In any case, six hundred years later, after the forming of Equestria and the births of Celestia and Luna, I decided to expand the worlds I created just a little, to this end I seperated Equis from some of the other worlds and created this worlds star, it's moon, and many more stars to follow, I then gifted the young sisters with new abilities, for Celestia, I gave her the ability to control the worlds star, along with a strong potential for magical ability and wings, whereas for Luna, I gave her the power to control the worlds moon and several other stars, I also gave her a horn, to focus her power.......possibly a mistake on my part but it's all In the past." He paused as he saw Twilight's curious expression. "You have a question?" He wondered. Twilight nodded and put her hoof on her chin. "Yes, you see.....I always thought that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were natural born alicorns?" She asked. Lyaroa sighed and looked up at the sky. "If that was true, then any couple of a unicorn and Pegasus would birth alicorns....no, you see, I originally intended to observe the sisters, to see if a mortal race could handle such responsibility, it was then that I realized that even with their new powers, the sisters were still mortal, so I was forced to gift them with immortality, dubbing them alicorns." He then chuckled. "Oh the irony." He mumbled to himself. Lyaroa then continued his tale. "In any case, after the sisters reached maturity in the age of eighty four, the kingdom of Equestria had grown and prospered, until Discord appeared, at that point I knew that my test would be completed, so I simply observed the battles that followed, which inevitably led to the sisters discovering the Elements of Harmony, when they wielded them against Discord and defeated him, I was thoroughly intrigued, soon enough, the unicorn king Sombra enslaved his own subjects, and those that escaped begged the kingdom of Equestria for assistance, eventually, this led to the sisters battling Sombra and inevitably led to the Crystal Empire vanishing for one thousand years." He paused to catch his breath. Roxanne sighed and stood up, she walked over to one of the walls and sat down. "Go on." She said. Lyaroa nodded. "At this point, the time in history that this would be would be one thousand and seven years ago, and at the time. I had grown accustomed to living on Equis, I had given myself the need for food and water, had dulled my power down to a dull roar, but still very strong, and had altered my form to be that of an upright albino wolf, and then, seven years later, i discovered that the Equines had discovered how to control the weather, my curiosity led me to question the sisters as to why they sought to disrupt the natural order, their response was that the Equines were unable to handle the harsh environment and that the land could not grow anything without proper water, after thinking it through I simply allowed it to pass, thinking that it couldn't do any harm." He paused again. This time it was Gwen who spoke. "Why do I get the feeling that your about to come to a conclusion here?" She wondered. Lyaroa nodded and looked at the group. "Yes, soon enough, in two years, a gifted unicorn magician named Starswirl the Bearded began to experiment with untold powers, going as far as to experiment on Elements of Harmony, however, after a failed experiment, Starswirl was accused of attempted sabotage, but of course, since there was no evidence of it, he could not be convicted, unfortunately it was a long and boring half century until the next event of interest occurred, the battle of the Everfree." He paused at some of the confused glances. "You never heard of it?" He asked out of surprise. Twilight sighed and looked at Lyaroa. "I've never heard of that battle, it isn't in any books and it never came up in a history class." She explained. Lyaroa groaned and banged the back of his head against the wall. "Of course it isn't, alright listen up, the battle of the Everfree was basically a one battle war between the Equines and the creatures of the Everfree, eventually, the Equines were victorious, but at a great cost.....and soon enough, Celestia and Luna both questioned the nature of the battle, eventually coming to the conclusion that I was the one who summoned them and forced them to attack Equestria, while it WAS a valid thought, I denied it, stating that I would not interfere in the affairs of mortals, this of course led to some of the soldiers acting strangely around me, a few days later I was called to a meeting out in one of the border towns, when I got there however, I noticed that the town was strangely devoid of life, I entered the town carefully after my initial observation and moved towards the meeting place." He quickly paused to catch his breath. Roxanne groaned and started to tap her leg rapidly. Lyaroa rolled his eyes and continued. "When I arrived at the meeting place, I was greeted only by an ambush, several thuggish characters assaulted me, I did the only sensible thing that came to mind, I fought back.....and killed each and every one of them." He stopped as he heard the gasps from some of the ponies present. Silence was all that came from the ruined tower, until it was broken by a particular person. "Why....why would you do something like that!" Demanded the formerly quiet voice of Fluttershy, who flew up to Lyaroa and stared him in the eyes. Lyaroa blinked, surprised by the sudden outburst, he felt a sudden surge of anger flow into him and he stood up and stared down Fluttershy. "As if I had a choice!" He shouted. Fluttershy's eyes went wide and she darted behind Twilight, who gave Lyaroa an agitated glare. Lyaroa panted for a few moments before he sighed and sat back down. "Since I can tell this part won't be pleasant, I'm just going to say that this eventually discovering that the thugs were Equestrian military, and soon enough, Celestia and Luna showed up, they saw the bodies and accused me of treason, this soon led to a long and painful battle which left the border town in flames and left us three in a final showdown, which soon costed me my life by means of a beheading.....and before you ask, they left the town soon after that, after I made sure they were gone, my body repaired itself, leaving me in a state of weakness, I went into hiding, and after three long years of plotting my revenge, down in the dungeons of Cloudsdale, which was a ground city at the time, and I should also note, that this was before Luna became Nightmare Moon, I ran into someone who made me reconsider my entire plan.....a filly named Verdant." He paused as he noticed Gwen's wide eyed stare, raising an eyebrow he spoke up. "Is something wrong?" He asked. Gwen blinked and soon shook her head and rubbed her eyes. "No, I'm fine, go ahead." She replied. Lyaroa looked at Gwen skeptically but did not push the mare. "Anyway, after dealing with a unicorn that had been hounding me for weeks, I discovered Verdant, after I found out that the girl had been abandoned down there, i told her that she was welcome to seek shelter in my little den, it wasn't until a few years later that I had come up with an entirely new plan.....for I knew that the general populace must've forgotten I existed, and my quarrel was with the sisters, NOT the people, at this point, I looked to my other worlds, searching for one that would be of use without tampering with it too much." He paused. "And then I came across YOUR world, Roxanne, one that was best suited for the task at hand." He said to the fox. Roxanne growled and clinched her fist. "Get to the point." She warned the wolf. Lyaroa nodded. "At any rate, i looked through its timeline for a suitable host body, I eventually found the Fazbear franchise amongst the thickness of the world....or it was the peppers from the night before but that's a story for another time." He paused to chuckle at the memory, when he was done, he continued. "Sadly, I knew that Fazbear's was the correct place, but the host I needed was not, I looked into its future and saw none that could be considered my host, so I.....altered the timeline and events, and even the people there, soon enough I created one that I believed could have been my host, the illusionary counterpart of Freddy Fazbear." He explained. Gwen and Twilight looked at eachother with wide eyes and then at Lyaroa, Roxanne sighed and leaned her head on the wall. "Golden Freddy." The three said simultaneously. Lyaroa chuckled and looked up at the sky. "Yes, sadly, it turns out that Golden Freddy was too powerful to make my host in my weakened state, so I created a physical host, one that you are all familiar with.....Fang, the animatronic wolf, at this point I was almost ready to enact my plan, but first I needed to finish some.....preparations, on this end before leaving, the first thing I did was create the spell that would send the anchor to Fazbear's, the next was to stabilize the timelines so that they didn't go out of sync, the third thing I did was plant seeds, one was a seed of darkness in Luna, forcing her to see the world in a different perspective, the next, was to make sure that Celestia used the Elements of Harmony on Luna to send her to the moon, while severing their connection to the Elements at the same time.....not an easy thing to arrange, and painful as well." He then paused and looked at Twilight who appeared to be bursting with questions. "I will answer your questions later, but right now, I would like to finish my story." He told the inquisitive mare. Roxanne spoke up however, with an annoyed expression. "If you could do all of this.....why didn't you just kill them?" She asked. Lyaroa sighed and looked at Roxanne. "I was in a weakened state, my body was still mending and I couldn't access the rest of my powers, I also knew that it would take more then a swipe of my hand to kill one of my creations." He countered. Roxanne grumbled but maintained her glare at Lyaroa, who continued his tale. "I soon looked into the future of this world, and I found you six." He pointed at the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. "I then found out your names, next I found your personalities, and then the rest flowed into my mind.....however, there was one problem." He paused to sigh and looked at Gwen. "After the slight alteration i made in the timeline, I discovered that after you returned, you would have absolutely no reason to go to the Grayroot, which was exactly what I needed.....so I was forced to use up even more of my waning power, I created the very reason for you going there, the Black Cloud gang, and the reunion." He was forced to stop when he saw Gwen and Skitter's horrified expressions. Everyone looked at Gwen and Skitter out of worry, they both seemed to be in shock, Twilight walked over to Gwen and kneeled down next to her. "Gwen....are you alright?....what's he talking about?" She asked out of concern. Skitter was now muttering incoherently as she held her head, but when Gwen spoke up, she seemed to slow down. "The Black Cloud.....it was the group that I was in with Skitter, Firefly, the Twins and Vulture." She said quietly. Twilight looked at Lyaroa with an angry glare. "You had best continue." She said in a dangerously calm voice. Lyaroa nodded. "Very well, after this, I looked to the world that Fazbear's resided, i realized that Golden Freddy could still be of use, so the next time he teleported I altered his course, he would eventually be launched through worlds, and by chance, he reappeared inside of Derpy's mind, soon enough, I made myself scarce after bidding farewell to Verdant and transported myself into Fang's mind, waiting for the right time to enact my plan." He paused when he heard a low growl, he looked to the source and saw Gwen glaring cold daggers at him. Gwen growled and shivered from the rage. "You......you say that you've made it so all of this would happen?.....then tell me this....how do I know that you're real?....that Skitter is real?.....and is Firefly fake?.....did you 'make' her so she would be my sister?.....well?" She questioned angrily. Lyaroa blinked and rested his head on the wall behind him, he closed his eyes and said nothing. This only served to make Gwen angrier, as she stood up and marched over to Lyaroa and forced him to look her in the eyes. "TELL ME!" She demanded. Lyaroa sighed and looked Gwen in the eyes. "Would it matter if I told you?.....what would it bring you?" He asked. Gwen growled and grabbed him by the throat, she then pulled her hoof back.....and punched him in the face. "JUST TELL ME DAMNIT!" She shouted. Lyaroa looked down at Gwen and sighed, he closed his eyes for a few moments and soon opened them. "....Yes, I created Skitter, and the rest of your gang, I even created Firefly." He replied coldly. Gwen seemed to be startled by his response but this served to make her even angrier, she punched Lyaroa again and went to hit him again.....but she was stopped by a hand grabbing her hoof, she gasped and looked over her shoulder to see Roxanne holding her hoof with a grim expression. "Roxanne?" She asked worriedly. Roxanne sighed and pulled Gwen away from Lyaroa, she then looked the wolf in the eye. "Continue, but stop answering questions until your done." She said somberly as she released Gwen. Lyaroa then stood up and leaned against the wall. "It wasn't for many years until my plan finally began to take action, when I found Gwen in the office of the pizzeria that night, I influenced the animatronics NOT to stuff her into a a suit and kill her.....and for those curious, the reason that people die when being stuffed into a Fazbear suit is because of a bunch of wiring around the facial area." He paused as he saw the slightly annoyed glare from Roxanne, he coughed and continued. "Anyway, as the week progressed, I started to see the world from another perspective, I then started to think on the reason for my revenge, and in all honesty.....I was ashamed, my reasons were childish and stupid, but it was far too late to stop it all, so I simply went along with it all, however....when Fang and Roxanne actually crossed over into Equestria, I realized that I never made bodies for them here, so I quickly made Fang's body a flesh and blood replica, while Roxanne's was a little trickier, after I was done, I simply sat back and watched." He paused for a moment to breathe. Lyaroa chuckled and looked at Dark. "You know....to be honest, you actually did surprise me Dark." He said. Dark raised an eyebrow at Lyaroa's words. "How?" She asked curiously. Lyaroa shrugged. "Simple, I never realized you were there, and that kinda threw me off, but when Vulture and the twins sent all of you down into the temple, I knew my time had arrived, when Fang went unconscious from the fall, I took control, but he didn't really take it so well.....he went mad shortly after I broke the cocoon and soon enough, I 'literally' crashed into Golden Freddy, who I didn't even realize had an actual physical body at the time.....anyway, as we progressed through the temple, I eventually found a side path that led to the hatchery, where I found Spark's egg, I was.....reluctant, to take the egg, but knowing that it was Verdant's last wish, I had no choice." He paused upon seeing Twilight's curious face. "I'm saving questions for later." He responded quickly. Twilight pouted but said nothing as she comforted Skitter, Lyaroa soon continued. "After we left the temple and headed to Ponyville, I realized that I was regaining my time magic, at first it was only glimpses into the past, but it grew overtime, I had also obtained a fondness for Spark, and being a father, ironically, soon enough, Celestia called Twilight to Canterlot, sending her on a mission to save the Crystal Empire from Sombra, when we arrived I was somewhat nostalgic, as this was the land I encountered the Runia Tribe, I also remembered the many secrets of this land, but I knew that I couldn't just go searching for them as it would draw too much attention, so I kept quiet as we made our way to the city." He paused for a moment. "Other than getting Skitter past Shining Armor's anti changeling barrier, nothing that you all don't remember happened, when we began our first battle against Sombra's minions, I was.....puzzled, by the stupidity of the situation, I said nothing obviously as we eventually were forced to flee the city and head to Snowgem, at this point I wanted to mention the Jade Catacombs, but if I did so out of the blue it would require an explanation would have most likely led to me blowing my cover, thankfully, Roxanne took care of this problem for me as she mentioned it in that very next meeting, once inside the catacombs, i was curious to see how much it had changed, but I decided against exploring as Roxanne and myself soon found the altar that opened the door to Soul and Spirit's prison, while Skitter found Life and Death nearby.....to be honest, I didn't even know that those two existed......but anyway, after we defeated the guardian and obtained Soul and Spirit, I waited until we returned to Snowgem to inform Soul and Spirit of my plan, they soon agreed and swore to secrecy, anyway, when we began preparations to attack the Crystal Empire i had remembered a rumor about the village of Frosthoof to the north, I brought the group I was supposed to attack the Empire with to the village, this left us in utter disappointment as it was simply a map to the Jade Catacombs." He paused again to catch his breath. When Lyaroa was ready, he continued. "Soon enough, when we returned to the city and saw the destruction that occurred in our absence, we immediately headed for the castle because we knew that Shining would have them all bunker in at the entrance, and you know the rest from there, but as for my reason for saving Sombra.....he may have been an evil ruler, but he still deserves a fair trial....after this is all over with, and in case you are wondering how we are supposed to hold him captive, I've already blocked his magic." He the looked around and awaited any questions. Roxanne quickly spoke up. "When will you get out of Fang?" She questioned. Lyaroa chuckled and looked at Roxanne. "When I find my body, then I'll get out of Fang." He replied simply. Gwen was the next to speak up. "I actually have three questions, one, can you get Golden Freddy out of Ditzy's mind? two, what's wrong with my Element? and three......can you fix Firefly?" She asked quietly. Lyaroa sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Well, first off, there isn't anything wrong with your Element, as for the other two.....I'll most likely need the rest of my powers for that." He replied. Next up was Twilight. "Okay, I'm not going to overload with questions right now.....but what are you going to do when or IF you get your body back?" She wondered curiously. Lyaroa chuckled and shrugged. "Honestly?.....no idea, I could go back to making worlds, but that's boring, guess I could stick around and haunt you as a ghost." He replied with a grin. Roxanne rolled her eyes and facepalmed. "You really are an idiot." She muttered. Lyaroa nodded. "Can't deny that." He replied. _____*the next day, the Crystal Empire's dungeons, 2:53 AM*____ Roxanne yawned as she walked through the dungeon with Lyaroa and Skitter. "Why did you have to wake us up at THIS hour?" She complained groggily. Lyaroa yawned and opened a steel door before allowing the others to walk through it. "Because now seemed like a good time to introduce you." He replied sleepily. Skitter quickly threw on her disguise as Star as she followed Lyaroa through the dungeon. "Introduce us to who?" She asked. Lyaroa looked at Skitter and grinned. "That's a secret." He teased. Roxanne yawned and slapped Lyaroa in the back of the head. "Knock it off mister immortal......or I'll kick your ass." She warned sleepily. Lyaroa chuckled and nodded. "When you put it like that.....fine." He conceded as he approached a steel door and opened it revealing a large circular room, he walked inside. Roxanne blinked as she entered the room after Lyaroa. "I hate this place so much." She commented. Lyaroa looked around the room and saw only an old iron door with multiple magical barriers and locks, he rolled his eyes and walked over to the door and punched the door, shattering the locks. "I'm about to have the time of my fucking life!" He declared. [3] Skitter and Roxanne could only watch in confusion as Lyaroa quite literally punched the door into oblivion, they shared a look and stifled a laugh at the sight. Lyaroa punched the door one last time and it flew open, he chuckled and looked back at Roxanne and Skitter. "It's open now." He said. Roxanne rolled her eyes and walked up to Lyaroa. "Yes....you succeeded in demolishing a defensless door." She teased. Lyaroa sighed and entered the next room, he then halted Roxanne from following with his hand in a 'halt' position. "I will be right back, be ready to meet the ONLY person that Sombra couldn't enslave." He said with a chuckle as he went into the room. Roxanne grumbled and crossed her arms, she walked to the center of the room and sat down. "Asshole." She mumbled. ____*a few minutes later*____ Skitter watched as Lyaroa carried a small unconscious figure out of the room and towards them, she raised an eyebrow at this as Lyaroa laid the figure on the floor carefully, she examined the figure and immediately noticed that it was an earth pony filly. Lyaroa stood up and walked around the filly and kneeled down next to her. The filly had burn marks and bruises all across her body, her remaining fur was light blue, her mane and tail were also burnt and most of the tail was gone, her hair was pure white and was almost all gone, Skitter then examined the filly's cutie mark but discovered none, she raised an eyebrow at this but chose to say nothing, from a glance, the filly appeared to have a broken hoof, at this, Skitter decided to ask Lyaroa. "So uh....who is she?" She asked. Lyaroa slowly rubbed the filly's back and sighed sadly, she looked at Skitter. "Her name is Solar......daughter of Sombra." He replied quietly. Roxanne raised an eyebrow and knelt down next to Solar. "Didn't know Sombra had a daughter." She said bluntly. Lyaroa nodded. "It isn't common knowledge.....but when Sombra took power, he had kept her inside the castle to prevent outside influence.....but she had found a secret way to leave, and she eventually met Onar.....leader of the resistance, three weeks later, Onar and his freedom fighters had saved Solar from Sombra's goons who had been sent to take her back to the castle, from that point, she was inspired by Onar and his resistance, she fed them information slowly but surely......but Sombra soon found out, the normal punishment for treason of this magnitude at the time was death or enslavement, but since Sombra was unable to choose either, he resorted to life in prison, where she got the burn marks and bruises is beyond me." He explained. Roxanne sighed and looked at Solar with a grim expression, she checked the girl for a pulse......and discovered an extremely faint one. 'She's dying.' She realized, she quickly looked at Skitter. "Do you know any healing magic?" She asked quickly. Skitter nodded. "Of course, what kind do you need?" She replied. Roxanne motioned the changeling over. "I need you to stabilize her, her pulse is faint and fading." She examined the filly and realized that her broken hoof was bleeding. "I'll close the wound and stop the bleeding." She quickly added before igniting a flame on her finger, she proceeded to carefully cauterize the wound. Skitter's horn lit up and she began to heal the filly, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes, she then poured healing magic into the filly and chuckled at the irony. 'I'm healing the daughter of the worlds greatest tyrant......pretty funny.' She thought silently. Lyaroa stepped back as Roxanne and Skitter healed Solar, he was curious about many things.....but at the moment he was mostly curious as to what made his friends so eager to help the filly, but he decided not to question it at the moment as Roxanne looked up at him. "Go get Firefly.....we need to jumpstart her heart." She told the wolf. Lyaroa nodded and rushed out of the room with his time magic speeding him up. ____*meanwhile*____ Firefly was looking out the balcony and at the city below when she heard something behind her, she turned around and saw Fang standing in front of her, she raised an eyebrow at this. "Fang?.....what's up?" She asked. Fang chuckled and knelt down in front of Firefly. "You see....me and Roxanne could use a little of your lightning.....think your up for it?" He asked calmly. Firefly blinked and she was now curious. "Uh......sure?" She replied. Fang nodded and picked up Firefly and set her on his head. "Alright then....hold on!" He warned before rushing back to the dungeon with Firefly starting to scream as he slowed time. _____*two seconds later*_____ Lyaroa stopped in front of Roxanne and Skitter just as Firefly screamed.....Roxanne immediately threw a fireball at Lyaroa. "I didn't mean like that!" She snapped as Firefly stopped screaming. Lyaroa sighed as the fireball slightly singed his fur, he looked at Roxanne. "And YOU need a better way to get back at someone that isn't 'burn them to a crisp.....pyro." He countered. Skitter grumbled and looked at Lyaroa and Roxanne. "I swear.....you two NEED to get a room before i go insane." She commented. Roxanne sighed and took a few deep breaths, she then looked at Firefly and knelt down to her height. "Sorry about that.....but do you think you can help us out quick?" She asked. Firefly blinked and soon nodded as she looked around the room, she soon noticed Solar on the floor and her eyes widened in semi-understanding. "So....you want me to zap her?" She asked bluntly. Roxanne rolled her eyes and shook her head. "More like jumpstart her heart, think you can do that?" She asked. Firefly nodded and walked over to Solar and set a hoof on her chest, she mentally prepared herself and ran lightning through her body and into the filly. Skitter, who was checking Solar's pulse shortly after, quickly lit her horn and resumed healing the filly. Roxanne pulled Firefly back and could only watch as Skitter attempted to heal Solar. 'Fingers crossed.' She thought as she waited. _____*three minutes later, (sanity returns!)*_____ Skitter sighed as she dimmed her horn and fell over, she was breathing heavily due to magical exhaustion, she looked over to Roxanne and Lyaroa and grinned. "If that didn't do it.....I'm going to shit." She declared. Roxanne walked up to Solar and checked her pulse....she was relieved to find that it was stronger than before, she looked at Lyaroa and smiled softly. "She's alive." She said. Lyaroa nodded but said nothing as he walked to the door, he heard shuffling behind him and glanced over his shoulder to see Skitter looking at him. "What.....that's it? we save a life and you just walk away?" Questioned the changeling. Lyaroa sighed and looked at Skitter with a small smile. "When she wakes up, she'll be hungry, and I ain't letting her eat in a dungeon." He replied before walking out. Roxanne chuckled and looked at Firefly, she smiled and nodded before walking her out. Skitter panted a few times before realizing something, she was alone with an unconscious kid that needed to be brought upstairs. "......Fuck my life." She complained as she banged her head against the wall, she soon simply sighed and levitated Solar onto her back and walked to the exit. 'I am going to kick those jerks butts after this.' She grumbled. _____*unknown time, unknown place, unknown POV.*_____ The air was cold.....and the only thing I knew other then that was that my eyes hurt and refused to open, my body hurt all over and I had a persistent hunger that wouldn't cease, I groaned and forced my eyes to open, a mistake on my part as all I saw was a blinding light and feeling as if my eyes were on fire from the light, I snapped my eyes shut and shakily rested my hoof over my eyes. I mumbled some incoherent words as I slowly sat up and opened my eyes, slowly this time, feeling a gust of cold air once again I sighed, cold air was one thing....but a gust of it damming your ear was another, I shakily stood up and rubbed my forehead, a massive headache ran through it as I surveyed the surroundings, the walls were Crystal and so was the floor and ceiling, I grumbled as I had an inkling as to my whereabouts. "Here we go again." I complained quietly. I noticed that the only things in the room were the bed that I woke up in, a window and a small table with a chair, I rubbed my eyes as they adjusted to the light very slowly, I decided that I should leave and headed for the door, when I reached it I opened it and walked through, when I did I came upon a slightly familiar hallway, I heard footsteps and I quickly hid around the corner as voices began to talk. "You think she woke up?" Asked one of the voices, feminine by the sounds of it. Another voice, more man like spoke up. "By now?.....definitely, the longest that I ever slept was at least nine hours, but that was years ago." Replied the voice. I peeked around the corner and saw two tall creatures heading in my direction, one was like a wolf, and the other was like a fox, I quickly backed away and headed.....anywhere really. 'How long was I asleep?' She wondered as she moved. I entered what looked like a ballroom in need of repair and soon heard more footsteps, I quickly hid myself in a nearby cabinet and heard more voices, which didn't help my headache to be honest. "How are the repairs in this room coming along?" Asked an inquisitive female voice. "Very good actually....the original layout wasn't hard to replicate and the materials were easy to come by." Replied a gruff male voice. The female spoke again. "Well, I'm glad to hear that it's coming along, I'll let you get back to work then." She replied. "Actually, me and my boys are waiting on more materials, so I better go see what's keeping them." The male replied. I peeked out of the cabinet and saw a dark gray earth pony with a hard hat walk out of the room, I also noticed that the source of the female was actually a lavender colored unicorn mare, I saw the mare turn around and look at the cabinet I was hiding in, my eyes widened and I quickly but carefully hid myself under a stack of papers. 'I'm toast.' I thought. Footsteps approached the cabinet and the door opened, I held my breath as the unicorn looked inside, the mare looked in my direction but I don't think she spotted me as she simply walked away with a sigh. "Must be seeing things." She said to herself. I waited until the mare left before exiting the cabinet, I then headed towards the opposite exit, I left the room and found a set of stairs heading down, I glanced around before heading down them. When I finally reached the bottom, I was in a large open room with building supplies littered around, I spotted some ponies and a weird creature conversing by some barrels and made a note to keep an eye on them as I moved around, one of the ponies was a Pegasus mare with a multicolored mane, another was an earth pony mare with blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, the creature was black and completely hairless with hexagonal eyes, a strange horn and bug like wings, the creatures horn flared a moment and in its place was a Pegasus mare with orange and white hair, my eyes widened and I soon hid behind a stack of wooden planks. Fortunately i was now close enough to hear the conversation. "Like I said....I need a way to blend into society, can't do that normally." Said the shape changing mare. The mulicolored one spoke next. "I know that, but what if your caught?.....we can't always protect you." She countered. The shape changer chuckled. "I don't NEED your protection, I can kick your ass several times over if needed." She replied smugly. The blonde mare sighed and drank something out of her cup. "Come on you two, we've got enough trouble without you destroying our supplies." She said grumpily. The multicolored mare grinned. "I ain't THAT immature, besides, it's just two friends chatting." She said innocently. Realizing that I was wasting time, I decided to leave, I made my way through the supplies which were conveniently in place for hiding, but when I heard a set of footsteps I quickly stopped and hid, I peeked out and saw the shape changer walking towards me a little before stopping. "What is it?" Asked the blonde mare. The shape changer sighed and closed her eyes. "Alright....make this easy on all of us and just come out." She said calmly My eyes widened and thoughts raced through my mind. 'How did she find me?.....its impossible, she had no reason to come over here and I made no noise......it must be a trait of her species.' She concluded. The shape changer opened her eyes and flew up to where I was hiding and looked me directly in the eyes. "Oh good.....your finally up." She said with a grin. I was startled and confused as to how the shape changer found me, but my thoughts were interrupted by it picking me up and carrying me over to the other two mares. "Look who finally woke up you guys." Said the shape changer. The other two mares looked at me and simply sighed. "Kids." They said simultaneously, which was creepy. I said nothing as the shape changer shrugged and looked at me. "Hey kid, you feeling alright?" She asked calmly. I blinked but eventually nodded, the shape changer seemed to gain a small smile at this. "Good.....I'm Skitter, the knucklehead here is Gwen Dash." She said, pointing at the pegasus. Gwen nodded and pointed at the blonde mare. "And this is Applejack, great cider drinker but terrible liar." She joked. Applejack rolled her eyes and whacked Gwen over the back of her head. "You want me to go let the others know?" She wondered. Skitter nodded and looked at me. "So, what's your name?" She asked. I blinked at the mare but seeing as she might already know my name, I relented. "I'm Solar." I bluntly replied. ____*ten minutes later, Crystal Empire, dining hall*____ Lyaroa sighed as he leaned up against the wall, inside the room was Solar, Skitter and Roxanne, Cadence and Twilight.....but annoyingly enough, he had been chosen for explanation duty, WHY he didn't know, but he personally thought that it was a punishment for making Fang his host, since Twilight had gone and blabbed it to Cadence and Shining. Solar was VERY slowly eating some food that Roxanne made, Lyaroa actually didn't blame the girl for two reasons......the first being the obvious, that she was still weak from the imprisonment, the second being that Roxanne was a horrible cook, she could make eggs just fine, but she burned basically everything else. 'Still....not as bad as Sweetie Belle's cooking, I have got to get those two to some cooking classes, or just teach them myself.' He thought. [4] It wasn't for ten minutes later, that Solar had finished eating what she could. "So.....you uh, said you could explain everything." She asked nervously. Lyaroa sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "Yea.....but I'm basically going to give you the short version, after you were locked up, Celestia and Luna fought Sombra, this led to the Empire vanishing for one thousand years, it returned a week or so ago and we came here to free it from Sombra, we were forced to abandon the city at one point and flee to the village of Snowgem, after a time, we regrouped and attacked the undead army here at the city, my friends pushed into the castle to confront Sombra, but a man called Fracture and a mercenary called Misteye separated them, later, after the two were defeated, Sombra and Twilight were fighting meanwhile, but I soon intervened and saved her.....still waiting for the thanks for it, but anyway." He pause and chuckled. He continued. "Me and Sombra fought for a while, at one point he thought that he killed me, so I waited for the right moment to strike as Twilight fought your father......anyway, when I reappeared, I fought Sombra for a few moments and soon enough the rest of us arrived, in the end, Sombra was put in jail with his magic severed until a trial can be held, then I discovered you in the dungeon, I left and brought Roxanne and Skitter, they healed you up with a little help from Firefly and then brought you up here and out of the dungeon, after that it was a good two days of you sleeping, you know the rest." He finished. Solar nodded and rested her head on her hoof, she looked at Cadence next. "What happens to me now?......my dad can't take care of me while he's in jail.....not that he would anyway. She mumbled. Cadence seemed to be caught off guard by the question, but she simply took a quick breath and looked at Cadence. "Well, one possibility is that you will be taken to an orphanage, another is that you could be taken in by relatives or close friends, the last possibility is that you could be adopted, but with the state the empire is in......." Her voice trailed off as she finished. Solar sighed and blinked. "I get it, but this leaves me with just two options......orphanage or adoption, which is basically the exact same thing for your information." She said blankly. After that, the room was strangely silent, Lyaroa soon walked out of the room, Roxanne had pulled Twilight and Cadence out of the room, leaving Solar and Skitter alone in the room, Skitter sighed and rested her head on the wall. "Well kid, seems like you got some thinking to do, I'll get out of your hair." She said before walking to the door. Solar said nothing as Skitter walked, but just as Skitter went to walk out, she raised her head and looked at the changeling. "Hey uh....can you show me what that was?" She asked. Skitter paused and looked at Solar. "Gonna need some explanation." She replied. Solar took a quick breath and looked at Skitter with curiosity. "That shape shifting from before, can you show me?" She asked. Skitter chuckled and lit her horn, she soon took on the guise of Star and checked for a horn, thankfully there was none this time. "This what you meant?" She asked. Solar nodded and closed her eyes. "Yea, how do you do it?" She wondered curiously. Skitter rolled her eyes knowingly. "Sorry kid, it's an ability unique to my species." She explained much to the filly's disappointment. Solar grumbled and restee her head on the table. "That sucks." She replied. Skitter nodded and turned around to walk out of the room. "Yea.....it does suck." She muttered quietly before leaving the room. At this, Solar was now left to sit in the chair as she contemplated the options.....but soon enough, she realized something. "It isn't a question of what will happen to me.......it's a question of what I would prefer, which means...." Her voice trailed off as she put the pieces together. Solar sighed and leaned back on the chair. 'So.......let's see how this plays out.' She thought as she sat on the chair. _____*the next day, guest room two, 5:26 AM.*_____ Gwen groaned as she opened her eyes, she sighed and slowly sat up, noticing the time, she quietly complained about it being too early and got off the bed, she stretched out her limbs and wings before walking to the door, she opened it and walked out towards the hallway that led downstairs. As she walked through the crystal castle, Gwen noticed that it was rather empty, even if it was early, she expected to at least see some building supplies, she sighed and continued walking, she soon reached the stairs and walked down them, once again, there was nothing as she walked, no building materials or people, just the bare walls and floors, when she reached the bottom of the stairs, she saw that there were two paths she could take, one led to the stairway that took you to the entrance, and the other path led to the armory and the destroyed art room, she decided to head for the entrance and started walking. Gwen looked around and saw the destruction that ensued when Pinkie and Applejack battled Fracture, she saw one of the columns that had been irreversibly damaged and was being held up by multiple beams and supports, she sighed and continued walking when she reached the stairs. As Gwen walked down the stairs she thought of something. 'If nothing was wrong with the Element of Loyalty.....why did Princess Celestia and Princess Luna react the way they did?' She wondered. Gwen soon reached the bottom of the stairs and looked around some more, she saw the repairs that had been made to the walls, she saw the damage that had been done to the floors and the stairs, but what caught her eye was a figure that was outiside the castle at the steps, she decided to investigate and walked towards the door and when Gwen was halfway to the figure, she saw that the figure was sitting. So Gwen continued to approach the figure, soon enough, when she reached the doors, the figure's identity was revealed to be Lyaroa sitting down and looking up at the slightly dark sky, she walked up and looked at Lyaroa curiously. "Hey, you alright?" She asked. Lyaroa didnt seem very surprised by Gwen's sudden appearance. "Hey Gwen." He replied blankly. Gwen walked up and sat down next to Lyaroa. "What are you doing out here at this hour?" She wondered. Lyaroa blinked and sighed. "I could ask YOU the same thing, but if you must know I couldn't sleep." He replied calmly. Gwen took notice that Lyaroa had Soul and Spirit with him, she said nothing however and looked up at the sky. "You know......i was wondering." She started off. Lyaroa drew Soul and looked at Gwen. "What is it?" He asked as he examined the sword. Gwen noticed that Lyaroa had drawn Soul, but she remained calm as she continued. "If you had all this power, why didn't you just reverse time and change everything?" She asked. Lyaroa chuckled and gained a small smirk as he sheathed Soul. "As powerful as I am, and how crazy I was all those years ago.....I made ONE rule for myself, never change the history of my worlds, or in your terms, time travel.....I've already giving Twilight an earful of information yesterday, and I earned Shining Armor's ire again, not that it surprises me." He replied. Gwen nodded and noticed that the sky was slowly brightening. "You know......I feel that I should apologize, I was a little rash the day you revealed yourself." She said. Lyaroa rolled his eyes and chuckled. "I think you were all being rash, I mean.....you didn't even wait for me to explain myself, but still...." His voice trailed off. Gwen looked at Lyaroa with a raised eyebrow. "What is it?" She asked. Lyaroa looked directly at Gwen. "You have absolutely nothing to apologize for, I knew what was coming when I revealed myself, and I'm not about to let you apologize for it." He replied before standing up and walking to the door. "I have something to take care of....oh and by the way......" He paused before looking at Gwen with a grin. "I'm a girl......have a nice day!" 'She' teased. [5] Gwen's eyes widened but she found herself unable to speak coherently, after Lyaroa was no longer visible, she simply shook her head and headed inside. ____*three minutes later, Crystal Empire vaults.*_____ Lyaroa walked through the vaults searching for the source of an anomaly, she passed by rooms filled with gold bits but did not enter them, instead she walked into a room further in that held an abnormally large mirror that seemed to contain a trace of the anomaly,she approached it and channeled some magic, soon enough, she looked into the mirror and saw a world that was parallel to this one, she sighed and searched through it......attempting to find the source of the anomaly......finally locking onto a teenage girl with fiery hair, she rolled her eyes at the appearance of the 'humans' beyond the mirror, she quickly channeled a large amount of magic and aimed at the girl. Normally, Lyaroa would have simply eliminated the girl for threatening the balance and stability of the worlds, but she had changed.....so she decided to simply force the girl back through the portal, she quickly threw her magic at the girl and ripped her through the portal, but not before rearranging the events and memories of the parallel world, she heard screaming as a unicorn mare was flung out of the portal. Lyaroa waited until the mare landed in the wall, she threw up a barrier around the portal and closed it, she then examined the mare, she had a fiery red tail and her hair was the same way, her coat was orange and her cutie mark was a red and yellow sun with a circle similar to yin and yang, when the mare's eyes opened they were revealed to be teal, Lyaroa approached the mare and pulled her out of the wall. The mare's head spun around for a few moments as she mumbled some incoherent words before passing out. Lyaroa sighed and put a barrier on all possible exits and focused on the mirror. 'Why this thing exists is beyond me.....better destroy it.' She thought as she began channeling a large amount of magic. ____*two minutes later.*____ Lyaroa muttered a few words as she prepared three blasts to destroy the mirror, she soon heard groaning behind her but did not react when she heard a voice. "What are you doing! Stop!" The voice pleaded. Lyaroa sighed and threw the blasts of unknown magic at the mirror, destroying it instantaneously, she then turned around and faced the mare, who was now looking at the ruined mirror in shock. "Why......why did you do that!?" The mare demanded. Lyaroa blinked and took the barrier guarding the portal down. "That portal was far too dangerous to keep standing, I simply ended that threat before your kind could find it." She replied simply and rationally. The mare growled and spontaneously fired a volley of magical blasts, which were easily deflected by a barrier Lyaroa projected. Lyaroa then raised her hand and channeled a small amount of magic to the mare's horn, disabling her ability to use magic. "....Sunset Shimmer." She began. Sunset seemed surprised but said nothing as Lyaroa continued. "Formerly Celestia's student, considered a prodigy at her age, but you eventually left the school and fled through the mirror, entering a parallel world.....forced to adapt to a new world, you soon became increasingly violent for your race, you only recently discovered that the portal was opened again, and began a plot to steal the Element of Harmony, ring any bells?" She wondered. Sunset growled and tried to run away, only for a barrier to bounce her back, she attempted to run the other direction but the same thing occurred, she soon realized that she was trapped. Lyaroa sighed and shook her head. "Listen....I am not here to arrest you." She said calmly, Sunset growled and attempted to cast a spell, only to find that her horn did not work, her eyes widened and she looked at Lyaroa with a terrified expression. "Wha-what do you......want?" She asked in a panic. Lyaroa glared at the girl. "First off.....I want everyone to stop dimension hopping willy nilly, secondly, I would love to just sit down and relax, and third, I want you to knock it off with the pissy little girl phase and suck it up." He replied firmly. Sunset blinked but when she went to speak all she could muster was stammered bits and pieces of words, this caused Lyaroa to shake her head and take down one of the barriers. "I'll take you upstairs so you can get some sleep, but after that, I'm sending you to Canterlot tomorrow where you will speak with Celestia, what you do after that is up to you." She said before walking Sunset out of the room. Sunset sighed and looked up at Lyaroa. "And who should I say brought me back?" She wondered blankly. Lyaroa chuckled. "An old friend.....that's all." She replied with a grin. ____*later that day, castle gardens, 9:21 AM*____ Roxanne sighed as she drew Life and Death, she then got into a battle stance and began performing deadly combinations, she had made sure she was alone before training, as she trained, more and more thoughts built up in her mind, she found herself thinking more and more on the events of her life, her first time activated, the children tearing her apart, meeting Fang one night while hunting the guard, the time that Fang was repaired and they were named partners, the numerous nights they spent hunting the guards, meeting Gwen, leaving Fazbears, their first real adventure, meeting Firefly and the rest of the Black Cloud, meeting Dark, the temple of Jandoka, the journey back to Ponyville, Hearths Warming, fighting to retake the Crystal Empire. All of the events leading up to this moment made Roxanne wonder exactly WHAT had happened to her and Fang, they had gone from partners in a children's restaurant......to an aggressive pair of people who usually used violence as a first or second resort. Roxanne heard a door open nearby and she stopped her training, she looked in the direction of the opened door and soon enough, she watched as Skitter came into the garden, Roxanne sheathed her swords and walked over to a bench, she then sat down and looked at Skitter. "Morning Skitter, how you holding up?" She asked. Skitter shrugged and walked over to a nearby bench and sat down. "I've been better to be honest.....but I actually came out here to let you know that breakfast is done." She replied. Roxanne chuckled and looked up at the sky. "Alright, thanks for the message, I'll head in soon." She said. Skitter looked at Roxanne with curiosity for a few moments before sighing and disguising herself as Star. "Roxanne......what's eating at you?.....you seem down." She asked. Roxanne gave a small smile and looked at Skitter. "Is it really that obvious?" She asked the changeling. Skitter nodded. "Yea, it kinda is." She replied. Roxanne shrugged. "I don't know......maybe it has something to do with Lyaroa pretending to be Fang all that time, AND I never noticed the change!" She said angrily. Skitter sighed and looked directly at Roxanne. "Well, that isn't something we can change, but we can get Fang back." She replied calmly. Roxanne scoffed. "You want me to help Lyaroa get his body back?......I would sooner set him on fire and kick him down a hill." She said. Skitter looked up at the sky and chuckled. "If it gets Fang his body back?....why not?" She replied. Roxanne stood up and looked at Skitter. "Let's just finish up here so we can go home." She said quietly. Skitter sighed and stood up, she said nothing as Roxanne walked past her. '......That I can live with.' Skitter thought.