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// Finally 
// Story: Fear Me, for My Name is Twaith! 
// by Michael Hudson 
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	Rarity swallowed hard as she, along with the the other four mares from Ponyville, stood in the doorway to the grand dining hall of The Castle of the Twin Sisters. They had been invited because of their recent triumphs over Sombrich, as he was now being called, but they also knew the greater importance of it all, and so they didn’t dare step in. Instead, they only stared at the cute mare at the end of the table. “W-what do you think’s going to happen?”

Rainbow Dash bit into her cheek, before grinning slightly. “Two to one she goes harmonic on us when she sees them.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow. “I’m surprised that that’s not the odds for when she actually gets to have them.”

Dash giggled a little bit, before shaking her head. “Nah. That one’s a certainty. I mean, what else could she do?”

A small scratching on the stones caused them all to jump, before they looked up. Spike, in turn, grinned down at them, as he was finally able to enjoy the fact that he was ‘fully grown’, instead of worrying about his sis. Still, the young dracolich couldn’t help but have his misgivings, and stepped closer to Rarity. “Well, she could flip out and freeze the whole castle. Don’t worry though, I’ll be able to keep you all protected.”

Fluttershy paled at the thought of some sort of magical explosion due to all of this, and stammered out, “A-are you sure you won’t have to go… monstrous again, if she did that?”

It was now Spike’s turn to pale. It was a reaction to Twaith unlocking her full power when he became a hundred foot tall monster that rotted all that he touched, but it was a very real possibility that another spike in her power could bring it back. “I-I’m sure that that was just because of her anger. This would be due to joy.”

“Yep!” Pinkie bounced as she yelled the word, causing the rest of the mares to jump with her, before she grinned wide. “Though, what if she became so happy that it made her heart stop? Would she die then? Or would she just need to restart it?”

All of them just stared at Pinkie for that one, before Rainbow snickered. “Could you imagine trying to give her CPR?”

Most of them gave a light chuckle, while Applejack’s cheeks turned crimson, before she turned away and huffed out, “You wouldn’t be able to touch her then, so you couldn’t!”

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, though now her mind turned to how nice it might be to put the mack on those cute little lips. And she could even say she was just trying to save her friend! Perfect excuse coverage.

While they devolved into more mindless banter, two beings on the top of the rafters stared down upon the hall, sharing in much of the same sentiments and misgivings that the living mares were. Of course, neither really said anything. For Trixie, it was more because she knew she could protect herself, especially now that she had her four beautiful tails flicking behind her. As for Marble, well, she didn’t really say much on a regular basis, so she wasn’t the best conversationalist.

Still, the two were happy to be back in Ponyville, and back to just being able to relax. The past month had been hard on all of them, and after so much stress, a nice, little event like this was just what the doctor ordered. Or witch doctor, if Trixie was in the mood to think back on her meeting with ‘Granny Pie.’ The aura from the old bag of bones still made her shiver, even now.

Of course, there was one in the room that had wasn’t thinking about these hardships or issues. She’d heard about some of them, and had an inkling to others, but for her, she was ready to put it all behind her. Besides, she had more important things to focus on, such as the bacon haired mare that now walked out of the doors on the other end of the hall.

Twilight licked her lips, and began to shake.

Sunset, for her part, had also managed to shed the weight of the adventure. Then again, unlike all the rest, she’d been able to go back to what she loved to do. There was no re-adjustment period, or even a chance to relax. Nope, when she got home, she was immediately ordered by not only Twilight, but her dear mentor as well to get to work.

She glanced to Celestia, who trotted beside her, and grinned. “So, tell me, how slowly should we walk?”

Celestia raised an eyebrow back, before smiling herself. She was loving the day already, because she finally could say things were returning to normal for herself. On top of that, the presence of the young ponies, and her dear Twilight, all meant that the bad memories in these stones could fade, and be replaced with ones that were entirely more pleasant. “I don’t know. If we take too long, I think she’ll freeze us in place and just take the plate from you.”

Sunset chuckled at the all too true prediction, which was only enforced as they heard Twilight yell, “Hurry up already!”

Sunset decided that the poor mare had been forced to wait long enough, and so began to trot faster to her waiting client. The plate beside her, kept calm by her magic, was all that Twilight could watch as Sunset moved, ignoring the stains on her friend, or the fact that most of her chest was white. No, they were all that mattered.

Finally, Sunset put the plate down, and lifted off the cover. It shone, almost like made of gold, and threatened to blind those looking upon it. Susnet smiled as Twilight’s face lit up, and said, “Made the very best, for the best mare I know, here you go Twilight.”

“You can finally have some pancakes.”

Twilight could almost cry as she stared at the syrup that dribbled down the large stack of flapjacks. It wouldn’t be by any tricks, or through another’s mouth, but she could eat them. She could enjoy them. It was almost too much.

And then, they were gone, as a dark blue blast swept them off the table. Twilight, along with everypony else, could only stare at where they were, stunned and afraid.

And then, a loud, commanding voice barked from the side of the dining hall. “How dare you make pancakes and not invite your dearest princess!”

Twilight turned to Luna, her eye twitching, and everything went wrong. The insanity and chaos that broke out in the ensuing duel to the death guaranteed it to everypony there.

They were home, and life would indeed continue to be the wonderful rollercoaster that they all adored, all because of their little ball of insanity named: Twilight.