> Concealed Light to a new world
>  by Dangerfang
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> Waking up
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White... All I have ever saw when I got here was an endless void of white. I once tried trotting in search of anything in this void of endless white, but all I found was an immense pain in my hooves. I've been here for so long, I don't even know if time even passes here anymore. So long, that I've forgotten some of parts of my own body. I never met anypony in the same situation as me ether. I sat idly as I hoped in vain for something to happen to change my environment. 
"My little... sunshine," I stood up as a ripple of color accompanied a fuzzy, and strangely familiar voice. 
"*Gasp* Who are you?! Can you hear me?! Do you know me?! Who am I?! What am I?! What is this place?! Is there a way out?! If there is can you get me out?!" A flood of questions exited my mouth, all demanding to be answered. 
"Everything will... my little... sunshine,"  A menacing rift appeared alongside another ripple of color and the fuzzy voice. 
I stared in silent horror, my voice dying in my throat, as a black sludge splattered onto the ground behind me. The sludge moved unnaturally as it started to consume the white void. I tried to move, to run away from the sludge, but my hooves wouldn't listen to me. 
"There is... to worry... ray of..." The voice did nothing to calm my rapidly beating heart as the sludge moved quickly at its sound. 
Soon, the black sludge practically filled the white void except the small round circle around me. The sludge paused in its quest, as if it unexpectedly came upon a strange entity. From white to black, the very thought of being in complete darkness frightened me to no end. My heart was beginning to slow down before the sludge shot out and grabbed onto me. I could feel it crawl up my hooves as I thrashed about having regained the my nerves. Forgotten muscles my back twitched and flared in attempt to free me from the sludge. 
"There is no need to resist. Just relax and give in. It time for you to wake up and find your place my little ray of sunshine," The voice, suddenly in perfect clarity, strangely calmed my heart. 
My resistance against the black sludge slowed to a stop as my body gave into the voice's plea. I could see the sludge creep across my vision as I came to a sudden realization, 'Mom?' 



Pain... That was what greeted when I woke up. My whole body was sore and I couldn't move an inch. A weight was centered on my back and spread across my body. I didn't dare open my eyes yet for fear that dust would blind me. Something shook everything around me after a few moments of holding still. I heard things shift and fall down and some weight get taken off of my back. I wiggled a bit to see if I could move and It felt light enough for me to remove the weight. 
I could hear things screeching above me as I gathered my strength. I pushed up and felt the weight slide off of my body. I felt sore all over and the screeching didn't help my spiting headache. I rubbed my hoof on my head hoping it would alleviate some of the pain. 
"Uhh...  where... am, I?" I asked nopony in particular."And would you things just shut up!" 
Opening my eyes, I introduced myself to my surroundings. I almost panicked because couldn't see very far in the dark, but things flickered and moved swiftly in my vision. Looking down I find that I was on a large pile of rubble. I turned around, an irritated look on my face, as I found a particularly large piece of rubble that looked large enough to pin me down. The screeching disappeared and allowed my headache to diminish a bit. Muscles centered on my back twitched and folded, causing me to briefly wonder what moved. 
Taking a few wobbly steps, I made my way though the darkness. I was going at a fairly quick pace when I bumped into a bookshelf. You want to know how I knew it was a book shelf? I knew it was a bookshelf, a rather old one at that, because what little dusty books that bookshelf had fell on me. HARD.  
"Ah!" I yelped in pain gaining once again the special attention of the bats."Ouch, I'm going to be feeling That one in the morning." 
The screeching increased my headache more than the books did being insistent in their displeasure of my noise making. I swung my hooves in the air in an attempt to scatter the bats away from me. I made the mistake of taking a few steps back while still flailing and tripped over a book. I glared at the book as I rubbed my slightly bruised butt. The book was dusty and practically unreadable, It could hardly be considered a book at all. The bats flew away as I trotted over and picked up the book. I blew the dust off and wiped away any remainders that were too stubborn to read what I could of the title, `F.l.y's/..lt's .u.d.e to m.g.c.` 
'This seems a good a book as any to get something out of it,' I thought as I cracked the book open. 
The pictures were almost nonexistent, the words faded next to nothing, and I was barely able to read due to being in complete darkness, I was lucky to even read the title. The pages crinkled as I flipped though gather all the information I could. What I gathered was limited magical knowledge but it was enough to get me going.  
"So, an energy within a unicorn... a unicorn..." I whispered to myself. 'What if that feeling or energy is within me?' 
I pause in my reading and closed my eyes, searching for whatever was inside me. I didn't find it though... I felt it. It was just sitting there waiting to be called upon. I never found it because it never needed to be found, just called. It was small and warm as a small sun, though I felt saddened at its state. Almost as if I expected it to be bigger than it is. Magic... My magic. The magic that exists in everything that lives. That is the energy that unicorns can tap into! Magic! 
I 'grabbed' at my magic but it slipped through my hooves. I tried again thinking that something would be different this time, It wasn't. I almost tried the same thing a third time before I realized it wasn't going to work. I pushed my magic aimlessly from the center of my body. 
'So how do I use my magic? My hooves? No, that is too cliche. My butt? Nah, that is too embarrassing. My head?' I thought as I knit my eyebrows together in focus. 'My head it is!' 
I guided my magic to my head in hope that it would do something. Other than a warm fuzzy feeling in my head it did nothing. 'What am I doing... wait maybe?' I began to move my magic toward my forehead as a hazy memory came to mind. The magic didn't stop at my forehead, it continued past it to my... Horn. The word felt familiar and strange at the same time. My horn... 
I kept my magic in my horn and opened my eyes. The memory was still hazy but I vaguely remembered that I had to focus it on a object. I looked to the book in front of me and stared. My magic did absolutely nothing to the book. Confused, I wondered if I did something wrong.  
'Is it because I just thought that it being in my horn is enough?' I thought as I placed my right hoof on my chin. 'How about I force it out?' 
I tried to push the magic out my horn and onto the book. Sparks sputtered in a firework display, but other then that nothing happened. 'Did I do it wrong?' I forced more magic to come out of my horn and a splitting headache occurred. 'Ouch!' I waited until my headache recced before I tried anything. Instead of forcing my magic to come out, I decided to try and ask it out onto the book. My horn glowed a golden color, generating a small amount of light, surrounding the book. 
The book reminded me that we unicorns can levitate things with our magic, even though the unicorn was kind of beheaded and missing a few other limbs. I put an image of a floating book in my mind and lifted the book. I smiled proudly as I watched the book float in the air. 
"Ha! Now I can read more efficiently!" I proudly stated satisfied that I now had a little light to use to read more books to learn. 'But... Where am I? I know I'm a unicorn but what is this place and how did I get here?' 
Conflicted, I set the book down. The golden light from my horn wisped away shrouding me, once again, in darkness. I blinked a few times and lift the book once more with my magic. The light lit the book slightly and floated in the air, nothing too special. I placed the book back on the ground and my magic wisped away. 
'Well I guess I need to keep my focus on something... But, what if I don't have something to focus on and I need light? Uh, I need a new spell.' I shook my head in frustration. 'This place should have one around here somewhere.'
I spent a few minutes searching through books hoping to find an illumination spell. I looked and looked though page after page of books that fell on top of me. After I ran out of book I frowned, disappointed that I didn't find a spell that met my needs. 
'Wait aren't there scrolls too?' I thought as picked up a book to go searching for a scroll if I could find one.  
The book floated up and down the bookshelves, casting light in between the dusty shelves. It didn't take too long as near the end of I found a few crinkly scrolls that didn't look too trustworthy. I levitated a few of the scrolls down and attempted to read all they had. Each were faded beyond recognition and hard to read, I was surprise that they weren't already dust. 
"Stupid dusty books and scrolls, if only you had more durability though years without needing tending," I muttered under my breath as I dropped the scrolls to the ground. 'Well... I should be glad that they even lasted this long.' 
I sulked there among the scrolls, mad that I couldn't have woken up sooner. I kicked my right front hoof and bumped into the forgotten book at my hooves. I read the title once more in my mind in the royal canterlot voice to vent my anger.  
'...Wait, Can-ter-lot... Canterlot... Canterlot!' I hopped in glee at remembering something. 'Now what about the royal canterlot voice made me remember canterlot? Uh duh, royal CANTERLOT voice. Anythiing else? Headache!... That passed... Now... Oh, the "Filly/Colt's Guide to Magic." Unicorn invented new spells to use right? Then I should be able to do that too! Generating light should be easy enough, then I can finally see farther then my muzzle!' 
I paused a moment to think before putting my plan in action. 'Light!' The thought didn't do anything that I thought it would. I was about to try to force it out once more when I remembered the splitting headache it gave me. I gave thought to how I might generate light. 
'What is light? Ummm, well... light is shiny and brightens the area so everyone can see... Thats true buuuuut... *click* Light also creates heat and lights the path though the darkness. Though not all shadows hold danger.' As I was thinking a gentle heat was being emitted from my horn. 
I focused on projecting the warm feeling onto the area around me to reveal the oak wood bookshelves. Pleased, I trotted around to make sure that I had the spell down right. It was getting pretty hard to cast magic as my constant use of it dwindled my mana pool. 
'I need a place to rest my head,' I yawned as I grabbed a few books from the bookshelves I passed at random. 'I might just read these before I go to sleep.' 
I open and passed large double doors onto smooth marble floor. Piles of rubble and broken pillars are present in the abandoned place as my hooves clipped and clopped through the halls. I walked up stairs that were near the end of the hall faintly hoping that someone would be at the top of the stairs. By the time I reached the door I all but threw open the door rushing into the room. 
"Mo-" The words died in my throat as my eyes scanned the room finding no one in it. 
The room, or whats left of it, had little to offer, a bed that use to be used by somepony important me. The fireplace was filled with dirt, I don't think I could shovel out the dirt and get a fire going. what would be the balcony is blocked off. A flag in the room is torn in half the bottom missing. A large mirror was beside a desk with a long forgotten note and diamond-like clear stone. 
The light that shined from my horn dimed as my gaze lowered greatly disappointed. 'Who did I expect to be here?' The memory slips through my hooves like the others before it. I looked up at the mirror and saw a rather disgusting and dirty looking pony staring back. The pony, who was me, had a light green coat and a brown and yellow disheveled mane and tail. Golden eyes stared back at me as I noticed something off about my body. I dropped all the books and intensified the light and gasped in shock at what I saw. 
W-W-W-Wings... Light green wings... Those must be the nerves that I felt move. The illumination spell fizzed out as I shifted my focus to trying to move my wings. I could feel tiny twitches on my back that allowed me to focus completely on the movement of my wings. I continued to try and master the movement of my wings. After I got it down pat I tried to split my focus between the spell and the movement of my wings. Fairly soon I got a hang of doing both. 
'So... What am I? I'm not a unicorn as I originally thought,' I pondered as I ignited the illumination spell. 
I took one good look at my wing after I stretched them out. They were in a very poor state that made me wonder what I could do for them. Feathers were out of place, some even looked like they were about to fall off when it came to me. On instinct alone I brought the first wing to my mouth and began realigning my feathers, pulling out a few. It felt good to be able to preen once more. I double checked my work to make sure I was ready to move to my next wing. After that was done I looked in the mirror once more and smiled that at least one part of my was sparkling clean, even though it left a bad taste in my mouth. 
'*Growl* Oh, hunger, almost forgot what that felt like,' I looked down at my stomach and grinned at the feeling. 'I'll hate it again soon enough.' 
I groaned as I began to feel a headache due to my prolonged use of magic. I trotted to the desk curious as to the note. The desk was higher then my eyes, a hint that it was made for somepony taller then most. I hooves on the desk so I could see and took a glance at the diamond-like clear stone, and remembered that it wasn't a stone but a crystal. I picked up the note and read the faded text. ".... ...... //.. Lun. illumi... .... ..t.r etc." 
'Lun? who's lun? Might be the former owner of this room,' I thought as I placed the note down. 'The note was talking about something about illumi... illumination spell! but, on what? the crystal?' 
I picked up the crystal to examine it. 'Illumination...' I created a small orb of light as I transfer the magic from my horn. The crystal's center began to glow a bright light, brighter than my fading magic. I slumped down onto the desk almost completely spent and with a great headache *growl* aaaaaand an empty belly. 
"*sigh* Where am I going to find food in here," I grumbled as my last dregs of magic wisped off leaving the crystal as the only light source. 'Guess I better search or starve...' 
I groaned as I picked myself up and grabbed the crystal with my mouth.  My mouth shined like a flashlight as I traveled down the stairs. At the  bottom of stairs a different type of screeching reached my ears. I turned my head skyward, shining my light on the sounds owner. The bat faltered a moment in the bright light but was able to right itself before hitting the ground. The bat just hovered in front of my eyes giving me time to examine it.  
The bat was rather large for a bat being almost at tall as my eye. It's wingspan reached just past the size of my head. The bat had a completely black fur and leathery wings. Its eyes were strangely filled with kindness even though I interrupted its peaceful sleep earlier. The bat happily screeched and flew in a circle around my head. 
"Uhhh, you wouldn't happen to know where food is?" My question made the bat pause. 'Wait... Why am I talking to a bat. It not as if it could understand me.' 
The bat lightly screeched and flew off down the hallway pausing to look back at me. 'Well, I've got nothing to lose.' I followed the bat down the hallway turn around corners as they came by. Climbing over another pile of debris the bat circled at a door. I glanced nervously at the bat as I neared the door. I opened the door and trotted into the room. 
I immediately could tell that the room use to be a kitchen when I saw the rusty knives on the floor. I sighed and shined my crystal flashlight around trying to see if I could find any food in the immediate area. Seeing none, I started my search for food. After a short while I did find something but it was inedible and I was losing hope to find something to quiet my stomach. 
'I should have guessed that that apple was beyond rotten, It was as if somepony pooped it, placed dangerous chemicals in it, then tried to pass it off as food. There is  nothing here! That bat was trying-' Something glowed in the dirt that I didn't notice. I then saw the large bat pushing a stone out the way. I immediately felt bad for even suspecting that the bat wanted to kill me. 
"Thank you for helping me," I said thankfully to the bat. 
The bat just screeched lightly and flew off, happy that it did its job. I gaze hungrily at the glowing patch white flowers. I placed down my crystal onto the floor and carefully plucked a pedal from one of the flower. The flavor of the pedal danced on my tongue as I chewed. I swallowed down the pedal and dove into the flowers. I devoured the flowers like I never eaten in forever. 
"Thank Celestia... No, Luna uh... Oh who cares! These flowers are GOOD!" I shouted happily as consumed another flower. 
I had to mentally slap myself to stop eating the flowers before they were gone. White residue glowed on the edges of my mouth as I stopped. Half of the glowing flower patch was destroyed in my wake. 
'Uhh... Well, that happened... Celestia and Luna huh, Two more names of ponies I know or knew,' I thought as I licked up the residue from my lips. 'I should probably save some of these for later. The seeds can come too.' 
I picked a few flowers from their stems when I came to a problem. 'How am I going to carry the flowers, the seed and the crystal without my magic?' I paused a moment before I took a gamble. I dug into the dirt in the patch of white flowers finding the seeds in the dirt. My horn glowed as I attempted to use magic after I exhausted my magic. The flowers, seeds, and the crystal floated in the air with the successful casting of levitation. 
I smiled and travelled back to the bedroom with my items in tow.  I opened a drawer on the desk and placed the seeds and flowers into it. I then plopped onto the bed with all the grace of a rock. I didn't even bother with the covers on the bed and closed my eyes. I sighed then picked my head up from the pillow. I cracked open a book and began reading the pages. I was on my fifth book when I started feeling sleepy. By the seventh book I was all but losing the battle against sleep. My head collapsed onto the pillow as sleep claimed me. 
My surroundings were hazy when I came to but then I realized I couldn't move. I wasn't in the place that I sleep anymore that much I knew. Suddenly, my body moved without my telling it to and I saw the room as it came into focus. The pale blue light of the moon showed a baby-blue walls and a ruby red carpet. It didn't take long before moon was being lowered signifying the start of a new day for many who rose with the sun.I felt warm as rays of sunlight crept through a window across my body. I had another deja vu moment when it began feeling familiar.  
"WAHHHHHH!" A piercing cry of a foal cut the air making me flinch at the noise. 
It took me a moment to realize that the one who was crying but, I felt different somehow. My nerves were sending me the wrong signals and everything around me towered. Warm tears rolled down my face as my body attempted to move the wooden bars holding me back. My head gazed upward and paused a minute taking notice of the air space, free of all bars. My wings flapped quickly, raising me above my prison. A door opened to my left and a tough looking stallion came through the door with a yawn. 
"So this is when you start buzzing around the air huh," The stallion said, fatigue seeping into his low voice. "Guess I should let her know that our foal is beginning to fly." 
"Dah!" I landed with a thud and quickly rushed over to him, jumping at the last moment. 
"Whoa!" I hit my dad right in his chest making him fall back into a different room. "Heh, you hit like my second in command. Your going to be one tough cookie to crack." 
"Dah?" I said, my small brain not comprehending what he meant yet. 
He didn't say anything just laughed and lifted me into the air. I flailed my little hooves in the air and giggled happily. I babbled in delight, smiling that I got some time with my father, a father who was a batpony.Golden eyes gleamed in happiness and a smile with two fangs in the top row of teeth. His head glanced upward as hooves step up to the both of us. A pony towered over the both of us with a soft smile on her face. 
"How are my two favorite ponies doing?" She asked in a voice similar to the one before I first opened my eyes to the darkness of a library. 
"Mah!" I cried out to her while trying to get out of the hooves of my father. 
A tingly feeling passed over my body as I was lifted out the hooves of my mostly colorless father. I hugged as much of my mothers neck as I could and nuzzled her as my dad got up off the ground. In the corner of my eye, something caught my attention. Brown leather wings flapped happily though not fast enough to lift me into the air. 'What happened to my feathered wings?' 
"Yes, I love you too my little ray of sunshine," My mother said kissing the top of my head. 
"You know, he started flying today," My father said kissing my mother on the cheek. 
"Oh, really now?" She replied before kissing back. 
"Yeah, you should have seen him using his wings to get out of his crib!" 
My mother giggled before replying, "Maybe he would like to show me?" 
I was placed on the ground and I waddled around. My wings spread and flapped hard attempt to redo what got me to leave me prison. Words of encouragement came from my parents. Surly enough my hooves left the ground and I raised into the air. I flew around the room as cheers from my parents. I proudly tumbled on the on the ground rolling onto the hooves of my mom.
My stomach growled gaining the gaze of everypony in the room. I got hooves and began poking my mother for food. She laid down rolled to the side and I found my target. Warm milk filled my belly as I internally blushed.When I was finished I was picked up and burped. Light humming reached my ears making me yawn even though I just woke up a few minutes ago. 
'I guess this is a memory, can't be a normal dream if I can feel things. My dad was a batpony and my mom was... The color of their coats were... eyes? dad's was golden mom? I can't remember,' I thought as I slowly drifted off to sleep or was it waking up from my dream? 



Opening my eyes to darkness reminded that I was sleeping in the dark empty castle underground. Getting up I levitate a crystal that can hold an illumination spell and focus my magic of my most recent spell into the crystal.
‘How long was I out?’ I asked myself that as the crystal revealed the books on magic I was reading.
Trotting over the mirror I saw that my mane was still a mess and that I still had a horn and wings, Feathered wings. I paused a moment and then slowly opened my mouth curiously to find two fangs there.
‘Fangs... like a bat pony... I was a bat pony that lived with the sun as if it was normal for my kind. *sigh* I still think this whole thing is a dream. Add to the fact I don’t know who I am or why I’m here. I should get out of this place as soon as I can. I should use those covers for a bag to carry things in. I should also use that spell that makes things smaller from one of those books I read. Hey, I remembered reading those,’ Smiling slightly that I remembered them from the reading session I had before I went to sleep.
I looked over to find that there was one book I haven’t read at this point.
‘Might as well read it as I leave,’ I thought as a trotted pass the book lifting it as I headed for the door.
Just as I got to the door I stopped ‘wait I need something to hold these things… Oh! A makeshift saddle bag! I’m sure I should be able to make something like that. But first…’ 
I moved over to a mirror and began to straighten out my mane and tail so it looked more presentable. Then I looked for anything that could be used for a saddle bag. Finding a purple cloth I used my magic to grab strings and put them in a more suitable form to make a saddle bag. Working for minutes that felt like hours I made a saddle bag and use magic to decrease the size of the books making them more suitable for travel. Smiling happily I levitate my items into the saddle bag remembering the seeds of the glowing flowers, Some of said flowers, and levitate the illumination crystal near me. 

‘Well I’m sure that this crystal can do something else but I can’t think of a use for it yet. I’ll pay a visit to the library before I leave though; it still has books that I haven’t read yet.’ Trotting out the door toward the library i notice the bat from... what ever time it was before I went to sleep. The bat landed on my back and looked at me as if it was expecting something.
"thank you for helping me find food to eat," I said to the bat remembering the events in the past.
The bat smiled contently as i opened the library doors.
'hmmm I will stuff these bag with as much magical information I can which should be about 20 books if i want to add some flowers to this for on the go,' I thought deciding on the course of action.
It take a few minutes but I got 20 books shrunk and put into my bag. The bat fidgeted on my back as the sound of other bats reached our ears. Tiny claws and fangs scratched and bit me as I ran out the library.
'Why are they attacking me I did nothing to them!' I thought as I looked around.
"you!" Shouting as I come to the solution "your the reason they were attacking me what did you do that made them angry?!" The bat cringed covering its ears as i shouted.
"Hmm... I guess they would be angry if you helped me survive i guess. or you left and or were banished from the flock of bats for helping me or other reasons and now you want to go away and I'm your best chance at that," I said slowing where my mind was going and getting a sad bat to perk up and nod."Well then ba da da da! you now have a bat on your team do you wish to name him? yes. your name shall be shako!" 
The bat spreads it wings and flapped happily with the name. 
"Ok shako lets get a move on we need to find a way to the surface!" I said as i galloped down the steps. 
We traveled though the hall searching for a way out. I moved rubble out of the way with my magic to get to doors that were blocked. I fount tha ballroom, throne room, two other bedrooms and an armory in our search. Each room was different in its own way. The ballroom was a large open space with rubble in a few spots that nobles would dance the night away at a party. The throne room was large as it was long with a ruined chair that saddened me to tears. Shako hugged me with his wings and wiped away my tears when I was done crying. I almost stopped there and went back to the room I had taken refuge in, but Shako encouraged me to keep going in his batty ways.
We had a snack break in the armory with the rusted armor and weapons.
We finally make it to the entrance of the castle and We are met with a cave with blue lights everywhere. I renew the spell in the crystal a third time as I made my way across the courtyard. Shako flew off my back to scout ahead of me. He screeched happily and that made me curious as to what was ahead. I gaped in awe of the blue river glowing with awakened consentrated magic. With the smooth glowing ceiling it was light I was standing in the middle of the night sky. I also noticed that my sight in the darkness was strangely getting better with time.
I stopped to bathe in the glowing river and quench my thirst that built up. I levitated my saddle bag over the water to make sure it didn't get wet. I paused at the exit to the cave and remembered something.
'This place use to be canterlot castle home of the twin sister and mentor of twilight sparkle. I don't want to lose this place I have to do something.Of course! I to remember that there is a spell for this kind of thing. Now if i'm right this will set a point in my mind and lead me to it if i want to get here,' I thought as I looked through my mind to find the spell.
Shako looked at me wondering what I was thinking of doing. 
'ok i think i got it,' Focusing on the spell as I looked at the castle. A spot on the castle shined in a golden light as I set a point in the room i was in.
"there now i can get back here when ever i want to," I said turning around to the exit of the cavern. 
After trotting along the tunnel for a long while I begin to feel parched. Listening around for water while trotting through the tunnel with more climbs then drops. Sometimes the tunnel split into different paths. I sent shako to scout a few of them from time to time to decrease my chances of running into a cave-in.As I moved through the tunnels I began hearing running water.
"Water!" I shouted as i rushed to the source. 
It was glistening cave water but I'll take what i can get. Plunging my muzzle into the river i quench my thirst each gulp of water. Shako landed beside me and got a drink from the river too. I gave myself another rinse to get what dirt I collected out of my fur and preened my wings.
"lets keep on moving," I said after dissipating my thirst. 
Shako took his place on my back as we started once more to the exit of the tunnel. Transversing the tunnel you'd expect something to  happen like I run into a bear or maybe a giant spider and large spider webs but it was pretty uneventful other than seeing clay once in a while and a few gems as I was trotting along. And then I saw it. The light that was at the end of the tunnel. I galloped straight into the light and across the grass feeling the wind slide across my coat ruffling my wings as my eyes were closed. I then opened my eyes looked from the rising sun and in that one instant I knew that anything I just read about the history of equestria was just turned into dust.

> Finding names
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A persistent Shako brings me from the look of dumbfounded amazement of the sight of the world. I looked out to the city in the distance within the middle of the valley with mountains on either side. The river curved trough the valley and pass the city. There was something off about the sight though. A black strip ran over the valley and into the city. Red and yellow lights shone brightly as they weaved across the black strip. I was about to go to the city until the wind blew by me reminding of my wings.
“Well Shako looks like we have a new world to explore but first I want to try something,” I said as my wings unfurled.
‘If I do things right I should be able to fly just like the pegasi in the stories and shako,’ I thought giving my wings a few test flaps.
Shako guessed what I was going to do and took off into the air before I took to the air. Feeling the wind again I put more force into my wings. At first it looked like I was rising into the air but I fell onto my face after I tried to launch myself into the air. This happened a few times till I noticed that I still had my saddle bag on. I took it off and tried again this time the effect was different. The ground began to get smaller and smaller from me and I would have lost sight of my saddle bag if it wasn't purple. Soon enough I was in the looking down at the land below with Shako by my side.
“Wow! I know I have wings and that I should be able to fly but wow! It looks even better from the sky!” I say excitedly flapping my wings. “It just feels so great being… in… the… What is that?”
There was something black moving in the distance toward me. I saw spinning things on the top of the object and one on what looked like a tail. It was moving at an alarming rate so I stopped flapping my wings and plummeted to the ground. Just before I hit the ground I spread my wings nearly stopping my decent and braced myself the crash into the ground. My hooves took most of my momentum as hit the ground feeling the strain of my leg’s muscles.
I saw my saddle bag and looked at the green grass. Covering the saddle bag with my body I spread my wings and folded my tail so that it was under my body. Wings covering my head I remain completely immobile as I hear the strange object fly over me. I wait until I couldn't hear the object anymore and decided that it was alright to move again.
“What was that thing?” I ask once more after raising my head and folding my wings back. “Well I can’t stay here I’ll run out of delicious flowers and I don’t want to eat all of them.”
I looked toward the city once more as shako landed on my back. The city in the distance looked like a major city where ponies go to refine their crafts. Maybe they have a princess somewhere in that city also but it is best not to assume anything.
“Looks like there is only one way to go shako. To that city,” I declare picking up my saddle bag from the ground. “-Growl- After some breakfast I guess since it is the morning.”
After eating more of those yummy glowing flowers and a disappearing shaco we head off to the city in the distance. As I trotted along I unknowingly passed by a sign. A sign that said ‘Welcome to Amperdam.’





Within an IS building of Graicia around the time that the alicorn trotted off to amperdam two IS agents were having a pleasant chat within the mare’s clothing room. One of the agents had a cream colored coat and a green mane tied up in a ponytail at the end with a long groomed tail. The other a light blue coat and fiery mane with a short tail.
“So agent crystal I heard that they found something of legend over in sundown,” the light blue coated agent says while putting on her IS suit.
“Come on Sera just call me emerald like we normally do and I think that all this talk about legends being real is just rubbish,” Emerald says doing the same.
“You know I won’t just brush this off like you do emerald. This could be revolutionary. Think of the head line on the news! Legends come back to life from distant past! It would be amazing!” Sera says trotting beside the cream colored mare.
“Maybe that is true but think about all the difficulties that we are going to have because of them unicorns with their magic and Pegasus with their wings! They are an abnormality,” Emerald said looking at Sera. “And don’t forget that they have to work somewhere. What if we get replaced?!”
“Oh come on emerald you are always looking at the down side of things. Look on the bright side every once in awhile! It can’t be good for your health to be looking at things like that. And you get to go straight into the fire! I am so jealous of you emerald! You have got to tell me what you find in Sundown ok?” Sera says wrapping her hooves around emerald in a tight hug.
“Yeah yeah,” Emerald hugs Sera back. “I’ll even take a picture for you but don’t be disappointed if there aren't any fairy tale ponies like you say there are.”
“Oh don’t worry emerald. I’m pretty sure I’m right about the fairy tales and legends of ponies,” Sera lets go of emerald and winks at her. “You of all ponies know that my hunches are normally right.”
“Yeah like that one time you lead us straight to a dead end in pursuit of a criminal,” Emerald says while rolling her eyes.
“Hey! We found valuable evidence to convict that same criminal into jail!” Sera says shouting in protest.
“That is if I didn-” “Agent Crystal We need to catch up to Agent Flower. She is already there,” Said another agent interrupting emerald.
“Right, I’ll be there right away agent snowfield. I won’t keep you waiting,” Emerald says immediately.
“Good agent crystal I’ll be waiting at the car,” Agent snowfield says trotting away from the door.
“Well looks like I can’t stick around any longer then I have,” Emerald sighs sadly grabbing her hand gun.
“Yeah, too bad I can’t show you up until later agent crystal, and that stallion is kind of rude he should have sent agent ruby or agent violet to come and get you,” Sera pouts.
“But you are agent violet, Sera. How would you have known to get me if you were here?” Emerald says trotting toward the door. “Anyway I can’t keep agent snowfield waiting.”
“Well good luck trying to find those fairy tales! And don’t forget to get me some pictures! Good luck Emerald!” Sera shouted to a receding emerald.
“Well this day could not get any worse I’m being moved to a new place chasing fairy tales,” Emerald said after the voice of Sera disappeared.



I trotted along the black strip getting strange looks from the local earth ponies it was as if they never seen an alicorn before. A strange machine passed by every once in a while and the earth pony just stared at me for a few moments before looking back to strip. I was trotting trough what was looked like a residential area with all the housing along the black strip. ‘This is strange I haven’t seen one unicorn or Pegasus since I came to this city. I wonder where they are?’ I thought as I trotted beside the black strip on the white strip I found directly beside the black one on two sides.
“STAND YOUR GROUND!” shouted an earth pony with a black suit on holding some small thing in his hooves.
I stood still and looked him curiously at his strange posture. He seemed to think that what he was holding was an effective way to protect him. A sword or a shield would work better than that small thing.
“That is…. Impossible…” the pony lowered his… whatever he had in his hooves and grabbed something from his poket.
“Wait!” Shouted a strange random pink earth pony mare with a light blue mane and a small blue colt with a brown mane holding on to who I guessed was his mother.
“What is it miss?” The earth pony said after he faced the two.
“This stallion is with us and he is one of those extreme legend believers. So extreme in fact that he sometimes likes to create and put on wings and a horn as he trots around. Don’t you Samson?” the strange mare said slightly poking me in the side sort of like a ‘hint, hint,’ gesture.
“But mom do you r-” “hush honey bun mommy’s got this,” the mother silently hushed her child.
“Ummm… oh right yeah huge believer of legends and the like. You never know when they might actually be true,” I said hoping he wouldn't hear how uncertain I was.
“Hmmm… are you two trying to pull a fast one over me?” the earth pony asks suspiciously.
“No no no we would never try to pull a fast one over an Intelligence Service pony,” The mother says innocently.
“Oh good cause if you were I would be in trouble. Have a good day and don’t do this often most ponies freaked out with you prancing around,” the IS pony said after he turned away.
“Quick follow me,” the mare whispered to me as she quickly moved toward a house her child following close behind his mother.
Confused to what just happened I blinked twice and followed the mare into her home. Her house looked pretty basic with a couch and a black square thing. Stairs were right in front of me and the kitchen was in the back. I place my saddle bag near a window with a closed blind Shako finally reveals himself coming out of my saddle bag.
“Oh there you are shako. I thought you abandoned me with that disappearing act of yours,” I say scolding shako.
Shako looked down in shame and flies off to explore the house. I watched him fly off and disappear up the stairs. A hoof step from the kitchen brings my attention to the mare from earlier.
“Hey, cut some slack with your bat. You weren't in a position to fight a pony with a gun in his hoof if that was what you were thinking,” The strange mare said to me from beside the door to the kitchen.
“A… gun?” I ask wondering if that was the thing in that IS pony’s hoof.
“What? You don’t know what a gun is?” the mare asked me surprised I even asked that question. “It was what he was holding in his hoof. A hand gun to be little bit more specific. There are other types of guns but that is what the pony was holding. A bullet that is fired from guns can pass through the skin and hit major arteries.”
“And now I fear everything else in the form of a gun or shot from it. Besides who are you anyway?” I finally asked after finding out what a gun was and sitting down near a window.
“Oh yeah I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Rose garden and this is- “WOAH! You got a horn like the ponies in the fairy tales! What is your name mister?” A young blue earth pony excitedly looks at me as if I was a hero in a story.
“I’m….” I stop for a moment and bring my hoof to my head. ‘Who am I anyway? What was my name?’
“Mister?” The little colt asked worriedly.
No I wasn't ok I was far from ok. I’m in a world far different from my own… well maybe just years different but that wasn't the point. The point was I wasn’t in equestria anymore and I have a limited knowledge of the now known world. I don’t even know who-
“My… name… is Kanion,” I say my eyes widening in realization as something clicked within my brain.
“Kanion… Kanion! Well mister Kanion my name is Pokin,” The small colt says relived that I was speaking once more and that he didn't upset me.
“Well pokin not only do I have a horn and the ability to use magic but I also have wings,” I say smiling.
“No way!” Pokin says trotting up to me placing his hooves on my chest looking straight into my eyes in amazement.
“Way,” I say spreading my wings. 

“Pokin leave mister kanion alone he needs to leave as soon as possible anyway an-” “But Mom!” “No honey bun he needs to soon as soon as I get him some supplies. Trouble will be coming later on because the IS agent from earlier is not going to be fooled for long,” Rose says saddening pokin.
“But he is like those ponies in the stories! And, and he has a picture on his butt too!” pokin whines turning toward his mother.
“It called a cutie mark pokin. It what many ponies in those tales got when they found their specal talent,” I say as I folding my wings .
“Wow so how did you get yours mister kanion?” pokin asks excited to find out how as he called it ‘get my butt picture.’
“Well hmmm… ‘I’ve got to remember this too its signifies when a pony has found their special talent. The one moment when we know what we are best at!’ uhhhh… I… don’t… remember… all I can remember is my name and the fact that I was in canterlot when this happened… and then… I woke up in the canterlot library…” I sadly sigh after searching my mind for more memories.
“Well don’t think too hard about it. Your memories will come back sooner or later,” Rose garden said trotting over me.
I looked at her curiously. Rose looked me in the eye then glanced at my wings and then back at me. That confused me even more.
"Can I touch your wings?" Rose asks taking another glance at my wings. "though I can see them right in front of me. It is kind of hard to believe that you have wings."
"Oh... Sure, I don't have a problem with it," I say extending my wings once more. "Just be careful with them, they are kind of sensitive."
"Ok," Rose said eyes locked on my wings in amazement.
Though rose garden asked, pokin reached for my right wing just after I said yes. Their hooves tickled my feathers as I remembered something that my mother taught me about wings. It was something about preening my wing and how important it was to do it. I haven't preened my wings in a while, except that one time by the river underground. I look up and noticed that rose had left the room.
"Hey mister kanion can you do magic with your horn," pokin asks after gaining my attention.
"Yeah, but I don't know that many spells yet," I reply scratching the back of my head with my hoof and folding my wing once more.
"Can you show me one?"
"Sure just bring me something."
"just one second!" Pokin said excitedly before he ran off.
He came back with an earthpony cowboy looking action figure. Shako also returned from flying around the house and placed himself on the top of my head.
"Is he yours?" Pokin asked curious to the bat on my head.
"Oh you mean shako?" I ask taking a glance at the bat who occupies the top of my head.
"Yeah him."
"Well sure, my buddy shako has been with me helping out sense i woke up. But there is another reason that you here aren't you?"
pokin face lit up remembering his original objective.
"Oh yeah you said you can do something with this right?"
"Yeah, I can."
I looked at the action figure as my horn yellow color. I reached out to the action figure surrounding it in my aura. I lift the the toy from pokin's hooves.
"Wow are you really doing that!?" Pokin asks eyes glued to the floating toy.
"Yes I am doing this pokin. And that not the only thing i can do with it."
"Really!?" pokin asks excitedly.
To answer his question I focus on enlarging his toy feeding the molecules in the toy. In front of our eyes the toy gets larger, and larger till it is the size of a young colt. A bag dropped near the entrance of the living room causing my eyes to spot rose garden sitting there with her mouth hanging open. I put more magic into my horn and begin returning the toy to its regular size. After I returned the action figure to its former state, I looked proudly at what I was able to do in a short time.
"YOUR AMAZING!" Pokin shouted in glee hugging me.
"I'm not that amazing there use to be other unicorns better then me. Some could even put on more dazzling display of magic then me." I say slightly blushing at the praise.
"Well you are the only pony that can do that right this second right?" Rose asks after recovering from my small display of magical ability.
"I guess so..." I say with a little uncertainty.
"Then by word of my son you are amazing," Rose states. "Here have these items they will help you along."
Rose garden held out a small brown bag for me to take. levitating the bag over I looked within it and found an apple along side a few sandwiches. The cloak was… well a cloak nothing really speical about it just something that would cover my wings and horn when I have it on.
“Well umm... thank you rose. But I don’t see why I have to wear a cloak though,” I said slightly confused.
“Your welcome Kanion and you need the cloak to transverse amperdam without getting the IS all over you. Oh and no flying mister if you do that they will be all over you before you can say I messed up really bad this time,” She said explaining the cloak.
“Aww but I wanted to see him fly off with his wings,” whined the small colt.
“Too bad pokin but if he doesn’t want to get caught then he has to stay grounded along with his pet,” Rose says soothing her child.
“Maybe when this is all over and I can travel where I want I’ll come back here and give you a flying performance,” I say patting pokin on his head.
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Your so awesome!”pokin shouted with glee.
“Well you might as well get a move on now kanion,” Rose said trotting toward the door.
“Yeah after I get this stuff on,” I say turning my attention to my items.
Levitating, much to the glee of pokin, I put on my saddle bag feeling the familiar weight of the saddle bag as it was put into place. I then placed the bag filled with food into the saddle bag adding more weight to the left pocket of the saddle bag. The cloak fit nicely over the saddlebag and covered the rest of my wings and going over my cutie mark. Trotting over to the door shako lands on the back of my cloak as we headed outside.
“Well I guess I’ll see you all later right?” I asked rose as I trotted past her.
“Yeah at least until all of this sorts itself out. And you might want to go farther into the city and see if you can land youself a few bits for the road,” Rose says trotting right behind me.
“Ok I’ll keep a look out for anything that won’t require me to take a hood off,” I say putting up the hood of my cloak.
“You better have been telling my the truth kanion or I’ll have my mom hunt you down so you can give me that flight show!” pokin says pokeing me with his hoof.
“Ok now I’ve got to make sure I come back here!” I say laughing at the cute little threat.
“Oh you may be laughing now but don’t go begging me to let you go before you give my son his performance that you promised!” rose says backing up her son slightly giggling.
“Well I must be on my way thank you for you hospitality,” I say beginning to trot toward the city.
“Oh and don’t forget to try and visit a museum you can get the history of how we can to be there!” Rose shouts from her front door.
“Ok rose! Later!”
“See you later kanion,” rose shouts back before troting back inside with her son in tow.
I trot along the black strip once more farther into the city to find a museum and, just maybe, find the reason that i was asleep for so many years.
> Blooming Friendships
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I trotted in awe of the city’s wonderful buildings as I wondered how earth ponies even built such a place. I also noted that I had absolutely no idea where I was going. Rose garden didn't quite give me a whole tour of the city. In fact, she only told me that there was a Museum somewhere in the city. Shako freely flew around rather than going back into my saddle bag to hide.
Ponies stopped looking at me as if I was some kind of weird anomaly after I gained the cloak from Rose. I made sure to not arouse suspicion to myself by trying not to stare at everything I saw. It seemed to work as most ponies that trotted by me didn't look at me as if I was pony that never saw a building before. They didn't have the glamour of canterlot castle but they did have their own charm about them. The buildings were tall enough that I had to bend my head up to see the top.
I stopped for a moment to look around on the side of the black strip because I quickly learned not to be in the middle of it. I've had five ponies yell at me for standing in the middle the ‘Road’ as they called it. Most of them were using a machine that normally I won’t have a problem with but they weren't pony pulled. The machines they drove came in different sizes and shapes. It seemed that the ponies here knew a lot more in technology to make up for their lack of magic.
I could still find some similarities though sometimes I figure it out after staring at it for some time. Though the road was black and had white lines, I still could see intersections where the road would cross and some indication of a signal pony was there in the form of a few lights. Some of the buildings here also had similarities to manehattan though they were small.
'Wait? Manehattan? I'm remembering stuff!' I thought as I happily trotted along.
Passing two more lights I finally find my destination on the other side of the road. I quickly made my way to the front of the museum staring at the pristine marble columns standing proudly. Passing by a fountain, I stopped for a moment in front of the large doors. Searching the wall I spot a sign on the wall that said 'No Pets Allowed' along with 'No Smoking.'
"Looks like you can't come with me Shako," I looked to the air to see him gliding down to hover just in front of me."I'll go in alone while you can scout the area. I'll see what I can find out about the past here."
Shako screeched his acceptance and flew off as I looked back at the museum.Nodding, I pushed open the doors to the museum and trotted inside.  The marble floors looked as nice as the pictures on the walls telling past stories of fame and glory. Passing a set of open doors I find old text and fossils of a variety of ancient race that use to roam equest. I gasped as my eyes fall upon a spell book opened to a particular page that had a fully intact spell. It took a bit to realize that I was touching the glass of the book.
"ahh! so your interested in that book there are you? Could you at least take your hoof off the glass and take that hood off,"says a brown earthpony with a black mane stepping up to me.
"hehe uhh... sorry but I can't pull down my hood for a number of reasons," I replied as put my hooves down."but ummm... where did you find this book?"
"Reasons?" the pony asks trying to get a look at my face.
"It is nothing dangerous at all... just something being out of place..." I say turning my head to the left avoiding his gaze.
"hmm," the pony squinted his eyes."Well we found this book a few months ago buried deep within the earth. It tells of a list of fictonary spells. I believed this book deserved to be in a book store or burned due to it being false but someone was persistent enough to get it put here. Why, this one right here is one of a book recovery spell."
'hmm... that sounds like twilight's kind of spell. She was the bookworm of the group. with this spell I coul-'
*Whoosh!* *GASP* My hood came off and reviled my horn for all to see. A shocked expression passed both of our faces as we stared at each other. A shaky hoof slowly reached and tapped my horn in disbelief.
"y-y-y-your a-a-a-"*SMASH*
I panicked and crushed the glass separating me from the book. Before the pony could stop me I swiped the book then galloped pass a group of equally shocked ponies. I made my way toward the door of the museum, alarms blaring loudly.
"STOP HIM! GUARDS!!" The pony shouted getting over his over all shock of the "I'm a unicorn" deal.
Two ponies, in what i guessed was the normal guard outfit, quickly blocked off the entrance pointing their guns straight at me. I used my magic to quickly shoving them to the side getting yelps of surprise.I burst though the doors catching the attention of everypony around to hear the slam of the doors. *Bang* A lone bullet whizzed by my ear as I ran for my life. *Bang* the next one grazed my cheek leaving a burning sensation. More shots were fired but those could be ignored.
I dashed through the road dodging machines as they swerved and screeched trying not to hit me. I noticed to my right there was a car that I wouldn't be able to outrun so I leap into the air. I landed on the black machine with a thud and leap once more onto the pavement on the other side. I dashed down sidewalk hoping that I was losing them. I turned around corners, weaving through crowds distancing myself from the museum. I turned around the one more corner and sprinted into an alley way.  I looked around of a place I could hide and found an empty tin trash can.I tossed my saddlebag into it an dove in before it covering the top with the top generating a loud clang.
'Think think think!' I tried to create a plan as I heard hoof steps come into the alley.'Oh please work!'
"Dang it! don't be like that one mission last year!" A mare by the sound of her voice shouted in frustration.
"Hey, don't start getting frustrated until after we search the area. That criminal didn't get away yet," said a much deeper voice.
"*sigh* alright, lets look around here and see if we can find that bastard," the mare replied calming down a bit.
Beads of sweat dripped down my chin as my mind went into overdrive trying to a solution out of the problem I was in.'no no no NO! this is worst then I thought! first they will find me and then I will be probed! they will blame me for being alive and then show me off as a prize! I don't want to go down like that! I don't want to be a experiment!'
"Nothing over here," the mare called.
"Ok, Try that tin trashcan over there," the stallion replied.
"Alright."
'Wait! there was that one spell! How did it go again?' I thought quickly hearing the hoof steps getting nearer.'GOT IT!'
The top of the tin trash can came off as a mare peered inside. She had a cream colored face with emerald green eyes and matching green mane. I almost lost focus staring at her face but, I remembered why she was looking in the tin trashcan for a reason. The mare glared into the trashcan looking so close, that I could feel her breathing on my face. She turn away from the tin trashcan in anger, proving that one of the illusion spells I found in a spell book worked.
"*Clang* Dang it! That bastard got away! just like last year!" the mare toss the lid of the trash can onto a wall somewhere.
"and you brought him to justice just a month after. Don't worry about it so much Agent Crystal," stallion replied trotting over from where he was.
"Snow... you know I can't do that. but, what are we going to do about getting to sundown?"
"*sigh* Lets just do some damage control before this hits the news," Agent Snow calmly said.
"If this hasn't already hit the news," Agent Crystal replied with a hint of anger.
Hoof steps left the alleyway when I popped my head out of the trashcan. I looked around to make sure nopony was there. Satisfied, I hopped out the trashcan and stopped using my illusion that made me and my saddlebag invisible. I reached back into the trashcan to retrieve my bag to find that it wasn't as empty as I thought it was. The bag was smudged a bit with a rotten banana on the sun symbol. I tossed it off and put my saddlebag back on under my cloak. I replaced the hood on my head before I heard something screeching in the air.
"Shako!" I said with glee as he landed on my back.
Shako wrapped his wings around my neck happily. *clip* My head snapped to look at who stepped into the alleyway.
"Well well well, Look what we have here," a jet black stallion with a spiky blood red and dark purple mane wearing a brown vest."The little bat ran to his big soft owner. You teach your bat to be a chicken like you uni?"
All I could do was glare as my mind told me that speaking to somepony like that would not end well for me.
"Ohh so scary! You going to burn holes in my skin with your eyes!" the mad-pony laughed loudly causing me to step back in fear. "I wonder how much they will pay me if I bring you to them." 
My eyes were glued to the black stallion as he pulled out a knife.
"Now you come with me or things might get a little messy."
The pony began to step forward, taking larger strides as he inched closer to me. My flank bumped against the back wall of the alleyway. I could see in his eyes just what he would do to me if I resisted. I considered going with him but, I remembered that when equestrians are pinned to a wall they fight back with all they have. I shifted my position as I eyed the lid of the tin trashcan in a corner.
Shako flew off my back into the air after he noticed my shift in stance. The stallion noticed it too as he stopped moving toward me and prepared to charge at me. I made a dash for the "shield" and ducked under the knife. I picked it up with my hoof fast enough to turn around and blocked the knife aimed for my back with the lid of the trashcan. A mean right hoof slammed into my face just after I blocked. Shako came from the air and used his small claws to scratch the pony's face.
"AH! YOU IRRITATING FLYING RAT!" the pony shouted swinging blindly at Shako.
Before his knife could find it's mark, I bashed my shield into the stallion's face. Taking a second a removed my hoof from the lid and used my magic to go in for the knock out blow with the temporary shield. The lid flew through the air with all the force I could muster and connected to his forehead. The knife hit the floor as the pony fell to the ground. His face was scratched up a bit and his forehead was bleeding just under his red and purple mane where the tin trashcan's lid had hit him, but he would live with just a nasty head ache when he woke up.
'I'm glad I had that combat training with... combat training? I guess that's where my fight came from. and it was with?... with... a unicorn a strong one. but who was it? I can't get a face... *Screech* Oh right we should get a move on before that pony wakes up.' I thought as I began trotting out the ally.'Wait, what about the book?'
I stop just before turning the corner just to check my saddle bag. The book I took was in my right opening. The title was almost faded from sight but that wasn't what I was focusing on at the moment. I quickly flipped the pages to the one I was looking for.
'Hmm... its strange that though all these years that this spell stay in this book as if it was just written. I guess twilight knew this would happen and made sure that this one spell was preserved no matter the period of time,' My eyes continued to trail the page. 'Shame that the other spells weren't held up so well.'
After looking though the page, I read the spell I saw in the museum. I looked around to see if anypony was in the area other than the knocked out pony. I turned back into the allyway, double checking the spell. My horn shined brightly, it's golden light covering the book in my grasp. It began to float in the air as magic freely flowed through the area. Blue wisps formed and circled trough the air, surrounding the the book as words began to reappear forming sentences into spells. Sweat formed on my brow as my breath quickened. The wisps disappeared leaving only my golden aura around the book.I placed the book back into the right slab of my saddle bag, knowing that the spell worked... or at least I thought it did.
"Shako, lets see what we can find around here. See if we can find a place to sit down," I called up to my bat who was sitting on a neon sign.
Shako flew down and landed on my back as I finally trotted out the alleyway. I turned to the right instead of going left cause that was the way I had just came from, and I didn't want a run in with the law at the moment. Some ponies pointed at me as I quickly trotted by, trying not to draw attention. I crossed a few roads when I came upon a bar. Shako flew off my back onto the sign before I trotted though the door.
The first thing that hit me was the smell. Alcohol was heavy in the air, It almost made me gag with how strong the scent was. A counter lined with a few chairs went about half way across the room. There were a few tables off to the side, three of them with a few ponies.The room was almost silent as a box in the corner of the room displayed a pony mentioning an RV with a name plastered on the sides called the Odyssey. Everypony here was stared at me for a moment or two before returning to what they were doing.Hushed whispers reached my ears as I sat down at one of the round tables near the back empty of other ponies.
"Sir?" I looked up to find a cream colored mare with a orangeish yellow mane wearing a red and brown crisscross shirt with a solid brown pants that hugs her curves.
"What can I get you?" She asked with a knowing smile.
"All I can get right at the moment is a water. I may come back later when I have some real money on me," I said reaching into my saddle bag and pulling out the possibly renewed spell book.
"Ok sir, I'll be right back," the mare said before trotting off.
I opened the spell book to find that the spell I used earlier worked! I was reading page after page and didn't notice that the mare came back until I heard the click of the glass hit the table.
"Here you are sir," her gaze trailed what she could see of me. "If you don't mind me asking what is that book your reading."
"Its... a spell book," I hesitantly spoke, unsure how to phrase the answer a different way.
"A spell book, like magic spells?" She asked raising her eye brow questioningly.
"umm... yeah magic spells."
Laughter roared from the surrounding tables after I made my comment.
"*giggle*you do know that magic doesn't exist right?"
"Sometimes you just have to believe in what is false to move forward."
"Breaking news!" the box blared loudly cutting across the room, Showing a middle-aged earthpony in a sky blue button-up shirt and red tie with a navy blue jacket(or something) over it."There is a thief unicorn, you heard me right, a thief Unicorn on the loose."
'Just my luck, It's been near an hour after that museum thing,' I thought and cursed under my breath.
"The Unicorn was first seen looking at an exhibit wearing a brown cloak."
I swear that I felt, FELT, the room drop a few degrees in temperature after he said that line. Silence ruled the room as the reporter continued his report.
"his coat is light green and his eyes are yellow. We also have a short video of when he was at the museum." 
The visual box changed scenery and showed me trotting into the museum after shako flew off my back.
'How did they get this? somepony must have been watching me to have gotten this, but I didn't see any pegasi there. Maybe it is one of those technological advances?' I thought as I continued to watch the box.
well... I would have continued watching the box if a gun wasn't shoved up in my face. 
"hey! I asked you a question!" a brown pony glared into my eyes.
"huh?" I blinked as i noticed the gun in my face.
"I said, answer the question!" he said that as he shoved the gun in my muzzle again.
"umm... I don't know what the question is..."
"*groan* Who. Are. You?" the stallion asked irritated.
"I am just a-"
"YOUR NAME!"
"Kanion."
"What did you think you were doing in that museum?"
"I was trying to find out what happened in the past." I stated.
"Hood off." He commanded.
I took off hood once again revealing my horn. My golden eyes  locked in with the brown stallion's blue ones. His eyes slightly shifted downward and he raised his eyebrow.
"Take your cloak I want to check something."
I stood there for a moment and he clicked his gun. I reached for my cloak and pulled it off and into my saddle bag.
"Looks like our talented reporter missed the mythical kanion's wings. Well I guess he isn't mythical if he is standing right before us," He said running his gun along my feathers.
With a loud bang the door flew open to reveal dark magenta bat pony... Well if his wings were full grown, so I guess a semi-bat pony busted in. Everyone was looking at him as he scaned the room. When his eyes landed on me his eyes brightened in recognition. The stallion in front of me started to turn back to me when I kicked him in the face. The resounding wack brought everypony back from looking at the new pony.  I quickly used my magic to wrench his double barreled gun from his hooves. I then pointed said weapon right at him.
'If he was using his left hoof for stability, then his right hoof if used to shoot it,' I thought quickly seeing as now the other ponies had thier own guns pointed at me.
"Hey now, you don't want to go hurting your self now," The brown stallion slowly stepped forward with his hooves up.
Two clicks from behind the row of three ponies showed that the semi-bat pony had come up, and set two guns to the back of the two ponies on the side of the brown one. He looked me in the eye and nodded.
"If you want to shoot you will have to push the trigger connected to the handle," the semi-bat pony said as if he  knew that I didn't know anything about using guns... which I didn't.
"*growl* So what do you want?" The brown pony said.
"Well I'm just here to help out this umm..."
"Alicorn... oh, and my name is kanion" I reply.
"Mine's lavender song, Its a little bit girly I know."
"I think Its time to make our leave."
"Yeah."
"Could you move to the right a bit lavender."
Lavender nodded and moved enough for me to land beside him. I closed the spell book and placed it back into my saddle bag. I then put my saddle bag onto my back and prepared to jump. I spreaded my wings and flapped as I leapt through the air, gaining enough lift to jump over the row of menacing stallions. When my right hoof hit the ground I swerved so I was faceing the row of earth ponies. The brown stallion made a grab for the levitating double barreled gun. I lifted it out of his reach and back to my side.
"Follow me, Kanion," Lavender said as he moved toward the exit.
"Alright," I replied following him.
Before I exited the bar I stopped and looked over to the counter where the bartender and the mare from earlier.
"Sorry for the disturbance in your bar," I apologize for the event that took place.
"Next time you come here, you better not bring trouble or I'm kicking you out!" Said the grey maned blue stallion holding a gun just in case tartarus broke loose.
"Sorry again!" I apologize once more before I move out the door.
After I got out the door I was met with one of the vehicles and lavender calling over to me.
"Hey Kanion, what are you waiting for?! Get in the car!" He shouted motioning with his hooves.
I hesitated to get in the "car", unsure if its a safe idea.
"*groan* Its  safe in the car. Its just me and my wife in here."
I took a few steps to the car and looked for where to open the back door. Just as I opened the door when I heard somepony yell.
"There, the theif is over there!"
I jumped into the back seat and closed the door. The car roared to life as a purpleish-pink mare with a two-toned dark pink mane put her hoof down on the pedal. My face bumped on the back of the front seat as the car lurched forward.
"You might want strap in.  My wife the crazy driver of this family," Lavender said whispering the last part and pointed toward the mare.
"Hey! I'm better then you at least mister, run into a building!" She replied as I clipped in the seat belt.
"Did you expect me to run into the filly?"
"No, I expected you to stop before you hit the building!" She jerked the wheel to the right and the car swerved around a corner so quickly that even rainbow dash would have slowed down a bit, and thats saying something.
I pressed myself to the back seat holding on for dear life, their argument fadeing to the back of my mind. I took a gamble and looked out the back window. I immediately notice a car hot in our pursuit, closing in in fact, though not as dangerous as Lavender's wife. Red and blue lights flashed from the top of the car. I then notice the large dent in the front of the car.
'Opps, if that car belongs to who I think it does then I have a very angry, and beautiful mare after me.' I mentally gulped at the realization. 'I don't think she'll let me take her on a date anytime soon.'
"Lets try to get to the red road," Lavender said as I refocused on what was happening in the car.
"Are you crazy! they'll be all over us within seconds!" Lavender's wife yelped in surprise.
"Yeah, and he could help us with his magic and get us out of here."
"Really, thats all I am to you? A get away pony?!" I shouted.
"Oops, that came out the wrong way," He replied sheepishly.
"Yeah, likely story."
"Look, I'm sorry ok. We thought that we lost track of you after you showed up, struting your stuff a while ago." he said apologetically. "Did you know that you look like the solar one in the murals?"
"The solar one?"
"Well..."
"You both are gonna have to put the Q & A on hold. We are on the red road, much to my displeasure," Lavender's wife spoke, drawing our attention and muttering the last part.
Behind us were now three black cars, each with red and blue flashing lights. To our sides were the expansive plains leading to the mountains. Ahead of us though was a long line of black cars. Both Lavender and his wife's face paled, almost turning a ghostly white.
"Y-you w-w-wouldn't happen to be able to do something about this, would you Kanion?" Lavender stuttered.
"umm... I could try an illusion spell, but its kind of a 'stand still' spell. I haven't tried to move and use the illusion spell, so I don't trust it."
"*groan*Well, looks like we didn't think this through enough." 
'*sigh* If only they could fly...' *click* *gasp* 'What did she say about the magic levels of all ponies in equestria?!' *click* 'Thats right! But it might hurt lavender... Then that's too bad! I've got to try!' Now determined with my thoughts set straight I grin.
"So you got somthing kani?" Lavender asked, his eyes filling up with hope at my grin.
"Weeeeellll... It Is Something that might cause you a little bit of pain... buuuut, you will be able to fly with your wife on you back..." I mention sheepishly.
The car skidded to a stop in front of the line of black cars. A trail of ponies lined behind the blockade.  Just behind us the cars that were chasing formed a line, "blocking" our escape. Agent Crystal trotted out of the dented black car holding a microphone.
"We've got you surrounded come out with your hooves up!" Crystal shouted into the mic.
"Its now or never kanion. Do it!" Lavender turned in his seat to face me.
"But what about the-"
"DO IT!" Lavender ordered.
Lavender's wife and I looked at each other shocked before looking back at him. His eyes narrowed on me making me think twice about not listening to him. I closed my eyes and focused on the magical auras of the ponies around me.
"If you do not come out of your vehicle, we will use force!" Crystal threatened as I locked on to lavender's almost nonexistent magic signature.
I opened my eye to see Lavender fully facing me looking me in the eye. He noded and I closed my eyes, once more focusing on reaching out to his magic pool. Lavender's body began to glow the golden color of my magic as filled his body with magic, hastening the process of magic altering his body. I could hear the sound of a few bones breaking, not many since Lavender already had wings, but judging by the screams it was still painful. Careful not to fill him with too much magic I stopped soon after I didn't hear any bones shifting in him.
"So, how do I look?" Lavender asked in between gasping for breath.
I opened my eyes to find a full-fledged bat pony sitting before me. The pupils of his eyes are the trademark silts of all bat ponies. His coat turned a few coats darker from his past look to fit in with the night. Lavender's wings were fully grown in, able to extend to their full length. His ears had a bit of added fluff to end.
"Umm... like a good looking bat pony for the most part, but thats not what we are going for at the moment" I said as I checked outside.
"Alright, how do you fly with these wings then?" Lavender asked examining his wings.
"We don't have much more time. The IS is geting restless so, I'll just use a spell that copies my memory of how to fly, or would you like to try sink or swim?" I asked.
"I'll take the memories with a side of safety, hold the danger."
Lavender's wife facehoofed as I stared at him for a moment. The IS began inching their way to the car, with Agent Crystal as the closeist one.
'There is no better time then the present!' I thought as I quickly gathered my memories and copied them to transfer them to Lavender. The transfer was quick and simple, leaving only a light fizz in my mind. Suddenly tears streamed down his face earning a curious look from both his wife and I.
"So this is how it use to be," Lavender barely whispered the words bringing questions to what memories I gave him alongside the wing positions.
"Snap out of it! Its now or never!" I yelled to get his attention only slightly nervous about my saddle bag... Ok really nervous. The last time I tried to fly with them on I couldn't. And I can figure out the history later, if they can still remember their history lessons.I unfastened the seatbelt and kicked the door effectively unhingeing the door and sent it over the egde of the rails.
"Hey!" Lavender's wife shouted. "Why'd you do that!"
I ignored her and galloped out onto the road. Guns immediately clicked and pointed straight at me. When I took off into the air I almost started thinking I wouldn't get anymore lift than the jump, but when I kept raising into the air a smile found its way onto my face. Soon after, a shot fired and took the smile off my face as it hit the tip of my  right wing. That one shot reminded me that there were other ponies watching me, most that want to kill me.
I look back to see Lavender with his wife holding tightly to his neck just exit the car that we occupied. Some of the ponies that were facing me noticed them as Lavender got a running start.  I quickly calmed my panicking mind and focused on putting a barrier around both of us as I slowed to a hover. A bullet hit the back of my left hind-hoof. Ignoring the pain, I drew upon my magical reserves. Bullets lightly pinged on my freshly placed barrier, and seeing as the married couple isn't full of bullet holes, there was a barrier around them too.
I should have expected it but I was surprised when lavender zoomed right past me, his wife screaming by. The gust of wind knocked me off balanced, spinning me out of control.  My magic disapated as I shifted my wings to regain my barings midair. A bullet louged itself into my flank as I took off after the two. Being slightly more experienced than lavender I quickly catch-up to him.
"Hey, slow down!"  I shouted at him against the wind. 'If I remember right, then pegasi and batponies both can hear at high speeds nearing sonic rainboom levels . So if I shout at him from here it would be as if I was shouting at him and we both were standing still.'
"Slow down?! How?!" Lavender replied back slightly surprised that he even heard me over his wife's screaming.
"Spread your wings perpendicular to the direction your flying in or just stop flapping your wings so hard!" I instructed him slowly drifting behind him.
It took lavender a second but he got it and slowed down with me to a leasure pace. It took a minute though for lavender's wife to stop screaming. Slowly she cracked open an eye and gasped at the sight. Lavender whenced as she tightened her grip on him.
"Uhh... so when do I get down off this ride?" Lavender's wife asked.
"Whenever we are a good distance away from our persuers," I replied keeping even in the air. "So, I didn't get your name miss."
"Oh yeah, well my name is Ruby Ink, you?"
"Kanion, pleased to meet you though I wish it was under better circumstances."
"Like wise," Was all she said as we flew off to the mountains.
> Reoccuring Past
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The engine purred as the car rolled down the red road. The traffic was light for a day like this one as petras of distance was covered.The shimmering black car with tinted black windows and slick tires. Inside said custom vehicle two ponies were chatting, one of whom was trying hard to keep her eyes on the road.
"Can you believe this! they expect me to think that an actual unicorn was found in Sundown," Emerald shouted.
"Ugh, here we go again," Agent Snowfield rolled his eyes.
"You know as much as I do that thats a load of bull!"
"*Sigh* You don't have to hide that you like the possibility that its true Crystal."
"W-What!" Emerald blushed furiously and lightly shoved Snow. "I can't fathom why you would even hint at the existence of one."
"We all know you love collecting old lore to the point of saying and I quote 'One day a unicorn is going to show up and nopony, and I mean NO PONY, will know how to deal with them.' So no wonder that your being dragged all the way to Sundown."
"You say it as if its a bad thing," Emerald said nervously shifting her weight on her seat.
"It not a bad thing but you keep on getting into things you have no business in." Snow raised an eyebrow accusingly.
"Well if somepony's in trouble or somepony's doing something wrong and evil, then I  have to do something to help."
"You've shaved a few years off my life thats for sure." He sighed and shook his head. "Well at least now this one is pretty tame, I don't have to do much."
"You jinxed it."
"What?" Snow asked confused.
"Us doing relatively nothing, Its destroyed now," Emerald stated as a fact.
"You sound as if you actually believe that," He deadpanned.
"Wel- Oh look!" She put a pause to the conversation to point out the Serenity Valley.
As the car crest the bowl-like valley a smile was ever on Emerald's face.  It always made her giddy with excitement when she looked over the the hills and the city of Amperdam. The three wide rivers met within the the city and a road broke off to the left toward another city. Agent Snowfield just chuckled at Emerald's face.
"You never get tired of seeing this do you?" A grin on his muzzle.
"The veiw is just so beautiful I love being able to come here on my days off. Just listening to other cars drive by, the gentle wind caressing your cheek," Emerald's eyes filled with dreams of romance.
"Hey, eyes on the road Juliet."
Emerald fell silent as she focused back on the road. Snow reached over and turned on the radio. Hot pop music filled the car and Emerald began tapping on the stearing wheel. The interior of the car was optimized for pony comfort. Emerald and Snow both had ther bellys leaning on a proped up pillow with a belt strapped over their back to secure them to their spot. Pedals are just below Emerald's hind hooves, the right one slightly pressed down accelerating the car.There was enough room for two more ponies in the back.
A phone rang from Emerald's pocket. She waved her right hoof in the air and brought up the call. Snow gaped as Emerald casually accepted it.
"It one of the brand-new models," She whispered gleefully. "Agent Crystal reporing for duty."
"Agent Crystal what is you location,"  A calm authoritative voice resonated from the phone. "And I didn't get you that phone just to play with it, It is a prototype I've hand to ten of you at random. Please don't go breaking it by filling it with too much ancient lore."
"Yes ma'am, Were about to enter Amperdam. Is there something I need to be aware of?" Emerald asked embarrassed.
"No, nothing that would be of your concern being as far as you are. The sooner your in sundown, the sooner you get to see the impossible happen before your eyes."
"Um..." Emerald chewed the bottom of her lip.
"This is like you said right? Didn't think for one second that it might actually happen did you."
"No ma'am."
"Well today is your lucky day. Call me if something comes up."
"Yes ma'am."
The call ended and Emerald sighed thinking over the short conversation. She reached over a hoof and turned off the radio, no longer in the mood to listen to music. The silent ride continued to the edge of Amperdam.
"Hey, don't get so down. It may seem impossible that anything that you read will be helpful but what it still is?" Snow placed a hoof on her shoulder.
"Its just that I hate not being able to help in anyway possible. I... just don't want to be useless." Emerald slumped in her seat.
"Thats something that everypony faces at some point in their life. And it can happen multiple times, you will get through this one alright," Snow patted her back.
The car turned off the Red Road to the left halfway through the city. Snow looked surprised as her looked back toward the street.
"Wait! Why are you going off the Red Road?!" He asked confused.
"We are taking a little detour to the Dafurnis Museum," Emerald said beginning to grin. "There is a book there that I want to take a look at that was display there today. It might give me some insight to help more to help with the situation."
"The one were that one pony said that it isn't history but a fantasy cause magic don't exist?"
"Yeah that one," She replied nodding.
"I'm sure the Director would like it better if you didn't do this but, you maybe right about the need for any info about unicorns."
"Yeah she might not be very happy but if I can assist in any area of study," Emerald said as she turned another corner and the Dafunis museum and its parking lot was in sight. "What the?"
A strange cloaked pony was dashing across the Road, moving like a blur.The pony's hood was down, a yellow and brown spiky mane lay atop his light green head. He or she jump trough the air, looking as if they were soaring. The magnificence of the pony was brutally crushed as they landed on the hood of the car and bent out of shape. It lifted into the air as the pony jumped off on to the sidewalk coming to a complete.
"Hey!" Emerald shout at the noticeably large dent her car created at the hooves of the cloaked pony. Her eyes darted to what the pony had in his mouth. "The book!"
"And here we go, no one messes with her car and gets away with it," Snowfield muttered as Emerald reved the engine. "Wait, what?"
"That pony has the book I wanted to look at!" She said as she pressed down on the gas pedal. "And in broad freak-in daylight!"
"How can you be so sure that he has the book you were looking for," Snow asked as Emerald turned the next corner that the pony disappeared around.
"Did you notice the commotion in front of the museum?" She didn't give him time to answer her question. "The lights were flashing red indicating that something was stolen. There were sparks on the ground mostly trailing the pony. The pony was also running from the museum across the front fountain."
Their eyes widened in shock as they spot the pony already turning a corner."Dang, he is fast!" 
"But he still can't beat my car," Emerald said as she pressed farther down on the gas pedal. "Nopony can outrun a car." 
The pony was... Well, he was outruning the car against all odds. He weaved though the walking population flowing like water through cracks of stone. We chased him through the city to a more commercial part of the city.He seemed aware of our presence as he ducked into an alleyway too small for the car. Emerald quickly pulled the car to the curb and got out the car. Snow replicated the action and swiftly followed her into the alleyway. The alley was a deadend with to possible way out except a few trashcans in the area. The thief was nowhere in sight.
"Dang it! Don't be like that one mission last year!" Emerald stomped her hoof in frustration.
"Hey, don't start getting frustrated until after we search the area. That criminal didn't get away yet," Snow nodded toward one of large green trashcans.
"*sigh* Alright, lets look around here and see if we can find that bastard," She replied.
Emerald trotted up to one and lifted the blacklid. She gaged slightly at the smell and turned her head away. She placed a hoof into the trash to move it and make sure the thief didn't just covered himself to getaway. Shifting a few more pieces of trash Emerald concluded he wasn't there.
"Nothing over here," She called out.
"Ok, try that tin trashcan over there," Snow pointed toward it.
"Alright," Emerald nodded as she moved.
Emerald thought she heard something move in the trashcan and quickly removed the top. Something was off about the trash but She couldn't put her hoof on it. Waves suddenly appeared bringing confusion and suspicion to Emerald's face. They suddenly snapped back into place but the memory remained. Emerald decided that she must be seeing thing and shook her head.
"*Clang* Dang it! That bastard got away! just like last year!" Emerald flung the top of the trashcan to the nearest wall.
"And you brought him to justice just a month after. Don't worry about it so much Agent Crystal," Snow said trotting over and place his hoof on her shoulders.
"Snow... you know I can't do that. But, what are we going to do about getting to sundown?"
"*sigh* Lets just do some damage control before this hits the news," Snow said begining to trot out of the alleyway.
"If this hasn't already hit the news," Emerald muttered following. It hit her just as they got back to the car. "Wait we are too far away from the museum to do that and if we go back now. And besides, even though he got away we Will find him."
"Or we could do what we are suppose to do and go to sundown."
"And let that thief off the hook!" Emerald hissed through her teeth. "That is what got my father killed."
"Woah, woah! That was over three years ago! We caught his killer last year with your persistence. You mother still likes to keep a tab on you so you don't run yourself ragged working."
"Agent Haze can watch me if she wants to. Just so long as she doesn't get in my way."
"Does she really tick you off that much?" Snow blinked his eyes in surprise.
"N-No, my dad is still a sore subject. This kind of reminds me of it. I love my mom and understand if she tries to stop me from going too far."
"If we can't change the past then we juat have to change the future."
"And if we can change the future then we can change the world." 
"Lets search the area and if we see him then we catch him, if not then we move on, alright?"
"Ok."
They got into Emerald's car and she fired up the engine. Rolling off the curb they started their search for the cloaked pony. They went around the block asking around for the cloaked pony but came up short of a thief.
"*Sigh* Thank you for your cooperation," Snow said to a businesspony walking his way to work.
"No problem sir," He replied trotting off.
"Well, I guess that is that."
"Yeah... Time to get to sundown." Emerald said a little disappointed.
"WAIT!" A pony galloped over.
"Yes, what is it?" Snow asked.
"Look there, the thief over there!" The mare pointed to a brown car with a door being opened by a light green... winged unicorn?
A shotgun floated in before the pony entered the car. As soon as the door closed the car began to speed away.
"What are you waiting for?!," Snow said as Emerald pressed down on the gas pedal. "Oh, And thank you miss."
The car ahead of them drove dangerously seemingly ignorant of other drivers. They cut corners at a speed that most drifters would dream of. Snowfield quickly pulled out his phone and called backup. Not long afterward, Two more IS cars join in the chase.
"Where are they trying to run off to?," Emerald asked taking another corner as safe as she could.
"Don't know but they seem to be going toward the Red Road, opposite of where we were going," Snow replied. "This stallion hit the news as a unicorn."
"A WHAT!"
"You heard me."
"Great where you hear that from," Emerald rolled her eyes.
"When I called for backup on this chase."
"They were talking about this pony?" 
"Yeah they saw him on the t.v."
"Guess we should have had the radio on."
"Hey, look we are back out the city and we are about to trap him on the highway."
"Good."
The streets were practically void of traffic, strange for this time of day. A blockade of IS cars letting cars pass and on the look out for them. They let few more cars go though before closing the gap. The thief's getaway vehicle skidded to a stop facing the trio of cars. Emerald got a microphone out of a compartment and walked out her car as Snowfield and the others pulled out their guns and pointed at the brown car.
"We've got you surrounded come out with your hooves up!" Emerald shouted into the mic. Silence dominated the area as tensions ran high waiting for a response from the thief. Irritated that nothing happened she spoke into the mic again, "If you do not come out of your vehicle, we will use force!"
Screaming and a golden glow resonated from the car making everypony flinch and take a step back. Movement in the car suggested that something strange just took place inside the car. Emerald carefully walked over to the car droping the microphone and pulled out her gun. Another golden glow set strange alarms off in Emerald's head as she pause just shy of the vehicle. Suddenly the rear door of the car shot out and over the rail. The stallion dashed out with a saddlebag and ran toward the rails. An awe-inspiring sight happened when the stallion spread his wings shocking everypony. Emerald blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
"Fire on the winged unicorn!" Emerald shouted.
Every IS agent on sight started to fire on the flying legend. A few shots grazed him as he moved as gracefully through the air. Movement in the car drew Snowfield's eyes. A different stallion with leather wings instead of feathered ones exited the vehicle with a mare on his back. Snow nudged the pony to the right of him and pointed back to the pair. The winged legend paused and turned to his companions. The horn of the legend started to glow and an invisible force was peltted upon by bullets. 
Emerald senses tingled as she felt something unexplainable in the air. The leather-winged stallion shot off the ground at impossible speed. As soon as the stallion whipped pass the legend the strange barrier deassapated. Emerald got a well placed shot in and hit the winged unicorn just after he righted himself. He quickly got out of range chasing after his companions. Anger was obviously on Emerald's face as the thief, now known to be a winged unicorn, flew away. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her prototype cellphone.
"What is it Agent Crystal?"
"Requesting a change of mission to bringing in a winged unicorn Director."
A pause on the other side of the call gave Emerald some time to calm down a little. "Make sure you bring him to sundown ALIVE, Agent Crystal. We might need him to explain some things to us understand? And make sure you contact Agent Fresco for the other pony you will need to lookout for."
"Affirmative."
"Good day Agent."
Emerald put her phone back into her pocket and place her hoof on the rail. Snow walked up to Emerald and gave her a questioning glance.
She nodded and looked to the dots vanishing into the mountains before she growled, "I knew they were going to be trouble."