> The relics of Obedientiam
>  by Furious Thestral
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> Where the problem started
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*CRASH* *BAM* *SLAM*, "Sweetie Bell!" Rarity shouted from her designing studio.
"Im sorry Rarity" Sweetie Bell replied lowering her head in shame, the studio was a mess because Sweetie Bell thought it was a good idea to add more ribbons to Rarity's dresses, but one thing ended up to another to finally make an organized chaos to a chaos that would pleased Discord.
"Sweetie Bell, i know that you want to help but please in the name Celestia don't touch anything!" replied Rarity angsty of all the mess that was in her studio.
"But i just wanted to help!" said Sweetie Bell.
"I know, but you always rui-" Rarity stopped she couldn't say that to her sister so then she used plan B "Uuh, don't you have a meeting with your friends or something?" said Rarity, trying to make her leave to finally have some peace.
"You're right! i'm supposed to meet them to find out if we have cutie marks in selling chocolate!" replied Sweetie Bell, "see you later sis" and off  she go running to the club house.
"Why Rarity never wants me to help her?" asked Sweetie Bell to herself while she ran through the town up directly to the clubhouse "i really wish that she let me help her" continued Sweetie Bell while she was closer to the club house. Meanwhile when Sweetie Bell was running she was being watched by a stranger from the distance hidden in the tree's.

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Earlier

"APPLE BLOOM!" shouted Apple Jack from inside the barn.
"What is it sis?" questioned Apple Bloom, rushing through the door.
"Did ya' finish your chores?" asked Apple Jack while she was unpacking on last pack of hay, taking a breath from the work.
"Yes ah did 'sis" replied the little filly with a smile on her face, Apple Bloom always do some manual labors, but not that involves heavy duty most of the time, she does some household chores.
"Did ya finished sweeping?" asked Apple Jack with a serious look.
"Yep" replied the filly.
"Did ya finished washing the dishes?" continued the farm mare.
"Every single of them!" responded again the filly with the tone of a private in the military.
"Did ya finished storing the supplies?" asked more Apple Jack.
"Yes 'sis" this time Apple Bloom was a bit tired answering all those questions.
"Did ya finish helping Granny Smith with her hook tissue?" continued Apple Jack making sure she was doing her labors.
"Mhhmm" the little filly sighed, this time was a bit annoyed for all this interrogation.
"Did you clean the pigpen?" Apple Jack questioned because she seem to think that her sister was slacking.
"YES! I cleaned it" shouted Apple Bloom irritated because in what purpose was in cleaning a pigpen?
"Well then, did you close the door fence when you finished?" the face of Apple Bloom was in shock of what she forgotten something that she now remembers.
"Ah... Ah forgot that" said the filly in shame, Apple Jack was mad because not only she heard what her sister said, but she found out that the pigs were on the loose, roaming around all the farm.
"Ah promise that it won't occur again" said Apple Bloom with intention  recognizing her fault.
"Well you bet it won't happen again because you will lead all those pigs right to their pigpen all by yourself!" Apple Jack said while
she stomped a hoof in the ground.
"Ahm sorry sis, but that can't do," said Apple Bloom running out of the barn "'cuz i have a meeting in the club house and i don't want to be late!" and with that said the little filly ran off through the orchard.
"APPLE BLOOM COME BACK HERE! A'HM TELLING BIG MACINTOSH!" yelled the farm pony but it was too late Apple Bloom already ran away, directly towards the clubhouse.
"why does she have to be so bossy?" questioned Apple Bloom to herself while she began to trot towards the clubhouse.

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Earlier again

"Ok Scootaloo play it cool" said the little pegasus while she was trotting to the golden oak library. She passed through the door and there she was Rainbow Dash reading, next to her was princess Twilight Sparkle, saving some books in the shelf, Scootaloo walk directly to Rainbow Dash, "Hey Rainbow, i was thinking if you and i can go to sugar cube corner and have a delicious brownie?"
the blue pegasus stop her reading, annoyed from being distracted, and glanced over Scootaloo.
"I´m sorry kid, but im quite busy at the moment," said Rainbow Dash and she continued the reading, obviously a book of Daring Doo
"doing what?" asked Twilight "you're just sitting there and reading that Daring Doo book that you already have readed before!"said the Princess.
"Yeah but this time i'm reading it to understand the reason why Relic Hunter gave Ahuizotl the false rubi of the emperor" replied Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, ok then well... I have to go anyways to the club house and have a meeting with the others" said Scootaloo
and she ran off out of the library, a bit sad that she couldn't get a quality time with Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, well done Scootaloo. You know you can't go and ask Rainbow Dash to go and have time for you if she's reading a Daring Doo book!" said the little pegasus mad at herself for her failure while she ran to the club house.
the little scootaloo ran crossing the orchard directly to the club house. When she enter to the club house she see the two other fillies with their CMC capes.
"Hi Sweetie Bell, hi Apple Bloom" she had greeted.
"Hi Scootaloo" the two little ponies returned the greeting in unison.
"Hey Scootaloo, we were about get chocolate to sell to everypony to see if can get our cutie marks in selling chocolate!"
said Sweetie Bell with a smile in her face.
"Oh yeah! ahm ready to get a cutie mark in selling" said Apple Bloom.
"Sorry girls, but i'm not in the mood for today." replied Scootaloo with a sad face.
"Bu- why not?" asked Apple Bloom approaching to her friend scootaloo with a look of concern on her face.
"Because even if we are not sisters, i couldn't have managed to have some quality-sister-like time with Rainbow Dash. "Said the filly pegasus sitting down in her hooves, looking in the floor.
"I'm sorry to hear that," said Sweetie Bell as she walked to her friend to hug her, "i can't either have a good time with Rarity" continued the white unicorn sharing her pain.
"Yeah me and mah sister can't even play because she is all bossy with all the work that ¨needs to be done¨."
the three little fillies gave a big unison *sigh*. The room remain silent *knock, knock, knock* the door of the club house sounded
"who might be?" questioned Sweetie Bell, curiously giving an eye to the door while Scootaloo walked to the door and opened it. Her face suddenly changed to a big smile.
"What a surprise, come on in" said the pegasus. Walking in was a little earth pony with brown coat and red mane, which she was also wearing her CMC cape.
"CUZ!" shouted Apple Bloom, happy to see her since the Apple reunion. Trotting towards Babs to give her a hug
"Hi there Bad See-" said Sweetie Bell, "No, i mean Babs!" she corrected franticly.
"Its ok" said Babs while she hugged Sweetie Bell and then Scootaloo.
"When did you came?" asked Apple Bloom.
"This morning," responded Babs, "and i am going to stay here for the whole week!"
"Thats awesome!" said Applebloom in excitement.
"How did you know that we were here though?" questioned Scootaloo.
"Well, Apple Jack told me" responded Babs smiling towards the little pegasus.
"is she still mad at me?" asked Apple Bloom with the face of sadness and shame for the incident of the pigs.
"well, i don't think so, but she kind seem a bit angry" responded the filly of Manehattan. The silence returned to the clubhouse, except for the sound of nature outside.
"So then what are the cutie mark crusaders going to do today?" asked Babs for the silence was a bit annoying.
"Well, we don't have any idea because we felt a little left behind." answered Apple Bloom.
"Yeah, ponies don't seem to want to be with us" continued Scootaloo, her sadness resurfacing.
"And the treat us like minor ponies" finished Sweetie Bell. The three ponies sat down in around the table filling the air with depression and sadness.
"yeah, i know how that feels," said Babs walking towards the CMC and sitting down with the three fillies, " my sister doesn't even talk to me anymore! and she always tells me what to do and its frustrating!" continued Babs to the CMC, "i feel like i'm her slave or something!" finished the little filly.
The four ponies sat down with a sadness that would melted the heart of somepony who had seen their faces.

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Outside

Meanwhile in the orchard near the clubhouse a mysterious pony walked directly to the CMC club house but suddenly, a voice was heard from behind the pony, "excuse me fellow, but have you seen Apple Bloom?" asked Apple Jack trotting directly to the ominous pony. The pony negated by shaking his head.
"Dang it, she must be at the club house!" said Apple Jack trotting directly to that place with a angry face. Suddenly, Apple Jack heard a voice it was from that pony, "did you said something sugarcube?" questioned Apple Jack.
The pony began to say indecipherable words that make Apple Jack go blank, the pony then went near Apple Jack and seem to whisper something to her ear
"Yeah... ah believe that i should go to the house... and take a rest for such hard working..." Applejack said in such monotone voice,
"i better leave Apple Bloom alone... for a while" finished the orange mare.
Then the pony stomp a hoof in the ground Apple Jack seem to wake up from her trance looking to the place she seem to have forgotten where she was for a second
"i guess i should go for a rest i have been working so hard," said Apple Jack to herself, "i'll better leave Apple Bloom alone for a while"
she finished and with that said, Apple Jack walked her way home.
The pony then grinned, "easy as always" it said to itself, then continued to walk towards the clubhouse.

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Back in the club house

"Hey, we can't be depressed all day," said Scootaloo overcoming from her sadness, "we should go and have a good time now that Babs is here!" continued the pegasus with newfound excitement
"Yeah, she's right," said Apple Bloom, "we should go and watch a movie ´er something" continued the little filly.
"Well of we go then" said the little Sweetie Bell, and so the four little fillies began to trot outside the club house when suddenly the door was knocked the four fillies stop and the they looked at each other confused,
"Are you expecting somepony" asked Babs intrigued.
"Well no, we barely invite somepony to the club house" replied Apple Bloom.
"and even without formal invitation" continued Sweetie Bell.
The door once again was knocked this time more louder, "we should better attend" said Sweetie Bell, looking at the other crusaders
"but what if its 'ma sister?" said Apple Bloom worried, "and if ahm´ in trouble?!" continued drowning herself in doubts and fear of being in serious trouble.
"Relax Apple Bloom," said Scootaloo trying to calm her friend, "let me check" she continued. The little pegasus walked to the door and asked, "who is it?"
"it's me Sunny Day" replied the pony from the other side with a cheery voice.
"see, there is no problem at all" Scootaloo said and  without delay she then open the door. The three crusaders were confused they were expecting to see Sunny Day but it was Peachy Pie. the one who they see outside the club house
"Who are you?" asked Sweetie Bell.
"Well it's me, Sunny Day, you know  your classmate!" replied the little filly
"No, you're Peachy Pie!" said Apple Bloom perceiving that something was strange about this.
"Oh, really? i thought i got the disguise right," said the little filly, "oh well to much effort for nothing" the strange pony continued. The four crusaders began to think that something strange was going to happen, and began to walk back slowly. The little filly noticed it so in a hurry she said,
"Wait! don't be afraid, i'm not here to harm you four," she said.
"Oh yeah? and what are you here then?" interrogated Scootaloo.
"yeah! and why are you saying that you're Sunny Day, when you're clearly Peachy Pie?" continued the interrogation Sweetie Bell stomp a hoof forward.
"well then, i believe it's time to get to the point" the little filly said and then a magical glow appeared from her head and began to cover the little filly that the crusaders thought that was Peachy Pie. The magical aura began to become more brighter until a flash of light cover all the place. The four crusaders covered their eyes with their hooves and in a few seconds, in the place that was Peachy Pie there was a stallion in a dark red coat, yellow eyes and grey hair but the thing that was more distinctive for the little fillies is that he had three horns, instead of one. The stallion began to grin, "My name is Azrael," he introduced himself,  "and i'm here to solve your problems" said the Stallion.
The four fillies were hugging each other in fear not knowing what will it be of their future or their lives.
> The mesmerizing proposal.
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The four cutie mark crusaders were hugging each other; Sweetie bell was hiding behind Apple Bloom and Babs behind Scootaloo.

"W-what d-do y-yah mean, with solving our problems?" asked Apple Bloom, trying to hide her shaking as she held tightly to Scootaloo.

"You still dont get it?" asked Azrael, thinking that he had been very clear, "I’m here to give you the ability to control your sisters." as he finished his sentence, the sly grin returned to his face.

"I dont think that we should trust you" Sweetie Belle protested. She had a bad feeling about that grin that Azrael was wearing. The other Crusaders nodded in agreement.

"Yeah we think that you may be dangerous" continued Scootaloo she stopped shaking and took a step forward to demonstrate that she was not afraid.

"I am not dangerous. I admire that bravery of yours…” Azrael grinned all the wider,  “...but don't you dare to try be brave in front of me" Scootaloo suppressed a scream of terror, rooted to the spot as the strange pony began to walk foward.

"We don't need your help" yelled Babs to stand along with Scootaloo like a good friend. Emboldened by Scootaloo and Babs, Sweetie and Apple Bloom joined the two fillies. 

"Yeah, just because our sisters are being mean and bossy doesn’t mean we want you to mess with their heads!" yelled Apple Bloom, daring to the stallion in the eyes.

“We don't really want you to hurt our sisters mister." said Sweetie Bell, almost begging and with a beautiful puppy style eyes. Sweetie thought that if being aggressive wasn't the answer, maybe being nice would do the trick.

"You think that those eyes would melt my heart and make me go away? Well sorry but that doesn't work either," replied Azrael trying to not laugh at another failed attempt to make him leave ""Besides who said that i was going to hurt them?"

"Then what are you going to do to them?" asked Apple Bloom, relieved that he wasn’t going to hurt Applejack. She might be bossy, but that didn’t mean Apple Bloom wanted to see her sister hurt.

"Me? You are the one's that will do everything" Azrael replied with a smirk.

"What do you mean?" asked Babs, intrigued. Now that the danger had passed, she wanted to walk closer to see if he was really a three horned unicorn.

"What I mean is that all I’m going to do is give you the power to control your sisters." replied Azrael, walking around the clubhouse, examining it with passive interest. The four fillies didn’t take an eye off him for a moment.

" But how?" asked Scootaloo, trying to distract him before he touched something. 

"Oh, with the relics of Obidientiam" responded Azrael, taking a teacup from the table. Though it was empty a moment before, when he sipped from it, it was filled with warm tea.

"With the relics of who?" asked Babs, coming over to the other side of the table.

"Obidientiam," responded Azrael, taking another sip of tea. "Mm, this is a good tea. To answer your question, Obidientiam was a powerful mare, she was…” he laughed, shaking his head. “Well I don't think that you all are interested in history lesson. Basically, she had the mystical ability to create objects that could make ponies obey" explained Azrael. The other three crusaders walked to the table and sit around it to listen Azrael then lifted the teacup and served the tea to all four crusaders. Even though he filled each cup, his own didn’t empty. Feeling a bit more trusting, the four fillies sipped the tea.

"So, we’re going to use those relics to make our sisters obey us?" asked Swetie Bell.

"Exactly," responded Azrael, clapping his hooves as they finally understood the reason he was here. "You four are going to have the power to take control of other ponies" he went on. 

The four fillies were very surprised to even think of having the power to take control of other ponies, to make them do everything they wanted unquestionably.

"But what if we refuse?" questioned Babs, seeming to have some trouble believing Azrael.

"Yeah I don't think that it would be nice to take advantage of my sister like that." said Apple Bloom, standing alongside her cousin.

"Well i'm not going force anypony to participate, of course, but do you think its fair enough to be considered lazy, even though you work very hard? Or being called a good for nothing just because you forgot to close the pigpen? I don’t think so" replied Azrael, not losing that big grin in his face.

"How did ya know?" asked Apple Bloom surprised.

"Oh please. I’ve seen the problems that you four have been having. First, Sweetie Belle. Your sister makes you feel like you’re useless. Wouldn’t it be nice to be more needed?” Azrael asked, turning to the other fillies. “Babs, your sister doesn't even talk to you unless she tells you to do her chores! Don’t you want her to treat you with the respect that you deserve? And you, Scootaloo. Aren’t you tired of just watching Rainbow Dash from afar? You could have a whole day with her, a good, quality, sister-like day!" Azrael sat back with a smile, watching the reactions on the crusaders face. They were surprised at how much he know about their problems, and they had to admit he had some good points.

"Can we think about this?" asked Sweetie Bell, with  anxiety in her face.
"Very well but make it quick" answered Azrael while he gave his cup another sip. 

The four crusaders walked to their thinking spot to plan their next move.

"Do yah think we can trust him?" asked Apple Bloom
"I don't think so, do you see how strange he is with those three horns? I don’t know if I can trust somepony who looks like that." said Scootaloo looking at Azrael, careful to not be caught in the act.

"We could at least give it a try. Who knows? We might actually have a good day and be treated nicely and with respect for once in our lives" responded Sweetie, trying to convince the others.

"But what if he's lying? Who know's what could happens if we fall for his trick?" Babs chipped in, making a valid point.

"Well...he did know about our problems with our sisters. And I think he really wants to help us." Sweetie Bell replied thoughtfully.

"That doesn't prove that he's here to help, that only proves he’s a stalker" said Apple Bloom.

"We should make him prove that he is telling the truth about the power. If he can’t, we’ll know we can’t trust him." said Babs whispering to the other three fillies, looking back to make sure Azrael wasn't listening in or sneaking around.

"Well that's a good idea. We should make him prove he is telling the truth." proposed Scootaloo.

"But how?" questioned Apple Bloom,

"I got it," said Sweetie bell, a little too loudly. She covered her mouth, lowering her voice to a whisper, "What if we make him hypnotize somepony? I heard from Twilight that hypnosis spell's are the most impossible ones because a pony needs large amount of magic to take control of someponies mind. Even therapist ponies have a hard time with it." she added.

"Is that really true?" asked Babs.

"That's what the book in the library said." responded Sweetie.

"Wait, you tried to hypnotize before?!" Applebloom asked, surprised the Sweetie Belle would do such a thing. No wonder she was so willing to trust Azrael.

"Yeah, but that was just for curiosity! I never really wanted to hypnotize my sister." responded Sweetie scrunching her face trying to not reveal that she was lying about that last part.
"Yeah, right." said Scootaloo, not believing her for a moment. "Annnnyway, I believe thats a good way to make sure he's not lying." 

With the discussion ended, the CMC broke their formation and faced Azrael.

"So what's the decision?" asked Azrael lowering his tea cup towards the table grinning towards the fillies.

"We accept, if you first prove that you are not lying" said Sweetie Bell.

"Very clever," said Azrael, "It seems that somepony knew that it isn’t easy to hypnotize a pony. Even for hypnotherapist it takes days, even weeks, to achieve." he added with a slight nod towards Sweetie.

"Well then prove yah' ain't lying then" said Apple Bloom trying to be assertive and not falling in fear again.

"Very well then, who is going to volunteer for this experiment?" asked Azrael looking between the four ponies.

"W-well you go Apple Bloom" said Sweetie Bell, not wanting to be a test subject if Azrael really could hypnotize ponies.
"Wait ah minute, why me?" Appple Bloom protests, looking atSweetie.

"Well you said you wanted to make him prove that he wasn't lying" replied Sweetie.

"But I didn't say I wanted to be the one to be hypnotized!" countered Apple Bloom, stomping her hoof in anger.

"Then who volunteer for the demonstration?" questioned Sweetie Bell looking to the other two crusaders.

"I'm not going" said Babs, looking away and raising her chin in defiance.

"Me neither" said Scootaloo shaking her head.

"How are we supposed to prove he isn't lying then?" said Sweetie Bell, worried and disappointed that nopony offer herself for the experiment.

"Relax, Sweetie, there is no need to feel that way," said Azrael, inviting her to drink more tea, "I know why all of you rejected the idea.” He gave a little chuckle.  “It's because you all four think that you'll end up doing something embarrassing once you’re hypnotized, right?" he asked.
"Well yeah, I don't want to end up being hypnotized and then having you make me do a chicken dance" said Scootaloo, serious about the subject in question.

"No need to worry. We’ll just find somepony else to do the test on and thats all." said Azrael giving Scootaloo a tea cup making sure she drinks it all up.

"But there is nopony around!" said Babs while she blows her mane out of her front.
"Yeah,  only the Apple family is allowed in the orchard" added Apple Bloom.

"Relax, everything will be fine," said Azrael lifting with his magic two cups of tea for the two earth ponies, "Besides, I just saw a mare pulling a wagon" he finished.

"Really!? Where!?" asked Sweetie Bell, happy that she didn't need to offer herself for the test.

"Right over there." Azrael pointed outside of the clubhouse. The four fillies ran outside and went down the ladder where they saw a blue unicorn with a lavender wizard hat and a cape with stars pulling down a wagon through the orchard directly to Ponyville.

"Thats Trixie!" pointed out Apple Bloom  recognizing her at once.
"Calm down the Apple Bloom," said Azrael putting a hoof in her shoulder, "We don’t want her to see us, right?”

"Sorry." said the little filly. 

Azrael then teletransported himself and the four fillies near the great and powerful unicorn. Trixie seemed to be taking a break sitting beside the wagon while she finished eating a hot carrot.

"Well, after all this time, The Great and Powerful TRIXIE! will return to Ponyville! Trixie wishes to see Twilight Sparkle and how she became princess so that Trixie can be a princess too!" said the blue unicorn.

"Okay kids, watch closely and don't make a sound" said Azrael as he walked out of hiding, a magical aura covering all his body as he transformed.

*snap* A branch on the ground cracked. "Who's there?" asked Trixie, searching for the source of the sound. She really wanted to surprise Twilight with her appearance, which is why she went through the orchard.

"It's me, Bon Bon."  said a mare that appeared from the right of the wagon. Trixie was confused when she saw the mare, since this mare was a unicorn with a green mint coat and a green mint mane with a white stroke. She walked approaching towards Trixie with a trustworthy smile.

"Trixie may not been in Ponyville for a long time but the Great and Powerful Trixie remembers that your name is Lyra." replied Trixie suspiciously. In the distance, there was a faint sound of four small hooves hitting four small faces.

"This one was Lyra? They’re together all the time, so it’s hard to tell them apart..." the mare mumbled to herself, "Oh well, I didn’t come here to show you my transformation abilities." with that, the mare proceeded to say some indecipherable words. Behind Trixie, four sets of eyes were watching closely.

"What are you saying to... the ...great.. a-and... p-p-power-" Trixie tried to finish the sentence but it was more and more difficult for her. Her eyes were blank and her jaw was clearly open dripping some saliva.

"You all can come out now" said Azrael transforming back to normal. The four crusaders walked towards Trixie and Azrael.

"Is she really hypnotized?" asked Scootaloo, waving her hoof in front of Trixie.

"Of course she is," responded Azrael, "Why don't you tell her to do something?" he added, putting his hoof on Trixies shoulder.

"Why don't we make her act like a chicken" said Apple Bloom.

"Thats pretty simple, don't ya think?" replied Babs, blowing some strands of her mane out of her face.

"Well then what can we make her do?" asked Sweetie Bell while she poked Trixie making sure she was hypnotized.

"How about making her eat that rotten apple?" suggested Scootaloo pointing towards the rotten apple near them.

"Well, if she did that, it would certainly prove she was hypnotized." laughed Babs.

"But what happens if she gets sick?" asked Apple Bloom. She was an expert on apples, and knew how dangerous rotten ones could be.

"Relax Apple Bloom. If that happens I will take her to the hospital," said Azrael smiling to the filly. Of course, the wicked pony had no such intentions. "Besides it´s not like she is going to die, right?" the three horned pony added.
"I guess you're right, besides Trixie never liked me or my family since she humiliated mah sister in front of of all those ponies.”

"Well it's settled then. The rotten apple will be" said Azrael. He leaned in, whispering indecipherable words in Trixie’s ear.

"Thats right... Trixie is a bit... hungry... she would love to eat that... apple" said Trixie in a monotone voice without an expression in her face. 

Azrael stepped aside from Trixie, stomping a hoof. Trixie regained consciousness, she scratched her head and looked over the rotten apple.

"The great and powerful Trixie is a bit hungry and that apple will be perfect to satisfy Trixie´s hunger," said Trixie she then turned towards the apple, "If you all  will excuse Trixie she will eat it now" she finished, going over to the apple.

"How come she wasn’t surprised to see us?" asked Apple Bloom looking towards Azrael.

"Simple. I made her believe we were here the whole time instead of Harp. If I hadn’t, she would have been so surprised that the hypno-suggestion would been broken. Remember that some hypno tricks are mind based and if the pony gets startled that would break the hypnosis itself" said Azrael to the crusaders, already teaching them despite the fact they hadn’t agreed to his deal yet.

"Uh, don't you mean Lyra?" asked Sweetie Bell a bit confused.

"Does it really matter?" replied Azrael with a dark grin.

"Look," interrupted Scootaloo, pointing towards Trixie "She´s eating the apple".

Trixie was eating bite by bite the rotten apple as if was a fresh one. "What a delicious apple," said Trixie with a face of satisfaction, "Now what do these little fillies want with the great and powerful Trixie?" she asked, walking back to the crusaders.

"She doesn't see you?" asked Sweetie Bell, looking at Azrael.

"Nope, I told her that she couldn’t see or hear me. Look, she is looking at you like you’re a crazy filly, since all she can see is thin air." said Azrael pointing towards Trixie, as she was looking to Sweetie Bell a bit confused.

"Trixie wants to know to who you're talking to?" she asked, her head tilted in confusion.
"Well... I.... u-um" Sweetie Bell stammered, not sure what she could say. Luckily, she was interrupted by Azrael whispering in Trixie´s ear, the showmare going once again in a deep trance.

"Well then now you four belive me?" asked Azrael, turning to grin to the crusaders.

"That was awesome, I totally believe you now!" said Scootaloo flapping her wings in excitement.

"Yeah, totally" added Babs with a smile

"Yup, I do, too" said Apple Bloom nodding with trust to the pony.

"But how did Trixie hear you? I thought you said you told her not to." asked Sweetie Belle.

"Well, what I really said to her that she could not see me or hear me normally, but she could hear my hypnotizing voice" said Azrael  playing with the face of Trixie, "You see some rookie hypnotist always say to their patients to not hear them or see them but never have  safe word in case they want to undo a suggestion. Since for the ponies eyes and ears they don't exist,  they have to get another hypnotherapist to make the pony return to normal." explained Azrael.
"Wow, that sounds very complicated" said Scootaloo.

"So then where are the relics you promised us?" asked Babs

"We will have to go to where they are, to The Chamber of One Thousand Relics!." said Azrael, pointing to the sky dramatically.

"So where is this chamber?" asked Apple Bloom.

"It´s so very far away, it would take one full week to get there..." said Azrael. The crusaders dropped their jaws in shock, about to complain they couldn’t go that far, before Azrael went on "or we could be there in a moment using this!" A golden key with a spiral on it appeared in his hoof.

"What is that for?" asked Sweetie Bell

"It’s the key for the chamber of course! It allows me to go straight to it , no matter where I am." responded Azrael, "So are we ready?"

"Wait, what about Trixie?" asked Apple Bloom pointing to the mind blanked unicorn.

"Yeah shouldn't we do something about her?" asked Scootaloo.

"Oh, sorry. I almost forgot.” Azrael laughed. “I once left a blank pony by herself and she almost ended up in big trouble" he explained, walking towards Trixie. Once he reached her, he whispered some more commands in her ear.

"Yes... it´s... wonderful to go... to the foal mountains in this.... season" said Trixie in a monotone voice, she then woke from her trance and  picked up her wagon, setting off.

"Where is she going?" asked Sweetie Bell.

"Well to Foal mountain of course," responded Azrael pointing to east towards the mountains. “I’m doing you four a favor.”

"What favor?" asked Babs  looking  to Azrael with inquiry.

"The favor of when somepony talks to Trixie she might end up saying something about seeing you four, and me as well" replied Azrael to Babs while he played with her mane.

"But you said that she couldn’t see you" said Apple Bloom.
"But she saw Banjo." answered Azrael.

"Lyra" replied the crusaders at once.

"Whatever, If she says that to somepony and finds out that Banjo wasn't there, they might get suspicious and go ask you four about it. Then they find out about  the relics I gave you and then TERRIBLE THINGS WILL HAPPEN!" said Azrael lifting his hooves in the sky dramatically.

"If you put it that way well i guess we should be thankful" said Scootaloo smiling to the red unicorn.

"It´s ok, now shall we continue?" said Azrael as he put the key into thin air. A door formed around it and opened, revealing a corridor of dusty marble with torches illuminating the walls. The crusaders followed Azrael through the corridor until they reached a door with a giant spiral in the center. The crusaders nervously stood before the door, waiting for Azrael to open it. Azrael stood off to the side as the crusaders looked up at the door. The longer they looked at the door, the more they could feel their consciousness fading. Just as they started to go blank, the doors finally opened, and Azrael pushed them onward, waking them.

"What happened?" asked Apple Bloom shaking her head to worn off the dizziness, as  the other crusaders did the same thing

"It´s only a protection from the door to keep the relics from being stolen," responded Azrael, walking inside the chamber, "It’s very effective; I had to get Daring Doo to forget this place as well as Relic Hunter and Ahuizotl" he continued as he was smiling he seemed to be bragging.

"You have seen Daring Doo!? Cool," said Scootaloo excitedly, "how she was?" the pegasi asked.

"Well she doesn´t make good conversations when she is submissive." responded Azrael laughing. The crusaders looked to Azrael, wondering what was so funny. Azrael then cleared his throat, proceeding to the chamber with the crusaders close behind. 

The chamber was filled with all kinds of artifacts spread across the room, some were small, like a pocket watch laying on a table, and others big, like some sort of gem sculpture in the corner. There so many but the chamber wasn't entirely filled with 1000 relics.

"This place doesn't look like it has 1000 relics, right?" aske Babs walking around the chamber looking to all the relics with the other fillies
"To be precise, there are 251 relics in total, including the broken ones" responded Azrael.

"So then why this chamber named “The Chamber of One Thousand Relics?”" asked Apple Bloom curiously.

"Because the Chamber of One Thousand Relics sounds cooler than The Chamber of Two Hundred and Fifty One Relics Including Some Broken Ones." responded Azrael with a little laugh while he walked to the center of the chamber. “Besides, I’m not sure the builder could count to ten, much less two hundred. Now which relic will you take?” he spread his hooves out, the smile back on his face. “Before you choose, I must warn you: not all these relics are as simple as ‘swing side to side’. Some of them are dangerous, and some may not even do the things you expect.” explained Azrael, his smile turning into a smirk. 

The crusaders had be careful to make the right choice. While they still trusted Azrael, they were starting to get a little afraid of him again. They would have to be very careful with whatever relics they chose.
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The four fillies stop their hooves from touching any relic and stared directly towards Azrael about the warning he made these fillies were no ignorant about the dangers that could bring something problematic after all three of them remebers playing with someponies feelings.

"What kind of dangers?" asked Babs walking towards Azrael starting to think that Azrael was up to something.
"Yeah what do ya mean with that?" followed Apple Bloom next to her cousin, so the other two fillies walked towards Azrael too and stand next to the two earth ponies.

"So there was a trick in this after all" said Scootaloo, the four fillies were walking towards Azrael pressing foward to corner him and making it look that the fillies were in control of the situation, Azrael playing their game smile nervously and retreated

"What do you all mean? i havent said anything" lied poorly the red unicorn until he ended up in a corner sorruonded, the four fillies began to make intimidating faces because of the thought of being used by Azrael.

"Now tell us of those dangerous relics that you want us to use" said Scootaloo demanding to know their purpose in the chamber.
"Very well i will tell everything it´s not beacuse you are being test subjects, its beacuse not knowing the relics you choose will be desastreous" said Azrael taking a serious face since they met.
"what do ya' mean?" asked Apple Bloom  bending her head in doubt.

"Listen cearfully little ones, Obidientiam made theese relics to corrupt all the ponies," said Azrael while he walk towards the crusaders breaking through them, "since the moment i have mentioned about Daring Doo you four fillies did not made a single question about why is this place protected" continnued the red pony while he made appear five cushion´s, he sit on one wihle with his hoof he invited the four to sit in the other four cushion´s. The crusaders sat down in each one of them and begin to pay atention to what Azrael was about to say.

"Well first of all thing there is something that i have to say these relics are all gathered here beacuse..." Azrael made a dramatic pause before continuing.
"well? tell us already" said Scootaloo impatient of all the suspense.

"They are all forbidden, happy?" said in one shot Azrael with a serious look in his eyes. The four fillies then look to each other.
"Thats it?" asked finally Sweetie Bell.
"Why yes little one," replied Azrael returning his grin in his face "what more do you expected" he added
"Just when i thought he was going to say cursed" replied Scootaloo rolling her eyes in deception.
"well there is a curse" said the three horned unicorn trying to impress the little pegasi.
"Oh yeah, then what´s the curse?" asked Scootaloo crossing her hooves waiting for an answer.
"anypony who is caught by the royal gaurd with one of the relics will visit the dungeons forever" replied Azrael moving his hooves like a pathetic ghost.

"Well that is one kind of a curse," said Babs blowing her mane, "but then again why are these relics forbiden? its not like they are evil, right?" the brown filly asked
"Well yes they are" replied Azrael grining towards the little earth pony.
"How come they´re evil? i thought that hyonosis was used for therapies or show tricks?" asked the little Apple Bloom.
"That is now, Celestia still keeps hypnosis for all those ponies who´s special talent is the hypnotherapy, obviosly, but back then hypnosis was something cruel and evil," replied Azrael to all the crusaders, smiling, making sure they were paying attention to him, "look for long story short Obidientiam was pretty good at making magical artifacts we could say it was her destiny  she never thought about making hypno relics until one pony showed up and asked one," said azrael as he pointed towards a wrecked pocket watch that was hanging in the wall, "that was the first of the whole collection that is in here" Azrael continued.

"but how is that considered cruel or evil? and why didn´t she stop making those hypno-artifacts? and why-" Apple Bloom was interupted by Azrael as he raised a hoof in front of her "look little one im going to that part" said the red pony.

"As i was saying that relic over there was made for an earth pony who was supossed to have a cutie mark in hypnosis but he was terrible in the matter so she went towards Obidientiam to ask her to make a hypno-watch, and she made it," Azrael took a moment to breath and continued, "the hypno-watch was perfect and worked very wel lbut the thing is that the pony was very consumed in it´s power that she began to not only hypnotize for therapy and entertainment but to hypnotize to get everything she wanted, Obidientiam of curse never knew about this but she wanted to make more of them, she couldn´t deny them and that was her doom" said Azrael as he finished, the little fillies were quiet trying to understand so then the little Scootaloo asked.

"How come it was her doom? couldn´t she just stop making them?"the orange pegasus asked
"It was beacuse she loved making hypnotic artifacts, she never stoped" Azrael replied.
"Does those hypno relics are dangerous?" questioned Apple Bloom
"Some of them but mostly it´s how you use them," said Azrael as he pointed towards some  of the relics, " these relics were used from kings and other high mandatories towards their subjects to have pure loyalty even if it was by force and these others were used to kidnap and alter the minds of someponies to have them as slave's, many of these relics were used for a terrible purpose,  someponies who portraited a hypno artifact made by Obidientiam were consumed by power others not likely" ended Azrael.

"well that is something messed up" said Babs as she once again blow her mane with a blow.
"don´t worry not all of them were used by evil others were made for entertainment like this one," replied Azrael as he levitaded a mall ball with red and white stripes, "this one was made specificallay for entertainment, as you see someponies are not meant to do gimnastics or some tricks but whoever falls in trance by this sphere will do anythig even if he never try it before, its awesome for parties" finished Azrael.

"And what does that do?" asked Apple Bloom pointing towards a relic that looks like a giant pearl, Azrael found it and with his magic he bring it towads him.
"This one is the pearl of tumultum, its not that powerful to hypnotize it just makes ponies cunfused and space off," said Azrael while he showed the four fillies a switch in the side of the pearl, "here let me show you all" and with that said Azrael activated the pearl.
"Think fast" said the three horned unicorn as he tosed the pearl to Babs, The brown mare caught the orb and Scootaloo that was next to her came closer.
"it doesn´t seem to wooo-..." said unfinished Scootaloo as she seemed to space off as the same goes to Babs that she began to drool a lot of saliva from her mouth with a derp face.
"What happend to them?" asked Apple Bloom shaking Babs trying to make enter in senses.
"What does that thing do?" asked Sweetie worried towards Azrael.
"As i said it doesnt work well for hypnosis it just melts brains" said Azrael as he grined towards the two fillies.
"WHAAT!?" shouted the two crusaders in unison worried about what they heard.
"We have to stop it!" yelled Apple Bloom as she began to shake Babs from side to side with no response from the brown filly 
"S-stop it now Mr. Azrael!" yelled Sweetie Bell almost crying.
"calm down the effects are not imeadeatly it will take like one hour to destroy the 25% of neurons on a pony´s bain so these two will be fine" said Azrael while he aproached towards the orb and shut it down, the two fillies scratched their head´s and straited their eyes out of confusion.
"Bwa-what hap-happened?" asked Scootaloo trying to focus her vision straight.
"Scootaloo are you alright!?," asked Sweetie Bell in a hurry, "tell me how much is 1+1 !?" she asked then the white unicorn.
"W-wait what?" said Scootaloo recovering more from the headache.
"Oh no she lost her brain!!" yelled Sweetie Bell in distress.
"It´s 2, Sweetie" said Scootaloo as she slowly began to her normal sensess as so did Babs.

"See there´s no need to worry that orb only needs at least one hour to implant suggestions like this" said Azrael as he began to walk towards the fillies, he lowered his head and said "you two will do evrthing i say, got that?".
"As if" replied Babs blowing once again her red mane.
"yeah we don´t like you" Scotaloo said reinforcing the words of Babs
"As you see their brains and personalities are fine and intact, that orb´s only purpose is to eliminate the memory of the ponies only leaving them with their name their orgin and the basics of this world everything else can be rewitten as making them belive that they were slaves or dumb persons well anything you can imagine their personalities, their preference anything!" said Azrael as he placed the orb of Tumultum back in it´s place the four fillies once again look over the chamber with their eyes seeing all kinds of relics.
"those relics are truly terrifying" said Applebloom as she grab her shoulder with her hoof.
"Well then enough of the past of a pony, witch relic is that you want little fillies?," asked Azrael the four crusaders began to walk all over the chamber once again and began to look all over th place to choose one relic that could help them have their justice.


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Babs was the first to choose as she look at one that was a strange oil lamp she picked up and look all over the object to see if there was some kind of switch or button in the object.
"Say what does this one do?" asked the red mane filly as she raised to Azrael to see it.
"Oh a good one, that one is the lamp of the pawns its was used from an old captian of an army to guide his stallions in battle to the victory, don´t worry it can be used to order others to make them do whatever you want without a question you just have to say et docebit and the free will of your pony of election will enter in the lamp causing it to light up you can have as much ponies as you want and if you want to realease a pony just focus on the one you want to realease and say iustus ducere," said Azreal with all she needed to know, "but be careful in the task you assign them the victims are to dumb to make it good, just make them do simple task and evrything will be fine" he ended.
"Cool," said Babs as she walked in to the center of the chamber with her hypno relic  "with this one i will take control of my sister and she will know how to be a real slave" the brown filly finished as she waited for the others.


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The next one was Sweetie Bell as she walked towards what was some musical instruments "You seem a pony with musical taste and for that i would recomend you this one," said Azrael to Sweetie as he levitaded a flute towards the little unicorn "this is the flute of the famous musician that made a whole town disapear" said Azael as he showed Sweetie Bell  the red flute.
"I dont thimk i want the flute" replied the white filly while she pushed away the flute
"Hmm, maybe this violin would be what you want," suggested Azrael as he brings the instrument towards the filly again, "or maybe this metronome, even his beautiful music triangle would do the trick" he added as the trihorned nuicorn began to move more musical hypno relic towards the filly, Sweetie began to irritate the amount of instruments that were gathered around, when finally she burst out all her thoughts.

"No! i dont want any hypno relic that has to deal with music or any sound suggestions" responded the unicorn to Azrael
"Fine then i just thought that you would love it, well keep looking" said Azrael as the Little unicron continue her search.she began to watch over each relic that was found.

"whats this one?" asked Sweetie Bell while she pointed towards a statue of a horrible bat. the little statue was in a position of rest with the wings well closed.
"Oh ho, so your looking for the statue of Dominans Timor" said azrael as he let the little filly see closer the statue
"That thing really creeps me out" said Sweetie as she began to walk away from the statue.
"Well it should, you see fear is one of the most powerful ways to control somepony many times in history all the dictators and kings used their power to make ponies fear them that way they will obey instead of facing horrible consecuences, i miss those days when fear was everywhere" explained Azrael as he continued to follow Sweetie to the next sector of the chamber, as Sweetie Bell continued she stopped upon from a sweet smell that was comming from a small paper bag.
"it smells so sweet, i wonder whats inside?" asked Sweetie to herself as she pull out what was some sort of rare candy as she was going to give it a bite until.

"STOP!!" yelled Azrael behind her while he aproched near the filly taking the candy away from her.
"What do you think your doing!?" screamed Azrael towards Sweetie Bell, he began to walk towards her and snatch the candy away from her.
"I thought that they were eatable" replied Sweetie Bell a little scared by the reaction of Azrael, the red pony then began to calm himself and smiled once again.
"They are, their named candy must have these candy have the enchanted ability to make everypony to do anything for one of theese. just make the pony eat one and they will fall for their mesmerizing flavor" said Azrael as he put back the candy inside the paper bag were it belong,
"So are they delicious?" asked Sweetie Bell reciving the bag from Azrael.
"Sweetie, i just said that anypony who eats it will do anything for have another besides i never tasted them beacuse i would fall for their power" replied the Three horned unicorn to the white filly.
"Very well i´ll take this one then" said Sweetie Bell as she troted directly were Babs was.
"Look the hypno-relic i got" said Sweetie towards Babs.
"Yeah? mine´s better" replied Babs.


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Apple Bloom was trotting around the chamber looking from up to down for a relic of her liking watching from up and down for a relic that would be useful for her, walking all randomly until sge stumbled upon Azrael.
"Looking for something useful i guess?" asked the red unicorn with the grin in his face.
"I was hopeing tah find a relic that look´s interesting" replied the red mane filly while she was scratching her mane.
"This place has relics based in apples if its that what you are looking for" responded Azrael
"Look mister ah know that ah´ve lived in an apple farm and eated apples since ah have memory but that doesn´t mean that ah have to live among apples forever" responded Apple Bloom with a serious look in her face.

"Oh, ok then well i think this one none related with apples will do the trick" said Azrael as he made apear a pocket watch made of gold with a spiral inside it 
"A pocket watch?" asked Apple Bloom with incrdeulity, "seriuosly? isnt a bit obvious? and suspicious?" questioned Apple  Bloom  in disbelief.
"Then pick one on your own, im not here to choose it for you" replied Azrael smiling towards the yellow filly, Apple Bloom then began to search around as she found some particular item in the shelf she grab it with her hooves and examine it.
"What is this thing?" asked Apple Bloom aproching the rare object towards Azrael.
"Oh, these are the incense of relaxation just light up one and leave it in a small room with the one you want to hypnotize and they will fall in a deep relaxation and they will be ready to obey your comands" responded Azrael to the filly.
"That sounds very good with this i can make my sister stress out from all the work and make her my slave" said the earth filly with a big smile in her face.

"well im glad you made a choice little one" said Azrael as he began to trot to the other side of the room.
"Wait," shouted Apple Bloom to Azrael as he stopped were he was and turn around, "can i have two hypno relics?" asked Apple Bloom with a sweet tone to persuad the red unicorn.
"Hehehe, ¡NO!" yelled Azrael " no pony deserve to handle more than one hypno relic and that includes you" Azrael staded, as so the little filly ran towards her other freinds scared for the way Azrael shouted her.


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Scootaloo was picking one and another relic trying to choose wich could be an awesome Hypno relic until she stumbled upon some  animal cages.

"So have you chosen witch relic you want?" asked Azrael as he apeared behind the little pegasus 
"No, not at all, but whats with all these cages?" said Scootaloo pointing to all the cages that were hanging from the ceiling.
"i1d prefered that you choose the relic instead of asking for things that doesn't need to be answered,"replied Azrael walking to the cages and then turning to put them behind, "but i think i can tell you, these cages were made for the saimin animals" he continued.
"And what does that mean?" asked again Scootaloo.
"well these animals were made by magic conjure having them special habilities in the terms of hypnosis, like a bird with her sing can mesmerize the ponies and a a dog with a hypno tail that when he swings it from lef to right he makes the victim fall in sleep" he replied.

"That sounds awesome is there a bird or any animal for me?" asked Scootaloo all excited fluttering her wings.
"Im sorry but no, all the animals were realeased and lived their lives in the the wild" replied Azrael as he began to walk near a wall.
"Aaaw, bummer" said Scootaloo as she lowered her head in such dissapointment.
"Dont be sad those animals were realeased many years ago so they´re probably far away fro now," replied Azrael to the filly, "well rumor says that there some of them wandering around equestria, specially the snake eyes" he continued.

"Wow, i would love to have hypno eyes" answered Scootaloo with a beam of joy in her eyes returning to her smile again.
"Ah, then you will love this relic then," said Azrael as he began to trot towards other table from the location, "follow me" he continued and Scootaloo began tu run right behind him.

"this place has the most rarest relics in the chamber, the morphic relics" said Azrael as he showed Scootaloo the sevreal mounts of amulets that were all over the place many were broken and oters had missing parts but most of them had simbols of animals and some strange creatures.

"Wow what are these?" asked Scootaloo while she hold in her hoof a medallion with the form of a bat.
"these are like i said the morphic relics, each medallion transforms you into a creature that has the ability to hypnotize in some ways to your victims," explained Azraelas he  taked the medallion from Scootaloo "as for this one transfroms you into a bat pony that mesmerizes with your voice" he continued as he put the medallion back to its place.
"That is so cool" said Scootaloo  beaming eyes in emotion.

"But you want this one in specific" said Azrael as he brings a medallion that had a snake in silver with his hoof towards the little pegasi.
"What does this do?" asked Scootaloo as she recieved it with her hooves.
"This is the lamia medallion it transforms you into a snake pony with the power to mesmerize with the eyes" explained Azrael.
"Incredible, just what i wanted!" shouted Scootaloo  as she began to admire the medallion.

"but as i said you will be a transformed into a snake pony or more like saying a lamia" warned Azrael with his good wide grin
"It doesnt matter being a snake is cool too" replied Scootaloo with a daring face to what could be for her.
"Well its your desicion after all" said Azrael as he see her running to the rest of the other fillies.

"I hope you´re happy for the relics that you have choosen beacuse every one has to be used nicely and carefully" warned Azrael.
"Don´t worry mister we will use it responsible" said Apple Bloom with a enthusiastic face.
"Bwahahaha, i was kidding use them as you pleasead even better expand your number of slaves use them as much as you want," Said Azrael while laughing the four fillies then began to laugh as well and then all five ponies began to calm down, "but remember whatever happens dont mention the hypno relics to anypony, dont do anything dangerous with them and more important don´t mention my name to any pony" warned Azrael.
"Uh, ok" said Scootaloo a bit scared thinking in what consecuences will bring if they disobey him
"Very well" said Babs as she began to admire once more the lamp she had choosen same goes for Scootaloo and her medallion 

"And how are we going back?" asked Sweetie Bell .
"dont worry for that you all four will return to that club house like this was some sort of dream" said Azrael as he began to contain a small laugh.
"what does that mean" asked Babs lowering her lamp

"Oh, well this is what i mean" replied Azrael as he began to glow his horn as the whole chamber began to go pitch black for the little cutie mark crusaders.


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"Apple Bloom," a voice was heared "Apple Bloom wake up" the voice continnue, Apple Bloom then began to open her eyes just to see that she was back in the club house and right by her side was Twilight Sparkle worried.
"Twilight what happened?" asked Apple Bloom as she stand straight in her four hooves, from the other side of the room the other three crusaders were waking up as well and standed straight too.
"You tell me where have you been all of you?" questioned Twilight

"We have been in the ch-," was interrupted Sweetie Bell before she could finished she recived an elbow from Scootaloo remembring her that it was a secret, "uh, i mean we have been her the hole time" she corrected, Twilight seemed surprised.

"But that doesent make any sense because i have never seen you in the club house before" said Twilight, Babs in the other room noticed that her lamp was near her and stealthily grab it preparing to use it just in case.
"Besides you four disapeared three weeks ago!" Twilight shouted, the three crusaders were suprised to hear such thing.
"But that´s imposible!" shouted Scootaloo in suprise, the CMC had to deal in what will they do now with such news and the new power they earned.
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The Cutie mark crusaders were very suprised about the big absence they had was nearly imposible for them to disapear for three weeks. Twilight then began to walk towards the little fillies just to stop a meter near them.
"Tell me now my little ponies where have you been all this time?" asked Twilight, the concern was written all over her face. The crusaders were watching between themselves seeing if one of them was going to say some excuse or do something about it.
"Well, tha thing is" said Apple Bloom as she gave two hoof steps foward "the thing is that we cant explain what happened" said Scootaloo in advance of what Apple Bloom would say, in mean time Sweetie Bell gave Babs a nod to begin with her relic to hypnotize Twilight, Babs understood and began to walk to get her hypno relic to enchant the magic word.
"What does that mean!?," asked Twilight suprised by the anwser that she heard, "you four had disapear from Poniville and then out of nowhere you reapeared and say that you have no idea where you were hiding!?" she continued more suprised at the moment.
"You could say that, exactly" replied Scootaloo wit a nervous chuckle as she began to touch her pendant wishing to know how to activate it and how to use it in least.
"listen girls i dont know if you planned this and went off on a adventure or made up some cruel joke upon all your friends and beloved ones but all of you will be comming with me to the library, were you can explain yourself in detail, now follow me please" explained Twilight as she then turned away from them and trotted to the door.
"Now Babs!" shouted Sweetie Bell, as Babs lifted the lamp and pointed toward's Twilight as she chanted the magic word "et docebit!" yelled Babs as she pointed the lamp towards Twilight, the lamp began to glow with a magic aura but then with no reason the lamp didn't do anything and stop it's glow.
"What happened? what was that?" questioned Twilight suprised by the light of the lamp as she trotted towards Babs to have a closer look to the rare object.
"It's nothing Twilight, nothing at all" said Scootaloo blocking the way of the princess as Babs hold a grip on the lamp avoiding to lose it in the hooves of Twilight.
"Enough! girls i need an explanation and need it now!" demanded Twilight as she levitaded Scootaloo to put her aside and reached to Babs, "and what is that thing that you are hiding?" asked Twilight looking towards Babs very serious.
"But what happend?, why it didn't work?" asked Apple Bloom whispering to Sweetie Bell, the three crusaders were behind Babs thinking in what should they do, when Apple Bloom notice something strange in the club house.
"I'm not going to repeat it young lady hand it over" demanded Twilight streching her hoof to Babs, she was about to give the relic to Twilight when Apple Bloom jump between them.
"Twilight where is ma'h sister?" she asked just in time to avoid the delivery.
"She is in the library, very worried for you" responded Twilight lowering her hoof.
"And how is she?" Apple Bloom continued making a grin.
"she is fine, Apple Bloom" Twilight responded suspecting something wrong.
"who is fine, Twilight?" asked Apple Bloom loking towards Twilight expecting the answer that she wanted to hear.
"you know her, Maple Jack your sister!" replied Twilight not knowing what she was into. And that was all Apple Bloom needed to hear as for the other crusaders they all now notices the error in her word's and then they reunited themselve's against Twilight, the princess seemed confused and nervous as for the four crusaders began to go near her.
"Say Twilight, how's Sweetie's sister?" continue the interrogation Apple Bloom smiling even more as the same goes for the other crusader's now that they knew what was happening.
"We-well Flareity is fine too she is in the-" said Twilight nervously as she was interrupted 
"Knock it off Azrael!" shouted Sweetie Bell, "you should've known that my sister's name is not that" she continued. The rest of the crusader's sighed in relief that it was just their friend.
"why did you do something like that?" asked Babs now with a serious look towards the false Twilight. the fake princess gave a small chuckle and with a golden aura surrounding her she transformed back in the three horned pony he was.
"It was a test" he replied with his same grin in his face as he trotted to the table with the tea set. The four crusader's seemed confused as they walked towards the table as well.
"what do you mean with that?" questioned Scootaloo a bit angry for that kind of answer.
"can you explain yourself?" asked Sweetie Bell
"Well yes, i can explain," replied Azreal as he began to pour tea to all five cup's and deliver them one by one, "remember that i tould you that those relic's are ilegal?" he then asked.
"Of course we do, you said that we had to be careful," Replied Apple Bloom as she lifted her cup to give sip to the tea she then realized what Azrael planned, "so that's why you did it!" she then exclaimed.
"Very good, so if the farm filly has noticed it then that means that you four have solved it as well, right?" asked Azrael as he claped his hooves in celebration the crusader's now knew what he meant.
"So this was a test to prove how loyal we are to the secret?" asked Scootaloo as she hit the table with her hooves
"Exactly!" Replied Azrael as he take a sip of his tea, "you know, if you aren't careful, all of you will be caught and will have to explain your self about the relic's, thats why i wanted to see how you all can deal with the situation, and i am glad of the result's" he added as he poured more tea to his cup.
"Well, we had to plan to hypnotize her to make her forget or have her our slave to help us to get through the situation" said Babs blowing her mane and drinking her tea.
"but i have a question," said Sweetie Bell lowering her tea, "why the relic didn't work?" she then questioned.
"Yeah, you said this thing would work, and it didn't" added Babs rising the lamp with her hooves.
"The relic does work," replied Azrael "the thing is that it does'nt work on other relic user's" he added.
"I believe that this is something important that you should say from the very begining, don'tcha think?" replied Apple Bloom as she lowered her empty cup in the table.
"Well you now you know," Azrael replied as he refilled her cup with more tea "besides it's not like there are more ponies with hypno relic's or are they?" the red pony added as he finished serving tea to Apple Bloom.
"If you put it that way" said Scootaloo as she finally take a sip of her tea to calm herself. The four fillies then take a silent time to drink their tea as Azrael made appear a plate with all kind of cookie's. In the end of the tea party Azrael then clear his throat to make some anouncement.
"Listen little one's, im going to be gnenrous and say this in order to master your hypno relic's with ease, i have made come four of your filly freind's so that each of you can hypnotize them," said the red unicorn as he walked towards the door, "and on more thing if you are in trouble with your slaves or that the relic can't work well just say my name and i'll be there in a flash just to avoid more problems that you can cause" he added.
"well that seems very handy" sad Babs, "yeah, i like how that sounds" replied now Sweetie Bell.
"And who will be our test subject's?" asked Apple Bloom, "Yeah who are our victims?" aided in the question Scootaloo,
"does it really matter?" replied Azrael as he disapeared with teleportation and a laugh from behind. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were now alone looking to each other in excitment now that they have the power to take control of their sister's, but it was Apple Bloom that had a question in mind.
"How are we supossed to use them?" Apple Bloom questioned as she grabed her relic looking at Babs.
"Niether i know how to use my relic and Azrael said that our test subjects will come very soon" said Scootaloo in worry as she took the amulet in her hoof
"I don't know but i think it could be something obvious" replied Babs as she lifted her lamp.
"Yeah, try putting it on your neck" said Sweetie Bell looking to Scootaloo as she take one candy off the bag.
"Okay then here it goes" said Scootaloo as she placed the amulet in her neck and a radiant glow surronded her.

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"Why are we going to that lame club house? it's like theres nothing interesting in there" a voice from a filly was heard as she was trotting in the apple ochard with her head held high.
"For some reason i felt the need to go there and besides we can make fun of those Cutie Mark Cry Babie's" a second filly voice from behind the first one replied.
"Well thats a good reason, but why are they going with us!?" the filly number one pointed towards other two fillies that were behind them one was a mare and the other one was a colt that were trotting from behind.
"For th'ome rea'thon i felt the need to visit my friend Apple Bloom, and i won't let you make fun of her for not having a cutie mark, th'o be kind okay?" replied the third filly catching up to the other two in front.
"Hey, i had the same idea for some reason, i needed to go to the CMC club house and i don't even know why" said the colt from behind, the four fillies were no other than in order than Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Twist and Rumble they had no idea or reason to go to the club house in thier.minds they thought that something interesting would happen there
"Well isn't this a bit strange that we all four for no reason wanted to go to that lame club house?" asked Diamond Tiara as she stopped her track's.
"well a'th i th'aid i wanted to vi'thit my freind and that i'th a good rea'thon for me" said Twist passing by Diamond Tiara not stopping.
"In some way it is kinda of strange but im not bothered in any way" replied Rumble as he to passed byDiamond Tiara.
"There's no use in reasoning with these loser's, better get going" said Silver Spoon as she and Diamond Tiara trotted together until the four little fillies reached the club house.
"I have never wanted to go to this dumb club house but still i had this feeling that i needed to come her" said Daimond just for the need to confess with the other's.
"So do i" mentioned Silver Spoon.
"Thats odd i always thought that whatever you do, your freind will  always be in agreement" said Rumblewith a mocking face.
"Thath true you alwaith do thingth together no matter what" said the Twist smiling.
"Oh quiet you!" shouted Diamond, "well we are here so let's get this over with" she added, as soon they take the first step they observed that from the window of the club house apeared an orange flash the four fillies stopped to what they have seen.
"What was that?" asked the Silver spoon suprised.
"Maybe their doing something interesting and our reason for comming here" replied Rumble with excitment for what it could be.
"well what are we waiting for le'th go" added Twist as the four fillies trotted to the stairway to the door of the club house.

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"They're here" said Babs looking over the window.
"Who's coming?" asked Apple Bloom taking one incense stick out of the box she have.
"It's Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon and i dont think that i know those other  two that are coming" replied Babs moving away from the window.
"Don't you think that Azrael knew about our enemies?" questioned Sweetie Bell marbeling with the candy in her hooves.
"Well, he knew about our sister's so this is not suprising at all, or maybe it was all a coincidence afterall we all are classmates" replied Scootaloo as she moved towards the second floor of the club house.
"Where are you going?" asked Babs as she looked up from the ladder.
"I'm hiding i don't want them to see me like this from the very beginning" replied Scootaloo as she hide her head and disapear from sight. *knock, knock, knock* The door sound as for it was the arrival of the four test subjects.
"Hello Cutie Mark Cry babies are you in there?" asked Diamon Tiara banging the door once more
"coming," replied Sweetie Bell as she troted to the door as she openedth door, she recieved their guest with a smile, "welcome, come on in to the CMC club house" she introduced, the four guests entered to the club house two out of four fillies were amazed for being inside fo the first time others were not amused for being here for second time.
"I hope you have something interesting for us to make a waste of time to come here" said Diamond as she walked her way to the table in the center.
"Well as a matter of fact we do, so please wait a little more" replied Sweetie Bell as she trotted towards the other CMC.
"Hey rumble!" shouted Scootaloo as she showed her head from the second floor.
"What is it Scoots?" questioned the little colt.
"Come up here, i wanted to show you something awesome" replied Scootaloo as she moved once again inside.
"Uh, okay" said Rumble as he thought that or a second he saw something strange in scootaloo's eye's, he reached the ladder as he began to climb it.
"Apple Bloom you club hou'th i'th th'o incredible!" said Twist as she trotted near the the yellow filly.
"Wel thank's, hey would you mind and take a look on what i have in this room?" asked Apple Bloom pointing to the door on the bottom of the room.
"Of cour'th not le'th go" replied the beige filly trotting happy to the small room followed by Apple Bloom.
"but i wanted to test it with Twist!" cried Sweetie Bell raising her candy.
"maybe next time Sweetie" replied Apple Bloom as she closed the door and then there were only Sweetie Bell and Babs left in the room with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. with a big inhale and exhale Sweetie went towards Diamond.
"hey Diamond Tiara would you like a candy?" offered Sweetie showing her the purple with red spirals candy  to the pink filly
"I dont like common candy" rejected Daimond moving her head in disaprovall.
"but these are imported candy from Neighpon" insisted Sweetie moving closer the candy.
"Well then better be good or else" manaced Diamond taking the candy from her hoof and eating it from bite to bite the face of Diamond began to smile as she get like the flavor of such candy.
"It's the best candy i have ever tasted, oh, the flavour, it's like my tounge is in paradise!" said Diamond with excitment and joy, "can i have another?" she continued as she streched her hoof towards Sweetie for more candy.
"I dont know, after all, these candies are so tasty and rare" replied Swetie teasing Diamond showing her another one in front of her eyes.
"Please, i'll do anything for one more!" cried Diamond in a position of beging.
"Let's see then, act like a dog!" ordered Sweetie Bell with a smirk in her face. Without a doubt Diamond Tiara raised her fore leg's and take her tounge out "BARK, BARK!" she shouted, all the pride and dignity flew off the window for Diamond as she only wanted to taste that candy once more.
"What are you doing DT!?" exclaimed Silver Spoon in shock for seeing her friend acting in such manner, "anwser me!" she yelled .
"I can't belive it, it work very well!" said Sweetie Suprised of the results.
"What have you done to her!?" yelled Silver Spoon as she marched towards Swetie Bell for awnsers.
"Diamond, defend me" ordered Sweetie and in an instant Diamond Tiara jumped between the two fillies growling towards Silver Spoon.
"Diamond snap out of it!" cried Silver Spoon as she began to cry in fear, but then the door in the back opened wide as a dense smoke came out of the door as so did Apple Bloom and Twist, Twist seemed strange as she was dragging her hooves and had some sort of dopey face, "Hey girl's, seem's like ya'll are having fun," said Apple Bloom as she saw the conmotion, "now look at this, Twist what will you do?" she questioned to her friend.
"Anything you want me to do Apple Bloom" replied Twist not losing that dopey look in her face.
"Twist, call me mistress" Apple Bloom ordered raising her hoof to her chin, Twist didn't seemed to lose the dopey look in her face.
"ye'th my mi'thtre'th" replied Twist with a dopey smile.
"Close enough," said Apple Bloom moving her hoof from Twist chin and trotted towards Sweetie Bell, "is she a puppy?" she asked pointing towards Diamond Tiara as she still was growling at Silver Spoon.
"Sure is," replied Sweetie with a smile, "look, she even is trained, Diamond Sit" she continued and without hesitation Diamond Tiara turned to Sweetie Bell and Sat as a puppy can only know how.
"That's nu'thing, Twist roll over" comanded Apple Bloom moving her hoof in circle.
"Ye'th mi'thtre'th" responded Twist as she fell on the floor and roll over slowly.
"What is wrong with all of you!?" shouted Silver Spoon in panic for what she was seeing, Befor Apple Bloom could say a word Scootaloo apaered from above.
"hey girl's i don't think this is working," said Scootaloo as she slithered down from the ladder with Rumble around her coils Silver Spoon lead out a scream as Scootaloo positioned herself near the other crusader's, "just look at him, he has this face of satisfaction but it does'nt seem that he will hear me or even obey me" she continued showing the hypnotized Rumble in front of them.
"well have you tried ordering him to do something?" asked Sweetie Bell giving a candy to Diamon Tiara just to keep her under hypnosis.
"Heh, i should have tried that in the first place," said Scootaloo a bit ashamed for not trying that in the first place, "okay rumble i want you to kiss my hoof" ordered Scootaloo as she placed her right hoof in front of him and as a obidient mindless slave he kissed the hoof.
"Eew, gross" claimed Sweetie Bell making a face of digusted.
"What? it feel's like you are in charge and superior to him in many way's" replied Scootaloo very pleased for the strange treatment.
"Well i'd like to try it," said Apple Bloom as she trotted towards Twist, "Twist kiss ma'h hoof were you are" she ordered to the little filly as she placed a hoof in front of her.
"Ye'th my mi'thtre'th" replied Twist as she began to kiss the hoof of Apple Bloom in the ground, Apple Bloom seemed to like the feeling as for her smile grew wider and wider.
"I have to leave this mad house!," shouted Silver Spoon as she turned around and wanted to leave but for some reason she couldn't place the hoof in the ground and walk to the exit, "why i can't move, i can't leave this place?!" cried Silver Spoon, she then gave up on leaving to take a breath as she placed the hoof in the ground.
"Why isn't she leveaing?" inquired Scootaloo as she put away her hoof from Rumble.
"It must be Azrael suggestion in case she avoids our hypnosis that she can't leave no matter what" replied Sweetie Bell as she was petting Diamonds head.
"Why isn't she hypnotized?" now asked Apple Bloom, the three crusader's then turned their heads towards the last but not least crusader Babs as she had the lamp in her hoof.
"What?" said Babs as she blow her mane and trotted near Silver Spoon.
"Why isin't she hypnotized?" questioned Sweetie in demand.
"I just wanted to see her reaction of all this scenery" replied Babs as she raised the lamp towards Silver Spoon.

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The grey filly had no idea in what was going to be of her but from what happend to her friend and the other two her destiny wouldn't be difrent, all she can do was to observe, of course the thought of tackling babs and attacking the other three past through her mind but then the same voice in her head made her discard that option. A voice sound through her ear's it was from Babs as she heard the word's "et docebit" and then all her thoughts and options faded away the only thing that remain that make her fell herself was to obey her master in everything she say beacuse she had no will to act or think for herself beacuse her master ws the onlly one to decide her destiny.

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"Comand me master" were the first word's that pronunced the unwilled Silver Spoon with a emotionless face.
"Well, first i want you to forget the last twenty minutes that happened" ordered Babs as she take a look in the lamp that began to glow a purple light that was wandering all over inside the small oil lamp, "as you wish" responded Silver Spoon without a blink.
"this sure proves that these relics work very well and that they have no will to struggle or fight back"said Scootaloo as she lifted Rumble with her coils and gave him another special look at the little colt.
"What now then?, what are we gonna do with these ones?" asked Apple Bloom as she ordered to Twist to prepare the tea.
"It's simple first we entertain ourselves with them and tomorrow we go for the real target!" said Sweetie Bell mischievously as she ordered to Diamond to dance in a corner.
The four Cutie Mark Crusaders enjoy today their power over their mindless victims to see how far they can go being hypnotized beacuse for tomorrow it will be payback time against their sister's.
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Sunset was upon Sweet Apple Acres as the four Cutie Mark Crusaders trotted under the Apple trees to their homes. A long day has come to an end  as they were all happy about what happened in the morning.
"I can't belive you just made Diamond Tiara do that? it was hilarious!" exclaimed Scootaloo as she flaped her wings in excitment.
"It's not that difficult after all she was willing to do anything for the candy" replied Sweetie Bell as she flicked her mane with her hoof.
"Ah' culdn't make Twist act like a dog properly" said Apple Bloom frowning her face as she looked to the ground.
"same goes here," said Babs, "Silver Spoon could do anything except humilliate herself, it seems that she still strugles in not doig things she doesen't like"  she added as she raises the lamp to see the light of 'free will' fly above and directly towards it's owner.
"But it's like Azrael said those ponies with strong will's are more dificult to control than the weak one's," explained Sweetie Bell along side her friend's, "like Diamond Tiara she ditched all her pride to humilliate herself for the candy" she continued with a wide smile almost laughing from the events of today.
"But she did Struggle remember?" said Apple Bloom raising her head to face Sweetie Bell "remember when you tell to Diamond Tiara to hit Silver Spoon? her head almost exploded in all the struggle of doing it or not" she said very worried.
"Since when you are worried about Diamond Tiara?" asked Sweetie Bell looking back at Apple Bloom.
"Ah'm not," replied Apple Bloom " but don't like  to be responsible if something bad happens to one of them, what if somepony comes to investigate us? we could be in major trouble" she continued in a histerical manner.
"She's got a point you know?" said Scootaloo as she trotted cloer to Sweetie Bell to her side.
"yeah, even if we can make them, i don't think we should make our sister's do something dangerous" added Babs while blowing her mane.
"Relax even if something happens all we need to do is to erease their memories and clean the evidence," said Sweetie Bell with a seren smile, "easy peasy" Sweetie added extending her hooves reaching the other three  to make a big hug with a d'aaw, except for Scootaloo as she felt too cool for hug's. From walking in the ochard they reached the fork on the road that was pointing to ponyville and the farm.
"Well it's the fork of the road, guess we all began to take our payback tomorrow" said Apple Bloom.
"Yeah, now it's time to take some rest and prepare ourselfs for what we will do tomorow," said Scootaloo while she trotted to the road to her home, "with discretion and ability they will fall under our hoove's" she aded with a with a face hunger for power.
"Uh, yeah i think i should go to my house, tomorow i will have the whole day to be with my sister" said Sweetie Bell as she trotted to the road to her home.
"Well good luck y'all and good night" said Apple Bloom as she trotted towards her house in the farm.
"yeah see you all tomorow with the results" said Babs as she too go with Apple Bloom to the farm. And so the four CMC trotted to their home's and rest for the night to find the way to hypnotize thier sisters. Above a tree there was our known three horned unicorn with a smirk in his face as he watched her four fillies take different way's to their home's.
"Fillies these day's are so easy to manipulate after all once they have a taste for power they will not stop even after i have warned them," said Azrael "soon they will began to hypnotize evrypony for their convinience and then they will aim higher and higher, and when they achieve the maximum authority the only way left is down" said Azrael to himself as he disapear in a golden aura leaving behind a sinister laughter.

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the next day

A hard and laborious morning began in Sweet Apple Acres as Applejack and Big Mac take several cart's to the ochard for their daily work, as for the little Apple Bloom she had to do some preparations before  her sister returns.
"Apple Bloom dear can you come and help me in the kitchen?" asked Granny Smith from behind Apple Bloom.
"Ah'm sorry granny but im quite busy right now" replied Apple Bloom a bit ashamed for not helping her, but she can't let this oportunity pass by.
"Nonsense you love helping me baking those apple brownies that you enjoy to eat" replied Granny Smith as she take Apple Bloom from the leg and drag her to the kitchen, Apple Bloom had no other choice but to help her she only hope it's not too late befor Apple Jack returns.
Baking brownies for 3 hrs. Apple Bloom slamed the door of the oven with a pie in her mouth  placing it in the window for it to cool down, while Granny Smith was cleaning the table and placing the dirty bowls in the dishwasher.
"Thanks f'er y'er help dear Apple Bloom,"  said Granny Smith rubbing her hoof in Apple Bloom's mane, "i can handle things from here now" she added as she trotted to begin to wash the dishes. Apple Bloom feeled relived that she finished with a few minuutes of spare to add the finishing touches to her master plan as she quickly trotted towards her sister's room to finalize the decorations.
"Granny Smith were back" shouted Applejack anuoncing their return, entering in the kitchen to the table, pouring water to a glass, "Big Mac is packing the apples in the storage for their delivery" she said while she was drinking a glass full of water.
"Hey'a sis" greeted Apple Bloom from behind with a radiant smile of joy.
"Hey'a there Apple Bloom," said Applejack returning the greeting, "how was your morning?" she then asked leavign the glass in the cupboard and facing Apple Bloom directly.
"it's alright" replied Apple Bloom trying to hide her grin that would reveal what she was up to, "say sis i was thinkig that you could help in a way to get ma'h cutie mark, can you?" the little filly asked hoping that her sister took the bait.
"isn't supossed that Scotaloo and Sweetie Belle help you with that kind of stuff?" asked Applejack concerned that they always are together in their crusading.
"Sweeetie Belle is busy with her sister and Scootaloo wan't interested in this kind of special talent" replied Apple Bloom scrunching her face with the lie.
"Very Well little 'sis, hope isn't something dangerous" replied Applejack, falling in the lie of her little sister.
"I promise it wont be at all," replied Apple Bloom as she began to trot towards the second floor, "follow me sis" she added  turning her head to face her sister asuring that she was being followed. Applejack trotted from behind her sister not knowing what was going to happen as they trotted to her own room, as she crossed the door she was suprised that all her room was modified entierly there were all kinds of decorations and garnents all over the place it seems like she was in a room from Saddle Arabia.
"Apple Bloom what in tarnation did you do to m'ah room!?" yelled Applejack stomping a hoof in the floor demanding a good reason for re-decorating the room.
"It's part of getting mah' cuttie mark," replied Apple Bloom a bit startled from Applejack's anger, "besides i'll clean up everything when were finished" Added the little filly as she trotted in the center of the room.
"And what kind of cutie mark is that supposed to be?" inquiered Applejack as she followed her sister in her room.
"A cutie mark in haromatherapyst," replied Apple Bloom as she positioned herself next to the bed, "so can you just sit in the bed, please?" offered Apple Bloom pating the mattress.
"Okay then, hope you know what ye'r doing" said Applejack as she was getting comftorable.
"just relax," said the little earth pony as she ignited three incense stick, "i'll make you feel better in no time"  she said as she jump above the bed to be near her sister.
"Now close y'er eye's and breath slowly" said Applebloom with a serenated tone to relax her sister, Applejack did as she was told as she took a good breath of the smell of the incense.
"Sis these things smell like cinamon apple roles!," said Applejack smiling distracting herself from the trance from the very beginning, "how did you manage to do that?" the orange Earth pony questioned suprised.
"Applejack, please stay calm!," ordered Apple Bloom as she tried to continue the hypno process, "when were finished i'll tell you" she then added.
"okay sis, please continue" Applejack said as she once again continued with her breathing, Apple Bloom was a bit suprised with the response of her sister beacuse Twist said they smelled like peppermint sweets, 'maybe they smell their favorite dessert' thought Apple Bloom as she continue to relax Applejack.
"Relax, keep breathing and lose tense" Apple Bloom said as she got near to her sister to lay a hoof in her shoulder just to know that Applejack was still tense, for Apple Bloom this was very strange beacuse at this point she should be very relaxed to began the suggestion's.
"Applejack are you relaxed?" Apple Bloom inquiered with a whisper.
"I dont think i can be relaxed lil'sis" Applejack replied with her eye's closed still breathing slowly, Apple Bloom let out a small exhalation as she had figuered that her sister is not the type of pony that could take a time to relax, for Applejack its always work not even in the spa with her freinds was able to relax. Apple Bloom had to be quick she had to find someway to make her submit, a solution appaered in Apple Bloom, the use of mantra.
"Okay big sis', you'll have to listen to me if you want to relax," said Apple Bloom while standing from behind Applejack, "now begin with slow breathing and hear my voice and nothing else" she added talking toa Applejack's ear, Applejack for some reason she needed to obey, she thought that it was only to help her sister, after all this might be her special talent, still there was something more than that but she didn't give it importance.
"Now sis' imagine yer'self in the top of a hill lying under an apple tree, it's a sunny day and the heat is relaxing the wind is blowing and you can see the leaves dancing in the wind," Apple Bloom recitaded as hse keep an eye on Applejack's face for any reaction, "tell me, can you hear the leaves dancing from the wind?" the little filly asked.
"Mhmmm" replied Applejack with a little smile in her face.
"Can you hear the leaves say obey?" asked Apple Bloom whispering in Applejack's ear.
"N-no" said Applejack scrunching her face, in her subconciuse that doesent seemed right and she needed to wake up. Apple Bloom needed to think fast if she wakes up she might lose her oportunity.
"Relax Applejack and take a deep inhale aaand exhale" said Apple Bloom hoping she still obeyed these simple comands, for her luck Appjack obey without problem and return to a neutral state of concentration.
'careful Apple Bloom you have to take her deep under and get rid of that conscince of her's' Apple Bloom thought to herself as she thouhgt ir for a second on how to proceed.
"okay sis, relax and imagine yer'self in a forest in front of you there is a river you can hear the calm stream of the river," recited Apple Bloom to create a new mantra for her sister, "you can hear the stream of the river sis?" she whisper in Applejack's ear.
"yes" said Applejack as she cotine to breath slowly.
"the sun is on the mere top and it's so bright and sizzling," the yellow filly whisper more in her sister's ear, "it's so hot that you begin to feel the heat in your body" added Apple Bloom as she notice that her big sister began to sweat.
"Now you walk towards the river to refresh yourself, you feel your body that begins to feel fresh and relaxed," Apple Bloom continued her mantra as she noticed that the tempature of Applejack descends and  her muscels began to losen up, "more and more deeper you go in the river you feel the water covering your hooves and your body, you feel it reaching your neck, you like the sensation of being in the water as you keep walking to go more under" Apple Bloom contiue her mantra as she still keep's an eye on Applejack on her reactions, Applejack began to losen up her tension's and relax her muscels more and more, her sweating began to stop and she once again began to smile of the cool feling in her body.
"now sis' go deeper and deeper in the river, feel the stream in your body and relax" whispered Apple Bloom as she pressed her hoof in Applejack's left foerleg as she feeled it loose, the little filly began to smile as she began to notice her plan was working. Inside the mind of Applejack she felt the water covering her body from the hooves to the head, relaxing on how the stream rushes across her body, still in some part of her mind thought that she was going to drown that she needed to leave the water.
"A-ah'm drow- drowning" Applejack murmured scrunching her face.
"Relax, youre not drowning," whispered Apple Bloom calming her sister, "now go deeper and deeper in the water the deeper you go you'll feel more relaxed, go deeper and you'll feel your limbs more loose and relaxed" Apple Bloom continued, noticing that Applejack still strugles the mantra. Inside Applejack's mind she felt going deeper in the water, so deep that the light from the surface began to fade she began to like the relaxed state as she felt all her problems being taken by the stream, but there was somepony from above swiming towards her she couldn't see him well as he was getting closer.
"Relax, let the water take away your need to struggle and give in the good feeling to relax," said Apple Bloom making her next movement to take control of her sister, "now, tell me what you see?" she added hoping that there was something in her mind that makes her resist the incense. Applejack was  calm and relaxed her happiness began to rise as she liked being in such state, but there was still that pony who was closer than before, Applejack focused her eyes to see who he was as she recognized it s herself. The other Applejack was very bright making it glow in the dark waters.
"I see another me," Applejack said in a soft tone "she's so bright and she is swiming towards me, she is trying to say something" Applejack added as she keeps still in her original position.
"Applejack what i want you to do is now take a deep breath and make the water take away your will and anything that makes you struggle, after all you love to relax" Apple Bloom whispered, making sure that this will defenetly make Applejack her slave. Applejack  heard the words of her sister but inside her mind thought that this was all wrong, in the water the shiny Applejack swam as faster as she could, "Don't do it," said the bright mare, going closer to the real Applejack, "this is not right and you have to know it" she add, she was so close but then a stream began to flow taking away the glowing mare.
"But it's so good ta'h relax," Applejack said as she began to make a dopey smile in her face, "and i like to obey" she added as she could only see how the surrent take away the other Applejack to never se her again.
"Well done sis," said Apple Bloom looking how her sister take a deep inhale to the incense and maked a face that confirms her that she was in a hypnotic state that she could do anything, "now tell me sis what will you do?" asked the little filly patting the head of Applejack.
"anything you want lil'sis" Applejack replied with a smile looking at her sister.
"Thats what i want to hear" said Apple Bloom as she smiled widely.

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in the morning


Sweetie bell was trotting towards Carousel Boutique carrying a saddle bag with her and a humming tone to make a good road to see her sister.
"Rarity, i'm here!" squeaked Sweetie Belle anouncing of her arrival, she trotted inside leaving her saddlebag in the middle of the boutique taking the bag of neverendless candies and placing them in the table near her.
"i'll be there in a minute Sweetie" chimed Rarity from the frist floor, Sweetie Belle was waiting impatient to try her relic against her sister with just thinking the fact that she can (and will) do anything for her, made her have a magic burst out of her horn.
"Sweetie, are you practicing your spell's here?, remember what happened last time?" asked Rarity trotting down the stairs and directly to her little sister.
"No Rarity, i'm not" Sweetie responded lowering her head she still couldn't take off her mind the one hour lecture that she recieved from her parent's for trying to hypnotyze her sister, in the past, the fact of knowing hypnosis doesent mean you can dominate it completly and not knowing how to make a pony leave the trance state would have big consequences, Sweetie Belle learned that the hard way by leaving her sister in a trance state for 3 day's.
"Be careful, if it happens again little miss," warned Rarity smiling to her sister making her know that all was forgiven, "and could you please move your saddle bag to another place? you know very well that i dont like you to leave things in the middle of the room" added Rarity as she walked next to Sweetie.
"Maybe later sis right know i need you to try these candies if they are deliciuos," Sweetie said as she take one out of the paper bag showing it to her sister "I am pretty sure that this is my special talent" said the little unicorn raising the candy directly to Rarity's face.
"Very well, but then you will place your saddle bag where it belongs" said Rarity levitating the rare candy and placing it to her mouth.
"How does it taste Rarity?" Sweetie asked, watching her sister eating the candy piece by piece, expecting the same results like her last victim.
"it taste wonderful Sweetie you truly are good at making candy!," replied Rarity as she swallowed the candy, with a sweet smile she look to her little sister, "can i have another?" Rarity asked hoping that her sister can give her another one.
"First you have to place my saddle bag over there" said Sweetie Bell pointing her hoof to a table in the other end of the room.
"Gah, Sweetie Bell you know that you shouldn't place condition's to something" said Rarity displeased of the oreder that Sweetie said. Sweetie Bell seemed a bit confused about the response of her older sister, but another candy can resolve things up.
"Sorry sis, here have another one" Sweetie replied handing over another candy to Rarity, the white mare take the candy and with a delighted smile she eat it the sweet and irresistible flavor made her shiver from her spine a sweet combination going through all her taste buds, all kinds of flavor's colliding in one bite at a time Rarity couldn't resist to let out a  moan in pleasure for such exquisite taste in the candy.
"You like it don't you?" asked Sweetie Bell  smiling that her sister was giving in to the candy.
"Yes, they are very delicious can i have another one, please!?" Rarity replied, her face couldn't denied that she wanted another one and she could do almost everything to have it, almost. Sweetie raised the candy bag  swing it from one side to another.
"so you want another one?," asked Sweetie Bell teasing her sister, "then how about you do what i told you earlier?" ahe asked hoping that this time she will do it without hesitation.
"Sweetie, you know that i dont like that kind of deal," replied Rarity changing to a serious face, but she could not resist the need of the candy, "only this time, okay?" she granted, trotting towards the saddle bag lifting it with her magic and placing it to the table where Sweetie comanded, now trotting back to her little sister hoping to recive another candy as prize. as granted Sweetie delivered her another candy.
"Here sister" Sweetie gave her sister her the candy hoping that this one could break her will and make her a candy-slave.
"GIMME!" Rarity shouted grabing the candy with her hoof, it seemed that she almost ripped Sweetie's hoof in the process. Without a doubt or hesitation she chewed the candy with a face of satisfaction and joy.
"you can fell the taste overflowing your body and your mind," said Sweetie making a mantra in the sense of taste of her sister, "you wish to have this taste in you, that you will do anything to keep it inside your mouth right?" she asked walking behind the white unicorn seeing as she was submitting to the candy and her words.
"Yes, i'll do anything, Sweetite Bell" replied Rarity with a happy face drooling all over.
"please call me mistress," corrected Sweetie Bell condescending, "and clean yourself" comanded the little unicorn with a face of disgust.
"Yes, my mistress" said Rarity as she cleaned the saliva with her hoof, if it wasnt' beacuse the candy was messing with her head she would used a hoofkerchief.

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(once agian) in the morning


Scootaloo was dashing through the street in her scooter with excitment pasing by the residents of ponivile some shouted at her for almost running over them, "i cant wait to use the relic on Rainbow Dash," said the little pegasi exited passing the market district at full speed, "she might even say how awesome i'll be in a lamia form".
Scootaloo had some time passing the streets until she stopped she reached the end of the houses and in front of her was the road to white tail wood's, "Where can she be?" Scootaloo asked to herself as she turn around to look once more in the sky. No results came for the orange filly in her search for Rainbow Dash.
"Hey there Scootaloo" greeted a voice from behind our little pegasi, Scotaloo stoped and turn around to see that it was Cloud Chaser the one who spoked.
"Hi Cloud," said Scootaloo returning the greeting, "how are you?" she added 
"Well, i'm pretty fine" responded Cloud Chaser pounding a cloud molding it.
"Have you seen Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo suddenly asked hoping that she might know.
"Yeah she had the day off and she was going to spend the whole day in her house," Cloud Chaser responded giving the cloud one last hit, "what do you think?" she asked showing her cloud art to Scootaloo.
"Wow it's a nice duck!" replied Scootaloo amazed of the work of art.
"What!? it's supposed to be a bunny," Cloud Chaser said suprised of the answer, "well i guess i have to start over again" said the pegasi blowing the cloud in smitherins and rebuilding it.
"Okay then, i'm going off see ya later" replied Scootaloo leaving Cloud Chaser behind, "see ya later Scootaloo" shouted Cloud Chaser ponding her clound once more, 'she only needed to turn the cloud to another angle' Scootaloo thought to herself as she dashes away.
"and how am i going to her house?," said scootaloo runing her scooter to a random direction, "i need to fly to get there" she added passing by more ponies. Scootaloo lost in her thoughts stopped frenetaclly as she saw in last second a pony in her way, almost crashing him, she fell from her Scooter.
"My goodness, are you alright?" said the pony to the little Scootaloo, Scootaloo raised her head to see if the pony wasn't hurt.
"Yeah, i'm  fine," Scootaloo replied standing up from the ground, "are you okay, Blossomforth?" asked the little pegasi.
"im fine," replied the mare smiling, "and where are you going in such a hurry?" Blossomforth asked.
"I was trying to find a way to go to Rainbow Dash house" Scootaloo said raising her scooter.
"Hmm, i can take you there," said Blossomforth with a friendly smile, "after all it's on my way to market" she added.
"Really!?, thanks Blossom'" Scootaloo fluttering her wings excited.
"No problem" replied the mare as she carried Scootaloo to her back and take off to the house of Rainbow Dash. Arriving with no delay Blossomforth leave Scootaloo in the front door. "Thank's Blossom" said Scootaloo waving her hoof from the pagasi that was now leaving to her destiny.
"Okay Scootaloo, you got this, it's not like you've been here before," said the little filly to herself avoiding the excitment and overjoy, "remember tu use your instincts and the hypnosis will work perfectly" she added.
*knock, knock, knock* the door sounded like a small thunder, Scootalooo waited until the door opened.
"Hey, Scoot's how did you get here?" said Rainbow Dash suprised to see her little sister.
"Blossomforth brought me here" Scootaloo replied smiling.
"Come inside" Rainbow Dash invited the little pegasi, Scootaloo entered without hesitation always happy to enter the house of her idol.
"So, what's up?" asked Rainbow to her little sister while eating a bowl of cereal oats, Scootaloo hesitated for a moment to imagine the reaction of Rainbow if she see's the new form of her's.
"You see, i came her to show you something awesome" Scootaloo said while playing with the amulet with her hooves, Rainbow Dash seemed to had a great interest when Scootaloo said the word awesome.
"Well? let me see it" Rainbow said leaving the table and going near the little filly.
"Okay, but first you need to back up a little, it's going to be big" Scootaloo said as she take the amulet and closed her eyes, Rainbow take a few steps back while watching Scootaloo take a deep breath and began to glow, the dim light began to intensified as it consume completly Scootaloo, Rainbow had to cover her eyes with one hoof as she watched how the shiny figure of Scootaloo began to change, if i wasn't that the spell was safe and harmless, Rainbow could've sworn she heard bones cracking within the transformation. Scootaloo raised in two leg's to get in poosition to the metamorfosis, her foreleg's united themselves to disapear enlarging themselves  into one big tail, her front hoove's began to have finger's, Rainbow Dash was suprised to see such transformation.
"Well, what do you think?" asked Scootaloo expecting that Rainbow had a positive reaction. Rainbow stood still suprised of the transformation she then shaked her head to make a response.
"It looks incredible!," Rainbow Dash said Excited flying around the little lamia looking evry inch of her new body, "how did it happen?" she then asked.
"It's all thanks to this necklace," replied Scootaloo showing the amulete, "it makes me transform into a lamia" she added. Rainbow took a closer look to the amulet as she saw it was somethin almost exact as the alicorn amuelet just that it had a full body lamia and blue gems incrusted.
"Wow, the bow comes along with the transformation?" Rainbow questioned pointing to the bow that was in the back of Scootaloo. The orange lamia was suprised of that question as she turn her head to see that there was certanly a bow, she take it to see it better.
"It is a bow but it doesent have a string and it has a circle in the center," said Scootaloo as she handed the bow to Rainbow, "it does'nt have arrow's either" Added the lamia. Rainbow took a look to the bow carefully as she then  realized something important.
"I know it's the slave arrow!," Rainbow shouted suprised of realizing of the object in her hooves, "it appears in the book Daring Doo and the boa princess, in chapter 5 the 'Hebihime' used it to petrify her enemies" Rainbow said excited knowing that she had in her hooves a object from the book of her fictional heroin. "but how do you make it work?" she then asked.
"well i don-," Scootaloo stopped herself as avoice inside her said something that would help 'Instinct' Scootaloo then knew what to do, " let me try something" said the orange lamia as she take the strange bow and from her right 'hand' a magic spark appeared as Scootaloo pulled back the spark formed a magic arrow in color grape, Rainbow once again was suprised of the magic of her sister, Scootaloo then released the arrow striking a flower in a vase in the other side of the room petrifying it.
"Awesome," Rainbow Dash said excited knowing that the bow was truly magical, "hey i bet you can't hit that cloud over there" the cyan pegasi dared to her lamia friend.
"Oh yeah, watch this" Scootaloo accepted the dare as she then concentrated an arrow, 'i wonder if i can hypnotize with this thing?' thought Scootaloo without knowing that the arrow changed the color to a light pink, she then released the arrow as it flew straight to it's target until somepony crossed in it's way.
"Rainbow are you ready to- EEEP!" was the last thing that the other pegasi said until the arrow hit her, in the impact the arrow released tiny heart's that disappear in a second.
"FLUTTERSHY!" yelled RD and Scootaloo as they fastly aproached toward's Flutteshy that fell in a cloud. Rainbow flew as fast as she can to be with Fluttershy Scootaloo behind her Rainbow doubt in touching Fluttershy afraid of she could turn into stone as well.
"Oh no, nononononononono," Rainbow began to panic, she doesn't reveal this face of her's often but the thought of her freind turning to stone was quite terrifying for her, "we need to do something, we have to save her, I know we go for Twilght and Zecora too they can help us save Fluttershy" added the pegasi rushed not noticing that Fluttershy wasn't turning into stone.
"Rainbow Dash calm down," said Scootaloo taking Rainbow from her shoulders with her hands, " we can fix this" the lamia tryied to calm her freind.
"But but, Fluttershy will become stone" said Rainbow worried. Scootaloo had to make her move now that she had th chance.
"Look at my eye's and calm down," calming her freind Scootaloo focuesed her eye's towards rainbow's, "now take a deep breath and relax" the lamia added as she keep an eye cotact with her idol.
"O-okay" said Rainbow as she take a deep look in the iris of Scootaloo feeling the darkness taking her more and more in bliss feeling more calm as she take another breath letting the panic go away.
"Thats it Rainbow keep looking at my eye's and let the calm take over you" chanted Scootaloo as she moved her tail to Rainbow's legs. Rainbow began to feel more and more atracted to Scootaloo's eye's so much that she forgotten the world around her, a smile formed in her face assuring to Scootaloo that she was under total hypnosis.
"Thats it, give in to the hypnosis" said Scootaloo rolling her coils surrounding in Rainbow more and more until the cyan pegasi was all envelop with Scootaloo's coils completly defensless. Scootaloo kept looking to the mesmerized pegasi admiring her closer realizing how cute she looked, one could say that after so much time admiring her she could want be just like her but the real thing is that Scootaloo had a feeling more stronger than that, but of course, she knew the difrence of ages and what would Rainbow react to such situaition.
'A little kiss wont cause a problem, right?'  thought Scootaloo as she reached to Rainbows lips, but the little lamia didn't realize that she opened her mouth more than a pony could handle, Scootaloo moved Rainbow closer to devour her.
"W-what happend?" Fluttershy asked waking from her unconcies, Scootaloo quickly closed her mouth and released Rainbow from her coils, moving smoothly towards Fluttershy to hypnotyze her, Fluttershy gave an eye to the little lamia and smiled her.
"Command me, beloved one" Fluttershy said in her sweet tone, Scootaloo was suprised by those words but she then realized that i was of that arrow that hit her, she looked at Rainbow still mesmerized looking to the horizon. For Scootaloo there was something deep inside her that something was wrong but she didn't care for know.
"Help me take Raibow to her house" Scootaloo ordered, Fluttershy nodded in response and without delay she take carefully Rainbow to her house and placed her in the bed, Scootaloo was happy not to have only one but two hypnotyzed slaves to control, but she had to take care of her idol.
"Now, Rainbow," said Scootaloo slithering around her," i think that you will love trigger word's" the orange lamia said silthing her toung smiling to her pegasi. Rainbow's smile grew wider at the voice of her lamia mistress, ready to obey evry comand that she was given.
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"I'm heading to sugarcube corner"

Sweetie Bell anounced to her sister as she was at the door of carusel boutique, Rarity showed her head from the stairs and trotted towards her little sister.
"before you go, can i have another candy? mistress" Rarity craved, kneeling down in front of her.
Sweetie Bell smiled happy to see her big sister like this, always submissive to her hooves, "once you finish my new dress and clean my room", Sweetie ordered with her head held high in superiority.
"Yes, my mistress" replied Rarity facing the ground and rised to continue her orders, happy to comply.

Sweetie Bell trotted to her destiny, happy that things were getting her way.
Sugar cuber corner was filled with many ponies in each table enjoying the pastries and the company, Sweetie Bell crossed the door and searched the place.

"Sweetie Bell!" a shout from Applebloom in the center of the bakery called her friend to their table, where Babs was sitting with her.
"Hello girls," Sweetie Bell trotted to the table and taking a sit she made a quizical face, "where is Scootaloo?"she asked noticing the abscence of her pegasi friend.
Applebloom rolled her eyes, "she wanted ta'be with Rainbow Dash," the little earth pony said, "she said that she wanted to enjoy the time as much as she can" added while she take a bite from her cake.
"Yeah she even have that other pegasi named Fluttershy under her control" joined Babs waving her hoof to the roof, aperantly pointing to Rainbow's house.
Sweetie Bell was shocked "She hypnotized Flutthershy too!?", the shout made all the ponies turn to the table where the crusaders were sitting, Sweetie Bell the placed both hooves in her mouth but it was too late the cat was out of the bag.
"Who hypnotized Fluttershy?" a voice behind Sweetie Bell asked. The little white unicorn didn't need to turn around to know that Pinkie Pie was the one who asked, smiling, curios of what Sweetie Bell said.
"Uhm, well you see this is all-" Applebloom tried to find an excuse to disuade Pinkie of the truth, she was choosing her words but she was afriad of the rusults of the conversation.
"It's all a game!" interjected Babs expecting that with this she could make Pinkie believe that nothing bad was happening, Applebloom and Sweetie Bell facehoofed knowing that it only made it worst.
"Ooh, what kind of game is it?," the pink mare asked apearng behind Babs so naive, "does it have to do with this lamp?" asked Pinkie lifting with her hoof Babs lamp. The crusaders were now afraid that Pinkie Pie would do something that could compromise thier mischief.

A sond of intangible words resounded through the bakery and all the ponies seemed to space out, the crusaders looked all around the place confused.

"i thought that you all be more careful," a voice from the corner sounded with a laugh, appearing with a golden burst Azrael trotted to the table next to Pinkie, "and avoid this situation" added taking the lamp from Pinkie's hooves.

The three fillies sighed in relief knowing that Azrael came and aovided them some serious trouble.

"It's my fault," Sweetie Bell admited from the table where she was, "i was suprised that Scootaloo had hypnotized anotherpony else" the white filly lowered her head ashamed.
"Well, i can't expect that you'll be careful with being low profile with the secret," said Azrael returning the lamp to Babs and passing by to Sweetie's side, "after all you are talking about the relic's and hypnosis in a public area" added the unicorn laughing.
"Ah'm sorry," Applebloom the apologized looking at Azrael, "Ah shulda choose a bettah place" the little pony added as she looked at Babs and Swetie Bell.
Azrael with his smile aproached too Applebloom, "now now, there is no need to cry for what happened," he said calming the little fillies, "you're lucky that i was passing by" he added patting Applebloom's head.

Babs taking a closer look to the mesmerized Pinkie and went straght foward to Azrael, "Are you spying on us?" asking directly to the stallion.
Azrael with his wide grin lowered his head to Babs level, "Oh, little one, you could expect to not mess things up without me being present" replied with his grin, "right?".
Babs looked away from his face a bit scared of the stallion but she couldn't deny tha he was right, if it wasn't him there could be chances that the fillies could be caught and there was no way to hypnotize all the ponies in the bakery with their actual relics, "i guess you're right".

Sweetie was now trotting around the ponies in the bakery that were still spacing out, "what will happen to these ponies?" she asked touching a mare that was in the next table, "are you going to make them forget?" the little Bell seemed quite calmed looking that nopony was going to remember her scandal.
"I hope that is a retorical question, little one" Azrael answered raising his head. The sound of unintagible words filled the place once again as the ponies listen to each word, "yes" they all replied in unison, Azrael then trotted next to Pinkie and whispered more intangible words to her.

Gigliling, the mesmerized pony then recited, "It's always fun to give free cake to my freind Anzer" as the Pink pony then remained silent.

Azrael then raised his hooves to clap them but stopped, "oh, i almost forgot," with light in his horn a golden flame consumed the body of Azrael reavealing a new form of the unicorn with a brown mane and a maroon coat aperaed in front of the crusaders, "girls you may refer to me as Anzer for now".

With a clap of Azrael hooves everypony waked from their slumber and proceeded as if nothing happened. Pinkie with her cheerfull smile trotted to the back of the counter oblivious of what happened recently.

"Ah'm glad that this was setteled nicely" Applebloom said with calm in her expression.
"Don't think about it little ones," Anzer said taking a seat in the tale wih the crusader's, "it's only a favor i'm giving you" with his grin he then said, Babs then was curios of the things that the unicorn have done for them and it was all too good to be true.

"So, you've been here before right?," Babs asked making a bit of a chat to the pony, "beacuse Pinkie Pie just said your name and even called yo freind" the little filly justified her question not wanting to make some sort of interrogation.
Anzer chuckle on the question, "i have been here for so long time little Babs," he answered looking at the other two to make sure they were listening, "but even though you think of it i also haven't been here" the stallion added chuckling more.

Applebloom and Sweetie Bell began to think of what Azrael said as they tried to remember where have the seen him before but there were no memories of him except that he indeed lived in poniville.
"It's kinda strange i never seen you here but it also think that you lived here as well" Applebloom made the asumption that he was seen but nopony knew about him.
"Did you made that with your hypnosis abilities?" asked then Sweetie Bell with a glow in her eyes of excitment.
"Indeed," the now marron stallion replied, "it was a mass hypnosis that i made long time ago but it was another method you see there is one relic called Territory and it allows me to controll one place in the field of at least 20KM. radius but the effects can only be made with one suggestion and that one was my pressence here was normal, so even if ponies don't know me they won't matter at all" Azrael explained to the little fillies.

Pinkie appeared with a slice of cake and a hot chocolate in a platter to Anzer, " here you go friend, it's on the house" she said with her wide smile.
"Oh thank you Pinkie, you're such a good freind indeed" replied Anzer with a smile as big as the pink pony.
"You know well" with a chime Pinkie said finally leaving the four ponies to their own buisness.

The crusader's were impressed but Babs really wanted to see the effects of what Azrael said, "hey, you there" Babs talked to Berry Punch who was next to their table.
Berry turned her head in response of the little brown filly "who, me?" she the said looking at Babs.
"Do you know this stallion?" asked the little earth pony pointing her hoof to Anzer.
"No, i don't know him" replied the mare shaking her head in negation.
"But he has been living her for so long doesn't he?" Babs asked now expecting the answere.
"Far as i can remember yes he has, i even seen him from place to place" Berry Punch said as she pointed with her hoof imaginary place from the pastry shop.
"and aren't you curios about him?" Babs continued, she hoped that the mare could make a thought out of the question. Anzer waved his hoof to salute the earth pony in front of him.
"No," was the only answere that Berry Punch said, without thinking it, "is that you have to ask? beacuse i have to leave" the mare said 
"Ugh, yeah, thanks" then Babs said lowering her head and turn it to face Anzer.

"Convinced?" the maroon stallion asked happy to prove the power of the relic he possessed.
Babs was quite impressed on what happenned.
"Amazing," Sweetie said surprised placing her hooves in the table, "now that i think about it, i remember seeing you but never thought about it until now" she added after hearing the explanation.
"But why haven't yah' used that relic tah' make everypony your slave?" asked Applebloom, the other two fillies nodded their heads upon the valid question.
Anzer who was about to take a piece of cake to his mouth stopped and think about the question, "that's quite obvious little one's," he said lowering the fork to the plate, "territory works better with ponies that live here for minimun a week, you see the influence works better in a long time term but in the meantime they will notice the change of attitud on other ponies and eveentually they will know that something is wrong. Unless that they are ignorants and don't mind the others" he explained as he finally take a bite of his cake.

The three fillies understanded that Azrael was not the type of pony that could go 'control freak' and manipulate all Equestria but there was one last question that they wanted to make.

"Anzer, what do ya wish from us?," asked Applebloom curios to finally make the question they shuold have made from the begining, "beacuse Granny Smith say's that not every apple is for free" Applebloom was concerned about this question afterall this was too good to be for charity.
"a wise question little one and you might be right to ask, so i'll tell you what i want in exchange" Anzer with his wide smile was about to continue when a brust from the doors from the bakery slammed.

Fluttershy appeared rushing through the shop to the table where the crusader's were, with panic in her 'empty' eyes aproached to the fillies and Azrael.

"Girls, Scootaloo needs your help, please follow me!" the yellow peagasi was in panic slamming her hooves in the table. The three ponies without a second thought they all ran outside sugarcube cornner following Fluttershy.
Anzer smirking then raised from his table and followed from behind.


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Earlier in Fluttershy's cottage


Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were sitting in the living room. While Rainbow dash was telling to Scootaloo a story Fluttershy was giving her a massage to her serpent tail.

"And that is how i saved them from a certain doom" Rainbow finished telling her story to Scootaloo who was very enthrilled clapped her hooves in excitement.
"That was awesome Rainbow Dash," Scootaloo praised for the story.
"Thanks Misstress Scoot's" Said Rainbow Dash with a rainbow in her eyes, bowing her head in acceptance of the praise of Scotaloo.

Fluttershy finished her massage and moved to the front of Scotaloo, "did you like your massage, my beloved one?," asked the pegasi as she faced the little lamia nervous of her awnser, "if you didn't like it well-" "i like it, Fluttershy" interjected Scootaloo not letting the yellow pegasi feel sadness.
Fluttershy beamed in happiness with a pink glow in her eyes, "I'm glad mistress Scootaloo, anything else you wish from me?" asked as she then bowed in front of her.
"Hmmm," Scootaloo think on what she wanted now from the submissive mare as she then made a decission, "would you prepare me sunny sunday?" requested Scootaloo to the obidient Fluttershy.
"Right away, my beloved one" replied Fluttershy as she trotted quickly to her kitchen.

"Uhm, mitress Scoots," Rainbow Dash approached next to Scootaloo, "can you use that magic glare on me again?" asked the cyan pegasi with respect not being to demanding, for some reason she loved the colors and the bliss that came with them.
Scootaloo was a bit nervous she never used the hypnosis again because it seemed strange to just stare at her idol, "well sure, why not," agreed the orange pegasi as she moved herself in comftorable position, "just get yourself comftorable Rainbow" instructed the little lamia as she placed her head at the level of her friend.
Rainbow was happy that her selfish request was accepted as she then take a deep breath and nodded that she was ready.

Scootaloo tried to remember how to activate the hypnosis as she closed her eyes and tried to focus, "use your instincts" an inner voice of her called out to aid, as she then let herself use the inner sense to take control to use she then open her eyes as the rainbow rings flowed in her eyes.

"So pretty" were the words that Rainbow Dash could say as she then feel the flow wash over her eyes and feeling a total relaxation and bliss filling her body. The cyan pegasi then gave up on her legs and began to fall, Scootaloo instictivily slithered her tail to avoid Rainbow from falling as she then began to roll her tail through her body.

"relax and keep breathing deeply" instructed the little lamia as she continued to envelope Rainbow Dash more and more with her coils. Rainbow Dash noded as she keep her eyes at the mesmerizing colors of her young friend more and more, feeling the need to blink she tried to resist it as much as she could only blinking fast enough to not ose any milisecond of the bliss.

"Now Rainbow Dash, you will feel your eyes getting heavy and you will begin to close them slowly," Scootaloo began to sleep Rainbow in her hypnotic eyes, "heavy and heavy now it's hard to keep them open, more and more" she began to lull Rainbow to sleep.
The cyan pegasi tried with all her force to keep them open but as she heared and obeyed the words of Scootaloo she couldn't help to let her eyes closing slowly letting her fall into the slumber.

"Now Rainbow, sleep" the orange lamia ordered as Rainbow then closed her eyes in deep sleep, with a smile in her face she began to snore softly in relaxation.

Scootaloo giggled at the scene, to see her hero in such state was so thrilling, but instinctivly she wanted to cover all her body with her coils tha she began to spread them more and more rings on her, until the orange lamia stopped at her neck, Scootaloo then felt her need to tight the grip on Rainbows body more, but she then stopped as she thought that it could be dangerous. "Do it" the voice inside Scootaloo spoke making the lamia apply pressure to Rainbow. 

The cyan pegasi was unaware of her situation, feeling uneasy from the constriction and let out a gasp from the pain. Scootaloo then stopped worried about what she was doing to her 'sister' se then let loose a bit, quickly closing her ear to rainbows mouth to hear her breathing. A sigh of relief was made from Scootaloo as she felt her breathing comming from her mouth, "what was i thinking?" Scootaloo panicked from her actions she never thought about hurting Rainbow Dash, but she just did, Scootaloo ytied to release Rainbow Dash from her grip but a grumble from her belly distracted her as she then instictivly lifted the cyan pegasi from the ground.

"Time to eat" the voice from her head said, Scootaloo grinned as she moved Rainbow near her mouth, opening her mouth as big as she can.
Rainbow with a dope smile ignored the danger that she was facing.

"Here it is, my beloved one" Fluttershy entered with a bowl of ice crean on her hoof happy to serve it to Scootaloo.
Surprised by scene Fluttershy let the bowl drop to the ground, "What happened?!" Fluttershy screamed at the scene in front of her eyes.

Scootaloo had a bulge descending through her throat and falling into her belly as she then realized that she ate Rainbow Dash.
"WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" screamed Scootaloo placing her hooves in her head.

"Fluttershy!" Scootaloo called desperatly to the pegasi.
Fluttershy startled, she quickly bowed before Scootaloo, "i'm sorry beloved one, i dropped the ice cream," she apologized, ignoring that Rainbow was being eaten in front of her, "i- i will make you another one" nerviously the yellow pegasi raised and turned back to the kitchen.
"Wait!," the orange lamia shouted, scaring Fluttershy and turning quickly as possible, "Fluttershy, i need you to go to sugar cube cornner and find Sweetie Bell, Applebloom and Babs, quickly!" Scootaloo ordered to Fluttershy, not knowing any better option.
"At once, my beloved one" replied Fluttershy as she ran through the door of her cottage and flew away as fast as she could.
"i hope they can help me" thought the orange lamia as she was bitting her hoof in fear.


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Fluttershy and the CMC reached to the cottage at full speed arriving to the door.
"Flutttershy, can you tell us what haapened?" asked Applebloom panting from the run.
Fluttershy, without turning around, replied "my beloved one needed your presence as quickly as possible" as she then proceeded to open the door. 
The three fillies were nervous as they antered to the living room, and found Scootaloo laying in the couch in her lamia form with  apnic in her face.

"Girls, i need your help" Scootaloo said
Sweetie Bell take a few steps forward as she dropped her jaw surprised from what she was seeing, "Scootaloo what is that in your stomach?" asked the unicorn. The oher two earth ponies were as much as surprised as Sweetie Bell and wondering with the same question.

"You let your instincts take control more than you should, right?," said Azrael as he passed by the door of the entrance and with a simple glance concluded the situation, "and swallowed Rainbow Dash in one gulp" added Azrael with his wide grin, Scootaloo for a second thought that he was containing a laugh.

"You did, WHAT!?" shouted Applebloom, her jaw dropping from what she heard, her eyes lock on Scootaloos inflated tummy, taking a few steps in disbelief.
"How could you do that?" inquiered Swetie Bell with the same surpise.

"I don't know!," shouted in her defense Scootaloo tears began to form in her eyes, "i just began with some hypnosis and then i had hte urge to eat and i didn't gave much of a thought and then when i realized she was just inside me!" telled the orange lamia as tears began to fall in her cheeks.

A gurgulling sound formed from Scootaloo's tummy, and the other ponies kept an akward silent.
"Looks like somepony is digesting" Azrael said in a playfull tone taking a few steps to stop next to Scootaloo.
Scootaloo was now horrorfied on the words of the red unicorn, "you guys gotta help me!" she begged.

"Don't worry Scootaloo," Applebloom speaked with confidence, "you have all the help you need" she smiled in trust to calm her scaly friend.
"from who?" scootaloo asked calming herself from her attack of panic.
"Well, from Fluttershy," replied Applebloom pointing to the yellow pegasi. the mare stood solemny next to the little lamia waiting for new orders of her mistress, "after all she knows alot abuot animals" remaked he little filly with a smile.

Scootaloo was in disbelief panicking to find help when the most important one was there to help her.
"Fluttershy,can you help me?" Asked Scootaloo with hope to save her 'sister'.
"Of course, my beloved one," replied Fluttershy with concern eyes, "but it could be dangerous, my beloved one, taking out Rainbow Dash would be-" "do it now!" interrupted Scootaloo more worried about Rainbow Dash than her own safety.
Startled Fluttershy bowed  "right away, my beloved one, i'll need some things first" the yellow pegasi raised and rushed to the room from the back searching for things she required.

Azreal was with his hoof on his chin as he then stared at Sweetie Bell, "say Sweetie where is your relic?" he asked intrigue on why she didn't have it with her.
"I left it at my sisters home" replied the white filly wondering why the sudden question.
Azrael changed his grin to an unpleasent smile, "so, you leaved an ancient and dangerous relic in the house of your slave, at the eyes of anypony who could see it and take it?" with a calm voice he reshuffled her words, Sweetie Belle was now a bit afraid on the way he placed those words.
"I'll go get them right away" Sweetie bell then replied as she then turned around and ran as fast as she could to caruosel boutique.
"Ah'll go with her" with a nervous chuckle Applebloom ran outside to follow Sweetie Bell in a hurry. Azreal let out an exasperation on how careless these fillies were even if he warned them.

"Babs," Azrael then talked to the brown filly who turned at her name, "be a good filly and follow Sweetie Bell" he ordered.
"Of course" she replied as she then ran to carousel Boutique wondering why she obeyed him at the begining, but she didn't gave importance.

Azrael retuned his grin and looking to Scootaloo, "do not worry Scootaloo, just do as i say and everything will be fine" he assured to the pegasi as his grin grew wider.


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"And Done," Rarity said adding the finishing touches of a dress that was going to be for her misstress Sweetie Bell, "i am very sure she will love it, and she will reward me" with a excited laughter she trotted to Sweetie's room to continue her cleaning.

Entering the room Rarity noticed a brown bag in the night stand. At first glance Rarity uncounciusly made a smile like she had foud a mine of diamonds. Taking a few steps foward Rarity was about to take the candy but she suddenly stoped.
"N- now calm down Rarity, only mistress can give you candy," she established maintaining firm from her position but the temtation of eating one of the most delicious and highly adicting candy was something she couldn't resist, "W- well, i think she won't notice one candy missing".

reaching slowly she placed her hoof in the bag and take one candy and place it in her mouth. Savouring it's delicious and sweet flavorin her taste bud, as so she unwittingly placed another one in her mouth and another and other one, inmedeatly her mouth had five pieces of candy.
realizing her actions Rarity stop and swallowed the remanings.
"Okay Rarity, if you stop now you will conserve part of your dignity," she said to herself as she kept her eyes in the bag a few moments, "who cares dignity!" the white regal unicorn snaped as she jumped at the bag and placing all the candies in her mouth.


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The three fillies ran as fast as their little hooves let them to almost reaching the building
"Hurry girls we need to get those candies quickly" Sweetie Bell said as they entered the boutique.

the shop was completly empty and quite as the three crusaders trotted carefully looking around.
"Where could she be?" asked Applebloom looking all around a bit worried.
"she can't be far, i ordered to stay here" replied Sweetie calm as she reached the staircase to the upper floor.
Babs felt uneasy on the calm that Sweetie Bell had on her face.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

A maniacal laugher scared the fillies as they hugged each other to contain their trembeling.
"Lets go," said Applebloom scared, "you first Sweetie" shoving the little unicorn in front to take the first step.
"Why me?" she objected resisting the pressure of Appleblooms hooves.
"Beacuse she is your sister and this is like your second home" said Babs adding her hooves on Sweetie's back.

with no avail, Sweetie Bell gave in and take the first step up to the stairs. Slowly walk up to the first floor, Applebloom and Babs Followed from behind carefully taking one step at a time. As they reached the end of the stairs they began to hear more laughs.
The little crusaders were more afraid as they reached Sweetie Bell's room and opening it they saw Rarity in the floor eating non stop all the candies she could bare with her hoof.

"CANDY! DELICIOUS CANDY!" Rarity shouted as she continued shoving more into her mouth, as she munched the bunch and swalloing all that she could, laughing hystraclly she continued to eat, as she chocked a bit but kept going  in her non-stop feast.

"We gotta stop her!" shouted Applebloom in panic from the scene in front of her.
"But, how are we gonna do it?" asked Babs astonished from the scene.

Sweetie Belle take a few steps foward to her sister expecting that she could stop her demise and regain her conciousness, "Ra-Rarity are you okay?" the wihte filly asked as she stopped in teh middle of her sister and her freinds.
Rarity take a halt of her feast as she stared at her litle sister, Sweetie Belle take step back at the maniacal eyes that Rarity portraided.
"M-my, my misteress, i am quite fine," answered Rarity with her wide smile as she raised from the floor to be near her sister  trembeling in excitment, "in fact i never felt better, in fact i feel stupendous, in fact i feel marvelous, in fact i fe-" "okay, i get it," interrupted Sweetie feeling a bit uneasy on the expression on Rarity's face, "uhm sis, how much candy have you eaten?" Sweetie Bell asked expecting that she hadn't eaten that many.
"maybe ten or twenty probably fifty or even a hundred?," Rarity shaking uncontrollably with a maniacal smile, "I DON'T KNOW" shouted hysteracally.
"Rarity give me back the candy" Sweetie Bell ordered to her sister.

Rarity's smile dissapeared as she then became angry, "NO!," she shouted scaring the three fillies, "these candies are now mine, you understand mistress" Rarity stomp her hoof and raised her head grasping the candy with her bare hooves with a tight grasp.
Sweetie Bell was worried on Rarity's atitude of insanity as she treid another attempt.

"Rarity, I order you to give me back my candy!" demanded the little unicorn with a frim tone and a stomp of her hoof in the ground, Sweetie Bell tried to regain control over her big sister.

"This candy is MINE!" Rarity shouted back lowering her head to Sweetie's level with a face filled with rage and madness.
"MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE!" the white mare began to rant as she throwed a vase to the three little fillies.

The cusaders closed their eyes preparing themselves for the impact. After a short while nothing happened as the three fillies opened their eyes and see thet the vase was floating in the air.
"Way to go Sweetie Bell" praised Babs pressing Sweetie's shoulder.
"Yeah, another second and we would be more flatter than a fresh squeezed apple for cider" added Applebloom with a smile.
"But, i didn't do anything" Sweetie replied confused on the situation. The vase was then moved from the air and placed into the floor.

"Rarity, what are you doing!?," asked Twilight Sparkle apearing from behind the little fillies worried and frightned on the actions of her friend, "you could've hurt them, even to your own sister!" the alicorn tortted to be in front of the fillies spreading her wings to protect them.
"They were after my candy and i can not let them do so" Rarity replied as she let another hoof-full of candy to her mouth.

Twilight noticed the bag that Rarity held on her hoof s she tried to calm her freind, "Rarity, this isn't you," she said as she slowly aproached the mad mare, "i can help you. Just tell me what is going on"

"you can't do nothing," Rarity replied as she take a step back, "all i need is this candy" the white unicorn added as she raised the bag.
Twilight stared at the bag as she caught what could be the reason of her friend odd beheavior, "Rarity i need you to give me that bag" ordered the lavander alicorn.
"I won't give you any single one of them, Twilight" answered Rarity as she held tightly the bag with both hooves.
Twilight certain that the solution was in that bag. With a magical grasp strong enough she tok away the candy from Rarity.
"I don't know what this might be, but i'm sure that this is the cause of all the problems" Twilight said as she placed the levitated Bag to her face to examine it the inside.

"That seems to fix the problem" Babs whisper to the other two fillies with a comforting smile.
""Yeah but Twilight now has the candy," interjected Applebloom still worried on the development of the situation, "what are we gonna do now?"
"We could control her with Babs lamp, right?" sugggested Sweetie Bell with a grin in her face. The two little earth ponies nodded in agreement.

*WHAM*       *THUD*

The sound of a body hitting the floor startled the girls as they observed that Twilight Sparkle was lying in the ground, Rarity next to her with a furios expresion panting on the effort she placed to nock the mare with her bare hoof the three crusaders were now terrified in the actions that Rarity had made as she picked the bag of candy to continue her insane feast with a maniacal smile.

"Azrael help us!" shouted Applebloom in panic, expecting some 'heoric' entrance as the other two hugged each other and began to scream as loud as they could.

Bursting in a golden sphere Azrael appeared as he watched the scene in front of him, with a smirk in his face of the situation that occured.
"It seems that the worst case scenario just happend" he said as he reached nexto Rarity, who by the pressence of Azrael went to a defensive position. The red unicorn laughed as he lighten his horn and stunned the white mare unconcious falling to the ground.
The three fillies began to calm and aprroached to the unicorn, "is she alright?" asked Applebloom keeping an eye to Sweetie's sister.
"she will be fine, but the fact that she ate many candies is what worries me" replied the stallion as he lifted the white mare moving her next to Twilight.
"What do you mean?" asked Sweetie Bell a bit worried.
"I'd like to explain you, all over again, but i prefer to act quickly and painless as possible so you better stay put and don't do nothing unesescesary" he said as he dissapear with the two mares and the bag of candy in a flash.

"Well, what know?" asked Babs with a blow on her mane.
"The only thing now is to wait, i guess," replied Applebloom trotting next to babs, "or we could go to see how Scootaloo's doing" she then suggested.
"I think i'll pass on that one" Sweetie Bell said as she began to clean the mess that Rarity made.
"Okay then," Applebloom and Babs began to leave the room when the little earth pony said, "if you want you could pass the night with us" she invited hoping that would cheer up after the event.
"thanks, i'll go there at sunset" Sweetie Bell accepted as she sat down.

Waiting until the bell of the front door sounded anouncing that nopony was around, Sweetie Bell began to laugh slowly but gradually faster and louder she laughed at the reaction that Rarity had and what she had done to Twilight she laughed at how Rarity was nocked down, she kept laughing until she couldn't do anymore. 
Wiping the tears of her face she know was thinking who would be her next slave.
> Enthralled by new jewelry
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The two fillies, Applebloom and Scootaloo, were inside the clubhouse, made for their crusading meetings and now for their even more secret meetings.
“why are they taking so long? they should arrive here hours ago” complained Scootaloo, burying her face in her hooves.
“Scootaloo, they are coming here,” assured Apple Bloom, placing a hoof in the little pegasi head, “they said that they  will come here” the little filly then added, smiling to calm her friend, but no avail.

Scootaloo was nervous and scared, trotting back and forth, on what happened the last day.

“Calm down Scootaloo, ye’r anxiety makes me nervous as well” Apple Bloom tried to stop the movements of her friend.
“I just can’t calm myself,” replied Scootaloo stopping in front of her friend and dropping her body to the floor, “I’m too nervous of Rainbow Dash’s health. I haven’t seen her since the incident” looking to her left avoiding eye contact to her yellow friend. Memories from the past resurface, as she tried to not tell anypony how they manage to free the cyan pegasi from her insides.

After a while the door of the clubhouse was fully open letting the entrance of the  two little fillies.
“What took you so long, girls?” asked Scootaloo exasperated, glaring at the two fillies, who trotted to sat next to each filly to complete the circle.
“It was because I wanted to get rid of the enchantment on my sister” replied Babs, presenting the lamp in front of the circle.
“and why would yah do that?” asked Apple Bloom, tilting her head in confusion, “there is no problem with y’er sister, right?” added the yellow filly now worried for her cousin.
“Na’h, but she’s pretty lame and she sometimes doesn’t do exactly what I tell her, she literally makes things more difficult than it’s supposed to be” responded Babs blowing her mane in frustration.

Sweetie Bell remained silent with a smirk in her face that was noticed by the three little fillies.
“Uh, Sweetie why are you smiling?” asked the orange pegasi concerned of the looks of her white friend.
Sweetie Bell snapped from her thoughts shaking her head looking to the one who made the question, “huh? oh nothing, I was just remembering what happened yesterday that’s all” she replied with her always warm and good smile.
“What could be so happy about yesterday that could make you smile like that?” Scootaloo made the question as her anger raised up for she thought that the event of her and Rainbow Dash was something to laugh about.

Before the white filly could answer a knock in the door of the clubhouse startled the four fillies to change their expressions, for who knows who could be at the other side.
“Come in” answered Applebloom not moving from her place.

At the opening of the door appeared Twilight with a smile, wearing what appeared to be a crown, of silver with a blue gem. She stared at the little fillies for a few seconds before speaking.
“Oh crusaders, I’m glad that you’re here, please follow me” she said, not wasting a second longer, she exited the club house.

“Wait where are we going?” asked Scootaloo, from her place, following the princess. The other crusaders ran, behind of Scootaloo.
Twilight didn’t respond as she continued to her destination passing by the apples and leading them more and more into the orchard.
“Twilight, where are we going!?” shouted Sweetie Bell. Twilight continued to ignore the question, continuing with her trotting.

Applebloom ran to be in front of the lavender pony.
“Now listen here Twilight, we ain’t moving until ya’h tell us where are ya’h taking us” the little filly stomp the ground meaning that she was serious.
Twilight stopped and locked her eyes in Applebloom’s after seconds of silence Twilight began to speak.

“We are heading to the chamber” replied Twilight, without any expression in her face as she then tried to continue her way, passing next to the yellow filly.
“But why the hurry?” now asked Babs as she tried to keep Twilight’s pace, the crusaders at least were alleviated that they were heading to the chamber to have news about the two sisters and that Twilight was in their control to help them.

“He told me to bring you to the chamber of one thousand relics, and that’s what I’m doing” she replied as she then stopped, arriving, at the other end of the orchard. 
Twilight summoned the key to open the door and after a few seconds the entrance appeared from thin air.
The five ponies passed by to the stoned hallway to the golden spiral door.

Inside the chamber there were five ponies inside, the crusaders took a look at the ponies and see that they were Azrael, their respective sisters and Fluttershy.
The little fillies ran to embrace their big sisters in a hug but the older mares couldn’t respond to their affection as they seemed to be unresponsive. That still didn’t stop the little fillies.

“Is she okay?” asked Scootaloo, looking at Rainbow worried of her sister's condition.
“Hello to you too,” Azrael said, with a smile, “she is fine, I only keep her in submission to avoid her awareness and the memory of the event” said the male unicorn messing with the mane of the cyan pegasi.
Scootaloo felt a pinch in her chest at the idea that Rainbow could remember what happened in Fluttershy’s cottage.

Apple Bloom glanced at Applejack, the orange earth pony staring blankly, “say, why is Applejack here?” asked the little earth pony confused.
“Well you see, I needed to take Rainbow Dash here. So I used your sister, last night, to bring her. Who knows what would happened if somepony would end up lurking in the cottage, and they find us” explained Azrael, approaching to the yellow filly
“Oh, ah get it” replied Apple Bloom understanding the possible case scenario.

Sweetie Bell took a long look at her big sister while she formulated her own thoughts.
“Uhm, Azrael?” asked the white filly, keeping her eyes on her sister.
“What is it, Sweetie Bell?” the red unicorn turned his attention to the little unicorn, who was fidgeting in the ground with one hoof. trying to impose something in the stallion.
“Can I have other type of hypno relic?” she then asked, begging with her eyes wide open.
Scootaloo and Applebloom were surprised by the request of their friend to think that she wanted another relic from the unknown pony.
“Sweetie Bell! why would you want another one?” Scootaloo asked, surprised about the need of her friend.
“Can she really have another?” asked now Apple Bloom looking at Azrael in confusion. Scootaloo then turned her glare from the white filly to the yellow one.
Azrael chuckle at the questions of the fillies in front of her, “well, to begin, that was one of the reasons that I brought you all here,” he said, leading his hoof to point out all the relics in their place, “or do you wish to keep the ones you have?” he  then asked pointing the relic the had Scootaloo in her neck.

“yeah, I’m tired of carrying this thing through all the town” said Babs leaning closer leaving the lamp in the ground.
“Me too!” replied Apple Bloom leaning the box of incense.
“So do I” said Sweetie Bell dropping as well her relic taking advantage now that her friends were joining her.

Azarael levitated the relics to relocate them to their to their respective places, “go then, and choose the relic that you wish” with a smile he encouraged the little fillies.

Running all over the place, the fillies were looking, again, for a good relic to use.

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Babs, excited went looking high and low for a better relic. A jar filled with what it seemed red, bubbling, liquid and inside of it was a tiny white worm wiggling all over.
This caught the attention of the brown filly, as she moved forward, Approaching slowly to have a closer look.
“This little inmortal here is called Schädling,” said Azrael, startling the filly, “it’s a small parasite that you need consume and lay eggs inside you body and with it you may control the ponies around you” he explained, keeping an eye in the jar.
“Why would anypony would want to consume this... thing?” asked Babs not even daring to touch the jar, with the creature inside.
“So that it can spread those eggs to anypony you want, that is why it’s known as a parasite” answered Azrael with an evil sneer.
Babs remained silent for a moment thinking in the description that Azrael gave her.
“What will happened to the pony and his targets of choice?” was the question that she regretted to make.
“No obvious changes will happened to the pony that will consume this little fellow here, except that little green parasites will come out of his cavities at will of the host, to infect the target designated of course,” said Azrael taking the jar with his bare hooves leaning it closer to his face, “as for the the ponies that consume the green ones… well they didn’t mind at all because they were busy obeying” Azrael added, with a small laugh, explaining subtly the effects of the bizarre relic.
“I don’t think I would like to have that... thing in me” stated Babs moving away of the jar.

Keeping an eye in other better relics, for the brown filly to use, she encountered a golden bracelet with a jade encrusted in it. Taking it, with her hooves, to have a better look, Babs noticed a small glow of blue in the center of the gem.
“this one seems useful” Babs said as she placed the bracelet in her right foreleg, it fitted perfectly.
“Good choice, small and beautiful, the embrace is a powerful object that will fill the mind of the victim to accept their voice and command,” explained the stallion arriving from behind the little filly, “all you need to do is to make the pony look at the jewel for a moment and with that, his mind will be all yours” he added, placing his hoof at her left shoulder.

“I think I might like this one” said Babs rubbing the gem to make it shine.
“Have fun” said Azrael as he watched her go to the center of the chamber where the other five entranced mares were.

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Apple Bloom kept an eye for one object as she was considering that this could be the one she needed.

“So you decided but you don’t know what it does?” asked Azrael approaching the filly from the front.
“It seems that way” replied the yellow filly, looking at all angles of the relic. they were a pair of steampunk spectacles.

“They are called, in your language, the power of the king,” began Azrael placing them in the filly’s face, “all you need to do is, keep an eye contact and give them a command. You can be as specific as you want, the target won’t stop until he finish his order and he will not remember what he or she did but they can notice that time has passed” ended explaining Azrael.
“So basically they are fer one use at a time?” asked Apple Bloom looking all over the place with the glasses to see if they won’t make her dizzy.
“you can manipulatethem as much as you can, only when they maintain eye contact at the first order,” replied the unicorn, “once they completed their task they are no longer under the influence of the glasses and they won’t be able to be mesmerized by them anymore” he finished his explanation as he took a look for other relic that could be more appealing for the filly.
“Ah think Ah’m going to have these” said the filly smiling.
“Are you sure? there are other relics that could be of more use” asked Azrael in offer to have a better choice.
“Nah Ah’m better with these,” declined Apple Bloom waving her hoof in amiss, “Besides, they say that I would look cute in glasses” she added with a smile drawn over her face.
“Very well then, I’ll just go over to Sweetie to see what she wants” said Azrael taking his leave.

“Wait,” shouted Apple Bloom with her hoof held high to stop the stallion. “I was wondering what kind of payment you wanted us to make, ‘cause me and mah friends don’t have much money to pay all this” she asked curious for what Azrael wanted that day.

Azrael returned a few steps to met the little filly’s eyes.
“It’s not money that I want,” he began as he lowered his body at the height of Apple Bloom. “you see there was really nothing that I needed from you three” replied Azrael with his grin.
Apple Bloom was taken aback, for she remembered that the stallion wanted something when they were at Sugar Cube Corner. Apple Bloom decided to push further but a crashing sound interrupted her, Azrael snarled, looking for the origin of the noise, as he disappeared in a flash.

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Sweetie Bell was looking one after another the relics as she threw them away to find one more suitable for her.

“Do you want some help with the selection?” asked Azrael reappearing from behind the white filly.
“I need a relic that won’t make my sister go all crazy!” shouted Sweetie Bell picking another object.
Azrael enlighten his horn to levitate the relic from Sweetie’s hooves, to avoid the filly to throw it. “that is going to be a problem here, for many of them can cause insanity, if they are not handled with care” warned the stallion as he placed the relic in his place.
“Then could I use one to keep Rarity under my orders? that way she won’t go that much of crazy” asked the little white filly, scrunching her face.
Azrael trotted to another bunch of relics as he selected one in specific.
“This one could be useful to you,” said the red stallion, giving Sweetie Bell a collar, ”this one is the restraint of the mind”.

Sweetie Bell took a look at the object, it seemed as an normal black leather collar.
“And will this be safe for my sister’s sanity?” asked the little filly glancing at the stallion.
“It’s purpose is to maintain total obedience without questioning, so that way the user can avoid the contradictions of morality” explained Azrael.
Sweetie Bell retained the object in her hoof, as she returned her eyes to Azrael.

“This thing would call attention of others, when my sister uses it” complained the little filly leaning her hoof with the collar to the stallion.
“Don’t worry about such detail,” said Azrael returning Sweetie’s hoof to her. “The collar can change to any neckwear to avoid any curious eye” he explained, turning around to be with the other mares and fillies in the center of the chamber.

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Scootaloo remained in the same place she was when the other three fillies scattered to their own search of their new relics. Struggling in her mind to think of what could be the reactions of her friends of her decision.

They always made everything together specially their crusade for their marks. To think that she did not want to continue was as bad as saying that she didn’t want to be friends with them.

“So, you wish to change your relic as well?” the voice from behind the small pegasi made her yelp in surprise, turning around to see Azrael and her friends.
“I, well, uhm,” Scootaloo couldn’t find the words to say at the group as they approached even closer.
“Yeah Scoots, you shouldn’t remain with that necklace” said Sweetie Bell approaching closer to encourage her winged friend, “Let’s go help you find a nice one for you” she added, nodding to the others to be together.

Scootaloo took a look to her idol, noticing her void eyes lack of expression and feeling. She began to debate to reconsider her options, Scootaloo didn’t enjoy that much having Rainbow as a slave, Of course she enjoyed the stories she told and the sky acrobacies she displayed for her. but she knew that all was somehow forced and weren’t made because she wanted but because she was ordered to do them.

“We can find some cool relic for you, this way” said Sweetie pulling Scootaloo’s hoof to said direction.
Scootaloo pulled away her hoof, surprising the white filly and her other friends. 
“I- I don’t want to continue with this” said the orange pegasi a bit worried of the reaction of her friends.
“What do ya’h mean Scoots?” asked Apple Bloom walking to be near her friend.
“It's just that... I don’t enjoy being with Rainbow Dash this way anymore,” replied Scootaloo keeping her eyes on her big sister. “She doesn’t have that cocky grin, and she can’t tell me how awesome she is” explained the orange pegasi with tears building up in her eyes.

Scootaloo took a look to her friends a bit bothered to do this alone.
“Don’t you think that this is too much, to take control of our friends and family like this?” asked Scootaloo looking from one to another of the fillies, “Is it right for us to abuse of them in this way?” she asked once more looking for some expression of remorsement. She didn’t see any.
“Look Scootaloo, It might look like that but it’s, in some way, a payback for the way Rarity treats me” explained Sweetie Bell with a serious expression in her face. “Every time that she sends me to do something I notice very well her face expresses that she believes that I might screw things up or that when I do something, anything, near her dresses I might damage them in some way” she bursted out in anger, making her friend step back a little.
“Ah, as well, have been always tired when ma’h sister forces me to do the chores and help her in the orchard,” joined Apple Bloom from the left of the unicorn, “I can barely manage time for the crusading and for myself!” complained the yellow earth filly.
“So am I,” said Babs exhaling, walking forward to be near the orange pegasi. “Even when my sister protects me from my bullies, she makes me pay for her services and that is pissing me off” added Babs showing the anger in her eyes.

Scootaloo watched all her friend in disbelief. To think that those three who she, Scootaloo, always had some envy about their relationship with their siblings. She never knew that they had those thoughts inside their heads, it was something unnatural, but still something that a filly like her wouldn’t understand.

Scootaloo hung her head defeated and a bit betrayed for the decision of her friends and hers as well.

Trotting towards the stallion, Scootaloo, gave him the pendant. “I’m sorry girls but I don’t want to be part of this anymore,” she said, avoiding to spill her tears, “if it makes you feel better I won’t tell anypony” the little pegasi added, avoiding eye contact to her friends.
Azrael frowned as he received the relic, in his hoof, and watched the orange pegasi trotting to be with Rainbow Dash.
“Uhm, Azrael, she won’t remember what happened, right?” asked Scootaloo looking at her idol.

Azrael smile, once more, as he took hold of the lamia pendant, looking at the little Scootaloo.
“She will only have memories of a good time with Fluttershy and you,” he assured. “Twilight please take Scootaloo back to her home” ordered Azrael to the alicorn princess.
“As you wish, Azrael” replied Twilight, trotting to be next to the little filly.

Apple Bloom tried to convince her pegasi friend to reconsider but she was held by Babs, shaking her head that her decision was made and she wasn’t going to back down.
Sweetie Bell remained in her place her eyes still in Scootaloo.

“Take care girls and see you at the clubhouse, to tell me how it goes” said Scootaloo, with a weak smile as she and Twilight teleported away.

Sweetie Bell was the first to move, walking towards her big sister. Without hesitation or doubt she placed the collar  in  Rarity’s neck and from instant reaction the neckpiece transformed into a light blue necklace with three diamonds resembling her cutie mark.

Rarity’s distant gaze shifted to one place to another as he then focused to her little sister.
“Sweetie Bell, what is this place? And why are my friends here?” asked the fashionista confused.
Sweetie Bell was a bit nervous as she look towards Azrael. the stallion nodded his head to the filly to encourage her to tell her something.
“Uhm, it’s not that important to know the answer, does it sis?” replied the filly, nervous of how would Rarity would reply.
Rarity blinked a few times after hearing the words of her little sister and smiled at her with calm. “You’re right, it doesn’t seem that important,” The fashionista smiled at her little sister, as if she was the voice of reason.

Apple Bloom, with confidence, trotted towards Applejack. Adjusting her glasses she focused in making eye contact with the orange mare.
“Applejack, from now on you will obey everything I say” ordered the yellow filly.
After those words were mentioned the lens glowed in red.
Applejack’s eyes glowed, as well, as she recovered consciousness from her trance, “It will be as you say, Apple Bloom” said the farm pony smiling at her little sister.

“I guess it’s my turn now” Babs took a few steps to meet the two pegasi that stood in their place together.
Pointing the jewel at the two mares, at same time, the bracelet shimmered in blue with a spiraling glimmer from the gem.
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy felt the effects of the gem in their own eyes as bkue sparkles glimmered inside their respective eyes.
Taking a deep breath, Babs made her command, “okay you two, from now on, you will do everything I tell you to do” she ordered with a stern voice and without hesitation.
The two pegasi mares regained focus of their previous trance and bowed in front of Babs. “We will do as you command” replied in unison, eager to obey all order they are instructed.

Babs turned around feeling two pairs of eye glaring at her, “what? is it wrong to have these two as slaves?” asked the brown filly feeling like she had crossed a line about picking the sister of their friend.
“It’s just that, you have two and we only one” explained Sweetie Bell expressing her envy.
Apple Bloom was flabbergasted, Thinking for a second that was it fine to let Babs take the two pegasi for herself or that if Sweetie was ranting about the number of ponies to take control.

Apple Bloom was about to say something when Azrael made his way to be in the middle of the fillies.
“Girls, there is no need to argue about a meaningless thing. You can take all the ponies you wish to have in control, for your own fun and entertainment” the maroon stallion explained looking at the little fillies as he walked to the door that was open.
“You really mean it?” asked Sweetie Bell with a big smile and her eyes expectantly.
“Of course,” assured Azrael, with a grin of his own. “Just remember to keep this in low profile so that no problems will happen” he added as he continued to walk to the door.

Apple Bloom still had a question in her mind and she wished an answer.
“Mister Azrael, what is what you want from us, for having all this?” the yellow filly pointed to the relics and to their submissive pony friends. She had to know why a total stranger would give so much power to somepony if he didn’t want anything in exchange.

Azrael stopped at the door frame turning around to meet the little fillies and the mares behind them. His smile still in place as he considered his next words.
“Oh girls, you are already paying me, with the use of the relics here,” he replied, with a smirk upon his face. “You see, this was the work of a lifetime for a mare all these objects and relics that can manipulate, alter, modify, etcetera, etcetera. They were being forgotten and disappear in the rivers of time and I wanted to make them return to  be used one more time” he explained, receiving confused looks from the fillies and some odd ones from the mares.
“But ya’h can easily-” Applebloom wanted to interject with a point but she was cut off by the hoof of the stallion held high, “I know that I can spread them through all Equestria to make everypony in each town have one and to do whatever they want with them but then things would go out of hoof when who knows how many ponies while make a line to dethrone Celestia and Luna to be queen or king of the land, while the other half would just go to random places foalnapping ponies through every single town and that is not even the worst part” explained Azrael, smiling at the idea.

The little fillies paled upon the thought and the possible catastrophe of the outcome.
“Anyway, I better take my leave. Don’t worry for the door to the outside, it will leave you all to the same place when you came here” the stallion then continued his march through the corridor and disappearing in the darkness.

After a long awkward silence Babs was the one who took a few steps to the door to be in front to the other two fillies.
“I’m not going to lie. That was the most disturbed thing I ever heard in my life” confessed the brown earth pony showing her face of disgust.
“I agree with ya’h, cousin” replied Apple Bloom, feeling uncomfortable with the sudden answer and for Scootaloo’s leave.

Sweetie Bell smiled to her two friends and and placed a hoof in Apple Bloom’s shoulder.
“Come on girls, would you believe that we would go and dethrone Celestia, just like that?” joked the white unicorn.
Applebloom and Babs chuckled on the impossible idea of doing such task and decided to return home with their servants.
> Rebellious Slaves
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

A flash from the inside of the library illuminated the place making the alicorn mare and little pegasi appear in the lobby.
Scootaloo shaked her head to dispel the dizziness from her.
“Now then Scootaloo follow me to your home” Twilight wasted no time to take the little filly back to her place, with no delay.
“Wait, wait!” shouted Scootaloo shaking off her hoof from Twilight “There is no need to hurry, Twilight” the little filly was annoyed on how much Twilight wanted to fulfill her order.
“But I was instructed to take you home” replied the lavender alicorn, feeling the urge to fulfill her task.
“You don’t have to take me there already” insisted Scootaloo, sitting in her haunches, looking at her friend.

Twilight was about to say something when the gem of her crown in her head glowed for a moment and faded. The princess of friendship remained quiet.

“Uhm, Twilight? what's wrong?” Scootaloo was a bit worried about the pony in front of her didn’t move an inch from her place.
“I have to obey my new master” droned Twilight with a blank expression and a distant gaze to the other side of the room.
“And who would that be?” asked Scootaloo, curious and worried, tilting her head to have a good hearing upon the answer.
“Scootaloo” stated the alicorn mare without delay and hesitation. Causing the little pegasi to hung her mouth open in surprise.

Scootaloo began to feel anxious upon Twilight's answer.
“No, I said I didn’t want to be part of this, so why should she be obeying me?“ she wondered to herself and then she stop cold from her pacing, “I already told them that I am not going to participate with this and that is what I am going to do” Scootaloo nodded to herself and decided to leave the library to escape from the ghost of temptation.

She reached at the door to leave the library but she then noticed that Twilight didn’t move an inch to stop her. The orange filly felt worried to let Twilight just like that, of course she could just let her stay in that place until somepony could arrive and find her there but that would imply that they might free the alicorn princess from her hypnosis, making her remember what happened to her and her friends back in the chamber bringing serious problems to her and the rest of the crusaders.

“Twilight, where is Spike?” Scootaloo was wondering if she could let her in his capable claws.
“He is sleeping upstairs,” replied Twilight looking at her new mistress, “do you wish to see him?” she then offered looking to see herself useful.
“Uhm, yes?” the little filly replied, feeling very uncomfortable of the fact that Twilight is following her orders.

The lavender alicorn began to walk to the upper level of the tree house while Scootaloo was submerged in her thoughts thinking in a good way to tell the little dragon about Twilight’s condition without revealing everything that is implied.

Telling him half the truth would be good, Making him believe that Twilight has decided to give the little dragon some vacations allowing him to have her as a personal maid even.
Scootaloo nodded to herself at the idea. That way whenever somepony ask Spike about Twilight he would tell them the story she made for him, she just needed to tell Azrael later about this and then everything will be fine.

the two ponies passed the door of Twilight’s room, where Spike sleeps as well, and began to climb the stairs directly to their bed.
From some point in the stairs, Scootaloo thought that something was out of place here, since it was noon, but when she reached at the top to their beds it seemed all clear why would Spike was still sleeping at this time of the day.

There he was, standing in his crib looking to the window, with his mouth open and a dripping of drool forming a puddle in the blankets, in his claws he held firmly a gem that shines with it’s own light.

“I should have known,” Scootaloo groaned, placing her hoof in her forehead as she began to think in a way to free herself of this. “Azrael!” she then shouted hoping that he would appear to solve this.
Nothing happened, and the little filly now had to take care of two entranced slaves by herself.

“I guess that I should take that gem from Spike, but how am I supposed to do it?” looking from any angle, Scootaloo didn’t know how to take it without the possibility of being entranced herself or injuring spike in some way.
“Spike can you hear me?” she kept a look in the little dragon for any response but he didn’t made any,.not even a blink of an eye.

Scootaloo was a bit worried for Spike since he might be starving or with the need to use the bathroom and such.
“Twilight, do you know what that thing is?” Scootaloo raised her head to expect that Twilight might know what the gem could do and how to shut it down.
The princess took a few steps to look at her mistress and to give a look at the gem.
“I’m sorry my mistress, I don’t know about this gem. I found Spike in this way when I woke up this morning” replied Twilight, looking apologetic for not being that much useful to the orange pegasi.
“Twilight, don’t call me like that, I am not your mistress” stated Scootaloo, clearly annoyed by the title, that she didn’t want to carry. “Okay then, Twilight take the gem from his claws, carefully” the little filly instructed, with luck Twilight won’t be enchanted in the same way as Spike.

With the magic from her horn, Twilight levitated the relic from Spike’s claws and placed it in the drawer next to her bed.
Spike still remained dazed without moving a bit from his position, but a reaction from his eyes and claws made the little filly to believe that he regained consciousness.
“Spike?” Scootaloo tried to talk to the dragon once more if he could hear the little pegasi. “Can you hear me now?” she asked leaning her face closer in case he would whisper.
“Yes, I can hear you” replied bluntly Spike, gazing his eye upon the orange pegasi.
Scootaloo released her breath, that had been in her throat, in relief knowing that the purple dragon was able to respond.

Now the thing was to make sure if he had his free will or would he be a slave with no other way out but to obey.
“Do you know who I am?” the little filly needed to know what would Spike think of her.

Spike began to think in his response and smiled to the little filly.
“Well. you’re Scootaloo my friend,” replied Spike, causing the little orange pegasi to smile, “and my new mistress” he added, causing the smile to snap in the moment he mentioned it.
“Uugh!” Shouted Scootaloo frustrated marching down the staircase of the bedroom to be at the dining room.

Spike was confused and decided to follow her, while Twilight just did it in case the little filly would need something from her.
“Mistress Scootaloo, wait” the little dragon rushed to be next to her.
“No!” shouted Scootaloo, trying to flee away from her two servants, which, she didn’t want to have.

Little Scootaloo didn’t hate to be in charge of two servants because of what happened with Rainbow last night but because of the lack of the real attention and care of it and the same would be in this situation. 

After all these servants only look for their master’s happiness but never for the happiness and wealth of themselves.

Rushing to cross the door and to leave those two behind was her only solution. Not caring in the slightest if they followed her back home or the possible ponies that would watch the whole commotion.
just as she reached the door a golden light blinded her, causing the orange pegasi to stop in cover her eyes from the blinding light. After a few seconds Scootaloo regained her sight and notice that in front of her was the three horned maroon stallion.

“Why in such a hurry, Scootaloo?”
The little filly knew who it was but she still lifted her head to meet the pony who was in front of her.
Azrael glared at the filly, smiling at her with his wide grin, “are you going to answer me, little one?” he asked again noticing Twilight and Spike from behind the little pegasi, the latter seemed nervous.

Scootaloo smiled with glee to see Azrael, “boy, I sure I'm glad to see you here, now you can take care of these two” she replied, and then glanced to the two that were behind her.
“Sorry Scootaloo but I can’t, I’m only here to find a… Special book, that Twilight possess” Azrael began to trot to Twilight’s personal library from the upper level of the Golden Oak library.
“Can’t you just free them from their trance and then leave them be? After all, my friends don’t need them or any other pony to have them as servants” Scootaloo replied with anguish in her voice wondering what could he be doing here if not to let Twilight and Spike free from their mind prison.

Azrael began to chuckle at Scootaloo’s question and continue to his search for said book, only stopping to notice a glare from Spike.
“You leaved too soon to know what happened back in the chamber, and besides why would you feel bothered having the almighty alicorn princess Twilight and her assistant as loyal slaves?” he then asked back.
Scootaloo was now confused by what the stallion just said and pondered in her mind of what could’ve happened when she left.

“Where is Rainbow Dash?” Scootaloo was desperate to hear any other answer that wasn’t in her mind. Anything, from sleeping in the cloud near her favorite lake from gone to her usual training sessions in the Wonderbolt Academy.

Sadly, it was the answer she thought it was.

“She is with Babs Seed, servicing her in whatever she needs and commands,” replied without hesitation the maroon stallion, levitating all the books one by one until he found the book he wanted. “Here it is. Now if you excuse me I need to re-read one of my favorite books” he added as he walked down the stairs once again to the main room of the library.
Scootaloo was frozen for a moment and then rushed towards the stallion.
“What do you mean with that?” she demanded to know of the situation of her idol and friend.
Ignoring the fact that she was still followed by her unwanted servants. Scootaloo needed to hear an explanation of why Babs was having Rainbow as a servant? The little pegasi thought that it would be common sense to all of her friends to let the cyan mare go and not mess with her until all of this would end.
“It’s just as you heard, Babs has placed her relic in the two pegasi to have them do her bidding” explained Azrael, looking at Scootaloo in the eyes.

A thought crossed in Scootaloo’s mind like a sonic rainboom, what if they remain as servants forever? will they be able to continue with their lives like Rainbow joining the Wonderbolts? Or Rarity making dresses? as the same for the other mares that are serving her friends.

“Azrael?” Scootaloo just needed to ask and to know if this will end as the same way it began. “When will you take the relics and free everypony from their control?” she then braced for a possible burst of anger and some shouting, but nothing like that happened.

The three horned stallion grinned widely and looked at the little filly, something in his eyes made Scootaloo shiver through all her body.
“That is not of my concern” he whispered with a small hint of malice in his voice.
Scootaloo was about to ask why of his intentions but the stallion disappear in a flash of gold.


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Walking through the streets of the town, Sweetie Bell and Rarity took a stroll to the famous bakery of Sugar Cube Corner.

Sweetie really wanted to invite Apple Bloom and Babs to come along, but Babs wanted to spend the time in the sky, since she now had the chance to do so with her new slaves While Apple Bloom decided to return to Sweet Apple Acres to continue with farm labors. Boring.

the two sisters arrived to the sweet shop, which for their luck was empty.
“If it isn’t my two favorite white unicorns,” chimed Pinkie happy with a notepad on her mouth. Who knows how she managed to speak so well with something in her mouth. “What kind of cupcake you want to eat? because, I know, you wanna have one” the pink mare added as she awaited for their response.
“please feel free to choose whatever you wish Sweetie, my treat" Rarity was eager to please her little sister with anything she desired.
“I would like the chocolate with white chocolate chip cupcake” ordered the little filly, smiling innocently.
“Okie-dokie, and for you Rarity? The usual? Or you're feeling with hungry for something special?” Pinkie then look at her friend for her request in sweets.
The fashionista had to look to her little sister for permission since she never heard that Sweetie Bell told her that she could eat.
Sweetie gave a small nod that Rarity took as granted, “yes, Pinkie dear, I would like a strawberry berry cupcake" ordered the fashionista with a smile.
Pinkie smiled pointing down the orders in the notepad and jumping happily she returned back the counter to begin preparing the orders.

After enjoying their delicious treats, Sweetie Bell began to tap the table with her hoof, deciding to use the collar upon the pink mare and last of Rarity’s friends.
“Is something bothering you mistress?” Using the honorific that Sweetie made her to say when they were alone, Rarity was concerned with the scrunched face of her little mistress.
“Wait here” ordered Sweetie Bell as she rose on her four hooves walking to reach the collar on Rarity’s neck and summoned another black collar for her next slave, and moved quietly to the kitchen.

Pinkie Pie was busy organizing the the supplies to notice the little filly’s approach from the public area.
“Guess I should buy more maple syrup, in order to replace all that I drank myself” noted Pinkie with a giggle while she continued to make inventory check.

Slowly but sure, Sweetie made her walk towards Pinkie. Of course there was no need to act like a smuggler, or somepony suspicious, when Pinkie would never thought about being turned in a slave by her.
“Oh, hey there Sweetie, do you want more cupcakes?” asked Pinkie Pie, noticing the white filly approaching her, with a smile of her own, “I can gladly give you more” she offered with interest.
“Actually Pinkie, Rarity wanted to give you this collar for being such a good friend” said Sweetie Bell offering the collar that in some point of the walk to the pink mare changed into a blue collar with one yellow gem in form of a balloon.
“Aww, that is so nice of her,” replied Pinkie as she held it in her own hoof, adjusting it in her neck to get the right size. “How do I look?” asked Pinie making a pose.

Sweetie could barely contain her laughter as she enjoyed how clueless was Pinkie Pie of the situation that was about to happen.
“Pinkie, you will find that obeying all my orders, without hesitation, are very fun and pleasant” ordered Sweetie Bell with a smirk looking at her new acquisition.
Pinkie’s collar emitted a bright glow indicating the order was made input in the pink earth pony, “I sure will enjoy being at your service, Sweetie Bell” Pinkie look at the little unicorn with an eager expression, ready to obey.
“Pinkie, call me mistress” corrected Sweetie, smirking at her new slave and to the thought of  the possibility of adding more slaves to her own group.


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Apple Bloom enjoyed the day, relaxing in a chair from the porch of her house while Applejack and Big Mac where working in the orchard and taking care of the yellow filly’s chores that were always her thing to do in the farm.

The little filly knew how important was to maintain the farm and family business, even if she had all this power to use it upon her family to become her slaves to entertain and serve her with all kinds of things she requested. But priorities came first and she didn’t want to be the member of the family that ruined an Apple farm just because she was being selfish with her own needs.

After a good time of working Applejack arrived towards Apple Bloom and bowed before her, “We finished all the apple bucking, mistress, Big Mac is placing them at the barn ready to pack them up and deliver them” she informed to the little filly.
“Excellent, continue with the usual proceedings and return to service me” ordered the yellow earth pony with a smile.
Applejack nodded and returned to help her brother with the packing and place them in the crates for their deliver for the usual sale and others for the preparing for their always known baking and  recipes.

Little Apple Bloom didn’t know much about the business of the apples since she was still too young to know everything about it. but only using the correct words could make the job easier for her to feel relaxed with no problems of the farm, after all, Applejack and Big Mac knew very well what to do.

“would ya’ care fer more apple pie?” Granny Smith offered to the little filly with a bow of her head.
“really appreciated, Granny" replied Apple Bloom, taking the plate with her own hooves.
The elder mare then stood next to the filly awaiting for her next command while Apple Bloom enjoyed her dessert.

Apple Bloom enjoyed all of this now that she could relax from doing tedious chores and being treated as a mere child from her big sister, Now she can consider herself as a grown up mare that can take care of the farm, with the help of her family of course.

from the time she was eating her slice of pie she considered to have more ponies to help in the farm and to serve her as new slaves, a good idea indeed. Those new ponies would never mind to do it for free. With the power of the lens would made them happy to obey everything she tells them to do.

Winding her eyes and leaving her iris as small as little dots, Apple Bloom realized something.

Did she really thought that? was she really going to enslave more ponies for her own gain and need? those questions fall onto her like a cold water through her back, Apple Bloom pondered her head to know when she was this greedy with power.
Then she felt the revelation inside her mind. It was because of the relics! Azrael have warned them of the need of greed to her and her friends, to make them all go after more ponies to enslave them.
Apple Bloom felt awful and didn’t finished the rest of the pie, realising that what she was doing wasn’t right and that she had to stop it.
The little filly then decided to go with her big sister and brother to release them.

Rushing without delay she reached the barn where the two Apples have just finished packing all the apples for sale and delivery.
Applejack, Big Mac!” shouted the little filly looking at her siblings as the rushed to be in front of her.
the two of them bowed in the presence of the their mistress with the obedience they had, “What do ya’h wish from us, mistress Apple Bloom?” asked Applejack looking at her little sister.
Apple Bloom now had an idea why Scootaloo wanted to be out of this and that was why she was quitting as well, “I want ya’ll to stop following my orders” she demanded.

The two elder siblings stared at each other in confusion and glanced back to Apple Bloom.
“How do we do that?” asked Applejack, unsure how to please her mistress with such request.
Apple Bloom was now confused upon hearing the answer of her sister. Applejack obeyed without hesitation or problems all her previous orders she had made, even those that were pretty vague and not very specific.

“What do ya’h mean? ya’h only have ta’ stop doing everything Ah say, that’s all!” explained Apple Bloom, wondering if they can really do what she said and return to themselves from before of the hypnosis.
“Ah’m afraid to say that Ah can’t obey that, mistress” replied Applejack, feeling uneasy that she couldn’t fulfill her request.
“Enope” added Big Mac, shaking his head to support her sister answer.

Apple Bloom now understood the extent of her relic. Everypony that is commanded to do something they wouldn’t stop until they complete it, no matter how much it cost or how long it will take, and the words that the little filly used, to make them her slaves, were meant to last forever.

“Azrael!” shouted the yellow filly looking in the sky, expecting that the stallion would fall down from it, “mister Azrael?” she now asked but with worry in her tone of voice, the maroon stallion never appeared.

“Oh no" whispered the little filly, feeling that she has been fooled, rushing to her house at her own room to find the glasses. If one order could make them slaves maybe another one could free them from their control.

The two Apple siblings trotted behind, going to the house as well, awaiting for Apple Bloom to hear their, possible, next assignment.
They just felt a bit nervous because they somehow felt that they fail to obey their little sister.

From the first floor Applejack looked to the stairs, “Uhm, Apple Bloom? is everything alright?” Applejack was worried that they had displeased their mistress and decided to talk about it to find a way to carry her orders.
“Here they are!” a shout from the second floor resound through the stairs along with a the galloping of the little filly.

Reaching to where Big Mac and Applejack were, Apple Bloom placed her lens on and stared at her two elder siblings, “from now on you two will act as you always do before being my slaves” instructed the little filly, looking directly at the eyes of Big mac and noticing that nothing happened.

Apple Bloom took off the lens and checked them if they had been damaged but they seemed in perfect condition.
The little filly was about to give it another try when she remembered one of the downsides of the relic. It only works once with each pony.
Frustrated, Apple Bloom, had to think of what to do to release them from their mind prison.

Her options were very limited and they didn’t seemed to solve the problem without serious consequences but for the sake of her family, and for the possible danger of her friends, she needed to do this.

“Big Mac, you and Granny Smith take a rest until I say so,” Apple Bloom knew that with this they both will only attend for themselves with no need to stay still for their next order. “Applejack I need you to take me to Canterlot” she then directed to her big sister.
The two ponies in front of the little filly gave their response accepting her words and commands.

Apple Bloom’s first option was to tell Sweetie Bell and Babs to drop the relics and to never use them again but they might not want to listen, since they were the most eager to have slaves for themselves, and the other possible ending was that things won’t end well, in friendly manners.
Other point was that the slaves would might never return to their normal free will which would still be very bad.
So the only option was the least favorable on; Tell everything to Celestia or Luna and end this madness.
> Obedient Mistress
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

“From now, you will obey all my orders as your new mistress!”

Her voice was firm and filled with authority, something she learned from the comic books and stories about how the villain would speak towards an underling.

“Yes, mistress Babs” replied the chorus of Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Jewel Seed, Babs sister.

Those words truly sent a shiver to of delight in the little brown filly. Happy to have this kind of attention upon somepony and feeling no regret for it.

All gathered inside the barn of Sweet Apple Acres, Babs wanted to spend some time with her cousin along with her slaves so they could be treated as royalty.
“Alright slaves, I need you to prepare me a comfortable throne with some food for me” she commanded with a wide grin.
“As you wish, mistress” replied the mares as they scattered to find things to use for Babs request.
While the big mares rushed to do her bidding, Babs trotted back to the house of the Apples. 

the brown filly felt a bit downsided because Apple Bloom wasn’t there, for some reason she hadn't asked to Big Mac and Granny Smith but since they hadn't batted an eye of her doings with Rainbow, Fluttershy and her sister she just let them be, But that won’t stop her to enjoy the day with her new slaves.

watching how the Rainbow and Jewel made the throne out of cushions and soft blankets from, all around, the house Babs jumped to the top feeling the good pleasure of the comfort while Fluttershy arrived with a plate filled with fruits and salad.

“Enjoying yourself?” a male voice asked from the front door.

Babs jerked her head to see who it was and smiled, noticing Azrael walking towards her.
“Yes, this is really awesome to have” replied Babs as she opened her mouth to receive a slice of apple in her mouth.
Azrael, covering the book that he held with his magic to one side, walked to watch the ponies around him, with their eyes fixed on the little filly, he then stopped to be in front of the improvised throne.
“It seems that Apple Bloom is not here, do you know where she could be?” Azrael asked, smiling as he knows the answer Babs was going to give him.
“Granny Smith told me that she and Applejack had gone to the train station to Canterlot,” replied Babs, while she ate a grape received from Fluttershy, while a frown of concern hit her. “She didn't go there to tell about us, right?” she asked.
“I wouldn’t believe such thing would happen, besides,” he replied as he leaned closer to met the eyes of the little filly. “There is something that I need to ask little Babs, why aren’t you hypnotizing more ponies to have as slaves?” he added.

Babs felt uneasy, not sure how to respond and glanced anywhere but his eyes.
“Why should I?” she asked back, placing her right hoof to her chin. “I am very comfortable with these ones” she added feeling a cold shiver crawling through her spine.
“I see,” Azrael soften his smile a little as he took a few steps back. “Even when Sweetie Bell is doing that already, I’m afraid that things need to be more… submissive for when the princesses arrive” he added and with a glow of his horn the sphere of Tumultum appeared in front of the filly.

Babs winded her eyes in horror when she noticed the sphere in her hooves “what’s that supposed to mean?” asked the brown filly, dropping the sphere to the ground, demanding an answer.
Azrael smirked as he levitated the sphere to his side, “You see, when the alicorn princesses and… Discord arrives, here in Ponyville, they will be greeted by the surprise that you and your friends have made with the ponies of the town, and that is where I will succeed in my little scheme” explained Azrael.

“What do you mean?”asked the brown filly trying to move slightly from her place to make a mad dash to the door.
Azrael took a small breath and smiled at the little filly, “sorry, I hate to go through a monologue and I don't have time for that stuff” he replied and then activated the Pearl of Tumultum and throw it towards Babs.

Babs first was confused. She knew well that she, and the other Crusaders, were inmune of the relics but, she then recalled that, he was the one who told them about the detail.

It was a Lie.

The effect of the pearl was immediate and stunned the brown earth filly in her place.
Azrael gave a wide grin and observed that little Babs stood still.

Glancing at the other mares, Azrael smiled, as they seemed not to move from their place awaiting for their next command, like little puppets prepared to make a move when they are made to do so.

“Well then, on to business.” Azraeltook a few steps forward at a good distance to avoid being in the mind crushing waves of the pearl. “Listen carefully Babs, you will have the need and desire to hypnotize as many ponies you can, make them act as obedient slaves for your command” the stallion was smirking and his smile only grew wider when he noticed the slow nod from the filly.

The maroon stallion then took his leave, taking with him the relic that entranced the little filly along, onto the apple fields and disappearing to his next location.

After a few seconds Babs shaked her head to scramble the dizziness from it, Taking a look from one side to another. She thought, for a second, that she was talking to somepony a few moments ago but she couldn't remember who it was or if she did such thing.

Babs had in her head a growing desire to have more ponies to become slaves and have them under her power.

“alright slaves, I need you all to gather more ponies to become my slaves” she commanded, changing her position to something more comfortable from her makeshift throne and sending her three slaves to bring her more ponies in her control.

The mindless mares nodded to their mistress words and spread around the town to gather more slaves to acquire.

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Sweetie Belle was relaxing happily in a bed, feeling smoothing touches in her back, letting small squeals of delight at each moment.

“I really love this” Sweetie said, enjoying the good touches from the mare that was giving her a massage.
“I am, glad zat you enjoy my massage, mistress” said Aloe, wearing a collar with a blue gem in it instead of her usual one of uniform, pleased that the little filly liked her treatment.

It wasn’t difficult for Sweetie to enslave the spa twins and the other members of the staff. Just using her big sister, Rarity, as an excuse to give collars as symbol of her generosity for their hard work was all the excuse she needed to have all of them in her power to control.

trotting happily, towards the little filly in her relaxation, a blue mare arrived. “Mistress Sweetie, Your bath iz ready” announced Lotus bowing in front of her.
“Excellent!” shouted Sweetie  as she waited for Aloe to stop the massage and jump down the bed.

How beneficial is to have slaves that own bussiness. To go at one building that her slaves pwmed and ask for something free with no buts or objections.at all.

Looking at Pinkie, who was receiving a hooficure next to Rarity, Sweetie Bell could receive all the pastries she wanted, whenever she wanted.

A nagging presence in Sweetie’s mind was bothering her when that thought, of having everything she wanted, crossed in her head.

Her conscious was making her have second thoughts about all of this, making her feel that this wasn’t right and it was unethical of her to abuse such power with everypony in the town, that she was going directly to a path of, possible, madness and tyranny.

But she let that little voice drown inside her mind as she submerged her head inside the tub feeling the warm water and sweet scents wash over her body. 
There was no need for Sweetie to be worried about it, since nopony was being hurt or displeased about what the little unicorn have done.

None of the ponies she enslaved so far was a mindless zombie, they all made decisions for their own and even used their own judgement to pleasure Sweetie Bell with her commands.
Including that if they were, somehow, uncomfortable with this situation they could say so and be set free.

If they could really complain about their situation.

Of course nopony would do such thing, as long as Sweetie Bell says that they would be happy to obey no word of objection could be said among them even if her request was as much irrational than insane.

Sweetie Bell has been enjoying the time in the tub thinking about the next pony to enslave.
Having only Rarity was not enough when she knew about Scootaloo having Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy as slaves, and from Babs that she took control of the two pegasus and her sister. She needed to be on pair of those two to have as more slaves than anypony.

Sweetie leaved the bath tub, feeling that she had enough, in a single jump while Lotus awaited her placing a towel to dry her fur and mane and to brush it carefully.

“Rarity and Pinkie, I want you to follow me,” Sweetie walked to be in front of the two mares who had just ended their facial treatment. “The rest of you continue with  your work here and then go to Rarity’s house” she added to the other members of the spa.
the group replied in agreement of the little filly’s commands and began to do what they have been told.

Sweetie walked in a calm pace towards an specific point. She couldn’t avoid smiling to have more slaves, specially when they are florist.

The three ponies walked through the streets, Sweetie Bell in the front and middle while Pinkie and Rarity flanking her behind like she was some sort of boss of the mafia.
The ponies watched them walk but they didn’t saw it strange or weird, just different as they continued to go on their way as so Sweetie did.

Arriving to the house, Sweetie Bell nodded to Rarity to knock the door and waited for somepony to answer.
While they waited Sweetie made appear three more collars for her newest additions.

“Hello Rarity,” greeted Rose when she opened the door looking at the white unicorn and her company, “What brings you here?” she asked with a smile.
“Hello Rose, I wanted to give you this beautiful collar for being such a good friend” replied Rarity, using the same words she was told to say for the spa twins, and showing a  collar with a green emerald in a shape of a rose  to the mare.
“Oh Rarity, How generous of you.” Rose picked the collar and wasted no time to place it in her neck, “How do I look?” she asked as she moved her head to one side to give a better look to the ponies in front of her.

Sweetie Bell smiled as she felt that it was too easy to enslave all the ponies in the town just using her sister to give the collars to them.
“You truly look really nice with it,” Replied Sweetie Bell as she walked to the mare with an expectant grin, “and you want to repay this act of generosity by doing whatever I say, without hesitation or questioning” she added placing the commands on Rose so she could become another obedient slave.

The gem in Rose’s collar and her eyes glowed in red. Smiling she looked at the little filly, “Of course Sweetie Bell I will do my best to fulfill your desires” Rose promised with a nod.

Sweetie’s smile winded in her success of obtaining another slave to her herd, “Now, give these two to the others as well, Rose and tell them that they are a gift from Rarity” she ordered, giving her two more collars for the other florist.
“Of course Sweetie Bell” said Rose as she returned inside the house.

Sweetie Bell entered the house of the florist and noticed the other two mares showing off the neckwear they received from Rose.
The little filly felt excitement and satisfaction now that she had more ponies under her control.

Once she finished with the three mares, Sweetie decided to go around to have more ponies as acolytes. Oh, the thoughts of expanding her will to the others around town sent shivers to her spine, thinking in the limitless things she could do and have wih a word of hers.

Suddenly her thoughts came to a halt when she noticed that Rainbow Dash was flying towards Sweet Apple Acres along with five more pegasus behind her.
The white little filly didn’t need to place two and two together to know what was happening.

Sweetie felt anger build inside her as she ran to the barn with Rarity and Pinkie Pie behind, a bit confused but not hesitant to follow.
“How dare she can have more slaves than me. They all will be mine!” muttered Sweetie Bell between breaths, as she continued her race.

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“This is better than expected!” said Azrael, hidden in corner of a house, as he watched Sweetie Bell rushing through the buildings and towards the apple farm. “I saved much trouble to use the Sphere on her since she seems a bit more power hungry than the others, and with that little apple on her way to Canterlot things are going in my favor” he whispered to himself, he then disappear in a flash of gold.

teleporting himself in Ponyville’s train station he noticed Apple Bloom and Applejack boarding the train ready to leave. “Oh, how easy is to use little foals in this plan, since it’s more easy to convince them to play with dangerous artifacts and mystical powers beyond comprehension when you point out how fun it is to use them” he said as he place himself his disguise, a fuscia coated mare with a pink mane with light pink strokes, and boarded the train.

Pretty sure he could just teleport to the castle in Canterlot but everything needed to be right and in place for things have a swift execution in his plans.

Azrael smiled with his usual smirk as he knew things were as he expected them to be.

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Apple Bloom looked from the window of the train all the scenery passing by on her window but she only remained in the thoughts inside her mind.
Why did she accept this, so called, gift from a stranger and to ignore all the signals that were telling her be careful around such pony? Those where the thoughts that poundered her mind.

For the later question, having power that not many could possess at her hooves was something alluring and fun to play with but ignoring the morality that she once believed to tell her what’s right and wrong was something she couldn’t let to happen.

Apple Bloom felt the weight of her actions fell upon her shoulders when she recalled all the things she had done to her family, Even when she never ordered to do something horrible she knew that this was all wrong.

Sadly this didn’t meant that the little filly had to stop using her lens.

Since she rushed to the train station with no money for the tickets little Apple Bloom was forced to manipulate the ticket booth cashier to give her free tickets for the train ride.


Going to Canterlot and warn the princesses about a threat falling upon Ponyville was red stallion with three horns in his head and had a weird name.
An easy plan as any other that she could come up with.

Of course there are details that weren’t added into the plan, one of them is passing by the royal guards to speak to the princesses and the other is to prove her unlikely story to said princess. Whoever she gets to speak with.

“Is something wrong Apple Bloom?” asked Applejack when she noticed the odd face that the little filly made.

Her eyes grew as saucers when she realized something she should have done before boarding the train.
“I should’ve brought Scootaloo with me,” groaned Apple Bloom, placing her hooves in her face.
With Scootaloo at her side she might as well have somepony else to reinforce her story, “guess I’ll jest have ta go with this lens and with you, Applejack” Said the little filly with a look at the window again noticing the tunnel to ascend the mountain nearby.

The train continued through the tunnels of the mountain and reaching the to the station of the white city.

“What’s the matter little one? you seem to be a bit gloom there” a voice  from behind the little filly said.

Apple Bloom turned to see her teacher Cheerilee, smiling fondly to her.
“Miss Cheerilee, what are you doing here?” asked the little filly a bit surprised to see her teacher in the train.
“I was going to the Canterlot to prepare an excursion trip for the class, but tell me, why did you asked to bring Scootaloo with you? since all of you are friends,  you could always invite her with Sweetie Bell” Cheerilee smiled and looked at her curiously.
“Its complicated” replied Apple Bloom as she looked at her hooves.


Cheerilee frowned a little at the respond but she better let the subject aside.
Very well then Apple Bloom, hope you and your sister enjoy the city” she said when the train began to slow down and stopped to the station of the city.

Apple Bloom descended from the train station along with Applejack, for both of them trotted directly to the castle.

Passing through the main entrance was no problem at all for the two farm ponies since it was well known to be a public area were several ponies could receive a free tour through specific places and some points of stay in the garden.

But Apple Bloom couldn’t waste time for that, she needed to find princess Celestia or princess Luna to help her save her friends from a possible disaster.
with the help of Applejack the little filly managed to pass some security cords and onto the restricted area of the castle where it was more probably to find one of the two princesses.

Apple Bloom and Applejack stopped as they noticed a group of guards right in front of them blocking the path.
“How are we supposed ‘tah pass by?” poundered Apple Bloom as they both hid in  corner.
“I could cause a distraction while ya’ go forward to be with the princess” offered Applejack with confidence smile to do anything in her power to help her little mistress.
“No I need you to prove the princess of what is going on” replied Apple Bloom looking worried to know that her big sister would be in trouble just for her.
Another option would the use of the spectacles in her possession but the little filly thought that it could be more problematic to come towards one of them with a group of slaves with her.

“I can help you go see the princess” Cheerilee’s voice surprised the two mares.
“Miss Cheerilee,How did you get here?” asked Apple Bloom, surprised to see her teacher here.
“I know the castle very well, now follow me”instructed the teacher, walking through another corridor away from the guards.
Apple Bloom and Applejack were a little confused but followed the mare.

Passing by a little further of the hall, Cheerilee pressed a small plaque that opened a hidden door.
“Over here” instructed the teacher as she walked inside of the dark entrance.
Apple Bloom was truly confused and suspected that something was off about this.
“Miss Cheeril-” Apple Bloom wanted to ask more further about the situation but the sound of clattering armor stop her from her words and she with Applejack had to rush inside the hidden door and continue to follow the mare.

the three mares walked for a minute and Apple Bloom decided to ask her teacher about all of the situation.
“Miss Cheerilee why are you helping us? you don’t even know what are we doing here”
the fuscia mare didn’t reply and continue to walk to the end of the corridor.
“My sister made a question and it is very rude not answering her” Applejack stomped her hoof in the ground to make firm her demand..
“Not now Maple Snack we’re almost there” said Cheerilee as she turned to the end of a corridor.

Apple Bloom stopped in her place as she echoed inside her mind the words of her well known teacher and friend.
It was impossible for anypony in the town to mispronounce the name of the well known Apple family, unless…

The panic began to surface to the filly as she took a few steps behind in fear.

“I guess that I messed up  the names right?” asked Cheerilee as she noticed the slow movements of the filly.
Applejack saw the fear in her sister’s face, because of the teacher in front of her, and quickly rushed to be in between the two of them, taking a position that only meant for a brawl.
“There is no need to go to that path now,” said Cheerilee as the golden aura consumed her and revealed the maroon stallion in front of them. “You know that things will go horrible if that happens” he added, making it sound as a fact more than a threat.

Apple Bloom snapped from her fears and decided to make a quick move before things go poorly.
“Applejack stop!” shouted the little filly, hugging her sisters left hind leg, like it was a matter of life and death.
“Of course Apple Bloom” replied the orange earth pony, shifting her position to a neutral one.

“Why are you helping us Azrael?” asked Apple Bloom glaring at the three horned stallion, “And Ah better hear the truth instead of making circles of the question” she added.
“The truth,” repeated Azrael the a soft chuckle, “very well then, I am not taking you to the princesses, or to anypony,. What I am going to do is to take you to a room where some of my things are being kept” he answered as he continued his walk to the wall.

“What kind of things?” asked the yellow filly, not because of curiosity but more of stalling for a perfect time to do something, anything.
“A special relic, well two to be precise but that is all I am going to say, now move along or I will be forced to make you” he replied as he continued to walk.

Apple Bloom tried to think of the possible outcomes of the decision of following him or not.
She then decided to follow him since the cons outweighed the pros and decided to follow him.

Azrael smiled at the decision of the filly as both mares reached him to his side.
“Very good, I like it when they are obedient” said Azrael as he pulled the hidden lever of a torch and opened a door that was inside a room of the castle.

“Where are we” asked Apple Bloom, looking at her surroundings.
The room seemed more like an office with a desk and a some decoration just to fill it in, Azrael walked to the door out of the room. “This is the office of a random pony it was meant to held a secret passage that nopony would suspect to look and it is also the nearest of the vault that we are heading to” replied the maroon stallion as he waited for the two mares to continue their walk.
Apple Bloom nodded to her sister to continue to follow the stallion.

The three walked with caution to be unnoticed, even Apple Bloom prefered it that way instead of causing any trouble that it couldn’t  guarantee their safety.

“Here it is” said Azrael as the two earth ponies watched the direction where the unicorn pointed.
In front of them was a big door, of at least five meters high that held the symbol of the sun and the moon in each side with no lock or a way to open it by any normal mean.

“Go on now, little girl,” Azrael tells To Apple Bloom to go forward to the door, “open it” he then ordered.
The little filly was confused at the request of the stallion and looked at him quizzically, “how am Ah’ supposed to do that?” she asked, as if she was brought here to do a work where it seemed to be for at least five stallion to move only one door.

Azrael laughed softly as he then pointed to the spectacles.
“With those, of course. You can order any object to move as well just by commanding them” he explained.
“They can do that!?” Apple Bloom was flabbergasted at the new information of the lens she possessed. “Why didn’t you told me that a the beginning?” she added, if she had knew this then it would be much better to use them on the apple instead on her family from the very beginning.

“You ask that as if you truly chose those for your own needs,” replied Azrael with a small laugh. “I made you choose them as the same way your other friends did the same, except for Skeeterloo she must had it really hard when she ate her big sister” he added remembering why she didn’t want to participate any longer.

“You tricked us, using us for your evil plans!” shouted the little filly with indignation.
“Hey, I only offered you a power to use at your own pleasure, you and your friends did the rest” he replied, feigning innocence.

Apple Bloom lowered her head in defeat, she knew that very well and that she should declined his offer from the very beginning. But she didn’t.

“Now be a good girl and open the door” he ordered with a stern voice.

Apple Bloom didn’t want to help him and considered to use the spectacles against the stallion. Only to remember that he would be immune to the effects of the relics so she still didn’t had any way out of this situation.
“Alright, but you will let us leave when I do it” she conditioned, even when deep inside her knew that he would not do such thing.
“Alright he simply said as he motioned with his hoof to go on with her part of the deal.

Apple Bloom took a deep breath and watched directly to the door, “open!” she commanded.
The doors glowed in in orange and slowly began to move from both sides revealing the treasures that had been resting inside.

“Excellent!” shouted Azrael as he rushed inside the room to find what he wanted.

The little filly was a bit surprised of the many things that the treasure room contained.
Weapons, amulets, crowns of gold and many other things that resided in it, even a golden apple, that she saw by mere instinct, was there.

Azrael continued in his search of the object until he found two necklaces, “here they are” he smirked deviously.
Apple Bloom took the opportunity to make an escape but she needed to restrain the stallion in its place to be stopped.

Looking around to see what would be used against Azrael she noticed the mountain of gold next to him would do the thing.
“Fall over him!” she ordered using the spectacles over the gold.

“What?” azrael turned around and noticed the big pile of gold falling over him.
So little time to react Azrael only used his hooves to embrace the impact of what would be at least one ton of gold falling over him.

Apple Bloom took the chance and ran, followed by her big sister to accompany her and staying behind in case of he spontaneously appeared following them behind.
Rushing as far as her little hooves let her go, Apple Bloom didn’t notice the deep blue foreleg that was in front of her and crashed on it.

“Are you alright little one?” asked the Lunar princess  with concern at the small one and then noticed Applejack from behind her. “Fir Applejack this is no place to be playing she then scolded with a stern voice of her friend.
“Sorry there princess Luna but we had ta’h run away from a dangerous guy back there” explained the orange mare, as she turned to her back to see if he would appear at any second.
“Is there an intruder inside the castle?” asked Luna as she then faced the same cornner that Applejack was looking, expecting a giant creature to appear but nothing came from such place.

Apple Bloom recovered from her daze and noticed the princess.
“Princess Luna there is a dangerous pony that grab something from this vault and we captured him but our friends are st-“ Apple Bloom’s rambling was stopped by the hoof of the princess.
“Somepony is in the vault?” asked Luna to confirm if she heard clearly.
yes, and we need you and princess Celestia to stop him” replied the little filly, removing the hoof of the alicorn, with distress.
“I am afraid that my sister is no longer in the castle since she received a letter from Twilight about an urgent matter,” Luna looked at the filly for a moment and then decided to return her gaze to the corner where direction of the vault was. “But let me take care of this matter to me” she added as she then rushed to the  location and find out who this pony was and arrest him.

Applejack and Apple Bloom followed the princess of the moon from behind, keeping close to the princess as they turned to see the place where the vault was.
The doors, still open, revealed that the gold that held the stallion was placed in a perfect circle and that nopony was inside of it.

“No” whispered the little filly as she felt that her problems had only got worse.
> Where the problem ended
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Azrael vanished in front of Scootaloo, leaving the little pegasi with her mouth hang open, with no other words than those he said about the lack of interest of the subject they had spoken recently.

“Mistress Scootaloo, are you alright?” Spike, who had the common sense to be concerned of her well being, was behind who he considered the one he should listen and obey with all his intention.

“Y- yeah” Scootaloo, simply replied, turning around to face the two servants she had to take care.
Spike relaxed his arms and eased his expression of worry, looking at Scootaloo directly. “Is there anything you want, mistress?” he asked seeking to please her. Twilight perked her ears at the question and gazed at Scootaloo, as well, in case that her little mistress would require something from her.

The orange pegasi didn’t know what to do but she knew that her friends were in possible trouble and that she needed to save them and, possibly, stop the stallion.

“Spike, make a letter to princess Celestia, tell her that Twilight says to come here quickly” Scootaloo said the the little dragon, using the name of Twilight as an excuse to make the letter more urgent and legit.

“As you wish, my mistress” he replied as he rushed to obtain a parchment and quill to make the letter.

“And don’t call me mistress” added Scootaloo annoyed at the title she didn’t like to hear.

Scootaloo then glance to Twilight, who stood in her place waiting patiently for her orders, wondering if she has some information about this situation, “Twilight do you know something or anything about Obidientiam?” regarding of how much Twilight knew, Scootaloo would try and take the lavender alicorn to the chamber. If the door was still in Sweet Apple Acres.

Twilight pondered in her head to find an answer of the question and reached with a conclusion.
“I’m sorry, misstre- Scootaloo, but I don’t recall anypony with that name” replied Twilight with a low voice.
“Really!? does any of your many history books says anything about her?” Scootaloo insisted on the question.
Twilight rushed to the many bookshelves that contained historical events to seek for anything referring to the name and the relics that Scootaloo told her about the mare.

After several minutes Spike returned from the bedroom and smiled at the orange filly, “all done, Scootaloo” he exclaimed with a smile.
Scootaloo was relieved, with Celestia in her way to the library she could help the little filly to end this and save her friends from their possible danger.

Twilight returned with a defeated expression, after ruffling through all the possible books around her library.
“I’m sorry Scootaloo, but there is no information about a mare with such name,” confirmed the lavender alicorn. “It seems that  this pony never existed from any part of the history or in any other reference” she added

The orange pegasi was truly confused and didn’t know what was she supposed to do at the moment. Her friends were in danger and she might be the only one to save them from whatever dark destiny that would befall upon them.

Scootaloo never felt this much pressure since the math test Cheerilee gave her last week.
She knew that Celestia was on her way and she could be of great help in this crucial situation about the relics and Azrael.

“Twilight do you know, at least, a pony named Azrael?” Asked the orange pegasi, not knowing what will she do now with so little information on the problem and how to deal with it.

Twilight, for her part, was about to give an answer but another voice beaten her to it.

“Where do you heard that name, little one?” Asked Celestia appearing from behind the two ponies

***

“Are you truly sure of the name you just spoke, little filly?” asked Luna looking at the little filly, making sure of that there was no confusion of the name she heard from Apple Bloom.

After the incident in the vault the lunar princess ordered for the lookout of anypony who seemed suspicious and that could carry with him a piece of the treasure from the vault.

Princess Luna then guided Apple Bloom and Applejack to a private room where they talked about what had happened the last day from the moment when they encountered the stallion to the part where he showed his true intentions.

the yellow filly then gave the lens to Luna for her to look at them and decided how dangerous they were.

Luna took hold of the peculiar object and analyzed them, with simple eyesight, trying to spot something out of place or to see if the materials of what is made could be relevant but she concluded that they were simple lens and that they held nothing special at simple glance.
So she decided to examine them further with her magic.

The lunar princess face contorted as she finished her analysis.
“These spectacles carry a powerful enchantment and truly dangerous as well,” she concluded placing them down to the table. “They are truly of his doing…” she added when images of her past flowed right in front of her eyes.

A time, in the past where the jealousy and anger against her sister clouded her mind, when she wanted to create her own kingdom, where she could have what she had longed for so long at the grasp of her hoof.

Loyal subjects.

Ponies that would serve her in the new castle, in her new kingdom under the reign of the night.

In her desperate need to surpass her sister, and to obtain ponies who could love her and obey her word, the dark alicorn sought to obtain one dangerous object, a simple flute that was offered to her from a unicorn stallion named Azrael.

A magical flute that could lure infant minds to follow the one who played it, guiding them where the music flow, Alluring them to where a bat pony, at the services of the the princess of the moon, awaited them to be guided to a new town that would become the first of many under the mantle of the night.

But an unfortunate event befallen on those who would be called loyal subjects as without any sense of perception or to distinguish the fact of inevitable danger they hd all encountered a tragic fate that the presumably one in charge to guide them only said.

"It wasn't my fault"

Apple Bloom looked at the alicorn, curiously, wondering what she could say and since the blue alicorn remained silent
“Of what, princess?” she asked, trying to wake the alicorn from her memories.

Luna returned from what long lost memory she had , returning her eyes to the dangerous object in the table and with sheer rage she destroyed the lens without hesitation, over and over again, until the relic was shattered. The remaining pieces turned into a red dust and evaporated through the air.

Apple Bloom coiled in fear of the actions of the princess, feeling that she might be in more trouble than she had thought she had. She wanted to beg for forgiveness and to plead that she didn’t end up in some severe punishment for her actions but somepony interrupted her words before they could be used in her defense.

“Ugh, wha- where am Ah?” asked Applejack rubbing her head and looking around the ostentatious room then towards princess Luna and, finally, her little sister. “What’s going on?”

Apple Bloom looked  incredulous at her sister being freed from her hypnotic spell but she also felt relieved that Applejack was free from obeying everything she said.

“Big sis, your back to normal!!” the yellow filly hugged her sister not caring how much in trouble she was, since she could feel more happy to know that she, and her family, would never act like slaves by the horrible spell hey were cursed.

“Uuhm, can somepony explain me what in all tarnation is going on in here? I feel more confused than a mother hydra trying to recognize each head of her respective child” asked Applejack, confused by the sudden affection her little sister gave her and the stern look from the princess.

Princess Luna stood up from her seat and approached the two sisters, with a more calmed expression.
“Everything shall be explained on the way to Ponyville, once we reunite with our sister and Twilight to tell them about this matter” replied the moon princess, motioning the two earth ponies to follow her.

Applejack and her sister made no hesitation to follow the blue alicorn, although the little filly looked at the ground feeling that she still needed to explain her involvement of everything and to receive whatever punishment she will held.

the dark blue alicorn kept her face stoic but her eyes wandered from side to side thinking if her past mistake will return to bite her.

No matter what would be their consequences both, Apple Bloom and Luna, know that Azrael needed to be stopped.

***

Sweetie Bell rushed to where the crowd was reunited finding the ponies gathering in front of the elementary school of the town.

The crowd formed a circle around as they seemed silent and attentive of the pony they were watching. Sweetie, approaching to them she could now notice the brown filly with her hoof held high showing the shiny jewelry to those nearby.

“From now on you’ll be my slaves to take control of, okay?” commanded Babs Seed with a voice filled with authority and a hint of excitement to have more ponies at her command.

“Yes, mistress” echoed the ponies around the brown filly with a smile of obedience and adoration as they awaited for any kind of instruction they could receive at the moment.

“Alright servants, follow me!” ordered Babs as she began to take her march to the deeper part of the town, followed by a dozen of ponies behind her obediently.

Sweetie Bell gritted her teeth, watching the group walk past her made her anger arise. To think that Babs was taking control of the ponies of the town was something she didn’t like one bit.

The white filly had to rush to reach Babs to confront her directly and to impose her domain of the ponies, that she once had dreamed to have.

Babs, the other hoof, was happy to have slaves that followed her at every single place she go, that could obey every single command she gave, that adore her for everything she did and not being looked at some kind of hindrance that only caused problems. A change of scenery of sorts.

“What do you think you’re doing!?” shouted Sweetie Bell as she stood in front of Babs with her eyes glaring at her friend.

Babs stopped her advance and smiled friendly at the white unicorn. “well, I was going to the town hall and hypnotize the mayor, and others, to make them my slaves” explained the earth pony with ease as if was the most natural thing to do.

You can’t do that because they are going to be my slaves!” shouted Sweetie Bell angrily, stomping her hoof in the ground to make herself be clear.

Babs contorted her face in anger at Sweetie’s statement as she took her own step forward.
“What do you you mean your slaves!?” she asked with the same anger she recieved by her friend, “These were obtained by me and my hypnotic relic, so why don’t you go and be with yours!” she added showing the jewel from her hoof.

Babs was truly hunger to obtain as much slaves she wanted but she didn’t have the need to get those who her friends had in their possession, since they were all friends, she prefered to find others who could still be able to manipulate at her will.

“They all belong to me, Babs, so you better leave them to my control and command,” Sweetie Bell said in a low growl, lowering her head to point her head in a threatening position, as the group of Slaves from her side began to reunite with her.

Babs returned her glare with one of her own, while adopting the same posture the white filly took against her.

“Look 'ere, Sweetie, I am not going to back down on this and if a fight is what you are looking for,you certainly found it right here” she threatened back, ready to take on the menaces Sweetie had recently declared.

At the words that the two fillies exchanged the slaves from both sides noticed the tension that they had and decided to act in the aid of their respective mistress taking sides and ready to attack or defend with their own capabilities.

“It saddens me to see that this is happening all over again”  a soft voice said those words causing the two little fillies to stop and turn to the source of origin.

Standing at the other side of the road was Princess Celestia, Princess Twilight, Spike and Scootaloo. All of them looking at the fillies with expressions between disappointment and horror but with the same thoughts that Celestia had spoken.
“How is it that two innocent fillies, like you two, ended up involving yourselves in this kind of mess?” asked Celestia as she then enlightened her horn to fire a field barrier that enveloped the two little fillies, containing them like a small prison.

“What is this? Let me go!” ordered Sweetie Bell, trying to break the bubble with her own hooves as the same way Babs tried.

At the claims and struggles of the two foals the entranced ponies from both, Sweetie Bell and Babs Seed, decided to stand before Celestia in order to protect their respective mistresses, ready to take action against the solar princess even if they knew that they could not be able to win against her but they still had to, since they all took priority for the pony's sake far above anything else.

“This needs to stop now, my little ponies, please refrain these innocent ones and release them from this dreadful curse” pleaded Celestia, looking at them with calm rather than anger and showing a face that could say that no punishment would be held against them if they are willing to cooperate.

Sweetie Bell and Babs glared at Celestia with a serious frown as if the royal princess had made a serious offense against the two of them.

“I won’t let go of any of my slaves!” shouted the white unicorn, giving another hit at the barrier that she was being held.

“So do I. They are mine to control and I will have much more of them!” added the brown earth pony stomping her hoof in the ground to emphasize what she exclaimed.

“Girls you can’t be serious about this. Can’t you see that you are being manipulated by Azrael and that only you two will be in more trouble!” shouted Scootaloo trying to convince both of them with what little of friendship they still had.

“Shut it Scoot’s, I won’t let go of my slaves just ‘cause you let yours go!” shouted back Babs, glaring at the orange pegasi, making her feel betrayed, as she diverted her eyes to the ground.

Noticing that words wouldn’t be able to reach to their hearts, Celestia took three steps forward in front of the group of ponies as she observed them carefully each and one of them. From the blank of their eyes to the beautiful accessory they held in their necks.

“You better release us princess or-” Sweetie Bell tried to threat the solar princess but her words had been cut off by a golden blast of magic that covered the entire place, blinding the ponies and forcing them to cover their eyes.

Twilight, Spike and Scootaloo recovered their vision and looked at the scene, noticing that the only thing that seemed different was that the group of ponies that seemed more as a confused crowd, rather than mindless drones, looking from their own surroundings or scratching their heads to recall what happened.

Sweetie Bell  look at the ponies in front of her but she was still decided to make her move.
“Attack her now!” she shouted pointing her hoof at Celestia, knowing well that they would not hesitate and will obey to their fullest in to complete their task with eager and with the need to satisfy her wishes… But after ten seconds of silence, and lack of movement, she lowered her hoof when many pair of eyes looked at her with faces of confusion and incredulity.

“Babs! you got to order your slaves to-”  Sweetie tried to tell to her friend to help her in this situation, that required all the help she needed, but she saw that Babs was as much confused as the ponies from outside their small bubble prison.

“Ugh, my head. I feel like I had lost an argument against the Friendship Express,” Babs groaned with her hoof on her head and eyes closed. “think I forgot something but I don’t remember what it was” she added still ignorant of the broken bracelet on the ground below her.

Sweetie Bell didn’t know what happened but she was sure who to blame for this ending.
“What have you done!?” asked, rather more demanding, Sweetie Bell glaring at Celestia herself dropping any act of innocence in her persona.

Celestia was surprised at the question since she thought that any of the ponies among them would react that way and that caused her to frown sadly towards her.
“I just used a small spell that can Enlighten the mind of those who fell from the curse of the infamous Obidentiam or rather be said Azrael” replied the solar princess taking a few steps at the two fillies.

those who still couldn't get a grasp of the situation can know when to stand aside to let their superior ruler walks past them to meet the two fillies encased in the bubble Babs took several steps back, while Sweetie Bell only took one, knowing that both were in big trouble, as she felt a pressure in those eyes Celestia that gazed upon them..

Sweetie Bell felt as if she had just lost everything she wanted, the obedient slaves, the attention of her words, the need of having things one could simply never obtain that easily. Her only option in hoof now was to call for sompony that would surely help her in this desperate time of need.

“Azrael!!!” the white little unicorn shouted, with the might of her longues, at the sky with despair.
Expecting for the marron unicorn to make his appearance, Sweetie looked at her surroundings to see him again. The same thing Celestia did but with a more predatory intent.

Twilight rushed to be near her friends as soon Sweetie shout the name out loud to protect them and to explain the situation while Scootaloo and Spike joined them.

Nothing.

Nothing occurred from the next minute, even when Twilight shouted to everypony to leave this place at once. Only the nine ponies involved most remained to keep an eye of the one that was mentioned to appear but they soon relaxed since nothing happened.

Sweetie Bell was now worried having to call out the name and to not receive an answer or an appearance from anywhere caused her to feel panic creep through her back and crawl to her neck.

Twilight walked towards Celestia, along with the others behind, to ask what will it be for these two little fillies but she couldn’t ask since the white alicorn placed her eyes towards the distance, eyes locked to the far extreme of the road where the silhouette of a pony made his way at them.

“It’s a lovely day, isn’t it, Celestia?” greeted Azrael with a grin formed in his face stopping his pace to be at a good distance between them.

“It has been a long time since I last have seen you, Azrael,” Celestia returned the gesture with a certain hint of hatred in her voice. “You seem to preserve well your body very well” she added, taking a few steps towards him, with each step an intention to be at the defensive.

“I appreciate your compliment,” replied Azrael bowing his head as he then tilted his head to one side. “The same thing can be said for you too” he then added with a mocked intention. “But you know very well that this curse is the reason I can’t age properly” he added with his eyes daggering towards the white alicorn.

Both ponies stared at each other, waiting for any kind of movement from their opponent, not even looking away for a second. Until a child voice called them with urgency.

“Azrael, please help me!” shouted Sweetie Bell, causing all eyes fall on her, pleading with urgency of assistance from the stallion as she tried to push over the golden barrier.

Azrael averted his eyes from Celestia to look at the filly, who still banged at the bubble, and relaxed his posture and grinned again. “I almost forgot why I came here for” he said  and smiled at the little filly.

“I want to let you know,” the maroon stallion said with an eased expression as he smiled at the little filly once more “I didn’t came to save you Sweaty Ball. I came here to give you, Celestia, this. Since I won’t be needing it anymore, now that I got the final piece from the castle vault” said Azrael throwing the golden key with the black and white spiral as a decoration.

Celestia averted her eyes to see the key near on the ground of her hooves knowing what the key was but immediately returned to see the three horned stallion.
“Why are you giving me the key of the chamber, Azrael?” asked Celestia not certain to to think that it was the real one or that it could be a mere distraction and the fact that Azrael invaded the royal castle in Canterlot.

“I have made a great improvement with the relics, princess, and I need to give a new use of my special talent before I get too bored in this world of peace and calm,” explained Azrael as he began to focus his magic in the top of his horn. “Besides, you were truly desperate to find the place with all its relics inside, now the opportunity is in your hooves, since I have the newest release. Do whatever you want with them” with that he instantly turned around to leave.

Celestia prepared her horn to attack as the stallion gave him his back at her.
“Do you think I will let you leave just like that, you still have crimes to pay!” she shouted making a warning shot near the stallion.

“Princess, I may not be able to win a fight against you but you know that I won’t be easy to deal with.” he replied turning his head at her. “Besides in this small town the collateral damage would be immeasurable and that is something that you should, desperately, avoid.” With a grin he added the last part as he enlighten his his horn threateningly.

Celestia hated the fact that her little ponies are being threatened but what he said was true that she prefered to play it safe.
shimmering down her horn and rising her head, the white alicorn had to yield to the threats of the maroon stallion.

“Thought so” said Azrael as he used his teleportation spell to leave the place

Twilight rushed to be next to the princess, worried of her well being. “Princess are you alright?” she asked, a bit confused of the situation that had occurred.

“I’m fine, Twilight,” replied Celestia, taking a deep breath, as she retained the key in her magic and walked back towards the group of ponies that seemed confused of all the situation. “I will explain everything later first we need to- ” Celestia wanted to finish her words but the sight of her sister, Luna, along with Applejack and Applebloom appeared at her sight.

The three ponies reunited themselves with the group, Applebloom rushed to be with Scootaloo to know of the happenings of the morning until this moment.

“Celestia, what happened here? Does this has something to do with Azrael?” Luna inquired with curiosity  watching every single detail from her elder sister’s face.

“Yes, this is from his doing, sister” Celestia explained briefly to Luna the events that she had known from her talk with Scootaloo. Luna listened closely to every word her sister has told.

“So he might do the same thing as in the past, right? give chaos and greed to many ponies in the kingdom and to provoke an inner battle in all Equestria over those dreadful relics?” asked Luna with shocked expression, as she saw the single nod from Celestia.

Both alicorns remained silent, remembering the events of the past that involved him the time when he corrupted the minds of ponies as he bestows them the power to take control over innocent ponies, until they gazed back to Sweetie Bell and Babs and walked towards them.

They both walked to be near them, once more, “both of you shall take a severe punishment for the manipulation of free will and the enslavery of the fair ponies of this town” reprimanded Luna with a piercing gaze towards the two fillies.

The two little fillies knew that they had no escape from their current predicament and that  the gaze of the  two princesses filled them in panic to tremble in fear. Sweetie Bell returned to act innocent as she tried her best to think in a way to avoid being punished.

“I was tricked, inframed. I never wanted to do anything like this!” she shouted, even when she had ranted for her slaves a few minutes before and that there was no use for her to act innocent now.

“Come sister, we need to reunite with the others and explain the unfortunate events with them to make ends with this” ordered Celestia, ignoring the ramblings of the little filly.

Luna gave one last glance at the two fillies and followed her sister towards the other elements, all still worried about the recent events.

Sweetie Bell gritted her teeth, fuming in rage, after being ignored by the two princess and leaving her with Babs at her side.

The brown filly , from her side, felt truly ashamed of being used as a marionette for a crazy stallion, for who knows what purpose, as she  then felt that Sweetie Bell had some fault for insisting to continue on with something that went out of control so quickly that she couldn’t warn anypony from the danger. All thanks to her power crazed friend.

“Tell them that they will pay for this” Babs suggested casually, with a small smile in her lips since she planned something for the white unicorn.

The white unicorn was blinded in anger that she took advice of her friend and shouted with all her longues.
“You’ll will pay for this!” the words leaved her mouth and resounded through the entire place causing all the surprising eyes point at her, specially Rarity who felt more saddened about the sudden transition of her once beloved sister. “Thanks Babs, now they all think i’m crazy” she added giving a flat look to nopony in specific.
> Epilougue
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Five days have passed since the incident and the ponies began to continue with their daily lives... Some more than others.

the light of the night had befallen upon the quiet town and inside the Golden Oak library the six friends were discussing about the recent news of the searching of Azrael.

“The royal guard have not a single clue of Azrael’s whereabouts” Twilight explained to her friends from the small reunion that had began from a while now and they already talked about the progress of the town and some other details. The five mares looked concerned and worried about the lack of progress of the search of the criminal stallion and remained silent for a moment.

Applejack decided to resume their talk as she decided to ask something that Twilight might know.
“So, Twilight, what did this fella ‘ere wanted to do that involved our sisters? I had tried to ask to Apple Bloom and neither she knows. So I wondered if princess Celestia told you something” the orange farmpony leaned closer to expect a good answer from her friend.

Twilight took a deep breath and faced her friends. “From what Celestia has told me, he plans to finish his masterpiece, she heard him mention that he would create a relic that would be called Obsidian Crown: A relic powerful enough to take over the entire kingdom causing a massive wave of hypnosis that will bring all of Equestria on its knees” she explained to all her friends.

“That really sounds scary... and dangerous” commented Fluttershy, looking worried of what kind of horrible future would await them if he succeeded in his plan.

“Wow, talk about a powered hungry pony” remarked Pinkie with eyes open wide in concern and surprise to think that such thing could exist.

“The more reason this vile villain needs to be stopped before he does such a dreadful thing”remarked Rarity with serious tone and conviction. Blaming Azrael for the erratic behaviour of her little sister.

Rainbow had remained silent from most of the part of the reunion, looking nervously everywhere except her friends.

“Dash, is everything alright? you seem a bit nervous there” stated the orange mare, watching how her blue friend recoiled when she was being addressed.

Rainbow wanted to make her quick reply but nothing came to her mind of what to say to ease the concern of her friends, so she hesitated, struggling to express her words without losing her cool but the more she stalled the more evident was for them to know that something was wrong.
“No… I kinda… feel really uncomfortable about all this” she replied looking at the ground from her left side.

Twilight could guess why she was feeling depressed but prefer not to touch the subject at the moment. Since she remembered everything that happened Rainbow wanted to keep distance from Scootaloo, even if it pains the both of them.

“Ughm, right then, I guess I shall be taking mah leave, since it’s getting a bit late and all and I got lots of stuff to do fer tomorrow” said Applejack to break the uncomfortable silence among them as she rose from her seat, followed by the others behind.

“I guess that will be all of for tonight, I will inform all of you about the search of Azrael when I hear any progress about it” finished Twilight guiding them all to the door of the library.

One by one they all said their goodbyes and left to their own homes to rest for another day, except for one mare who remained at the door next to Twilight.

“Twilight, dear, may I have a word with you before leaving. It’s about… “ she left the last part hanging hoping that Twilight could know what she was referring.

“Of course Rarity, follow me” understanding what her friend wanted to talk, Twilight closed the door and guided the white unicorn back to the common room to take a seat in a couch that rested in the middle.

“Tell how has been Sweetie Bell doing these past days…“ Twilight asked, giving her white friend a friendly look to make things less tense or depressing.

***

Applejack returned to her home as she closed the door from her living room, walking to the stairs that connected to the bedrooms, she decided to enter to her little sister’s room to see how she was doing before going to sleep.

Stopping at the door she first listened what little noise she could from the other side signaling that her little sister might be asleep.

With three soft knocks, Applejack announced her presence.
“Apple Bloom? yer awake?” she asked softly, pressing her ears to the door to hear any response.

“Yeah, you can come in” replied softly the little filly from the oter side.

Applejack, slowly, opened the door and stepped inside the room, where her little sister lied in the bed with the blanket covering her.
“Hey Apple Bloom, mind if I take a seat?” Applejack asked as she stepped next to Apple Bloom’s bed, and sat down once she received a nod from the filly.

After the last time they saw Azrael, both sisters, and the entire family, had talked about the recent events that the yellow filly had done to them and the reasons behind her actions that lead to her punishment. Which only lead for her to be isolated in her room for the next week. Something that the filly accepted as she saw it necessary for her.

The farm mare jump on the bed carefully and sat in the edge of it, with her hoof she began to stroke the back of her little sister to comfort her worries, which she guessed that the filly had.

“Look, Ah know that you are sorry and all.” Applejack began, stroking the back of her sister, who recoiled at the touch but didn’t so anything to stop it. “And Ah know, as well, that yah have learned yer lesson about all this.” she added giving one last stroke to the filly as she smiled at her.

“So I jest wanted tah invite yah to go at the southern lake withe me, Babs and her sister.” the orange mare then dropped the invitation for her little sister to listen at and wait for the reaction.

True to what Applejack was expecting, Apple Bloom jerked up from the bed and stared at her sister with eyes opened wide.
“Really?, yer just gonna let me go off my punishment, just like that?” asked the yellow filly to confirm that her ears weren’t deceiving her of such hope.

“Of course,” confirmed Applejack, smiling confidently at her sister. “Princess Luna already told me that yah decided, on yer own, to seek help with her in order to stop what that dreaded varmint was planning. And that is what truly counts here with me.” she assured with her warm smile and a strong hug to mean every single word she said.

Applebloom returned the hug, happy to be forgiven, and that her punishment ended sooner than later. “Thanks sis” she said before releasing the embrace between them.

Applejack then got off the bed and kissed Apple Bloom’s forehead before leaving the room.
“Sleep well, lil’ sis,” she said closing the door slowly.

Apple Bloom smiled and proceeded to take a good sleep, eager to have an excellent day with her cousin, as it should've been from the very beginning, instead of the madness she decided to participate.

*****

Rarity closed the door of her boutique and turned off the lights of the first floor. With a depressed mood she walked the stairs to her bedroom to give herself a good night sleep

walking through the corridor to her room, Rarity stop at the door where her little sister was currently sleeping.
“What a bad timing for my parents to be on their travels and not here to see upon her” she mumbled and walked to the door. Pressing her ear to the door, trying to hear to the soft breathing of her little sister.

The faint noise was barely audible but still present, making the white unicorn to sigh in relief but not entirely to let her be at ease as she then departed to her own room to sleep.

Rarity had already spoken to Twilight her concerns for Sweetie Bell and her obsession with hypnosis and having control over others as well her fears that no professional will help her with this troublesome subject.
The lavender alicorn promised her that she would find a way to help her to overcome those dark feelings.

To make matters worse would be to send Sweetie to another place away from friends and family and that would cause an ache upon Rarity’s heart to think that she was unable to help her.

with a small shake of her head, she dispelled what horrible thoughts lingered in her mind and walked to her room for another day to help her sister.

Rarity made her way to the bed, walking through the darkness with ease as she remembers where everything was during the day and jump on the bed to lay down in it but something strange poked her back and made it uncomfortable to rest in there.

thinking that it was possibly one of her sketches that got scattered in her bed, Rarity lifted her horn and brought light to the room.

“What’s this?” she asked herself and look closely at the parchment that was in her hoof and read it carefully.



To Singularity.



The white unicorn was confused and considered that the letter was for somepony else and the messenger must have been mistaken but one word caught her attention more than anything and made her continue to read.



I sincerely apologise that you had receive a silent punishment from the ponies of the town for making you become a simple puppet of the actions of Sweetie Bell on her pursue for a dominance.

I wish to amend at least this matter, and to assure you that this decision is out of your reach and will be effected immediately.

I do this because she will become a hindrance for you and all those around her in the future and sadly no therapist will help her in time.

But do not worry, Murmur might be old but he can still do his job, eliminating those awful thoughts on Sweetie Bell, very quick and perfectly done.

Hope we never see again, soon, Azrael.



Rarity drop the letter processing all that it contain and to make sense of its words from it. Certainly the stallion that made all this hectic day happen was back and had done something to her little sister, and that caused Rarity to rush to where Sweetie Bell was sleeping.

Galloping quickly to the room, Rarity used her magic to open it and use her body to push it quickly to be inside and look around to see if there was something out of place or attacking the filly.

Under the Darkness, Rarity could hear the sound of a hoot inside the room, along with a hint of a whisper that was barely audible.

With no waste of time she enlightened the room and saw an owl resting in the bedpost on top of Sweetie Bell, whispering nothingness to the filly with an alluring sound of his coos.

“Get away, shoo!” shouted the alabaster unicorn trying to swat away the animal, with her hooves, from her sister to avoid any further damage to her.

The owl saw the mare and quickly took flight giving a few laps in the room and rushed out of the window quickly heading out of sight of the the unicron, now that his job was done and his services had ended.

Rarity closed the window and kept an eyes on the creature vanishing under the darkness of the night. Once it was gone she rushed to be with her little sister to check on her if she was not injured or under some kind of malifice.

“Sweetie Bell! Sweetie, wake up!” shouted quietly the unicorn as she shook the body of her little sister her tone was desperate as she felt that she was not going to wake up from the first two seconds until a small groan escaped from the little filly.

“What is it, Rarity?” Sweetie mumbled rubbing her eyes to see better at her sister.

The older unicorn breathed in relief that her sister was conscious and responded well.
she quickly hugged Sweetie Bell, and rubbed her cheek into her face. “I was worried about you” she sobbed and hugged tighter on Sweetie.

The little filly didn’t know the reason of this but in her mind she felt compelled to act upon her transgressions.
“Rarity… I’m sorry for what I did last week” she finally said, feeling the body of her sister tense up at those words and forced her to continue. “I was carried away and I couldn’t stop myself. I am sorry” she apologized  once more and hugged with more strength to her sister to infuse her feelings of regret to her sister and accept her apologies.
Rarity was loss of words to say but she managed to make them once she broke the hug and watched Sweetie Bell directly to her eyes.
“Why are you telling me this, Sweetie?” she asked giving an apprehending look to the petite unicorn, but deep inside her mind knew the answer of her question, the reason she decided to feel regret of the act upon hypnotizing ponies around her and to apologize then and there.

Sweetie returned the gaze and from her iris a small glint of purple was noticed from her them.
“I’ve been considering what all of you told me these last days and I decided to make amends with all of you, specially you, for what I have done” the glow, from her iris, dimmed down.

Rarity could see clearly the faint glow from her sister’s eyes and that worried her immensely, as a cold shiver of fear of the fact that the cursed stallion would be able to do something like this at anytime he pleased and to anypony. It was something to take in consideration to add another reason to stop him and be arrested as soon as possible.

But if Rarity was honest to herself. She would consider that using hypnosis and mind control to cure her sister would outweigh the fact that her reputation, and of her entire family would go downwards into the abyss if Sweetie Bell didn’t improve her behaviour.

True to the letter, Rarity was in fact affected by the actions of her little sister the ponies would give her strange looks and dreadful murmurs around her every time she walked in the streets of the small town made her worry about her future.

Every time she wanted to show her generous heart to others they rejected her offer, most of the times kindly,  and avoid any insistence of the matter, causing her trust with the public more harder to restore her reputation and friendship among the townsponies.

This not only affected both sisters but her entire family as well, from both of her parents always travelling and leaving the youngest one alone and Rarity, doing her best to spend time with her but never having time to  know her inner turmoils and dark obsessions. Those things could bring a huge damage to her entire family if they weren’t finished quickly, even worse if they reach Canterlot with the high society of the white city, her reputation and friendship would be ruined forever and would be much worse from what would be in Ponyville.

It was a selfish reason to do this, Rarity knew all too well about it, but this land would probably fell apart if they can’t trust in the element bearer of Generosity or the sole act of being a generous soul disappears.

“Listen Sweetie, I forgive you for what you have done.” began Rarity, giving a small peck on the forehead of the filly before continuing. “But you still need to apologize to the other neighbors of the town and promise never do such thing ever again” she conditioned with a small smile.

Sweetie Bell nodded understanding what she needed to do and happy that she was forgiven, from her sister, for her misdeeds. “Will do, good night, Rarity” she said before laying her head down and closing her eyes to embrace sleep once more.

“Good Night, Sweetie Bell” Rarity kissed her sister once more before leaving the room and closing it softly behind her to return to her own room.

The white unicorn levitated the letter once more and read it again before letting out a deep sigh. “I better tell Twilight of this once the morning rises, she would choose to release Sweetie from the mind control that animal cast her and to find the long way” she murmured as she levitated her night mask on her eyes and tucked herself to sleep for another night.

***

“Okay Scootaloo, Just as you practiced before” the orange filly told to herself as she watched the world below her from the highest cloud.

She took one last breath and prepared her resolve. She was ready.

With one small jump she let her body be pulled down by the gravity and her quick descent to earth began, with more speed at each second she could feel the G force on her body and a increasing heat as well.

“Calculate the distance and prepare perfect timing to make it work” she thought to herself as the ground grow closer the more she fell down.

Scootaloo felt the magic in her wings as this was burning through them and knew that the moment has come. Almost reaching the ground she opened her wings to break the fall and stabilized her body to fly straight line in the sky producing a fiery effect on her wings and a trail of fire under her path in the sky.

The blazing phoenix.

Scootaloo cried in joy that she performed one of the most advanced acrobatic tricks that not any wonderbolt could achieve and she felt immense proud of it while making circles around the sky and some barrel rolls.

From the ground all her friends watched the pegasi filly realize the magnificent stunt and cheered in her achievement shouting her name and stomping the ground with enthusiasm.

Scootaloo showered herself at the praises and enjoyed them more than she ever expected and saw the many faces of the ponies she recognized as her friends and neighbors, but the one she was looking for was not among them.

by giving another lap on the sky to search for her, Scootaloo noticed the cyan pony who, unlike the others, was giving her back on her.

With a swift movement the orange filly descended to the ground and fall nearby where Rainbow Dash was sitting.

“Hey Dash, did you like that incredible stunt that I just made?” she asked with the curiosity of searching the approval of her superior, and big sister.

The cyan pegasus, for her part, didn’t move from her place, not even to gaze at Scootaloo from the corner of the eye.

Scootaloo was getting a bit worried about the cold shoulder that she received from Rainbow Dash and took two tentative steps towards her and  right fore leg to touch her shoulder,

“Don’t touch me!” shouted the cyan pegasus turning her head and glaring intensely at Scootaloo.

The orange pegasus recoiled quickly and her eyes are of pure fright looked at the icy stare that Dash mercisley gave her.
She could tell why she was mad but she didn’t like it one bit.

“Look Dash, I’m sorry. Really I am, It was something that was out of hoof when it began and I just wanted to spend some time with you.” The filly apologized  with the water from her eyes accumulating and ready to pour down but she held her tears in, deciding whether they were for joy or sadness.

Before Rainbow could make a response everything became black except for the little hill where they sat on and Scootaloo looked around, noticing this change, franatic to know what was happening but the answer seemed self explanatory for her.
.”Oh, hank Luna this is just a dream,” the orange pegasus sighed in relief as she look around to see the midnight blue alicorn descend from above and aid her in a way to reconcile herself with her big sister.

“That is good feel relief in a dream since the waking world is too somber to live in” a male voice spoke from nearby.

Scootaloo noticed that the voice came from where Rainbow Dash was looking and from the the hill was walking the red stallion she had seen a few days ago.
“What are you doing here!? she asked instinctively but she remembered that this was a dream becoming a nightmare for her. “You must be a nightmare for me here right?” she asked once more with a relaxed expression knowing that he couldn’t do much of anything here.

“Your right, only an expert in oneiromancy can be here and move freely among the realm of the dreams,” he explained with a slight tone of mockery as he sat next to Rainbow but still watching Scootaloo. “Many ponies lost practice of this because they fear that it would enrage the Princess of Dreams.” he added waving his hoof in another attempt of mockery.

Scootaloo gave a curious look at him and to process what he was talking about but her lack in magic terms made it difficult to make heads or tails of it so she let him be a simple nightmare.
“So are you a dream? or you are inside my dreams?” she asked to make sure she understand.

“The latter one, honestly,” he replied dismissively as he kept his eyes on Rainbow. “Like a ghost, I can manifest my body in almost any dream but I can’t do anything more than I can interact in the dreams.” he explained with a shrug.

“I thought only Luna could do that,” Scootaloo pointed out knowing that she was the princess of dreams and the only pony that she had seen in them.

“It’s something that many consider since she is the entitled princess of dreams and that nopony in this land knows about the magic spells of this art, as well, the fact that it is considered impolite to… “ the stallion stopped himself and shook his head and narrowed his eyes. “I didn’t came here to explain why I am here but to give you a message of goodbye.” He corrected himself and stomp the ground.

“What is that you want?” Demanded Scootaloo heading straight to the point to get rid of the stallion. “You know what? Forget it I don’t want anything from you!” she then corrected, shouting at the stallion to get rid of him as quickly as possible from her.

Azrael still smiled at the little filly and placed his hoof on Rainbow’s, dream image, shoulder. “And let you two remain in a fight that would maybe never mend?” asked the maroon unicorn turning around the cyan pegasus showing how angry she was at the orange filly.

Scootaloo recoiled a bit but she remained impassive on her request. “This is something that I will amend and none of your junk is going to help me!” she replied with conviction.

Scootaloo was determined to solve her rapture with Rainbow Dash and she was not going to let a creepy smiling stallion to get in her way to make amends with her big sister.

“Then this all I have to say.” Azrael walked to Scootaloo until he was close to her and lay his body to be at her eye level.

Scootaloo was overwhelmed by nervousness as the stallion was near her she was only in place because this was all a dream but her doubts remained.

“I am leaving, hopefully for your good, to never be seen,” he replied with a smirk as he stood up on his legs and turned around. “At least that will be as a good news for you and the others to enjoy.” He added with a grin and stood up to leave from where he came from.

Scootaloo could barely hide a small smile creeping from her mouth knowing that he would leave out of their lives for good for all the damage he provoked.

But she knew that he wasn’t all to blame because he barely hypnotized the ponies of the town, It was all four fillies who did that and almost ruined all their lives pf their closest friends and family.

“Hey, Azrael?” she called to stop the stallion from his way and turn his head to see the little filly. “When you choose us to held the relics, did you meant all those things?” she asked, remembering why he invited them, remembering the reason why he gave those hypnotic amulets to the four fillies, the reason why they accepted to do this.

“No,” Azrael replied from his place as he soon gave the back to the filly. “You girls were never left behind or treated as a bother to those mares. Ponies sometimes have priorities that outweigh other things, sometimes, but they will always have time for those they love. I’ve seen your big sisters and most of them planned a time for each of you, I just came and messed with all of you in order to have a little laugh.” he explained as he continued on his way down the hill.

“That’s insane!” shouted Scootaloo glaring at the stallion thinking of him of a crazy pony that ruined her, and her friends, life.

“Hope you aren’t the last one to say this,” he talk back as he continued to walk to the end of the hill. “Goodbye” he then vanished from the dream realm and all the darkness that surrounded Scootaloo vanished again to return to the bright and wonderful dream she was having.

The voice of the euphoric crowd returned to Scootaloo’s ears causing her to notice that her dream returned to what it was before the stallion arrived.

“That was an awesome trick you did there Scoots,” a voice, that the orange pegasus knew too well, complimented the filly as she then turned around to see Rainbow Dash, smile at her with an approving grin,

Scootaloo beamed in happiness of the words that meant the world for her and hugged Dash with affection, relishing in the emotion of her big sister loving her as things should been.

Scootaloo smiled in her bed enjoying the rest of her dream, inspired to make amends with Rainbow Dash and ready to regain her trust with her.

***

From a resting spot in the top of Foal Mountain, Trixie was preparing her cart to spend the night and prepare her travel to return to Ponyville.

For her  the Travels would be the most interesting thing to do in Equestria as one would be able to see new things and encounter different landscapes to enjoy sightseeing.

She never knew why did she wanted to visit the mountains but deep inside she needed to do that exactly and now that she is here she could finally return back to meet with Twilight and her friend.

Leaving the camp fire lit up to avoid any creature to lure near her wagon she walked back to have a pleasant sleep for tomorrow's travel.

“So you stop here in this place, At least you were in a easy spot to find.” Azrael called for the Azure unicorn, causing the mare to turn her head at the sight of the maroon stallion.

“What is that you seek from the Great and Powerful Trixie? She is very tired and requires her sleep for tomorrow.” asked the azure unicorn curios at the sight of this strange stallion as she deduced that he knew that she would be in this exact place.

“I need you to do me a favor,” he replied floating a big bag filled with many things. ”Deliver these things to the ponies that I know they will use as they please.” He added as he began to mutter the intangible words causing the mare go in a deep trance, making her mind open to all commands.

“Yes... I will deliver them... As you say.” Dronned Trixie with her eyes all glassed and blank her voice low and monotone as her posture was now rigid.

Azrael gave a smirk and was excited how things would one day change from this point forward to the ponies of Ponyville and Canterlot.. “There is no need to hurry, for they must first forget the recent incident." he whispered and disappeared in a flash of golden light.