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[Moonlit 593]

@Blitz Boom @Seamore Sandwich "No, the screechy one is still talking" Serenade slowly raises her ears, "something about revenge...I can't exactly tell since I have a headache. But if this keeps up, I may have to retreat underwater" She looks at Ziggy and Fah'lina "If I go out there, I'll get mad. If I get mad, somepony might get hurt and....most likely everypony will know I'm a Siren"

[CentipedeGhoul 13]

@Blitz Boom

He nodded, surprised at Vivid's acceptance of him venturing out to wonder at a dragon without a fight... then again, seeing the dragon was easy, it was the staying alive part that was going to put up a fight.

As the mare pulled off a series of admiteddly unecessary safety procedures to open a lock that she must've put - which in itself was an unecessary procedure - the apprehension that had dulled down due to adrenaline started bubbling up in his gut, threatening to peak at its highest point as she opened the door.

She turned to him and flashed a minor smirk, "Are you coming, child?" 

And she pushed the door open fully.

He saw... nothing, no dragon. Starburst let out a sigh of relief that he hadn't known he was holding, and crept out of the inn.

And in the distance, in the horizon, he saw it, a large jet black dragon flapping its wings like a buzzsaw.

 

 

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@Twilight-Shimmer

Pausing for a moment, glad she met yet another kind pony, foxy continued with, "Oh really? Thank you, my teeth haven't been complimented too much... Do you know where that phoenix came from? I didn't even notice it until a few minutes ago. I don't think they live near here, do they?"
 

Foxy wished she had studied the beautiful avians more, they were quite mysterious. She remembered back that one time, busy on researching the local animals in a distant town, only to see one for a brief second, before flying out of view. She always wanted to see one again, close up. They weren't the most passive animals however, unlike foxes. 

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[Twilight-Shimmer 151]

@Foxy Socks

 

"Honestly I cannot say where he..she? It came from, I didn't even really notice it was on my head will Widdershins pointed it out to me" he replied once more reaching over and giving the Phoenix a pat on the head "Say are you a boy Phoenix or a girl Phoenix?" he then asked looking over at the bird

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

@Blitz Boom

"Thank you Ms. Tea." She took a small sip. "Ah, refreshing, but not too cold. Thank you again. Singing can be a bit hard if the water's too cold." She smiled but looked over at the door. "Excuse me," she said to the mare before going over to the door. "Vivid, dear, I'm sorry about earlier. I wasn't trying to be rude." She rubber her hoof against her other foreleg. "I just, as I've said before, don't want ponies to see you as bad. Maybe I'm over doing it, and if that is the case, then I'm sorry, but just as you don't want to see me picked on, I'd hate to see and taste fear on ponies that interact with you because, from the brief time I've known you so far, you seem like a pony who just wants to live her life as normally as possible while still accepting what you are and have, and I want that for you rather than having to lash out because ponies fear you." She took a deep breath and sighed. "So again, I'm sorry. I'm about to start my plan, so I was hoping you'd come back in and listen."

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@Twilight-Shimmer

"Oh I see. Strange things have been happening, huh? I wonder what will happen next."

Foxy has been curious to all these strange events/ponies. She even likes it, as her lifestyle always loves excitement. She is one who can be timid to change at first, but always embraces it in the end, as long as it's not harmful in any way.

Foxy looked around at all the new ponies, five in total not including her or the phoenix. She barely had time to check out her tent, but she didn't really care, since she preferred to spend most of her time outside anyway, as she had always been. Even as a filly, she explored her forests all the time, though sometimes getting in trouble for wandering  too far. Then again, if she never wandered, she wouldn't have gotten her cutie mark could she?

 

[Blitz Boom 4,634]

@dragon4111 @Widdershins

Last didn't even flinch as the dragon started to mouth his displeasure off at her. Some of the others might be afraid of him, but for her, he was just another irritation to pile unto this horrible day of having to deal with everything from minor issues, to things that quite literally threatened to destroy the town she were attempting to get rebuild.

"I asked him to help move things, and then he sent them through the air. I didn't expect that since alicorns tend to work with teleportation, and I sure as hay didn't specifically say to him to just *Go ahead, I'm sure its fine*.I didn't get the time to properly make sure the route was secured. I sent words back for them to not get in the way of things, which thankfully reached them in time, but I wasn't given a warning on when he would start this.

And I have a secure route going for regular transport of materials, depending on whatever it's unicorns, earth ponies or pegasi doing the lifting there, ensuring that they don't get things hitting others in the head, or clog up the flow of materials the workers need. It makes things efficient, and reduced accidents.

If you wanna pummel me for mistakes, go ahead, but I won't be accused of being straight up careless and not give a rats about my workers. I'm just making the best of a situation that didn't hurt anypoiy since, if you'd look around, you might notice that we have a lot of broken houses here? I don't have the luxury of time it would take to regret not specifying exactly when I wanted the stuff moved and asking on how he planned to do it. I need to focus on what's here to work with, and then keep in mind to next time to ask in advance."

She admitted there was some mistake, but she sure didn't just bend her neck and say that this was all on her, nor that she didn't have the faintest sense of sympathy for the locals that had volunteered to help rebuilding the town. The dragon could take that accusation and toss it at somepony else.

Looking up at the fireworks that went off that the dragon also complained about - seemed to be a favorite pastime of his - she narrowed her eye and spoke with an annoyed tone.

"I didn't authorize that. I specifically told everypony who might carry these things to hold them back so they didn't hit anypony flying. Stargazer!"

The Night Guard saluted her, too tired and confused about everything right now to think on how Last wasn't a superior officer of his, even if the tone sure fit.

"Yes capt- I mean, ma'am."

"It seemed to have come from the forest. Go there and deal with it, then when you're done, go home and sleep. I need you for the shift after the next one, and you're going to get yourself and others hurt if you keep pushing back your rest. The Solar Guards can take over for you the next eight hours if something happens."

Stargazer thought about complaining, but quite frankly, he knew she was right. He were running on caffeine and will-power at this point, and it wasn't going to last him indefinitely. Staying awake until it was his turn on the chopping board again because he tried to solve every guard-related issue in town were going to make him sloppy, unfocused, and as she had said, prone to making mistakes. And considering he were directing the efforts of the pegasi volunteers, that wasn't acceptable.

So without a word, he just nodded and took to the sky, flying towards the forest to find out what was going on.

"This will be handled, and it won't be repeated. Anything else getting yon your nerve, dragon?"

Near the two, cursing internally over how confrontational the pony were right now, Nerzhei slowly stood up from her kneeling position. It seemed like Ancalagon accepted her acknowledgement of his might and true standing for now, and didn't have an overt displeasure in seeing her in this town, so that was something. If it would be enough to get things sorted, or at least get her out of here alive though? She didn't know, but there was a slight hope at least.

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@Shineling

"I'm never sure when it comes to dragons, but you make a fair point. With the size it just had the town could be squished into pieces "

"See? Like Stormy said, it's a goodie goodie then. Perfect to go and hug! Ehehe- Eh?"

Blitz had been about to run again, when she noticed that she had gotten a metal wire around her right front hoof, which stopped her from getting more than a few inches before she fell. Said wire went back and seemed to be stuck in one of the pockets of Molotov's belt, whom she gave a small pout towards.

"I'm sorry sis, but I ain't letting you run like this again.Stay near us and you'll be fine, but try to run and you'll fall down flat."

"...I'll tell mum that you treat me like a dog?"

"Nice try, but I'm not falling for that. So Storm, shall we get to town now that I have the poodle on a leash?"

"Hey!"

"Shhh, dogs don't talk."

It was clear that he was at least having a fun time right now, though Blitz were planning on getting him back for that later. Lots and lots of glitter should do the trick, and perhaps a bit of the poison joke powder... She'd have to think on that.

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@Trixie .

"Legion is a little weird sometimes, depending on who's with them at the time, but they're great most of the time. I likely would've died off decades ago if it wasn't for them.

Anyway, with Princess Celestia, why don't we just go to Canterlot and see if we can't meet her there then? I travel around all the time anyway, so I'm not bothered about leaving right now. Though I think she might be sleeping. Usually when the sun goes down, Princess Luna's in charge and she rests, t lest according to ho0w i ws told about things. I'm not completely sure though. We don't learn all that much about everything Princess Celestia does where I'm from beyond the basics, in case any of us ever go to Equestria."

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@BloodDrops

The leaf would go off without much of a struggle, but it didn't hurt Lyriel. He'd have to break some of her branches to do that, but the leaves - and especially the ones in her dress - were nothing serious. She could regrow them again fast if needed to be, and there were no nerves connected to most of them.

She giggled a little from the pony licking her, feeling how the tongue on her bark tickled somewhat, but yet again, did nothing bad to her.

"Whatever disease you may carry little one, I don't think it can infect me. I am not of flesh and blood, but of bark and sap. Diseases of the flesh likely doesn't affect ones like me.

As for my former home, I can assure you that there was no real silver around, it was simply our name for it. I believe the honoured At- I mean, dragons, called it something else."

Lyriel placed her hand gently on the ground and made a carpet of moss grow underneath their feet and hooves, before sitting down on the soft layer.

"I am sorry to hear that you carry a disease of some kind though. It cannot be easy for you, and especially not if it can infect others. Must isolate you a little from them, yes?"

"What the-?"

In the process of making the moss grow, Lyriel had missed the flapping of wings that came before Stargazer had the two of them i sight. An unfortunate situation, as she had promised Nerzhei to be careful whom she showed herself to, but there was little to do about it now, so she simply waved at him with a smile on her face.

"Wings like a dragon? How adorable."

Stargazer landed a little away from them in a tree and looked them over without answering, trying to clear his eyes a few times before just letting out a deep, drawn out sigh an look downward in defeat.

"I can't deal with this right now. Does any of you know who fired fireworks off before? It came from the forest, and I need to inform the instigator to not do that again. It is a danger to the flying ones at work and the dragon that have come to town in general."

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@genessee @Widdershins

"Not your kind of ponies. Back where I'm from, ponies are just animals who can't speak, do magic or anything like that. Usually they're just used to carry little girls around and compete in show off competitions.

We don't even have any magic there. We rely on machines and technology, which - at least when I was there - was killing the world around us. Relying too much on that sort causes all kinds of pollution."

That was something that that Happy didn't miss really. The smog-filled air, polluted waters, stripping of gasses that made the ground toxic sometimes and so forth, was showing their kind headed straight into extincting themselves within 20 years at best he'd think, whilst here the air was fresh, the sky visible, and the ground flourishing in most places. Sure, they had some tech going on and inventors that pushed to get some things forth, but long as they had magic, this world wouldn't be totally reliant on it like the humans where he came from were. It'd be safer, and more clean in it, which he frankly preferred, even if he did occasionally miss things like buses.

"Trust me, you're far better off in this world than where I come from."

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@Lloyd

"I know it's tempting to talk lass, but I try and protect you two by shushing you on this. I don't want folks to start getting out their torches and pitchforks because they don't understand how you ain't out to fire up something on a whim. I care about you two crazies too much to want that for ya."

Not being able to feel any magic out whatsoever, Chow hadn't any idea what were going on with the two currently, and especially not with the scheming that went on in Astral's head. Far as he were concerned, Misty could just feel something that Astral couldn't, which - considering they were both using the same kind of mojo - hopefully just meant that it wasn't too serious. Might just be latent magic in Canterlot. The town was filled with a lot of unicorns after all.

So he just smiled, toyed around a bit again, and led them onward through the streets until they finally stood at the entrance to the garden.

"Here we go. The Canterlot royal garden: Where bored school-foals goes to get a history lesson, and tourists apparently flock to for a chance to glimpse something interesting from where Discord hung around once. Ready to roll?"

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@Lloyd

Golden poured them both some tea. Knowing not which one they wished for, as they did not specify, he would attempt to let them try the blend that came from his home. If they did not enjoy that, replacing cups were a small matter that wasn't much of an issue. As for the snacks, they were free to take whatever they would from the selection that was brought forth and placed on the table before. He would wait to pick anything until after his guests though, to not appear rude.

"The help is greatly appreciated Francis, and I believe a form like yours should suffice, yes. Though I ask that you do not go to them as a noble, considering at least one of them seem to not hold those in high regards. It might be harder to be around them if they perceive you to be like some of the unfortunately high-strung amongst our citizens.

I have somepony in town I can ask for some assistance and information as well later on, and I will of course coordinate fully with you so it will be less surprising when or if you run into others keeping eyes on the three. With some degree of strategic planning, in-consistent watching and a bit of luck, this situation can hopefully be cleared up sooner, rather than later.

Are you certain that you wish to help though Francis? It might become dangerous if they do turn out to be of a cruel mindset, and decide that you are getting too close to things, and I would not wish to bring harm upon you."

Even if he did like the idea of getting help from Francis, the fact of the matter were that until further notice, the three in question were unpredictable in behavior, and as such, might turn out to be dangerous. The reformed changeling might end up hurt, or worse, and he would not be responsible for causing a death from somepony who were only trying to help. If Francis was not entirely certain that he wanted to give this a go, he had other options to work with, and if he then were... Security measures of some kind would have to be taken into consideration.

Might be he were not a citizen of Canterlot - from what Golden knew at least - but that didn't mean that Francis could be used as a disposable being.

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@Moonlit @Seamore Sandwich

"Yeeeah, likely for the best we keep you indoors then. And you'd probably have to jump into the water if somepony's talking about revenge. Those things never end up going nicely. Or at least be near the shore, so you can get down quick if there is something. I'll go have a quick look to see if there's anything going on right now, okay?"

Serenade wouldn't have a chance to really say no before Ziggy were over at the door, creaked it open and popped her head out to take a look around.

"Huh, weird, there's nothing going on out here ex- Oh hey, fireworks. Neat. But that couldn't have made all the noise before I guess. Wonder what made it."

She went back inside and locked the door behind her, then turned to Serenade with a puzzled look on her face.

"Hmmm... Does this town have like, giant ghosts or something that could do this? Or teleporting giants? Anything that can make the earth rumble and shout out about things, then be gone without making more noise, cause there's not anything popping over the rooftops. Just a bit of green fireworks before."

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@~Phoenix~

Hearing that she'd come along, Smokey got a big smile on his face and led the way onward, though in a circle around the crowd between two houses. It was getting hard to stand there from the gathered crowd right now, and he didn't want to push through them and set off a spark that'd start a whole bundle of issues. Much better to simply take a small detour and then soon after, have the crowd behind them and the tent area in front of them.

"Ah, the joy of leaving a mess somewhat handled. Now it's simply to hope that Last will not mouth off in a bad way towards the dragon. Ancalagon can be quite devastating on those who gets on his bad side from what I have heard.

But, that's something they will have to worry about for now. In the case of us, we simply have to enjoy returning an extremity to a draconequus who apparently cannot keep track of himself. I suppose that's still a little weird though."

Smokey chuckled a little, wondering what sort of being they were going up to meet.

Discord were the only draconequus he knew of, and he hadn't seen anything but depictions, and the old statue in the Canterlot royal garden. What he actually looked like in the flesh were still a mystery, and now they were going to meet a new being like him? A draconequus, which were basically a demigod made of random parts, and whom could do anything on a whim?

This was going to be so exciting.

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@EQ_Theta

Mother cared not for what the entity were saying right now. She could see the fear in its eyes as it knew it was done for, and went on with her work of methodically eradicating what of it there was in Lin's body.

Seeing Lin's body writhe in agony as she went on, but unable to move under her power, felt like a knife through her heart as she went on with her work in silence. Even if she knew Lin were not in there, it didn't mean it was any easier to torment someone that looked like one of your children, and the more she went on the more she felt the metaphorical knife twist and churn inside her, making her doubt if she were doing the right thing, even igf she knew this was the only thing she could do. If she didn't, Lin would end up lost, and locked away inside her own shell for a long, long time, and that was a faith worse than death.

She would be done with her work within a few minutes, though it felt to her like hours had passed. Lin's vessel was... Damaged from the cleansing, but with a whiff of her hand she remade what were lost and slowly reached the child's body towards her.

Letting it hang in the air in front of her, she opened her hand and looked at the gleaming, pale soul of Lin with a hurt and tired expression going over her face.

"I'm sorry I were not there for you before my child. Perhaps if I had looked I could have stopped you from going through this."

With that, she let the soul flow over and stitched it back to the vessel from where it came.

Lin would feel some pain from the procedure she had just gone through if she came to herself within the next half hour, but hopefully she could endure that pain, safe in the knowledge that she were at least free again. As for Mother, she had other things that plagued her mind as she reattached soul and body.

"Legion... I have heard stories of those entities before, and what madness and evil they usually contain, but I had never thought any of you would run into them. Every souls and every vessel, working under one mind and dragging in new victims to unite in their torment and darkness... It will not be easy for you to get rid of them, though I fear that if you don't, they won't stop trying to get hold of you. Especially not if they want to try and overtake this realm. You would be too important of a key for that Lin."

The thought were saddening to her to say the least, but it was on she had to let go off. First she needed to find out what had happened to Omen and Sen. Something which might have something to do with the gate she sensed opening some way from her.

(two minutes earlier)

Omen took a step back, confused and worried about what had just sprung into Sen's mouth, which had made his eyes go from green, to a full black, which didn't seem to be an improvement. Just like how his scales seemed to either peel off or slowly rot away.

That was nothing compared to when she heard his voice yelping out in pain, from somewhere behind what was possessing him right now, which quickly seemed to regain control and flaunt it both at Sen and at her. Reitterating the simple fact that essentially, they were both powerless.

The unfamiliar feeling of dread vaguely went over her, as she tried to think of something to say or do that would make an impact, but finding nothing as it started to feed her more lies, telling about how Sen were thinking on how he had been abandoned. Words that were starting to sting a little, even if she knew they were lies, when Sen broke through briefly and told her a very direct order before he were overtaken again.

"Okay Sen, I will."

So whilst ther creature started to boast and yelp on how it were the one in control, Omen opened a gate under, behind, and to the side of the creature, then tentatively charged in. In case it could float and didn't go downwards, then she should at least be able to push it through. Otherwise, if it had gone down, she would just jump through and soon be with *Sen* in her homeworld, where the gates soon closed and left the entity now stranded in Mother's realm.

She knew this too, and with a shriek, the siblings with their closed eyes floated together in their non-forms on the lower parts, allowing mother to take to the *skies* with Lin securely in her left hand, heading towards the gates she had just felt opening.

This was going to become interesting.

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@Lil' Lovebug @CentipedeGhoul

"I didn't try to make them fear there, but I understand your concerns. I will attempt to tone down my apparently poor attempts at making jokes."

Vivid looked again over the place, but seeing nothing as the large dragon from before had shrunk down before they had even went outside the inn.

"And I might as well go inside again. There's nothing here to work with. You should come along too, should be more entertaining to see the happening in here than a starry night sky."

The said the last part to Starburst, eyeing the courier of sorts before going slowly inside the inn again, thinking suddenly on the first time she had seen a star-filled sky after her long imprisonment.

It had taken her breath away, as had many other things that the ponies these days considered mundane and just part of their daily lives, so to say that there was nothing in a star-filled sky wasn't really true in her eyes. That was something she hadn't thought about until after the words had left her muzzle, but what was done was done. No point in stepping back and saying that there might actually be more worth in starring upwards than going inside and see what would happen there.

Considering the stage that were usually reserved for small acts of the locals and Vinyl Scratch were cleared and light were set towards it, as well as how Bubble Tea were waving Satin closer, it seemed like there was really planned something special here. How peculiar.

"Oh, you'd definitely come in now. I think Satin might be about to sing."

She looked rather amused as she made a small shout-out to Satin (if she were already headed towards the stage) or a minor comment (if she still stood near her)

"Time to own the stage, as they say."

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@Widdershins @Twilight-Shimmer @Foxy Socks

The phoenix didn't really say anything as it was asked about whatever it was male or female, it just chirped a little more and brushed it's face satisfyingly against Stardust's hoof.

Unbeknownst to Foxy and Stardust, they had actually gotten pretty close to why the young phoenix had sought him out in the first place, which were because of the strange magic on him.

The old magic had at first drawn the phoenix in as it had thought that it was connected to some of the older of its kin, which were also why it had pecked at him curiously, but after a while and not finding it was that, it had wandered away from that and just sat down because quite frankly, the feeling were comforting to it. It was still somewhat fresh from the nest and anything like this were tempting for a small mind like itself.

It still wasn't too sure about strangers though, and especially not as they might go after its nesting place. A reason why it seemed so protective when Amazon had gotten near before.

Somepony who wasn't thinking over this however, were Briar that had been tackled a little before and were slowly getting back on his legs, trying his best not to accidentally step on the draconequus if he had fallen off, though in general he were a slight bit sore, so standing up slowly seemed like a good idea regardless. he had refused politely when Foxy had wanted to help him before, so it had taken a bit longer, but all in due time and all that, yes?

In the process, he had also mentioned that it was okay, and that he were sure she meant no harm. He wished to go a bit more on with that, but then she went towards the colt - who from what he could hear now, wasn't just a colt actually - and they fell into talk, so it seemed rude for him to interrupt.

"Widdershins? Are you okay by chance? I would hate to think that perhaps I was getting close to accidentaly stomp on you,so a auditory confirmation would be grand, if you would please."

As for Amazon... She just stood and looked at them all, before letting out a small sigh and think back to her home. The normality of wrestling sharks were starting to pull in her compared to all the weirdness going on right now, though so far, nopony had died from what she could tell, so there was that at least. Still didn't make her wish a more... Normal setup, so to speak.

[Twilight-Shimmer 151]

@Foxy Socks

@Blitz Boom

 

Stardust smiled in a childlike way "Who knows? Even after Six Hundred years, I never can tell what will happen next" he said looking up at Foxy before blushing as his stomach took that moment to growl "Um sorry guess I am getting hungry again"  stated blushing a bit then sat down besides the Phoenix and began to lightly pet it with a hoof "I figure after i get settled in here, I can try and find something to eat, I just hope I don't wind up getting lost, then again Ponyville seems to be much smaller the Los Pegasus, so hopefully I wont have too much trouble"

Edited April 17, 2017 by Twilight-Shimmer

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom

Sure the rest of the statues were nice and fancy and they just arrived and all, but Astral was already looking at the statue of Warlock directly knowing it was the source, Misty's eyes widened once she spotted it, but not wanting to ruin the trip for Astral in particular, she stayed quiet about it. "Oh cool! That Warlock guy got his own statue!" Astral said excitedly walking over to the statue, prodding at it, her gem glowed brightly being so close to the source of magic, lightly knocking against the statue, and cracking it despite not being that hard of a knock. "Oh fudge." She looked down at the crack, seeing it leaking smoke. "Will that get us in trouble?" She asked turning to Chow acting oblivious to the small amount of smoke.

Misty spotted the crack, remembering Discord. "Astral..." Misty backed away from Astral and the statue. "Did you lie earlier?" She said backing away further.

Astral shock nervously, looking at Chow. "I... well... I planned to defeat this guy, all I have to do is shatter the statue and he'll be dead! Magic no longer ban-" Cut off by a minor explosion from the statue knocking away, Astral was soon proven wrong.

                                                                                                                        

Nectar turned her head hearing the distant explosion from the garden. "Hm... I think we might have more pressing matters now." She stood up. "I heard an explosion from the Canterlot Gardens. It might be them." She explained then turning to Golden. "If you teleport us to a view of the garden, we can see what's going on there from a safe standpoint." Whether or not they chose to do this, the following events would occur in the meantime.

                                                                                                                        

Warlock floated there, looking around and yawning. "Oh my, Several Centuries go by fast when you're a statue." He said stretching his amputated legs, still floating there he looked to Astral's gem. "Ah, Sapphire I see, That immortal witch found a stallion, quite surprised too." He said floating over to Astral.

She laid on the ground shivering in fear, Misty grabbed onto Chow. "How can you know?" Astral asked, standing up.

"She imprisoned me. Good to know she's dead too." He said with a chuckle. "Would've been so difficult to kill her." Astral growled, throwing a punch at Warlock, who tossed her away into a wall. Protected by a warding spell of course. "Oh good, you're a magic user too that'll make fighting you more fun." He said turning to her, then over to Chow and Misty. "I hope your protected little one." His amputated leg extending out a sword. "I'd rather Sapphire's line of descendents die even if they are just adopted." He then retracted the blade, deciding to complete his more important objective first. "But maybe later, I got an element to get." He said clenching his neck where his necklace would be, throwing his hoof forward, swinging it to the side, tearing Misty away from Chow, and halfway across the garden into a cement wall.

"GAH!" She broke through it from the force used, immediately after the warding spell faded away, starting to cry onto the ground.

Warlock opened a portal behind himself and walked backwards into it, But Astral flew over it, grabbing him with a magic rope while in midair before landing in front of the portal, trying to pull him back through it. "You're not going anywhere."

He extended the sword again, slicing the rope. "I am, and Equestria will die when I get my power back." He said closing the portal right as Astral leaped towards it.

Astral turned around to Chow. "You jinxed this from the start." She said menacingly. "Although to be honest this was my fault." Misty stood up, creating the shield, lifting it up and throwing it at Astrals head. "OW!" Astral turned to Misty. "What was that for!?"

Misty teared up trembling from what just happened."I ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF YOU!" She yelled running away. "You're too dangerous and naive to look after somepony like me!" She yelled as she ran, teleporting herself away to who knows where.

Astral let out a sigh. "My Father will know where she went. and where Warlock is." She looked to Chow, her hair drooping and her gem glowing a dark red color from her negative emotions. "I can bring us to him." She lowered her head after saying that, crying a bit onto the ground from Misty leaving like that. "Or you can leave. And my father and me will deal with it."

Edited April 17, 2017 by Lloyd

[Moonlit 593]

@Blitz Boom @Seamore Sandwich "Ziggy, this is Ponyville, so the answer to that is...probably yes." She folds her ears down, "and your right...that's...that's why I tend to cower in my pool and water." She looks up at Ziggy, "cause I don't know how far I'll go. And...I don't want to end up in that book" She points to a book on her shelf, "Not next to the likes of them"

[EQ_Theta 460]

@Blitz Boom

Need to be strong. Need to stay strong. My pain, my resolve. Do it for them... for family.

That was the thought that ran through Sen's mind. He didn't have a concept of what an unseen battle of wills would be like but that thought kept him going. He wasn't aware of his surroundings, only himself and the presence of the other occupant of his body. He felt the sting of his own physical body collapsing and breaking apart with each second passing by, his mind deteriorating, then compounded with him exerting all of his strength in order to at least prevail. The other entity, Legion, likewise fought with the same intensity and only kept the pressure on. Too much power and it may end up destroying Sen, an unfortunate situation but as long as it could go about with a vessel, it didn't care. 

Bodies possessed by Legion have one interesting ability, however. It could utitlize any piece of knowledge gained from successful melds or partial pieces gained through an interrupted process. It knew Lin's body was in the other realm and at the first chance it could get, it will abandon Sen's body and jump into Lin's but not without leaving a horribly disfigured and unusable body for the real Sen. If it went on long enough, Sen wouldn't be around to stop it. 

But maybe Legion should care. The signs that Sen might not have a lot of time left are showing. His body is slowly becoming emaciated, turning grey then black, then pieces falling apart with each second passing by. Sen could feel his mind slipping away but he kept muttering his thoughts under his breath until his words were effortlessly escaping his mouth, first without sound, then with repeated whispers. Even Legion couldn't keep Sen hushed. The worst that could happen to it would be to fade away with Sen, purpose unfulfilled, and it could tell Sen was willing to take it down even if he will not survive.

Meanwhile, Lin, who had been asleep, for lack of a better word, began to feel pulses. They were weak and soothing at first but the pain grew more and more intense. She tried to scream but the process of bringing her back together wasn't complete yet and she couldn't her herself. The pain she felt was about on par with her experience of cleansing from the wellspring. At least it wouldn't take years to restore her. Maybe. She didn't know; she wasn't fully aware of her surroundings and the passage of time, only that she had to endure. Five years felt like forever and this was just like that moment.

And there was still the matter of what happened to her brother and Omen. She hoped she wouldn't have to wake up to a repeat of what happened with Malvernis. 

Edited April 18, 2017 by EQ_Theta

[genessee 535]

"Feh."

That was about all Lance could reply to that. He had no idea if he was telling the truth or not. To be honest, Lance didn't trust this guy at all. He waited for somepony else to speak so he wouldn't have to say anything else.

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@Blitz Boom

Storm smiled somewhat nervously and edged away from Blitz, recognizing that glint in her eyes. "There's definitely glitter in your future." He warned Molotov, glancing over at Blitz. Moving a bit closer , he whispered, "Be careful, lest Blitzy test some of her more experimental prank-bombs on you"

Moving away, Storm picked up the bomb plushie with a wing, brushing it off and setting it gently on his own back, "I'll hold onto this for you for now Blitzy." He said to the silly filly, "Might be hard for you to scamper around while carrying this big plushie after all." Storm added, chuckling.

 

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@Twilight-Shimmer @Blitz Boom

"Haha... Ponyville still might seem a little large to somepony who isn't even used to places like this. I spend a lot of time away too, but I am pretty used to it myself since, well, I live here now. The only place I do really want to get to know better is Cloudsdale, which I have only visited twice. I have family there, but I am disconnected from them for some reason, and my parents rarely mentioned them. I wonder what has been going on."

Foxy sighed for a moment, she already had a good idea why, and that was her. When she last visited there (the first she did not attempt to meet them yet, due to nerves), she only saw them for a few minutes, before they seemed to hurry away, as if they were scared of her.

Her parents were very loving and nice, and probably moved because of how the rest of her family reacted  to her appearance, or at least she thought. She never brought this up to anypony before, not wanting to cause any trouble. It has bothered her on occasion, but she honestly didn't care much, as the others didn't seem to for her. She was glad to have her parents move out, since it would have been difficult living in Cloudsdale with her other family there. Besides, who has ever seen foxes in the clouds?
 

[Widdershins 9,959]

@dragon4111 & @Blitz Boom

      "You're right he's-"  *whump*

  Kozaky fumbles into the middle of the conversation, having clearly heard no part of it while he was slowly fluttering his way to catch up to his supposed "Master" while attempting to drag his open mouth on the ground. Getting back up after literally tripping on his face and somersaulting between the mare and the dragonlord the sickly batpony sits up and sprays dirt from his mouth into Last Stand's face.

  "Feh... bluh... I can still taste the juice!..."  Looking up now into her face & catching his wind, Kozaky's eyes narrow as he pointedly directs a hoof towards the Foremare.

 "The Master! Will be! Displeased!"

  "Your what's wrong with Equestrian Govenment, you know! Following or-ders like a good little filly while the bureaucrats up top pull all the strings! Real power comes from those who take what they want like... uh, Dragons! And you! You're just a Pony!"  With this last word, it becomes readily apparent that Kozaky has managed to work back up his spittle storage capacity.         "Why, you should be roasting yourself on a spit in penance for daring to stick up to His might! Do you even know what the Master does to belligerent, disrespectful, witless ponies?!!?"

    With a final pointing gesture rudely shoved towards Ancalagon with his other hoof still shoved into Last Stand's muzzle, this spread-eagle stance pulls back Kozaky's wild mug open to a quick swat from both parties. Potentially everyone nearby simultaneously. It seems Kozaky is the only one unaware of just how punchable he is.

 

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@Blitz Boom

  A grey metal box on a cheap pole with some sort of circular mesh area pops up next to Briar, twanging a bit in place as it steadies. After a moment a voice crackles out from it.

   " Kssht, Pzzht, Crackle & Pop!  -e party *Shhzt* -at you ahe attempt to reach is not in right nhow. If yerd like tah take a message please leave a tone at the- *Skreeeeeeee*"

The speaker cuts out with a loud, ear-splitting feedback noise. As the ringing ends, Widdershins winds out from under Briar's cloak once more to loop down his left side and around his neck, increasing to a more rattlesnake size.

   Well. You did say "auditory."

      But I really must commend you. That's adorable that you think you can squish me! I mean, I suppose Amazin' Lilly there knows me well enough that I can self-decapitate at will, but just outright whittering out like that is... well, death is something I stopped doing, like, some good while ago or something!

    Seriously, you can just pop my head off like nobeing's business just by tugging on my ears!

 Widdershins gestures both his long ears towards Briar.

   No, seriously. Do it. Pull my ears. Seriously, do it. Do it, seriously.       ...Do it.         Dew eet!!!

 

[Twilight-Shimmer 151]

@Foxy Socks

"You have been to Cloudsdale?" stardust asked looking up at foxy with curious eyes. "What's it like up there? Being a Unicorn I have never gotten to see the place" He then paused thinking about Foxy's mention of her parents and family and gave a slightly sad smile "But at least your family is still around, were I you I would try and bring em together more often while you can, I would give almost anything to have my family back again"

[dragon4111 914]

@Blitz Boom,  @Widdershins

Ancalagon couldn't help but chuckle at the jester of the courier guild. " Kozaky calm yourself. I have a job for you. I need you to go the the spa and find this alicorn if you will," Ancalagon ordered at the jester. "If not that can you find Draco while I deal with this little mare," he said with a chuckle though he was alittle annoyed at the mare Last Stand. She was merely doing her job. "Tell me Miss last Have you heard of the Draconic territory act?" he asked with a grin on his face.

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@Twilight-Shimmer

"You think? Well, I hope things can get better between us..." Not knowing how to respond to the fact that Stardust had no living parents, she continued.

"Well, it's quite a great place, though I haven't been to it nearly enough. It's quite large, and easy to get lost. Not as large as Canterlot I guess, but it is impressive and beautiful. It's a shame non pegasi can't go there normally. It is a bit homogeneous, but the community is friendly enough."

"Where are you from? Stardust?" Foxy asked.

[CentipedeGhoul 13]

@Blitz Boom

Starburst backed up into the inn at Vivid's suggestion, getting one last look at the dragon before shutting the door, sure that the lock would automatically reapparate on the door.

"Who's Satin?" He asked Vivid, but it was more to himself. 

Shrugging it off at an absence of an answer, he panned his gaze over to the stage, where so many other ponies were starting to turn their attention to.

[Twilight-Shimmer 151]

@Foxy Socks

 

"If you mean where did I "grow up", I grew up in a small village to the west called Hayseed, when my mom and sister died, I began to travel the world, around the age of One Hundred and one. Hayseed though was a lot smaller then this town but it was pleasant none the less." Stardust answered with a smile Then looked up and nodded to Foxy. ""And yes, you should try and see your family as much as possible, after all family matters most" he added then shrugged "I probably have family out there somewhere, I just don't know of any or if I do"

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

@Blitz Boom @CentipedeGhoul

Satin threw a foreleg around Vivid and hugged her. "Maybe I'm just too sensitive about emotions." She pulled away from Vivid and winked. She walked over to her bags and pulled out a notebook before going to the stage and placing it on a stand. Moving the stage in front of her, she took another drink of water and cleared her throat. "Thank you all for waiting. I'm terribly sorry about my response to you all earlier." She looked over the crowd smiling, the smile only getting larger as her eyes befell Vivid. "This performance is going to be dedicated to my new friend, hopefully, Ms. Vivid Loss."

Satin cleared her throat and turned the pages of her notebook to her favorite of her songs song. Her wings began to move but, instead of buzzing, a sound akin to a harp meeting a violin was produced from them. As the song progressed, the pace started to pick up slightly, but remained calm and soothing. Suddenly Satin stopped. Her head lowered to the ground, one second, two, three, four. Then her head snapped up, her wings moving quickly and her voice filled the room, akin to an opera singer, but more emphasizing the changeling qualities of her voice. The words were unimportant to understand, being ancient changeling. She'd have been surprised if any of the ponies could translate it, except maybe Vivid.

After a few minutes, Satin's voice stopped and her wings slowed down until they stopped as well. She looked up at the crowd smiling and bowed.

Edited April 18, 2017 by Lil' Lovebug

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@Twilight-Shimmer

"I see. Well, I grew up in a small village to the East which had a large forest near it. Not as big or dangerous as the Everfree, but I had been told to be cautious, and not to stay at night. This is where I found foxes for the first time, and discovered my love for them. I had also gained my cutie mark there after caring for a young injured fox."

"The village was mostly populated by Earth ponies, so I was one of the few Pegasi who lived there. It made me  stand out even more, but many were nice when they got to  know me. I still visit there occasionally to see my parents. I moved out a few years ago."

 

[Widdershins 9,959]

@Blitz Boom & @genessee

    Ambie walks slowly up to Happy Hour's table, cautious either from the newcomer or the fact that he's trying his best to balance a good five plates of food. On his way up he mutters a bit under his breath with his teeth clenched around a plate.  "Greh, ahtenate dehmensuns..."

  Ambie slowly drops his plate onto the table.

   "Mind if I sit down here? ...I seem to have lost the stallion that brought me here... hope he's alright..."

Without waiting for much of a response, Ambie begins unloading his plates slowly, pausing momentarily as he places each plate.

  "Well... I don't know much about that... do pon-... uh, the sort that come from where you do, do they generally launch into the air at random & get shot at with magical streamers? -clunk-

  But either way, I suppose it doesn't matter much what bad situation you've come from...    -clunk-

  ...So much as your not there right now, right?   -clunk-

   ...So... I guess the best thing to do is to just, well...  -clunk-

  Well, like a... uh, 'friend' I once knew used to say: It's not so much where your life is from or starts, so much as what you DO with that gift of life."

    Ambie sits down at last, blushes a bit awkwardly as his snout scrunches up and his eyes shift for a moment before asking:

  "..and, uh, just wondering but, uh.... you going to eat those muffins?"

[BloodDrops 762]

23 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

The leaf would go off without much of a struggle, but it didn't hurt Lyriel. He'd have to break some of her branches to do that, but the leaves - and especially the ones in her dress - were nothing serious. She could regrow them again fast if needed to be, and there were no nerves connected to most of them.

She giggled a little from the pony licking her, feeling how the tongue on her bark tickled somewhat, but yet again, did nothing bad to her.

"Whatever disease you may carry little one, I don't think it can infect me. I am not of flesh and blood, but of bark and sap. Diseases of the flesh likely doesn't affect ones like me.

As for my former home, I can assure you that there was no real silver around, it was simply our name for it. I believe the honoured At- I mean, dragons, called it something else."

Lyriel placed her hand gently on the ground and made a carpet of moss grow underneath their feet and hooves, before sitting down on the soft layer.

"I am sorry to hear that you carry a disease of some kind though. It cannot be easy for you, and especially not if it can infect others. Must isolate you a little from them, yes?"

"What the-?"

In the process of making the moss grow, Lyriel had missed the flapping of wings that came before Stargazer had the two of them i sight. An unfortunate situation, as she had promised Nerzhei to be careful whom she showed herself to, but there was little to do about it now, so she simply waved at him with a smile on her face.

"Wings like a dragon? How adorable."

Stargazer landed a little away from them in a tree and looked them over without answering, trying to clear his eyes a few times before just letting out a deep, drawn out sigh an look downward in defeat.

"I can't deal with this right now. Does any of you know who fired fireworks off before? It came from the forest, and I need to inform the instigator to not do that again. It is a danger to the flying ones at work and the dragon that have come to town in general."

Blood smiled at the tree and licked it, she liked this tree thing. "Well thats good, other fleshy things get my disease and die. Then I'm held responsible which isn't fair" she remarked, she liked the taste of the tree bark. Though she was distracted by the new arrival, she frowned at him and snorted.

"No fireworks here" she remarked at him, despite the large box of fireworks near her, and being covered in firework powder from where she had been carrying him.

"Anyway, if I wanted to shoot the giant dragon, I would need a whole box of fireworks" she remarked sitting on the box and trying to hide it.

"There no box here, or fireworks" 

"So shoo" she growled showing her teeth.

[Twilight-Shimmer 151]

@Foxy Socks

"Foxes are indeed very cute, especially Fox Kits. As a matter a fact about two years ago, I was playing some mini-golf in a town thats name escapes me at the moment, when a small fox darted out of a bush, and pounced on my golf ball and started to toss and bat it around. It was so cute!" he giggled his tail wagging at the memory before blushing as he stomach chose that moment to growl again. "I think after I am settled into a tent I will need to find somewhere to eat" he mused tapping his muzzle with a hoof before looking up at Foxy "You said you have been in town for a bit right? Know any good places to eat?" he asked then glanced to the Phoenix who was still there with them "Are you hungry too by the way?"