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When Maple awoke the group had set up a lose camp with what they had. She stood up feeling cold perhaps passing out near something that worshiped only bloodshed wasn't great for her senses. When she walked over to the others Woody waved at her. Maple sighed. "So it wasn't just a dream. I wish it would have been things haven't been like they used to be."

"Agreed Maple. Just when you though you had brought peace to equestria as well." Luna added. "I'm sorry Maple you worked so hard for peace."

Maple smiled a bit looking at how optimistic Woodland was being in front of his greatest fear "Peace is overrated anyway princess." She said laughing a bit.

Woody smiled, He seemed to be helping perhaps not as much as he could with his voice but he was still helping.

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"Y-you are insane!!" Jack screamed at him.

"What about all those things you said huh? What about your whole plan to actually destroy Valtrek? Do the lives of others mean so fragile to you after all?" Jack said in disbelief

"Valtrek is not the only super power in this galaxy, there is someone who is even far strong then him, but luckely his existance had been forgotten to time, as goes with most memories. That is until someone actually decided to dig to far into our secrets, and found out, that is something we cannot allow."

"After all, ancient enemies will never sign peace."

"But I trust you will make your choice in due time, perhaps not with words, but with actions, that I am sure off."

"Now... this is where I get off." Montarion as he simply vanished

Jack reappeared in mid air as for where he had vanished, with an unreadable expression on his face.

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When Jack reappeared suddenly the group just looked at him. "You're back!" Discord said "So what did montarion say to you because we may need to know I bet it wasn't very fun."

Maple walked over to Jack, She kept shifting around as if she didn't want to stop moving. "I'm guessing it didn't go well but still we need to leave. I still feel off, this whole place is just... unlucky."

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Treasured made his way to the throne room uninterrupted no one really knew of his existence anyways. Once he was in the throne room, he looked around No guards... He thought This is too easy! He walked up to the throne which Celestia was sitting on. "Princess Celestia, The princess of everything, loved by all, The eldest Alicorn know to pony kind. It's an honor..."

Celestia put her hoof up and moved it down slowly, "It's quite alright. I know of these things but I don't let them go to my head. We do have a war to be fighting at the moment."

"More so than you think princess." He said drawing his blade. "You've been blind celestia to all the ponies that needed you before all this and now that a select few are in danger you fear for 'Equestria'. You have lied to equestria because of you really cared you'd have helped everypony even if it was something small, and now faced with our greatest threatyou sill refuse to train, only send troops. Now face Justice!" He flew at her with his blade in hoof/

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"It um... it was nothing." Jack quickly lied

"But we need to return to Canterlot, because while this may not the temple, it the real one is still in Equestria. Tough the location... I don't know, but if we manage to find it, we can find information that might even save us all. I know its sounds pretty weird to assume that information will help us here, but we have to keep in mind that there might be documents there that record secrets from millions of years ago, things that could wipe our enemies out, because i know for a fact my ancestors did alot more then just fighting."

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Woody looked jack in the eyes and could tell he was lying about something. He tapped Jack on the should and he motioned with his paw as if he needed to continue.

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Celestia blocked he weapon with her hablard she had kept hidden by the throne.

Treasured was astounded. "Wh... What?"

"I have been training. In secret. I wanted no one to know I was stronger so I could lure out a true enemy it seems to have worked." Celestia said calmly but also somewhat sadly.

"Well no matter how strong you are you are not stopping the true prince of Equestria from taking his rightful Place!" The fake alicorn yelled.

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Jack sighed.

"Montarion has been waiting for this invasion to happen, but he even came with some sort offer, Either i let myself turn or you will all be doomed, i do not inquire why he even would want something like this inside of me to be given birth, but apparently he wants to cause as much chaos as possible for some... prophecy or something, i don't know... But one thing is clear, i am going to pick the first option, because if i pick the second one, then i don't doubt something really bad is going to happen. So i guess all i have to do is wait until it happens, because even though I will be dooming myself in the process, you all still might be able to destroy it once it has come, and then once you managed to repel the invasion and drive the enemies from this planet, you will all be safe for a very long time."

Jack said as he was lying on the ground.

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Woody flinched and realized something. He pointed to himself and father, referring to chaos, and shook his head. He pointed a Jack as he grabbed a cloak and behaved like an assassin, After he did that he nodded.

Maple could tell he was onto something but had no Idea what he was trying to say. She just looked at him confused not knowing what to say

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Celestia repelled Treasured's weapon. She had the upperhand and used the blunt end of the weapon to knock Treasured away, only for her attack to be blocked by his wing. He counter attacked bu jumping over Celestia and attacking her from behind, Celestia teleported away to avoid the strike and fire a beam at him, Treasured returned fire the beams hit each other and the two of them stood there dueling magically not giving the other the upperhand

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Jack was having trouble with understanding what he meant.

"Do you mean, stay mortal and don't let power overwhelm you? Wait no that is not it..."

"I do have to mention one thing though, I am really afraid of that chaos magic, not because of you 2, but because it strikes a resemblance towards the same powers that Valtrek and his follower use, which traumatized me to no end... And when the thing decides to strike, i need to uphold some form of resistance in my body, but when i a, consumed by fear, my body will drop all of that resistance and that allows this thing to deal a devastating blow... But even if i can still hold against it."

"But even so guys, i just don't want to risk all of you getting involved with the blood cult because their method of murder is outrages. Instead of just killing their victim, they rip the victim's soul of its body and feed it straight to their master, and in the aftermath, that soul will only feel a constant and agonizing pain for the rest of eternity, but nothing else..."

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Discord looked at Jack "Don't worry." He said reassuringly "Our powers are only for use for good! Plus our my magic isn't scary." He summoned a flying pig through a portal and let it out through a different one "It's fun" He said laughing.

Woody kept pointing at Jack then to himself still acting like an assassin, He was trying to tell them something

Something clicked inside Maple's  head she had seen that sort of behavior before she linked ti with Jack and.. "Wait! You're saying he's helping that assassin I met in everfree who claimed to be his mother right?" 

Woody nodded.

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Jack shook his head.

"No, while their goals may seem a bit similar, they are still big enemies, especially when Valtrek started to plunge the galaxy into a very apocalyptic state, the Bloodcult where even more threatened than they were before, which explains why they are rarely seen."

"If anything, my mother would be desperate to find out how they bring forth their powers and collect their DNA rather than make an alliance with them. It's already very rare to see a blood cult member like Montarion to act this friendly, normally they show no regard for life and murder everything they see."

Jack did frown a little at Discord's answer.

"Discord, i do not doubt that chaos magic is used for good, but i am saying is that i have an extreme sensitivity towards that kind of magic, during my imprisoned, I was tortured multiple times by that very kind of magic, and it has caused more damage to my mentality than most can imagine, it just a bit of a sensitive topic to joke around for me."

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Discord looked confused for a second. "How could you be tortured by... Nevermind sorry Jack I'll keep use of Chaos Magic low."

Woody looked around a second, He didn't see Luna there. He walked off to go find her.

She was at the entrance to the temple area she was about to raise the moon but she was waiting on the sun to go down "Somethings wrong... Why hasn't the sun lowered yet?" She kept waiting for a bit.

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The magical clash had't moved at all. Treasured smiled as he pulled his trump card "So Celestia, You act like you always fight for good. I think you sister would have disagreed all those years ago when you banished her because of your blindness."

"T..There was no way I could have stopped her." Celestia said starting to lose ground "She was fated to become nightmare moon."

"That's where your wrong she tried to tell you about it but you ignored her Celestia." He focused all his magical energy into this blast. Overwhelming Celestia's now weaker blast.

Celestia stopped firing her beam and shielded herself.

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"I think she is gone off fighting, it would make the most sense as there aren't many who could overpower her as it is." Jack said with concern.

"Could anyone please take me back to Canterlot tough? I just need to prepare, tonight is going to be dire." He said

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"Watch as I show you Celestia that you are no longer needed by your loyal ponies." Treasured's horn started glowing the same color as Celestia's normally did.Outside the sun moved a bit but stopped then slowly lowered again.

Celestia could believe what she just saw a pony figured out how to move the sun the thing she felt like was her own unique magic. "You... Moved the sun... How?"

"You've got much more to worry about than that Celestia!" He said triumphant

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Luna watched the sun when it stopped she jumped "Somepony is controlling the sun!" She said scared.

"Yea 'Tia is like every day and night." Maple said sarcastically.

Luna sighed "No somepony that is not my sister. She never lowers it that slowly. We must move quickly!" Luna flew off quickly followed by Ember then Maple Leaving Woody Discord and Jack behind.

"What was all that about?" Discord asked confused. Woody simply shrugged

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"Could you please at least take me with you instead of leaving me behind?!" Jack said from the ground in desperation.

"Of course I am being left behind by that...." Jack said with sadness.

He stared at the sky.

"You 2 should go as well, don't wait for me. I will catch up with you all later." Jack as he looked to the other side.

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Woody smiled at Jack. Pointing at his throat then at him. 

Discord giggled "Jack they where just concerned about the princess." He said picked Jack up he was upset that they all just kinda forgot about him. "Me and Woody knew that they where going to storm off which is why we stayed back here for you and you can barely stand let alone walk. We can't just leave you after how much time Maple put into protecting you." He started to fly back to canterlot slowly holding Jack carefully.

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'Well tonight it is going to happen, this thing has been absent for far too long, not even raising its presence for just a moment, which can mean only one thing, it is preparing.' Jack thought.

'But i can't keep running from it forever, and i can't hold off either, which means i know what to do.' he thought.

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Discord looked  at him "So... Is there maybe something anypony in canterlot could do to help you with it. Perhaps Luna could" Discord said delighted. Woody tapped Discord and when he looked Woody shook his head "What do you mean that's not gonna work?"

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Celestia's barrier broke finally once Treasured hit it with his blade, He laughed finally victorious "Princess Celestia face punishment for your past crimes, Pay with you life!" He brought his bald down Celestia gave one last effort to block his strike. Treasured knocked the weapon away and tried his final hit again. There was a flash and Ember's axe head blocked the strike. "What how did you?!"

Luna blasted him with a strong spell knocking him over. "When I saw the sun lowering much slower than normal I knew something was wrong with my sister. Perhaps you aren't as strong as you thing." she walked over and swung at him with her blade. Treasured used his wings to block the strike and he slid under Luna. Jumping out of a window he flew away. Luna turned back to Celestia "Sister! Are you alright?!"

Celestia stood up and said thankfully "I'm alright, drained of energy but I'm not hurt."

A few minutes later Maple walked into the room. "No one else is here Princess Luna. He seems to have come alone." She said defeated.

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"Only time will tell." Jack said blankly.

'It's at these moments where i am normally supposed to be afraid, scared, and sometimes even sad. But at this moment, I can only feel an empty void, this is how my dad must have felt before he died... I am essentially going to giving myself the same luxury sooner or later, like father like son after all.' he thought with dismay

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Woody looked at Jack's expression. He tapped him and he looked as if he was worried, he pointed at his heart and tilted his head.

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Luna was mending the broken window while Ember was helping Celestia. 

Maple was pacing. "Treasured's been busy recently... I think he thinks he can win now with our new enemies in play well he's wrong."

Luna looked at Maple She noticed something she had never seen in her before, jittery movements, nervous glares, occstionaly something would make a noise she'd jump, Luna saw fear in her. "He has attacked the same amount as before according to reports. Maple are you... Scared of him?"

"W... What no of course not." Maple said offended , She stomped her hoof into the floor. "I can't be scared of anything. Not even death it's self."

Ember looked over from where she was looking dead at Maple. "I agree Princess Luna, She seemed scared during the fight in the temple as well."

Maple scowled and stormed off. After finding some privacy in a room in the barracks she sat down and thought about it "Why... Why am I so afraid..."

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Jack didn't answer, he just kept looking forward with an empty expression.

'Saying goodbyes won't do much good, it will only make it harder for them because I know what needs to be done.' he tought

'I just want to get this over with...' he thought as they eventually arrived in Canterlot.

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Discord landed gently and started heading towards the infirmary. Woody may not be able to read minds but he could tell when something is bothering someone. He flew up and help a paw out. Discord stopped walking. Woody flew in front of Jack, Giving him a intimidating, but familiar, stare.

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Maple was still hiding when she heard her name called. She stepped out of the room and acted fearless again as she saw Moonshadow. "Maple! Maple those buildings centers, I think they where... they're still out there."

"What!" Maple flinched. "No way, we blew up the center. It's not like they already put it back together."

"They didn't, this ones at a new location. What do we do now?" Moonshadow asked panicked

"Easy!" She said loudly "Same way as before!" Maple went to go grab her weapons and such to head down to it.

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"Just leave me alone Woody, I am tired, I need some sleep." Jack said with an annoyed expression.

Jack started to lay down and close his eyes.

'It is now or never, I will be praying for everyone here once this is over.' he thought

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Jack was in his dream, in a white void, just staring at him, because in his dream, he could actually stand like he had no injuries. But sadly, he could still feel pain to his dismay.

"You can come out now, I know you are there." Jack said blankly

"It is over, you can have me! I will not be struggling anymore. Does that make you happy?" he said.

"We are one, that is our destiny. Now rejoice." A distorted voice said everywhere around him."

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Woody was about it hit Jack to wake him. He felt like he knew what was about to happen but his father grabbed his paw. "Perhaps we should go get your vocal cords fixed Woodland." Discord picked up woody and carried him elsewhere in the infirmary. Jack tried to run over to him but his father wouldn't let him go.

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Maple after getting her things met up with Moonshadow and Prince Shining. "So where's the problem."

Shining pointed to a far away montain. "Mount everhoof. It's way to close to my home in the crystal empire. We have to go destroy it quickly before they turn the crystal ponies against us. Flurry and cadance are still there we've got to hurry!" Shining and Moonshadow hurried to the train and Maple started to fly there.

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"I may turn into you, but there is one thing that will never change. I am an Eldritch at heart, and I will never lose my loyalty, my father would be first to say so."

"Your father was a fool, just like every single one of you, trying to resist something that cannot be defeated. So why bother?" Said the voice.

"Because monsters like you took everything we stood for, life, families, friends, and most of all, our own free will. Our race might go extinct, but i can assure you that we won't be the last to stand up against you!" Jack shouted

"How does one puny race make a difference? We number in trillions, but you, you have nothing, i am your only answer to the mistakes you made. And i will correct it all." The voice said as suddenly tentacles started to advance towards Jack from all directions.

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Maple reached the edge of the crystal empire a while before the train arrived. She considered attacking it alone. She hesitated though if she turned this early Equestria would be doomed.She waited on the train to arrive.

Around an hour or so later the train got there. Maple stood up as Moonshadow and Shining got off the train. "Ready?" Shining asked her after she nodded Shining led the way to the center.

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Woody had managed to escape his fathers hold on him without him noticing. He ran over to the main throne room where Luna still was.

Luna jumped when He threw open the Door "Woody? You still haven't gotten you vocal chords fixed yet why?" She walked closer to him

He motioned for her to follow him and do so quickly once he arrived at Jack's room he pointed at Jack then at his own head.

Luna was confused for several moments before realizing what he meant "Oh you mean his dream! Alright We've got it."

After entering the dream Luna looked around "Jack?! Where are you?!" She shouted.

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