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Nightmare changed back into Luna then She made Celestia go back to her own dream. "I'll stay with you until it collapses even if that means I die!"

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Discord hadn't realized he wasn't carrying woody until much later. When he realized he sighed and teleport ed to Jack's room. Seeing him there he was upset. "Woody! Look Jack just needs some rest and time to recover his wounds. He doesn't need you hounding over him." Woody was pointing at the symbol on his arm frantically trying to make him understand why he was so worried. Discord sighed again knowing he wasn't going to convince him that he was fine "Alright tell you what." Discord mimicked the Sealing spell Luna use on his arm earlier. "There, it can't hurt him now. Let's get you fixed up." Woody seemed to be able to leave Jack's side now but he wasn't sure if he'd survive or not.

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Jack was at a loss for words at Luna's reaction.

"Luna?" he said with a trembling voice before suddenly everything flashed white.

Jack shot awake as he baking in sweat.

He looked at his arm with a blurry vision.

"By the gods..." He could barely say.

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Luna was literally thrown out of a portal the appeared near Jacks head. She landed on her hooves stumbled a bit and fell to the ground. "What happened? Jack are you alright?!" He voice was filled with concern. She looked at him and saw her golden seal around his arm. "Wait... If my sister is asleep and we where in your dream then who did that?" She pointed at the seal around Jacks arm.

A few minutes later woody ran into the room and, seeing luna, dashed over to Jack. "Jack?..." He said worried "I got my voice back. Can you hear me?"

Luna walked out of the room seeing discord. "How'd you get his voice back?"

"Turns out counterspells are a bit stronger than I gave them credit for." Discord said smiling.

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"I can't believe I survived that... Thank you guys, I really mean it, especially you Luna, this was all really intense..."

He looked down.

"I just cannot how strong that thing was... I know it would be strong but this... This was just pure insanity, but whats even worse, once it has regained its strength it will come stronger as time progresses... Just how did this all happen? I could have never imagined how i am going to turn into something so.... dreadful...." He said out of breath

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Luna heard him and stepped back in "We're glad we could be of some assistance Jack! Being honest both me and my sister are mostly unharmed however theres no telling how much damage it could have caused had I not been able to become Nightmare Moon again."

Woody looked confused. "Wait..." He looked at Luna who was still Luna. "You changed again you don't look it."

Luna laughed. "That's beacuse ,Woodland, I have much more control over her in the dream realm than I do in the waking one. We are also glad you got your voice back now you can sing again and use magic!" She said happily

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"Thanks to your help that creature won't be able to do anything for quite a while, but there is still something that worries me, what will we do once it regains it strength, it will just end up stronger than before, and i am honestly not very certain how much i have left before i start to turn into... that thing." Jack said with worry

"Let alone the fact that once it has regained its strength, it can attack at any given moment. It already had quite brains, using my own body as a way to trap us all 3 into that dream for eternity... "

"The moment Valtrek put this curse on me, I knew some of his personality would go into this creature." He said with a sigh.

"Tough i know one thing for certain, i am going to disband my entire connection with my bloodline and family. Because i know for a fact after everything my mother has done, my family name has the blood-stains from countless of lives thanks to her, it would be a disgrace if i kept that around, my father would understand this, he would the be first to say so."

"*Greatness comes from small beginnings* were his words, and perhaps I should follow that, though I have no idea where to further with that. I mean, at this point I am just a mere refugee." he said

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Woody looked around and thought of something. "Princess Luna, Where's my sister? I know she came to the castle with you I think she'd be happy to hear my voice."

Luna realized she hadn't seen her since Treasured Left She looked around the castle a bit "I... I don't know perhaps she just is busy else where. You best go find her though she may be needed soon."

Woody nodded and left the room leaving only Jack and Luna "Be honest. How long will that thing leave you alone?"

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Jack bit his lip.

"I think it would be around 2 days, perhaps 5 at most, it's really hard to say. Because it has never fight anything as strong as you guys before, so I can only think it is furious and will strike when he gets his best opportunity." Jack said.

"When it was weaker, it would only strike rarely, but since it has grown so strong... That thing is literally restless in trying to get its way.."

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A large group of enemy soldiers were talking towards a town, flanked by a group of infected.

Infront of the group, there were 2 individuals walking.

One of them was  the assassin, and the other one could be identified as the enemy, he was pretty big, his left jaw was missing, showing his teeth, he was wearing some sort of metal armour, spikes and symbols were added to its, he was carrying a mace that let off a dark red aura.

"Why are we wasting out time in this misery alien settlement? Our weakest armies could wipe this thing off the map." The leader said in an annoyed tone.

"I thought you normally enjoy the rush of battle? At least now you have something to kill, I know how grumpy you can get when you don't smell blood." the assassin joked.

Suddenly a group of 20 guard ponies appeared around them, surrounding them from every direction.

"Karliah, deal with these fools." The leader said.

"Hmph, gladly." She said as she scanned the area.

They all charged at once towards the 2, but the Assasin used her magic to blow the guard ponies away, some of them smashing straight through the walls of buildings.

One of the guard ponies survived but was ended brutally as the Assasin warped punch the pony straight to its neck.

The another guard pony who had survived decided to act brave and sneak up to the enemy leader, but made a fatal mistake as the leader had heard him sneaking nearby without any effort.

The leader grabbed the pony by the throat and crushed its windpipe with its abnormal strength, before throwing the dead pony away like a ragdoll.

"You have got to be joking me... I expected a counter attack and all we got were 20 of these weaklings... We are wasting our time here!" The leader growled in annoyance.

"Perhaps you should start working on your senses, some of them have been hiding in buildings the entire time, it doesn't take much experience to notice their hooves from walking on the ground like a bunch of animals." The assassin said

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"Well if you need me to fight it off again Both me and Nightmare Moon will be there." She winked at him. "I'll always be there for you!"

"Princess." A guard said as he walked in "Captain Maple, Her second in command, and Prince shining all went to mount everhoof to take out a conversion center. Woody said you where looking for her."

"What!" Luna said shocked.

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Treasured was fed up with being defeated, after a while he noticed something, These ponies that where corrupted where way stronger than normal ponies. He decided to seek out his 'Allies' To see if they could help him.

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"This is not good..." Jack said.

"Luna, they have no idea how those centres even work, let alone how to destroy it, they are going to end up getting them killed because they have no way to destroy it as they are now!" Jack said with worry.

"I hate to say it, but we will have to head there quickly because there might be a chance they are attacking a heavily defended one, wich means they won't even be able to get inside without getting massive resistance from our enemies."

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Luna nodded. "I'll send people but are you sure you want to go with them Jack I believe you still can't walk."

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Maple was cold, no she was freezing. "Guys... I... Don't think This was such a good idea." She said

Shining looked back at her "Why do you say that what if something happens to the crystal empire."

"..." Maple stayed quiet intimated by his anger.

Moonshadow decided to stand up for her. "And what about us. huh? We're less important than any of the crystal empire?! No! We need both you and Captain Maple as leaders now This is to big a risk! I'm leaving!" He turned and left followed quickly by Maple

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"You are right, but at the same time they are going to suffer immense losses if I am not there, I am just not sure about this whole situation... Because even if i could walk again right now i still wouldn't stand much of a chance for long, knowing how reckless i can be." He said

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"I'll go see what's happening then we can plan A course of action." Luna said heading to the same telescope Shining had used earlier. She saw the trio Shining standing there with Moonshadow and Maple Heading away from the area. She watched them carefully for a while and saw that Shining too had started to leave. She sighed relived.

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"Is it going good over there? Because if we wish to attack the very defended ones, we need to attack with the strongest forces we could possibly have, or we would not even be able to get into the center itself, because they have to many main forces defending the front." Jack said.

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"They... Seem to be leaving now..." She wondered why. She noticed that Maple was standing really close to Moonshadow "I think Maple's hurt but I can't tell. From here they are just colors against the mountain. I'm just glad they are leaving."

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"Hey... Moonshadow. Thanks for standing up for me back there." Maple said shyly. She was blushing without realizing.

Moonshadow looked at her "It's alright Captain Map-"

Maple interupted "Just Maple is fine for now."

"..." Moonshadow paused for a moment. "Alright, Maple, I knew that would be something you'd do for me so I just kinda did..." He sense her love and felt hungry H ecouldn't eat her love, She's kill him! He gripped his stomach. "Let's get back to the crystal empire I'm starving!"

Maple smiled awkwardly "Alright Lunch then!"

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"I am really glad to." Jack said with a sigh of relief.

"Now I guess all I can do is pray, and hope for good luck to all us, we all know we need it." Jack said.

'We will need every bit of it, without a doubt..' he tought

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Luna thought about what Jack had said earlier. Pondering it for a minute. She knew Jack had family but he was breaking all ties with them "Jack about what you said earlier about never going back to your family... You can't do that. What We mean by that is that you need to have a family it should be really important."

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Maple had something she had to get off her chest. The weight of equestria felt like nothing compared to what she felt in her heart. "M... Moonshadow." She said with a thousand butterflies in her stomach.

"Yes, Maple?" Moonshadow said looking at her he heard a lot of worry in her voice but they where out of danger. "Is something... Wrong?"

Maple started to slightly shake nervously "N...Nevermind Sorry." She flew ahead of him rapidly "Just need to drink an apple or something."

Moonshadow smiled gently feeling all of the love coming off her "Alright, if you say so."

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"I know, family is one of the most important things in life. But how do I go from here? I already lost everything before, all that remains are memories. I just don't know what to do..." Jack said with sadness.

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"Perhaps starting over?" Luna said offering her hoof to him. "Sometimes you need to let go of the past and move on. Focusing to the future"

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The trio eventually reached the crystal empire. Maple was quick yo find a place they could sit and eat but Shining insisted on leaving. Maple and Moonshadow where left alone.

The two sat down. At the park area after getting some food. Maple was having a simple apple. Moonshadow was having a cupcake, He set it down for a second "Maple do you like me?"

Maple slightly blushed again, acting like she wasn't interested in the conversation she "Yea. You're my right hoof man sometimes I worry about what I'd do had you not been there." She smilied "Your a good friend too!"

Moonshadow sighed "No I mean more than that." Maple blushed hearing that Moonshadow laughed. "Oh my Celestia you totally do." Maple got really hurt by his comment. He didn't want to hurt her feelings but he did by accident. "Hey. It's ok. I like you too Maple."

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Jack nodded and shook her hoof

"Indeed, starting over sounds good, it is the only thing that I can do, the past is unchangeable while the future still can be changed." he said with a smile

"But what exactly can i focus on? I don't have an idea where i could even start, let alone that I am still a refugee here." Jack said with confusion

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"How about you start with what is most important. A new family." She opened her wings offering to take him under her wing, "Perhaps I could help you with that?"

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"Perhaps I was too obvious with it." Maple said panicked "I'm sorry I've probably made you feel really awkward until now, huh?"

Moonshadow laughed and put his hoof on Maple's shoulder "Not at all." He thought about what Jack had said about him being a changeling and not being able to hide it forever. He took a really deep breath. "Maple how much do you like me then? And be honest."

"You're the only stallion to cross my mind the way you do... You work towards the same goals as me plus you're helpful, strong and caring." She said "All the things that I work so hard to try and be."

"Alright then please remember all the things you just said." He said worried "And keep an open mind". He let her finish her apple since she was drinking the last of it. He changed into his changeling form and put up a barrier just in case.

"You... You lied... to me." She said walking closer to him "You only did this for my trust... This is why I can't love anyone." She slammed her hoof on the ground angered.

"Maple wait please listen!" Moonshadow said panicked "I've been a changeling since we met but never told you becuase you would have killed me. I wanted to get to know you so much that I was willing to put my life on the line to serve you against my mother, Chrysalis."

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Jack was speechless, he had been utterly surprised, he had tears, but not of sadness, but of joy. Something that he hadn't done in 7 years.

He hugged her tight and nodded, yet he hadn't been able to find the right words to speak.

 

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Luna returned his hug "It's alright. I'm here for you now!" She said laying her chin on his head. "You can stop running Jack. Your home now." She felt really nice about doing this for him, She not only gave him something he had searched for, for years but she had finally found her own family, except her sister of course.

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Something flashed in Maple's eyes, Trust for a friend. "A... Alright. Look. Since I confessed that little love to you you haven't eaten it which is abnormal for a changeling. You deserve a change." She said smiling. "I'm sorry that was dramatic of me!"

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Treasured Crystal landed in a town that had been freshly destroyed by something, Or from what he guessed a group did it. "I believe my 'Friends' are here. Given the state this place is in..." He said to him self "Hello! Anyone out there!"

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The 2 looked in the directions where voice sound came from.

The leader gave a big scowl as he narrowed his eyes.

The assassin got a bit closer, and when she spotted Treasured, she gave him a blank but intrigued stare.

"It is not every day where someone actually decides to look for us unless this a killing attempt." The assassin said flatly towards Treasured.

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When He saw the non-pony standing there he sorta reconized them from that time ago"Oh I assure you..." Treasured said smiling. "I wish the oppoiste. We have common goals you and I. Which brings me to the reason I'm here. I'm requesting to assist you in your conquest! You remember the one named Maple if I'm correct... Grant me the strength to defeat her and I will reward you with him. He displayed a hologram of Jack. That filthy bat is the only thing standing between me and him."