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When the stallion sent the shard an image of the pony interacting with the sun shard, it gave a little burst of happiness. It seemed the creature it had latched on to had figured it out and was able to communicate back!

 

It started contemplating what shadow's message had meant, an apology? Maybe a recognition of what it had done and perhaps the proper show of respect? The shard decided that was what it had meant or at least that's what it had hoped it meant.

 

It sent back an image, it picked up where his image had left off. The pony bowing to the sun shard, the sun shard suddenly morphed into a similar but golden pony. The golden pony copied his actions, backing away a little and returning the bow with an equal amount of respect.

 

The sun shard then sent Shadow the feeling of peaceful questioning, the new image it sent was suddenly all creatures and sentient things that sudden pressed in together and became the sun shard; then there was Shadow looking into the sun shard and inside it was a swirl of all types of tools, weapons and items of all types and sizes. The mental shadow seemed to be looking for something among them and the questioning feeling from the shard became sharper as if searching.

 

(Do you want me to keep clarifying the images in the post like this?)

 

(This one is: apologies and respects to you, we are now well met. I am like all creatures in one, I am also all things in one. What were you seeking in me?)

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Steel looked over his shoulder "embers stop talking to your sword we have a job to do" steel called as he walked he wasn't in the mood to deal wth embers and his crazyness he sighed as he kept walking and looking around searching for grell

A little up the road of one looked closely they could see a slight glow on a building

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Lightwing was still playing with the spear.It sure it had some strange capacities,but...

"You worked one time...Why can't you work another one?"

On that moment,a small glimmer radiated from the lance's peak...It was a blue one,but,before touching it,she heard Steel saying something about finding Grell

"O...Ok!!I'll help on what I can to find Grell!!"

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Steel looked back to lightwing "better hurry then follow me we haven't seem him in a while so he could be anywhere and it's made harder because he's a unicorn and can teleport around" steel said looking around he was good at tracking after all it was a great deal of his job

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(Maybe you could clarify the posts slightly, not wholly. After all Shadow is meant to be very quick minded and intelligent, a factor which I may not be able to replicate accurately in my reactions.)

 

Shadow understood, if only just, he was certainly not used to communication through thought, especially when using mental images instead of language. He prepared himself for the possible ramifications of sending such a dark image into the Sunshard. He began with an image he was all the familiar with, Canterlot, bustling with lively activity.

 

Then, the sun in the sky began to shift, using his memory the best he could he tried to reenact the very beginning of the Firestorm, including the chaos and sadness it caused reflected by the ponies. However this image soon faded to show a mare with the appearance of Luna and other ponies placing many shards like this one into a small area of the sky, bringing light to the barren sky. Then, it showed Shadow looking at the sun, before trying to show a feeling of either wonder or curiosity, then showing Shadow looking towards a Sunshard in his hooves.

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Aine nodded slowly in understanding one ear flopping. "I will not leave you alone during this journey Luna, when I am needed I will come to your aid." she straightened up and turned towards the others. 

 

Aine sighed like a heavy winds blowing through the pines. The green fire in her eyes slowly died down to Whisper's calming blue and she blinked rapidly.

 

"I'm so sorry Princess..." Whisper squeaked and bowed her head apologetically.

 

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Aine had no real plans. All of her thoughts were on her plants and subjects that followed her. But Astrid could feel that the demi-goddess was afraid.

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Astrid sighed -all that work for nothing- Astrid thought -but her memories where interesting enough I suppose- she looked around and didn't see steel she wondered where he had went she spoke into Luna's mind -where's daddy- Astrid asked still not noticing her cutie mark

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Famine spoke into Embers mind as he carried her along, she figured Steel was right and he should pay attention to those around him and searching for Grel,l but she didn't really care and talking to someone about her siblings was to exciting to remain silent.

 

'W-w-well they aren't all swords, I don't n-need to be a sword exactly either. I just t-take the form of finesse weapons, I k-kill subtly. I have t-t-two younger brothers; the youngest is C-conquest, he kills from a f-far and takes the form of ranged weapons-s, bow and arrow, throwing knife, spear and so f-forth, he's the quiet b-brooding type; the other brother is W-w-war, he kills brutally and takes the form of power m-melee weapons, axe, great sword, and s-s-such, he's angry yelling-g type full of rage. Finally t-there is our eldest sister D-death, she kills instantly and unexpectedly-y-y and take the form of improvised w-weapons, pitchfork, cane, scythe and anything t-that was never originally supposed-d to be a weapon, she's s-s-serious and all business and no f-f-fun!'

 

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The Stallions imagery filled the sun shard with sadness, it sent back an image of the sun before it became the golden pony from before, but ropes were wrapped around different parts of it. The ropes pulled tight and suddenly ripped the pony to pieces, it overlaid this with the explosion of the sun and have off emotions of loss and a feeling of emptiness and being un-whole.

 

The group putting the shards back together was overlaid with the image of the piece reforming the golden pony and it galloped, cantered and played in the sky; the shard gave off hope, want and a deep longing.

 

At the end it assumed that the Stallion wanted it to release him, to come off his forehoof and become a simple shard again in his hoof. So it did this it let go flowing like mercury and pooling into a ball at his hooves. The only problem being that it had not returned Shadow's magic to him and left him with none of it.

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Embers laughed as he walked, smirking down at his sword "Well then, Im very glad that I am with you, I would much rather have you then a axe, although a bow would be nice" He said with a shrug "Anyways, Im happy to be stuck with someone who is just as crazy as me"

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Lightwing saw how Embers was talking to that sword...again...

"I think he's crazy,but he's a good guy..."

On that moment,the spear's pike sparkled.When she saw that,she retreated and let the spear fell into the floor

"Er...Maybe it was my imagination...Maybe I thinked that I've saw that spear responding to my affirmation...I'm as crazy as Embers..."

She picked up the spear again,and came next to Embers

"Ready to travel again?"

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Steel had left the other two behind they where so focused on their magic weapons that they couldn't work that's why steel didn't use magic weapons they where useful yes but often where very particular about who they let use them and steel often didn't get chosen

Grell was standing in the center of the pentagram and was speaking in an old forgotten almost dead language known only to the death masters

Steel seem the glow and went to it he seen grell "grell what are you doing" steel asked he could tell it was a ritual

Grell looked over at steel "I've finished their are no more souls left to help crossover and thus a death master is not needed and so I'm not needed and to waste space and oxygen is pointless" grell said plainly

Steel looked at grell "all souls have crossed over you say well what about the pony soul north wind I'm sure well need somepony like you to stop him" steel said

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Luna nodded at Aine's word, "I appreciate that Aine, and I will do what I can to help you and your followers."

 

When the presence of the Demi-deity had faded and it was certainly just Willow the deer standing before her and offering her apologies, Luna smiled at her gently, "Nothing to apologize for Whisper, you didn't do anything wrong. You handled having all that power in you quite well, how do you feel? Are you light headed or woozy?" She asked this while leading them back towards Astrid and the others.

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Astrid thought to Luna again -where's daddy Luna I don't see him anywhere-Astrid was kind off worried about steel

Grell looked at steel "I had forgotten about him but never the less there are others" grell said referring got death masters

"But do they know about him" steel said

Grell just sighed

Grell put out the candles "that means my Job is not done" grell said "so let's go" grell said

Steel nodded "we have to find a rather large boat" steel said as he led grell to the bay them began looking a possible boats they found one that was perfect it wasn't burnt and from the looks of it it had once been covered in a tarp that melted grell looked at steel "we will need a lot of power to keep this moving all the way to the griffin kingdom" grell said ((I'm assuming it'll be magic power))

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"Mom? What was that- thing? How did you know it?" Willow looked down and suddenly found interest in a burnt leaf, avoiding eye contact. She was afraid Luna would either get mad or burst into tears because of the things she had said earlier. She hoped Luna either didn't hear them or had forgotten about it.

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Luna turned from Whisper to look at Willow, from her motherly instincts of having been around Willow and Melody for so long she could easily tell from the way the little filly was acting that she was feeling guilty. Luna was a bit confused as to why Willow would be acting this way before she remembered what Willow had said to her earlier...

 

She put on a stern face and trotted over giving her a 'your in trouble young lady look' that had taken years for her to develop, but when she reached her duaghters side she let it break into a loving smile and scooped her up. It broke her heart a little that Willow was almost to big and heavy to be treated like this, but she held her for a moment and missed her mane, "you'll always be my little girl, my little Willow Pillow and I'll always be your mother and support you, no matter what, remember that for me okay? Even when I'm being foolish or when I get old and silly and your a brilliant shining princess, you'll still be my little girl and I'll love you with all my heart."

 

She set Willow back down from the hug still smiling at her, "That was Aine, she's a spirit of nature and kind of an old family friend; you'll have to get to know her too soon enough." She playfully booped Willow on the nose.

 

Luna then turn to Astrid, "I asked your daddy to go and look for a boat, we need to set sail soon." She spotted Astrid's cutie mark, "and oh my goodness, young lady you really should cleanup your flank before going to see him or you might be really embarrassed."

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Astrid was confused and it showed she liked at her flank as best she could it didn't work to well so she liked through Luna's eyes and instantly squeed with joy "I got my cutie mark" she practically yelled in excitement she was so giddy she didn't know what to do

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Willow was relieved that Luna didn't get angry nor sad. She felt too old to picked up like this, but she liked it anyways. When she was younger, she had never really understood the concept of growing up. The only thing she thought is that she would stay a little filly forever and their mothers would continue ruling. Now Willow pictured herself as a Princess, taking dainty, regal steps like Princess Celestia, and Melody walking by her side, just a slightly bit shorter than Willow was.

 

Luna had just confirmed the fact she was going to be a princess. To Willow, the Princesses were like the referees of life. Anything they said would happen, even though it seemed like what they say would only take a miracle to happen. "I think I should go find Melody. She disappeared when Embers and Steel and Grell were having one of their- arguments. She won't be far, though."

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Wanderlust hadn't gone with Willow when she had returned to Luna, it hadn't bothered him much before but it seemed to him lately everypony except for him had some great destiny. He loved looking after Willow and Melody but they apparently were going to grow into princesses, their mother was an ex-princess, even his old friend Whisper suddenly had a deity in her, he'd know she was something special to the hidden herd she lived with, maybe she was their equivalent to a princess. And here he was, 'the vagabond' and it was true and he knew it, he was small compared to the others in the group.

 

When he came upon Steel and Grell looking over boats, he did allow himself a small grin, he may be a vagabond and his future after the quest ended may be uncertain but his role in the quest at hand was a large one, he was after all 'the vagabond' a true wanderer at heart, he knew how to travel, he was their guide and that at least made him a little happier right now.

 

"Steel! Grell! I see I'm not the only one that decided we needed to find our ship!" He called out happily.

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Steel looked over his shoulder "hey wander do you think well be able to get to the griffin kingdom on this you've wondered around so much I assume you'll be Able to help us out I want to have it ready by the time Luna and aine gets done" steel said

Grell smiled "hey" he called

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Luna laughed as Astrid bounced around in excitement, she looked to Willow, "that would be a good idea, make sure she's okay... After that earthquake Steel made as the dragon the city isn't exactly stable. I'd help but I believe this stallion had something he wanted to speak with me about," she nodded at Shadow, "and I'd like to be sure that Whisper is recovering, it's hard for a mortal to deal with what she went through and I might be able to help her. If anything is wrong or has happened let me know right away, or yell anyone in our group will be there for you in an instant I'm sure of it."

 

She turned back to Astrid, "and you, I'd say little filly but it's certainly little mare now isn't it? You might want to go find your father and show off your extra special cutie mark."

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She shook her head "he's working and I won't distract him I'll show him later"Astrid said them she shivered noting that it was getting colder -besides I want to keep practicing block me form your mind-Astrid thought at Luna with a smile she really wanted to see if she could get into Luna's mind

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"Ok, Mom. It won't take to long." Willow was inwardly happy for Astrid, but she still was angry at her. And Princesses didn't let their emotions show, wich she did as she took dainty, regal steps towards Baltimare, holding her head high in the air. She didn't want Astrid to use her mind-reading trick either to see what she was thinking, for Willow was fantasizing about her real mother pushing her way towards Willow and Melody, not caring wjat everypony else thought.

 

"Where are my daughters? Where are they?"

 

"Winter Willow and Melody, my precious, precious sweets!"

 

I could nevef forget you both..."

 

And she would hold them in her arms and never let go.

 

 

Melody was trying to find Candela and the other mare that she saw when they were fighting the dragon, searching every piece of rubble, and sifting through crumbling houses. The earthquake had caused quite a few houses to crumble even more, and now a few were battered into gravel.

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Wanderlust laughed a little, before explaining to the two Stallions "yeah we'd get there on that but we'd be exhausted and it might take sometime and quite a few breaks; that's a mini-cargo freighter, it's meant to haul goods and be powered by a unicorn crew trained to synch up and run it. Our group would waste way to much energy running it. We want something that's mostly wind powered, a larger sailboat with a small magic motor for emergencies, we're going the right way so currents and winds should take us right across no problem. The trip back will be the hard part."

 

He started to move about looking at the different boat's, what surprised him was how few boats seemed to be around in the harbor town. There should have been twice as many as he saw and while he thought some must have sunk it didn't explain just how many were gone.

 

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Luna smiled at Astrid, she didn't even bother responding she just built up a simple mental barrier in her head and hid the thought behind it, 'let's start with something simple, can you get past and find this message?'

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As willow walked by Astrid got curious and after a little struggle she was in she seen want she was thinking and also her feelings she seen that she was still mad at her and sighed -it's a shame one can only dream of their real parents-Astrid those to her -but at least you have Luna and melody they care about you just like I have steel-

Steel nodded and walked along side wander with grell by his side

Astrid felt Luna out up the block and easily slipped past it not breaking through like she had with aine - i don't know let's find out-Astrid thought back with a smile she had left the block intact

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Whisper stood back and watched the loving family scene before her with sadness in her eyes. A small smile tugged at her snout and she turned to leave, her chest swelled with pride that she had been the catalyst for Astrid's cutie mark. She would congratulate her later. Suddenly, happiness overtook her and like most of her kind do; she bounded away happily.

 

As she leapt, she saw Grell, Steel and Wanderlust searching for a vessel at the armor. With a simple twist and a leap; she came towards them. She had so much magic coursing through her that she felt powerful, Whisper now knew she could fight. She could protect everybody now, especially Wanderlust!