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Chapter 1 - TMAIE
By ArchiveCreated: 2025-10-30 22:39:10
Updated: 2025-10-30 22:55:00
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                                            Chapter 1: I'VE LOST MY DEER'S EYE
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                                            >Rubble, dust, burned leaves, fallen trees
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                                            >Everywhere little Angel looked, there was nothing but the aftermath of a bloody persecution
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                                            >Anything, but his precious deer's eye
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                                            8.
                                            >Yesterday, he saw it go away into the forest, by itself
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                                            9.
                                            >That wasn't good
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                                            10.
                                            >Right in the middle of the night too
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                                            11.
                                            >He figured he'd go early in the morning
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                                            12.
                                            >Which he did
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                                            13.
                                            >Today he had gone out through the rabbit hole in Fluttershy's sanctuary
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                                            14.
                                            >Its super easy to traverse through it
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                                            15.
                                            >It is just a manner of pattern memorization, and following the signs on each path
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                                            >All the paths he made branch from Fluttershy's home
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                                            17.
                                            >Therefore, if he gets lost, all he has to do is look back
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                                            >Obviously, Fluttershy doesn't know about this
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                                            19.
                                            >Why would she? A rabbit as proud as Angel can only share so much of its affairs with the rest of the animals
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                                            20.
                                            >As a result, if Angel doesn't come back by the next day, Fluttershy will immediately start looking for him
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                                            21.
                                            >And she'll start asking her friends to help, if it takes him that long to return home
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                                            22.
                                            >Pinkie Pie is notoriously good at finding him
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                                            >Unfortunately for Angel, he wasn't going home without his deer's eye
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                                            24.
                                            >He was just that comitted to finding it
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                                            >Fortunately, he followed one of the bird's directions into the mountains
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                                            >It only took him 3 hours to reach the outskirts of Canterlot
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                                            >So it was still early
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                                            28.
                                            >That's when he encountered...
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                                            29.
                                            >someone else
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                                            >Green coat, with a dark grey mane
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                                            >He actually can't remember the last time he saw one of those ponies
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                                            >And just as quickly as he spotted him, he called out his name
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                                            >And then, he saw something come out of the woods
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                                            34.
                                            >He saw Him
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                                            35.
                                            >He never liked Him, from the very first day he appeared in Ponyville
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                                            >His fake smile, his fake charisma
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                                            >All hiding something different that Angel himself was too fearful to ask
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                                            38.
                                            >This is why his deer's eye was so important to him
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                                            39.
                                            >To protect him and ward off the evil spirits
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                                            40.
                                            >''Oh, Angel?''
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                                            41.
                                            >Unfortunately, it found him
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                                            42.
                                            >His voice brought him back to the present
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                                            43.
                                            >Before he could even move an inch, he was immobilized by green magic
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                                            44.
                                            >That's when He entered his field of view
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                                            45.
                                            >''You know I've been looking for you all day, right? Fluttershy said you didn't say anything''
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                                            46.
                                            >Anon, as he called himself, had the biggest shit eating grin on his face
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                                            >Something Angel despised deeply
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                                            >''The way I see it, its just the two of us now...''
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                                            >Angel is then, levitated, and brought face to face with the unicorn
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                                            50.
                                            >Anon drops his smile suddenly
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                                            51.
                                            >''..and I would like to keep it that way''
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                                            52.
                                            >He brings him closer, almost eye to eye
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                                            53.
                                            >''Capish?''
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                                            54.
                                            >Angel has no option but to frantically nod
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                                            55.
                                            >Upon doing so, he falls on his butt upon being released
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                                            56.
                                            >''Good boy!''
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                                            57.
                                            >A sudden, spark of magic happens behind the two of them
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                                            58.
                                            >From it, a purple alicorn, appears
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                                            59.
                                            >''Anon! How is-''
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                                            60.
                                            >She stops mid sentence
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                                            61.
                                            >''What happened here?''
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                                            62.
                                            >He shrugs
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                                            63.
                                            >''Oh, you know, I was doing a practice run on those spells you taught me, and then I found Angel!''
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                                            64.
                                            >He brings his body down, forcing Angel into a hug using his left front leg and hoov
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                                            65.
                                            >''Ain't that right friend?''
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                                            66.
                                            >Angel is forced to nod and smile
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                                            >''Oh! Okay...I got some news I wanna discuss with you, actually...''
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                                            68.
                                            >Anon recoils, raising his eyebrow
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                                            69.
                                            >''Why didn't Spike do it?'
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                                            70.
                                            >''Oh, he's feeling sick, he's got some sort of...flu''
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                                            >A gentle (fake) smile appears in Anon's face
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                                            72.
                                            >''And you decided to deliver these news to me personally? Wow, look at you! Princess Twilight Sparkle, Express Friendship Delivery Service!''
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                                            >Twilight giggles lightly, covering her mouth with her left hoof
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                                            74.
                                            >''Yeah, I like delivering news. Anyway, Pinkie Pie found some glitter dust on the exposition room. I thought you should know''
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                                            75.
                                            >Wait, what are they talking about?
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                                            76.
                                            >''Oh yeah, glitter dust''
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                                            77.
                                            >Anon bites his lip while looking at the floor
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                                            >''Hmm, glitter dust''
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                                            >He ponders deeply into the cliff side
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                                            >''I know someone familiar with it, but she's not a thief as far as I'm concerned''
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                                            >''Oh!'', Anon exclaims, turning around excitedly, ''isn't that the unicorn you told me about? What was her name, Trish...?''
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                                            82.
                                            >''Trixie?''
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                                            83.
                                            >''Bingo! You told me about her! Didn't she try to use the Alicorn Amulet once and nearly took over Equestria?''
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                                            84.
                                            >Twilight looks down, supporting her chin on her hoof
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                                            >''I dunno, she learned her lesson long ago, I doubt she'd do something like that again...''
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                                            86.
                                            >Right as she says that, Anon then leans on Twilight, wrapping his arm around her
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                                            >''Right, but she's a magician right? C'mon, that's gotta mean something!''
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                                            >She nods, slightly
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                                            89.
                                            >''Right...right...''
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                                            >''Well'', Anon says as he unwraps from Twilight, ''it doesn't mean she's guilty. But it makes her a suspect!''
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                                            91.
                                            >Anon looks down at angel, his mask slipping away for a split second
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                                            92.
                                            >''Anyway, I gotta visit Fluttershy and tell her Angel's fine.''
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                                            93.
                                            >Twilight spreads her wings
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                                            >''Right, I'll see you at the castle''
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                                            95.
                                            >''See ya!''
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                                            96.
                                            >''Bye''
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                                            97.
                                            >Anon looks up at Twilight, taking off to Canterlot
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                                            98.
                                            >''Oh that castle...''
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                                            >By the time Twilight took flight, Angel was already long gone
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                                            >At least gone from Anon's field of view
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                                            >He managed to reach his secret tunnel via a hidden rock entrance that Anon barely missed
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                                            102.
                                            >As he traversed through his tunnel system, he can't help but think about what has happened as of late
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                                            >This can't be a coincidence, he thought
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                                            104.
                                            >His deer's eye is gone and now the unicorn maniac has eyes all over him
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                                            >He knew he had something to do with the dissapearance of the green ponies
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                                            >After all, how could he be the only one living here?
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                                            >Oh what if there were others?
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                                            >As the anxiety slowly creeps over Angel, he spots slides down a downward slope of the tunnel
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                                            >As he has done so many times before
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                                            >Well, two or three times
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                                            >Unexpectedly, he spotted a new opening, which he was rapidly approaching at a high velocity
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                                            >The fight earlier must've shaped the earth just enough to uncover an underground lake
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                                            >Which Angel, was now unwillingly travelling through
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                                            >Not for long though, as he surfaced the water shortly after
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                                            >His desperate gasps for air echoed trough the pitch black darkness he found himself in
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                                            >As well as the sounds of a distant waterfall
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                                            >However, the water came to a standstill
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                                            118.
                                            >Angel found himself swimming in a not so deep body of water
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                                            >There was no lighting, nor a way to know where the water stopped
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                                            >There was, however, a gap in the far-nortest wall, from which a very faint source of light illuminated from under the water
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                                            >Its a good thing Angel knows how to swim, or else he would've been fish food long ago
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                                            122.
                                            >He takes a deep breath, and tries his best to dive underneath the wall
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                                            123.
                                            >Upon surfacing, the light is almost blinding
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                                            124.
                                            >Angel recognizes this cave entrance! It is located just bellow the Rainbow Falls
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                                            >And would you look at that! There's a familiar looking necklace, floating in the water!
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                                            >His deer's eye!
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                                            >As he swims excitedly to it, he stops upon noticing something else
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                                            >The unconcious body of a green stallion
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                                            >Ouch
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                                            >You try your best to open your eyes, but the pain surrounding your body is overwhelming
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                                            >Even as you open your eyelids, everything is blurry
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                                            >You can make out some shades of green, blue, and darkness around you
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                                            >The ringing in your ears is eventually drowned by the sound of a nearby waterfall
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                                            >You're cold, the water around you is freezing
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                                            >But you're not floating, rather, it seems you've washed ashore an underwater lake
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                                            >As you slowly regain your vision, you also get to feel something, wrapped around your neck
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                                            >Gently, like a collar
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                                            >You use your two hooves to support yourself as you try to get up
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                                            142.
                                            >Looking down, you notice something that wasn't there before
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                                            >Some sort of...bean, wrapped around a red string
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                                            >This better not be some form of waste pit where the ponies of Canterlot throw their garbage in
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                                            >It doesn't smell too bad, though
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                                            >The cave seems to be wide enough to host a pool party
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                                            >You'll figure out what the meassuring system is later on
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                                            >As you get overwhelmed by random ass thoughts, you reconsider what just happened
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                                            >You turn around, and look into the cave
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                                            >There's no one here but you, it seems
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                                            >There's something else too...
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                                            >It would seem there's some sort of trail imprinted in the gravel floor of the entrance
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                                            >Looking closer, it seems to be a trail of hooves, imprited by some form of glitter
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                                            >And it leads to a tunnel entrance, that contorts into the left
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                                            >Squinting your eyes, you manage to identify a pulsing red hue, on the walls of the tunnel
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                                            >The pain in your left side has gotten worse, forcing you to release a loud SSSSSS sound
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                                            >Looking at it, there's all manner of things that have penetrated your coat
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                                            >Rocks, pebbles, sticks, leaves
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                                            >Your thigh is severely bruised too, who knows when you'll be able to walk again
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                                            >You ear picks up a sound, echoing through the cave
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                                            >STEP
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                                            >STEP
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                                            >STEP
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                                            >That's when a shadowy figure peeks from the entrance of the tunnel
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                                            >You see a pair of eyes, twinkling in the dark
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                                            >Its staring right at you
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                                            >You don't even know what to say
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                                            >Your body is in too much pain to run away, but right now you're not thinking about the pain
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                                            >You're thinking about using what little strenght there is left on you to run away
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                                            >Your breathing has become labored, every gasp has turned into an intense battle for air with each passing second
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                                            >That's when it stops
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                                            >Its eyes suddenly dart around the cave, focusing on the cave entrance
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                                            >Particularly, one spot
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                                            >Just between two palm trees and a rock, something caught its attention
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                                            >Try as you might, you can't see it from your point of view
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                                            >What do you even do at this moment?
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                                            >Your body is too sore, literally every movement you've been unconciously doing feels like a needle piercing your bones
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                                            >But the figure is just...standing there
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                                            >Then, a sudden noise comes from the spot
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                                            >The sound of moving bush leaves, which makes its way deeper into the forest
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                                            >You turn around
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                                            >The fall must've clogged your ears really bad, because you didn't hear the moment the figure closed the distance
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                                            >Now it stood only 2 feet in front of you
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                                            >Hooves, whatever
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                                            >And it is staring down at you
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                                            >The illumination of the cave entrance has highlighted some crutial details, however
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                                            >At least its not some monster
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                                            >It stands in all fours, and most of its body is covered by a dark brown cloak
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                                            >Its head is also hidden under a hoodie
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                                            >But because you're below it, you manage to see the face of a mare
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                                            >A light green mare, with distinct green eyes
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                                            >And some patches of her dark grey mane covering her ears
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                                            >...you've seen her before
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                                            >She breaks the silence by reaching into her cloak with her left hoof
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                                            >From which, she pulls out a wooden canteen
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                                            >She moves closer into your left side, and gently sits down
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                                            ''Hey''
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                                            >She doesn't respond. Instead, she gently brings her canteen closer to your lips
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                                            >GULP
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                                            >GULP
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                                            >The water tastes...different. Like rock, dirt, and minerals. But you're too thirsty to care
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                                            >She stops pouring after a couple of seconds
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                                            >After swallowing, you body tricks you into exhaling deeply
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                                            >She smiles lightly, before storing her canteen back into her cloak
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                                            ''What now?''
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                                            >SHHHH
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                                            >Shushing, she brings her hoof to your lips
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                                            >''Rest easy. We'll talk later''
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                                            >Her voice was barely above a whisper. Soothing, and gentle
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                                            ''Ok...''
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                                            >Her smile dissipates, before revealing a pouch from her cloak
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                                            >As you lay your heard on the floor once more, you can't help but notice the amulet on her neck
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                                            >Its metallic, dark, and it has a triangular shape
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                                            >There is a large gap in the center too, formed like a diamond
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                                            >The sound of the nearby waterfall is soothing
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                                            >You're starting to fall asleep
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                                            >''Rest, Anon...''
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                                            >Your vision goes dark once again
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                                            >Where Ponyville's library once stood, now stands a huge castle
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                                            >It still bears some sort of ressemblance to the Golden Oak Library, although much larger, and much more...glittery?
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                                            >Anon didn't even like it the first time he arrived to Equestria
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                                            225.
                                            >Much like his ''''friends'''', he would've preferred the Library to be rebuilt after the battle with Tirek
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                                            >Or as he calls it, Season 5
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                                            227.
                                            >A lot of things could've been handled different, he thought
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                                            228.
                                            >But even though he is finally in the world he dreamed of, he is still complaining about it
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                                            229.
                                            >Perhaps if he was ''''the writer'''' none of this would've happened
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                                            >Nevertheless, he had finally walked all the way from the mountains in Canterlot to Twilight's Castle
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                                            231.
                                            >And by walking, really all he did was walk into the Friendship Express and hop in one of the wagons for free
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                                            232.
                                            >And then he walked from the train station to where he stood currently
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                                            >If there's one thing he could recognize, is the size of the castle
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                                            234.
                                            >The tall doors he was about to enter through were quite a sight to behold
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                                            >A nice shade of gold to contrast against the crystally blue roots of the place
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                                            236.
                                            >As he walked through staircases and the throne room, he kept pondering about the insides of it
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                                            >Everywhere he looked, it shined like like nail polish
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                                            238.
                                            >Except for the Cutie Map, which had been torn appart from the castle floor
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                                            239.
                                            >He had nothing to do with that, he's sure of it
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                                            240.
                                            >Going up the fifth staircase in a row, he finally reached Twilights room
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                                            241.
                                            >Hey that's a funny ammount of smoke just coming through her door
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                                            242.
                                            >KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
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                                            243.
                                            >''Room service!''
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                                            >''Come in!'', Twilight exclaimed
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                                            245.
                                            >As he pushed the door, he found himself in a rudymentary laboratory of sorts, with boiling flasks of green liquid, books hovering in the air, a giant cauldron in the middle of the room for no reason whatsoever?
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                                            246.
                                            >And of course, the Princess of Friendship herself, wearing a white labcoat and a pair of aviator glasses which made her pupils grow three times their size
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                                            247.
                                            >Cute!
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                                            248.
                                            >If he hadn't seen this exact set up in previous episodes, he would've been totally shocked
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                                            249.
                                            >She seems to be meddling with some form of glitter dust
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                                            250.
                                            >''Did you find anything?''
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                                            251.
                                            >She turns back to see him
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                                            252.
                                            >''Nope! I was hoping you could help me look into it''
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                                            253.
                                            >She then stands aside, revealing a microscope
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                                            254.
                                            >''And, how do you think I'm going to help, exactly?''
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                                            255.
                                            >She looks at Anon's butt, his cutiemark
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                                            256.
                                            >''I thought you said your talent was investigation''
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                                            257.
                                            >Indeed, that was what Anon had explained previously to the Mane 6
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                                            258.
                                            >Otherwise, how can you justify a giant question mark as your cutiemark?
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                                            259.
                                            >''Yeah right, how about I look at it normally this time?''
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                                            260.
                                            >Indeed, Anon is good at answering questions he already knows
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                                            261.
                                            >The closer he looked at the glitter dust, he realized something was off
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                                            262.
                                            >It was too glittery, if it made sense
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                                            263.
                                            >But it was unlike anything he had seen previously before
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                                            264.
                                            >''Say, about that...Trixie fella of yours...you sure she doesn't have anything to do with this?''
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                                            265.
                                            >Twilight pondered, looking up into the roof for answers
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                                            266.
                                            >''I doubt she'd do it''
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                                            267.
                                            >He thought about it, before asking again
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                                            268.
                                            >''Are you sure? Didn't she have the amulet once already?''
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                                            269.
                                            >Anon had already made up his mind. Its unlikely Trixie had anything to do with this, because her vanishing powder is way different than this
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                                            270.
                                            >And he's sure it doesn't even work like that, which means this thing is something new
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                                            271.
                                            >Upon reaching that thought, his heart skipped a beat
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                                            272.
                                            >This happened yesterday, and today he found another one like him
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                                            273.
                                            >All of this means that he's no-
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                                            274.
                                            >''No Anon, she's with Starlight right now. They're looking for the Map as we speak'', Twilight says, smiling innocently
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                                            275.
                                            >She then reaches for her board, before igniting her horn with purple magic
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                                            276.
                                            >In that movement she just did, her labcoat was lifted ever so slightly, revealing her cutiemark and the shape of her back
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                                            277.
                                            >Anon smiled, and bit his lip discretely
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                                            >''Right'', he said, ''well I'll pass by them on my way to Fluttershy's. You uh, take care!''
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                                            >''You too!'', she replied, whilst focusing on her board
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                                            280.
                                            >Is that a Golden Ratio she's scrabbling?
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                                            281.
                                            >He takes one last good look at her before returning his gaze to the door
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                                            282.
                                            >That's when his smile quickly dropped
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                                            283.
                                            >A blue pony standing in the entrance
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                                            284.
                                            >His least favorite, rainbow colored, blue pegasus pony
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                                            >And she was mirroring his discontent on her face
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                                            286.
                                            >He didn't even bother to look at her after recognizing her
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                                            >He just walked by her and said ''See ya later Rainbow''
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                                            288.
                                            >Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, could not stop following Anon with her eyes
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                                            289.
                                            >She didn't even blink, she just waited for Anon to walk down stairs before shutting herself with Twilight
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                                            290.
                                            >At that distance, he can still overhear the immediate conversation happening in that room
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                                            291.
                                            >''Why do you thrust this guy?''
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                                            292.
                                            >''He's a friend!''
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                                            293.
                                            >''Ever since he showed up, weird things have happened and you expect me to believe HE has nothing to do with it?'
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                                            >Eugh, that raspy voice of hers is enough to drive Anon away
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                                            295.
                                            >''He's helping us, Rainbow Dash''
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                                            296.
                                            >''Come on! So was Discord, then he betrayed, I dunno, several times, and now he's gone!''
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                                            297.
                                            >''Discord has been gone several times''
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                                            298.
                                            >''Really? Fluttershy doesn't know anything about him. I'm telling you, he's got something to do with this!''
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                                            299.
                                            >''And is there evidence to prove he's secretly a super villian?''
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                                            300.
                                            >''...''
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                                            301.
                                            >''...?''
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                                            302.
                                            >''No Twilight.''
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                                            303.
                                            >''...''
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                                            304.
                                            >''Cheer up, we're all looking for our friends, alright?''
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                                            305.
                                            >''I'll keep looking then. Oh, Tank needs a new fan, could you help me out?''
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                                            306.
                                            >There's some noise coming from the cabinets of the room
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                                            307.
                                            >''I gotta go talk with the Wonderbolts, see ya!''
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                                            308.
                                            >The last piece of action Anon hears is a gushing wind sound, exiting Twilight's room
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                                            309.
                                            >God fucking dammit, he thought
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                                            310.
                                            >If he didn't have the social skills of a kid with Asperger's he wouldn't be a suspect
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                                            311.
                                            >Now he's gotta find another red herring to cover up for the thief
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                                            312.
                                            >...he'll figure something out
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                                            313.
                                            [END OF CHAPTER ONE]
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