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The Pokémon bore down on her, looking as furious as their masters. Each one glowered in her general direction. "Better listen!" said the blue one, though how it could say anything with that tongue, she didn't know. "Or we hurt you." "Hypno, do your thing," said one of the thugs. The same one that had thrown its pokéball. "Make her talk." It obeyed, eyes focusing on her as it moved the little coin it held gently back and forth. "Obey," it said, as…-
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Eric always wanted to go on a cruise. There was something magical about getting on a metal box and arriving somewhere far away, spending every day in luxury and comfort. But cruises cost money, and that family farm could barely pay for basic living expenses.Riding on the Svalinn was a little like a cruise—its own self-contained world, with amenities provided on every deck. Granted, she didn't think any cruise her human self would've taken would have quite so many soldiers.The Svalinn hadn't been built…-
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Time blurred past Hayden in the Summer Palace. She had never been with another mew anywhere close to her own age before. Julian couldn't teach her new powers, he couldn't train her in further Unity. But he didn't really need to. It was enough to be with someone who shared her perspective—someone who wanted to fly, and felt trapped when they didn't change something for too long. It just happened that he was also the most important kid in the world, with a responsibility that bordered…-
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Compared to all the chaos surrounding their arrival, Amie and Ivy's return to Agate was relatively uneventful. There were no more missing campers to find along the path and heal, no attacking pony soldiers to confront Amie with the truth of her transformation and throw her in prison. Instead, they walked in relative silence. This time it was different from the peaceful walk that was an opportunity for physical exertion and personal growth. There was something subtly awkward about the silence between them,…-
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The princess loomed over Jamie, looking as much like death as the city dying just behind her. “Get up,” she instructed. She was barely even loud enough to be heard over the cataclysmic explosions of rock behind her. Yet somehow, she remained totally calm.Jamie rose, wiping the rest of the slime from her lips with one leg. Her whole body shook in the princess’s presence—but she didn’t run. She wasn’t going to die feeling like a coward in her final seconds.“You lived in Hollow Shades,” the…-
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Velar felt the Stalwart Stratus accelerate beneath his claws, so rapidly that he expected the engine to tear right out of some distant housing. They tilted upward, so steep that he dug his claws into the ground, feeling his beak tighten as he held himself in place by the map. Princess Luna seemed entirely unaffected by the change, and the crew were all in their seats.Starlight Glimmer squealed and nearly slipped down a sudden slope out the door they’d used to come in, but Velar was too quick. He snatched…-
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Codex found her deep in the hive, several hours after Harlequin began. “I heard you were back. You didn’t even say hello?”Harlequin stopped, turning away from the construction bugs constantly rebuilding the support to the central tower. They had to, or the weight above would tear the building right off the rock. She noticed something else right then—there were dozens of drones all around her, a crowd of every one she’d fed and more that were hoping for food. It was a little like being back in the…-
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They had been underway for nearly an hour before Hayden heard something she hadn’t before—a voice from the ship, speaking in clinical English. “We are receiving an incoming message from the HMS Neptune.”Guards and ponies all over immediately stopped what they were doing, staring off in all directions for the speaker. Except Skylark, who looked to Hayden instead.“What’s that? Is that… bad?”“No.” Hayden reached out, pressing the “message accept” icon that had just lit up.She was…-
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Maybe they were captives, maybe they were being protected from a government that would turn them into laboratory animals. It was possible all Kyle had managed to do was change the who of where they ended up under the microscope, rather than escaping from it.But even if they were captives, living in a sturdy dome with clear walls and soldiers all around, Kyle was still going to take advantage of some time to practice.Her light spell was easy, becoming more and more second-nature the more she cast it. But…-
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Microphone check, one, two, three. I hear you, Sky, Joseph. Good. I’ll just assume you can hear everything. Is the dictation working?Good. I’ve got another microphone with me, hopefully it will be sensitive to pick up anything he says.I’m walking into the stadium now. Just a few cars in the parking lot, look like they’ve been here awhile. Yeah, they parked one of their VTOLs here. No tanks I can see; guess they want me to feel safe.I guess that’s possible. Yeah, I know this is stupid. I’m doing…-
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