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I sat alone at the prow of the Daughter of Wintergreen, letting the wind lift my wings. Standing there with my eyes closed, I could almost understand why so many ponies liked to fly. They could have this feeling whenever they wanted, and without a machine to restrict their movement. The Daughter of Wintergreen brought with it a noisy thaumic impellor, and a floor that shuddered and listed gently with every passing gasp of wind.“Didn’t think I’d find you up here!” Dawn said. I didn’t turn around,…-
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Marie felt herself growing increasingly smug as the seconds passed. She had known—and maybe David had too, it was hard not to give him credit—that they would see nothing to suggest that their vision had been tampered with, or that they’d been drugged, or hypnotized, or any of Helen’s other silly ideas.They watched the whole conversation once through, starting from the moment they’d found the unicorn hiding in the cave and she’d emerged to speak with them. Never once had there been any sign of a…-
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Becoming the Dragon Lord had brought Ember much in the way of responsibilities. Dragons were not like lesser creatures, easy to subdue and eager to submit themselves to anything that looked like qualified leadership. Every new day presented a new challenge, a chance to dominate those beneath her and cement her rule. Her father had been right to be reluctant to take the position, though she would never admit as much to him now.But over all the challenges of her office, Ember had triumphed. No dragon in all…-
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“I’m sorry you died here.”The words felt alien on her tongue, as strange as the horse she was looking at. Four people had died tonight, all because Albrecht wanted to capture and dissect her brother.She pushed, but the horse was so much heavier than she looked. Amie had to crawl right up next to the corpse, shoving through the mud. Deep red blood splashed up against her body, mixing freely with the chilly water.Something… happened. Amie wasn’t exactly sure what. It felt more exhausting than…-
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Jackie had preserved Meliora from being completely overwhelmed with refugees… at least until somepony found out they were living in a dream. But she could do nothing to prevent that, nothing besides making sure that the vast population of Meliora received good instruction into the mechanics of their bat pony powers. They would learn the truth, eventually. The circumstances of that revelation would decide whether her attempt to give them somewhere safe to live ended in terrible failure or audacious…-
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Mira woke in a strange land, surrounded by the lights of an impossible place. Stars swirled in the sky above, melting between discordant forms, then joining together. Constellations morphed and changed as she watched, familiar shapes from all over the sky. Kallisto had taught her all of them once—enough to read the seasons by them, or navigate a ship.Or just to appreciate the glory of Princess Luna's night. No one who did not know the night could love the night. No one who didn't love the night could…-
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Ruby glanced nervously over her shoulder, preparing whatever string of excuses she would need. Deep Silver didn’t appear in the hallway with the rest of the excavation team, though—it was only her imagination. It must be dawn by now. Do they think I went up to the city for coffee? Maybe Deep Silver thought she’d abandoned the project completely. It wouldn’t be beyond him to give up on something.The wall shuddered with each tap of her pick. She moved it delicately, conscious every minute of the…-
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“That piece of metal there—” Tailslide said, finally setting down his tray. “It’s a spell? One that works even when you don’t have a horn?”Nothing could bring Amie down just now—Wes was alive. She would figure out the rest in time. “Magic, no. It’s a machine. How it works doesn’t matter. If someone else has a machine like it, they can send messages back and forth. My brother is in town.”She beamed, her eyes still focused on the screen. The message was already delivered. Wes was…
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Something big, Twilight said. Capstone project, the last thing she’d ever do at the friendship school. Proof that Silverstream was ready to leave it behind. Of course there were plenty of other things—but most of that had been with her friends, and they’d soared through with perfect scores and lots of approval from the princess.But the capstone was something else, her chance to go out into the world and prove that she’d mastered the principles of friendship.Silverstream’s capstone project leaned…-
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"Exactly like this," Mira explained, gesturing at the diagram again. The runes covering it were a team effort—her, and Pixie. But she couldn't tell these ponies that. Her familiar still disagreed with her openness up to that point.At her order, the pews were all gone from the hall, except for those under the glass ceiling. If she got her way, they would never pack a room full of ponies to stare at somepony asleep ever again. It was time to believe in something real.The extra space meant there was plenty…
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