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Sweet Sauce was surrounded by the pain he deserved—the pain he had caused with a single, critical choice. But if he didn't overcome his weakness now, he would face his death curled up and helpless. He hadn't fought to invent his own school of nearly zero-energy magic only to face a pronouncement of death and eventual execution without a chance to face his judge.He struggled to his hooves, then turned towards his adoptive parents. In the judgment of these two mares, his entire future turned. Whatever…-
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Amie returned to her bedroom a few minutes later, brimming with nervous energy over what she had just done. It felt like a successful negotiation, like she had just made the first steps towards broadening the pool of prospective hunters who could aid the camp. She wouldn't know she had succeeded for sure until Bud actually accepted new bugs ready to work. Until then, it was just one more item on a long list of steps she was taking to keep Stella Lacus alive. That was another easy one out of the way—the…-
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Spellsong woke up. She heard the voice, felt the soft touch of cushion under her back, and remembered. She remembered loss, mostly. But she didn't scream, or lash out. Ponies screamed because they expected someone to come to their rescue. Spellsong expected no help.She twitched, pulling the covers back from her chest. She felt a little stiff—her movements came a little sluggish at first, and she twitched each leg in turn. It didn't take long, considering how many years she had been there. "You kept your…-
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Tracy was glad they had somewhere else to go, and nowhere too private to hide in. As frustrating as these last few months had been, he wasn't quite ready for anything too extreme, and it felt like Rose probably wasn't either. It wasn't like he needed much time to get to know someone he'd already been living with for months, but...Still, it was a good thing when a distant bell finally distracted him from Rose long enough to realize he was about to be late.They hurried across Canterlot after that, climbing…-
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Their accommodations proved to be nothing special, the same sort of housing she might’ve expected at any cheap hostel back in her own world.She was a little intimidated when she saw that of the two rooms, hers was the one with two beds. Sharp had Emerald staying with her, without so much as asking.But she didn’t voice her complaints. Just opening her mouth to try and explain it made her feel like an idiot. What am I supposed to say, that I shouldn’t let her stay in here because of something I’m…-
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Athena landed in the center of the stage with a thump, staring up at Alex with eyes wide with pain and betrayal. Her sword winked out.For an instant, Jackie let herself dare to hope—no matter how resigned to death she’d become, no matter how many ponies she’d filled with fear and pain with her goodbyes, some part of her still hoped. This would be it. Lonely Day had been so desperate to keep one of her old friends alive that she had found a way to do the impossible and destroy Athena without the…-
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The streets of Wintercrest were particularly dark that night, cobblestone concealed by the new moon and thick clouds obscuring even thin wisps of starlight. Total darkness never quite descended—from the shores of Lake Mistvale, strange flickers of green occasionally emerged with the high tide, whispering of the strange seaponies who were not so dead as the city's ordinary inhabitants.Domino kept his head as he led his charge through the ruined streets, occasionally raising one pale wing to warn his…-
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Weeks passed in Zircon. The Secretary of Labor had not been exaggerating or overpromising—Bit received everything she wanted. Within the day, a secondary workshop began to rise at the foot of the tower, a thin metal building packed with old electric heaters. But the oncoming winter would be a benefit for the chemical factory within—slower reactions were far easier to control.But before she could make use of the new facilities, she had to grow a crystal seed, and no addition of supplies or extra labor…-
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The next day began exactly as so many others before it. Flynn ate his breakfast, spent over an hour hauling himself into the sitting tub for an awkward, uncoordinated shower, and refused to let the nurses help as he dressed himself. He gave no outward sign at all that today was not going to be like other days.He knew he would not be seeing this bedroom again—though what they’d do with him if he decided not to emigrate at the end of today’s adventure, he didn’t know. Still, there wasn’t anything…-
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For a few seconds Lane was completely overwhelmed. The field of strange-smelling grass might not be tall, but it was tall enough to curl around her and make her coat itch terribly where it rubbed against her skin. She whimpered, then took off into the air, hovering high enough that she wasn't surrounded by dirt and grass. "Hello, Korina? It's okay, you can stop now! Whatever you want me to think, I agree with you!" Please don't leave me alone. But her kidnapper didn't…-
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