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The field outside City Hall was completely packed with bodies. Jackie herself had returned to looking like a pony, and wasn’t bothering to hide who she was.They had been prepared to rescue a large number of ponies. Booths were set up around the base of the tree, with housing assignment packets and supplies and everything else their new population would need.There was just one problem: the rescue had gone too well. Some part of Jackie had dreamed that they might, if they were very lucky, double their…-
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What was Bravery, anyway? What would a country be like whose entire nature revolved around that single feeling?The answer, as it turned out, wasn't painless. They'd barely even crossed the final imaginary line in the territory of Hope that Mira felt the world change. The air went from the gentle cool of the sea breeze to desert heat, unlike anything she'd ever felt from home. Her jungle was plenty warm, but that warmth came with moisture, and the scents of many living things. Here the only smell she could…-
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Mira found her old quarters exactly the way she expected, almost. She had never had much in the way of physical possessions—no elaborate outfits woven by unicorn craftsponies from far Canterlot or some other distant place. She owned no gold jewelry, only a handful of near-worthless gemstone pieces that the royal guard hadn't bothered to confiscate from her dead parents. At least the new sister of the monastery hadn't looted her room for every last candle and scrap of parchment."Something about all this…
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It didn't take long before Ocellus began to see signs of the ancient city. The ruins resembled Zecrin structures they'd seen on their diplomatic visit so far, save for the obvious erosion and decay. They seemed strangely intact, considering how voraciously the rest of the jungle grew. Almost as though something was protecting this part.They traveled with her chunk of the ancient thronestone open and active, draining the light as they walked. This clearly had a negative effect on the non-changelings…-
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"I've never captured a pony," Amie said flatly. "I've never attacked one, and I've never hurt one. I don't want to start now."As she said it, dark shapes emerged from the fog all around them—three orange changelings, fully revealed. They'd ditched the saddlebags somewhere too, so their fins stood high and alert on their backs. Otherwise, their stance was much the same—aggressive, ready to break into deadly combat in an instant."Queen—I told you; she was too dangerous. She was going to see through…-
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Derek stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. The reflection she saw staring back was just as disorienting as it had been the night before—if anything, it was worse. On her first day of waking in Willowbrook, she felt like the world was behind a thick fog. It warped her memories, suppressed what she could say, and seemed to be clawing its way into her mind. It would silence her thoughts and memories if it could.Waking now, her mind was clear. She still couldn't say certain words out loud, but…-
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Firefly should be heading home. It wasn't just the insanity of her mission through the clouds, soaring into an impregnable fortress that few flying ponies could ever hope to see—it was getting dark, and her dad would start to worry.Assuming he wasn't already beside himself by now.But just knowing she should be flying back and actually getting herself to do it were two very different things. How could she go home when she had the company of such an interesting pony?Rainbow Dash led her down to the ground.…
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Lyra lowered herself awkwardly to the grass below a deep blue sun. She'd come not to a world this time, but a building without a planet. "I will not keep you for long. I know the ship you left behind is eager to have its captain returned. And your crew—strange as they are—I would not wish to cause them undue distress."Up close, the metal figure before her was only more perplexing. It wore a uniform over its golden body, similar in design to the jumpsuits that Computer gave Time Turner and Muffins.…-
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Some part of Rainbow resisted as she made her way back towards Ponyville. The town might be familiar, but it was also so dry. Sweet Apple Acres had its own little watering hole, and there were rivers all around too. Wouldn’t she rather spend her time there? Any of those might be her territory, but Ponyville was just all wrong.It was no comfort to her that Fluttershy seemed to be thinking the same thing. Either that, or she kept looking back longingly at the Everfree in the distance because she’d left…-
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Starlight Glimmer was unsurprised to see a scroll waiting for her when she rose. She had slept longer than she probably should have—long enough that she could hear the distant shouts of the tournament. She had been so happy to hear the tournament wouldn’t involve any dead, as the ancient stories of griffons recorded. But there was a greater atrocity hidden in plain sight.And it was her fault.Starlight Glimmer didn’t want to get up. But she had put things off long enough. She had to read the Crown’s…-
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