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But Nightbreeze had been right about the ritual, just as she had been right about a great deal. There was nothing dramatic, at least not to her. Hayden listened to the ponies as Princess Celestia and Luna formally accepted oaths of loyalty from each of the house lords—which thankfully didn’t include her. She was here as a member of Luna’s house, so all she had to do was sit and listen as quietly as possible.She got many stares, whispers, ponies pointing at her, but that was all.When the ceremony was…-
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Outside the castle, Hayden could hear the sound of war. The steady crack of her own arquebus weapons, answered by volleys of crossbow bolts. Tonight’s rain was not of water, but of blood.But those soldiers weren’t meant to keep princess Luna from entering the castle, not really. At the first sign of serious resistance, the fleet was to retreat to the outpost of Canterlot, leaving Celestia and Hayden behind surrounded by the enemy.Princess Celestia sat by one of the windows near the thrones, watching…
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It wasn't a long fight—eevee weren't the kind of daemons to keep going until they were bloody and exhausted. It only took a few seconds for Liz to end up on top, holding Loch down under her forepaws. But they did have a lifetime of practice. Eleanor stared, glancing between the daemons then back up at Hayden. "H-how? I've never seen anyone else who can do it. Everyone else is stuck." Hayden shrugged. He didn't want to look too proud in victory, or else she might still try…-
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What could their little group do while they waited for information? Days passed, days spent in miserable friction. Even Vesper could only do so much to keep people focused—Ryan wanted to break into every house in the city if that was what it took to find Kaelynn. Blake, meanwhile, had to threaten to lock him up more than once.Vesper tried to mitigate the conflict between them. She begged and pleaded for wiser voices to prevail, and it mostly worked. But each day she kept people calm was harder than the…-
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About a month later, and Hayden was shuffling nervously back and forth in her room, fussing over what she’d packed into her saddlebags and wondering how long she would have to wait. She had packed everything she could think off—her old belongings were more than enough for survival in the wilderness when she’d been human, but there was no telling how useful they might be, or how much they would even be needed.We’re not camping, we’re not crossing the wilderness. It’s okay. It’s only a day’s…
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No one forced Hayden to dress a certain way for her meeting with Gail. Given the dangers involved and the stakes to those she loved, she did all of that herself, digging through her wardrobe of fancy outfits until she found a dress at the perfect intersection of formal and casual—something made from a similar fabric to the ancient kimono, but shorter and easier to move in. Ilene didn't force her into the tight mew braid—Hayden asked for it herself, and spent an hour holding almost still in her…
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“Alright, umm… I know this might be a little weird, but I’m gonna need you all to split up.” Julian was in constant motion—every few seconds he felt the need to twitch, to move, to make sure that he was indeed cured.The last two weeks had been an increasingly nascent haze, crowding in upon his mind until he couldn’t even get out of bed and relied on Avery for his survival. That reliance, as it turned out, had been well-founded. And it only cost her entire existence to survive. He couldn’t…-
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Jacob made his way into the office alone, waving one last goodbye to Harley as she called that she would be “waiting outside.” It was a fairly large space, with one massive window facing into the portal room. Mirrored glass, though he had seen only the reflection from that side.There was a table by the window, and two chairs, though the room's only occupant was behind her desk. He saw dark mahogany, polished glass surfaces and several fancy computer displays. The shelves held more than books, though…-
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They had to travel a little ways into the jungle to reach Sunset Shimmer. Jacob wasn't surprised by this—it made sense to get away from the literal thousands of refugees when you were doing time-sensitive work to get them home. It made as much sense as coming here to a hospitable (and apparently empty) island, in case their mission did not go well or they were somehow tracked.Of course the traveling itself was far from easy for him. Standing took help, and he fell almost immediately back onto the sand to…
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Archive had gathered the greatest minds from all of Comox.The deer she'd chosen had very little in common. A handful were young, fawns in their second or third year who looked almost like adults but acted like adolescents. There was Cherry-Blossum-Always-Blooms, and her younger brother Unseen-Wind-Lifts-Many-Birds. They sat side-by-side on a single cushion made from rough fabric and stuffed with straw. They were only permitted to be so close on account of both still having their spots—once 'Birds' lost…-
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