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Hayden found Lin on the beach, half buried by the rocky barrier around the port. Her body was paler than Hayden had ever seen it. In death, the steady breaking of waves finally gave her a proper bath. There was no telling exactly what injury had caused it—dark marks around her neck, or maybe other bruises elsewhere. Maybe it was none of those, and instead the empty glass bottle vanished into the rocks beside her. Hayden sat on her knees in the sand beside the wall, staring at the remains of her old best…-
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The world dissolved around her. Hayden felt the ground lifting up and away from her hooves. The ponies all around her dissolved into the nothing, and all the world was unmade. The great keep of Icefalls cracked and came up into the air in tiny pieces, followed by little chunks of stone that were the buildings. What her terrible storm hadn’t destroyed to keep the griffons at bay for a few minutes more, now crumbled awayIt’s just a dream, it’s just a dream, it’s just a dream.Then she saw something…-
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Jamie remembered this death. It had been so recent, the memories still fresh. If only there was enough of Flurry left in that well to ask, maybe she could’ve been ready for this. She didn’t know what to do, and had no power to fight. Her horn sparked once or twice, but Twilight’s magical construction was impossible to break. She might as well try to stand on a launch platform and hold down a rocket with her bare hands.“Before I cast this…” Twilight set the wax aside, stepping back from her…-
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Kaelynn was... somewhere. Nowhere she wanted to be, nowhere she ever planned to visit. But it wasn't like she'd been given a choice.She spent an eternity of bumping and jostling around, with the voices of other creatures practically right outside. How many of those others might be able to rescue her, if only they had any idea what was happening? Could she somehow sing them a message?She tried a few tunes, but nothing was louder than the sound of jostling around her.At least her kidnapper had packed her jar…-
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Lilac would not have another chance to see Copper. They were arriving the next day—that was the entire point of the inspection. But if this was the last chance for her to ever talk to him, she had to work out a way to say goodbye.Once she scribbled her farewell, she presented it to Saffron, lowering her head nervously. "Do you think there’s some way to make sure that Copper gets his hooves on this? I don't want to just vanish."He landed atop the letter, staring down at it with disdain. "If you did not…-
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Twilight spent most of the flight in the Radiant Hope's bridge, making occasional adjustments to their flightpath with the tracking spell. After being redirected once, it crossed her mind that they might be heading in the wrong direction, and that only more of Flurry's magic would be waiting for them up north. Maybe Theresa had only acted supportive, and intended to warn her allies to move Flurry somewhere else.Twilight could imagine that, but some part of her had a hard time accepting it. After months of…-
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Of course it couldn’t be as simple as just walking back into Moonrise and waiting to be showered with praise. After all, most of the creatures in the upper city had lived a life of plenty under Rockshanks’s rule. Whatever preparation they had to do for a war not likely to ever happen was a small price to pay.A small force of unicorns had erected a shield around the entrance, which Nightmare Moon cut through with little effort. She might not wield the power of a goddess anymore, but she was still a…-
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By the time noon arrived the next day, Amie was aboard a secret train, cutting sharply across the otherwise empty desert surrounding Sonoma. The expedition was not much larger than the one she had taken on her way out—aside from her brother and herself, she had three companions from the orange tribe. Pachu'a and one other hunter had come this time, a stranger she didn't know yet, to protect the relief shipment.Then there was Natane, the spy armed with Kaya's book of gathered changeling knowledge as a…-
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Follow Twilight's magic underground 45% “I don’t like any of the obvious paths,” Twilight said, turning away from the staircase up and the hallway deeper into the building. “Those might not show us the truth. But maybe if we can get behind all that…” she hesitated, closing her eyes for a second and following her horn. Yes, there was certainly something underground. It wasn’t that deep, they wouldn’t be climbing miles under the surface like last time.She gestured, setting off in that…-
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Tracy lifted one of his wings, shuffling awkwardly. "I don't mean to sound impolite, but that doesn't sound very related to what I saw. There are bat wings in the mirror, Princess. When there shouldn't be. I've had one of my coworkers call me a demon, and I'm afraid he might be right."Twilight's horn glowed, and the books began sorting themselves into smaller piles. Without even looking at them she guided each one into a different stack, until they covered the desk and every nearby table too. "It's my…-
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