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8th Spell [Video/Action for Violet City]

P-Princess Celestia?

[Twilight's very worried face appears in the screen, a Sigilyph, Celestia's Sigilyph, fluttering around behind her.]

Your Pokemon... it just showed up here. I don't know how it got here, but I promise I'll get it back to you right away. I'm sure that-

[She cuts off, seeming to notice something in the corner of the screen. Her eyes widen in shock and horror.]

The filter broke? But that means...

[She pauses a moment, tears coming to her eyes.]

She's gone...

[She turns off the gear before she can start to cry. Any responses will be answered in a few hours.]

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He?

[She pulls her head back and tilts it at Fluttershy in confusion, a confusion strong enough to pull her out of her little funk at least for a moment. Were her mind in better shape, she'd probably be able to figure out exactly who Fluttershy meant, but she's most definitely not at her best right now.]

He who?

[Have some flailing. What a mood breaker.]

Discord! He was here! I didn't know who he was then, but then I went back to Equstria, and then I was back here, but I never heard from him again, and he and his Pokemon never got along, but it was definitely his voice and attitude!

[She pauses a bit, then lowers her head and nods silently.]

I know. I got a message from him once, when I was asking questions over the Gear, taunting me. I didn't see him in person, and I only ever got the one message, but that was enough to make my blood boil. I was hoping none of the rest of you had run into him.

He didn't... do anything to you, did he?

... We were going to have lunch together.

[... wow, wa to dodge a bullet, Shy. She blinks as she realizes just how close she got to danger.]

... Oh, dear.

Curse him.

[And this from a girl who doesn't even believe in curses.]

... I'm sorry, Shy. I should have watched things more closely. I should have warned you... I can't believe I didn't tell you girls as soon as I noticed he was around.

B-But it's not your fault, Twilight! I had no way of knowing who he was! He even used a fake name, Dissent! And he didn't have his powers, so he couldn't have done that much damage...

But it's my job to protect you.

[She says it simply, plainly, as though it's an obvious statement.]

W-well, sometimes... I need to be an adult, and take care of myself when you can't. You shouldn't have that kind of burden all the time.

[see? i am a big pony.]

No... [She shakes her head, trying to better articulate what she was trying to say.] I meant, all of you.

I'm the Element of Magic. I'm the one who's supposed to hold us all together... who's supposed to be there when any of the rest of you need me. I failed you all against Discord once before. I can't do that again.

How can you say you failed? You recused us all, you got us back to normal. You always save us when the moment is right. Even when somepony else saves us, like Cadence and Shining Armor, they couldn't have done it without you.

The fact that I managed to salvage the situation in the end doesn't change the fact that I lost you all to him in the first place. It was my idea to go into the labyrinth, and the Elements weren't even there. If I'd just thought more about the riddle, and brought us straight back home, maybe...

[She can't finish the thought. "Maybe he'd have never gotten the chance to mind-break you." Yes, she blames herself for that.]

[Okay, that stops now, as she pulls you into a hug.]

That's not what's important. What's important is that you managed to free us, and free all of Equestria. Nopony thinks differently. We still love you very much, Twilight, always and forever.

[She accepts that hug, holding her back, and her eyes close, the tears resurfacing as she confronts an old demon she never managed to lay to rest.]

I love you all. I love you all so much. You five each took a piece of my heart that day in the old castle when we first came together... And I almost lost you forever.

But you didn't. And you never will. You're just a much a part of us as we are a part of you. Nothing will ever change that.

... Promise me.

[She's still holding, even clutching Fluttershy as she whispers that, practically begging her to reassure her that they'll never leave her. She somehow looks smaller than usual... and a lot more vulnerable.]

I promise.

[Not even a second of hesitation to go with that. she lightly kisses the top of twilight's head, since nuzzling is a bit awkward with these human bodies.]

[Her face is still buried against Shy, so it's impossible to see the tiny smile start to show on her face, but she does relax immediately. Somehow, just those two words seem to pop some bubble of doubt and pain inside her.]

Thank you, Fluttershy. Just... thank you.

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