Chapter 4

I continued running to the Everfree Forest, then eventually turned around and started running back towards Sweet Apple Acres. I had passed Rainbow Dash and Applejack on the way back and, because I cheated, they had fallen behind drastically with little to no chance to catch up, unless I slowed down, that is. I could see Twilight up ahead in the distance a few minutes later, then slowed down until I was in front of her, coming to a complete stop and "winning" the race. Twilight seemed really impressed that I came back first and with plenty of time to spare between Rainbow, Applejack, and myself.

"Wow!" She exclaimed. "Aren't you a fast alicorn?" She then nuzzled me before I answered her in response.

"You could say that, I guess." I chuckled.

A few moments later, Applejack and Rainbow Dash came back and passed both Twilight and myself at the exact same time, resulting in a draw between the two. I smirked, prepared to showboat my acceleration and speed, but was soon stopped in my own tracks when they both gave me an ice cold, brutish stare.

"What's with you two?" I snorted. Weird, though…I would never ask a question like that.

"What's with us!?" Rainbow Dash barked.

"What, do we have an echo here?" I sassed. Twilight looked to me and lightly shoved me with her wing as I smirked again, casting the wing spell to both Rainbow Dash and myself, giving our wings back to us.

"Y'all cheated!" Applejack accused.

"What!?" I chuckled. "I would never cheat!"

"You cheated and you know it!" Rainbow Dash shouted, flying directly in front of my face.

"Oh, yes," I sarcastically replied, "I cheated. Oh, sue me. Oh my gosh, we have a cheater in the area!" I shouted up into the sky again: "We have a cheater in the area!" Looking back at Rainbow Dash, I smirked, then answered back snobbishly. "I didn't cheat; I'm just faster than you two slow pokes."

Twilight could see the situation that was starting to get out of hoof and teleported herself in between Rainbow Dash and myself, trying to defuse the situation. "Now, now, you two. It's only a race."

"Yeah," I added, "so why don't you just let it go and move on. You think I cheated. Big whoop. Move on and get over it!"

"Lunar!" Twilight scolded, turning back to Rainbow Dash and Applejack. "How exactly did Lunar cheat?"

"He used his magic to make a root grow and used that to trip me and AJ!" Rainbow Dash claimed.

"Is that true, Lunar?" Twilight asked me.

"Of course not!" I defended myself. "We agreed to make this a fair race, which is what I did, removing both my wings and Rainbow Dash's wings, and not using any magic whatsoever. How could I have cheated? They were behind me the entire time and would've seen me cast a spell even if I did cheat!"

"That's a bunch of rotten apples and ya know it!" Applejack accused.

"Care to add your input, Applejack?" Twilight asked.

"Glad to, Twilight," Applejack answered, turning her attention from me to Twilight. "Ah seen him cast that spell and a root just done grew outta nowhere…Ah seen Dash trip over one of 'em an' he used that spell to grow another root, which Ah tripped over. Roots don't grow as fast as those roots did."

"Plus," Rainbow Dash added, "it's very hard to miss that white stuff surrounding his horn!"

"It's called 'aura,' Rainbow," Twilight said, turning towards me, giving me a heavy glare. I tried smiling, but couldn't manage to do so. Instead, I frowned, not because of what was going on right now, but because of what Twilight would tell me right now. I rolled my eyes, then listened in to what Twilight had to say to me.

"We will discuss this later, Lunar," Twilight told me, seemingly getting angrier as the time passes. She turned back to Rainbow Dash and Applejack and calmed them down as best as she could, which did end up working out, but I had to leave for it to work.

Twilight had sent me away as a way of calming down the speed demon and the hardworking farm girl. I chuckled before leaving, slightly putting a dent in whatever progress Twilight had accomplished before. I flew on top of a nearby cloud and began eavesdropping on them down below me.

"Let me know exactly what he did, you two," Twilight whispered, trying her best not to be loud, though I could her loud and clear.

"Well," started Rainbow Dash, "I began to pull away, like usual, when out of nowhere, a random root started growing and tripped me."

"Sounds weird…" Twilight commented.

"An' the same exact thing happened ta me right after!" Applejack added.

"And I saw him cast a weird spell that did it, too!" Rainbow Dash inserted.

"So, he used his magic to cheat and get a bigger advantage then," Twilight responded, trying to get a clear story, "right?"

"Exactly!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

Twilight sighed, obviously disappointed in the actions I've performed during the race. She turned back to Rainbow, then told her that she will deal with me personally later on today.

"Make sure ya give him a good talkin', Twilight." Applejack spoke before Twilight had begun to leave.

"Don't worry, Applejack," Twilight called back, "I will…"

And with that, Twilight had left Sweet Apple Acres and returned to the castle we both shared. I smirked, then slowly followed her from up in the air, just until she entered inside. I touched base with the ground and cracked my neck, feeling just like my old self again - the kind, courteous, loyal, truthful me, not the snobbish, self-centered, cheating me. I knew what was going on inside me, but I just couldn't find myself to tell Twilight yet.

I don't know if I could even break it to her that her Prince is slowly becoming more evil with each passing second…I don't think she'll take that very well…