"I guess I get my wish of getting to carry heavy equipment, but she really have to make it this difficult? Luna wants a little more attention she gets sent to the moon, I dethrone her under mind control I get mercilessly tortured, and given this ten-ton doohickey that can't touch the ground or I have to start over." I grumbled to myself.

The pain plus the heaviness of the object is making this seem impossible, but I have a plan. It's ok if it gets reset, but I need to keep trying to lift it higher and for longer periods of time.

I start flying again and I pick it up about an inch off the ground again, but I held it for a little bit longer this time. I repeated this until I could get it about six inches off the ground and could hold it for almost two minutes, but I knew this wouldn't last because I haven't eaten since the day I left the castle and I have no Idea how long it's been since my capture.

I tried to fly it over to where the board meeting was and I brushed the low ceiling of the exit and the machine disappeared out of my hooves.

"What the? Are you serious right now? That's so not fair."

I flew over to Solar in the board room.

"Hey what gives? My wing brushed the ceiling and it reset."

"Yes, and?"

"And what? You said that if it touched the ground it would reset."

"No, I said if you touched the ground while holding it, it would reset and seeing how the whole cave is underground, it's technically all ground."

"So I can't touch anything at all."

"Good luck." She turned away from me and I went back to attempt to do this, really frustrated.

I got back and it was right where it was reset to. I sat there for a minute and thought about how I could do this. I thought about what Solar had said and gave a little test.

I took off and tried to push it, but it was too heavy to move it that way. If only I could morph the rock to give me a bigger exit then I could do it, but I still didn't have my powers back yet. I lifted the equipment again and began dragging it across the floor and it seemed to be working, until I backed into the wall again.

"Ok, you know what!"

I just grabbed one of the handles and stuck my hind legs in the space in a way I could drag it while facing forward. I worked my way past the exit and about half way down the tunnel before I got tired. I could barely fly anymore so I freed my leg and sat on top of it, making sure I didn't hit anything.

My wings and back were sore and my legs were killing me from how I was carrying it. I hopped off of it without thinking and flew for a second to catch myself, but I hit the ceiling.

"No!" I yelled in anger, but saw that it hadn't reset.

Then I remembered the one small detail Solar had mentioned "If you touched the ground while holding it."

"Ok then, at least I know I can rest for a while."

So I sat and rested my wings for a while and then a mine cart came through the narrow tunnel and bumped me into the equipment.

"Yeah, that figures."

I was too mad to actually be mad and showed it in my indignant, and rather calm, way. But then I had an Idea. I looked around the cart and found that nopony or even a diamond dog was pushing it.

I brought it up to the room where the contraption was and struggled to lift it high enough to fit it in the cart. I sat and leaned against the cart to catch my breath and noticed that it hadn't reset. So I thought I could just push it normally, and that's what I did, until I got to a fork in the tracks that either way I went would push me farther away from the board room, which I could see.

I thought that a few minutes of pain would be worth it to get this done, so I flew it out, hooked my legs in again and began to fly towards the board room. I dragged it up the small ramp into the room and collapsed exhausted.

"Well done, you solved the puzzle, now here's a shiny imaginary medal for your troubles."

"That was way tougher than you think it was."

"Actually, no it wasn't."

"What do you mean, you would never be able to do it with your size."

"Yes I could. I never said you couldn't levitate it all the way here, and I thought you knew I gave you your powers back when I gave fixed your wings."

I stared at her for a long time to show my displeasure.

"You are really enjoying this aren't you?"

"Very much indeed, I've never had somepony so willing to go through such odds just to prove a point."

"Well I want more than anything to bring him down after what he did to me and what he made me do to all of you."

"Good to hear. You seemed to have practically beaten yourself up just to get that here. Go see Rainbow Dash and get a healing, you'll need it for the next parts."

"What is that thing anyway?"

"I'll be using it for the next part, but if you think that was bad, you'll think that as a small pinch compared to the final piece."

"Oh, joy, what great news." I said sarcastically.

I walked over to Dash and just hugged her, and she let me.

"Why did you help me back there? I thought that you said you wouldn't."

"I did, but…I could tell you were sincere and…forget it it's nothing."

"What is it?"

"Don't worry about, alright."

"Can I please know?"

"I helped because…I saw the reason why I fell in love with you, ok?" she blurted out.

"Because you put my mind at ease and gave me back the pony I was before Discord took me. If it weren't for him nopony would be in this mess at all."

"But then again, he did bring you here."

"Against my will, yes."

"But aren't you glad he did that?"

"Not so much right now, since he's been trying to use me ever since I came here."

"True, but I'm happy that he brought you here. You were the first colt I actually got to know that wasn't a total mule and you made me happier than I could have ever gotten with just my friends."

"But that doesn't change the fact of what I've done to Equestria or you. I've been making everypony's life miserable especially yours. Nopony can ever forgive me even if I was acting against my will."

"You're right, nopony can ever forgive you, but that doesn't mean I can't trust you right now."

I paused for a bit and smiled.

"Thank you…I think."

The cave suddenly began to start shaking violently.

"What's going on?" I yelled.

A diamond dog guard yelled back.

"We're under attack!"