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I woke up again and oh why do I always say this? You know what? I don't even care anymore if I say it or not. Sorry if this gets annoying. Anyways, I decided to go out for my usual morning walk, but then I noticed another presence next to me. Of course it was Twilight. She clings onto me like an anchor on a ship. I mean it as a figure of speech for all the educated people out there. I said "I'm just going out for my morning walk. I'm coming right back." Twilight said "I know, but usually you go off on that every morning, and then dash off to Celestia knows where." I said "Well, not this time. This particular chapter doesn't have me going anywhere, so you don't need to worry. Anyways, is there something you wanted from me?" Twilight said "I want to go with you." Uh, okay? I said "Umm, I guess that's fine, but I usually do this to clear my thoughts, not talk to other ponies." Twilight said pleading "Please? Do it for me anyways?" Those glistening violet orbs resisted me from saying no. I just couldn't resist. I said "Okay, you can. But don't expect me to talk that much." Twilight nodded and we headed out.

After my morning walk with Twilight, I basically went to the library. I just wanted to read more history books because why the heck not? Anyways, I picked up a book and read it. When I got halfway through the book, I heard the front doors of the castle burst open and I knew something was up. I put the book back and dashed over to the other side of the castle to see what was going on. I went into my shadow form and reappeared right beside Twilight. I said "I heard the front doors burst open. Is everything alright?" Starlight said "I think you'll see in a second." Rarity said "I can't BELIEVE how differently ponies treat you when you can't commend their attention." Wait. She was in a black cloak covering herself. That can only mean one thing. Something MUST have happened to her mane otherwise, she wouldn't be wearing that. Twilight asked "Are you sure that's what happened?" Starlight asked "Wait. You can't command ponies' attention because your mane's messed up?" Twilight signaled to Starlight saying that was not a good thing to say and that ticked off Rarity.

She said to starlight "Messed up?! DOES THIS LOOKED MESSED UP TO YOU?!" HOLY MAC AND CHEESE does that look bad. I said "Yep." Twilight and Starlight both gasped in shock and Rarity put down the lamp. Sure, Hasbro always tries to make it more scary than what it actually is. Rarity said saddened "Honestly, how hard is it to pretend it's not so bad?" I said "Pretty dang hard. It ain't easy, that's for sure." Rarity said "If today is any indication of how ponies will treat me from now on, I can't simply WAIT to see if my mane grows back!" She hid herself under the cloak and had her head planted in the chair. Poor Rarity. I knew what had happened, but I don't really know how to fix this. The three of us looked at each other in concern and Twilight walked over to Rarity. She said "I'm sorry Rarity. I'm sure nopony means to make you feel worse than you already do." I said "That's pretty much what happens. They are just not accustomed to it because it looks strange to them. Uh, no offense." That saved me from getting slapped by Twilight for being "mean."

Starlight said "Didn't you say Zecora was working on a cure?" Rarity said "Yes. Well, even if everypony is UTTERLY indifferent in my presence, Zecora might not be able to fix THIS in time for the SHOOT!" She got down from the chair and squeezed Twilight begging her to do something. She said pleading "CAN'T YOU DO A SPELL TO RESTORE SOME SIMPLNTS OF MY MANE?!" Not really. It's really hard. Hair or manes in this case, are natural. Magic is artificial. Trying to fix something natural with artificial in some circumstances will turn out very much disastrous. Starlight said "The thing is… it's pretty much like Zecora said. Fixing manes are -" before getting cut off by Rarity and saying completely insane "TRICKY! I know! I don't care! MAKE WITH THE TRICKS!" I could try, but even the Tree of Harmony could agree in this circumstance. Fixing manes with magic is not the answer. Starlight let out a huh in confusion, and Twilight just sighed in submission since Rarity was that desperate.

Twilight charged up her horn and fired magic at Rarity. The mane appeared, but I have a feeling that came from somewhere else. Wait. Oh dear. Somepony else's hair in the Crystal Empire disappeared. Oh dear. He's not getting his hair back. That must be really embarrassing and he was standing in a crowd full of other ponies. The mane cracked regardless and the bad mane reappeared. So she turned to Starlight. She was thinking for a second and then charged up her horn and fired magic. Odd. That mane looks like solid wood. Oh. Great. Part of the door is missing now. Thanks Starlight for causing property damage in the castle. Now Twilight is going to make me fix your mistake. Hope you're happy. Anyway, a random bird showed up and started pecking on it. It went away however and I was the last one. She said "This won't do! I need an ACTUAL MANE!" She turned to me in a last ditch attempt for any hope left. I sighed and began focusing my magic. The scepter glowed, my crown glowed, magic orbs started coming out of my wings and my eyes glowed white. Then I fired the magic. It had her mane back for about 30 seconds. She was so happy, but then it cracked and it was back to the way it was. I knew the Tree of Harmony agreed with me on this one.

Rarity said in frustration "WHY WON'T ANY OF THIS WORK?!" Starlight said "It has to come from somewhere." I said "Exactly. Manes are natural. Magic is artificial. If you try to fix something natural with something artificial, the results will be disastrous. Sometimes it works, but not in this circumstance. You can't make a mane appear out of thin air. It just doesn't work like that." Twilight said "He's right. You can't just make a mane with magic. Like he said, the results could be disastrous." Rarity said fed up "MORE DISASTROUS THAN THIS?!" She banged her head on the table and the block of wood came out. I picked it up and cast a spell putting the wood back in the door and resealing it. Unfortunately, for us, Rarity would not give up so easily. So all three of us had to combine our powers to see if anything was gonna happen. I believe nothing will. Anyway, Twilight fired her magic, Starlight fired hers, and I fired mine. However, it caused everything to go white and temporarily blind us. What happened is that a bunch of party streamers were scattered across the castle. Great. This is gonna take a while to clean up.

All three of us were exhausted and fell down to rest. Even with all this overpowered magic, it can't fix something that happens naturally. Spike cut off the streamers and put it in the wheelbarrow carrying it away. Twilight said "I don't think there's anything else we can try." Rarity said panicking Wh-wh, bu-but Zecora said there WAS still a CHANCE!" Thankfully, the door opened and Zecora came in. She said "At last Rarity! I have searched for so long. What I told you before was totally wrong." That is good news, but there's a downside to it. I've seen the episode so I know what happens. Twilight said "Zecora? You found a cure? That's amazing." I said "At least I don't have to overexert myself with overpowered magic." Rarity said excited "Oh. You mean I'll get my FABULOUS mane back in time for the SHOOT?" Wait for it. Zecora said "Oh, no. I'm afraid I can't fix it before the big shoot. But in time, the hair will grow back from the root." That's what the downside is to this. "There's no magical cure to hasten us through it unless you went backward in time to undo it."

Don't even think about it Rarity. Sure, your mane will go back to how it was, but it won't solve the initial problem. See? I can rhyme too, if I try. Anyways, enough foolishness. Starlight said "Uh-nuh. I think we can both say that's not a good option." I said "Even I agree on that." Rarity groaned in disappointment and buried herself in her cloak to the floor. Poor Rarity. Wait. I know I just said you can't fix something natural with something artificial, but I can't stand having Rarity like that. There has gotta be something. Call me stupid or whatever, but if your friend was in a bad situation like this, you would do the same thing and try to help them out in any way you can. I dashed off to the library to see if I could find anything. I know that there must be an answer somewhere in this library. I began reading book after book after book after book and it all had dead ends. I will literally search to the ends of Equestria to find something. As I read each book, I tried the spell to see if anything would happen. Nothing was working. I became frustrated and very angry. If I can't find anything in this library, I'm going to Canterlot.

The Canterlot library has over a million books in there, but there has to be an answer somewhere. I just hope I don't get noticed. Also, before I arrived, I cast a spell that allowed me to talk as loud as I want without getting shushed because the other ponies can't hear me. Okay. Time to search. But I need testing grounds. Idea. Go straight into the mountain and build a testing lab using a creation spell. Easy. There. Done. Now onto reading. Let's see here. UGH! This could take hours. Well, it doesn't matter. Gotta go as quickly as possible here. Once again, as I read each book, I began forming the spell to see if anything would happen. When I fired the magic nothing happened. I tried several times and nothing would happen. This was getting very frustrating. I made it through half the library in like 3 hours and still nothing. I wasn't giving up just yet. I couldn't stand having one of my friends fall to the hands of bullying from other ponies. I experienced that before from my own kind and it was brutal. It was part of the reason the man I am today.

I can't let her suffer the same fate. Which is why as long as I live on this Earth, I will do everything in my power to stop this and not let my friend suffer the fall. I continued on with renewed determination as I had to find something. Even if it wasn't related, it might be something. I read through the other half of the books and continued trying to find something. COME ON! I have overpowered magic. There has got to be something. NO! I WILL NOT GIVE UP, AUTHOR! LET ME DO THIS AND DON'T DISTURB ME! I'm sorry, author. But I really need to help Rarity out. You saw what happened in my childhood. I can't let her fall for the same fate. It sucks being a broken man and I can't have any of my friends endure that fate. Especially Twilight. If anything happened to her, I could never forgive myself. I might as well kill myself than live on with my immortalty. Thanks author for understanding. Now ONWARDS! After like another 2 hours, I was still at another dead end.

I couldn't read anymore here since I have read all the books in the Canterlot library. That meant I only have one more location to look before I don't know what else to do. The Crystal Empire. I put everything back to the way it was and raced off north to the Crystal Empire. The library there is just as big as the one in Canterlot, so maybe I'll have some luck. I arrived and went inside the library. I needed to install another testing grounds since I don't want to destroy anything because everything's made of crystal which is very fragile and can easily break. Done. Now time to read and do more experiments. It has about a million books in here so it will take another several hours to try and figure it out. As I continued to read, I tested thing after thing, but once again, NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! After like an hour and half, I made it through half of the books and there was still no answer. I was really getting worried. If I don't find something, then poor Rarity is going to suffer the same fate I once did. I can't let that happen. I know I will be called an idiot after this, but I had good intentions though.

I continued on and I got more and more nervous as I came to dead ends with each book. NO! I won't let this happen. I'm incredibly stupid by doing this, but I don't care. I'm almost at the end. No. I can't let this happen. Equestria will fall because of my mistake. No, stop thinking that. Don't let my magic fuel the darkness. After another half hour, I reached the complete end of the books. NO! *sighs* I don't even know where else to look. I looked in Twilight's library, Canterlot, and the Crystal Empire and found NOTHING! NOTHING I tell you. I guess it would be best for me to head home and hope Rarity is fine and not suffering. I fixed everything back to the way it was and headed back south towards Ponyville. I finally came back and landed on the balcony outside the castle. What I saw next terrified me. I saw my friends except Pinkie heading towards Rarity's house which only meant one thing. Her mane didn't grow back yet. I failed. That only leaves me one thing to do. Create a distraction so Rarity doesn't suffer falling to the hands of bullying from other ponies. It might be irresponsible and reckless, but it's necessary in preventing Equestria falling into the darkness.

I focused my magic and created a snowstorm behind me. I looked over to where their line of sight met mine and I said quietly "I'm sorry, but I won't let Equestria fall." and then I blacked out. You were wondering what made me black out. It turns out I set up a cannon somewhere and it launched a double edged sword into my back and caused me to apparently spill out blood and water which was very odd. I remember as soon as I fell to the ground I heard Twilight scream out my name in horror and came rushing over. I knew once this was over, that she would grill me on being the stupidest person to ever exist and how my act was incredibly dangerous and reckless, and whatnot. Ugh. Where the heck am I? Oh, I ended up in the Ponyville Hospital. Go figure. I knew Twilight would be in a five inch radius of me if I had to guess. Let's see here. Ok, my crown is still on my head, my scepter is leaning against the wall, and I have a bunch of IV's everywhere.

I looked down and what do you know? I saw Twilight on top of me, sleeping and hugging me ever so slightly. I could tell that I put her in a lot of worry by doing a dumb act like this. I basically made Discord look modest. I only know that she'll say one thing and that's to never do something like this again which I have already promised that I will in my head at least. I practiced it. Anyways, Twilight's mane was still in place, but her wings were spread out and had her muzzle slightly open snoring a bit. I'm going to see how long it takes before she realizes that I'm awake.

One exposition later…..

After what seemed like 5 billion years, Twilight woke up and I just sat there trying to look away. I couldn't face her wrath right now. Her wrath was far more powerful than mine. She looked at me and then hugged me to death as tears fell down her face. I swear she was probably squeezing my liver. She said happy to have me back "I-I.. thought you were gone forever. I was so worried." I said "Yeah well, apparently I'm alive by some miracle." She said looking at me directly in the face "Don't you EVER do something like that again! That was extremely dangerous and irresponsible on your part. You're lucky I'm not unleashing my full wrath on you. Do you understand?" I said "I completely and utterly promise that I won't do something stupid like that again." Twilight asked "Why would you do something so stupid in the first place?" I said sighing "Because when I was young, I was often picked on and it was no fun to go through. When I heard that ponies were scared by Rarity's appearance, I knew that she would suffer a fate that I did. So I went all across Equestria looking for an answer. But I found nothing. I even went through the entire Canterlot and Crystal Empire library and found nothing."

Twilight's jaw dropped as she heard I went through the entire Canterlot and Crystal Empire library. Well, to be fair, they are both pretty big. She said in amazement "How did you do it?" I said "I don't know really. I guess I was so focused trying to find something that it only took me 8 hours to get through all those books." Twilight's jaw dropped even further. It was pretty incredible I was able to read through over 3 million books in the span of 8 hours. I closed her jaw since I didn't want it to fall off. She said "How is that even possible? There are over 2 million books in Canterlot, and over a million in the Crystal Empire. Not to mention that my library is pretty big too." I said "Well, I guess I keep breaking records left and right even if it's unintentional. I'm sorry that I did something stupid like this. I only wanted to help out Rarity in her problem since she looked so devastated, but I let my pity get the better of me I guess."

Twilight looked at me and said "I forgive you. Just promise me that you will NEVER do something like that ever again. You pretty much scared me to death by doing something stupid like that." I said "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. Besides, I'm immortal anyways, so I couldn't die even if I tried unless I had absolutely no reason to live anymore. But I have reasons to live, so it won't work. The initial spell I studied said that you must have no reasons whatsoever to continue living. If it finds any reasons, it won't do anything and you'll still live. I really shouldn't do stupid things like this. I guess I'm lucky that the Tree of Harmony decided to spare me as a warning to never do something stupid like that again." Twilight asked in confusion "What does the Tree of Harmony have to do with this?" I said "You see my scepter over there?" Twilight nodded and I continued talking. "25% of it's magic comes from the Tree of Harmony. Since the scepter belongs to me, I wield the tree's power through that scepter."

Twilight then asked "So where does the rest of it come from?" I said "The other 75% of it comes from the friendship between all of our friends and our relationship with one another." Twilight was astonished by this and I just sat there in silence while she thought about it. Next thing I know, she's hugging me once more, but not to death thank goodness. I asked "So how do the doctors say I'm doing?" Twilight said "Well, they said that you're recovering and you should be able to be released tomorrow. Unfortunately, it left a big scar on your back since for some reason you had to use a double edged sword to harm yourself. Seriously, how would that solve anything?" I said "Nothing really. I just thought that if I sacrificed myself, then Equestria wouldn't fall and oh forget it. It was so dumb now that I think about it."

Twilight said "Well, you did learn a valuable lesson from this even though it was extreme." Pretty much. "However, trying to kill yourself won't stop ponies from bullying Rarity." I guess she's right. I asked "What makes you say that?" Twilight said "All that wisdom you said pretty much applies here. I just took it and told you it." Knew I was putting that wisdom to good use. I looked out the window and noticed that it was now nighttime. I said "I think I'm gonna go to sleep now since the moonlight's at it's peak. You can stay here if you want. I don't care." Twilight however, completely agreed and sat next to me never wanting to let go. I can't blame her. I said "Night, my beautiful princess." Twilight replied "Goodnight, my handsome prince."

The next day….

I woke up and I saw the sun rising. I looked over and of course Twilight was still sleeping. She was a bit messed up, but I don't care. She still shows her beauty regardless of how she looks. Nothing will ever change that. I stroked a hair of her mane and that caused her to wake up. I said "Morning, my beautiful princess." Twilight replied "Morning, my handsome prince. How'd you sleep last night?" I said "Good. Haven't slept this great since who knows how long." Twilight said "That's good to hear." I said "So, any news on when I can get out?" Twilight said "Well, the doctors said while you were sleeping last night that you could be released tomorrow morning which is today by the way. So I'll go ask them to release you." She got up and walked out the door. Man, have things turned for the worst. I hope the others are okay. I hope they aren't too mad. They probably are. But if I can survive Twilight's, I can survive anypony else's.

Once I finally got out of the hospital and back to the castle, we heard a knock on the doors. I opened the doors and of course all the rest of my friends that witnessed what happened gave me a hug and I said "What brings you here?" Starlight said "Well, we wanted to tell you first of all, how we're glad to have you back after doing something absolutely stupid that you basically make Discord look modest, and second, we ame to inform that Rarity is still in her uh umm situation." Twilight said looking at me "Oh, I forgot to tell you about that. Poor Rarity was even more devastated when she heard what had happened." That's it. I said "I believe that she has sulked and wallowed in despair long enough. It's time she confronts the problem and fix this issue so something like THIS doesn't happen again." Rainbow said "I'm with you there. Count me in." Twilight said "Count us all in." I said "Great, now let's head over there."

We made it over there and Twilight said "I think we all know how bad Rarity's been feeling. But I never thought she'd cancel her shoot with Photo Finish or have SOMEONE do an incredibly stupid act." Ok Twilight. I get it now. I did a dumb thing. Now can we move on, please? Rainbow said "You saw her mane right?" I believe we all have, Rainbow. Applejack said "But it's Rarity." So, what difference does that make? "If anypony can turn lemons into lemonade, it's her." I guess you have a point. Fluttershy said "I guess it's harder for her when she feels like the lemon." Yeah pretty much. This would count as it's easier said than done. Twilight said "Well, she's not a lemon." It's a metaphor, Twilight. "She's our friend and right now, she needs our support." I totally agree with that. Twilight turned around and knocked on the door. Rarity said weakly "Come in." Twilight opened the door and we all peaked our heads inside and it was dark. This is kinda creepy.

Rarity said "Would you mind closing the door? I'm more comfortable in the dark." Not a chance, Rarity. You have moped around for too long and it's about time you do something and not just sit on a couch in a bathrobe eating ice cream. Thankfully, the lights were turned on, but Rarity just faced away from the light. She peaked over for a second and then her eyes got wide. She immediately went down to my paws scaring my half to death and said loudly "OH ZACHARY! IF IT WASN'T FOR ME, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MADE SUCH A TERRIBLE DECISION!" I said "Rarity. I appreciate the concern, but honestly, it wouldn't have mattered if you had the whole mane thing or not. It was a dumb thing to do and I regret it deeply, so you don't need to apologize for something that I did that had nothing to do with you. Well, why I did it was because of you, but you know what I mean." Rarity seemed to accept that and layed back on the couch.

Applejack said in a stern voice "Ok Rarity. You have done just about enough sulking." I can agree with that statement. "Having a fabulous mane is a wonderful thing, but it ain't the only thing." Don't make this completely about yourself, Rarity. Sure, it sucks having your mane like that, but it's not the worst thing in the world. Trust me, I've experienced worse. Just ask Twilight. Rainbow said "Yeah! And we're here to remind you how awesome you are! Mane or no mane!" Rarity didn't seem convinced at that since she said "It's lovely of you to say, but it's hard to argue with cold, hard facts." That may be true, but you don't let it hold you back. Fluttershy asked "What facts are those?" Rarity said saddened "That without my mane, I simply can't shine like once I did, ponies treating me like the SAD, invisible pony I've become." That's not entirely true. If you were invisible, do you think ponies would freak out over your mane? No. Twilight said "Rarity. You're not invisible. You're our friend. A friend who started a fashion empire." I think that might be a bit of an exaggeration.

Fluttershy said "A friend who made us all feel beautiful in her lovely creations." I don't know what you mean by that, but okay. Rainbow said "A friend who stuck by us no matter what." That is true. Applejack said "A friend so generous that she once chopped off her own tail to help a sea serpent." That was the pilot episode of the series. I remember that quite well. Twilight sat on the couch and said to Rarity "I know you lost some confidence when you lost your mane, but unlike your hair, confidence is something you can get back right now." I said "Also, don't let my mistake prevent you from trying to fix the problem." Twilight gave Rarity a hug and Rarity finally realized something. She said "Goodness, you're right! The only pony behaving differently today was me." Pretty much. "Besides, one doesn't shine from the outside in." She hopped over to her whatever thing it's called and started working. This got everypony curious and Starlight asked "Um, Rarity, what are you doing?" Rarity stepped out and said "I'm preparing to shine from the inside out." Woah. Now that looks cool.

Rainbow said "Awesome!" It is. Looks like what someone would wear at a high school dance back in the 80's. Next thing we know, we're all sitting in the Sofas and Quills store while Rarity goes around town doing stuff. Then Rarity said to all of us "Photo shoot or no, you could always use a chaise." I have no idea what that means, but okay. Applejack said "Well, Rarity, if you wanted to shine from the inside out, I think this afternoon, you became the brightest filly in Equestria." Maybe. Rarity said "Oh, pshaw, Applejack, I'm simply making up for all the time I wasted feeling sorry for myself." Yeah, generally, it doesn't do you any good. Trust me, I tried that, and it never worked out too well. Rainbow said excited "I don't know why you were so upset, your mane looks awesome." She has two reasons to be. I have a scar on my back to prove it. Rarity said "I'm just glad that I have all of you to remind me that even if I accidentally use magical remover potion on my mane, I can look good on the outside as long as I feel good on the inside."

Twilight got up from where she was sitting next to me and asked Rarity "How did you end up using remover potion on your head anyway?" I said "Probably grabbing the wrong one from Zecora's am I right?" Rarity thought for a moment and exclaimed loudly "Pinkie!" We all dashed over to Sugarcube Corner and Rarity said "If I had the remover potion this whole time, that means Pinkie must have the-" before getting cut off by opening the door and revealing a boat load of bubbles. I put up my shield to protect myself and Twilight did the same for herself and our friends. Rarity said "Shampoo." Good grief. That is a lot. Pinkie came out and said "Shampoo?" What else could it be? "Wow, that explains why our manes are all so bouncy and soft." Woah. Those manes sure are bouncy all right. At least the twins are having fun with it. We all looked inside and boy was it a hot mess. It looks like World War III broke out in here. Rarity said "Uh, perhaps I'll fetch the rest of that remover potion." Yeah, I think so. I can't stand looking at this. Pinkie said "Great! Hey! Is there something different about you? New hoof polish?" You're noticing this JUST NOW?! Ugh. Whatever.

6 months later….

We were walking through Ponyville and of course Rarity said "So you're sure?" Yes Rarity. "You're sure it's fully recovered?" YES RARITY! OH MY GOSH! Sorry. It was annoying for her to say that every five seconds for the past several months. Applejack said annoyed "Yes, Rarity it's been months. Your mane looks fine." Pinkie then said "Oh! Look! It's the Most Beautiful Manes Issue Vanity Mare. You should read it." I agree. You might not think that it's important or has any significance towards it, but you'll be surprised once you look. Rarity said "Oh, honestly Pinkie, after all I went through, I'm not sure it even matters what mane graced the page-" before getting cut off by Pinkie who shoved the book in her face and said "READ IT!" Rarity stared in annoyance at her and then looked at the cover. What she saw completely surprised her. She said "But- I canceled the shoot." Yes, but we did something that you didn't notice while you were out in Ponyville half a year ago. Applejack explained saying "We had a little talk with Photo Finish." That sure was fun to do. For all you uneducated people, I was being sarcastic. I don't care if your feelings were hurt or not. Get over it.

Anyways, Fluttershy said "And explained just how beautiful we thought you were. Inside and out." No comment on that one. NEXT! Rainbow said "While you were shining from the inside out, Photo Finish took a few pictures." I could tell from seeing the photos in there. No pun intended. Rarity said "I don't know what to say." How about thank you? Kidding. Kidding. Sheesh, calm down people. Applejack said "Luckily, you don't have to say anything." You happy now, people? There's your answer for you. "Your style speaks for itself." I believe that's true. So many ponies were testing it out because they like it apparently. Next thing I know, we are all in a group hug. OW! Watch the scar there. It may have been six months, but it's still there. I said "Careful. My scar still remains on my back." They all said "Sorry." and continued on.

The day was over and the moon was at it's peak in the sky. I was tired and I headed to bed. Once I got in bed, I felt something else shift in there. At first, I jumped, but then when I looked over, somehow, some way, Twilight got in my bed. She had her hooves wrapped around my neck and was fast asleep. I guess she must want to never let go of me. It was pretty hard on her after all of that happened, even though it's six months later. Oh well. If she wants to stay by my side, that's fine. I turned off the lights and went to sleep. I promise to never do something like this again. The pain is too much for the both of us. Literally.

AN: Another chapter done! I know this chapter had a weird plot twist and it was a bit extreme, but I just wanted to do something to pass the time. I know that the lion doesn't have a horn, but he has the same wings as an alicorn, so I'm counting that as immortality. If you don't like that, too bad. The next time probably something like this will happen will be the Season 9 premiere. We'll see. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Next Chapter: Road Trip! After Zecora gets Swamp Fever, Fluttershy does everything she can to fix this. She takes Twilight and Zachary along to Hayseed Swamp to find the cure for it. But when searching for answers, she gets sick herself. While Twilight and Cattail watch over her, Zachary looks for a cure. Will he be able to find the cure, or will both Fluttershy and Zecora turn into trees forever?

Until then, my fellow readers