=3 Yup, inside views into two of the other main character's heads. You wanna make them round don't ya? Anyways! Keep going!
Disclaimer: Nah-uh, still don't own it.
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In the morning, after dealing with the howling of Flicker, apparently he wasn't to keen on seeing a 'ghost' in the morning, DarkHeart explained she managed to escape by a few inches, just hurting her leg alittle, when Monty managed to save her and get her away. The stone warrior couldn't go much further into the sea without his body falling appart. With this all explained, the group set out for Dream Valley. Tiger flew above with Flicker riding him, and DarkHeart galloping below with Rattles on her back. They made pretty good time to the Dream Castle.
At about Dream Castle, without any hope until the jewel came out of DarkHeart [Ewwww...no don't worry, it has a purpose for being swallowed.] they might as well investigate. Strange enough, as they reached the ballroom they started to feel very chilly. What greeted them down the ballroom hallway suprised them the most! The walls were starting to collect ice! And the doors, they were already covered!
"What's going on?!" DarkHeart exclaimed. Before anyone answered, Tiger busted the door out with his hoof.
"HHEEeeeyyyy! Don't do that Tiger! They'll make me pay for it!" DarkHeart griped. Tiger just gave her a slightly annoyed look and looked around. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING was covered in ice! Rattles stared in from behind her sister's head, "Wha in de wowld is going on?"
"I don't-ahhhhhh!" DarkHeart suddenly shrieked out in pain as she tried to enter the icy ballroom. Purple light shot out from her forehead as a diamond shaped crystal horn started growing out of screaming DarkHeart's forehead. When the light faded, an amythest colored four pointed horn stuck out of her forehead. DarkHeart's head fell down, her body panting after so much pain.
Tiger looked over her worriedly, as Rattles looked up at her worriedly, and Flicker stared at the horn, "You alright DarkHeart?" Tiger asked.
"I'm fine....pant what happened?"
"You goo a hown!"
"I what!?"
"She said you grew a horn."
DarkHeart looked at them skeptically, then looked down at her reflection and screamed, seeing the horn out of her head.
"WHAT THE HECK!? I'M AND EARTH PONY NOT A UNICORN!"
"Well apparently after swallowing the jewel, it made you a unicorn." Flicker said sagely.
"What?"
"You swallowed the jewel remember? You're not a pure heart, so clearly you can't make a wish on the jewel, but the jewel must have sensed that the cause is good, so found another way to help you." Flicker theorized.
"By making me a unicorn? How is that gonna help!? I haven't had the magic training most unicorns have, I can't control powers!!"
"Well you better start learning." Tiger advised.
"Thanks for the support Tiger." DarkHeart said sarcastically.
"Any time." Tiger smirked.
DarkHeart groaned. "Alright Alright, lets just look and see what we can find." All four split up to search different parts of the room.
After a few minutes of silent searching, Rattles chirped up, "Hey...look at this!"
Gathering around Rattles, the group looked down at a strange pattern on the floor, it seemed to be where the ice was the highest too. Looking at DarkHeart she flicked her head, "Twy ice picking down dere."
"With my horn!!? That could hurt! Get Flicker to flamethrow it."
"But I can barely make sparks!"
"We'll do it together alright, stop whining."
Together, the dragon, and now unicorn started work on the ice. Flicker seemed like the Big bad wolf huffing and puffing out sparks as he was, and poor DarkHeart looked like some kind of dipping bird, bringing her head up and down trying to drill in the ice.
After a looooooong wait, the puffed out dragon and numbhead unicorn had gotten through to the strange markings. DarkHeart complained of migraines while Flicker complained of lung burn.
Rattles sniffed the strange pattern then gingerly poked it with a hoof. To her amazement, her hoof sank through like the floor was made of water! "It must be a pordal!" She exclaimed pulling her hoof back. She got ready to jump in before Tiger grabbed her. "No, I'm going first of any of us, I can atleast fly."
"What does that got to do with anything?" DarkHeart snapped.
"Unless it's very very very windy, then flight is an advantage." He said, putting Rattles down and throwing his head back and diving neck deep in.
Looking around all he could see was the insides of what looked to be a....swan boat? He pushed himself further through, it was a swan boat! And it was pointing in the direction of a huge castle. Pulling back he looked at his companions.
"It leads to a swan boat, that goes to a castle."
All of them looked at one another.
"That could be where the witch is." DarkHeart thought. All nodded. "Then, it's worth a shot, c'mon!" With that, everyone started diving into the portal.