hey everyone welcome to the monthly update! I got more chapters this month but no new stories for several reasons! first reason I now have over 50 - 55 story ideas, includes rewrites of my stories, so new stories I plan to write randomly and put into a folder to post in case I don't have enough chapters to post and would help me greatly because well... again i say it ADHD is a blessing and a curse... I get so many ideas that its hard for my mind to keep up...

also, doesn't help my mind has been stuck on dark souls and reading harry potter fanfiction this month... now its stuck on 7 days to die...

moving on! I'm posting over 15 chapters this month and I am kind of glad due to the pity amount I did last month and I am glad I got at least one chapter out for Equestrian Ranch which is now flowing through my mind for stuff I can work on so I should have more than 1 to post next month for that story... I've had a good month besides the fact my ADHD has been nearly killing me.

I'm actually going to go to a person to get authenticated that I have ADHD so I can get myself a job coach because I am feeling very lazy...

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and I'm rambling off again... back on track! I hope you all enjoy the chapters and hope you all can forgive my ADHD self for updating random stories... have a good one!

I watched my sister bake cookies with Grandma. That fake smile on Grandma's face disgusted me greatly at the fake feelings she kept on giving off. Soon I had enough of her fake smile as I walked into my room and dusted off my old radio. I quickly made sure it worked and found it did as I also grabbed the batteries I kept in my room for when I wanted to listen to it outside of the house. Finding I had 50 batteries for it I smiled as I put the radio in the bag and put my coat on and boots. "I'm taking something to store in the barn!" I yelled as I opened the door.

"take your time sweetie!" Grandma yelled in a sickeningly sick sweet tone as I scowled and walked out. Closing the door behind me I walked through a large amount of snow and soon reached the barn. Turning on the downstairs light I walked over to the door to the stairs.

"I'm back." I said as I calmly walked up the stairs to find they were looking over the map I left here for them. " I brought a radio." I said as I walked over and set the radio down with the very large batteries besides it.

"thank you for your assistance" I simply gave her a smile.

"no problem. I wouldn't be me if I didn't help someone in need." she nodded as I pulled out 6 of the large batteries and proceeded to put them into the radio.

"may I ask you a few questions about your world?"

"sure," I said as I closed the bottom and turned on the radio to find, to my joy, it still worked. Standing up I turned toward the princess. "what do you need to know?"

"are there any other humans like you?" she then asked.

"I'm sure there are but in this day and age its kind of hard to find them." I responded with a small frown. "children these days take after what they see happen and in turn, it happens to the younger generation. Very few are able to proudly say they would want to help you with no gain at all." she looked saddened by what I said.

"that is... unfortunate.." she then said. "what of your sister?"

"shes only like she is because I take care of her most of the time. She looks up to our grandma heavily though so she could easily be influenced by her."

"would we have to worry about her at some point?" a guard asked as he approached the two of us. I nodded in response.

"I would say yes. She hates both me and my sister with a passion for some reason. She hides the hate from my little sister for some reason but shows it to me all of the time." I could see the guards look into each other's eyes.

"then it would be best to eliminate her." my eyes widened at what the guard next to us said.

"no no no no. you are not killing my grandmother." I said in a stern tone as I glared at the guard who spoke up.

"if she is a threat to the princess then we will eliminate her." the guard said as he narrowed his eyes and looked straight into my own.

"so you're willing to cause more problems just to remove one of them. My grandmother is friends with the chief of Oak Harbor's police so if she were to just die suddenly or just disappear he would come after both me and my sister for answers." I told them as his eyes widened. "and she is too stubborn to just die. The chief knows that she hates us and knows that she makes it known to me every chance she has."

"then what are we to do about her?" princess Luna then asked me as I thought hard about what to do.

"I know her daily routine like she knows my own. I dislike being in the same room as her and she is glad if I leave the house. She doesn't like coming to the barn due to her bad hip and dislikes the cold greatly. She always goes to bed at 9 every night and tries to wake up at around 10. if I leave the house too much I think she might think something is up since she also knows I hate the cold." I told the three of them as I brought a hand to my chin. " I risk her corrupting my sister if I leave her alone for a few hours... now that I think about it I think she stays nice to my sister so she could use her to watch over me..."

"something has to be done about her then." princess Luna stomped a hoof. "we likely risk everything with her still alive and living so close by..."

"Another problem is that if she dies we risk losing our home and risk you three getting someone different that's not like my sister and I living here." I warned them. "she may write a will but keep us out of it."

"so the longer she is alive the better?" the second guard spoke as he walked over to join us... he also seemed to go into thought until his eyes lit up. "princess would it be possible to inflict a sickness onto the threat to put them in the hospital for a prolonged period?" she brought a hoof to her own chin as she seemed to contemplate the idea. I will admit the idea had merit. If she went to the hospital due to an unknown sickness they would do their best to cure her and knowing that there are other things wrong with her they would keep her in the hospital for a prolonged amount of time as it would go against their code to let go of someone so sick and injured.

"the idea at least has merit princess." I said as she looked over to me. "she has refused to go to the hospital for any reason whatsoever so she has a few injuries that she would have to stay in the hospital for to heal properly. The saying goes true for her that the worst kind of patient is a doctor and grandma as a paramedic is close enough for it to go for her." she then gave a small sigh.

"very well. I do believe I have enough magic by now to have her body believe its sick with something. It should last for a few months but I need ingredients for a potion for it to work properly." she spoke up looking around. "and I do not believe your world would have any of the ingredients we needed."

"well, what does it need?" I asked her. "maybe the properties of some of the plants could possibly be close enough for it to still work."

"that is a possibility but we would also risk potentially killing your grandmother should it not work at all." she then said as I gave a small sigh.

"well at the moment its the best we can do. Where can you go in life if you cant take any risks?" I then asked with a smile as she joined me.

"very well. One of the most important ingredients is water that has been aged for 15 years." my eyes widened slightly as I gave a small smile and walked over to the nearest window. I looked down at the frozen pond as I turned around to look at Princess Luna.

"does water that's been frozen, rained in, and sucked up by trees count if its been there for over 20 years?" she nods. "then I guess we already have one of the ingredients but with how cold it has been this year its going to be hard to get to the water with how thick the ice would be since its such a small body of water."

"you will have to figure it out then as we are not risking the princess's safety to go out there and do it at night." I nodded.

"the next ingredient would have to be something that would keep the texture smooth and yet also be sticky." I began to think of multiple possibilities as I came up with one.

"would honey work?" she nodded as I smiled. "then we have loads of it. The only problem is getting enough of it as she only keeps it for her coffee." I gave a small frown. "she keeps it under lock and key as a 'just in case' for my sister and I."

"then you will have to find a way to retrieve it. The third ingredient would have to be the blood of the one its to be cast on." my eyes widened as I sighed. I could give grandma one of her sleeping pills and use an extra syringe she keeps in her room to get some blood.

"how much is needed?" I asked as that would be the only question that could affect how I did things.

"about a tablespoons worth." I nodded as I thought my plan through. I could also use that chance to get the key to get honey but I would most likely have to keep the honey saved to be gotten until its the last thing needed. "would that be a problem?" I shook my head.

"no, I think I have an idea for how to get it. Anything else?"

"the final ingredients are the essence of plantlike soaked in the water used for the potion and a plant we called the lion flower"

"lion flower?" I asked in confusion as she nodded.

"it resembled that of the mane of a lion but was also a weed as they grew everywhere." now I had an idea for the ingredient but I was also confused about the essence of plant life.

"I know of something like that here in our world but we would have to wait a couple months to be able to get them safely." I said in a saddened tone. "they grow everywhere in the springtime."

"we will need quite a lot of them. Enough that the petals would fill the cup without any of the seeds on the end."

"let's just hope we can last for a few months then." she nodded. "I better get back to my sister or else I fear what grandma would say to her." she nodded as the two guards returned to the map on the wall. "ill see if I can get a walkie-talkie from an old friend of mine so we could communicate in case someone is coming to the barn and I cant get here to warn you."

"very well. We shall see you soon." I nodded as I walked over and grabbed my coat off of the railing and went down the steps. Walking out the door on the steps I gave a small sigh as I worried for the future. With everything that is happening anything could be possible... I could possibly be helping the ponies take over the world and not even know it. I just hope and prayed this wasn't the case.