Hello everyone! first of all, I have to apologize as I have been very busy this month with a multitude of things. I had to plan my eagle scout ceremony, my ADHD made it hard for me to focus on My Little Pony stories, I created at least ten new story ideas this month and have yet to write them giving me over 40 story ideas flowing through my head counting all of the My Little Pony stories I plan on rewriting so I am sorry to say I only have a sixth of what I uploaded the previous month... I have failed you all as I have failed a friend I treat as a brother of mine by not being able to write up any chapters for Equestrian Ranch...

I hope you all will forgive me for barely having anything to post...

hope you all forgive me and see you all next month if you stay around...

Immediately I rolled to the right to avoid a large explosion which sent me flying further to the right then I had intended. I quickly brought up a shield several projectiles collided with my shield. I opened my left eye as I struggled to keep holding the shield. I tried my best to find a way around Danger's spell work but was thrown from my thoughts...

literately...

the shield shattered as a dark blue tentacle grabbed onto my front right leg... before pulling me into the air. I began to scream out of fear as I was spun around the air before I was thrown into the ground. I bounced a couple times as I collided with the barrier that Danger had set up and fell back to the ground. "come on Twilight... you initiated the challenge. You know how Safety always tried to keep you safe. I'm not like him at all." Danger said as he slowly approached. Taking a step every 4 seconds as I struggled to get up through the pain. "all it took was not even two minutes to beat you." he taunted as I glared at him. "but now I guess the challenge is over... you know I realized a few things while in that containment unit."

I stared at him in confusion as the guards tried to break through the barrier. Princess Celestia was trying to do the same as well as my friends, brother, and Cadance. "the only reason why Safety fights against me... is because of you. He loves you dearly!" he said in excitement. "and it... disgusts me!" his face turned to a scowl as I stared at him in shock. "the fact that the only reason he fights is for love just sickens me! Regardless if we are one and the same! The only reasons we are different is our own minds!" he then yelled in excitement. "and our thoughts about you!"

he was smiling as I got to my hooves and sent a levitation spell at him. Surprised it caught him as I thrust my horn upwards and he went flying straight into the air and collided with the ceiling of the barrier. I released my spell expecting him to fall until I watched in shock as he stood upside down on the barrier. "now that wasn't nice." he said as his horn lit up and my eyes widened as several fireballs of various sizes

I began to run to the left as the fireballs exploded behind me. As soon as the final one exploded I fired a levitation spell into the air as it caught all the flying debris from the explosions before I sent it all flying at Danger. He simply began to run along the ceiling of the barrier before he leaped from the ceiling straight at me. I quickly brought up a shield as he began to spin creating a black drill around his body.

When he collided with the shield as the sparks of magic flew from both forces of magic. I struggle

almost to me as I struggled to keep the shield up as cracks began to appear at the point of contact.

Soon the barrier shattered as I was sent skidding backward. I struggled to keep myself standing until he rushed over to me and kicked me into the barrier.

He jumped into the air as I rolled away from the barrier. I caught him by surprise with an impact spell sending him into the barrier as I caught him with his own tentacle spell and sent him flying to the other side of the barrier. I started to fire random spells in his direction. He quickly spun onto his hooves and erected an advanced three-layer barrier before it burst into shards and he stomped on the ground. The ground began to shake as I lost my footing and he cast another spell. I was sent flying into the air before I was grabbed by all my hooves by several tentacle spells as I was slammed into the ground as I skidded to a spot near the barrier. "come on Twilight..." I heard him start as I got back onto my hooves. "you know you can't win... so why don't you just give up?" he then asked as I prepared another spell. "or better yet..." my eyes widened as I recognized the magical signature of his horn. "take your beating like a good mare!" I quickly switched my spells as I teleported out of the blast radius as he cast a destruction spell.

As I reappeared I looked in shock as the destruction caused by a spell that was used to remove large forests... even the area outside of the barrier had been badly destroyed as I stared in shock and fear at all the dead and dying guards lying all over the place where the spell had hit. "like it? I've been improving my spell work! I found out that the more you concentrate and clear your mind at the same time increasing the potency of the spell!"

"you're a monster Danger!" I yelled at him as he looked at me with a gleeful smile.

"now you see it Twilight Sparkle! Have at thee!" he created a sword construct as I quickly created one as well although it was extremely sloppy. Constructs were something very few were able to get used to. Princess Celestia only showed me how to create them in a quick second in case I needed them.

I quickly blocked his sword construct as cracks appeared in my own but his remained undamaged. "and Safety calls you the magic prodigy! Ha!" he quickly spun around as I barely reacted fast enough to block his blade again... this time the blade shattered as I quickly ducked and avoided his construct.

I jumped back to avoid another swing as I launched a higher powered impact spell at him. He created a kite shield with a quick reaction time as he was sent skidding back about 10 feet.

He then proceeded to create a large number of spears as they came flying at me. I charged towards him and slid underneath them all as I quickly created another two swords and slammed them into his own sword and shield. " I will say though. You have gotten better." Danger said with a sinister grin.

"I trained so I could challenge Safe again," I answered him with gritted teeth before I realized something was off. He wasn't pushing me back... and then I saw his horn.

"have a nice flight." my eyes widened as he hit me with a high powered impact spell causing me to go flying into the barrier before landing onto my side as he started to once again walk slowly towards me as I could barely move my body. " I just love the look of pain. With being friends with Safety you became almost like him. Never taking any risks... taking precautions... whats life without any Danger!" he then gave a loud single laugh. "ha! I made a pun! Take that Safety!" he put a hoof onto my side to keep me held down. "but now... all I have to do is one little spell..." his horn lit up in Danger's aura... black... a maniacal look in his eyes as well as a happy smile on his face. "and he would never fight back again..." my eyes widened as he then looked all around us. " I love to see the panic I am causing your friends... makes me... happy."

"Safe will stop you!" I yelled at him as he chuckled and looked me straight in my eyes.

"how can he stop me?" he lowered his horn at my head. "when the pony he loves..." I could feel magic discharge as I closed my eyes and waited for the pain... until I heard the sound of pain as I opened my eyes to find a guard standing over me... a rage-filled stare looking straight at Danger Side.

"who the buck are you?!" Danger yelled out in rage.

"I think you already know." came the familiar voice. " I am glad to see my possession spell worked for once."

"do you really think you can stop me?!" Danger yelled out in surprise. "you must be an idiot to believe you can beat me!"

"which is why I disabled the barrier." the possessed guard spoke as I looked all around the barrier to find it starting to distort. "we had made a deal Danger. A deal you had broken. A deal made to not break Twilight further. Said deal made it so you could roam around in my own body as we constantly fought over it in a comatose state!" he yelled before the barrier shattered into pieces. "and since you broke that deal..." the guard began to glow. "lets see if I can get an edge over you this time."

"stay back!" Danger threw a beam which killed several guards but the possessed guard had leaped out of the way in time before an outline of a pony burst from the guard, the guard's body fell to the ground with a groan in the process, and entered Danger. The guard that had rushed him had stopped as Danger remained still... before falling to the ground and holding his head.

He began to scream as Shining made his way over to me. "are you alright?!" he asked with worry in his voice as I nodded. I looked back at Danger as his body went slack as he started to spasm randomly. The guards had quickly begun to tie him up and would have put a ring on his horn if it didn't explode on contact. The explosion sent the nearest guards flying as other guards quickly assisted them.

"what happened?!" I heard Shining yell.

"it's a power struggle." I heard Princess Celestia state as she approached us.

"a power struggle?" I heard Applejack ask as my friends approached. "what does that mean?"

"it basically means two forces fighting for dominance. In this case, it would be Safe Side against his opposite Danger Side. I believe we heard about a deal between the two correct?" she then asked as the surrounding ponies nodded to her question. "then this means hid had gone on long enough to the point a deal had to be made. In this case, a deal which concerned you Twilight. The danger would have control of the body as long as he didn't hurt you."

"so then how was Safe able to possess one of my guards?" Shining asked in confusion. "if Danger was in control of the body how could he use magic?"

"that is something that only Safe would most likely know the answer to." she answered as Safe Side was strapped to a gurney and carried off by Pegasus. "he is going to be alright Twilight. We can help him..."

"Princess..." I continued to watch the two Pegasus fly away. "even if he is going to be alright. Why do I think that we won't be able to help him..."