Secret Agenda

Once school was over, and Starlight and Blueblood returned to the castle, he told Twilight how things went and how much fun he had at school.

"I'm so glad that you enjoy your visit," Twilight tells him with a smile

"Yeah, it was great, which makes me wonder, why didn't you let me go there and instead send me to Miss Cheerilee School? Are you perhaps ashamed of me?" Blueblood asks in wonder.

"What? No! Of course not, it's just…" She sighs, "Look New Blood, I understand what you are saying but unfortunately, my school is not what you needed at the moment. My friends and I teach about friendship exclusively, and you needed more than that. That is why it was necessary for you to go to Miss Cheerilee School. She can teach you subjects I just couldn't" Twilight explained.

"Yeah, I mean sure Twilight school looks and is awesome but if you don't know how to write and read, you would have had a hard time once you were done" Spike explain

"I see"

"Hey cheer up New Blood." Starlight tells him "You still can go visit, remember? There is still a lot of things I can teach you and, like today we can go visit some other lessons" She offers with help him cheer up again

"You think so?"

"I know so, today we might have gone a bit carried away, but tomorrow I'm sure we can do a lot more"

"That will be great, and I would love to hang out more with Gallus and the others," Blueblood said with a smile

"But only if you don't get in the way of their own activities" Twilight warns him

"Oh relax Twilight, I'm sure everything will be fine" Spike tells her.

Soon they hear a bell ring and when they look up they see a clock in the wall announcing midnight "Oh pony feathers, is already this late!" Twilight tells in alarm

"Looks like that story of yours really made time fly away," Spike tells with a chuckle.

"We better all go to bed now, we all have work to do tomorrow morning and we wouldn't want to be sleepy" Twilight mentions as she heads to the hallway.

"I will not discuss against a nice good night sleep" Spike mentions as he follows her.

Blueblood was about to do the same when Starlight stop him "New Blood please wait"

"Yes?"

She sighs and approaches him "Listen, I'm not going to probe into your life because I promise Twilight I will not do it," She tells in sadness and makes his body tense.

"But I will not be doing my job as a counselor if I do not tell you at least this. Whatever you are passing throw, you can trust in us" She tells with an understanding smile "I know this could be scary, and you are probably thinking that its best to keep what is in your head to yourself, but I'm telling you. You will feel better if you let go of whatever you are holding on your chest"

"A-Ah I don't know what you are saying Starlight" Blueblood tells with some nervous in his voice as her smile disappear and just sigh.

"Fair enough, I will not press the issue," She tells him as she starts to leave "Just know, it will keep getting worse the more you keep quiet" She warns him.

He just looks down in shame "Really I'm ok, there is nothing to talk about"

Starlight doesn't believe him for an instant but keeps her word and nodded "Then I will see you tomorrow, goodnight New Blood."

"Goodnight Starlight," He tells not daring her leaves, and just touch his necklace once he is sure she is gone based on her hoof steps getting echoing less and less. "I'm sorry" He whispers to himself and cleans a single tear on his eyes "But if you knew the truth, you will just scream and run from me" He mentions before heading to the kitchen.

No more sidetracking

He starts to inspect the cabins until he finds just what he was looking for and take out a roll of wrapping plastic, a nearly empty cereal box.

Its time to work

Taking a knife, and grabbing a masking tape on the library, the prince returns to his room and lock the door before getting to work.

After eating the content on the cereal he then proceeds to cut the front and back of the box and make a hole in both, then he places a piece of the plastic in-between the two pieces and joins them all with the tape. Creating a transparent frame for him to use.

Once that was done he open the book where he had written the alphabets the previous night and start to concentrate on the other spell Starlight teach him, remembering her lesson.

"If you focus, your magic can be tangible energy for a bit, if you visualize what you are writing in front of you, letters can easily appear. By holding say letters and placing them on a surface they can remain in there, hidden to the naked eye until you place a little magic on them again, and will show. Like secret messages"

As his horn glow, the letter starts to float and he then translated them into the frame making it shine brightly for a second before returning to normal. Panting, the prince took the frame and put it in front the word 'ghost' in his notebook. Once reflected the frame show the word but this time on English, making the prince smirk and chuckle of his new invention.

Equestria, meet your equivalent of google translate

Satisfice with his work, and once he makes sure that there was no one on the hallway, the prince took his pencil and notebook and made his way to the library once more. Turning on the lights and going straight to the G section, inspecting the bookshelf with his new invention, which allows him to see the titles in perfect English

Ok let's see: Ghost Town, Ghost Writer, Ghost Stories, History and Origins of Ghost, Ghost Projecting Spells, Ghostly Magic Residual, Ghost Food?

He raises an eyebrow at the last one

Must be a diet thing, doesn't matter let's continue

He keeps scanning until he finds the books he was looking for

Classification and habitats of Ghost, Detection of the paranormal, How to exorcism and complete eradicated a ghost

The last book makes the prince flinch and gulp. It was like he was seeing the guillotine specially made for him, face to face, but stealing his nerves he took the book.
As much as it scares him, he knew that said book would be used against him if he was discovered, and more importantly. There was a chance that it could hold the clue into how to get out of the possession without killing him.

With determination, he took the dreadful book as well as the classification one, before continue exploring the bookshelf.

Preventing possession? Kind of late for that one; Repealing the undead? Oh boy, I hope I was the only one that came here; hey what is this?

Blueblood raises an eyebrow at one book that caught him off guard as he looks at the title.

Times and adventures of my beloved ghost?

He keeps inspecting the book not really understanding its meaning

A pony became friends with a ghost? If so maybe there is still a chance for me.

Blueblood smiles and open the book at some random page intrigue into what was the story behind the book.

Mary Ann took a shaky step into mansion once more as she had done too many times in the past and witch each step gain more determination as she approaches the chambers of her beloved. In there he saw him standing in the middle of the room admiring the full moon as it light bath him on the spotlight for the world to see, to the sound of his door open, he looks back and their eyes meet, she was scared and he was nervous, both of them knew they were worlds apart, yet their passion was impossible to ignore. With determination, The Baron took a step forward and caress her cheek, his hoof was cold yet comfortable. Mary Ann could feel her heart race as he starts to move his hoof lower and lower until his ghostly hoof grab and get a firm grip of her…WOW!

Immediately Blueblood closes the book with a face as red as a tomato with steam escaping his face. He tries his best to ignore what he just read.

How did, THIS end up here?! Twilight, kids could have reached this book!

Blueblood stare at the book in alarm before looking at a picture of Twilight in a coffee table, before glaring at it

"If I wasn't in a secret mission right now, you and I would be having a serious talk right now" He whispered to the portrait as he put the infamous book away and continue his work, yet unfortunately there wasn't any other book that could help him with what he needed, so he took the two that were his best bet and went to a podium to start reading. Starting with the one about classifications.

Ghost. Also, know as specter are the undead stubborn beings that refused to move on into the afterlife. Low-level unholy creatures whose only purpose is spread misery and eat the flesh of who they possess…

Wait, WHAT?!

Blueblood look at his body in alarm

Am I…eating this pony. Oh god, I need to get out of him before its too late!

He resumes his work

Their classification can be divided into ten levels, with one being the weakest and easy to repeal while a level ten being the most dangerous there is, in which case the elements of harmony must be used to eradicated immediately

He continues to pass throw pages

Level one, the shakers: No intelligence whatsoever, and like the name imply only able to shake small objects like plates and glasses. Dangers its next to none and are mostly annoying. Used salt to burn them…

Blueblood shiver at the idea of him burning alive a second time

Lever two, the trickster or clown ghost: commonly known as troll ghost. Know for always laugh in a low voice and make objects float and change places, it's unknown if they are conscious of what they are doing or like the shaker just do things out if instinct, but often times their actions can be view as some sort of prank. Use salt to burn them… Level three, the hollows: always screaming or whipping. Mostly found in cemeteries, the last remain emotion of a sorrowing soul that fears death. It's uncommon for them to attack ponies unless their resting places its disturb, in which case, they will hunt the responsible one relentless. DO NOT engage with anger or mock them. Their screech can result deadly and in the worse case, you would turn it into a lever four ghost. Don't use salt. Make a pray and light a candle for it to follow and burn like a mop to the flame.

Well…so much for being kind to them

He stops himself with some pity on how they solve the problem by immediately seeking to destroy them as he starts to move the pages more and more rapidly.

Level four, raging ghost: The result of fools messing with the paranormal or a soldier dying in a battle full of regrets. Warning, this ghost is more intelligent and know how to fight. They can possess hollow armor and multiple weapons at the time. They will attack, anyone that gets near their territory, often times found in abandon castle that was the target of a battle or war. Unlike the others, this ghost retains their original bodies at the times of their death and can even speak some words. Often time, some sort of insult or a swear. Trick them into walking into a circle of salt to capture them and then strike them down with a sword bath in dawn water* (see page 96) to eliminated…level five, the druid ghost…can possess animals evil intents when alive…kill with dawn weapon…level six, the baron…can turn solid for periods of time, don't look them in the eyes, because it can hypnotised…kill with dawn weapon…level seven, element ghost…possess one of the four elements…travel long distance…force him into a dawn land to eliminate…level eight, nightmare ghost…feed on fear…trap victims in dungeons and take the form of their worse nightmare, only advice, escape the dungeon by spraying dawn water into the walls then destroy the structure…level nine copy cat…can shapeshift into tangible objects and possess whoever touches it…feed on their live energy…destroy their current object to destroy…level ten

Blueblood had to stop himself and re-read what he just saw in alarm

the possessed: Maximum level of danger. The Unholy union of demons and nightmares. This monster can possess any living being without a problem, and destroy both the victim and his or her loved ones slowly until there is nothing but dust, extremely intelligent and capable of a fool even a family member. Realy hard to destroy, any previous methods of destructions can result inefficient on them, since they can adapt and knows how to avoid the dangers quickly. Dawn weapons do not work because it used the victim's body…if encounter, DO NOT let it know you discover its identity and contact the princess as fast as you can…the elements are the only thing that can destroy it without harming the host

The prince has to take a step away and kneel holding his head in fear

I'm a level ten, I'm the most dangerous of them all. Am I…am I feeding of everyone I meet? Oh dear god the princesses, those children, Starlight! What have I been doing to them?

He thinks with alarm and tears before shaking his head

No! I refused to be like that, I will not become a parasite. I rather just jump into a barrel of salt before letting anyone else suffers. This book is probably old, it said to contact the princess for the elements, so maybe it was written before Nightmare Moon

Convincing himself he puts the book away and opens the other one hoping to find more clues.

There are four effective methods to exorcise a ghost from a pony or an object. With the most efficient one, been the elements of harmony which would burn the monster immediately

Not going to happen

The second method it's using the soul divider spell* (page 56). Side note, if the caster has the ghost inside, it can't be performed on itself, since the specter immediately will cancel in self-defense, must be used by a second unicorn.

So I need a unicorn I can trust to cast it, ok let's see how it goes?

Blueblood goes to the page and starts to see the details of the incantation right until the point where it said that if successful the ghost will be exposed to the elements and will burn as result of the spell.

So the spell not only will yank me out, it will also burn me out. No thanks

The third method would be a dream duel, in which using the assist of Princess Luna, or some herbal teas the victim could confront the ghost in his or her dreams and destroy it from there.

Blueblood stops and looks at his reflection on a nearby window "Ok I know you are probably angry at me right now, but I'm trying to make things right, no need to fight, ok? Look there is still the fourth option. Let's see what it said" He whispers before resuming to read.

The fourth and final option is a special potion* (page 87) that can expel the specter. Warning, once out, there is a window of time before the ghost goes back into its host or possess another, so you must…

That is it!

Blueblood cheer as he goes to the needed page and using his notebook, write down all the ingredients on it.

Finally a silver line, I can use this to get out of your body, and once out I will just have to find a way to possess another thing and we will both be free Blueblood. Just hang in there, we almost have a solution

"Twilight?"

The voice of Spike alert Blueblood as he closes the book and just makes a mad dash behind a sofa in time for Spike to enter the room. In his scared the prince just realized now that he not only left the book in the podium but also keep the lights own, causing him to start to sweat. As the dragon scratch the sleep on his eyes he looks around confused, looking for the princess "Are you here?"

Please don't see me, please don't see me, please don't see me

The prince chant on his head begging for a miracle as he heard the steps of the dragon approaching.

"I swear I heard somepony writing," Spike tells as he looks around with a yawn until eventually, he found the book on the podium, but instead of inspecting him, the prince only heard him sigh and when peeking from his hiding place, saw the dragon shaking his head. "She is sleep learning again," He tells to himself in annoyance before putting the book back into the bookshelf and then leaves, turning off the lights.

"Signing in relief the prince holds his chest trying to calm his poor heart and take depth breaths. The moment he manages to relax, he stands up again and looks at the entrance where Spike left

Ok that was close

With a yawn, the prince starts to have a hard time keeping himself awake and had to shake his head so not to collapse.

Damn it, I have used too many spells for far too long, I'm at my limit

He had to shake his head once more before heading to his room. Once there he goes and hides his notebook and invention in his saddlebag before going to bed with a satisfied smile on his face.

Now I know how to solve the problem