A/N: Another chapter for you all. :) You know what's next.

I also got the opportunity of seeing Nightwish for the second time with the same friend when I saw them for the first time back in September 2012, but we were in the far back. I swear next time by my own word that I will make sure I get VIP tickets to meet them, get a spot in front row or a few rows where I can see the band just fine. Sabaton and Delain opened for them.

Also, I've seen the first four episodes of Season 5! I knew that Starlight Glimmer was up to something, so I thought that there was a monster disguised as her like Queen Chrysalis did in the Season 2 finale. I was expecting Grogar to appear, but who knows. 'Castle Sweet Castle' was pretty good, and 'Bloom and Gloom' had the appearance of one of my favorite princesses, Luna. With the Smooze planning to appear in a few episodes later, it should get all interesting from there on. Next week is a Rainbow Dash episode called 'Tanks for the Memories'.

One more, SUMMER BREAK for me! That means I'll be able to write a little more often then I should. I really need to be careful of the writer's block and hiatuses though, they are quite overwhelming; even when I am still a college student.

Enough chit-chat now, Review Response Time!

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Raven 105: Chapters 22 and 23 is where you'll find. It's kind of a little late to decide for conflict to arise for Tirek to start liking Twilight anyway, because it would eventually lead to him just draining her alicorn magic as a trick.

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P.S. After hearing Ziltoid the Omniscient and Z2: Dark Matters, I have been listening to more Devin Townsend lately. He's a funny rock star and Ziltoid is a funny alien. Better go now and fetch that Ziltoidian the universe's ultimate cup of coffee, all black. Better make it perfect!

I slowly began to open my eyes to the sounds of chirping birds that were going about their day outside the slightly open window. My focus blurs a bit and I tilt my eyes closed for a bit because it was bright, but after my eyes got used to the brightness, so I opened them up again. A few blue birds were perched upon the branch of the oaken tree outside of the window.

I was back at Fluttershy's cottage after I had gone back home from Manehattan. Getting back home to Ponyville was quite the surprise, getting off at the train station; I had been surprised by the sound of Pinkie Pie and her party antics as usual that I really enjoyed. Each of my friends was there to welcome me back. I did ask Twilight what happened while I was gone and she gave off a smile and just about told me that I didn't want to know. I didn't want to know, hm? Well, alright then sweet Twilight. I got to spend some time with Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie for the remainder of my welcome home party until it was sun down. Then like usual, I head back to Fluttershy's cottage and head to sleep.

I slip right out of bed and as usual, begin to make my bed in the best tidy way that I can. It would leave a good impression on how neat I was in any way possible. After doing that, I walk briskly towards the drawer in the room, grabbing the handle that kept the drawer shut closed. Pulling it open, I grab a pair of white shorts with small striped cyan blue colors designed in with a short sleeved basic red t-shirt. I slip into them, with the exchange of my pyjamas heading right into the nearby laundry basket laid beside the drawer.

I walk swiftly towards the bedroom door, and moving my hand towards the knob, turning it swiftly and then pulling the door open. There I would be, entering the hallway of Fluttershy's cottage that I missed while I was away in Manehattan. At the bottom of the stairs is where the fresh scent of breakfast filled my nose. Approaching the stairs, I placed my hand onto the railing on the right side of the wall and began to descend downward towards the main floor, where I could hear the sounds of animals in her living room, squeaking and chattering quietly.

My left foot makes contact first with the wooden planked floor below me. I turn to my left towards the living room, looking at the animal friends of Fluttershy's just eating their normal everyday breakfast: a variety of acorns, nuts and a few healthy berries. Angel, her cute but somewhat bossy bunny rabbit, sits on the couch just munching on a juicy orange carrot and lying back on it as if he was living the good life that a good bunny rabbit should.

"Good morning Brayden," I can hear Fluttershy's voice call to me from the kitchen behind me. I turned back around, facing the kitchen and she was sitting there at the table by the window. She had a soft smile across on her mouth as those eyes just saw me and watched me briefly. She sounded rather happy to see me as she was every day and I already knew how happy I was to see my best friend. "You must have slept like a rock all the way through the night. You seemed rather tired out after that long party yesterday."

"Indeed," I said to her with a nod that definitely agreed with her. "That party must have dropped me right to sleep the second I got into bed."

"Well, I am glad that you had a fun time last night." She says to me.

On the table, breakfast was laid down carefully for my side. It was the bowl of those delicious nuts and berries that were just right with the crunchy green salad leaves inside of the wooden bowl. I took a seat at the table, seating myself and then feeling the essence of peace when I turned my eyes towards the window to see Celestia's rising sun over the eastern horizon to greet another new day. On the trail of clean-swept dirt, I could see on occasion a few or a group of fillies or young colts on their way for a new day to Ponyville's school.

There were a few familiar faces that I remembered that were on their way to school. A few familiar faces I saw were Twist, Snips, Snails and little Pipsqueak. A few of their parents would come along with them to accompany a few of those faces that came along the trail of beautiful nature. A few birds chirping a sweet song fly about in the air.

I turn towards the bowl of fruits, nuts and salad leaves and take the silver fork that laid to the right. I placed the fork into one of the fruits and nuts, gathering quite a few onto my fork including a part of the salad leaves that were lying about the bowl's sides. Fluttershy is eating away at her breakfast that was that of the same, but just with different types of nut, whilst the nuts that I had were soft and chewable; so I was rather okay with that. I will probably try out the nuts in her bowl one day, but for now because of my food pickiness, she understood that it would take a long time until I would like something new.

I slid the fork into my mouth and gently chew onto the mixtures of healthy foods. After they had been mashed up into much inside the interior of my mouth by my own white teeth, I swallowed it down for its journey into my stomach. I was making sure that I had to wipe my mouth with the napkin on the left side from my bowl just in case juices from one of the berries squirted a bit onto my face.

"Brayden?" I could hear Fluttershy say my name with a bit of a questioning tone in her voice. My eyes strayed from the sight of the bowl to look at her sitting there. A look of concern was upon her face. "I just want to point out that… umm, you seem to be a little bit more skinny than usual. I mean, no offense."

"None taken whatsoever," I said to her. But her concern is rather something that I have to agree with her about. I did notice how skinny I was becoming because I realized this from my visit in Manehattan, I was usually skinny, but it seems like I had lost only a bit of small weight. "I have to say though; it is funny because I am usually skinny."

"But you are not usually this skinny, Brayden." She said to me. "It just doesn't feel right, like something bad is going to happen to you sometime."

"At the moment, I look fine so you do not have to worry." I assured her, reaching over with my hand and gently placing my hand onto the top of her soft hoof. Fluttershy looks at my hand on top of her hoof laid out on the table. She looks back at me with a concerned look.

"A-anyways, I am guessing that you have a plan today?" She asks, dismissing entirely of how skinny I was and somewhere different.

"Yes," I said to her, moving my hand off of her hoof and my eyes focused back onto my food for the meantime to finish eating, making a bit of a pause. "For my plan today, I am going to bring the Song of Order with me to the green valley outdoors to train myself a little more should there be any enemies I face in future. After my training for the day, I will look around to find Rainbow Dash to see if she is up for me and her to talk."

"I see," Fluttershy said to me, taking a sip of her water inside her glass cup next to her bowl. "I am going to be out for the day as well. I promised my bunny rabbit Angel and Discord that I would take them both for a nature walk through White Tail Woods today. I heard that they have the most amazing animals lying around there, so we should be in luck if we stumble upon these wonderful creatures."

"Oh yes Discord, I haven't heard from him in a bit of time since the Tirek incident." I made that statement referring to the previous time that I had to use the Song of Order in battle. Still, I have no idea how a beam came shooting out of my hand at him in battle. It is still curiosity for this mystery on how I managed to get that. Clearly I do not recall that ever being used in the battle when Nightmare Moon was still an evil mare.

"Well I am glad that Tirek is back in Tartarus where he rightfully belongs with Cerberus keeping a close eye on him should he try to escape again." Fluttershy explained to me. I took another bite of my breakfast while she was telling me this. "Discord is good now, so he will think twice about making a deal with someone bad."

I took a few other bites of my food when the times of our normal small talk came on through, but this would be when I was thinking about what else to talk about. I only just about ate through more than half of my breakfast when I finally processed something through my mind on what I could say next, for the sake of my curiosity.

"What else has happened while I was away from Ponyville for my Manehattan visit?" I asked.

Fluttershy finished swallowing a bite of her food before she spoke "Well, nothing else has happened much, but for one thing Twilight needed to go and help some friends of her in the other world in the mirror portal she brought here to Ponyville. It's at her castle in the library section."

Wait a minute… she brought along the mirror to Ponyville? My thoughts are drawn towards the mirror and Sunset Shimmer inside of the mirror world at Canterlot High. I surely hope that she is doing okay there and that she was feeling better, but her memories of all the bad things she did would always remain with her. I will have to pick another time to enter the mirror world to check up on her, though I would have to introduce myself to the alternate human versions of Fluttershy and the rest of my friends. I did not see the alternate version of Twilight, so hopefully I don't end up accidentally running into her: bad things could happen. But still, that will be for some other time.

"The mirror…" I exclaimed, with a bit of a hushed tone. "I remember seeing it at the Crystal Empire while interacting with Princess Cadence, but I could not step into the room. The portal still would have been closed anyway, so how did Twilight manage to crack it open in the first place is a mystery to me."

"Well, Pinkie did give her a bit of an idea and with the help of her scientific terms; she used some magic machinery to crack it open, all thanks to the diary that Princess Celestia used to have when Sunset was her student," Fluttershy explained to me. I take the last bite from the wooden bowl as I heard her again. "Somehow, the diary had energies emitting from it that could open up the portal permanently as long as it was inserted into the 'machine' of hers."

I take the napkin with my left hand, using it to wipe my mouth and face free from any juices and wet water bits that the salad leaves or berries might have left. Once I had wiped it clean, I place the used napkin onto my plate to let myself know that I was done with my breakfast. I also made sure to finish my glass cup of clear and fresh water.

"Well, I am just about finished my food," I stated to her, even though she could clearly see that in front of her. I take the bowl and empty glass of mine and walk towards the sink at the kitchen counter. "I'm going to clean them in the sink."

Fluttershy's smile lit up. She says "That's really nice for you to do that. But you don't have to worry about cleaning it up, I can always just do-"

"Please Fluttershy, I insist. Well…. In a way to share kindness." I said to her, returning a rather warm smile towards her.

I turn from looking at her, but I could tell that she was okay and was grateful that I could be some help to her in the cottage to clean up a bit. I ran the bowl by the sink under the tap spraying out some warm water to clean out a bit. I spray in some dish soap for the bowl and clean out the grits that breakfast had left behind.

After washing the bowl, I place it on the drying rack and begin washing out the germs from the glass cup. After done with that, I take a dry cloth and begin to dry out both the bowl and cup. Once they were done and I made sure there was nothing left behind, I opened up the two cupboards above the counter.

I move the wooden bowl in the cupboard on the left with the other wooden bowls that it was from. After shutting the cupboard on the left gently, I take the glass cup and place it into the other cupboard carefully as glass was very fragile. I can hear Fluttershy's chair moving and the sound of her hooves trotting towards the kitchen counter where I was by the time I was closing the right cupboard door.

"Another splendid job cleaning," Fluttershy said to me, placing her empty dishes onto the counter. She places her soft hoof onto the top of my left hand. I turn my head towards her and a smile is upon my face. "I am so very proud of you for being very tidy."

"I'm guessing it's a bit of a time for me to be rather tidy, don't you think?" I said to her. "I mean, I did also make my bed when I got up this morning."

Fluttershy's mouth stimulates a soft, friendly giggle. "I taught you about tidiness, didn't I?"

I moved my right arm and bent down my right knee. My right hand gently touches her soft right cheek, while she looks at me. "One can inspire another if they maintain a good friendship with one another." I said to her with a smile upon my face and with such calmness in my voice.

Fluttershy's cheeks went pink once again and she was looking into my brown eyes. My hand remains on her cheek for a few more moments and then I take it off of her. She shyly turns her head away a bit, but her smile remains and her eyes still looking.

"Ummm Brayden," I could hear Fluttershy say to me. The blushing on her cheeks fades quickly away. "No offense, but don't you have some training to attend to?"

A thought about the Song of Order finally snapped into my mind. Yes, she was correct about my training so I better step it up and get right to action. "Oh right, sorry about that." I said to her, with a bit of a daze in my tone after being distracted.

"Oh it's no problem Brayden," She says to me, placing her left front hoof onto the top of my left hand. "You get out there and train yourself carefully." I nod with the smile upon my mouth and she lets go of my hand, placing her left front hoof back onto the clean wooden floor.

I walk out of the kitchen, heading right upstairs where I knew the Song of Order could be resting inside of my room. Inside my quiet room, I could hear the sound of its gentle humming and it made everything around me feel calm and rather serene. This could allow me to focus carefully on what it could do to help train me in the situations of battle or if me or my friends were in danger. At the top, I turned towards my bedroom door and turned the doorknob, pushing open the door.

There it was across the room where it usually floated there by the other side of the room, which seemed rather unnatural because most others would put their blades on the wall or a stand. It just floated right there, ready for use at any time I needed it. I paced across the room and grab the claymore by its grip. The golden symbol of a quaver shines brightly upon its pommel. I move the sword around my back and sheathe it around my back.

I moved from the opposite side of my bedroom back towards my door and exit the room, making sure to close the door behind me as usual. Having gone back down the stairs, I make my way towards the front door. I can hear Fluttershy's hooves moving about in the living room as she was feeding her animals.

"Have a good time out there Brayden," Fluttershy says to me. I turn my head to the left to look at her. "Just make sure to be careful."

I nod to her. "Don't worry about it Fluttershy," I said to her. "I should be fine since I have a bit of understanding on how a sharp blade like the Song of Order works. But I will see you later."

I turned back around and grip onto the doorknob of the front door, giving it a twist and opening the front door. I could feel the warm air of late summer bouncing onto my face and skin when I walked outside of the cottage. I placed my left hand behind me to close the door shut. The soft humming of the Song of Order occupies among the ambience of young foals and fillies heading to school with the mixed sounds of nature.

I walk briskly along the dirt trail down from Fluttershy's cottage, crossing the bridge along the way and even getting to say other to her animal friends along my way out to the fields and green healthy valleys of Equestria close by. I make a sharp turn to the right after crossing the fine carved stone bridge unto the path where many of the younglings were going, but I was not going where the Ponyville School was today, for that would be for another time.

"Hey Brayden!" I can hear a voice call out behind me. I recognized that young voice with the sound of three others trotting.

I turn my head around to take a look and see who was behind me. It was three of my young friends: Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom, no doubt it is the Cutie Mark crusaders. I pretty much knew that Scootaloo was the one who called out. They looked rather joyful to see me again. I softly smile at them as they gallop for a few moments to catch up with me, trotting beside me: all three of them.

"Hello to all three of you." I said to them, with friendly greeting in my tone. "How are all three of you? Not running into trouble I hope."

"No, of course not!" Apple Bloom tells me in a cheery voice. "We're just excited 'cause today we're all goin' to finally get our cutie marks."

"You are, hm?" I said. I would never have guessed that, but again they probably wouldn't, but I still wish them the best in luck in getting their cutie marks for what they could possibly be doing. "And what will you get your cutie marks in this time?"

"There's a big test today that Cheerilee is going to give us to work on. We all studied REAL hard for this test and planned days before to prepare for this. But I'm not sure what we'd nickname our group once we get our cutie marks." Sweetie Belle told me. "Hm, the Cutie Mark Test Acers?"

"No, you dictionary!" Scootaloo says as if it were a bad idea. "That name sounds a little bit off for the group."

Sweetie Belle moves her face close to Scootaloo's face. "Well, what would you know about acing a test you dodo?!" Sweetie argues back with her.

"Come on Sweetie Belle, let's not argue; especially in front of Brayden." Scootaloo said to calm down the uprising argument. She is right, I am just about walking with them, so she very well makes a good point.

"I want to come with you girls really, but I do have to practice something." I said to the three of them. "But I will definitely make sure that when I am with either Applejack or Rarity, we can definitely plan something fun for us."

"Don't worry 'bout it Brayden." Apple Bloom says to me. "Ah'm sure that when ya do, yer going to plan somethin' real excitin'."

"I'll walk with you girls for a bit, and then I must depart to begin practicing out in the field." I told them, still walking alongside them.

Apple Bloom was right beside me on the right side. On the left side, Sweetie Belle is next to me with Scootaloo next to her. I walk along the dirt trail with them, walking them to school and to hope to make a bit of conversation with them.

"So…" I said to the three of the Crusaders in hopes of starting a conversation. "How have the three of you been doing lately? Getting any good grades?"

"We're doing just fine," I can hear Sweetie Belle say to me. I turn my head to look at her. "So far besides the test based on just plain history of Equestria, we have other homework that we need to deal with. But thanks to Princess Twilight, she's been helping us out with a bit of that homework help."

"She helps you with homework?" I asked.

"Yes, it's what we call 'Twilight Time'." Scootaloo say to me in case I ended up forgetting which I did. Silly me, I sometimes forget about something like that.

"Oh yes, I remember now." I said.

"Of course ya would," Apple Bloom said. "You did see us before in that situation on one of those moving pictures."

I was not surprised by how they told me this. Applejack or Rarity must have told them that I was from Earth at the time. I'm not sure, maybe it was Rainbow Dash who told them. Knowing her, she's bound to spread a bit of news but not every single time that something unusual happened in Equestria for her own sake.

"It's a warm but rather beautiful day outside," I said to them, with some tone of courage. "It'll a fun afternoon once school is done for the day, for you girls of course."

"Yeah," Apple Bloom says to me. "Ah'm not sure what we're goin' to plan out this aft'rnoon but we will. But Ah have 'nother question to ask. How are ya and Princess Twilight?"

At this point, I am hiding my guilt that I had cheated on Princess Twilight in secret. I had to lie for a moment that me and Twilight's dates were going fine. If I let out that I cheated on her with another mare, they could possibly tell that to her and it would all go downhill from there. "Both I and her are doing just fine, the both of us are very loyal to one another in our relationship."

"Awww," Sweetie Belle says in comment. A blush of pink appears on my face. "I think Brayden is… in love." I can hear that teasing tone in her voice.

"Yes, I am. But it's not that special. It's just one of your typical everyday relationships that you get every time you have a crush on somepony." I said to them, letting the blush fade from my cheeks.

"Not special?" I can hear Sweetie Belle say to me in surprise. "Of course it is special! She's a princess and that makes it stand out like all the rest! I mean, don't get me worng, we all go through that. I'm in the middle of that right now with a young colt in my class, but he seems too busy on that 'JoyBoy' or whatever they call that."

Oh yes, Button Mash. I've only seen him one time at the Ponyville School, but he isn't really on my top priority of any young colts to meet. His mother is probably on my list of the ponies to meet here in Ponyville. Now don't ask why, I'm just really interested to see how canon it would be to see her like in the fan animations and if it was in the same way possible. Only other evidence was her lecturing her son, but nevertheless if I meet her, it should get interesting from there.

"Oh no, here comes the troublesome two up ahead." Scootaloo says, interrupting my thoughts. I turn my head towards up towards the path ahead and I could see what she meant when she was referring to the two other young fillies ahead of us, approaching.

It was none other than the school bully, Diamond Tiara and her friend Silver Spoon. I can already see to myself that I've have experience being bullied by her, her telling me that I am not special. But no matter what, I am not breaking my promise that I would harm upon others. Diamond has an evil smug smile upon her own mouth and Silver Spoon I can tell is trying her best to follow along with how she was doing it herself on her own.

"Well now Silver Spoon, what do we have here?" She says in her bratty teasing tone as usual. "We've got the Blank Flank Crusaders, and their friend: the human!"

I turn my head a bit, but I still have my eyes on Diamond Tiara. I still remembered her words on how I was different so that I do not have a cutie mark. Besides, I don't think that I could end up getting one anyway since the Equestrian world works differently from Earth.

"Oh stop that Diamond!" Apple Bloom says, standing up for the Crusaders and me. "You 'n' Silver Spoon's always teasin' us about being blank in the flank!"

Silver Spoon was the first to speak. "Oh, it's because we just about feel like it. Anypony who is blank flank just about deserves it."

"That's not a good excuse to make there!" Scootaloo says.

Diamond chuckles and approaches her. "So says the pegasus who cannot even get off a few feet in the air except on her scooter." She teases.

"Hey!" She just about yelled at the pink filly. "I might not be able to fly in full, but I'm still learning that all thanks to Rainbow Dash!"

Diamond just keeps her smile and glares at her with that. "Sure you are." She just about states, not believing a single word that Scootaloo told her. It was just as ignorant as ever for her to say something like that.

"You!" She just about says to me, pointing her small hoof towards me.

"Ah no, Diamond!" Apple Bloom says. She trots in front of me, standing up for me even that was something I could do already. "You ain't teasin' him. He ain't done nothin' to ya!"

"Oh of course he didn't Apple Bloom," She said. "Why else do you think that I am teasing him and everypony else in class, especially Dinky?"

"She ain't done nothin' either!" My friend shouts back at her. She was already starting to have enough of Diamond Tiara and her tone sounded very irritated.

"I think it is for the reason that you 'tall' friend right there doesn't have the ability to have a cutie mark like EVER!" Silver Spoon says to them and me. She and Diamond just about laugh at us think superior as per usual. Typical school bullies.

"We don't care if he has a cutie mark or not," Sweetie Belle says not caring what the two had to say about me. "He's our special friend and in any way, we see him as a great friend."

"Why?" Diamond just about asked in a mocking voice. "Just because he is Princess Twilight's special somepony? That doesn't make him special whatsoever!" She stifles a laugh.

"It makes him special!" Apple Bloom says again. "It's what helped him get more friendship with my big sister Applejack and the others she befriended in the past couple of weeks to month now."

She just about goes 'pfft' and says "Whatever. He's still not special. So unless there is something that just about PROVES he is special, he isn't."

"Okay, girls." I say. I walk between the both of the Crusaders and Diamond and her friend. I have my arms open, to block them from getting out at one another. "There is absolutely no need to fight. I did not want to play peacemaker here, but I have no choice. Somepony needs to stop teasing and all of you need to play nice."

Diamond Tiara trots up towards me and places the both of her pink front hooves onto my right arm. She pushes it down, looking rather annoyed. "Are you trying to stay that you are better than me?" She says, placing her face into mine in that threatening way.

I looked rather nervous of her giving me that nasty glare. "N-no, Diamond." I said to her, a bit surprised.

Diamond's glare turns more satisfied with my answer and she smiles, gently patting my arm. To me, this felt very uncomfortable. "That is a good human." Diamond said to me as if I was a pet dog.

"Don't call me a human please," I said to her. "If Twilight is near and she heard you, she would tell that to your father."

"Whatever," Silver Spoon blurts out. "She can call you human anytime she wants to."

Diamond Tiara lets go of my right arm and begins trotting back on the same path to the Ponyville School. "Besides, you probably are too babyish to tell on my father. Soon enough, I hope that something bad comes along for you and your three friends: the Blank Flank Crusaders." She and her friend laugh before heading down the trail and out of our sight.

The three of my young friends trot up towards me, rather concerned after all that teasing and taunting that I went through from Diamond Tiara. I think this was in a way to try and comfort me after all that had happened.

"You okay Brayden?" Sweetie Belle asked me, placing her small hoof onto the top of my hand. "Whatever Diamond was saying to you isn't true."

"Are ya kidding me? She just 'bout called Brayden a 'human'!" Apple Bloom says. "Surely that didn't hurt you, did it Brayden?"

For me, I very well had the taunting of being called a 'human' or a 'thing' being placed upon me a lot by others who did not approve of me. That was a shame that a filly and her friend did not appreciate my presence in Equestria, so I guess not everypony here can all welcome a human amongst them.

"It's alright girls," I told to them in that assured tone. "I'm actually getting used to a few calling me those kinds of names."

Scootaloo says "Well, she made fun of me about now about my wings. Didn't the Equestria Games already prove enough that I don't have to be that good to her?"

"Come on now, school is just nearly two trail paths down by now." Sweetie Belle said to the both of her friends. She paused for a few moments and then said "Brayden, are you continue with us? It's okay if you don't want to."

"Well, I do have training with the Song of Order on my back." I stated, moving my head to take a look at the gentle humming blade.

"Alright then, we'll see you later Brayden," Scootaloo says to me. "If you ever want to just 'chill' with me and the Crusaders, you can find us around town or having a milkshake at the Sugarcube Corner."

I nodded with a smile, just about putting Diamond Tiara said to me in the back of my mind. When I go that, I will just forget about it overtime. I wave to my three young friends and wish them a good day at school and to do well on the test. But of course, they will probably keep expecting to get cutie marks out of that.

I make my way off of the path eventually and step onto the grassy field of Equestria amongst the blooming flowers and wavy lines of wind softly blowing at the short grass to make their flow like an ocean colored in green naturally. The sky was building up a couple of clouds, and from what I have heard it was also supposed to rain today by weather predictions, so hopefully that doesn't affect my plans I have for me and Rainbow Dash after my training.

I make sure to keep my eye on the trail as I do not want to stray too far as I've heard through tales back on Earth that a green peaceful valley can seem endless, but if no one is too careful; they could get lost. I process forward and have my eyes behind me until I reach a good distance between the trail of nature and a medium sized oak tree in the middle of the valley not too far from the border to the Everfree Forest. If by any means, I accidentally end up in there and there are Timberwolves patrolling there, I can get ready to fight by all means if they corner me.

I've already heard a bit of tales on Timberwolves according to Granny Smith. I remember a few others warning me that a Timberwolf will never give up my scent until they've caught me and had me as their lunch or dinner, even Breakfast.

I sheath the claymore behind my back, hearing its gentle humming that it had made since I came into my room earlier to grab it. I hold it out and let go of its hilt, allowing it to float mid-air just a bit off of the ground.

The peaceful humming began to grow only a little louder, but it still felt like it was only the volume slightly raised, so it did not become all ear-piercing loud like nails on a blackboard. It felt rather healing and relaxing. The environment around me began to change while I remained close with the Song of Order. Time felt like it was beginning to slow down a little and there was a visible aura of gold that covered the sky and around the area of the oaken tree.

I knew that the Song of Order had by itself alone, activated the sense of environment around me to where it seemed like time was going to almost suddenly stop, but at the same time it was only slowed down a bit.

"Brayden…" The blade's mystical enchanted voice spoke out from within. It almost nearly made my jump about hundreds of feet in the air because even though I expected that, it still made me a bit jumpy from that.

"When is that not going to scare the absolute Celestia out of me?!" I said to him, relinquished from my own surprise that the voice sounded out.

"My certain apologies," The voice tells me. "But I suspect that you came out here for your training."

I nodded my head, saying "Yes. But I have a question in mind."

"Ask away Brayden," The voice says again. "For I will do my best to answer it, as much as possible."

"I was wondering that when I was fighting with Lord Tirek, my hand was releasing a wave of laser beams the size of my hand and that strange occurrence where I teleported behind Tirek after that. Do you know why that is?" I asked with question in my voice.

The Song of Order paused for a moment and says "It was the connection between you and me. Keeping that grip on the hilt allowed me to channel a part of the magic into you, just like how the ethereal armor and wings can take a bit of an effect when you are in battle."

"So whenever I start battling, the ethereal armor and wings make sense, but I'm not how it makes sense that I am able to shoot out lasers from my hand." I state with question. "I mean it is the first time it's happened and it's never done that when I was redeeming Nightmare Moon."

"That is because during her fight with you, I was quickly studying the anatomy of your human body to understand how it worked and how the magic barriers within me can abridge and connect with the hidden gaps on the both of your hands to ignite this magic. For the teleportation, I was quick to study of where you wanted to go before Tirek could take my magic." The blade explained to me.

"Ohhhh, so that must be why I teleported. I was thinking about being behind him so that your magic worked." I said.

"Indeed," he states in agreement. "Now for your training to begin: you must have a clear mind. No clear minds can easy lead to the defeat of themselves, which had happened many times. Remove all distractions as even a single bad thought from your past or something that happened can outwit you and distract you long enough for your enemy to overthrow you."

I made sure to keep my focus on everything just clear. I was doing my best to make sure that my mind would remain at all times completely blank and empty. I could hear the slow sounds of my nose breathing in and out repeatedly.

"Good," the blade says to me. "Now we shall pretend that there is an enemy right before your eyes when you close them for a moment and then reopen them. Do you remember what the first natural enemy you fought with was the first time you came to Equestria?"

"Well," I think deeply for a moment to remember what it was. Timberwolves and the sound of their nasty growling are heard deep within and that is the first enemy to come to mind. "It was the stalking timberwolves trying to eat me for lunch."

"Then you shall open your eyes for I will simulate that of a timberwolf alone attacking you to test out your knowledge on defending yourself from them." The blade told me. "But be warned: the usual timberwolf leader in a pack has the poisonous claws and teeth. They can kill you within a few hours if you do not seek medical help for that, not to mention the severe paralysis that it can create that numbs your body and glazes you."

"I know that," I said to the sword. "Because I was face to face with a Timberwolf leader that I had punched across the face, but needless to say it got only more aggressive. Thank Celestia that Twilight and Fluttershy found me right on time. I would have been Timberwolf food already."

The sound of a timberwolf could be heard in front of me as I blinked and saw it standing before me. It's green hungry eyes were staring at me and its mouth was drooling from the saliva within. It lets out a small growl as I move into a bit of a defensive stance. Being face to face with a lone timberwolf instead of a pack looked like a bit of a nightmare, but I remembered that the Song of Order was right next to me on the left so I can grab it and be ready at any moment.

The timberwolf roars a threatening roar and begins to move closer towards me, and I could see that it was begging to accelerate towards me at an alarming rate. Its mouth was wide open, ready to snap off my face and head when it makes its first pounce at me.

It gets into a much closer range and I reached for the Song of Order. My hand gripped firmly onto the hilt and I give it a quick twirl before turning back to the Timberwolf as quick as possible. The timberwolf was much closer now and it made a giant leap right off of the ground. Its mouth gapped wide open as it thirsted for my human blood. I move the blade right in front of me and braced for impact when the Timberwolf got hold of me from its jump and pinned me to the ground.

The only other think that wasn't pinned down was that of my arms. I still had a firm grip on the Song of Order and was waiting for a right moment when to swing it at the woodland beast's face. The timberwolf was doing all in its path to try and bite at my face, but I was moving my head and lot and most of the time it would catch the grass behind my head. When a moment finally came when it was quickly raising its head, I take no other chances to get ready for its attack and I began to strike.

My left arm moves upward and slashes a deep cut onto the face of the beast. The timberwolf lets out aloud growl and moves backwards off of me, allowing me to get back up onto my two feet.

Getting off the grass valley floor, I can see that the timberwolf now looked more tempered and blood-thirsty to have at me. "Very good, you know what to do if a timberwolf pins you down. A timberwolf leader always easily overwhelms you and can grip you by the arms to prevent your attack or escape." The blade educates me. "I will give you an example on how to escape a timberwolf leader easily after you take care of this timberwolf your imagination created."

I nod and charge first towards the timberwolf. He tries to throw a claw towards me to give me a bloody scratch. I hop onto the top of his paw, avoiding the sharp birch claws that it had produced from birth. I land right onto his back and begin to ride the top of it, trying to shake me off while I grip on tightly as if I were riding one of those lasso rides back on Earth.

"Now, you must find the weak spot of your enemy." The blade advised heavily to me in a strong reminding tone.

Taking the blade, I carefully observe the small open hole that I can see by the top of the timberwolf's head. I set my blade right into it. The beast let out a mighty roar of the pain inflicted upon it. My blade slashes across the hole a few times and even a part of his ugly face that tore off a chunk of its wooden nose. Driving the blade right through its head, the sharp sword strikes through the outside of the beast and right through his mouth, severing any kind of life from him, even though it was a hologram. A few moments pass and I take the sword out of him.

"Now let us see you take care of a timberwolf leader, then I will test your emotions next." The blade told me, as a Timberwolf leader appeared from behind the small tree to face me and I could tell by the smell that it was readying its poison to weaken me fatally. The timberwolf behind me after getting off of it, disappears in the aura.

The leader though was much smarter and just about knew that I was probably already planning to make a break for it and run away. He began charging immediately without warning and threw himself towards me, knocking me back onto the ground, gripping the both of my arms with his paws.

While I kept a firm grip onto the blade, the shock of the leader's pounce had knocked it right out of my hands but it was kept within my reach, except when I was being pinned down by the strongest types of timberwolves. "Now this is the test here, you accidentally drop me in the battle between the leader and you and all hope seems to be lost. Do not try to struggle, it will dig its claws into your arms and poison you faster."

I listen to the voice carefully as the timberwolf leader prepares to make his fatal assault at me. "Move your legs back and kick the Timberwolf leader off of you. Kick it by its chest underneath."

I moved the both of my leg towards me as in bending them and think quickly. The timberwolf leader sniffs at me, ready for me to have its first dinner for the day. I throw the both of my legs forwards, making my two feet hit the chest. The timberwolf leader looked rather surprised and got right off of me. Finally, I right back up on my two feet like last time.

"The timberwolf leader cannot be taken out the same way like last time," The blade explained. "A leader's weak point is always the hardest to make it, but the best chance would be to strike into a loose part past the wooden armor you cut off in battle."

The timberwolf leader moved towards me and tries to claw at my right arm with his left claw. I move my right arm back quickly as I remember that was when it was scratched before. I switch the Song of Order to my right hand and swing with force at the leader's paw.

The paw went flying off and the leader lets out a pained roar. Circling around it, and trying not to get bit, I slash at the wooden bits of armor that was naturally covering the timberwolf as he tries to swipe a bite at me.

"Do not run away," The blade warned me. "Running away allows the leader to signal for the pack to pursue you and it'll be little more than you can chew."

Bits of wooden armor were flying off on the right side of the timberwolf. He circles around and knocks me onto the ground, with a growl. I manage to swing the blade across his face when he tried to pin me down again. The blade formed a slash across the nose of the leader, turning him more aggressive. I slide back up onto my two feet under him back to his right side.

On his right side, I could see a loose scale of his wooden skin exposed before my very eyes. I hop onto the top of his body and he began to ride away, sounding off a loud howl that didn't sound too good according to my ears. I knew what this meant.

He was calling for back-up and the rest of the imaginary pack.

"Well, his howling has set off the pack and that are alarmed by your presence. But no fear, we shall test your emotions in a way to helping others in danger for those you love close to you or by friend." The blade said to me.

"Timberwolves!" I could hear a voice gasp close behind me. I recognized the sound of that voice and she sounded like she was going to be in grave danger if I didn't act quickly. I turn my head to see who it was. It's none other than Rarity. I was frozen in place when one of the timberwolves in the pack pounce onto her, pinning her right onto the ground.

I can hear her screams as she is trying to get away but cannot because the timberwolf has the both of its sharp claws on the top of her with her back lying first on the grass. I couldn't just stand there and leave the pack try to eat her alive or kill her right there. "Help me Brayden!" I can hear her voice beg out for me. I knew it was only imaginary but nevertheless, I witness the leader who I still needed to take care of with the rest of the pack gathering around to have its meal alive.

I grip onto the blade and I can feel the magic of the blade coming right into my hands and through my body. I can feel the adrenaline starting to flow quickly throughout my legs when I started to move forward. Anger pursues into the adrenaline to further accelerate me towards that pile of firewood whom was trying to bite Rarity. It's saliva dripping from its open mouth onto the coat of Rarity. "Ewww!" I could hear her shout with disgust in her voice.

In my sprint towards the timberwolf, I bent down the both of my legs for a brief moment. Springing forward from that allowed me to launch myself into midair to surprise that piece of wretched worm. At the close enough range, I swung the Song of Order towards him, slashing him across the face.

The timberwolf backed up by a few steps with its paws while I was just bashing at his face in furious anger upon my own face and I can hear the sound of my heart pounding with my heavy breathing. The timberwolf was trying to make its move to attack me or even scratch at me, but I kept on slashing it many times across the face.

The blade began to sing as a warning for me to look out. I quickly turn my head to the right side for a quick brief moment, just to see an aggravated one in the pack pounce towards me for a bite that could tear my right arm straight off. I am quick and turn to my sideline and use the blade to block at the timberwolf's snarling jaw and teeth. He has firm grip onto the Song of Order's sharping blade, hoping that it can knock the blade out of my hand.

I rose a bare foot, kicking its face near the top of its nose. The timberwolf lets go of the blade and I fly backwards for a brief moment. I end up backwards on the grass and roll to my side, getting up when I hear the pack making its way for Rarity, desperation for her blood. She lets out another panicked scream that sounded off that her doom would be then and now if I don't act quickly.

I can feel a mystical source of power igniting from the inside of my left hand. Oh yes, the Song of Order was beginning to channel its mighty power from the blade to connect there, though I held it in my right hand. I can hear a few timberwolves growling as they make their approach towards my friend. My left hand is stretched towards them, and I can feel the waves that the magic unleashed.

The beam of light blue fired out and hit the surface of grass. The timberwolves on the side where it was impacting stood back from the beam as if they had never faced this kind of magic before. I move my hand to the right, creating a burning mark by the charging herd which stop dead in their tracks by the time the beam was getting closer to them. The timberwolf leader of this pack was too eager on having Rarity for the pack, but according from what I was seeing at the moment. He was planning on taking me down first before making the move.

After the burn mark had distracted most of the timberwolves to back up a bit, the timberwolf growled lowly at them as he was telling them to hold their ground and wait for when I was killed off. It makes a fierce charge towards me again, bent on ripping me to shreds with its bare sharp teeth. Even if the poison glands in its teeth and claws would do the job in paralysing me and killing me in a few hours after their lunch was done.

The blade sang again of the leader's sprint towards me. I knew this, but I take a look at the small rock on the ground. Memories recall from when I watched the show, and I remembered a moment when a small rock was used for events like this. I bent down and grabbed the rock, just as the timberwolf leader pounces. Leaping upward into the air, the rock makes a blunt impact with its left eye.

The timberwolf closed its left eye and growls at me. I can see him raise a claw, ready to strike across one of my arms again, but I move the sword and strike it through its wooden paw.

Cutting right through the wood, I move the sword towards me while it is still latched in through the paw. Pulling it out, it had created an open cut in his paw, open for all to see. A fluid of brown and green were flowing out from the open cut as I recognized them like poison glands being set loose so that he could not poison me by chance. He could probably still scratch me though, even the bites from this leader can still give me poison either way.

The timberwolf was enraged and opened its mouth, sounding out a loud roar from beyond its wooden box inside its throat. Without thinking for one moment, I tossed the rock that I carried with my left hand right down its throat to pose as a distraction for the beast.

The beast's roar was ceased as he made a bit of hacking, choked sounds. He was doing his best to try and get the rock right out of his throat, in an attempt to cough it out. This would be my best chance to strike.

I run over to the side of the leader, slashing a bit at his wooden armor that covered the entire body. With a single jump, I tried to slash across the top of his body armor, but a hard place knocks the Song of Order out of my hand and I am thrown by my own force onto the grass. I turn around. The blade makes an impact with the other eye of the timberwolf, leaving him blind for now momentarily to give myself a chance to finish him.

I crawl quickly over to the blade and grab the hilt, taking control of it again. On its right side I can see the open mortal wound available for me to strike at its heart. The second he turns will be a chance I will miss to make that offensive move. I don't think straight and get straight up off of the ground. A few fierce moves towards the open unprotected armor allowed me to strike and stab the best in its side where its heart was close by.

A loud shriek cried out from the wooden wolf and I can hear the sounds of the timberwolves moving a bit but not past the burn mark I made. The timberwolf makes one last attempt to bite at me and I push the sword further past its heart to cause whatever processes its wooden heart to bleed out quickly. The leader grew doozy and tries to swipe at me, but it cannot poison me since I cut out its raw element and allowed it to spill out to the valley floor.

The leader stumbled for a few moments before falling forwards towards me, narrowly a few feet away on impact and finally releasing its last breath. Although it was all part of the training procedure that the Song of Order was doing for me, I managed to save my friend Rarity. I turn towards the wooden pack of worms for a moment, then cower off in fear and scatter when the leader of their pack is killed. I move towards the Song of Order in the leader's side, grabbing it by the hilt and pulling it out.

The entire sharp silver blade's body was covered entirely in the sticky liquid that I knew was sap that leaked from trees. However, this kind of sap did not look very healthy. The poison glands system was processed by the heart and made sure that it flowed violently in the leader's sap stream, its equivalent of blood in general.

The sap disappears in the fading moment, along with the corpse of that timberwolf leader and drone that I took care of in my training session. I turn around to see Rarity. She has also disappeared, as it was only imagination that the Song of Order was using to train me.

"A very splendid job that you did," the Song of Order comments when I let it go, it floats back into mid-air. "Be sure to have these kinds of training sessions once in a while. I will give you different dangerous creatures in Equestria to train and fight against to gain knowledge on defending yourself from them when in need."

"What about the fierce, like if dragons decide to go on a rampage to the point where they are destroying towns and cities?" I asked the blade's mighty spirit.

The Song of Order paused for a few moments, before gathering the right words to let out. "For dragons, I suggest that you let your friends talk them out at first. If they downright continue their attack and try to hurt them, do what you must to put them down."

"Alright," I nodded. "That sounds good. I already know a good dragon named Spike. He wouldn't hurt any of them at all."

"Do not fear. He isn't a target, so he is safe." The blade responded. "But now we must end our training session here… for now…"

"That was quicker than I had expected." I comment, scratching the back of my head a bit.

"Yes, but it is the right timing as well as you would want to learn how to deal with enemies rather quickly." The blade comments before the golden aura surrounding the area around the green valleys and tree began to fade. "Also, keep an eye in the sky, expect a bit of a shower."

"What?" I said out of curiosity. The blade's voice was already gone and began to rest once again until the next time I could start training.

Large amounts of raindrops began to fall out from under the clouds above me and I could feel the water that were shaped like teardrops pouring down onto my face and shoulders, creating more tinier versions of the teardrops that fell to the soft-scratching green grass. The Song of Order, floating in mid-air a few feet from me catches a few raindrops on its pommel and quillion. Drips of wetness slide from them onto both the grip, and the sharp blade.

Now realizing that being out in the rain for too long wouldn't be too good for my health in general, I take the Song of Order by its now wet grip and sheathed it behind my back. I make my way towards the dirt trail, now getting soaked with drops of rain and the sounds of pitter-patter hitting the leaves of nearby trees.

The shirt and shorts that I was wearing were now getting more soaked as the rain had increased a bit in its downpour. The worst part was the lightning strikes that were coming up in the darkened afternoon skies. I saw a newspaper on the trail and it served for a short time while on my way to town. The rain ended up getting it so wet that the drips soaked right through the paper itself. Roars of deep thunder crack the sky above me whilst I tried to look for cover from the battling rain.

In the mist that the storm was creating, I could hear the sound of hooves trotting in the streets whilst I stood there in the rain, close by the crossing stone bridge into town. I turned around, a bit blinded by the rain. Wiping my eyes a bit, I could see who was coming up in the distance underneath that large umbrella saddled onto her back. None other than Rarity herself.

"Brayden darling, whatever are you doing in that miserable downpour?" She asked me while looking a little concerned.

I just looked at her silently for a quick moment and then said "I was training with the Song of Order, and then the rain shower comes pouring down."

"Well I can't just stand there and let you get all wet," Rarity tells me. "Come under the umbrella, and I'll take you back to the Carousel Boutique. I'm sure there will be something there to warm you up while I dry out your clothes."

"I think I was supposed to see if Rainbow Dash was around town today, because I wanted to see how she was." I told her, walking up closer underneath the large umbrella.

Rarity places her right hoof onto my chest. "Rainbow Dash? Sorry to say this Brayden, but she had to meet some relatives up in Cloudsdale." She tells me, feeling a bit bad for planning something that was not going to happen today.

"Aww," I said sounding a little bit disappointed. "That is quite a shame. I would go up there and see her, but I do not have wings." I began to walk with her across the bridge and through the empty streets of Manehattan.

"Didn't the Song of Order give you wings though?" She asked curiously.

I nodded my head. "Yes, but it was only temporary when dealing with Nightmare Moon and Lord Tirek." I told her.

Rarity places her left front hoof onto the top of my right hand. "I'm sure that one day if something ever happens, you get a pair of wings to fly up and walk on the surface of Cloudsdale, the home of many Pegasi." She tells me.

"Of course…" I said to her. "I just don't know when it will ever happen. I mean the Song of Order gives me the ethereal wings to help me fly, but what if I had real wings?"

"I for one think that if you have wings, it would that of like pegasi and eagles." Rarity tells me, a smile upon her face. "Have you seen the eagles at even the end of this season? They're rather beautiful when flying above in the sky."

I continued with my friend, walking alongside her whilst we were heading to the Carousel Boutique where she resided. To which there would most likely be warm fireplace to warm up by with some of that nice tea that she makes filled with the beautiful touch of honey.

Princess Celestia's POV

Out of a sunny afternoon sky, I was standing there by the balcony outside of my private quarters upon a tall tower of the Canterlot Castle. My eyes stare out below the land of Equestria, now atop filled with some bad forecast down there, but at least my subjects would be safe from the rain they create themselves. Without rain, no crops would be helped out grow nevertheless. But with thunderstorms they were still dangerous.

Ever since Princess Luna's discovery, I was no doubt filling really sad. But this sadness that most subjects were seeing was not that of something tragic that happened, but rather something different. I never thought that I would ever see coming from her discovery. This was something I had long forgotten about after the last time I had to banish Princess Luna.

It seems that this discovery told me a little bit more about Brayden. Sharing this with the princesses and promising them that it would be kept a secret was my top priority, but I absolutely refused to share this with any of her other friends or the other subjects fearing that they would tell him. If he ever found out, I honestly wouldn't know what his reaction would be. I would only fear that he wouldn't take too kindly to these news as Luna told me that besides his disorder, he seemed to get angry easily upon hearing such surprising news like that.

"Your majesty," One of my royal guards that bore golden armor had announced, trotting into the balcony outside of my quarters. "Is there something that you need?"

I stayed silent for a moment, turning from the view of Equestria and the cloud-covered Ponyville. I look down at the tiled ground for a few moments, still bearing the same sadness that I had. As happy as I was the few past days ago with the defeat of Tirek and my meeting with Nightmare Moon, my happiness was however short-lived and reverted back to the shock of my sister's discovery. I then turned back towards the royal guard, whom looked a bit concerned. "Is everything alright, Princess Celestia?"

I turn from the balcony and trot towards the royal guard. "I was wondering if you still have Zecora's potion, when the Plunder plants captured me and Luna." I requested.

He bows his head for a moment. "Yes Princess. I will go and get that potion for you right away." He turns from me and trots off to go and find the potion lying around in the Alchemy wing of the castle close to Nightmare Moon's quarters.

After he left to go find the potion, I trot right inside to my personal quarters and trot right past my drawers. My pet phoenix Philomena sits there perched onto her fire-proof branch looking so ever patient and watchful for the princess' protection at all times should an assassin try to kill her. Besides her golden sparrows in the throne room, she remembered the day that somepony gave the loyal phoenix to her as a going away gift before he left the borders of Equestria.

"Greetings, Philomena." I said to the ever-guarding phoenix. The phoenix looks at me and blinks a few times. This would mean to me that she was telling me hello to me back. Trotting past her, I head straight towards my bed. Placing my front hooves onto the top of my bed, I used my back hooves to push up closer and onto the bed.

I sat there on the top of my warm bed, having my mind on some stuff that kept me thinking about everything as the royal guard was getting me the potion. It was all part of my occasional day dream while the waiting continued. Whatever this potion would do, I already know that Twilight reported it to me to ensure that not one of my subjects stumble upon it to take a drink. She says it was rather a dangerous liquid that could send subjects back through time for a moment whilst their soul and body remained in present time. There would be many peeking backwards in time at events that had happened should this potion been released to the public.

I could hear the sound of trotting coming close by the room; I could tell by the hooves that it was the royal guard returning. I turn my head towards the door and could see the royal guard making his return and with the potion of white fluids bestowed with him that he carried in his right hoof.

"Your majesty," He says once again to acknowledge me. "I have brought the potion as per your request."

"Thank you," I said to him. The top of my horn glows for a moment, taking hold of the potion and placing it next to me upon my bed. "You are free to join up with the other guards for the changing."

The royal guard bows to me and then leaves the room. I turn my eyes towards the potion whilst I can hear the door closing shut behind the guard to my left. This potion looked quite rather dangerous, and yet it seemed rather mysterious by the color that it represented. I ignite the magic with my horn again, surrounding the bottle with the golden aura that was from my magic.

"I hope Twilight was right about this potion on what it does," I said while looking at it and ready to take a sip after some quick thinking I had to make. "After all, this will allow me to see what happened again for something lost from my memory too far long ago."

With no other choice, I brought the potion's tip right onto my lips and let the liquid flow right into my mouth. I can feel the cool liquid of the potion flow right into the inside of my mouth. I wouldn't let it simmer in my mouth as holding it inside the mouth would cause it to revert back into its purple color. I swallow it down and place the bottle back onto my bed. Nothing had happened just yet, but I could feel the potion heading down my throat inside quickly as ever.

Everything began to glow around me in white as if they were being colored into blankness and nothing at all. The potion was starting to take huge effect on me while I sat there, just letting myself get covered by this white water wave descending down upon me. It was that of which I could then see what would have happened.

I must be careful. Whatever happened in the past, I had to know immediately and why this sadness and realization struck me from the discovery in the first place.