Chapter 109: Heart of Honey Part 3: A Starry Night Sky

Back in the book, Twilight was walking calling the popup pages, thinking about what Jacob had told her about himself and finding some of the things he said to be somewhat familiar to her, thinking back to Spyro as she continued to think about it. She then reached the pop up on the top left corner of the book and reached her hoof out, a light shining and enveloping her until she was what she believed to be Tiggers Bouncing Spot, finding tree stumps, jars, cliffs, basically everything that could challenge a bouncing persons ability to jump and bounce from place to place, giving their leg muscles a challenge. She walked up and saw that Tigger was bouncing around, reaching heights that could give Pinkie a run for her money, Jacob on what looked like a teeter-totter, bouncing up and down with a little kangaroo, Piglet, Rabbit, and Pooh walking around while the bouncing tiger had his fun. A moment later, Jacob looked over and saw that Twilight was there, hopping off and running over to her, glad to see she made it.

"Hey Twilight!" Jacob exclaimed excitedly.

"Hey Jacob." Twilight replied. "What's going on?"

"Well we're just bouncing around and having fun." Jacob replied. "Welcome to Tigger's Bouncing Spot, where you can bounce around and be silly without any issue or harm to yourself."

"I'm not so sure about that." Twilight said, looking at all the different heighten tree stumps. "They seem pretty high and far apart to me."

"Oh come on." Jacob said. "Don't be a scaredy cat. Just come and have fun with us!"

Jacob then ran to the tree stumps and started jumping onto them, bouncing from one to another, doing flips and spinning every time he jumped from stump to stomp, impressing Twilight, but also finding his movements to be familiar to her as she watched him bounce around. She's then walked up to the lowest stump in the place, hopping up onto it before trying to jump to the next, stumbling for a bit and falling to the ground, rubbing her head before she got back up, trying again and this time jumping to the stump and then to the next one and the next, following Jacob as he laughed and giggled as he bounced around, having fun, which Twilight would deny she too was having fun. After having sometime to bounce around, she started to laugh as well having realized how much fun it was to bounce around and let your inner kid out, letting go of all the stress so far and letting herself have fun for a change, sitting under a tree to take a break while Jacob kept bouncing around, not showing any signs of fatigue or being tired as he bounced around.

"Hello!" A voice said to Twilight. The unicorn mare looked to her left and saw a baby kangaroo wearing a blue sweater next to her, hopping up to her. "What's your name?"

"I'm Twilight, Twilight Sparkle." Twilight replied. "What's your name?"

"I'm Roo." The kangaroo replied. "I come here with Tigger from time to time to have some fun bouncing around as I'm almost as good at bouncing as Tigger and Jacob."

"Oh, does Jacob come here often?" Twilight asked.

"Almost all the time." Roo replied. "He and Tigger have been bouncing around here since he got here. And he can bounce to pretty high places if he wants to. It's almost like he's been doing this his whole life."

"Really?" Twilight asked, looking to Jacob as she watched him jump from a short stump all the way to the cliff, jumping half way up it before leaping off a small ledge and landing on another stump, kicking off from it and landing on the cliff, he and Tigger laughing as they kept jumping around. "Pretty good moves for a kid. Almost seems familiar to me."

"Like you've seen it before?" Roo asked. "From where?"

"From my friend, Spyro." Twilight replied, using her magic to remove the ring to look at it, the golden and with an Amethyst gemstone in it, smiling as she looked at it. "He use to jump around kind of like that when he fought monsters that would hurt other ponies who couldn't defend themselves. He was brave and was very strong, if not the strongest pony I knew."

"What happened to him?" Roo asked.

"His heart was scattered." Twilight replied. "Separated into twelve pieces, scattered everywhere, which my friends and I are going to find them all and bring him back."

"How would you do that?" Roo asked.

"Through magic." Twilight replied, putting the ring back on her horn. "We would use magic to bring him back, bringing the twelve pieces together and we can restore his heart, bring him back."

"Hey Roo, Twilight!" Jacob called out, waving to them. "Wanna do the Bouncing Challenge with me and Tigger!? It's lots of fun!"

"Yeah!" Roo replied, bouncing to them. "Come on Twilight, you'll love the challenge."

Twilight just smiled at the over excited kangaroo, getting up and walking over with him to where Jacob and Tigger were at, where Tigger was bouncing around while Jacob was just stretching himself out, getting ready for the challenge as the two of them walked over.

"So, you ready for the challenge?" Jacob asked.

"Well, it depends." Twilight replied. "What's the challenge?"

"It's simple." Jacob said, walking to the edge and pointing his finger to seven spots, where multiple nuts were hanging. "Since the big pot was already broken when I got here, we're going to have a bouncing race to see who can collect the most nuts wins."

"Well that doesn't seem so hard." Twilight said.

"One rule, no magic." Jacob said, pointing at her horn. "Only bouncing. You use magic, you're disqualified."

Twilight looked to the places that had the nuts, finding them to be growing mostly in trees and in high places, figuring this was going to be dangerous, but went with it to make sure they would be safe and sound. They then started to bounce around the place, Twilight jumping from stump to stump to get the first nut on the tree and got is successfully, but fell onto the ground, landing on her flanks hard as she rubbed her sore rear while watching Jacob, jumping from branch to branch, seemingly running on them like he was lighter than air, collecting a couple of nuts with little to no issue at all, jumping down and swinging on a branch and flipping to the next one, collecting another. Twilight smiled at the little show off, getting up and jumping back onto the stumps and leaping from the tallest one, grabbing hold of the branch and swinging to another, grabbing two nuts before Jacob could get them, making the young kid look at her.

"Gotta keep up Slow Polk!" Twilight said, jumping to the next branch.

"Hey, those were mine!" Jacob said, jumping to another branch.

Tigger however was watching the two of them compete to see who would collect the most, somewhat amazed by how quick they were trying to best one another in collecting the nuts hanging on the trees. With twilight, she wanted to beat Jacob, but as she kept swinging and jumping, she was having fun, enjoying the feeling of jumping around, swinging in the branches, letting her inner child out as she laughed and cheered just like Jacob, who was also laughing and cheering, acting like a monkey making monkey sounds and swinging like one, enjoying himself as much as Twilight. After a little while, they were both out of breath, breathing heavily as they sat or lied down, having a laugh as they relaxed under a tree, leaning against the trunk of the tree as they closed their eyes.

"Wow, I haven't had that much fun in a long time." Twilight said, looking to the branches in the tree above her. "And I've never realized how much fun it was swinging around and climbing in the trees. It was exhilarating."

"See, told you you'd like this place." Jacob said, sitting up. "Can't imagine having to keep your nose in a book all day and not have a single day for yourself just to be a kid."

"Well, I never had days like those." Twilight replied. "I was always studying to make sure I was always my mentors star pupil, learning everything about magic." She then got up and looked at her Cutie Mark, remembering the time she got it. "And when I got my cutie mark, I knew my destiny was to learn all about magic, every spell, every words, everything."

"Wait, the star on your butt is called a Cutie Mark?" Jacob asked, gagging. "Ugh, so girly."

"Say what you want, it's a symbol of what my destiny is." Twilight said, sitting back down and looking to her horn. "Just like this ring I'm wearing is a symbol of my love to Spyro."

"You really care about him, don't you?" Jacob asked, looking to Twilight. "Does that mean you'll marry him if he asks?"

"Yes." Twilight said, smiling as she put her hoof over her heart. "Yes I will." She then got up and walked to the giant tree stump. "He's one of the nicest ponies I know, always thinking about the needs of others before his own, guess that's why he has a herd."

"What's a herd?" Jacob asked, genuinely curious.

"Maybe when you're older, I'll tell you." Twilight said, turning to him. "Anyway, it looks like it's getting late. Maybe we should start heading to the symbol now."

"It's not night time yet." Jaco said, getting up. "And I told you I'd only show it to you when it becomes night time."

"But wouldn't your parents get worried if you're not home by nightfall?" Twilight asked.

"Oh don't worry, they let me stay out until ten at night, as long as I'm close to home." Jacob replied. "And this place is very close to my home, so I'm good." He then looked around to see where their friends went, realizing their were lost. "Hey, where did Pooh go?"

"Piglets missing as well." Twilight said, looking around. "So is Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore."

"Even Roos missing!" Jacob said. "Where did they go?"

"I think I saw them heading to the muddy path deeper in the wood." Owl said, flying down. "I think Pooh was following his friends there while you guys were talking. Apparently they wanted to look for the symbol Twilight's been talking about."

"Seriously!?" Jacob asked, clearly annoyed. "I told them I knew where it was and would only show it to Twilight when it becomes night. Ugh, we better go find them before they end up getting lost."

Owl took off into the air again, flying high in the sky and heading in the direction of the muddy path that he was talking about while Jacob and Twilight ran out of Tigger's Bouncing Spot to head for the muddy path as the same light enveloped Twilight again, taking her back to the pop-up pages again. Back in the real world, Pete was running as fast as he could, the book in his hand as he was laughing, finding it was easy to snatch the book and to get out of there without having to get his own hands dirty in the process, looking back to make sure no one was following him and was pleased to see no one was following him, turning to see that he was reaching he breach in the wall that was made when they first invaded the town the first time, seeing he was in the clear before a beam of cyan blue magic shot down from the sky and created a wall of crystal ice, the massive cat running into the sheet of ice and sliding down, dropping the book. He sat up, rubbing his head as he felt it pounding as he looked up, seeing the princes of love glaring at him with her horns magic fully charged.

"Heh, so you followed me eh?" Pete asked, picking up the book. "And all for just a little book like this? Can;t a guy just borrow a book to get some reading done?"

"You know very well what's in that book!" Cadence said, lowering herself down a bit to get closer to Pete, but staying high enough in the air to make sure she wasn't;t attacked. "Now hand it over and no pony get's hurt."

"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that." Pete said, snapping his fingers and multiple Air Soldiers and Surveillance Robots appeared, a barrier appearing around them. "You see, I'm a bit more afraid of Maleficent than I am of you. Plus, I've got a debt to pay to her for busting me out and with this, i just might end up repaying that debt."

"Cadence!" Shining Armor shouted, the group running up, but the captain ran into the barrier, bouncing off it and falling to the ground, shaking his head. "What just happened?"

"Pete set up a barrier!" Leon said, swinging his sword. "We're cut off and the princess is trapped!"

"We have to get through!" Shining Armor exclaimed, charging a bolt of his magic and firing it into the barrier, but it had no effect, the barrier holding strong as he hit his hooves on it, the punches just bouncing off. "Cadence, get out of there!"

"Not without the book!" Cadence replied.

She then fired a beam of magic into the Heartless, taking out a couple of Air Soldiers as they flew up to attack her, but she dodged their attack and flew higher, creating a shield around herself to block an incoming energy beam form the Surveillance Robots before diving down, releasing multiple blue arrows into one of the robots, causing it to explode in a clouds of purple and black mist, flying up again and dodging another beam of energy. She then charged up another energy beam in her horn to hit them, but one of the robots got lucky and hit her wing, causing her to yell in pain as she fell onto the ground with a loud thud, Shining Armor gasping in complete disbelief as his bride was injured, watching as the Air Soldiers started to circle her, pounding on the barrier to get through while the others joined it, hitting it with everything they had to try and break through.

"It's no use, barriers too strong!" Yuffie said, releasing multiple shurikens into the barrier, all bouncing off. "We can't get through."

"There has to be a way!" Shining Armor said, horrified to see his fiancé getting surrounded. "CADENCE!"

The Air Soldiers surrounded her, raising their claws to a scared princess, ready to tear into her, but a beam of energy shot clear through it's chest, falling to the ground as it was destroyed, causing the other to look where the bolt came from, including the ponies and the two humans to see a couple of Snipers on the high ground, firing another bolt into the Air Soldiers and destroying two of them, shocking Pete.

"Nobodies!?" Pete asked in shock. "Where'd they come from!?"

"They're with me." Psyrox said, making Pete look behind as he sucker punched the cat into the air, round house kicking him into a building and catching the book with a smile. "And I hate people who harm animals."

"Psyrox!" Cadence said excitedly, several Samurai appearing around the downed Princess.

The Samurai had a face off with the remained Air Soldiers, each holding their positions as they waited for their opponent to make the first move, but the Samurai were too swift and appeared behind the Heartless, cutting them in half and destroying them, even if the hearts weren't released.

"You Nobodies always getting in the way!" Pete said, getting up. "I don't know what you Organization twerps are up to, but you aren't keeping that book! It's coming with me!"

Pete the ran up to the Nobody, who put the book into his coat pocket and called his Keyblades, surprising everyone but Cadence as he blocked Petes punch and started to attack him, slashing him on the side before kicking him into the air, jumping up and like the Samurai, disappeared and reappeared behind him, multiple slices going across the massive cat before he was kicked back down to the ground, creating a crater and making everyone cringe up after seeing him getting pulverized, watching as he pulled himself up and out of the crater, bruises all over his body as he got up, wobbling a bit as he tried to walk.

"Got news for you bud and you might like it and dislike it at the same time." Psyrox said, dismissing his blade and red Keyblade and grabbing Pete by the collar. "I don't work for the Organization."

He then threw Pete into the crystal wall, shattering it as he flew threw and screaming as he fell down into the canyon below, a loud thud hitting the ground as Psyrox looked over, walking over to Cadence as the barrier went down, kneeling down to examine her wounds.

"Cadence!" Shining Armor said, sliding to a halt next to her and taking her hoof. "Are you ok!? Are you badly hurt!?"

"Shining, I'm fine." Cadence said, wincing as Psyrox lifted her wing. "I'll be fine."

"Will she be?" Leon asked, looking over to the Nobody with distrust.

"The Surveillance Robot did do some damage, but it's only minor." Psyrox replied. "A good cure spell should be able to fix her up in no time."

"And the book?" Yuffie asked. "Please tell me you still got it."

Psyrox smiled, reaching into his coat and pulling out the book, everyone breathing a sigh of relief as they saw it was intact.

"Seems Maleficent is as eager to get the Heart Pieces as the Organization is." Psyrox said, handing the book to Yuffie. "We got lucky Maleficent didn't get this one, otherwise we'd loose it."

"And Twilight." Cadence said, getting up. "She's in there now trying to get the Heart Piece."

"Then all we can do now is wait." Psyrox said, helping the Princess up. "For now, let's get that wing taken care of while we wait. I'm sure your friends have got a lot of questions for me."

The group, with their new Nobody friend, walked in the direction of Merlins house, Leon and Yuffie weary of their new friend as they didn't fully trust him or his motives as they stayed close in case he decided to do anything that would put them at risk. In the book, Twilight had just walked up to the final pop up, reaching her hoof out when she felt a presence behind her, turning to see who it was, but didn't see anyone, shaking it off, she touched the pop-up and was then transported to the final location, which was the muddy path that Jacob and owl were talking about, walking down the slope until she found Jacob and Pooh, the stuff bear following tracks in the mud thinking they were someone else's while Jacob just looked in bushes and behind trees trying to find his friends, not having any luck in finding them when he saw Twilight.

"Hey Pooh, Jacob." Twilight said.

"Oh, hello Twilight." Pooh said. "Come to help us look for that symbol you were talking about?"

"Well, sort of." Twilight replied. "But I came to help Jacob find you guys as he already knows where it's at."

"True, but we wanted to look for it and surprise you." Pooh said. "You looked so sad about your friend and we wanted to help you reunite with him."

"Pooh, that's very kind of you." Twilight said. "But it's starting to get dark. We need to find everyone and head back before it gets too dark to see." As she said it, they heard something rustling in the bushes, Twilight walking through the mud and into the bushes, finding Eeyore in there. "Eeyore, what are you doing in here?"

"Oh, hello Twilight." Eeyore said. "Looking for sticks to build my house... again."

"Sticks for your house?" Twilight asked. "But this place already feels like a house. And a good place to gather everyone up once we find them."

"Good thinking Twilight." Jacob said. "Let's start looking."

As he said it, the three of them walked together to find where their friends were hiding, looking around when they saw Tigger bouncing along a fallen tree, walking over when they saw Roo nearby, standing on a root that had grown out of the ground and towards the mud.

"Roo, there you are." Twilight said.

"Oh, hey Twilight." Roo said, jumping down. "I tried to get to Tigger in trying to find the symbol, but I wasn't looking where I was bouncing."

"It's alright Roo." Twilight said. "Don't worry, we'll find it together. Would you mind waiting in the large bushy area over there with Eeyore while we get everyone else?"

"Sure, no problem." Roo said, bouncing over to the bushes.

When he was there, the group then got out of the mud, looking up to see Tigger was bouncing along the tree trunk, Twilight using her magic to teleport them up to the cliff above them, walking over to the fallen tree.

"Tigger, what are you doing bouncing on that tree trunk?" Jacob asked.

"Oh, hello Jacob, Twilight." Tigger said. "I was bouncing after ol' Pooh bear as he wanted to find the symbol Twilight was talking about, but I lost track of him when I bounced up here."

"Well, it's kind of you to try and help me find the symbol Tigger, truly it is." Twilight said. "But Jacob already knows where it is and it's almost night time. So, could you wait in those bushes with Eeyore and Roo until we come back to get you?"

"Why certainly!" Tigger replied.

He then bounced off the tree and over tot he bushes, Twilight shaking her head at him, teleporting them again to the cliff on the opposite side, but found no one there, just a few flowers, which Pooh picked one and was carried up to the next cliff, Jacob hopping onto Twilight's back as she leapt up, walking over with the kid on her back, seeing owl there and Piglet coming out from underneath the tree.

"Piglet, Owl." Jacob said. "Good to see you're both alright."

"Indeed, it's good to see you're ok as well Jacob." Owl said. "I was going to talk with Piglet and see if he needed help looking up here for the symbol, but he got scared and ran into the tree."

"I-I-It was scary without Pooh." Piglet said. "I was all alone and didn't know what to do."

"Oh, it's ok Piglet." Twilight said. "We'll look for it together when everyone is accounted for. Right now there is a large bush in the middle of the mud pit, why don't you and Owl go there while we look for Rabbit, then we'll look for the symbol together."

"But, how do I get back?" Piglet asked. "I'm surely going to get lost if I try to go there."

"Why don't you follow the path you took to get up here." Pooh suggested. "Then you can follow Owl to the bush and you can stay there with Eeyore, Tigger, and Roo."

"O-O-Ok." Piglet replied.

Piglet went back to the hole he crawled out from, following it until he popped out from the hole in the ground, he and Owl walking to the bush, but as they watched them, Rabbit came out of another hole at the base of the cliff, Twilight teleporting them form the top to the bottom and right in front of Rabbit, startling him.

"Oh, sorry Rabbit." Twilight said. "Didn't mean to scare you."

"Oh, it's alright Twilight." Rabbit said. "I was just coming out after looking in there. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the symbol you were talking about."

"It's ok Rabbit." Twilight said. "Besides, it's almost night time, so we can find it then. Come on, everyone else is waiting for us."

They then walked back to the bush where everyone else was waiting for them, right as night came, they walked to the Starry Hill, going up the hill as instructed by Jacob and they all sat there, watching as the sky turned to night and the stars came out, watching as a meteor shower was going on and marveling at it, even Twilight, who seemed to be the happiest as she felt relaxed, closing her eyes and enjoying the breeze as she took in the peace and serenity, looking to the new friends she made and smiling.

"Seems you had a great day, didn't you?" Jacob asked.

"I did." Twilight replied, looking to the sky. "One of the best days I've had since Spyro lost his heart. But, there's still one thing I need to ask." She then looked back to Jacob, who was looking at her, wondering what she wanted to ask. "Back in the Bouncing Spot, you were jumping around like Spyro did, why?"

"I don't know." Jacob replied, leaning against the tree. "Guess it was instinct."

"That's what Spyro always relied on, his instincts." Twilight said, looking back to the sky for a moment, dazzled by the stars before turning back to Jacob. "I enjoyed our time together Jacob, really I did. But... I want to ask... where's the symbol? You promised you'd show it to me."

"Well, you were looking at it a minute ago." Jacob replied, confusing Twilight. "Just look back to the stars and this time, look closer."

Twilight did as Jacob said, looking back to the sky and looking as hard as she could, trying to understand what he was talking about as she examined the night sky with all her power, seeing stars and shooting stars in the night sky, not seeing what it was the kid was talking about. She was about to give up when she saw something that was unusual, which was the shooting stars seemed to be moving in a circle, squinting to get a better look until her eyes widened with surprise, finding the symbol was composed of the stars of the night sky, all aligned to look like the symbol, much to her surprise.

"I don't believe." Twilight said. "The symbols... in the stars!"

"In plain sight, yet never seen." A voice said.

Twilight looked to her right and her heart suddenly stopped, finding Spyro was right next to her, turning to the tree to see if Jacob was there, but found he wasn't there anymore, looking back to Spyro.

"Spyro." Twilight said, hugging him as tears rolled down her face, the young prince hugging her back. "But... where's Jacob?"

"He is me." Spyro replied, looking down at her. "He was me back when I was younger and happier before I became a prince. A time when I can live life to the fullest, enjoy my free time without a care in the world. A time many have forgotten, a time to enjoy life without a thought and without the stress of life weighing them down."

"A time when you were care free." Twilight said, reaching her hoof to his hand, which he took her hoof. "So... was Jacob your name before you gave it up for this new one?"

"I don't know." Spyro replied, the two leaning into one another. "When a prince renounces their name in place of a new one, they forget it, all traces of it erased from existence. Power has a price that must be paid if one wishes to achieve it, and the price to become the new Prince of Light and Darkness is to give up your name and take on a new one. As for the name the name Jacob, I don't know if it really is my name back then. It could be, or it could be something that I thought up to protect my identity in this world."

"Which ever name you have, it doesn't matter." Twilight said, placing her head against his chest and hearing his heart beat. "Whoever you are or whatever you are makes little difference, for I know the real you, both as a pony, and a human."

"I'm glad to hear that." Spyro said, hugging her as she lied down in his lap. "And it seems you also had fun here, letting your inner child out."

"I must confess, it was pretty good to let myself be a filly again." Twilight said. "Getting dirty, playing in the open, I forgot how much fun it was to actually play outside when I was younger."

"As such the riddle said." Spyro said, looking to the sky as the triangle continued to spin. "'The body will change, the mind will alter, but how the heart will feel shall never falter. When at heart, your inner child will be, having fun with a friend will help you to see.' Know what that means?"

"It means we should take the time to go out and allow our inner child out." Twilight said, looking to the sky. "Let our worries and our fears melt away as we have fun being outdoors, hang out with our friends, and allow ourselves to be as carefree as the child we once were long ago. Not to take anything seriously and to just have as much fun in life as we can."

"Exactly." Spyro said, stroking Twilight's head as they looked to the sky. "For if we take everything seriously in our lives, never having a time to laugh or run around, to have fun and mess around, we run the risk of going throughout our lives, living like a bunch of cranky old men who don't have anything better to do in their lives."

Twilight reached her hoof to his hand, holding it as she enjoyed the time with her love, smiling and tearing up as she wished it could last forever, when she noticed orbs of light coming off his lap, sitting up as she watched him turn into multiple balls of light flying up to the sky.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked.

"It's time." Spyro said, getting up and walking to the edge, turning to face her. "Remember Twilight, enjoy the time you have as you will soon see just how much time is both a gift... and a curse. Enjoy the fun times and let your inner child out from time to time, let yourself become carefree as someday, you'll look back and see just how happy you were when you were young."

A moment later, some of the leaves from nearby trees flew over, flying past him as he turned into light, fading into multiple balls of light within the leaves, smiling as he faded away and the lights flew into the sky, the stars all aligning as the triangle stopped spinning, stopping right on the unicorn head as it then started to glow, a Keyhole appearing in the forehead of the dragon. Twilight's Keyblade then appeared, spinning it around and leaping into the air, pointing it at the dragon as a circle of light appeared, firing a purple and pink fired into the keyhole, the sound of a clicking noise echoing throughout the sky as the dragons eyes turned purple opening it's mouth as it roared out, releasing the golden orb from its mouth as is flew down, flying towards Twilight as the book floated out of her saddle bag, the piece of his heart flying into the center of the book, the eyes of the dragon glowing purple as the gold honey pot turned bronze with a golden liquid filling the top, dribbling down the side.

"W-w-w-w-what was that?" Piglet asked, looking around. "A-a-and w-w-where's Jacob?"

"He was just a piece of Spyro." Twilight replied, putting the book in her bag. "He was protecting the Heart Piece."

"So Jacob was actually Spyro?" Tigger asked, spinning around and cheering. "I knew those moves looked familiar! Only Spyro can bounce around like that!"

"Oh dear, I was hoping to at least say good bye to him before he left." Pooh said.

"Yeah... me too." Twilight said, turning to them. "Well, guess this is good bye."

"Good bye!?" Piglet asked. "W-w-where are you going!?"

"I'm going to look for Spyro's heart." Twilight replied. "That's the third piece of Spyro's heart. We have nine more to go to bring him back."

"Will we ever see you again Twilight?" Pooh asked. "Will you come back and visit?"

"Of course Pooh." Twilight said, walking up. "Until then, remember I'm always with you... here." She then pointed at his chest, smiling at him. "We maybe far apart, but we will always be friends if you hold the memory of me in your heart."

"That's something that Sora said." Pooh said. "Or at least, it sounds like it."

Everyone laughed at what Pooh said, enjoying their time together before twilight walked down the hill and across the bridge, turning to see them waving to her, which she waved back before continuing to walk down the path, enveloped in light again to leave the book. Back at Merlins house, Rarity and Fluttershy were busy healing Princess Cadence of her wounds, taking the time to be gentle with her injuries while Leon was talking with Psyrox, getting an understanding of who their new friend is and what he's like.

"So, you abandoned the Organization right as they recruited you, which you only joined them to figure out what they were planning?" Leon asked, raising an eyebrow at the Nobody.

"Pretty much, yeah." Psyrox replied. "When I learned they were after the princes Heart Pieces, I knew that would mean trouble. So, I took however many Nobodies who'd follow me with me and went out to do what I could to protect the Heart Pieces until you guys would arrive to collect them."

"Well, at least we now know there are some friendly Nobodies." Yuffie said. "And you say Demyx is also on our side?"

"Pretty much." Applejack replied. "Though Ah can't quite understand him, he's got a good head on his shoulders, despite being a Nobody."

"Say, wonder how Twilight's doing and if she found the Heart Piece yet!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Well, let's find out!" Rainbow Dash said.

She rushed over to the book and opened it, a flash of bright light shining into the room and blinding everyone, only stopping when Twilight was back in the room, everyone happy she was back.

"TWILIGHT!" They all shouted, running up to her.

"Oh man, glad to see you're ok!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Thank heavens you're back darling." Rarity said. "How was it in there?"

"It was actually pretty relaxing." Twilight said. "And fun."

"Oh, oh, oh, fun!?" Pinkie asked. "Did you say fun!? I wanna have fun!"

Before they could stop her, she bounced over their head and opened the book, instantly going into the book as everyone stood there, staring at it as it spat her back out, slamming shut as it fell into a drawer, closing itself.

"Guess the book didn't like you as much." Twilight said.

"What?" Pinkie asked. "All I did was bring a nest of angry bees to a house and eat some of the honey from it before some angry rabbit chased me out saying he's dealing with one Tigger, not two."

Everyone then laughed at her, which she couldn't help but join in the laughter as they all had an eventful day.

"Hey Twilight, hate to ask but... did you get the Heart Piece?" Fluttershy asked.

"Sure did." Twilight replied, pulling the book out and showing the colored honey pot. "That makes three for three."

"Awe yeah!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "At this rate, we'll be done in no time! Where's the next world at?"

Twilight opened the book to the empty page, a light appearing in it as it showed the Roman numeral IV.

"Chapter 4..." Twilight said, looking at it, but her eyes widening with surprise. "There's no title."

"WHAT!?" They shouted.

"Seriously, no title!?" Rainbow Dash asked, groaning as she comically fell to the ground. "Then how are we supposed to know where to go?"

"Relax, there are some coordinates." Twilight said, showing the book to her. "But to where?"

"Let me see that." May said, taking the book and examining it. "Hmm, I'm not familiar with these coordinates. Chances are we're heading to an unexplored world."

"AN UNEXPLORED WORLD!?" Pinkie asked, bouncing out of the house and through the roof, taking the whole roof with her.

"My goodness!" Merlin said, looking up. "How is she capable of doing that without hurting herself?"

"Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked. "This is Pinkie we're talking about here. Her skeleton is literally made of rubber."

"No it's not, it made of bones." Pinkie said, her head coming out from underneath the bed, spooking the princess.

"Well, what are we waiting for!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Let's go and discover this new world and get the Heart Piece!"

Everyone walked out of the wizards house, saying their good byes to their new friends as they entered the hangar bay, getting into their ship as the doors opened up, allowing May to take the ship out of the hangar and take off into the air, orbiting Radiant Garden's atmosphere as she put in the coordinates and entered Warp Space, on their way to the next world. Back in Equestria, Luna was raising the moon to begin the night, sighing in despair as she walked over to her bed, sitting in it as her sister walked past, seeing how unhappy she was, she walked in, hoping to cheer her up.

"What's the matter sister?" Celestia asked. "Are you still thinking about Spyro?"

"Is it that obvious?" Luna asked, looking to her older sister. "I try to distract myself, trying to think of something else since I do not become unhappy, but to no avail." She then got up from her bed and walked to the balcony, looking out to the city as everyone went to bed. "Everyday, when I try not to think about him, there is something or someone who either reminds me of or says something about him, bringing my despair back every time I finally have a sound mind."

Luna then rested her head on the railing, a tear rolling down her cheek as she remembered the pony she loved, trying her best not to cry, but her tears started to roll down as she broke down, Celestia walking over and hugging her sister to comfort her.

"It's alright sister, don't cry." Celestia said. "Twilight and all her friends are out there looking for the Heart Pieces now. They'll be back."

"B-but when?" Luna asked, looking to her sister. "I miss him so much sister."

"I know Luna, I know." Celestia said, wiping a tear away from her cheek. "But you need to be patient and wait. When they have all the pieces, he'll come back. For now, relax and calm yourself, enjoy the night and don't;t worry yourself about anything. And in the morning, we'll have pancakes and a day together, just the two of us."

"That would be lovely sister." Luna said, hugging her sister. "Thank you."

Without another word, Celestia hugged Luna one more time before walking out the door, closing it behind her as Luna returned her attention to the city, her mind trailing back to Spyro as she looked at the ring he made for her, her heart breaking as she missed the stallion that she loved, a tear hitting the gem of the ring, watching as it started to glow a pale blue, confusing her to what it meant.

"My, what have we here?" A voice said, Luna turning to see Maleficent walking out from the shadows with an eerie smile. "A princess who's lost her prince. Now that just won't do."

"Who are you!?" Luna asked,d drawing her sword. "How did you get past the guards?"

"Really princess, I thought you'd have better security than those imbeciles who spend their time looking at other mares flanks and try to hit on them." Maleficent said. "As for who I am, I'm here to help you."

"How?" Luna asked, weary of the pony in front of her.

"Why to help you bring him back of course." Maleficent said, getting Luna's interest. "You see, as you know, I'm from another world and I heard of what happened to the prince, so I came to help however I can."

"Unless you know where a piece of his heart is at, there isn't much you can do." Luna said, lowering her sword.

"Oh, but I do know where a piece of his heart is at." Maleficent said, Luna's eyes growing wide. "Or at least, where I think it will be."

"Where!?" Luna asked, almost dropping her sword.

"It's in a world that is yet to be discovered." Maleficent replied. "From what I heard, it has a lot of frogs and swamps, but I'm sure we can find it if we work together. So what do you say princess, would you like to help find a piece of his heart and bring him back?"

Luna was weary of the stranger in her room, something in her gut telling her not to trust her, but she sheathed her blade and walked up to her, a dark smile appearing on the witches face.

"How do we get to this world?" Luna asked.

"Through a corridor." Maleficent replied, waiving her staff as a Corridor of Darkness opened up. Luna backed away from the corridor, sensing a lot of darkness coming from it as she knew the stranger wasn't a friend, but Maleficent stamped her hoof and from behind, Pete put his hand over her mouth and held onto her, the princess trying to scream for help as Pete hit her in the head, knocking her out and throwing her over his shoulder. "About time you showed up imbecile!"

"I couldn't help it." Pete said. "That Nobody did a number on me."

"Quit your belly aching and take her into the corridor!" Maleficent said, Pete walking into the dark corridor. "I have a feeling she maybe of use to us for when we get to this new world."

Maleficent then walked through the corridor, closing it behind her as she cackled, her laughter echoing through the night as she started to make plans for her next move.