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Sarah had taken many an awkward elevator ride. She’d infiltrated secure facilities, posing as various staff, then stood in the elevator with the person whose identification she’d stolen. She’d been dragged back down some of the same elevators, her face pressed to the ground and a security detail filling the entire area.And she’d been standing next to someone when they let off an unfortunately loud and foul-smelling fart. She wasn’t sure which was worse.Apparently, the secret facility under…-
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Melody felt useless.This wasn’t the first time—feeling useless had been the basic state of her existence since her first breath in her new body. She felt more useless than usual, this time.They had named the massive zeppelin the Speed of Thought, after nothing Melody could guess at. Its sleek shape still would’ve dwarfed the Cyclops, were it not fading into the sunrise. Melody wasn’t the only pony up here on the tarmac—the other members of Othar’s “human” population were here to see off the…
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"So... explain why we've got to do this?" Rainbow Dash asked, for the fifth consecutive time. The medical kit was spread out along the ground around them, each piece resting alone on the bare stone. This procedure was incredibly simple when you had hands; lacking them made this almost impossible. Of course Rainbow Dash was getting frustrated, having to do things with their hooves and mouth that she never would've had to struggle with before. It wasn't fair to her, really. That didn't mean he wasn't going…-
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They didn’t sleep when the Albatross finally touched down, not then. There was still the captured servants of the Equestrian spirit to deal with. Or so Alex had suspected, right up until she got to the site the prisoners had been kept, awake only through the sheer power of earth in her bones.There were no prisoners now. No drones remained functional either. There were several new bodies on the ground, bodies of ponies and more of the hybrid water-creatures, and the wreckage of every combat-capable drone…-
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Chance was too tired to dream. There were no insane visions or personified versions of the difficulties that troubled her consciousness. As night turned to day and her sleep grew lighter, she gradually got the sense of conversation nearby, as though ponies were whispering in the room where she slept. Eventually she stirred, blinking blearily and searching for the voices.She expected to see Pip beside her, perhaps talking to Truth or one of the Crusaders. But the room was empty. Pip's scent was still here,…
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Sarah could hear the swarm. Her ears and brain were overwhelmed with the sound of scurrying legs and clicking mandibles. There was so much sound from up ahead that she could no longer imagine a clear picture of the cavern they were climbing through, except that it might as well be made of bodies.“So, these are the same guys you said could break us down into atoms, right?” James asked, his voice a nervous squeak. Barely even audible over the noise from the massive crowd of drones. “Why are we going…
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In many ways Second Chance's return to Ponyville was completely predictable. Despite the fact that neither she nor Twilight had made any mention of the day they would be returning, Pinkie Pie had either managed to obtain restricted information or kept a surprise party on standby.But before all of that was a trip from the train station up to Sweet Apple Acres, to return Apple Bloom to her family. Chance couldn’t help but giggle at the way Apple Bloom had taken specific care that no trace of fabric hung…-
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There was no more drama for a few hours as Radio Springs mobilized. Alex learned then that the pegasi flying from Motherlode had been sent to tell the city about the attack and the armored pony that had killed three of their guards and been heading for the settlement. Thank God she had noticed them, or else she might’ve walked right into the city and been arrested.White did not correct the misinformation, not yet. If the pegasi heard that some other story was being passed around, they might be able to…
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Lucky Break did not get a chance to enjoy her victory for very long. No sooner had the control room apparently accepted her instructions than she felt herself lifting into the air again. She screamed, reaching out towards her bruised and battered mother. She needed medical care, dammit! She couldn’t just leave her lying around like this!Her squeals of protest went unanswered, however, and she disappeared.She appeared in an orchard. It could’ve been anywhere in Equestria, though Lucky knew without…
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“Dreams are your territory, not mine. Outside of my own sleep, I’m worse than useless. Here, though.” There was no delay like when Jackie had changed. One second she was an Alicorn, and the next she had her own batwings and her horn had vanished. It was not really all that different: Archive didn’t actually know what being a thestral felt like, so the sensations were entirely imagined.“I’ll… consent you’ve actually created a shared dream.” She sounded reluctant. “That doesn’t mean…
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