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They released Lotus early the next morning, after a night of strangely restful sleep on an otherwise threadbare cot.The various burned ponies were already gone, moved to whatever proper hospitals would continue treating their wounds.At least the nurses didn't honor the threat to keep that strange ring around her horn for days or even weeks. Once she promised to be careful with her magic, they let her go.Gus and Iron were both there to retrieve her, along with an earth pony wearing an oversized hat."Already…-
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Despite being the princess of something that shouldn't exist from any scientific perspective Lotus understood, Twilight Sparkle approached their initial conversation with a familiar method of investigation. She wanted to know about kirin—what made them different from ponies, how their magic worked, and how they could transition between Nirik and kirin and back again.She also seemed to know about humans and other worlds, or at least about something called a “mirror portal.” But whenever Lotus pressed…
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But Lotus Cinder wasn't really alone. Now that she carried her tormentor with her, she never would be. At least not for however many months kirin took. She dropped onto the plush carpet of the study floor, turning sideways to look at her belly. As though there would be some obvious sign of whatever was taking place within. Searing Gale's severed spirit might've gone completely unnoticed, if she wasn't so desperate to manipulate Lotus.I'm the only reason she didn't kill you yet, said the voice. She still…
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Iron Feather escorted her downstairs, though not exactly straight to bed. As soon as they were out of Twilight's presence, both of them relaxed. Iron slid the spear back into its holster."I tried to keep up with what you two were doing, but..." He looked away. "Couldn't really follow it. Magic is one of those gifts you either have or you don't—and that's before it had anything to do with me. When it's my mate, and my foal involved with the spell." Lotus stopped on the ramp. One section of the huge castle…
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Lotus Cinder knew the day the other team had finally solved their spell from the sudden transformation in everypony's moods. The unicorns spent every hour in such grim focus that they spoke about little else, and never smiled.But then she heard polite applause from their half of the room, along with loud cheering. Even if she couldn't hear what they were saying from across the room, part of her suspected.The princess appeared in the doorway a few minutes later and vanished into a conference room with the…
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Gus barely said a word to her through the appointment. He discussed what he wanted to wear with Rarity, who seemed more than a little bewildered by his insistence in covering certain parts in basically everything he wore. Even a fashion designer like her saw the world more or less the same way as Iron Feather—without any idea that ponies should wear anything more than what was both useful, expressive, or some combination.He wanted outfits to explore and film in, describing more or less what clothes from…
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Thanks to her otherworldly origin, Lotus had been in more than her fair share of powerful spells.It took considerable magical might to warp between worlds, transform humans into griffons, and theoretically find a way to change back. Even if some of those drives no longer remained, the experience she had gained would follow her, elevating her competence far beyond where it should've naturally stood.Even so, casting a spell with Twilight Sparkle felt a bit like walking into the wrong classroom, one teaching…
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The Gungnir rocked violently to one side, then the other. Even with no windows, Lotus felt the temperature begin to rise, as though the huge ship had been sitting in baking summer sun without opening a window. Her magical senses felt the impact very differently—like a great ship plunging directly into a massive wave. Its supernatural walls held firm, but there was no telling how many such impacts they would survive.Something shook her by the shoulder, drawing Lotus sharply back to reality. Princess…
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Lotus lay still, but not in the endless silence that threatened to swallow her. There was a sound here, repeating every second or two, exactly the same. Other sounds sometimes joined it—distant voices, the sound of shoes on something hard. She could've been there forever, and maybe she would've. Except that something touched her shoulder, and a familiar voice whispered.Iron Feather. "Stay as long as you need. We'll be waiting here when you're ready."She twitched, rolling to one side. Of all the creatures…
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The flames burned high over Hono that night. Hono wasn't just a village built on discipline, friendship, and cooperation—it depended on those things to continue to exist. It took only one soul to lose control of their anger, just once. If the residents couldn't get things under control almost instantly, they probably never would.That night, they didn't. Blue flames turned orange as the town's largest structures caught fire, and its ancient trees burned. Hono survived a war, survived the return of the…
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