"Ah, breeze of autumn brush off my coat." Remarking change of season, fall.
Truly relaxing and quiet, but quiet isn't this town's signature. There must have been another reason, surely there is something really bad regarding this day.
Soon a vanilla scent was thick, too thick to be from a normal vanilla. Walk into the source and there was Alterjack humming a lullaby, she enjoy her time with all of stray birds or pigeons on her everytime.
"Greetings, wise one." For God sake, the birds didn't go away.
"You know, being praised is not too bad of a choice. But the mind should keep chill, even when your heart is blazing." I have heard this words before, but i am not sure where.
Soon, i take a seat besides Alterjack. "Can you spill the beans out?"
Birds began to fly away, she start to talk. "Our friend who originates here will get poison joke'd, but our friend who originates from another universe will understand the statement."
"How about Applejack? She surely have knew about it too, or i think she only leaves without talking to you." Alterjack clap her hoof, now she made her way into this place. "Everfree forest, the most dangerous forest out of its origin."
We met them, completely unscathe.
"Stardust Falls, i know you have been tell something from higher ups. Truly ruthless indeed, if you know about it again. Doom shall awaits in three years." Wierd word to pick, as she stare at nothing.
"Beware of mist, save your grandaughter. Help us on your time, as your apostle felt true loss for the last time."
Stardust get enough of this, she lash out immediately. "Shut the f*ck up! I have got enough of your bulls*ht, just spill it out!" As i split them both, i know Stardust temperance is no longer stable at this point.
Alterjack still calm, she said "The burden of bearing knowledge is already heavy, i rapidly know what i need. But it felt like curse, my curiousity only works on experiencing things."
"I know you are not a mare who easily back down, as you are no longer Max Hills. Only matter of time until, two calamities appear. The 3rd shall appear in no time, have a great time gals!" This left me no words, but i think Alterjack spill it too much.
"That bit*h, she knew everything the hell of us!" Stardust pound the ground out of frustation, she immediately fall down. 3 seconds, she was unresponsive.
"This is hay lot worse than before!" I immediately carry her into the hospital, tis a heart condition is complicated.
"How do young mare like her have this?!"
We burst into the hospital immediately, i shout "Code Blue!"
All of the nurse immediately show up and put Stardust into a medical carrier, then drag her away. I chill myself out, highly unusual. Whenever she is out of her character, she always went critical.
I see all of the girls, they were late. Quite slow for them, i have expected more than it.
"I know it, you thought i won't know the consequenses?" Alterjack appear besides the hallway, she leans towards the wall corridor. "Trust me, she still alive. If she have ventured too much, this is what happened. Worst of all, she can't die."
"I know truth isn't to be taken lightly, and i can't believe you are elements of harmony!" She laugh, histerically. Soon, she silent and took a deep inhale.
"Fate is strange, hurting to save sometimes nessecarry. As if, Stardust still consulting with her higher ups right now." I can't counter her arguments, she is a living fate teller on her own. I stand no words against her, soon a pink mare calmly walking towards us.
"Alterpie, is that you?" She have that fake smile of hers, chilling.
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"Ma- no, Stardust Falls. You have disobey my order, i think your punishment is a little too harsh for your 40 years of time here." He sits down on his couch with pony stardust on the floor, as there was a little girl on his lap. He said "Truly pathetic."
Stardust get up, she stand upright. "Yea, 40 years of this new life. You know the future right, John. Then tell me, is all of her words true?!"
John did laugh, in tears. "Of course you idiot, her words is baseless. None of it were true, but she was the reason why this life of yours is less entertaining. So, i order you to get rid of her." He pull out a wine glass, give it to Stardust. As the little girl went down off the sofa, she approach them.
"I guess you are not fully connected into the multiverse, but that is alright. After all, this is your dome and nothing ever pass trough it." Stardust take the wine, while John talks more.
"World is just what under my control, your new life is out of my touch." John went around the table, he make two glass appear. "But i can order you to get something done, and this new physical body of yours is the only thing connecting me to your world besides the system of course."
"That is due, old man. But i always wonder, what is outside of the door?" John stare at the door, his face instantly face Stardust.
"No mortal souls have ever came back from that door since they step out of it, i supose it was due to this soul recycler thing." John pour out juice of orange for the little girl and another orange substance into his own glass. "But i can step outside and you cannot hear anything i said about that place, like can you hear K&!-^.]-\)@#@%#^$*!@$!%@% ?"
"No, not even a single word." Stardust finish her glass of wine, as she put it in front of John.
"Exactly!" John said and jug all of his orange substance, he was pretty resilient after that bunch of orange substance. As a normal old man just got knocked out after that much, but "You are built different i guess."
A grand clock heard from eternity, John stare trough the door. "Time start moving again, farewell then. See you after another punishment!"
Stardust immediately felt a falling sensation, it shock her out of her cardiac arrest.
"She's alive!"
'Oh, thank god i am back from that. But it is the first time i have ever felt this sting sensation of something puncturing my heart, a giant hole appear on my heart is what it feels like.'
"Ms. Stardust, hold on. Calm down, control your breathing and rest." Stardust slowly fall asleep, and all of the mane six are suprised with this conclusion.
Some do grunt, they accuse Zecora of cursing Stardust to having a cardiac arrest.
"Seriously, curse do exist. But it is not the way you think it were. Yes, you all will see them tomorrow, the effect of your own negligence."
Alterjack immeditely leave and dab with Alterpie, truly is mysterious.
As time wents by, maybe a whole day. Stardust found herself completely baffled with her appearance, she was 3 times younger than she were. "What the fuk, but how am i still concious?!"
"Ms. Stardu- i, oh Celestia! Why is there a filly?! Wait, Ms. Stardust, is that you?" Stardust nod, she somehow still have the concience and full memory.
"Can i remove the tube from my limbs?" The nurse immediately remove and put a band on the place where the tube was, she felt no pain from this treatment and now she thinks. "HOW MUCH IS THE INSURANCE BILL?!" She gulp her saliva, her breathing became uncontrollable.
As she made her way into the receptionist, put around 2000 bits there and proceeds to leave. Soon, she met Veyrl. She immediately understood what have happen, then bring her to the golden oak library.
Stardust Foals ask "04.00 in morning? What are you doing this early?!"
"Walk? It doesn't matter, we need to make the cure for this joke. Hold on tight!" Vey zoom at half speed of sound to the library, she got there on time.
"That was a lot of pressure put from 10 to 150, tis but a scratch."
They both make the cure for this condition, it was done around 10 minutes later. "Mind to leave?" With this Vey leave the room, thus make her successfully turn back into a fully grown mare.
Stardust was dry, all outside liquid have vanish from her heat spells. "Uhh, you look a lot younger by 15 years there. Are you sure you don't have disadvantage by that, i mean you already half of my height and yet now you are shorter."
"Maybe this will took longer than it should, but this is enough."
"Greetings, gals." It was Alterjack, she really wants to mess with her painful truth.
Very turn her head and said "Oh, Alterjack. What is up with you?"
"You know, clarifying stuff. And Stardust Falls, i am sorry for how i have treated you."
Stardust roll her eyes, but she admit it. "Sorry to bring you up of this situation too, it was difficult to reject this temptation. As i wonder, do i still have it?"
Alterjack take a seat on the floor, still close her eyes for some reason. You know really well about it, now she occasionally open her eyes.
"I supose, they let themself went trough this. Let them flow, and it was the request upon Celestia herself." Soon, she open a portal and pull out Elements of honesty to put it on her chest.
Stardust now a little curious, she ask "Why musn't we intertwine?"
Alterjack put on that smirk on her face and said "To not ruin the PLOT, so enjoy the carnage." With this, Alterjack pull out a chessboard out of her mane, ask Stardust and Veyrl to play against each other.
Now Alterjack didn't play by herself because it is not fair, she knew what is the outcomes and knew every single moves ahead.
This left Veyrl silent, she felt this exact feeling before. "You know what? This remind me of old times."
Alterjack give this grin on her face, she knew but that grin quickly vanish. Stardust confused, as she deliver the monumental royal fork to Vey. But Vey can put this back, take Stardust's queen and make this match equal.
"Getting sharp with thoose strategies, good." The chessboard just like what Vey have imagined, where the batlefield lies. A lot of things happened here, like a bloody pierce trough with concentrated energy blast and an avatar of balance beyond the sky.
"Stalemate."
"Stalemate?"
"Stalemate."
Soon, their second round was interrupted by a sudden scream. With Alterjack not even stutter, Stardust immediately went upwards.
"Twilight!?" She look at Twilight, her mane was longer and her face look darker with her horn floppy and blue.
"My, my. You definitely look terrible, but it will go off in more or not just a day." Twilight freeze, then she identifies Alterjack. "Hey, Alterjack. Is this a curse? My body felt like disfigured noodle, can you tell me about it?"
Alterjack give a smile, she said "No, twilight. This is not a curse that bestowed upon you, but a light disease. Tis' not endanger you, but might change how your body works."
Twilight freaked out, she move like a total disfigure jelly to Stardust and check her. "Oh, look at you. Lil Stardust."
Alterjack and Spike chuckles, now spike replied with "THahahaa, Stardust Foals!" Then he continue to LOL, Stardust can't hide her disappointment but soon realize what will she ecounter in the future.
Alterjack put down her crown-like hat, comes out Apllejack. Whic put everypony laughing so hard, tis' a funny appearance put Alterjack slightly on an embarassed state while still laughing.
As Stardust have expected, all of the mane six have changed a lot with Rainbow Dash is less reckless and more aware that she got vertigo.
Fluttershy, now became more masculine and not daring to talk. Altershy also accompany, she silently laugh inside with how things have came out so far.
Pinkie can only mumble, almost and barely talking at this rate with that tounge.
"Oh, here is the top show."
Twilight ask if Fluttershy feels something wierd, she nods and Altershy smirks. "Care to tell us?" She shook her head, Altershy picked up Applejack and place her in front of Fluttershy.
"Come on, girls! Spit it out, we can't see the problem if you don't spit it!" Fluttershy inhale, her voice sounds terribly deep.
Altershy can still hold it all, as she went out of the Library.
Vey leans towards Alterjack, she said "I don't mind this at all, i have met worse than this one." Alterjack's pupil began to shrink and she shiver, immediately running towards bathroom.
"Oh, i don't expect you to be that disgusted of such thing." Vey went to the same bathroom "Tis' indeed disgusting, and Stardust would never want to see it again." Alterjack done vomiting, she didn't expect this one particular seed do this disturbing visuals.
"Ugh, that was the most effective way. I can't imagine being on your place, it is horible." Applebloom approach, Alterjack.
"Alterjack, i know this is a little wierd to talk to my own sister this way. Do Zekora really evil?" Alterjack wipe her own salive out of her mouth, she respond with "No, she was kind to everyone. Her motives is only to help others, she did no such thing as evil. Inbeneficial and not worth her time."
A sprout of enlightment put Applebloom on realization, "Oh, i get it now! Thanks Alterjack!"
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[To be continued]