Part 4: Epilogue: Rarity's Raiders

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Everything was silent in the castle, as the cold wind bellowed through the halls.

That wasn't enough to silence the sound of a breaking vase, however.

"INTRUDERS IN THE ARMOURY!" the guards immediately jumped into action, moving as one to the location of the sound.

"Drat," Bon Bon muttered, motioning to the panicking Lily to keep it down.

Bon Bon raised a hoof in the direction of a nearby tapestry. Lily quickly grabbed her filled saddle bags as they both booked it to the hidden passageway. Just in time, too, as the guards returned with a lot of backup.

"Rarity's going to have our hinds for this one," Lily trembled, following Bon Bon to the courtyard. "She said that we only had a short grace period before-"

"Before we all get discovered," Rarity finished, opening the exit. "And not as much time as before, I'm afraid. We need to rush it."

"Yes, Ranger. Understood," the group behind Rarity said in unison, moving to let the three pass.

A light shining on the nearby bushes made them tense, but it was already too late. One of Twilight's guards had cast his net enchantment, landing on the group and catching them.

Well, all except one.

"Lily, go warn the others," Rarity whisper-shouted, making a shooing motion. "Tell them 'The moonlight has arisen'."

Lily nodded through her terror before launching away, weaving through the underbrush.

"That was quite the bold move, Rarity," Twilight sneered at her once friend, now shielding the ponies behind her from the tyrant's gaze

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"That was quite the bold move, Rarity," Twilight sneered at her once friend, now shielding the ponies behind her from the tyrant's gaze. "I hadn't expected you to be so... unruly."

"Oh please," Rarity flicked her mane, the other ponies staring fixedly at their leader as she did so. "Obeying your rulings was never in fashion, darling."

Twilight gritted her teeth.

She was getting nowhere with her old friend, and they both knew it. Rarity knew her too well. How she thought, how she worked...

And how to rile her up like no other.

It was a pity that Twilight was now in the know. This little scheme of theirs to convert all of her friends to... this state, will only be an easy matter to change.

She just had to find the exact time of those blasted six ponies to end this once and for all.

"Fine then. Since you refuse to tell me the information I seek, I'll just have to-"

Twilight heard the screech of a fruit bat nearby. She froze before slowly turning to the creature.

Impossible. The transformations in their character only happened one at a-

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