Kira wakes up in a dark place, with no memory of getting here. “Um…ok. This is getting creepy,” said Kira as she was getting a little spooked. Before she can move, a fancy table appears out of nowhere with two chairs, one for her and one for her host. She goes and sits in the chair and blushes softly. “I will be there in a moment,” said a soft voice in the darkness. Kira gasps as she looks around and said “W…who said that?!” In a blink of an eye, a dashing young vampiric prince appears in the chair sipping on the cup. “What the…Nasir?” asked Kira while trying to remain calm. “Yes, my dear Kira-wira. Of course you can call me ‘inner’ Nasir,” said Nasir in a calm voice. “Ok, ‘inner’ Nasir. Where are we? It’s so dark and so creepy,” said Kira in a worried voice. “You are inside my mask, Kira. When you put it on, you enter into this world and speak to my inner side,” said Nasir. “Wait, if I’m here spiritually, then what happened to my body?” asked Kira while sipping her tea.
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Back in Kira’s room, Nasir was nuzzling Kira’s sleep-like state body and purring softly. “Poor Kira-wira. She had to put on my mask,” said Nasir with a chuckle, “I wonder if it’s wrong to have my way with her…” He then sparks some evil & naughty thoughts and said “Oh…the things I would do to you, my sweet lovely princess.” Nasir is really going to enjoy his time.
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Back in the mask world, Kira was asking Nasir a question. “So, how are you, I mean my Nasir, going to change into a full vampire?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “Well, I will change into a full vampire on the night of the new moon, the blood moon. On that night, I will drink the blood of a virgin to complete my transformation, Kira,’ said Nasir as he sips on his cup. “What?! A virgin?! Please tell me your kidding, ‘inner’ Nasir,” said Kira in a calm voice. “This is no joke, Kira. It’s very serious for the vampiric kingdom. I must do this to solidify my place on the throne. Try to understand the position that I’m in,” said Nasir in a calm yet serious voice. “Well, yeah I know that. But who will be your virgin blood?” asked Kira in a calm voice. Nasir shakes his head softly and said “I can’t tell you that on account that if I did, you will pull off a very complex and dubious plan to make sure I don’t drink the blood of the chosen virgin.” “What?! Little old me? Why, ‘inner’ Nasir, I would never…” said Kira before Nasir interrupted her and said “Kira, lie to me but don’t lie to yourself. I know you all too well, mi amore.” Kira blushes softly as her cheeks turn red. Just then, the world has started to fade in and out and Kira was getting worried. “Looks like our time is already up I’m afraid,” said Nasir in a calm voice. “W…what?! ‘Inner’ Nasir…” said Kira as she starts to panic. “Ease your mind. The mask is coming off and you will return back to your own world. We’ll meet again soon, Kira-wira,” said Nasir as he winks at her. Kira smiles at him as she disappears from the mask world.
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Back in Kira’s room, she wakes up and sees Krios nuzzling her sweetly. “Krios? What are you doing next to me?” asked Kira while yawning softly. “Just checking on you, my dear,” said Krios while grinning at her. She looks around and asked “Where’s my wittle thief?” Krios points up at the wall and Kira see Nasir chained to the wall pouting softly. She couldn’t help but to laugh and said “How did you get up there, Nasir?” “I can explain that, Kira,” said Krios with a soft chuckle.
(A few minutes earlier)
Nasir was about to nuzzle Kira until Krios comes out of her necklace and summon chains from the wall. He tries to get away from them but the chains grabbed him and pins him to the wall. Nasir struggle the best he can but he couldn’t get out of it. *Drats! I forgot that Kira has her necklace on. This is so unfair…* said Nasir in his head.
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Kira chuckles and nuzzles Krios to release Nasir, which he did. “Learn your lesson, Nasir?” asked Krios with a grin. “L…lesson learned,” said Nasir as he bows his head in defeat. “Good kitty,” said Krios as he heads back into the necklace. She goes to Nasir and tries to mend his broken spirit. Nasir purrs softly and kisses her softly. “Feeling better, Nasir?” said Kira with a smile. “Yes, Kira,” said Nasir as he goes to the table and sees a scroll on the table. “What’s that, Nasir?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “It’s something I ask Kiya. She told me if I want something, I can put it in writing and sent it to her for her approval on my request,” said Nasir as he starts reading his scroll and grins softly which makes Kira a little nervous. “Um…why are you smiling, Nasir?” asked Kira in a worried voice. “Kiya accept my request, Kira,” said Nasir while purring softly. “What?! I demand to see this!” screamed Kira while stomping her hoof. Nasir brings her the scroll and it reads:
Nasir,
This request is interesting at most, about wanting your own harem, and to have the old south wing restored to its original glory is an incredible idea. Now for your harem request I will consent to it, only if you are able to convince Kira, your mate, and the Princess of Egypt to join it also; I need her to be look after now constantly, since the incident from her Coming-of-Age Party.
Kiya
“You got to be kidding me. My own sister agrees to this? You sneaky thief,” said Kira while nuzzling him sweetly. “I’m getting my own harem,” said Nasir. She sighs and said “And I will be in your harem, my wittle thief.” Nasir smiles as both him and Kira heads to the old south wing of the palace.
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In Rainbow Dash & Applejack’s room, Dash is jumping on the bed with joy knowing that Sonic is here with her while Applejack is sitting next to him. “This is so bucking awesome! Skye is staying with us. I had so much stuff to tell you,” said Dash with a huge grin on her face. “Calm down, sugar cube. He just got here and he needs his rest,” said Applejack in a calm voice. “It’s ok, Applejack. Dash is just being her awesome self. I wonder where’s Fluttershy? I need to see her,” said Sonic while he rubs his mane softly. “Relax, lil tumbleweed. She is resting softly. She was plum tuckered out from treating the camels,” said Applejack. “Oh, I see. I bet she can’t wait to see me,” said Sonic with a smile. Dash goes to Sonic and nuzzles him sweetly. “You missed me that much, Dashie?” asked Sonic in a calm voice. “Oh…um…you notice huh?” said Dash while blushing softly. “Of course, Dashie. You were pretty sad when I had to leave Ponyville that day. Do you remember, Dashie?” asked Sonic. Dash looked away in shame and said “Yeah, Skye. I remember that day…”
(Flashback to the Ponyville Train Station)
Dash: What?! You have to go, Skye?!
Sonic: Yes, Dashie. I’m sorry but I have to take over the family business in Fillydelphia. I have to go back.
Dash: *looks down in defeat*
Sonic: But…
Dash: *looks up*
Sonic: We can write letters to each other back and forth to keep in touch. Then one day, when I return back by your awesome side, let’s go to a show, dinner, go on a date or have a little race to settle our little score.
Dash: *blushes deeply* I don’t know. Do you Pinkie Pie promise, Skye?
Sonic: Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.
*Both Dash and Sonic kisses each other deeply*
Sonic: See ya later, Rainbow Dash
Dash: Right back at ya, Sonic Skychaser.
“That was hard for me to do. But I manage to keep my promise and sending you many letters. I hate myself for leaving you, Dashie,” said Sonic in a calm voice. “I know and I thank you for that. Well you’re here now, Skye. In fact, there is a huge show that the Wonderbolts and yours truly going down tonight and if you want, you can check it out,” said Dash while winking at him. “Hmm…sounds interesting, Dashie. I will check it out tonight,” said Sonic with a smile. “Well, I reckon you two need some time alone for tonight. So, I’m going to walk around the market with Talisia,” said Applejack as she heads out of the room leaving Dash and Sonic in the room. Dash blushes softly as she moves closer to Sonic and looks into his soft dark blue eyes. “Um…Dashie…” said Sonic while blushing deeply as she closes her eyes and kisses him deeply. He kisses her back while trying to gain dominance by sticking his tongue. Always the competitive type, she uses her tongue to fight his to claim his mouth. They wrestle their tongues until Dash fell on her back on the bed with Sonic on top of her. She gulps softly as she sees her special somepony on top of her, just waiting for the right moment. “Dashie…I…I…” said Sonic as he tries to say those three little words to his special somepony. Before he can say those words, there was a knock on the door. Dash manages to slip out from under him and goes to the door. Sonic lays in the bed and sighs softly as he didn’t say the words he wanted to tell to Dash. Dash opened the door and sees Spitfire, the leader of Wonderbolts, standing outside. “Oh! Hi, Spitfire,” said Dash as she rubs her mane calmly. “We’re almost ready for tonight’s performance, RD. Soarin and Fleetfoot are in the Palace’s Main Courtyard ready to perform. Come on, Dash,” said Spitfire. “Um…yeah. I’ll be there, Spitfire,” said Dash. She nods and heads off. Dash turns to Sonic and said “Sorry, Skye. Let’s go to my show. I’ll make it up to you someday.” He nods softly as he gets up and heads to the courtyard with Dash for the show.
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As the sun started to go down, Rose was walking around the streets of Cairo singing a little song. “This night is going to be perfect, the kind of night that I have dream since I was small…soon I will have my lovely mate, my very special true mate who was taken from an unruly Pegasus. She don’t deserve to be with him, she not even within his league. She is too wild for his well-being. He deserves to be with a mare that has both class and flair, not a mare that is too brass and full of rainbow-colored hair. I’m a very powerful and also very smart, soon I will have my sweet mate’s heart,” sang Rose as she chuckles softly at her little song. She then hears some mares talking about a big event that is going down tonight. “Yeah I heard that there will be a huge sky show in the royal courtyard,” said one mare. “Yes, I heard. The Wonderbolts and the Pegasus from Ponyville is going to be in the show,” said the other mare. Rose heard of Ponyville and heads to the two mares. “Excuse me, you two. I couldn’t help but to overhear that a certain Pegasus from Ponyville will be in tonight’s flight show at the Royal Palace. Can you tell me about the Pegasus with the Wonderbolts?” asked Rose in a polite voice. The mare turns to Rose and said “Well, she is cyan blue with rainbow-colored mane and tail.” “Rainbow Dash…does she had a very strong dark blue Pegasus with her?” asked Rose in a calm voice. “Yes. He is very fast and very cool-heated. I still can’t believe he, of all ponies, would be with a livewire like that pony,” said the mare while shaking her head. “I think he would be better with a mare that has class,” said Rose with a soft chuckle. “Yeah you are right. I think you should be his special somepony,” said the other mare. “Oh, believe me. I will,” said Rose while she heads to the palace, *So Skye will be there tonight. I can’t wait to see my darling.*
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Back at the royal palace, Nasir and Kira was in the old south wing of the palace. From the looks of the cold damp air, dripping leaks, and pure darkness, this wing had seen better days. “I haven’t been to this since I was a filly,” said Kira in a calm voice. Hmm…all I need is a some T.L.C: tender loving care, mi amore,” said Nasir while nuzzling her. “But how on earth will you get the south wing in its former glory, Nasir?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “I will help, master,” said a calm voice. Nasir and Kira turn around and see a bat flying around the old wing. Then, when the bat lands on the floor, it transform into a beautiful feline vampire in a maid outfit. Her fur color is ghostly white with dark green stripes, long beautiful purple hair, and her eyes are ruby red. “Oh, my. Who are you?” asked Kira while she hid behind Nasir. “I’m Sibella, Nasir’s newest maid. Fangtastic to meet you, Princess Kira,” said the maid with a smile while showing her fangs to Kira. “Wait…You’re Nasir’s maid?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “Yes, that’s right. I’ve become his maid back when he was a kit. Since then, I’m in charge of pleasing my master with any request he given to me,” said Sibella, “I can help with the restoring of this wing for you, master. You & master should retire to your room for the night. I’ll be working on it and be ready for you in the morning.” Nasir and Kira both nod softly as they return to their room and sleep for the night. Sibella smiles as she starts to work on the south wing. “My sweet master, so strong and so sweet. I’m so very glad that I’ve become his maid. I will work very hard and try my very best to become his greatest maid,” said Sibella in a songlike voice.
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In the Royal Palace’s courtyard, fillies, gentle colts and felines have gather around to see the wonderful sky show performed by the Wonderbolts and Rainbow Dash. Sonic was sitting up front to see Dash perform her fantastic tricks and stunts. As he was waiting for the show to start, a beautiful mare in an elegant dress comes over and sits next to him. “Wow, I can’t wait to see Dashie pull off some wicked stunts,” said Sonic with a smile. “You and me both, Skye,” said the mare with a soft chuckle. He turns to see a beautiful mare sitting next to him. “No way…Fi? Is that you?” asked Sonic. “The one and only, Skye. Tis’ wonderful to meet a close friend in an exotic city like Cairo,” said Rose with a smile. Sonic smiles and hugs her. “It’s nice to see you again, Fi. How are you?” asked Sonic while nuzzling her sweetly. “I’m doing fine. I’ve been traveling a lot lately. I’ve been to wonderful places and met some interesting people. I loved it, Skye. I just had a wonderful time. But enough about me rambling on about my adventures. What brings you here, my Prince?” said Rose while smiling sweetly. Sonic blushes softly and said “Um…well, I was summoning by the Queen of Egypt for something special. I will meet her tomorrow at dawn from the reason. I still can’t believe you still call me Prince, Fi. Even when you, Dash and I were foals, you always call me Prince. Why is that, if you don’t mind me asking?” “Oh…well, I think you full of royalty, Skye. To me, you will always be my Prince,” said Rose while blushing deeply. Sonic chuckles softly as he notice that the show is starting. As the audience looked up, they see the Wonderbolts and Rainbow Dash walking out on the balcony and bowing at them. Spitfire, Fleetfoot & Soarin are looking ready to perform, Dash was a little nervous. Spitfire leans over to her and whispers in her ear “Just relax, Dash. You’ll do fine.” She turns to Spitfire and nods softly. The Pegasi took a deep breath and perform a Leap of Faith move off the balcony. Everyone gasp at the sight of that. Sonic was worried the most because he cares deeply for Dash. Just before they almost hit the ground, they pull up at the last second and flies up high in the air. The audience was cheering with joy by the wicked move. Sonic breathes a sigh of relief to see Dash ok. Rose was looking at Sonic and smiles at him. She remembers the smile he makes every time he sees Dash and Rose. She lays her head on his shoulder and keeps watching the show. In the sky, Fleetfoot and Soarin are performing fancy dive bombs and aerial dogfights. Spitfire and Dash are performing a unique move. Spitfire performs a series of barrel rolls while Dash starts doing loops around her with her amazing speed. She sees Sonic and blushes at him as she keeps performing her moves to impress him. Spitfire was impressed by Dash’s confidence and that she is performing at top level. *Dash is not nervous anymore. Something must have happened unless…Sonic’s here. That must be it. He was the reason for Dash to do this. She was training with me on this to perform it for him tonight. Sonic, if you are hearing me, thank you. Thank you for helping Dash* thought Spitfire as she keeps performing her barrel rolls. The Pegasi keep doing their stunts and the crowd is enjoying every minute of it. Sonic was flipping his wings softly as he always enjoys Dash performing some awesome aerial moves. The show lasts for 3 hours and the Pegasi finish the act with a fantastic pose. The crowd roar in a thunderous applaud, even Sonic and Rose are stomping their hooves with joy. Dash lands on the ground and dashes at Sonic and hugs him. “So tell me, Skye. Was we awesome?” asked Dash while rubbing the sweat from her rainbow-colored mane. “You guys totally killed it tonight, Dashie. You are awesome,” said Sonic while kissing her. Dash kisses him back and smiles. “Well I think it was an elegant show, Dashie,” said Rose with a grin. Dash looks up to see Rose. “Fi! You’re here too?! It’s nice to see you again,” said Dash with a smile. Rose bows and said “Same here, Dashie. It’s getting late. Skye, meet me at a local café shop tomorrow so that you and I can catch up.” “Sure, Fi. You don’t mind, Dashie?” said Sonic in a calm voice. “Sure, Skye. I need to meet with Daring tomorrow anyway. Just be careful,” said Dash while kissing Sonic and heads back to the Wonderbolts. As Sonic sighs at Dash, Rose grins softly. *Good…tomorrow, my plan will be put in motion…* thought Rose while going over to Sonic and smiles at him.
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In Kira’s room, the two lovers crawl into their bed and fall asleep to the land of dreams. Nasir starts to have some pleasant dreams. Kira, however, is not having any good dreams tonight. The dream she is about to have, is the one she doesn’t want it to come true.
(Kira’s Nightmare)
She woke up in a dark, yet twisted version of her beloved room. She looks around to find Nasir but couldn’t find him. She was getting scared and starts to head out of her room and tries to find him. As she walks down to hallway to the throne room, she starts to get some very creepy vibes. “I got a really bad feeling about this,” said Kira in a calm voice. As she gotten closer, she starts to hear some voices.
???: What are you doing?! This is not you!
???: Silent, whelp! I’m your ruler now and you will respect me!
???: You’re wasting your time with this vagabond, my dear. Let the guards kill him and be done with it.
???: I want the pleasure of killing him. I’ve waited for so long to finally ending his cursed life.
???: You will, Jake.
Kira opens the door to the throne room to see herself sitting on the throne, all grown and full of evil aura which is surrounding her body. She sees a fully grown and heavily beaten Nasir who is chained to the floor with a masked feline wearing a white half mask. The chains he was being tied down are laced with garlic, which is sapping his strength and making him weaker. The throne room is full of blood stains, claw marks and sword slashes. The next sight shocked her the most as she sees herself kissing Altiar, her most hated foe. As she shudders at the thought of kissing Altiar herself, she keeps looking at the sight that is unfolding before her very eyes. “Kira, what happened to you?” asked Nasir while coughing up blood. “He still haven’t figure it out yet, my dear. Tell him slowly so that he knows,” said Altiar with a sick grin on his face. “Don’t you get it, thief? I only fell in love with you because I only felt sorry for you. It was just a crush and nothing more. Me, a beautiful and powerful princess, falling in a love with you, a scuff dirty vampiric thief? Don’t make me laugh,” said Kira laughing evilly. Nasir turns to the masked feline and said “I can’t believe you had a paw in this too, Jake.” “I wouldn’t be the one talking, thief. If it wasn’t for you, I would have kill many people on the many jobs we went on a few years ago,” said Jake while sharpen his claws. “We are supposed to be thieves, not murderers! All you care about killing! That’s way Tamir kicked you out of the thieves guild. You’re nothing but a cold, heartless killer, Jake!” screamed Nasir as spit some of his blood in Jake’s paw. Jake punches Nasir in the face and said “For a beaten vampire prince, you sure are stupid. You never stood a chance in our fight. Your tricks and powers are no match for a killer like me. And thanks to Princess Kira’s Intel about you and Altiar’s weapons and forces, you and the thieves never stood a chance. I killed everyone in the palace, including Kiya and Lucifer. The princess orders their death sentences and when she gave me the order, I went and carry it out. You’re the only one left, Nasir…” Kira couldn’t believe what she is hearing. Jake has killed her sister Kiya, Lucifer, her many servants and friends she knew and her evil counterpart laughs loudly. Kira started to cry softly as she can’t believe the thought of losing her beloved sister. “If that’s so, then why am I still alive?” asked Nasir in a low voice. “I’m going to give you a choice, my wittle thief. You have 2 choices, Nasir. Choice 1: You become my beloved slave and feed me with grapes and are at my command like a good little kitty. Choice 2: You die like the thief you are. If you picked that, I’ll have our Jake here to end your worthless life and burn your body in a bed of fire. The choice is yours, Nasir. Please, choose wisely,” said Kira with a grin. Nasir looks down on to the floor and said “Live in a life of a slave is nothing but an insult. Treating me like I’m some kind of pet is a sick joke to both of you. You don’t even have the guts to look me to offer my death sentence. You rip my heart out like an heartless shrew and broke it into pieces. The Kira-wira I know and love would never sold the people they care for out for power. But you not her. You’re nothing but a spoiled little filly that will do anything to get what you want. I would rather die with honor than become a slave with no honor.” Kira growls at him and said “Fine. I would let you die like a worthless thief, but I will grant your wish and let you die with honor. He’s all yours, Jake.” Jake grins as he takes a stake out and stabs it inside Nasir’s chest. He groans in pain as Jake leans into his ear and said “Farewell, Nasir…” As soon as he said that, he lets go of Nasir as his lifeless body fell to the floor while Altiar and Kira laughing evilly. Before anything else happened, Kira woke up with tears in her eyes and crying loudly. Nasir wakes up and sees his mate crying in tears. “Kira, what’s wrong?” asked Nasir in a worried voice. Kira holds him tightly and said “Oh, Nasir I had an awful dream. I was so scare and I couldn’t do anything. The throne was covered in blood, and everyone was dead and you were…” “I was what, Kira?” asked Nasir in a worried voice. “Please don’t make me say it! It’s too horrible,” screamed Kira as she kept crying. “K…I understand. You don’t have to tell me. Let’s go back to sleep and in the morning I can talk to Vasilis,” said Nasir in a soft voice. “A…are you sure, Nasir?” asked Kira as she starts wiping her tears. “I’m sure, Kira. I will be here for you,” said Nasir as he kissed her softly. She smiles as she snuggles up to Nasir and falls back to sleep. In the shadows, Set chuckles softly as he looked on Kira’s dream. “Hmm…she really does care about him. And the performance is wonderful. Jake really enjoyed himself,” said Set with a grin. Jake comes up to him while flexing his claws. “That was funny. A bit of a practice for when I kill Nasir for good, Set,” said Jake while grinning evilly. “Of course, Jake. But that’s only the prelude for what things to come on the two lovebirds. I’ve only did the Princess’ nightmare, but what type of hellish nightmare can I pull on the vampiric prince?” asked Set while he thinks up a really scary nightmare. Jake thinks and then said “Oh! I think I can name a few, Set.” “Really? Then please share your ideas, Jake. I’ve been dying to hear your devilishly ideas,” said Set with a grin. Jake smiles as he starts discussing some hellish nightmare ideas for Nasir.
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It is morning in Cairo. Many felines and ponies are starting their days opening their shops and jobs. Kira wakes up slowly to see that Nasir is not in his bed. She sees him talking to Vasilis and she lets out a soft yawn. Vasilis nods at Nasir and heads out to talk to his servants. Nasir returns to Kira side and nuzzles her sweetly. “Kira-wira, I found a way to rid you of that nightmare you had,” said Nasir while kissing her. “Really, Nasir?” asked Kira with hope in her eyes. He nods as he gets closer to her and whispers in her ear “You need to close your eyes for it to work, Kira.” She closes her eyes and rests her head on to his chest. He takes a deep breath and starts to chant some scared words. While he was doing that, a glowing aura was surrounding them and starts to calm Kira’s mind and body. She starts to feel her fearful nightmare leaving from her mind. She was also inhaling a sweet scent which soothes her soul. Krios looked on from Kira’s necklace and smiles at Nasir. “That’s very sweet of Nasir. I wonder who would have the gall to torment Kira in her dreams. It’s got to be one of the gods who must have a bone to pick with the royal family. I need to investigate this. I will kill to protect Kira, this I swear,” said Krios in a low voice. Once Nasir finishes his chant, Kira opens her eyes and smiles at him sweetly. “Thank you, Nasir. I needed that,” said Kira as she kisses him. Before Nasir can kiss her back, Sibella appears in the room and bows at him and Kira. “Master, I’ve completed with the restoration of the South Wing and setting up the room for your harem. I’ve made sure that it was set up by your royal tastes,” said Sibella. Nasir bows at her and said “Very good, Sibella. Any news around the royal grounds?” Sibella nods softly and said “Of course. Queen Kiya is speaking to a light blue Pegasus in the throne room. Lucifer is in the training yard to train his soldiers to keep them in tip top shape. I’m also been getting some reports on many ponies and felines coming to Cairo lately so I had some of our agents to go investigate. Upon their return, they inform me that they are warriors and fighters who are going to sign up for the Iron Pony Competition that will happen in the next 3 days. And lastly, I found a feline walking around the courtyard while you two slumber. I check her out and see that she is not a spy. Funny thing about her, she looks just like you, Master. She is resting in the harem room right now. You should go see her to see who she is.” “Hmm…a feline that looks like me? I will see her indeed,” said Nasir as he gets up and heads to the harem room. Kira smiles at him as she heads to her bathroom and begins to clean herself to start the day.
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In the throne room, Queen Kiya and her mate Lucifer are sitting in their thrones and looking royally important to her subjects. Namir comes in the throne room, bows at Kiya and Lucifer and said “My queen, Mr. Skychaser is here for your audience.” Kiya nods softly and said “Please let him in, Namir.” Namir signals the guards and let Sonic in. Sonic heads to the front of the room and bows at Kiya and Lucifer with respect. “Sonic Skychaser of Fillydelphia at your service, Queen Kiya,” said Sonic in a polite voice. “Rise, Sonic. You are an unique Pegasus. I have a job for you, if you want it,” said Kiya in a royal voice. “Of course, my Queen. What is the job?” asked Sonic. “Queen Kiya, my mate, wants a royal mechanic on the royal grounds. Lately, we been having some ‘technical’ issues of our machines and we haven’t had a mechanic in a good while. We’ve heard about your legendary work in Fillydelphia and we want you here to help with the repairs during the festival. You will be paid with coins, jewels and bits, Sonic,” said Lucifer while showing him a chest full of coins, jewels, gems and bits. Sonic smiles as he said “Wow! You really make it a hard to say no. Lucky for you, I will do it.” Kiya grins and said “Thank you, Sonic. It means a lot to us. You will have your own workshop and many tools with it. If you need anything else, please contact Nasir. He handles with getting much need items to Cairo through his ’methods’. He’s loyal to the royal family and he loves to help both ponies and felines. If you ever see him, greet him with respect. Now I must return to my royal duties. I bid you a good day, Sonic.” Sonic bows at her and heads out of the throne room. Once he is outside, he remembers his meeting with Rose at the café today. Flexing his wings, he flies to the café to meet her.
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In the South Wing of the palace, Nasir was heading to his harem room to take a look at the feline in question. “She looks like me…that’s impossible. I need to see this feline,” said Nasir in a low voice. He opens the door and sees a feline lying in bed and purring softly. Just like what Sibella’s report, she looks just like him. He gets a little closer to the feline and she lets out a cute yawn and stretches on the bed. She opens her eyes and sees Nasir and hides under the covers. “P…please don’t hurt me, sir. I’m just a feline that’s all,” said the feline in a worried voice. “Relax, milady. I’m not here to harm you,” said Nasir in a calm voice. The feline looks up to Nasir and blushes softly. “Y…you look just like me. Who are you?” asked the feline in a soft voice. “My name is Nasir, prince of both Egypt and the Vampiric realm,” said Nasir while showing her his new growing fangs. The feline goes closer to him and said “Oh my. You are a vamp and your name is similar to mines. My name is Nasira.” “Nasira? Lovely name, my dear,” said Nasir as he gets in the bed and looks at her. Nasira blushes softly and said “So, what will you do to me, my lord?” “That depends. What do you want, Nasira?” asked Nasir while holding her paw. “I…I want to be here. I had no home and I’m all alone. May I please stay here? I’ll do anything, my prince,” said Nasira while a tear is running down her cheek. Nasir wipes her tear away and said “If you want to stay, you must fully submit to me. Bear you neck at me and pledge your internal loyalty to me. If you do that, then I can change you into a vampire just like me and be a part in my harem.” Nasira shows Nasir her neck and said “I submit to you, my prince. My body and mind is yours. And I will become your harem girl.” Nasir leans to her neck and starts biting her neck. Nasira whimpers softly and falls limp in his arms. He starts to drink her blood and wraps his tail around her. As he keeps feeding her, Nasira feel her body changing. She feels her body getting lighter, her muscles getting stronger, her fangs growing and her claws sharper. Nasir lets her go and licks her mark. She lays in the bed and purring loudly at him. “Thank you my sweet prince,” said Nasira as she moves closer to him and nuzzles him sweetly. “You’re welcome, Nasira,” said Nasir with a soft grin.
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At the café, Sonic was sitting at a table waiting for Rose so that they can catch up. “If I know Fi, I know that she will never be late for a meeting,” said Sonic. “And I’ll never will, my prince,” said a familiar voice. He turns around and see Rose in a classic explorer outfit. “Fi you look…you look…” said Sonic as he couldn’t form the words he wanted to say to Rose. “Marvelous? Fabulous? Wonderful? I will save you the trouble and will pick D for all of the above, my prince,” said Rose with a chuckle as she goes to sit down at the table where Sonic is sitting. “I must say, you look beautiful, Fi,” said Sonic while blushing softly. “Thank you, my prince,” said Rose with a smile. A second later, a waiter comes up and said “May I take your order?” Rose takes a deep breath and said “I will order for both of us. For me, I will have a salad and one of your finest wines you got. As for my prince, hay fries and a tall glass of sweet orange juice.” The waiter wrote down everything she said and said “Excellent choice, milady. I’ll bring it to you shortly.” After he said it, he heads into the café to make the order for them. “So, how have you been, my prince?” asked Rose as she smiles at him. “Well, I’ve been awfully busy when I got back in Fillydelphia. I had a lot of orders coming in almost as fast as Rainbow Dash. I’ve been working day in and day out. I even pulled all-nighters for some projects. But it’s not too bad. The pay’s good and it help with food and bills. I’m happy for it,” said Sonic while rubbing his wings softly. “I see. You are one working stallion, my prince. Have you kept in contact with Dashie?” asked Rose as the waiter comes in with their order. “Of course. We sent letters to each other every day. She really miss me, Fi and I miss her. I just wanted her to say those three little words to my special somepony,” said Sonic as he eats some of his hay fries. Rose looks at his juice and smiles *Hmm…maybe I can add some drops of the love potion Chrysalis gave me. Just to test its effect* thought Rose as she looks up and said “Sonic! Look over there! Is that Dashie?!” Sonic turns around and said “Where?!” While he was looking for Rainbow Dash, she gets his drink and add a few drops of the potion in it. She then stir it up so that Sonic won’t notice anything and place it back at his plate. Sonic turns back and said “I didn’t see her, Fi.” “Really? Maybe she was too fast for you to see her. Take a sip of your juice, my prince,” said Rose as she eats her salad. He starts to drink his juice and enjoying the taste. “Mmmm, that’s tasty,” said Sonic as he licks his lips. Just then, he feels his head slightly hurting and he looks to see Rose with love in his eyes. “My sweet beautiful Fi,” said Sonic as he places his hoof on her hoof. “My wonderful prince. I miss you a lot,” said Rose as she smiles to see the potion taking effect. “I miss you too, Fi. You look so wonderful. Have you ever considering me being your mate?” asked Sonic as he leans closer to her face. Rose blushes softly as she didn’t know the strength of the potion. “Oh…um…” said Rose but Sonic kisses her deeply. Fi blushes deeply as she accept the kiss and rubs his mane softly. He breaks the kiss and groans as his head starts hurting again. “Sonic, are you ok?” asked Rose in a worried voice. “Y…yeah. I’m a little better now, Fi,” said Sonic as he shakes his head. “I’m glad you’re ok, my prince,” said Rose. He smiles as he continues to eat his hay fries. Rose went back to eating her salad calmly. *Hmm…the potion works but for only a short time. I need to learn more if I need to use it to my Sonic love me and not Dash* thought Rose in her head.
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Back at Kira’s room, Kira was resting in her bed, dreaming a nice dream. Unknown to her, a mare was sneaking up to her with a big grin on her face. Before Kira was going to stretch, the mare jumps up and pins her to the bed. “What is the meaning of this?!” screamed Kira as she struggles to move. “Hola, chica,” said the mare with a giggle. She woke up and see a mare that looks almost like Daring Do. “Daring?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “I wish. I’m Julra Rai, Daring Do’s ‘other’ half. I’m here to be your ally or something, chica,” said Julra with a grin. “Julra? Why do you look like Daring?” asked Kira still puzzled by the look of Julra. “Krios created me from the strands of Daring’s mane. I heard that he wanted you to keep a close eye on me. That’s cool with me. If you need something to mess with Nasir or Daring, don’t be afraid to ask,” said Julra as she gets off of her and lies in the bed. Kira giggles softly and said “Hmm…that wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
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In the royal library, Daring, Twilight and Dash was talking about a big trip they are planning. “Ok, so we need to head to the Karnak Temple to find some clues about the emerald,” said Daring in a calm voice. “Sound like a plan, DD. Let’s get going,” said Dash as she was ready to go. “Relax, Dash. Before we do that, we need to put together a really good team. We don’t know what kinds of traps Karnak Temple have in store for us,” said Twilight. “Hmm…well, we could ask if Nasir, Kira and Skye to come with us. That would work,” said Dash. “That would work, Dash. I need some more information on the Egyptian element of Wisdom,” said Twilight as she goes the bookshelf to tries to find a book about the Wisdom element. Nasir comes in the library and sees Twilight looking for a book. “Need any help, Twilight?” asked Nasir with a smile. Twilight looks down to see Nasir and said “Prince Nasir. So nice to see you. I’m looking for a book about the Element of Wisdom.” “You mean this book?” said Nasir while holding the Egyptian Elements of Harmony: The History For Those Who Need To Know. Twilight gasped and said “How in Equestria did you find that book?!” “I had my servant from the Vampiric realm to send me the revised edition,” said Nasir with a grin. Twilight goes to him and gets the book. She brings it to a table and opens it. “Wow! This book is big. I’m surprise that you manage to have something rare like this, Nasir,” said Daring. “What can I say: one of the ‘perks’ of being a prince,” said Nasir with a chuckle. Twilight turn the pages to the wisdom part.
Egyptian Element of Wisdom
The Wisdom element was created for only those who want to learn more in their world. When it was created, it was a shape of a golden book with rubies and emeralds on it. The sages has been protecting it from those who would use it for their own evil deeds. One day, while the sages are watching the book, a rogue feline busted in the sacred chamber and attacked the sages. The feline would be known as Shalana, dark seeker of wisdom. After she took down the sages, she goes for the book. Once she got her paws on it, the book changed into a golden staff with a cobra circling it embedding with emeralds and rubies for its eyes. She chuckles evilly as she uses the staff to gain more knowledge and power. For many untold years, Shalana wreak havoc on all the lands. Then, she met the King of vampires named Vasilis, who was traveling the lands to do some royal business, and let him court her just to humor him. A few days later, she fallen for Vasilis and tries to mend her evil ways to become Vasilis’ queen. However, before their wedding day, he heard about her being power-hungry and that she is a threat to the throne. Unwillingly, Vasilis told Shalana that there is a secret treasure in the Karnak Temple. Loving jewels, she heads to the temple not knowing that it is a trap. Once she got to the temple, she head to the bottom room of the temple. When she was at the room, she activated a trap which makes her be trap inside the staff. Once she was in the staff, Vasilis picks the staff up and places it in the middle of the room and chants a soft prayer for her. She stays in the staff for 200 years.
“Wow, that is some impressive story,” said Nasir in a calm voice. “Yeah, this Shalana character seem like a dangerous feline,” said Daring. “Well, we now know where to go. So tomorrow we need to get ready,” said Twilight in a calm voice. “Of course. I’ll swing by Kira’s room and ask her if she want to join us,” said Dash as she heads to Kira’s room. Twilight nods and said “I agreed. We need to rest up for tomorrow so let’s get some sleep and call it a night.” As Twilight and Daring heads to their room, Vasilis appears in the library. “Nasir, we need to talk about the Karnak Temple,” said Vasilis in a calm voice. “Let me guess, this had something to do with Shalana, dark seeker of wisdom?” asked Nasir. Vasilis sits down and said “Yes. She was supposed to become my blushing bride, my queen if you want to specific. But her lust for power was too much for our love. So I tricked her to go in the temple and trap her inside the staff. I regretted doing that to her.” “You want me to do something about her?” asked Nasir still wary about Shalana. “I know you going to the temple tomorrow and if you see her…just let me know when you see her,” said Vasilis. “Of course, Vasilis. If I see her, I’ll be sure to tell you,” said Nasir. “Good. I wish you and your friends’ good luck for tomorrow,” said Vasilis as he disappears in a cloud of red smoke. Nasir yawns softly as he heads to Kira’s room.
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In Kira’s room, she and Julra was talking about who is the better adventurer: her or Julra Rai. “It’s obvious that I’m the better adventurer, Lola. I travel to many lands and stole many treasures. I’m a legend, Lola,” said Julra with a strong laughter. “Oh, please. If you think that I’m a princess that wouldn’t get my royal hooves dirty? I’ve manage to take on the biggest challenges the gods have toss at me and I never regret it,” said Kira with a smile. Before Julra was going to say something, there was a knock on her door. “Julra, hide!” said Kira in a soft quiet voice. She nods as she hid in her closet. Once Kira is safe, the door opens and Dash comes in her room. “Greetings, Dash. Welcome to my private chambers. How may I, the Princess of Cairo, help you?” asked Kira in a royal voice that might rival Princess Luna. “Oh, well I was just check on you, K…i…ra…” said Dash as she was speaking in a cheery voice before falling under a trance. “I’m doing fine, Dash. Now give me a progress report. What is Daring up to?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “Well. Daring, Twilight, Skye, Nasir and myself are heading to the Karnak Temple to find the Element of Harmony, my Princess,” said Dash who is still in a trance. “Really? If Nasir going, then I will too. Thank you, Dash. When I snap my hoof you will be back to normal,” said Kira as she snaps her hoof and Dash was back to normal. “Wha…what just happened?” said Dash as she rubs her rainbow-colored mane. “You must be getting sleepy, Dash. Please get some much needed rest,” said Kira with a smile. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Well, I’ll see you in the morning, Kira,” said Dash as she heads into her own room. Julra comes out of the closet and said “Karnak Temple…I’ve heard stories about it. Most of them scary though. You sure you want to go tomorrow?” Kira nods and said “Yes, Julra. Besides, as long as I’m with Nasir, I have nothing to worry about.”
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In Sonic’s room, he was resting in his bed thinking about his little chat with Rose. He still trying to figure out some things about her. “Her ‘prince’? Such an odd little nickname. I mean I don’t mind it but I wonder why she call me that?” asked Sonic in a calm voice. Just then, there was a knock on the door. He gets up, goes to the door and open it to see Applejack in her nightgown. “Howdy, sugar cube,” said Applejack as she tips her hat to him. “Howdy, Applejack. What’s up?” asked Sonic. “Well, Dash wants me to tell you that she needs you to go on a trip to the Karnak Temple tomorrow. Twi, Daring, Nasir, Kira, and her are going to the temple and she wants to know it you can go with them,” said Applejack with a smile. “Tell Dashie that I’ll go. It will be just like old times,” said Sonic with a grin. “That’s great. I’ll be sure to tell her. Sweet dreams, sugar cube,” said Applejack as she starts to walk off. Sonic closes his door and gets back in the bed. “Well, time to get some rest,” said Sonic as he falls asleep.
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In the far end of Cairo, Nexa and family are resting in a hotel. She was doing push up while Yasmin was on her back as her weight for training for the Iron Pony Contest. “Keep going, mommy! You will be no. 1 again,” said Yasmin as she is cheering Nexa on. Aries was grinning softly at her and said “My dear, you’ve been training ever since we came to Cairo. I know you want to win the title back, but you really need to rest.” “I know, Aries. But I want to be at my strength I once had before I left Cairo,” said Nexa as she keeps doing her push-ups. “Of course. You do know who the current champion is, right?” asked Aries in a calm voice. “Some cocky mare who goes by the name Amazonian Fury. I heard that she’s the favorite in the contest and has become the champion for 9 years. I’m willing to risk it all to beat that streak,” said Nexa as she hits her 1000th push up. Yasmin hops off Nexa and said “Mommy will become the new Iron Pony champion. All hail the Goddess of battles!” Nexa blushes as Aries goes to her and nuzzles her. “You’re so cute when you blush, Nexy,” said Aries as he kisses her sweetly. She kisses him back and said “Don’t forget. You have a date with your commanding officer, Lucifer.” “I know, Nexy. I know,” said Aries as he winks at her.
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It was a beautiful morning in Cairo. At the city gates, Daring, Dash and Sonic was flexing their wings for the big flight to Karnak Temple. “This is going to be a long trip, Sonic and Dash. Are you sure you two can handle it?” asked Daring while flexing her hooves. “Of course. Me and Skye will handle this with no problems. Right, Skye?” asked Dash as she winks at him. “That’s right, Dashie. Clear blue skies, nice sun light. Only thing is missing is a huge rainstorm with violent winds, hail storms, thunder, lighting, and a tornado with somepony being carried away while playing crazy banjo music,” said Sonic as he looks at Dash and Daring grinning at him, “What? It could happen. You never know.” “Oh, I know what you mean, Skychaser. I wouldn’t mind a little dangerous flying to the Karnak Temple. I’m always in the mood for a good scare or two,” said a dramatic, yet scary, voice. The Pegasi trio turn around and see Nasir with his trademark black cloak, Kira in her royal explorer outfit and Twilight with her backpack with her books. “Good to see you three,” said Daring with a smile. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world,” said Kira while nuzzling Nasir. “Who’s the feline in the cloak?” asked Sonic. Nasir removes his cloak and said “I’m Nasir, Prince of Egypt and Kira’s mate. I’ve heard about you, Sonic Skychaser of Fillydelphia. It’s nice to see a Pegasus with a high caliber career like yourself.” Sonic bows at him and said “I’m honor to meet you, Prince Nasir. How are you today?” “I’m feeling wonderful, Sonic. I’m ready to check out this temple and see if there are wonderful treasures for this feline to wrap his paws around and help Kira,” said Nasir while purring softly. “Oh, Nasir. You still my wittle thief,” said Kira as she kisses him. “Well, now that everypony is here, we need to figure out who will be riding who to the temple,” said Twilight. “Hmm…Twilight can ride on me, Kira will ride on Daring and Nasir can ride on Dashie,” said Sonic with a smile. “Sounds fine with me,” said Daring. “Same here,” said Dash. So it was settled. Twilight climbs on top of Sonic’s back, Kira on Daring’s back and Nasir on Dash’s back. “Next stop: Karnak Temple!” screamed Twi and gang. After saying that, they start flying to the temple, leaving the city of Cairo. The trip was long and they had dodged sandstorms, blinding sand winds, mirages, and oncoming birds. On the trip, Dash was asking Nasir some questions.
Dash: So, Nasir…
Nasir: Yes, Dash?
Dash: You and Kira are an item now, right?
Nasir: Yes, we are an ‘item’, whatever that means.
Dash: But you’re a feline and a thief
Nasir: Your point?
Dash: I mean, no disrespect, but how did Kira, Princess of Cairo, falls in love with a thief? A feline thief?
Kira: Well, he’s different, Dash.
Dash: Different how?
Kira: Well, he never tries to impress me with gifts or want me for the throne. He wants me for love and he would risk his life to protect me. It’s true that he is thief, but he is trying his hardest to become a prince. I love my Nasir and if he ever become a thief again, I would give up my royal life and become the Princess of thieves.
Nasir: You would really do that for me, Kira-wira?
Kira: Of course, my wittle thief.
Nasir: Hmm…
Dash: Well, that shut me up.
A few hours later, they made it to Karnak Temple. The Pegasi landed at the temple’s entrance, allow Twilight and the other to get on the ground. “Alright! We made it! Let’s get in there,” said Dash with a grin. “Whoa there, Dashie. We don’t know what’s in the temple. We need to have a plan,” said Sonic while holding her rainbow-colored mane. “Skye’s right. We need to form a team of two. Dash, you go with Skye. Daring, you are with me and Nasir, you are with Kira. Let’s head in here and get that element,” said Twilight. The group nods and entered the temple. Unknown to them, a group of wondering eyes have looked on the group entering the temple. “Well well well, what do we have here. 3 Pegasi, 1 earth pony, 1 unicorn & 1 feline? My, how does the flow of time pass me by. I guess it won’t hurt just to play with them alittle. Starting with that feline and that earth pony. I sensed a huge bond between those two…” said the voice with an evil laugh. Once they are inside the temple, they are in the main lobby with four rooms on the side and a big door in front of it. Kira tries to open the big door, but it was locked. Daring walked over to the wall reads the writing. “On the wall it said: Heed these warnings, for they are in every rooms. Ignoring them will lead to your dooms. I take it that we must read every warning in each of the rooms. I bet that if we solve every puzzle in each of these rooms, it might open up the big door,” said Daring. “I’ll stay by the door and let you guys know when it’s opens,” said Kira as she stands at the big door. “Ok, Kira-wira. Each of us take a room and try to solve a puzzle. Be careful, because each room is full of nasty surprises,” said Nasir. Twilight and the gang nods softly and each of them heads into a room to solve a puzzle.
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Room 1: The Book Trap Room (Twilight Sparkle)
Twilight enters a room filled with books. “Hmm…nothing bad yet, but I need to keep my wits about,” said Twilight in a calm voice. Once she is in the room, the door slammed shut behind her and locked her in. “Well this is just great,” said Twilight in a low voice. She looks around the room, trying to find a way out of the room. “Ok, Twilight. Where can you get out of this room?” said Twilight. She sees a giant book with a sign on the top. She goes to the book and reads the top sign. ‘Inside this book lies a special key with flair. But to obtain it, one must lose some hair’. “My hair? I don’t think that would help to get this book,” said Twilight in a calm voice. As she turns around, she unknowingly step on the hidden switch on the floor. When she did that, spikes starts to show in the walls and the walls starts to move in on her. “Oh no! This is bad! This is really bad!” screamed Twilight as she rush to the door and uses her hind legs to kick the door down. “Come on! Open!” screamed Twilight as keeps kicking the door, but couldn’t open it. As the walls keep getting dangerously closer to her, she only have one thing she can do. “Oh…I’m so going to regret this,” said Twilight as she gulps softly and heads back to the book. She see some mirrors and kicks some of them to get a piece of a shard. Using her magic, she picks up the shard and starts cutting a medium part of her mane as fast as she can. Once she cut her mane, she places it on the book. When that happened, the walls stop moving and they starts moving back to the sides. She then hears a clicking sound and the book opens by itself to reveal a key. “Well, it’s better than nothing,” said Twilight as she gets the key and place it in her bag. The wall next to the book slides open, revealing a secret passage. “Hmm…where do you lead to, I wonder?” asked Twilight as she enters the secret passage.
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Back in the entrance, Kira was yawning softly as she was keeping an eye on the door. “Well, it’s official…I am bored,” said Kira in a deadpan voice, “Nasir and the others are having so much fun and I’m here keeping an eye on this old door. I wouldn’t mind for some action or surprise to happen to me.” After she said that, she was surround by swirling darkness with no way of escaping. Then, she felt herself being dragged into the ground. She tries to scream for help, but her mouth was being shut with an ancient spell. As she struggles aimlessly, she sinks into the floor with no one there to help her. *Hohohoho…that was fun. Well, that was phase 1 for the filly, now to start phase 2...* said the voice with a evil laugh.
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Room 2: The Tiles of Challenge Room (Daring Do)
Daring carefully enter the room and sees on the ground tiles with jumble of letters. She remembers being in a room with the floor tile trap of many animals where she must pick a predator of the animal kingdom or risk falling into the lava. “Oh please. I’ve been through this trap before. This is nothing new to me,” said Daring in a confident voice. She is going to wish she hasn’t said that. Coming out of the shadows is an old stallion in ancient Egyptian clothing. His coat is midnight black with scars all over his body, his messy mane and tail is light brown, and his eyes are yellow. “Who are you?” asked Daring in a calm voice. “I’m one of the challenges of the Karnak Temple. You may call me…V,” said the stallion in a low voice. “V? What does the V stands for?” asked Daring still wary of the stallion. “That’s a secret, mare. In this room, you will compete against me in a spelling contest. The tiles on the floor is the only way you can use to win. You have to best me in spelling many words as accurate as possible. If you win, which you won’t, I will give you this artifact to open the door,” said V as he shows her a mystic feather pen. Daring looks at the beauty of the artifact and said “And what happens if I lose?” V grins evilly as he said “Then you will die and this temple will become your tomb. Do we have a deal, mare?” Daring thinks it over and said “It’s a deal.” V grins as he starts off forming the words as quick as possible using the tiles on the floor. Daring scrambles to form the words she needs to win the artifact. V was doing his best, hitting the words that Daring didn’t even know. But Daring keep calm and starts making words that she know during her many adventures. 10 minutes later, Daring manages to beat V. “I…I can’t believe it. I’ve never lost in this game,” said V in a shocked voice, “but a deal’s a deal. Here you go, mare. You earned this as a sign that you understand wisdom.” V gives Daring the feather pen and she puts it in her back. V then pulls a lever and the bookcase opens up a passageway. “This will lead you back to the temple entrance, mare,” said V in a calm voice. Daring nods softly as she starts to head into the passageway. V stops her for a bit and said “What’s your name, mare?” “Do. My name is Daring Do. Your name?” asked Daring with a smile. “My name is Visage, reader of knowledge. I hope to see you again, Daring,” said Visage with a smile. She nods as she starts to walk away.
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In the damp portion of the temple, Kira slowly wakes up and shake her head softly. “By the Gods and Goddesses, where am I?” asked Kira in a worried voice. Then, her ears heard some soft crying. She moves around the damp area and sees a small female kitten crying softly. “Mommy…where are you, mommy?” cried the kitten. “Um…hello, little one,” said Kira in a soft voice. “Eep!” said the kitten as she run away from her. “Hey! Come back here!” screamed Kira as she chases after her. Unknown to Kira, she was being watched by someone in the shadows. *Hmm…she took the bait. I knew that she would. I need to get everything ready for when the time is right* said the voice with an evil cackle.
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Room 3: The Grand Library of Doom (Sonic Skychaser & Rainbow Dash)
Sonic and Dash enters the room carefully, to make sure they didn’t trigger any traps. “What a surprise…more books,” said Dash in a boring voice. “Watch yourself, Dashie. They may look harmless, but these books may contain some type of trap. You need to look beyond the ordinary objects,” said Sonic as he keeps looking around. Dash walks carefully as see looks at a rare book. “Hey, Skye. What’s this book?” asked Dash in a calm voice. Sonic goes over to her and looks at the book. “Hmm….I don’t know, Dashie. Let’s take a look at it,” said Sonic. He carefully takes the book down and looks at the title that reads What’s more important: Your well-being or the one you love. Before he has time to react, chains starts to appear out of nowhere and ties up Dash. “Skye!” screamed Dash as she tries to get out of the chains’ grasp. Sonic tries to help her, but the chains are too strong for him. “Darn it!” screamed Sonic. “Getting mad won’t help her now,” said an echoing voice in the room. Sonic looks around and said “W…who said that?!” “Who I am is the lease of your problems. Right now, your dear sweet Dashie is in need of your help. With that in mind, I want to play a game with you, Sonic,” said the voice in a menacing tone. “What type of ‘game’?” asked Sonic as he stay close to Dash. The voice chuckles softly and said “As the seeker of knowledge, I yearn to learn more this world has to offer. This library in this room used to be mine until some ‘unsavory’ characters decided to take it from me. I was looking for a book that I need but I couldn’t find it. So, I want you to find this book: A Midsummer’s Fright: 1001 Dark Spells by Cleo Darkshade. It’s in this room and when you do find it, place it on the pedestal.” A bright light show Sonic the pedestal he need to put the book on and sees a golden magnifying glass hanging on the pedestal. “Please note that you have to be both smart and fast because if you pick the wrong book, the chains on your marefriend will get tighter,” said the voice as the chains starts to get tighter on Dash, causing her to groan in pain. “Dashie!” screams Sonic as he see her in pain. A few seconds later, the chains stops getting tighter on her and she was gasping softly for air. The voice laughs evilly and said “That was an example, Sonic. Now there will be a time limit and if you can’t find it when the time is up…well, let’s just say you will attend to your marefriend’s funeral.” Dash gulps softly and said “Skye, please don’t let me die in here!” “Don’t worry, Dashie. I won’t let you die here,” said Sonic with a smile. The voice cackles and said “Don’t make promises you can’t keep, Sonic. You have 60 seconds to find the book and save your dear marefriend. For Dashie’s sake, you better find that book. Ready…begin!” After the voice said that, Sonic was searching high and low for the book in question. In the first 5 seconds, he been picks some wrong books that he wasn’t suppose to get which makes the chains on Dash getting tighter and tighter. 30 seconds later, Sonic was running out of patience and time while the voice laughing evilly and said “30 seconds left in the round and somepony is definitely is going down!” Sonic was looking around and worried that Dash will die, but then he saw hope. He sees a copy of A Midsummer’s Fright: 1001 Dark Spells by Cleo Darkshade on the top shelf. With less than 15 seconds, he files as fast as he can to get the book and puts it on the pedestal with 1 second remaining. The chains that was holding Dash let her good and disappears. Dash goes to Sonic and kisses him deeply. “Thank you, Skye,” said Dash while holding him tightly. “I won’t let anything happen to you, Dashie,” said Sonic. “Congrats, Sonic. You manage to pull that off with barely a second to spare. You really do care for her. You can leave this room,” said the voice as she opens up a secret passage for them. “Let’s go, Skye,” said Dash as she starts to head out of the room. Sonic grabs the golden magnifying glass and heads out the room following Dash. The voice sighs softly as the pedestal slides into the wall and said “That was a total waste of time. But I got what I need to give that feline a true taste of wisdom. Now I wonder what that mare is up to?”
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Back to Kira, she was still chasing after the kitten and is gaining on her. “I’m going to catch you, kitty,” said Kira as she was getting closer. The kitten ran towards the sacred chamber and disappears into thin air. Kira stop dead in her tracks and looks around the chamber. The chamber was old and worn down thanks to the flow of Time. The only item that is left unsoiled was a golden staff with a cobra circling it embedding with emeralds and rubies for its eyes. “Oh, Ra. That looks so beautiful,” said Kira with she gaze on the staff. As she walks towards it, she starts hearing voices in her head.
“Hahahahahaha! You’re mine, filly!”
“Father…Mother…”
“She’s will have the ‘mark’. If that happens, take her down.”
“Soon, I will rule the world!”
“I will destroy you!”
“She will never find true love…”
“Only a fool will fall in love with a thief.”
She groans at the voices running in her head and falls to the ground holding her head. “W…what is this?! Why am I hearing some many voices in my head?! What is this place?!” screamed Kira as the voices in her head are getting louder. “This is the Chamber of Ultimate Wisdom,” said a soft voice. Kira looks up and sees a stallion who looks just like her. “W…who are you?” asked Kira in a calm voice. “My name is Arik. I’m Krios’ son,” said the stallion. “Krios had a pony for a son?!” asked Kira in a shocked voice.
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Room 4: The Darkness of Truth Room (Nasir)
Nasir walks into a pitch black room, which he couldn’t see anything. “Well, this can’t be good,” said Nasir in a calm voice. He keep walking to the center of the room and before he can do anything, the door slams shut. Nasir look around in the pitch black darkness and let his mind wonder. “Nasir…” said a soft voice. Nasir looks around and said “Who said that?” “This is your mother talking,” said the voice. “Mom?” said Nasir. “Yes. Why did you leave your dear mother?” said the voice in a sad voice. “N…no! I didn’t leave you, mom. There was a fire at home and…” said Nasir as he remembers that awful day. “You should have done something about it! Have you even been trying to find me?” said the voice in a worried voice. “Of course I have, mother! I’ve never gave up looking for you. Everyday and every night, I always been looking for you,” said Nasir. He felt his aura radiating with his truthful words, which is brighten the dark room. “You haven’t forgotten about me, my dear son?” said the voice. “Of course, mom,” said Nasir. The voice laughs evilly and said “Aww…how sweet. I can’t believe you and your friends made it this far. Tis’ a shame that I will kill you right here and right now. I’ve been waiting 200 years for this and now I will get my revenge!” The whole room lit up with a sea of flames blocking the exit and when Nasir looks up, a giant sphinx roars at him and unsheathed its claws. “You’re not my mom! You’ll pay for that!” screamed Nasir as he growls at the sphinx. The sphinx take a swipe at Nasir, but he dodges the attack and counterattacks the sphinx by landing a hit on it’s nose. The sphinx trips up Nasir with the help of its tail and pins him to the floor. Nasir tires to struggle to break free, but couldn’t due the sphinx’s strength. The voice cackles evilly and said “You know most of the adventurers I fought and killed, they manage to put up a good fight. But you, you don’t even have the guts to finish the job, feline.” Nasir’s eyes turned blood red and said in an unearthly voice “That’s where you’re dead wrong.” Nasir manage to kick the sphinx off of him with newfound strength and bear his new fangs at the sphinx. “What the…how can you have fangs like that?!” screamed the voice. “Let’s just say I’m one of a kind,” said Nasir as he tackles the sphinx with full force. The sphinx was groaning in pain and slowly tries to get up, but Nasir tackles it again, with a strong charge. “I’m Nasir and I won’t lose to you!” screamed Nasir as he tackles the sphinx with a last powerful tackle and slices its head off with his claws. The sphinx crumbled into tiny pieces and inside him was a golden locket. He picks it up and said “All that trouble for a locket. Oh well, better something than nothing.” The walls slide open and reveals a passageway. He sees it and heads into it. The voice looks on and said “His strength…his fangs…his power. He reminds me of my beloved. As soon as I’m freed, I’ll pay my beloved a visit. But…I’ll give that unicorn pony a ‘special’ treat.”
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Back in the Chamber of Ultimate Wisdom, Kira was talking to Arik. “You mean to tell me that I was you back in Krios’ days?” asked Kira in a calm voice. Arik nods softly and said “Yes, that’s right. I’m surprise that Krios hasn’t told you about that. My father tends to be all secretive all the time.” “I need to speak with him when I get back to the palace,” said Kira. Before Arik can say anything, he feels his whole body starts to fade. “Arik!” screamed Kira. “It’s ok…I’m a part of you, Kira. I’ll be in your necklace and if you need me or my father, just summon me. Until then, farewell…” said Arik as he faded away into thin air. Kira nods softly as she heads to the staff and looks at it carefully. “Hmm… I need to wait for the others before I do something else,” said Kira.
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Back at the temple entrance, Nasir walked out of the passageway to see Daring and the rest of the gang here, all been through a lot in the room. “Twilight, what happened to your mane?” asked Sonic as he looks at her short mane. “I don’t want to talk about, Skye. What happened to you & Dash?” asked Twilight as she see the chain marks all over Dash’s body. “We’ve been through a lot, Twi,” said Dash. Nasir looks around and said “Hey! Where’s Kira-wira?!” “I don’t know, Nasir. She was here when we went into the rooms,” said Daring. “Hmm…you don’t think she went inside behind the door, right?” asked Sonic in a worried voice. “I want to say ‘I doubt it’, but knowing Kira, boredom is not her favorite thing,” said Nasir with a chuckle. “Well, let’s read this words on the big door,” said Daring. The gang nods as the goes to the big door and see four slots and a second sign that reads: This door is locked, it cannot be docked. The items you see shall be the key. Twilight places the key in the 1st slot, Daring put the mystical feather pen in the 2nd slot, Sonic put the golden magnifying glass in the 3rd slot and Nasir put the golden locket in the 4th slot. The big door started to open up, and many bats starts flying out of the doorway. Daring, Twilight, Dash, and Sonic hides in terror while Nasir enjoying the sight of the bats. He manage to get one of the bats using their language and asked if it seen Kira. The bat replies back in bat language, which Nasir can understand, and he pets the bat in his way of saying thanks and the bat flies off. Daring looked at Nasir and said “Um…Nasir, what was that?” Nasir looks at Daring and said “I can speak and hear the bats have to say. It’s a special gift that I have obtained recently.” “Wow! That’s awesome, Nasir. So, what did the bat say?” asked Dash. “It told me that Kira is in the bottom section of the temple. We need to fly down there as quick as possible to get her,” said Nasir. They nod in agreement as Twilight hops on Dash’s back and Nasir hops on Daring’s back. The Pegasi trio jumps in the air and flies to the basement level of the temple. As they gets closer to the basement, Nasir can sense Kira’s aura glowing. “Daring, Sonic & Dash, once you hit the bottom, turn left and we’ll see Kira,” said Nasir. The trio nods once they hit the bottom, they turn left and reach in the chamber where they see Kira looking at the staff. Nasir goes to her and nuzzle her softly. “Kira?” asked Nasir in a soft voice. “N…Nasir…this staff is so wonderful,” said Kira in a trance. Twilight goes to them and said “This must be the Staff of Wisdom. We need to find a way to unlock it.” Before Daring can say anything, Kira lays her hoof on the staff. In a split second, the staff starts to glow brightly and Kira was lifted up a few inches in the air. Both the staff and her necklace was glowing brightly as memories from the past was flooding into Kira’s past. The memories were being mixed in with Krios’ memories as she was seeing bits and pieces of ancient times from Arik’s colt days to the wedding of Krios and Hope. Before she can see anymore, a tiny blast toss her into Nasir, who help easy the blow. While Daring, Sonic and Dash goes to them to see if they are alright, a ghostly white spirit came out of the staff and, without warning, passed through Twilight’s body, cursing her without her knowing, and escaping the temple. Twilight groans softly and looks up to the staff glowing purple. She goes to the staff and touches it softly. “Well, I see a powerful unicorn here,” said a soft voice. Before Twilight can react, a beautiful purple unicorn has appears in front of her. She looks just like Twilight only she’s more older and wiser. Her clothing is a standard female White Mage outfit, a golden necklace and a sliver clips on her hooves. “Who are you?” asked Twilight in a calm voice. “My name is Korishia, white mage and owner of the Staff of Wisdom. May I asked for you name?” said Korishia in a calm voice. “Oh, well I’m Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia’s faithful student,” said Twilight with a bow. Korishia looks at her and said “You’re my descendant, Twilight. I’m so glad to see you, Twilight. It looks like you guys are hurt. Let me heal you.” She cast a powerful healing spell that heals everyone including Twilight’s mane, Dash’s body, and Nasir & Kira’s bodies. “Wow! That’s some powerful magic,” said Daring. Nasir was nuzzling Kira who was still sleeping softly and said “We need to get back to the palace, guys.” Korishia gets the staff and summons all of her magic to perform a teleportation spell. “Next stop, Royal Palace,” said Korishia as she taps her hoof and her, along with Daring and the gang, was transported out of the Karnak Temple.
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In the vampiric realm, Vasilis was busy planning for Nasir’s party. While he was going to check for the list for guests, a group of chains, laced with garlic, appears out of nowhere and chained him to the chair. He tries to escape but he was getting weaker due to the garlic. Then, he heard a familiar voice. “Hello, my king,” said a soft voice. Vasilis was shocked to her and voice and said “Shalana?”
