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A Venomous Queen + A Poisoned Princess - Day 2 P3

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Day 2 Part 3


'If only we had been able to locate the changelings' hive, this might never have happened,' came Luna's voice after a few moments of the fact sinking in.

'A few changelings must have snuck in at night through the library window and ripped the page out the book,' Celestia said, 'everypony in Canterlot has been on particular guard for changeling activity. At night would have been the easiest time.' They all nodded and Twilight Sparkle remembered how she had tried to sneak into the Canterlot library at night.

'So how are we going to find this cure, then?' inquired Rarity.

'There must be another copy of this book, surely?' Twilight Sparkle said.

'There are many,' replied Luna, 'the problem will be finding a correct edition,' The group looked at each other. 'Newer versions have removed the worst potions, or, at least, the instructions for making them,' she explained, 'the cure, therefore, will also have been removed from those copies.'

'I'm worried about Princess Celestia,' said Twilight Sparkle as the group left on their search for the cure in Canterlot, 'she normally doesn't seem to show her emotions that much; she seemed to be in a state.'

'Once we've found the cure, she'll probably be fine,' Fluttershy replied quietly.

'Why'd that changeling queen want to poison Cadence anyway?' asked Rarity.

'Uh, maybe because she's evil?' said Rainbow Dash in a sarcastic tone.

'Revenge probably,' answered Twilight Sparkle, 'if Cadence hadn't escaped, the wedding would have gone ahead and if it weren't for Cadence, Shining Armor wouldn't have revived or been able to perform his protection spell.'

'But she could only do those things because of you, Twilight!' said Pinkie Pie.

'I just hope the changeling queen doesn't think of that,' Twilight Sparkle replied, 'mind you, Cadence's death could easily work as a revenge on all of us.'

'Well, I-I wonder how she was able to make it,' came Fluttershy's gentle voice, 'not just anypony can make a potion effectively, you know . . .'

'Probably one of those changelings has a special talent at potion making,' Rainbow Dash said.

'But changelings don't have cutie marks,' Applejack reminded her, 'so they probably don't have special talents.'

They searched until late evening, but found that Luna was right, if the copy they were looking in even contained the information on the poison, it did not contain the ingredients list or any sign of a cure. They had received help from a number of ponies, including Twinkleshine, Wind Whistler and Lyra, but had been unsuccessful even though they had covered the whole of Canterlot.

'Right,' said Twilight Sparkle with a sigh, 'tomorrow, we take the train back to Ponyville and search for a cure there,' The others nodded gravely. 'I just hope Cadence can last until then.'
Just thought I'd mention that part of the inspiration from this story came from the G1 episode 'The Golden Horseshoes', the first episode I ever saw.

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