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"R-rusty!" she shouted, and glared at the cockatrice a moment careful not to meet it's gaze before galloping forward and getting the mirror from her bag. The creature set on her with enough speed to easily catch up with her. Pressy took a deep breath and closed her eyes before turning towards the creature, the mirror clenched in her teeth, leaving the monster staring into it's own visage. The creature mesmerized by it's own gaze the mare held the mirror still until the creature was entirely covered. giving a moment she picked the mirror back up and galloped back to where rusty last was.

"Cockawha?" she asked as the stallion speeded by her, bringing up a gust of wind despite her better judgement she took a glimpse at the creature, meeting it's gaze a moment but tearing herself away. Strangely enough she began to notice her hooves felt heavy... and her hoofsteps were a bit louder than usual, looking down a sec she noticed the ends of her hooves had been turned to stone! "uh Rusty we kinda got... er nevermind it can wait for now until we get away from that thing..."

The mare continued to trot along, still facing away from rusty. Midway through his speech Rusty would've heard a bit of a sniffle come from the mare, should he have close the distance he would've seen she was still choking back tears. Once Rusty's speech was finished the young mare stopped in her tracks before turning around and looking to the inventor with a bit of a forced laugh,"I-I bet ya thought I was cryin' weren't ya... well I totally got ya!" she said with the usual chipper sound returning to her voice. It was pretty obvious she was lying about pretending to cry but her pride was showing itself again and she thought those were the best words. She smiles a bit brighter upon the last bit from Rusty,"Y-yea! That cloud thingy better watch out cause we'll kick it's plot six way from sunday!"

Presteza stared as that cloud loomed over them. The young mare felt almost like her body was weighed down by the cloud of malevolence's presence near her, the feeling dissipating as it darted into the woods. The Unicorn trotted looked over him so see if he was alright,"a-are ya back ta normal?" she asked, her voice somewhat shaky as she spoke. While Rusty had gone back to normal and expelled the presence from him, the painful words of his darker self were still fresh in Presteza's mind. "Incompetent" ,"stupid" these were words she'd heard quite a few times before in her magic school. Her eyes were still a bit sad looking, partially glued to the ground before she turned away,"ready to go?"

welcome to canterlot! I hope you like it here!

The insults were indeed getting to her, her brow furrowing a bit but she heard his explanation and was willing to wait until it wore off. backing up a bit from the plant she turned to talk to him,"Look, rusty y-youu just picked up this jus--" then came the horn insult. She simply stood there, her eyes wide with shock. She took a step back shaking slightly as she felt she could start crying, already she felt herself well up a bit. She swallowed that feeling and glared at rusty,"Oh yea?! w-well yer the loser who got 'is best friend erased from history. I never had to help you you know!" she yelled at the top of her lungs prressing her hoof with a bit of force into the stallion's muzzle. Even as she was trying desperately to be angry it was still obvious the yellowish-tan unicorn was geartly hurt by Rusty's insult, as evidenced by the visible tearing up she was going through looking like this feeling of anger could easily just melt away to reveal a mare reminded of those days when she thought she truly was useless.

Presteza blinked a few times and took a step forward,"R-rusty it's me, remember? Pressy?" she asked taking another step toward her discolored friends. What was wrong with him? the stallion was definately acting odd,"N-no, I still think yer a genuis, mate! don'cha remember, you sent out fliers asking for an assistant." she asked taking another few steps towards her friend. The sound of movement and what almost seemed like whispering were coming from the bushes,"C'mon, Rusty I think we should get outta 'ere..." she attempted to grab the herb in her teeth as well.

Pressy gave a chuckle and a smirk as she saw the stallion take off in a gallop, soon following after and catching up quickly. She wrapped her scarf a bit tighter around herself as she matched speed with the stallion,"Just say the word when ya see somethin'" she said as she looked to rusty. Coughing a bit at the cold she lifted the scarf up a bit to cover her mouth and nose. The forest was fairly quiet, except for the occasional croak of frogs and rustling of leaves on the ground by unseen creatures in the shadows.

Welcome to canterlot! I'm new here too, so far everypony is really nice so I'm sure you'll have fun here!

The mare grinned a bit as she saw the forest edge appearing in the distance,"Sounds dangerous... but exciting!" She smiled and looked round,"do you think this require's some stealth then?"

"Well I'll trust you to be my guide rusty! Sadly I've never traveled or explored everfree before..." she said in a somewhat embarassed tone

The young mare trotted alongside Rusty,"So, what do these herbs look like? Will they be deep in the forest?" as the duo trotted out of town they noticed some of the other ponies taking not of the unusual cold.

It was lucky for the pair that there weren't any unicorn around to see that. Coughing awkwardly at Rusty she patted his back with her hoof,"Don' worry Rusty. Hopefully we won't 'ave ta stay there again." The mare pulled her scarf from her bag and wrapped it around her neck. Shivering ever so slightly as she felt the cold air nipping at her.

Presteza Smiled as she saw Quillhart enter through the door, getting up in her seat and waving her hoof to him. This gesture went unnoticed due to the shenanigans that ensued, the mare's hoof slowly ceasing to wave and then moving to her face. Watching this scene unfold she couldn't help but crack a smile at the stallion's clumsiness. Upon seeing those cups and plates soaring in the air she was ready to leap in and try and help... although with her lack of telekinesis it probably wouldn't improve the situation in the least. The waitress' expression was merely Icing on the cake and with the Stallion's awkard pose she was already trying not to laugh as he approached the table and took his seat next to her. Presteza had already met Quillhart once before at the Grand Galloping Gala and already had taken a liking to him and his attitude. The second time she saw him she wasn't sure he'd even recognized her due to the lack of fancy dress she'd wore. Today and at their previous meeting the Mare's mane was silvery and messy although she'd left her characteristic hat at the door so she bared some resemblance to the Unicorn the earth pony met that night. The Tannish Unicorn smiled at Quillhart as he slid in beside her,"I'm glad ya made it, Quilly... nice acrobatics by the way!" she said with a playful smile.

The Unicorn nodded and put on a determined smile,"Right, let's go!" she said as she got her saddlebags and got them on her back. Thinking for a moment she took the sheets and placed them back on the the bed somewhat messily. She hadn't had to make a bed in a long time so it still looked rather disheveled, the mare blushing slightly as she thought how this would look to the innkeeper's cleaners. "uh yea... let's get outta here." As the duo approached the Barkeep he spoke up,"Hope you two had fun!"

"Possibly... but then again the princesses cutie marks are the sun and moon so maybe they just have a natural affinity for it?" she said questioningly before shrugging and trotting over to Rusty,"And yea these sure will make some awesome paintings! and besides even if they won't believe i saww it I can just say it's my interprrtational hypothe-whatever." she said with a chuckle. Suddenly a cold gust rushed over the pair as they enjoyed the view, pressy left shivering. "Somethin' tells me we should try not to overstay our welcome..." echoing far in the distance she thought she heard some faint but shrill whinnying but simply pretended not to hear it.

On the horizon a familiar orb of fire rose up and into the sky, bringing with it the break of dawn. "So that's how they did it... the books say that unicorns would bring about the night and day before the princesses came to power. this must be how they pulled it off! It little power from everypony of the unicorn tribe!" The mare icy blue eyes wide with excite and awestruck wonder,"this is so bloody cool!" she said her voice going into a near high pitched squeak of delight.

The morning was considerably warmer, but it still rather nippy and slowly getting colder. Yawning pressy pulled herself up and stretched out looking over to the still sleeping stallion she carefully went over and nudged his side,"Oi, Rusty--er uncle time ta get up." she said hoping he'd stir. the mare glanced out the window and her jaw nearly dropped as she saw millions of windows in the city lighting up, beams of magic blasting out of each and rocketing toward the horizon,"Rusty wake up ya gotta see this!"

Pressy nodded and laughed,"No kiddin'... Do ya think we should try and choose how to recharge the machine tomorrow?" she asked her voice beginning to drift off sleepily

It was a few minutes before Presteza showed up, luckily it seemed she wasn't too late as she was only the second one here. Being one of the newer members of the troupe she was eager to meet the other members, both new and old. Already she'd seen a face she recognized, Ghost writer the mare that had interviewed her for the position. During the interview previously the unicorn had brought several beautiful paintings to show her and even had shown her a painting that she had started and finished the previous day. "Oi, Ghostie!" she said in a perky tone, trotting over to the the mare's booth,"Looks like We're both the first ones here, huh?" The unicorn took a seat opposite Ghost writer and looked at the door for others who might arrive.

"No can do,Rusty." She takes off some of the sheets and strolls over with some of the sheets in her teeth and hoofs them to rusty,"You take these sheets and I'll take these" she said with a smile as she set up a makeshift bed on the floor

The mare stepped forward, laughing somewhat awkwardly,"Now now... he did ask for a room with two beds, 'e clearly doesn't 'ave that kinda stuff in mind..." she said glancing at rusty. "Look, lov. ya don't have to pretend to be all formal around me, like i said I said I don' judge! even if you are his -niece-" said the innkeeper in a teasing tone. Pressy sighed a moment,"I-I give up, let's go... uncle!" she said pushing rusty towards the room with the number matching their keys, the Innkeeping stallion laughed and mouthed at rusty,"She's a live one isn't she?"

PRessy thought for a moment,"Actually... I don't think that was ponyville... ponyville was founded after canterlot was built right?" she said looking to the older pony for confirmation. It seemed reasonable to say that since some of those huts the earth ponies they saw didn't look like they were made to last.

"Good idea... " she said as she looked out at the scenery,"I guess we should head off to look for one huh?" hopping off the bench she looked over the city trying to spot something that looked like an inn.

Pressy smile brightly and took the candybar, holding it in her hoof she took a bite and smiled even brighter,"Delicious!" she said as she began to munch even further upon the treat. Turning to rusty again she asked,"So... the chill sure is coming in... If we're not outta hear in time I'm kinda worried we might freeze." the mare aid eventually finishing her bar and going over to a parkbench and sitting down on it, trying to relax.