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From the journal of the pegasus named Balancer My name is Balancer... Heh, what a name. What's it even supposed to mean? I suppose it's meant to be irony considering my parents' species represent night and day. But at the same time it sounds like I'm somehow supposed to balance the two... It's like my parents wanted me to feel saddled with a mysterious destiny. Mysterious destiny. Feh. Everything about my future is a mystery to me. I'm twenty-five years old and still a blank flank. How does that make sense when I was happy for seven years as a Royal Guard? And I was good at my job, too... I just don't get it. Well, to whoever reads this

Edge of the Everfree Forest, Equestria It was a normal fall day in the Everfree Forest, or at least as normal a day as you could ask for from that strange place. The sun was shining brightly from its position at the top of the sky, the most terrifying of the creatures that dwelt within its crowded bushes and trees were either hiding from the brightness of the day or sleeping, and all varieties of beautiful flowers were blooming along the main path, and, remarkably, not counted among them were the bright blue blossoms of the troublesome Poison Joke that liked to plague the forest floor... But at the same time there was a quiet hush over the