After touching down at the entrance of the cave, and carefully making her way through it with Julexa riding on her back, Twilight Sparkle stops in a large space inside, to rest and start unpacking her saddlebags even as she watches Julexa. "Would you like me to stay here, so you don't feel lonely? It may not be my room, but I can get used to sleeping here."

Hastur walks into the cave, having followed his equine ward (and, by proxy, his Pokemon ward), panting a bit. "That was a bit of a hike..." As he hears mention of staying in a cave, he sighs and nods. "I shall remain, as well. I've had worse sleeping conditions, so it won't be any bother for me."

Julexa slides off of Twilight's back, and plops softly on the grass. "Pichu-pi!("If you don't mind...I will need to get used to sleeping here again!")" She says the Twilight as she gathers some of the hay in the cave to form a sleeping area. The place still had a strong musk about it from--well, the incident is something Jules doesn't want to mention, let alone remember.

'It's times like this that I'm really glad I've been around Fluttershy for so long...' Twilight Sparkle turns, using her magic to arrange both saddlebags atop the floor so she can have a place to sleep. "I could've just teleported us here, but there could've been a chance we'd end up in the wrong place."

Hastur shrugs. "Hey, nothing like a bit of exercise, eh?" With that, he kneels down and opens up his backpack, pulling out a simple mat that looks to be made of bamboo. He unrolled it, and pulled out a couple of blankets, more for his wards than for himself.

Julexa is sniffing at the air, not hearing Twilight talk--until she snaps out of it. "Pi....pichu!("Oh..uh..yes, I don't want that to happen..")" She glances about as she says this. 'He's been here...and recently too. Over THAT smell...I can clearly smell him. How many times has he come back here since I left it' She thinks, as she walks around a bit to investigate.

With a bit of sniffing, Twilight Sparkle wrinkles her nose, lowering both ears as she looks around. "Why does it smell so musty in here...? I know it's a cave, but... It wouldn't smell like that unless bears or bats were living in it..."

Hastur stands up, tense at the mention of bears. "You think there's danger here? If there is, we should leave, or at least prepare for it

Kalin's paws left imprints in the forest's soil as he slowly made his way back to his cave. Leaving tracks mattered little to him at the time, sense the denizens of Rabite Forest learned long ago who the superior beasts were. He had a fish in his mouth; a lunch he wished to enjoy in the comfort of his home before setting out to search for Finn and Julexa again. But as he approached the cave mouth, various scents reached his nostrils, causing him to stop and examine the area.

Footprints..a quadraped and a biped. The latter could be human..where did they come from? The thought made Kalin uneasy and resulted in the Eevee sneaking over to the cave's mouth, peering his head in cautiously. Unable to see past the darkness, Kalin decided on a more direct approach. He had home advantage, after all. With his fish still in his mouth, he took a deep breath and lunged into the cave, dropping his meal to howl at its intruders.

"Eevee! (That's far enough! You've got guts to come into my la--)" Kalin's glare changed as his eyes widened in excitement. "..Vee? (Sis? And the Berry Guy! And..)" Another figure? She looked a little like Twilight, but..did she evolve?

Julexa twitched an ear as she stopped investigating and turned around, letting out a squeak of surprise. She scampers over to Eevee, "Pichu?("Eevee?")" She asks, as she gently pokes the Eevee's nose, just to make sure it's really him this time, and she isn't dreaming: *Poke* "Pichu-pi!("You ARE real! I'm so glad you're back!")" She says in delight as she gives him a hug.

"It's probably nothi-...is that...?" Twilight Sparkle stops midway through moving her camping gear onto the blankets with her magic, horn remaining lit up as she turns towards Kalin with her wings extended. "It's been too long since we've seen you... I'm relieved..."

Hastur turns around suddenly, dropping into his Muay Thai stance at the sound, but immediately drops out of it upon seeing the small creature. He smiles and heads over to it. "Good to see you again. Seems the girls are glad to see you, as well! Certainly been a while, hasn't it?"

Kalin smiled and returned the hug, wrapping an arm around the little Pichu. "Eeeeve! (I missed you too, sis! I was worried about you, after that thing in the sky shot out that light like that..Mogwai and I went with some pirate lady to investigate it, but we couldn't get inside. We stayed with her for a little bit until we could be sure that thing wouldn't shoot out any more lights. We decided to split up as soon as we got back to Truce to look for friends and make sure everyone else is alright.)

Kalin gave the Berry Guy a respectful nod. It seemed he knew Julexa somehow, though the Eevee was unsure how. He then turned his gaze back to Twilight. "Vee? (Twilight..that is you, isn't it? You look so different..did you evolve? I didn't realize you were a pokemon like us.)" The thought caused Eevee to pause, sending a chill down his spine. Uh oh. Now he really needed to talk to her in private for a few minutes.

"It is me, yes. And I suppose you can say I've evolved, after realizing and fully accepting my destiny as a Princess..." Twilight Sparkle rises to her hooves, stepping closer to Kalin and bringing both wings to rest against her sides. "I'm a pegacorn now, instead of the unicorn you might remember me as."

Hastur blinks, then looks at his ward. "You can understand what he's saying? I was able to understand him when he pulled that glowing... thing, a while back. But now... no clue." He shrugs, then begins to dig through his backpack again until he pulls out a bag of berries. "I was gonna save these for later, but it seems this is a bit of a celebration, eh?"

Julexa tilted her head at Eevee says this. "Pichu? Pichu, pichu...pi-pichi-pi?"(What are you talking about Eevee? I haven't seen anything like that recently.")" Julexa scratched her head some and rubs a cheek against Eevee's. "Pichu?("What thing?")" She also asks as she looks at him.

'Pegacorn'? Was that what 'Unicorn' evolved into? Perhaps he didn't have much reason to worry, since the transformation would have altered her body enough to--Kalin interrupted his thoughts. No, she still needs to know the truth. He turned to look at Julexa again and thought about what to say. Did she really not see the mana fortress? Perhaps keeping her in the dark would be best; he wouldn't want to scare her.

"..Vee. (Um..well, don't worry about it. I can tell you later. Hey, Mogwai and I saw Finn again too! He just waltzed by us in Truce one night, can you believe it? We were hoping to find him too, but no such luck..)" Of course not. Finn was a hero; he was probably the first to go to Crysta to look for survivors. Where he could be now, Kalin had no idea. He smiled as Hastur retrieved his bag of berries. Perfect, a distraction.

The Eevee nudged his little sister along and pointed a paw at the Berry Man. "Eevee! (Hey look sis, the berry guy brought some goods! Why don't you go grab me a few while I talk to Twilight for a minute? And remember: One at a time!)" With that, Kalin beckoned for Twilight to follow him and started to head towards the cave's entrance. "Vee? (Is that alright with you, Twilight?)"

"One of my friends, back in Equestria, was rather timid, but unbelievable when it came to communicating with animals. I guess I just kind of picked up Fluttershy's ability from being around her for so long." With a shrug, Twilight Sparkle lowers her head slightly, horn glowing a bit brighter as she invokes Lumina's blessing to make the chamber easier to see in. "So, thanks to her, I can understand animals, too, even without using my magic."

Twilight says 'And yes, it is.'

Julexa looks at Eevee and gives him a nod. "Pichu!(""You bet!")" She says as she scapers over to Hastur, arms outstretched. This time, she doesn't jump straight up to the bag, she calmly waits for the bag to come to her. She must be exerting a lot of willpower to do that, and it shows as she twitches some waiting for that bag to come down to her level.

Hastur smiles and nods. "Interesting. Think ya might be able to teach me that trick later?" He looks down at Julexa and smirks, lowering the bag down to her slowly. "Here ya go, Little Miss. Don't eat 'em too quickly now, okay?"

Once outside of his home, Kalin turned to face Twilight. "Eeeeve. (Hey..so, there's some things that I need to say. It might be hard to believe, but when I saw you last..I was being manipulated by a pokemon named Darkrai. I won't go into much detail right now because I've been through a lot since then, but the point I'm getting at..is that I wasn't really myself at the time. So I hope we can forget about it and move on. And, um..there aren't any..eggs..right?)"

Mogwai is in Truce with Gizmo, the latter trying her best to keep the poor dancer fed, hydrated, and rested. Which is proving rather difficult. At the moment, Mogwai is fretfully fidgeting with her paws, glancing up to the sky every so often "No clouds. Good. I hate clouds. They hide things. Can't keep a good eye when stuff gets between me and the sky..." Gizmo sighs "Yes, we're SAFE. The fortress isn't near, you can relax. Here, have a banana. Bananas are good."

"It would've helped a bit more if I was told about this earlier, but what's done is done. And no, there wasn't." Twilight Sparkle looks off to one side, before shaking her head and returning her gaze to Kalin with a small smile. "Besides, we're friends, right?"

Julexa gently reached into the bag, which was unbecoming of her, and pulls out two berries, awkwardly staggering away with the two barely contained in her arms. She gets a few feet and stumbles backwardly onto her butt. Blinking a little, she just decides to sit here until Eevee and Twilight were done with their little 'talk', as it were.

Hastur chuckles at the little Pokemon struggling with the two berries and moves to sit beside her, eating berries until the other little creature and his ward were done talking.

The Eevee let out an enormous sigh of relief. "Vee! (Oh, man that's a relief. I'm sorry, I didn't make much room to try to find you after I returned. I know the way I flew off was a little harsh, but..Darkrai's gone now. I spent a long time just traveling with Mogwai afterwards. Yeah, we're friends. I'll tell you all about the journey I made sometime. But for now, we should go make sure Julexa is being polite. How do you know the Berry Man, by the way?)" asked Kalin as began to return to the cave.

"Well, um... Ehehehe..." With a nervous laugh, and a lopsided smile, Twilight Sparkle heads back into the cave, though she still does make sure to go slow enough for Kalin to keep pace. "Let's just say we're... 'attached', and leave it at that..."

Julexa nibbles on her berry, smiling up at Hastur as she does so. A berry is left to the side of her person as she does this--Eevee's berry, as she promised, she is saving one for him.

Hastur smiles at Julexa and pats her head lightly. He stretches a bit, popping his back and arms a few times.

Mogwai glances up to the west "Kalin... he can't see the skies in those trees. I need to be there to protect him!" Gizmo grabs Mogwai by the back of her dress, pulling her back to her seat. "Sit. Banana. NOW."

Attached. Yeah, Kalin wanted it left at that. In the meantime, there were berries to be had! "Vee. (Oh, and thanks for taking care of Julexa while I've been gone. She's a tough girl, but it's a big world out there. It's a little difficult when no one understands you.)" At that time, Kalin was inside the cave and gazing over Julexa and the Berry Man. "Veee. (Which I guess I should do something about, huh?)" asked the Eevee with a smirk on his face. He eagerly awaited to see Twilight's confusion.

Julexa puts her berry to the side, and sheepishly held out a berry to Eevee "Pichu pi. Pichu, pichu, pichu...chu...("Hey there Eevee..I got you a berry...uh...did you want more then one? You only said one at a time so..")" She says, as she rubs the back of her head with her free paw. She then picks up the other berry she was eating, and continues to calmly eat it--probably the calmest she's been ever...she's trying her hardest too.

Hastur smiles at Twilight and Eevee, setting the bag of berries, now only half-full, to one side. "Is everything okay, Twilight?"

"I don't get it." With a raised eyebrow, Twilight Sparkle turns to look back at Kalin, though it ends rather badly as she walks headlong into the rock wall. "What are y-ow."

Eevee grinned mischeviously as he emitted a golden light that briefly encompassed his body. As the light died down, what remained was a golden creature with shining fur. A pair of golden wings rested on his back. A red jewel could be seen embedded in the area that was once his white tuff. He then glanced to the Berry Man, the light of the moon shining down on Luneon from scattered holes across the ceiling.

Kalin's eyes began to light up as his thoughts were transmitted into Hastur's mind. 'We meet again indeed. This is the second time now you've given me and my sister a gift, for that we're grateful. Oh, and tell Twilight I said 'Hi'!" Kalin's eyes died down as he took a set next to Julexa, eating the berry she saved for him. "Luneon? (Thanks, one's enough. What have you been up to while we've been gone?)"

After shaking the fog from her mind, Twilight Sparkle turns about to look, only for her jaw to fall open as she goes wide-eyed. "Wh- Wh- H-...oh, wow..."

Hastur smiles and nods. "See, now I can understand him. Oh, and, Twilight, he says 'Hi!'" He then looks at the Pichu and the now golden, glowing creature. "Feel free to help yourselves to the berries. I brought them more for Julexa." He stands and stretches, going over to Twilight. "I'm guessing he didn't do that last time you saw him, tomo?"

Turning to Eevee--well, Luneon really--Julexa tilts her head "Pichu pi?(New form?")" She asks, remembering enough about Eevee to know he has these things. "Pichu...pi, pichu-chu-pichu...!"(Oh, mostly odds and ends. I'm a member of some force that hunts ghosts or something--I don't know the entire details because my attention span is the size of a berry..")" She says, sheepishly, as she finally finishes her berry, giving a soft burp and covering her mouth.

Ghosts? Kalin supposed that Julexa would have an easier time against ghost pokemon than he would. "Luun? (Is that right? Strange..you can't eat those kinds of pokemon, so why hunt them?)" At any rate, he felt relieved that she was part of a 'force', one that no doubt took care of her and treated her as an equal.

"N-no, he didn't... Or maybe he did... It's been too long." Twilight Sparkle looks up, still slightly shocked by the henshin, as her hanging jaw might show. Eventually, though, through her own awareness, the pegacorn mare shuts it with an audible click before sitting down by Julexa and covering the Pichu with a lavender wing.

Mogwai sits down and starts sobbing as she eats the banana "I just... I want to do something. I can't stand just sitting here, waiting for the day I'm just randomly killed for being in the wrong place. I feel so weak... you're lucky to know how this ends." Gizmo can't help but feel a little sympathy. For once her present counterpart has a reason to be jealous. And, well... a little spoiler wouldn't ruin things now would it? "Nothing bad will happen for at least another month. So just relax, ok?"

Hastur just chuckles and takes a seat by his ward. "Well, that seems to be the only way he's able to let me understand him. Seems to be some sort of telepathy."

Julexa turns to Luneon with a straight face. "Pichu..pi. Pichu, pi-pichu. Pi, pi, pichu...chu-pi, pi, pi, pichu. Chu. Pichu, pichu pi.("Well...I had nowhere else to turn. With you gone, and nobody to help me to live out in the forest. I saw this group attacking a ghost in town, and I wanted to be a part of it. I have done things, and saw more places then I ever would have if I was still waiting for you. However, I'm glad your back, maybe now things can return to normal..")"

Kalin couldn't help but glance up towards the moon, as if staring at a floating fortress that wasn't in sight. Things would probably never return to normal. "Luuun. (I am, too. It came at a steep cost, but I'm glad to be home. I'm glad that you've been able to see the world..perhaps you've seen what I've seen and have been thinking about lately.)"

Kalin then turned to look at Julexa. "Luuneon! (There's a lot of other pokemon like us out there..but we're all scattered. Some of us stick together, others go alone..some befriend the creatures of this world, while others refuse to and attack everything they see. But what if there was a place for all pokemon like us? You know..something like a paradise.)"

"I kind of see Julexa as a little sister, to be honest... So it's to be expected that someone would want to protect her." Twilight Sparkle glances down at Julexa with a warm smile, before returning her attention to Kalin and flicking one ear up at Hastur.

Hastur smiles. He felt it was good to be able to see a truly happy scene without an air of worry or urgency about it. He reached down and scratched Twilight's ear lightly. "Well, it's good to know that everyone is happy at the moment. I think I'm going to go ahead and turn in." he leans down and lightly kisses Twilight on the top of her head, then heads over to his mat and lays down to sleep.

Mogwai comes in sobbing on Gizmo's shoulder. Right up until she sees Hastur passed out in Eevee's cave "Wh...what is he doing passed out there?"

Julexa nods to Luneon. "Pichu pi.("I have been.")" She says, taking a deep breath before continuing. "Pichu...pichu pi. Pi~chu. Pi, pichu....pichu, pi.("I have been thinking mostly about..home. Home, where I came from. I realize that I am stuck here, but I think that I am more used to here now, then there. At least here, I am not forced to battle for a trainer...at least I am free...if not in constant danger..at least that feels the same in this respect...")" She says, as she eats another berry. "Pichu...pi.However, sometimes...I wonder what my trainer is up to...what she's been doing with herself since my sudden disappearance. If she even knows--or cares--that I am gone..") " Julexa said, and just left it at that as she continues to eat in silence.

"Luuneon! (Hey, love! I went out to get a fish and when I got back I found these three here!)" Kalin glanced over at the unconcious Hastur. It seemed that he wouldn't need Luna's power anymore, so he closed his eyes and emitted a brief flash of golden light. After the light disappeared, Kalin reverted to his normal form. "Vee. (I guess he was worn out." He then smiled and wrapped a paw around Julexa's head, using his other paw give her a playful noogie.

"Eevee! (And can you blame him? Look who he's had to be with! Still no Finn though. Twilight, you don't know where he is, do you? Mogwai and I have been worried about him since the day that light came down..)" Kalin's ear twitched as Julexa mentioned a 'trainer'. There was that word again. He held Julexa closer; he'd talk to her more about it in a minute.

"He needed to sleep." As if it's a common occurrence, Twilight Sparkle simply lifts herself off the floor, trotting over with her wings extended. "I saw him not that long ago, and he seems to be doing fine... And what's wrong, Mogwai...?"

Mogwai chuckles at that, and then laughs. It's the first time she's laughed in a while. "That... that's silly. I bet he's gonna wake up and wonder how he got there."

Julexa licks Eevee's cheek as she smiles and glances over to Twilight for a moment, then to Mogwai. She scampers over and gives Mogwai a hug so she doesn't feel left out. She's content with just listwening for right now--not much more for her to add, anyway.

"Veee. (That's a relief..if he was up there with us, he'd have taken one slice at that barrier and knocked it down.)" said Kalin proudly, clearly a little too confident in Finn's capabilities. He smiled as he watched Mogwai laugh, perhaps things would return to normal after all. He then returned his attention to Julexa and whispered softly. "Eeevee. (Don't worry..I'm sure you'll see her again someday. I got to see Caleb again, and you could say that he was my 'trainer'.)"

"So many wonders in this world..." Twilight Sparkle turns to her friends, starting to sing softly to herself.

Gizmo looks over at Mogwai "Well... this isn't good. This isn't good at all. This is bad. Terrible even. Perhaps even terribad." She pulls out a notepad and jots down a few things "I don't suppose you three would mind helping me with something down the line?"

Julexa smiled at Eevee. "Pichu-pi..("Yeah, you're right. Should always be hopeful..")" She says, softly, as she gives Mogwai another squish as she stood there before she would gradually walk back over to Eevee. Then, she nods at Gizmo. "Pichu.("Sure, why not?")" She said, simply. Things couldn't get too much wierder.

"Eevee? (If -you're- worried, then it's got to be bad. What do you need help with?)" asked Kalin, tilting his head.

Midway through her song, Twilight Sparkle pauses, tilting her head slightly as she turns to Gizmo with a raised eyebrow. "So many beautiful sights to behold, and mysteries to uncover... I'm curious what you need help with, but I'll be more than happy to all the same."

Gizmo elaborates "She was despondent and crazy just a second ago. I don't think Hastur passed out is hilarious enough to warrant a complete 180 in her mood. She's likely having a manic episode. If this persists... well, I may need some help with some therapy to help her. Though, given her pre-existing conditions, therapy may not be the right word. I'll try to think of a new one." Mogwai moans out "Pleeeeease don't talk like I'm not standing right here."

Julexa smiles, but lets loose a huge yawn. She scampers over to her bed and starts to fluff it together and lies down on it, getting comfortable. "Pichu..pi."Well, I'm beat. If a major disaster happens, wake me up...if I'm needed.")" She says, with another yawn as she snuggles into the hay and falls asleep.

Kalin gave Gizmo a blank stare. "Vee? (Huh?)" is all he can manage to say. He then turned to look at Mogwai. "Eevee. (She looks fine to me.)"

Gizmo sits down near Hastur "Suppose we should get some sleep. Mogwai, get to bed." The dancer quickly glances over to Gizmo "Oh... no, I'll just spend the night on lookout. Just in case." Gizmo sighs "Kalin, mind lending me a hand with her?"

Kalin smiled and nodded. "Vcee. (Sure..but the last time I did this, we all woke up feeling pretty groggy. Hope you're ready for a long morning.)" With that, the Eevee let out a loud yawn as a series of wind blossoms gradually appeared seemingly from no where and swirled around him. As more and more petals arrivde, they began to cover Kalin's's body whole. As the petals disperse, what remained of the Eevee was a bushy, treelike creature.

Dryadeon let out a loud yawn as he made his way closer towards Mogwai and laid down beside her, sleep-inducing spores escaping from his body at every second.

Gizmo puts on a gas mask "Yeah, I'm ready. Night."

As she focuses on building a barrier, Twilight Sparkle gets doused in the sleep spores, vigorously shaking her head to fight the effect even as she yawns and lies down on the floor.