My Little Pony: Bronies are Magic

by Thunder Roller

Chapter 25: LUNA POV, BEFORE.

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After we were defeated, we were taking to the dungeons of Canterlot Castle. We were in the same cell as our sister Celestia, she and us tried to find a way out, but we had the cells full proof. Then an idea came in to our head.

"Fair Rarity, do you think you can woo thee Gaurds when they come back?" We asked

"Of course I can, I am Rarity!"

"Good, but in case that does not work, Rainbow Dash shall pretend to be hurt."

"Got it, princess." Rainbow Dash said

What if that does not work?" Twilight asked

"Then we dig our way out. This is merely a dirt floor after all."

"Sister, I have never seen you take charge like this." Celestia admitted

"You think that you are thee only one with leadership skills?"

"Well... no, but..."

"We shall break out, then we shall find Robcord. I am just merely filling in his place until we rescue him. We have seen his dreams, We know what we are up against. If you have a problem with that, then you can kiss our plot!"

Celestia stared at us with shock.

"We... We are sorry. It's the stress of the situation."

"It's okay sister, we are all stressed right now. I understand how you feel, after all, I had to rule a kingdom by myself for a thousand years. I will let you take charge, and I will cheer you on all the way."

"Th- thank you sister."

Just then, we herd footsteps coming down the stairs.

"Places, everypony!"

It was dressed like a Phenominal Guard, except it had a different kind of helmet than most of them, the same helmet (But darker) the higher power Canterlot Gaurds had, it covered his face completely.

"Hey big boy, you wanna come and play?" Rarity asked, but he completely ignored Rarity and proceed over to Twilight. As it passes Rainbow Dash, she started screaming in pain and held her rear left leg. Again, the Guard ignored a request to open the door, and stopped, right in front of Twilight. The Phenominal Guard removed it's helmet, and reviled, that he was, Shinning Armor.

"Hey Twily!"

"You're normal?"

"Any other situation, and I would of token that as an insult."

"Can you get us out of here?"

"Yeah, one second."

Shinning Armor took the keys from his saddle bag and unlocked all of the doors and lead us to a sewer lid, just up stairs.

"You don't honestly expect me to go down there willingly, do you?"

"No." Shinning Armor said as he pushed her down the sewers.

"Twilight, do you mind being a dear and hitting your brother for me?" Rarity asked

"No!"

We went down the sewers for a while before Twilight decided to say something.

"Wait! What about spike?" Twilight asked

"Its okay, Cadence already saved him. She brought him to Zecora and she brought him back down to his normal self."

"So, some survived the take over?" We asked

"Enough to make a small town."

"Do you have a list of the population." Celestia asked

"Why, yes I do. I need to add all of you to the population list."

"Who's in charge?" Rainbow Dash asked

"I am, of course. But now the princesses are here, I believe there needs to be a change in management."

"Only if you insist." Celestia said kindly

"Oh, I do. I am in no possession to be in such a possession."

"Wait, what?" Twilight asked

"Where here!" It was like an underground city. There were shops, town hall, houses, the works. "Follow me if you will." He lead us to the town hall. Well, it was more like a room. There was a desk torwards the back of the room, and some sort of a fence in the middle leading to it. Most likely for lines. He took a seat at his desk and pulled out a list.

"Alright, here is a list of the population. Shinning Armor, Big Mac, Granny Smith, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara, Babs Seed, Mrs. Cheerlie, Princess Cadence, Zecora, Mr. Cake, Mrs. Cake, Trixie, Spitfire, Nurse Redheart, Lyra Heartstrings, Minuette, Snowflake, Derpy Whooves, Dr. Whooves, Vinyl Scratch, Octavia Melody, and 12 Royal Gaurds."

"Holy cupcakes! That's... Not a lot of ponies..." Pinkie Pie said

"Yes, I know. But that's all I could save at the time. Well, except for Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom. They came here in hopes to find safety in the Sewers, and they came here with a heroic story on how Scootaloo sacrificed herself to save them."

"Wait, what? I didn't save them." Scootaloo said

"Huh? That's weird. Did you forget? Maybe seeing them will jog your memory."

"I don't know, but it would be nice to see them!"

Shinning Armor pushed a button on his desk and spoke in to it.

"Cadence, do you mind bringing in Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom in here."

"Okay, they will be in momentarily."

"Thank you."

He released the button.

"Okay, I should add you to the list."

He wrote down everypony's name and looked up with confusion.

"Is there something wrong?" We asked

"Wasn't there another with you by the name of Robert?" Everypony looked down with sadness. "Did... Did he pass?"

"No, its not that. When we were defeated, he wasn't brought to the dungeons, he was dragged down a separate hall. In to the questioning room." We said

"We need to save him!"

"Shall we round up the Gaurds?"

"We need to keep most of them here to protect the Citizens. But we can take 4 Gaurds with us. That is the maximum amount of Gaurds we can take with us to go on a mission. Who all would like to go on a rescue mission?"

All of them raised their hooves and Shinning Armor looked down to Scootaloo.

"I am sorry Scootaloo, but I don't allow children to go on missions."

"But sir, he is my father."

Shinning Armor got a confused look on his face.

"Robert adopted Scootaloo as his child." Celestia said

"I see, but I still cannot let her go. It will be too dangerous."

Just then Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle came bursting through the door.

"Rarity, Scootaloo!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed

"Apple Jack, Scootaloo!" Apple Bloom exclaimed

Scootaloo ran over to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, Rarity ran to Sweetie Belle, as did Apple Jack for Apple Bloom.

"Apple Bloom! I feared that I would never see you again!" Apple Jack stated

"As did I for you Sweetie Belle." Rarity said

"Apple jack, it was terrible. The Gaurds, they tried to take us from the club house. We ran so much, we found the sewers, Scootaloo fought them off as we went in to the sewers. We waited for her, but she never came." Apple Bloom explained

Scootaloo stood there quietly as she stared at Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.

"Scoots, are you okay." Rainbow Dash asked

"I- I remember... The Guards punched me in the chest, then I passed out. Next thing I remember, I was in the arms of my dad, Robcord as you called him."

"Then you understand why I can't take you on the rescue." Shinning Armor said

"I see why you don't want to, but maybe you understand why I want to go!"

"It is not his choice." Said Princess Cadence, walking in to the room. "It is mine."

"Please Princess, I need to save my father."

"Hmm... Maybe if you complete my obstacle course, I will let you go."

"Really? YES!"

"Follow me."

Princess Cadence lead us to an obstacle course behind the town hall.

"I don't think I need to explain what you need to do. Start when your ready." Scootaloo went to the start of the obstacle course and immediately started. First she jumped over logs, crawled a fence, crawled under a floor, jumped over a pond, threw apples at some bulls eyes, and jumped over a brick wall. She did all of this in five minutes. "I- I don't see how she could possibly do this for her age."

"Determination." Twilight said

"Did I win?" Scootaloo asked, catching her breath

"Y- yes, you do." Cadence

"YES!"

"I shall tell the black smith, Snowflake, to make us some weapons." Shinning Armor said

"Your going to give a 6 year old a weapon?"

"If she is going on a rescue mission, she will need some protection for herself." Shinning Armor left and came back, moments later, with weapons, and 4 Royal Guards. "Snowflake has been busy. He made more weapons than needed." Shinning Armor handed out weapons to everypony who was coming along. "Okay, lets go."

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