MLP-Originalsby MLP-OriginalsChaptersChapter 1 - The NoteChapter 2 - Princess BubbledustChapter 3 - ShoppingChapter 4- ComplicationsChapter 1 - The NoteChapter 1 - The Note _______________________________________ Sakura Blossom sat by a sushi dish that she prepared, eating every piece of it. A flash appeared in front of her. Then a letter flew down from the same spot. It said..... Dear Sakura, I'm Princess Bubbledust! I rule over the islands known as the Four Nations. We are having a celebration this week. I need a gardener for the royal parade float, that goes through all of the islands! I would like you to do it and we can have a float just for you if you want. You can bring your friends which are welcomed on the float. So? Yours Truly, Princess Bubbledust She put the letter down and got up. She started to put her snack away. After that she grabbed a bag and flung it over her back. Sakura headed out the door, bringing the letter with her. She started to run to her friend, Scarlet, but then after a mile and a half, she began to walk. Scarlet Jewel is a pegasus and a crystal pony. Sakura didn’t live far from the Crystal Empire. And another friend named, Pingwinka lived on the outskirts of Fillydelphia. She ran to her street and stopped by her house first to bring her along. “Ping! Pingwinka! Look what showed up through my window!” Pingwinka was startled to see Sakura running to her. “What, Sakura? What’s going on?” As she was panting, Sakura pulled out the letter from her bag and gave it to her. “Read this! Read this!” “Ok! ok! Don’t rush me!” Pingwinka has a really thick Polish accent. Somehow Sakura loves to hear her talk. As Pingwinka reads every sentence, her eyes would open wider. She started to jump. “OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!” She yelled at the top of her lungs. Everypony in town could hear it. Sakura blocked her mouth to quiet her down. “Shh,” she told her. “I know it’s exciting, but this is an invite. I don’t know if the princess wants me to bring one friend or more than one.” Sakura whispered. “But the note says FRIENDS!” yelled Pingwinka. “Fine...” she moaned. “But we also gotta let our friends know. I’m pretty sure they want to be part of this as well.” “YES!” Pingwinka said grabbing her. “Let’s go get em!” After a long trip of being pulled through the Crystal Grasses and the Crystal Gate, Sakura had finally pried Pingwinka off of her. “Now lets go find Scarlet,” she said. The two friends walked up and down the streets looking for Scarlet. Above them was a breeze that pushed them over. “There’s Scarlet,” screamed Pingwinka. Scarlet was seen in her front yard conversing with a stallion. Sakura stopped and grabbed Pingwinka’s hand as they were running. “Wait,” she called. “I don’t want to disrupt her.” “She needs to know about the news, Sakura!” Pingwinka yelled as she pulled her forward. “Now come on!” Scarlet noticed the two mares fighting to either move forward or step back. “Um, could you excuse me? I noticed my friends are here. Nice talking to you.” “Anytime, Ms. Jewel,” said the resident. As he left her house, Scarlet ran straight to the fighting girls and broke them up. “What are you girls trying to do? Make a scene?” The ponies stopped and hugged her. “Oh, Scarlet! We have great news,” Sakura squealed. “You are not gonna believe this,” Pingwinka added. Sakura handed the letter from the princess to her. Scarlet read over it quietly, skimming the letter at first, then reread the note over to herself. “The-the PRINCESS!” gulped Scarlet. She jumped over to Sakura, tackling her, then hugging her to death. “OW! Stop, you're hurting me...”she told her. “Sorry...” Scarlet responded. Sakura took in a few deep breaths and laid her head down. “Goodness, Scarlet. You know I need to breathe and have my gardening hooves and horn.” “I’m so sorry, but this is exciting! Is anyone else coming?” Pingwinka opened her eyes. “What do you have in mind,” asked Sakura. “I have a couple of friends in Ponyville. Citra Sweet and Treble Streak. Citra harvests citrus fruit. Her family owns a farm. They share a business with AppleJack and her family. They are great business partners. Treble Streak is an artist and a musical prodigy. She can help design the float and she can also write the music for the float as well. She plays 16 instruments. I know. It’s amazing.” “Well, we’d like to meet them, Ping,” Scarlet said. “Oh, I’ve known both of them for a long time,” Sakura added. “They’re amazing girls. I’m sure they’ll love to meet you and come to the palace.” “Oh. Well, I did not know that,” Scarlet said. “I would love to meet them. Here, I’ll give you girls a ride.” She walked them to her driveway where there’s a blue and white crystal carriage and when she whistled, two chauffeurs ran out of the house and buckled themselves in the front. The rest of the girls stared in awe. “Man,” Sakura commented. “You like it,” Scarlet asked. They all nodded. “Well, hop on. I insist.” The ponies all climbed in the carriage. “Boys. Bring us to Ponyville.” The stallions simultaneously said, “Yes, Ms. Jewel,” and started to walk. ________________________________ The mares were all amazed of the view. “This is relaxing, Scarlet,” said Pingwinka. She was laying down with her arms crossed behind her head. “You really like the ride, huh? I didn’t want to tire ourselves when we have a carriage.” “This is really gorgeous,” Sakura said. “How could you afford this?” “Owning a nice 5 Star Crystal restaurant got me going. I save a lot of money. I don’t spend it all right away. I have way more class than that. I purchase what I needed most: transportation, a home, clothes, and food. What an everyday pony would need.” “Smart thinking,” said Pingwinka. “Now arriving in Ponyville,” said one of the stallions. “Oh, how I miss living there,” said Sakura. “I used to cater sushi for private parties all the time until I moved to Fillydelphia last year.” “Why did you decide to move,” asked Scarlet. “Business,” Sakura answered. “Instead of just catering for one place at a time, I moved to Fillydelphia, where there were more public places and I had the opportunity to make enough for my own home. I couldn’t afford it in Ponyville.” Scarlet nodded and looked forward, a bit eager to stop the trip. It took them a few minutes to arrive at Treble Streak’s house. Treble Streak stepped outside her front door with an open expression. “Hello,” she asked. She had an apron on covered in paint and her straight, baby blue mane was messed up from the wind. “Hey, Treble,” said Pingwinka. “Hi, Ping! Is this carriage yours?” “No, it’s mine.” Scarlet poked her head out so Treble can see her. “Scarlet Jewel? Oh my God! I’ve been to your restaurant many times. The food is delicious, and the building’s amazing. Wait. Sakura Blossom, is that you?” “Hello, Treble Streak. Long time no see,” Sakura responded. Before Treble could answer, Pingwinka pulled the note out of Sakura’s bag and gave it to her. She finally took the time to respond, “Ya, what's this,” she asked. She was reading the note, looking back, reading over and over again, and her eyes widened, with her mouth gaping. “Are you serious?” She was trying to act calm but they all can see the excitement being held back. “Yes,” Scarlet said. As the ponies turned around to leave to the castle, they noticed that the stallions had disappeared along with the carriage. “Where’s the cart!” yelled Pingwinka. “Ya! How are we going to get to the palace,” screamed everypony else. “The train...” Scarlet said. “I don’t understand what’s the big deal. I told them to go. They’ll be fine. They know their way home. Besides, I don’t want to tire them for the round trip.” Everyone let a big breath. She was confused, because the Four Nations were islands, how was a cart getting them there? The train did go under water, however. It was the best train in all the world! “Ok, now that we have you, Treble, all we need is Citra,” Sakura told them. As she said that, a sudden noise was heard. A yell came from behind them. “SAAAKUURRAAA!” The sound grew louder and came closer every second till BOOM! Citra Sweet was there, two feet in front of her! “Hi! Did you not hear me call your name,” asked Citra. Everyone was amazed at her appearance. “I just ate a whole sugar cane. I’m so pumped!” They all looked confused. Sakura asked, “What did that have to do with anything?” “Well, I put the cane in a lemonade glass had a sip and it was so good, I POURED THE WHOLE THING IN MY MOUTH” yipped Citra. “So, it just exploded and teleported you here,” Pingwinka asked. “No. I was here the whole time. You just didn’t look for me hard enough. But that was such a rush!” Everybody gave her a bug eyed look. “Anyway,” Sakura started. “We have something to show you. But first, Ping and I would like to introduce you to Scarlet Jewel.” Scarlet came forward and bowed her head. Citra did the same back. “It’s nice meeting a Crystal pony,” Citra said. “Well, nice meeting you too,” Scarlet replied. Treble Streak came over and gave Citra a big hug. “Oh my gosh, I haven’t seen you in forever, since we were fillies!” “I know, right? It’s been a long time since elementary school with Ms. C! So what’s with the big holdup?” Sakura pulled the letter from her bag and handed it to Citra. She read the note to herself and she started jumping. “You’re joking! Tell me this is not forged!” Sakura shook her head. “No, it’s actually from Princess Bubbledust, but we gotta hurry. She’s expecting us soon. I assume we only have a few days to create the float, and I need to garden as well. I would love to have you help.” “Well, what are we waiting for,” Citra asked, being all excited from the news. “Let’s get a moveon!” Treble Streak didn’t live too far from the train station, so it was a ten minute walk. It didn’t take very long for trains to arrive. Sometimes, trains come every ten minutes, some even five. Scarlet walked to the ticket booth, while the others took a seat in the lobby of the station. “Hello, five to the 12:15 train to Four Nations, please,” asked Scarlet. After she handed the money, the seller gave the tickets to her. She walked to the mares, handing the tickets to them. Then she sat down with the rest and waited. Voices from the intercom say different destinations, the volume overpowering the conversations of many ponies. Some places include, Canterlot ,Las Pegasus , Manehattan, Baltimare, until, “12:15 train to the Four Nations is all aboard. I repeat, 12:15 to Four Nations is ready to board.” “That’s us,” Scarlet said, and they walked to the train. They all showed the conductor their tickets and he let them inside. The interior of the passenger car is really beautiful. They all looked around in amazement, gawking at the tables, seats, windows, everything of the car. “This is so pretty,” Treble Streak complemented. “I should paint a picture of the interior. Good thing I brought my paints and portable easel. Scarlet, you’ve been on this train before. How’s the ride like?” Scarlet threw her arms and did a pirouette. “Oh, the ride is very smooth and calming. It’s never bumpy, so you are able to paint without worrying about messing up, if that’s what you’re asking for.” “Exactly. Thank you.” She pulled out her easel, expanded it, and placed it on the floor. She took a 12”x18” canvas out of the bag and pressed it onto the easel. She grabbed her paints from the bag’s side pockets, grabbed water from a nearby bathroom faucet and started to paint. The train went on for a while turning left and right. The intercom beeped on. “We will now be going under water, please buckle yourself in until further notice.” “Hold on till we're on the ocean floor its will be very bumpy.” Scarlet warned them. CLICK! They are sat down and put their seatbelts on. “ONE MORE SPOT!” Treble yelled. “And wait. Didn’t you say that the ride wouldn’t be-” The train rode a big bump and Treble spilled her paint over herself. “Wet,” she finished. The wet canvas flew over to Sakura’s lap. “GROSS!” she yelled. “Treble,” she exclaimed. By now Treble Streak had fell on the floor and Scarlet jumped out of her seat and caught her. The train sped up. Scarlet and Treble got thrown back and banged on the door. The train slowed down after a few seconds. “Look outside were under water!” Pingwinka yipped. The intercom confirmed that was a yes. “Now folks, the view of the sea will only take a few minutes, so enjoy while it lasts.” They all looked outside the train windows. A fat tube that had a line of train tracks surrounded the train. Outside the tube fish swam around. Many kinds of fish and sea plants of the reef were colorful and amazing! Scarlet and Treble got up from the floor, but only have a few seconds to look out. The train when up and up and up and up.... Everyone flung to the back. “You may now take off your seat belts” the intercom screeched. “We arrived at the Four Nations, please exit the train on the left, thank you.” Everyone got out of the train they were a bit woozy from banging on the wall. A cheery unicorn came up to them. “HI! I see you had a bit of a bumpy ride! You must be the guests the Princess invited! I’m Sunny Shores your tour guide! Now if I can just have your names, and we can get your stuff and GO!”she yipped. “Wait, Sunny Shores. me and my friends as you can see have paint all over us. Can we get cleaned up?” Sakura asked. “The Princess won't mind you guys like that! She will just let you use the royal *public* bathroom!!!” Sunny yelled. After that they all said their names and Sunny Shores whistle. A cart came down from the sky. “ The best way to travel is by sky cart! Off we go!” Sunny screamed. The ponies stepped inside the cart and the driver lifted up from the ground. Chapter 2 - Princess BubbledustChapter 2 - Princess Bubbledust _______________________________________ “Now the Four Nations are not far from each other,” Sunny said. “You don’t even need a telescope or tower to see them!” The ponies did look around at the amazing view. The sun was beaming down, but there was a nice sea breeze coming in. “Oh, I would love to live here,” said Pingwinka. “The landscape is beautiful.” There were many different botanical gardens everywhere. The nature is luxurious. “I love the shops here,” said Scarlet. “Hey, Sakura. If you get paid for doing this float, then you gotta take us shopping.” “I will, Scarlet. Don’t worry,” said Sakura. “The princess will give us rooms in the castle to stay in, keep that in mind.” The rest of the girls started to squeal and jump, exciting to stay at the princess’ castle for three days. “Ok,” Sunny started. “As much as I would love to give you the tour of the whole series of islands, I will save that for tomorrow. I’m sure you’d love to step inside the palace, am I right?” The mares all nodded simultaneously. “Ok, then. Let’s go to her castle!” She turned her head to the driver. “Please bring us to Princess Bubbledust.” The driver nodded and started the cart. The ponies stepped out of the carriage and walked across what seemed to be a red carpet. “This is fancy,” said Scarlet. She was prancing along as if she was a famous star, pretending to sign autographs. When she pirouetted to face the ponies, they were bug eyed. “You are weird,” said Treble Streak. “Hey. We’re all weird here,” said Citra. “I would’ve done the same thing.” She looked up at the sky, noticing something flying. “Hey, guys! Look up there!” She pointed at a pegasus with a megaphone and a message hanging from his tail. He was repeating the words, “Parade in a few days! Come join the fun! Parade in a few days! Come join the fun!” The message hanging behind him said, “ANNUAL PARADE OF THE FOUR NATIONS IS HELD THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEATURING PRINCESS BUBBLEDUST HERSELF!” The girls started to jump and scream. “Ok, ladies,” said Sunny. “May I present to you Princess Bubbledust.” The castle doors opened, and a wisteria colored pony stepped outside with her red hair and a lavender dress, floor length with purple daisies connected to the skirt and the corset. She also has one big violet on her left ear next to her bangs. A golden tiara was shining from the sun and she had a pretty smile that matched her bright blue eyes. “Hello, Sakura. I see you’ve brought your friends. What a party,” the princess exclaimed. “I know,” Sakura said. “I didn’t want to just bring one friend, so I brought four.” The princess nodded and bowed her head to the ponies. “Nice meeting you, girls. I would like to know your names, starting with you.” She pointed at Citra and she stood still. “Oh, I’m Citra Sweet. My family owns a farm and we’re business partners with AppleJack and her family.” “Oh, that’s nice, Ms. Sweet. And how about you?” She was looking at Pingwinka. “Hello. I’m Pingwinka. I just finished my second year of college, majoring in business.” “That’s excellent. And you, my dear. What is your name?” She was looking at Scarlet. “I’ve seen many crystal ponies visiting here all the time.” “Really? Well, I’m Scarlet Jewel. I own a five star restaurant at the Crystal Empire. ‘Brightly Shining’ is the name.” “I’ve never been there, but my servants have on their vacation last year. They had great reviews about it. It’s really nice. How is business now?” “A bit slow now since it’s just spring, but in the summer, it should be more busy.” “Ok. And you.” She was looking at Treble Streak. “What’s your name?” “I’m Treble Streak. I paint and I also play music as well. People call me a prodigy, but I’m not really.” “I’m pretty sure that when you perform on the float on Friday, then you’ll definitely be amazing. It’s great that you can paint. Are you thinking of designing Sakura’s float?” Treble nodded. “Ok, then. I’ll show you girls your rooms.” The ponies were walking in the hallway admiring the accessories the princess possessed. Treble got confused for a bit. “What’s the matter,” asked Sakura. “Is there something wrong,” asked the princess. “I think I’ve seen this artist’s painting style before. I don’t know who’s, though. Can you tell me who it is?” “Why, certainly. I hired this young stallion from an art school to come live here and paint for hallways and many special occasions. Mr. Streamer is my artist. He has special talent.” Treble’s eyes widened, couldn’t believe the words she heard. “Mr. Streamer? Are you talking about..?” “Mr. Sunset Streamer? Yes. Why? Do you want me to call him?” Treble nodded in disbelief. “Ok.” She pressed a button on her collar, “Mr. Streamer, please come to the main hallway.” Treble sat down, shaking her head. Pingwinka sat next to her and hugged her. “What’s wrong,” she asked. An orange and yellow stallion came by and stood near the princess. He has a bass clef cutie mark with a paintbrush going through it. “Anything you need, princess?” “Someone wants to talk to you,” the princess said, and stood aside. “Sunset,” asked Treble. “Treble Streak?” He ran and hugged her, lifting her up and squeezing her tightly. “What are you doing here,” he asked. “Same thing I should be asking you,” Treble replied in mid-choke. He let go of her and set her on the floor. “What’s wrong?” “What’s wrong? How come you didn’t tell me that you were living here? I thought you’d come back home, Sunset!” “I know. I should’ve said something, but it happened so soon and I didn’t want to tell you right away.” “Well, you should’ve because I was waiting for you!” Treble and Sunset gave each other a stare. “May we ask what happened,” asked Scarlet. “Sure. Princess, you have a living room, right?” “Yes. Just open that door on your right.” Treble opened the door and the living room is so huge. There’s a 15ft chocolate color sectional with a huge fireplace and nice surround sound. The ponies all stared in awe. “Ok, we can sit down,” Treble said. They all gathered together and Sunset sat next to Treble. “Ok,” Treble started. “Sunset got accepted to an art school in The Four Nations four years ago. It was great news for both of us. We live together in Ponyville, but since he went to the college, it was just me.” “Princess Bubbledust visited the school one day on my senior year and examined all the art. I saw her talk to the principal about one of my paintings, wondering who painted it. The principal found me and pulled me over to the princess. I introduced myself to her and she said that she loved my artwork. She noticed that my cutie mark has a bass clef with a paintbrush. She asked what the bass clef was for. I told her that I sing bass in my choir and play the upright bass in my high school orchestra. She asked me to sing and I did. She was amazed at how good I was, not to be vain.” The ponies stared at him. They never knew him because Treble didn’t mention him. She missed him too much to talk about him. “Then she asked me if I wanted a job as a painter and a singer in her choir,” he continued. I was excited and said yes. She told me to pack up from my college dorm and come with her to live in the palace.” Treble stared at him angrily. “But you never told me that you left to live here! You could’ve told me and I would’ve lived here with you, but you never did,” Treble yelled. Tears are coming out of her eyes. Sunset scooted closer to her and hugged her. “I’m sorry, little sis,” he said. “I didn’t want to overwhelm you. You need to be in Ponyville. You know I can’t stay with you forever, right?” Treble looked up at him, wiping tears from her eyes. “We’re both adults. I can visit you. You can visit me, too. You need to finish college first, ok? Over in the Four Nations is expensive. Ponyville is your home. Stay there when you come back from the parade, ok?” Treble nodded, and the door opened. “I heard yelling,” said Princess Bubbledust. “Is everything ok?” Treble, red-eyed now, nodded. “Ok. You all should get some rest. I’ll show you your rooms, now.” The first room was so beautiful and huge. There was a queen bed with a yellow canopy around it. The closets were deep and windows were 10ft tall. “Citra Sweet, this is yours. Clothing is already provided.” Citra ran in and jumped onto her bed. “Oh, thank you, princess! It’s really nice.” The rest of the ponies walked to many rooms. We passed Scarlet’s crystal bed frame and drawers, Pingwinka’s rustic bedroom with a tall orange and lemon trees in every corner of the room, Treble Streak’s bedroom with an easel, and instruments like flute, trumpet, clarinet, alto sax in their cases, located next to Sunset’s room, and finally, Sakura’s room. When the door opened, the room was pretty dark with Japanese merchandise everywhere. Japanese lamps, kimonos, a countertop, authentic fans, The Mane Six Elements of Harmony project screen in Japanese. “Thank you so much, princess. It’s so beautiful.” “You’re welcome. Tell your friends that there’s a bathroom and shower near the living room so they can wash themselves up. Breakfast is at 8:30 tomorrow. They can go to the dining room which is not far from your room. You just go to your right and continue straight. Then take a right after the second door. You girls have a good night.” Sakura nodded, still standing under the moulding of the door. “You too. Thank you, princess for taking so much of your time to invite us to the parade. How did you find out about me?” “I’ll tell you at dinner tomorrow.” Bubbledust said. She walked out standing right outside the room with the door still open and called two names. Two colts came to her, a unicorn and a pegasus. “These colts are my number one guards. This pegasus is also my husband, Flash. And this is his cousin Evil Link. He will show you to the bathroom. ” She told Sakura. Flash and Bubbledust disappeared in the hallway. Evil smiled. “How about I show you there, just grab your robe” he asked. “Um, well my friend got paint on her too.” Sakura mumbled. He nodded and they walked down the hallway. Laughing came from Scarlet’s room. Evil knocked and yelled, “Hello!?” The laughing stopped and turned into complete silence. Scarlet opened the door. The rest of her friends sat on her bed. “Oh, hey, Sakura! And you..... what do you need,” she asked. “Treble and I are gonna get cleaned up. Where is she?” Sakura told her. “About that, she’s with her brother.” she whispered. “Doing what now,” Sakura asked. “I don’t know,” she replied. “She just said that she had to go to Sunset. She didn’t say why.” Sakura looked around the castle, trying to look for Treble but couldn’t find her. She kept on circling the castle, but the rooms were nowhere to be found. “Ugh, I feel so mucky,” she said to herself. “I’ll just wash up without her.” She walked to the bathroom and there were three showers and two tubs. There are 5 bathroom stalls. The bathroom was the biggest she’s ever seen. She turned on the water and tested the water. When it was at the right temperature, she stepped inside the shower. Her cherry blossom pink body was soaked closely to a salmon color. She shampooed her jet black, straight hair, so much darker than Octavia Melody’s and rinsed it off. She has such long hair that she could sit on it, but she decides to put it up in a bun to get it out of the way when preparing her sushi dishes. Sitting on the faucet counter was something she had always worn. A lucky tigerlily comb with dangling cherry blossom extensions. It was given from her grandmother who passed in Baltimare. She attaches the extensions for special occasions. After 10 minutes, she turned off the water and her horn glowed to wring her the excess water out of her hair. Her horn glowed again to dry herself with a blow dryer and put her kimono bathrobe on. As she was about to step out of the bathroom, the entrance opened and Treble stepped inside, but stopped, a bit startled to see Sakura. “Hey, what’s up?” “I was looking everywhere for you. Where were you?” she asked. “With my brother, he explained everything and we had a lot of catching up to do, you know?” Treble let out a sigh afterwards. She looked really upset when she walked over to the towel and sniffled. “What’s wrong,”Sakura asked. “It turns out that Sunset and I aren't as close as we were before. All he talks about now is what we will do after he gets out of college and then doing some work. He not gonna have time for us anymore....” She cried. Treble was now sitting on the floor crying. Sakura stroked her beautiful baby blue mane as she sobbed. “I’m not gonna see him anymore,” she said, choking back tears. “He’s leaving me. I won’t be able to talk to him.” Sakura thought for a moment. Hopefully, this won’t overwhelm her too much. “Come on, you’re full of paint. Go wash up. And don’t worry. I’ll convince him to keep in touch with you.” Chapter 3 - ShoppingChapter 3 - Shopping Chapter 3 - Shopping _______________________________________ Sakura didn’t have a great sleep, worried about the float and what the princess was about to tell her how she was found. She checked her alarm clock next to her and the time said 8:15. She quickly got up, tied her hair in a bun, put her robe on and walked to the dining room. On her way to the room she walked the opposite direction and stopped in front of Treble’s room. It was the only room in the bedroom hallway that was quiet because she thought everyone was awake. Sakura put her mind back and keep walking. She remembered that the dining room would be open and ready at 8:30. She went into Citra’s room. Her bed was already made. Ok, she’s out of bed, Sakura thought. As she continued walking, she stopped in front of Scarlet’s room, she was also asleep, sound asleep. She took a glance at a grandfather clock that said 8:25. So, she shook Scarlet, hard enough to wake her up. “Wake up! It’s 8:25,” she yelled. Sakura ran to Pingwinka’s room next. They opened the door at the same time. “Hi, I’m hungry! I better get there first!” Ping yelled. pushing Sakura out of the way. Scarlet was walking past Sakura, but she grabbed her arm and asked her this, “Can you wake Sunset up while I wake Treble? I think he knows that I’ll convince him to talk to her.” “Ok. I’ll wake him up,” said Scarlet. Scarlet walked into his room. “Hello, Sunset. Its time to wake up.” Scarlet cooed. She started to shake him lightly. “Sunset, come on. Get up!” She started to shake him harder. “Sunset! Get up!” Sunset shot himself up and head-butted Scarlet. “Ah, shoot,” Sunset exclaimed. “Did you have to be so close?” “Did you have to sit straight up in bed rapidly,” Scarlet yelled. “And I think you kissed me!” “No, Scarlet, I did not!” “Yeah, you did! What’s wrong with you?” She started to attack him in the bed and Sunset pressed a nearby security button next to his bed. Evil came in the room in a snap struggled to break them apart. “Guys, stop,” Evil Link said. “Now the both of you go to the dining room right now, or you both will under the arrest of the princess! You understand?!” Both ponies nodded rapidly in fear and walked quickly out the door. They shuffled their way to the dining room. “I know you kissed me. Don’t lie.” “Ok, maybe I did, but how was I supposed to know?” “You’re lucky,” said Scarlet. “You are so lucky right now.” Before one of them could continue Sunny Shores, their tour guide interrupted. “Hey everypony! How did you sleep!” she yipped. Before they could answer, she ran to Scarlet and Sunset and squeezed them close. “You two look like happy campers!” She yipped angin. Everyone sat at the table, Bubbledust, Flash and chef came in from the kitchen. “Welcome everyone to the dining hall! This is the one and only Chef Guido!” Bubbledust announced. He came around putting plates in the table. “I can't wait to eat, I'm so hungry!” yelled Ping. She grabbed the nearest plate and fork a put a piece of food on it. Then, “OH! Dear, I asked for Sunny Side Up eggs and those are it,” Sunny told her. She used her magic and pulled the plate towards her. _____________________________ After the huge breakfast everyone was full. The princess who barely ate, was still wearing PJs. She pulled out a little bag from her pocket from her robe. “Here are 120 bits for all of you. You're in the Earth Kingdom right now, they sell everything but fish and seal can be found in the Water Tribe on the left side of the nations,” Bubbledust told them. Their eyes opened wide. The princess’ horn glowed as she gave them the money. When she gave it to Treble, she said, “ Actually, I'll keep it my room. I'm staying with my brother...” They all headed out the door before Sakura could. The Princess called her name. “I told you that I'd say how I found out about you. I have a main guard who runs every island’s team. My earth guard named Maydend had a vacation. She had visited your town. Being an earth bender, she looked around at the site. She told me she saw a wonderful garden on someone's lawn. She asked many ponies who tended to the garden and they said you. She found your address and came to me so I could send it.” Bubbledust told her. Sakura smiled and ran out the door. She caught up with the rest of the gang. Citra and Pingwinka who had became best friends walked next to each other. Sakura walked behind them looking for ideas for the royal float and their own float. Scarlet flew above them. She was greeting everyone who flew by her, but was only a small number of pegasi, because they were in the earth kingdom, it was mostly earth ponies and some unicorns. Sunny ran up to them out of breath. She was wearing a camera like the one on her flank and she carried a slips of paper in her magic. “Oh great Celestia! Its hot out, hoo. Well, what do you guys want to see?” Sunny yipped. “I have to get seeds and flowers for the float, or at least know where it is.” Sakura said. “OH! That reminds me, here take this in case we break up.” Sunny yipped. She handed a slip of paper to Scarlet and Sakura then blushed and giggled. “I only have 3 maps! Ha! I thought it was a little lite, Citra and Ping you can share one,” she giggled. They forget the first time they introduced themselves to Sunny Shores. They looked confused for a second. Then they remembered. “You two can go by yourself, ok? We will meet in the flower shop,” she said pointing to Scarlet and Sakura . “You need some flowers, and you're a crystal pony. I bet this town is almost the same.” She leaned over to Scarlet and whispered, “But less sparkly, hehe!” Citra, Pingwinka and Sunny Shores went to a corner, turned and then they were gone. “I’m gonna go there.” Scarlet told Sakura and she pointed to a cloud. “There’s a pegasus mall!” She finished. Sakura nodded and looked her map. She walked still looking it till, BUMP! “Oh, sorry.” a voice said. Sakura got up and looked away from the map. Evil Link and Flash stood there. “No, its my fault. I wasn't looking.” Scarlet said. Flash was the princess’ husband and her number one guard. That’s all she knew. He was a tall strong-built pegasus. He wasn't silly or competitive looking. “It’s alright. You're the one Bubbledust invited right?” he asked. Sakura nodded. “Cool. My job is to protect her at any cost and if I don't, Evil does. Otherwise, she screwed. You see, don't tell her I told you but when she see someone evil she becomes evil. This happened years ago before I married her. I saved her from Discord. I saw him taking her kindness away and giving her Black Evil. I pulled her away just in time so Discord wouldn’t take all of her kindness. But what I didn’t realize is that the Black Evil stayed within her so then she only turns evil when in front of chaos.” Sakura looked distraught. “Anyway, I can't wait to see your idea for the float. You’re the second float, the princess and I are first. Do you need any help?” he continued. “The flower and seed shop?” Sakura said, still overwhelmed with him. “I can help with that,” Evil Link interrupted. He looked evil, but he wasn't. He was a computer genius. And the only time he was ever evil was gets extremely mad. It rarely happens, though. Sunset told her that earlier today. “Ok “ Sakura said. Evil and Sakura started to walk. Flash looked at them happily, then got a little awkward, but walked away, still a bit suspicious. ______________________________ While they were walking around the tourist area, Ping asked Sunny if there was a rock store because she loves rocks. She even has a lucky rock named Lucjan, which she brings everywhere. “Yes, the Earth Kingdom is known for them! The Water Tribe is known for their fish. The Air Temples, which is the smallest island is known for its animals. And the Fire Nation is known for weapons, sadly... ANYWAYS it’s a yes.” Sunny told her. Pingwinka was so happy. “Where?! TELL ME WOMAN!” she screamed shaking Sunny Shores. She smiled and pointed and small chart shop. Pingwinka grabbed Cirta’s hoof and pulled her backwards. ”AHHH! Ping! Where are we going,” Cirta yelled as Ping ran. “Welcome to my Rock Shop Chart! I have normal rocks, lava rocks, and MOON ROCKS!” said the colt at the stand. “I'LL TAKE A MOON AND A LAVA ROCK!” Ping yelled. The colt pointed a sign, it said “ 5 BITS EACH” Ping pulled out 10 bits. She only had 10 left, but she was happy with the rocks, so she slammed down the bits and grabbed the rocks. “OK, now I want a sugar cane!” Cirta demanded. “NO! You threw up in Scarlet’s toilet! That made you really sick! You drink that lemonade and like it,” Ping yelled. “Fine,” said Cirta putting money on a lemonade stand. She got a cup and started to sip. ________________________________ By now Scarlet had spend most of her bits. Many ponies greeting her because she’s from the Crystal Empire. Her favorite store was Wings Ribbon, she wanted to spend her last of bits there. She searched the whole mall for it. She was losing hope. But finally she found it. It was a small cube shaped room with a shoe shaped fish tank. Puffer fish, rainbow fish and angelfish were floating around it. She found outfits she liked that fit her price range and tried them. Once she knew what she could and couldn't buy, she went the counter. “Hello, miss did you find everything you wanted or needed?” said the mare at the counter. Scarlet nodded. The mare was a unicorn, like half of the workers in the mall, so it went fast as she scanned every shirt, bag and hair piece. “How’s your day? Are you enjoying the islands,” the mare asked. “It’s was awkward, but it was ok,” Scarlet said. The mare had finished scanning, looking interested of the topic. “Why, and bits please?” the mare asked. Scarlet gave her the last of her bits. “A pegasus colt kissed me by mistake,” Scarlet fessed up. The mare’s nose wrinkled as much as the bag she put the clothes in. “Sorry about that. Here you go,” She derped, handing her the bag. Scarlet flew out of the mall. She felt weird. _______________________________ Evil and Sakura had reached the shop. The flower shop smelled like fresh daisies and wood. Two mares were in the small wooden shop. An earth pony greeted them from a counter. “How are ya,” she yipped. A unicorn with a gray coat and short yellow and white mane looked around with a notepad and a pencil. “We are here to pick out the royal flowers.” Sakura said. The mare looked up. “The royal float? Well, I’ll be! I'm Abby Paintbrush. I have the job of making the designs for the rest of the floats.” she told them. “I'm only making designs. Well, besides for me and Sunset’s.” Abby went talking about ideas, the tip of her mane flickered different colors. Treble. She is will be so mad. We both thought they could come do our float, Sakura thought. “You’ve made designs,” she asked Abby. “Yeah. I’ve made designs with Sunset Streamer a year ago.” “You talk to Sunset?” “Yeah, why?” “I know his younger sister. She’s the same age as I am.” “Treble Streak is here? Oh, she probably doesn’t know me. Sunset and I were together for a while, but the love we had distracted him from doing his work. I’m still a bit sad about that.” The tip of Abby’s mane became a dark blue. She explained how they met. “I met Sunset when he moved to the castle. She assigned us to make designs for the float, but we also painted together.” Sakura was distracted by Abby’s mane. “Does your mane always change color?” “It does?” She took a quick glance at her mane. “Oh! I always forget about that. Yes, it does. Ever since I was a filly. It’s a long story... Anyways, I got a job as art teacher in the fire nation.” Sakura nodded. “I should probably get some flowers now,” she said. Chapter 4- ComplicationsChapter 4- Complications ____________________________________ Sakura bought the pots and she was told that the larger pots are going to get mailed to the palace under her name. “Ok, then. Do you need help designing your float at all,” asked Abby. “I have Treble helping me. Thank you, though.” Sakura reached for her pots, but Abby stopped her. “Wait! Come on. I can help Treble, and maybe help Sunset.” Sakura started to walk away. “Thanks, but no thanks. I have Treble but if she needs help, she can call you.” Abby nodded in disappointment. The tip of her mane turned black, then back to yellow . Sakura walked out of the store and Evil followed her. “So, how was the purchasing of the flowers,” asked Evil. “Oh, don’t even say anything. This mare, Abby Paintbrush, was pestering me about Sunset. They were together for as long as Sunset lived there.” “I know. I remember that.” “Yeah, so you get what I’m talking about. And then their work was ruined, I think, or they just didn’t get their work done and then the breakup was bad or something.” Evil laughed a bit. “Yeah. I remember. I heard Abby run off crying. Hopefully no stallion can do that to you.” Sakura looked at him. “You know what? Let’s have something to eat. My treat. It’s getting late.” “Oh, no. You don’t have to do that, Link.” “Who calls me that? No one does. Call me Evil.” Sakura sighed. “Ok, fine, Evil. Thank you.” “Oh, anything for the princess’ guest gardener.” They walked inside a restaurant nearby the floral nursery. The hostess led them to their seats. Evil sat across from Sakura. They took a glance at the menu. “Whoa,” she exclaimed. “This is awesome! I love the selections here!” Evil gave her a look. “You’ve never eaten in restaurants a lot, huh?” Sakura shook her head. “I make my own food. Sushi, remember?” “I haven’t eaten at a lot of restaurants either. I’ll agree with you. I eat in the castle. I rarely eat in restaurants, so, yeah.” Sakura jumped a bit. “What touched me?” “Oh, sorry, that’s my hoof,” Evil said. “Oh, I’m sorry,” Sakura replied. “No need to be sorry.” He reached for her front hoof that was in front of her. Sakura pulled back. The waiter came with a pen and paper floating next to him. “Hello, welcome to Mother Nature. I am Napkin, and I will be your waiter tonight. What would you like for this evening?” “We’ll start with the appetizer,” Evil said. _________________________________ Ping skipped with joy. She was so happy with her rocks. Cirta just finished her lemonade. Ping stopped skipping from the sound of the last sip and turned around. “Does it really take you that long to drink the lemonade,” she asked. “Well, the sugar is fake. I can taste it. And the lemons taste like they’re processed and not fresh,” Citra complained. Ping rolled her eyes and sat down. “Oh, yeah. I forgot that you harvest citrus fruit.” “Now girls! We have to meet Sakura at the flower shop. Remember I said we'd meet there.” Sunny Shores yipped. “Oh yeah,” Cirta said. “I forgot!” Ping just nodded and mumbled. “Sure, yeah, whatever. You lead the way,” she said. Sunny’s horn flicked a orange layer of magic and lifted Pingwinka’s hooves. Her legs rose and continued to walk with Citra at her side. “Come on! I don’t want to be pulled,” said Ping. After she yelled, her legs dropped hard on the ground. “Dude,” she exclaimed. “Sorry,” said Sunny. “But Sakura should be here. I don’t see her.” Everybody looked around, but instead of finding Sakura, Scarlet arrived, with Treble trailing along. “We’re here,” Scarlet sang. “Where’s Sakura,” Treble asked. “That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” Sunny replied. “And I thought you were with your brother.” “She was,” Scarlet said. “But then Sunset said that he had to do something so she had to leave.” “But I didn’t know that I would find Scarlet, so I came to her, and we’re here now.” Citra surprised the group with an abrupt gasp. After the mares screamed, Sunny asked, “What’s wrong?” “I found her!” ________________________________ Sakura walked out of the restaurant with Evil. “The food was amazing,” Sakura yelled. They were seen close together. The girls gathered behind a bush next to the flower shop. “What’s Evil doing with her!,” Sunny asked. “Well, it was great dining with you,” Evil said back as they stopped in front of the building. He put his hoof to Sakura’s face. “It was great being with you in general.” He leaned toward her and stopped at lip’s distance. Sakura pulled away. “We should get back. The girls are probably waiting for me.” “We gotta go back now, girls! Go back, go back, go back!” yelled Sunny. The mares ran back to the flower shop and sat on the sidewalk. “Girls. I’m so sorry I was so late.” “Oh no, that’s fine,” Sunny said. “My apologies, mares,” said Evil. “I took her to dinner nearby but we weren’t too far.” “Yeah, we saw you.” “What,” Sakura asked. “Nothing,” Sunny said. “I didn’t say anything. Now let’s go back. I’ll call the carriage.” _______________________________ As soon as they hopped on the carriage and got to the castle, they all got off and followed Sunny. She walked around for a minute, poking her head in rooms. “AH! Here,” Sunny yipped. Two glass doors opened to a huge library. Four banners with a symbol on each hung on a bookcase. In the middle of the room, Bubbledust and a green unicorn sat. The green unicorn had book and was reading it to Bubbledust. “I played with a little ball during the summer. There was a coach tournament up at City College that I did get into, but my growing depression was affecting my game. I didn't believe in myself anymore,” the unicorn said. “Oh, Brony Mag. Sorry but my guests are back.” the princess said. The green unicorn stopped reading and she closed the book and said, “I’ll read the rest of chapter form ‘Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers’ later,” She smiled and left the room. She stopped at Sunny and said, “How was your day, sister?” Sunny nodded and the green unicorn left the room. “Welcome back!” said the princess. “Thanks. Who was that?” Sakura asked. “Oh, just my librarian. You guys look tired, so you should go to sleep. I need you guys up by 3:00pm, however, to talk about the floats. Obviously, you can wake up earlier, but that’s when I need you to be here in the library.” Everyone nodded and headed to their rooms. Everypony got to sleep except for Sakura. She hasn’t been sleeping well, lately. She kept on tossing and turning for hours but she couldn’t fall asleep. She saw the telephone on her bedside table and picked it up. She dialed Evil’s number and he answered. “Hello, Evil Link speaking.” “Hi, it’s Sakura. Can you come here? I cannot sleep at all.” “Alright. I’ll be there.” He hung up the phone. She waited for a minute until Evil walked inside. “Hello,” he started. “You said you needed me?” “Yeah, I just need company. Like I said, I can’t sleep.” “It’s like that with me sometimes. I have to stay up most nights to help Flash, the princess’ husband, guard her in case anything bad happens. But then I also help assist whomever needs me. And I’m helping you, keeping you company.” “Thanks, Evil. And thank you for the dinner.” “You’re very welcome my dear. It was nice being with you.” “Yeah, it was.” “I remember the time when I moved here. Flash introduced me to Princess Bubbledust when I was a little younger. They got married around five or six years ago, I don’t remember, but I was pretty homesick. Flash was the only family I had along with the princess as my cousin. Did you know that they both trained me, not just Flash?” She stared in awe. “Really? What did the princess do?” “Princess Bubbledust was actually one of my training combat opponent. Let me tell you, she’s very great with her skills. And to think that she enrolled in the army, yet she never did. I was the only pony she trained. She didn’t go to anypony else, which made me feel a bit special. She told me that I was a fast learner and she can leave the rest to Flash because her work was done with training young colts.” “That’s awesome, Evil,” Sakura exclaimed. She started to yawn. “Are you tired now?” Sakura nodded. “Alright, well, I’ll be off,” Evil said. He gave her a hug good night. “Thank you for being here, Evil. It’s very helpful.” “You’re welcome. Well, good night, Sakura.” “Good night,” she replied. Evil was about to leave the bedroom. Sakura sprinted out from the bed and gave him a peck on the cheek. Evil blushed and exited the room. When the door closed, Sakura plopped on her bed. “Whoa, I just did that,” she said. She turned to her back and let out a big sigh. “Score,” she whispered. Everypony got up and walked to the library. “I’m glad you’re here,” Princess Bubbledust said. “Did you just wake up?” Everypony nodded. “Huh, you must be extremely tired from the shopping. Well, I need you to stay awake here, because this is extremely important. Sakura, we just got the pots delivered earlier this morning. Thank you for purchasing them.” “You’re welcome, princess,” Sakura replied. “Now Treble,” the princess started. “Have you designed the float yet?” Treble slowly shook her head. “Well, Treble, you gotta step it up. What did you even do yesterday?” “I was here the whole time, but then you! You, Sunset! You told me to leave you alone! You know I can’t be without my own brother! You need to come back!” “Treble,” Sakura yelled, holding her back. “You gotta stop! Can I bring her outside real quick?” “You may,” said the princess. Sakura and Treble stepped outside the castle and entered the back garden. They found the nearest bench and sat down. “Treble, you need to calm down. I know you haven’t seen your brother in a long time, but can you please cooperate with us? I wanted to bring you here because I wanted you to have fun and also help me with the float, and we can’t succeed without your help.” “You’re just trying to cheer me up, well you know what? It’s not working.” She shot up and ran inside. “Treble! What are you doing?” “I’m going home,” she yelled and slammed the doors. “I don’t wanna be here anymore!” Sakura got out of the bench and ran after her. “Treble,” she yelled. She started to slow down from running. “Treble,” she yelled faintly. She tried to keep up but couldn’t. She kneeled to the ground, panting. Her heart rate slowing. She couldn’t move. “Treble…” she continued in a whisper. She can’t yell. She saw a silhouette of a tall creature, but she couldn’t make out what it is. As she was lifted in the air, she closed her eyes. Treble ran to her room with tears coming out of her eyes. She started to pack up angrily, throwing and smushing her clothes and art equipment in the suitcases. Sunset came in, trying to stop her. “Treble! Treble Streak! Listen to me! What’s the matter with you?” “At the fact that you won’t come home from this whole mess! So I’m done here! I’m going back to Ponyville and I’m not stepping foot in this death trap again.” “Death trap,” Sunset questioned. “Treble you need to snap out of it. Sakura must be really upset with you. Put your stuff down and go apologize to her.” Treble stared at him angrily. “Fine. I will, but I’m still leaving.” She ran out, but bumped into Evil. “So sorry, Treble.” “It’s fine. Sorry about that.” “No no, it’s ok. Have you seen Sakura around?” “That’s what I’m looking for. We can go find her together.” “Yeah, that’s fine. Come on.” The two ponies walked around the whole castle, yelling her name. Then they hear an alarm go off. “Attention to all ponies in the castle,” Flash’s voice said over the intercom. “This is not a drill, all ponies report to dining room at once. I repeat! This is not a drill!” Everypony ran as quickly as they could. They all entered the dining room with the princess pacing inside. “How did he get access here,” she muttered. The ponies waited for her as she continued to pace. “What’s going on,” asked Scarlet. “Is there something wrong,” Pingwinka asked. Well, we just looked at the surveillance and you’ll see for yourself. Flash!” “Yes, honey.” “Bring out the security screens.” He nodded and pulled out a TV remote. He clicked on the television and changed the channel to the surveillance cameras. He rewound the video to when Sakura and Treble had their conversation. As Treble ran away, Sakura tried to keep up but slowed down. She kneeled and then passed out. A big dark shadow casted over her and picked her up. “Now, Flash, rewind to 3:42:16 and pause there.” He did so and paused. “Now focus on the face.” He did so, and the image revealed Discord. Everypony gasped. “Discord,” asked Citra. “Yes,” said the princess. I have no idea how he got access here. We specifically made a shield of Cadence’s power around the castle and it didn’t work, supposedly.” The ponies all stared at each other. “So now what do we do,” asked Treble. “Well, looks like we have to fight. All of us in here is enough. Flash, Evil, and I will train you to fight in combat. Mind you, his minions are very dangerous and very strategic. But we can do better. Flash! Evil! Set up the training gym and field.” “Yes, Princess,” they said simultaneously and ran off. Sakura woke up in a dark room. She hears bouncing in every angle around her. She’s hung in chains limb by limb. She struggled to get out but couldn’t be free. She looked down and noticed that she has a different kimono on and her hair is down, curled. Her lucky comb was sitting on the side table. The bouncing came closer and closer to her, and a pink shadow came in the room. “Well, look what we have here,” the pink pony said. She had fishnets on and black heels. She’s also wearing a black corset. “An Asian pony. This is different for Ponyville and she happened to be with Princess Bubbledust.” She started to stroke Sakura’s face. “And she looks very pretty with her hair down. Any weapons you have on yourself?” She started to search her body. “Um, miss,” Sakura started. “I don’t have any weapons. Stop! Stop touching me!” She spit on the pony. The pony shot back, wiped her face, and slapped Sakura. “How dare you spit on Pinkie!” She slapped her once again. “Playing hard-to-get, huh? Didn’t have to do that.” “Pinkie,” a deep voice yelled. “Step back! That’s enough!” Pinkie did so. A mysterious creature came in laughing. “Well, it’s Sakura Blossom. Famous in the Four Nations for her artwork, huh?” “Well, I wouldn’t consider famous.” “Oh, that’s ok. Well, allow me to introduce myself. I am Discord. This young mare here, is my right hand general, Pinkie Pie.” “Nice meeting you.” “Yeah right. You were the one feeling victims. Does she do this often?” “Only to mares,” Pinkie said. Sakura looked at Discord angrily, shooting herself forward but couldn’t. “What do you want with me?” “Oh well, help is wanted in the underworld of Discord. My past servant got on strike but got killed. Have you heard of Twilight Sparkle?” “She’s dead?” “Well, all I wanted is for her to work here, but she didn’t want to. She just stormed out but then got struck by lightning and slashed. Show her, Pinkie.” Pinkie pulled out a necklace and a coat full of horns and wings. Twilight’s bright purple wings and horn covered in blood were hanging on the coat and jewelry. “My right hand mare did the job right, huh Pinkie?” “Always here to serve Discord,” she cooed. Sakura looked at herself with the different outfit. “Why am I dressed in a different kimono and my hair is done?” “Well, Rarity, my designer made your dress and did your hair. I wanted you to look healthy and beautiful before you start to work. Dress to impress, you know?” “THEN WHERE ARE THE OTHER ELEMENTS!” Sakura yelled. “Applejack is my chef, Rainbow`s my guard. And,...Fluttershy well she was just to kind so I locked her up..” Discord told her. His face looked upset. Sakura remembered Discord and Fluttershy became friends. The dream became foggy. “You're waking up! ” ___________________________________ Bubbledust paced in her room. She cursed under her breath. She keeps on pacing. Memories of her as a filly and those shadow ponies watching her. She never told Flash they were the real reason she could become evil. The shadow princess' cackle echoed her head. She hit the floor, and the room became dark. She was a filly and her wings were tied up. "Where am I? I'M THE PRINCESS OF THE ELEMENTS LET ME GO!!!" She yelled. A dark alicorn, made of shadows came up to her. " Don't fret dear, you're safe with me. You're my pawn. We will destroy this light filled land and make one with darkens!" She told her. A yell a happies echoed through the room. Lucky Flash shook her and she was back in reality. “Are you ok," he asked. “You passed out. She lied”, “I'm fine, how are the others". Flash looked upset. “Sakura won't wake up. Evil is trying to wake her up.” ____________________________________ Soon Sakura was awake, Evil and Flash stood there. The princess was shaking the heck of of her. “What happened?” Sakura asked. Evil explained everything. Sakura looked throws the door a shadow appeared, Discord`s. Sakura didn't want to upset the princess anymore she camp her mouth shut. Soon after Sakura was up sitting in the dining hall. Her friends crowded around her as she told them what happened. “You stay here, I need to rest. This discord problem is taking at lot out of me. When I wake we'll do training.” Bubbledust said. She walked out of the room to her`s. She fell asleep… She was a filly, at the park with her mom. She ran around a couple of times then fell. Her mom looked up and came over. She pulled out a tooth brush. “SMILE” She said, so Bubbledust did. Her teeth were brown with mud. Her mom cleaned it out. The image shifted, she was with her Dad and sister. Her sister sang as her dad played the drums. Bubbledust sat there listening to them. Again it shifted. She was in a dark space. Discord apreeded. “Hello princess,...” This time she wasn't a filly, her normal self. "Discord,what do you want!" Shed yelled. He smiled and ran his tail around her. " Princess ill make bargain, i'll use you or Sakura." Bubbledust felt she was shot with a bulte. He knew too much, she thought. Fillany she spoke, "Give me a week to decide." Discord snapped his fingers and she woke up. She got and walked to dining hall, she had sleep too long. Flash sat their. "You were out long" he told her "Sorry" she responded .Bubbledust sat, she go the feeling that Discord was behind her. She cape glancing back.
Chapter 1 - The NoteChapter 1 - The Note _______________________________________ Sakura Blossom sat by a sushi dish that she prepared, eating every piece of it. A flash appeared in front of her. Then a letter flew down from the same spot. It said..... Dear Sakura, I'm Princess Bubbledust! I rule over the islands known as the Four Nations. We are having a celebration this week. I need a gardener for the royal parade float, that goes through all of the islands! I would like you to do it and we can have a float just for you if you want. You can bring your friends which are welcomed on the float. So? Yours Truly, Princess Bubbledust She put the letter down and got up. She started to put her snack away. After that she grabbed a bag and flung it over her back. Sakura headed out the door, bringing the letter with her. She started to run to her friend, Scarlet, but then after a mile and a half, she began to walk. Scarlet Jewel is a pegasus and a crystal pony. Sakura didn’t live far from the Crystal Empire. And another friend named, Pingwinka lived on the outskirts of Fillydelphia. She ran to her street and stopped by her house first to bring her along. “Ping! Pingwinka! Look what showed up through my window!” Pingwinka was startled to see Sakura running to her. “What, Sakura? What’s going on?” As she was panting, Sakura pulled out the letter from her bag and gave it to her. “Read this! Read this!” “Ok! ok! Don’t rush me!” Pingwinka has a really thick Polish accent. Somehow Sakura loves to hear her talk. As Pingwinka reads every sentence, her eyes would open wider. She started to jump. “OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!” She yelled at the top of her lungs. Everypony in town could hear it. Sakura blocked her mouth to quiet her down. “Shh,” she told her. “I know it’s exciting, but this is an invite. I don’t know if the princess wants me to bring one friend or more than one.” Sakura whispered. “But the note says FRIENDS!” yelled Pingwinka. “Fine...” she moaned. “But we also gotta let our friends know. I’m pretty sure they want to be part of this as well.” “YES!” Pingwinka said grabbing her. “Let’s go get em!” After a long trip of being pulled through the Crystal Grasses and the Crystal Gate, Sakura had finally pried Pingwinka off of her. “Now lets go find Scarlet,” she said. The two friends walked up and down the streets looking for Scarlet. Above them was a breeze that pushed them over. “There’s Scarlet,” screamed Pingwinka. Scarlet was seen in her front yard conversing with a stallion. Sakura stopped and grabbed Pingwinka’s hand as they were running. “Wait,” she called. “I don’t want to disrupt her.” “She needs to know about the news, Sakura!” Pingwinka yelled as she pulled her forward. “Now come on!” Scarlet noticed the two mares fighting to either move forward or step back. “Um, could you excuse me? I noticed my friends are here. Nice talking to you.” “Anytime, Ms. Jewel,” said the resident. As he left her house, Scarlet ran straight to the fighting girls and broke them up. “What are you girls trying to do? Make a scene?” The ponies stopped and hugged her. “Oh, Scarlet! We have great news,” Sakura squealed. “You are not gonna believe this,” Pingwinka added. Sakura handed the letter from the princess to her. Scarlet read over it quietly, skimming the letter at first, then reread the note over to herself. “The-the PRINCESS!” gulped Scarlet. She jumped over to Sakura, tackling her, then hugging her to death. “OW! Stop, you're hurting me...”she told her. “Sorry...” Scarlet responded. Sakura took in a few deep breaths and laid her head down. “Goodness, Scarlet. You know I need to breathe and have my gardening hooves and horn.” “I’m so sorry, but this is exciting! Is anyone else coming?” Pingwinka opened her eyes. “What do you have in mind,” asked Sakura. “I have a couple of friends in Ponyville. Citra Sweet and Treble Streak. Citra harvests citrus fruit. Her family owns a farm. They share a business with AppleJack and her family. They are great business partners. Treble Streak is an artist and a musical prodigy. She can help design the float and she can also write the music for the float as well. She plays 16 instruments. I know. It’s amazing.” “Well, we’d like to meet them, Ping,” Scarlet said. “Oh, I’ve known both of them for a long time,” Sakura added. “They’re amazing girls. I’m sure they’ll love to meet you and come to the palace.” “Oh. Well, I did not know that,” Scarlet said. “I would love to meet them. Here, I’ll give you girls a ride.” She walked them to her driveway where there’s a blue and white crystal carriage and when she whistled, two chauffeurs ran out of the house and buckled themselves in the front. The rest of the girls stared in awe. “Man,” Sakura commented. “You like it,” Scarlet asked. They all nodded. “Well, hop on. I insist.” The ponies all climbed in the carriage. “Boys. Bring us to Ponyville.” The stallions simultaneously said, “Yes, Ms. Jewel,” and started to walk. ________________________________ The mares were all amazed of the view. “This is relaxing, Scarlet,” said Pingwinka. She was laying down with her arms crossed behind her head. “You really like the ride, huh? I didn’t want to tire ourselves when we have a carriage.” “This is really gorgeous,” Sakura said. “How could you afford this?” “Owning a nice 5 Star Crystal restaurant got me going. I save a lot of money. I don’t spend it all right away. I have way more class than that. I purchase what I needed most: transportation, a home, clothes, and food. What an everyday pony would need.” “Smart thinking,” said Pingwinka. “Now arriving in Ponyville,” said one of the stallions. “Oh, how I miss living there,” said Sakura. “I used to cater sushi for private parties all the time until I moved to Fillydelphia last year.” “Why did you decide to move,” asked Scarlet. “Business,” Sakura answered. “Instead of just catering for one place at a time, I moved to Fillydelphia, where there were more public places and I had the opportunity to make enough for my own home. I couldn’t afford it in Ponyville.” Scarlet nodded and looked forward, a bit eager to stop the trip. It took them a few minutes to arrive at Treble Streak’s house. Treble Streak stepped outside her front door with an open expression. “Hello,” she asked. She had an apron on covered in paint and her straight, baby blue mane was messed up from the wind. “Hey, Treble,” said Pingwinka. “Hi, Ping! Is this carriage yours?” “No, it’s mine.” Scarlet poked her head out so Treble can see her. “Scarlet Jewel? Oh my God! I’ve been to your restaurant many times. The food is delicious, and the building’s amazing. Wait. Sakura Blossom, is that you?” “Hello, Treble Streak. Long time no see,” Sakura responded. Before Treble could answer, Pingwinka pulled the note out of Sakura’s bag and gave it to her. She finally took the time to respond, “Ya, what's this,” she asked. She was reading the note, looking back, reading over and over again, and her eyes widened, with her mouth gaping. “Are you serious?” She was trying to act calm but they all can see the excitement being held back. “Yes,” Scarlet said. As the ponies turned around to leave to the castle, they noticed that the stallions had disappeared along with the carriage. “Where’s the cart!” yelled Pingwinka. “Ya! How are we going to get to the palace,” screamed everypony else. “The train...” Scarlet said. “I don’t understand what’s the big deal. I told them to go. They’ll be fine. They know their way home. Besides, I don’t want to tire them for the round trip.” Everyone let a big breath. She was confused, because the Four Nations were islands, how was a cart getting them there? The train did go under water, however. It was the best train in all the world! “Ok, now that we have you, Treble, all we need is Citra,” Sakura told them. As she said that, a sudden noise was heard. A yell came from behind them. “SAAAKUURRAAA!” The sound grew louder and came closer every second till BOOM! Citra Sweet was there, two feet in front of her! “Hi! Did you not hear me call your name,” asked Citra. Everyone was amazed at her appearance. “I just ate a whole sugar cane. I’m so pumped!” They all looked confused. Sakura asked, “What did that have to do with anything?” “Well, I put the cane in a lemonade glass had a sip and it was so good, I POURED THE WHOLE THING IN MY MOUTH” yipped Citra. “So, it just exploded and teleported you here,” Pingwinka asked. “No. I was here the whole time. You just didn’t look for me hard enough. But that was such a rush!” Everybody gave her a bug eyed look. “Anyway,” Sakura started. “We have something to show you. But first, Ping and I would like to introduce you to Scarlet Jewel.” Scarlet came forward and bowed her head. Citra did the same back. “It’s nice meeting a Crystal pony,” Citra said. “Well, nice meeting you too,” Scarlet replied. Treble Streak came over and gave Citra a big hug. “Oh my gosh, I haven’t seen you in forever, since we were fillies!” “I know, right? It’s been a long time since elementary school with Ms. C! So what’s with the big holdup?” Sakura pulled the letter from her bag and handed it to Citra. She read the note to herself and she started jumping. “You’re joking! Tell me this is not forged!” Sakura shook her head. “No, it’s actually from Princess Bubbledust, but we gotta hurry. She’s expecting us soon. I assume we only have a few days to create the float, and I need to garden as well. I would love to have you help.” “Well, what are we waiting for,” Citra asked, being all excited from the news. “Let’s get a moveon!” Treble Streak didn’t live too far from the train station, so it was a ten minute walk. It didn’t take very long for trains to arrive. Sometimes, trains come every ten minutes, some even five. Scarlet walked to the ticket booth, while the others took a seat in the lobby of the station. “Hello, five to the 12:15 train to Four Nations, please,” asked Scarlet. After she handed the money, the seller gave the tickets to her. She walked to the mares, handing the tickets to them. Then she sat down with the rest and waited. Voices from the intercom say different destinations, the volume overpowering the conversations of many ponies. Some places include, Canterlot ,Las Pegasus , Manehattan, Baltimare, until, “12:15 train to the Four Nations is all aboard. I repeat, 12:15 to Four Nations is ready to board.” “That’s us,” Scarlet said, and they walked to the train. They all showed the conductor their tickets and he let them inside. The interior of the passenger car is really beautiful. They all looked around in amazement, gawking at the tables, seats, windows, everything of the car. “This is so pretty,” Treble Streak complemented. “I should paint a picture of the interior. Good thing I brought my paints and portable easel. Scarlet, you’ve been on this train before. How’s the ride like?” Scarlet threw her arms and did a pirouette. “Oh, the ride is very smooth and calming. It’s never bumpy, so you are able to paint without worrying about messing up, if that’s what you’re asking for.” “Exactly. Thank you.” She pulled out her easel, expanded it, and placed it on the floor. She took a 12”x18” canvas out of the bag and pressed it onto the easel. She grabbed her paints from the bag’s side pockets, grabbed water from a nearby bathroom faucet and started to paint. The train went on for a while turning left and right. The intercom beeped on. “We will now be going under water, please buckle yourself in until further notice.” “Hold on till we're on the ocean floor its will be very bumpy.” Scarlet warned them. CLICK! They are sat down and put their seatbelts on. “ONE MORE SPOT!” Treble yelled. “And wait. Didn’t you say that the ride wouldn’t be-” The train rode a big bump and Treble spilled her paint over herself. “Wet,” she finished. The wet canvas flew over to Sakura’s lap. “GROSS!” she yelled. “Treble,” she exclaimed. By now Treble Streak had fell on the floor and Scarlet jumped out of her seat and caught her. The train sped up. Scarlet and Treble got thrown back and banged on the door. The train slowed down after a few seconds. “Look outside were under water!” Pingwinka yipped. The intercom confirmed that was a yes. “Now folks, the view of the sea will only take a few minutes, so enjoy while it lasts.” They all looked outside the train windows. A fat tube that had a line of train tracks surrounded the train. Outside the tube fish swam around. Many kinds of fish and sea plants of the reef were colorful and amazing! Scarlet and Treble got up from the floor, but only have a few seconds to look out. The train when up and up and up and up.... Everyone flung to the back. “You may now take off your seat belts” the intercom screeched. “We arrived at the Four Nations, please exit the train on the left, thank you.” Everyone got out of the train they were a bit woozy from banging on the wall. A cheery unicorn came up to them. “HI! I see you had a bit of a bumpy ride! You must be the guests the Princess invited! I’m Sunny Shores your tour guide! Now if I can just have your names, and we can get your stuff and GO!”she yipped. “Wait, Sunny Shores. me and my friends as you can see have paint all over us. Can we get cleaned up?” Sakura asked. “The Princess won't mind you guys like that! She will just let you use the royal *public* bathroom!!!” Sunny yelled. After that they all said their names and Sunny Shores whistle. A cart came down from the sky. “ The best way to travel is by sky cart! Off we go!” Sunny screamed. The ponies stepped inside the cart and the driver lifted up from the ground.
Chapter 2 - Princess BubbledustChapter 2 - Princess Bubbledust _______________________________________ “Now the Four Nations are not far from each other,” Sunny said. “You don’t even need a telescope or tower to see them!” The ponies did look around at the amazing view. The sun was beaming down, but there was a nice sea breeze coming in. “Oh, I would love to live here,” said Pingwinka. “The landscape is beautiful.” There were many different botanical gardens everywhere. The nature is luxurious. “I love the shops here,” said Scarlet. “Hey, Sakura. If you get paid for doing this float, then you gotta take us shopping.” “I will, Scarlet. Don’t worry,” said Sakura. “The princess will give us rooms in the castle to stay in, keep that in mind.” The rest of the girls started to squeal and jump, exciting to stay at the princess’ castle for three days. “Ok,” Sunny started. “As much as I would love to give you the tour of the whole series of islands, I will save that for tomorrow. I’m sure you’d love to step inside the palace, am I right?” The mares all nodded simultaneously. “Ok, then. Let’s go to her castle!” She turned her head to the driver. “Please bring us to Princess Bubbledust.” The driver nodded and started the cart. The ponies stepped out of the carriage and walked across what seemed to be a red carpet. “This is fancy,” said Scarlet. She was prancing along as if she was a famous star, pretending to sign autographs. When she pirouetted to face the ponies, they were bug eyed. “You are weird,” said Treble Streak. “Hey. We’re all weird here,” said Citra. “I would’ve done the same thing.” She looked up at the sky, noticing something flying. “Hey, guys! Look up there!” She pointed at a pegasus with a megaphone and a message hanging from his tail. He was repeating the words, “Parade in a few days! Come join the fun! Parade in a few days! Come join the fun!” The message hanging behind him said, “ANNUAL PARADE OF THE FOUR NATIONS IS HELD THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEATURING PRINCESS BUBBLEDUST HERSELF!” The girls started to jump and scream. “Ok, ladies,” said Sunny. “May I present to you Princess Bubbledust.” The castle doors opened, and a wisteria colored pony stepped outside with her red hair and a lavender dress, floor length with purple daisies connected to the skirt and the corset. She also has one big violet on her left ear next to her bangs. A golden tiara was shining from the sun and she had a pretty smile that matched her bright blue eyes. “Hello, Sakura. I see you’ve brought your friends. What a party,” the princess exclaimed. “I know,” Sakura said. “I didn’t want to just bring one friend, so I brought four.” The princess nodded and bowed her head to the ponies. “Nice meeting you, girls. I would like to know your names, starting with you.” She pointed at Citra and she stood still. “Oh, I’m Citra Sweet. My family owns a farm and we’re business partners with AppleJack and her family.” “Oh, that’s nice, Ms. Sweet. And how about you?” She was looking at Pingwinka. “Hello. I’m Pingwinka. I just finished my second year of college, majoring in business.” “That’s excellent. And you, my dear. What is your name?” She was looking at Scarlet. “I’ve seen many crystal ponies visiting here all the time.” “Really? Well, I’m Scarlet Jewel. I own a five star restaurant at the Crystal Empire. ‘Brightly Shining’ is the name.” “I’ve never been there, but my servants have on their vacation last year. They had great reviews about it. It’s really nice. How is business now?” “A bit slow now since it’s just spring, but in the summer, it should be more busy.” “Ok. And you.” She was looking at Treble Streak. “What’s your name?” “I’m Treble Streak. I paint and I also play music as well. People call me a prodigy, but I’m not really.” “I’m pretty sure that when you perform on the float on Friday, then you’ll definitely be amazing. It’s great that you can paint. Are you thinking of designing Sakura’s float?” Treble nodded. “Ok, then. I’ll show you girls your rooms.” The ponies were walking in the hallway admiring the accessories the princess possessed. Treble got confused for a bit. “What’s the matter,” asked Sakura. “Is there something wrong,” asked the princess. “I think I’ve seen this artist’s painting style before. I don’t know who’s, though. Can you tell me who it is?” “Why, certainly. I hired this young stallion from an art school to come live here and paint for hallways and many special occasions. Mr. Streamer is my artist. He has special talent.” Treble’s eyes widened, couldn’t believe the words she heard. “Mr. Streamer? Are you talking about..?” “Mr. Sunset Streamer? Yes. Why? Do you want me to call him?” Treble nodded in disbelief. “Ok.” She pressed a button on her collar, “Mr. Streamer, please come to the main hallway.” Treble sat down, shaking her head. Pingwinka sat next to her and hugged her. “What’s wrong,” she asked. An orange and yellow stallion came by and stood near the princess. He has a bass clef cutie mark with a paintbrush going through it. “Anything you need, princess?” “Someone wants to talk to you,” the princess said, and stood aside. “Sunset,” asked Treble. “Treble Streak?” He ran and hugged her, lifting her up and squeezing her tightly. “What are you doing here,” he asked. “Same thing I should be asking you,” Treble replied in mid-choke. He let go of her and set her on the floor. “What’s wrong?” “What’s wrong? How come you didn’t tell me that you were living here? I thought you’d come back home, Sunset!” “I know. I should’ve said something, but it happened so soon and I didn’t want to tell you right away.” “Well, you should’ve because I was waiting for you!” Treble and Sunset gave each other a stare. “May we ask what happened,” asked Scarlet. “Sure. Princess, you have a living room, right?” “Yes. Just open that door on your right.” Treble opened the door and the living room is so huge. There’s a 15ft chocolate color sectional with a huge fireplace and nice surround sound. The ponies all stared in awe. “Ok, we can sit down,” Treble said. They all gathered together and Sunset sat next to Treble. “Ok,” Treble started. “Sunset got accepted to an art school in The Four Nations four years ago. It was great news for both of us. We live together in Ponyville, but since he went to the college, it was just me.” “Princess Bubbledust visited the school one day on my senior year and examined all the art. I saw her talk to the principal about one of my paintings, wondering who painted it. The principal found me and pulled me over to the princess. I introduced myself to her and she said that she loved my artwork. She noticed that my cutie mark has a bass clef with a paintbrush. She asked what the bass clef was for. I told her that I sing bass in my choir and play the upright bass in my high school orchestra. She asked me to sing and I did. She was amazed at how good I was, not to be vain.” The ponies stared at him. They never knew him because Treble didn’t mention him. She missed him too much to talk about him. “Then she asked me if I wanted a job as a painter and a singer in her choir,” he continued. I was excited and said yes. She told me to pack up from my college dorm and come with her to live in the palace.” Treble stared at him angrily. “But you never told me that you left to live here! You could’ve told me and I would’ve lived here with you, but you never did,” Treble yelled. Tears are coming out of her eyes. Sunset scooted closer to her and hugged her. “I’m sorry, little sis,” he said. “I didn’t want to overwhelm you. You need to be in Ponyville. You know I can’t stay with you forever, right?” Treble looked up at him, wiping tears from her eyes. “We’re both adults. I can visit you. You can visit me, too. You need to finish college first, ok? Over in the Four Nations is expensive. Ponyville is your home. Stay there when you come back from the parade, ok?” Treble nodded, and the door opened. “I heard yelling,” said Princess Bubbledust. “Is everything ok?” Treble, red-eyed now, nodded. “Ok. You all should get some rest. I’ll show you your rooms, now.” The first room was so beautiful and huge. There was a queen bed with a yellow canopy around it. The closets were deep and windows were 10ft tall. “Citra Sweet, this is yours. Clothing is already provided.” Citra ran in and jumped onto her bed. “Oh, thank you, princess! It’s really nice.” The rest of the ponies walked to many rooms. We passed Scarlet’s crystal bed frame and drawers, Pingwinka’s rustic bedroom with a tall orange and lemon trees in every corner of the room, Treble Streak’s bedroom with an easel, and instruments like flute, trumpet, clarinet, alto sax in their cases, located next to Sunset’s room, and finally, Sakura’s room. When the door opened, the room was pretty dark with Japanese merchandise everywhere. Japanese lamps, kimonos, a countertop, authentic fans, The Mane Six Elements of Harmony project screen in Japanese. “Thank you so much, princess. It’s so beautiful.” “You’re welcome. Tell your friends that there’s a bathroom and shower near the living room so they can wash themselves up. Breakfast is at 8:30 tomorrow. They can go to the dining room which is not far from your room. You just go to your right and continue straight. Then take a right after the second door. You girls have a good night.” Sakura nodded, still standing under the moulding of the door. “You too. Thank you, princess for taking so much of your time to invite us to the parade. How did you find out about me?” “I’ll tell you at dinner tomorrow.” Bubbledust said. She walked out standing right outside the room with the door still open and called two names. Two colts came to her, a unicorn and a pegasus. “These colts are my number one guards. This pegasus is also my husband, Flash. And this is his cousin Evil Link. He will show you to the bathroom. ” She told Sakura. Flash and Bubbledust disappeared in the hallway. Evil smiled. “How about I show you there, just grab your robe” he asked. “Um, well my friend got paint on her too.” Sakura mumbled. He nodded and they walked down the hallway. Laughing came from Scarlet’s room. Evil knocked and yelled, “Hello!?” The laughing stopped and turned into complete silence. Scarlet opened the door. The rest of her friends sat on her bed. “Oh, hey, Sakura! And you..... what do you need,” she asked. “Treble and I are gonna get cleaned up. Where is she?” Sakura told her. “About that, she’s with her brother.” she whispered. “Doing what now,” Sakura asked. “I don’t know,” she replied. “She just said that she had to go to Sunset. She didn’t say why.” Sakura looked around the castle, trying to look for Treble but couldn’t find her. She kept on circling the castle, but the rooms were nowhere to be found. “Ugh, I feel so mucky,” she said to herself. “I’ll just wash up without her.” She walked to the bathroom and there were three showers and two tubs. There are 5 bathroom stalls. The bathroom was the biggest she’s ever seen. She turned on the water and tested the water. When it was at the right temperature, she stepped inside the shower. Her cherry blossom pink body was soaked closely to a salmon color. She shampooed her jet black, straight hair, so much darker than Octavia Melody’s and rinsed it off. She has such long hair that she could sit on it, but she decides to put it up in a bun to get it out of the way when preparing her sushi dishes. Sitting on the faucet counter was something she had always worn. A lucky tigerlily comb with dangling cherry blossom extensions. It was given from her grandmother who passed in Baltimare. She attaches the extensions for special occasions. After 10 minutes, she turned off the water and her horn glowed to wring her the excess water out of her hair. Her horn glowed again to dry herself with a blow dryer and put her kimono bathrobe on. As she was about to step out of the bathroom, the entrance opened and Treble stepped inside, but stopped, a bit startled to see Sakura. “Hey, what’s up?” “I was looking everywhere for you. Where were you?” she asked. “With my brother, he explained everything and we had a lot of catching up to do, you know?” Treble let out a sigh afterwards. She looked really upset when she walked over to the towel and sniffled. “What’s wrong,”Sakura asked. “It turns out that Sunset and I aren't as close as we were before. All he talks about now is what we will do after he gets out of college and then doing some work. He not gonna have time for us anymore....” She cried. Treble was now sitting on the floor crying. Sakura stroked her beautiful baby blue mane as she sobbed. “I’m not gonna see him anymore,” she said, choking back tears. “He’s leaving me. I won’t be able to talk to him.” Sakura thought for a moment. Hopefully, this won’t overwhelm her too much. “Come on, you’re full of paint. Go wash up. And don’t worry. I’ll convince him to keep in touch with you.”
Chapter 3 - ShoppingChapter 3 - Shopping Chapter 3 - Shopping _______________________________________ Sakura didn’t have a great sleep, worried about the float and what the princess was about to tell her how she was found. She checked her alarm clock next to her and the time said 8:15. She quickly got up, tied her hair in a bun, put her robe on and walked to the dining room. On her way to the room she walked the opposite direction and stopped in front of Treble’s room. It was the only room in the bedroom hallway that was quiet because she thought everyone was awake. Sakura put her mind back and keep walking. She remembered that the dining room would be open and ready at 8:30. She went into Citra’s room. Her bed was already made. Ok, she’s out of bed, Sakura thought. As she continued walking, she stopped in front of Scarlet’s room, she was also asleep, sound asleep. She took a glance at a grandfather clock that said 8:25. So, she shook Scarlet, hard enough to wake her up. “Wake up! It’s 8:25,” she yelled. Sakura ran to Pingwinka’s room next. They opened the door at the same time. “Hi, I’m hungry! I better get there first!” Ping yelled. pushing Sakura out of the way. Scarlet was walking past Sakura, but she grabbed her arm and asked her this, “Can you wake Sunset up while I wake Treble? I think he knows that I’ll convince him to talk to her.” “Ok. I’ll wake him up,” said Scarlet. Scarlet walked into his room. “Hello, Sunset. Its time to wake up.” Scarlet cooed. She started to shake him lightly. “Sunset, come on. Get up!” She started to shake him harder. “Sunset! Get up!” Sunset shot himself up and head-butted Scarlet. “Ah, shoot,” Sunset exclaimed. “Did you have to be so close?” “Did you have to sit straight up in bed rapidly,” Scarlet yelled. “And I think you kissed me!” “No, Scarlet, I did not!” “Yeah, you did! What’s wrong with you?” She started to attack him in the bed and Sunset pressed a nearby security button next to his bed. Evil came in the room in a snap struggled to break them apart. “Guys, stop,” Evil Link said. “Now the both of you go to the dining room right now, or you both will under the arrest of the princess! You understand?!” Both ponies nodded rapidly in fear and walked quickly out the door. They shuffled their way to the dining room. “I know you kissed me. Don’t lie.” “Ok, maybe I did, but how was I supposed to know?” “You’re lucky,” said Scarlet. “You are so lucky right now.” Before one of them could continue Sunny Shores, their tour guide interrupted. “Hey everypony! How did you sleep!” she yipped. Before they could answer, she ran to Scarlet and Sunset and squeezed them close. “You two look like happy campers!” She yipped angin. Everyone sat at the table, Bubbledust, Flash and chef came in from the kitchen. “Welcome everyone to the dining hall! This is the one and only Chef Guido!” Bubbledust announced. He came around putting plates in the table. “I can't wait to eat, I'm so hungry!” yelled Ping. She grabbed the nearest plate and fork a put a piece of food on it. Then, “OH! Dear, I asked for Sunny Side Up eggs and those are it,” Sunny told her. She used her magic and pulled the plate towards her. _____________________________ After the huge breakfast everyone was full. The princess who barely ate, was still wearing PJs. She pulled out a little bag from her pocket from her robe. “Here are 120 bits for all of you. You're in the Earth Kingdom right now, they sell everything but fish and seal can be found in the Water Tribe on the left side of the nations,” Bubbledust told them. Their eyes opened wide. The princess’ horn glowed as she gave them the money. When she gave it to Treble, she said, “ Actually, I'll keep it my room. I'm staying with my brother...” They all headed out the door before Sakura could. The Princess called her name. “I told you that I'd say how I found out about you. I have a main guard who runs every island’s team. My earth guard named Maydend had a vacation. She had visited your town. Being an earth bender, she looked around at the site. She told me she saw a wonderful garden on someone's lawn. She asked many ponies who tended to the garden and they said you. She found your address and came to me so I could send it.” Bubbledust told her. Sakura smiled and ran out the door. She caught up with the rest of the gang. Citra and Pingwinka who had became best friends walked next to each other. Sakura walked behind them looking for ideas for the royal float and their own float. Scarlet flew above them. She was greeting everyone who flew by her, but was only a small number of pegasi, because they were in the earth kingdom, it was mostly earth ponies and some unicorns. Sunny ran up to them out of breath. She was wearing a camera like the one on her flank and she carried a slips of paper in her magic. “Oh great Celestia! Its hot out, hoo. Well, what do you guys want to see?” Sunny yipped. “I have to get seeds and flowers for the float, or at least know where it is.” Sakura said. “OH! That reminds me, here take this in case we break up.” Sunny yipped. She handed a slip of paper to Scarlet and Sakura then blushed and giggled. “I only have 3 maps! Ha! I thought it was a little lite, Citra and Ping you can share one,” she giggled. They forget the first time they introduced themselves to Sunny Shores. They looked confused for a second. Then they remembered. “You two can go by yourself, ok? We will meet in the flower shop,” she said pointing to Scarlet and Sakura . “You need some flowers, and you're a crystal pony. I bet this town is almost the same.” She leaned over to Scarlet and whispered, “But less sparkly, hehe!” Citra, Pingwinka and Sunny Shores went to a corner, turned and then they were gone. “I’m gonna go there.” Scarlet told Sakura and she pointed to a cloud. “There’s a pegasus mall!” She finished. Sakura nodded and looked her map. She walked still looking it till, BUMP! “Oh, sorry.” a voice said. Sakura got up and looked away from the map. Evil Link and Flash stood there. “No, its my fault. I wasn't looking.” Scarlet said. Flash was the princess’ husband and her number one guard. That’s all she knew. He was a tall strong-built pegasus. He wasn't silly or competitive looking. “It’s alright. You're the one Bubbledust invited right?” he asked. Sakura nodded. “Cool. My job is to protect her at any cost and if I don't, Evil does. Otherwise, she screwed. You see, don't tell her I told you but when she see someone evil she becomes evil. This happened years ago before I married her. I saved her from Discord. I saw him taking her kindness away and giving her Black Evil. I pulled her away just in time so Discord wouldn’t take all of her kindness. But what I didn’t realize is that the Black Evil stayed within her so then she only turns evil when in front of chaos.” Sakura looked distraught. “Anyway, I can't wait to see your idea for the float. You’re the second float, the princess and I are first. Do you need any help?” he continued. “The flower and seed shop?” Sakura said, still overwhelmed with him. “I can help with that,” Evil Link interrupted. He looked evil, but he wasn't. He was a computer genius. And the only time he was ever evil was gets extremely mad. It rarely happens, though. Sunset told her that earlier today. “Ok “ Sakura said. Evil and Sakura started to walk. Flash looked at them happily, then got a little awkward, but walked away, still a bit suspicious. ______________________________ While they were walking around the tourist area, Ping asked Sunny if there was a rock store because she loves rocks. She even has a lucky rock named Lucjan, which she brings everywhere. “Yes, the Earth Kingdom is known for them! The Water Tribe is known for their fish. The Air Temples, which is the smallest island is known for its animals. And the Fire Nation is known for weapons, sadly... ANYWAYS it’s a yes.” Sunny told her. Pingwinka was so happy. “Where?! TELL ME WOMAN!” she screamed shaking Sunny Shores. She smiled and pointed and small chart shop. Pingwinka grabbed Cirta’s hoof and pulled her backwards. ”AHHH! Ping! Where are we going,” Cirta yelled as Ping ran. “Welcome to my Rock Shop Chart! I have normal rocks, lava rocks, and MOON ROCKS!” said the colt at the stand. “I'LL TAKE A MOON AND A LAVA ROCK!” Ping yelled. The colt pointed a sign, it said “ 5 BITS EACH” Ping pulled out 10 bits. She only had 10 left, but she was happy with the rocks, so she slammed down the bits and grabbed the rocks. “OK, now I want a sugar cane!” Cirta demanded. “NO! You threw up in Scarlet’s toilet! That made you really sick! You drink that lemonade and like it,” Ping yelled. “Fine,” said Cirta putting money on a lemonade stand. She got a cup and started to sip. ________________________________ By now Scarlet had spend most of her bits. Many ponies greeting her because she’s from the Crystal Empire. Her favorite store was Wings Ribbon, she wanted to spend her last of bits there. She searched the whole mall for it. She was losing hope. But finally she found it. It was a small cube shaped room with a shoe shaped fish tank. Puffer fish, rainbow fish and angelfish were floating around it. She found outfits she liked that fit her price range and tried them. Once she knew what she could and couldn't buy, she went the counter. “Hello, miss did you find everything you wanted or needed?” said the mare at the counter. Scarlet nodded. The mare was a unicorn, like half of the workers in the mall, so it went fast as she scanned every shirt, bag and hair piece. “How’s your day? Are you enjoying the islands,” the mare asked. “It’s was awkward, but it was ok,” Scarlet said. The mare had finished scanning, looking interested of the topic. “Why, and bits please?” the mare asked. Scarlet gave her the last of her bits. “A pegasus colt kissed me by mistake,” Scarlet fessed up. The mare’s nose wrinkled as much as the bag she put the clothes in. “Sorry about that. Here you go,” She derped, handing her the bag. Scarlet flew out of the mall. She felt weird. _______________________________ Evil and Sakura had reached the shop. The flower shop smelled like fresh daisies and wood. Two mares were in the small wooden shop. An earth pony greeted them from a counter. “How are ya,” she yipped. A unicorn with a gray coat and short yellow and white mane looked around with a notepad and a pencil. “We are here to pick out the royal flowers.” Sakura said. The mare looked up. “The royal float? Well, I’ll be! I'm Abby Paintbrush. I have the job of making the designs for the rest of the floats.” she told them. “I'm only making designs. Well, besides for me and Sunset’s.” Abby went talking about ideas, the tip of her mane flickered different colors. Treble. She is will be so mad. We both thought they could come do our float, Sakura thought. “You’ve made designs,” she asked Abby. “Yeah. I’ve made designs with Sunset Streamer a year ago.” “You talk to Sunset?” “Yeah, why?” “I know his younger sister. She’s the same age as I am.” “Treble Streak is here? Oh, she probably doesn’t know me. Sunset and I were together for a while, but the love we had distracted him from doing his work. I’m still a bit sad about that.” The tip of Abby’s mane became a dark blue. She explained how they met. “I met Sunset when he moved to the castle. She assigned us to make designs for the float, but we also painted together.” Sakura was distracted by Abby’s mane. “Does your mane always change color?” “It does?” She took a quick glance at her mane. “Oh! I always forget about that. Yes, it does. Ever since I was a filly. It’s a long story... Anyways, I got a job as art teacher in the fire nation.” Sakura nodded. “I should probably get some flowers now,” she said.
Chapter 4- ComplicationsChapter 4- Complications ____________________________________ Sakura bought the pots and she was told that the larger pots are going to get mailed to the palace under her name. “Ok, then. Do you need help designing your float at all,” asked Abby. “I have Treble helping me. Thank you, though.” Sakura reached for her pots, but Abby stopped her. “Wait! Come on. I can help Treble, and maybe help Sunset.” Sakura started to walk away. “Thanks, but no thanks. I have Treble but if she needs help, she can call you.” Abby nodded in disappointment. The tip of her mane turned black, then back to yellow . Sakura walked out of the store and Evil followed her. “So, how was the purchasing of the flowers,” asked Evil. “Oh, don’t even say anything. This mare, Abby Paintbrush, was pestering me about Sunset. They were together for as long as Sunset lived there.” “I know. I remember that.” “Yeah, so you get what I’m talking about. And then their work was ruined, I think, or they just didn’t get their work done and then the breakup was bad or something.” Evil laughed a bit. “Yeah. I remember. I heard Abby run off crying. Hopefully no stallion can do that to you.” Sakura looked at him. “You know what? Let’s have something to eat. My treat. It’s getting late.” “Oh, no. You don’t have to do that, Link.” “Who calls me that? No one does. Call me Evil.” Sakura sighed. “Ok, fine, Evil. Thank you.” “Oh, anything for the princess’ guest gardener.” They walked inside a restaurant nearby the floral nursery. The hostess led them to their seats. Evil sat across from Sakura. They took a glance at the menu. “Whoa,” she exclaimed. “This is awesome! I love the selections here!” Evil gave her a look. “You’ve never eaten in restaurants a lot, huh?” Sakura shook her head. “I make my own food. Sushi, remember?” “I haven’t eaten at a lot of restaurants either. I’ll agree with you. I eat in the castle. I rarely eat in restaurants, so, yeah.” Sakura jumped a bit. “What touched me?” “Oh, sorry, that’s my hoof,” Evil said. “Oh, I’m sorry,” Sakura replied. “No need to be sorry.” He reached for her front hoof that was in front of her. Sakura pulled back. The waiter came with a pen and paper floating next to him. “Hello, welcome to Mother Nature. I am Napkin, and I will be your waiter tonight. What would you like for this evening?” “We’ll start with the appetizer,” Evil said. _________________________________ Ping skipped with joy. She was so happy with her rocks. Cirta just finished her lemonade. Ping stopped skipping from the sound of the last sip and turned around. “Does it really take you that long to drink the lemonade,” she asked. “Well, the sugar is fake. I can taste it. And the lemons taste like they’re processed and not fresh,” Citra complained. Ping rolled her eyes and sat down. “Oh, yeah. I forgot that you harvest citrus fruit.” “Now girls! We have to meet Sakura at the flower shop. Remember I said we'd meet there.” Sunny Shores yipped. “Oh yeah,” Cirta said. “I forgot!” Ping just nodded and mumbled. “Sure, yeah, whatever. You lead the way,” she said. Sunny’s horn flicked a orange layer of magic and lifted Pingwinka’s hooves. Her legs rose and continued to walk with Citra at her side. “Come on! I don’t want to be pulled,” said Ping. After she yelled, her legs dropped hard on the ground. “Dude,” she exclaimed. “Sorry,” said Sunny. “But Sakura should be here. I don’t see her.” Everybody looked around, but instead of finding Sakura, Scarlet arrived, with Treble trailing along. “We’re here,” Scarlet sang. “Where’s Sakura,” Treble asked. “That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” Sunny replied. “And I thought you were with your brother.” “She was,” Scarlet said. “But then Sunset said that he had to do something so she had to leave.” “But I didn’t know that I would find Scarlet, so I came to her, and we’re here now.” Citra surprised the group with an abrupt gasp. After the mares screamed, Sunny asked, “What’s wrong?” “I found her!” ________________________________ Sakura walked out of the restaurant with Evil. “The food was amazing,” Sakura yelled. They were seen close together. The girls gathered behind a bush next to the flower shop. “What’s Evil doing with her!,” Sunny asked. “Well, it was great dining with you,” Evil said back as they stopped in front of the building. He put his hoof to Sakura’s face. “It was great being with you in general.” He leaned toward her and stopped at lip’s distance. Sakura pulled away. “We should get back. The girls are probably waiting for me.” “We gotta go back now, girls! Go back, go back, go back!” yelled Sunny. The mares ran back to the flower shop and sat on the sidewalk. “Girls. I’m so sorry I was so late.” “Oh no, that’s fine,” Sunny said. “My apologies, mares,” said Evil. “I took her to dinner nearby but we weren’t too far.” “Yeah, we saw you.” “What,” Sakura asked. “Nothing,” Sunny said. “I didn’t say anything. Now let’s go back. I’ll call the carriage.” _______________________________ As soon as they hopped on the carriage and got to the castle, they all got off and followed Sunny. She walked around for a minute, poking her head in rooms. “AH! Here,” Sunny yipped. Two glass doors opened to a huge library. Four banners with a symbol on each hung on a bookcase. In the middle of the room, Bubbledust and a green unicorn sat. The green unicorn had book and was reading it to Bubbledust. “I played with a little ball during the summer. There was a coach tournament up at City College that I did get into, but my growing depression was affecting my game. I didn't believe in myself anymore,” the unicorn said. “Oh, Brony Mag. Sorry but my guests are back.” the princess said. The green unicorn stopped reading and she closed the book and said, “I’ll read the rest of chapter form ‘Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers’ later,” She smiled and left the room. She stopped at Sunny and said, “How was your day, sister?” Sunny nodded and the green unicorn left the room. “Welcome back!” said the princess. “Thanks. Who was that?” Sakura asked. “Oh, just my librarian. You guys look tired, so you should go to sleep. I need you guys up by 3:00pm, however, to talk about the floats. Obviously, you can wake up earlier, but that’s when I need you to be here in the library.” Everyone nodded and headed to their rooms. Everypony got to sleep except for Sakura. She hasn’t been sleeping well, lately. She kept on tossing and turning for hours but she couldn’t fall asleep. She saw the telephone on her bedside table and picked it up. She dialed Evil’s number and he answered. “Hello, Evil Link speaking.” “Hi, it’s Sakura. Can you come here? I cannot sleep at all.” “Alright. I’ll be there.” He hung up the phone. She waited for a minute until Evil walked inside. “Hello,” he started. “You said you needed me?” “Yeah, I just need company. Like I said, I can’t sleep.” “It’s like that with me sometimes. I have to stay up most nights to help Flash, the princess’ husband, guard her in case anything bad happens. But then I also help assist whomever needs me. And I’m helping you, keeping you company.” “Thanks, Evil. And thank you for the dinner.” “You’re very welcome my dear. It was nice being with you.” “Yeah, it was.” “I remember the time when I moved here. Flash introduced me to Princess Bubbledust when I was a little younger. They got married around five or six years ago, I don’t remember, but I was pretty homesick. Flash was the only family I had along with the princess as my cousin. Did you know that they both trained me, not just Flash?” She stared in awe. “Really? What did the princess do?” “Princess Bubbledust was actually one of my training combat opponent. Let me tell you, she’s very great with her skills. And to think that she enrolled in the army, yet she never did. I was the only pony she trained. She didn’t go to anypony else, which made me feel a bit special. She told me that I was a fast learner and she can leave the rest to Flash because her work was done with training young colts.” “That’s awesome, Evil,” Sakura exclaimed. She started to yawn. “Are you tired now?” Sakura nodded. “Alright, well, I’ll be off,” Evil said. He gave her a hug good night. “Thank you for being here, Evil. It’s very helpful.” “You’re welcome. Well, good night, Sakura.” “Good night,” she replied. Evil was about to leave the bedroom. Sakura sprinted out from the bed and gave him a peck on the cheek. Evil blushed and exited the room. When the door closed, Sakura plopped on her bed. “Whoa, I just did that,” she said. She turned to her back and let out a big sigh. “Score,” she whispered. Everypony got up and walked to the library. “I’m glad you’re here,” Princess Bubbledust said. “Did you just wake up?” Everypony nodded. “Huh, you must be extremely tired from the shopping. Well, I need you to stay awake here, because this is extremely important. Sakura, we just got the pots delivered earlier this morning. Thank you for purchasing them.” “You’re welcome, princess,” Sakura replied. “Now Treble,” the princess started. “Have you designed the float yet?” Treble slowly shook her head. “Well, Treble, you gotta step it up. What did you even do yesterday?” “I was here the whole time, but then you! You, Sunset! You told me to leave you alone! You know I can’t be without my own brother! You need to come back!” “Treble,” Sakura yelled, holding her back. “You gotta stop! Can I bring her outside real quick?” “You may,” said the princess. Sakura and Treble stepped outside the castle and entered the back garden. They found the nearest bench and sat down. “Treble, you need to calm down. I know you haven’t seen your brother in a long time, but can you please cooperate with us? I wanted to bring you here because I wanted you to have fun and also help me with the float, and we can’t succeed without your help.” “You’re just trying to cheer me up, well you know what? It’s not working.” She shot up and ran inside. “Treble! What are you doing?” “I’m going home,” she yelled and slammed the doors. “I don’t wanna be here anymore!” Sakura got out of the bench and ran after her. “Treble,” she yelled. She started to slow down from running. “Treble,” she yelled faintly. She tried to keep up but couldn’t. She kneeled to the ground, panting. Her heart rate slowing. She couldn’t move. “Treble…” she continued in a whisper. She can’t yell. She saw a silhouette of a tall creature, but she couldn’t make out what it is. As she was lifted in the air, she closed her eyes. Treble ran to her room with tears coming out of her eyes. She started to pack up angrily, throwing and smushing her clothes and art equipment in the suitcases. Sunset came in, trying to stop her. “Treble! Treble Streak! Listen to me! What’s the matter with you?” “At the fact that you won’t come home from this whole mess! So I’m done here! I’m going back to Ponyville and I’m not stepping foot in this death trap again.” “Death trap,” Sunset questioned. “Treble you need to snap out of it. Sakura must be really upset with you. Put your stuff down and go apologize to her.” Treble stared at him angrily. “Fine. I will, but I’m still leaving.” She ran out, but bumped into Evil. “So sorry, Treble.” “It’s fine. Sorry about that.” “No no, it’s ok. Have you seen Sakura around?” “That’s what I’m looking for. We can go find her together.” “Yeah, that’s fine. Come on.” The two ponies walked around the whole castle, yelling her name. Then they hear an alarm go off. “Attention to all ponies in the castle,” Flash’s voice said over the intercom. “This is not a drill, all ponies report to dining room at once. I repeat! This is not a drill!” Everypony ran as quickly as they could. They all entered the dining room with the princess pacing inside. “How did he get access here,” she muttered. The ponies waited for her as she continued to pace. “What’s going on,” asked Scarlet. “Is there something wrong,” Pingwinka asked. Well, we just looked at the surveillance and you’ll see for yourself. Flash!” “Yes, honey.” “Bring out the security screens.” He nodded and pulled out a TV remote. He clicked on the television and changed the channel to the surveillance cameras. He rewound the video to when Sakura and Treble had their conversation. As Treble ran away, Sakura tried to keep up but slowed down. She kneeled and then passed out. A big dark shadow casted over her and picked her up. “Now, Flash, rewind to 3:42:16 and pause there.” He did so and paused. “Now focus on the face.” He did so, and the image revealed Discord. Everypony gasped. “Discord,” asked Citra. “Yes,” said the princess. I have no idea how he got access here. We specifically made a shield of Cadence’s power around the castle and it didn’t work, supposedly.” The ponies all stared at each other. “So now what do we do,” asked Treble. “Well, looks like we have to fight. All of us in here is enough. Flash, Evil, and I will train you to fight in combat. Mind you, his minions are very dangerous and very strategic. But we can do better. Flash! Evil! Set up the training gym and field.” “Yes, Princess,” they said simultaneously and ran off. Sakura woke up in a dark room. She hears bouncing in every angle around her. She’s hung in chains limb by limb. She struggled to get out but couldn’t be free. She looked down and noticed that she has a different kimono on and her hair is down, curled. Her lucky comb was sitting on the side table. The bouncing came closer and closer to her, and a pink shadow came in the room. “Well, look what we have here,” the pink pony said. She had fishnets on and black heels. She’s also wearing a black corset. “An Asian pony. This is different for Ponyville and she happened to be with Princess Bubbledust.” She started to stroke Sakura’s face. “And she looks very pretty with her hair down. Any weapons you have on yourself?” She started to search her body. “Um, miss,” Sakura started. “I don’t have any weapons. Stop! Stop touching me!” She spit on the pony. The pony shot back, wiped her face, and slapped Sakura. “How dare you spit on Pinkie!” She slapped her once again. “Playing hard-to-get, huh? Didn’t have to do that.” “Pinkie,” a deep voice yelled. “Step back! That’s enough!” Pinkie did so. A mysterious creature came in laughing. “Well, it’s Sakura Blossom. Famous in the Four Nations for her artwork, huh?” “Well, I wouldn’t consider famous.” “Oh, that’s ok. Well, allow me to introduce myself. I am Discord. This young mare here, is my right hand general, Pinkie Pie.” “Nice meeting you.” “Yeah right. You were the one feeling victims. Does she do this often?” “Only to mares,” Pinkie said. Sakura looked at Discord angrily, shooting herself forward but couldn’t. “What do you want with me?” “Oh well, help is wanted in the underworld of Discord. My past servant got on strike but got killed. Have you heard of Twilight Sparkle?” “She’s dead?” “Well, all I wanted is for her to work here, but she didn’t want to. She just stormed out but then got struck by lightning and slashed. Show her, Pinkie.” Pinkie pulled out a necklace and a coat full of horns and wings. Twilight’s bright purple wings and horn covered in blood were hanging on the coat and jewelry. “My right hand mare did the job right, huh Pinkie?” “Always here to serve Discord,” she cooed. Sakura looked at herself with the different outfit. “Why am I dressed in a different kimono and my hair is done?” “Well, Rarity, my designer made your dress and did your hair. I wanted you to look healthy and beautiful before you start to work. Dress to impress, you know?” “THEN WHERE ARE THE OTHER ELEMENTS!” Sakura yelled. “Applejack is my chef, Rainbow`s my guard. And,...Fluttershy well she was just to kind so I locked her up..” Discord told her. His face looked upset. Sakura remembered Discord and Fluttershy became friends. The dream became foggy. “You're waking up! ” ___________________________________ Bubbledust paced in her room. She cursed under her breath. She keeps on pacing. Memories of her as a filly and those shadow ponies watching her. She never told Flash they were the real reason she could become evil. The shadow princess' cackle echoed her head. She hit the floor, and the room became dark. She was a filly and her wings were tied up. "Where am I? I'M THE PRINCESS OF THE ELEMENTS LET ME GO!!!" She yelled. A dark alicorn, made of shadows came up to her. " Don't fret dear, you're safe with me. You're my pawn. We will destroy this light filled land and make one with darkens!" She told her. A yell a happies echoed through the room. Lucky Flash shook her and she was back in reality. “Are you ok," he asked. “You passed out. She lied”, “I'm fine, how are the others". Flash looked upset. “Sakura won't wake up. Evil is trying to wake her up.” ____________________________________ Soon Sakura was awake, Evil and Flash stood there. The princess was shaking the heck of of her. “What happened?” Sakura asked. Evil explained everything. Sakura looked throws the door a shadow appeared, Discord`s. Sakura didn't want to upset the princess anymore she camp her mouth shut. Soon after Sakura was up sitting in the dining hall. Her friends crowded around her as she told them what happened. “You stay here, I need to rest. This discord problem is taking at lot out of me. When I wake we'll do training.” Bubbledust said. She walked out of the room to her`s. She fell asleep… She was a filly, at the park with her mom. She ran around a couple of times then fell. Her mom looked up and came over. She pulled out a tooth brush. “SMILE” She said, so Bubbledust did. Her teeth were brown with mud. Her mom cleaned it out. The image shifted, she was with her Dad and sister. Her sister sang as her dad played the drums. Bubbledust sat there listening to them. Again it shifted. She was in a dark space. Discord apreeded. “Hello princess,...” This time she wasn't a filly, her normal self. "Discord,what do you want!" Shed yelled. He smiled and ran his tail around her. " Princess ill make bargain, i'll use you or Sakura." Bubbledust felt she was shot with a bulte. He knew too much, she thought. Fillany she spoke, "Give me a week to decide." Discord snapped his fingers and she woke up. She got and walked to dining hall, she had sleep too long. Flash sat their. "You were out long" he told her "Sorry" she responded .Bubbledust sat, she go the feeling that Discord was behind her. She cape glancing back.
