The Forgotten Bridge

Mental Check-list:

Camping Gear-Check

Water-Check

Food-Check

Elements-Check

Fighting Supplies-Check

   Twilight Sparkle checked off the final item with a relived sigh. It had been hours getting prepared for the battle, she was happy that everything was in order. But , Twilight couldn't help but notice that something seemed off. She didn't know what the out of place thing was, but it just lingered in her mind. Twilight helped get everything loaded up and when they finished, they headed towards there first destination: the bridge.

   Within about just two minutes, everypony was tired. When Twilight had first gone to the hill, it had been a long walk but short time, and know after an "illusion" had been lifted, the hill showed it's true distance. Of two hundred and fifty yards. When she calculated the distance, Twilight realized why she had gotten tired in short distances. The group took a rest, now one sixteenth of the way there. The water supply, however, when somepony(Miss Dash) kept draining there water bottle in ten seconds, Twilight put a refilling spell on all the bottles to ensure that there would still be enough water when the spell wore off. Twilight got a fire going and soon dinner was among the ponies. "Who knew cooking salad could actually be good." Rainbow commented.

"Well, it's what’s inside the lettuce that kicks in the flavor when cooked. A small piece within the leafs body contains an amazing amount of flavor when cooked just right, so it gives the salad  kick in its fla-" Twilight said, being cut off in the last part.

   "Shows nothing that bad happened to your brain when you got sent here." Rainbow muttered under her breath.

"What was that?" Twilight asked.

"Nothing." Dash replied, trying to sound innocent. After that, she had decided to just keep her mouth closed. After dinner, Twilight was able to get a radio connection to see what’s going on in Equestria. Breaking News- after the disappearance of Miss Twilight Sparkle, a young drake by the name of Spike told us that now the Elements of Harmony and their bearers have disappeared as well. Please, anyone with information of these strange occurrences, contact your local news station. Here is Cloudkicker with the weather. As the news went on, everyone sat silent. When everypony snapped back to reality, what they heard next was shocking.  Today in Canterlot, a strange cloud has been sighted. Nopony knows what the strange cloud is but we will have the Cloudsdale Weather Team go up and check it all out. Back to you in the Studio. Fantasy was now spreading over Equestria. They needed to stop it before it let out its full true form. The sun was setting in the east, making way for the moon in the west. They set up tents and began to get settled in. Rarity somehow magically generated an air mattress for everypony after saying something about who in Equestria can stand sleeping on the ground. They doused the fire and quickly after, drifted off to sleep.

Bump Bang Crash!

  Twilight woke up to the smell of breakfast. She got up from her place on the ground and walked out of the

Tent which she was in. "Mornin' sugarcube." Applejack greeted.

"Good morning Aj." Twilight replied back. Twilight looked about the scene and smiled. Five ponies wandered about and Twilight couldn't help but giggle at the pony who was absent. Of course, Rainbow was still dead asleep, unaware of her surroundings. But because they had to get to the bridge as quick as possible, Twilight used her best convincing voice. "Hey Rainbow come quick! It's the Wonderbolts and there looking for a new flyer!" Twilight said. As if on cue, Rainbow bolted out of bed.

"Where! How’s my mane? Oh this is so-" Rainbow said before she noticed something. "Not cool, Twilight."

"Sorry Rainbow, but we need to get there as soon as possible." Twilight said. After a "whatever" from Dash, the team finished their meals and packed up, ready to get to the bridge. As the last thing was packed, the team began their trek to the hill. Climbing up will be harder, but after everything Twilight had been through, she didn't care. After the lunch break, they finally reached the hill. Wait, it shouldn't be this easy. As if that was the magic word, the hill started morphing. Rockslides and flamethrowers, spikes, knives, arrows. Ok maybe it wasn't that easy. Rainbow piped up. "Oh man this'll be like Daring Do!" Rainbow went up and maneuvered through the trapped hill. In her one saying "Ten seconds flat", Rainbow was standing at the top of the hill, waiting for the others to get up. Rarity just walked up, Applejack stood next to Rainbow trying to pull and arrow out if her hat, Pinkie bounced up the hill as if it was nothing, Twilight was pulling a knife out of her saddlebags, and Midnight used a simple teleportation spell. That left Fluttershy at the bottom, too afraid to even get close. "I'm sorry, I can't do it." Fluttershy whimpered out.

"Uh 'Shy, you are a Pegasus." Rainbow said. "Just fly over it."

"Oh." Fluttershy said. After the team was the top, they were met with a familiar path(only familiar to Twilight and Midnight). They then passed the tree line and were now standing in front of the bridge. It had been transformed into a black, spiked hoof bridge instead of the old simple design it was before. It was stained with something red, but neither of them wanted to even guess that it was something all familiar to them. Where the house once stood, a small pyramid with rooms branching off both sides, similar in color to the bridge stood in its place.  The Temple of Fear.

  The team walked across the bridge, only to meet another pony at the entrance to the temple. This pony was a stallion with his mane parted of to one side, in a deep purple color. His body was black and his eyes were red and on his flanks was a spiral with a knife stuck through it as his cutie mark. "Hello Miss Sparkle." The stallion said.

"Lunar Nightmare, master of fantasy and terror." Twilight spit out. Lunar Nightmare laughed and began to speak again.

"Oh it has been ever so long seeing Equestria. The first place to see terror and illusion. Oh what's wrong Twilight? Still afraid of me?" He said, showing fake sympathy.

"Not anymore I'm not; the power in the Elements of Harmony will destroy you. Come on, girls; let's show him not to mess with Equestria." Twilight said. She waited for an answer. Lunar laughed. Not a happy laugh, more like an evil from a black heart kind of laugh. Twilight turned around to see her friends not responding. She looked in horror as their eyes changed from their regular colors to a deep, blood red. Their manes shifted from their normal selves into black spiked manes. Then there color changed from cheerful to a deep tombstone grey. They all walked over to their masters sides and stared at Twilight with devilish grins. Lunar lit his horn with magic and a cage was lowered down. "Oh what, these Elements of Harmony?" He laughed. All of her friends were sitting in the cage with terrified looks on their faces. Even Pinkies mane went flat.

"What- how did you?" Twilight stuttered.

"While all of you were sleeping, I ponynapped your beloved friends and use my minions to replace them. They acted the part so you didn't see the difference. Illusion is always at my side." He burst out into an evil laugh and his minions came at her and Midnight. "Oh-"

To be continued