Little Dragon Tails

Amethyst pulled me along and we ran to the royal gardens. She showed me every flower there was there, and she even remembered their scientific names! We played Hide and Seek in the garden for about a couple hours, and then we heard Princess Twilight calling us.

"Amethyst! Ember! Time for dinner!" She yelled.

"Coming!" We replied, and looked to Celestia's now setting sun.

The way it was painted on the horizon made it look so beautiful. Amethyst pulled me along and I picked my eyes off of the sight and onto her, and we giggled and ran inside.

"Auntie Celestia always makes a pretty sunset, doesn't she?"

"Oh, yes! Gorgeous!"

We walked into the royal dining hall. Mister Spike was there, and Princess Twilight, mommy, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Auntie Moon Glare were there. We all sat down and ordered our food. After eating, Amethyst and I walked with full bellies to the royal library to look at old scrolls.

"Hey Ember, can you fly up and get that scroll for me?"

"Yes, but why don't you use magic to get it?" I asked as I flew up to the top of the book case.

"My mommy and daddy say that you shouldn't always rely on magic, and only use it when absolutely necessary." Amethyst replied.

"I see. Here you go," I said, handing the scroll to her.

She opened it and read it quickly, then an aura the prettiest shade of blue violet surrounded her horn, and she levitated another scroll. She read the other scroll and focused her body towards a decrepit book case nearby that looked like it'd fall apart any minute. In a flash of blue violet magic the book case was restored and looked like the other book cases, a dark violet color.

"How'd you do that?" I asked.

"My mom taught me. I know age spells are for highly advanced unicorns or alicorns like her, but this was a wood replacing spell. I changed the mahogany to cedar." She replied like it was no big deal.

"It's amazing!" I said, inspecting the book case.

I started looking for a good book or scroll in the book case she replaced, and I found one that looked good. It was old and tattered, and looked like it was history; my favorite. I pulled it and the book case moved, revealing a dark room. I looked at Amethyst who just stared back at me.

I motioned for her to come over, which she did, and she lit her horn up, providing light. I followed her in and we came to an old stone podium, which held a large black book with spikes on its spine. I felt something... I sensed something bad, and from the looks of it, Amethyst did too. She started backing up from the podium, green and violet hazes flowing from her eyes.

"No... mommy... daddy... No!" She screamed and the entrance closed on its own.

"Amethyst! Snap out of it! What do you see?" I asked her and shook her.

She shook her head and her eyes were back to normal. "My mommy and daddy were dead... a tall black unicorn was standing before me... I-I'm scared... I want to leave."

"The entrance closed off... I believe that was once King Sombra. He uses dark magic, and he's dead... so the Nightmare Forces that were controlling him must still be around... like Princess Luna turning into Nightmare Moon, but he was worse. We shouldn't touch the podium or book, especially since all of this was behind a book case. We need to find a way out of here." I said, worry clear in my voice.

"But how? The entrance is closed off..." Amethyst trailed off.

"Can you teleport us out of here?" I asked.

"I... I can only do one pony at a time."

"You go ahead and teleport, and try pulling the books again. If that doesn't work tell me and you can either get somepony or-"

"No! We'll be in so much trouble!"

"Or, or I can burn down the fake book case, and I can extinguish it with a spell.*"

"Okay... I'll try." Amethyst said, unsure.

Amethyst's horn lit up and she was gone in a flash. I waited, hearing her frantically pulling book after book off the shelf in a fury of anxiety. She gasped.

"There are no more books to pull! I pulled everything off and it won't work!"

"Okay. You go get some pony, I don't want to endanger these scrolls. Just do it!" I sighed.

I heard her scamper off, and I turned around to look at the podium.

"Why don't you come here?" It asked me.

"Because you're not real." I replied, keeping my face straight.

"But your dad is here... and your mom... and so is peace."

"I am not a naive filly! You are just a Nightmare Force still residing in the material plane, alone and still trying Sombra's old tricks!" I shouted at the podium, anger clear in my voice.

I felt my eyes getting heavy with his spell. I calmed myself down; I read that when Mister Spike was falling to Sombra's control, his eyes felt heavy and your emotions with the forces played a key roll. I calmed down and sat with a blank expression, staring at the black, spiked tome. I waited. And waited. And waited some more.

"Amethyst? Any pony?!" I called.

No answer. I couldn't wait any longer and walked up to the entrance. I breathed in deeply, keeping a straight face the entire way. I then blew out fire, burning the cedar wood. The smell wafted, and I liked it, and I knew some pony would come to save me, and stop and put out the fire I started. Cedar was a hard wood and didn't burn easily. And since it was brand new, it'd take even longer.

After hearing a guard talking, I was hopeful again. But, that hope died down when they simply put out the water and didn't seem to hear me calling from the other side. I rammed into the book case, it creaking horribly for a brand new item. I hit it more and more and it fell over, slamming on the ground. I ran then ran out of the library and to the dining hall where I confronted Amethyst about everything.

"You left me there, Amethyst!" I yelled, feeling heat and tears rise into my face.

"I-I just didn't want to get into trouble..." She sighed, looking down at the tiles.

"What is going on?" Princess Celestia asked.

"We were in the library, and she replaced a book case with a brand new one with magic and then I looked for a good book and pulled one that's now disappeared and we went in and there's dark magic and Sombra's remnants in there, and she teleported out and left me there when she couldn't get me out, so I started a fire and the guards couldn't hear my calls so I rammed the book case and came here!" I yelled, tears forming in my eyes.