Equestria deciphered

                                                           Chapter 1

        The sun had finally rose over ponyville. Canterlot guards stood outside of the cottage of Fluttershy's investigating and guarding last night's incident. sweetie belle and rarity were told to stay and explain the stories of what happened.

"She betrayed us! She wanted sweetie belle dead so she could feed her to her innocent animals." Rarity cried.

   Sweetie belle stood silent. Tucking the parchment deeper into her satchel. If it were not for this parchment, sweetie belle too would believe rarity's story. The only hard part was on how she could tell her story to her friends. All of a sudden, she heard the galloping of two sets of hooves coming toward her. It was apple bloom and scootaloo.

  "Sweetie belle, are you okay!" Scootaloo cried.

  "you heard already?" Sweetie belle questioned.

  "The whole town heard! I can't believe that fluttershy would kill defenseless animals!" Applebloom shouted.

  Sweetie belle stood silent for a long time until she gained the courage to speak.

  "You think that maybe later today we could talk about this at the clubhouse?" She cooed.

  "Of course! Until then, good luck." Apple bloom spoke softly.

    Sweetie belle looked on as they disappeared in the distance. "If only I could tell rarity." Sweetie belle spoke softly to herself.

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   The clubhouse loomed in the distance as sweetie belle sweated from galloping. She was thankful that rarity allowed her to go to the clubhouse, even though she said that she would never trust anyone ever again. It kind of didn't make much sense to sweetie belle that rarity would let her only sister go somewhere right after an attempted murder. Sweetie belle shook the thought off, and kept galloping.

   As she entered the clubhouse, a sweet aroma of baked apples filled the room. Sweetie belle looked, and saw her two best friends standing side by side an orange farmer pony with a blonde mane and tail that were both tied up in a red cherry band. She was holding a tray of apple tarts in her mouth, and a gleaming smile was shimmering on her face.

   "Hey, sugar cube! I baked these goods for you three. I thought that it would be  the least I could do, because you know, that dumb animal slaughter." The farmer pony clearly mouthed through the tray.

   "Thank you, applejack." Sweetie belle spoke softly.

   Applejack nodded in welcome and placed the tray gently down on the floor.

   "Well, I guess I should be on my way. I gotta go help Big Macintosh with plowing. You three be on your best behavior." Applejack spoke softly.

   The three synchronized there nod of approval and watched as applejack trotted out of the clubhouse, and  shut the door behind her. With her magic, sweetie belle picked up a tart and took a large bite from it. She then used her magic to grab a parchment out of her satchel. She then waved the parchment in front of her two friends' faces.

   "Read this." She mumbled through her tart.

   Scootaloo then grabbed the parchment from sweetie belle's magic and leaned in closer to applebloom so they could both read along. The longer sweetie belle waited for there response, the redder her face had gotten. She waited for a couple of seconds until she heard the parchment fall on the floor. She looked and saw the faces of her two best friends. Both were staring in confusion.

   "Sweetie belle, what the hay?" Applebloom shouted.

   "Well, that was not the reaction I was expecting." Sweetie belle cooed.

   "What reaction were you expecting? Fluttershy is found guilty of attempted murder, and all of a sudden you come up here and shove this thing in our face! What the hay, sweetie belle?" Scootaloo demanded.

   A tear formed in sweetie belle's eye, and soon enough she began to cry.

   "Listen girls. I don't understand this either. I didn't want to be dragged into this as well as you. I know we just figured out about Fluttershy's plots, but look at this! This letter could be from the real fluttershy!" Sweetie belle exclaimed as she picked up the parchment with her magic.

   Scootaloo and applebloom looked at each other, and then back at sweetie belle.

   "Yeah, but what about that whole forgotten element thing" scootaloo questioned.

   Suddendly, a loud screeching noise erupted from under the tree. So loud that it made the three friends all go deaf for a few minutes, making every sound be replaced by a  huge loud ringing in there ears. Once there deafness had cleared up, they heard total peace. Without a moment's hesitation, they all ran down to the bottom of the tree and stood  frozen with horror. On the tree was a huge carving of words saying "read this", and next to the words was an arrow that was carved into the tree with them. The arrow pointed to a parchment that looked as if the ink was blood. They sat in horror as they read:

Dear, homely fillies

   Did you enjoy that little gag? That was delicious was it not? I just can't believe that she would have the GUTS to kill animals. Get it? Too bad we can't have more fun like that. Oh wait, we can. I know what your probably thinking about this. You three are probably wondering what good of a use you all are. You three are probably wondering on how to stop this madness. Well, obviously you three have not read the note your little friend left behind. Oh wait, you already have. I have your friend fluttershy, in fact I have ALL of them. You know your little friend applejack that just went out to help her dimwitted brother? Well, I just napped her! I slaughtered a calf just to let you know what I did. So, I guess that means I have your sister rarity, sweetie belle. Next time, tell her where you are going! Hahaha! How do you like them apples, maybe with your apple tart? Haha! So, I am assuming you want to know where they are? Well, I'll tell you three where your friends are, but in the form of a riddle. Lets see if you can decipher it!:

to go where the moon showers the land, you must first consort with the sleeping monstrosity that swallows our kingdom. then afterwards you shall delve into the forgotten thrones of the star and the satellite. afterwards, you shall then travel through the world's whose seeds were never sewn.

Well, hope you will enjoy this quest. I know I will!

   Sincerely,

   The forgotten king

   Sweetie belle then grabbed the message in her mouth and jammed it into her saddle bag.

   "Let's go check on applejack!" Sweetie belle shouted.

   The three friends then ran from the tree of there clubhouse, and delved deeper into sweet apple acres. They ceased there galloping when they heard a wail of agony in the corral next to  the red barn where apple bloom and her family lived. Turning around, they sprinted to the corral to find a cow gasping in pain with its left leg cut open. They ran up to the cow slowly as a signal of peace so the cow would not take them as a threat. They all gazed at the cow in oblivious shock. The blood was seeping from the cow's leg so fast that it turned the very hay at which it sat on red. The cow then gasped a heavy sigh of pain, and closed it's eyes forever.

   "Who could of done this?" Apple bloom questioned melancholically.

   "Look!" Scootaloo cried as she pointed to the barn wall at the end of the corral.

   On the barn wall written in bold bloody letters was the words: I TOLD YOU SO

   "It really did capture them." Applebloom whispered.