Chapters In the Rest of the Nation
The Meeting and The Secret
Celestia and Luna just arrived at Twilight's home, a big hollow tree that is the library of the small little town. Celestia knocks on the door and hears a thud on the other side of the door. After a series of loud crashes the door finally opens.
"Princess!" Twilight gasps and bows down.
"No need for that Twilight"
''Yes remember you are a princess too''
Twilight nodded and lets them inside her tree house. The place was a mess. Books were scattered across the floor like a tornado came in and out of the tree house.
"What happened here?" Luna asks with shocked expression.
"I was... trying to fly" Twilight said with a embarrassed look on her face.
"Don't worry we will help clean up here"
"Really?!" Twilight says astonished.
"Yes so we can tell you why were here"
A half hour later the library was all organized the way Twilight always organizes it.
"Wow that usually takes an hour for me to do all of that organizing" Twilight says happily.
"Now its time to tell you why me and Luna are here" Celestia says with a serious look on her face
Twilight's ears drooped down.
"Am I in trouble?" Twilight asked sadly
"No me and my sister just need to tell you something"
"Oh than what is it?"
Celestia looks at Luna, giving her a nod.
"We need to show you something actually "
Twilight looks out the window. She was surprised. It was raining the entire time. Did the princesses have something really that important to show her. Twilight walks over to the coat rack and levitates the cloak to put it on. She walks back to the princesses."I'm ready" she says.
The 2 princesses walk over to the door and use their magic to open it. They walk outside to the carriage, the rain was worse now and it looked like every time the rain hit the ground, it would make a fog. The guards pulled the carriage up and they flew up in the air.
Twilight could see that they were heading above the clouds to get past the rain. A few minutes later they arrived at a stop.
"Why did we stop?" Twilight said confused."The path is clear and there is nothing in the way"
"Twilight we need to ask you to keeps this a secret" Luna said in a serious tone. Celestia just stare into the clear path in the skies. There were no clouds in the direction she stared at.
"Keep what a secret" Twilight says in a even more confused tone.
"We will show you if you swear you will keep it a secret"
Twilight thinks for a moment. Was there something so important that the princesses need to show her. Is the secret so important to be out in rain. But they were in the above the clouds so they were fine until they needed to go back.
"Ok, I promise to keep it a secret"
Luna nodded her head and walks to her sister.
"She is ready"
Celestia makes horn glow and what it looks like, opening the sky.
Twilight was shocked. In her point of view she could see gray clouds through the increasing with size hole. Like it had been raining for ages on the other side.
Celestia finally stops making the hole bigger. The hole was the size of the carriage so they could go through. The guards were also shocked by the power that the princesses have. With out any complications they had gone through the hole.
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On other side, the clouds were gray and the sky was gray. Twilight felt something off about this place. It was a gloomy sky, it looked like the weather ponies didn't clear the clouds for years upon years.
"What is this place?" Twilight asked with awe for the new world they were in or at least she thought they were in a new planet.
"Its the rest of Equestria" Luna says sadly.
"Really I don't see much"
Twilight realizes her attitude and quickly stares at the carriage floor.
"Sorry"
"Guards take us down below the clouds but do not touch the ground" Celestia commands.The guards go down and below the clouds and what they see is unbelievable.The whole land was all dark. The plants that were there were dead. It seemed that a great darkness had taken over the land.
There was silence. The sight of what they saw was totally unbelievable.
"What happened here?" Twilight asks quietly.
"Darkness happened" Celestia answers.
"A long time ago there was some ponies that had problems with the way they lived..."
"Yes they wanted total power..."
"The ones who wanted power were the other Alicorns"
"There were other like you two?" Twilight asks surprised.(obviously besides the fact about Cadence and Twilight)
"Yes Twilight a lot more..."
"The Greed they had kept growing inside of most of them..."
"Grew until they snapped..."
"And caused total chaos"
"How did they snapped?"
"They were overwhelmed by Greed"
"But the other Alicorns had to face our parents, The Rulers of the Land..."
"Our parents were winning until the other Alicorns found new technology"
Twilight was about to ask a question until the carriage got hit with a blast that looked like an explosion.
"Oh no there still alive!"
The rope connected to the guards snapped.They got hit with the after shock of the explosion that they couldn't regain their senses in time to save the princesses. The 3 princesses hurtled down to a forest of dead trees. The guards were still dazed that they came falling down with the 3 princesses.
In the Rest of the Nation
Twilight could only remember that there was an explosion that knocked her unconscious and sent her and the 2 princesses falling down to their doom. But luckily for them they landed on something soft. Twilight tried to get up but part of the carriage was on one of her back legs and if she tried to it would crush it completely. She was only bleeding there surprisingly. There was nothing she could do only to wait for the others to wake up and help her. Twilight's train of thoughts were broken when she heard rustling in the bushes. Had someone came to save her and the princesses.
"Help!" Twilight called out. No one answered.
"Hey I know your out there and there is nothing to be afraid of" Twilight called again and this time she saw it come out.
What Twilight saw shocked her. It was a pony, looked like a stallion that was wearing a suit with weapons twilight never seen before.
"Direct hit captain" the stallion said
"Perfect" a voice coming from the forest called. another stallion came out of the forest wearing the same suit the other stallion was wearing. The only difference was he was wearing badges and a hat. Then even more ponies came out of the forest. Some were mares and others were stallions. Twilight Thought he was a leader.
"W-w-what do you mean by direct hit?" Twilight stuttered. The Leader looked down at Twilight.
"Knock her out"
The stallion from before walked to Twilight and raised his hoof high. "Uh oh" Twilight said closing her eyes and waited for the blow. Suddenly she heard a whooshing sound and crack. She opened her eyes to see what was going on. To her horror she saw the stallion that was going to knock her out, dead on the dark mysterious substance that helped her survive the fall. There was an arrow in his head.
"The rebels are here!" A mare cried. pulling out another weapon Twilight never seen before only to be stabbed in the back by a dark coated Unicorn pony in a different suit then the ponies she saw earlier. He disappeared when he pressed a button on his suit.
Twilight was traumatized, she never saw violence this bad in Ponyville. Is this the reason why princess Celestia made a rule to love and tolerate others. Twilight heard a bang louder than Pinkie Pie when she uses the pots and pans. It was deafening to hear. Twilight saw what was causing those noises and it was the weapon that looked like the mare pulled out being used by the other ponies. It seemed to shoot out fire or at least it did for Twilight. They were aiming for the ponies in the forest. Just then a yellow flash of light zoomed by and sliced 5 other ponies that were shooting. The light stopped and it was a yellow Pegasus pony holding 2 knives with his wings. He was wearing the same suit the Dark pony was wearing. The yellow Pegasus was getting all the attention other ponies and started getting shot at. He threw his knives up and zoomed between them with his wings to put them back in their holder. Then he went in the clouds. The ponies missed every shot because of his speed. Just then the ponies who were shooting at the yellow pony got shot in all over. Twilight looked at were the "fire" was coming from. It was coming from a orange Earth pony. He was far in the distance, shooting from a far. Just then another arrow whizzed by and got another pony. Twilight just closed her eyes and wanted to get away from this madness. She tried to block out the sound of painful screams. Then there was a yell. "RETREAT" The leaders voice came out, waving his hoof trying to get his ponies attention. All of them ran into the dead forest. Twilight was still in shock of all the deceased ponies that were laying and the ground with her. "Oh shit..." Twilight opened her eyes and saw a Blue Unicorn pony stand before her. "Orange you know what to do?" Twilight noticed that 5 other ponies were standing before her. Than she the carriage move up for just enough space to move her injured back leg out of the spot. She looked back and saw the Orange pony from before lifting the carriage up. She did not hesitate to move. "Red carry her to the HQ... tell them we have some... unexpected visitors" Twilight was going to ask a question until her injured leg gave out on her. Lucky for her the Yellow pony was able to catch her in time. "Were loosing her!" The Yellow Pegasus said. Then Twilight faded into darkness.
In the Rest of the Nation
Twilight wakes. She sit up and looks around. She saw the 2 princesses and both of the royal guards that had been with them in the crash. She sighed, she was glad to see the princesses okay. Then when she finally regained her senses, she felt like sleeping for an eternity. She had a headache, her body felt like it had been scorched in lava, and almost all her limbs felt like falling off, except the one that had been crushed by the carriage. A image found its way into Twilight's head about how that leg would look like. She held her breath and pulled of the blanket that was covering it. She sighed with relief. Her hoof was still intact but when she squinted at it, it looked like stitches were there to connect the hoof to the leg. Twilight refused to believe it, thinking it was all a dream but it wasn't. Just then she heard a creak. she looked up and saw the Blue Unicorn from earlier. They looked at each other silently. The Blue Unicorn looked at her stitched up hoof.
"Don't worry it will heal and you won't need the stitches anymore"
Twilight looked confused, could she trust him.
"H-how do you know?" Twilight said trembling.
"Well you were lucky and same with your... acquaintances"
Twilight looked again at unconscious ponies in the room.
"Your hoof was close to being cut off but one of you blood vessels remained intact"
Twilight was relieved but skeptical about why he helped her. Then she remembered what Celestia and Luna were talking about when the explosion happened. She tensed up slowly moved backwards and stared at the Pony looking at her, examining her.
"Its ok were not going to hurt you"
Twilight had a flashback about the other ponies he was with.
"W-why are you helping us?" She said, worried about whats going to happen next.
"For starters, you are with the princesses of Equestria and it looks like you are going to be the next princess after Luna"
"How do we know we can trust you?"
"Well we saved you and your friends lives"
"But still you could of saved us to get information or you needed us alive to absorb our power!" Twilight said, not having faith in the answer the stallion was giver her.
The stallion was irritated. "I'm not a sick bastard who wants to take over the world by sucking the life force of the living!" the stallion yelled, with a glare that made you want to run and hide from something out of your nightmares.
Twilight was in shock. She knew all of the languages even the old ones but she never expected to hear a forbidden swear that was banned because it caused so much bad language that was getting used by foals.
The Blue pony sighed and introduce himself "I'm Blue Fang and I am the leader of the Rebel Army"
Twilight looked at him. She still didn't know what to say. So she decided to just give him her name.
"I'm Twilight Sparkle"
"Well since your awake I guess I could give you a grand tour of the place"
Twilight hesitated for a minute. She still didn't trust him. She just sighed and got out of the bed she was laying in. She thought if she didn't cooperate with them she would get hit or they would hurt the others. When she reached the ground, her back leg seemed to give out under her weight. Her backside instantly fell and went into a sitting position.
Blue came over and put his hoof out and gestured for her to take it. Twilight looked at him carefully and at his hoof.
"Oh come on, I'm not that bad"
Twilight slowly and carefully raised her hoof to him and pulled her up. "Thanks" she mumbled still unsure whether she should of taken his hand or stayed in the room with the princesses. Blue walked towards the door and Twilight followed silently. She was thinking what her next move should be. If Blue said anything to avoid or counter her question she would be ready for it. "Why did you attack the other ponies that were there before you and your team?". Blue snickered "Do you really know what that ponies intentions were?". Twilight paused, she was smart but she did't expect him to tell her that she had to answer her own question. "Well... no". Blue stopped walking. He turned around and stared hard at Twilight. When she looked into his eyes all he could see was fire. Blue fire piercing her with great sorrow. Twilight couldn't move, she felt scared and alone. "Blue stop scaring our guest". Twilight snapped out of her trance and turned around. "Sorry Golden, I got to carried away" Blue said Apologetically. Twilight saw a bright Yellow mare with an orange colored Mane. Her cutey mark was a flag with a bright Yellow star on it and the surrounding color of the star was red. Golden looked at gazed at Twilight and introduced herself. "My name is Golden Care, I am the whole command of the Rebellion Army" Twilight was processing all of the events that were happening to that she didn't hear Golden.
"Sorry she's still a little... disturbed about what happened with the Shadow's Minions"
"Hmm... I see"
Twilight came to a realization that they were talking about her and her question earlier and also they had said something that could be very useful to her.
"Shadow's Minions?"
"Damn I said to much"
Twilight heard another word of the old language and this time she was getting really mad, not because he cussed but because she knew he would try and avoid saying anything more about the question she had. She had to act fast and try to persuade him into telling her everything he knew. If that didn't work then the only solution was to do it by force.
"Anyway whats your~" Golden was cut off by Twilight who looked Blue dead in the eye. "Don't try to change the subject I want to know what~" She was looking for the right word for her to say in the predicament she was in. "~Buck is going on" Golden was in surprised to see Twilight fumed up and anxious to see what Blue would say but when she looked at Blue all she could see was the fire that Twilight saw last time. This time it wasn't sorrow it was rage and irritation of the young mares outburst. Blue sighed and looked away from Twilight, "Golden... we have to fill her in because if she going to be here, she better know who to fight for" Twilight turned to look at Golden for an explanation. The Yellow colored pony just sighed like Blue did and started to trot pass Twilight and straight through the corridor Blue was leading her. "Follow me, I will fill you in on the way"
Twilight followed the mare and Blue was right behind them. "So yo want to know what the hay is going on?" Golden said making sure if this is what twilight wanted.
"Yes"
"Well let me start off, The way this war started was a cold and stormy night..." Golden stopped walking and turned to look Blue, she looked at him with are-you-serious face. Twilight was looking at Golden until she noticed.
"I'm sorry, Blue thinks a riot when he starts it off like a fictional story"
"Hey at least I know to have a little fun and look on the bright side of things"
"Oh come on, you act like this all the time, can you at least be serious for once?"
Twilight was getting impatient, sure she was the prodigy of Princess Celestia but it was like waiting to get a letter that the Twilight sent to princess to respond to her studies. Then she heard a cough right behind her, it sounded like the pony wanted to get their attention. Golden and Blue looked at where it came from and it was from Red pony but it was a Pegasus pony that Twilight had not seen before. "If you two are done arguing you tell are guest what is going on"
"Red I thought you were working on your drill"
"I was until I was disturbed by the two ponies that are highly ranked and respected, arguing about somepony's behavior"
Blue smirked while Golden was blushing a little about the the good point the Red pony made. He was shakes his head and walks over to Twilight.
"Names Red Winged, yours?" Twilight hesitates for a moment. "Twilight Sparkle" That's when Twilight noticed Red wearing a cloak that covered his backside. She turned to look at Blue to see he was wearing a Military jacket that was colored in Blue ironically. "So I guess I will have to answering your questions then, hmm" Twilight was finally happy to hear that. "Follow me, I will show your around while we answer your questions"
They all walked in silently. Twilight felt like she should start asking questions but she was not sure what was keeping her from asking. Was it because she still didn't trust the ponies that were taking her and the 2 princesses in? Or maybe it was she was afraid of what they might do? "I guess you are wondering what this place is?" Golden finally breaking the silence. "And I also presume that you still don't trust us?" Blue adding on to what Golden had said. "Yes I was wondering that" Twilight was now ready for anything that they say. If they say something that might relate to the topic at hoof then she could use it. "Your in the Old nation" Red, without any doubt it was coming from him.
"The Old Nation?"
"Yes this place is what Equestria left behind"
"Why did they leave it behind? In all the books I have read it said Equestria's border was a huge waterfall that had an endless drop"
"That's a cover up story"
"The reason why Celestia and Luna didn't tell there nation is because they didn't want them to be "curious" about what was left behind"at
Twilight was thinking for a moment, what did they mean by that. She was also thinking why no one was investigating the border. That's when she remembered about what the 2 unconscious Alicorn Princesses were talking about. "We're here" Twilight broke out of her thoughts and looked at a door in front of her. Blue walked up and knocked. When he did that, Shuffling noises came from inside the room. It sounded like something being closed and an unknown sound Twilight never heard before."Who there!" The voice sounded young and a little toned like a guitar.
"It's Blue"
"Just a sec"
Twilight heard the little ringing sound and to her surprised, the door slid in to the right of where she was facing. The door revealed a Yellow pony with wings. The odd thing about this fellow is that he was wearing clothes. It was not the usual type of clothes for a party or whatever sort of occasion. It was something Twilight never seen before.
"So Blue whatch'ya need"
"I need you to accompany us. we need to show our guest something"
The Yellow pony looked around Blue. Red was looking at the pony with a waiting look while Golden copying Red but with a slight pose. Then the pony turned his gaze at Twilight.
"Voltz Lightning, names Voltz Lightning"
"Twilight Sparkle"
Twilight now could inspect the clothes he was wearing. It was a Black with lightning bolts in it. It looked metallic though. When Twilight got down to the place where the cutey mark should be, it was covered by the outfit. Then that's when She realized that all of the ponies with her had all their cutey marks covered besides her and Golden.
"So where we headed"
"Gathering the rest of the team"
"Oh you want me to tell them where to meet or we're doing this slow and boring"
Blue chuckled to himself. "Sure go tell them, you know where it is right?"
"Duh we've been doing this for 20 years the heck am I not supposed to where it is?"
Blue chuckled again, Golden giggled, Red snickered. With that Voltz flew of like a lightning bolt. Twilight remembered a Rainbow colored pegasus.
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Celestia just woke up. She was sweating and panting. She looked around the dark room she was in.This is not good . Celestia thought to herself. Better wake up Luna and Twilight so we can get out of here . She look to the beds next to her she saw her sister on her right but to her left was nopony there. No they to twilight, this is not good .
In the Rest of the Nation
"So they were meeting them in the Command Center?"
"Yeah, where else would it be?"
Voltz finally got the rest of the team together and headed for the command center. Him, Dark Midnight, Orange Savior, and Pixel Mace were finally off to see the prodigy of Princess Celestia.
"I still think this is a bad idea"
It took a while to convince Orange to come along since he was very stubborn pony to deal with.
"Well should at least be there to make sure Twilight or whatever her name is, doesn't make a stupid move and go blowing up this whole entire base"
Midnight looked at Voltz,"Twilight was her name, right?". Voltz replied with a nod.
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Princess Celestia was shaking her sister.
"Come on Luna, Wake up"
Luna opened her eyes,"What is it sister?". Luna sat up and yawned. She was still trying to remember all the things that had happened to them.
"Were in Shadows base"
Luna finally recalled everything,"Are thou hurt?"
"No but they have taken Twilight"
Luna was processing the information she had remembered and gained. Then they started hearing hoofsteps.
Celestia forced Luna to lie down, Luna was still dazed from waking up she went along with what her sister was planning. Celestia went to her bed a lied down as well.
"Don't move and pretend to go to sleep", Celestia whispered just enough so her sister would hear.
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"So is it just Twilight or are the to Princesses there to?"
"Just Twilight but I don't know if we should get the 2"
"Maybe we should get them so they know everything that happened"
They thought about it for a moment."Dang, if only we brought our CT so we could ask Blue about it"
"Lets not get them"
"Why not?"
Voltz looked Orange dead in the eye,"Remember last time we disobeyed Blue"
Orange had a pained express on his face,"Okay you made your point"
"Anyway lets hurry up we don't want to be late, do we?"
"Late pshhh never heard such a thing"
With that they took off at full speed.
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"I think the're gone"
Celestia got up once again."Come on sister we have to go save Twilight"
Luna got up and her mind was finally working. "We shall not let Thigh Shadow get the fourth Princess"
They both walked over to the metallic door. "How shall we get the door open?". Celestia walked closer to the door for closer examination."There is no nob, must be only opened from the outside". Celestia thought for a while, pacing back and forth."Dearest sister what is our options?".Celestia paused."We blast the door with our magic or we wait for somepony to open the door and we ambush them". Luna thought about this."Well we can't sit around and do nothing while Shadow has Twilight". Luna didn't even wait for Celestia to get out of the way, she focused a lot of magic to her horn and shot it at the door.
"LUNA HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THERE IS A REACTION TO YOUR ACTIONS"
"I know that's why we have to run and save Twilight". Celestia couldn't argue. They heard sirens and hoofs coming there way. Celestia bit her lip. "Come this way sister". She saw her sister trying to go into the room across from them."I don't know how to open this door". Celestia looked at the door and saw it needed a key card to open.
"Luna do you know any crafting spells?"
"Yes a few but I don't know if they will serve to any use in this situation"
"Can you craft pen ink?"
"Yes but I need at least water to craft it"
The hoofsteps were getting closer and they were running out of time. Celestia was sweating and wiped her face. That's when it hit her.
"Can you use this?"
"I think I can use that"
"Okay, hurry before its to late"
Luna took the sweat from Celestia and took a piece of her dark colored hair. She took the color from her hair and mixed it in the the sweat from Celestia.
"Hey stop right there!". Guards were already in eyesight. The first guard that yelled at them stopped. "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna"
"Come on hurry up!"
Celestia took the ink Luna made and threw it against the door. There was a flow of electricity and a clouds of smoke came from it. The door opened and Celestia shoved her sister in while she followed.
"Stop were trying to|" The door closed after another shock of electricity, when the stallion was about to finish his sentence.
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30 Minutes Before..
"We got here *huff as soon as we can" Orange was panting for air when he got to the Command Center. The rest were already there since he was the slowest in the group. "Don't you mean "I got here as soon as I can?", Orange just let that one comment slide for now because of how tired he was and would surely pass out if he didn't sit in his seat right away, but he stood there still trying to catch his breath.
"And what took so long?" Voltz was tapping his hoof impatiently and trying to hold back the urge to swiftly get Orange in his chair. "Good since your here lets begin" Golden grabbed a remote and turned on a hologram in front of them. Twilight was completely astonished.
"What.. is this"
"Its called a hologram"
"Is it magic?"
"No, it's Technology"
Twilight was closely examining the Hologram, what it showed were Blue and Red arrows. There were 6 Blue and a lot of Red ones.
"We can explain to how Holograms work later, unless you don't want to hear whats going"
Twilight retracted and showed a little red on the cheeks from embarrassment. "Sorry" Knowledge can wait later, right now she needed to know what in Equestria is going on.
"Now let me explain" Golden straightened up and pointed at the Blue arrows."This is Blue and his team" She moved her hoof at red."This is Shadows army" A gray arrow appeared and when it stopped, it disappeared and came 3 green arrows. "The grey ones represent an Unidentified Vehicle but we call them UV for short" Twilight processed everything sharply so she didn't miss any information that was being told to her but it was mainly because she still couldn't get over the Hologram device. "The green represent a Unidentified Personal, UP is what we call it for short". "We had Blue steal a chip that Shadow was going to use to take down the barrier that your beloved Princess made to separate us" When golden said that everypony in the room had a gloomy and sad expression. Twilight was confused though."Why did they cut you off?"
"They had other choice". This time Blue was talking. "Before, everything was fine until power struck Night Sky's"
"Wait is Shadow a Stallion or a Mare"
"Night Sky's is a Stallion"
Everyone in the room was trying to hold back laughing at Twilight for asking a question like that.
"Hey I was wondering since I never heard of him till now"
"Well you should have at least let us finish the back story to ask that"
Then all of a sudden, they heard sirens go off. Blue and his men pulled out there weapons. Twilight jolted back. She than realized that these were the ponies that saved her. "Golden" Golden nodded and switched the hologram to a flashing red screen. "The breach is at the Infirmary Room #302" Golden came to a quick realization. "That's were the princesses are!" Twilight froze. She really should have let them finish. Voltz flew out the door. Midnight followed. "Those two will be there to stall Shadows troops but not forever".
"Twilight stay here"
"No if the Princesses are in trouble I have to go"
"No you can't, you are the net Princess in line, if something happens to you then Equestria will be lost"
Twilight had to think fast on her decision on what she was going to do. She ran out the door.
In the Rest of the Nation
When Celestia Pushed Luna in the room she wasn't thinking straight. The room was dark and they couldn't see anything. The Guards were trying all that they can to get the room open but since the ink fried the circuits to the door, it wouldn't budge.
"Sister where are you?",Celestia heard her sisters voice and took a step closer to where she last heard it from.
"Don't worry sister, I'm fine", Shuffling noises could be heard in front of Celestia."What do you think that guard was trying to say?", The guards from earlier could be heard trying to open the mechanical door.
"They were probably going to lie and take our powers"
"I wonder if Princess Twilight is alright"
There was a slight silence, even the guards stopped trying to open the door.
"Why did they stop?"
"I don't know but we shall not wait around until they get the door open", Princess Celestia lit up her horn to see what was in the room they were in. She saw a six beds in the room, three against the wall she was facing and three against the wall behind her. "There must be another way out besides the entrance" , Celestia was looking around the beds to see if anything was hidden, she looked under each bed but didn't find anything that resembled a secret door. "Sister I think I know a spell that can help us get out of here".
"Is it the spell you used to get us out of the room?"
"No its scanning spell were it lets me search through walls without destroying them"
Celestia was relieved to hear this because Luna's first spell she used at this place got them into this mess in the first place.
Luna charged up her horn and released a beam. Luna had to spin around a few times to scan through the walls.
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Twilight luckily caught up with Midnight but she always saw a glimpse of him when he turned a corner. She didn't know where to go that's why she had to catch up with Voltz and Midnight. She would have Left some magic trail or payed close attention to the doors she passed or hallways she went in. "Stop we are trying to help", Twilight heard that yell on the right corridor that was coming up as she ran. She turned to see a Grey Stallion banging at a door that looked like it was fried and burnt like Popcorn.
"Whats going on here?", The Grey stallion looked around to face Midnight. "Fourth General Midnight and Third in command Voltz Light", The stallion saluted. "Officer RR Reast", They saluted back. Twilight looked across from the toasted door and saw a huge hole that had liquid metal dripping from it. "The 2 Princesses, Princess Luna of the Night and Princess Celestia of the day blasted the entrance of their recovery station and went into this room, frying the doors opening and closing system", Twilight sighed in relief, at least it wasn't a attack just a False Alarm. "I think I can help get them out of there"
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"Okay there is no other exit but there is a vulnerable point in the wall" , Luna was about to charge up another beam that blasted that door before but was stopped when her sister put her hoof on her shoulder. "Remember what happened when you did that last time?", Luna turned around and sighed. "So what is your plan, dearest sister?", Celestia sat on one of the beds and started thinking of some way she could get her and her sister out of there without causing another breach siren. "Hello, is anyone in there?", Celestia and Luna, simultaneously shot a look at the door.
"Twilight is that you?"
"Yes it is, can you guys come out now?"
Celestia sighed in relief. She turned to look at her sister but she didn't see the same relieved face as she had on.
"Trickery, that is a fake Twilight and you are trying to bait us so you can get are magic aren't you!"
"If you don't believe me than I will have to prove it to you"
"Fine than, Who are your or should I say Twilight's five best friends in the world?"
"Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy,Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and you forgot one of them, Spike"
Celestia saw a her sister clench her teeth.
"Okay, who was the one that freed me from my curse of being Nightmare Moon?"
"That was me and and my best friends"
"Sister that is enough, its obvious that this is the real Twilight"
"Wait just one more question and than we can open the door"
"Fine"
"What is Friendship?"
There was a pause at the other side of the door.
"Friendship is a close bond you have with somepony, I learned that during my years I spent with my friends, Nothing can break your bond with them"
Luna, finally relaxed "Okay you we can open the door now", Luna just got up and prepared a beam to blast the door. "Oh for C-, STEP OUT OF THE WAY", Just when she said that was when Luna let the charge and destroyed the Metal door.
In the Rest of the Nation
"Tia are you ready" Luna asks her her sister. "I don't know if we can trust her" Celestia answers in a worried tone.
"Tia, Twilight wouldn't tell anypony"
"Are you sure we can trust her"
"She is a princess, its her job to keep the civilians safe"
Celestia just stares out the window. It was raining the whole time they had that conversation. The weather ponies scheduled a rainy day this evening. After a minute of silence Celestia gets up from her sitting position and walks over to Luna, signaling her to move aside."Are you going to tell her" Luna asks worried about Tia's answer. Celestia just walks down the hall not answerng Luna's question. Luna follows to see what she's up to. Celestia walks in the Throne room to be greeted by a two guards. "Your highness's" one of the guards, Tall and Gray say to the both princesses.
"Prepare a carriage to Ponyville" Celestia commands.
"Yes your highness"
After another minute, the two princesses put on their cloaks and go to the Royal Garden to where their carriage was at. The rain got worse and it was pelting the statues Celestia had in the garden. If they did not go right now they will not make it to Ponyville to tell Twilight about the secret. A secret kept from the 3 tribes that would lead to ultimate chaos. The princesses set out for Ponyville in rain and the fog.
In the Rest of the Nation
30 minutes before the explosion
"Blue we better stop and rest" Dark Midnight,The Assassin huffed as he and his fellow team rushed through the forest. Blue Fangs, the Leader of the team did not answer. He and his squad kept running through the dead forest. "Yeah, Midnight's right we better stop and rest or we won't be able to outrun an ambush" Lightning Volts, Speedster and Rogue on their team exclaimed. Blue stops while the other do the same.
"Fine lets catch our breath for a couple of minutes" Blue answered. Blue looked at Red "Do you still have the Chip Red" Blue asked.
Red Winged, The Animal specialist and supporter nodded.
"Good, now we need to tell HQ that the objective was completed" He grabs his radio and calls his home base.
"Blue *static* are you *static* Ok?" A worried voice from the radio answers.
"Were fine Golden" Blue answered.
Golden Care, the Captain of the whole Rebellion stated "Good, do you now *static* how much the *static* Rebellion depends on *static* you and your *static* team?!"
"Yes, I know"
"Then start *static* acting like it!" She yelled.
Golden sighed and asked. "Do you have the chip?"
"Yes, We do"
"That's *static* great news!" She exclaimed. "Sending in a *static* chopper to pick *static* you guys up"
25 minutes later
"Wheres that chopper, Golden sent?" Orange Saver, Strength and Heavy on the team thought out loud.
"Obviously not here yet" Pixel Mace, the Pyro of the team.
"Well we better check to see what going on"
Blue grabbed his radio but is stopped when Red puts his hoof down.
"Do you guys here that" He said in a hushed whisper.
The 6 of them were silent, what they heard was something whizzing above them. They looked up and saw a carriage with 4 royal guards pulling it above them.
"I-Is that..." Midnight stuttered
"Yes it is Midnight, yes it is..." answered with a gentle tone.
"Those assholes..." Orange announced with a sad response.
"They had no choice guys" Blue said defending Equestria
"What do you mean they had no choice!" Volts exclaimed.
"They were young, the parents didn't know about us then..." Blue said still trying to defend the nation that left him and the Rebellion fighting against true evil.
They were silent again. They didn't make a move until they heard a loud explosion in the air above them. They got down on their bellies and put their hoofs above their heads.
"What the hell was that!" Yelled Midnight over the ringing in his ears.
"I think we better go check it out" Pixel exclaimed.
After the ringing was over they looked at their leader. Blue gave a nod. And with that the 6 pulled out their weapons and went through the forest to check out the explosion in the distance.
