The Elements of Harmony and The Seven Deadly Sins

Twilight was at her desk, as usual. She was poring over a very complex teleportation spell that had, on previous attempts, had been impossible for her to accomplish. Now that she was an alicorn, she might be able to do it. As she rubbed her head, she glanced over at the clock. It was 5:50 in the morning! No wonder she was having a hard time concentrating. As Twilight groaned to herself, Spike came in rubbing his eyes. "Morning, Twilight," the little purple dragon yawned. "Why are you up this early?" "I never went to sleep, Spike." she muttered, wondering why he had to be so loud. His eyes widened. "Twilight. This is the third night in a row! You need your sleep!" The lavender alicorn rolled her eyes. "I nearly have this spell figured out. I'll sleep when I've got it down. And why are YOU up this early?" she shot accusingly. Spike blushed and mumbled something under his breath. "What was that? I didn't catch it." "I'm going to Sugarcube Corner to help Pinkie with something. I Pinkie promised." Twilight relaxed. She thought he was getting up to sneak a few gems before breakfast. "Oh, well then, you better get over there. You don't want to break a Pinkie promise." The little dragon visibly paled and started running for the door. She chuckled as she watched him bolt down the street towards the bakery, and then wondered what the pink party pony had planned this early in the morning. She shrugged and went back to studying.

Rainbow Dash was bored. As she laid on a cloud, she wondered when something interesting would happen. Oh, she didn't want another changeling attack or anything like that, she just wanted something to happen. She hopped up and started to fly towards Sugarcube Corner. She wanted to help set up Twilight's surprise birthday party. She looked down and saw Spike sprinting toward the gingerbread house. She chuckled when she realized that he was afraid of Pinkie. She was scary when you broke a Pinkie promise. A second later, that thought registered. She had make a Pinkie promise to be there by 6. All that was left was a multicolored contrail as she sped towards the bakery.

Rarity and Fluttershy watched as Pinkie counted down on the stopwatch she had produced from thin air. " Five. Four. Three. Two..." Spike and Rainbow burst through the door as the counter hit zero."Good! We're all here. Let's get started!" Pinkie giggled as she bounced toward the kitchen. "Whew....that was.....a close one." Spike gasped as he hit the floor, struggling for air. "Let's get decorating." Rarity said as she smiled at the two exhausted friends. "One....HUH....second..." Rainbow Dash said, holding up her hoof. "I need.....to catch.....my breath." Fluttershy trotted over with a concerned look on her face "Is something wrong, Rainbow? You usually don't get this tired out by flying from your house....." The cyan pegasus waved her hoof in the general direction of the concerned pony. "I was up late training for the Equestria Games. I'm fine, really." She straightened up. " 'Kay let's do this. Wait, where's Applejack? She didn't break another Pinkie promise, did she?!" She looked around wildly. "Oh, calm down, darling. Applejack is just out back, carting in all of the supplies Pinkie needs for the food for the party." Rarity said as she suppressed a giggle. Rainbow still couldn't forget the time she broke a Pinkie promise. After that, she always checked before she opened a cupboard or before she drank any of the punch Pinkie fed her. Rarity shook her head and said, "Alright everypony, let's get decorating! Several hours later, the preparations were complete. Pinkie grinned. This would be the bestest, most splenderific surprise party Twilight had ever had. She bounced down the road as she giggled to herself. Twilight would love it.

Twilight jumped up from her desk and yelled with happiness. She had finally gotten the spell figured out! It would make getting to Canterlot that much easier. Now all she needed was a mirror.....Twilight had set up the mirror and all the necessary supplies. She was sitting down concentrating on the incredibly complex spell. It would require a huge amount of magical energy, but then anypony could use it to teleport to just outside of Canterlot. It was a one way trip, but it would help immensely in emergencies needing the Elements of Harmony. She began the spell. It took several minutes. As she was right at the end of the spell, the part requiring the most concentration as it was the location to which the pony would be teleporting, Pinkie Pie burst in singing "Smile, Smile, Smile!" Twilight jumped and lost focus for a split second. As she panicked, she checked the spell for flaws. Some of her previous attempts had created sizable explosions. To her surprise, she could find no mistakes in it. Annoyed, she turned to Pinkie and snapped "What do you want?" Pinkie, unperturbed, said, "We need you at Sugarcube Corner. It's... um.. an emergency!" She looked over and saw the mirror. "OOOOOO! Bring that too!" "Why?!" "Because it's SHINY! Like that Rayquaza I caught once. And I didn't even use a Masterball!" Twilight cocked her head, confused. "Fine." she sighed, not even trying to figure out that statement. She picking up the full body mirror. "Lets go." As they walked down the street, Pinkie couldn't stop bouncing. "What is this emergency, Pinkie?" The pink equine looked over, confused. "What emergency?" "The one at Sugarcube Corner! Oh, there's not even an emergency is there?!" Twilight sighed, exasperated, as they entered the bakery. Once they were inside, the lights flipped on and everypony jumped out and yelled "SURPRISE!" Twilight yelped and dropped the mirror. Just before it hit the ground, Twilight caught it. There was a general sigh of relief. All of a sudden, it glowed green and it shattered. Everyone in the room stared at the pieces of glass that used to be a teleporting mirror. As Twilight opened her mouth to question what just happened, a vortex suddenly ripped its way into reality. The glowing black void sucked everypony screaming into it. It remained open for a few seconds after they were gone, then closed quietly, like nothing was ever there.

The two guards opened the cell door as the occupant looked up. His hands were chained to the wall he was slumped against. The manacles had copious amounts of runes to stop him from using magic. His feet were in metal restraints bolted to the floor. "Midnight Flare. The Princess requires your presence." The dark purple prisoner stared at them for a few seconds, then threw his head back and laughed.