A Mysterious Explosion

Chapters

Prologue
Chapter 1- The Journey Begins (edited)
Chapter 2- Storm's Abrewing
Chapter 3- A Plan of Invasion
Chapter 4 - Settling In
Chapter 5 - The Best Night Ever
Chapter 6 - A Mysterious Note
Chapter 7 - Escaping Out Of Confinement & A Battle's Hiatus
Chapter 8 - Who is that Mysterious Stallion?

Prologue

This is just the beginning

Just the Beginning

The Royal Guards of Canterlot that protect Princess Celestia and Luna, are brave but not as strong as they think they really are. A sunny day, so peaceful, so quiet, great to be in the season of summer. One hot afternoon, Princess Celestia put scrolls from one shelf to the next, as exhausted as she thought she would be. Being a princess, indeed, was a lot of work. Governing and protecting Equestria from threat. The four princesses of equestria: Twilight Sparkle, Cadence, Celestia, and Luna, protected equestria from threat or any invasion. But it was up to one flight team to protect them all.

In the everfree forest, things are a brewing. A place where animals take care of themselves, clouds move on their own, it's a strand place for a pony to go in. Rainbow dash even tried to scare her friends once saying that it was the most spookiest place in Equestria. In the depths lay the ruins of the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters, even the dark flight team: The Shadowbolts. While Ponyville lay outside of that forest. Good thing the ponies were safe, none were threaten by any villain or demon.

In the Wonderbolts HQ, things were normal, the team was absolutely tired of performances. Always being chased by fanmares and colts who were dying to take a photo with one of them who were absolutely excited .It was a good thing thing that entered safe from obsessive fanponies. Spitfire,as usually stamped posters, and did a lot of the paper work. While Soarin-Blazer Skies, co- captain of the wonderbolts, took a break from morning's paperwork. The rest of the team, as lazy as they can be. No hard work for them, just protecting Equestria from threat and patrolling the lands for any signs of invasion or threat once a year.

"I'm so bored there's nothing to do in here", somebody groaned loudly. It wasn't Spitfire or Soarin, who was it? Hope it wasn't somepony or something lurking, like a dark shadow. Turns out, there's nothing to be afraid of, nothing threatening. Every thing full of life and happiness in Equestria.

In Saddle Arabia, a threat is being plotted by the Duchess of Saddle Arabia. Equestria had indeed fine treasures to trade for, had lots of gold to make bits. Was this the treasure they were after? The Cultan of Saddle Arabia was indeed greedy for it, full of spite, he would take anything or spend his own bits on it to make a profit; he was indeed a greedy hateful stallion. He had imprisoned Thundershine, an original wonderbolt there in a jail cell for about 10 years straight. She had to find a way to escape, will she ever escape?

In the cell, she twisted and pulled with all her might to let lose of the metal chains, but it was no use. A prison guard always stood in front of her cell, laughing and pointing at her. She would instantly cry at what he had done to her when he ever did an action like that. Her coat was full of blood, leaking from head to hoof, all over her body bed because s whipped 15 times since life time in imprisonment. She hoped her nephew was okay, if he was. Thunder dragged herself onto the wall and instantly rested onto the cold stoned wall. Inside cells of the Arabian castle, she was always freezing not getting enough warmth. While at it, Thundershine tried one more time, but it was no use.

Back in her days as a wonderbolt, she was extremely brave, and always stranded up for her friends and fellow teammates whenever they needed her too. But those days are gone now, her fellow teammates gone for good after an intense battle with one of the Cultan' s guards and soldiers. She fought her hardest, saving one of her teammates, while the rest of them were killed.

"GUYS, WHERE ARE YOU?!", She shouted loudly crying in the middle of nowhere. Not a sound was made, one of her hooves was cut, blood leaking out still. She couldn't even move her own body. She still had those visions of her teammates dying in front of her, before her eyes. But still she hopes to find an escape. Even realizing the plot, one of the Arabian s were planning, she had to tell Soarin this, she had to.

"Let me out of these chains, YOU BASTARD", sticking her tongue out at the guard.

"No way I'm letting you out of there, missy", said the bat pony.

"OH YEAH, YOU ARE! WENT I'M SET FREE FROM THIS COUNTRY, ILL KILL YOU ALL!".

" I can't wait to mess with your little friends when they get here in a few weeks". She trotted off with no explanation why, where she was going, not a chance.

"What was happening,I might of had a vision", Soarin cried feeling a bit scared. He hadn't realized that his aunt had been gone for years. She never returned. Where could she be? Soarin didn't know about his aunt being in danger, til after he woke up having a vision about her. He wondered. Why do I have these nightmares, why?. There was an explanation, but he didn't know what it was. Someone was indeed going to threaten Equestria, but who?. He thought about it walking in circles like he was about to make some kind of hole in his room.

The door then knocks" Who is it", Soarin grumbled shaking. He shuddered as if he were seeing a demon or monster, or ghoul. He shuddered when he heard the door open, cccccccreak. There stood Captain Spitfire, his captain and fellow friend. She stood there with a concerned eye, Spit stared at her brother worriedly. "Hey, you can tell me what's going on with you today?" She put a hoof around him in a hug comforting him gently. "You see, I have been having nightmares about Auntie Thundershine".

"Wait, your saying Thundershine, as in the Thundershine, the original wonderbolt of the original team?" "Yes, that's what I'm saying".

"Tell me more". "Okay, but first I need to show you something Spit". Soarin grabbed a piece of paper that said this and showed it to his sister.

Dear Soarin,

I"m sorry I have left you, it's just that I am in Saddle Arabia trapped in a cold-stoned prison cell. The weather there is absolutely hot and the heat drives me crazy. It's so hot, that I asked one of the guards to give me a bucket of water to cool off with. But he just laughed, and walked away leaving me all hot and dehydrated. I am writing to you because I love you and I miss you dearly. Your dad is really worried for me, since i am stuck there. Please say hi to him for me. I tried hard to escape from the chains, but it was no use,they locked it in real tight. I don't know how long I might last, but please save me before it's too late, please.

Thundershine Skies

"Wow Auntie sure is in bad condition". Spit looked at the letter again.

"She is, I'm really worried for her. No wonder I was having those visions". Soarin cried tears, which went from his face to legs. "I...........miss her too Soar. She was one of the best aunts I've ever had and I mean it. Ever since we were young, she would take us places that were really exciting. She was also an expert teacher at flying". Spitfire cried even harder when she heard about the horror of the aunt. Thundershine was defiantly an expert teacher at flying, a good relative, had a generous heart, and a loyal personality. They didn't realized that they left a window open, and BONK, something hit Spit on the head.

"Ow, what was that-". She was cut off by a letter with Celestia's royal seal. Spit unfolded the letter with her hooves and read it to herself and then turned to Soarin. "Princess Celestia needs us and the others at Canterlot at once". Together they went out of the room and rushed into the hall to alert the others of the news.

Chapter 1- The Journey Begins (edited)

Chapter 1- The journey begins

Before they alerted the others about a threat among Equestria, a mysterious explosion occurs on the soiled earth. There were pieces of bomb parts on the ground, more than one was noticed by one of the team members. Where did it come from? They wondered. Perhaps the bold was lit from further away or it was probably fired from a far off distance, none of them were sure. This bomb, the wonderbolts thought, was fired because that intruder would probably want to take over Equestria or another reason why they were plotting to threat Equestria in the first place.

Spitfire and Soarin ran to every room, which their friends were in playing cards and having chats with each other. While each were having a great time, the two friends both in command pushed the door open causing a loud SLAM on to the door, scaring their teammates. "Guys, you have to hear me out. A Mysterious explosion has occurred in Equestria and the princesses think it is k major threat", Soarin grumbled to them urgently.

"WHAT?! Why didn't you guys just tell us before, that way we would've known about the threat too", Surprise cried.

"Let's go team", Spit cried holding her whistle with her mouth.

"Look a letter from Princess Celestia", Wave told them.

Dear Wonderbolts,

                  It is I, Princess Celestia of Canterlot. You must come to Canterlot at once, I wanted to discuss the major explosion you just heard this morning. I'm afraid a distant country and an ally of ours, Saddle Arabia, has plotted to be the threat. My guards are certain that they are the ponies behind all of this. We don't know the reason why they are planning to bomb Equestria, but it is certainly a dangerous time t o be writing to you. I'm afraid you won't be doing this by yourselves, the elements of harmony will be on your side to help you on your long tiresome journey, you are certain to do this alone, but I'm afraid not. No complaints about what I had told you, the mane 6 are already here to meet you in Canterlot. That is all I can tell you.

                 Beware, the bomb you will see is completely harmful in your eye.

      Princess Celestia

"Guys, let's go".

"Okay we will, but let us get our belongings first before we go". They all gathered all their belongings and headed out afterwards. One of them struggled to carry, so Soarin ended up dropping everything on the ground because of carrying so much stuff. "It's so heavy", he cried complaining. "Hey Soar, let me help you", Fleetfoot offered.

"Hey thanks".

"No prob".

Spitfire then bellowed the others to keep moving with her hoof, they were really in a rush to get to Canterlot. While Soarin and Fleetfoot helped carry the others luggage. One of the members of the team didn't pack lightly, no wonder it took Soarin a lot of time to carry all of it. With a little help from Fleetfoot, he had no trouble carrying the suitcases. He was completely sweaty afterwards, but Spitfire decided to pet him take a break. Of course, guess who had to carry all the luggage, Fleetfoot. "Can we get somepony else to carry all this".

"Sorry Fleet, but you are pretty strong for a Pegasus", Fire Streak said shaking his head.

"Am not".

"Are too".

"Am not".

Spitfire blew her whistle loudly at them and shouted", STOP, BOTH OF YOU!! You do realize that we have an important mission we need to do for the princess. We can't just stand like this and bicker with each other all day. Princess Celestia and the elements of harmony are already waiting for us. LET'S NOT WASTE TIME EVERY PONY, MOVE IT!!!" She blew her whistle at them again, trying to get her teammates attention. They saluted to tell her that they were paying close attention to her, of course Spitfire just smiled and they were on their way.

"Where are the wonderbolts, Celestia?" Princess Twilight asked the alicorn princess with confusion. "Twilight, there is no need to worry. They're just late as they always are", Celestia replied as she rolled her eyes. The other elements of harmony grew impatient with waiting for the wonderbolts to get to Canterlot. They walked around in circles, waiting impatiently in boredom for them to arrive. Celestia knew how the wonderbolts always acted when it comes to threats that harmed Equestria and its fellow citizens. They would argue about a little something on the way to any destination sometimes, causing them to lose track of time.

"Ah, there you are Wonderbolts. I'm sure you received the letter I sent you". The wonderbolts nodded", Sorry your highness for being tardy, it's just that we a l ways waste our time when it comes to threats and emergencies in Equestria. But what you said is urgent", Spitfire said, bowing down on her hoofs.

"I'm sure you know why you're all here. I need to show you something, come with me to our castle library", Princess Luna insisted. She lead them to the West quarters of the castle, passing the Star Swirl wing and leading them to a locked door. She signaled a guard to open the door for them. "Quite a sight, isn't it?" the princess of the night said happily.

"Sister Tia, mind if you show them the book on Saddle Arabia?" Luna whispered to her sister. Celestia used her magic to locate the book from a very high shelf. The book had a fancy jeweled cover with the king' s seal imbedded on the cover. It seemed as if the book were 3,000 years old, way before alicorns came to rule Equestria. Celestia then opened the book and told the story.

"Wonderbolts, as you can see. Equestria and Saddle Arabia were never enemies. One day, they requested us to give some of our valuable goods to them for trade. But we refused, the Arabians were so upset at what we responded to them. They told us, if we don't give away some of our goods in three days. The royal officers discussed with each other, but all of them agreed to refuse the Arabian' s request an--". Celestia was then cut off by Surprise.

"Who were one of the royal officers?" Surprise asked interrupting the alicorn.

"The wisest one of course was, Co-captain Thundershine, of the Wonderbolts". Celestia gulped while Surprise made a shocked expression.

"WHAT?!"

"Surprise, I'm not kidding".

"I'm not laughing". The white alicorn shook her head", Well, it looks like you were".

"Celestia and Surprise, calm down. This is no time for arguing".

Rainbow was completely puzzled, who was Thundershine?Was she just an ordinary Pegasus or was she very important during ponydom?. She had so many questions to ask. Still, Rainbow had to wait at the right moment to answer her question.

"Princess Celestia, who is Thundershine? I didn't quite catch that?" Rainbow asked, raising an eye brow. She then patted her hooves on Soarin' sneak to get his attention.

"Hi Rainbow Dash, what is it?" Soarin questioned. Rainbow scratched her head nervously", Whose Thundershine?"

"Thundershine is my aunt. She was the original co-captain of the wonderbolts 6 years ago. When she heard of the threat Saddle Arabia was going to do, she immediately went there and tried to stop the plot. But she was eventually beaten and thrown in a dungeon all beaten and bled".Soarin cried out a tear after what he had just said.

"Soarin, I'm so sorry about your aunt. But when we get to Saddle Arabia, I'm sure you'll get to see her again".

"You sure".

"I'm sure".

Celestia then lead them from the castle library, and into the next room. The next room wasn't much of a room, there were little book shelves, but a big round table. Celestia told the ponies it was the royal council room, but bigger then the one inside Twilight' s castle.

"Everypony take a seat". So the ponies obeyed Princess Twilight and they all sat down."When we journey together to Saddle Arabia, all of us must stay together. We will be taking a ferry to Saddle Arabia, and the journey will take about 4 days".

"Does everypony understand the importance of this task?" Everypony nodded and headed towards the exit, which a guard lead them out as they exited the royal conference room.10 minutes later, they took the train to Manehattan and boarded a big ferry that was headed for Saddle Arabia.

Chapter 2- Storm's Abrewing

Chapter 2- Storm's abrewing

Chapter 2 - Storm's Abrewing

By: Sango_4000

After a long train ride, they got off to the station and headed towards to the inner parts of Manehattan. Currently, they weren't suppose to be sightseeing. They were suppose to be heading towards the harbor to find a boat that was taking them to Saddle Arabia. With a crowd of ponies everywhere, they were never going to find their way toward the dock. Rarity was amazed at the look of Manehattan' s appearance from below. She was so distracted that she wasn't watching where she was going and bumped right into a salespony.

She shouted ", You have to be bucking kidding me. Bumping into me like that". Rarity was immediately angry after what she had just said. "Excuse me darling, such rude language!" Rarity shouted at her. "Rarity, calm down", bellowed Applejack. ", It was just an accident".

Rarity took deep breaths that way she would calm down much faster. She wondered ", What has gotten to these ponies lately?" They wondered the streets of Manehattan looking for the harbor, they immediately got lost after searching for hours and soon they had to ask for directions. They came towards everybody in the city, but it seemed as if they didn't know where the dock was. They were all in the inner parts of the city themselves.

The path they were on, could it lead them intro the right direction? They walked for about 15minutes, turned right and after an exhausting walk they saw the view of a bay, with the sun's rays shining, it sparkled beautifully. Surprise became confused at the sight that there were many boats docked by the harbor ", Guys, but how can we tell which ferry leads to Saddle Arabia? There's like ten ferrys docked on the harbor. How will we know which one?" There big signs on the dock marking which ferry leads to what location/country.

"No need to rush, we have to keep walking until we find the right ferry", Rainbow said with determination. "Rainbow's right, let's start walking", Soarin called loudly.

"According to all these signs, none of these ferries lead to Saddle Arabia. It might be the last one that has already been docked", Twilight suggested, while observing the signs.

"Guys let's get on, Celestia already paid for everything. What we need to eat, our roo-", Pinkie was cut off by Twilight' s hoof over her mouth. "Okay guys, let's get in", the purple alicorn said as she used her hooves to tell them to get on board of the ferry.

Twilight perked up ," We totally forgot the luggage, where's Spike and Fleetfoot? They should be here by now". Two voices called out, "Were here, Twilight!".

"Took you two long enough", Rainbow said impatiently.

After they got on the ship, somepony was there to greet them. The stallion was pretty tall in height, he wore a suit of black, Twilight knew he would be their personal butler. "My name is Blazing Comet and I'll will be your personal butler", he said. " Please come with me, I was told to give you a tour of the ferry and then lead you the expanded suites". He lead them into the various features of the ferry, everypony just stared in awe without even speaking.

He lead them to the first spot to where they were going to sight see; a spot that was outside, still on the ferry. It was filled with a big table with about 15 chairs. The room had a pretty high ceiling, everyone knew what room this was; the dining hall. " This is this is the place where you'll be eating your daily meals, and over there is a small buffet bar filled with one of the most delectable foods you will taste. And for dinner very night, there's something different", he said. He then signaled them out of the dining hall and into the next room. " Here's the spa, where you can relieve your stress from a tiring day".

Rainbow was confused. " What that it for the tour?" Blazing Comet nodded. " Yes, I was only told to show three features of the ship, nothing more. Now enjoy your stay here". He walked off disappearing down the hall to the lounge.

"Guys, what do we do now. We got here already and what are we gonna do?", Fleetfoot groaned. She was a feisty mare during those occasions, even when it comes to knowing your way around big ships like a ferry.

Fire Streak gave her a dirty look. "Gee Fleet, what's your problem?" The impatient mare gave him an angry look."My problem?! I don't have a problem with myself!"

"No I don't!"

"Yeah you do!"

"No I don't!"

Twilight's horn started to glow, causing the two wonderbolts to stop arguing as they were still looking for each other angrily. "Fleetfoot and Fire Streak, you better stop arguing like you're in flight school again", Twilight said. They both nodded and went to the others.

"Okay guys, let's explore the ferry", Fluttershy insisted, as she walked off into the direction of the spa. "Darling, wait for me",Rarity cried, running after her. The spa was the most popular place in the entire ferry, as they headed off into the direction of the spa, they didn't notice that a shadow was lurking upon them.

"Thunderwing, keep an eye on them", somepony's voice said from a walkie talkie. "On it sir". The bat pony nodded his head. "On it sir. One question, what am I suppose to do sir?"

"I want you to keep an eye on the wonderbolts and the elements. Make sure they won't bust into our business when they get there".

Back in the Spa...............

Rarity, Fluttershy, the others and the Wonderbolts were all in the ship's spa.The walls were painted ocean and light blue, t was an amazing sight to see. While Rarity and Shy we're in the massage area, the others were in the Jacuzzi, a pool filled with hot but warm water. "This is so relaxing, isn't it guys?", Twilight said. The others just nodded in reply as they just relaxed, but what they didn't know was that a storm was abrewing.

Meanwhile Thunderwing, one of the Pegasus guards that protected the king was sneakily in hiding. He had rented a bedroom with a television set, which also had a closet to keep clothes in. His orders were to keep an eye on the elements and make sure they won't talk about any of their plots, if they did, he would kidnap them and find a facility to put them. But first he had to knock them out. It seemed he didn't like taking orders from his officer, who was a bat pony. He couldn't handle him, but he still had those sad memories of flight school. He remembered about a certain rainbow filly that he use to be friends with, she was incredibly cute when she was younger.

He shook himself out of his thoughts." Why am I thinking about her?" He realized if he didn't do his job, his officer would kill him for sure. Thunder said to himself ", Might as well do this tomorrow". He looked at the clock in the hall, it said 8:50. He totally forgot about keeping an eye on them, but he was definitely tired after a long day. Remembering he was sent home to Manehattan to visit his family, then he had to board the ferry back to Saddle Arabia for his job as protector of the Cultan. He tiredly walked off to his bedroom without making a sound.

Chapter 3- A Plan of Invasion

The Wonderbolts, as mentioned by Rainbow Dash, were one of the best flyers in Equestria. They created that were wondrous that everypony would just go all over them, wanting their autograph. But all that remains a secret, however this story starts out with the original member of the wonderbolts as this story is written, in my vision. Not everypony could be a wonderbolt, and they understand that.

A speck of candlelight, it was a dark night. Guards of the Cultan were wandering the halls as they always did with their daily shifts around the quarader, making sure no pony was sneaking around during curfew in the city. Ponies of the city were asleep, tucked in and all warm in their soft beds. With the midnight breeze flowing in, it was peaceful. Not a sound was made, but just the creak of an open bedroom window where the Cultan and his wife slept.

In the dungeon, no one spoke of was Thundershine. One of the most famous 3rd generation wonderbolts, and co-captain of the team. She lay still in that cold stoned prison, only mice as companions, only less water to drink and less to eat. Her body was still, showing that she was asleep. When suddenly, the sound of hoofs galloping down the hall loudly. He trotted down the stairs quietly, not trying to make a sound. The wonderbolt mare slept peacefully, thinking that she was back at home as a young filly in Las Pegasus.

The mare woke up from her sleep, she shouted. "Get me out of here, somepony help me!" Thundershine pushed with all of her might to see if the bars would break, but it was no use. The bars were held stiff, what could be a way for her to push that steel gate open? She figured that the only way to escape was by sneaking out the back bars, if only there was a way to break them. She said to herself. " If only I could find something strong enough to break these bars open".

"Wait", she said, as she touched the bars of the cell. She tapped touched the bars with her hoof, and then the steel pole of the bar fell to the ground. She picked up the broken steel pole from the ground in the inside of her cell and observed it carefully. "Hmmmm........these bars seem pretty old, guess they were never replaced". Thundershine slowly used her hoof to grab another old steel bar, it almost fell out of her hooves, but she caught it just in time. No other prisoner was paying attention, she realized that they were just poor pony folk, she felt sorry for them. Why were they kept in a prison like this? The prisoners she saw, they were all frail and sick. She pitied all of them, the king probably could've imprisoned them because of the crimes they had done in the town marketplace.

"Hey, you. Pssst?" somepony whispered, as she beckoned her hoof to tell her to come closer. Thunder stepped closer, she made a skeptic look at the pony she was approaching.

"Who are you? And why did you call me here?", she whispered. The pony took of the cloak, it revealed that she was a mare. She had red orange mane with yellow highlights, she wore a tore wonderbolt uniform, and she was smiling at Thundershine. Thunder gasped at the pony she was seeing, she recognized her immediately. "Star Fire, I thought you were dead". The dark blue mare ran up and hugged the fury yellow coated mare, they both cried at the sight of seeing each other again.

Both of the mares jumped up and and did their secret hoof shake, as if they were fillies playing on a day with nice weather. What they didn't realize was, that were shouting so loud that they both then heard hoof steps coming closer towards the dungeons. The figure had bat wings, Star Fire knew it was a bat pony. Starks Brightstar, one of the officers of the bat pony guards trotted into the dungeon halls loudly.

"What in the name of Equestria?" the two mares said at the time. Stark looked at them, with a displeasing look on her face. The two mares looked at her with shock, what was she thinking about when she looking at us? Thunder was confused, she knew this pony from somewhere, but where? Why in equestria would she work for the Cultan?

Stark gave the two mares a dirty look.",When your friends get here in the next week or so, they'll just be a piece of bullshit". Thunder was furious. "You fucking bastard! Don't you dare do that to my nephew and his friends. And don't you dare threatened his brother either. And you better tell me where you trapped my brother, because you'll pay for this!"

"Oh, I don't think so Thundershine. They'll be dead once they get here. Guards, put them back to where they belong". Starks walked away laughing cruelly. She was certain that Saddle Arabia would win the war, if the war was a never war, then she wouldn't be working for the Cultan. Starks had a sensitive side of her, she was only being cruel towards the prisoners because two of the prisoners were her friends. The bat mare knew those two for a very long time, and it seemed that Thunder and Star Fire didn't remember her at all. With the rest of their teammates dead, they were extremely sad after the tragic thing that happened to them before after all those years.

"Stark, is that you?" Thundershine asked in confusion. As Stark was about to walk back to the corridor, she stopped and heard Thunder's voice running through her head. "Thundershine, you recognize me?" the bat pony looked at her old friend in front of her. She turned her head and saw her friend trapped in the bars of a dungeon, she also saw her ,Star Fire, her other long time friend. Stark's fell to the ground at the sight of seeing her friends in this much danger, why did she choose to work as a guard in Saddle Arabia? It was wrong choice. Star Fire turned around, she saw her old friend crying hard on the cold ground. The mare immediately went to the poor mare and comforted her.

"Stark, what's wrong?" Star Fire asked, concerned. The bat pony didn't pay attention to what the two mares were saying, she was too busy crying as more tears came out of her eyes. The wonderbolt captain comforted the mare with care, she used her wing to dry the bat pony's tears. "Stark listen. We know that you still have that type of good inside of you. Let it out when it's the right time". The bat pony cried even harder. "I was stupid to even work as a guard in Saddle Arabia, what was I thinking?"

At the sudden words Stark spoke, the two former wonderbolts were surprised. At the sudden response, they were eager to help their long time friend get through her sorrow. Thunder put a hoof to her heart. "Hey, I know how it's like to have these type of doubts in your heart. I was like this once, but you helped me get over it. And now it's my turn to help you". Star Fire did the same, she put a hoof on the mare's back and gave her back a pat.

Starks immediately dried her tears with her hoofs, she immediately felt better after the reassuring comfort. "Say Stark, what do you wanna talk about, cause I'm bored", the two formal wonderbolt asked her. "Really, I don't have anything to talk about. But right now let's just focus on escaping the the dungeon, we don't want Cultan finding about this; now would we?" Thunder and Star Fire nodded their heads. "We agree with you". The bat pony grabbed the keys she kept from her hoof, then used the same hoof she held the key with to open the dungeon's door. The two mares imprisoned ran out of cell quickly as their hooves could take them.

Stark was worried."Girls, we need to find a way out. But first, we need to find a way to get out of the underground dungeon". The mares found it hard to get out of the castle's underground dungeon, there were so many twist and turns upon the stairs that it was like almost impossible to find a door that could lead them elsewhere.

"Star, Thunder. The castle' s towers are very vast. So it will be much more difficult to find a way out rather then just running down the stairs like it's going on forever". The two wonderbolts nodded. "Of course". They then followed her along as they were running down the tower's stairs, even while trying to avoid spiderwebs along the way. "If this keeps up, we won't even be able to find the right door if this keeps happening".

~The Last Diary Entry of Lucena~

The Discoveries of Saddle Arabia #2:

Thus the castles towers are absolutely, thou I cannot head anywhere if I stayed as a prisoner in this dreadful dump. My life would be ruined after the king's henchmen would come here and behead me just like they did with my niece, she was accused of a crime that she'd not commit. If history were to be rewritten, then nothing should stand in my way while I am at it. Even before Tia and Luna were born, we were the first alicorns that ever roamed. My name's Lucena, I was given this diary for my birthday by my oldest daughter Tia (Celestia). It was nice of her to.

From what I discover about Saddle Arabia, that no good Cultan is no good at all. They promise that they would make piece between Equestria, but they broke their promise. We gave them our best goods that we could give to them, they betrayed us and it hurts of the violent things they did to Equestria, even before the bombing, there's nothing left of the town and the main building: the church lay in ruins. It had to be hidden somewhere in the city, I tried finding it myself....but it was no use, there was nothing. Nothing left the church, everything was left in dust nothing but dust. I'm sure that's the only clue that could be worth writing for. Art thou a good night.

~Lucena~

The sound of hoof steps thundered in the distance, the three companions knew that sound. With the noise growing louder, it was harder to find the right door. Their hoofs were growing tired, they wouldn't even stop to catch their breath or anything. All they could do for now was just run...........and run down the stairs as if it would take forever for the three to escape the vast dungeon tower outside of the Cultan's palace. Nothing was going to be easy for them, all the memories, those good memories were now taken away from them. Still, could they still remember the good old times they had as fillies?

Thundershine's P.O.V

Foalhood times can never be over, no pony could ever forget the friendship that happened between me and my group of friends. Our group may have been a small group, but two friends is better than one. It's good to meet a new pony, being eager to shake their hand, like the opposite of a gaining nothing. But the truest treasure to gain, is to always have friends that you can depend on, and that's always possible; even for three group of friends.

Oh no, the tower dungeon may be vast, but there is no way we would ever find the right door that was our way out. On some days me and my friends would be caught, and on some days we wouldn't because we were a clever group of mares. Mares that had the knowledge of finding their way out of a horrible prison, no walls or windows to show no light, just pure darkness. Almost everything we did was just sit and sit, there was nothing any of us could do.

The sound of Stark's voice grew from being glad to a complaint, what was wrong with that mare sometimes? "We'll never find our way out of this tower! It's like a big maze as always since the last year we were here."

I looked with a concerned face. "I'm sure the three of us can find a way out of here, only as long as we stick together no matter how many steps it takes".

Stark just looked at me as if I were saying something that confused her. "What are you saying Thunder?" I knew that expression she always made as a filly, now that's the real Stark I know. As a filly, she was always serious whenever it came to a scary task or situation, but on the inside she was an extreme scaredy-cat.

Okay, back to the sad part-----everything was taken away from me, no matter how many times I try to fight back I get pushed back by an object, a heavy object. If only I knew who would treat me this way, then I would've have to go after him/her, whoever it is then I'm not in any part of it. If my mind was clouded with such thoughts, then I'll surely regret it whenever I'm around my nephew. I never talk about my issues because it's something very personal, and I just don't wanna share it with anyone at all; not even anypony.

Back to the real deal.

Chapter 4 - Settling In