Revenge of Lavan

Last time…

“My name is Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog; I'm looking for someone with the same first name as your friend.”

“Did you say your name was Twilight?”

“Yes I did. Why do you ask?”

“Because a friend of yours was looking for you in the Everfree Forest.”

“What's the Everfree Forest?” asked Twilight Katswell.

“It's the one place nopony dares to enter” replied Sundance. “There are monsters aplenty and nature takes care of itself.”

“I ain't worried,” said Babs, “my cousin Applejack's been three times b’fore. Heck, if anythin', she'll make it out okay.”

“Been there, nothing,” Nyx bragged, “I was born there.”

“Girls,” chided Sundance, “there's no need to brag. Twilight, your friends might be in grave danger. Who knows what they might encounter in there.”

“I'm not worried,” replied Twilight, “I'm sure that whatever's in there, my friends can handle it.”

“Dat's th' spirit,” complimented Babs. “Now c'mon, you guys. I'm sure Granny an' Big Mac are waitin' for us.”

Canterlot, the next day. Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Twilight were at a meeting, Twilight having explained everything that happened earlier that day.

“It certainly seems you had quite the experience,” Celestia commented.

“But if what you told us is true,” added Princess Luna, “then your new friends might be here for a reason. I suggest looking into the matter as quickly as possible.”

“You have my word,” said Twilight, “I'll try to find some way to figure this out…”

“'… and that's why we're going to the Crystal Empire. Sincerely, Twilight Sparkle',” recounted Spike, reading a letter he had received. Noticing the postscript, he added, “'P.S.: Nyx is coming with me because she wanted to visit Cadence and Shining Armor.' Well, guess I'll have to tell Apple Bloom and the others that…”

“…Twilight Time is canceled for the day?” asked Sweetie Belle.

“Not necessarily,” said Spike, “just until Twilight and Nyx get back.”

“Speakin' of Nyx,” said Apple Bloom, “Ah'd think she'd want to join us for a Twilight Time session.”

“Even if Twilight said yes,” replied Scootaloo, “what do you think she'd want to study, botany or something?”

“This looks interesting,” mused Nyx. She and Twilight Sparkle were in the Crystal Empire's library, reading up on whatever events had caused Sonic and friends to appear in Equestria.

“What looks interesting?” asked Twilight, looking up from one of the many books strewn about the table.

“There's a record of a strange plant called Bandora repulsus. I've never heard of it.”

“Never heard of what?”

“Auntie Cadance, Uncle Shining Armor!”

Princess Cadance, along with Shining Armor, walked to the two alicorns, Shining Armor and Nyx sharing a hug. “What brings you girls here?”

“Well, some people have just shown up and I have no idea why, so I’m just doing some research. Anyway, Nyx found records of this Bandora repulsus plant, and neither of us have heard it.”

“Well, maybe we could ask somepony who knows about it better than us,” replied Cadance. “In the meantime, why don’t you and Nyx take a break and we can figure something out from there.”

“Well, I am getting hungry,” admitted Twilight. “That sounds like a good idea.”

As the four headed out of the library, several scrolls gathered together to form a paper dragon with glowing, yellow eyes.

Ponyville Schoolhouse, the next day. After Babs, Moon Strike and Checker Flag left for Manehattan, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Nyx were talking to Button Mash, Twist and Pipsqueak.

“You went to the Crythtal Empire?” Twist queried. “How wath it?”

“Well, I was in the library for most of the trip,” Nyx replied, “but it was amazing. The Crystal Ponies were really nice.”

“Okay, everypony, time for class,” Cheerilee called.

As the septuplet entered the schoolhouse, the CMC and Nyx noticed a certain ginger cat girl sitting in a seat next to Twist.

“Hi, Cat Twilight,” greeted Sweetie Belle.

“Please, just call me Twilight,” replied Twilight with a giggle.

“But we need some way to tell you apart from our Twilight.”

“Like the way she looks isn’t enough?” asked Apple Bloom.

“Okay, class, settle down,” Cheerilee instructed. “As you all know we have a couple of guests with us today. Everypony, say hello to Twilight Katswell.”

The foals and Twilight all greeted each other. Afterwards, Cheerilee introduced the class to Princess Cadence.

“Good afternoon, my little ponies, and kitten,” greeted Princess Cadence. “Today, and I are going to talk to you about witch weed and the dangers of its abuse. As you may or may not know, Princess Celestia had banned the growth and use of witch weed after what was known as the ‘Catrina Incident’. Yes, Nyx?”

“What’s the Catrina Incident?”

“That’s a good question, and to answer that, here’s the other guest: Catrina herself.”

The class turned towards the entrance, where walked through an orange-haired cat woman in a maroon and lavender dress.

“Hello, everypony. My name, as the princess mentioned, is Catrina. If any of you have any questions, please, don’t hesitate to answer.”

Several hooves shot up as the class had many questions about Catrina and why she used the witch weed. Once the school day had finished, the CMC, Nyx, Catrina, Princess Cadence and Twilight Katswell were on their way to the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom for Twilight Time.

“So,” Cadence said, “I heard Megan is here. How is she?”

“She doing fine,” Scootaloo replied. “She’s over at Pinkie's family's rock farm right now. Maybe we can go visit some time.”

As the septet entered the castle, to their surprise, they saw Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie with a kangaroo girl and a chipmunk girl .

“Oh, girls, thank goodness you’re here,” exclaimed a relieved Twilight Sparkle. She then turned her attention to Twilight Katswell and said “Oh, so you’re Sonic’s friend Twilight Katswell. I have so much to ask you.”

“I’m afraid those questions will have to wait until later,” said the chipmunk girl.

“Yeah,” added the kangaroo girl. “If we don’t discuss what Sally and I found in your library, Equestria won’t stand Buckley's at surviving bein’ covered in lava.”

To be continued…