Returning thoughts

Nightmare Moon transformed back into her Luna self and took off flying back towards the castle. As she arrived the sun was just starting to rise and so she went to wake up Princess Celestia. Luna walked into her sisters room to see her sleeping peacefully. Luna slowly made her way over to Celestia and stared at her in her sleep, slowly pulling the surgical knife out and was about to slit her throat when she thought about it. If she took out the Elements first, she would be able to have fun with her sister, not just a quietly slit throat in the morning. Luna put the knife away and then woke Celestia up and told her it was her time to guard the land. Celestia nodded before asking "Any news of Pinkie?" Luna shook her head and responded "Unfortunately not." in a somber tone. Celestia looked down at the ground with a sad pitiful look in her eyes before walking out of the room to see what royal duties needed to be attended to.

Luna walked back to her room and laid down in her bed gazing at the stars on the ceiling and walls. She knew by now they would notice Rainbow Dashes disappearance and would probably be looking for her. I could forget I ever even thought of this plan and act like nothing is my fault when they find the bodies Luna thought to herself. Or you could continue taking them out. These clueless foals will never even have time to react. But what about the few of them who were kind to me? None of them were ever kind to you. Fluttershy was forced into helping you speak, Applejack was told to make people like you, Rarity has never even spoken to you, and Twilight? Twilight will do anything her precious princess tell her to do. Luna thought about what the voice had said. Its logic was flawless and its reasoning was solid, but something felt off to Luna. Where did the voice come from? Why did it want her to become the ruler? Was it just her inner wants? Or something much more devious.Luna cast these thoughts aside and went to sleep, the sun rising over all of Equestria and the elements discovering yet another missing friend.

Fluttershy flew through the town as fast as possible going straight for the library where Twilight slept. Fluttershy landed outside of Twilight's house and knocked on the door fast and hard. Twilight rolled out of bed and wearily went downstairs to answer the door. Twilight's mane was a mess and had strands poking up all over it. "I'm coming, I'm coming." Twilight called out in a weary voice. She had been up most of the night trying locator spells to find ponies (most of which didn't work unless the pony was alive.) and so she had barely gotten any sleep. When she answered the door Fluttershy barged in and started to explain herself "IwenttoRainbowshousethismorningto-" Twilight cut her off, "Whoa, calm down Fluttershy, tell me slowly." Fluttershy calmed herself down and started speaking at a regular pace. "I went to Rainbow Dashes house this morning to visit her, and ITS GONE!" Twilight gasped, "How can it just be gone?" Fluttershy broke down crying and collapsed on the floor. "Rainbow has been my best friend since we met in Cloudsdale." Fluttershy sobbed, "I have no idea what I would be doing without her. Please help me find her Twilight!" Twilight looked at Fluttershy sympathetically, we will find her, and Pinkie too, don't worry. Fluttershy stood up and wiped away her tears. "Thank you." Fluttershy said before she hugged Twilight and slowly walked out of her house to deliver the bad news to the rest of Ponyville.

Twilight collapsed after Fluttershy left, the idea of Rainbow Dash being gone... It couldn't be possible, could it? Maybe Pinkie wasn't learning to bake, but rather no longer alive, which is why nopony could find her. No, twilight thought to herself. I must not think too negative about all of this. Twilight picked herself up and stared through her window at all the ponies outside. First Pinkie Pie and now Rainbow Dash. One third of the elements were already gone, who would go next? It could be Rarity, or Applejack, or even Twilight herself. "Somepony has to put a stop to this!" she yelled as she stomped her foot on the ground and walked out of her house.

All the citizens of Ponyville gathered around the town square because the mayor had called a meeting to talk to everypony. The mayor walked up to the podium and addressed the crowd, "Citizens of Ponyville. We don't know what is going on, but Ponies are disappearing. We need to prepare for the worst. Everypony lock your doors and windows at night, and sleep in the same room. We will be posting guards all around Ponyville to help protect our citizens from harm." Everypony started talking to each other with their own ideas of what might be going on and how to help. Twilight sighed to herself from behind the stage. Everything was so great these last few days, The changelings had been defeated, driven back to wherever they came from, her brother had gotten married, and everything was normal (or as normal as you can get around here.). What pony would be crazy enough to kill or kidnap their friends? Was it Discord? No, Princess Celestia would know if he had escaped his stone prison, and chaos is his method not mindless slaughter. Twilight couldn't figure out who it was for the life of her, but she knew that if she wasn't prepared, she could be next.