Chapters "SPIKE!" Twilight yelled.
"What?"
"I'm going out for the day to get some books from Zecora." She trotted downstairs.
"I don't know Twilight. Celestia said expect a letter from me today. Shouldn't you be waiting?" Spike asked picking up a book.
"Oh don't be silly Spike! I'll just be a few minutes. Not a whole day." Twilight pushed open the door and went outside.
"Silly pony." Spike mumbled.
"Now… Which way is the Everfree Forest?" Twilight muttered to herself.
"OH I GUESS…. East! Next to Scootaloo's home. You'll see a sign saying Everfree forest!" Pinkie popped out from a bush.
"Oh! Hello Pinkie. Thank you for giving me directions. I will be on my way." She trotted down the dirt path.
"I was going to make cupcakes but instead I wanted to ask you why are you heading there? After all the Everfree Forest is a scary place." She said.
"Don't worry Pinkie. I'll be fine. Why don't you go bake those cupcakes you said earlier?" Pinkie frowned.
"No no no! The Everfree Forest is a dangerous place! I'm going to come." Pinkie saluted.
"If you must…" Twilight sighed. They walked along talking.
"And thats how Maud Pie is related to me!"
"Uh huh."
"Wanna hear my other sisters story? Inky Pie?"
"Listen Pinkie. I have had quite enough of the family stories. Why don't you play with…. Rainbowdash!" She pointed up. "Hey Rainbow Pinkie wants to play with you!"
"What? Huh?" Rainbow woke up from her nap.
"Rainbow! Down here now." Twilight ordered.
"Nah… Hey Pinkie!" She flapped her wing meaning she was waving to Pinkie.
"Hiya Rainbow! Wanna come play with me? I've got some spare time!" She bounced up. Twilight made a run for it.
"Come on hooves!" She whispered urging herself to run faster. "Go!"
"Hey where's Twilight going?" Rainbow asked Pinkie.
"Oh no! She's heading into the Everfree Forest!" Pinkie dashed after her.
"HUH?" Rainbow followed Pinkie. "TWILIGHT WAIT UP!"
"No no no!" Twilight ran faster. Pinkie caught up.
"STOP IT RIGHT THERE!" Twilight turned but Pinkie sharply turned to. Twilight looked at Pinkies legs. They were far apart.
Perfect... She jumped and slid smoothly underneath Pinkie.
"WHAT!" Pinkie tried to grab her tail but Twilight ran into the Everfree Forest. "STOP HER!" Pinkie yelled up to Rainbowdash.
"On it!" She flew into the Everfree Forest. Up down down up in through here out here she dodged branches. "Twilight!" she looked down at the purple mare. "Stop now!" Then a sudden burst of pain went through her face. She carefully opened her eyes. She'd smashed into a branch! She also had hurt her wing. She moved but it only hurt worse. "Stupid stupid branches…" She scanned the area. "Darn it Twilight!" Twilight had disappeared.
"Ha! My spell worked!" Twilight chuckled.
"TWILIGHT SPARKLE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!" Pinkie pounced on her. Twilight who was prepared jumped over her and did a flip. "TWILIGHT!" Twilight ran ahead with Pinkie chasing her.
"Zecora's house!" Twilight said. "Oh my Pinkies awfully close. I'd better pick up my pace!" She ran quicker. The big tree stood in front of her. Where's Pinkie? Twilight looked around. It seemed Pinkie had disappeared from sight. Her running turned to trotting then turned to walking. "I lost her. Great." She smiled and started walking to the house. She reached the door and was about to knock when CRASH!
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING!" Pinkie yelled in her face.
"AHH!" Twilight kicked her off and ran to the door. She barged in. Applejack stood there mixing a potion in a cauldron. She looked over her shoulder.
"Howdy Twilight! How ya goin'?" Applejack smiled.
"Help me…" Twilight coughed exhausted.
"What in tarnation?" Applejack pointed to a window. Pinkie was staring at Twilight who was slumped against the door.
"I… I just wanted…. to get so-" she coughed and wheezed. "Tea!" The door started banging. "Until… Pinkie and Rainbow… Started…. getting on my nerves… So I ran here… with them chasing… And ended up here!" she coughed again.
"Now now sugar cube take it easy. Zecora ain't here because she is busy with 'er relatives. So I'm keepin' watch for 'er." Twilights voice had finally came back. She let out a small cough then started.
"Applejack I need you to he-" The door crashed down. Pinkie and Rainbow came storming in.
"WHERE'S TWILIGHT?! She's got some explaining to do!" Pinkie growled.
"Yeah! Where is she!" Rainbowdash snapped.
"She's under there." Applejack said.
"TWILIGHT SPA-" Pinkie's mouth had a hoof in it.
"Stop it all of ya. This ain't gonna work out unless we talk bout it. Now ya'll find a seat and we'll talk." Footsteps came out of nowhere.
"TWILIGHT! Letter! Book." Spike gasped for air.
"Thanks Spike." Twilight said from under the door. She got up and brushed herself.
"I just got it a few minutes ago. I dunno what the princess wants but it's got something to do with this book." The argument stopped. Everyone had a perplexed look on their faces.
"Thanks Spike. You may go home." Twilight shooed him off.
"Gee no credit? No credit at all that I raced here just to give you a letter!" Spike whined and stamped his foot on the floor. Twilight gave a small laugh.
"Thank you Spike." She said rolling her eyes.
"Go on! Read it." Pinkie bounced around. Twilight levitated the scroll in front of her.
"It says… Dear Twilight, I'm sure your wondering what I meant yesterday by saying you'll receive something from me. Well. It may seem like an old dusty book but it contains an enchanting story. I'm sure you'll find it interesting. So will your friends. Please be careful because this book is very old. It's from the time Sombra and Discord ruled. 1000 years ago.
"Hold it right there! You've got some explaining to do on why you went into the forest without someone." Rainbow said changing the topic.
"Rainbow not now! We can do it after when we return." Pinkie said.
"What do ya mean by when we return?" Applejack asked.
"I said that? Haha! I don't know what I mean't by that!" Pinkie giggled.
"Don't read the words on the back? I wonder…" Twilights curiosity got the best of her. She turned to the back.
"Hey Twilight the scroll said not to read the back shouldn't we… well…." Rainbow pointed to the door. Twilight ignored her friend and started reading the back.
"The princess was right there are words here!"
"Yeah that's great Twilight but shouldn't ya get goin?"
"No… No…" She stared at the back.
"Twilight! Snap out of it!" Rainbow hit her on the head.
"Left right Day night… You were warned… but you are fooled." The book glowed. It glowed a bright yellow. "GIRLS HELP!" Twilight screamed.
"Come on!" Rainbowdash flew at the book but was knocked out by Twilights hoof. Applejack ran after her.
"IMMA COMIN!" She pulled at Rainbows wing.
"THIS LOOKS FUN!" Pinkie pushed Applejack in and jumped in. The book disappeared in blue mist which surrounded it. The book teleported back to Celestia's castle.
"Curiosity got Twilight?" Celestia grinned. "Looks like we can have some fun." Her wings evaporated into air and turned into blue bugs wings. Her flowing mane turned into a drooped blue mane. She turned all black. "Our revenge Celestia…" suddenly two guards screamed.
"Wha-What happened?" Twilight mumbled.
"Yarr! Who is this?" A pony asked.
"More like who are you?!" Twilight jumped to her hooves ready to fight. "And what have you done to my friends?"
"She be a mare! We don't git mares as snappy as dis come with mey. I'll show ya around Neigheria."
"Neigheria? Where in Equestria is that?"
"I said I'll show ye round." Twilight and the mysterious pony trotted out of the dark alley. She looked back. She just suddenly appeared there.
"Its not possible…" She said under her breath.
"This is ye town square." The pony showed her a town with shops. A brick path with a fountain in the middle shaped in a marble pony. Twilight looked closer it was of Celestia.
"Excuse me."
"And we got ye ol' apple pies in the bakery!"
"Pardon me…"
"We've got ya nice clothes and ye dresses in the shop."
"EXCUSE me!"
"And we've also got ye summer festival. We be very busy then."
"EXCUSE ME!"
"Yes?"
"Look its a lovely town and all but I need to ask some questions. Who are you? What do you do? What is your name?" Twilight felt so many questions go into her head.
"Pardon mey fer not introducin' mah self. Names Quill . I'mma pirate." She stared at the pony.
"Pirate?"
"Yup."
"What year is this?" He tapped his chin with his hand. Twilights mind raced.
"Hands? But I'm walking on hooves!" She mumbled. "This is so mixed up."
"Its 1967!"
"WHAT!" Twilight shrieked.
"Mummy that mare yelled." Said a little filly passing by.
"Just ignore her sweetie."
"1967… 1967…" Twilight gasped for air.
"Erm… anythin' wrong?"
"No… Nothing! I'm in 1967! Not 2012! 1967…" Twilight was still shocked.
"Ya sure?" Quill pulled at a golden necklace.
"Just fine!"
"Oy Quill!" Said a stallion behind him.
"Hey Sparrow! !" Quill called.
"Who is this wimp?" Twilight looked up at Sparrow. He was a bat pony and didn't have that much colour in him.
"Who you calling wimp?" Twilight snapped back.
"Sparrow you getting yourself in another fight?" Said a mare behind him.
"Ugh… Sorry Captain Pearl. ."
"Better." Said the mare. She was a pretty pearl colour.
"Now who are you?"
"I'm Twilight."
"I see. Where you from?"
"Ponyville." She gasped in horror. Then laughed.
"Ponyville… Ponyvillle? How could this wimp be from Ponyville!" She laughed. Ponies who passed by giggled.
"Ya do know she ain't from round here…. Captain." Quill said.
"Yeah…. Yeah I know." She giggled from her joke before.
"Actually I-"
"Maybe we should take her aboard."
"I-"
"Nah! The crew will mock her! Leave her here to starve." Sparrow butted in Twilight who got very annoyed.
"Course we should!"
"EXCUSE ME!" She yelled. Listen to others much? She thought.
"Whoa whoa whoa! This mare has some guts! Yelling at a Captain like that! Sheesh." Sparrow clapped.
"Hmm. No one yells at me like that anymore. Hey wimp. Why don't ya join our crew. You could give us a hand." She held out her hand. Fortunately Twilight had figured out how to operate these so called 'hands'. She stood up strong and tall and shook hands with her.
"Well if it isn't Pearl." Said a sly voice.
"Rats. Be quiet Crystal !" She yelled.
"Why should I? Its a free country." A griffon flew down. Her wing beats were so strong a filly fell over.
"Get lost!" The pegasus yelled.
"Haha… no."
"Beat it!"
"I said no." Two of her friends joined her both ponies. "Greetings Autumn and good day to you to Starheart ."
"Hello there Crystal." Starheart said. She looked fine but her green eyes were just pure cold.
"Is the crew ready to set sail?" They spoke in sweet voices.
"Yes it is ma'am ready the sails Captain Pearl!" Autumn saluted but her eyes went cross-eyed. They laughed.
"See you later on the water losers!" Starheart yelled.
"Hope you don't drown or get lost!" Autumn sneered.
"Shut up." Twilight walked over.
"Oh what did you say?" Crystal flew at her.
"I said shut up." Crystal then started laughing.
"Ha! Your no match to me unless your an alicorn!"
"My wings!" Twilight looked at her back. They were gone! "But before I was a princess…" She blinked the tears away.
"Face it loser! You are no match for any of us." Starheart laughed.
"OH YEAH?" Twilight head butted Crystal in the chest her horn piercing the skin. She started charging at Starheart when Pearl stopped her.
"Enough."
"OH SHE JUST PIERCED MY SKIN! OH HELL NO!" Crystal flew at her but Twilight teleported to Starheart.
"I said… ENOUGH!" Pearl stomped her hoof causing it to stop time. Time started.
"TAKE THIS!" Twilight kicked Starheart in the face. "IN YOUR FACE!" Pearl quickly decided to help Twilight. Crystal lunged at her from behind but was knocked out by Quill. "Thanks." Twilight said over her shoulder dodging a fierce orange mare. The passers became part of the crowd who was cheering.
"HIYA!" Autumn kicked Twilight in the chin. Then scratched her on the cheek. She had a big gash from the scratch. Blood trickled down her cheek.
"You wanna play hard? LETS PLAY HARD!" Twilight kicked and scratched. Autumn dodged skilfully but started getting tired. "ARE YOU WEAK?" Twilights mind was racing. Fear, anger all emotions came out. "WELL TAKE THIS!" she stopped breathed and shut her eyes. "SKEEEYAHH!!!" Her scream shattered windows. Then out of the ground faster then== gems shot out. Each one was made of glass. They cracked against Autumn's skin drawing blood.
"HELP!" She cried. Gems kept shooting at her skin. Until Twilight summoned one gigantic gem.
"YAH!!" Her eyes snapped open. It was fully white. The massive gem hit against Autumn.
"Whoa…" Pearl gasped. "She's special…" Twilight then snapped out of the trance. She then quickly and swiftly dodged all other flying gems but it seemed they didn't go near her.
"NOPE!" She punched her in the jaw and pushed her to the ground.
"Twilight!" Pearl rushed over to her. "Enough is enough."
"ENOUGH?!" Twilight screamed. "I say she must have more!" Twilight growled and started rushing towards her but Pearl put her hoof in to stop her.
"Now now… Lets go to the ship." She led her away.
"I'll have revenge…" Crystal stood up and brushed herself. "I'll have it!" She clenched her paw into a fist and waved it at the two. "I will have REVENGE!"
"Yar! Ya did some pretty good job out there matey!" Quill grinned. His golden chains rattled on him.
"Yeah! I'm pretty impressed with the gem part!" Sparrow clapped.
"Heh.. Thanks guys. I'm just happy that umm mare is gone." Twilight didn't want to say loser even though Autumn called her a wimp.
"So… Where did ya'll park the ship?" Pearl asked.
"On the docks in the east."
"The east?! But we're heading wes- Bloody hell!"
"Sorry. The tides were heavy when we pulled in remember?"
"Yes… yes." Pearl turned and started walking east.
"So have ya sailed on a ship before?"
"Uhm… No not really. I went on a ship with Cadence to go to Ponyville. But it crashed halfway there so… It doesn't count. I guess." Twilight shrugged.
"Captain Pearl! We got attacked when you were gone!" Said a purple mare running up to them.
"Galaxy !" Pearl yelled. "How dare you tell me that news! I want to find out myself." Pearl flew down the lane. Followed by Quill and Sparrow.
"Who you?" Galaxy growled. "What are you doing here? Hanging with Captain Pearl?"
"I-I'm just a wondering pony! I'll just go ahead with the ca-" Galaxy put her hoof in mouth.
"Listen. Our ship doesn't accept… wondering ponies. You should be on your way." she waved a hoof at her and grinned smugly. Twilight who couldn't stand it started running ahead. The breeze flowed through her mane. The smell of the sea! She loved it. She felt like just jumping into the lake until she heard a scream. "GET BACK HERE!"
"Oh no…" Twilight picked up the pace but Galaxy was onto her. "NOPE!" Galaxy made a grab but Twilight kicked her away. "CAPTAIN PEARL!" She called to the pegasus.
"Huh?" She turned. Twilight dived onto the ship rolling.
"Galaxy… chase… mean!" Twilight panted.
"GET OFF THE SHIP!" Galaxy who paid no attention to the Captain dived at her. She pushed her. Twilight scratched. She scratched back. Twilight kicked. It seemed to go on and on until Sparrow pushed them apart.
"Whoa whoa whoa. I understand your fighting over me! But I honestly like Twilight." Sparrow looked down at the unicorn.
"What the heck?"
"Umm you are fighting over me right?"
"Awkward." Galaxy rolled her eyes. "Still get her off the ship."
"Oh Galaxy! Stop doing your little acts." Pearl laughed.
"Acts?" Twilight questioned.
"Haha… Um… Yeah sorry. One of my mates dared me to do that. Sorry it got heated. Okay Dare! I did it."
"Honestly I thought you'd never." A griffon flew down onto the ship. "Nice job… I see it go pretty rough!" She walked over and fist bumped Galaxy.
"Heck yeah!" They walked off laughing about something.
"So uh…" Twilight was still stunned from the chase.
"Come with me." Pearl said darkly though there was no anger in her voice. Twilight followed.
I wonder what she wants? I actually feel like I know this place... Twilight thought. "So… where we going?" She looked over her shoulder at some other ponies giving her the evil eye.
"My office."
"Office?"
"My room!"
"Don't make her mad girl." A pony said when she walked past.
"Go in." Pearl motioned her to go in.
"O-Okay…" Twilight mumbled. Pearl walked to her desk and sat in the wooden chair.
"Do you know these ponies?"
"Which ponies? I don't even know WHY I'M HERE!"
"These ponies." Pearl kicked out a cage from behind her desk. There was three ponies that looked very familiar.
"Applejack? Pinkie? Rainbow?" Twilight pounced on the cage trying to hug her friends.
"TWILIGHT!" They yelled.
"Those idiots beat us up!" Rainbow snapped.
"They chucked us in here!" Pinkie cried.
"We don't know where we were but now we know we're safer." Applejack sighed. Twilight looked up at Pearl who was writing down something in a book.
"You beat them up?"
"Well thats what Galaxy told me."
"YOU BEAT SOME INNOCENT PONIES UP?" Twilight shrieked.
"Indeed."
"INDEED? INDEED!" Twilight jumped on the table. She noticed a sword in the corner. Slowly she got down from the table. "Sorry…" She went into the shadows.
"Twilight!" Pinkie yelled.
"Sorry Pearl." Twilight leaped up from the shadows. A sword in one hand a gun in the other.
"What are you doing?" Pearl cried.
"Doing what I must." Twilight aimed at her and fired. Pearl was lucky to dodge just in time.
"You've lost your mind!" Twilight then felt pain. All that time. She tried to block out the pain. From Galaxy, Quill and even her friends.
"Haha!" She giggled. "Ha…" her laugh slowed. "HAHAHAHA!" She laughed and lunged at Pearl.
"NO!" Pearl was highly skilled. She jumped from wall to wall flying high narrowly missing shots. That was until she crashed into a wall. "AHHHH!" Her voice echoed.
"What happened?" Galaxy burst through the door. BOOM. That was the last of Galaxy… for now anyway.
"Galaxy?" Dare flew in. She turned to Twilight. "What have you done to her? WHERE IS SHE?" Her voice boomed through the room.
"She umm… left!"
"And went to where?"
"Um.. I'm pretty sure she said the bathrooms!"
"In town?"
"Heck yeah!"
"Only Galaxy says that and… so bye! That idiot! She forgot to tell me where she went… AGAIN!" Dare shot out of the room fast.
"Sorry…" Twilight pulled Pearl's and Galaxy's body from behind the desk.
"Twilight?" She heard a scared voice.
"What is it?" Twilight's voice was now cold.
"Remember me Pinkie?" She stopped moving. Her hands turned to hooves. Soon the whole of Equestria was now full ponies again. Twilight turned sharply.
"I do." She looked at Pinkie. She was sobbing hard into Applejacks shoulder.
"How could you?"
"Its true."
"WHAT IS?" Twilight stared at Rainbow sharply.
"YOU CAN'T BLOCK OUT THE PAIN!" Rainbow broke the cage with a loud shatter.
"You made me do this!" she filled up with tears. She swooped down to the desk and grabbed the gun. "You won't win." Her gun was loaded and ready to fire.
"You sure she went to the toilet cause all I saw when I got there was a toilet paper fight a- What the hell are you doing Rainbowdash?" Dare's eyes widened.
"Killing Twilight Sparkle."
"But why?"
"Because she killed Captain Pearl." She growled and held the trigger.
"Is this true?" Dare's eyes filled with rage.
"Y-yes."
"We're defeated."
"Huh? How?"
"Did you know that Crystal and Pearl have fought an endless battle? They were fighting an endless battle. For the universe? FOR EQUESTRIA AND LANDS BEYOND!" Dare growled.
"If one is defeated the other just finds another opponent. Unfortunately Pearl is Crystal's sister the perfect fight has been broken. By you." Dare looked up. "The prophecy is true."
"SO DO YA WANT RAINBOW TO SHOOT OR NOT?" Applejack yelled.
"Don't shoot."
"To late." Rainbow fired at Twilight but she caught the bullet just in time.
"Stupid stupid unicorn magic." Rainbow muttered.
"Now where is that book?"
"OH! The book Pearl wrote in?"
"How'd ya know?"
"Magical Prophecies! Here!" She threw a big green book over to her.
"There ya go! Page 25 The Dawn of Twilight Sparkle." Dare looked at Pinkie. She was obviously freaked out.
"Is she a witch?" She whispered to Applejack franticly flipping through the pages.
"No… She's just really weird."
"Okay… The Dawn of Twilight Sparkle. A gifted unicorn sent into an alternate universe. Back in time actually. And…. And what? Dang it! Some idiot spilled coffee all over."
"Listen here Twilight." Rainbowdash flew up to Twilight pinning her against the wall.
"Your gonna walk the plank."
"OH HELL NO!" Twilight pushed her off and ran out of the office.
"Why'd ya do that?" Dare yelled.
"BECAUSE WE WANT HER DEAD." Pinkie snapped.
"Twilight?" Applejack said sadly. "NO THIS CAN'T BE HER FATE!" Applejack chased after her.
"APPLE HORSE IS GETTING AWAY!" Rainbow flew after her.
"GET HER!" They chased after Applejack.
"Thank Celestia the ship didn't set sail." Twilight ran through the town swiftly.
"Twilight!" Applejack found her.
"Not so fast." Crystal appeared from nowhere. "Where do you all think your going?"
"To the umm… grocery shop?"
"Liar. Anyways where is Pearl. I want to talk to my sister." She stared at her. Twilight felt her cold eyes piercing her gaze.
"S-she… is… d-"
"On the ship. Now get going! Don't ya have an appointment to beat some pony up or something?" Applejack said standing in front of Twilight.
"Knew she'd be on that ship of hers." She muttered. "Thanks now get lost." She flew off.
"Thanks AJ. What's gone wrong with Rainbow and Pinkie?"
"Dunno. It doesn't matter anyway. We need to get going asap!" Applejack said.
"YES HAHA!" Crystal laughed. "SHE'S DEAD! DEAD WOOHOO!" She cheered. She turned to them. "Time to kill the special."
"Whats going on?" Said a yellow pegasus flying down and sitting on a cloud. Her orang mane flew around in the air.
"I think it's a fight Adagio." Said a blue pegasus.
"Course it is Sonata!" Said another pegasus this time she was purple.
"Girls! Low voices." Adagio scolded.
"Now whats going on?!" The police came through.
"Nothing you need to know." Twilight barked.
"Yeah!" Crystal flew at her.
"STOP!" Rainbowdash crashed into her from the side.
"GO!" Applejack pulled on Pinkie's and Twilights mane. The ran off into the woods.
"Pinkie! I'm sorry for ki-"
"No time! We must get you away from Crystal!" Twilight was very surprised at Pinkies concern.
"GIRLS HIDE!" Rainbowdash called flying up the path. Pinkie jumped up a tree while Applejack pulled Twilight behind a bush.
"WE'RE IS TWILIGHT?" Yelled a voice.
"SHE MAGICALLY FLEW AWAY!" Rainbow shouted back.
"Likely story." Twilight caught sight of Autumn. She looked bashed and bruised. She had an eye patch over her right eye. "NOW TELL ME!"
"Autumn." Crystal flew next to her.
"Where's Star?"
"At the den."
"Healing?"
"Yeah." Crystal looked back at Rainbow.
"Twilight!" Applejack whispered.
"Huh?"
"Look!" She pointed to some sharp pieces of metal.
"So? Whats so good about them?" Twilight said ducking lower underneath the bush.
"We can use them as swords!"
"I can't use a sword!"
"Well Pinkie can!" But then suddenly there was a crash.
"HEY GUYS!" Pinkie cried.
"SHUT UP!" Applejack stuck her hoof in her mouth.
"WHOSE THAT?" Crystals voice boomed.
"Grab those!" Applejack pointed.
"I KNOW YOUR THERE!" Crystal pounced on random bushes.
"What?" Pinkie asked in confusion.
"Here!" Twilight showed them the metal. "I snuck there and back just in time."
"Thanks Twilight!" She'd glued some wood onto the ends making a handle for the sword.
"COME OUT!" Crystal demanded. "Or your friend gets it!" She put a claw over Rainbow's neck.
"Tie her up?" Autumn asked.
"Do it." Autumn grabbed a piece of rope from Crystal and tied RainbowDash to a tree.
"GUYS HELP!" Rainbowdash wriggled and squirmed trying to break free.
"YEEHAW! COME AND GET ME!" Applejack jumped off a tree landing right in front of Crystal.
"Me to!" Twilight said teleporting next to her friend. Pinkie had run off.
"Coward!" Applejack yelled at Pinkie. Meanwhile a unicorn filly stared down in a pond nearby with her mother.
"Whats that mama?" She pointed at some seaweed underwater.
"Seaweed."
"Daffodil ! Can you come inside? Theres a spider in my room!" Yelled her sister.
"Hold on Blossom ." her mother went inside.
"Mama!" Blossom called after.
"Wait there!" She yelled out.
"TAKE THAT!" yelled out one voice.
"AHA!" Yelled back another. Blossom grew very curious and raced over to the bushes.
"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!" Applejack raced around and around Crystal until she got dizzy. Well at least thats what she thought.
"NO!" Crystal snatched Applejack up tight in her arms.
"Heh…" Autumn dragged back an unconscious Twilight out of some bushes. "She's down."
"Great work Autumn." Crystal then grabbed at sword and held it over Twilights neck.
"I'M COMING!" Yelled a happy voice.
"Grr another one of them ponies?" Crystal growled.
"With us!" Yelled a deeper voice. Pinkie bounced up the hill all alone.
"Pfft! Just one? She's going to be easy to bring down!" Autumn laughed.
"Just one?" Pinkie yelled back. The earth rumbled. The sound of hooves could be heard from miles away. Blossom loved where the fight was going.
"Its us." Quill stood next to Pinkie. Sparrow joined on the other side followed by lots of other ponies.
"Attack!" Pinkie yelled and raced towards Crystal and Autumn.
"NO! NO!" She screamed.
Twilight woke up. She wasn't in some normal place. Stars swirled around her. The ground was made of… well stars and everything was blue (except the stars which are obviously yellow (or white.)) "Where am I?" She questioned herself.
"The star dome." said another voice responding to the question.
"Why am I here then? I need to be back in Neigheria with my friends!"
"Hush now. You must stay here." Replied the voice. Twilight walked along the stars. They faded and came back every step.
"Why? I need to!"
"You must!" The voice grew firmer. Twilight stopped suddenly.
"Sorry to wake you up here." Said the voice. It seemed it was coming from behind her.
"Who are you?" Twilight said not daring to turn yet.
"Turn around and you'll find out."
"Smart move…" Twilight mumbled slowly turning. "Princess Luna?!"
"Yes it is me."
"Why aren't you speaking with us? That's what you usually do!"
"Oh Twilight you wouldn't understand even if I told you…" Luna looked down at the stars.
"Oh yes I would! Please! Tell me." Twilight said pleadingly.
"It's just…" Twilights iris's widened.
"Just…Nothing…" Twilights pupils shrunk.
"Nothing?! NOTHING!" Twilight raced up to Luna but the stars raised forming a wall just in time to stop her.
"It is time you leave Twilight. You shall not know the meaning of it."
"What?"
"The meaning of why your stuck back here."
"TELL MEEEE!" Twilight groaned. She slumped herself against the wall.
"You'll know with every step of your journey." The floor of stars gave way. She flew through. Falling… and falling into darkness.
"WHAT HUH LUNA?" Twilight sat up. She was in a hospital. In the middle of the night.
"Twilie!" Rainbowdash hugged her friend.
"LUNA?" Twilight blurted out.
"Luna?" Applejack asked. "Princess Luna? Why do ya mention her name?"
"Was it all a dream?" She mumbled.
"Oh Twilight! Its great to have you back again!" Pinkie grabbed Twilight and gave her a big hug.
"Yeah… great." said a solemn voice.
"uh… hello?" Twilight looked over Pinkies shoulder to see a dark figure there.
"Twilight Sparkle… the murderer." the voice repeated.
"Q-Quill?" she stammered. Her friends sharply turned.
"Its you." Rainbow narrowed her eyes.
"Its me! Yes!" Quill clapped his hooves and walked over. When a sudden bang happened everyone had hands again. Twilight wondered why. They suddenly turned anthro again! "Ahh yes… my old hands."
"Quill why aren't you speaking like you usually do? Like yarr and matey and that?" Twilight asked.
"Did you always think I had bad grammar?" he growled holding up a fist at her.
"WHADYA THINK YA DOIN'?" Applejack pushed him away from Twilights bed.
"I'm telling her that… SHE MURDERED CRYSTALS SISTER AND…" he looked over at Twilight. "and my mother." they all gasped.
"I'M SORRY PLEASE JUST DON'T LEAVE ME!" Twilights voice cracked. Tears filled into her eyes.
"How dare you… HOW DARE YOU!" he pulled a knife out.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Rainbow swooped down and picked up the knife. "You can't hurt Twilight. And anyways. Your so called 'mother' beat Applejack, Pinkie and me up!"
"I-I don't believe you! My mother would never do something like that!" He stammered thinking of a horrible thought. There was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" Pinkie called. Slowly a little filly pushed the door open.
"We'll fight later!" Rainbowdash whispered and flew back down with the knife under her wing. Quill nodded.
"Umm… You probably don't know me…" the little filly blushed. "But I watched you out of some bushes when you fought a-and you fought really well..." she then whispered.
"Please speak up a little." Twilight said leaning closer. "Don't be afraid we're not monsters!"
"Well when you were fighting I watched and you were awesome!" she grinned a massive grin. "Sorry you got knocked out." Twilight smiled back. She thought of the element of kindness. The filly then pulled out 3 roses from her bag. One for Twilight (which was the biggest.) one for Rainbow and one for AJ.
"Aww what about me?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh yeah!" Out of her bag she gave 5 small chocolates to Pinkie.
"YIPPEE!" Pinkie beamed. Quill coughed before he spoke up.
"And how about.. um… me?" The filly looked at him thoughtfully.
"I'm sorry. I didn't see you in the battle therefore I don't have anything for you! But here." She gave him 3 bits. "There you can go buy what you want now!" she smiled.
"Thanks Blossom." Quill said still staring at the bits.
"BLOSSOM! Hurry up!" said a voice. The sound of hooves came from the door.
"Oh sorry. Thats my sister Pumpkin and my other sister Delta ." Blossom said looking at the door.
"Hurry up! Mums waiting!" Delta said. Quill looked at Delta and instantly fell in love with the purple mare. The look in her brown eyes meant so much to him.
"H-Hello…" He walked up to her making sure he showed his golden chains.
"Hi?" Delta said not bothering to look.
Come on Quill… Ask her something! Quill thought. A letter! he walked over to grab a note and wrote something down.
"Whatcha doing?" Pinkie bounced over.
"Writing."
"What?"
"None of your business." He trotted back the letter in his hands and gave it to Delta. The bang came again. Twilight felt herself being turned into a pony.
"Meet me at…" Delta read the rest of the note in her mind. "Oh… Okay. Meet you there!" She smiled at Quill.
"Come along Blossom we need to get going." Pumpkin flew into the room. "Anyways I've got piano practise soon and you've got school tomorrow!"
"Okay okay!" she waved bye at Twilight and her friends before being pushed out of the door.
"Well it's time for us to get going." Applejack said. "Ya'll need a good rest."
"Yeah. See you in the morning Twilight." Pinkie yawned.
"What? Wait where you sleeping?"
"On the ship!" Rainbowdash smiled. They trotted out of the room including a lovestruck stallion. The lights turned off.
"Damn 11:36? Already? Sheesh I'd better get some rest!" Twilight exclaimed and fell fast asleep before her head hit the pillow.
"Hello Sparkle…." Celestia spoke.
"Celestia?" Twilight said looking around. It was bright very bright. "Where are we?"
"On the sun." Twilight gasped not only the sun was the hottest but deadliest place. "Twilight you must listen. Your the special. You need to get to the palace! Become a musketeer! HURRY OTHERWISE HE WI-" Darkness fell over the sun. Luna flew in from the moon. Twilight looked up. The moon was wreaked and destroyed.
"Sister!" Luna said at Celestia who had fallen. "What have you done?" She glared at Twilight.
"I-I didn't do anything!" Twilight gasped.
"Never mind. Hurry before h-" She didn't stand a chance a bullet hit her side.
"Luna!" Twilight raced over.
"Get away."
"NO!" she barked.
"RUN AWAY QUICKLY!" the voice yelled.
"NEVER!" Twilight yelled back.
"It was your choice to die."
"Sorry Sparkle." Chrysalis flew in front of her and knocked her out in one go with her horn.
"WHAT HUH?" She looked at the clock. 11:59 turned into 12:00. "Phew oh my Celestia that was one heck of a dream." Twilight sighed. "I mean. IMAGINE LUNA GETTING SHOT!" she giggled.
"Whats so funny about that?"
"Huh whose that?"
"Pitch ."
"Do I know you? I know pitch forks though!" Twilight looked around. A pony came out of the shadows face palming.
"Ugh idiots these days…" he mumbled.
"So… why you here?"
"To bring you a letter." he showed her a small scroll.
"From who?"
"You shall know later…" he disappeared suddenly.
"Dude seriously." Twilight yelled out.
"What…" he groaned appearing again.
"Why me?"
"I've watched you for a long time. Its from Princess Silver."
"Aww you spoiled the secret." Twilight groaned. Still wondering who the heck Princess Silver was.
"Idiot." he mumbled. "Anyways! I must be off. I'm a messenger and I must send the last of the scrolls before its day." he disappeared.
Meanwhile...
"So… Delta whats life like out in the forest?"
"Its fine… although it does sometimes get a little boring." Delta took a sip of her drink. Mashed daises with a pint of alcohol.
"Seems fun from the sound of it!" Quill laughed. He drunk the rest of his cider and put the cup down.
"Do you wanna go join a card game?" He pointed to the tables full of batponies, ponies and gryphons.
"Nah… I'm not good." She drunk the rest.
"Want to dance?"
"Not good at dancing."
"Follow me then." Quill started feeling a bit drunk. "Say two or three." he said suddenly stopping.
"Uh… three?"
"Okay then!" he snatched up an orange pony in the corner and carried her into the bathrooms.
"Quill you can't do that!"
"At the shady tavern you can." he said. "Whats your name?"
"Juicebox.. ." the pony said whimpering.
"JuiceBox? Cute name." he said.
"Quill what are you doing?" Delta rushed into the bathrooms before the door closed.
"Talking." He leaned down and kissed JuiceBox passionately on the cheek.
"Okay? Now what are you doing?"
"Stage two."
"Help me…" JuiceBox whimpered. He kissed her all the way to her stomach until he reached her marehood.
"Oh no Quill! Your drunk." she said pulling him away but he just pushed her down onto her back. He commanded JuiceBox to put her hoof in Delta's mouth.
"Y-Yes sir!" she stuck her hoof in.
"Good…" he lowered his hoof and stuck it in her marehood. Delta moaned. "Now JuiceBox I want you to sit on top of Delta. Marehood on her lips." JuiceBox followed his command.
"Stage three…. pumping station." He pushed his hoof in and out. Delta moaned and wriggled. "Delta get licking!" JuiceBox commanded. Quill liked her. He liked them both. Delta closed her eyes and licked.
"Oh thats good! Keep it like that!" JuiceBox moaned. Delta was moaning to.
"Stage four." He stopped pushing his hoof in and went to the sink. Underneath was a cabinet. He opened to find a vibrator. He pulled it out and yelled over to JuiceBox "Hey! Look here!" She rushed at it.
"GIMMIE!" and snatched it off him. She then lay next to Delta and pushed the vibrator into her wet marehood. "OHHHH!" she moaned as she rotated the vibrator.
"Quill!" Delta cried out rubbing softly her marehood.
"Oh yes!" he trotted over. "How about this." He stuck his stallionhood in her marehood. They both moaned at the pleasure. Well most of the moan was from Quill. In out in out he thrusted hard and fast. Delta moaned. It wasn't long till she peaked.
"I'm gon-" her love juices spread everywhere but that didn't stop Quill. He kept on thrusting.
"Ahh…" JuiceBoxs fluids spread far and wide. She then sneaked over to Delta and started rubbing the top of Deltas marehood and rubbed her marehood. She moaned in pleasure.
"DON'T STOP!" cried out Delta.
"Never." Quill stopped his thrusting and started licking her clit. This happened for a long long time.
Meanwhile...
"Princess Silver invites you and 3 more guests to... The grand galloping gala?!" Twilight read out. "MY OH MY OH MY!" she grinned with excitement. "It's still pretty late I'd better hit the hay." she fell asleep. "Wait hit the hay?! I ain't Applejack." She closed her eyes and fell back asleep.
"Hello?!" Twilight yelled out into the town. "Hello?" she walked around.
"FOR I AM RARITY!" echoed a voice.
"Pinkie Pie style!" Echoed another.
"20% Cooler!"
"We're apples to the core!"
"Yay..."
"Who are you?" Twilights voice rang out into the mist.
"Where are your friends? Who are they?" Sparrow walked out of the mist. "Get lost Twilight. Your no match for me."
"What do you mean? We're all together."
"HA! Together? Look at this town! Its messed up! We have batponies, griffons, ponies even dragons roaming! Together?!"
"I-I know this isn't you!" Twilight stomped her hoof on the ground.
"You don't know the first thing about me." He turned and walked back into the fog. The scenery changed. Twilight sat in a room. Red walls with a checkered floor. There on the walls hung five paintings. All torn and bashed.
"My friends..."
"That one is ugly!" Sparrow came out from the corner and tossed Twilights portrait at her. Twilight was scared in the frame. She covered herself with her hooves. "Thats why it was hidden in the corner." he growled. The room faded away.
"Not my friends..." Twilight whispered floating in mid air.
"Well well well... If it isn't Twilight Sparkle." Said Sparrow again. "I see you like following me. So I'll let you in on a secret..." he leaned closer. "I have the power to change ponies from human to pony. I know lame right. I'm bored thats why I change it."
"I DON'T CARE!" Twilights feelings got the best of her. Before she could beat up that basterd she woke up.
"SPARROW! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" she got up from her bed. "Ack.." she stumbled. Deep cuts had been made in her right hoof. "Dang it." she looked over at a chest. It had some medicine and bandages. She poured it into the cuts. A small tear trickled down her cheek because of the pain but she quickly wiped it away. She rolled the bandage around her hoof. "There."
"Good morning Twilight!" Greeted the nurse. "Up early?"
"Yeah I am actually Miss Vitamin " Twilight smiled.
"Good. Because the doctor needs to see your cuts."
"Oh um. I have somewhere to be now." Twilight said.
"Sorry Twilight Sparkle but health and safety come first. You must see him." She said shaking her red hair.
"I really need to go..." Twilight made a dash for the door but was stopped by the nurse.
"Your coming with me." she lifted her up and flew her down the hall to the doctor. "Here she is Doctor Vaccine! "
"Thank you Nurse Vitamin." Twilight was left with doctor Vaccine.
"Now Twilight may I see those scratches of yours?" She asked getting out a clipboard.
"Okay... please be quick I need to be somewhere soon." she showed her the scratches on her right hoof.
"Okay okay. Hmm." she took notes. "Okay keep this bandage on and you can go."
"Really thats all?!"
"Yeah!"
"Doctor Vaccine! Come!" cried out nurse Vitamin. They ran outside. There was a massive parade going on! Trumpets trombones lots of things.
"Whoa..." Twilight gasped.
"Twilight! Did you hear the news? You got tickets to the gala!" Rainbowdash flew straight at her.
"Heck yeah!" Twilight showed 4 golden tickets.
"They're beautiful..." Rainbowdash licked it.
"WHOA WHOA WHAT YOU DOIN?" Applejack yelled at RD.
"Uh nothing..." she grinned. "So... are these tickets for us or what?"
"For you." Twilight handed out the tickets.
"Sweet!" Pinkie grabbed hers.
"Well well well! You'll need your dresses now!" Doctor Vaccine said.
"But... we don't have dresses." Doctor Vaccine tapped her chin.
"Hmm... Hey! I know a designer and she's got a sister. She makes dresses for free!" Doctor Vaccine gave them her number,address and name.
"So her name is WindSpirit?" Applejack said. "Unusual."
"Sounds cool to me." Rainbowdash put on glasses that appeared out of nowhere.
"Okay we'll check her out."
They went through the market. Through the forest until they reached a pretty big cottage.
"You knock." Rainbowdash nudged Twilight.
"Yeah you knock." Pinkie nudged her on the other side. Twilight knocked.
"HIYA!" said a pony on roller skates who opened the door.
"Who is it Confetti ?"
"Its... STRANGERS! STRANGER DANGER STRANGER DANGER!" she wailed running up some stairs. She then flew some circles before speeding off. Twilight noticed she wasn't fully pony she was half dragon.
"Ugh don't mind her. Are you some customers?" said a batpony flying down the stars.
"Yes. Doctor Vaccine recommended you?" Twilight smiled.
"Ahh Vaccine! My old roommate!" She motioned for them to come inside.
"WindSpirit right?"
"Thats my name alright!" she grinned.
"Cool but we need 4 gala dresses ready by tomorrow." Rainbowdash butted in.
"Tomorrow! Your going to the gala? My my! Thank goodness I don't need to do anything! Let me get started." she then turned around but she turned back again. "You don't mind if I do the designs right?"
"No problem." Applejack stuck her hoof in Rainbows mouth before she said anything.
"Is that customers?!" said a pink batpony. "Hi my name is StrawberryDust . I'm here to tell you what wonderful dresses I make! Not WindSpirit!" she glared at her.
"No thanks we're fine!" Pinkie motioned towards the exit. The four dashed out of there before anything else happened.
"Ugh. You got lucky this round." StrawberryDust growled and stomped out.
Night time came. Crickets chirped happily and owls hummed. The wind blew its cold air.
"I think we should camp. Its to far to go to the ship." Pinkie said.
"Yeah." they set up a small tent made out of leafs and twig and camped for the night. In the morning they woke up.
"Uck! I'm dirty. I'll go find a lake or something." Twilight tried to brush off the dirt but it stained her lavender coat.
"Okay me and Pinkie will cook breakfast. And Rainbow can you start a fire?" Applejack asked.
"Sure thing." They all set off different ways.
"A lake!" Twilight jumped in but it wasn't only a lake but there was a waterfall to! "BARGAIN!" she trotted closer to the waterfall and started cleaning. Rainbowdash who was finding branches and twigs noticed Twilight.
She's kinda cute like that.... SNAP OUT OF IT RAINBOW! But she is pretty... she thought. Ack don't stare! Its rude... but I'm sure she won't mind company... Rainbow snuck over to Twilight.
Twilight enjoyed the warm sun on her back. She liked the water. She slowly rubbed herself. Around her hips and stroked her mane. She got down further. Then she started exploring. Until she reached her marehood then she fell back down into the water.
"Ahh..." she groaned closing her eyes. She then felt this sensational feeling. She couldn't explain. Her eyes snapped open when something bigger and better went into her marehood. "OHHHH!" she yelled. She sat up in the water. "RAINBOWDASH?" she cried.
"Sorry you just looked so cute from where I stood so I couldn't help myself." She thrusted again with her stallionhood. Twilight looked at the stallionhood in awe.
"How'd you get that?"
"Remember that time we decided to make out hardcore?" Rainbowdash blushed.
"You kept it?!"
"Yeah you thought you returned it to normal but really I just hid it." She grinned. "But I can still use it!" She thrusted again Twilight moaned. "And ponies like it!" She started thrusting without warning.
"AHAHAHAAHA!" Twilight wailed. The water turned white. First. Then a second. And with a few more thrusts her third. "Ahh..." Twilight groaned. She then swam away and started licking the stallionhood.
"Whoa Twilight I'm sorry but you don't need to do that! It feels g-" RD was cut of with a moan of pleasure.
Don't thank me Rainbow… I've liked you to for quite a long time as well… Twilight thought.
"I-I THINK I'M GONNA-" A warm feeling exploded into Twilights mouth. She quickly started swallowing.
"Ahh…" she said. "Well Rainbow that was nice. We should do it again soon. For now I gotta go back to the camp." she got out. Then she sharply turned around. "Should do it again soon." she smacked her rump before trotting off into the bushes leaving a satisfied rainbow horse back there.
"Whatever you say ma'am!" she mumbled.
In the kitchen...
"Pinkie pass me some bread."
"Will do!" Pinkie tossed the bread into the air.
"DONE!" Applejack pushed to the side the last plate (found magically in the forest.).
"BREAKFAST IS SERVED!" she yelled and banged a cowbell. Twilight and Rainbowdash came trotting up the hill having a conversation about the dresses.
"Oh toast!" Twilight started eating.
"Eeyup!"
"I wonder what the dresses will look like?" Pinkie said chewing on her toast.
"My one better be cool." Rainbowdash sat closer to Twilight. After breakfast Twilight commanded them to have a bathe while she got the dresses. She knocked on the door like yesterday.
"Who you?" Confetti pushed open the door. "OH Your the stranger from yesterday." she then leaned closer to Twilight. "Are you stalking my sister?"
"Hey its you! Not being rude but I didn't catch your name." WindSpirit flew to the door.
"I'm Twilight. Are the dresses ready?" she asked.
"Why of course!" she led her to a room up the stairs. "TADA!!" she showed Twilight's her dress . Everything seemed to stand out about it! The shoes the colours. It was truly amazing! "Oh and I'm sure you'll love… the pink ones dress."
"Pinkie Pie." Twilight corrected.
"Yes her." She went into a room and came out with a mannequin.
"Oh my…" Twilight gasped.
"I sometimes call this Sky Star ." she blushed.
"You give dresses names?" Twilight questioned.
"Sometimes." She pulled out two more dresses. One orange the other blue.
"Hmm… I like 'em! How much?" Twilight said still knowing she's broke.
"Hmm… I'll give them to you for free." WindSpirit smiled.
"No no no… I can't let you do that!" Twilight said.
"Seriously! You must have it for free!" WindSpirit said.
"O-Okay then!" She stammered. She then thought. Just like Rarity…. WindSpirit then put the dresses in a bag and gave them to her.
"HAVE A NICE TIME!" she yelled out as Twilight walked back to the camp. When she got there the girls were stomping on the tent.
"Girls! I have the dresses and they're stunning!" She made the girls put on the dresses and when they finished they looked stunning!
"Whoa! Ma family could never afford dis!" Applejack gasped.
"Speaking of buying… how could you get this anyways?" Pinkie asked.
"She gave them for free."
"That's kind of her!" Applejack grinned.
"Now lets send a letter to the ship telling them we'll be back late tonight." Twilight said. They took off the dresses and headed back to town.
"Hey… I'll just go buy a cake." Pinkie said starting to skip off.
"Not today!" Rainbow grabbed Pinkie by the tail and brought her back.
"Dang it!" she groaned.
"Why don't we catch a cab there?" Twilight suggested.
"Heavens no! Well dats what Rarity would say." Applejack said. "We need to go by carriage!" she imitated Raritys actions.
"Well we may be able to afford a carriage…" Twilight's horn started glowing purple then suddenly 3 small bits appeared in front of her. "Tada!"
"Alright!" Pinkie cried.
"No time wasting lets go!" Rainbowdash scooped up the coins and flew over to a blue carriage with white stars. "Excuse me but could you take us to the gala? Tonight?" Rainbow grinned.
"Eh yeah…. three bits though." The driver said.
"Here." Rainbow pushed three bits towards the pony.
"Okay. 1 hour then I'll take ya." he said.
"Deal." Twilight said coming up behind Rainbow.
"AH oh its you Twilight." Rainbow sighed.
"Come on girls lets go to the ship and change into our clothes there…" they trotted off.
1 Hour later….
"Okay! Run girls run!" Twilight yelled. "We need to get to the carriage."
"What carriage!" Dare flew down at them.
"Not now Dare!" Applejack yelled.
"How dare you murder captain Pearl! How could you! And Galaxy! She was like my sister!" Dare's eyes filled with tears.
"Listen we gotta ge-" Rainbow tried to fly past her but Dare grabbed her tail. "GO GO GO!" Rainbow screamed. The 3 ponies dashed off to the carriage.
"AY!" Dare yelled forgetting Rainbowdash was still in her hand. She flew after them but Rainbow caught up and pushed Dare down.
"See ya later!" Rainbow flew straight ahead to the carriage and ordered the driver to start the darn carriage.
"Well okay! I'll get movin." The driver said and ran down the track leaving Dare in the dust. "YEEHAW!"
"W-Wow!" Twilight gasped at how fast the stallion was moving. Rainbow sat there with her mouth hanging open.
"WHEE!" Pinkie cheered waving her arms around in the air. Her dress started blowing in Twilight's face.
"PINKIE!" Twilight yelled pushing the dress down.
"Oops sorry Twilight." Pinkie blushed.
"Ack…" Twilight growled. Eventually they reached Canterlot castle. "WE'RE HERE!" Twilight cheered.
"Yer here now git out and have a nice time!" The driver grinned before racing off.
"He was one strong stallion!" Applejack laughed. They turned around to see… the one… and… only… THE GRAND GALLOPING GALA!
"I feel like its the best night ever… again…" Twilight sighed.
"Its the grand galloping gala!" Pinkie cheered.
"Come on lets go in!" They ran to the doors but was blocked by a 'song'.
"At the gala… At the gala…" the crowd sung.
"NO SONG PARTY TIME!" Pinkie pushed through the crowd.
"YEAH WHOSE READY TO GET DOWN ON THE DANCE FLOOR?!" Rainbowdash yelled.
"WOO ALRIGHT!" Applejack danced her way through the crowd.
"Umm sorry excuse me…" Twilight said quietly following Applejack. "Guys… could you be… quiet?"
"NO CAN DO SUGARCUBE!" Applejack danced her way into the castle.
"Stupid stupid music…" Twilight mumbled. Once they got into the castle they headed to the main hall where Princess Celestia would be thinking she could take them back to Ponyville instead of Neigheria.
"Princess!" Pinkie cried when she entered the hall. "Huh?! T-thats not Princess C-Celestia!"
"Oh no… Oh no no no!" Twilight said.
"What do you mean by oh no?" this lovely mare walked up to them. "I'm Lunar "
"Oh sorry ma'am but where is princess Celestia?" Rainbowdash asked curiously.
"Princess Celestia? Huh?" Lunar started thinking silently. "Never heard of her."
"Are you sure?" Twilight asked.
"Yes."
"Then who is that?" Rainbowdash pointed to the alicorn standing on top of the staircase.
"Princess Silver. Do you not know her?" she said in that sweet tone of hers.
"No!" Pinkie said.
"My my! Not knowing the princess who won the war for Equestria? Not knowing the princess who destroyed many pirates?" She gasped.
"Umm the answer is still no." Twilight rolled her eyes.
"Well you have some catching up to do." she trotted off.
"DAMN IT!" Pinkie stomped. "I knew she was a snob!"
"Pinkie!" Applejack nudged her.
"Well… We should got talk to Princess Silver." Twilight sighed. They stood in line waiting to get to the front. Eventually (after hours of waiting….) they got to the front. "Good evening Princess Silver." Twilight bowed.
"Good evening ladies welcome to the gala." she smiled.
"Princess Silver? " Applejack asked.
"Yes?"
"Do you know Princess Celestia?" She went silent for a moment.
"Uhm… Celestia… Tia in other words…" she sighed. "Come." she gestured them to follow her. They followed her through crowds of ponies into a hallway where stained glass windows were. "Do you see see this?" Princess Silver pointed at one window.
"Uh yeah!" Pinkie jumped up and down not taking notice of the beautiful window.
"Its very pretty but pardon me princess. Why is it... special?" Applejack asked.
"Tia... my nephew tried to take over a long time ago."
"But the year is still 1967?"
"1967?! That was when Celestia was born! Shes in Canterlot but the year is 1972!" Princess Silver gasped. "Wait are you time travelers?" She narrowed her eyes.
"I-I don't think so!" Twilight did some quick thinking. The grand galloping gala takes place every 5 years... but how did it become 1972 now when I arrived around 5 days ago? Wait remember that night Pitch Fork came to me in the hospital? And I fell asleep meeting Sparrow? I must've been knocked out for so long its been 5 years already! OH CELESTIA OH CELESTIA OH CELESTIA! I-I can't explain it!
"YOU ARE TIME TRAVELERS AREN'T YOU!" Princess Silver yelled.
"NO! Please we aren't!" Rainbowdash begged.
"The more you beg the more suspicious everyone gets!"
"Everyone?" Ten royal guards (pegasi.) flew down from some poles and 10 other guards (unicorns.) came in from the doors.
"Your time is up!" She then turned to the nearest guard and whispered "Like my pun?"
"Yes ma'am!" he responded saluting.
"Take them away... but if they are time travelers that means everyone else in the gala are time travelers!" She clapped her hooves signalling for them to leave.
"NO WAIT!" Twilight wriggled and squirmed trying to get out of the pegasi's grip.
"Cya!" The princess waved.
"Get in there!" The guards threw the poor mares into the dungeon followed by the rest of the ponies from the gala.
"This was your fault RD!" Applejack said. "You should've shut up!"
"Yeah we'll... I AT LEAST WAS HONEST APPLEJACK!" she shot back. They went on and on giving Pinkie and Twilight headaches.
"Oh such a sad sad sight..." a voice came from the back of the dungeon.
"Who are you?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh you don't know me... maybe Twilight does though..." this white shadow appeared out of the back of the dungeon. It slowly formed into a pony.
"Galaxy?" Twilight looked at her.
"That wasn't me. If it wasn't for my friend I would've forgotten all about you guys." she smiled.
"Hi Twilight." Captain Pearl appeared next to Galaxy also white.
"FINALLY ME!" Pitch appeared out of the shadows.
"Galaxy! Pearl! Pitch!" Twilight gasped.
"Oh yeah it is!" Galaxy winked. "How's Dare! Oh the poor girl. Shes probably so lonely!"
"Hey its Pearl and Galaxy!" Rainbowdash flew over.
"How's it goin girl!" Galaxy waved. After a few minutes of conversations they turned to the problem.
"Princess Silver is totally crazy! I mean she tried to kill Celestia today but we stopped her by hiding her knife. She then said Celestia attacked her." Galaxy said.
"Yes its in The Hourglass read it." Pearl gave Twilight a news paper with the title PRINCESS SILVER ACCUSES ROYAL BABY!
"Heh I think I get the idea." Twilight put it down. "Well can we get back to the topic? Getting us out?"
"Hmm well we could try to break to doors open. Alerting guards warning Silver and making you get back in here..." Pitch said.
"Nah.. Hey can you guys go through walls?" Twilight said.
"Yeah." they replied. Twilight did some more quick thinking.
"Perfect! Pitch can you grab four swords over there. Galaxy I need you to try and break this door down and Pearl go to an empty dungeon and make some noise distracting the guards." Twilight said.
"Okay!" they zoomed off. To the right they could here rattling sounds and in front they saw Pitch grabbing swords and Galaxy preparing to break a door down.
"Good job Twilight." Applejack said holding a sword in her hooves.
"I'll show you some techniques." Pitch demonstrated some quick techniques to them until the door burst down.
"COME ON!" Galaxy shouted. They galloped out into the castle.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" guards from everywhere then came storming into the castle.
"NEVER!" Rainbowdash lunged at one guard with the sword striking his horn hard.
"Grrr!" the guard pushed her away.
"Hiya ya ya!" Pinkie pushed the guard out a window. Before attacking another guard.
"PINKIE!" Applejack saw as a guard behind her raised his sword above her but he got headbutted in the side by Applejack.
"HAHA!" Rainbowdash swooped around dodging guards but pushing them away.
"SHES TO FAST!" yelled one guard.
"SEND OUT THE PEGASI!" yelled another before a large number of pegasi guards flew out at top speed at her.
"NOT TODAY!" Rainbow flew up before diving down just as some guards were about the grab her.
"Dang nabbit." They guards crashed into one another.
"OVER HERE! NO HERE! SORRY I'M HERE!" Twilight teleported back and forth between guards hitting them with her sword.
"Now stop!" One guard caught her but Twilight bucked him onto the buffet table. "CURE YOU!" he said licking his hoof from the delicious cake it landed in.
"PARTY CANNON!" Pinkie fired at a group of guards blinding them. "YAY!" she rounded them up and pushed them out the doors of the castle.
CRACK! Applejack snapped a whip she somehow found.
"YEEHAW!" she snapped it again wiping out armies of guards.
"HAHA!" Pinkie fired her cannon again.
"OVER HERE!" Twilight teleported behind some more guards.
"LOOK OUT BELOW!" Rainbowdash blew up the whole floor. Punches hits and even slaps where made in this epic battle.
Twilight panted. "I-I think we knocked them out..." She looked around at all the guards who had been knocked out.
"NOT SO FAST!" Princess Silver landed shaking the ground.
"You may have taken out my guards. Lucky. But you never take down a powerful alicorn like me." She smirked.
"Oh really?" Rainbowdash laughed swooping into the air.
"We'll see..." Pinkie loaded her cannon.
"About..." Applejack stretched out her legs.
"That." Twilight charged her horn levitating her sword.
The silence was unbearable. It was only moments until they started fighting. Princess Silver licked her lips.
"FIGHT PARTY!" Pinkie yelled. They flung into action.
"HA HA!" Princess Silver dodged attacks except Pinkies cannon. Pinkie rammed it into her hoof. "OUCH!" she cried.
"PARTY TIME!" Pinkie's cannon burst with streamers, confetti and glitter.
"TAKE THAT!" Applejack bucked her in the waist where her rib cage was. "NOT SO FAST EY?"
"Princess Silver! Over here! Nope here! Come here!" Twilight teleported round and round her making the alicorn dizzy.
"WOO HOO!" Rainbowdash crashed into her with a loud explosion.
"NOOO!" Princess Silver lay on the floor.
The 4 mares stood there staring at Princess Silver's body. It twitched. She then got up. Without a word she flew to the roof. "No one ever defeated me." she mumbled. Then she sped down from there at the stunned 4 ponies rounding them up in the corner.
"It looks like friendship can't win everything..." Twilight looked down.
"NOT TODAY GIRL!" Galaxy pushed the alicorn to the ground.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Galaxy." Galaxy pushed punched and slapped her.
"Come on!" Twilight made the girls follow her.
"EEEEK!" Princess Silver screamed.
"Down this hall!" Twilight yelled.
"Aha..." Princess Silver landed in front of them holding something white.
"What are you doing here..." Applejack growled.
"Me? Oh! Nothing!" she threw the white object on the floor.
"Galaxy!" Pinkie leaned over her. Her face and body had scratches and bruises. "What did they do to you?" No response.
"You... monster!" Twilight gasped.
"I must say I do act like one sometimes..." she grinned.
"How dare you!" Twilight went horn to horn with Princess Silver battling it out. "STAY AWAY!" Twilight shot a beam of light at her.
"Bad Twilight!" Princess Silver mocked shooting back.
"Stay away from her!" Rainbowdash zoomed in at top speed pushing her but it did nothing. She just rebounded off her.
"Haha..." The princess chuckled watching as Rainbow tumbled over Twilight knocking Applejack over pushing Pinkie down.
"Ugh...." Twilight groaned. WHOOSH Princess Silver landed with a thump in front of the 4.
"Looks like I have my dinner!" she grinned trotting towards them.
"CHARGE!" yelled out Pitch. She was followed by the other ponies from the gala.
"WHAT NO!" Princess Silver screamed before getting body slammed by half a million ponies.
"Come on!" Pearl waved to them. Together they ran out the doors.
"Hurry!" Pearl yelled flying above them. "They can't hold her forever!"
"We're going as fast as we can!" Rainbowdash yelled.
"Not fast enough!" Pearl yelled back.
"Watch out!" Pinkie yelled pointing to the sky. One massive fireball hit a tree. It started a fire which spread to the next tree. And the next. And the next. Until the forest was bright orange.
"Well don't just stand there!" Pearl snapped. "Princess Silver sent out a fireball! Now hurry up!" She flew over the trees at great speed. Followed by Rainbowdash.
"Well?" Twilight yelled as she teleported through the forest dodging all the flames. "OH NO! Guys we gotta rescue Pinkie and Applejack!" Twilight yelled up at Rainbowdash. But she paid no attention. "RAINBOWDASH!" Twilight yelled.
Meanwhile...
"Pinkie get behind me!" Applejack pushed Pinkie behind her.
"Applejack! Help!" Pinkie felt tears coming to her eyes before evaporating.
"Just stay there!" Applejack pushed Pinkie back more. I hate how earth ponies don't have wings or magic... she thought.
"Applejack!" Pinkie pushed Applejack to the ground as another fireball hit the ground.
"Thanks Pinkie..." Applejack quickly got up. "Follow me now!" Applejack dashed through the bushes which haven't caught on fire yet.
"Wait for me!" Pinkie cried. They swiftly dodged balls of fire and burning bushes. Until they reached a dead end. "We can't go past!" Pinkie tried to break the boulder blocking their path but the pink mare couldn't do anything.
"Like I said before get behind me!" Applejack yelled at her. Pinkie cowered behind Applejack.
"D-Do you think we'll be okay?" she whimpered.
"I dunno… Don't ya worry if we don't make it out… we'll still be together…" Applejack sat down beside Pinkie hugging her waiting for the flames to reach them.
"Goodbye Applejack…" Pinkie smiled. "We tried our best." She nuzzled Applejacks cheek before leaning down to rest her head on Applejacks neck.
"Bye P-" Applejack was cut off. A rainbow swooped past her demolishing the flames.
"Hey! The element of loyalty never leaves her friends!" Rainbowdash winked.
"Rainbow!" Pinkie and Applejack wrapped her in a big hug.
"Are they okay?" Twilight teleported next to them.
"They're fine."
"Come on! This isn't gonna stay like this forever!" Twilight pushed them.
"But Twilight. They're still earth ponies!" Rainbowdash said back.
"Well there is a simple solution." Pearl appeared next to Twilight. It started to get hotter. "It's easy Applejack will get carried on Rainbows back while flying and I'll carry Pinkie." Pearl smiled.
"But I'll go through you! Your just a ghost after all…." Pinkie said.
"Just trust me." Pearl smiled softly.
"Okay then…" The heat when up and notch. Soon the fire licked at branches of the trees.
"Come on we gotta hurry!" Twilight said.
"Applejack get on me!" Rainbowdash yelled. Applejack climbed onto Rainbows back. Rainbow struggled but she stood up right.
"Now now now Rainbow." Pearl winked. "Your the fastest flying in Equestria! You should be strong." She laughed. Pinkie jumped on her back and away they soared.
"Whoa! I've never been flying!" Applejack looked down at the view.
"Eh… It's nothing special… Just some fire…" Rainbow watched Twilight teleport through trees and bushes.
"I've only been on balloons but this view is way way better!" Applejack gasped.
"Seriously its not special… its just high up."
"I suppose your so used to flying you've never taken in the surroundings?" Applejack said.
"Yeah… I guess. Anyways…" Rainbowdash shrugged.
"Ya know you really need to stop and take in the view." Applejack said. Rainbowdash closed her eyes and instead of watching Pearl she looked down at the fire. She ignored the fire and looked at the trees. She then looked up at the sky. At the bright stars.
"Wow… Actually I've never really…" Rainbow gasped at the sights.
"I know its beautiful if you've worked in the fields your whole life." Applejack grinned. Rainbows heart started to beat a little faster when she was around Applejack. "So uh do you even know where we're going?" She asked.
"No but still I could stay up here all day if I had wings."
"Yeah me to." They flew in silence for a bit. "Hey Applejack?"
"Yeah?" Rainbow thought it would be good to admit her feelings to her but instead she hid them.
"Never mind."
"Ya sure?" Applejack asked.
She can sense something… Just tell her! B-but if I do she'll probably think I'm some kinda freak! I'll stay silent… No… she should know get it off my mind. Rainbowdash thought.
"Umm can I tell you something?"
"Anythin"
"Ya know we've had fights… We've had… arguments… We've had a lot of things we've gone through… Well I've always had a-"
"Crush?"
"Yeah." Rainbowdash blushed. "…So… you don't think I'm weird or stupid?"
"No no. I've had a crush kinda to."
"Y-You do?" Rainbowdash gasped.
"Yeah… not a biggie though…" she smiled softly.
"So do you think we could be more then friends?"
"I'll think 'bout it." she winked. They swooped down to a clear space (even through the fire started spreading quicker.).
"Is it a yes or no?" Rainbow asked annoyed.
"Its a…" Applejack mocked.
"What?"
"A…"
"What!"
"A…"
"WHAT?!"
"THE FIRE GET BACK IN THE AIR!" Applejack jumped up back on her back and they flew into the air. "Its yes… how could I say no." Applejack smiled.
"R-Really?!" Rainbow wanted to do a flip but she remembered Applejack was on her back.
"Eeyup!"
"All this time I've had to hide my feelings from the one pony I loved...." Rainbow sighed. She remembered the time she'd messed up in front of Applejack at a picnic.
Rainbowdash galloped pass the barbeque Applejack had going.
"Howdy Rainbow!" She stopped and waved.
"Smells good Applejack!" she dashed off. "I spoke to Applejack! SQUEEE!" She squealed.
"The meat is ready!" Applejack yelled. Rainbow zoomed over picking up a plate while running.
"Hey what sauce did you use?" Rainbow said as she placed some tomato sauce over her sausage.
"This cook never reveals her sauces." Applejack laughed.
"Umm..." Rainbow looked around at the rest of her friends. They were all laughing but only Rainbowdash didn't understand the joke. "I don't get it."
"You don't get it?!" Pinkie shouted. "How can't you not understand an awesome fabulous AMAZING joke like that?!" Rainbow looked over Pinkies shoulder. Applejack was walking towards a tree with that look that means 'Your dumb.' look.
She sighed at the memories.
Meanwhile...
"So Pinkie tell me about the crew." Pearl said.
"They're fine... Well I guess..."
"I'm actually glad I'm dead." Pinkie gasped.
"How could you... Why could you.... HUH?!" Pinkie just gasped.
"I was going to walk the plank away." She sighed.
"Aww I have that feeling to! Once my friends abandoned me for this other party planner! I wanted to jump off sugarcube corners balcony!"
"Sugarcube corner?" Pearl asked curiously.
"Yeah! If you heard we don't belong in this time. We belong in the time its called 2012. Ya know how to spell it?"
"Yes yes... Now I want to know everything about 2012. Am I there?"
"No but we got sugarcube corner and Fluttershy's cottage shes my friend from the other world. She is so kind but she is so shy! So I don't get it but she is great! Because she can communicate with animals on a different level! And she is a pegasus! Ya know how to spell that right? Course ya do! Anyway then there is Rarity and she is a total fashion lunatic!"
"Hmm..." Pearl replied highly interested.
Meanwhile...
"Gotta go faster!" Twilight panted teleporting past flames. "Nearly there!" she didn't even know where she was heading.
"Lookie here!" A stallion stumbled out from a tree. "I'm Static and this is my crew!" Around 13 other stallions jumped out of the bushes snatching Twilight.
"H-Hey let me go!" She struggled.
"Do you even know who we are?" he growled.
"Duh your weirdos."
"Grrr.... We're bandits and since this is our forest I'm sorry but you'll have to die." he held up a gun.
"Not today!" Rainbowdash swooped in and punched him away.
"Attacker!" They pounced on her like a cat.
"Run Twilie!" She yelled. Twilight's legs reacted quicker then her brain.
"Gotta go…" she panted.
"Don't think about it!" Static jumped on her out of a bush but she rolled underneath him. She's got the skills! he thought racing after her.
"Haha!" Applejack knocked him over. "Whatd'ya think ya doin?" She said pointing her sword at him.
"One of Silver's musketeers! Should've known they'd find us…" he growled.
"Applejack where in Equestria did you…" she looked at her clothes. Blue hat with a blue cape. With Celestias symbol in white in the middle. She held a silver sword in her hoof.
"Guess who turned back to snatch some of Princess Silvers goods?" she grinned.
"Wow! You did that just for me?"
"Eeyup! We're not the only ones." Pinkie and Rainbow came into sight.
"But where is Pearl?" Everything went silent (minus the annoying chirp of the crickets.).
"Well...." Rainbowdash started.
"Nothing happened! But she got hit by a boulder when we were fighting and then she swooped up but and arrow went through her heart she then fell to the ground!" Pinkie smiled. The others glared at her. "What? I'm just being honest." she glared at Applejack.
"Yeah... That's pretty much everything that's happened to her..." Rainbowdash said.
"GET OFF HIM!" said a brownish pony. . She body slammed into Applejack knocking her down.
"Thanks Shining." Static jumped to his hooves. BANG went the siren. The pirates and other four ponies had hands again.
"Yes!" Twilight grinned.
"Not so fast!" Shining knocked Twilight down with one kick. But Twilight was prepared. She grabbed her hoof with her hands and flung Shining into the bushes.
"Twilight watch out!" Applejack pushed down a stallion that was nearly going to strike down Twilight. She snatched up her sword from Rainbowdash who flew past her. "D-Don't hurt me!" but that was to late. She pierced the sword through his skin. "Sleep tight..." she mumbled turning back to the battle.
"No! No no!" Shining quickly lunged back at Twilight. "GRR!" she slapped Twilight but Twilight grabbed her sword that lay still on the ground. "Don't fail me now!" she whispered before swiping the sword at Shining.
"UNFAIR!" Shining desperately looked around for a sword. Instead she only found a shield... made out of wood. "Stay back!" she cried. Twilight thought something.
We're all ponies....maybe if we let her have mercy we could recruit her to our guide... after all remember Shining Armour is adopted... remember when he showed up out our house saying "Pwease adopwt mwe?" as a baby when I was so young? Dad was going to kill him because he went into our house without asking! Thank goodness mum said "We'll adopt you." She stopped fighting but still held her sword in her hand. "Sorry..." she snatched the shield up and with her magic turned it into iron.
"Please... let me fight with you..." Shining said in a weak voice. "If no that's okay... but please just let me fight for you..." she stood up. "I know I know... I totally suck at fighting. But you totally inspired me! I mean wow! Your an inspiration." Twilight thought it over.
"Okay... but if you betray us..." she held her sword up. "The consequences are not pretty..." she growled.
"I promise." Twilight gave her a sword and when her hoof touched it away she went. Shining was like a bullet.
Meanwhile...
"You think your so tough?" Rainbowdash mocked three ponies. They held their shields a bit higher. "Come on fight me!" she raised her sword. "Come on! All 3 at once!" she said. The one on the right lowered her shield. She was a changeling. Yellow hair and yellow eyes.
"Try me." She said in a low tone. Rainbowdash quickly remembered LightningDust. The anger at her bubbled inside of her.
"Yeah go Daffodil !" The two other shields yelled. Daffodil dropped her shield and pointed her sword at Rainbowdash.
"321 GO!" Rainbowdash zoomed at her but before she got within an arms reach she swooped up. She went higher then the clouds. Daffodil followed behind. "FIGHT ME!" Rainbowdash lunged her sword at her. While Daffodil ducked Rainbow kicked her stomach.
"AHHA!" she cried. Rainbow wasn't finished. She cut her wings off. Since her wings were made of stuff like cellophane she didn't feel anything. "HELP!" she soared down through the sky. Rainbow zoomed down she punched her head and when she got to the ground she slammed her down hard. Rainbow felt sweat trickling down her cheek. She breathed hard. Her chest going up and down wildly. Then she turned to the 2 shields.
"WHOSE NEXT?" she yelled.
"Me." The next changeling was red.
"Y-yay Ruby !" the last shield whispered.
"Shut up!" she yelled at the other shield. "I'm ready." she threw her shield at Rainbow but Rainbowdash caught it and flew at her with it. She smashed into her with the shield. Ruby teleported behind her and stabbed her horn into Rainbowdash's leg causing her to fall.
"Ahh!" Rainbow screamed as she lay on the ground. Ruby teleported on top of her.
"STOP!" the last shield was flung to the ground and the dragon pony pushed down Ruby.
"I-I knew it!" Ruby shouted. "You'd betray us in a battle! Stupid dragon!" she pushed the pony off her.
"B-But!"
"NO BUTS LIBRA! " yelled Ruby. "You betrayed us again!"
"HEY GET OFF HER!" Rainbow swatted Ruby with a stick sending her flying into a tree. She flew up at her grabbing her neck and holding her up. "Listen here punk ya should've let her go at the start." Rainbow choked her until she had no air left.
"Thanks…" Libra whispered. "You didn't need to do that… I should've died not Ruby."
"No.. you stood up for me even when I beat your friends up." She winked.
"So.. your not gonna kill me?" Rainbowdash shook her head.
"Nah… instead I was gonna ask you to join me and my friends fight this lame battle." she held out her hand. Libra shook her hand.
"Lets win this." she flew into the air before diving down at the ponies.
"Thats my girl!" Rainbow cheered.
While this stuff was happening in the forest this is what happened to Pinkamena Diane Pie...
"More cider?" She asked.
"What the hell are you even using this for?" The barpony asked before tossing her 5 more ciders.
"A battle."
"Cider battle?"
"Yeah!" She carried the humungous stack of ciders out all the way to the forest again.
Back in the forest...
"Where did Pinkie go?" Applejack asked Rainbowdash.
"Dunno but she'd better get back soon! These ponies are getting on my nerves!" Rainbowdash said pushing back 5 changelings.
"CIDER FIGHT PARTYY!" cried the pink mare from the top of a burning tree. She threw the mugs of cider down at the battle putting out all flames and blinding all enemies.
"WOO YEAH PINKIE!" Applejack cried.
"Rainbow help!" Twilight cried. She was stuck under 3 blinded stallions. Rainbow swooped and punched the 3 blinded stallions off her. "Thanks." she nuzzled her on the nose. Then Rainbow remembered. The time she was in the lake with Twilight. Now she's hooked up with Applejack.
"No…no no no!" Rainbow ran away. "I've cheated… I don't know what to do!" she ran through the bushes.
"Whats with Rainbow?" Libra asked.
"Ehh I dunno…." Applejack started trotting towards the bushes but Shining stopped her.
"I'll do this." she winked before running into the bushes. "Rainbowdash?" she yelled out.
"Over here..." said a miserable voice.
"Oh Rainbowdash what's wrong?" Rainbow turned and explained everything from Twilight in the forest to Applejack becoming her marefriend.
"Now I can't choose between them both!" she cried.
"Ahh I know that feeling... Feels like you can't do anything." Shining smiled softly. "The point is.. if Twilight tries to flirt with you or Applejack just ignore them. Be yourself. Talk to them casually and if it goes downhill from there fly away." She felt she needed to say more. "I remember the time I found out that my best friend was gay."
"How dare you compare the problem to you and your stupid friend!" Rainbow snapped.
"Whoa whoa whoa girl... I didn't mean to compare it to you." They sat in silence for a bit.
"Sorry... I'll go out and follow your advice... I should work."
"That's better." They cleaned Rainbow's face from the tears and headed back to the girls. Each step Rainbowdash wanted to hide. She wanted to crawl away into a deep hole.
No... her mind would say when Rainbow's legs stopped. "Must keep going..." she would whisper. The breeze gave her strength. Each step made her feel her world was coming together again....
Author's Note
Not as long as the other chapters? DEAL WITH IT! Anyways I really think that's enough.
"So Rainbow are you ready to face your friends?" Shining said.
"Yes..." Rainbow said solemnly.
"Okay." they trotted through a bush to see the 4 mares and one dragon.
"Rainbow!" Applejack and Twilight ran up to her. "Are you okay? Need water juice or punch?" Twilight asked worriedly.
"Nah I'm cool." she walked down to Pinkie. "Hey how's it goin'?" she grinned.
"Just fine! Come on we'd better be going!" she skipped down the path followed by Rainbow.
"Hey Applejack have you seen Pearl?" Twilight said.
"No... besides Pearl is probably stuck under a rock." She replied.
Applejack... Twilight... whispered a voice near them.
"W-WHOSE THERE!" Applejack shouted.
Don't be afraid! I just need you, Twilight and Shining for a minute... Shining overheard the whispers and quickly ran over to Applejack and Twilight.
"Who are you!" Twilight shouted.
Pearl... The ground shook violently.
"Stay close!" Shining huddled them together. The ground opened up to a slide. They fell backwards twisting and turning. "WHOA WHA!" Shining squealed. They landed on a mattress. Twilight scanned the room and then gasped.
"A LIBRARY!" she screamed. "Look at the books!" the siren went. They became ponies once more. "BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!"
"Why are we here?" Applejack watched Twilight pushing books out of cases.
"Who cares why!" Twilight squealed again. In the corner something glowed. It shone brighter. Before a painting was flung at Twilight.
You know this Twilight... Don't you? the whispers said. Twilight's blood froze. Her heart skipped a beat.
"T-That painting." She picked up the dirty portrait brushing cobwebs off. "It was the painting from my dream." she hugged it close.
"Your dream?" Shining said. Twilight explained how Sparrow doesn't like us together. "Right." she walked off silently.
"Well then... That's not a cool portrait." said a familiar voice.
"Rainbowdash!" Applejack cried. They talked for a bit until they were interrupted by the whispers.
Hello dear ponies! silver mist appeared from the corners of the room joining up to be...
"Pearl!" They cried.
"Its been so long Pearl!" Twilight hugged her.
Yes yes... I know.... she went silent.
"Is something the wrong?" Applejack asked.
Shining and Libra won't know but you know Princess Silver?
"Yeah?"
She took away my throne... Pearl remembered the incident. It was long ago. But she still remembered it.
"Stop it Crystal!" Pearl cried.
"CRYSTAL!" their mother yelled. "Hurry up and get dressed. We're leaving for your cousins soon!"
"Don't worry Sunshine... we're not that late." their other sister came down the stairs.
"Oh Zestari these girls I can't control..."
"I know they are. But give them time and you'll see." The zebra walked off.
After hours of chasing, slapping and talking they set off to Princess Silvers in Sunshine's chariot.
"I wanna knock!" Pearl raced to the door.
"No! Only the older gryphons can knock first." Crystal walked up and smiled smugly at her.
"BUT I GOT HERE FIRST!" Thank goodness the shrieking from outside couldn't be heard in the palace. "I'M GONNA KNOCK AND THAT'S IT!" she body slammed into the door.
"Oh greetings Princess Sunshine." The gryphon at the door said.
"Good day Iceline. "
"Crazy morning?" Iceline sighed.
"Yeah... I'm used to it."
"SQUEE THERE YOU ARE MARIGOLD!" screamed her sister Princess Neonite .
"Hello Coloursnap." Sunshine hugged her sister. "Where is Lily?" she asked.
"OVER THERE!" Coloursnap pointed to a black alicorn. She flew gracefully down from the railing.
"Hello Sunshine..." she hissed.
"Hello Lily..." Sunshine hissed back. They started to giggle then they burst out in laughter. "Oh Princess Lullaby!"
"You can call me Lily. I am your sister."
"Mama..." Two small fillys came out from behind Lily.
"Aww Tia and Luna right?" Sunshine nuzzled them. "Come on go play with Crystal and Pearl." they galloped over to Dare and Pearl who was throwing darts at what looked like an expensive vase. They saw each other and instantly felt a connection. They started playing darts on Iceline.
"Hi Aunt Sunshine and Hi Aunt Lullaby." a small batpony came from behind Neonites legs.
"Hi Ginger." " Sunshine smiled. Another filly came from behind her legs. "Hello Silver."
"Hi..." she mumbled. Then one last filly came from behind her legs.
"Aww hello SeaBreeze !" Lullaby cried nuzzling her.
"Hwello." she said.
"Hi there!" Sunshine smiled. Silver scowled at her younger sister causing her to wither.
"Why don't you all go play in Silver's room?" Neonite said.
"MUM!"
"Silver." she sharply said.
"I HATE YOU!" she cried before stomping up the stairs yelling at the others to follow her.
"I can never seem to find out whats going on in her mind. This morning she wanted ice cream then she wanted pizza!" Neonite said.
"Kids... you'll never predict them." Lullaby smiled. Up in Silvers room things weren't pretty. It was a usual filly's room. Pink walls. Yellow carpet. Blue bed with a blue desk. And on the bed stuffed animals.
"Ywo never twold us ywo had stwuffed animals." SeaBreeze said.
"Aww..." everypony went except Silver who scowled at her.
"What a loser." She mumbled flopping onto her bed.
"Lets play animal adventure!" Ginger grabbed 6 stuffed animals. "Here you go!" she gave a giraffe to Luna, a horse to Celestia, a kangaroo to SeaBreeze, a tiger to Crystal, a deer to Pearl and she threw a snake at Silver hitting her on the nose. "SCORE!" she yelled.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ALL DOING?" Silver yelled. "GET OUT ALL OF YOU! Actually... SeaBreeze and Ginger stay here the rest of you all get lost." she snapped. The 4 ponies ran out while SeaBreeze and Ginger hid near the desk.
"You know I love my sisters." Silver smiled innocently.
"We know!" Ginger smiled.
"I know I can be harsh." She flew over to her desk and opened a drawer.
"We alweady know." SeaBreeze said cutely. Silver brought out something sharp. Something dangerous. She turned around holding the object.
"Do you know what this is?" she held up the butchers knife.
"A-A knife!" Ginger stammered.
"What type?"
"A butchers?"
"What do butchers use knifes for?" she grinned smugly.
"Chopping animals up to kill them!" Ginger shuddered at the thought.
"That's why I have this!" she swung it down at Ginger. But she dodged. "Nice trap." Silver grinned before turning to SeaBreeze who was cowering in front of her.
"Why would ywo do this?" she said.
"BECAUSE GUESS WHO ALWAYS HOGS THE WHOLE FAMILY? GUESS WHOSE ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF ATTENTION? GUESS TO TAKES MY BLOODY TOYS WITHOUT ASKING?" She snapped her head towards Ginger. "YOU DO!" she flung the knife and SeaBreeze right in the chest.
"I never thought the hate inside you would become this monster." Ginger said staring at SeaBreeze's dead body. She flew down and put her hoof in the blood before drawing 2 lines on each side on her cheeks. "You may be a monster... But I know your my sister!" She cried. "Please lets just b-" she got cut off. Literally. Her neck had been sliced of by the knife. Her body collapsed on top of SeaBreeze's dead body. Everything went silent. Silver stared at the blood everywhere. She stared at her two sisters bodies.
"Hey Silver are you okay? I heard shouting and..." Zestari opened the door to see the bodies and Silvers bloody hooves. "What have you..." her eyes widened. "YOU K-" she also was cut of by the butchers knife. Her body was flung back onto the railing outside. The butchers nice engraved deep into her head.
"ZESTARI!" Crystal cried.
"Stay away..." Silver took the knife away from her head. "I'm a monster." she said underneath her hair.
"You murderer!" Crystal was going to punch that girls head off but the threw the knife not at her but at Princess Neonite who was trotting up the stairs. The knife struck her in the heart which knocked her down the stairs. They heard two shrieks from bellow before two alicorns flew up but by then Princess Silver had transformed. She'd became a raging beast. Her wings were as long as a tree branch (plus were razor sharp to. Extra details for being a monster!) her skin faded to grey. Her eyes shone and turned red. But the most disturbing thing about her was her horn. It was grimy and it had mold and it was chipped.
"My daughter..." was Princess Neonite's last words.
"Ah! My new form feels oh so great. I feel more powerful then Princess SunShine!" she cackled.
"You may have become a monster. But it doesn't mean we can't use these!" Sunshine yelled. They summoned six different colored jewels. One red another blue, another purple and on the left side was a light pink an orange and a darker pink. The jewels shone but Silver couldn't care less about their crap.
"Fail!" she summoned a massive tornado overthrowing the two Princesses into a wall. The jewels crashed onto the floor.
"No... NO!" There was a massive explosion as one of the walls blew up.
"GO GO!" Iceline pushed the fillies down the stairs through the doors.
"Tia grab the jewels!" Luna said.
"Okay... hurry!" they grabbed the jewels and hid them in their hair before dashing out the door. Suddenly Pearl realized she was talking out loud.
"Uh... Wow! That was... a unique story." Rainbowdash gasped.
"So then how did you become a pirate?" Twilight said.
"Well..." Pearl said still trying to get over the fact that she was talking out loud.
"I flew down to the ground..."
"I can't believe our cousin is a killer!" Crystal cried. They flew onto the ground in a forest.
"Me neither..." Pearl mumbled landing beside her sister.
"And it was your fault!" Crystal snapped.
"How?" Pearl said angrily.
"If you let me play around with you longer then we would've avoided this mess!"
"I disagree!"
"Course you would!"
"It was obvious that it was SeaBreeze if she weren't acting cute then Silver would've been fine!" Pearl shouted knowing Crystal is quite fond of the little filly.
"It can't be that filly's fault! She was being cute because she is!" Crystal shoved Pearl into a tree.
"OH YOU WANNA GET PHYSICAL?" Pearl snapped. "THEN LETS GET PHYSICAL!" she punched Pearl into a tree picking up a rock while doing so. She flung the rock and her head causing a big gash. Crystal grabbed her tail and flew up pulling her along. She then dropped her and then flew at top speed down at her punching the life out of her. Pearl smashed into the ground below her. Crystal didn't care she kept punching. "NO!" Pearl kicked her off. Punched her eye sockets before running into the distance. She saw a small sign saying Welcome to Neighgeria! She didn't stop there. She raced past into the town. Going through streets and up lanes.
"PEARL! I'M COMING!" Crystal flew at her.
"EEK!" Pearl flapped her wings. She lifted up into the air. "Come on come on!" she thought flapping her wings harder then before. She flew down the lane making a sharp turn into a busy road. She saw a ship just about to take off and flew towards it. "Come on wings! Pick up the pace!" she struggled to go faster. "COME ON!" she crashed onto the ship just when it took off.
"EY THERE'S A FILLY ON BOARD!" yelled a pirate.
"I'LL GET HER!" another pirate yelled.
"Leave this to me." the captain walked down the deck. He walked down into the cabin room. "Come out filly!"
"Who is it?" Pearl said.
"The captain." he noticed to filly standing next to a cabin door. "What are you doing on my ship?" he asked. Pearl explained to him from getting beat up by her sister to Silver murdering half the family. "I see the problem... Tell ya what. I'll make a deal. You become part of our crew and we'll protect you for the rest of your life." he held out his hoof.
"Okay." They shook. "And so he explained to the crew that we've got a new member. Yes Crystal did try to attack us sometimes... but one day she didn't come back. Until I noticed her in town. The Captain. Captain DaringHoof he passed on but gave the ship down to me as his 'adopted' daughter. I gave birth to Quill. So life has been normal." She said. "Don't get startled but I'm supposed to be Queen of Neigheria. Even though Crystal is older." Pearl sighed. "I guess that won't come true. I'm dead anyway."
"But.. why?" Applejack asked.
"Because my dead mother chose me to lead our country. Not my irresponsible sister."
"But can't we do something about it? Like... kill Princess Silver?" Twilight suggested. Everypony stared at her in shock. Everypony except Pearl. She closed her eyes.
"You know how hard it is to kill Princess Silver."
"Yeah!" Rainbow said. "We nearly got killed by her before! But guess what? We're not dead like you!" she grinned. "Uh...no offense."
"None taken. But before you go storming out to some physio princess you need some training. That's why yours truly is here." she pointed to herself.
"You'll do it for us?" Pinkie grinned.
"Heck yeah! Now anyway you all wanna learn swords don't you?"
"No. I was hoping to learn different things like bow and arrow... stuff like that." Applejack said.
"Bow and arrow hey?" Pearl smiled before pulling out from behind her one bow and around 15 arrows.
"Perfect!" Applejack strapped the bow onto her and the arrows on her back.
"How bout you Rainbow?"
"Hmm I was thinking of something cool... like... I dunno magic?"
"Like portals or something?"
"No no... a weapon."
"Like... a wizard staff?!"
"Well actually I was hoping for a bow and arrow." Rainbow shrugged. "But that means copying Applejack."
"Take mine." she smiled. "I'll just learn something else." she turned to Pearl. "I'll use a gun."
"Okay then!" she tried summoning a gun but she only summoned a gem. "Haha... hold on." she tried summoning again but she just got another gem only a different color. "Umm... Again." she just got another. "Okay...." she studied the gem. "Oh since now I'm in heaven I think guns are to 'violent'. This is a summoning gem. Summon some guns.... and any other thing you like." she hung the yellow gem around her neck. It glowed a little before returning to its natural color.
"Heaven.... whats it like up there?" Twilight said. '
"It's horrid. We're all controlled by..." she coughed. "Sir Francis De Glados."
"Wow... But still can you do anything?"
"We can d-" she stopped. "ERROR ERROR ERROR. Erasing dialogue Erasing dialogue. Returning previous session. Returning previous session. Restarting test data restarting test data. Downloading files... Previous session dialogue returned." she shook her head. "Ugh... what were we saying again?" she said. The others blinked in confusion.
"Your a robot?" Pearl sighed.
"Damn I didn't want you to find out." she sat on the floor. "Heaven isn't pretty. When you die your soul flies up. I remember it oh so clearly. It feels fine. Your flying up. But then..." she shook. "These... robot fillies grab you. If you struggle their grip becomes tighter. T-They threw me into this machine a-and.." she stared at the floor.
"Are you okay? You don't need to continue if you can't.." Pinkie put a hoof around her.
"Thanks Pinkie. I'm okay though..." she took a deep breath and continued. "They threw me into a machine. It strapped me up. Before spraying knockout gas all over the room. I'm pretty sure they operated inside my brain. I have a black box and lots of other gadgets... Then I woke up in a room in an inn. Umm then... yeah." She shrugged.
"So that's what it is..." Twilight sighed.
"A-Any way..." she felt a tear trickle down her cheek. "OH CRUD A TEAR!" she wiped it off. "Sorry if I get any water in me. Oh... they'll be pretty annoyed."
"Anyway forget the sad mushy things. We'd better sort out our weapons!" Rainbowdash said.
"Right!" Pearl got up to her hooves. "Okay... Rainbow and Applejack are sorted... How bout you Twilight?" she turned.
"I'll just use a sword." she grinned.
"Pinkie?"
"Hmm... Well I want something cool... and pink! Oh and it must have streamers! OHHH I'LL USE PARTY BOMBS!"
"Isn't that basically bombs?" Twilight said.
"YEAH!" she grinned.
"Applejack could you summon it?" Pearl asked politely. "I'm kinda tired."
"Sure thing!" Applejack pressed a hoof to her chest and thought about bombs. Then 10 bombs appeared at Pinkies hooves. A bright spark from the gem flashed in front of her then... BOOM . She lay on the floor looking around. "IT WORKED!" she jumped up and down happily.
"Thanks Applejack." Pearl grinned.
"How'd ya do that Applejack?" Rainbowdash grinned. Applejack held up a manual. Rainbow read the title. "How to control magic necklaces for idiots... Sweet!" she laughed.
"We'll how about you to?" Pearl turned to Shining and Libra.
"I'd lik-" Libra was cut off by Shining.
"I'd really like to be half robot! Like a cyborg. A pony with lasers and a metal heart. SQUEEE!" The others sighed.
"Typical." Applejack mumbled.
"Okay then..." Pearl held out her hoof and pointed it at Shining. She rose up light starting to shimmer around her. "I know what I'm doing. I know what a robot is doing..." she said under her breath. She looked up at Shining. She was not visible anymore. Actually Shining was covered in yellow.
"Pearl you have to stop! Don't you see?" Twilight said.
"I know what I'm doing!" she stammered. Finally the light died down.
A shriek of pleasure erupted from the side of the room. "ITS PERFECT!" they looked over at Shining. She had metal robotic legs with green robotic eyes and now robotic wings.
"Wow... That's pretty impressive." Rainbow said.
"Watch this!" she kicked her left hoof. Suddenly all the robotic parts folded away. "Epic isn't it?" she grinned.
"That's awesome!" Pinkie cried.
"Pearl you okay?" Twilight laid a hoof on her.
"I'm fine... Just a little shock." she grinned.
"Okay." Libra said. "My go." She sighed. "I'm not wishing for anything special... I just want a simple old axe." She smiled.
"Thanks for making it simple." Pearl said giving her an axe. "Now... Lets go!" she grinned.
"Not so fast Pearl!" All the book cases fell over causing a loud smash.
"It's you again..."
"LAND HO!" Pearl yelled. Everyone rushed out from their cabins to check out the new island.
"Look!" Galaxy pointed to the castle on the shore.
"Come on! Put the sails down we've gotta get there fast." Pearl jumped onto one sail cutting a rope.
"Galaxy what happened to your face?" Shining asked.
"Your so offensive." She rubbed her black eye and her bandage around her head.
"Seriously."
"Not telling." She trotted off. "Go learn some manners!" Twilight swore she heard a gong in the distance but she thought it was a thought.
After hours and hours of sailing they eventually reached the island.
"Princess Silver's castle." Galaxy said. They stared up at the towering castle in the distance.
"Oh my Celestia..." Applejack mumbled.
"ITS BIGGER THEN LAST TIME!" Rainbowdash groaned. "How are we supposed to sneak in now?"
"It sucks that every time Princess Silver gets attacked then she builds bigger barriers." Pearl shrugged. "Come on... there's gonna be guards everywhere." they trotted into the town but soon got mobbed by strangers.
"Your the ponies who attacked Princess Silver?!" One mare asked.
"Yes..." Twilight responded.
"Whoa! You really have the guts to beat Silver?" another filly asked.
"Why don't you beat her up again?"
"Please take her down!"
"I like you the purple mare be my bride!" Twilight stared at the stallion.
"NO!" she yelled.
"Don't you realize?" Pearl said to the group. "They want Silver dead. We want her... well dead. We can get a bigger army!" They stopped walking.
"Perfect!" Shining said. "Libra put me on top of that building." she pointed to a house. Libra did as she was told. She flew up to the top with Shining on her back and set her down before flying back down to the group.
"LISTEN UP!" she cried out instantly grabbing the towns attention. " You know that group. They attacked Silver. We want her dead to! Come on! Lets join forces. Get your weapons ready. Cause we're all going into the castle to kill her!" Everypony stared at her. Then they let out a big cheer.
"LETS DO THIS!" yelled out the same stallion who asked Twilight to marry him.
"Right then." Twilight teleported next to Shining. "We're gonna then have to get organized." She pulled out a notepad from her tail. "Okay we're going into three groups." She brought out a pencil. "You! Yes you that blue mare." she pointed at a youngish mare probably in her 20's. "Your leading the defense group. Rainbowdash will separate a quarter of the crowd and that quarter will help out." She scribbled something quickly down on the notepad. "Uh.. name?"
"I-I'm HoneyBee ." she stammered back. Twilight snapped her head over to Applejack.
"AJ round up another quarter. That's gonna be weapons group."
"On it Twilight." she raced off into the crowd.
"And that final quarter will be training." she pointed to the final quarter. "CHOP CHOP! I plan that we attack by tomorrow at daybreak." she clapped her hooves. As if it was an act everypony set off through the streets.
"Um Twilight?" Libra tapped on her shoulder. She quickly turned.
"What is it now?" she mumbled.
"We've got guards. And they just heard the whole speech thing." Libra said.
"And there is Shining!" Twilight gasped at the running mare. "Hurry Libra fly me over to her!"
"Gotta.. beat them!" Shining leaped and dodged over objects. "Nearly.." she jumped over one last bush before she was right behind the guard who was running to the palace. "A frying pan!" she panted before picking it up and whacking him over the head. "Where was that other one?" she looked all round her.
"Shining what are y-" Twilight stared at the body.
"YOU MURDERER!" Libra gasped.
"Don't worry his just knocked out. Anyway thank goodness your here. I need help hunting down other guards. And the only rule is: DON'T LET THEM IN THE CASTLE!" she darted off.
"Lets go. Before she ACTUALLY murders someone." Twilight said. They raced around beating the living daylights out of guards. Unfortunately they let their guard down for a second. And because of that one guard got into the castle. But he didn't get to Silver yet.
"Twilight! Glad we found you now!" Libra panted. "One guard slipped into the castle. Come on. The suns setting."
They ran around the castle looking for a way in (besides the front door.). "An open window!" Twilight pointed at the window.
"Uh yeah we can see. But I'm an earth pony! Hello? Do y- WHOA!" Applejack was shot into the air like a bullet. "WHAT DO YA'LL THINK YER DOIN?" She said. Now she was clinging onto the window ledge.
"What do you think genius?" Rainbow flew up beside her. "Go in and beat up that guard!" Applejack pulled herself up and fell into the room. Rainbow followed after and so they snuck to the door.
No pony was there. Everything was empty. "Rainbow... I don't think we should go. It might be ah trap."
"Whatever. The main gate is down there. We ca-" She spotted a guard running across the floor. "Get down there and open that door. I'm gonna beat up a guard!" She sped away. Applejack looked around at the empty halls. She sighed before leaping over the golden railing and onto the blue checkered floor. She ran over to the big wooden door and tugged at the handle. Eventually it opened and in came racing Twilight and her army behind her.
"Where is Rainbow?" She asked desperate.
"She went to beat up a pony or somethin. Let's go already." Applejack headed the direction Rainbow flew in. They were stopped by two big gold doors. Each door had the face of Princess Silver on it. Applejack quickly bucked the doors and they flew open. There was Rainbow Dash standing in the center of the room. A guard lay behind her. She was breathing heavily. Like she'd raced a million miles.
"Rainbow!" Pearl called. "It's great to see your safe!" The ghost pony was about to run over to her but Applejack stopped her. "Hey! What's wrong?"
"Something wrong is in this room. Something is wrong with Dash." She responded staring angrily at her.
"I don't blame her." Dare walked over. "I don't feel good either." Rainbow Dash slowly turned her head. Instantly Applejack noticed a scar cutting through her eye turning it white. Her mane started draining its wonderful color and her fur turned grey. Her mane faded to a dark red. She cackled like a witch. Her laugh echoing through the room.
"Oh girls... You've been tricked!" Her voice changing to a soft voice. Her white fur burned off revealing the dreaded silver colour. The scar slowly healed and her piercing pink eyes stared at Twilight causing her to back down.
"Where is Rainbow?" Applejack yelled. A smug grin painted across Princess Silver's face. Her once red mane faded to yet again another silver colour.
"Demon Sword! " She called into the room. "Bring the prisoner." A orange pony landed with a thud beside Princess Silver. In his mouth was a sack wrapped tightly with some rope. His lime green mane and tail shone in the sun and his blue eyes had a spark in them.
"Here she is, my princess." He grinned before stepping back.
Princess Silver enveloped the bag in pink magic. A smug grin spread across her face. "You want your stupid friend back?" She grinned smugly. "Here! Have her." She tossed the bad to Twilight who caught it in her magic. Slowly she unravelled the rope before peeking inside.
BOOM
Twilight lay on the floor unconscious.
"Twilight!" Shining ran over to her.
"Wake up!" Libra cried. They both shook her desperately.
What a cruel trick! Pearl thought turning to Silver who was laughing like a maniac. "SILVER! YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!"
"W-wanna know w-where she really i-is?" She said between fits of laughter.Echo! " she yelled. A grey batpony swooped down from the pillars. With her she brought another bag that was moving. "Your majesty..." She bowed putting the bag in front of the alicorn.
"H-HELP!" The bag cried.
"RAINBOW!" Applejack replied. There was a moments silence as everypony prepared to attack.
"If you want her come and get her..." Princess Silver said. "ATTACK!"
Bursting out of the door came millions of guards. They charged at Twilight's army. Yet they were well prepared. Twilight who was unconscious slowly awakened but slowly it dawned on her that if she lay there she'd die. Quickly she hopped up. "Uh... CHARGE!" She cried. Hundreds of ponies galloped in front of her. Suddenly everything felt like it was in slow motion. Three elements. One gone. A whole army fighting for those three elements to return to their home. Twilight smiled slowly. It's gonna take a lot to kill her.
Applejack made a mad dash for the bag. She was about an arms reach until two changelings flew in front of her. "Flare Arrow! Get the bag and run! I'll handle her." The changeling called to the one beside her. Flare Arrow nodded before flying off.
The changeling pulled out a silver sword. Her long straight orange mane flowing in the wind. Her lilac eyes were locked on Applejack. The red ladybug clip in her hair glistened in the light. She then charged at her. She swung at Applejacks head but as fast as she was Applejack was faster. She ducked under and reached for her back leg. Gripping it hard, she tripped the changeling.
"ORANGEBREEZE!" Flare Arrow called from behind her. She looked over but that was a big mistake. While she was distracted Applejack noticed she had a wooden leg. She plunged her strong hoof into the wood.
"NO! WAIT!" Cried Orangebreeze. She desperately tried to pull away but Applejack grabbed her tail while she smashed the rest of the wood. She turned her head to face Applejack. Her eyes full of fear.
Now since she can't escape I'll finish her. Applejack withdrew her sword and raised it above the changelings head. Orangebreeze realised it was her last moment. So she closed her lilac eyes for the last time.
Applejack saw the pain and fear in her. But she was the enemy. She had to kill her.
She plunged the sword down into the changelings head. She then pulled out only to put it in Orangebreeze's chest. She dragged the sword down cutting open her stomach. Blood poured out onto the marble floor. Applejack stared at the blood on her hooves.
She hated the sight. Her pupils shrunk as the blood slowly ran down the side of her hoof. "W-what did ah do..." She mumbled. Twilight wouldn't have wanted this! Her brain screamed. But slowly that scream faded. Her mind was filled with anger. Twilight would want this. She then thought. She pulled out her sword and ran to the doors.
Flare Arrow watched as the trail of blood drew closer, before taking off with the sack to the throne room.
*****
Twilight fell onto the cold marble floor. She felt a pair of gold eyes staring on her. Bloodline was a tough pony to take down. Her hooves could carry her faster than Twilight's slow hooves. Bloodline's short orange mane bounced as she ran and the lime green in her mane distracted Twilight. Her straight tail blew along as she ran.
Bloodline panted while she wiped a bit of drool off her yellow fur. Her cutie mark shone in the sun. It was of a sword. "WELL? COME AT ME!" She screamed to Twilight.
Gasping for air Twilight stood up slowly. She then started galloping at the mare. Her horn was charged for a surprise attack. Like she expected Bloodline leaped over her. But Twilight instantly turned around and shot her spell at Bloodline. Bloodline was then paralysed. Her mouth was wide open in fear. Twilight walked over to her, a grin slowly spreading across her face.
Bloodline's mouth started to slowly move. The spell had worn off around her mouth. "I-I have a family to go back to..." She said.
Twilight felt a lump in her throat. She had Spike at home. Bloodline had a family. She thought about how scared Spike would be if she died. Bloodline was begging for mercy. Twilight realised what she could do. She grabbed a large sack and wrapped it around the mare. Just when she was tying the rope she heard a small "Thank you." And smiled.
There was a small warm fuzzy feeling in her stomach.
*****
Flare Arrow sped down the hallway. His eyes were getting fuzzy and a lump in his throat was forming. Not only had he lost his childhood friend because of him but he also lost the love of his life. While thinking about this he felt a burst of pain through his skull. He stared blankly at the blue checkered wall in front of him. He listened to the echoes of the war outside of him.
Suddenly there was hoofsteps.
Growing louder by the second.
He jumped up, throwing the bag to the wall. There in front of him stood an orange mare. Blood stained her hooves. The sword shone on her back. He scowled. She was the one who murdered Orangebreeze in front of his own eyes.
"Gimmie back Rainbow Dash and ah'll let ya go." She said quietly.
"I-I..." He stammered. Now he had to gulp back his fear and fight for Orangebreeze. "I'll never give her back! In the name of Princess Silver! I'll fight for Princess Silver as long as I live!" His eyes filled with tears but he quickly rubbed them away. I'll fight for you Orangebreeze.
"Are ya sure?" Applejack replied sternly.
"WHAT PART OF 'I'LL NEVER GIVE HER BACK' DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?" He yelled. "MAYBE YOU WERE JUST LUCKY TO KILL ORANGEBREEZE! YOUR NOT AS SMART AS YOU LOOK!" Instantly he regretted those words. He knew she was stronger than him and Orangebreeze together. What the hell?! What do you think your doing! You gonna get yourself killed! His mind cried. YOU FORGOT THE FREAKING PLAN!
Applejack stood still glaring at him from under her hat. Like a cheetah she started racing towards him. Her hooves galloping faster than she'd ever ran before. Flare Arrow quickly dodged her. She spun around and threw her sword at him.
There was a choking noise from the other side of the room. Flare Arrow struggled to take the sword from out of his neck. Then... he stopped. His eye's were wide open and staring at the sword that pierced his neck. Blood ran freely from the puncture and dripped on the floor. Applejack sighed. She'd never do this to an innocent pony. But this war has snapped her mind.
She walked over to the sack where Rainbow Dash was in and opened it. Inside Rainbow was cowering like a filly. "W-what did you do to h-him?" She hesitantly asked. Applejack stared at the blood on her hooves.
"Are ya sure ya wanna know?" She muttered. Rainbow's eyes widened.
"You killed him didn't you!" She shrieked. Applejack stepped back in surprise. "He promised me that he'll help us escape!" Rainbow Dash's eyes filled with water. She slowly stepped out of the sack. "Where is he?!" Applejack froze. Slowly she pointed a hoof to the corpse that was hanging on the wall.
Rainbow Dash stared in shock at the sight. She turned her head and scowled at the orange mare before racing over to the stallion. She knelt down and wept at his hooves. "Why are ya even doin' this! He's the enemy!" Applejack snapped.
"We'll the enemy gave me food! The enemy promised to let me escape and betray Princess Silver! THE ENEMY HAD ORANGEBREEZE TRY TO TALK TO YOU!" Rainbow Dash cried. "AND...YOU KILLED THEM BOTH!" She said between sobs.
"I'm mighty sorry... R-"
"Just go... Please..." She said softly.
"Rainbow I-" Applejack stammered.
"Please just go!"
"No Rainbow! Please just l-"
"JUST GO ALREADY! YOU'VE HURT ME ENOUGH!" Rainbow cried. Applejack stood still. She watched the pegasus turn back to the stallion and continue to cry. Applejack trotted over and pulled the sword out of his neck which caused the body to fall in front of Rainbow. "You monster..." She heard Rainbow whisper.
A sudden burst of anger erupted in Applejack's mind. What did Flare Arrow and Orangebreeze have that she doesn't?! She galloped over to the body and picked it up. Then without warning she smashed the stained glass window and tossed him out. "APPLEJACK NO!" Rainbow hollered. Instantly she swept down there to catch the body but Applejack trotted away.
She walked to the weapon room and grabbed another sword. Her second sword was the same as her first except instead of orange and green it was royal blue and gold. A tear trickled down her cheek and fell onto the marble below her.
"There is no more pain..." She whispered into the silence.
"Why are you here... Crystal..." Pearl said.
"I'm letting you know that I was listening and watching the whole time!" she growled. "But I was going to beat you up but... I'm your sister. So I decided to help you." she grinned.
"If she beats us up one more time... I'm gonna bake some scrumptious cupcakes!" Pinkie laughed. Twilight looked at her worriedly.
I really don't like the sound of that... she thought.
"So whats it like in heaven?" Crystal asked. Pearl explained what being in heaven is like.
"So being ruled over by Sir Francis De Glados is awful." she sighed.
"Listen I know your my sister and all but because your dead I can't make fun of you anymore. Anyway I remember your supposed to be Queen by now. Well... until Princess Silver is dead."
"Well come on lets go storm into her lair and kick her flank out the window!" Rainbowdash said.
"Well I'm coming." They all gasped. Except Twilight.
"Why so shocked guys?" she trotted over and put her hoof around her neck. "We need all the help we can get."
"And guess who I've got!" she cried. She clapped. Two ponies appeared from behind her. "Ahh... Hello DiamondCrown and greetings to you to Windswept."
"Who are they?" Twilight asked.
"My two highest earth ponies. But that isn't all... Presenting my two highest dragons!" One dragon flew down from a pillar hovering above Windswept. The other flew straight on top of DiamondCrown. "Okay the one above WindSwept is Genesisgem. the other FireWing."
"Wow... but we're gonna need much more then these 4..." Pearl said.
"Umm top two changelings?" She clapped again. Two changelings swooped down from the pillars as well.
"Where does she even hide them?" Twilight whispered to Rainbowdash.
"Beats me..." she replied.
"This isFineIce." she pointed a claw at the changeling.
"WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS!" he cried. "Keep it together FineIce... It'll all be over..." he hugged himself. "NO THE WAR WILL RAGE ON I MUST FIGHT!" he cried waving his hooves around. "But then I'll get killed. My body will die!"
"He was hit by a bomb on the head during a war against Nightmare Moon. Unfortunately we didn't win but... he recovered fine." Crystal sighed claw palming.
"RECOVER! RECOVER! RECOVER!" He shouted.
"This is BlueDusk." . They looked at the cool looking changeling.
"Darlings no need to stare. I'm already perfect and I'm one of the top changelings there is. Anyway I simply must give you some clothes to wear. And a brush in the mane... and some false eyelashes... And a fedora..." she pointed at Applejack.
"Well I'll say I don't need a fancy hairdo or a so called 'fedora'." She snapped back.
"Now now Applejack.." Rainbowdash nuzzled Applejack on the cheek. She blushed.
"Okay everypony! And now the army!" She stomped her two front hooves. Nothing happened. "I SAID NOW THE ARMY!" Crystal yelled at the air.
"That's our queue idiots!" Grumbled a voice.
"Right sorry!" called another. Around 40 ponies ran up. It was a mixture of ponies,gryphons, changelings and batponies.
"Here is the army. Chief Pastel." Crystal bowed politely.
"Thank you." she stared at the others. Twilight felt her eyes piercing her soul. "Well well well... Lookie here..." she marched around the girls.
"Y-you don't have a cutie mark...." Twilight said. Crystal signaled for her to stop it but Pastel seemed fine.
"Never earned it. Now no more questions. Time to find out what to do and when!" She said.
"Well..." Twilight explained how Princess Silver must be killed to restore Pearls rightful throne.
"Interesting... but Crystal's army isn't enough. We're gonna need way more ponies then you've ever imagined." Pastel sharply spoke.
"Aha! But that's we're Pearl's crew comes in." Twilight grinned.
It didn't take long before they were all standing in front of Pearl's ship.
"HURRY UP AND GET THAT CRATE ON BOARD WE ARE LEAVING AND I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU IDIOTS SAY!" Quill yelled.
"Get it in batpony scum!" Juicebox cracked a whip on one batponies back. "HURRY UP!"
"Get in you stupid filly." Delta kicked Blossom into a crate.
"WHOA WHOA WHOA! WHAT YOU DOING?" Rainbowdash flew into the air.
"Finally she's arrived!" Yelled one pirate before getting shot by Quill.
"What the hell did you do to BlockBuilder?" Pearl growled.
"Well he called out.." Grinned Delta.
"Ugh you guys get off my ship." Pearl replied.
"Not your ship anymore mother! You passed it down to yours truly." Quill yelled out to her.
"Crap. Guys I need you all to take down those three bribe the pirates to fight for us then take over the ship... Okay?"
"Got it!" Dash zoomed to the ship followed by other winged ponies.
"Lets go!" Twilight yelled the others ran onto the ship.
"This ain't gonna be easy..." JuiceBox cried.
"Try your best." Quill said. Like that was gonna happen. They were out numbered. 3 to 20. And its pretty obvious who the winner was.
"Toss them overboard boys." Pearl said before the three got kicked off the ship.
"We'll have revenge! Like seriously!" Delta yelled out. Before they got hit by a wave... then being eaten by a whale... and going through its digestive system... eww.
"Its Pearl!" cried a pirate.
"Hold up boys." Applejack said marching in front of Pearl.
"We ain't here for the ship..." Rainbow sharply spoke. The pirates excited expressions vanished and turned into frightened expressions. We're offering you a lifetime deal.."
"One of a kind lamp shades?" Someone said.
"No not lampshades..." Rainbowdash sighed.
"But I wish we did have lampshades!" Pinkie jumped.
"Anyway.. We want all of you 42 pirates to join our army.. against Princess Silver. No health insurance." Twilight said.
"DEAL!" They yelled instantly.
"Well then.. Lets get to it!" Twilight walked over to the wheel and turned the boat east. They sailed through heavy rain... tornadoes and even one heavy whirlpool. Now Twilight and the others must face the one challenge who stands in their way... A gate! "What the hell is this doing here?" Twilight said looking up at the gate.
"OMG I KNOW ASK ME!" Pinkie said waving her hoof.
"Well what is it?"
"Well since you haven't obviously read one particular book it explains the gate of Artemis! Princess Luna's great grandma. She passed away long ago but she did so many kind things that the ponies of Neigheria built a gate far out in the sea. It was left there for a long time. Probably so long that they forgot about it!" She then put on her detective hat. "Should we investigate?" she then laughed. "Get it? InvestiGATE!"
"Yeah yeah we know. Come on." There was some rocks that 6 ponies could stand on. Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack and Pinkie went onto four of the rocks leaving two left. Pearl flew onto the one behind Pinkie and guess who went onto the rock next to Pearl?
"Galaxy?" Pearl said.
"Its me! Pitch went home for the night leaving me to find you." she grinned.
"Twilight do ya think you could open it with your magic?" Applejack asked.
"Probably not... the gates are to big." she stared up at the massive gates towering into the sky. "I'll give it a shot though." She summoned her magic onto the gate. "Hnng... " she pushed it open a small bit but that's all she could do before she passed out.
"Damn it! We shouldn't have told her to try." Rainbow said splashing water on her. Twilight's eyes shot open. She gasped for air. "Thank god your okay." They stared at the gates again.
"I had a thought.... We could ram something into the gates." Pearl said. "Then we could break a hole through it." They sat in silence thinking about her idea.
"She's right ya know." Pinkie spoke up after a few minutes. "But maybe breaking it would offend the gods."
"How do you know there is gods in this world." Galaxy scowled at the thought.
"You and Pearl are dead. You guys are ruled over by Glados." Pinkie responded. "So there must be gods."
"And indeed there are." The water spoke.
"GET ON THE SHIP NOW!" One pirate cried. They scrambled onto the ship as a statue of a pony rose from the sea.
"Wait your not any normal pony... your P-"
"Poseidon . God of the sea." He put his trident on the water instantly vanishing. "It was wise that you didn't knock down the gate. Artemis has such a temper these days." He sighed.
"What do you want from us?" Twilight asked.
"Nothing. I just overheard that you want to get through Artemis's gate. Well I'll give you a clue. There isn't." They stared in shock at the pony. "What what? Honesty." Applejack scowled.
"Well then. We'll be on our way..." Pearl said turning the ship around.
"What are you doing?!" Twilight mumbled.
"Trust me!" She mumbled back.
"I suppose I could help you... but for an exchange of course." Poseidon called out.
"Whats the exchange?" Twilight said still not looking at the sea god.
"If one of you real ponies stay with me for the rest of your lives." They stopped talking. The only sound that could be heard was the crash of the waves.
"It doesn't have to be this way... we can always sacrifice one pirate." Galaxy whispered to Twilight.
"Well do we have a deal or what?" Poseidon asked raising an eyebrow.
"Come on guys think... If we sacrifice a pirate they would cower in fear." Applejack mumbled. They stood solemnly thinking.
"We've got a deal." Pinkie said standing tall.
"Pinkie shut up!" Rainbow snapped.
"Sorry Dashie but I made the choice for my friends." She winked.
"Pinkie no! You can't do this you'll be stuck in here forever!" Pearl cried.
"Well I can and if you think you won't see me then think again." She cheered. "Bye guys!" she galloped off the plank.
"Pinkie you'll dr-" Applejack stared at the water rising up to hold her.
"Well I must say it's very heartbreaking to see a close friend go. I'm not a monster and I'm not always like this." Poseidon patted the pink mare.
"See you later!" She waved.
"PINKIE!" They held Rainbowdash back.
"Rainbow she decided to do it for us! She doesn't want you following her." Twilight said.
"GOODBYE!" she was trapped then in a ball of water.
"P-Pinkie?" Rainbowdash slumped onto the ground.
Meanwhile in the ball of water...
"What are you doing to me?" Pinkie stamped. "Are you trying to kill me?"
"No no course not. Just taking you somewhere. You will be missed by your friends." Poseidon appeared next to her hoof around her neck. "But trust me your gonna help me a whole lot." A bit of water in front of them opened to show them a door. "Go through it."
"What?! What's on the other side! I might be facing 15 daggers!" Pinkie yelled.
"You've gotta trust me. I mean it. Its for the best." He nudged her.
"O-Okie dokie lokie..." She trotted towards the door. With one hoof she pushed it open looking at the bright light. "Wait wha-"
Meanwhile...
"SHE'S GONNA DIE! SHE WON'T SURVIVE!" Rainbowdash sobbed heavily into Pearl's shoulder.
"Hush now." Pearl nuzzled her shoulder.
"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN... SHE'S DEAD!" Rainbow sobbed heavily again.
"Twilight you steer the ship through the gates with Applejack." She looked over at the opened gate.
Before.. "Pinkie..." Rainbow stared into the distance.
"Come on... we gotta go..." Galaxy who didn't care started for the wheel.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Rainbowdash punched her head. "YOU BLOODY EVIL PONY!" she punched her again. "IF YOU KNEW PINKAMENA DIANE PIE LIKE WE DO YOUR LIFE WOULD BE OH SO HAPPY! BUT YOU DON'T GIVE A-"
"Rainbow!" Twilight said holding Blossom close to her.
"Calm down Dashie." Applejack hugged Rainbow. "Wait... I just said that? WE SHOULD BE BEATING THAT PONY UP FOR THAT!" She kicked her head hard.
"Stop it both of you!" Twilight teleported in between them. "Enough is enough. Applejack go to the wheel." She snapped. "And you Rainbowdash!" she turned to see Rainbow sobbing into Pearl's shoulder. "Oh.." she hung her head.
"Ma'am can I tell you something or should I save it for later." One pirate asked.
"What?" she snapped.
"The gate of Artemis has opened." He pointed into the distance. The sun shone brightly on the gates.
"Indeed it has..." Twilight watched the sun reflect off the gates. "Okay... Call in Shining and Libra. I want them to start food preparation." He saluted before before galloping through the crowd of stunned pirates.
"I'd better check on RD." she trotted over regretting even coming to this dreadful place.
"Applejack you okay?" Twilight asked trotting up the stairs. No response... "Applejack?!"
"Oh hey Twilight." Applejack turned over slowly.
"You okay?" She put a hoof around the mare.
"You know how I didn't hear you before?"
"Applejack you know its ok-"
"I am getting old. So... By the time the war comes I might not survive..."
"Applejack..."
"I may be to slow. My face may be wrinkling. If I die..." She stopped.
"You won't die."
"W-What do you mean?" She looked at her.
"You have friends. And friends lookout for each other." They hugged before sailing into the sunset.
