The human mane 4, Twilight, Sunset Shimmer, and the Kings' Duo sat in the practice room the Rainbooms always hung out at during lunch. It was dark out and they had some things to discuss.

Thye Kings' Duo told the tale of their fathers to the girls and they chatted excitedly about it for a while until Twilight changed the subject.

" I need to contact princess Celestia and tell her you're here. I'm sure my friends would be glad to hear form me and the princess relieved to know everything is ok at the moment."

Rarity frowned. " I don't know...Telling her that Fluttershy is POW, Sombra plans to drain everybody's magic, and that you only have three days to defeat him isn't what I'd call ok."

They all became quiet as their earlier festive mood came to a solemn acknowledgement of Rarity's words. All of this as something you wouldn't call good news. But either way, it had to be relayed to the princess. Twilight glanced over at Sunset Shimmer, who was in a corner looking down at the floor. Something didn't seem right with her...

" Sunset Shimmer, can I borrow your journal? I need to write a message to princess Celestia."

The girl in the corner looked up slightly at the mention of her name and then glanced back down at her feet.

"Sure..."

Twilight walked across the room to the table it lay on and hesitated before picking it up. Sunset Shimmer didn't seem up to her normal status. Maybe she was just exhausted from the long day.

Grabbing a pencil, Twilight began to write her message to the princess.

***

Back in Equestria...

" I got! I got it!" Pinkie Pie screamed as she and the others clambered to grab the glowing journal.

The ponies were excited off the chain to see that they finally got word form their best friend.

Are they alright?

Will they be coming home?

Is the issue with the berzerk lightning and wind solved?

All their answers were to be answered in this book Pinkie beheld. She cleared her throat.

" Ok, ok. Here's what it says..."

Dear princess Celestia and friends,

Hopefully you all are doing well. There are a number of issues that I'd like to address in this letter that are very important you read. First, is the ponies from Ponyville. There is literally half the town here and none of them as far as I know are hurt. The reason why they're here is because of Sombra, another issue I need to discuss. Sombra is the whole reason around why there was odd lightning and strong winds in this world. He plans to drain everypony of their magic and use it to conquer Equestria. Unfortunately, Fluttershy was taken as POW. Fortunately, the Kings' Duo is here! Please be safe.

Twilight

The ponies felt both excited and sad at the same time. Everything was fine except for the fact that Fluttershy was hostage at the moment.

" Looks like there's news to tell Celestia," Cadence said from the doorway. She had been listening to Pinkie read it.

" Yeah," Rarity mumbled as she frowned in thought. " But...how exactly is Sombra supposed to drain some of the missing ponies of power? Derpy came crying about her funny doctor friend who's an earth pony."

Cadence shook her head. " There's a lot you girls don't know. Every pony has magic, even pegasi and earth ponies. It's just hidden deep within. Only few can release it."

The girls took this into consideration. " I'm an earth pony. How exactly do I release my inner magic?" Applejack asked.

" You already have. Through friendship," Cadence said as she walked away to alert Celestia.

Cadence explained to Celestia what she just heard and Celestia frowned.

" This may not work, her defeating Sombra."

Cadence was surprised. Usually she had faith in her former student. " How come?"

Celestia got a quill and quickly scribbled out a letter. " This is Sombra we're dealing with."

Celestia walked across the room to a fiery red phoenix.

" Philomena, I need you to send a message."

The bird stretched its wings in response.

" Go to Prince Solaris and give him this message."

Philomena took the paper in its beak, cawed, and in an instant vanished into thin air, leaving ashes where it sat before.

" What does the message say?" Cadence asked.

" The message," Celestia began," is asking for help. You and me both know that Sombra didn't dodge that Succuberus Omega spell just by pure luck. He himself had a trick up his sleeve and he may have that same card. No doubt will the Kings' Duo try to do the same spell. And if that's the case, they need more people to help. The more power they gather, the better. And with a vital part of magic taken out(Fluttershy), they need more people anyhow."

***

Solaris read the letter carefully and grunted in understanding.

" Thank you, Philomena. I have no letters for you. You may return to Celestia."

The phoenix disappeared in an instant and left the prince to ponder by himself.

" Herald!" he called.

A pony with a bugle horn came rushing in his office.

" Yes?"

" Send for the Main Six and Sunrise Gleam immediately. It's of great importance."

Author's Note

Looks like Butterscotch and his crew are coming back! Well, what do you think? I know I haven't updated this in a day or something. Please make sure you check out my new story If she were the sun and her the moon. I'd greatly appreciate it!

Funny thing: At school, I got a detention for writing this story's paper draft during class. That didn't matter because in detention, I just wrote some more!