At the Moomin Valley

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The morning has begun. Twilight woke up first and land on her hooves. She watched from the window to see the enormous plain, before the forest started to rise, where the mountains started to ascend. The sky was blue, the birds were singing and she knew something would be out there, waiting for her.

Then, she started to think her friends. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy; they were her best friends and she was away from them. But if she would be lucky, they would tell to Princess Celestia from her disappearing and starting to look for her. They would eventually search the library and find the book, which helped her to come here, at the Moomin Valley.

Moomintroll has woken up too. He looked to her left side to see Twilight gone. Then he saw her next to the window.

"Good morning, Twilight." he said. Twilight heard him and smiled to him.

"Good morning to you too." Twilight replied and returned to stare at the horizon.

"What now? Is something wrong? Or is your friends, that you think?" he asked. Unfortunately, it was true. She missed her friends, cause she couldn't just bear it. If they would be here with her, it would be better, but not like this. Twilight sighed and stared Moomintroll. If she couldn't get her friends here, she would then make friends here.

"Can you tell me something from your friends?" she asked, wanting to know, what kind of friends he had.

"Well, Sniff, the brown one, is a very good pal, but he is a little greedy. He's always trying to do some gold, like the time, when he made me to be a fortune-teller and we used the trick to get much gold as possible." he said and Twilight gave a small laugh. She would just think, what he could look like.

"Little My, the small of us, is very aggressive and sometimes speaks rudely, but can be a good friend. Just don't tease her much, she is like a tomboy." Twilight's smile went off hearing that.

"Snork Maiden, is gentle, wise and generally very optimistic. She's actually my girlfriend and admires me." he said and sighed.

"And finally, there's Snufkin, who goes south every winter and returns in the spring. He is my best friend, cause he is so wise and clever. He wears wears an old green clothes and a wide brimmed hat. He lives in a tent near the our house and plays the harmonica." he said. Twilight's mind ran with questions, which she could now ask, but Moominmamma interrupted her.

"Moomintroll! Twilight! Breakfast is ready!" She shouted.

"We'll better get down there." Moomintroll said and Twilight nodded. They descended the stairs, down to the kitchen. Moominmamma had made up some bread, tea and juice. Moomintroll started with bread and drank juice and Twilight took a cup of tea and piece of bread. Moominpappa came to the table with them.

"So, miss Sparkle, did you sleep well?" he asked from the unicorn.

"Well yes, but do me a favour; don't call me as 'miss', Twilight is enough." she replied.

"Alright then. Must add this to my Memoirs." he mumbled.

"Memoirs?" Twilight asked confused.

"My dad is writing every adventure he had in a book, which he calls like that. He is interested to you, cause he thinks you may bring us to an adventure." Moomintroll said and Twilight started to blush so much, that the red cheeks started to appear.

After the breakfast, Moomintroll & Twilight get outside and joined with the friends (Sniff, Little My, Snork Maiden.). They started to play hide-and-seek and Twilight was one to find them from the forest.

"8....9....10! Ready or not, here i come!" Twilight said and started to search them. She giggled herself.

"This is fun! It's been so long i've really played this game." she thought and continued to search them. Going some way further, she saw a big tree with a hole. Twilight was curious and looked inside.

"BLAAARGGH!" yelled Little My, who scared Twilight. She hid herself into the hole and when Twilight looked inside, she jumped in her face. Twilight was shaking a moment, before relaxing and then ordered her to go back to the Moominhouse.

She continued going further and realised, how trees started to cover the sun, leaving the whole forest to the darkness. Twilight decided to turn back, but then noticed something shining near her. She walked next to it and then gasped.

In front of her was a ruby, but it was the same size as her head. It was red and it shined like her candlelight-spell. Twilight decided to take it with her and placed it behind her mane. That way it didn't shine and nopony couldn't see it.

Another night came and everyone was in the kitchen eating supper, Twilight decided to show the ruby to everypony.

"Hey, everypony! Look what i found from the forest." Twilight said and landed the ruby in the middle of the table. Everyone gasped and stared her, but not impressed, more like scared.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"t-t-t-h-h-h-a-a-t-t r-r-r-r-u-b-b-y-y-y-" Sniff stuttered and pointed it.

"Twilight, where did you found that ruby?" Snork Maiden asked, but it was not the same voice, more angrier.

"I-i just found it from the forest? What's so horrible at it?" Twilight was confused.

"It's Groke's ruby!" Little My blasted out.

"Groke?"

"She's a horrible monster." Moominpappa said.

"Horrible? Monster?"

"She is the owner of this ruby. By her words, Thingumy and Bob "stole" it from her, until we gave her my heartshell. The Hobgoblin took the copy of it, when they wished for him to have another King Ruby. So i must think, that The Hobgoblin is here somewhere and had dropped it to the forest." Moomintroll figured. Twilight got more and more things to learn. Thingumy and Bob. Hobgoblin. But the Groke gave her a fear.

"I don't want to see her again. I'm getting out." Sniff said and started to walk to the front door, but the fear stopped him.

"If it's so hard, i can be your assistance." Twilight suggested.

"Let's hurry up! I think she might be there right now." Sniff said.

"You'll be careful, Twilight." Moomintroll warned her.

"Of course. What could went wrong?" Twilight replied.

After a minute walk, they arrived at Sniff's cottage. Sniff thanked her and went inside, while Twilight returned to Moominhouse. She was just at stairs and gave a small laugh.

"What is so scary about that Groke if she doesn't come up?" Twilight asked.

Miss Fortune isn't with her side, when talking about Groke. She appeared as a ghostlike hill-shaped body with two cold staring eyes and a wide row of white shiny teeth. She stared to nowhere and Twilight started to scream as loud as she could and blast off inside, straight to Moominpappa.

"Ouch! Don't always ram to me!" he moaned in pain.

"Groke! It's here!" Twilight screamed and pointed to the door. Everyone went to take a look and  there she was; standing on the grass. Moominpappa went first outside with his gun.

"Groke. We would be happier, if you would go home." he said. Groke just groaned and stared into him.

"You're making our quest nervous." he stated.

"You're freezing my roses." Moominmamma said.

"Leave my mom's flowers alone." Moomintroll said. Still, she just groaned.

Twilight just raced with her mind and came with a solution. She grabbed the ruby from the table and rushed outside.

"You must leave! Leave, before i count to ten!" Moominpappa shouted, but Twilight pushed him side and was in front of Groke, holding ruby with her magic. Everyone stared her, as Groke leaned her hands and grabbed it, turning it solid ice. Twilight gasped and then Groke turned and left to the mountains. The only left thing was the footprints on the icy ground.

"She will not come again here." Moominpappa declared and everyone nodded.

"Let's get now to the bed. Tomorrow shall be happier day than this." Moomintroll said and everyone went inside. Before Twilight went inside, she gave a look at back there. She shook the scary moment away from her mind and went inside.