Elements of Destiny

"But sis, can't ah' come alon-"

"No." I said sternly.

"But you said it's a minor trip and that you and your friends are just being called to another town." Apple Bloom said.

"And what if that one seemingly small threat turns into somethin' that can harm you and all of Equestria? Ah' can't risk you getting hurt. Just stay here with Granny Smith and BigMac till' ah' get back, ya hear?"

"Ok." She said with a sigh.

As I walked through the door and towards the castle, I couldn't help but feel bad about not letting Apple Bloom come. 'It's one little town, the worst that can happen is that Starlight Glimmer will come back.' But I can't risk having Apple Bloom get hurt due to my carelessness. I continue to walk, guilt pulling at me as I trudge farther and farther from the farm. Once I meet up with my friends, I discover that Rarity and Rainbowdash had the same problems with their sisters.

"You too? Sweetie Belle kept begging me to come, but if a single hair was misplaced on her head, I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

"And Scoots kept asking me if she could come on our awesome adventure, but I had to say no, she's like a sister to me, and if she got hurt..."

"Ah' understand." I said.

We headed to the train as we continued to talk about the journey. "Why would we be summoned to a town we already helped? Do you think Starlight Glimmer came back?" Twilight said.

"Maybe, or perhaps it's another friendship problem?" Fluttershy questioned.

We thought and thought until we finally arrived at the dark and gloomy town. We found inky clouds hovering and swirling about above it.

"We were right to leave our sisters behind." Rarity said as we stared at the spreading darkness. We walked around and looked for our old friends, but they seemed a bit....off.

"Somethin' real strange is goin' on." I say.

Pinkie starts to frown and I notice that her coat is getting a shade darker, but then flickers back to it's regular color.

'That's quite peculiar.'

"Lets head to the mountain and see what we can find there." Twilight suggests.

"Good idea." Rainbowdash says.

As we trot I notice how Fluttershy's coat gets darker as well. Then Pinkie's again. 'Somethin' real strange is goin' on' I think again. Once we enter the mountain though, the opening is shut by a stone wall.

Then I  see it.

It's mane was as dark as the sky, and eyes that glowed. With wings that stretched across the room and encased us in a dark smoke.

"The Elements... no surprise to see you here." A mysterious voice echoed around the closing room of shadows and smoke. We all screamed as the shadows took form of a pony.

"Perhaps this will make me recognizable?" The mare laughed.

"Release us." Twilight said in a stern voice.

"Or what? You're going to blast me with your little rainbows?" The mare laughed once more as we each turned to darker shades of gray. "Foolish ponies, as if a few Elements of Harmony could stop me. She took a different form, plucking Twilight off the ground. As soon as she had Twilight in her gaze, she immediately drained the color within her until our friend collapsed.

"TWILIGHT!" we all shouted the mare laughed as she circled us, faster and faster until we were all floating.

The color within me drained, and I fell to the ground. The last thing I saw was my friends being dropped one by one, none of us had our cutiemarks.

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"Where could she be? Rainbowdash should be back by now!" I was pacing with the other crusaders.

"It's only been a couple o' days, it could've been a big threat." Apple Bloom said.

"Apple Bloom's right, In fact, I'm sure that she's on her way home by now." Sweetie assured me.

"I guess you're right." I said.

Later that night after going to bed, I had my dream.

'Rainbowdash!'

She looked annoyed.

'You came back! Aren't you glad to see me?'

She rolled her eyes. 'Why would I want to hang out with a loser?'

'Loser?'

'Yeah! Why would I want to hang out with a pegasus who can't fly?'

'But you said-'

'I pitied you, ok! Why should a pony as awesome as me hang out with you? Why do you think I left? It's a wonder how Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom managed to live with you for this long."

'We pitied her too. But all she does is drag us down from getting our cutiemarks.'

'I thought that you were my friends, and you're a sister to me Rainbowdash.'

'Face it, you're useless' Rainbowdash slipped into her shadow, and Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle morphed into shadow ponies. They circled around me.

'Useless'

'Pathetic'

'A waste of time'

More and more they spun around me. Until I saw a flash of light.

"BEGONE!" said a powerful voice. Who's could it be? It sounded so loud, so demanding, so cool.

"Princess Luna?" I ask.

She smiled. "Hello Scootaloo."

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"Where am I?" I ask.

Princess Luna gives a warm smile. "Maybe you should ask your friends."  With a wave of a hoof, my friends appear through doors.

"Scootaloo!" They said as they tackle me down on the... ground?

"Where are we?" I ask. Princess Luna walks up to us.

"Little fillies, you are in a passage of which I enter dreams, and which my sister turned Twilight into a princess, along with Cadence. She walks on the star trail, many screens flash by of me and my friends, from helping Trouble Shoes, waving the flag for the Equestria Games, our dreams she entered in. There were a lot.

"Ah' hope that you don't mind if ah' interrupt, but what are we doing back here?" Apple Bloom said.

"Yeah! If this place is so important, why are we here?" Sweetie asks.

"Dear fillies," Luna said with a sad sigh. "I'm afraid that your sisters are in danger."

"WHAT!!!!!!!!!!" We shout.

"That can't be, they told us it was a small problem, they're the Elements of Harmony." I say. " Plus, Rainbowdash is too cool to be defeated, along with all of our sisters." I say.

"Yeah, and if they're in danger, what can we do about it?" Sweetie Belle uttered.

Luna shows her hoof to the giant screen. "A new force is taking over Equestria, and is spreading like wildfire. Not even the most powerful of known Elements can stop it. This new force is changing the destinies of all of the ponies, and is altering them into doing their bidding." Luna said as black clouds and darkness covered the land. " If it is not stopped, not just Equestria, but the whole world will be under it's control. It is up to you three to stop it."

"No offense, but ARE YOU INSANE?!?!" Apple Bloom said. Princess Luna made a knowing face.

"How are three little fillies going to stop that?" Sweetie said as she pointed to the screen.

Princess Luna nodded. "I do not believe that it is in my place to say so." She said. Her eyes began to glow as she summoned three big, white, glowing blobs in front of us. They took the shapes of the three main types of ponies; the pegasus standing in front of me.

"Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and SweetieBelle, you are the Elements of Destiny." They all said at once.