Escape to the North

It was an another cold, autumn morning. In Ponyville, ponies came out from their houses and they started doing their duties. Pegasi were pushing  clouds from one place to another, and the viligers spilled onto the village’s main street. The sound from this small community drowned a strange shouts coming from Canterlot’s basements.

                                "Yeees!! This, power of wildness! Mmmm, it’s so tasty," Black ash flew away a wolf’s body, disappeared when touched by a white horn.

          Alarmed, Luna ran into a small dark room. There was no light, but Luna was adjusted to darkness.

The blue alicorn froze immediately and her eyes widened.

                             "What have you done, Celestia?" she whispered , when she saw bodies of three wolves lying on the cold, concrete floor. Their eyes were empty.

           Luna knew that her sister was doing something strange, but she didn’t expect that her own sister will suck of wolf’s spirits and turning them into Solar power - of course if Celestia was still a Solar Princess, then the sucking of magic and changing it into another kind of magic required a dark spell. And everypony (or every unicorn and alicorn) knows, that dark magic is very dangerous. The wizard, who used them can be overran with black power.

                         "Morning sister,"  said Celestia with a wide smile, looking like nothing bad has happened.

                           "What are you doing?! Did you lose your mind?!" yelled Luna.

                           "Oh come on sis,” the white alicorn waved her hoof and frowned. “I know, that you want this easy power,” Celestia started to move slowly in Luna’s direction with a wide smile. “It's simple. Everything that you need is just two easy spells, nothing more. Come on, I know you want it,"  Celestia said temptingly when she came close to her younger sister.

                            "No way. I am not using black magic and I don’t want to do it!"  yelled that Lunar Princess with disdain and she stepped back.

                            "So, you are telling me that you aren’t using a banished force," the white alicorn turned away and came back on her previously position. “Your aura is telling me something differently,” she started giggling

                           "What? You must be blind if you think that it is black." Luna took an another step back, still looking carefully at her sister.

                           "Did you forget that I changed it to blue, because that dark color reminded you of your evil past? But what if I took it away?" Celestia's horn h lit up and green and blue aura flew away from her younger sister's horn.

                        "Now light it up and let's see who are you,"  white alicorn sat down on her throne.

          Luna was confused. With shaking legs and wide opened eyes, she light up her horn. Her aura was black.

                         "I can't believe..." she whispered, before running away.

                           "You can run, but you won't hide from the truth." from hall came an ominous laugh.

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 Spike was clearing a window, when he spotted Celestia which was landing in front of a Twilight’s library

  "Hey! Twillight, Celestia is coming here!" he yelled jumping out from a window.

         "What does she want?" Twilight asked herself and went to the doors.They were opened with a strong magic shot. The purple body flew through the small library’s room and hit the wall on the opposite side. Twilight closed her eyes during the impact. When she opened them again, something was standing in the middle of her home. Her half-conscious mind recognize a familiar white, winged figure

                           "Celestia?" she muttered. Her head was hurt like some pony hit her with a hevy book.

        Celestia looked very angry.

                           "I heard, that you practiced dark magic," said the Solar Princess without any explanations. Twillight was shocked and confused. Her muffled brain tried to understand what does Celestia is talking about. When the purple alicorn opened her mouth to say something, her teacher said calmly:

                         "I order you to leave land of Eguestria immediately and never come back. Just get out of my eyes" and then went away, closing the doors behind her.

      Twillight was sitting on the floor leaned against the wall with an open mouth confused and terrified. She didn't know what was going on. A few seconds later, her mind was enable to realize what happened. Tears appeared immediately in her eyes. ||

                        "Twillight?!" someone called from outside.

                        "Twillight!" the same voice flew through an open window.

        Crying alicorn again went to the doors and opened them. Before them was standing Luna.

                       "Twillight? Eh, as I can see, Celestia has already been here?" she said when she saw half-conscious alicorn, which nodded.

                      "Listen Twi. I have to tell you something about my sister, but I'd like to do it inside. Can I? " asked blue alicorn showing hoof inside.

Purple pony nodded again, and Lunar Princess came into library.

                     "What happpened?" asked Twillight with shaking voice and massaging her head.

                     "Celestia used a black magic to steal wolves' souls. I told her "Don't do it", but you know her. She never listen. Now listen, I know, that she banished you.  It was only a part of her madness plan. She know that Magic of Friendship is stronger than her new power, but you won't be able to do anything here, becuase guards won’t let you to do anything. You must go to the North and protect wolves at all cost. If Celestia find them, and took their souls, we will be doomed. I'll grab a part of my army and I'm gonna catch you there. Please hurry. It won’t take a lot time to find their trails. Fortunately I know where did they go. I will warn them too and tell them to wait for you. Grab your the rest and move out as soon as you can," said rapidly Princess of the night and almost run out from the building.

           Twillight was really confused and fogged.  How? What? Where? Celestia? She shook her head. A sadness in her eyes where replaced by a determination.

                     "Spike. You stay here and help Luna, and keep eye on Elements of Harmony. They will be safer near Luna. Find us somewhere on the North," she said, when she was running out from her home.

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                     "I’m sorry Pinkie Pie, but it's my order. You should leave this country as soon as it is possible," said Celestia with a poker face.

                     "But, why? I didn't do anything," pink pony opened her mounth in suprise.

                     "No? You helped Twillight to practice black magic," this white face was like a cold rock. Without any emotions.

                      "No I don’t! " Pinkie yelled and it was her the biggest mistake in her life.

                      "Did you shout to me?" solar alicorn raised her eyebrow.

                       "Ehm, no, no. I-I am sorry..." Pinkie hid her face in her hooves but it was too late.

                       "I change judgment. I sentence you to death with immediate effect," ordered Celestia and went out. One of her soldiers came to Pinkie Pie. He was a green stallion with a

purple eyes.

                        "I'm so sorry, but I must do it," he whispered as quiet as he could.

                        "Why? You supposed to protect a defensless ponies, not killing them," hissed a pink pony with fierceness.

                          "We must carry out the orders. Please. Forgive me," warrior started sobbed and closed his eyes.

  Cutting edge went through pink, soft neck. Pinkie died with a terrified look on her face. She didn't say anything, only in her eyes, which was following Celestia, flashed a spark of sadness. The silence has been broken by a hit of a cold, dead body on the floor. Soldier hid his sword, covered in blood and he was standing over a dead pony. Tears started to drip on the floor.

                        "Come on. We have to go," said blue stallion in gold armor  carefully, and put his hoof on killer's shoulder.

                        "Will she forgive me?" a crying soldier raised his head showing his used to purple eyes. Now they turned into grey sad and scared dots.

                        "I think so” answered sadly a blue one.

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                      "Where is Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash?" asked Twillight Sparkle impatient.

                After a meeting with Luna, Twillight ran to Applejack's farm and told an earth pony everything, what she knew. Applejack ran for Rarity and Fluttershy, and Twillight flew for Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash said, that she will bring Pinkie Pie. All ponies established  collection point in wolves' camp. A campfire. which was lazily burning down, shows, that this place was comepletly empty. If they want to catch wolves. they must get going, but Rainbow Dash and Pinkie pie were still in village.

                     "What should we do?" asked Applejack looking around.

                  Twillight shrugged and said:

                      "Wait for them."

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                           "Pinkie Pie?" called Rainbow Dash from outside.

Is she sleeping or what? We don't have time

thought pony and went into buidling. When she crossed the threshold, she froze. Pinkie was lying on the bloody floor with a hole in her neck. Her eyes was looking at Rainbow Dash. Without life inside. Empty, grey spots suspended at one point. Rainbow pegasus flew away in fear.

My goodness

it was the only thought during her flight to wolves' camp.

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                       "There you are! Where is Pinkie Pie?" yelled Twillight angrily when, the pegasus landed. She even didn't see a terrified look on blue face.

              Rainbow Dash couldn't say anything. She was broken up and loomed something under her nose.

                         "Can you talk? Where is Pinkie Pie?" Sparkle repeated her question more angry.

              Rainbow Dash couldn't take it anymore.

                          "SHE IS DEAD!! SOMEONE KILLED HER!!" she shouted loudly and hid her crying face on her hooves.

             Everypony froze. Pinkie is dead? Did Celestia could do it?

          Applejack looked at Twillight with disgust and hugged rainbow pegasus. "Those, dead eyes. My goodness... Those eyes..." loomed Dash.

                              "It's ok. We‘re here," said earth pony with a soft voice

                              "If we want to catch those wolves, we must go," said cold heart Twillight and disappeared in bushes.

 Applejack thought, that her friend is very similar to Celestia. Five friends started their journey to the North. Only five...