Occult Rising

They reached the old church quickly. It was the only thing in the whole place that wasn't gold. They entered through the old wooden door that had the same cult symbol etched into it. The inside was dusty and there were half broken pues scattered about. Wind walked up to the podium and examined it. There was nothing but an old dusty copy of The Elements of Harmony sitting on it.

"Ok, look for anything with the symbol on it. There's gotta be a secret passage around here somewhere." Wind said.

The four of them searched high and low, but turned up nothing.

"I don't understand. There's gotta be something here." Wind said.

"Are you sure this is what you saw in the vision?" Dash asked.

"Of course I'm sure." Wind replied.

Wind continued to search, but still found nothing. She became frustrated and smacked the book off the podium. It fell aside and opened up to a page that had been marked. She picked up the book and looked at the page. It described a spell that Starswirl himself had written. It was supposed to make unseen things seen. Whatever that meant.

"Hmm." Wind said aloud.

"What is it Windy?" Applespice asked.

"It's some kind of spell. Stand back, I think I have an idea." Wind said as she began to read the spell.

Black vapor swirled around her feet as she read. The floor behind the podium evaporated, revealing a dark hole that dropped down into what seemed like nothingness. Dash and Pinkie approached the hole.

"Are we supposed to go down there?" Dash asked.

"Well, we came all this way. Why not?" Pinkie asked as she jumped into it.

"Pinkie, wait!" Dash yelled, but she was already gone.

"Well, looks like we gotta go down there now." Applespice said.

The trio hopped in after Pinkie. They fell for what seemed like hours, until they finally hit a hard cement surface. They all groaned as they picked themselves up from the floor. Dash looked up to see Pinkie pressed up against a wall. She looked back and motioned for them to come look at something. They went over to her and peered around the corner. Wind gasped at what she saw. It was just like in her vision. There was the pentagram with five bound and gagged ponies at each point and her father in the middle. He was on his knees and slumped over, he looked weak and he was barely breathing.

"Oh sweet Celestia." Dash said as she covered her eyes.

The mystery unicorn was at the podium reciting the same spell she'd heard in her vision.

"Enough waiting. This ends now." She said as she stepped out and drew her sword.