“Please, Pinkie. No! Don’t! They’re all I have!” Fluttershy begged as Pinkie Pie trapped away all her animal friends. Pinkie had just ordered for all of Fluttershy’s pets to be taken away since she thought they were the ones who made her timid. “I’m sorry, Fluttershy. But this is for your own good, whether you like it or not” was all she said before dragging Angel Bunny, the most precious of Fluttershy’s animals, away. He was dragged away with a leash; it looked like he was crying out to his owner. She watched in horror as the van drove off with all her friends. Twilight was rather concerned, almost completely sorry for the caretaker. Pinkie didn’t even bat an eyelid. The Pegasus wouldn’t have to worry; tonight the creature will come to her.________________________________________
Celestia and Luna knew about what happened that night. Celestia noticed a star glowing brighter than normal; it was the twinkle that showed where the creature was. “Tonight, I shall stop that thing from reaching our world, little sister” and with that, she shot a bolt up to where the glow came from. Luckily, before it became fatal enough, Luna casted a spell on her sister. “And now I command, Celestia to Dreamland!” she chanted as the sun Alicorn fell asleep. “So sorry, sister. But you should give it a chance”
She looked at the glimmer, it was still bright. “Go ahead, come, little one”
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“But it’s not fair to her. It tore her apart. She doesn’t deserve to have her animal friends be taken away from her” Twilight said in a low voice to nopony in particular.
“Twilight! Please, try to get some sleep!” Spike covered his ears with a pillow, but he could still hear her. “You need to rest!”
“But how am I supposed to sleep when--”
“You’ll fix this tomorrow! You always find a solution... Please listen to me. Now close your eyes and try to get some sleep…”
Twilight’s ears perked up to an idea – why didn’t she think of that before? “That’s it, Spike!”
“What is?”
“I’m gonna go, and try to help comfort Fluttershy. Maybe if I stay by her side, it would help her sleep”
“You mean like a sleepover? Oldest trick in the book, Sparkle”
“It’s worth a shot; I don’t want her to feel lonely”
“Fine, I’ll watch the library. You comfort that caretaker”
“Thanks Spike. See you tomorrow!” Twilight bid as she closed the door. She ran off immediately to the yellow mare’s home.
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Fluttershy watched the night sky, gazing into its darkness and stars. She was obviously too sad to even try to sleep. Without the company of her animal friends, her world just felt empty. She lost her whole family too young, she was abused physically and emotionally, and now she just lost the very ones who helped her find her cutie mark. The pain was all too overwhelming. She then remembered something her mother used to tell her. “There is a higher being who listens to everypony who believes and serves Him. Pray to him when you need help, my child”. She really secretly did believe in him, now she decided to pray to him for help.
“I don’t know if you are out here tonight. But…but…please, if you are, I…I…I wish, I hope, I dream, I pray, by your rule, my Lord, to light my way.” She said in what sounded like her ancestor, Snowdrop, calling to Luna. “Please, I just want to show I can be who I am. Everypony else says I can’t be assertive. But please, help me, my Lord”
Just as she finished her prayer, she looked up and noticed a single star glowing brighter than the others. She gazed at it with much curiosity, until it looked like it was heading straight for her! She ran to the nearest tree, before she turned around and saw what fell. It looked as though it was some sort of…spaceship?! She was scared at first, but then eventually curiosity got the better of her. She walked towards the strange ship. As she approached what looked like its door, it opened. She coughed from the smoke that kept going out. As the smoke lifted, she found inside what looked like a rabbit, but it wasn’t.
The creature looked quite like a Katsuma, save for a few minor differences. Its ears were folded backwards instead of forwards, its stomach was oval instead of circular, and its tail was like that of a tiger’s. It also had a flower bud-like collar across its neck. On the flower’s petals were marks that resembled a cross.
Fluttershy wondered what it was doing there, but she didn’t want anything worse to happen to it. The creature was rather unconscious, injured from the crash. Fluttershy picked it up, and carried it home. Little did she know that the creature she saved could be the one who will help her get back all her animal friends? And maybe, even her deceased family.
Princess Celestia stood alone at the tower of her and Luna’s castle, watching the night of her dear sister. Normally, you’d think she only went there just to watch her sister’s night, but it wasn’t. Luna thought so herself when she saw her at the balcony. She noticed her sister looked rather afraid, and watchful.
She had to ask. “What’s wrong, sister?”
Celestia looked to her side. “Luna, am I willing to confront of what is to come?”
Luna was confused. “Whatever do you mean?”
“Oh, that’s right, you don’t know”
“Don’t know what? What’s troubling you?”
Celestia sighed. “Sister, there’s something that I must tell you, and I believe now is the right time to confess”
“Confess what? What did you do?”
“I’ve been getting disturbances, from unknown forces”
“What? You can’t possibly mean something like King Sombra, the Changeling Queen, or Tirek.”
“No, this is something much stronger”
“Stronger? What can possibly be more powerful than Sombra?”
“I don’t know. This power, it’s quite similar to Twilight’s, but far greater. It’s in fact, almost the same type that allowed you to see Snowdrop again in your dreams …Oh!” She saw her sister cocked her head, her eyes squinting as though she would cry. “I’m sorry, sister. I didn’t know you were still shaken over your friend”
“It’s okay, please continue”
“This power appears to belong to not one, but an entire race of users. It gives them infinite power, the ability to heal, the ability to siphon power from other sources, and even speed beyond light and strength beyond limit. Yet, it still lives under the teachings of its Superior, who she calls God.”
“Are you suggesting an entire race of…” Luna paused at the thought. “Aliens?”
“I do not know, but it intends to be coming to Equestria when Twilight, or her friends, are in need of protection. When one does, it will stay with them, also for it’s own mission. Though it’s alignment is good, I do not want an extraterrestrial in our world.”
“Please, sister, we should give it a chance” Luna pleaded; she wanted to meet the creature herself. She wanted to know if it could help her see her friend again.
But her sister was otherwise. “No, no being can enter this world to be more powerful than me”
Luna could talk no more; she didn’t want to argue with her elder sister. Even if she did, Celestia would win, she always wins. She couldn’t talk anymore, so she decided to leave and talk to the remains of the only one who truly understood her.
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“I will save her, for you, my friend” Luna spoke to the Snowdrop flower that was given when she wished to her one last time. “I just need to find out: which could be the bearer? Who could any of them be its bearer?”
