The Original Elements

Princess Platinum brushed her mane, looking at her mirror. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza trotted around, packing her bags.

"Darling, you mustn't pack so quickly. It's only gonna be a couple days, and we leave in quite a few hours. You don't need to rush."

"Exactly!" Princess Amore replied, closing her bag, "a few hours! It takes me an hour to do the royal Canterlot ha-"

"Darling, you'll be fine. " Platinum smiled, setting down her brush.

"Yeah. that's what y-"

A guard slammed the door open, his eyes widened, "The queen has requested your presence at the throne room immediately!"

"Oh..okay!" Amore and Platinum followed the guard into the large room. Two unicorns and Fausticorn stood there, turning their heads to look at them.

"Thank you. Gather Annie Smith and Graham Cracker." Fausticorn gave the command, the guard galloping out. A few minutes later, he returned with two earth ponies. He trotted out, leaving the mares in the throne room with the slam of a door.

"I have requested you all here for an important business. A creature has attacked the Crystal Empire."

"WHAT!?" They all yelled at once, shocked. They burst into questions:

"What kind of creature?"

"Are the ponies okay?"

"When did this happen?"

"What are we gonna do?"

Fausticorn held out a hoof, quieting the group. "There's a way to stop it. I'm sending you all there to defeat it. I trust each of you."

They looked at each other, then nodding.

"Good luck, my little ponies!" Faust called out as they ran out of the room.