Far into the frozen north of lies an Empire that shines as a beacon of hope in the desolate land that surrounds it. The Empire holds a city made of pure crystal. A trio of young ponies climb the side of a nearby mountain range.

"Scootaloo why in the hay are we climbing this doggone mountain?" The farthest behind filly known as Applebloom shouts to try and get the leader known as Scootaloo to hear her over the mountain winds.

"She said she wanted the best possible starting point to do a sonic rain boom like Rainbow did." The middle filly known as Sweetiebelle replies, but she does not avert her gaze from Scootaloo who leads a few paces ahead of her. Wind howls around the fillies with an unnatural fury. Scootaloo's ears perk up at the sight of the peak of the mountain coming into sight. Reinvigorated Scootaloo begins a hasty climb to reach the goal she had longed for, though she did not consider the amount of snow she was throwing at her following friends.

"Scootaloo, Rarity is going to kill me if you ruin my mane again," Sweetiebelle whined. When she caught view of the peak, she and Applebloom took hot pursuit with their now far ahead friend. Grunting as they pulled each other up the last bit of the incline, the two noticed their Pegasus friend was already suiting up in safety equipment for her flight. To say the Wonderbolts themed safety equipment went well with her orange coat and purple mane would be pushing it, but it might be due to the fact that the color scheme did not suit safety equipment in the first place.

"Scootaloo are you sure about this ah mean it is pretty high." Apple bloom looks down the incline the fillies had just climbed, but it showed only minor signs of their presence. With a gulp she returned her gaze back to Scootaloo who only gave them a toothy grin before nodding.

"Sweetie you aren't worried ab-..." Apple Bloom stops mid sentence at the sight of her white-coated friend laying on her back wheezing still. 'Obviously she will not give any sort of reply until she has breathed enough to satisfy an elephant' thought Apple bloom. Ready to go, Scootaloo narrows her eyes as she looks down onto the ravine below that she plans to use to help give her the necessary momentum to create the sonic Rain boom. She spreads her wings wide and crouches down into a stance to propel herself forward and down into the ravine.

"I am not going to take the blame if you get hu-" Before Apple bloom could finish her friend was gone and was zipping through the air at remarkable speeds. While she flew and was reaching the speed she desired, a darkness creeped into her vision. Trying to ignore it she closed her eyes but instead heard ringing in her ears followed by an echoing cackle. She open her eyes once more to see that she had veered off course due to a wind gust. In a desperate attempt to dodge the cliff face she was shooting towards, she sharply turned a bit too late, causing her hit her wing on the cliff. Sparks of pain shoot through her right wing and as she cried out. She crashed into a fluffy pile of snow in the ravine. Applebloom having seen it all unfold was already sliding down the mountain with Sweetiebelle to their friends aid. Though Scootaloo's wing stung with pain, it was surprisingly still functional. As she looked at the injury she saw a small red object buried in the snow.

"Scootaloo!" Her attention was brought back to her friends, but the pain also came back to mind making her take a hold of her hurt wing, while putting snow on it to soothe it.

"Scoot... loo." There is another voice one that is faint but is unmistakably a stallions.

"Hello?" Scootaloo looked around in surprise, but by then her friends were almost by her side. Her attention was brought back to the red object.

"Scoot... a... Loo" With every sound of the voice the red object lit up faintly with an eerie glow that captivated Scootaloo. She shifted herself around to dig up the object that was buried there. Her friends saw what she was doing and stopped to ask questions, only to fall silent at the sight. Once Scootaloo had the object out of the snow, they all marveled at it. It was a curved, red object that was shaped much like a spike that glowed every time it emitted a sound.

"Scoot... a... loo... Apple... bloo...m... Sweet...ie.... bel..le...?"

"What in the hay is that?"

"I think it’s an enchanted sound creator. Like what they have to show if someone walks into the supermarket in big cities!" Sweetiebelle quickly responded, earning her strange looks from her friends.

"Then how does it know our names?" Sweetie gave a shrug to the new question, but as if an idea hit her, Scootaloo gasped and then smiled at the others.

"There is a pony in town that would know what this is!"

"Oh right Vinyl Scratch knows anything there is to do with sound making devices!" The three smile at each other, but then look back to the mountain the climbed to get where they were and their smiles drop.

"So… how do we get back down?"

*end of prologue*

Author's Note

Welp first bit of the story. Sorry if it is rough or what ever... i am not a great writer but i hope me and my friend can make this better than it was. XD