Shadow Crusaders

"What the heck is going on here?" Rainbow Dash runs up to the crying Apple jack and tries to comfort her but when she sees the sad expression on the princess she flies in front of her.

"Celestia what is goin-"

"Have you seen Scootaloo lately Rainbow Dash?"

"No she has been grumpy at me for not giving her lessons before my afternoon nap why?" Celestia holds out a hoof to the burning barn and Rainbow Dash just makes a confused sound.

"The girls have started using dark magic sugar." Apple jack sniffs as she forces the tears to stop for now, but they still sting in her eyes. Rainbow dash looked at both of them and then to the building.

"Where is your sister then, is she out looking for them?"

"No she was left in Canterlot to over look the Royal duties wile i am gone." Rainbow Dash thinks about the guard she bumped in to wile heading over her.

"Did any of the guards under her command come with you?"

"No only my guards."

"Celestia..." Rainbow Dash is taking steps back in realization of what this mean. "We need to go now."

"What is wrong sugar cube?"

"I bumped in to a pony in pure black armor heading towards Flutter shy's house a wile ago but they were not fillies."

"There are more ponies helping the fillies?" Celestia shrugs then runs to help get guards and head over to Flutter shy's cottage, but they arrive to late to help Discord. Flutter shy is laying on him crying with all the little might her body has left to cry with.

"Discord come on... you can wake up... they are gone. Scootaloo is gone Discord."

"Flutter shy!" Rainbow flies over to her friend who doesn't look at her friend at all, she is transfixed on the body she lay on.

"Please wake up Discord... don't leave me." Flutter shy sobs in to his bloody chest and ribs, Rainbow dash looks at Discord and almost reaches then and there at the sight but she holds herself together.

"Flutters he is dead we need to go."

"NO! Go, go get Scootaloo and make her pay for what she did Rainbow Dash."

"Flutters?"

"It was her... she was... mature but the look in her eyes... she came here only... only to..." Tears came out once again from Flutter shy and this time Apple jack, Celestia, Pinkie pie, and a few guards were there to see it and soon the other apples arrived to morn the loss of Discord. later on on the night once she had cried herself asleep Flutter shy was taken to the hospital and Twilight was informed of what had occurred. Celestia almost feel asleep immediately once she got a chair to sit in, the others though stayed up to talk to Twilight and Spike who had arrived later in the night to see how Twilight was doing.

"So everyone is sure it is the girl doing this?"

"Yes but some how they have matured according to Flutter shy."

"Ya if it was the pony i bumped in to wile mid-flight Scootaloo must have aged like ten years in the span of a short wile."

"Actually i noticed she seemed a bit taller than i expected when she came to my library." Rainbow dash laughed then caught her self a bit to realize she was serious.

"Wait what she actually went there and you only questioned why she was a bit taller than usual? I thought the reading thing would have gave something away."

"Well maybe some ponies desire to read a bit on their free time Rainbow dash."

"Ya but Scootaloo would ne-"

"GIRLS!" Apple jack yells which silences both of them immediately and so she takes her seat again, with a huff she looks to both of them before even speaking.

"Being divided about simple things like that will make whatever they are up to easier." They both nod then sigh before they look back at the table where they have some papers of what is going on spread around.

"So we know the CMC are using dark magic and we can assume it is for all three. We know that Sweetie went to Canterlot with Rarity and went to the library there, obviously to find out something and she probably got it. Scootaloo came to my library for an unknown reason since Sweetie probably already had a better chance to find what they needed. Apple bloom however seems to have a very large unknown part in this." Twilight looks to everyone present and they nod in confirmation to this then twilight wrights on a paper 'Spike Object'.

"You think that is the cause of this?" Apple jack asks as she sees the paper land in front of her but before she got an answer there is a thump at the door.

"What ever the cause i want first dibs on Scootaloo... and why are you having a meeting without me."

"Flutters you shouldn't be out and around without help."

"I am fine Rainbow... i need to do this... i need to be a part of this for my friend i failed to protect." Flutter shy pulls up a chair and sits in the group but everyone there car thinking one thing. With all the marks covering her face and how one eye will not open and she still wants to be a part of this she must have a lot of will power to power through all of it.