Legend of Starlight Book 1 (Equality)

"What do we do Snips? WHAT DO WE DO?" Snails asked frightened to his partner.

"I dont know! We have to tell somebody!

The two ponies were terrified, strange black creatures with gaps had kidnapped Starlight, Trixie, Twilight and their friends. They didn't know what to do or who to go to, they only knew that they had to save them somehow, both ponies walked in circles through the town until they managed to see a well-known purple dragon walking the streets of the village with a cart full of books.

"Spike!" Snips grinning toward him.

"Oh? Oh, hello snips, hello snails What's wrong?"Skype asks with a slight smile.

"They took them and we do not know what to do, they need help!"

"They took who?

"THE GIRL" the two shouted.

"What girls?" The cutie mark crusaders?

"NO, THEY TOOK STARLIGHT, TRIXIE, TWILIGHT AND HIS FRIENDS!"

"What are you talking about? Twilight just sent me to get some books for the library ... Wait. Are you talking about Changelings? "Spike asks curiously.

"YES! I think ... Are they black with gaps and look like insects? "Snails asks.

"Yes ... at least they used to be ... But after the incident the day of the celebration of the summer sun they changed completely ... except ... By chance one of those insect ponies was a very big mare!

"Yes!" They answer in unison.

"Chrysalis ... this is bad, surely decided to have her revenge, maybe some changelings still follow her... that means, the Twilight, Starlight, Trixie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie and Rarity who returned yesterday in the night is not them! We have to rescue the girls but we can't leave those Changelings loose in the town... we need help, I don't think I can with all of them, especially if they are together ...

"Can you fight?" Snails asks curiously.

"Yes, I know how to defend myself relatively well, not so much as Twilight, Dash and Applejack but more so than Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie ... But as I said, I can't fight alone against those eight changelings we need help. Jum... Oh, I know, come on, follow me! "Spike says to both of them running back to the Twilight castle and going the three inside the castle.

"Spike, did you bring the books I asked for?" Twilight asks with a slight smile.

"Erm ... yes, here they are Twilight..." says Spike somewhat uncomfortable handing the wheelbarrow to 'Twilight'.

"Thanks Spike, I see you brought Snips and Snails. How are you both?" What brings them to my castle?"Twilight asks with a slight smile.

"..."Neither of them said anything, they just watched Twilight in fear.

"Is something wrong?" Are they okay? "Twilight asks concerned.

"Yes, what happens is that they need to send a letter, it's urgent, so as it has to be fast they asked me to send it"Spike interrupts with a nervous twitchy smile to Twilight.

-Really? And where is the letter?

"They're going to write it right now... we'll get paper and pen and we'll make the letter to send it."

"That's fine to me. And who's the letter for? If i may ask

"Is for…

"A OLD FRIEND! An old friend who lived here in Ponyville but moved to Canterlot, it's her birthday and we will not be able to attend, so we'll send her a letter"Says Snips nervously.

"Why can't you go?" You don't have a way to get there? I can get you some train tickets if you want ...

"NO! It's just that we can't go because we have studies to do, you know, school readings and that... "interrupts Snails.

"You want an advice? Studies are important, you can be successful in life if you study a lot, look at me, I was able to be a princess thanks to all my hard work and studies of magic in my life, but believe me, it's no use achieving something if you don't have anyone to share it with... Why not take your books to the party and study there? I'm sure your friend will be more than happy to see you came to the party, I don't think you mind that they spend a couple of hours at the party to study"Twilight responds with a slight smile.

"It's just... we're very stupid, it will take us a long time to study, we're not going to do anything at the party" Snips excuses himself.

"In that case I'll escort you there, I'm sure I can help them with the homework and we'll finish before they even notice" Twilight says with a slight smile.

"But…

" No but's, I insist, anyway Starlight insisted that I take the day off from all the stress of working to capture Samesh, tomorrow she will take the day off, come on, it will be fun, in addition, if you don't go to the party of your friend that could create a problem in your friendship, and as the princess of friendship my job is to resolve those disputes or directly avoid them, Spike, leave the books in the library and give them to Star, I will accompany these two to Canterlot, so I'll take advantage of visiting Moon Dancer, see you later" Says Twilight dragging Snips and Snails with her outside the castle.

"See ya. Ok, or Snips and Snails imagined everything, or this time the changelings took the time to find out ALL about the life of who they interpret. In any case, better safe than sorry, I have to write that letter and send it" Spike says running to Twilight's room for paper and pen, he had to act fast if he wanted to help Snips and Snails and stop the Changelings.

***

"And here we are in Canterlot," says Twilight smiling, getting off the train with Snips and Snails, who had a face of absolute terror.

"Is something wrong?" Twilight asks worriedly, watching the two of them.

"No, nothing, we're fine..." Snips answers.

"Just a little... ¡Nervous! yeah, that's all ..." Snails replies.

"Nervous about seeing an old friend? I understand the feeling, something similar happened to me with Moon Dancer but there's nothing to fear...as long as you haven't put the helmet like I did" Twilight responds remembering that day

"Anyway ... Where does your friend live?

"Erm... In the northern part of Canterlot, the party is going to be there in the street ... hope. Yes! The street hope... the last house in the place" responds Snips shyly.

"The area of the rich and noble?" Wow, your friend must be the daughter of someone important in Canterlot, very well, let's go there" Twilight says starting to walk outside the train station.

"NO!" They shout in unison.

"Now what is it?

"Is that…

"We have nothing to give her!" Snails shouts, interrupting his friend.

"Yes, that's it, we have nothing for her!" Confirms Snips.

"Jum. I see... if you want to give her something, I think ... erm ... What things does your friend like? "Twilight asks them both.

"I don't know..." Snails says unsure of his answer.

"What do you mean you don't know? Oooohhhh, right, old friend, you haven't seen her in a while. Surely what she likes now is not the same as before, well ... let's do this, let's go to the party and meet her, we find out what she likes and I go out to buy her gift, if she asks you about her present, we say that your gift has already been bought but is not here yet, and it will get to the party in a few minutes. What do you think?"Twilight asks with a smile.

"Sounds like a good plan..." Snails says to get a slight snap of Snips in his head.

"Excellent, let's go then" Twilight says continuing to walk the streets of Canterlot followed by the two boys.

"Are you stupid? You just have us taken to an imaginary party" blames Snips to his partner.

"We were also going to end up going one way or another" Snails says.

"Yes, but if you had not agreed we could live longer. now she's going to find out ... what will we do when she finds out?" asked Snips altered.

"No idea ..." Snails says with the same worry and fear.

"Twilight?" A voice behind the three ponies hisses.

"Celestia?" Princess Celestia! What are you doing here? "Twilight asks in surprise.

"I needed to clear my mind a little of my royal duties by walking through the city" the princess responds with a faint smile.

"Through the village? I thought you preferred the walks in a more secluded and calm place, like the castle gardens...

"I was opening a hospital south of Canterlot, I was heading for the castle. Would you want to hang out with me for a while?" Celestia asks with a slight smile.

"Yes!" Snips and Snails scream at the same time.

"Mmm?" I'm sorry princess, but right now I can't, I'm helping these two ponies with a friendship problem. Maybe later? "Twilight asks with a slight smile.

"NO!" The two ponies shouted again.

"Actually I'll have to insist, Twilight, I'd like to talk a little about Samesh and his temporary disappearance along with the ponies that join his cause" Celestia insists.

"You SHOULD GO WITH HER PRINCESS!"Screams Snips instantly.

"But... what about your friendship problem?" Twilight asks them both.

"We can handle it, it's more important to catch that Samesh guy" Snails says.

"They're both right" Celestia says with a slight smile.

"I don't want to leave this friendship problem unresolved, let's do this, come with me and Celestia to walk around the castle while we talk, after that we'll go with your friend" Twilight says with a slight smile.

"Sounds like an excellent idea, come on" Celestia says before Snips and Snails can respond by guiding the ponies through the streets of Canterlot

"Snips... we have to tell her. It's our only chance to get out of this" Snails says to his friend.

"But... how?" Snips asks.

"Well, let's take a shortcut to the castle around here" Celestia says, leading the group through an alley, quietly advancing through it. "Twilight ... A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia doesn't have a radiator" Celestia says quietly.

"Erm...I don't think so..."Twilight answers confused, at that precise moment, Twilight was locked inside a magic sphere.

"You're not my student" Celestia says seriously.

"What are you talking about, princess?" Of course, it's me…

"A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia doesn't have a radiator... finishes the sentence," orders Celestia.

"... a secret code? That I did not expect it" says Twilight with a slight smile covering herself in a green fire to reveal a changeling

"I don't understand... I've been studying Twilight for months, I spent eight hours a day by six months to learn to act like her, I even developed her nervous tic to lick her lips when she reads you wouldn't have used a secret code if you hadn't had any suspicions. What made you suspect?"asks the Changeling within the sphere.

"Nothing, you played Twilight very well, terrifyingly well, I found out because Snips and Snails watched you catch my student and her friends, what's more, you played Twilight so well that I decided to use the secret phrase just to make sure you weren't really Twilight" answers Celestia dryly.

"Spike sent me a letter, Luna is already in Ponyville taking care of the others, but one of us had to come and save you" Celestia says with a slight smile to the two boys.

"aaaaaafffffffff ... we're not going to die anymore ... WE'RE NOT GOING TO DIE" say the two smiling.

"All right, let's go to Ponyville, we have work to do" Celestia says, teleporting herself, the Changeling and Snips and Snails to Twilight's castle in the map room to see seven other changelings locked in a sphere of magic and Luna and Spike in front of them.

"I see you managed to save the boys, sister" Luna retorts, locking the Changeling who Celestia was bringing with the others.

"I managed to intercept them in the streets of Canterlot, I was lucky" Celestia replies quietly.

"It's good to see you two are fine" Spike says with a smile to both boys.

"We're happy to get out alive," Snails answers for both.

"Okay, we need to be told, Where are Twilight and her friends? "Celestia asks.

"In the castle in the Everfree forest"Snips and Snails respond at the same time.

"Very well, from here we take care of them, go to your houses and rest, you deserve it, Spike, gather the guards of the town, we will go in a group" comands Luna.

"Immediately princess" Spike says, leaving the room next to Snips and Snails.

"And now... what do we do with them?" Luna asks her sister.

"We'll leave some guards guarding them, after saving Twilight and the rest we'll see what to do with them" Celestia says quietly to her sister.

While all of this was taking place, in the castle of the two sisters, Chrysalis walked quietly down the hallways of the castle, she went to the throne room to destroy the device next to the blueprints of the device, but when she reached the room, she could see a pony wearing a vinotinto winter leather jacket standing in the center of the room, on each side she had two ponies, an earthy and a pegasus, all wearing white masks with a symbol of equality on their forehead.

"Samesh... I was waiting for your arrival..." Chrysalis says with a slight smile to the hooded pony whose face and Cutie mark remained a mystery. But Samesh said nothing, just stared at her.

"Our leader Samesh demands that you release the ponies you have as prisoners and give them back their belongings" says one of the masked pegasus with a woman's voice.

"You're kidding, right?

"Samesh never jokes.

"I will not do that, I'm helping you get rid of your enemies. Can't you see?" Chrysalis asks this with mild annoyance in her words.

"For Samesh, those girls are as dangerous as the strongest of termites, now give them away and return their things" The Pegasus orders.

"You won't give me orders, I won't release them, if you have nothing with them, that's ok, but they ruined me and for that, they will pay, I will leave them locked in the dungeon of this castle until they rot.

"Then live with the consequences" says the pegasus mare, so that everyone present pull out electric batons.

"You have never faced anyone like me" Chrysalis says, using her magic to crush the ponies against the ground. She had been feeding from the love of several ponies for several months along Equestria, her power was equal to that one of Celestia, perhaps bigger, however, Samesh didn't fall to the ground like the other ponies, instead she began to walk slowly towards Chrysalis. Chrysalis, surprised, began to use all her magical power to stop her with a magical grip, however, Samesh kept walking toward her as if it was nothing.

"WHA-WHAT ARE YOU?"Chrysalis asks in panic to see that even with a greater power than Celestia she could not stop that pony.

"I am the solution" Samesh says, starting to run toward Chrysalis, the ex-Changelings queen panicked and began to throw magical beams at Samesh, but Samesh dodged them with great speed, Chrysalis used an electricity spell to launch an electric Ray, but Samesh very surprisingly, dodged it without any problems.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!"Chrysalis shouted, only to feel her body being pinned and forced to the ground to be on the same level as Samesh.

"NO, NO, NO!" Chrysalis cries, struggling to free herself, at that moment, Samesh put her horn on the one of Chrysalis, then, after a few seconds she released her, the queen rose dizzy and with difficulty, tried to cast a spell, but nothing came out.

"You have been equalized" Samesh says dryly, only to have the queen fall to the floor and begin to cry.

***

"There is the castle of the two sisters, keep your eyes open and the guard up" Celestia says to the group of guards who accompanied her and her sister as they entered the castle, however, they were very surprised to see several Changelings on the floor, pale and unconscious.

"What the hell happened here?" Celestia asks, watching the Twilight, Starlight, Trixie, and the other girls coming down the hall from the back room.

"A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia has no radiator..." Celestia tells Twilight.

"It cools with the air" Twilight replies with a slight smile to Celestia.

"My dear student, it's good to see you're okay!" Celestia says, embracing Twilight tightly.

"How did you escaped?" Celestia asks in confusion.

"We did not ..." Twilight says for Celestia to look towards Starlight and Trixie, there, at their side was Samesh and four other ponies, immediately, Celestia locked Samesh and his companions in a sphere of magic.

"What are they doing here?" Luna asks in a serious tone.

"They saved us..." Twilight replies.

"Why would they do such a thing?" Celestia asks, staring at Samesh.

"It is to demonstrate our ethics and morals, we are not enemies, we are on the side of justice, Mayor Mercury exploited his employees and therefore, paid the price, Chrysalis kidnapped eight innocent ponies and paid the price" responds a pegasus mare of the Samesh group.

"You should be grateful, we just saved your pupil," says another one of the ponies.

"I'm grateful, but that does not remove the fact that they are criminals" Celestia says firmly to Samesh's group.

"Princess ...we know they are criminals but ...could you let them go?" As a 'thank you' for saving us"says Starlight.

"I'm sorry, but a criminal is a criminal, no matter what they did" Celestia says firmly.

"We're going to move them to Canterlot right now where I'll decide what to do with them."

At that moment, all present except for the group of Samesh were lifted by the air, a firm magic grip had them all immobilized, Samesh, slowly walked to the edge of the magic sphere where they were locked and with her horn absorbed the bubble , then began to walk next to her group towards the exit of the castle, not before turning to see Celestia in the eyes before disappearing in a burst of blue magic.

"Agh..."Complains Luna, rising from the floor.

"What was that?" Rainbow asked in alarm.

"Samesh ... we were all immobilized with her magic, I couldn't use any spell ... broke my magic defenses as if they were nothing..." says Celestia worried.

"Wait ... that means ..."

"That's right, Applejack, Samesh is stronger in magic than my sister and me, it's almost as strong as Discord," Luna tells the group.

"That's bad ... really bad ..." Twilight says worried.

"For now ... let's focus on taking you to a safe place ... then we'll worry about Samesh ..." Celestia says, leading the much disturbed and troubled group. Samesh was capable of rendering the princesses useless as if they were nothing. How could they stop him? Neither wanted to think about it at the moment as they left the old castle of the two sisters to recover and plan what to do, they had little time to stop Samesh, they had to act now ... it was only to finish the invention to find him and then ... think about how to catch him once and for all and end this problem.