Author's Note

Hope you like it :) I know it felt rushed but I can't think. My brain won't work with me. So please enjoy!

Chapter 5: The Amulet

Crystal woke up groggily as she rubbed her eyes. She was still tired since she didn't get a good night sleep but she woke up anyway. She tried to stand up from her bed and fell face first onto the floor.

"...nghh.... hooves."

She stood up once more, rubbing her aching body as she walked over to her bathroom. She looked into the mirror that was in front of a sink.

She looked into the mirror. Dark bags under her eyes, messy hair (well that is normal, in a way). She groaned as she cleaned herself up, and started her morning routine.

She washed her face, brushed her hair and her teeth. It was a little hard without hands but at least she had magic. But she then wondered how normal ponies do these sort of stuff as she stared down at her hooves with her toothbrush still in her mouth.

"How do ponies do this?" she said as she experimented by trying to pick up a bar of soap. It slipped out of her grasp and fell onto the ground as she groaned.

"Crystal, are you ready for breakfast?" asked a feminine voice who she assume was Celestia's.

She spat her toothbrush out into the sink as she yelled back in reply. "Yea! Just a sec, Princess." she said as she garbled her mouth out with water. After wiping her mouth and face she walked out and went to open the door. At the other side of the door was non-other than Princess Celestia herself. And it goes without say that the dark circles around her eyes were much noticeable.

"Oh dear, did you not get a good night sleep?" asked the worried princess.

"......I'm....emo."

"What?"

"Nothingimhungrylet'sgo!" she said quickly as she galloped away, pushing the Princess along too.

The Princess started galloping and followed her pace. "O-oh! Well then, uh. The guards were supposed to call you down but I was scared that they might startle you considering that you didn't leave a good impression when you pulled out your 'portal gun'." said Celestia.

"Oh, okay then. Thanks princess." she said as she walked and followed the Princess to the dining hall.

They reached the dining Hall as the doors were opened by the guards that stop by the door. In plain view on the dining table three stacks of pancakes could be seen on it. Crystal took her seat and looked at the pancake. There were fruit decorated to look like a smiley face and chocolate syrup drizzled on top of it. She took her first bite and can't help but smile a little.

"Do you like it?" asked Celestia, happy to see Crystal smile.

"Yea, ifs tasfes delifshious." said Crystal with a mouthful of pancakes. She swallowed. "Did you make it? It's delicious!"

"Why, yes I did. Glad that you enjoy it."" said Celestia.

Out of nowhere, Princess Luna came around. She was exhausted from her night shift but hungry for breakfast. She took her seat and enjoyed her pancakes.

"Good morning, sister. Good morning, Crys......" she paused as she saw the state that Crystal was in. "I presume that you did not have a good night's rest. I do try to make the night as relaxing for my fellow subjects as possible." she said, with a worried look on her face.

"I was thinking of that as well." said Celestia as she looked to Crystal, the same worried look of her sister's on hers too. "Are you just homesick?"

"Uh......kinda." said Crystal.

Celestia looked at her in pity. "Must be hard being in a foreign place like this far away from your home, hmm? Why don't I give you a grand tour of Canterlot later? I'm not really busy today." said the Princess, trying to cheer her up.

"......sounds great." was all she could say. She continued to finish her pancake and drink a glass of chocolate milk that a servant brought.

Crystal went into her room and got ready for the 'grand tour'. Before she slipped on her saddlebag, she remembered that the princesses had advised her to wear a cloak before going out to avoid suspicion because the only alicorns to ever be known to exist are the sisters themselves and Cadence, the Princess of Love.

She was told to meet up with Celestia by the gardens. And she did so as she went to the gardens and saw that Celestia was already waiting for her by a familiar golden chariot. From there, they started the tour.

"That's the tower Twilight used to live in. She now lives in the golden oak library in Ponyville" said Celestia, pointing to a tower.

"-that's the School for Gifted Unicorns."

"-and that's the Library of magic. The Great Star Swirl the Bearded had a shelf in the library just for him."

"-that's the opera house."

They both reached the castle by sundown. Crystal hopped out as Celestia flew out.

"Did you like the tour?" asked Celestia.

"Nice city you got here, heh." she said as they both walked into the castle.

"It wouldn't be a nice city without the help of all my fellow subjects. Oh, you should go and get ready for dinner. You must be hungry." said Celestia.

"Oh, okay. And thanks for the tour, Princess." said Crystal as she galloped back to her room. Although the castle was all over the place, remembering her route back was luckily very easy. After a few minutes of 'treking' she finally found herself in her room. She exhaled in relief. She dropped her saddlebag onto the ground as she took her cloak off. She went into her bathroom and took a bath.

After the bath, she felt like examining her portal gun and to find out if she could make something to charge it up. Certainly it would be easy, right? Ahahahahahahahaha no.

She took her portal gun out as she settled it down onto the vanity in her room. "If only I packed a charge. Stupid, stupid charge. Why can't you take a charger like a normal phone would?!?!?!" she complained. But her ranting was intervened as her amulet suddenly glowed. "....what?"

Curious, she touched and lifted it a little. An aura suddenly came out of the amulet as she felt herself lifting off of the ground. The aura surrounded her as her eyes glowed white.

The castle garden. Just the castle garden

Her door flung opened as a few guards along with the princesses stepped inside. And what was in their view surprised them as the poor alicorn was floating in mid-air along with her things in the room. After a few seconds, the aura dissapated as she along with her things fell out the ground.

"Ow...... Why do I keep falling?" she said as she rubbed her sore body from dropping onto the floor for the second time that day. She felt weak.

"Are you alright?" asked Celestia worriedly as she walked beside her and helped her up.

"......the castle gardens?" she said as she squinted. Her head spinned like mad a she tried to remember her current situation.

"What?" asked Celestia, worried and puzzled.

"I saw.....castle gardens...." she said as she fainted.

The Princesses hurriedly went to the castle gardens as their guards examined the place. Up, down, left, right, nothing was wrong.

"What did she mean by the castle gardens?" asked Celestia

Crystal woke up in bed. Still sore, she tried to remember what had happened. "......did I fell in the bathroom or something or...." it then hit her. "The Castle Gardens!" she said loudly before covering her mouth. "I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut...."

She looked out as she tried to tell what time it was. It was the middle of the night, she presumed.

She knew that at this time, Princess Celestia would be asleep and Princess Luna would have her night shift. She decided to sneak out and see the castle gardens herself.

She wore her cloak and walked out sneakily. Quietly her steps were as she walked towards the castle gardens. Being caught by a guard wasn't a troubling thought as she realised that every guard that she had passed was sound asleep on the job.

"Can't believe they still get paid for this shit. They are indeed living the life." she whispered to herself.

She passed the guards with ease. After a few moments, she finally reached the castle garden. She opened the doors that led out and looked around. She saw that there are more guards here than usual. She made herself including her cloak invisible and went out.

Although so many guards were around, it was really quiet. Not a single sound. She looked around. Nothing happening. Just nothing. She then looked down at her amulet. "Are you playing with me, amulet?" she whispered to it as she lifted it up and examined it. Nothing. She sighed in frustration.

"That was fun. I walked out here for nothing. Nothing! And why would a threat even be here anyway? I never even seen one that...." a thought taken occurred into her mind as she galloped away fast.

She went to the Statue of Discord. The terrified look on him remained as he stood there. But nonetheless, nothing unusual.

"...he seems to be fine." she noted to herself quietly. Although he was a 'villain', for some reason she did genuinely feel bad for him. But that got her thinking. Was he trapped in a stone bodysuit or was he stone himself?

While she was thinking, she heard a crack. She got startled and jumped, causing the spell that she cast to break without realising it. She could've felt that it came from the statue itself too. She got closer and examined it. Nothing though.

"What in the-" Suddenly, she felt another big aura. She finally realised what was unusual with the Lord of Chaos. A crack was forming around his talon. His magic snapping talon. She knew that that was bad. ".....oh shit." she cursed as she turned back to run. She then realised that her invisibility spell broke. She tried to cast another one but failed. She stopped.

"Fuck fuck FUCK!" she complained loudly. She then heard the crack get louder, and louder, until eventually, a bursting light came and the sound of a laughing maniac could be heard.

Guards came and surrounded them but were suddenly turned into chocolate. Seeing that, Crystal turned white with fear.

"Why hello there, my dear friend! Come to visit me I see!" he said, smirking.