Chapter one

The Shadows Spoke To Me

Written and checked over by: Drab Felmore

In the frozen Tundra, far to the North lies a Empire known as the Crystal Empire. The capital of said Empire, known as The Crystal City, is a warm and welcoming place for ponies to live in and vacation to. However there are three small Fillies who are not interested in the city and it's plethora of activities to do. No the three of them were more interested in the mountain range near the city itself which they currently climbed.

Snow flies by the three fillies heads as it is carried by the howling winds of the frozen wastes. In the lead there is a light gamboge coat Pegasus with a Cerise main wile close behind her is a earth pony that has a light greyish olive coat and a Amaranth main and tail, close behind them both is the last of the trio who had a white coat and a greyed mulberry main with streaks of greyish rose running through it. Periodically while the three of the fillies climbed there would be a large wind gust forcing the them to stop their trek for a few moments. However once the barrage of wing stopped the three would continue their climb.

When the peak of the mountain came within sight the Pegasus known as Scootaloo became more alert as a wide smile spread across her muzzle.

"Hey girls, look we are here." Scootaloo called back to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, the two behind the Pegasus however hardly heard her over the whistling wind. However when they looked up to where the Pegasus was quickly heading they to realized they were near done their tiring trek.

Apple Bloom shifted into high gear to catch up with Scootaloo who was speeding away from them but in doing so the earth pony flung snow in to Sweetie Belle's face.

"Hey, careful." Sweetie Belle said more to herself as she spit out the snow that had made its way in to her mouth. As she climbed the rest of the way to her two friends Sweetie belle could have sworn she heard a voice being carried with the wind. She pushed the feeling down in her mind as she came to stand beside the Pegasus while on the other side of Scootaloo stood Apple bloom.

"Golly, it is mighty nice up here." Apple bloom remarked now that the other two could now hear her talking clearly. In response the two fillies nodded in unison. Down below them rested a valley that lied covered in snow and ice while on the other side of said valley sat another mountain range. Once could place the entirety of Canterlot into the valley and still have space to build more homes before civilization would touch both mountain ranges.

"Alright, Sweetie belle. I need you to take the pictures wile i do this, Apple Bloom, you brought the wind thingy right?"

"Ya mean the weather vein?" Apple Bloom asked as she held up the metal instrument that shows which way the wind is blowing.

"Ya that." Scootaloo chirps as Sweetie Belle all the while fiddles with the camera she had brought with her today.

"You know Scootaloo, you don't have to do this. We can just ignore Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon." Sweetie Belle says as she finishes her adjustments on her camera.

"What if they are right, what if my special talent is flying and I'm not even able to get off the ground? What will I do if I never get my cutie mark because i never was able to fly?" Scootaloo says grabbing a hold of her friends, obvious desperation in the little pegasus's eyes. Sighing Sweetie Belle nodded but for some reason her gut told her they should leave this place.

"Alright Scoots, we are good to go." Scootaloo let go Sweetie Belle and pulled her goggles out of her saddle bag before plopping said bag on to the ground.

With a snap from the goggles Scootaloo places them over her eyes to protect them from the snow as she 'flies' down the valley. Lowering herself close to the ground as she over looked over the edge of the mountain Scootaloo prepared to take flight. The weather vein Apple bloom held slowly turned signalling a coming gust of wind, the moment the gust came Scootaloo took a running start and spread her wings to glide on the wind.

Sweetie Belle brought the camera she held up to her eye and snapped picture after picture of her friend in flight. Scootaloo all the while loved every second of her glide but as the wind gust died out she found herself losing altitude so she attempted to gain some momentum. This attempt was however in vein because her concentration quickly snapped to to her hearing a voice around her.

"Scoot...loo." Scootaloo soon found her wings were faltering and she was veering off course from the sudden lapse of concentration. In an attempt to adjust herself Scootaloo over-corrected sending herself veering off course in the opposite direction she had been going before hand.

"Come... help" The voice called out again to her but this time her vision altered to show a tall stallion cloaked in shadow before her. The scene was there for only a mere second but in that time her trajectory had altered to towards the ground. Scootaloo realized she was going to fast to pull up and that impact was inevitable, Scootaloo braced herself as her wings tried to lift her away from her snowy impact but in the end she cannon balled into the white sea below her.

The shape of her body had left a hole in the snow allowing her friends to come down and find her easy but Scootaloo didn't wait for them to arrive. She quickly pulled herself out of said hole and promptly snapped her goggles up and off of her eyes.

"Scoot...loo... here." The voice called out earning Scootaloo's attention, looking around herself Scootaloo found not to far from her current location here was a pulsing light under a layer of snow. Scampering over to the object Scoots began to dig with her hooves for the object creating the light, she did so in both curiosity and due to a small force pushing her to do so.

As Scootaloo's friends arrived she was able to pull out a reasonably large spike like object that was red and black. With a small smile Scootaloo looked the object over as she held it in her wing.

"Scootaloo, are you okay?" Apple Bloom asked as she and Sweetie Belle came to their friends side, Their question however was not answered and they quickly seen why.

"Scoot...loo... Apple... Bloom... Sweet... Belle." The horn pulsed with red light for every word it emitted. The three fillies each looked at each other in confused amusement at what they had found.

"What do you think it is?" Sweetie Belle asked earning a shrug from her friends.

"Well ah think we should head out, Applejack won't be happy I've been gone for so long." Apple Bloom said holding out Scootaloo's saddle bags to her friend, Scootaloo grabbed it and placed the horn in to the bag with a smile.

"Well, i plan on finding out what this thing is. I might be able to brag to those two at school about finding a relic of the past at the very least." Scootaloo said not even realizing how 'egghead-ish' she had sounded.

With a look at the mountain rand blocking the three from the Crystal City Apple bloom gulped down a lump that had formed in her throat.

"How do ya reckon we go about this?"

Author's Note

Hey guys, I hope you liked this chapter. I have finally found the motivation to get back to this old project since I cancelled it. If you have any questions about it or have tips/corrections then let me know in the comments.