Today was a joyful day for the Crystal Empire, a day that was a long time in waiting for and everypony eager for as the streets were crowded with the Crystal ponies as they trotted in doves to the palace in the center, only being stopped by the circle of Crystal guards surrounding the palace. And in the palace itself were the many royal guests, leaders of the various lands in Equestria and beyond, in the main halls of the palace, talking along themselves as they waited patiently for the main event to begin. One might ask why there was so much happiness and joy in the Empire and well today is the official crowning of the newest Crystal princess of the Empire, Flurry Heart, the 18 year old daughter of Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor.

Speaking of the princess herself...

"Isn't this a little too much?" Flurry Heart asked as the finishing touches to her ceremonial dress were put in place, the royal dresses busy at work.

"Princess, this is very important, your mother and father will want you to look your best, don't worry, just a couple more things." The dresser replied as all Flurry could do was sigh and look froward to when she can take all of this off and enjoy her more simply princess accessories, like her hoof shoes and necklace.

The dressers were almost finished when a knock came at the door, Flurry first thinking it was her parents.

"Come in." Flurry called as the door opened to reveal one of the two Crystal guards who were standing by the door.

"Excuse me princess, but there's a group here, calling themselves your friends." And the guard opened the door wider to reveal a group of various creatures, a pony, dragon, hippogriff, griffon, changeling, and a yak, and seeing them made Flurry smile. "Are they allowed in?"

"Of course they are!" Flurry smiled as she turned to the royal dressers. "May you all please excuse me and my friends?"

"Princess, are you sure?" One of them asked.

"Yes, it's almost time for your coronation." Another reminded Flurry.

"Yes, I am sure, and you all are pretty much done already, I don't need anymore attention." Flurry politely addressed.

"As you wish princess." A third dresser replied as the group of royal dressers left the room, leaving Flurry with the group of creatures and the first thing that they did was give each other a big hug.

"It's so good to see you all before getting my crown, it's been awhile since I had to spend the weeks before preparing for this day." Flurry sighed with relief.

"Well, it's a good thing most of our parents are the royal leaders in our lands." The Changeling explained.

"The captain of the guard in Canterlot for me." The pony added.

Yes, Princess Flurry Heart of the Crystal Empire was friends with this group, the sons or daughters of the royal leaders of the other lands.

They were...

Blooming Rose, the pony, who is a red unicorn mare, with a yellow mane and tail and a cutie mark of a yellow rose that has yet to bloom fully. She is a rather shy and nervous pony, socially awkward around most others. The reason she is here is because her father was currently the Captain of the Canterlot royal guard, of course Princess Twilight Sparkle was here to attend the ceremony.

Smoky, the dragon, who is a light red male dragon, with orange underneath his wings and orange spikes. He's a rather more outgoing dragon, more tough, but also a little soft spot for others, after all he has friends who are not dragons. The reason he is here is because he's the son of Dragon Lord Smolder.

Feather Tang, the hippogriff, who is a aqua green male hippogriff, with blue wings, head feathers, and tail. Just like Rose, he's also nervous and shy and has trouble being around others. The reason he is here is because he's the son of Princess Silverstream, which is quite weird since his mother is quite the outgoing hippogriff.

Abby, the griffon, who is a blue female griffon, with dark blue wings and golden beak and talons, she's also a little shy, but also more friendly than the average griffon is. The reason she is here is because she's the adoptive daughter of King Gallus, but some believe she's actually his daughter by birth since she looks a lot like him.

Teresa, the Changeling, who is a purple female changeling, with dark blue wings and tail wings, she's actually more active and energetic. The reason she is here is because she's the daughter of Queen Ocellus, which is strange, since Ocellus is quite the shy leader.

And finally, Khan, who is a dark blown male yak, with light black horns and feet, very energetic, but more toned down, even for a yak. The reason he is here is because he's the son of Princess Yona.

"Wait, aren't your parents going to be worried where you went?" Flurry asked as they broke the hug.

"Nah, we told them we wanted to see you, besides they can't keep us contained like when we were younger." Smoky said matter of factly.

"And my dad's job is to protect the princess right now, not me." Rose added.

"So, you look good..." Abby commented, lying through her beak.

"Thanks Abby, but I know I look terrible..." Flurry sighed sadly. "I wish it was a private ceremony, I don't need all the attention, just me in my normal wear, with the crown being placed on my head..."

"Yeah, but then we wouldn't get to see you." Feather reminded his friend. "Besides when else are we all going to be together?"

"I guess you have a point." Flurry agreed.

"Hey, why don't we spend some alone time right now?" Teresa suggested. "Catch up on things, enjoy some peace and quiet before all the commotion and be back before anyone realizes we're gone."

"Khan agrees." Khan raised one of his legs.

"But what about our parents?" Rose reminded the two eager ones. "Aren't they going to wonder where we went?"

"Yeah and they're leaders too, they're going to freak out, we don't want to be causing an international incident." Feather agreed with Rose.

"Maybe we should let Flurry decide, it is her day after all." Smoky putting in an idea as he went to Flurry, all of her friends then looking at her for her decision.

"Well, I guess if we're only gone for a little bit and come back, we should be fine." Flurry making the decision as she undid her dress and carefully took it off to free herself from its constraints. "And I know where exactly we can spend some time alone together, everyone hold onto each other."

And the group of friends held onto each other's hoof, claws, foot, whatever, either easily or with some hesitation, whether it was from being feeling touchy or awkwardness. Once everyone held onto each other, Flurry lit up her horn as she used her magic to teleport her and her friends somewhere else, outside of the Crystal Empire...

Meanwhile, a couple of guards trotted up to the two guards by the door where Flurry was getting the finishing touches on her ceremonial dress, it was time for the coronation to begin, with everyone waiting for Flurry to come.

"Is the princess done?" One of the arriving guards asked.

"She's currently with her friends." One of the guards by the door replied.

"I'll see if she's ready." The other guard by the door added as he opened the door while saying. "Princess, it's time, everyone's waiting and..." Only the guard found that no one was in the room. "Oh no..."

"What is it?" One of the arriving guards asked, only he looked in himself and saw exactly what the first guard saw, no one... "Get to the princess and prince, now!" He ordered the other guard who came with him.

Meanwhile, on the main palace balcony, where Princess Cadance would often make big announcements to her subjects of the Crystal Empire, the princess herself, along with Shining Armor and Twilight, as well as the other major royal leaders, plus a few Crystal guards, were waiting for Flurry to come with her guard escort so the coronation could begin.

"I still can't believe this day finally came, my little girl is all grown up and ready to take her new position." Shining Armor couldn't help but shed a few tears of "Liquid pride".

"Kinda of reminds me of a certain big day in my life, big brother..." Twilight teased Shining Armor, reminding him of when she became a princess and he showed his "liquid pride", while Cadance had to chuckle as well.

"Very funny Twily..." Shining Armor rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry honey, she'll still be our little girl no matter what, nothing's going to change that." Cadance reassured her husband,

"I hope so, I would be very disappointed if she was any different." Shining Armor calmed down.

And soon enough the trotting of a guard could be heard, only there was something off, it wasn't a gentle, smooth pace, but a very fast gallop as everyone on the balcony turned their heads to the coming guard pony, no Flurry present.

"My Princess, Prince, I'm very sorry to report, but it seems the princess is gone!" The guard reported while panting, getting back his breath while everyone gasped in shock.

Author's Note

And so begins this rather shocking start! Well maybe not, but I hope you did enjoy it!

Now Blooming Rose is a character I have had for awhile from my fanfiction account and brought over to here.

However, Smoky, Abby, Teresa, and Khan, are all new creations by me. And yeah, I'm not very good at naming characters, so if you want, you could suggest some different names and I'll see if I like them or not!

And lastly, Feather Tang is a creation made by my friend over on fanfiction, T8ECR34TOR, although I did change some things about his character!

Now, this first chapter is really a test and first attempt at making a G5 kind of thing, so I do hope you all like it!