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Chapter 1

"Thank you all once again for coming!"

Luna greeted the six colorful mares as they entered the Canterlot Palace, The sound of hooves clopping along down the corridors as the happy ponies working there greeted the heroes and princess with warm 'Hello's!', and 'Welcome!' Twilight Sparkle, a lavender purple alicorn with a direct dark purple mane, pink and violet streaks coursing down to the tips of her bangs. Twilight was the princess of friendship, a role she took very seriously, and with her friends, they had saved Equestria countless times, stopping evil creatures like Tirek, and reforming others like Discord. Luna led the group down a hall lined with beautiful, tall white and gold doors.

"This is where you'll be staying. This is the guest hall, so feel free to explore it, just stay away from the door at the end." Luna said, pointing a hoof at a scary-looking black door, which did not match the rest of the doors in the hall.

The ponies nodded their heads accepting the concept without hesitation, (Maybe because they were tired and didn't really care at that moment.😴) and Luna showed each to their own room.

"Luna?" Twilight asked when it was just the two mares alone in the hall.

"Yes, Twilight?" Luna answered, looking her in the eyes.

"What's behind the door?"

Luna froze uncertainly for a moment, and a grey guard opened the door, rushing towards them.

"Your majesty!" The guard cried.

"What is it?" Luna asked, gesturing for Twilight to go to her room.

Twilight slunk back into the doorway, closing it just enough so she could see and hear the conversation. It was low, and hard to hear, but she managed to catch a small part of it:

"Uh...He broke the pick, and the...others are hungry." The guard said nervously.

Luna's face deepened into a heavy scowl, and her voice changed into a more demonic and commanding one. Twilight's mouth fell open in shock from what she heard next:

"Again? That is the fifth pick-ax he has snapped! This is the last, and If he breaks it, You know what to do, as for the others, leave them hungry for about a week, then we will see if they dare complain again." Luna commanded. "And If any-pony found their way down there, lock em up."

The guard nodded his head, and Luna teleported a new pick in front of him. The guard cantered back down the hall and back into the door. Twilight shuffled away from the door and sat down at her desk just as Luna entered.

"How are you fairing?" Luna asked.

"Oh! Uh...Great!" Twilight lied.

She was confused, and mostly because of the mysterious door.

"Well...We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. Rest well tonight Twilight, and the same to your friends." Luna concluded after a moment of silence.

Twilight scowled after Luna left. What was she hiding, and why was she hiding it? Twilight was about to find out.

Twilight opened the door to her temporary room quietly, and slowly. Peeking out into the hall, she blew a sigh of relief when she saw no guards. She swiftly ran down the corridor, her hoofs clicking silently against the carpet, and soon the alicorn was before the door. Taking a deep breath, she tried the handle. The door was locked! Twilight huffed angrily and teleported herself onto the other side. For a moment, she thought she had entered a rift when she had teleported because it was pitch black, but then she realized she was inside the room, or...stairwell. Before her eyes could adjust, she lit her horn, and began her descent into the abyss, shivering at the similarities between the one in the Crystal Empire that the evil King Sombra had created thousands of years ago. Twilight froze to the sound of voices.

"Hey! Who said you could stop?" A guard called.

Twilight spooked and looked behind her, but there was no-pony. She was about to call out when a clinking sound suddenly began to ring through the caverns.

"Come on! Faster!" Another voice jeered.

Twilight approached cautiously, dimming her horn when she saw the light. The sound of a whip cutting through the air had her panicked. Thinking ahead, she covered her body with a one-minute invisibility spell. It was a simple spell, which only required you to hold your magic for the required time. Peeking out from behind a rock, she sucked in the air hard when she saw who the guards were talking to. The clinking sound rang out louder, and Twilight felt dizzy. She grasped the rock, staring in horror at the sight before shock overcame her, and she fainted. The last thing she heard, was the guards shouting at...Was it her? She didn't know, all she knew was that Luna and Celestia had lied to her. Then it all went black.