Friendship In The Void

Meanwhile, in Canterlot, the entire city was sent into a panic. That morning, while on patrol throughout the castle courtyard, the Royal Guards saw something extremely bright shine out of Princess Luna's bedroom. When they got up to her room, nopony was there and there were signs of a struggle.

Princess Celestia was off on royal business in Manehatten, so they couldn't reach her right away. It was about two days later that she returned. When the princess had gotten the news about her sister's disappearance nearly a day earlier, she immediately teleported back to Canterlot. In a state of panic, she sent one hundred of her best guards to search for Luna. And nearly a week later with no results, she locked herself in her room.

And that was when the letter arrived. It told her about her student Twilight and how she was trapped in the Everfree Forest with no way out. So it was then that she sent for one of the most experienced bounty hunters in Equestria to meet her at the castle.

Meanwhile...

Spike and Pinkie had gone to gather a search party. They left Sigma behind to 'watch the library' in case some kind of thief or monster got in. What they didn't expect was Sigma going outside and attacking somepony.

By the time they got back to the library, Sigma was in the doorway holding a pony upside down by it's hooves. He was light brown with a dark brown mane and he had an hourglass for a Cutie Mark.

"Put me down, damn you!" the pony shouted.

"Negative." the android's voice had lowered and it sounded more forceful, "You are to be exterminated for trespassing on private property."

"But this is a public library!" he shouted back at the robot.

"Military androids are not programmed to establish such insignificant differences." it told him before it's eyes lit up with a blinding red light.

"Stop! Bad Sigma! You don't hurt ponies like that!" Pinkie shouted as she galloped towards the two. At the sight of Pinkie,

Sigma released the pony from it's grasp. The second he hit the ground, he took off running.

"Hello 'Pinkie Pie'." it greeted her as she approached. It's eyes had gone back to normal and it adopted it's original voice, "I have prevented the little light brown equine from breaching the perimeter."

"That's not what I meant. I told you to tell everypony that the library is closed. I didn't tell you to 'exterminate' anypony." she scolded as she paced back and forth in front of Sigma. She stopped and looked up at it, expecting it to say something. But, waiting a minute or two, it was evident that it had nothing to say.

Meanwhile, in the Everfree Forest, Chief had returned to the clearing in which he landed to witness an argument unfolding between the pegasus and the white unicorn.

"You have no excuses, Rainbow Dash. From what you told me, it was you who had talked Twilight and the rest of us into coming into this dreadful forest. Face it; it's your fault." she stated smugly as she lay upon the grassy terrain.

"Yeah, but you could have talked me out of talking you into it! Or something." Rainbow babbled as she lay beside Rarity, both of them bound in thick green vines.

"Both of you. Enough." Chief told them sternly as he made his way to the muddy edge of the pond. Rainbow and Rarity both looked at him in fear as he came closer.

"W-what are you g-going to do to us?" the white unicorn stuttered as the spartan stood over her quaking form.

"Nothing. I'm going to keep you here until I can get more information about this place. Until then, you are to be restrained. Understood?"

"Yes, sir." he looked to Rainbow, who just like Rarity, was shaking slightly from the sight of the human towering over her. It was then that he noticed the still form of Isaac next to her, unconscious and unmoving in the grass.

"What happened to Clarke?" he asked her in a more forcible tone than before, "Did you do this to him?"

"No, I swear! He just screamed really loud and passed out." she explained.

"It must be the PTSD. It's getting worse. We have to get him medical attention immediately." he knelt down beside the engineer and moved his hand over the length of Isaac's arm. To his relief, a steady pulse was felt.

"How?" Rainbow asked him as she looked over Isaac quizzically.

"Don't you have a medical clinic nearby? Any kind of hospital?" Chief asked her as he slid his arms under Isaac and picked him up.

"No... wait! There's Zecora's place. She lives here and she's really good with medicine."

"Which way?" he asked.

Rainbow slowly moved her hoof under her chin as she thought on his question, "Uhh..."

"Today would be great." Chief said sourly.

She suddenly pointed a hoof to the South, "That way. I'm positive it's that way."

So Chief started in that direction, Isaac slung over his back in hopes that he could get his new acquaintance feeling better.

Meanwhile, at Canterlot Castle, a meeting was going underway in a secluded area of the castle where nopony but the princesses could go: her bedroom.

The clanking of a tea kettle echoed throughout the large room as Celestia tipped it gently filled the two cups before her.

"Good evening, Hunter." she greeted as the door opened and a pony walked in.

The pony was a stallion, no more than thirty years old. He was about the size of any regular earth pony and had the stature of a Royal Guard. A vertical scar ran along the pony's face and over one of his yellow eyes. His golden brown mane was drawn up in a pony tail (lolololol get it lolololol) and hanging off of the left side of his neck. His dirty brown coat was filthy with muck and grime. A rank smell filled the room when he entered. The Princess almost lost her composure.

"'Ello Princess." Hunter greeted as he planted himself sloppily in front of her.

"I am sure you know why I have established a meeting here?"

"Yeah, yeah. I need to hunt some poor bastard down and kill 'im. What more do ya want from me?" he took the tea cup in his hoof and drank it down in one big gulp.

"Yes. But I also need you to return my student safely to me. I must ensure that those things haven't harmed her. If they have, they will feel my wrath." her eyes glowed for a brief moment. Hunter flinched back a little. He had seen before what the princess was capable of. Especially when the ponies she cared about were at stake.

"Alright, calm down, Princess. I'll just go 'unt em down. No big deal."

"You had better find my student, Hunter. Or I will have somepony else do it instead... and deal with you personally." she pushed him out with her magic and slammed the door. "Good luck."

*Update! Thank you guys so much for the attention. Hope you enjoyed!*