"Something is not right..." Twilight said as she and her friends arrived in Ponyville, and noticed quite a few black vines growing.

"Tell me about it; I don't think these vines are natural." Flash Sentry said, observing one that was currently growing around the Golden Oaks Library.

"Uh oh..." Discord said. "I had completely forgotten about these things." He added.

"You recognize what these are?" Applejack asked.

"Only too well. They're Plunderseed Vines. But with how long it's been since I planted their seeds, I thought for sure said seeds would've died off by now." Discord said.

"How long ago are we talking?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh about around the time of that little take over of mine." Discord said. "It was a failsafe." He added.

"So, how do we get rid of these things?" Rainbow Dash said.

"Dash is that you?" Night Wing suddenly showed up. "We've got injured, but these vines keep growing." She added.

"...Now we really need to know how to stop these vines." Rainbow Dash said to Discord.

"For once, I wish I knew." Discord said, he did notice Zecora coming into town. "But perhaps your zebra friend might know a thing or two." The Draconequus added.

"Looks like you might be busy; I have a gut feeling about this." Night Wing said to Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah." Rainbow Dash said as everyone headed towards Zecora.

"From my humble home I had to flee; the forest has become overgrown even for me." Zecora said.

"Wait...are you essentially saying the plunerseed infestation started in the Everfree Forest?" Sunset asked. Zecora nodded. "I was afraid you'd say that." The orange unicorn added.

"Is there anything that can be done to stop this madness?" Flash Sentry asked. Zecora took out a potion, though it looked incomplete.

"After Twilight uses her alicorn powers to finish this brew; one sip from this will allow her a view." Zecora said.

"A view of how to stop this. Alright, here goes." Twilgiht said and use her magic on the potion, turning it from purple to white and then drinking it. However, while the main six just saw Twilight going through emotions, Twilight herself was seeing the moment when Celestia had to banish Nightmare Moon.

"Sis, are you okay?" Sunset said, shaking Twilight which ended the vision.

"I-I'm fine. Was...I the only one who saw what I saw?" Twilight asked.

"What do you mean? What did you see?" Applejack asked.

"I...think I saw the moment when Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon, causing Princess Celestia to banish her sister to the moon." Twilight said.

"That doesn't really explain how to stop the Plunderseed Vines." Sunset noted.

"Perhaps you need to take another drink..." Zecora began before the group witnessed plunderseed vines kidnapping the two alicorn sisters in question. "...And you must hurry I think." The Zebra mare finished.

"R-right." Twilight said.

"I'm staying by you this time." Sunset said. When Twilight drank the potion this time, while Sunset grabbed Twilight's arm, suddenly Sunset too was bearing witness to what was happening. The pair saw two events, the first being when Discord was turned to stone, and the other being when the Alicorn Sisters found the elements. After that, the two were back to normal.

"What happened to Sunset?" Rarity asked.

"I...think I somehow got looped in." Sunset said.

"That shouldn't be possible though, should it?" Twilight asked Zecora. The Zebra shook her head.

"No it should not have occurred for Sunset to blaster, but perhaps it is related to something Sunset has yet to fully master." Zecora said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sunset said before suddenly getting to see through Twilight's eyes the moment Twilight mentioned before, causing the orange unicorn to shake her head. "What...what the heck was that?" Sunset asked.

"Is Sunset suddenly devoloping some sort of special power?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I have a theory...when Sunburst put on Twilight's crown in the other world, it introduced magic to that world. Perhaps, some of the new magic from the human world and this world are now mixing in both worlds, and it's started by giving Sunset some sort of new power." Flash Sentry said.

"That would be my explanation." Twilight said. "If Sunset just saw what I think she just saw..." She added.

"If you mean when Nightmare Moon was formed and banished then yes." Sunset said.

"I thought as much. But I think I know what we have to do: We have to return the elements to where they came from: The Tree of Harmony. I suppose if we ever do need them again for an emergancy, we can always borrow them again." Twilight noted.

"Well, no way am I letting you girls get through that by yourselves. I'm going with." Flash Sentry said.

"I'm coming too. The other shadowbolts can tend to the wounded without me. Stopping this vine growth is my top priority." Night Wing said.

"Do you know where the tree is, Twilgiht?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah. It's where the infestation started: Everfree Forest." Twilight said.

Sometime later, the elements were returned to the tree of harmony and the vines were destroyed.

"Phew, that was tough. I don't know if we could've gotten through all that without your assistance." Twilight said to Night Wing and Flash Sentry.

"Hey, I'm just doing my duties here. Oh and Dash? Now we need to get back to tending to the injured." Night Wing said.

"Right behind you. Sorry girls, duty calls." Rainbow Dash said and left with Night Wng.

"I do wonder what was with that chest though. It's like a treasure box with seven locks." Flash Sentry said.

"Well Celestia did say I would not figure it out alone." Twilight said. "Whatever is in there must relate to my own personal Princess Duties." She added.

"Now I can't wait to find the first key. I doubt they'll be hiding in plain sight though." Flash Sentry said.

"Good point." Twilight said.

"Those two couldn't be more perfect for one another." Sunset said.

"Eeyep." Applejack agreed.

Author's Note

While it may sound like this is going into season 4 territory with the Plundervines being dealt with now, I decided to move the Plundervine event to a season three event due to the fact that the Plundervine event happened shortly after Twilight's accension. There will still be plenty of season three stuff happening here, but there will be a few events from season four mentioned and this is because the key episodes won't have any major changes from Sunset's presence though Sunset will be getting her own key episode.