Chapters The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle: The Secret of the Alicorn
Prologue: A Stormy Flight
Our story begins in the sky, above the Atlantic ocean.
That day, a strong storm was raging and there didn't seem to be any boats in the water.
Suddenly, a yellow seaplane appeared, flying with difficulty because of the storm.
Inside the seaplane voices could be heard...
"Billions of lightning bolts!" yelled one of the voices, which sounded like of a woman "This is crazy!"
"Shut up, Spike!" yelled another voice, which also sounded like a woman's voice.
It was revealed that there were three passengers inside the seaplane: two women, of adolescent age, and a small puppy.
The first woman, who was the one who was driving the seaplane, was a teenage girl of about 16 years old. Her eyes were a moderate violet color, her long hair was a moderate bluish sapphire color, with a moderate violet stripe and another concentrated pink. Her clothes consisted of a light blue shirt, with a small pink bow tie and a purple skirt. On the left side of the skirt, there was a large pink star with five small white stars around it, sewn into the fabric. She also wore purple boots, with concentrated pink wool socks, protruding from the top.
His name is Twilight Sparkle.
The second woman, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was also a 16-year-old teenager. Her eyes were a moderate cyan color, her long hair was red with yellow streaks. Her clothes consisted of a black leather jacket, a purple shirt with a symbol of a red and yellow sun, an orange skirt, with two diagonal lines, purple and yellow, and purple and black boots.
His name is Sunset Shimmer.
The last passenger was a small, light purple dog with green ears. He wore a dark blue necklace around his neck, with small white spikes and a small gold medal with the symbol of a small pink heart.
The puppy's name was Spike, and it was Twilight's pet.
During the flight, Twilight came up with the idea of getting into the clouds to dodge their lightning bolts.
"Where are we going? What am I doing here?" said sunset "And who the hell are you?"
"Calm down!" Twilight yelled.
"Watch out!" Sunset yelled, pointing forward.
When Twilight looked over, she realized she was about to collide with one of the storm's lightning bolts.
"Hold on!" Twilight yelled.
With one swift movement, the seaplane managed to dodge the lightning.
"I think we'd better have stayed in the water" said Sunset "I feel weird".
"Patience!" said Twilight.
"I want to get down from here!" yelled Sunset.
"Stop yelling, please!" Twilight yelled "I must concentrate".
Then, at that moment, more lightning bolts appeared in front of them.
"It's the end!" Sunset yelled.
"Oh no, no way!" Twilight said.
And, as with the previous lightnings, the seaplane managed to avoid them.
"When are you planning to land this can?" asked Sunset.
"Stop fooling around, I'm trying to focus!" said Twilight.
Unfortunately, with that loss of concentration, another beam struck the wing of the seaplane.
"AAAH!!!" yelled both women, as the seaplane fall.
Then the seaplane got lost in the clouds.
A few hours later, Twilight was revealed to be unconscious in the middle of what appeared to be a desert.
But surely you will be wondering the same thing:
How did a normal girl like Twilight Sparkle end up in a place like that?
Author's Note
The legend begins...
The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle: The Secret of the Alicorn
Canterlot City, California.
The previous day...
In a small market, where his mobile outlets sold objects such as vases, watches, and the like, Spike walked quietly among the people who looked and shopped in the area.
Suddenly, he saw something that caught his eye: an old mockup ship, with a gold alicorn decorating the figurehead.
Spike didn't know why, but there was something about that mockup that didn't stop him from looking at her.
"Spike!" a voice yelled, calling him "Spike? Where are you?"
Hearing the voice, Spike immediately headed to the place it came from. There he encountered his owner, Twilight Sparkle.
"Ah! So there you are, rascal!" Twilight said "Chasing cats again, huh?"
Suddenly, Twilight saw Spike bark at her, trying to tell her something.
"What's up, Spike?" asked Twilight "Have you seen anything interesting?"
Following her pet, Twilight arrived at the stall where the mockup of the ship was.
"Is it what you wanted to show me?" Twilight said to Spike, pointing at the mockup "Calm down. Good dog..."
Examining the mockup, Twilight realized that it looked very old, but very well done.
"You're right, Spike, it's beautiful..." Twilight said.
"Exactly, young lady!" said the salesman, noting Twilight's remark "A real cruiser!"
"I think it's a 'schooner ', sir" Twilight corrected.
"That's what I said... and it's yours for $ 90!" said the salesman.
"Wow..." Twilight said, before turning to Spike "Why are you so interested in a mockup ship? You can't eat, Spike...!"
At that moment, feeling as if the mockup wanted to buy it, Twilight pulled out her wallet.
"I'll give you $ 50 for it" Twilight said, taking some money out of her wallet.
"Sold!" said the salesman, accepting payment "In my opinion, you get a bargain, young lady!"
At that moment, when Twilight picked up the mockup to take home, a mysterious woman stood next to her and spoke to the salesman.
"How much for the boat?"
"Too late, I'm afraid" said the salesman, pointing at Twilight.
"Okay, I'll buy it" said the woman to Twilight.
"Sorry, ma'am" Twilight said "I'm not interested in selling it".
"Wait..." said the woman, taking her wallet "I'm a collector: I'll give you ten times what it cost you!"
"Sorry, but it's not for sale!" Twilight said.
"Listen, young lady" said the woman, with a threatening tone "I warn you".
Faced with this situation, Spike angrily growls at the mystery woman.
"Hold it, boy... Cut it out, Spike!" Twilight said, calming her dog down.
And listening to Twilight, Spike calmed down.
"I'm so sorry" said Twilight to the mysterious woman "Have a nice day, ma'am".
Grunting in dissatisfaction, the mystery woman backed away from the stall, but for some strange reason, Twilight couldn't help but watch her leave.
"Wow, how weird. We are not the only ones interested in this old mockup. I'm beginning to think there's more here than meets the eye... " Twilight said, before looking at Spike "How about it, Spike?"
Spike barked twice, indicating that he was thinking the same as his owner.
At that moment, the salesman remembered something.
"I know someone at this market who knows a thing or two about boats..." said the salesman "Do you want me to introduce it to you?"
"Huh?" Twilight said "Yeah...! Thanks!"
"Follow me" said the salesman, leaving his post.
A few minutes later, Twilight, Spike, and the vendor arrived at the booth that belonged to an old retired sailor. Seeing the mockup that Twilight had bought, the sailor focused her attention in the object.
"I see you have bought The Alicorn ..." said the man, examining the mockup "That's what it's called! Three masts, two decks, fifty guns... sadly famous!".
"The Alicorn ?" Twilight asked, curious about the name of the boat.
"That's right" said the man, putting the mockup on the table and pulling out an old book from his collection "Take a look at this..."
Twilight picked up the book, reading its cover: "The Alicorn: A Legacy of Failures ".
Then, Twilight began to read its content:
The Alicorn. Powerless ship of the fleet of Celestia XIV. Three masts, two decks, one hundred and fifty guns.
In 1698, she left Port Royal for Europe, when she was attacked on the high seas by the pirate "Nightmare Moon".
When they were boarded, the captain abandoned her crew and blew up her own ship. This act of cowardice would bring disgrace to the captain's descendants for generations.
Then when she turned the next page, Twilight saw an old photograph of a sailor woman, with her name on it:
The Captain of the Alicorn:
Elizabeth Shimmer
After finishing reading the book, Twilight began to have a lot of questions.
"Did she sink her own ship? Why?" Twilight asked, intrigued "Why would she send The Alicorn to the bottom of the sea? That information is not in the book..."
"History is never really in the past..." said the man "It is carried in the blood".
At that moment, Twilight noticed something on the page, next to Elizabeth Shimmer's photograph: a drawing showing a ship's mast, indicating that it could be turned sideways.
"What a strange drawing..." Twilight said to herself "There seems to be..."
Then, seeing her mockup of The Alicorn , Twilight had a hunch.
"I'll take it..." said Twilight, paying for the book and taking her mockup of The Alicorn "Thank you, gentlemen. Have a good day!"
A few minutes later, it was revealed that Twilight and Spike were not coming home, but were in an alley, with the book open and with the mockup of The Alicorn in Twilight's hands.
"According to this..." said Twilight, examining the drawing in the book "It seems that the masts can be moved".
Careful not to break the mockup, Twilight slowly turned the masts, until she realized that she saw some lines that showed the drawing of an alicorn in the candles of the mockup.
Suddenly, a secret compartment in the stern of the mockup was opened, revealing a small elongated chest.
"Huh?" Twilight said "There's something inside the mockup..."
After pulling out the small chest, Twilight couldn't help but laugh a bit.
"Ha ha! Well done, Spike!" Twilight said to her dog "So that's what you noticed, huh?"
Spike barked happily in response to his owner's words.
At that moment, Twilight opened the small chest, examining its contents.
"Some kind of... rolled document" Twilight said "A scroll!"
Carefully, Twilight opened the scroll, discovering that she had written something: a small drawing of an alicorn at the top, the numbers "51" and "3" at the bottom, and ... a kind of poem in the center.
The poem read the following:
"Three sisters united, three Alicorns together
After watching the poem read, Twilight could only ask herself this question:
"What kind of tale is this !?"
Meanwhile, while Twilight kept the scroll in her wallet and put the small chest in the secret behavior of the mockup of The Alicorn , she did not realize that the mysterious woman who wanted to buy the model was walking through the entrance of the alley, in the company of two men that looked like thugs.
At that moment, the mysterious woman stopped, along with her thugs, when she saw Twilight in the alley, with the mockup of The Alicorn in her hands.
"It's her!" the woman whispered, pointing at Twilight.
At that moment, silently, the thugs pushed Twilight from behind, forcing her to drop the mockup of The Alicorn , and hand it over to her boss.
When Twilight recovered from the push, she was surprised to see the mystery woman... escaping with the mockup of The Alicorn !
"THIEVES!" Twilight yelled, getting up off the ground "GIVE THAT BACK!!"
Twilight and Spike started chasing the robbers.
"Come back here!" Twilight yelled.
Suddenly, a group of thugs, who worked for the mystery woman, appeared out of nowhere and they started attacking Twilight.
Unfortunately, none of the bullies knew that Twilight knew self defense techniques and, with a little help from Spike, she was able to defeat them.
"Shit, that woman has long been gone with the mockup" Twilight said, recovering from the fight.
At that moment, Spike barked at Twilight, showing an object he had found on the ground: the mystery woman's wallet.
With the wallet in her hand, Twilight had an idea to retrieve her model of The Alicorn .
"Spike! It's up to you" Twilight said, holding the wallet towards her dog's muzzle "Come on!"
And following the scent of the mysterious woman in the wallet, Spike began to guide Twilight... towards what would be an adventure that would change their lives forever.
Author's Note
Twilight bought an old ship mockup, but a mysterious woman and her henchmen have stolen it.
What is special about this mockup?
The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle: The Secret of the Alicorn
Chapter 2: The Unicorn Castle
"Those people were after the scroll, I'm sure!" Twilight said as she followed Spike through the streets of Canterlot City "What's so special about this ship? What secret does The Alicorn keep?"
After several hours of searching, when night fell, Twilight and Spike arrived at what appeared to be their destination: an old mansion on the outskirts of Canterlot City.
Silently, Twilight noticed a steel sign next to the shadow, which displayed the name of the mansion.
"Unicorn Castle. Property of Abacus Cinch " Twilight read the steel sign "It seems to me that ringing the doorbell won't do any good..."
At that moment, Twilight noticed some vines on the fence wall, and had an idea.
"Come on, Spike" Twilight said.
With extreme care, Twilight placed Spike on his back and began to climb the vines on the wall, crossing to the other side.
However, what Twilight was unaware of at the time was that two men were spying on her from behind a tree.
"That girl is going to see Mrs. Cinch" said one of the men, before turning to who seemed to be her boss "What do we do now, Grogar?"
At that moment, the man whose name was Grogar, had not stopped looking at Twilight, and analyzed the situation.
"Nothing" Grogar replied to his partner "For now".
Meanwhile, Twilight and Spike began to creep through the garden of the mansion.
"This place is huge" Twilight whispered "Let's not make noise, Spike."
Then, when they were near a window, Twilight began to hear voices. One belonged to a man and the other belonged to a woman, from whom Twilight deduced that she was this Abacus Cinch.
"And good?" asked the man "Do you have it, boss?"
"A teen girl bought it just before me. We got it back, but there was nothing there" said Cinch, who had the mockup of The Alicorn in her hands "I am sure of she must have found the scroll".
"Well, we'll put it back in its place, boss" replied the man "We'll come up with something."
At that moment, Twilight realized something.
"Abacus Cinch is that woman we met at the market!" Twilight said "Come on Spike. We have to get my mockup back. We will try to follow them..."
Seeing the back door of the mansion, Twilight tried to open it ... without success.
"Shit. Dead end" said Twilight frustrated.
At that moment, Twilight noticed a rat passing through the garden, but instead of being scared, she was glad of it.
"Eureka, Spike! Let's follow her" Twilight said to Spike, while she pointed at the rat "Rats always know how to enter... it will guide us..."
Thanks to the rat, Spike found a small hole that connected directly to the basement of the mansion. He then jumped onto the latch on the outside door, allowing Twilight to open the door from outside.
"We are in the basement under the mansion!" said Twilight "We made it!"
But then, just as she was about to step inside the mansion, Twilight had an idea.
"But first... keep the scroll" said Twilight, as she took out the scroll that she found in the mockup of The Alicorn and carefully placed it on Spike's necklace, hiding it "If we get caught, you won't be searched..."
With silence and care, Twilight and Spike advanced through the corridors of the mansion, making sure that no one discovered them.
As she advanced, Twilight heard the guards speak, saying that Abacus Cinch had kept the mockup of The Alicorn in a room called the Marine Room .
Upon reaching said room, Twilight was surprised to see the marine artifacts that she had exhibited there.
"Wow! Incredible" said Twilight "What a collection... a real private museum."
Then, Twilight realized that, in one of the cabinets, there were certain objects that caught her attention.
"My mockup of The Alicorn !" Twilight said, approaching the display case "And... another Alicorn !?"
It turns out that in the display case... there were TWO mockups of The Alicorn , exactly the same.
Seeing the mockups, Twilight was reminded of the poem she had written on the scroll she found.
"Do you remember, Spike?" Twilight said to her dog "Three Alicorns traveling in the noon sun ..."
But before finishing her sentence, a voice interrupted her.
"Well, well, well..." said the voice "The little brat from the market and her dog".
Turning around, Twilight comes face to face... with Abacus Cinch.
"I think you have something that belongs to me... Miss Sparkle " Cinch said.
"But what is she talking about?" Twilight asked confused, before pointing at one of the mockups of The Alicorn "That's MY boat! I paid for it!"
"And you should have sold it when I asked..." Cinch said.
In that moment, Twilight knew exactly what was going on.
"You... are looking for The Alicorns too, right, Mrs. Cinch?" Twilight asked.
"Why are you so interested in these Alicorns ?" Cinch asked.
"Because there were THREE Alicorns , all made by Elizabeth Shimmer" Twilight answered.
"Relics for her three daughters..." Cinch replied.
"And each boat has a scroll hidden by a secret mechanism in the masts" Twilight continued "I wonder what all that is about".
"It's nothing" said Cinch "Those ships are not important..."
"And you expect me to believe it?" Twilight said "I guess we're talking... about hidden treasure... right?"
At that moment, Cinch pulled out a pistol.
"You ask too many questions... miss Sparkle" Cinch said, as he pointed his gun at Twilight.
"I'm a little curious... nothing more" said Twilight.
"Enough!" Cinch yelled "If you have the scroll, give it to me!"
"Or what?" Twilight asked.
Then, Cinch felt as if something were biting his leg, discovering Spike. And taking advantage of the occasion, Twilight punched in the face of her, knocking her unconscious on the spot.
"Good boy, Spike!" Twilight said, congratulating her dog.
Checking Cinch, Twilight found the key to the display case, and with said key, she opened it.
"And now ..." said Twilight "Let's see what these Alicorns have up their sleeve ..."
Carefully, Twilight activated the mast mechanism on one of the mockups of The Alicorn , but unfortunately, the chest in the secret compartment was empty.
"Nothing... It'll be my mockup of The Alicorn " Twilight said "Let's try the other one".
Twilight repeated the same process with the other mockup of The Alicorn .
"Yes, Spike!" Twilight said, pulling the chest out of the secret compartment "We got it!"
But unfortunately, she was surprised to see the contents of the chest.
"Empty?" Twilight said "But ... how ...?"
At that moment, Twilight and Spike realized that Cinch was sneaking out the window ... with the second scroll in his hand!
"You little brat!" Cinch yelled "Is this what you're looking for?"
"The scroll! She's got it ...!" Twilight said "Come on Spike!"
But then when Twilight and Spike also jumped out of the window, they both realized that Cinch had gotten into a car... and was intending to run them over!
"Oh, shit!" Twilight said "Spike, RUN!"
During the chase, Spike managed to take cover in some bushes, but Twilight was trapped in a part of the garden, without the possibility of escaping.
At that moment, the car stopped, with Cinch getting out of the vehicle and with his gun pointed at Twilight.
"It's her last chance Miss Sparkle!" Cinch said "Where is the scroll?"
"I don't have it!" Twilight answered.
Cinch then placed the tip of her gun on Twilight's forehead, intending to pull the trigger.
"Then I don't need it anymore!" Cinch said.
But then, just as Cinch was about to shoot, someone hit her from behind her, knocking her unconscious.
Twilight found out that her saviors... were Grogar and her partner!
"Wow... Thank you, gentlemen!" Twilight said "I think I owe you guys one!"
But then, Twilight noticed that Grogar's partner was searching Cinch, obtaining what she was looking for: the scroll!
"Grogar! I've got it!" the man said, handing the scroll to Grogar.
Twilight was surprised by what she saw: her saviors only wanted Cinch's scroll.
"But what do they do?" Twilight asked.
At that moment, Twilight got it.
"So they're also looking ..." Twilight said, starting to move away from those men "Who are you?"
However, before Twilight could get her answers, a third person struck her from behind, knocking her unconscious as well.
"What do we do with these women, boss?" Grogar's second partner asked, pointing at Twilight and Cinch "Did we kill them?"
"No. Leave the woman..." Grogar said, before pointing at Twilight "But bring the girl... she knows a lot..."
A few minutes later, Grogar and his men shoved a bound and gagged Twilight into the trunk of her own car, which was outside the mansion.
Then the car started, without the three men knowing that Spike was watching them, and he began to secretly follow them, with the intention of rescuing his owner.
Author's Note
Instead of recovering her mockup of The Alicorn , Twilight ends up being kidnapped by Grogar and his henchmen.
Where do they take her?
Spike to the rescue!
The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle: The Secret of the Alicorn
Chapter 3: The Grogar's Boat
A few hours later, following the scent of Twilight, Spike made it to the port of Canterlot City, to what appeared to be some kind of huge freighter.
"Ready to move the load!" said one of the sailors who worked on the ship.
At that moment, Spike saw Grogar his henchmen climbing aboard the ship, so he deduced that Twilight was also on it.
"Shall we bring your guest on board, Grogar?" asked one of his henchmen, referring to Twilight.
"Yes, she is a valuable cargo !" Grogar replied.
"And what do we do with her?" asked Grogar's other henchman.
"We dumped it discreetly... to the bottom of the hold!" Grogar said, before laughing like an evil man.
Hearing that, Spike crept up onto the boat, unseen by anyone.
A few minutes later, the ship sailed.
A few hours later, as night fell, Twilight awoke from her unconsciousness.
Upon awakening her, she discovered that she still had her hands tied behind her back, and she was sitting at the bottom of the hold of what appeared to be a ship.
"What's going on?" Twilight thought "Where am I?"
At that moment, the door to the hold opened, and Twilight saw Grogar and one of his henchmen walk inside.
Grogar approached Twilight.
"How do you like your new accommodation , miss?" Grogar asked.
"Who are you?" Twilight asked, as she struggled a bit with her restraints "And where are they taking me?"
"On a cruise " answered Grogar "Traveling broadens horizons, doesn't it?"
Faced with this situation, Twilight tried to get answers.
"Do you work for Mrs. Cinch?" Twilight asked both men.
"Abacus Cinch won't give any more problems" said Grogar "She was very, let's say, collaborative..."
Then, Grogar took out of her pocket an object that Twilight was interested in: the second scroll of The Alicorn that they stole from Mrs. Cinch.
Twilight could see, for an instant, that the scroll Grogar had in her possession had a slight difference from hers: the numbers at the bottom of the scroll were "18" and "11".
Grogar then decided to get straight to the point.
"My boss wants the other scroll..." Grogar said, as he put his scroll back in his pocket "Where is he?"
"I couldn't tell you" Twilight answered her question, pretending not to know anything "I'm sorry".
Grogar growled angrily at Twilight's response.
"Did they search her?" Grogar said to his partner.
"Yes, boss. Twilight Sparkle. Student card. No scroll" replied the man "What do we do, boss? Shall we throw her overboard?"
"Ok, miss Sparkle" said Grogar "I tried to do it in a nice way, but now..."
However, before Grogar could finish his sentence, another of his men appeared, interrupting him.
"Boss!"
"Not now!" Grogar said, grunting at the interruption.
"They need it!" said the man "It's the captain... she's..."
"What happens now?" Grogar yelled, interrupting.
"She has lost her temper!" the man finished.
"Okay, I'm coming!" Grogar said, before turning to Twilight "If it were you, I'd start talking now, miss Sparkle... Before we get to port..."
After that, Grogar and his men left the warehouse, leaving Twilight alone again.
Faced with such a situation, Twilight tried again to free herself from her bonds, when she suddenly heard something coming from the bottom of the ship's hold.
And when that "something" appeared before her, Twilight couldn't help but smile.
"Spike! It's you!" Twilight said, glad to see her dog again.
Spike jumped on Twilight and licked her face.
"Quick, Spike!" Twilight said, showing her bindings to his dog "Untie me!"
Seeing the bonds, Spike bit them, until they broke, freeing Twilight.
At that moment, Twilight noticed that Spike still had the scroll of The Alicorn , hidden in his necklace.
"That's it, Spike!" Twilight said, as she took the scroll "Good boy!"
With the scroll in her possession, Twilight knew exactly what she had to do now.
"Now... we need Grogar".
Twilight walked to the hold's door, trying to open it... to no avail.
"Shit!" Twilight said "It's closed!"
At that moment, Twilight noticed that there was a small skylight that led outside and a rope with a hook on the end.
Seeing both, Twilight had... a bit of a crazy idea.
Meanwhile, the stateroom upstairs, a girl with red and yellow hair, similar in age to Twilight, was sleeping peacefully on the desk.
Suddenly, a noise woke her up, and when she saw where the noise was coming from... she found herself face to face with Twilight and Spike.
It turns out that Twilight had used the hold hook to climb up the skylight and, along with Spike, she entered through the stateroom window.
As both girls looked at each other, Twilight began to walk slowly towards the door, with Spike in her arms.
"Could you... say nothing, please?" Twilight asked "Okay. Nothing's wrong..."
"What...?" said the red haired woman "Who are you?"
"Me? Uh... nobody!" Twilight replied "Forget about me... I'm leaving!"
But just as she was about to leave the stateroom, the door swung open, forcing Twilight and Spike to hide behind her.
It turns out that the ones who had opened the door were Grogar and one of his henchmen.
"Were you talking to someone... captain ?" Grogar asked the girl with the red hair.
"Eh ..." said the red-haired girl, who decided not to rat Twilight "No, with no one."
Suspicious, Grogar sat down in the other chair at the desk.
"So what's this fuss about, captain?" Grogar asked the girl with the red hair.
"I'm sick of being locked in here, Grogar!" replied the girl with the red hair.
"But why?" Grogar asked "It's a nice stateroom".
"I'm locked in this place" said the girl with the red hair "And what I want is to get my ship back, MY ship!".
"That doesn't sound like a good idea to me" Grogar said.
"The captain is ME!" yelled the red haired girl.
"Sure..." Grogar said "But, as you well know..."
"What?" the red haired girl asked.
"Her family have never been good at boats" Grogar said "We know why".
Suddenly, hearing those words, the red-haired girl clutched her head in pain, as if something in her mind had reminded her of something.
"Ahg... The curse...".
"Exactly" Grogar said "Listen, the ship is in good hands with me. But you will get it back soon. I only need the command for this operation".
At that moment, Grogar got up from his chair.
"Listen! As I was saying to Pedro..." said Grogar.
"Me?" Grogar's partner said, revealing himself to be the one named Pedro.
"As I was saying to Pedro... We need her" said Grogar.
"Huh?" said the girl with the red hair.
At that moment, Grogar put two pencils on the table: one red and one blue.
Seeing them, the girl with red hair knew exactly what Grogar wanted.
"There you go: red is for longitude, blue for latitude" said Grogar.
"Colored pencils?" asked the red haired girl "Really!?"
"Be good and calculate the heading for the next two hours, huh?" Grogar asked the girl with the red hair.
"Do you take me for a fool?" the girl with the red hair asked angrily "You rascal! Imposter!"
"Have fun" Grogar said, as he started to leave the stateroom "Anyway... I have a passenger to deal"
Hearing that, the red haired girl got a little curious. She although she could deduce that it was Twilight.
"What kind of passenger?"
"An untimely one..." Grogar said, leaving the stateroom "Remember: red for latitude, blue for longitude".
"But ... you said otherwise, boss ..." said Pedro, as he followed Grogar.
"Uuh ..." Grogar growled "Go a plank ... then walk it for her!"
Then Pedro closed the door to the stateroom, leaving Twilight and Spike alone with the girl with the red hair.
"Who was that man? Was he Grogar?" Twilight asked "Where was he going ...?"
"Oohh ... Up. At the helm!" the red haired girl replied "In the... control room ..."
So before leaving the stateroom, Twilight asked one last question.
"Is it true that you are the captain of this ship?"
However, the girl with the red hair did not answer, causing Twilight and Spike to leave the stateroom.
As they moved discreetly through the corridors of the ship, Twilight and Spike overheard a conversation between Grogar and one of his henchmen.
"BOSS!" yelled Grogar's henchman "We have a problem!"
"What happens now?" Grogar asked.
"The girl we kidnapped!" the henchman replied "She has disappeared!"
"WHAT!?" Grogar yelled "Look for that parasite! She can't go very far".
"Y-yes, boss..." said the henchman, starting to look for Twilight.
Hearing that conversation, Twilight knew she had to hurry.
A few minutes later, Twilight and Spike finally reached the ship's bridge, where they found Grogar manning the wheel.
Taking advantage of the fact that they were both alone, Twilight began to talk.
"Three sisters together, three Alicorns together... " Twilight said, reciting the poem on the scroll.
"Why did she decide to stick her nose in my business, Miss Sparkle?" Grogar asked, after noticing Twilight's presence.
"You're the ones who forced me to come along" said Twilight.
Grogar gave a little laugh at Twilight's comment.
"Good, if you give me the scroll, I'll let her disembark at the next port" Grogar said, starting to negotiate.
"Lie" said Twilight, declining the offer "Besides, this is not her boat..."
Hearing that, Grogar knew immediately what Twilight was referring to.
"Ah, you've already met Sunset Shimmer" Grogar said "Well, she's not the captain anymore. We could call her a walking shipwreck ".
Then, hearing that information, Twilight thought for a moment, until she had a hunch.
"Shimmer? The captain's name is Shimmer?!"
At that moment, taking advantage of that moment of doubt, Grogar picked up an oil lamp and threw it at Twilight, who managed to dodge in time.
Then, just as he was about to hit Twilight, Spike bit Grogar on the leg, giving Twilight a chance to hit him on the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Ugh..." Twilight sighed "You got what you deserved for kidnapping me".
Then, taking advantage of the fact that Grogar was unconscious, Twilight took her wallet from her, revealing what she was looking for, along with a small photograph of Grogar.
"Ah! The second scroll! It's the one stolen from Mrs Cinch!" Twilight said, as she put the scroll and photo in her pocket.
At that moment, Twilight realized something.
"And now, I have to get to the bottom of this matter with… Sunset Shimmer!" Twilight said "If she has a relationship with Elizabeth Shimmer... maybe she can help us".
Then, after leaving Grogar's wallet where it was, Twilight began to put the pieces together.
"Three sisters ... We know there are three scrolls: mine, Mrs. Cinch's ..." Twilight said, as she looked at Spike "Mm, let's think, Spike... I don't know who Grogar works for, but I bet something that he has the third".
So, Twilight and Spike decided to go talk to the person who might have the answers they're looking for.
A few minutes later, Twilight and Spike re-entered the red-haired girl's stateroom, who they deduced was that Sunset Shimmer.
"You again?" Sunset asked when she saw Twilight "What do you want now?"
"Just one question" said Twilight, closing the door to the stateroom "Are you a descendant of Elizabeth Shimmer, captain of the three-masted ship known as The Alicorn , under the reign of Celestia XIV?"
Hearing that, Sunset turned her attention to her guest.
"How do you know that!?" Sunset asked "Who are you?"
"My name is Twilight Sparkle... An my dog is Spike... And right now, I have in my possession two scrolls in the handwriting of Elizabeth Shimmer herself..." Twilight explained "I'm going to search for a treasure... The Lost Treasure of the ALICORN !"
At that moment, Sunset got up angrily from her desk.
"Enough!" Sunset yelled "I don't want to talk about any of that! GROGAR!"
"Grogar is a scoundrel" said Twilight, trying to calm Sunset "He betrayed you to take command of the ship from him, and you know it!"
"I'll have the shackles put on you!" Sunset threatened, before going to her stateroom door "GROGAAAAAR!"
However, before Sunset reached the door, she slipped on the colored pencils Grogar gave her, falling to the ground.
"Sunset... We can help each other" Twilight said, as she helped Sunset up "Each other".
At that moment, Twilight showed the scrolls to Sunset, who recognized them instantly.
"Tell me everything you know..." Twilight asked Sunset, as they began to chat at the stateroom desk.
At that moment, while Sunset was talking to Twilight, her mind drifted back to ... the past.
We are in the year 1698. The Alicorn, an imposing ship of the fleet of Celestia XIV, sets sail from Port Royal, bound for Europe...
As the ship sailed, a red-haired woman, whose appearance looked exactly like the photo in the book that Twilight bought at the Canterlot City market, gazed at the horizon with her spyglass.
The captain is certainly my ancestor, Elizabeth Shimmer... to my great misfortune.
They have been sailing for two days, and the Alicorn has all its sails hoisted ... when suddenly a cry is heard from the crow's nest...
"One sail on the port side!"
Hearing that, Elizabeth Shimmer looked with her spyglass in the direction they had shouted, and one of her crew, who was next to her, was startled when she saw something on the approaching ship.
"Black flag!" the crewman pointed out "Pirates!"
"Worse... It's Nightmare Moon!" said Elizabeth Shimmer, who recognized the flag.
"We must leave them behind!" the helm crewman yelled.
"Everyone to the bridge of the ship!" another crewman yelled "Ready to turn!"
But the pirate ship did not let them do it, so Elizabeth Shimmer made a decision, while she drew her sword.
"Well then... we will fight!" Elizabeth Shimmer yelled "Gunners, to your battle stations! FIRE!"
At that moment, the cannons of The Alicorn fired at the pirate ship.
"We have pierced their jib!" yelled one of the crewman, pointing as the pirate ship began to sink.
But it wasn't enough...
At that point, the boarding hooks snagged the ship's sides, causing the pirates to climb aboard.
"Prepare for boarding!" shouted one of the crew, drawing his sword "They're coming on board!"
At that moment, both Elizabeth Shimmer and the crew member next to her saw the same thing: a woman clad in black armor, emerging from the flames of her ship and leading the pirates.
She was Nightmare Moon, in person.
"W-who is she, Captain?" the frightened crewman asked Elizabeth Shimmer "The Devil!?"
"I wish it were, Mr. Le Guennec..." Elizabeth Shimmer replied, before leaping into battle between her sailors and the pirates "I wish..."
During the battle, the pirates cornered the sailors with their sword skills, but none could surpass Elizabeth Shimmer.
In one of the fights, Elizabeth Shimmer was able to throw one of the pirates overboard.
"Greetings to the sharks!" Elizabeth Shimmer said, saying goodbye to the defeated pirate, before realizing that his crew diminished "MY MEN! MY ALICORN ! WITH ME!"
Later, after another of the fights on the ship's deck, Elizabeth Shimmer took care of the pirates who were in the area of the hold.
Suddenly, an ax appeared out of nowhere, nailing itself into one of the wooden pillars, revealing to Elizabeth Shimmer that the person who threw it was one of Nightmate Moon's lieutenants.
"I knew I'd find her here, Shimmer" said the lieutenant, pointing his sword "Shaking with the rats at the bottom of the hold!"
But then, during the fight, something very strange happened: Nightmare Moon's lieutenant exchanged himself for another person: Twilight Sparkle.
"SUNSET SHIMMER!!" Twilight yelled "STOP, PLEASE!!"
At that moment, Sunset fell to the ground, realizing something terrible: while telling the story of her ancestor, she was so focused on it, that she imagined herself to be Elizabeth Shimmer and, with a wrench in her hand, destroyed the motor of the ship, unaware of what she was doing, until Twilight and Spike stopped her.
"Sunset, control yourself!" Twilight pleaded "You're tearing up your own ship!"
"Oh no!" Sunset said, recovering "What have I done!?"
"We have to get out of here!" Twilight said, scooping Spike into her arms "And quick!"
As they escaped, both girls heard voices over the ship's emergency megaphones, indicating only one thing: The ship was sinking!
"A short circuit in the engine room! All abandon the ship! Repeat: all abandon the ship! " said the voice from the megaphones "Warning: extensive damage to engine room! The ship is flooding rapidly! ".
When Twilight and Spike walked through a door, Sunset paused for a bit to rest.
"What do you want from me, anyway?!" Sunset asked, as she gasped with fatigue.
"Hold on!" Twilight said "I still need you, Sunset..."
Suddenly, a locker by the door flipped over, closing the door and separating Twilight from Sunset.
"Sunset!" Twilight yelled "Sunset, come back!"
Unfortunately, the locker was too heavy and Twilight was unable to lift it.
"Ah! It's impossible!" Twilight said "We'll have to get out of here alone, Spike..."
A few minutes later, just as dawn was beginning to dawn on the horizon, the ship had its bow raised in the air, while the rest were sinking.
Suddenly, two heads came out of the water, searching for oxygen.
It was Twilight and Spike!
"Spike!" Twilight said "Are you okay !?"
Spike barked in response.
Suddenly, they both heard the sound of something falling into the water, and when they saw it, they were happy.
"Look! A seaplane!" Twilight said, while she laughed with happiness "Spike, we're saved!"
Then, just as Twilight and Spike got on one of the floatplane floats, they heard voices behind them.
"Come on! Row you idiots! FASTER!"
When Twilight saw where the voices were coming from, she was surprised to see Grogar and his henchmen, rowing a lifeboat and away from the sunken ship.
"Looks like they were saved too..." said Twilight.
Suddenly, they both heard moans from a person coming from the other float of the seaplane.
And when they saw who that person was, Twilight was shocked.
"SUNSET!?" Twilight yelled, relieved to know that she was still alive.
But then, Twilight noticed that Sunset kept staring at the sinking ship, looking sad.
"A captain must always go down with his ship... " said Sunset.
"You must not sink with your ship!" Twilight said.
"I should..." said Sunset "And my ancestor, too..."
Those last words caught Twilight's attention.
"Your ancestor...? Why?" Twilight asked "How does her story end?"
Then, for Sunset, she saw Elizabeth Shimmer going away in a rowboat, while she watched as The Alicorn exploded through the air in a huge explosion.
"She fled. Like a coward... She abandoned her own ship... and destroyed it" Sunset said "She sacrificed her own men..."
In the end, as the seaplane moved away over the horizon, with its three passengers on board, the ship finally sank into the sea.
A few hours later, the seaplane, with Twilight as the pilot, began to move into the storm clouds.
"You sure you know how to fly this thing, right Sparkle?" Sunset asked.
"I'm trying!" Twilight answered.
In the end, after coming out of the storm, Twilight decided to take the opportunity to find out more.
"Where was the ship going?" Twilight asked Sunset.
"We were heading to Klugetown" replied Sunset "At the northern tip of Morocco".
"Then, let's go to Klugetown!" Twilight said, setting the seaplane's course "We'll find Grogar there!"
"But you don't give up?" Sunset asked annoyed, after seeing how determined Twilight was.
Taking advantage of the conversation, Twilight asked another question.
"Out of curiosity... why did Grogar lock you in your stateroom?" Twilight asked.
"He used to be my second-in-command..." Sunset answered "Until he found out about my family's treasure and took control of the crew from me..."
Author's Note
After obtaining the second scroll of The Alicorn and meeting the mysterious girl known as Sunset Shimmer, Twilight and Spike escape from Grogar and head towards the city of Klugetown.
What challenges will await them there?
We'll see...
The Adventures of Twilight Sparkle: The Secret of the Alicorn
After hours of flight, the seaplane in which Twilight, Sunset and Spike travel began to approach the coast of Morocco, heading for the city of Klugetown.
"What do you want now, Sparkle?" Sunset asked. "What's your plan?"
“The third and last scroll of The Alicorn !” Twilight answered. "Grogar's boss must have him in Klugetown..."
As they flew over a gorge in the middle of the desert, Twilight realized that Sunset hadn't said a word since they arrived in Morocco.
"Everything okay, Sunset?" Twilight asked.
“Nothing is going right… ever since I met you!” Sunset replied, revealing that she was still upset over the loss of her ship.
At that moment, just as the seaplane emerged from the gorge and flew over the desert… the propeller began to stop turning.
"Uh-oh…" Twilight said.
"What's up now, Sparkle?" Sunset asked.
"I think...we're out of fuel..." Twilight said, as she smiled sheepishly.
"WHAT!?" Sunset yelled.
At that moment, the propeller stopped completely and the seaplane began to fall.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" Twilight and Sunset yelled as they fell.
Finally, the seaplane crashed in the desert.
A few hours later, Twilight awoke in the middle of the desert, while watching the wreckage of her seaplane burn from the crash landing.
As she got up, Twilight noticed that Sunset and Spike were by her side, safe and sound.
"Spike!" Twilight yelled, watching her dog get up "Are you okay!?"
When Spike barked, confirming yes, Twilight looked at Sunset.
"Everything okay, Sunset?" Twilight asked, concerned.
As she recovered, Sunset scooped up some of the desert sand with her hand.
"Sand?" Sunset asked, still dazed from landing "Are we on a beach?"
"No, Sunset, it's not the beach..." Twilight said, as she helped Sunset to her feet "Not at all..."
Then, just when they thought they would be lost in the middle of the desert, Twilight and Sunset saw a motorcycle with a sidecar, ridden by two men, heading towards them.
“Who are you guys?” Sunset asked, seeing how the two men got off the motorcycle and walked towards both women.
“Grogar sent us…” the first man answered, revealing that he and his companion were Grogar's minions.
"Was he worried about me?" Sunset asked, thinking they were coming to rescue her.
"No" the first man said, before pointing at Twilight "He wants the girl".
Hearing that, Sunset had an idea.
"Oh, of course!" Sunset said, pointing at Twilight “She forced me to go with her. And she stole the seaplane!".
But the two men were still looking at Twilight, ignoring Sunset.
"Let's go! The boss wants to see you" the first man said to Twilight. "You have a lot to explain".
"And by the way... I wasn't the one who sank the ship" Sunset replied, trying to get the two men to pay attention to her "It was her".
"Why don't you shut up for once?" the first man yelled at Sunset "It's giving me a headache".
At that moment, as both men began to approach Twilight threateningly, Sunset got angry and, with a quick movement, grabbed both men's heads, colliding them with each other and leaving them unconscious.
"THIS is a real headache..." Sunset said, before sitting in the sidecar of the bike "Well, Sparkle... It seems that we are on the same side".
Seeing such a feat, Twilight couldn't help but smile… at her new friend.
Later, as they rode the motorcycle through the desert, Sunset began to sweat from the heat.
"The country of thirst..." said Sunset "You brought me to the country of thirst!"
"Don't worry, Sunset" Twilight said, as she rode the motorcycle "We'll be in Klugetown soon..."
"Why precisely, Sparkle?" Sunset asked.
"Don't you realize what's at stake?" Twilight asked "If we discovered The Secret of The Alicorn first... it would be the discovery of the century!"
"Ah, I see..." Sunset said sarcastically "I wouldn't want to stand in the way of your big chance at fame ".
"No, what I'm saying is that the treasure should be in a museum..." Twilight explained "And not in the hands of people like Grogar".
"But it's also MY life!" Sunset yelled.
At that moment, Twilight noticed something on the horizon.
"Grogar will have arrived by sea before us…" Twilight said, before pointing ahead "And unless that's a mirage… we've reached Klugetown, Sunset!"
"You're right, Sparkle!" Sunset said as she saw the city “I can smell the sea from here. I couldn't take a second longer with so much sand!”
"When we get there, we need to find out who Grogar serves…" Twilight said. "He sure has the third scroll!"
After hiding the motorcycle, Twilight, Sunset, and Spike sneak into the streets of Klugetown, making sure no one sees them, in case Grogar or his minions happen to be in the area.
"Well?" Sunset asked "What's the plan?"
"Grogar must be around the area" Twilight said "If we find him, we'll find his boss... and the third scroll".
"And how are we going to do that?" Sunset asked.
"With this" Twilight said, as she took out of her pocket the photo of Grogar's wallet that she took from her on the ship "We'll ask someone of here to see if he's seen him".
Later, Twilight and Sunset arrived at a nearby bar, showing Grogar's photo to the owner.
"Excuse me sir, have you seen the man of this photo before?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, I saw him about ten minutes ago..." replied the owner of the bar "That man spends a lot of time with Filthy Rich".
"Filthy Rich? Who is he?" Twilight asked.
"The mayor of this city" the owner said "He is also a great merchant".
With this new information, Twilight had another idea.
"Spike, let's see what you can do" Twilight said, as she brought Grogar's photo up to Spike's nose to follow his trail.
Scented from the photo, Spike led the two girls through the streets... until they saw Grogar enter a palm grove.
As they approached, a large man blocked their path.
"Stop! This is an exclusive entry for employees of the palm grove" the man said.
"Wait a minute... An American just walked in..." Twilight said "And he doesn't work here!"
"No American has passed through here..." the man said, shaking his head.
Faced with this lie, Twilight and Sunset had no choice but to retreat.
"What on earth is Grogar doing in a palm grove?" Twilight asked.
At that moment, a girl accidentally bumped into Sunset, causing them both to fall to the ground.
"Ouch! Be more careful!" Sunset yelled.
So when Sunset and the girl saw each other, their jaws dropped.
"Sunset Shimmer?" the girl asked, surprised.
"Starlight Glimmer? Ha ha ha!" Sunset laughed, hugging the girl identified as Starlight, before looking at Twilight "Sparkle, let me introduce Starlight Glimmer, an old crewmate... and a friend".
Later, Starlight gave Twilight and Sunset two robes so they could both dress up as locals (purple for Twilight and red for Sunset).
"Grogar and Filthy Rich are thieves" Starlight explained "If what you two tell me is true and Grogar entered the palm grove, he would use one of the secret entrances to the palace."
"Where is it?" Twilight asked.
"It's a secret..." Starlight said "But with these robes, both of you will go unnoticed".
"Thank you, Starlight" Sunset said.
"Just be careful with Filthy Rich" Starlight warned, "That man is very dangerous when he's angry. Come on..."
Then the three girls started heading back toward the palm grove.
"Starlight seems like a nice person, Sunset" Twilight said.
"Believe me, Sparkle" Sunset said "I don't know anyone more loyal than her".
Then, thanks to Starlight's robes, Twilight and Sunset trick the palm grove guard, managing to sneak through the secret passageway to the palace.
As they discreetly made their way down the secret passageway, Sunset began to have second thoughts.
"What good would finding the treasure be anyway? Huh?" Sunset asked, discouraged "My ancestor's dishonor is in all the books..."
"The truth isn't in the books... it's in the blood " Twilight said, remembering what the sailor told her about her mockup of The Alicorn in Canterlot City "Let's take a look around..."
"What if we don't find Grogar?" Sunset asked.
"Then I'll have a little talk with Filthy Rich!" Twilight said.
Finally, Twilight and Sunset reached a huge elevator.
"Looks like we're under the palace…" Sunset said.
"We'll have to be more careful..." Twilight said.
As they rode up in the elevator, they both saw something...huge.
"Is that a rocket?" Sunset asked "What's a rocket doing underground?"
"It's not a rocket..." Twilight said "It looks more like... a MISSILE".
"I hope that thing doesn't blow up in our faces" Sunset said.
"If that's here, then the rumors Starlight said could be true…" Twilight said. "We'll have to sue Filthy Rich to the police when we find The Alicorn 's treasure".
Finally, the secret elevator took Twilight, Sunset, and Spike to what appeared to be the gardens of Filthy Rich's palace.
At that moment, they began to hear... an opera song.
"What's that noise?" Sunset asked, covering her ears. "Are they torturing someone?"
"No... I'd know that voice anywhere..." Twilight said with a smile "She's my friend Rarity! She's a diva, Sunset!"
"A concert? Do you call that noise music?" Sunset said, still covering her ears.
Finally, both of them discreetly entered Filthy Rich's palace, taking off the robes that Starlight gave them.
"Come on, Sunset. We have to find Grogar" she whispered "They must not discover us"
At that moment, a door in the hallway opened and a girl the same age as Twilight and Sunset came walking backwards, as she said goodbye to her audience.
She was Rarity, the famous diva.
"Thank you! Thank you! I love all of you! Ha ha ha!" Rarity said to her fans.
At that moment, Rarity became aware of Twilight and Sunset's presence, gasping with delight.
"Twilight Sparkle? Is that you?" Rarity asked, before hugging Twilight "Oh, I'm so glad to see you!"
"I'm glad to see you too, Rarity!" Twilight said "I see your singing career hasn't changed".
"Of course, old friend…" Rarity said, before looking at Sunset "Oh! And who's your friend…? She smells like the sea…"
Taking advantage of the situation, Twilight had an idea.
"Rarity, this is Captain Sunset Shimmer" Twilight introduced "She's your... most ardent fan".
"WHAT!?" Sunset yelled, surprised.
"Oh, how wonderful to see that the power of opera can reach even the roughest of souls!" Rarity said "Please, come with me both to my dressing room".
When they got to the dressing room, which they decided to use as a temporary hideout, Rarity began putting on makeup for her next performance.
"Have you two heard my performance? Everyone has stood up!" Rarity said, as she put on her makeup "What do you think, Miss Shimmer?"
"I don't think I'll ever forget it..." Sunset said, trying to be nice.
"Oh thank you Miss Shimmer!" Rarity said, getting up from her chair "As a thank you I'll give you a little encore..."
But before she could sing, Twilight interrupted her with another idea.
"Rarity?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, Twilight?" Rarity asked.
"Before I went in, I thought I saw an acquaintance at the entrance…" Twilight said "Do you mind if I go say hello to him?"
"Naturally, old friend, of course!" Rarity said "I'll take care of dear Miss Shimmer. She'll keep me company during break..."
Before Twilight left the dressing room, Sunset stopped her, her face scared.
"Why don't you stay with her?" Sunset said, pointing to Rarity "I'll take care of those rascals".
"No, you keep Rarity busy…" Twilight said "I'll be right back. Come on Spike".
Later, with his robes back on, Twilight and Spike sneakily spotted Grogar talking to a mysterious man in a tuxedo, deducing it to be Filthy Rich.
"What do you mean?" Filthy asked, sounding angry "That brat named Twilight Sparkle now has TWO of the scrolls and she's with Sunset Shimmer?"
"That man must be the mayor Filthy Rich…” Twilight muttered “We'd better follow him, Spike. I'm sure he's the one responsible for sending that scoundrel Grogar to fetch the scrolls".
At that moment, Filthy Rich began to walk away from the party that had been organized with Rarity's opera concert.
"Filthy Rich will have a good reason to abandon his guests. The third scroll?" Twilight deduced "Besides, he's already extremely rich. Why is he interested in The Alicorn ?"
Finally, after minutes of dodging the guards, Twilight and Spike reached the tallest tower in the palace, where they entered a room filled with mirrors.
There, they found something that caught Twilight's attention.
“The third mockup of The Alicorn !” Twilight said smiling "It's finally mine!"
"Do you propose to steal it?" a voice suddenly asked from behind Twilight.
Turning to see who it was, Twilight and Spike discovered that the person was Filthy Rich, with a gun in his hand.
“Filthy Rich, I've heard of you. And I've seen what's under the palace” Twilight said “You're an impostor who claims to be a merchant, but his business is very dirty”
“Look who went to speak!” Filthy said “A thief who has sneaked into my private palace posing as a guest. I'd say we're very similar, Miss Sparkle".
"No, we're very different" Twilight said.
“But we are interested in the same thing…” Filthy said, as he pointed to the third mockup of The Alicorn .
At that moment, one of the mirrors cracked, and after breaking... Grogar was behind, with a gun in his hand.
"We meet again, Miss Sparkle…" Grogar said "Would you be so kind as to hand over the scrolls?"
However, before both men could do anything to Twilight, Spike bit Grogar in the leg again, and Twilight took the opportunity to punch him again... causing him to fall out of a window and land on a straw cart, knocking himself unconscious in the process.
Taking advantage of the distraction, Filthy Rich tried to escape with his mockup of The Alicorn ... only to be startled by Spike, who growled angrily.
“AAAH! HELP!" Filthy yelled, as he fled in fright, leaving behind his mockup of The Alicorn in the process “Grogar! Guards!”
With both of her opponents defeated, Twilight activated the secret mechanism on the mockup of The Alicorn , thus bringing out the chest containing the third and final scroll.
“And with this one, I have them all!” Twilight said, picking up the scroll.
Examining the contents, Twilight noticed another difference from the two scrolls she already owned: it had the numbers "21" and "41", and the letters "N" and "E".
"Sunset will know what to do with these scrolls..." Twilight said, as she put the third scroll in her pocket "I hope so..."
Later, Twilight returned to Rarity's dressing room... only to find that Sunset was totally relieved to see her, after listening to Rarity sing for hours.
“Sparkle! Thanks God!" Sunset said "I mean... Thank God she's safe and sound!"
At that moment, the three girls heard clapping sounds, causing Rarity to smile.
“Oh! Do you both hear that sound? My public calls me!” Rarity said, before glancing at Twilight "I hope you enjoy the rest of the show, Twilight. See ya".
And then, when Rarity came out of the dressing room for her next performance, Sunset made a scared face again.
"Sparkle, being with your friend has been a nightmare!" Sunset said “Let's get out of here! Quickly!".
But before Sunset could leave the dressing room, Twilight stopped her.
“I have all THREE scrolls, Sunset!” Twilight said with a smile "Look!".
Hearing that, Sunset took the scrolls… and her mind went back to the past again.
Back at the battle between the crew of The Alicorn and the pirates of Nightmare Moon, Elizabeth Shimmer continued her duel against the lieutenant in the ship's hold.
“Aaaah, Shimmer…!” the lieutenant said as he struggled "It's time to check if you're worthy of being called captain!"
"We'll see about that, pirate!" Elizabeth Shimmer yelled.
Then, with a quick movement, Elizabeth hit the lieutenant so hard that she knocked him unconscious among some crates in the warehouse, surrounded by rats.
“Do you envy my pretty cellar, freebooter?” Elizabeth Shimmer asked "Well, enjoy it with her new friends..."
Then, walking out of the hold, Elizabeth Shimmer saw that Nightmare Moon herself was already on board… looking at her.
"Get them, my pirates!" Nightmare Moon ordered "Sweep the deck with these vermin!"
Hearing that, Elizabeth Shimmer was furious.
"This is between you and me, Nightmare Moon!" Elizabeth Shimmer yelled.
But then, before Elizabeth could reach Nightmare Moon, someone launched one of the cannons, blocking her path.
“Who is it that dares to interpose…?” Elizabeth Shimmer asked angrily.
But when she turned around to see who it had been, Elizabeth Shimmer was surprised to see Nightmare Moon's other lieutenant… and he was taller than her.
"Such manners, Captain. Have you lost education?" Nightmare Moon said "One does not gain an audience with me without going through certain... formalities ".
But then, as Elizabeth Shimmer fought Nightmare Moon's second lieutenant, the memory quickly changed to another.
In that memory, Elizabeth was in the cargo hold of the ship and preparing a trail that connected to one of the barrels containing the gunpowder. When she finished, she was sad.
"Forgive me, my dear Alicorn ..." Elizabeth Shimmer said sadly.
A few minutes later, in a lifeboat, Elizabeth Shimmer watched as The Alicorn sank from the explosion of the gunpowder she had prepared.
"Forgive me... old friend..." Elizabeth Shimmer said sadly.
At that moment, someone else snuck into the lifeboat. He was Nightmare Moon's second lieutenant!
But then, before the lieutenant could attack Elizabeth Shimmer from behind her, she saw him and, with a quick swing of her sword, knocked her opponent back into the sea.
Then, the lieutenant grabbed onto a piece of wood floating in the sea... and looked furious.
“Curse you, Shimmer! And curse you are all your faint-hearted descendants…” the enraged lieutenant shouted “You will never escape us. We will follow her to her accursed island of Brittany!”
At that moment, Elizabeth Shimmer saw something that surprised her: Twilight Sparkle was now the one in the water.
“SUNSET! WAKE UP!" Twilight yelled.
And then, Elizabeth Shimmer realized… that her sword had turned into a bouquet of flowers!
"Sunset, wake up!" Twilight yelled, who was hiding behind a table.
When Sunset returned to normal, she had realized that she had gotten so involved in her ancestor's history again, that she had trashed Rarity's dressing room… while wielding a bouquet of flowers as a sword.
"Sunset, what did you just say?" Twilight asked curiously "What did the pirate say to Elizabeth Shimmer?"
"What?" Sunset asked, confused "What do you say, Sparkle?"
“You just said it: 'We'll follow her '…” Twilight said.
“…'until her island of Brittany '?” Sunset asked.
"Yes! That is where we to go!” Twilight said, as she tooked up a globe "In Brittany! On the coast of France!”
“And where is that exactly?" Sunset asked.
Using the globe, Twilight pointed to a specific area.
“North France. It must be your ancestor's hide-out. An island.... Or a cave…” Twilight said, as she pointed to the globe “Here!”
With her next destination discovered, Twilight prepared to leave.
"Are you ready to follow in the footsteps of your ancestor, Sunset?" Twilight asked "Because it looks like she wasn't a coward after all…"
At those words, Sunset smiled and made a decision.
"Let's go to Brittany, Twilight!" Sunset said.
Hearing that, Twilight couldn't help but smile… because it was the first time Sunset had called her by her name.
A few hours later, Twilight, Sunset, and Spike got back on their motorcycle with sidecar, heading out into the desert.
"Hey, Twilight…" Sunset said.
"Yes, Sunset?" Twilight asked.
"We're not goint to be driving like this all the way to Europe, are we?" Sunset asked.
"Honestly... I hadn't thought of that..." Twilight said, laughing embarrassed.
At that moment, Twilight saw something on the horizon that made her smile.
"Over there! Look!" Twilight said, pointing ahead "A plane!"
Ahead of them, in the middle of the desert, was a small airport…with a small plane nearby.
"I'm don't know if I should be happy or not!" Sunset said.
Finally, our three heroes got on the plane, heading for their next destination.
"Let's go to Brittany!" Twilight said as she piloted the plane.
"And to what part of Brittany, exactly?" Sunset asked.
To answer the question, Twilight took out the book she bought at the Canterlot City's market, and opened it to the page that contained Elizabeth Shimmer's photo.
“You see this island?” Twilight said, pointing to the island that appeared in the photo “That's the one! I am sure of it!”
“Heh. You're very smart to have figured that out, Twilight” Sunset said with a smile.
"It'll be the find of the century, Sunset…" Twilight said.
"Yes! And it's my life too!" Sunset said.
After saying that, both girls couldn't help but laugh... as they headed for the shores of Brittany.
Author's Note
Twilight and Sunset get all THREE scrolls from The Alicorn and the location of an island of Brittany once owned by Elizabeth Shimmer.
What secrets does the island hide? Will they be able to find out before Grogar finds out?
We'll see...
