Me and the New World

Chapter 9: Paper can make a difference part 2.

The school opened and twilight walked out a bit annoyed. Word about Anon spread around town, and that she is an orphan, some of the ponies didn't like that fact. Spoiled rich made her complaints known to the class, and Twilight was annoyed at that. she turned to see Anon playing with Sweetie bell, Apple bloom, and Scootaloo.

That brought a smile to her face that Anon and the C.M.C. made up and are back to being friends, And that Anon was having real fun.

"I think I will give her some more time to play with her friends," Twilight thought to herself.

~~Five Minutes Later~~

As the four fillies were playing their game of hide and seak, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow dash walked over.

"Howdy Twi, what are ya doing?" Applejack asked a bit confused.

"Just making sure nothing bad happens to the girls," Twilight answered.

The three turned to see Sweetie bell, Apple bloom, and Scootaloo playing with Anon.

"Well, I'll be darned, they made up," Applejack said.

"Yeah, when I heard about what happened, I was a bit concerned for... What is her name again?" Rainbow dash asked.

"Her name is Anon," Twilight answered.

"Well, it is simply nice that there are no bad feelings between them darling," Rarity said.

"Well, we need to get back, I have plans, and I would like Anon to be there with me," Twilight stated.

"And what are you doing Twi?" Applejack asked.

"this week my family is getting together, I want them to meet Anon," Twilight said.

"Well that's nice that Anon is meeting your parents," Applejack replied happily.

"Anon can you come over, I need to talk with you!" Twilight called out.

After hearing Twilight call for her, Anon made her way over.

"Hey, Anon, we are going to see my family this week, what do you think of that?" Twilight questioned.

"Ok, that sounds nice," Anon said.

Twilight was happy that Anon was starting to become more open to more ponies, the two walked back to the castle to get ready to leave.

~~Thirty Minutes Later~~

The walk to the castle was not eventful, even though Anon was starting to open up it would take more time to fully open up.

"I guess we take baby steps," Twilight thought to herself.

When the two got to the castle, the royal chariot was parked outside with some royal guards, Twilight started to freak out at the fact Princess Celestia was there waiting for her. When she walked in, her shock was doubled when she saw luna as well.

"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, what a surprise to see you, I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long," Twilight said with nervousness.

"Don't worry Twilight, we just got here only a minute ago," Celestia replied.

"Oh, well, that's good," Twilight said.

"Hello Luna," Anon called out.

"Hello, little one," Luna replied with a smile.

"Twilight we need to talk with you, in private," Celestia said with a serious tone.

Twilight knew something was wrong, she only heard that tone when Equestria was in danger. With a nod of her head, the three Princesses walked into a secluded room, where they could talk without being disturbed.

"What is the problem?" Twilight questioned concerned.

"Do you remember the nightmare that plagued me?" Luna asked.

"Yes, I do... Are you saying it has returned?" Twilight implied shocked.

"No, but, during one of the times we-I was in the dreams of little Anon, I saw a being made of shadows, like the nightmare, I tried to take care of it at that moment. I saw the thing while I was leaving, I tried to stop myself, but, I was too late, by the time I was out of the dream Anon was awake," Luna stated.

"What does this mean?" Twilight asked scared for Anon.

"I don't know, but, we must keep a close eye on Anon until we know what to do," Celestia said.

"It might be hard to hear, but, if this is not taken care of, Anon could become the next Nightmaremoon," Luna stated with sadness.

"The next Nightmaremoon?! But, she is not an alicorn," Twilight pointed out a bit shocked.

"Even if I was an earth pony Nightmaremoon would have still come out as an alicorn, our shadows are more powerful than we would like to admit," Luna said.

Twilight's head was spinning, she was not trying to imagine Anon as an evil alicorn, but, if what Luna was saying was true, something drastic had to be done to prevent that from happening.

"There is something else you need to know," Celestia stated.

Twilight could only look at her teacher waiting for more news, most likely bad.

~~Ten Minutes Before~~

"Sister, we need to talk," Luna called out.

"Yes, Luna, what is it?" Celestia asked confused.

"I think we should tell Twilight what is going on," Luna answered.

"(Sigh), We had this talk with Starlight, Twilight can't know, when faced with a threat to Equestria, she can go overboard," Celestia said.

"You always said you would put your trust in Twilight, I think it's time you did," Luna pointed out.

Celestia was going to argue with that point, but, luna was right, if Celestia wanted Twilight to take the throne, someday, she needed to trust that Twilight would know how to act.

"Yes... Yes, you are right, I need to trust Twilight," Celestia replied.

~~Back To The Present~~

"We believe that somepony is going to go after Anon," Celestia stated.

Twilight's eyes were the size of pinpricks, a heavyweight fell on her heart, everything that she heard to take in, it was like everything was falling apart around her.

"H-how, d-do you know?" Twilight asked with fear.

"We believe the ones who cause that storm tend to cause harm to Equestria, and Anon was unwillingly dragged into this plan," Celestia answered.

"Young Twilight, please calm down, we need to come up with a plan to stop this," Luna stated.

"B-but... No, your right, I need to keep a level head," Twilight replied.

"Until we really know what is going on, we will put royal guards in the town," Celestia stated.

"Alright, I'll make sure to let you know if something happens, also, Spike, Anon, and I are going to Canterlot, this week is our family reunion," Twilight said.

"That will be nice that Anon will meet the rest of your family," Celestia replied.

"It will only be my parents, Shining armor and Cadence," Twilight said.

"Sister, we need to go," Luna stated.

"Yes, sorry that we didn't stay for long," Celestia said.

"It is always nice to talk with you both," Twilight replied.

The three walked out of the room, to find everypony in the castle on the ground some were dead, Spike was on the ground knocked out, with Anon missing. One of the guards on the ground called out, the Princesses made their way over, worried about what happened.

"Prin, cess, they, came out of nowhere, they took the f-filly," the guard said before falling into unconsciousness.

Twilight heard Spike wake up, she ran over and hugged Spike out of worry.

"Twi, light, I can't... Breath," Spike said as he tried to get out of the hug.

"Oh, sorry, I thought you were, (Twilight wiped away some tears), I just am glad you are alright. Where is Anon?" Twilight questioned.

"I remember, the ponies were wearing some weird armor, it was red with... Blackout lining," Spike said.

"Did the armor have an orange sun surrounded by black fire?" Celestia asked.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Spike asked confused.

"They are a group of mercenaries I have had a hard time getting rid of, but, we need to get Anon back," Celestia said with steel in her voice.

"I have a spell that can track Anon, I put a tracking spell on her glasses," Twilight stated.

Celestia, Luna, and Spike gave Twilight a deadpan look.

"W-well, I was worried about her safety, and I-I thought it was a good idea," Twilight said with a nervous laugh.

"We will talk about that later, now we need to get Anon back," Luna stated.

Twilight cast the tracking spell, soon the three alicorns were in pursuit of the mercenaries. When the three flew out of the castle some of the pegasus guards followed.

"Captin Golden wing, go get the elements of harmony, then follow us!" Celestia ordered.

The pony gave a salute and flew off to do what he was ordered.

"Whoever these ponies are they are fast," Twilight said annoyed.

"Yes, I didn't think they were this bold in attacking a castle with three alicorns in it," Luna replied.

"Clearly they had a plan, Twilight how far are we?" Celestia asked.

"They are not getting any farther, but, we are not getting closer," Twilight answered.

The group heard the sound of a pegasus flying behind them, Twilight looked behind them and saw Rainbow dash flying up.

"Twilight, what is happening?!" Rainbow dash asked confused.

"Somepony took Anon, we are trying to get her back," Twilight said with concern.

Rainbow dash had gotten a face of rage then it turned into one that was determined.

"Well, what are we waiting for!" Rainbow dash said as she sped off.

After a couple of seconds, she flew back with an embarrassed smile and asked, "So, where are they?"

"We will catch up before anything bad happens," Twilight said.

It took longer but, the group made it to a cave where the spell was pulling, Celestia gave a silent order to surround the cave entrance.

"Alright, what is the plan?" Rainbow dash asked.

Behind them, a golden light appeared and just as fast as it came it disappeared leaving more guards and the rest of the elements of harmony. They joined the rest of the group.

"We came as fast as we could," Applejack said.

"I can't bleve these ruffians would do something so barbaric," Rarity said annoyed.

"I hope we can help Anon," Fluttershy added worriedly for Anon.

"First we need to make sure none of the pegasi in there could just fly off, second we need to use an anti-teleportation field so they don't teleport out. After that we neutralize the earth ponies, they are trained to be strong enough to kill. Don't think these ponies won't use deadly force, cause they will kill," Celestia stated.

The main six paled at the fact if they let their guard down, they could die. Both Celestia and Luna used magic to teleport a set of armor on themselves, Luna had a set of dual swords that looked like they were made of silver, and Celestia had a Halpert that looked like it was made of gold. The group made their way into the cave to confront the mercenaries.

"I know you want to help, but, I think you should stay out of this, Fluttershy, these ponies are not like the others we faced," Rainbow dash said concerned.

"I want to help Anon that's why I came," Fluttershy said determinedly.

"Your right, we did come here to help Anon," Rarity replied with the same tone.

Not noticing the ponies the mercenaries threw Anon into a cage, she was scared like her life was going to end there. Twilight fought to keep a level head, she looked over to see Rainbow dash was doing the same thing. Luna used a spell that would stop all that tried to teleport out, she gave Celestia the nod to go.

"This is the last time you avoid me!" Celestia called out.

The ponies turned around shocked that they were found so fast.

"Did thow really think thow would escape, after attacking a castle with three alicorns in it?!" Luna asked angered.

The mercenaries took their weapons out and charged the group, Celestia sighed at the stupidity of these ponies, she got her weapon and got ready to attack. The royal guards charged, and when the two forces clashed, the sound of metal clashing followed.

Once the fighting was over and the dust settled, most of the mercenaries were dead, while the rest of them were tied up, Sadly some of the guards died in the fight.

"Who paid you to go after Anon?!" Rainbow dash asked one of the mercenaries with anger.

"Go to Tartarus," one of the mercenaries said.

He spat in Rainbow dash's face, she went to hit the pony but was stopped by Luna.

"What the heck?!" Rainbow dash asked annoyed.

"I'll take it from here, go help the others," Luna ordered.

Rainbow dash flew off, but before she gave a death glare at the pony.

"I won't tell you anything Nightmaremoon!" he said.

Luna didn't show anger, she lit her magic up and slammed the ponies face into the ground.

"Now, let's try this again, Luna said with malice in her voice.

~~Ten Minutes Later~~

"Sister, we found out who hired these mercenaries to kidnap Anon," Luna said.

"Who did it?" Celestia asked interested.

"It was Silver bolt, one of the elite ponies of Manehattan," Luna answered.

"Why would he want Anon?" Twilight asked confused.

"Not even the mercenaries knew, but, we believe it had to do with the same ponies who made that portal," Luna answered.

Anon was staying close to Twilight, and Twilight was making sure Anon was close to her.

"I don't think it will be good if we went to Canterlot," Twilight said.

"I think it would be good for you, Anon, and Spike if you went to that family reunion, don't worry, I will help keep Anon and your parents safe," Celestia stated.

"Well, alright," Twilight replied.

"Sister we also found out this isn't the main headquarters for the Dark Sun Guild," Luna stated.

"Well, I guess it is back to searching," Celestia said annoyed.

End of part 2.