Alicorn: The Lost Princess

Twilight approached the castle, hastily making her way back toward her former classmate. She had never been much for friends, but she knew deep down, leaving her out here was wrong. She stretched the strange wings that had imposed themselves on her sides. She wasn’t much for them either. They made her more bulky, they made her… uncomfortable. Twilight was so used to knowing, well, everything there was to know. The wings presented a state of unknowing that was foreign to her. She was exactly interested in being embarrassed by her inability to fly. If she could not execute flight perfectly, she would not make an attempt.

“Moondancer!?” She shouted, peering through the tattered banners that hung on the fragmented walls.

In a moment, Moondancer bound out from her place on the backwards throne. “Twilight Sparkle! We haven’t time to speak, we must flee!”

Twilight held up her front legs, waving her hooves, believing the other mare to have gone even more mad than she’d previously been. “Calm down.”

Moondancer tapped her gently with a bolt of magic that left her frozen in her place. “Listen to me!” She demanded. “Starlight Glimmer and Trixie, the weird show magician filly- you know the one-“ she gasped for a breath as she released Twilight from her grasp. “They are after you, they came here with a bounty for you just minutes ago.”

Twilight settled back onto her hooves. “They are the mares chasing us?” She shook her head, disappointedly. “I should have known, Starlight Glimmer has always had a chip on her shoulder.”

Moondancer moved towards her, “they are in the forest, I can’t imagine they’d gone too far, as we can really only teleport places we’ve been before…”

Twilight nodded in understanding, “then it’s best if we get out of here and try to avoid them.”

The Pegasus Air Force settled on the ground of Ponyville. Met by the newest battalion, Shining Armor stood at attention, meeting with the general known as Spitfire. She was their leader, crafty, but she knew when she was beat. “Our commander would have met you, though he’s readying other troops.” The white unicorn stallion reported.

“A unicorn captain of a Ponyville Battalion?” She asked skeptically. She looked behind him at his rag-tag bunch of new recruits. “You cannot blame me for not greeting you with… open arms, Captain.”

Shining nodded in complete understanding. “We are all new recruits… I, like you all, am a refugee in this village.”

Spike toddled over to his brother’s side. “A unicorn, a dragon, a mare, two colts… both the size of a single one of my horseshoes“ she looked over his team. As a flamboyant pink pony hopped up with chipper joy in her step.

“A pink party pony, aaaaand!” She shouted as she stopped. Revealing that behind her stood a striped pony unknown to the pegasi. “A zebra!”

Fluttershy soon fluttered up and over toward Pinkie Pie, bowing to the general as she moved. “And me, too… well… I’ll- maybe I’ll try.”

The general narrowed her eyes. “Great!” She said sarcastically. She nodded to the messenger pony as she left her post, joining the rag-tag bunch and standing beside her Earth Pony pal. Her snark soon fell as the seriousness of her predicament settled on her mind. “I guess we all have to work together if any of us stand a chance… so… let’s get started. Pegasi! Fall in line.”

Celestia, Luna, and Cadence flew above the crowded forest, Celestia hadn’t flown much since the transformation, but somehow it had come naturally to her. The magic as well, as if the metamorphosis had unlocked something inherent within her. She was not the greatest flyer of all time, but she was we capable enough to keep up with Cadence, a born Pegasus, as well as Luna, who had come to her true form long before she had.

As they landed, then sipped water from their canteens. “Twilight should be here any moment.” Cadence said, squinting her eyes against the sunlight.

Luna huffed out a breath. “It will be much longer than a moment, she is moving on foot. Additionally, she is conducting a rescue mission for my sole disciple.”

Cadence’s face twisted. “Then we’re just going to have to wait for her.”

There was a strange sound that cleared the sky’s and echoed across the land, then, as quickly as the sound had broke, the ground shook as if something had slammed against it with all its force. In the distance, a dome of magic covered the village of Ponyville.

As the dome settled, a pair of unicorn mares were set hurdling to the outskirts of the city. As their body’s screeched to a halt on the unforgiving ground, they groaned in pain. “That king-forsaking unicorn, using our own protection spell to protect Earth Ponies!?” The lavender-coated mare growled. She was covered in broken twigs and completed disheveled. There was a fire in her eyes, such that hadn’t been seen before. She began brushing herself off, completely oblivious, she trotted up to the force field protecting the village.

Trixie opened her eyes, still lying still in the scar of dirt they’d formed. The orb of protection had shot them back, despite teleporting out of the forest… they were forced back to its entrance. As the blue mare opened her eyes weakly, she believed she’d begun to hallucinate. Before her stood three Alicorns. Two very large mares a deep blue, and a white. The other slightly smaller and pink in color. The three all seemed so dainty and shiny. “Pretty-“ she muttered. Bewildered, beaten, and exhausted. “Pretty Princess” she giggled, clearly not gathered.

The trio watched the mares, confused at their sudden arrival, and disturbed by their evident discombobulation. As they watched, a sense of familiarity found Celestia. “Those are the mares… the huntresses…” her voice was barely louder than a whisper, but it seemed to trigger something within the giggling mare.

“Princess- ALICORN!” Trixie shouted as she captured her thoughts and came to her… relative… right mind.

Starlight snapped her head around with the most aggravated expression any pony there had ever had the displeasure of witnessing. “Do not mock me!” A silence fell over them as the duo measured up their foes. Starlight crept toward Trixie. “How… vigilant…” she said slowly, her tone had become more… chipper… for the first time offering her partner what seemed to be a compliment.

“Celestia, you can take us three to any place you have been. So, take us to your home within the protection spell!” Luna encouraged her.

Celestia groaned, having to act quickly, she she stopped for a moment before firing a blast toward the huntresses. They both scampered away from the ray, having well-anticipated such a move.

Luna shot a blast, and with that act of aggression the unicorns charged, perfectly evading their shots of magic.

Celestia stumbled backwards getting behind Luna. “Okay, okay I need to think!“ she thought for a moment. Sure, flying had come naturally, and magic seemed so as well, she lacked the education Luna and Twilight had had in wielding it. “I’ve never teleported anybody besides myself!”

As the huntresses barreled toward them, Cadence bound over them on wing. Her hooves hit the ground like lightning bolts. A flash of light pulsing through her as she swung her magic aimlessly. The unicorns playing hopscotch with their lack of skill.

“You have to be the on to do it, we have to go some place these ponies won’t be able to follow!” Luna insisted. She blasted around cadence striking Starlight clear in her abdomen. The unicorn tumbled into her friend stunning them both.

Celestia revved her magic as she thought of her home. She was nervous, but the thought of her family filled her with determination. As the orb began to form, an exhausted and aggravated Starlight fired one last shot. A sharp and pointed blast, one strong enough to take a life, flew toward the white mare. As the orb shut around them, Cadence bound between her and the blast.

As the pink Alicorn fell, the orb surrounded the sisters, and without time to think or even react, they were gone.

Cadence lay there, dazed and barely breathing. Starlight Glimmer weakly rose to her hooves. “These Alicorns are strong, but not skilled enough to fight…” she recounted, making her way to their new captive. “Strong enough to survive my most mighty of blasts…”. She looked down at the far larger mare.

“Starlight…” Trixie started, coming to the wounded one’s side. “It’s not right...”

Starlight swallowed as she winced at her abdominal injury. Almost contemplating stomping out one of the Alicorns while she had the chance. But there was good inside her. At least, she believed there was. “I know, let’s just take her to the king.”