This Day Has Been Just Perfect

“Ugh...” Twilight was cold, hungry, and extremely thirsty. She must have fainted because of her body shutting down from starvation and hunger. This was bad. At this rate, she would die within a matter of hours, a day if lucky.

A pink alicorn was sleeping on the ground shivering beside her. Twilight could see her ribs just as much and she could see her own. She didn’t know how much longer they have. All she knew is that it wasn’t much. If they were fainting, that is a sheer sign of lack of nourishment. This was dangerous territory.

‘How much longer?’ Twilight thought. ‘How much longer until we fade away?’

Cadance shifted and moved from one side to the other. Soon though, she started to wake up from her slumber.

“Ugh, what happened?” Cadance said, but soon realized that they had fainted. “Twilight are you okay?”

“Just a bit dizzy that’s all.” Twilight said. But she  was feeling more than just being dizzy. She felt like she was about to puke up her guts. She had nothing in them though. So that was a bad sign.

Twilight’s dizzy spell was short lived. When she thought she was back to normal, (normal as in not dizzy and nauseous) everything went black.

“Where is Spike when you need him?” Rainbow Dash asked. They had been searching for a book on the “Canterlot Caves” for half a day now, and nothing has come up. They definitely would have needed Spike or Twilight to find things in the library.

“Wait, I think I’ve found it.” Princess Celestia said with uncertainty. But she was ever so worried. Every minute counted for her niece and student.

Everypony walked towards the Princess she flew down from the shelf, carrying the book in her magic grip. She laid it on the table and opened it a section where it had map. But this map was no ordinary map. This show if there is a spell planted on it and type of spell it is. But the downfall of it showing the spell on the caves, it doesn’t show and spells to break that spell.

“What is this Princess?” Rarity asked in amazement. The book itself was amazing. It had everything it needed to know about the caves.

Celestia kept an even tone despite her deepening fear. “It’s The Caves Beneath Canterlot. A reference book to the Canterlot Caves. This is the map of the Canterlot Caves. It has magic on it that shows if and what types of spell are on it. It is a very old book so we must be careful.”

“Yes, Princess.” Rarity said kindly.

“It has a labyrinth spell on it. This one is highly fitted and will be hard to break. But I think it is possible.” this made the princess a bit more hopeful than she was.

She might just be able to save the ponies she loves.

Little did they know a changeling guard was listening to their conversation. He ran back to his queen with his new report.

“My queen, they have seemed to figure out that the prisoners are in the Caves. They have also seemed to figure out there is a spell on it.” the guard said.

“Thank you.” Queen Chrysalis said.

“My queen, if you don’t mind me asking, what should we do?” the changeling guard asked.

“Nothing. For you see, the two mares are on the brink of death. When their friends find them it will already be too late.” Queen Chrysalis gave an evil laugh at the thought. The thought that the only two threats will die in a matter of hours.

“As you wish my queen.” the guard said and he left.

This will be just a perfect day.

“Twilight! Twilight! Twilight, please wake up.” Cadance was crying. The mare has been asleep for longer than she knows. She wonders if she is even asleep at all.

‘No! Don’t think things like that! She will be fine. She is still breathing I can feel it.’ Cadance thought although the thought seemed to come true. She looked closer to see her breath in the cold are. ‘Thank Celestia! She’s okay!’

“Ugh... Did I faint again?” Twilight asked. She was definitely still wary from her slumber.

All Cadance could do is give a small nod and help the mare up. She wiped tried to wipe away her tears, but new tears of happiness seemed to flow down her pink coat.

Twilight gave a grin. “Okay, but what are we going to do? We really don’t have that much longer.”

“I-I don’t know.” Cadance said ever so worried.They needed to get out, but how?

“Come on Princess!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “We have to hurry.”

They had followed the book to the entrance. It seemed to be blocked by a boulder, though. So not only a spell but a boulder to never find an entrance. Seemed excessive but, there was an alicorn and the Element of Magic down there.

Everyone just gawked at how huge the boulder was. Fluttershy was the only one to speak. “Princess, um... we have to move the boulder. If you don’t mind me saying. But, how?”

“My magic may be powerful but it can’t move a boulder at this magnitude by itself. So we all need to work together to move it.” Princess Celestia was more than determined to get her niece and student out of there. And hopefully alive.

They all positioned themselves to move the boulder.

Celestia started to count to move the boulder, “Ready?”

“Ready!” they all said in unison.

“On three. One... two... three!”

Applejack and Pinkie Pie pushed with all their might on the ground, while Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash did the same from the sky.

Rarity and Princess Celestia combined their magic and together they moved the boulder over, so the entrance was now wide enough to have all of them move through and into the entrance.

As they did so, the princess looked behind them and at the boulder. She decided to make it a pebble so it could no longer block their path. Along with that, she cast a protector spell on it to make sure no one could make it, once again, its original size.

With that, they quickly moved forth into the Canterlot Caves.