White Feathers On A Black Night

=====================Royal==============

Great, I wake up not knowing who I am, and now there's monsters running around.

"You saw that... that thing. How? How did you see it?" Daring asked her sister.

Ditzy shook her head. "I don't know. But I know one thing." She turned to Bulk Biceps, "What ever these things are, they have our foals."

Bulk stared at her, "How do you get that?"

"I saw words one that paper that speak of invisible creatures, that thing," she pointed at the corps, "Was invisible and I could see it."

"We need to take this corps to the princesses. If there is some threat to Equestria, they needs to know." I said. They all nodded.

"Eyes," a deep, raspy voice said. "The Black King's watchers." We all turned to look at the beast, it was still laying there but it spoke. "Does he not realize that there is no hope for his world, that the war ended long ago." It's breathing was heavy. "The sacrifice can not be stopped. Two pure youths from this world and the seal will be broken, our armies will walk on the soil of this weak world. It... It 'cough' will be gl... glorious." It stopped breathing and then disintegrated.

"Eyes, Black King, war, sacrifice?" I was puzzled.

"Two pure youths." Bulk looked lost. "That's why they took Featherweight and Dinky. There gonna kill them to bring their armies here."

"OK, everypony calm down. First things first, we need to find out everything possible about this Black King." I took charge.

"I'll check the library." Ditzy said.

"Try to avoid saying anything about what we just saw and heard."

===================Ditzy Do================

I walked into the Library.

"Hey Ditzy," Twilight said. "Anything I can help you with?"

"Yes, do you have any books on old legends?"

"Yeah, sure." she levitated a book over to me. "I'm really sorry to hear about your daughter. I don't know what I'd do if I had a daughter and she was taken."

"Thanks. It's difficult. I hope they find her."

"Yea, its horrible that anypony would take a foal. What are you trying to find?"

Through the entire conversation, I was flipping through the book. Twilight is smart maybe she'll know something. "Anything about The Black King."

Twilight looked surprised. "You won't find anything on him in the books here. The Black King is another name for King Sombra."

"The tyrant that ruled the Crystal Empire?"

"That's the one. Any and all records of him would be found in the Crystal Empire. Why are you looking for stuff on him?"

"No reason." I quickly ran out of the library.

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"King Sombra!?" Daring yelled. "But he is evil and so are these creatures. Who's the good guy in all this?'

"Sombra," Royal told her. "He was protecting Equestria."

"What do we do now?" Bulk asked.

"We go to the Crystal Empire and find our answers." Royal said. "Pack what's necessary, I have a feeling that we won't be coming back any time soon. That is if we're a team?" He held his hoof out.

"I'm getting my daughter back." I put my hoof on his.

"YEAH!!!!!!" Bulk Biceps put his hoof in.

"Let's do it," Daring put her hoof in.

"Ok, from here on out we are a team." Royal said with a leader's smile.

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The other three left. I packed some food, a picture of Dinky, and a gun. I never thought I'd ever have to touch it, but here I am, packing to go save my daughter and the world. That's not something you expect to do is it.

===============Bulk Biceps==============

I wrote down a note and posted it on the door of my gym. "Sorry boys, we're closed," I whispered under my breath. I packed my shades, some brass horse shoes, and a will to fight. I stopped to look at an old newspaper I had.

Heavy Weight Disappointment!

Heavy Weight Champ Bulk "Snowflake" Biceps lost his title and the ability to fight in the 1999 match vs. SnapJaw Migie. His injury to the neck has ended his career.

We'll see who can go in the ring now.

===============Daring Do============

I grabbed my machete and revolver. Royal came back with me to get his sword and armor.

"What now." I asked him.

"One more thing." he said as he put on his armor.

=============Royal==================

The local bar in Ponyville was pretty empty, except for two royal guard. I walked up to them fully clad in my armor.

"I have been sent to take the evidence of the missing foals case," I lied.

"What's you athorization?" one asked. Whiskey on his breath.

"I don't have time for this. Captain Shinning Armor sent me."

"Well why didn't you say so. Here." He gave me a plastic bag with a piece of paper with an odd symbol in it. No word appeared on the paper. I walk out of there and Daring and I headed for the train station.

We met up with the rest of the team there. The train pulled up and we got in.