A Star that Falls to Canterlot City

by Pinkie Pie Sweets


Chapter 3: The Old Manor Expedition

The next day after having breakfast, Sun and the girls are in front of the old mansion. Twilight Sparkle along with her dog Spike, Sun's wild cat, and The Dazzlings have never been inside of the mansion before. Sun and her other friends have been to the old mansion before, but not since they've seen Lapis and her butterflies' spirits. The girls are starting to get an eerie feelings about the mansion, and can tell that it hasn't changed. The only thing that is different is a white piece of paper that shows the demolition permission and the date.

Aria rolls her eyes as she asks, "Are we really going to spend our time in that old messy manor?"

"Yeah. It looks really creepy," Sonata agrees, shivering and herself with her arms.

"I know it's a bit spooky and old, but if there really is someone living in that building, we need to tell them and see if there's a way to help them," Sun says.

"I agree. Who ever is in that mansion can't stay in there or the construction workers tear it down," Applejack says.

"So let's go find us a ghost or something," Rainbow says. Then walks ahead to the old mansion.

Sun and the others follow Rainbow Dash to the front of the door. Rainbow turns the knob and opens the door. When Rainbow slowly opens the door allway, she along with Sun, Adagio, and Twilight take a look. Twilight, Sun, and Rainbow Dash feels a bit spooked by it. Adagio however, is a bit disgusted by how old and dirty the old house is.

"This house is disgusting, and totally out of style," Adagio says in disgust.

Rarity agrees with it, and says, "I can't believe we're once again stepping into this tacky mansion."

"Come on guys. The sooner we find this mysterious person the sooner we can get out of here," Rainbow says.

"Let's try and make this quick because we need to be at the school a 1:30 to begin organizing for the school fundraiser for Camp Everfree," applejacks reminds the friends.

The girls nod their heads in reply. The ten friends and two pets walk inside the house and find themselves in the living room of the old house. They can see that the house looks a lot bigger from the inside. Even if it is old, and covered in spider webs and dust. Like always, the place looks a lot like someone hasn't lived here in years. Sun thinks it's a good idea to spread out so they can search faster.

"Alright guys, I think we need to split up and see if we can find anything," Sun informs.

"Yes, it will be a lot faster," Twilight agrees.

Then Sun says, "Alright Twilight, you search down here with Aria, Rarity, Adagio, and Rainbow Dash, and your dog Spike."

"On it," Twilight confirms.

Then Sun says, "The rest of us will look up stairs."

The girls nod their heads agreeing to the idea. Sun takes Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie, and Sonata to the staircase and head upstairs. While Twilight and the others begin their search downstairs. Sun and the others reach upstairs and look to see the hallway going opposite directions. Sun decides to split the group up more.

"Applejack, take Pinkie and Sonata down the left hall, while Fluttershy, Nina and I search from the right," Sun directs the friend.

"Sure thing sugarcube," Applejacks says.

Applejack goes to the left hall and Sonata and Pinkie follow her. Sun, Fluttershy, and the wild cat go to the opposite direction. Fluttershy holds on to Sun's hand a little tight as they both make their way down the hall.

Back downstairs, Twilight and the others are looking around to see if there's anything amiss. Rainbow looks around the kitchen to see that the place hasn't been moved. Just then, Rainbow Dash notices something amiss from the window.

Rainbow calls to the girls, "Hey guys, take a look at this."

Twilight and Adagio walk into the kitchen to see what Rainbow has find.

"Take a look what I found outside the window," Rainbow says, pointing to the window.

Adagio and Twilight look to see why Rainbow is seeing. They are shocked to see that there is a clothes line outside, and clothes are hanging outside, and they're not old either.

"Well, there is definitely someone has made this place their home or should I say… her home," Adagio clarifies.

Rainbow and Twilight look at Adagio with a confused look on their faces.

Twilight asks, "How do you know it's a girl?"

"Working at the boutique has its charms. The style of the clothes along with jeans are consider for females. And judging by the size, I'd Say the person living in here is around your age," Adagio confirms.

"But aren't you the same age as us," Twilight asks, adjusting her glasses.

Adagio chuckles, and says, "Not even close. I was banished here over a thousand years ago, and have been living in this world for a long time. I'm a lot older than I look.

"You… you're pulling our leg aren't you!" Rainbow exclaims with a shock.

"No. Ask Princess Twilight Sparkle and Sun if you want some answers," Adagio remarks with a smirk on her face.

Then she walks away as she says, "Come on, let's go see if we can find anything else that is not old."

When Adagio leaves the room, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle are still stunned to hear how old Adagio is very different from her appearance. Then again, they know that she and her sisters have been banished from Equestria for a long time. They decide to continue with the search.

In a different area down stairs, Aria, Rarity, and little Spike are searching around to see if they find anything. Rarity is not liking this idea one bit.

"Ugh! Please remind me, Aria, why we're in this old manor again?! I suddenly remember how glad I'm to get out of there after the last time I was here," Rarity asks, unpleased about being in this old building.

"We're here because Sun saw someone in here yesterday, and we agreed to help check it out," Aria bluntly answers.

Rarity sighs and says, "Don't remind me."

"You asked," Aria remarks, rolling her eyes.

Spike continues to sniff around the floor for anything. He mostly smells dust and other stuff.

"Well, who is staying here doesn't smell dangerous," Spike replies.

"How can you know that?" Aria asks.

"Aria, Spike is a dog. I'm sure he can sense danger better than we can," Rarity remarks.

"Thank you," Spike replies.

Then Aria says, "Well, we were able to find some trash of fast food, and drinks."

"Yes. It seems that someone has been eating out a lot. Think of how high the cholesterol must be," Rarity replies.

"I guess, but why would someone want to live here of all places?" Aria asks.

"I don't really know, but let's see ifwe can search for anything else," Rarity replies.

"You're right," Aria grees.

Rarity, Aria, and Spike the dog continue to search for anything else in the house. So far, the girls downstairs haven't found anyone, specifically their mystery person.

Upstairs, Applejack, Pinkie, and Sonata are looking in some of the room from their half of the house. Each of them search in a different room. So far, they have a bit of trouble because of the old blankets, furniture, and lots of dust around here.

Pinkie sticks her had out of one of the rooms with dust and dust bunnies on her hair, and asks, "Um, were you able to find anything, because I mostly found dust bunnies?"

"Nothing. All I was able to find re cobwebs, and some spiders," Sonata answers, coming out of the room.

Pinkie can see that Sonata has some cobwebs on her hair.

Pinkie walks out of the room as she says, "I think whoever's been living here is hiding from us."

"Or maybe the person is not here right now," Sonata suggests.

Just then, they hear Applejack calling out, "Hey girl, take a look what I found."

Pinkie and Sonata walk to the room where Applejack is. When they look inside, they can see that applejack is in the restroom. Applejack is holding out two bottle, and they look brand new too.

"What are these?" Sonata asks.

"Well, this here are shampoo and conditioner bottles. I found them just sitting on the sink," Applejack answers.

Pinkie and Sonata look at each other with confused look.

Then Pinkie asks, "Did you find anything else, because Sonata and I found nothing in the other rooms?"

"Well, I did find a toothbrush, a bag of dental floss, a hair brush, and a bar of soap," Applejack answers, pointing to each item on the counter next to the sink.

Pinkie and Sonata can see items and can tell they look rather new, and out of place in the old mansion.

"So what did the mean?" Sonata asks, looking a bit clueless.

"I think what Applejack means, is that one one is definitely here. Unless she is living here," Pinkie answers.

"That's right." Applejack answers, nodding her head.

Then something Applejack seems bugged about, and questionably says, "Still, I wonder why we hadn't seen anyone, or at least something that can tell who the person is?"

"Maybe she's scared." Pinkie suggests.

"Could be Pinkie but let's check on the others and see if they find anythin," Applejack says.

Pinkie and Sonata smile at the same time and answer, "Okkie Dokkie!"

Applejack head out of the restroom with Pinkie and Sonata following her. They decide to go downstairs to see how the others are doing. Since they finish looking from their end, they decide to see if the others need any help.

I the main room, Lapis' room to be precise, Sun, Fluttershy, and Nina the wild cat are searching where Sun has first find some of the stuff. Fluttershy is holding on to Sun's shoulders as she tries her best to hide herself from the spooky house.

"Um Sun, a-a-are you sure we should be here?" Fluttershy asks, shaking in fear.

"There's not much to worry about, but we had to find something that will lead us to this mystery person," Nina says.

Fluttershy shyly smiles, and says, "You're… you're right."

"Don't worry Fluttershy, Nina and I will be with you the whole way," Sun says with a reassuring smile.

"I guess so," Fluttershy replies.

Sun, Fluttershy, and the wildcat begin to search around the room. They look around to see that there isn't much around here. They find a suitcase in the closet, and have a few clothes, shoes, and other things inside. They can tell that someone has been living here, but nothing about what the person looks like. When they finish looking around, they haven't found much except for clothes and other supplies.

"Well, I'm glad that we know that someone has been living here," Fluttershy says.

"But, and that the one who is living here is around outrage and it's female, but not enough to tell us what the person or should I say what the girl looks like," Sun adds.

Nina walks over, and says, "It does seem rather strange, and you want to know what else…"

"What?" Fluttershy and Sun asks.

Nina wiggles her eyes as she sniffs around the area, and says, "I'm having this strange sense that we're not alone around here."

Sun turns to Nina, and asks, "How can you tell?"

"Call it instinct," Nina firmly answers.

Nina sniffs as she wiggles her eyes. She is looking around to see if she can sense anything around. When Nina gets close to the balcony, she can hear some footsteps and her ears are wiggling as she hear the noise.

Nina turns to the girls, and whispers, "I think someone's on the balcony."

"You're sure?" Sun asks.

"Positive," Nina answers nodding her hair.

Sun turns to Fluttershy, and nods her head. Fluttershy gulps then nods her head as well. Sun slowly opens the balcony to see that the balcony is empty. The three walk out to see if anyone is round, so far they find nothing. What they are not aware is that, a person or something wearing a white sheet is behind the door and slowly trying to get back inside. Nina ears wiggles hearing the sound, and turns to see the moving sheet. Nina growls loud seeing the figure wearing the cloth.

The person in the sheet scaredly shouts, "Yikes!"

Sun and Fluttershy quickly turn around to see the person wearing the cloth as it runs away.

"Wait!" Sun calls out.

"Come back!" Fluttershy adds.

The two girls along with the wild cat begin chasing after the sheet ghost.

Downstairs, everyone else is in the living room as they disguise what they find at their position of the house.

"So we know that there is someone living in this old mansion," Twilight says.

Adagio says, "And we can tell that it's a female and around our age."

"Not to mention, she has food, drinks, and other stuff she needs to take care of herself," Applejack adds.

"But we still don't know who this person looks like, so we practically out of luck," Aria bluntly replies.

Rarity firmly says, "Now Aria, there isn't a time for such attitude. Sure we don't know who the person looks like, but we still need to find the person before the mansion is going to be tear down."

"So what do we do now?" Aria asks.

"I have no idea, darling," Rarity answers with a embarrassed look on her face.

Back upstairs, Sun and Fluttershy are chasing the person who is running around the room. Sun and Fluttershy try to catch her, but the person is to fast. The person is able to slip past them, and run out of the room. The two girls and the wild cat began chasing her out of the room. Sun runs faster so she can teach the person. The sheet person is making her way down the stairs, but trips at the end of the sheet. Heading down stairs and seeing the person fall, Sun runs quick to catch the person, but they both end up rolling down the stairs, and crashes at the floor down the stairs.

Hearing the crash, Twilight and the others run to the staircase to see Sun and someone wearing a sheet is flat on the floor next to the stairs.

Rarity worriedly asks "Sun, arling, are you alright?"

"I think I'm fine," Sun answers, feeling a bit in pain as she is getting up.

"What happened?" Rainbow asks.

Fluttershy walks down stairs as she explains, "Sun and I were looking in Lapis' room. Nina hear someone at the balcony so we check it out. Then we found someone in the sheet running away. And I think you can figure out the rest."

Then Sun says, "Yeah. We both fell here."

Sun tries to use her right arm to get up, but feels a sharp pain in it.

"OW!" Sun reacts.

Adagio asks in concern, "What's wrong?"

"My arm, it… it hurt!" Sun answers, feeling pain and clutching her arms.

Twilight comes over and takes a look at her arm.

Twilight declares, "It's possible that you may have broke your arm."

"Oh, we need to get Sun to the hospital," Fluttershy says.

But Sun says, "But first, let's see who our mystery person is."

Aria and Applejack help hold the person up, and are able to get the person to sit up, but is not moving. Sun uses her other arm and with Twilight's help are able to remove the sheet off the person. When they do, the girl lets out a shocking gasp.

"No… no way!" Rainbow shockley exclaims.

"It… it can't be!" Pinkie adds with the same expression.

Still stunned, Sun shockley says, "Falling Star!"

Unconscious and being hold by Aria and Applejack, is a girl who looks exactly like Falling Star. She has the same hair color, and skin color as ther friend from Equestria. The ten friends are so in shock that they are not saying a single word. Now they know that it's Falling Star who has been living in the old mansion all the along. Now they need to figure out what to do with her.

Fluttershy quietly suggests, "Um, perhaps it will be best to get Sun and um, Falling Star to the hospital."