The trio was traveling by carriage, being pulled by the two fliers of the team. Alister directed them to land as he spotted the area. As they got closer to the ground, the point of impact became more and more clear.
"Breath taking..." Alister said as he hopped out of the carriage, not even waiting for it to fully touch the ground. "Look at it! Oh, its a dream come true!"
"Glad you are on cloud 9 with a space rock, Alister" the white Pegasus guard commented as he took of his reins.
"Why the heck do we have to cart him around?!" The female, bat pony guard hissed as she tore her reins off, throwing them as hard as she could at the ground. "I'm not some pony's chauffer!"
"Take it easy Midnight Blossom, he can't fly" the Pegasi tried his best to calm the mare's but if anger.
"He knows that spell to give him wings!" She snapped at him. "He just doesn't want to do it and 'look like a breezy'!" Midnight Blossom mocked the unicorn guard, as he did his best to ignore her and examined the crash sight.
"Come on Midnight" the Pegasi pleaded. "Let's just focus on our job"
"Shhhhh!" Alister tried to silence them.
"Cloud Skipper, you are always sticking up for him. He's not better then us, so why do we always end up carting him around like he's royalty?!" Midnight was inches from Cloud Skipper's muzzle, looking like she might bite it off.
"Shhhhhh!" Alister shushed at them even louder, getting more annoyed.
"If you try and shush me again, white hair, I'll really give you-" the bat pony began, but her mouth was covered by soft front hoof belonging to Cloud Skipper. Before she could object, he pointed to something that quickly dissipated the aggressive bat pony's fury.
It was the meteor that was once 'Gazer's Comet', sitting there about six feet deep in the ground. But that they came to expect. That was normal. But what shocked them was the pony shaped burn mark. Which was outlined on the side of it in dark colored crystals. Their eyes followed similar burn marks and crystals that lead out of the crater and into the forest.
Alister approached one, examining it carefully. As Cloud Skipper and Midnight Blossom took to the air to get a better look. Midnight Blossom decided to scout ahead while Cloud Skipper returned to Alister. Before Cloud Skipper left Midnight Blossom licked his cheek, to rid some left over hay burger and fries from his face. Cloud Skipper floats down to Alister his face slight red.
"What do you make of it?" the pegusus asked his unicorn friend.
"I think it's incredibly unstable, rocky, and could lead you into an early grave..." The unicorn said, looking up at his friend. "But hey, if you like her, go for it."
This caused Cloud Skipper to almost fell out of the air. "W-will you stay on topic! We need to find out what happened here to determin if there is an immediate threat!"
The unicorn carefully broke a chunk of the dark crystal from the meteor and put it cautiously in a sealed bag. Then he did the same with one from the trail that lead away from the crash site. "You want to know what I think?"
"Well, yeah, I mean, I have an idea, but it sounds..." Cloud skipper trailed off.
Alister looked back at he meteor. "I think somepony was locked in that thing. And for whatever reason, it crashed, and when it did, he broke free and..." Alister then motioned with his hoof, traced the path that lead away from it. "... It walked away."
"Who do you think it could be?" Cloud Skipper asked. "Anypony who might be a threat?"
"You see these crystals?" Alister hit one that was on the ground.
"Yeah, what about them. They are everywhere in the crystal empire. The place is practically-" Cloud Skipper was cut off.
"These are dark, rigid, and don't refract light..." Alister held the piece up in the light overhead of Cloud Skipper. And he was right. No light came threw it.
"What does that mean?" Cloud skipper asked as Midnight Blossom landed on the groung, after doing a back flip in the air.
"One more thing" Alister said in a grim tone. "Look at that burn mark, tell me, what kind of pony do you think came from there, based on the outline..." All three started at it, but Alister knew the answer. He only dreaded it.
"So we are looking for a unicorn who makes dark crystals" Midnight Blossom casually said as she cracked her neck.
"And one that used green flames" Alister added. "If either of you had taken a good look at 'Gazer's comet' you would have seen it burned with a green flame."
"... We need to return to Canterlot and report this to her highnesses." Cloud Skipper ordered.
"No, you two go ahead" Alister objected. "From what I was told, one of Celestia's other students, Princess Twilight Sparkle, and some of her friends, will be here soon to check it out. I'll meet with them and work with them on hunting this unicorn down."
"Oooowww. Somepony wants private time with the princess!" Midnight Blossom teased.
Alister was now beginning to grow more annoyed at the bat pony mare. But before he could say anything to fuel the fire, Cloud Skipper lifted into the air. "We won't be long, Come on Midnight, let's get there and report as fast as we can!"
Alister then tossed the white pegusi the bag with the samples he collected. "Show these to her highness. She's had time to study magical crystals. She'll know more of what to look for then I would."
And with that, the two fliers of the group shot off as fast as their wings could carry them, back to the golden , white and purple kingdom of Canterlot.