//------------------------------// // Theft of the Crown // Story: My Little Pokemon: Dusk and Dawn (REWRITE PENDING) // by DarklordAxel20 //------------------------------// The Crystal Empire The day had been an eventful one for Twilight Sparkle, she had woken up early specifically for the event being held today. Just recently she had gone through her coronation, officially becoming the princess of friendship, and today was another big event being held in the Crystal Empire, she was to be attending her very first princess summit. With Spike and her best friends by her side the day went by easy, having ended the day with a feast in her honor, Twilight was ready to end the day. Both Twilight Sparkle and Spike made their beds, readying themselves for a full night's sleep, " Well, today certainly was interesting if I say so myself, now come on Spike, let's get some sleep, " said Twilight as she carefully placed her crown, which also held the element of magic, on her bedside table. She had still not become use wearing it all the time, and would avoid wearing it at times. " Aww, cmon Twilight, just a little longer, " Spike groaned as he held a comic book in his grasp, " I'm not even tired yet, please Twilight, " the baby dragon pleaded. Giving a small giggle and rolling her eyes, Twilight gave him a response, " alright, but don't stay up too long alright, we have a big day ahead of us, " she smiled as she climbed in bed, covering her body up, readied to fall asleep. That was the case, until her wings popped open, throwing her blanket off of her and ruining any chances of her falling asleep immediately, " Come on...stupid wings! " similar to wearing her crown, Twilight was also not yet use to her new wings, which she was still learning how to control. Spike watched in slight amusement as Twilight fought her wings to stay shut over and over again, " And you were telling me not to stay up late, " he gave out a small chuckle with his comment. Twilight gave out an aggravated growl, " Not helping Spike, " she gave a great push on her wings, managing to close them, for a few minutes. After fighting her wings for a little over fifteen minutes, Twilight finally managed to fall asleep, shortly followed by spike, but as she slept, a mysterious red figure loomed over the crystal palace, standing silently on the tip of a crystal spire. A few hours had passed since Twilight managed to rest, the palace was quiet, all were resting, save for the guards that stood watch over it, princess Luna. Everypony was sound asleep, not a care in the world, that was, but it would not remain that way for long. A sudden explosion shook the palace, and the very earth beneath it, followed by another, and another. The guards scrambled throughout the palace, searching for the source of the explosions, unknown to them that the source would soon find them. " Twilight wake up!! " Spike shouted in a panic as he shook her, violently waking her up. " Spi-i-i-i-ke!!!! I'm awake!! " she said, using her magic to pry the young dragon off of her, " What's gotten into y- " she was cut off by an explosion going off on one of the many towers that were attached to the palace itself. Her eyes widened as she watched it collapse to the ground below, " Alright Spike I'm up, " she said in an incredibly frightened voice. They quickly made their way to the throne room of the castle, " Spike what the hay is going on, what's causing these explo...explosions?! " not only was she curious, but at the same time she was greatly concerned. Spike was still in a panic, sweat poured down his head as he followed Twilight with haste, " I...I don't know! One minute I'm sound asleep, the next, the entire palace is shaking and guards are stampeding throughout the halls, wha...what if it's a dragon! or changelings! or or or!! ". In the midst of his nervous rant, Spike took quick notice of the absence of Twilight's crown atop her head, " Oh no Twilight! you forgot your crown! " " Spike focus! " she said, trying her best not to become panicked, " The crown can wait, we need to hurry, or, who knows what could happen! the whole empire could go up in flames for all we know! " They managed to reach the throne room, and with no time to spare either, upon their arrival, Twilight's friends along with the three princesses, Celestia, Luna, and Cadence were waiting for them, " Oh! everypony is already here, that was certainly fast, " but Twilight stopped in her tracks upon noticing princess Luna injured. " Princess Luna!? " she quickly rushed over to the lunar princess' side, " Princess Luna what happened?! " she went from simply concerned to full on worried. Princess Luna found herself unable to speak due to her injuries, she could barely stand, her body covered in strange burn marks, unlike anything Twilight had ever seen in her life. Her sister, Princess Celestia, stood by her sister's side, she had a furious expression adorned on her face, she knew not what did this, but knew that whoever, or whatever did, would pay, "...Whatever did this to Luna..is the same thing that's destroying the empire right now...we must hurry, it's outside right now ". " Now hold on just a blasted second yer highness, " Applejack interjected, " Can ya explain what's goin on?! " She did not reply, only motioned for them to follow her outside, " Princess Celestia please say something, " Twilight pleaded. However, upon stepping outside with the princess, everypony's eyes widened, the empire was in ruins, fires spread throughout giant craters that filled the streets, "...Wha...what could've done thi- " Twilight began, but was quickly cut off as a powerful orange beam came blasting passed them, destroying the earth as it passed by, followed by a chain of explosions. " What in tarnation?! " Applejack exclaimed as she held on tightly to her hat, keeping it from blowing off as the explosions gave out intense blast of air with them. Everypony began looking for a possible location that the beam could have come from, but they saw nothing, no traces of an attacker or anything. It wasn't until another beam came racing by did Fluttershy spot something standing atop a pillar of crystal in the middle of the market district. Her eyes widened, and her pupils shrunk as she began quivering, slowly backing away, wanting to find sanctuary inside the palace. Celestia took notice of the look of fear in Fluttershy's eyes, " Fluttershy, what's wrong?! do you see something, please tell me, "her eyes darted as the frightened pegasus hesitantly pointed to what she was staring at. She followed Fluttershy's hoof, leading her eyes towards a tall figure standing atop a crystal spire, it stop on two slender legs, it's body was mostly a reddish orange, with a teal face, four skinny tentacles waved from out of it's torso, and it's most prominent feature, the glowing gem embedded in it's chest "...What in the name of Equestria is that... " " What is what princess? " Twilight asked, the worried tone instilled in her voice, hey eyes too landed on the strange creature, " what is that?! " she was taken aback by it's terrifying appearance. " Oooh it's one of them wacky inflated tube thingies! " Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she bounced in place. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out from the creatures face, but instead of attacking, it was almost as if it were scanning the area, scanning for something specific. The ponies felt a sense of dread as the spiraling light passed over them, stopping only after passing by Twilight. Celestia took notice of how the creatures gaze was suddenly fixated on her former student, whatever this monstrosity was, it was here for her, " Twilight, inside, now, " she spoke with a surprisingly demanding voice. " B..but Princess Celestia! " Twilight tried to reason with her former mentor, but to no avail. " No but's Twilight, take Spike and go inside now! " she used her magic to lift the both of them, moving them into the palace. Princess Celestia had never raised her voice towards Twilight before, in all honesty it was shocking, almost as shocking as some alien creature destroying the Crystal Empire, but if she did, it was for a reason, "..Alright princess.. " she gave a small nod, turned away, put Spike on her back and took off full sprint into the palace. Shining Armor stepped forward where his sister once stood, an expression of anger and frustration rested on his face, " I want any and all guards here right now!! " he shouted out. His demands were quickly responded too by a large group of crystal guards taking position infront of everypony else, " We need to stop that thing at all cost! " The creature's eyes became slim as it watched Twilight escape into the castle, everypony watched in slight horror as it's body began changing, it took on an even slimmer appearance, it's head became longer, it went from having four tentacles to only having two skinnier ones, and the sides of it's head with from odd protrusions to almost pointed-like ears. Rainbow Dash spread her wings and readied herself to take off, " That ugly thing is mine! " she gritted her teeth as she started furiously flapping her wings. " Rainbow Dash don't! " Celestia cried out, but it was too late, the cyan pegasus shot off towards the creature in an attempt to ram it at high speeds. " You're all mine ugly!!! " she sped towards the creature, a rainbow trail coming off her body as she flew. In a matter of seconds she was halfway to it, but suddenly, she felt something pass her at speeds only she could reach, her blood ran cold and her eyes went wide as she turned to see the mysterious creature flying right towards the princesses and the other ponies, "..b..but how? " Everypony prepared for the worst as the creature flew towards them at sonic speed, only to have it stop mere yards away from them, the sudden stop giving off a powerful blast of air, "..H...how in tarnation did it do that.. " Applejack took a few steps back, along with the rest of the main six, any form of confidence she had slipped away from her. " Everypony, fire!! " Shining Armor suddenly shouted as his horn began glowing, followed by him, along with every unicorn guard present, firing a magical blast at the creature who had been ravaging the empire. Inside the Crystal Palace Both Twilight and Spike made haste as they rushed back towards their room, if anything now as the time for them to grab Twilight's crown, " What was that thing Spike?! " she was still in shock from the initial sight of the creature. " I..I don't know! " Spike was quivering just as much as Fluttershy at this point, "It..it kinda looked like this weird alien creature from the comic book I was reading earlier, " he held on tightly to Twilight as they sprinted throughout the palace. " Spike be serious, aliens don't exist, whatever that thing is, it exist! " as soon as they reached the room, Twilight came to a screeching halt at the sight of a hooded pony exiting the room. The hooded pony chuckled to herself as she put the princess' crown in her bag, " With Deoxys serving as my diversion, I'll be able to slip out of here just as easily as I slipped in, " she started to trot off when she turned to face Princess Twilight herself, " Darnit why now of all times! " she started running towards Twilight, only to teleport past her and run down the long hall behind her. " Stop!! that's my crown!!! " she shouted as she made chase after the mysterious pony. Back Outside the Crystal Palace The smoke from the numerous magical blast cleared, only reveal the horrifying truth, the creature was unscathed from the magical assault, and it had taken on a new form, this form had a more round and robust shape to it, now sporting two flattened arms that it used to protect it's body. Shining Armor began shaking, " ..Th...that's not possible, " he and the rest of the ponies gave off a physical flinch as the creature gave out a loud, almost mechanical noise. "...Wh..wh...what's it doin now?! " Applejack ask, bracing herself for the worst as she watched the creature float backwards, and return to it's original state. Before anypony could answer however, it morphed it's body again, taking on another sleek, yet different form, atop it's head and on the sides sat three pointed protrusions, it's " arms " if you could call them that, ended in points. It gave out the same mechanical noise as before, but this time more menacing as it moved the four tentacles towards the center of it's chest. Princess Celestia knew whatever it was doing now, could end terribly for her and the ponies around her if she didn't do anything soon. " Everypony stay down! " she cried out as she formed a large magical barrier around herself and the many ponies she sought to protect. A flashing orb formed between the creatures tentacles, giving off an almost electric, and unnatural glow, it gave out one last cry before firing the powerful orb right at the ponies, colliding with the barrier, exploding, and shattering it in one shot. Celestia felt her blood run cold upon witnessing the barrier shatter, she had put all her magic into it in order to protect everypony, but it just wasn't enough, "...I've failed... " she closed her eyes waiting for the inevitable as the creature began charging up an orange blast between it's tentacles. However it never fired, a flash of blue magic came whizzing by it's face, catching it's attention. It turned itself away from the frightened ponies, and faced it's body towards the palace, specifically a window that the magic had been shot out of, with it's loud machine like cry, it fired the powerful, orange beam from it's tentacles, blasting a hole in the palace, a hole which, after morphing back into it's original form, it quickly flew into. Inside the Palace Once More The hooded pony had managed to make her way into what was supposed to be a locked room within the palace, one which held a magical mirror. Managing to lose the princess whom had trailed her, she sat, impatiently waiting for the one who had assisted her in the theft she committed, " Where is that thing, " I'm losing what little patience I have " It wasn't long before Twilight finally managed to catch up, easily spotting the mysterious pony standing in the room at the far end of the hall, " There she is!!! " she began sprinting faster, hoping that she made it in time, but in mid sprint she came to a dead stop. The creature that attacked the empire flew into the same room the hooded pony had entered. " It's about time! " she shouted in an almost scolding voice, " I guess I can't be too mad, I got what I came here for, now let's go, don't let anyone follow us either, " she turned to face the mirror, and stepped through it. " Stop!!!! " Twilight caught a glimpse of everypony that had been outside, rushing towards the same direction she was heading, " That pony!!! " she shouted getting their attention, " There's a pony wearing a hood, and she's with that thing!! she took my crown we have to stop her!!! ". They all made a mad dash towards the creature that was standing in front of the magical mirror, but right as they reached the doorway, their movements halted as a strange blue aura covered every last one of them. The creatures eyes were glowing the same menacing blue color that enveloped them, they watched as it turned away, following the hooded pony through the mirror, dropping them all once it had vanished with her. Hours had passed since then, Twilight paced back in forth in front of the mirror, Spike and her friends sat watching in worry as she continuously walked in the same two directions. The princesses had told her the magical properties the mirror possessed, and that the only way to get her crown back was to chase after the creature and pony, but she was hesitant, if the mirror is where the creature came from, who knows what she would find there. "..I..I just don't know what to do...I have to get my crown back...but..I have no clue what I'm going to find once I step through that mirror.. " Spike hopped up from where he was sitting and made his way over towards Twilight, " Don't worry Twilight, you don't have to be worried or scared, you'll have me by your side " he said in a reassuring tone of voice. " Yeah! and you'll have us too! " Rainbow Dash added on. " Yes darling we would never let you go through such an endeavor by your lonesome, " Rarity also spoke in an assuring tone. " I'm afraid that's not possible, " everypony turned towards the sound of Princess Celestia's voice as she walked into the room, " This is a journey that Twilight has to make on her own, should she bring anypony else, well, It's for the best that she go on her own, that is all I can say". Twilight stared at her former mentor, feeling even more unsure than she previously had, "..A...are you sure princess...are you sure I can do this on my own? " Celestia gave a small nod towards Twilight, " I am Twilight, this is your crown, you must be the one to get it back, however, before you go, remember that the mirror is only able to be accessed once every thirty moons, you have a limited amount of time to retrieve your crown...if not..then I do not know..just please..get your crown..and make it back safely, Twilight Sparkle ". Twilight audibly gulped as she turned to face the crystal mirror, with a deep breath and loud exhale, she took a big step towards the mirror, " Here goes nothing! " and with that, she stepped through.