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// The Sword 
// Story: Cardcaptors: Sun and Moon 
// by Mirror Star 
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The next morning, at the train station,  Twilight's brother, Shinning Armor has arrived with his friends, Spearhead and Spitfire.

Spitfire said "So, this is Canterlot; a lot fancier than I originally thought it would be."

Spearhead said "It's awesome to be home again."

Shining Armor said "I know, right. "

Spitfire asked Shining Armor "How far is your house from here?"

Shining Armor said "Not too far from here. Follow me."

Spearhead said picking up a rapier sword like pin on the ground"Hey, what's this doing on the ground?"

Shining Armor asked "What you got their Spearhead?"

Spearhead said "Just a pin shaped like a sword; looks awesome and inspiring."

Spitfire said sarcastically "Sure it does."

Eventually, the three of them headed in the direction of Shining Armor's house. However, they did not realize that a pink earth pony with a very big bag is following them.



At the Canterlot hospital, Professor Raven is resting on the bed. Twilight and the others simply told the doctors and the police that her parents found her walking from the direction of the school; Raven, before she fell unconscious, said that she was mugged by some stranger in some strange armor; the police believed them of course since some parts of the school have been vandalized and they have been at the hospital ever since. Velvet left a note for Shining Armor at the house so he knows where they are.

Moondancer said "I hope Professor Raven is ok."

Twilight said "The doctors said that she has major injuries to her right leg, her sides, and a slight concussion, but she will pull through;however, it will be a while before she wakes up."

Velvet wondered "I wonder who did this to her?"

Spike said while hiding in a bag "Someone who is after the Celestia and Luna cards, obviously. However, I do wonder why she had the book in the first place."

Twilight asked "What do you mean by that?"

Spike said "Last I checked, the book was supposed to stay in the castle."

Night Light asked for confirmation "The castle? You mean the Castle of the Two Sisters."

Spike said "Yes. That's where the book is supposed to be under protection of  the 14 Pillars of Harmony, or at least some of their servants."

Twilight explained "Spike. The castle had been abandoned for almost 545 years. The Council of Equestria moved to Manehattan after the Everfree Forest started to grow out of control."

Spike said "That's impossible. The Tree of Harmony should have contained everything that grew there."

Minuette asked "Spike, where are you going?"

Spike said "Heading to the Everfree Forest. I need to see what happened for myself."

Velvet said "Spike, that place is dangerous."

Spike said "I don't care. I have to go there."

Twilight asked "Ok, but how are you going to get there without getting too much attention."

Spike asked "What does that mean?"

Minuette pointed out "Don't get the wrong idea about me saying this, but you're a dragon. Your going to draw a lot of attention to yourself since no pony has seen a dragon in a very long time."

Spike said with a reluctant look on his face "Then I'll have to go with plan D. Since The Windy card is contained, I should have enough magic to do this."

Twilight asked "Do what?"

Spike started to glow purple and his body started to transform into something else. Eventually, he stopped glowing and turned into a puppy."

Spike said "Not my favorite form, but it'll have to do."

Moondancer asked "Wait, dragons can transform into dogs?"

Spike said opening a window "No, just me and Ember; it was Princess Celestia's idea."

Twilight asked showing Spike her staff in a small-key chain form "Wait. What about this?"

Spike said before he stopped himself to smell something "Normally, I would take that with me since you aren't in the family of the Pillar of Magic. However, I don't know where the Pillar of Magic's family is, so  I'll let you hold on to it for safe keeping along with The Windy and The Float since you do have some magical power strong enough to break the seal in the first place. I'll hold on to the elements since I need to............."

Twilight asked "Need to what?"

Spike said "Not only do I smell Pillar of Harmony bloodline, I sense a Celestia card; both are in the same direction of your house."

The Sparkle family said at the same time "What?"





Back with Shining Armor, he and his friends went inside the house with the help of Shining Armor's keys. Once inside, the found the note addressed to him from his mother about Professor Raven being at the hospital and will be back soon.

Spitfire asked "So, whose Professor Raven?"

Shining Armor said "She's Twilight's homeroom teacher and mentor. She's also the one that highly recommended that Twilight be enrolled in Canterlot Academy after she displayed this huge burst of magic by when she was a filly; she even turned mom and dad into plants."

Spitfire said "Your sister must be really powerful if she can do that."

Shining Armor said "Well, as far as I know, that was the only time she's done that. Processor Raven said that something external triggered it but it is possible for Twilight  to use such power when she's older; that's what she's told my parents at least."

Spearhead asked after hearing someone knock on the door"Hey, are you expecting anyone?"

Shining Armor said before answering the door "No."

The pink pony said "Hi."

Shining Armor asked "Can I help you?"

The pink pony introduced herself  and asked"Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie. Is this 3413 Glass Slipper Lane?"

Shining Armor said "It is. How do you know my home address and why is it written on this sheet of paper?"

Pinkie Pie said "Because my Granny Pie told me to come here. She said that I would find Spike the guardian dragon of the Celestia and Luna Cards here and a fellow Cardcaptor."

Shining Armor said with a confused look "Cardcaptor? Guardian Dragon?"

Pinkie Pie said "Well, technically I'm not a Cardcaptor yet. I need to get the Element of Laughter from the guardian dragon, Spike, first."

Shining Armor said "Listen, I don't know who you are or what you're looking for but there is no one, especially a dragon, by the name Spike here."

Pinkie Pie said "My tongue is on fire. My tongue is on fire. A Celestia card is here."


Shining Armor said with an even more confused look "Ok, what are you talking about?"

Pinkie Pie headed inside the house and toward the kitchen where Spearhead and Spitfire are drinking soda. She told Spearhead to get rid of that pin before it was too late; but it was too late. The pin started to glow and become a full fledged sword; it latched onto Spearhead and his eyes started to glow read.





Back with Twilight and the other are running back to Twilight's home where Spike says the Celestia card is located.

Twilight asked "So, this is a Celestia card instead of a Luna card?"

Spike said "Yep. It's The Sword card. It's a very powerful but also violent Celestia Card. She created it to help in combat situations against' very powerful foes, but even she had trouble controlling the sword sometimes."

Night Light asked "If it was at our house, how come you didn't sense it before."

Spike explained "Because it wasn't originally at your house; someone must have brought it there and then it activated for some reason."

Velvet said with a worried look on her face "If it was brought to the house, then that must mean Shining Armor is home. I hope he's ok."

When they all arrived at the house, they saw Shining Armor, Pinkie Pie, and Spitfire protected by a barrier that he created to protect themselves from Spearhead who is being controlled by The Sword.

Everyone except Spike said "Shining Armor."

Shining Armor said "Everyone get away from Spearhead, now!"

Twilight said as she and everyone else moved out-of-the-way of Spearhead slashing at them"Ahh."

Minuette suggested "Just encase him with one of your barriers."

Shining Armor said "I tried that already; he broke all of them easily. The one you saw protecting us was almost going to break."

Spike said "The Sword can cut through almost anything; standard magical barriers won't work."

Shining Armor said "Did that dog just talk?"

Twilight said "Long story. But since we're all here, maybe we can all jump him."

Spitfire said "Won't work. The moment we tried getting close to him, he almost slashed at us."

Pinkie Pie said "There has to be something that we can do."

Twilight asked"Who are you?"

Pinkie said "I'm Pinkie Pie. Nice to meet you. I'm a soon to be Cardcaptor."

Twilight said "You're a Cardcaptor."

Spike said smelling her "She is. She's the bloodline for the Pillar of Laughter."

Velvet said to the girls  "Girls, look out."

Spearhead said while being controlled by The Sword "Cardcaptor."

Spike said after they dodged the attack  "The Sword seems to be going after the two of you since you are Cardcaptors."

Twilight said "How come?"

Spike said "Because The Sword doesn't like being sealed so it must want to get rid of the two of you."

Twilight said just before she was about to be sliced but not before Shining Armor put up a barrier around Spearhhead "Ahh! Thanks Shining Armor."

Shining Armor said while almost exhausted "Don't thank me yet; this barrier won't last long."

Moondancer said using her magic to strengthen the barrier a bit "I'll help you out; this should make your barrier last longer for just a bit."

Shining Armor said "Thanks Moondancer."

Spike said getting the blue gem out "That should buy me some time. Pinkie Pie come here and give me your hand. Also, is Pinkie Pie your real name?"

Pinkie said "Ok. It's what I tell other ponies to call me, but my real name is Pinkamena Diane Pie."

Spike said "Sounds about right. I call upon the Element of Laughter to bestow its power on this Earth Pony. Her name is Pinkamena Diane Pie. I command you to bestow your power on Pinkamena Diane Pie and make her the Cardcaptor of Laughter. Release! "

The blue gem transformed into a white and pink mallet with three balloons, two blue and one yellow, on the face of the mallet.

The moment this happened, the barrier that kept Spearhead and The Sword in broke and they headed in Pinkie Pie's direction. Twilight got in the way to defend her with her staff and managed to block the attack. This gave Pinkie Pie enough time to get out-of-the-way and Twilight immediately moved out-of-the-way too. Spearhead tried to attack both but they dodged the attack. Spike told them that they need to disarm Spearhead; if The Sword doesn't have a wielder then it won't work. Twilight liked the idea, but they needed a distraction. Pinkie Pie got an idea and asked Twilight to distract Spearhead so she can grab something from her bag. Twilight did what she asked and distracted Spearhead as best she can. Shining Armor wanted to help but he's too exhausted to make anymore barriers. Spitfire wanted to go in and help Twilight but Spike stopped her.

Spike said stopping them from trying anything else "You can't; none of you can."

Velvet said"But Twilight....."

Twilight said "Leave this to her and Pinkie Pie; only they can do this."

Spitfire said "So can I; I'm not afraid. Just give me one of those stones and make me a weapon."

Spike said "I can't do that. "

Spitfire asked "Why not?"

Pinkie Pie said bringing out a blue cannon"I'm back."

Twilight asked "Pinkie Pie, what is that?"

"My party cannon. Surprise."

Pinkie Pie used the canon and fired confetti, cakes, muffins, and her mallet at Spearhead which caught his attention and headed toward Pinkie Pie. Twilight then used this opportunity while he was about to strike at Pinkie Pie to attack his hand as hard as he could and manage to disarm The Sword away from Spearhead; he fainted afterwards.

Spike said "Now, do it now."

Twilight said " Return to your original form and be sealed, SWORD."

The Sword turned into energy and eventually into a card that floated in the air. Twilight was about to grab it, but it went to Pinkie Pie instead.

Twilight asked Spike "Huh? How come it went to her?"

Spike explained "I assume that Pinkie was the one who not only noticed the card but also got it to show its true form; so, the Celestia card goes to her automatically. It doesn't matter if Twilight sealed it."

Pinkie Pie said giving Twilight The Sword "Here."

Twilight said "But it went to you."

Pinkie Pie said "It's ok; I don't like swords all that much anyway. Also, this can be considered a sign of our friendship as Cardcaptors."

Later, after bringing Spearhead in the house, Twilight and the others talked to Shining Armor and Spitfire about the Celestia and Luna cards; Spike did most of the explaining before he headed up to Twilight's room with the cards. Eventually, it cut to Pinkie Pie explaining that her Granny Pie told her to come here because her Granny sense told her that she would find Spike here specifically; everyone was confused about how her granny knew this but decided not to think about it too much now. As for their vacation plans, Velvet suggested that they head out for their first destination, Ponyville, after Spearhead recovers.

Twilight and Pinkie Pie headed upstairs to see what Spike is doing. When they entered,  they noticed the cards in a circle and glowing.

Twilight asked "What are you doing?"

 Spike said "Since we have at least 3 cards, I was using them to see if anymore cards are in Canterlot. From the looks of it, there aren't any Celestia or Luna cards in Canterlot."

Pinkie Pie asked "So, we can use this method to detect the cards now?"

Spike said "Sort of. This method may be able to sense the presence of a Celestia or Luna card, but it has a double edge; it warns the cards that they are being detected and will cause them to run."

Twilight said "At least Canterlot is safe from these cards."

Spike "That may be the case, but no other place in Equestria is safe as long as those cards are out there. I just hope the other Cardcaptors are out there and have noticed the danger by now. There is also the matter of who is also after the cards as well."

Twilight said "Maybe this Zecora pony knows."

Pinkie Pie said "Zecora; your planning on seeing Zecora?"

Twilight asked "I guess. Do you know her?"

Pinkie Pie said "Not personally, but I do know her name; my Granny Pie told me. Also, she's a zebra. The Zebra Shaman of the Cardcaptors."