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// Chapter 61: Abduction During a Party 
// Story: Children of Harmony 
// by Pinkie Pie Sweets 
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Later in the night, Ponyville are celebrating this year's Equestria Games with an outdoor party. Of course, Raspberry and his family are incharge of the party arrangement. Baked Apple, and hi family are incharge of the food. Finally, Rarity and Ruby are incharge of the rental dresses and help with accessories.

Among these here are already dressed and having fun at the party. Sakura and some of her friends are having a good time at the party. While the colts are wearing suits, the mares are wearing dresses. Although, Sakura is the only one wearing a lavender kimono with a dark purple strap and ribbon on the back. Her hair is in a bun with her hair sticking out of it.

Sakura and the others are having something to eat at the party, and they taste good.

"I love to eat all the yummy sweets and goodies," Raspberry happily replies as he puts a cupcake in his mouth.

Sakura giggles and says, "Raspberry, try not to have too many sweets. I'm surprised you haven't got a cavity yet."

"Don't worry Sakura, I always brush my teeth," Raspberry replies with glee. He then puts slice of cake in his mouth, and starts eating it.

Eden smiles, and says, "I'm just glad that we're all together having a good time."

"I agree, the party is going well. The lights, the outfits, and the cute stallions," Ruby says, looking at some of the young stallions from a distance.

"Oh Ruby," Sakura says, rolling her eyes in response.

Then Starlight asks, "Is she always like this?"

"Sometimes," Ace bluntly replies.

"So, what do you want to do after we're done eating?" Starlight asks.

"How about dancing?! I've been wanting to do the pony pokey!" Raspberry shouts with glee.

"I was thinking of having a slow dance, not a crazy dance," Ruby sternly replies.

Ace groans and says, "Boring, why don't we play some games."

"As long as you're not afraid of losing," Baked Apple replies with a smirk on his face.

"Why you?!" Ace angrily shouts, glaring at Baked Apple.

"Alright everypony calm down," Eden firmly says.

"I'm sure we'll have time to do all these things. I kind of like to walk around too. So let's see what we do first, and decide the rest from there," Sakura suggests.

The six friends start laughing with glee. Starlight looks rather confused on how much the six friends get along so well.

"How could those six that are so different can get along so well?" Starlight asks herself in her thoughts.

Starlight looks away with sadness and says, "If only the friends that I've made can be the same?"

She then hears Sakura asks, "Starlight, are you feeling okay?"

"Oh… I'm… fine… Just thinking about personal stuff," Starlight nervously replies.

She gets up from her seat, "I'm going to get myself a snack, and I'll be right back."

Starlight walks way to the buffet table to get something to eat. Sakura and the others look at each other with confused looks on their faces.

Ace questionably says, "Okay, anypony besides me think it's weird?"

"You're not the only one. I think Starlight is being dishonest about her being' fine," Baked Apple agrees.

"I think you're right. It seems that something is bothering the poor dear," Ruby sadly replies.

"But what could it be?" Eden asks.

"Well, it will be a good idea to ask her, but it seems that she's not ready to tell us yet. We'll just have to wait until Starlight can get used to us and see if she can tell us what's bothering her," Sakura answers.

In her thoughts, Sakura says, "There's something that Starlight isn't telling us. And I think my room friends and I should find out what it is."

"I'm back!" Starlight calls out.

Starlight sits down with the there and continue having heir snack. After they finish eating, Sakura, her friends, and 
Starlight play some games, go dancing, and simply look at the night sky and all the stars. Feels like nothing can ruin this night.

However, deep in the shadows of the Everfree Forest, three Pegasus, three earth ponies, and two unicorns wearing black suits and goggles make their way to Ponyville. The Pegasi fly up in the sky and land on the roof of town hall. The rest sneak past the houses, carts, and bushes. All the pones wait for the signal for one reason.

At the party, everypony are having wonderful time. Twilight and her friends are with the princesses and her brother. The kids are playing some games. Sakura and her friends along with Starlight are simply sitting on the bench watching the stars in the sky.

Ace sighs having his hooves on the back of his head, and says, "This is the life."

"You can say that again," Baked Apple agrees.

"The stars are lovely tonight," Ruby replies.

"I know. When I was little, I used to sneak up in the attic on home to look at the stars wit my telescope and do a lot of astronomy," Sakura says.

Ruby asks, "Did you do that now?"

"Yeah," Sakura answers.

Just then, the seven friends begin to hear ponies screaming. They turn to see ponies are running and screaming from something frightening.

Sakura gets up, and shockley asks, "What's going on?!"

"Let's go find out," Ace says.

Sakura and the others run over to see what is going on. When they reach the center of town, they gasp to see eight ponies are terrorizing the party. They see the princesses and their mothers helping them.

Baked Apple says, "Come on, they need help!"

The five friends run over so they can help with the invaders. Just then, Sakura starts to feel a bit light headed, and Starlight's head is hurting.

Eden turns around two, and asks, "What's wrong girls?"

"I don't know. I'm starting to feel strange," Sakura answers.

"And my head is hurting," Starlight says.

Then Sakura say, "Just go on without us."

"Okay," Eden says.

Eden continues running to help the others. When Eden is gone, a Starlight feeling a bit dazed, Starlight eyes begin to admit color spirals. Then they change back to normal.

She grabs Sakura by the hand, and says, "Come on Sakura, I know a place where we'll be safe."

Sakura follows Starlight somewhere where the both can be safe. However, someone is waiting for the two to walk into his trap.

Back at the town square, Ae and the otrs are helping the others fight.

Rarity asks in a panic, "Princess do you know what's going on."

"I'm afraid not," Princess Celestia answers.

"Whoever they are, we must keep the ponies safe," Princess Cadence adds.

Twilight and her group continue to fight against the invaders, while some are helping the others to evacuate. Ace and 
Rainbow Dash redoing their best to catch the flyers. Ace is not giving up, flies so hard, that its enough to tackle the pony to the ground.

Ace calls out, "I got em!"

"I'll handle it Ace. You did a fine job," Princess Luna.

Princess Luna uses her magic to create a forcefield. Ace is able to leave before she can completely cover the pony. The pony begin to pound and kick the field. Ace and Princess Luna look to see the other ponies are leaving.

"Princess, why are the ponies leaving?" Twilight asks.

"I'm not sure. But I'm expecting that they left because, they accomplish what needed to be done," Princess Celestia firmly answers.

Shining Armor walk over, and says, "At least we managed to caught one of them, so we can get some answers."

"Yeah. I think it's time to get some answers here," Rainbow agrees.

Then Twilight advise, "It will be a good idea to find out of anypony find anypony suspicious."

"I'll get, Sparkler, Lyra, Bon Bon, and more ponies to help with the investigation," Applejack says.

"Rarity an I can gather some ponies with the damage and possible injuries," Fluttershy says.

With that, everyone begin together other ponies so they can figure out what is going on. They really hope they can find 
something, before something bad , something bad is going to happen, and no ponies going to like it.

Running away from the party, Sakura head starts to feel strange, and her body is starting to feel very weak. Sakura can see that they are heading close to the Everfree Forest. She doesn't know why Starlight is takin her there, but is too tired to worry about it.

Sakura sits own as she yawns, and says, "Starlight, can we take a little break?"

"Sure. We seem to be safe," Starlight says.

Then she worriedly mutters, "For now."

Starlight looks to see Sakura yawing, which makes her worried. She knows that the pill is working. Sakura is starting to get 
very drowsy, and her body is growing weaker.

"Starlight, I don't know why… I feel very tired. I..." Sakura says. Then lets out a yawn.

"Can't keep my eyes open, and my body is feeling very weak," Sakura adds.

Before Starlight can say anything, her head starts to hurt all of the sudden. She feels the pain and it's hard for her to bear. Just then, Starlight stands still and her eyes are starting admit colors. Sakura looks at Starlight and gasps in shock to see the colors in Starlight's eyes.

Sakura scaredly says as her eyes beginning to close, "Those colors on Starlight's eye… they're from… from..."

"From me, my dear," A familia deep voice says, follow by a hissing sound.

Sakura gasps turn to see Naga getting into the opening. Sakura tries her best to move, but her body won't budge an inch. Her body is going right to the pint that she can't move anymore. Naga then uses his long coils to grab hold of Sakura, pinning her arms in place. He then slowly lifts her up with her feet dangling.

Sakura tries her best to move, but the coils are holding her tight, and Sakra is starting to get very sleepy.

Naga chuckles evilly, and says, "Try not to resisssst, my dear. For you will ssssoon be mine."

Naga then lifts Sakura's close to him, and stats his hypnotic spell on her. Sakura is already weak and tired already, and still try to struggle free. But looking into Naga's eyes, causes her to stop and her eyes repeat the same pattern. Sakura is under his spell and is starting to fall asleep. Then he grabs hold of her in bride style, and see her eyes closed completely now. Sakura is fast asleep and can't do anything to escape Naga's grasp.

Naga snuggles his head against Sakura's as he says, "Ssssleep well my dear."

Then he says, "It'sssss time for us to get going, Sssstarlight."

"Of course," Starlight says, still in a daze.

Naga then uses his staff to make himself and his hostages disappear. Now Sakura is Naga's prisoner, and nopony knows what has become of her. The only thing that is left that belongs to Sakura is the cherry blossom berret that Ruby has made for her.

Back at the party, Twilight, her friends, Ace an the others, along with some pony volunteers are helping clean the party up. They are confused about why the ponies who attack the party just left.

Applejack asks, "I don't get it. Why did these ponies attacked the party and left."

"But we're lucky we're able to catch one of them,"Rarity says.

"It does seem strange. This pony is acting very aggressive. No to mention he is wearing a dark suit and goggles," Princess Luna says, looking at the suspect.

Princess Luna, along with Princess Celestia, Princess Cadence, Twilight, Shining Armor, and some of the guards are looking at the suspect that is trapped in a bubble. The pony keep flying around, punching and kicking the bubble trying to escape, but no luck.

Baked Apple, Applejack, and the others begin walking towards the pony who is trying to fight.

"What is with that pony?!" Rainbow asks, arching her right eyebrow.

"I hope whoever he or she is will stop before getting hurt," Fluttershy worriedly replies.

They see the pony putting up a fight for the longest time, until she stops in mid air. Then she islands on the ground and 
isn't moving. Then the pony collapses on the ground. Everypony gasps at the sight. Princess Celestia uses her magic to 
phase herself through the bubble to take a look at the pony on the ground. She holds the pony in her for legs, and use her magic to make the mak and the goggles off. Everypony can see the pegasus is female. She has white mane going back, and a dark blue coat. What's shocking is to see her eyes are admitting color spirals

Ace recognized it with a shocked look ad says, "That pony has the same that color spirals like the ones Naga used on Sakura!"

Hearing this, Princess Lun sternly says, "No Naga was the one who sent those ponies t wreck the party."

"Oh no! Naga must be trying to get Sakura again!" Ruby exclaims.

"And he must have hypnotized those ponies to help him," Applejack suspects.

Just then, Lyra Heartstring and Bon Bon run over to the others.

Twilight comes over and ask, "Lyra, Bon Bon, what's wrong?"

"We were looking to find anymore ponies like the one you caught, and we found this down the trail to the Everfree Forest," Lyra says, levitating the cherry blossom beret.

Ruby gasps in shock, and exclaims, "Wha-what is this?! This is the berret I made for Sakura! I know it anywhere!"

"Seems like it. We also found some prins where she at. It seems somepony… an some snake were with her," Bon Bon adds.

Everypony gasps in shock hearing that this is not good news, not good at all.

Then Eden realizes something and says, "I remember as we were running, I saw Starlight running with Sakura."

"Do you think Starlight could have been working for Naga?" Twilight asks, fearful of what is happening.

"If she is. She must have been hypnotized by Naga too. He must have ordered her to go befriend with us, especially Sakura," Princess Cadence says.

Then Shining Armor sternly says, "Then the attack was a diversion!"

"Yeah! And that means!" Ace exclaims, realized something truly awful.

"Sakura's been… been…" Eden fearful says, unable to say the last few words.

Then Raspberry gasp, and exclaims, "She's been kidnapped!"

Everypony become stunned, and yet everything makes since. Naga has planned everything. Starlight was put to being friends with Sakura and the others. Whnt e time is right, the other ponies attack the party so starlight can lead her to Naga. Twilight begins to try and Shining Armor and Cadence hug Twilight. Everypony become upset, and feel guilty for unable to keep Sakura safe. Now she's in Naga's claws, and what's more, they have no idea where she is.