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// Quest for Letters:Part 1 
// Story: Sofia’s Alphabet Quest 
// by Brian Sheil 
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At Canterlot Castle, Princess Luna paces  back and forth with her sister, Princess Celestia, watching.
“Luna,” Celestia said, “please be patient. She’ll be here.”
“I hope so.” Luna replied. “This is one important mission for Twilight’s school.”
One of the guards came into the throne room. “Princesses, our honored guest has arrived.”
Celestia and Luna watch with anticipation. In walks a young human girl with brown hair and wearing a lavender dress. She stops in front of the alicorn princesses.
“Princess Sofia of Enchantia.” Celestia greeted. “Welcome to Equestria.”
Sofia curtsies to Celestia. “It is a pleasure to meet you, Princess Celestia. I was told you need help.”
“Actually,” Luna informed, “Twilight Sparkle needs the help.”
“The Princess of Friendship? Where is she?”
Suddenly, Twilight appears with a large gray slab by her side. “Right here.”
Sofia got surprised to see Twilight Sparkle. Soon, Starlight Glimmer pops out of nowhere.
“Starlight Glimmer!” Sofia yelped. “I didn’t expect you to show up.”
“We of Equestria are glad you’re here, Sofia.” Starlight said. “Twilight will explain your quest.”
Twilight Sparkle tells Sofia an interesting story. “With new young students coming to our School of Friendship, I figured we would teach them some basic learning skills. One of which is learning the alphabet.”
“But,” Starlight continued, “a nasty gremlin cast a magic spell and scattered all twenty six letters from this board all over Equestria.”
Twilight then turned to the young princess. “This is where you come in, Sofia. With your adventurous spirit, you can probably find those letters.”
Sofia thought about the mission. Then, gives the ponies her answer. “Twilight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer, I’ll do it!”
Happy to hear that, Twilight gives Sofia a bag and some instructions. “Once you grab a letter, it will change back to normal. You’ll find the letters A, B, C, D, and E here in Canterlot. Other ponies will help you along the way. Good luck.”
Twilight and Starlight and their letter wall vanished. Stepping outside of the castle. Sofia prepares for her quest. “Well, here goes nothing.”
As Sofia wanders the streets of Canterlot, she saw two guards grumbling. She zips over to see how she can help.
“Something wrong?” Sofia asked.
“There’s this green triangle creature causing trouble.” One guard explained.
“We try to catch it.” The other guard continued. “But, it’s too wily.”
Just then, all three saw the creature chirping wildly at passing ponies. Sofia crept up and, acting fast, she grabbed the creature. It then changed into it’s true form.
“I found the letter A!” Sofia cheered. Soon, she placed the A into her bag.
“Thank you, miss.” One of the guards said.
Sofia gave the guards a polite curtsy, and continued her quest. She makes her way to the School for Gifted Unicorns where she saw some of them scatter. Sofia goes into the school and was greeted by Professor Bill Neigh.
“Princess Sofia.” The professor said. “I was told you were coming. There’s a blue beast making trouble in my classroom.”
“Lead on, Professor Neigh.” Sofia said with concern.
Sofia and the Professor go into the room. They saw the blue beast hopping on his desk. The young princess approached the little creature. “That’s enough out of you!”
She grabs the creature, and it transformed into an alphabet letter. Professor Neigh was shocked. “That thing was a letter B?”
“That’s right.” Sofia answered as she places the B in her bag.
Professor Neigh walks up to Sofia. “Thanks for your help, Sofia.”
“You’re welcome.” Sofia replied. “Pardon me, sir. I have more letters to round up.”
Sofia leaves the school as the professor waves goodbye. “Good luck, Princess Sofia.”
She makes her way to Joe’s Donut Shop. As she enters, she sees something weird within the donuts. It’s round and yellow.
“Excuse me, sir.” Sofia said politely to the light teal pony behind the counter. “Is that yellow donut tasty?”
The pony looked at the yellow donut with confusion. As he was going to get it, the donut hopped out. But, Sofia grabbed it and it changed into it’s real form.
“I knew it!” Sofia indicated. “The letter C!”
She places the letter C into her bag. Gives the counter pony a polite farewell, and heads out. Sofia finds herself in front of Rarity’s clothing store in Canterlot, the Canterlot Carousel. Store manager, Sassy Saddles sees the young princess.
“Princess Sofia.” Sassy greeted. “What brings you here to this establishment?”
“Have you seen any strange critters around?” Sofia asked.
“Well, I haven’t seen any...”
Suddenly, from a pile of fabric, a purple creature popped out. Sassy got scared, but Sofia isn’t. Getting close, she grabbed the creature. It changed into a different object.
“Oh my.” Sassy gasped. “Is that a letter D?”
“That’s right.” Sofia answered as she places the D in her bag.
Then, a fiery red bird pecked on the window of the store. Sofia comes out to see the bird. Thanks to the Amulet of Avalor, she was able to talk to the bird. “Philomena! This is a surprise!”
“There’s a strange creature at the castle.” Philomena the Phoenix replied. “Celestia and Luna need help catching it.”
“Lead on, Philomena. I’ll follow.”
Philomena and Sofia made their way to Canterlot Castle. They made their way to the throne room where Celestia and Luna were waiting.
“Sofia!” Celestia called out. “I see Philomena brought you to us.”
“We sent her to find you,” Luna explained, ”because there’s a blue beast roaming about.”
Philomena squawked and pointed with her wing to her cage. Sofia saw a blue critter growling near the cage. Creeping up quietly, she grabbed it and it changed into a different object.
“Now, I have the letter E.” Sofia said as she places the letter in the bag.
Suddenly, Starlight Glimmer and the gray board materialized.
“Hi, Sofia.” Starlight greeted. “You found all the letters here in Canterlot.”
“It wasn’t easy.” Sofia confesses. “But, I got them.”
“That’s good. Just open the bag and I’ll put the letters on this board.”
Sofia opened the bag. Then, Starlight used her magic to bring the five letters to the board. Everyone was very happy.
“Twilight and I will keep an eye on you, Sofia.” Starlight informed. “There will be somepony waiting outside the castle to take you to your next locale.”
Starlight and the board vanished. Celestia turned to the young princess from Enchantia. “Starlight is right, Sofia. You’re mission has just begun.”