Sofia’s Alphabet Quest

by Brian Sheil


Quest for Letters: Part 3

Sofia was approached by a beautiful yellow Pegasus with a pink mane and tail.
“Fluttershy!” Sofia yelped. “This is unexpected.”
“Hello, Princess Sofia.” Fluttershy greeted. “Your next stop is Everfree Forest.”
Sofia climbs on Fluttershy’s back as the Pegasus takes her away from Wonderbolt Headquarters. Spitfire watches on. “Good luck, Sofia.”
Minutes later, Fluttershy and Sofia land in Everfree Forest. The nature lover explained to Sofia about the situation. “Starlight told me about what you’re doing. You’ll find the letters J, K, L, and M here.”
“This forest is huge!” Sofia realized.
“Don’t worry, Sofia. I have faith in you.” Fluttershy gives Sofia a gentle hug. “Happy hunting.”
As Fluttershy leaves, Sofia hears a loud roar. It turns out to be a manticore, and it looks like it has a green hook shaped creature stuck on its wing. Sofia rushes over to calm the manticore.
“Please calm down.” Sofia cooed. “I’ll help you.”
“You?” The manticore growled. “How?”
“Just stand still and I’ll get that hook off your wing.”
Sofia made her way to the manticore’s wing and carefully removed the hook beast. The little critter changed into it’s real form.
“I thought that thing was the letter J.” Sofia said. She soon puts the J into her bag.
The manticore approached the young princess. “How can a human like you know what I’m saying or feeling?”
“My amulet lets me talk to animals.” Sofia explained.
Happy to have that creature off his wing, the manticore leaves. Suddenly, she heard a female voice call to her. “Princess Sofia, over here. I am very happy to see you, my dear.”
The young princess of Enchantia sees who the voice belongs to. She sees a wise looking zebra and walks up to her.
“Zecora!” Sofia yelped. “How can I help you?”
“There’s a small blue beast roaming about. I need your help to get it out!” Zecora explained.
Zecora leads Sofia inside her hut. The two figures saw who Sofia is talking about. A blue creature hops all over the place. Zecora was very upset. “With that creature around, I can’t have peace. What can we do to have it cease?”
“Don’t worry, Zecora.” Sofia said. “I’ll handle this.”
As the blue beast stops to rest, Sofia sneaks up and quickly grabs it. The beast changes into it’s true form. Zecora was shocked. “Oh my goodness. I must say. I never thought it was a letter K.”
Sofia puts the K in the bag, and prepares to leave. “Your troubles are over, Zecora.” She gives the wise zebra a hug. “Bye.”
Zecora waves goodbye as Sofia continues her quest. She crosses a bridge, then sees an ancient ruin. She recognizes it. “The Palace of the Two Sisters. This is where jealousy and anger transformed Princess Luna into Nightmare Moon.”
As Sofia approached the castle, she heard a buzzing sound. She saw a lime green angled creature being chased by Flash Bees. Sofia took the creature and hid in a nearby bush.
The bees fly away as Sofia holds on to the little critter. Suddenly, she felt the creature changing. She then saw what the beast was.
“Wow!” Sofia yelped. “Those bees were chasing a letter L.”
Sofia puts the L in her bag, and continued towards the castle. She went inside and looked around.
“This place is huge.” Sofia said to herself. “Feels a little scary too.”
She then finds herself at the throne room where Celestia and Luna used to sit. She was then approached by a yellow zigzag creature, which was scared.
“Poor little critter.” Sofia cooed as she picked it up. “There’s nothing to be scared of.”
Just then, the yellow changed into an object. Sofia saw what it was. “That critter was the letter M.”
Sofia places the M in her bag. After exiting the castle, she was approached by Starlight Glimmer and her alphabet board.
“Good work, Sofia.” Starlight cheered.
The unicorn used her magic to remove the J, K, L, and M from Sofia’s bag and place them on her board.
“There are twenty six letters in the alphabet.” Starlight informed. “And, you have gathered thirteen.”
“Thirteen is half of twenty six. Right?” Sofia wondered.
“That’s right. Hold on to me. We’re leaving this forest.”
Using her magic, Starlight transported herself, her board, and Sofia out of the forest. They find themselves at a train station.
“While I head back to the school,” Starlight said, “you’re taking a train ride.”
“A train ride?” Sofia gasped. “Where?”
“To Manehattan. See you later.”
Starlight and her board vanished. Sofia wonders what will wait for her at her next destination.