Aboard the train, Sofia was enjoying the ride. As is her traveling companion. This time, it was Applejack, the farmer pony.
“Enjoying the train ride, Sofia?” Applejack asked.
“Yes. Thank you for asking.” Sofia replied. “What’s your business at the Crystal Empire?”
“None. I’m visiting my cousin, Braeburn, in Appleloosa, which is on the way to the Crystal Empire. Meanwhile, you have some letter catching over there.”
“What am I going after this time?”
“Princess Cadence sent a message that there were crazy critters spotted. These critters were said to look like the letters R, S, T, U, and V.”
“Sounds like I have a lot of work to do.”
Twenty minutes later, Sofia got off the train, and arrived at the Crystal Empire. Just as she arrived, she saw Starlight Glimmer’s friend, Sunburst, rush out in a panic.
“Help! Help!” Sunburst yelled hysterically. “Creature in my workshop!”
Sofia stopped Sunburst and tried to calm him down. “Relax, friend. I might be of help to you.”
“Princess Sofia.” Sunburst said, realizing who’s talking to him. “Nice to meet you. You said you can help me?”
“Lead me to your workshop, and we’ll solve this problem together.”
Sofia and Sunburst made their way to his workshop. Inside, they see a magenta creature hopping around.
“There’s the creature.” Sunburst explained. “It maybe small. But, it’s reckless.”
Sofia saw the beast. “Don’t worry, Sunburst. I can handle this.”
Quietly, Sofia snuck up to the creature. Then, she quickly grabbed it. The beast changed into an alphabet letter. Sunburst was astounded. “Amazing. That beast became a letter R.”
Sofia puts the R in her bag. And, turns to Sunburst. “I have to go. I have more letters to find.”
“Oh.” Sunburst realized. “This mission Starlight told me about. She talked to me before it began. Well, good luck.”
Sofia politely bowed, and exited the workshop. While walking along the streets, Sofia came up to a statue of Spike, Twilight Sparkle’s dragon friend.
I was told Spike is somewhat of a hero here in the Crystal Empire. Sofia thought. He helped bring the Crystal Heart to the castle to defeat King Sombra.
Suddenly, she saw a blue snake like creature squirming around the statue. Sofia got mad. “Not on my watch!”
Sofia rushed over to the statue and grabbed the creature. It transformed into it’s true form.
“So,” Sofia said to herself out loud, “now I have the letter S.”
She places the S in her bag, and moved along. As Sofia passed the library, she heard a nasty disturbance. Concerned, she goes into the library where the librarian, Amethyst Manesbury, spotted her.
“Princess Sofia!” Miss Manesbury called out. “I need your help!”
“What’s wrong?” Sofia asked.
“There’s a red hammer shaped creature causing a disturbance around here. Many ponies are getting upset about this.”
Sofia saw the creature hopping on a pile of books. Quietly, she creeps up to it. Then, Sofia grabs the creature like a hammer. The creature magically changed. The librarian was surprised.
“Oh my!” Miss Manesbury said. “That’s a letter T.”
Sofia puts the T in her bag and turns to the librarian. “Now, the patrons can read in peace.”
“Thank you, Princess Sofia.” Miss Manesbury said as she gave Sofia a sweet hug. “You’ll always be welcome here.”
As Sofia left the library, she saw a yellow horseshoe shaped creature hugging the necks of various ponies. The ponies don’t like that. Sofia rushes over to help. Quickly, she grabbed the creature. One of the ponies, a red female with a yellow mane and tail saw the creature change. “That thing was a letter U? Unbelievable!”
“Now, it won’t bother you ponies.” Sofia replied as she places the U in her bag. Suddenly, two royal guard ponies approached the young princess.
“Princess Sofia,” one of the guards said, “we’d like you to come with us.”
Minutes later, the two guards escorted Sofia through the Crystal Castle. Sofia was worried because the guards had placed shackles on her wrists. Soon, she was approached by Princess Cadence.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Princess Sofia.” Cadence said.
“Princess Cadence,” Sofia wondered nervously, “why did your guards shackle me? I’m not evil.”
“I’m sorry about this, Sofia. My guards have seen many visitors greatly nervous when approached. They felt it’s necessary to have certain visitors restrained so they don’t hurt themselves.”
After the shackles were removed, Sofia follows Cadence to another room.
“How can I help you?” Sofia wondered.
Cadence answered Sofia’s question. “My baby, Flurry Heart, is being bothered by a little crimson colored creature. My husband, Shining Armor, is trying to stop the beast.”
As Sofia and Cadence entered the room, they see Shining Armor trying to catch the creature as Baby Flurry Heart was feeling very upset. As Cadence comforted the baby, Sofia rushes over, and grabbed the beast. The beast magically transformed and Shining Armor watched in amazement.
“Wow!” Shining Armor yelped. “That thing was a letter V.”
“That’s right, Shining Armor.” Sofia said as she places the V in her bag.
Flurry Heart soon smiled and Cadence was relieved.
“Thank you for your help, Sofia.” Cadence said happily. “Now, Flurry Heart can take it easy for a while.”
“Cadence is right.” Shining Armor added. “Say ‘hi’ to my sister, Twilight Sparkle, for me when you get a chance.”
As Sofia exited the castle, Starlight Glimmer and her letter board appeared.
“I thought you might show up.” Sofia said as she opened her bag.
Starlight used her magic to move the letters R, S, T, U, and V from Sofia’s bag to the letter board.
“You’re almost done, Sofia.” Starlight informed. “Let’s get to the train station. Your final stop is Ponyville.”