//------------------------------// // Lyra To The Rescue! // Story: The day to day life of Crystal // by Cobalt the Kitsune //------------------------------// Bon-Bon and Lyra owned a Sweetie Shoppe together on the corner of Mane Street and Sugar Lane. They provided the only competition to Sugar cube Corner for sweet confections, in all of Ponyville. "The Cakes are doing it again Lyra." Bon-Bon peered though a pair of binoculars. "Doing what?" Lyra was setting up a stand of lolipops. "There pacing and you know what that means." "No I don't" "That means there thinking of a new cake recipie which means I need to think up a new type of candy to keep the universe in balance!" "Well we could always try..." "No Lyra I'm not going to make vomit, and dirt flavored jelly beans, they just won't sell." A little grey colt walks in. "Hello there Silver Spark. Can I get you some thing?" "No thanks Bon-Bon. Have two seen my mom? She didn't come home last night." "Can't say that I have. I'm sure she's fine." "I'll help you find your mom. I mean if that's OK with Bon-Bon." "Yeah, go ahead I need some time alone anyways." ......... Crystal had spent the night sleeping on a cold stone floor of the shadow councils dungeon. Would It have killed them to at least set some hay down!? Shadow was in the next cell over. "Hey, Crystal I'd..." "Shut up, I'm still mad at you." A cloaked human walks in and opens Shadows cell door "Time to move traitor." Shadow then was escorted out shooting a 'I'm sorry' look at Crystal. ......... Lyra's horn is faintly glowing pale blue. "What are you doing?" "It's a tracking spell. My horn will glow brighter when where closer to your mom." "Oh that makes sense." As they walk past an ally way Lyra's horn brightens up a bit. She walks a little further and it dims "Hun?" She backs up and it brightens again. "Interesting." She turns into the alleyway and it brightens up even more. "This way!" ......... Shadow was sat down in a chair there cuffs then clamped around his hoofs so that he couldn't move. "Your a bigger blabber mouth then previously thought. No only did you break your oath of secrecy, but you divulged the location of our head quarters to your little friend." "I did no such thing she found this place by herself!" "LAIR!" A gloved hand was brought across his face. "Nothing can penetrate our security but members of the council." "I did not bring her here." Shadow is slapped again. This opens a cut on his check. "How many times do I have to tell you." A the one with the smooth voice steps out of the shadow. "You can't rely on brute strength to get you every where." He removes his leather gloves. And set's his pale white hands on Shadow's checks. His hands are as cold as ice. "We'll find out soon enough how your little friend got in." Shadow begins to shutter and shake as he feels an outside force hack into his mind. ......... Lyra and Silver Spark run down into the alley. Lyra's horn counties to grow brighter and brighter until they reach a dead end. "I could have sworn..." Lyra the glow on Lyra's horn changes from pale blue to bright green. "What are you doing now?" Lyra waves here horn over everything like its a metal detector. "Seeing if any spells were used her recently." When her horn goes over when the portal was a shadowy cloud appears. "What kind of spell aura is that?" "Spell what?" "Spell aura, It's the glow unicorns horns give off It's unique to each pony. Sorta like a finger print." "What a 'finger print'?" "Never mind. Your mothers spell aura is around this one. She probably used a recreation. Spell why don't we do the same?" She lowered there head and squeezed magic into her horn. "How do you know so much about this stuff?" "What do you think Twilight Sparkle is the only smarty pony in his town?" A portal opens. "You stay here." Lyr ........ I wounder what there doing to Shadow? Crystal was sitting down on her cell floor. She continued to look at her hooves until she heard her door opening. Was it a human come to take her away just like Shadow. "Good Celestia,Crystal what are you doing in such a creepy place?" "Lyra, thank goodness." Lyra unlocked the door with magic. "Let's get outta here." "Wait we need to find Shadow!" Crystal's horn glows black, and starts running down the corridor. "No time!" Lyra levitates Crystal up and makes her go back through the portal. ......... "She reopened one of our portals." The human removed his icy hands. "She must be eliminated." "Sir." "What?" "The mare is gone." "She's what!?!" "Gone ,Sir." "RRRAAAAA!!! YOU!" The humans grabs Shadow by the throat. "IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE YOU WILL FOLLOW HER AND DESTROY HER!" "Yes,Sir!" Fear was plastered on Shadow face. "GO!" The human opened a portal and tossed Shadow through ......... Crystal passed the photos she got at the Shadow Council HQ. "I still can't believe humans actually exist." Octavia passed the photos Vinyl "Believe it Tia," Vinyl passes the photos to Bon-Bon. "The question now is what do they want with us?" Bon-Bon passes the photos to Lyra. "So Bon-Bon looks like you owe some pony an apology" "Yes, I'm sorry I didn't believe you Crystal." Lyra sinks down in here chair looking very sullen. She had being trying to convince Bon-Bon of humans existence for years. "Hopefully now we can all go back to regular lives." Crystal shipped her tea unawares what the next few months would bring.