Chapter 1
A letter and the disappearance of a certain princess Twilight Sparkle
“She’s… gone?” The question echoed through the hallways of the friendship school. Starlight asked outloud as a couple of students stared. Trixie herded them away as the headmare walked into her office, the messenger pony having delivered the letter leaving. Trixie soon joined Starlight in the office.
“What do you mean she’s gone?” asked Trixie.
“Just that.” A defeated sigh followed the reply as Starlight laid against her desk, covering her face with her hooves. Magic enveloped the letter as Trixie Lulamoon levitated it so that she could read it.
“Dear Starlight Glimmer, it is not hard to tell and to bring this news to you… yadda yadda, formal speech and whatnot… Ah! Earlier today a powerful and sudden magical discharge enveloped the royal quarters of the Canterlot palace, more specifically the bedroom of the Princess of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle.” Trixie looked towards Starlight. “Really?” Starlight looked on the verge of crying as she finally lifted her face to look at her friend. “Do they really need to take so long to say that Twilight is missing after an explosion?”
Starlight looked dumbfounded for a second. “T-trixie! Princess Twilight is dead!”
Trixie looked unamusedly at her friend. “Reeeeeeaaally? Twilight Sparkle? Princess of friendship and element of magic? THE Twilight Sparkle?” Starlight stared for a second, unable to comprehend. With a sigh Trixie continued. “Must I spell it out for you?” She wrapped her hooves around her friend and showed her the letter. “A magical discharge and explosion. If Twilight herself didn’t cause it then it’d take much more than that to get rid of the princess.”
Ignoring Trixie’s choice of words, Starlight thought for a second as her magic took hold of the letter, giving it one last read. “Trixie… YOU’RE RIGHT!” Trixie beamed.
“Of course I’m right, I’m the grrrreat and powerful-AH!” Suddenly assaulted by a hug from the headmare, she stopped.
“Twilight can’t be gone!” Starlight exclaimed once she broke the hug. “Something must’ve happened. A spell gone wrong. Maybe she attempted a high level teleportation spell from the ancient manuscripts and misread the ancient equestrian? I’ve told her many times to never try those without me or Starburst to help her out with it!” She was now pacing the room, thoughtful. “But what to do now?”
“Maaaaaybe go to the palace and scan the magical output that remains from the discharge?” Trixie nonchalantly said, spinning a hoof. “If it was that big then the-“
“There’s bound to be enough left to analyze and discover what the spell did!” Hugging her friend again, Starlight interrupted. “Trixie, you’re a genious!”
“Yeeesss… Can’t… breathe…. Ugh…” Trixie finally inhaled dramatically as Starlight ran around the office, grabbing scrolls, her saddlebags and essentials. “What are you doing?”
Without stopping, Starlight said “Getting all I need. I have no idea how long I’ll be in Canterlot and I must pack the essentials.” Trixie was unsure but nodded slowly.
“Oooookay… And who’ll run the school once you’re gone?”
Starlight stopped. “Well… you, of course.”
Chuckling Trixie shook her head. “But Starlight, I won’t be able to because…” She stopped and muttered “pause for dramatic effect…” She jumped on the desk as a firework went off behind her, scattering some papers meant for grading. “I! The grrrrrreat and powerful Trrrrrrrixie!” she went down from her desk, Starlight being used to her antics simply seeing the charred papers with a slight feeling of impassiveness. “Will be coming with you!” Trixie said, hugging Starlight.
“But, ah…” Starlight sighed. “Alright,” she said with a smile. “I’ll send a letter to starburst to come and help out with the school.” She rapidly wrote a couple of letters and proceeded to close and seal them, putting them on a basket on the desk. “These should do it.” She approached Trixie. “Ready?”
“As ready as I always am, Starlight!”
"Soooo... not ready?" Starlight teased. Trixie was about to complain but was interrupted by Starlight's spell.
With a flash and a bright glow, the two disappeared leaving a smell of smoke behind as a confused student walked into the office, wondering what had just happened…