//------------------------------// // Caught Off Guard // Story: Magical Mysteries of Hogwarts: Second Year // by Juliaa //------------------------------// 3rd Person's POV The girls decided to go sneak into Snape's room to steal the key during Sunday evening when he was out. A dangerous mission indeed. Rainbow and Pinkie Pie are following Snape, Fluttershy is in front of the door while the rest of them search. "Nothing!" Rarity was gettong frustrated. "We have been searching for 10 minutes we don't have that much time." "Maybe we would find it sooner if Twilight actually helped us!" Sunset was angry at Twilight just casually looking at photo's in Snape's room. "Ughhhhh, fineee! You want my help?" she groaned. And suddenly started to exit the room and yell out loud, "we are here! Broke in Snape's room and are search----" Sunset suddenly grabbed her and put hand over her mouth. "What are you doing?!" she was furious. "This was so boring, why not add a little drama?" Sunset was out of word. That didn't even make sense. Why would she reveal them just so she can have fun and drama? "Found it!" Applejack yelled. Everyone turned to her. "Perfect!" Rarity said. "Now let's go!" They all left in a hurry. ------ They met in room of requirments. "Oh I really hope no one heard it" Fluttershy was worried. "What's wrong with you?" Sunset was angry. "What? It didn't hurt anyone" Twilight wasn't interested. "But it could have! You have been acting so weird this week, you better stop what you are doing right now!" Sunset yelled and left angrily. "I don't care!" she said but Sunset already left. "Okay bye" Twilight left too. "What has just happened?" Applejack was shocked just like everyone else. "Twilight being a j*rk ever since the school year started" Rainbow replied. "Oh come, it has just been a week" Pinkie said. "A week where she landed you at Madam Pomfrey's, kidnapped Fluttershy's cat, became besties with Trixie and almost got us caught!" Rarity said angrily. "My poor cat" Fluttershy remembered. "Glad I got it back." "Yes, because Sunset argued with Twilight and talked a bit sense into her!" Rainbow reminded her. "Isn't it awfully supicious she would become rude just like that?" Applejack pointed out. "Yes, it doesn't sound like her" Rarity agreed. "We are in magical school, anything could have happened" Rainbow said. "Exactly!" Applejack agreed. "Maybe she drank some potion or someone cursed her?" "Hmm, could be" Rarity was thinking. "I think I have an idea about what it may be but I need to do a little more research on it. Applejack want to join me tomorrow in library?" "Sure." "As much as I want to join you and help, tomorrow is Sunday and i am not going to library on Sundays" Rainbow said. "Alright" Applejack laughed. "We would like to help too but Pinkie promised me she would help me look for Zephyr. I didn't see him around last few days" Fluttershy was worried. "Ugh that guy" Rainbow eyerolled. "I finally told him something someone should have a while ago." "It's good you told him that." "I hate to break this conversation but I think someone is coming!" Pinkie warned. "Okay then see you today when we go open the tunels" Rarity said before leaving. "See ya!" Applejack said. They all went their ways. -------- Later they met again with Discord and Mel. Twilight didn't show up but no one commented on it. They didn't want to start another fight. Pinkie convinced the painting to let them in. "Okay here we go" Rarity said as she put the key in the lock. The door opened and a dark tunnel was revealed. "Lumos!" Sunset casted a spell for light so they see where they are going. "It looks so scary in here" Fluttershy said. "Everything is scary to you" Mel pointed out. "Hey that's perfectly fine!" Discord argued with Mel. "Maybe she shouldn't have come with us then" "Yes she should have! She is out friend, besides she helps us a lot in fighting and helped find you too!" Discord was angry. "Shocking." "Shush! No more making noises" Rarity said. "We don't know what is in here." Everyone went quiet. Applejack unnoticably took Rainbow's hand as they proceeded to go down the tunnels. "Here I think this should be it" Rarity said following the map in the book she was holding. "Alohamora!" Sunset opened the door. When the door opened a room with a purple crystal was revealed. It was shinning very bright and the crystal was huge, just like the one Mel was trapped in. "Okay what should we do now?" Mel asked. "We need to destroy it" Sunset said. "But can't we use some of that power for good too?" "No, it's better to not risk it getting into wrong hands." "If you say so." "Now we just need to figure out who is connected to it" Applejack pointed out. "I think I may have an idea" Rarity said as she approached the crystal and it started glowing brighter. She tried to cast a spell to destroy it and the crystal broke down in thousands of pieces. "Well, compared to magic one this was easy" Discord noticed. "Suspiciously easy" Sunset said. "It kinda feels like someone wanted for us to find it, we didn't have any obsticale" Applejack joked. "Hm... yeah...." Rarity was deep in her thoughts. "Seriously please let's meet at library as soon as we can." "Okay? Is everything alright, sugarcube?" "I'll explain tomorrow. Let's leave now, this place makes me uncomfortable." "Agreed!" Fluttershy added. And they left. -------- Rarity reached Ravenclaw's common room and entered. It was the middle of the night and no one was there. Suddenly a hand reached out of the dark holding a black gemstone. The one as dark as night. Rarity looked in fear. "It was you?! I knew it!" "I always knew you were smart but I didn't know you were this smart. So glad we found your crystal this fast so now I can stop you from stopping me." "Oh no you won't!" she pulled out her wand ready to fight. "Expelliarmus!" mysterious person casted and Rarity's wand flew to the floor. She started running, "I need to warn the others, I didn't tell them! I need to warn Applejack!" she yelled as person behind her threw the black crystal at her. And Rarity felt herself being consumed by darkness.