North Pole Region
North Pole
December 22nd, 2022
2000hrs
“Hm. I wonder where we should sow chaos next.” Sundown said.
“How about we do an all out chaos attack?” Midnight asked. “Once we finish my greatest invention. We’ll be able to cause vast chaos world wide. And while the goody two shoes are busy with that. We’ll pick them off one by one, take their Geodes, and we’ll rule not only this world, but the alternate pony world as well.” She explained her plan while cackling evilly.
“We are NOT killing Sparkler.” Sundown corrected her. “She is mine.”
Midnight rolled her eyes. “Whatever. You do you.” She said. She glanced back at the massive device she was building. Smiling as she looked at its power source. “Still can’t believe how easy it was to grab it.” She commented.
“The Fatso never thought he’d be attacked. They were defenseless.” Sundown responded. “I will admit that I am impressed you were able to find them.”
“They use magic as their main power source. It was EASILY traceable.” Midnight responded.
KiliHima Town
Saddle Arabia
December 22nd, 2022
2000hrs
Sunset, Twilight, Daydream, and Clear-Cut all watched Sparkler and her KiliHima crew perform on stage at ElectroScratch on Karaoke night. Once school had let out in the area, Bradford, Mark, Amber and Brad’s girlfriend Potion Nova all biked over to Sparkler’s parents’ house, where Sparkler introduced them to her two lovers, Sunset’s sister, and Clear Cut.
As to be expected, Sparkler’s old friends all backed up in terror when she told them about Clear-Cut, and were weirded out about Daydream’s wings and pony ears. But once they got past that, they, as Sparkler had expected, were happy for her. And as Bradford had said to her new suited up form. “That is the coolest thing, EVER!” So overall the reunion went well.
Now they were in ElectroScratch for an early dinner after showing the Canterlot City girls around town. And it was Karaoke night so Twilight and Sunset had another chance to hear Sparkler’s angelic voice again. “Any chance to hear her sing I’ll take.” Twilight commented.
“Yeah. She’s amazing isn’t she.” Sunset responded, both of them dreamily listening to Sparkler sing.
“Her friends sound good too.” Daydream said. “All of them together sound great together.”
“I suppose.” Sunset said.
“But Sparkler’s still the best singer. In my totally biased opinion.” Twilight said, freely admitting that it was a biased opinion.
“Of course you’d say that.” Daydream responded as they all watched Sparkler pony up and Crystallize.
Twilight saw it, and taking the chance, whipped out her phone and aimed it’s camera at Sparkler, snapping a picture of her in her crystallized pony up form. “Finally, I got a new phone wallpaper and background.” She said as she immediately set the photo to her wallpaper and background. “Sunset if you want I’ll send it to you later.” She said as she put her phone away.
“Please?” Sunset asked. “I totally didn’t think about it.”
Twilight pecked Sunset on the cheek as the song came to an end. The crowd cheered and applauded as Sparkler and her crew got off the stage.
“OMG Sparkler. Your new Crystal appearance is amazing!” Nova, who Brad introduced Sparkler to, told her.
Sparkler glanced behind her and saw her wings. When she saw them she knew that she must have felt in sync with the beat. “It happened when I moved to Canterlot.” Sparkler explained as they reached the table they had claimed at the joint. “Originally I only crystallized. But then in Canterlot I gained wings, a ponytail, and pony ears as an addition to my crystallization.”
“Yeah. Canterlot is kinda the hotspot for magic that’s seeping into our world from another dimension.” Sunset explained. “We think Sparkler’s pre-existing Crystallizing ability reacted to Canterlot City’s magic and permanently upgraded her ability.”
“And then Clear-Cut came along from Sparkler’s pendant and we realized that maybe there was something more to it.” Twilight said.
“Because Sparkler’s had the pendant her whole life.” Mark deduced.
“Exactly.” Sparkler said. “Unfortunately Clear-Cut has been tight lipped about what he knows.”
“And we’re positive he knows more than we do.” Daydream said.
All eyes turned to Clear-Cut, who roared at them. “Clear-Cut.” Sparkler responded. “You can’t keep it to yourself forever. Eventually you have to fess up.” She said.
“Wait, you can understand him, Sparks?” Mark asked.
“Yep. That’s why we believe he knows more about me than we do.” Sparkler responded.
“…What could make him talk I wonder?” Amber asked.
Clear-Cut shot Amber a glare in response. Amber raised her hands in defense. “Kidding.” She said. “Won’t make you talk if you don’t want to.”
Clear-Cut nodded. Sparkler breathed a sigh of relief that Clear-Cut was playing nice.
At that moment, her phone started ringing. She checked the caller, and it said unknown, but the caller icon was red and green. “…I’ll be right back. Gotta take this.” She told her companions, leaving before anyone could question it.
She walked outside of the joint and snuck into an alleyway. Once she was sure no one would hear her, she addressed Flappy. “Flappy, malware defense protocol alpha.” She said.
“Malware defense engaged.” Flappy responded.
With a nod, Sparkler accepted the call. She opened her mouth to speak, but the caller got the first word in.
“When is it right to turn the frown upside down?”
Sparkler’s eyes widened. The tone of that question matched SMILE’S authentication tone, but she didn’t recognize the voice at all. “Who’s calling?” She asked.
“When is it right to turn the frown upside down?” The caller repeated with the same tone, ignoring Sparkler’s question.
“I’m not answering any questions until you tell me who you are.” Sparkler responded sternly.
“All I’m saying for the moment is that I am on your side. Cross my heart and hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye. I believe that promise means something to you?” The caller asked.
Sparkler heard the ominous forever from Pinkie, and it was enough for her to do what she did next.
“…It’s always the right time to SMILE.” She said, in the tone that SMILE agents used to identify each other.
“Good. I was worried we got the wrong number. Have you detected any anomalies recently? In the Celestial Sea and north of KiliHima Town specifically?” The caller asked.
What the heck is going on here? Sparkler thought. Some stranger contacted her, pinkie promised they were on her side, initiated the SMILE authentication code, and apparently knew about the anomalies.
“…what do you know about them?” Sparkler asked, deducing that this mystery caller knew more about them then she did.
“We know what’s causing them. We own the device that’s causing them. And we need your help.” The caller responded.
Sparkler opened her mouth, but closed it again, contemplating her response. The secret agent in her was telling her to help, but the loving girlfriend side of her was telling her to tell them to call another agent if they knew the SMILE code. She had Pinkie Promised Sunset and Twilight that SMILE agent Medley was currently MIA for the holidays. And she was not about to break a pinkie promise.
She must have taken too long to answer because the caller spoke again, calling her by name. “Sparkler. I realize this is a bad time. But the world needs you now more than ever.” They said.
Sparkler hesitated, before giving them her answer. “If you don’t hear from me again before midnight tonight, call another agent. Clearly you have the means.” She said.
“Alright, we understand. But really, consider it. This is a global crisis level threat, and it could threaten Christmas itself.” The caller said before the connection was cut.
Sparkler pocketed her phone and sighed. Her mind racing.
“What are you going to do Sparkler?” Flappy asked.
“I don’t know.” Sparkler responded. “I just don’t.”
At that moment, Sparkler noticed something she knew wasn’t supposed to happen, under any circumstances. The Sky became overcast with clouds, and snow started falling. Although she didn’t feel even the slightest temperature drop. Flappy spoke up after a sec. “Warning, anomaly detected.” He said.
“No spit Sherlock.” Sparkler responded. Something is definitely wrong.
To be continued…