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// Tracking Luna Down 
// Story: Wrath of the Tantabus 
// by Robert Emerald Fountain 
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When Luna awoke, she was held tight against the wall in what seemed to be a cavern. When she tried to move, she saw to her horror that her hooves were bound in shackles made of purple light. Just then, a figure made of the same light and in the shape of her entered the room. Luna knew all too well that this was the Tantabus. 

"How in Equestria did you get out? I was sure that I had destroyed you completely?", Luna asked in an angry confrontation.

"That's what you think. There was a small fragment of me that broke loose before you reabsorbed me. That fragment was far too weak to release the dark energy. I secluded myself in this cave until I had grown strong enough to try again. Now I can drain the darkness and guilt from your heart and mind until I am ready to envelop this world in a pure nightmare.", growled the Tantabus in reply.

Luna shuddered nervously as beams began flowing from her horn and her chest. This feeling was cold and was very similar to hypothermia. Before passing out, she concentrated enough of her power to create a beacon and hopefully show rescuers where she was.

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Flurry Heart met Celestia in a flash after traveling to Silver Shoals. As she began searching for any clues that would point to Luna's whereabouts, she felt something in her horn. Closing her eyes, she examined the feeing in her mind and determined it was the beacon that Luna had created. 

"What do you see?", asked Celestia.

"Luna created a beacon to show where she has been taken. I will save her myself.", said Flurry.

Celestia wished Flurry good luck as she set off. Flurry headed north to the frozen regions and eventually found the cave where Luna's beacon was originating. She charged up her horn to prepare for the worst.