//------------------------------// // Letter From The Princess // Story: Hidden by Shadows // by Authora97 //------------------------------// Dandelion was left with Spike for the day. She ended up dragging him away from the library and into the streets of Ponyvillev. The library was too boring. Twilight said it was fine only if they stayed in Ponyville. She was pointing at just about everything. The ponies, the stores, the blades of grass. Everything. "This place is way diffewent then my old home." Dandelion cheered as she and Spike walked away from the park. Seeing how she lost her last baby tooth, she had a small lisp. "Really, how different?" Spike asked. Not too entirely interested "Well, Mommy always had to make suwe I was weawing the dis guys befowe we left the house. She once told me that othews wewen't so happy about me living thewe. Gwandpa and Gwandma wewe some of those people- I mean ponies. I sometimes got lettews and pwetty pictuwes but Mommy always got wid of them, she said that they wewe fow hew but I knew they wewe fow me." Dandelion explained. Her mother had reminded her they weren't on Earth anymore. They were ponies, not people. But she was still her dragon. "Sounds like ponies hated you." Spike said. Dandelion stopped to look at Spike angrily. Spike looked at her orange eyes staring a hole in his skull. "No they didn't! Lots of ponies liked me. Some of them would come to ouw house and play." Dandelion told him. Realizing he probably won't get anywhere with this argument, Spike decided to drop it. Dandelion went on as if nothing had ever happened. About an hour later they decided for lunch (Spike brought gems and daffodil sandwiches). Dandelion had just finished her's when Spike burped a letter from Princess Celestia. "Spike?" Dandelion asked. "What's that?" "It's a letter from the princess. I gotta find Twilight!" Spike yelled. "Come on Dandelion." Spike grabbed Dandelion's yellow claw and ran back to the library. "Which Pwincess?" Dandelion asked. "Celestia." Spike answered quickly. "Oh." Dandelion said, understanding Twilight's connection with the Princess. She also understood that Twilight got a little crazy when she got a letter. Twilight was sitting inside the library, waiting for the two dragons to come back. She began to worry, as Twilight tends to do. She was told by Authora before she got Pipsqueak ready for school... "If anything happens to Dandelion, I will not hesitate to burn this library to the ground." fluttering assured her that Authora was just a little over-protective. Dandelion was the only dragonling in Equestrian to their knowledge and not a lot of ponies liked that. Twilight undertook completely, it was like what it was with Spike but less of the Royal Guards. "TWILIGHT!" Spike yelled as he burst through the door. "TWILIGHT!" Dandelion cheered as she came int behind Spike. The sudden shock caused Twilight to jump, knocking over the jar of ink she had nearby. "Why are two yelling? This is a library remember?" Twilight asked the as she began to clean up the ink. Before Spike could open his mouth, Dandelion start talking. "Spike buwped and the lettew fwom the Pwincess came out. We came hewe because you weally like those lettews. And I was yelling because Spike was yelling." She answered, sounding oh so innocent as she did. "A letter? From the princess!?" Twilight said, not he verge of a mini freak out. Quickly grasping the letter in Spike's claw, Twilgiht opened and read the letter. My faithful student Twilight, My dear student, there is an urgent matter that has been brought to my attention. Today, while I was talking with some of the ponies of Equestria, a stallion came in. Now this was no ordinary stallion. He was an alicorn. A back alicorn with eyes that glowed blue. He somehow was able to enter my halls without the slightlest detection. And is if to show hiw far he would go to meet his goals, he would do whatever he blasted one of my guards. Nopony has found the pony since. I feared he was after Equestria but he quickly assured me otherwise, saying he was looking for somepony and I fear for this pony's safety. I ask of you to watch Ponyville with a close eye. Either for the pony this alicorn is after or the alicorn himself. Yours truly, Princess Celestia Twilight read the letter three times to be sure she read it right. Another alicorn? . He snuck into the palace?after the changeling attack, the guard doubled at the palace and a spell was placed on the palace walls to detect cloaks this black alicorn would need in order to break in. If he was looking for some pony then why didn't he tell Celestia this pony's name? Maybe he knew Celestiamwould protect this pony and keep him/her from his hoofs. "Twilight?" Spike asked his friend. This got her out of her mindset. She gave a worried look to the two small dragons. "Spike, go get the others."