The gang finally made it to the castle; they flown at a low altitude to avoid being spotted as they reached the entrance of the fortress. Everyone was preparing themselves until Twilight spoke up "Alright, this is going to be a sneak attack performance we'll be doing on Discord. I want us to stay in a group and to stay silent as we make our way through the castle." Everyone agreed to the statement and Twilight lead them into the castle.
Inside the castle was a bizarre world. The outside looked just like what you expect from a castle (stone structures, maple wooden doors, ect.), but the inside, it was simple and plain with a cold presents in the air. There were structures that were made to form primitive shapes, like squares and triangles; no curving surfaces, just sharp edges. Not only were the shapes simple, but the colors, too. They didn't blend with one another, they didn't gradient with each other, they were just one color and one color only on each surface. It felt like walking into a computer program without any textures within it. "I know that Discord is a little bit off" Rarity whispered to the others "but, he really needs a woman's touch in decorating". As they moved through rooms, they reached what was most likely the throne room. It was a long room that had rectangular columns on its sides and had picture frames between each of them. The pictures weren't anything special, just as bizarre as anything else around here. One of them actually caught Applejack's eye, it was a picture of a corn on a cob being served for dinner, she just stared at the picture with great focus as the others made it to the end of the room. At the end, there was a chair that was meant for the master of the castle to sit in, Rarity was getting antsy as she saw the chair and just had to sit in it "I feel so royal" she said with glee.
"Theirs nothing here?" Pit said out loud.
"That's what it seems, but castles are known to have many hidden passages to help you move forward" Twilight replied, but before she could do anything, the chair to the throne (along with Rarity) vanished.
Everyone started to freakout "Settle down, guys" Twilight reassured them "this is probably another one of Discords tricks, lets just stay together and find Rarity."
"I think I found that their secret passage yer talking about Twi" Applejack said as she still gazed at the portrait before she started to walk backwards.
"You did, where?"
"I saw this in a video game once" Applejack then started running towards the picture and jumps into the frame leaving small ripples on the picture.
"What happened?" the timid Fluttershy asked.
"She went into the picture" Rainbow Dash said "and if she can do it..." she starts to fly back and charges toward the frame "then so can I."
*BAM!*
Rainbow Dash hits the picture face flat, she didn't go through it. She starts to slide down against the picture until she hits the floor. "What happened?" the dazed angel said "She went through it, so why can't I?" She picks up and throws the picture aside and starts pushing against the wall "Did she literally went through the picture?" She pushes and suddenly falls forward, fazing through the wall.
"AAHHH!!!" Everyone went as another one of their friends disappears. Pit runs to the wall and pushes at it, but the wall was solid and showed no sign of budging. "It's solid, I can't get through it" Pit says as he starts pounding on the wall. Fluttershy was starting to get scared, she felt like she was being surrounded by fears that wanted to terrorize her. She started to walk backwards by this emotion and was able to find support as her back laid against the wall. Pushing up against it caused the wall to rotate, flinging her into a new room as she shrieked.
The other three looked towards her scream and sees her entering into another room before the wall seals itself shut, blocking the group from her. Pit ran up and proceeded with what he did just a moment ago, pushing and pounding the wall, but that too didn't make a form of budging. Suddenly a trap door opens below Pit's feet, dropping him through to a new location before the door closes itself, blocking from any others to follow.
Twilight catches her falling head into her palm, rubbing her index finger and thumb along her nasal canal in frustration. She wanted everyone to stay together in a group, but now everyone was gone. She suddenly realized Pinkie Pie was still there, she glaces over to see her standing with a smile. She then suddenly disappears from sight in a flash, leaving only a *ting* of what would probably be a tiny bell ring. Twilight just roles her eyes with a groan, and continues her nose rubbing.
After a few moments of admitting the situation that she's in, she lifts up her head and continues to proceed what she was planning on doing before Rarity's vanish. She walks up to the wall and starts pushing on it "Lady Celestia's secret passage should be somewhere around here" she kept on pushing but she was getting nowhere. "Did Discord change this passage along with the castle?" she thought, but lucked out as she was able to push part of the wall, causing a passage to form in the wall. "YES!" she cried in her mind. As she begins running down the new route, she starts hoping that her friends are okay and that they'll meet up. Unfortunately, each one of them are going to have to face a challenge as they make their own way through the castle.
END OF CHAPTER 5