On the watch tower of the Canterlot castle, stood the princess of the night, beaming the land with a frown. "Where are you?" she said silently to herself.
She told her dear sister Celestia about the falling star and tried to show her the crater, but the morning blizzard covered it all up, only leaving a slight dent in the snow. They managed to dig and find the glass ground, making her sister Celestia believe what she saw.
They also managed to dig out the glassy mass out of the frozen dirt ground and transported it to the Canterlot castle to be examined by their scientists.
Within a day, they found small trace of radiation, after a couple more; the core was made of solid diamond. They couldn't find out why exactly there was large diamond core, but they ignored that and continued on studying on what made the clear glass mass.
Seems like the only evidence on what the creature looks like were four clawed prints and light streaks on the snow, which Luna found out were feather streaks.
After a week, she noticed something missing in the sky. One of the birth place of the great stars was missing, a nebula. That one mass cloud of gas she barely knew, she knew well enough about the others, sometimes making conversations with them, but that particular one stayed silent.
She tried everything, from kindly, soft, demanding, going slow and one time when she got bored, tried to have a tea party with it. So after countless attempts, she gave up and left it alone.
Now, the missing nebula might have gone rogue on her home. Without the knowledge of its personality, or anything for that matter, the creature might be dangerous and powerful.
Just when she focused on the lights of Ponyville, she noticed a flash and heard hooves step down behind her.
"Dear sister, the Element of Kindness is missing from Ponyville!" Celestia quickly went beside her sister and levitated Twilight's note in front of her.
Luna quickly read the note, closed her eyes and sighed, "This is not good, we must aid them the first thing in the morning with the search" she looked at her sister, "I will join with the search, I must be sure it is not the work of the mystery creature" she said to her.
Celestia nodded in approval, "Okay little sister, but be careful, we do not know what it can do" she said to her with a bit of concern in her tone.
In the early morning hours, Luna gathered up twenty unicorn scouts, complete with a camouflage armory and two retractable spears attached to their sides. When needed, they can handle the spears themselves, or just leave them on the sides and keep on pointing them to the foe, with good hoof grip on the ground.
As Luna appeared out of the main entrance of the castle, the scouts all stood at attention to their superior.
There was a large carriage parked beside Luna's dark chariot, being pulled by six Pegasus.
She then stood in front of the scouts with authority and a poker face, "Your job is to find one of the Elements of Harmony barer known as, Miss Fluttershy. Her coat is yellow, pink mane and tail with three butterflies as a cutie mark. In all your power, protect her at any coast" she finished.
"Yes your, Majesty!" they all said in unison.
"Good, now let's get going" she started going to her chariot and the scouts to the carriage.
Rarity packed herself and the bunny some food in her saddlebag for the whole day. She got the bag on her back and Angel hopped up and sat on her back as well.
"Hey sis, can I help!?" she heard Sweetie Belle and turned to look at her.
"I'm sorry, Sweetie, you can't" she answered, and her little sister pulled her ears back and started to whimper, "Buuut…" Rarity leaned in with a sly smile, "I heard, Spike, would need some help in the library with, Twilight, gone" she whispered to her.
Sweeties ears perked up in interest, "R-really?" her cheeks started to blush.
"Uh-huh" Rarity answered.
Sweetie Belle looked thoughtful for a moment, and then looked up at her, "O-okay" she answered and her cheeks became brighter.
"Okay, Sweetie, one more thing. Check up and feed, Opal, for me while I'm gone" she said to her and her little sister nodded happily with a smile.
As they both got to the library, they saw the other five waiting with saddlebags on just outside the entrance. As they got to the little group, Rarity went up to Twilight, Spike standing beside her.
"Good morning, Twilight" she greeted.
"Oh, good morning, Rarity" she greeted back.
"My little sister, Sweetie Belle, would like to help, Spike, in the library while you're gone" she looked at her little sister to her side and saw she started blushing again, she just looked so adorable.
"Oh, okay" Twilight looked at Sweetie with a smile, "Thank you" she thanked the little bashful filly.
After a few minutes, all they did was stand around and talk, and Rarity started to get a little impatient. She looked at Twilight again, "What are we waiting for!? We have to find, Fluttershy!?" she frowned at the lavender unicorn.
"We are waiting for extra help from, Princess Luna" she answered and looked up to the sky.
There, Luna's chariot was leading and the large carriage just behind them. They landed down behind the library and slowed to a stop. The six, Spike and Sweetie Belle ran around the tree and saw Luna getting off her chariot.
Twilight went up to her, "Good morning, Princess Luna" she greeted.
She nodded, "Good morning, Twilight Sparkle. It is nice to see you again" she greeted back.
Then the scouts started pouring out the carriage and stood in a perfect line. Everyone gapped with wide eyes.
"Oh my. When Celestia told me she was sending some help, I never thought of this" Twilight followed Luna to stand in front of the scouts.
"Miss Fluttershy, is the Element of Kindness. Without her, then the Elements of Harmony is useless" she said to her.
Luna looked at the scouts, "Report to me telepathically every hour, understood!" she said to them in her strong voice.
"Yes your, Majesty!" they all replied in unison.
"Good, now go find the missing pony" she ordered they all went in the forest in pairs.
Rarity went up to her, "Thank you for the help, Princess Luna" she bowed and the bunny on her back bowed as well.
"You're welcome" she answered.
"Okay everypony; let's find our timid little friend, Fluttershy!" Applejack yelled and started trotting to the forest with the other three following her. Rarity started following as well.
Twilight looked at Spike and Sweetie Belle behind her, "I'll be back at night, keep the library clean and keep helping the customers" she said to them both and they saluted at her.
In the forest, Twilight went up to Luna, "So what's with the armed scouts? That is way too many armed ponies just for a little search party" she said to her.
Luna sighed, "Two weeks ago, something fell from the sky and landed in the northern kingdom. I went to check with, Cadence, and found the crater. But we also found clawed foot prints in and out of the crater" she answered and kept on looking
"Y-you mean there's a creature on the loose in Equestria? Why didn't you tell me?" she asked.
"We didn't want the others to find out. We didn't want riots and panicking ponies in Equestria. So we kept it secret to prevent those from happening" she answered.
"So the armed unicorn scouts are extra defence just in case?" Twilight said.
"Yes" Luna answered.
In the cave, Fluttershy cuddled closer to the warm mass and quietly sighed happily. She opened her eyes and saw her savior, resting his head on his arms, asleep.
The first time in these past few days, she finally saw him resting for once. He still kept a good embrace with his wing.
It was like she went back in time to when she remembered her mother embracing her like this every night to get her to sleep. It was good being embraced like this again.
She closed her eyes again to rest a little more and rubbed her cheek on his side.
After what seemed like a few seconds, she opened her eyes again and saw him looking out the entrance. He still had that same blank expression.
"Good morning" she greeted, yawned and rubbed her eyes with her hoof.
"Morning" he greeted back.
She loved how he took good care of her, changing her bandages every couple of hours and keeping her stomach full.
Her wing only ached now, no more pains, except when she accidentally moves it on her own, which she did a couple of times.
Now thinking about her home, she started to get a little worried about her little Angel Bunny. Thinking and thinking more about home made her feel home sick and miss her friends and Angel.
She looked up at Nebula, "U-um, w-when can I go back home? If you don't mind" she asked.
He looked at her, opened his wing a little to take a good look at her injured wing. He looked back at her and she looked pretty hopeful, but he still needed to learn more about emotional expressions.
He stood up and stretched, "Breakfast first, then we go" he answered and started heading out.
Her world brightened up and squeal with joy.
They both ate, Fluttershy happily eating hers. He stood up and looked at her, "Can you walk?" he asked.
She hadn't really walked, mostly just moving around with her knees. She took her breath and slowly started get up, one hoof at a time. She stood up and started her first step with her right fore hoof, then her left back hoof. But when she tried with her left fore hoof, she cringed in pain.
She could use her other three with barely any effort, but her shoulder blade was also connected to her wing, causing her to move it.
He saw her have difficulties; so he just levitated her on his back and secured her with his wings.
He still felt very warm, teasing her to go back to sleep. He got out the cave with Fluttershy on his back and saw the white flowers lightly swaying by the cool breeze.
Fluttershy looked at them with a sly smile, "They look beautiful, never seen them before" she leaned forward to get a better look.
He magically plucked one of them and gently positioned on her right ear. She smiled brightly, gasped and hugged his neck tightly, "Thank you!" she thanked him happily with a smile.
He was still a little confused about the whole emotions and expressions thing, but he just let her be on hugging him. It was… warm, that feeling again, what was it? Emotions always seem to baffle him.
So throughout the morning, Nebula went through the forest with Fluttershy on his back, asleep. He didn't know when exactly she fell asleep, but she looked comfortable and had that little smile of hers.
"What do you say when you see someone like this? Beautiful? No, not that… Cute! Yes! She looked cute" he thought to himself.
After a few moments, he found himself making a sly smile. He didn't know how or why he did, but he enjoyed it while it lasted.
He heard her yawn and checked on her. She rubbed hers and checked around her surroundings, blinking a few times. He stopped, "Are you okay?" he asked.
"Oh, yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking" she still had her little smile. She looked around again, "Um, do you know where you're going?" she asked.
"I am heading to the closest town. Not too far anymore, we're halfway from between the town and the cave" he started going again.
Fluttershy looked a little scared and darted her gaze from side to side. He was doing fine though, just kept on moving and examining his surroundings.
He then suddenly stopped and perked his ears ahead of him. "What is it?" she asked quietly.
He focused his senses to the direction, "Voices…" he answered.
He lowered down and shielded his bright pony friend with his wings, to prevent her from being seen. He looked around for a good hiding place, but couldn't find any good spots.
He started hearing the voices and rustling a little louder. He looked around a little more, and then saw the trees around him. He looked at Fluttershy on his back, "Hold on tight" he said to her and she wrapped her hooves around his neck.
He looked up the tree to his right and started climbing that one. He got up to the branches, and secured himself to the tree. Now the only problem he had was the color of his coat.
His eyes then started glowing and his whole body started to fade and shimmer, Fluttershy as well. After that, their bodies were invisible, but wasn't perfect, they still had shadows on the tree. But thanks for the leaves shading them from the sun, they didn't have that problem.
As they waited, Fluttershy looked at herself and could see hers and his outlines of their bodies. She was a little surprised by this and how he applied it to her as well.
She then heard a voice in her mind, "Don't move" she heard.
After a moment, they saw an armored unicorn looking around right under the tree. She looked to her right; "Clear!" she yelled and moved on. They both watched as she went.
Slowly, he got back down and looked around to see if there were any more like the pony that just passed. Their bodies turned visible again and started heading the same way they were going.
As they were going, Fluttershy was napping on his back, and then something caught his right hind leg. He looked and it looked like a white glowing chain attached to a tree. He then just pulled on it and it broke the chain, and part of the tree.
He continued like it was nothing, then it happened again with his left fore arm. This time they were heavy duty blue chains attached to a large bolder. He just pulled on it and the whole chain broke, making crack marks and dents on the large rock.
He looked around trying to find the culprit on these magical chains, nothing. And so on, he started going again.
In no time, it happened again, this time both his right hind and fore arm. He looked to where they lead and saw they were wrapped around countless trees this time. He tugged and it looked like the whole forest was going to break down.
This time though, he grabbed the glowing chains with his mouth and breaks them with barely any effort.
As he walked, he kept his eye out this time to find who was slowing him down.
The moment he saw a small flash of light, his eyes glowed and the small flash became a small figure, pony, and then a unicorn with camouflage body armor.
He then wrapped a layer of glowing sapphire ribbon around his mouth and levitated him to eye level. "What are you doing?" he asked silently. The pony looked at napping Fluttershy on his. He looked at her and right back at the unicorn, "You are not taking her" he answered and teleported the pony back to where he was and started going again.
After a few moments, he found a path to the town. He started going through the path with ease, then suddenly, he was in a cyan blue cage, and wrapped in heavy chains.
He went up to the bars, grabbed onto them and just started banding them and moved the chains wide enough to get him through.
Then suddenly, when he was about to turn on the path, ten unicorns jumped out of the forest and surround did him. Now they were just annoying him.