Chapter 5 A Mysterious Letter
Fluttershy was asleep in her cell. There was nopony watching her, so it was the first opportunity she had in over a week. She dreamed of her friend, of them finding her. She hoped they would find her, but she was starting to doubt the were even looking.
She woke up just as Trixie came in. Her sleep felt so peaceful. She hated that her first rest had to end so abruptly.
“How was it?” Trixie asked
“How was what?” Fluttershy replied in her most innocent voice.
“How was your nap?” Trixie asked, with a snicker.
“I thought I wasn't allowed to sleep” Fluttershy retorted
“You aren't, but I had more important matters to take care of,” She responded, her snicker getting wider, “Besides, I have good news. Your friends are looking for you. Along with Bright Night; or as we refer to him, experiment 50294-X,” Tixie grinned as wide a grin as her facial muscles would let her. by referring to Bright Night as an experiment she was able to get one last huge blow at Fluttershy.
However Fluttershy did not seem to notice. She was too excited about the prospect of finally getting out of here.
“Yes! That’s Great news! My friends are coming to save me. I’m gonna be free again!”
“That is great news. For me. Not for you. Not only am I gonna get back my experiment, but I am also going to get revenge against all those who have humiliated the great and powerful Trixie two times too many!” Trixie let out a maniacal laugh, “You see Fluttershy, this room is protected with an enchantment that blocks any magic except for mine. Celestia herself, could come in here and she would be powerless.”
Hearing that made Fluttershy cringe.
“Not only that,” Trixie continued, “But we will be waiting. The moment they enter our lair, we will have our next captives. They don’t stand a chance.”
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“What’s this?” Twilight asked
There was a knock on the door. When Twilight went to open it there was a letter sitting on the top step leading to the library. It was addressed anonymously. She walked in and closed the door. She asked Spike to go fix her some tea, and as he disappeared, she opened the envelope. She started to read the letter:
Dear Twilight Sparkle,
I have your friend Fluttershy, and I am willing to return her to you in exchange for the life of another pony. This pony has been living amongst you for the past two weeks; however, this pony has been playing you. He is a very dangerous pony. But not near as dangerous as I am if you are my enemy. If you ever want to see Fluttershy again. Then you and Bright Night must go to the old castle. There you will use a hidden objects spell. That will allow you to find me. I cannot tell you who I am, but I assure you. You will find out soon enough.
At that, the letter ended.
“Well this can’t be good,” Twilight said as she ran out the door.
No later had Twilight left, Spike came out of the kitchen wearing his kiss the chef apron with a glass of tea in each hoof.
“Twilight?” he asked without an answer
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Twilight landed on my cloud. When she first touched down she was a little bit shaky. She mentioned how a year ago she did not have wings and still hasn’t gotten used to flying or walking on clouds.
“Neither did I,” I joked with a grin on my face
“Ha, ha, very funny,” She retorted, looking annoyed, “But I need to talk to you about something.”
“Ok?”
“I got this letter,” She handed me the letter, “read it. It says that they are willing to exchange Fluttershy for you life.”
“I can see that,” I sighed, “Well, looks like we don’t have much of a choice. Lets go.”
“Hold on,” She stopped me as I was getting ready to takeoff, “I’m worried this might be a trick. I don’t think we should go alone.”
“What do you propose?” I asked
“I think we should all go. After all, saftey in Numbers right?” She cracked a smile at that, “Plus the letter did not say we couldn’t all come together.”
“I’m pretty sure it was implied,” I said
A serious look appeared on her face.
“Look,” She said, “I’m not letting you go alone. Were gonna get Fluttershy back. And not only that, be we aren't gonna let them have you either. I don’t know what they are planning on doing to you, but I do know that it will be meant to make you suffer. And I am not going to have another ponies suffering fall on my hoof.”
“But-”
“No buts. I have made my decision,” she said, with a genuine anger in her voice.
I could tell there would be no persuading her out of coming with me.
“Come on! We’ve got a castle to search!” She said galloping off, carrying me with her.
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“Did she get the letter?” Trixie asked
“Yes. And she is planning on bring her friends as back up,” Starlight answered
“Perfect. Everything i going according to plan. Soon we will be the most powerful ponies in all of Equestria!”
They both laughed maniacally when they said that. Fluttershy could hear everything they said. Had she not been in such agony she would have been terrified. All she could think about was what they were going to do to Bright Night. They made it clear that they were going to treat him worse than her, and if this was how bad they were treating her, what would they do to Bright Night. She didn’t want to find out. She needed a way to help her friends.
A surge of burning pain spread through her body as she fell unconscious.
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“There’s nothing here,” Rainbow said, “We already looked. Why are we here?”
“Because I got i got a letter telling me to use a hidden object spell,” Twilight answered
“Well why didn’t you use one the first time?”
“I did. But Fluttershy’s captors didn’t want to be found at the time, and they probably knew I would use a hidden objects spell, so they took great care not to leave anything to be found. Now that they want to be found, they probably left something specifically for us to find.”
Twilight Performed the spell, and a map of the Everfree forest appeared on a nearby desk. The map had an X on it.
“Lets go save Fluttershy!” Twilight commanded