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// Chapter Two 
// Story: Charmless 
// by mylittlefalls 
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She closed her eyes as blood tricked down her face and mane.

"Just don't hurt them...don't take them...have me instead..."

He grinned. 

"Oh, Cadence, dear, your just a pawn. Just another step to getting what I want."

His horn glowed brightly.

"And I WILL get what I want."

And with that, they disappeared, the princess crying softly.



Twilight carefully examined the stick.

"Hmm..."

Rarity nervously waited. "Can you tell who wrote it?"

Twilight sighs. "Rarity...you realize this is probably just another one of Pinkie and Dash's pranks, right?"

Raritys eye's filled with rage. "You weren't there! You didn't see it! It WASN'T just a PRANK!"

Twilight rolled her eyes and nodded. "If you say so..." She puts the stick aside and yawned. It was almost 3 am. Despite Rarity's protests, she walked up the stairs and back to her bedroom, slaming the door shut.

"Spike!" Twilight called. 

No answer.

"Spiiike!"

The room was cold and dark, with no sign of the baby dragon. Twilight illuminated the room with her horn. It was empty. She got up quickly and searched the room.

"SPIKE!"

He was nowhere. She ran downstairs. Rarity was just about to leave. She ignored her and looked through the house. Spike was nowhere to be found. Maybe he had just went on a...a walk, maybe he just needed to clear his head...yeah, that was it.

But something was uneasy about the situation. Spike was asleep when she last left him. He almost NEVER wakes up when he's fast asleep.

She shook her head. She was being crazy! Was she...? She slumped against the wall and put her head in her hooves, mantally arguing with herself. Rarity slowly and cautiously walked into the room.

"Twilight...? Are you okay?"

Rarity noticed the stilness and lack of snoring in the house and quickly grasped the situation.

"T-Twilight..."

Twilight looks up. 

But Rarity wasn't looking at her. She was staring at the message carved into the blank wall of the library.

Your as good as gone, Rarity

Your as good as lost, Rarity

Your as good as MINE, Rarity.



The figure pulled up his black hood, so that all was showing were his now vibrent red eyes that shone through the darkness. He silently ran through the halls, barley making a sound. He peered into the ballroom silently.

Princess Luna was pacing the floors. He grinned a devilish grin. Perfect.

Luna was thinking. Her head was swimming with thoughts. 

Princess Cadence had disappeared.

She was an alicorn. She would be able to get out of most situations. Some people say the changelings came back, but Luna knows that's not true. 

There was a crash from behind her. She quickly turned around, but nobody was there. 

"Hello?"

She didn't expect a response. She sighed. "I'm going crazy..."

"So it would seem."

She turned around and saw the figure. "You..." She knew who it was even after he took off his cloak. He smirked.

"I've gotten better at my magic, Luna. Want to see?"

In one swift move, he had Luna pinned against the wall. His horn started glowing, but She quickly teleported behind him. 

"Your insane!"

"Maybe."

He sent out a punch. It hit the princess right in the face. She stumbled back. She glared at him. She didn't want to have to do it this way, but he left her no choice. She sent a blast of magic at him. He jumped up and avoided it. He kicked her violently, sending her flying against the wall.

She flew up and sent a burst of magic at him. This time he didn't have time to move. He was knocked downward and slid across the floor. She got down and walked up to him.

"You will be punished for your crimes and sins-"

He took her in his magical grasp and threw her up to the ceiling. She hit the ground hard.

Before the princess could get up and fight back, he pinned her against the wall. He sent a blast of black magic into the air. It seeped into Luna's horn. And try as she might, her magic was gone. 

He grinned, and sent one last blow to her. Princess Luna's vision faded to black. He let her go. She fell down onto the floor. 

He took her hoof. "Come with me, Luna dear, why don't you." 

And in a flash, they were gone.


Rarity and Twilight walked through Ponyville. Ponies were reading the paper in shock. The two mares broke away from there conversation and turned to the news stand, which was being flooded. When the crowd cleared, there was only one left. Twilight picked up up and they skimmed through it. The main article caught there eye.

BREAKING NEWS: PRINCESSES CADENCE AND LUNA...GONE?

Rarity's heart nearly stopped for a second. "Twilight..."

Twilight stared at the paper in shock. 

"No..."

Rarity looked at the worried princess. "Twilight...?"

"It can't be..."

Rarity attempted to hug the mare. "It's OK...they'll find them..." Twilight just pushed her away and slammed the paper down.

"But how?! Rarity, there PRINCESSES. Whoever's doing this is more powerful then we could have ever imagined.

Rarity remembered the message and cringed. It was basically burned into her brain, she couldn't forget it. What DID it mean? 

She wasn't sure she wanted to know.


Princess Celestia stood on her balcony, looking down at the town. A tear slid down her cheek. 

"Princess..."

She snapped her head up and turned around to the royal guard. The wind whisked away the tear. "Yes?"

He looked nervous. "We...um, we couldn't find them anywhere..."

"Them keep looking!" She demanded. The guard nodded and fled. She looked down. More tears began to stain the floor. 

She had already lost her sister once. She wasn't going to loose her again. She would find Luna, and Cadence, no matter what.

"PLEASE! WHOEVER YOU ARE! WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING...JUST BRING MY SISTER BACK TO ME!" Celestia screamed into the night. She had no idea that one statement had just broken all the walls of security tied tightly around Equestria.

An ear piercing scream rang through the air, sending chills down her spine.