Chapter 42 - Capture
*Nyx’s P.O.V.*
I was really scared for my brother right now as we walked to school that morning. It was a very disturbing night last night. I wasn’t created until shortly after Sombra was defeated in the Crystal Empire, so this was completely new for me and for Joshua too.
“Hey Nyx! Joshua!”
It was Apple Bloom’s voice. We turned around and saw her running up to us. When she saw the worried looks on our faces, she grew concerned.
“Is somethin’ wrong, guys?” she asked, “Y’all look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
“I have,” Joshua said.
“Really?”
“Last night,” I said, “Joshua found out why he was turned into a unicorn. Did Applejack tell you about her, Twilight, and the others’ first adventure in the Crystal Empire?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, it would seem that King Sombra wasn’t completely destroyed.”
Apple Bloom gasped. “Y’mean he’s the one who turned Joshua into a unicorn?!”
“Not only that,” Joshua said with tears in his eyes, “But he tried to control me to make me hurt you all.”
“Thankfully, Princess Celestia made sure that won’t happen,” I said, “She put on spell on Joshua that will prevent him from being controlled.”
“That brings some relief,” Apple Bloom said sighing. She then put a hoof on Joshua’s back as we kept walking. “Let’s just hope Sombra gets captured before he gets to ya.”
“I hope so too,” Joshua said.
School went by very slowly than it normally did, so the wait for lunch and recess was really long. When lunch and recess finally rolled around, Joshua and I sat by ourselves, but we hardly touched our food. We weren’t feeling very hungry.
“Something wrong you two?”
We looked up and saw Dinky walking up to us
“Yeah,” I said nodding, “Joshua had a really nasty visit last night while sleeping.”
“Will you be okay Joshie?” she asked looking at him.
“I don’t know Dinks,” he replied, “I know why I was turned into a unicorn now. It was King Sombra.”
“King Sombra?!” Dinky exclaimed, “The bad pony who tried to take over the Crystal Empire?”
“Yeah,” he said, “he tried to control me and make me hurt all of you. Princess Celestia put a spell on me so that won’t happen.”
“Well, don’t worry,” Dinky said hugging Joshua softly, “I’ll be there for you, just like I always have been and always will be.”
“Thank you Dinks,” Joshua said hugging her back.
The rest of the school week passed normally. The rest of the Crusaders, and Twilight’s friends soon heard about what happened. They all offered words of support to us, and it helped lift our spirits a little bit, but that Friday after school, things went from bad to worse.
Dinky offered to walk home with me and Joshua that day. Just then, the sky got really dark and cloudy. Thunder could be heard all around us. Joshua started shaking in fear.
“Girls!” he said, “Those are the clouds from my dream!”
“C’mon, let’s hurry to the library!” I said. Joshua quickly climbed onto my back wrapped his arms tightly around my neck. Dinky and I started running side by side as fast as we could to make it to the library. Suddenly, the ground around us started erupting with dark black crystals trying to block our path, and a dark voice filled the sky with dark evil laughter. Just then, I tripped over a rock and fell forward onto my chin. “OOF!” I exclaimed. Joshua was lurched forward off my back and onto the ground in front of me. Dinky slid to a stop and turned around.
“Joshie!” she exclaimed running back over to Joshua. But before she reached him, a dark crystal wall appeared between them. I stood up as fast as I could and tried to get to Joshua, but another dark crystal wall blocked me from him.
“NYX! DINKS!” HELP!!!” Joshua called from within his prison. He tried reaching out from his prison to grab one of our hooves. I tried using my Earth pony strength to break through, but was only able to slightly crack the crystals. Just then, a bright flash appeared in front of us, and there was Twilight. “MOMMY!!!” Joshua called, his hoof holding Dinky’s tightly.
“I’ll get you out of there! Dinky let go of him for a moment!” she said. Dinky did so, and Twilight surrounded Joshua in her magic and teleported him out of there, but Joshua was quickly sucked back in!
“OW!” Joshua said. The side of his face was smacked against his dark crystal prison. Just then a dark shadow formed beneath Joshua and started pulling him in! “NO!! HELP!!!”
“LITTLE BROTHER!!!” I said trying to reach for him, but he couldn’t grab my hoof. Twilight tried reaching for him with her hoof, and Joshua managed to grab hers, but it was slowly slipping out of her grasp. Dinky and I grabbed each of Twilight’s hind legs and tried to help her pull Joshua out, but it was no use. Joshua lost his grip and slipped in.
“MOMMY!!!” Joshua called out.
Just then, a bright light erupted from within, the crystal prison was destroyed, and the dark crystal pieces flew everywhere. Twilight, Dinky, and I searched everywhere in the remains, but there was no sign of him.
He was gone.
Captured.
“JOSHUA!!!” Twilight yelled out in agony. This was the loudest I’ve heard her yell. She used the Royal Canterlot Voice, and it was louder than Luna’s. Dinky and I were holding each other and crying in each others’ hooves. My little brother was kidnapped.
“JOSHIE!!!” Dinky cried.
*Joshua’s P.O.V.*
It was dark all around me. I was stuck and couldn’t move. Then, I felt my bottom hit something hard.
“OW!” I said. I looked around and saw I was inside a big, dark cave, with red and green fires on sticks. I was really scared. Even more scared than when my home was being destroyed. Then the dark laugh came back.
“King Sombra!” I exclaimed. The dark unicorn appeared in front of me with a bad smile on his face.
“Welcome my prisoner,” he said. His horn was then covered in what looked like purple bubbles. I stood up and tried running away, but more crystal walls appeared around me. I bumped into them and fell back down.
“NO!” I said feeling tears fall out, “LET ME OUT!!!” I tried pounding on the walls, but nothing.
“You’re not going anywhere,” Sombra said, “You’re going to stay right here until Equestria belongs to me.” He then started laughing loudly. I sat down, tucked in my knees, wrapped my arms around them, and buried my head in my arms. I started crying.
Mommy, please help! I thought.