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// There it is again 
// Story: 12 minutes to midnight 
// by Tornado-Blitz 
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Clank, clank, clank there it is again, every night, at the sane time, I nudge my sleeping husband sleeping beside me, he slowly opens his eyes and sits up ,rubbing the drowsiness from his ocean eyes "again?" he simply, knowing full well what I am about to say.

"Yes, I swear its getting worse every night" I reply slowly getting out of the comfy wonderment, my hooves clash with the dazzling crystal floor I trot towards the eerie but awfully familiar sound, I open the stunning but gigantic door in front of me, I creep out with my lover hot on my heels. I finally reach that magnificently well-crafted door and open it to see the same ghostly ponies I see every time I open this door at this time of day." there they are again I say quietly and like always the vanish into thin air, I fly elegantly over looking at the crystal wall they keep mining it was a lot deeper now they had been at this for a while now and it crept me out.

"I thinks its time we alert Celestia" I look around at the distorted crystals lying around my hooves, I use my magic to pick one up, I study it closely, my eyes narrow.

"Yes I think its about time we do, before this all gets outta hoof" I reply to the muscular captain in front of me, I smile at him and start trotting back to our room, I walk over to my icy blue desk made out of the finest crystal in Equestria and get out my quill and scroll, which was lying carelessly  by the sharp corner of the rather large desk, I sit down on my flank and wrap my fluffy, multi coloured tail around my hip as I wrote to princess Celestia about the strange happenings in the crystal empire, the quill glides effortlessly on the paper, Shining Armor watches me for a minute before trotting over and sitting down next to me.

"What do you think this is all about?" he asks me, to be honest I have no idea but I have a bad feeling about it, something about this scares me, it worries me, its been stressing me out for a while I hope to solve it as soon as possible but I know its not that simple, things never are.

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about this" I tell him truthfully, I stop looking at the letter and look at him, he smiles and puuts a loving hoof around me, he pulls me closer.

"Don't worry, Cadence I'm sure Celestia will sort this mess out" I smile back at him he was the best stallion a mare could ask for, I'm lucky to have someone as amazing as him in my life, what would I do without him.

"I guess your right" I use my magic to send the scroll to Celestia, I hope she gets it soon and gets back to me quickly I just want a good nights sleep!

"Come on that's go back to bed, we'll worry about it in the morning" my muscular stallion said to me, gesturing towards the comfy paradise behind us, I nod and get up trotting calmly to my side of the bed climbing in slowly, he get in next to me and gives me a peck on the cheek.

"Goodnight Cadence"

"Goodnight Shining Armor"