~Location: Ponyville~
~3rd Person P.O.V.~
~Time: 1:23 P.M.~
"Spike!"
A large female shout erupted from within the Golden Oaks Library, startling some of the nearby citizens that heard this. Inside the Tree-House (House-Tree?) was a frantic-looking Alicorn mare, this is Twilight Sparkle, an ex-student of Princess Celestia and one of the bearers of the Elements of Harmony.
This mare was looking through a used parchment, her nervousness rising by the second. As she was rereading the letter, a tiny Dragon walked into the room, the dragon rubbing the sluggishness from his eyes, this is Spike, the number one assistant of Twilight Sparkle, the mare herself hatching the egg he was born in.
"What is it Twilight?" The tiny Dragon asked.
"Oh! Spike! Thank goodness your here." Twilight said.
"What do you mean? I'm always here..." The now confused Spike said.
"Never mind! I need your help in gathering my friends." Twilight explained.
"And you need them why?" Spike asked.
"I recently got a letter informing me that she needs all the Element Bearers at Canterlot Castle at once. She said a chariot will be arriving at 2 in the afternoon." Twilight answered.
"Oh okay. Who do you want me to get?" Spike asked.
"I need you to get Fluttershy and Rarity while I get Rainbow, AJ, and Pinkie." Twilight said.
"Okay!" At that, both the Alicorn Princess and Baby Dragon went their separate ways, one Flying towards the clouds while the other runs through the town.
~P.O.V. Twilight Sparkle~
As I was flying through the clouds, I looked at every one I passed by to see if Rainbow was napping atop any of them. After I searched with no results, I arrived at her cloud home, knocking at the door lightly.
No response.
I knocked again, this time quicker and I bit more force.
Still no response.
"Rainbow!?" I called out.
"Wha-"
"AHHH!" I quickly jumped to a random cloud, gripping on it with my hooves. I looked down to see the Rainbow manned pegasus looking up at me with confusion. "Rainbow! Don't scare me like that!"
"I wasn't panning on doing so." The blue mare replied.
"Ugh. Anyways, Rainbow, I need you to get AJ for me and meet me and the other girls at the Library." I explained to her.
"Why?" She asked.
"There's no time to explain, I'll tell everypony back at the Library. Now go!" I said.
"Right! I'm on it." And then without another word, the blue pegasus flew towards Sweet Apple Acers.
"Now to get Pinkie." I mumbled to myself as I flew back towards the cobblestone road and galloped to the sugar coated bakery.
As I went through the front entrance, I was greeted my some bows from some of the ponies within the shop.
"T-theirs no need to bow everypony. I'm just a local resident, just like you." I said. At that, the ponies stopped bowing and went back to whatever they were doing before my arrival.
I walked up to the cash register, seeing that Mr. Cake was running it today.
"Oh! Hello your Majesty, what a pleasant surprise. What can I do for you?" Mr. Cake greeted me in a polite tone.
"Theirs no need for 'Your Majesty', Mr. Cake. I'm just here to get Pinkie Pie." I explained.
"Oh, well I'm sorry your maj-I mean Ms. Sparkle, but Pinkie left here not even a few minutes ago. She said something about a meeting. Is that why your here to pick her up?" Mr. Cake explained.
"Well, yeah. How did she know?" I asked.
"Pinkie said something about her Pinkie Sense before she left." Mr. Cake answered.
'Of course.' I thought. "Thank you anyways Mr. Cake. Have a good day." I called out as I left the bakery.
"Same to you Ms. Sparkle." He replied.
As I walked back to the library I just kept on thinking how she even knows this stuff. Then I just said the obvious.
"It's just Pinkie being Pinkie."
~P.O.V. Spike~
As I sprinted towards the Carousel Boutique, I kept on thinking what would the Princess need all the Element Bearers for.
'Hmm... Did Chrysalis return? Maybe Sombra... Or maybe Nightmare Moon returned having her own body!'
With these questions in my mind, I ran faster, getting some confused looks from some ponies walking by.
When I reached the Boutique, I knocked on the door, calling out Rarity's name as I knocked. The one who answered the door was Sweetie Belle.
"Oh! Hey Spike! What are you doing here?" The little unicorn filly asked.
"Hi Sweetie Belle. I was just wondering if Rarity is here. Twilight wants her at the Library asap." I explained.
"I'm sorry Spike, but Rarity went to the Spa with Fluttershy a half an hour ago. Maybe she's still there." Sweetie Belle replied.
"Okay Sweetie Belle. Thanks for letting me know. See ya!" I waved goodbye as I ran opposite from the Boutique. I was quite lucky today due to the two mares I needed to gather being at the same place. As Pinkie says: Eat Two Cupcakes in One Bite.
~A Few Minutes Later~
I finally arrived at the Spa. I opened the front door, being greeted by the ringing of a bell. I walked up to the front counter, seeing a pink coated earth pony with a blue sleek mane.
"Oh! Hello Spike. What can I do for you?" The mare asked.
"I'm here to see Rarity and Fluttershy please." I said.
"Yes. Follow me." The mare said, leaving the front counter and guiding me to the large tub in the center of the Spa room. I walked up the stairs to see the white unicorn mare and the yellow pegasus that I needed.
"Excuse me, Ms. Rarity?" The pink mare called out.
"Hmm? Oh! Why if it isn't my Spikie-Wikie." Rarity called out, making me blush at the cute nickname she made for me.
"Hi Rarity. Hey Fluttershy. Twilight needs you two at the Library." I said.
"For what reason, Darling?" Rarity asked.
"She got a letter from Celestia stating that she need all the Element Bearers at the Castle now." I explained.
"Oh, okay. I guess we have to cut this Spa day short. Come on Fluttershy." Rarity then got out the Tub, the timid mare following her.
I waited as both mares dried off and paid for their session at the front.
With me on Rarity's back, we quickly trotted to the wooden Library.
~P.O.V. Rainbow Dash~
While I was flying through the clouds, I was still wondering on why Twilight needs all of us at the Library.
'Maybe another thing from Celestia.' I assumed.
When I made it to the Farm house, I decided on not going inside, knowing that the farm mare is outside working. I looked through the orchard, seeing some apple trees free of apple and others still having a few on the branch. I finally found AJ bucking a thick tree atop of a hill.
"Hay AJ!" I called out, getting the farm mare's attention.
"What up, sugarcube?" AJ asked.
"Hey, I know your still working, but Twilight wants us to meet at her place." I explained.
"What fer?" AJ asked.
"I really don't know, but she said she'll explain it when we get there. I just assume that it has to do with Celestia." I said.
"Alright. But Ah still need to gather these apples here." AJ said.
"You need any help?" I asked.
"I'll appreciate that, thank you." She said as both me and her grabbed a basket and carried it to a carriage nearby. I helped Applejack get hooked up to the carriage and walked with her to the farm house.
After we made sure to gather everything, both of us galloped towards the Library.
~A Few Minutes Later~
When we finally arrived, I saw that both Pinkie and Twilight were already there. I looked to the right to see Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike walk up to the Library itself.
~3rd Person P.O.V.~
When all the Elements arrived to the Library Twilight was too busy rereading the letter again.
"Um, Twilight?" Fluttershy spoke.
"Hmm? Oh! Sorry, So is everypony here?" Twilight asked, seeing that everypony was here.
"Uh, yeah. Anyways, why are we even here? Not that I was busy or anything." Rainbow Dash asked.
"Well, it seems that their was a very dangerous criminal in Canterlot," Twilight started.
"Was?" Applejack questioned.
"I'm getting to that. Anyways, it seems that last night they successfully captured the criminal but Celestia want us to help to reform her." Twilight finished.
"It's a mare?" Rarity asked.
"Yeah, but the one thing is that this mare isn't a mare." Twilight said.
"Huh?" Rainbow was confused.
"What I mean is that this criminal isn't a pony." Twilight said.
"Is it a griffon?" Fluttershy asked.
"No." Twilight answered.
"Is it a minotaur?" Rarity asked.
"No." Twilight said again. "And she's not even a Diamond Dog."
"Then what is it?" Pinkie asked.
"She says that she's a human, but at the same time, she isn't." Twilight said. "Celestia wrote that it looks like a human, but has cat ears and a tail."
"So these 'humans' don't have cat ears and tail?" Rainbow asked.
"No. Nopony that I saw through the portal had these." Twilight admitted.
But before anypony could ask anything else, Spike pointed out the two chariot's from the sky. As the two chariots landed, all six of the mares got inside, Twilight waving goodbye as the chariots took off, leaving the whole town behind.
"Hey Twilight?" Pinkie called to her, being in the same chariot as the purple mare.
"Yes, Pinkie?" Twilight asked.
"Do you think this criminal is dangerous?" Pinkie asked.
"Why of course Pinkie. If this criminal wasn't dangerous, she wouldn't be a criminal." Twilight answered.
"I know that! But do you think she's dangerous?" Pinkie asked.
"Well, Celestia told me she was the most wanted, since she was an assassin. So I think she's dangerous either way." Twilight explained.
Pinkie just stood silent, at first looking like she was thinking of a reply, but she just went back to looking out the chariot.
~Many Minutes Later~
When they finally arrived at the Castle, they were greeted by both Celestia and Luna.
"Welcome Twilight and friends." Celestia greeted.
"Tis wonderful for thee to arrive at this hour." Luna said in her royal tongue.
"Hello, Princesses." Twilight greeted, bowing down to the two rulers.
"Twilight, theirs no need to bow. Same to you five as well." Celestia said, making the six arise from their bows. "Of course I assume that Twilight has informed you all about why your here."
"Yes Princess. About the captured criminal?" Twilight asked.
"Exactly. Now follow me if you please." Celestia said.
At that, everypony except Luna followed Celestia through the castle. They went though many hallways and finally arrived at a black door with two royal guards beside it. Celestia opened the door with her magic, covering the doors with her golden aura, as they walked inside, they saw that their was barely any ponies in the cells.
They walked deep within the dungeon, knowing that as they go deeper, the anti-magic spell gets stronger. They finally arrived to a large cell, they saw that their was a pair of magic cuffs colored in a golden aura on the floor. At first they assumed that the criminal escaped, but they saw a large figure in one of the shaded corners.
"Kotonaru, show yourself." Celestia commanded.
Their was no response, but the figure didn't move.
"Fine, if you won't come out, I'll make you." Celestia's horn glowed, the aura wrapping around some part of the figure, it being one the cat ears. With a light tug, the figure started moving, still not making a sound.
When the figure was finally revealed, most of the ponies gasped a little, seeing the terrible state she was in, and the look she gave.
It was a look of hatred.