//------------------------------// // Into the woods. // Story: My Little Musketeer! // by Appl3dashie //------------------------------// "Galaxy?" Dare flew in. She turned to Twilight. "What have you done to her? WHERE IS SHE?" Her voice boomed through the room. "She umm… left!" "And went to where?" "Um.. I'm pretty sure she said the bathrooms!" "In town?" "Heck yeah!" "Only Galaxy says that and… so bye! That idiot! She forgot to tell me where she went… AGAIN!" Dare shot out of the room fast. "Sorry…" Twilight pulled Pearl's and Galaxy's body from behind the desk. "Twilight?" She heard a scared voice. "What is it?" Twilight's voice was now cold. "Remember me Pinkie?" She stopped moving. Her hands turned to hooves. Soon the whole of Equestria was now full ponies again. Twilight turned sharply. "I do." She looked at Pinkie. She was sobbing hard into Applejacks shoulder. "How could you?" "Its true." "WHAT IS?" Twilight stared at Rainbow sharply. "YOU CAN'T BLOCK OUT THE PAIN!" Rainbow broke the cage with a loud shatter. "You made me do this!" she filled up with tears. She swooped down to the desk and grabbed the gun. "You won't win." Her gun was loaded and ready to fire. "You sure she went to the toilet cause all I saw when I got there was a toilet paper fight a- What the hell are you doing Rainbowdash?" Dare's eyes widened. "Killing Twilight Sparkle." "But why?" "Because she killed Captain Pearl." She growled and held the trigger. "Is this true?" Dare's eyes filled with rage. "Y-yes." "We're defeated." "Huh? How?" "Did you know that Crystal and Pearl have fought an endless battle? They were fighting an endless battle. For the universe? FOR EQUESTRIA AND LANDS BEYOND!" Dare growled. "If one is defeated the other just finds another opponent. Unfortunately Pearl is Crystal's sister the perfect fight has been broken. By you." Dare looked up. "The prophecy is true." "SO DO YA WANT RAINBOW TO SHOOT OR NOT?" Applejack yelled. "Don't shoot." "To late." Rainbow fired at Twilight but she caught the bullet just in time. "Stupid stupid unicorn magic." Rainbow muttered. "Now where is that book?" "OH! The book Pearl wrote in?" "How'd ya know?" "Magical Prophecies! Here!" She threw a big green book over to her. "There ya go! Page 25 The Dawn of Twilight Sparkle." Dare looked at Pinkie. She was obviously freaked out. "Is she a witch?" She whispered to Applejack franticly flipping through the pages. "No… She's just really weird." "Okay… The Dawn of Twilight Sparkle. A gifted unicorn sent into an alternate universe. Back in time actually. And…. And what? Dang it! Some idiot spilled coffee all over." "Listen here Twilight." Rainbowdash flew up to Twilight pinning her against the wall. "Your gonna walk the plank." "OH HELL NO!" Twilight pushed her off and ran out of the office. "Why'd ya do that?" Dare yelled. "BECAUSE WE WANT HER DEAD." Pinkie snapped. "Twilight?" Applejack said sadly. "NO THIS CAN'T BE HER FATE!" Applejack chased after her. "APPLE HORSE IS GETTING AWAY!" Rainbow flew after her. "GET HER!" They chased after Applejack. "Thank Celestia the ship didn't set sail." Twilight ran through the town swiftly. "Twilight!" Applejack found her. "Not so fast." Crystal appeared from nowhere. "Where do you all think your going?" "To the umm… grocery shop?" "Liar. Anyways where is Pearl. I want to talk to my sister." She stared at her. Twilight felt her cold eyes piercing her gaze. "S-she… is… d-" "On the ship. Now get going! Don't ya have an appointment to beat some pony up or something?" Applejack said standing in front of Twilight. "Knew she'd be on that ship of hers." She muttered. "Thanks now get lost." She flew off. "Thanks AJ. What's gone wrong with Rainbow and Pinkie?" "Dunno. It doesn't matter anyway. We need to get going asap!" Applejack said. "YES HAHA!" Crystal laughed. "SHE'S DEAD! DEAD WOOHOO!" She cheered. She turned to them. "Time to kill the special." "Whats going on?" Said a yellow pegasus flying down and sitting on a cloud. Her orang mane flew around in the air. "I think it's a fight Adagio." Said a blue pegasus. "Course it is Sonata!" Said another pegasus this time she was purple. "Girls! Low voices." Adagio scolded. "Now whats going on?!" The police came through. "Nothing you need to know." Twilight barked. "Yeah!" Crystal flew at her. "STOP!" Rainbowdash crashed into her from the side. "GO!" Applejack pulled on Pinkie's and Twilights mane. The ran off into the woods. "Pinkie! I'm sorry for ki-" "No time! We must get you away from Crystal!" Twilight was very surprised at Pinkies concern. "GIRLS HIDE!" Rainbowdash called flying up the path. Pinkie jumped up a tree while Applejack pulled Twilight behind a bush. "WE'RE IS TWILIGHT?" Yelled a voice. "SHE MAGICALLY FLEW AWAY!" Rainbow shouted back. "Likely story." Twilight caught sight of Autumn. She looked bashed and bruised. She had an eye patch over her right eye. "NOW TELL ME!" "Autumn." Crystal flew next to her. "Where's Star?" "At the den." "Healing?" "Yeah." Crystal looked back at Rainbow. "Twilight!" Applejack whispered. "Huh?" "Look!" She pointed to some sharp pieces of metal. "So? Whats so good about them?" Twilight said ducking lower underneath the bush. "We can use them as swords!" "I can't use a sword!" "Well Pinkie can!" But then suddenly there was a crash. "HEY GUYS!" Pinkie cried. "SHUT UP!" Applejack stuck her hoof in her mouth. "WHOSE THAT?" Crystals voice boomed. "Grab those!" Applejack pointed. "I KNOW YOUR THERE!" Crystal pounced on random bushes. "What?" Pinkie asked in confusion. "Here!" Twilight showed them the metal. "I snuck there and back just in time." "Thanks Twilight!" She'd glued some wood onto the ends making a handle for the sword. "COME OUT!" Crystal demanded. "Or your friend gets it!" She put a claw over Rainbow's neck. "Tie her up?" Autumn asked. "Do it." Autumn grabbed a piece of rope from Crystal and tied RainbowDash to a tree. "GUYS HELP!" Rainbowdash wriggled and squirmed trying to break free. "YEEHAW! COME AND GET ME!" Applejack jumped off a tree landing right in front of Crystal. "Me to!" Twilight said teleporting next to her friend. Pinkie had run off. "Coward!" Applejack yelled at Pinkie. Meanwhile a unicorn filly stared down in a pond nearby with her mother. "Whats that mama?" She pointed at some seaweed underwater. "Seaweed." "Daffodil! Can you come inside? Theres a spider in my room!" Yelled her sister. "Hold on Blossom." her mother went inside. "Mama!" Blossom called after. "Wait there!" She yelled out. "TAKE THAT!" yelled out one voice. "AHA!" Yelled back another. Blossom grew very curious and raced over to the bushes. "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!" Applejack raced around and around Crystal until she got dizzy. Well at least thats what she thought. "NO!" Crystal snatched Applejack up tight in her arms. "Heh…" Autumn dragged back an unconscious Twilight out of some bushes. "She's down." "Great work Autumn." Crystal then grabbed at sword and held it over Twilights neck. "I'M COMING!" Yelled a happy voice. "Grr another one of them ponies?" Crystal growled. "With us!" Yelled a deeper voice. Pinkie bounced up the hill all alone. "Pfft! Just one? She's going to be easy to bring down!" Autumn laughed. "Just one?" Pinkie yelled back. The earth rumbled. The sound of hooves could be heard from miles away. Blossom loved where the fight was going. "Its us." Quill stood next to Pinkie. Sparrow joined on the other side followed by lots of other ponies. "Attack!" Pinkie yelled and raced towards Crystal and Autumn. "NO! NO!" She screamed. Twilight woke up. She wasn't in some normal place. Stars swirled around her. The ground was made of… well stars and everything was blue (except the stars which are obviously yellow (or white.)) "Where am I?" She questioned herself. "The star dome." said another voice responding to the question. "Why am I here then? I need to be back in Neigheria with my friends!" "Hush now. You must stay here." Replied the voice. Twilight walked along the stars. They faded and came back every step. "Why? I need to!" "You must!" The voice grew firmer. Twilight stopped suddenly. "Sorry to wake you up here." Said the voice. It seemed it was coming from behind her. "Who are you?" Twilight said not daring to turn yet. "Turn around and you'll find out." "Smart move…" Twilight mumbled slowly turning. "Princess Luna?!" "Yes it is me." "Why aren't you speaking with us? That's what you usually do!" "Oh Twilight you wouldn't understand even if I told you…" Luna looked down at the stars. "Oh yes I would! Please! Tell me." Twilight said pleadingly. "It's just…" Twilights iris's widened. "Just…Nothing…" Twilights pupils shrunk. "Nothing?! NOTHING!" Twilight raced up to Luna but the stars raised forming a wall just in time to stop her. "It is time you leave Twilight. You shall not know the meaning of it." "What?" "The meaning of why your stuck back here." "TELL MEEEE!" Twilight groaned. She slumped herself against the wall. "You'll know with every step of your journey." The floor of stars gave way. She flew through. Falling… and falling into darkness. "WHAT HUH LUNA?" Twilight sat up. She was in a hospital. In the middle of the night. "Twilie!" Rainbowdash hugged her friend. "LUNA?" Twilight blurted out. "Luna?" Applejack asked. "Princess Luna? Why do ya mention her name?" "Was it all a dream?" She mumbled. "Oh Twilight! Its great to have you back again!" Pinkie grabbed Twilight and gave her a big hug. "Yeah… great." said a solemn voice. "uh… hello?" Twilight looked over Pinkies shoulder to see a dark figure there. "Twilight Sparkle… the murderer." the voice repeated. "Q-Quill?" she stammered. Her friends sharply turned. "Its you." Rainbow narrowed her eyes. "Its me! Yes!" Quill clapped his hooves and walked over. When a sudden bang happened everyone had hands again. Twilight wondered why. They suddenly turned anthro again! "Ahh yes… my old hands." "Quill why aren't you speaking like you usually do? Like yarr and matey and that?" Twilight asked. "Did you always think I had bad grammar?" he growled holding up a fist at her. "WHADYA THINK YA DOIN'?" Applejack pushed him away from Twilights bed. "I'm telling her that… SHE MURDERED CRYSTALS SISTER AND…" he looked over at Twilight. "and my mother." they all gasped. "I'M SORRY PLEASE JUST DON'T LEAVE ME!" Twilights voice cracked. Tears filled into her eyes. "How dare you… HOW DARE YOU!" he pulled a knife out. "Whoa whoa whoa!" Rainbow swooped down and picked up the knife. "You can't hurt Twilight. And anyways. Your so called 'mother' beat Applejack, Pinkie and me up!" "I-I don't believe you! My mother would never do something like that!" He stammered thinking of a horrible thought. There was a knock at the door. "Come in!" Pinkie called. Slowly a little filly pushed the door open. "We'll fight later!" Rainbowdash whispered and flew back down with the knife under her wing. Quill nodded. "Umm… You probably don't know me…" the little filly blushed. "But I watched you out of some bushes when you fought a-and you fought really well..." she then whispered. "Please speak up a little." Twilight said leaning closer. "Don't be afraid we're not monsters!" "Well when you were fighting I watched and you were awesome!" she grinned a massive grin. "Sorry you got knocked out." Twilight smiled back. She thought of the element of kindness. The filly then pulled out 3 roses from her bag. One for Twilight (which was the biggest.) one for Rainbow and one for AJ. "Aww what about me?" Pinkie asked. "Oh yeah!" Out of her bag she gave 5 small chocolates to Pinkie. "YIPPEE!" Pinkie beamed. Quill coughed before he spoke up. "And how about.. um… me?" The filly looked at him thoughtfully. "I'm sorry. I didn't see you in the battle therefore I don't have anything for you! But here." She gave him 3 bits. "There you can go buy what you want now!" she smiled.