UNKNOWN LOCATION
Emerald wake up with a start, she was looking frantically around her for any trace of Brown, after a while, she began to sob.
“Brownie?” she started, knowing that he would not answer, however, one shadow leaped from the wall and, without the filly knowing, scurried to the other side of the room and through the entrance of the strange cave where the filly, unknown by her, was prisoner.
After a while, the two shadows from the first memory manifested again, their tone concerned.
“Another memory?”
“It would seem so, sister, however, we cannot interfere, these are mere fragments from her past, now I am sure of it, and we need to let them play so she can… rest from it”
After a while, the grey mare which have saved Emerald Heart entered the cave, looking a little frazzled up, but wearing a smile, she anyways, promptly change it for a concerned look.
“Dear, are you alright?” the mare asked, coming near the distressed filly and patting her in the withers, “I heard you from the other side of the room, what happened?”
“I-I-I want to go home!”
“Shh” The gray mare says, trying to calm the distraught filly, “I know my dear, but I am looking for your friend, maybe, and I mean MAYBE, he can still be alive” after a while, the older mare gives the filly some space, now her little eyes filled with hope.
“Y-you mean it?” the filly says between sobs, her eyes never leaving the older mare.
“I mean it little one, meanwhile why you don't sleep some more?”,the mare says, motioning the filly towards the bed in the back, “you must be really tired after this ordeal.”
After this, the old pony stays behind, however, the young filly came back after a while, also catching someone with the mare that has saved her
“... and don't look anymore, that colt is as good as dead, I think, anyhow, if this pony keeps her hope up, she can feed us for a little while.” the gray pony was saying, all the time, the little filly has a look of sorrow and despair, she had a pretty good idea about what the older pony was talking about, however, she gasped when she saw to who the mare was talking to, a black pony with weird holes in his legs and blue eyes that shine with an eerie glow in the dim-lit cave.
“but, my queen, if I can speak freely, that pack of shadow wolves maybe just leave the damn colt in the woods, we can try and find him, she would be in better spirit and she can aid us more before we can drain her.”
*What are they talking about, and why...* Then a sudden green light and after that… nothing.
CANTERLOT CASTLE, MEDICAL WING
Chrysalis was awake with a start, panting and sweating a little, also startling a new pony that was in a bed in front of her.
“Goodness gracious!” a white pony with a monocle and a expensive tuxedo says, entering into the queen’s range of vision, “that was a very lively nightmare, don’t you agree, dear?” he continues, looking straight at the insectoid pony.
“Y-yes, I think…” the changeling queen began, only to stare a little to the pony in front of her, “wait a second, why aren’t you scared about me?”
“Why, I need to be?” the stallion says, a deadpan look on his face, “however, my name is Fancy Pants, and my lovely wife over there, is Fleur de Lis” he continues, pointing to the mare that was in front of Chrysalis bed, both ponies oblivious of the incredulous look that the aforementioned queen was giving them.
“So, you didn't find strange that a thing that is not a pony is in a bed near your wife.” Chrysalis says, her voice latched with heavy sarcasm.
“First of all my fair lady, I honestly say I am kinda curious about your… species” the stallion began, eyeing the holes in the queen’s legs, “but we just arrived here from our trip to Prance, trying to find…” suddenly the stallion sulked, a look of deception and shame on his face, “well, whatever, we just arrived here and one friend of mine ask me if we can keep an eye on you in the meanwhile, she and her friends are needed somewhere else, and as a fine gentlestallion, I couldn’t refuse.”
CANTERLOT TRAIN STATION
“I hope Fancy Pants and Fleur are all right” Rarity whines for the fourth time, “and next time that anyone want to supervise the changeling queen, don’t ask out of the blue to an ambassador and his wife out of the bat!” she continues, glaring to Pinkie Pie, who was oblivious to the world.
“I am sorry, generous Rarity” Princess Luna says, looking apologetically to the alabaster unicorn, “but we need to hurry to the train station before that specific train arrives here” she adds, looking warily to Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight Sparkle.
“Why we need to wait for the train anyways?” Rainbow Dash asked, “we are waiting for somepony else?” the stunt flyer continues, not noticing the glare from Princess Luna, and the eyebrow twitch from her purple friend.
“Yes RD, we indeed are waiting for two ponies now” Twilight says, looking intently to the train arriving, “both of them come from the Crystal Empire, and they have… issues, with our current changeling queen".
“Wait, the Crystal Empire, but the only ones that we know…” the speedster continues, but an deafening sound of crystal against metal interrupts the tomboyish pegasus, after the smoke clears from the newly arrived train, two ponies, a pink alicorn and a white unicorn, are the first two that descend from the train.
“... Are princess Cadence and Twilight’s brother” the pegasus finishes, all of the ponies on the platform are quite shocked, the alicorn of love was armed with a longsword and a light plate armor, and the former captain of the guard also carries his official uniform, and a huge warhammer.
“Weeell, this is akward” Princess Luna mutters, looking to both sides.