"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Nightmare Moon laughed maniacally.
"Seize her! Only she knows where the Princess is!" Mayor Mare exclaimed as all of the guards and the wonderbolts attacked Nightmare.
"Stand back, you foals!" Nightmare yelled sending out a magic pulse crashing them all against the wall. Nightmare turned into a cloud of smoke and flew out the window. and suddenly everypony stated to panic.
"Ergh..." Applejack grunted as Rainbow broke free of her hold and started to chase the dark cloud.
As Rainbow Dash flew out the widow the others ran out the door. "Come back here!" Rainbow yelled as she continued to chase the cloud until she lost it. "Nighttime? Forever?" Rainbow said worriedly her keen eyes soon picked up a purple dot move towards the library Recognizing it as Twilight a thought accrued. "Where's she going?" Rainbow wondered as she dive bombed the window as the others followed Twilight.
"Uh... We gotta stop Nightmare!" Spike said a little dazed as Twilight put him to bed.
"You've been up all night, Spike. You are a baby dragon after all." Twilight said as she started to tear though the books. "Elements, elements, elements... Ugh! How can I stop Nightmare Moon without the Elements of Harmony?" Twilight screamed franticly.
"And just what are the Elements of Harmony?" Rainbow Dash asked as She got up into Twilights Face. "And how did you know about Nightmare Moon, huh? Are you a spy?" She accused. "Whoa!" she said as she felt her tail being pulled again, she and Twilight Turned to see
Applejack with her tail in her mouth the others behind her.
"Simmer down, Sally. She ain't no spy. But she sure knows what's going on. Don't you, Twilight?" Applejack said after spiting out Rainbows tail.
"Hey Twilight were do you keep your ice?" Soarin asked as he nursed the bump on his head.
"I don't know its my first day here just check the kitchen." Twilight said as she started to pace. "I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon. Some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her, but I don't know what they are, where to find them; I don't even know what they do!" She said as she started to put a grove in the floor.
"The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide." Pinkie Pie said at a book shelf.
"How did you find that?!" Twilight asked franticly and bumped her out of the way.
"It was under "E"!" Pinkie Pie said in a sing-song voice.
"Oh." Twilight said sheepishly she opened the book to the page withe the information the needed "There are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty and Loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery. It is said, the last known location of the five elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. It is located in what is now oh no!" Twilight gasped.
"What were are they?" Asked Rider.
"Its in the, In the.....
"The Everfree Forest!" Everypony exclaimed.
"Whee! Let's go!" Pinkie Pie said as she stared to walk into the forest.
"Not so fast." Twilight said making Pinkie stop. "Look, I appreciate the offer, but I'd really rather do this on my own." She said.
"Sure let one mare go into a dark forest filled with Timber wolfs, manticores, cockatrice's basilisks, and face off against a dark alicorn who was able to overpower Princess Celestia Thats a great idea." Rider said sarcastically and started to chuckle until Applejack punched him in the side.
"No can do, sugarcube. We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone. We're stickin' to you like caramel on a candy apple." Applejack said walking into the forest.
"Especially if there's candy apples in there." Pinkie said. "What? Those things are good." she said as she walked in following the others.
"Aaaaagh" Twilight sighed.
"So, none of you have been in here before?" Twilight asked.
"Actually I come in here all the time the Everfree is were all the criminals go to hide, and so do escaped monsters from tartarus, I am a bounty hunter after all." Rider said.
"I kinda live here had some hard times I cannot wait until we buy that clock tower property i cant keep living in a tree." Swiftblade said.
"Ugh, Heavens you poor thing. I know what you mean Just look at it. it's dreadful." Rarity said.
"And it ain't natural. Folks say it don't work the same as Equestria." Applejack explained.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight asked.
"Nopony knows." Rainbow Dash said as she flew from the shadows. "You know why?" she asked as she crept towards them.
"Rainbow, quit it." Applejack scolded no one noticing the black mist seeping into the rocks.
"Cause every pony who's ever come in, has never come out!" Rainbow exclaimed loudly. suddenly the ledge cracked and everypony plummeted down.
"Fluttershy! Soarin Quick!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she flew down
"Right!" Soarin called as he followed.
"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness." Fluttershy said.
everypony was screaming as the rockslide continued trying to dig their hooves in the ground to stop themselves. Rider saw a rock to catch himself on and thew his chains to Swiftblade an Clover rider hit the rock and stopped his and the others fall until Soarin came to pick them up. Rarity and Pinkie scrambled to catch themselves until rainbow and Fluttershy cam and caught them. Applejack caught herself on a root. Twilight screamed as she neared the edge close to falling off.
"Hold on! I'm a-comin!" Applejack called as she let go and slid down with more control this time she grabbed Twilights hooves before she could fall.
"Applejack! What do I do?" Twilight asked as she held onto Applejack her eyes strained as she tried to pull Twilight up until she saw something in the sky
"Let go." Applejack said.
"Are you crazy?" Twilight said as she grasped applejacks hooves even tighter.
"No I ain't. I promise you'll be safe." Applejack said.
"That's not true!" Twilight argued.
"Now listen here. What I'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe." Applejack said with absolute certainty. Twilights eyes widened she took a deep breath and let go.
"Yaaah!" Twilight yelled as she felt terrified of dying until she suddenly stopped opening her eyes seeing Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Soarin. "Phew." she sighed in relief as they set her down. "Thank you" she said as Applejack leapt down the rocks to join them.
"Come on let's get a move on I'v been in this part of the forest before we have to get out of here quickly or they'l find us." Rider said as they stared running.
"Wait before who find us, before who find us!" Twilight panicked.