While the ponies nursed the animals back to health from an unknown epidemic, Twilight, The Archivist, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Amethyst Crystal entered the throne room in Canterlot Castle. There, Princess Cadance and Twilight’s brother, Shining Armor stood.
“Twilight! You’re here!” Cadance said happily.
“Cadance! Shining Armor!” Twilight replied.
“Twily. It’s so good to see you!” Shining Armor said.
Twilight ran up to them, hugging them. Behind, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna appeared.
“Hello, Princess.” Princess Celestia said.
“Greetings, Princess.” Princess Luna continued.
“Now that we are all here, what would you like to talk about within this meeting, if I may ask? Princess Celestia asked.
“Well…umm…” Twilight turned to the Archivist.
“I was informed by General StoneColt Hoover, that something was apparently disturbed on the eastern seaboard of Equestria. Thus they are investigating the area as we speak.” The Archivist said, walking forward.
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna felt skeptic, however Twilight agreed that something did occur. Not only their but in Ponyville.
“When we saw Fluttershy, she told us that the animals were being frantic and were somewhat uncontrollable. She said that this behavior they should was very unusual and had to do with that incident over in the coastline.” Twilight continued.
“What else did this problem cause?” Princess Luna asked.
“Termites infected my apple trees…” Applejack commented.
“Ants destroyed my fabrics…” Rarity continued
“…and Locusts attacked my cakes! MY CAKES!!!” Pinkie Pie yelled in horror.
Shining Armor squinted.
“That is interesting. Just this morning, both Cadance and I found mice running throughout the Library in the Crystal Empire. It was like they were…” Shining Armor paused.
“Like what?” Twilight asked.
“Like running away from something. We tried to gather them together, but as we did they just continued to run away. It was as if they were afraid of us, when we weren't trying to hurt them. We were only trying to help but once we tried again to bring them together, they just fled the Empire.” Cadance continued.
Princess Celestia turned to Princess Luna.
“Luna, didn’t you have bats flying in your room?” she asked her sister.
Princess Luna’s eyes widened, realizing that they weren’t alone on the issue.
“Indeed, I had last night. It’s interesting that this epidemic is causing animals to respond in fear. It's like they can sense things that we can't. What should we do?” Princess Luna replied.
“I don’t know. What would you recommend, Madame Archivist?” Princess Celestia said.
“Well, as of now I don't know. So let’s work step by step on solving this matter.” The Archivist said.
That evening, Fluttershy along with the other ponies managed to nurse most of the sick animals back to health. As some StoneColt called her over with a crab.
“I need you to tell me what he said, Fluttershy.” He said.
“Yes.” Fluttershy replied.
“Hello there, little friend. Would you please tell me exactly what happened?” She asked.
The crab was speaking, making clicking sounds that no pony other than Fluttershy could understand. For a while, it puzzled them.
“Do you know what she’s sayin?” Moonraker whispered to Rainbow Dash.
“She’s done this before. Even I don’t know what its saying.” Rainbow Dash replied.
“Oh…you saw it?” Fluttershy said.
“Saw what? What did he say?” StoneColt jumped.
At Canterlot, the Archivist explained the situation, and thus asked about the animals having some sort of discoloring on their bodies. Princess Luna stated the bats had orange spots, unlike she has seen before. Over in Ponyville, Doctor Hooves examined a specimen of a termite, covered with orange spots, until something shocked him. Curious, he took another specimen to his lab. Back on the coastline, the crab continued to inform Fluttershy that something awoke and attacked them, and that it came from a stone.
“An Orange Stone…that looked like a crystal.” Fluttershy said.
StoneColt’s eyes widened.
“No…it can’t be.” StoneColt said.
Up high in the Wonderbolts academy, a shadow appeared near one of the alley ways walking towards the light. A young Pegasus recruit went to retrieve a football at that moment, and slowly looked up.
The Archivist, over in Canterlot, jumped after hearing the bats where covered in orange spots. She quickly stood up and asked, did any of them look “crystallized”. The four Princesses tilted their heads, curious about what she said. Princess Cadance stepped in.
“When we had mice, they were crystallized with orange spots. Why?” she asked.
StoneColt asked Fluttershy if that is all the crab knew, until she turned.
“The crab said that they came across something in the south, not too far from here. He said it looked like a big building or something.” Fluttershy said.
StoneColt, now nervous flew as fast as he could down south to a wreck. Only to come across another big shock. At Ponyville, Doctor Hooves examined the termite, only to notice it wasn’t a termite at all. It was a crystal rock that cracked his microscope. Yet a small explosion occurred after he examined it, sending him back into a desk. After Cadance informed them about the crystallized mice, the Archivist stood up.
“If they were covered in orange spots…” the Archivist said.
“…and they were crystallized…” Doctor Hooves commented.
StoneColt observing the wreckage came across a crater with pieces of an orange crystal spread all over the ground. Then, he looked up to notice the structure was remains of a suspension bridge. Immediately he realized, this is no ordinary creature the animals encountered.
“…this bridge…the crater…the crystal…that means…HOLY FISH!!!” StoneColt paused.
At the Wonderbolt Academy, the Pegasus pony looked up and suddenly ran out of the alley. The creature raised his wings, glowing bright orange, creating an explosion in the alley. Within seconds, an S.O.S was sent as explosions rocked the Academy like a powerful earthquake as the creature appeared on top of one of the buildings. The Wonderbolts looked up and gazed at an alicorn. It was a familiar face.
“Hello, ponies. Did you miss me?” the alicorn smiled sinisterly.
From all directions, The Archivist, StoneColt, and Doctor Hooves stood up, with her eyes widened, sensing exactly who it is.
“KHAOIOS!” they gasped.