//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Crusaders Underground // by Violet Runner //------------------------------// A cloaked blue pegasus mare walked down an allyway until she reached an old garage with an orange filly waiting in font of it. "There you are Rainbow Dash." The filly said walking up to her and giving her a hug. "Hey scoots. Have you been studying your lessons?" Rainbow Dash asked as Scootaloo let go. "Yep!" She said nodding her head. "Oh?" The older pegasus asked before noticing something was missing. "Where is my wallet?" Rainbow said reaching into the pockets of her cloak unable to find it. "Right here." Scootaloo said handing it back. "Well done. You're a good girl, a wonderful student. And as a reward..." The blue pegasus said unlocking the garage only to find it empty. She then turned around to see scootaloo already had her gift. "Awsome scooter, thanks!" The orange filly said doing a flip with it. "Always the finest, my favorite filly." Rainbow Dash said proudly. A pink unicorn mare walked into her living room to see a white unicorn filly walking on the top of the couch like it was a balance beam. "Sweetie Belle get down from there this instent!" The mare said shocked at what she was doing. "Okay!" She said back flipping off the couch and landing in front of the pink mare. "Good gracious, child!" The mare said scoldingly. "Come. It's time for your piano lession." The mare said leading her away. "Come on, Apple Bloom! Time to get started on your chors!" An old green earth pony mare called. "Ah! Do I have to Granny?" The yellow filly whined. "Well then, I guess You don't want any Zap Apple Cider when you're done." Granny said smugly. "Alright." The fill said grabing a broom. A large airship flew over the quiet farm as bat ponies desended on the farm house. "Apple Bloom wake up." Grany said shaking her a wake. "What is it?" Apple Bloom asked sleepily. "Listen to me." The old mare said as Applejack and Big Mac entered the room. "I need you to go with your brother and sister and run as fast as you can and don't stop untill you reach your cousin Braeburn's." she said as she lead them to the back door. "What about you?" The filly asked as there was a loud banging at the door. "I'll be okay, sweetie. I love you, now go!" Granny said booting her out the door. No sooner had they left that the front door was kicked down by a shadow unicorn. "Citizen. You are under arrest." The shadow unicorn said his horn glowing. Apple Bloom, Applejack and Big Mac where half way through the oarchered when they heard a loud explotion. "Oh no!" Apple Bloom cried seeing a fire where their house was. "Noooo!" She contined as her siblings held her back from running back to the buring house. "Come we have to keep moving!" Applejack said with tears in her eyse as they contiued to run. "Cousins!" A yellow earth pony stalion said oppening his door. Unable to hold back any longer Apple Bloom embraced her Cousin in a tight hug and started crying uncontrolably "It's gonna be all right, Apple Bloom." He said rubbing the top of her head. "Where's Granny?" Braeburn asked looking around only to see the somber looks on Applejack and Big Mac's faces. "I see. Come on inside." "It'll take all your speed to get passed those prototype cameras Nightmare's puttin' up." Rainbow Dash said as she and Scootaloo observed the outside of a warehouse. "No problemo! With this new scooter "Fast" is my middle name." Scootaloo said getting ready. "Can't argue there!" The older pegasus said with a laugh. " Just remember: if you succeed the resistence will pay a fortune for what's inside. Keep your speed up and we'll be eating like queens for a year! Good Luck" She said as Scootaloo reved her scooter and started for the warehouse. "Camera status!" Nightmare Moon asked walking into her thrown room. "Ready, your highness." A shadow unicorn said. "Good. Activate them!" The dark Alicorn ordered sitting on he thrown as the shadow unicorn pushed a botton and parts of the warehouse appeared on a large screen. "Now if the Resistance uses their secret weapon, they'll be in for a big surprise!" "Your highness, motion sensors detect a fast-approaching object." The shadow unicorn reported. "Radar?" The dark Alicorn asked. "Too low." He said checking it. "Ahhh, can't wait!" Nightmare said evily. Scootaloo zoomed past guards and cameras before reaching the door to the wear house. "I'm in." Scootaloo declaired to herself as she picked the lock and opened the door. "Your highness we have a security breach in the wearhouse." A bat pony reported. "What! It didn't even show up on the cameras! Nothing can be that fast! What is it?!" Nightmare said angerly! "Get all the gaurds in there I want to know what is it now!" "That's the last one." Scootaloo said as she placed the last box on the wegon attached to her scooter. Suddenly alarms started to go off as bat ponies and shadow unicorns started to run into the warehouse. "Uh oh!" Scootaloo said as she started to make her way out of the warehouse. As she tryed to run some of the shadow unicorns fired bolts of magic at her causing one of the boxes to fall off and open, spilling silver canesters with blinking lights. "Explosives!" One of the bat ponies yelled. "This place is going to blow!" Another yelled as all the gaurds scattered. "Wow!" Scootaloo shooted as the warehouse exploded and she speed away. "You cut 'em bad, Scoots." Rainbow Dash said as Scootaloo returned to their hidout with the boxes. "Nightmare won't recover from that for a while. Now I'm gonna go meet with the resistence buyer. Don't you do nothin' stupid while I'm gone, you hear me?" She said rubbing her head before leaving. "Analysis of camera feed is now complete, ma'am." A bat pony said walking up to Nightmare Moon. "Excellent! Report." Nightmare grined. "Analysis indicate that the subject is orange." The bat pony stated. "Orange?" The Alicorn said confused. "That's all?!" "Yes, ma'am." The bat pony stated. "Raaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Nightmare Moon screamed in fustration.