//------------------------------// // Chapter One: Tree House Meeting // Story: Crusader Saviors // by GildaTheGriffon //------------------------------// (PS: Please read the previous stories of mine, Flutter Wolf first and than Twilight Wolf, or else you might get a little confused how it came up to here)... It was a very cheerful night for all ponies, having a party to welcome both Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle. Everyone was enjoying the party, even Princesses were here. From babies to old mares and stallions nearly whole Equestria was invited to the party. The moon was shinier than all before. Yet, some ponies were not in the party. They were missing. Where were the cutie mark crusaders? In their tree house, searching for a way to find their cutie marks probably. Perhaps, they did not want to waste time on celebrating because they already wasted much time in hiding from the wolves. "Quiet!" Apple Bloom said and hit the hammer in her mouth to the speech table. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo looked at her. Apple Bloom cleared her throat and continued her speech. She tried to seem as serious as possible so that the other friends of her could see that this is an important another trial. "Fillies and gentleco-, I mean fillies." she said and the other two laughed. Apple Bloom got serious again and cleared her throat once more." I need to tell you that we wasted much time hiding behind our windows, and for good news, wolf virus crisis is now over!" she said. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle applaused and cheered. Maybe at last this one, they were able to get their cutie marks. It was always suprising that, though all those failures, they never gave up. They just kept on to more with more trials tp get their cutie marks. "As you can see, it is no longer a destiny for us to sit here and wait. Time to strike ponies! We need to find our cuti-" Apple Bloom was interrupted by a very loud thunder. Soon she saw Sweetie Belle hugging Scootaloo. She rolled her eyes. "Oh come on, don't let the rain prevent our cutie marks again. We are so close. I know it!" she continued. Sweetie Belle looked at the window. She was shocked. For one or two seconds, she could not talk but than with a huge loud sound of hers appeared. "Check this out. Sky is pink!" she screamed. "What do you mean by pink?" asked Scootaloo and looked up at the sky. They both made a "gulp*" sound from their throat. Scootaloo turned her back and looked at Apple Bloom. "I think you need to look at this." Apple Bloom rolled her eyes again, "I mean..." she said, "It is ok if Sweetie Belle is a little scaredy cat but what happened to you Scoot-. Sweet Celestia! What is this?" she said. Than another thunder striked the top of their trees. They were all shocked and so scared. "Brown rain? Why it is raining in brown colour?" asked Scootaloo. "Well I do not know, and I don't want to." said Sweetie Belle. They were all shivering and so scared. "I will go find my sister, Rarity must know something and I need to know if she is safe or not." said Sweetie Belle and she attempted to leave but the two friends held her. "No we can't leave this area, don't you see outside? They know we are here. Don't be silly that all those elements fo harmony would be defeated by a scary weather." Scootaloo said and she started to laugh by herself. When she noticed nopony else was laughing she got a little worried and asked "I mean, they will be safe... Right?". She did not get a reply. The thunders were increasing and they decided to postphone the cutie mark adventure and instead they started to wait and they decided to sit and talk about it. Apple Bloom looked at the window if anyone was coming. From her window she saw something little. It was like a fly from up there. Was that a? "A changeling!" Apple Bloom screamed. The two ponies ran to the window and suddenly they saw it was coming to them. They closed the lights and started to hide. After a while, someone knocked the door of the tree house. Sweetie Belle smiled "See? I knew they would come for us!" she said and started to walk to the door to open it but yet the other two friends of her prevented her feauture action. "We are not sure if it is them. We have to wait." said Scootaloo. "So let's ask who is it than?" said Sweetie Belle. The other two facehoofed. "Open it! It is me!", it sounded like Big Mac. They opened the door. Apple Bloom asked "Brother is everything alright?". Big Mac laughed and turned into Apple Bloom and with her voice she repeated what she asked. They understood it was a changeling and than with a quick move when the changeling was about to head inside Scootaloo shot the door and made the changeling got hit from head. They heard the hit and they rushed back to their hiding places. They were so frightened. "See Sweetie Belle? We can't trust anypony..." said Scootaloo. "What is this? What is going on? What is happening?" Sweetie Belle asked. "I have no idea what is going on but I am pretty sure that the previous crisis Ponyville faced are nothing near this. This is chaos." Scootaloo said. They started to hear some attacking sounds. Someone or someones were trying to break their cutie marks to get them. "Hurry! Get the woods and nails! Let's cover the windows with our woods. That will defend the windows so that they can't enter from their. It will gain us time." Apple Bloom said and they started to place and block all the windows. Scootaloo just saw a changeling looking at her in front of the window. She screamed and hurried her hooves and pushed the nails inside the edges of the woods and made them stick to the windows. All left for three of them to hug eachother and with their hope, they had to expect their sisters to come. Suddenly with a crash changelings started to rush in. There were three of them in front of them who broke the door. Though there were some others who were trying to come from the roof and windows. They were so frightened. Sweetie Belle acted quick and levitated a feather and tickled each of them. The others achieved to leave the house and Sweetie Belle was running behind them. Changelings were following them. They saw the barn but there were changelings over there. Soon they saw Berry Punch who was about to fly. Changelings were a little behind but they were still able to catch them. "Please Berry! You need to take us!" Scootaloo said. Berry Punch nodded and let the three fillies in. She started to push the hot air balloon and than the balloon levitated itself. Berry Punch was about to jump but one of the changeling bit and caught her. "They feed on us!" Scootaloo screamed. They were about to fly but changeling came to them who bit Berry Punch. While Berry Punch was still fainted, turning into a changeling, the other one held the hot air balloon. Scootaloo saw its leg, it did not target the ponies, it was about to bite the balloon so that it can pop. While Scootaloo was trying to hold the changeling down with their hooves, Sweetie Belle got another feather from Scootaloo and tickled the changeling. Changeling laughed and fell to the ground. It died. "I killed one! I am a murderer!" said Sweetie Belle. She started to cry. What was going on? Wasn't this situation too big for them to handle? They can't gain a cutie mark to save the whole Equestria. "So we basically know, Discord and Chrysalis is in charge of this thing." Scootaloo said. The other two nodded. "But before that we have a bigger situation? Where is your sister? And Apple Bloom's?" she asked. "We have a bigger one, we don't know where this balloon will take us and we do not know how to control it!" Apple Bloom said. They all looked at each other but they did not scream... They did not want to get any more attention and newcomer guests. After a while they had no idea where they were. Only thing they can see were clouds and sky. They had to do something, before they get lost in a dessert or a snow island. They should survive, or find a safer place. Scootaloo had an idea. "Girls, this won't cut. I will jump down, open my parachute, and wind will help me a soft landing. Than you will give me a rope down to have a look. Than pull me." said Scootaloo. "Just in case there are two more, but let's not risk it. Just let you know that, I want you to go if something happens to me. After two minutes if you hear nothing from me about the land. Keep on! Promise me!" said Scootaloo. "We can't do that! We can't leave you! It is unfair!" Sweetie Belle said. "For Equestria you must! I will try my best. Please do not worry! I promise I will return! Hold on now!" said Scootaloo. She jumped down from the hot air balloon even not hearing what the other two friends of her were about to say. Soon the two other ponies waited. It was about to become two minutes after they landed the rope down. "Oh come on!" Sweetie Belle said. They were still waiting but hopefully they saw Scootaloo climbing back. "At last! Are you ok?" Apple Bloom ask. Scootaloo got back to the hot air balloon and nodded. "You know where are we?" Apple Bloom continued. "We are at Canterlot! We are so close to the castle. We can use our parachutes. I will go with Sweetie Belle. You pick the other. And when I say open your paraschute, just do it." Scootaloo said. They both nodded and landed down safe. Everypony seemed a little less panicked here. Though there were some thunders coming true. Chaos was spreading. They rushed inside the castle. Searched for Princess Luna or Celestia. They looked everywhere. Soon, Scootaloo found a place that was heading downstairs. They all decided to rush in. They were trying to see and identify the objects and the rooms but it was too dark for them to identify. "Is it really good? Do you think we made the right decision to leave our friends and sisters?" Sweetie Belle asked and cried. Her friends hugged her. "You saw, Sweetie Belle, we could not stay in there. We would be... Dead..." Apple Bloom said, she dropped a tear too. "I miss my sister, just like you. At least we have elements of harmony, we can trust them. I am pretty sure they will fix and solve this. So that it will lead us back to the normal and peaceful times that we once had." she continued. "Elements of Harmony? Boo hoo! More like elements of disharmony! Even your pony friends can't solve this powerful dark curse. We are the new winners. We are the new rulers! No more princesses, welcome queens!" someone said. They could not see who was her but than Sweetie Belle lit her horn. They all looked at her. She was behind the iron bars. "Trixie!" Scootaloo screamed. "Oh, a filly knows my name. I knew that I am the great and powerful one but I never knew I had fans." Trixie said. "Actually, we are not fans. We basically hate you because of what you did to our friends." Scootaloo said and smiled." "Well does it seem like from there that I actually care? Little filly, my time is coming, our belief and purpose is now on. From now on, everypony will see the real ruler of this land!" she said and laughed evily. "I can feel it." she continued. "Yes, don't make me zip your mouth if you scare those fillies more!" Princess Cadance said. Scootaloo and her friends were so happy to see Cadance, they hugged her. They told what happened and what passed through. Princess Cadance was shocked. "From now on stick to me..." she said. "Because the real chaos is coming. I do not know what happened after I left to bring Trixie to the prison" she said. "The real chaos is coming!" Cadance said. They were hearing ponies screaming. There were changelings trying to attack to the castle. Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle hugged Cadance, unaware of what to do next. -MORE COMING SOON-