The Alicorn Prince

by Rightben370

The Castle Calls

As the six ponies entered the forest they had confronted I.Q. about his theory, "I.Q. you never did tell us the 'theory' you were going on about." noticed Button Mash,
"well I theorized that the spell used to possibly teleport every pony in Ponyville was an experiment by Starswirl the Bearded however he disappeared before he could finish." told I.Q,
"disappeared? whattaya' mean?" Apple Bloom questioned,
"there were no records of his death and no records of imprisonment, he simply vanished, he was working on two spells before then one has actually been finished by Princess Twilight but she could never figure the other one out because the base spell wasn't even finished, but we could get the basic abilities of the spell, sadly we had no lead on why." responded I.Q,
"Sorry to interrupt, but are we basically just wandering the forest until we find something or do we have any idea of where to go?" Neo flew in, "Well if I can recall I believe that the spell originated somewhere around or inside the castle of the two sisters." I.Q. guessed,
"Well what are we waiting for? lets get to the castle!" said Scootaloo enthusiastically.

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They approached the castle and I.Q. started to hear voices and even sobbing coming from the back of the castle, "Hey everyone, come look at this." whispered I.Q. They rounded the corner and found a broken down window to peek through when I.Q. felt four small claws on his back. he immediately spun around and found that Spike and Scorch had followed them, "What are you doing here?" asked I.Q. quietly. before spike could respond, "it doesn't matter just stay quiet." he looked through the window and saw a hooded figure surrounded by six tables each with his sister and her friends along with a wide magic-lined cage filled with ponies, I.Q. only being able to distinguish his brother, Black Bolt, collapsed on the stone floor covered in cuts and bruises.

"For the last time, WHERE are the elements?" shouted the figure,
"Why should we tell you!" Twilight shouted back,
"Because if you don't I'll start beating it out of you, starting with the weakling." he threatened, starting to walk over to the terrified Fluttershy.

I.Q. felt a flash of fear at the threat and knew he needed to get the elements so he started to gallop towards the cave below the castle with his friends following reluctantly behind him

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I.Q. ran as fast as he could when he got out of earshot of the castle, once he got to the Tree of Harmony his friends started their questions, "What was that all about, what is this?" asked Button Mash,
"the Tree of Harmony, where the elements were created and where one of the last pieces of my vision took place." responded I.Q, "Now before you ask any more questions, I don't understand why I have visions, I don't know who or what that creature was, I don't know why he is after the elements, and most of all I have no idea what we are up against. the only thing I do know is that the elements will take him down, now I need to focus. Princess Twilight taught me a spell that would help me distribute the elements accordingly to their traits if the need ever surfaced." the moment he finished his eyes began to glow white as the elements came out of the tree and spun creating a spinning rainbow ring then slowing bestowing themselves onto each of the six ponies, Button Mash, Kindness, Scootaloo, Laughter, Sweetie Belle, Generosity, Apple Bloom, Honesty, Neo, Loyalty, and I.Q, Magic.

I.Q. fell to the floor with very little strength left in him but powered through knowing what was ahead, "well," paused I.Q, "here we go."