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Chapter 2

Day 1 Cont.
Ponyville, Equestria

Dearest sister,

I have gone to check the anomaly and I have bad news. The Bearers of the Elements are missing and there may be more. I’ve checked the magical signature. It isn’t anything I’ve seen before and I can’t seem to replicate it to send back to you so you may have to come yourself. I am going to stay here for a while to investigate some more myself before I have others look into it, so I need you return to Canterlot for a while. Say I wanted to sleep in or something. I’ll be back tomorrow if I can’t find anything. I will send you a letter if something comes up. Send the messages to Spike instead of directly to me.

Love,

Celestia

P.S. Check on the Elements. I want to make sure they’re safe.

Madoka and Sayaka had been startled still by the voice while the other three disappeared away from the light. Then something dropped from the sky and landed in front of them.

The two fillies froze before looking up. Dropping from the night sky, a tall white pony landed on the path in front of them. The pony was covered in gold armor and had wings. They could only stare.

It seemed instantaneous, one moment they were looking up to a tall white pony in armor and wings, and in the next they were standing back in the darkness behind a bush. Madoka Kaname looked around to see Homura in front of them holding up a gun to the… pegasus, if she got it right. She was wearing her magical girl costume, but altered to fit her new form.The pegasus seemed startled, and began to look around. It called out to the night.

‘I’m part of Celestia’s Royal Guard. I’m not going to hurt you.’

The girls stood still, waiting for the pegasus to leave. Celestia’s Royal Guard? Was she the Witch of the Labyrinth? Was he a Familiar? His words only added more questions to their minds. He stood still ears perked looking for some sign of the fillies but to no avail. He sighed.

‘You should go home, it’s late and young fillies should be in bed.’

Kyouko snorted and had a yellow hoof held to her mouth but too late. The guard’s ear twitched and he looked at the bush they were behind. Yet he made no move to go near them.

‘You can come out now; I know you’re th-.’

A shot rang out followed by the thump of a falling body.

Madoka stared wide-eyed at Homura as she began to lead them away, even as Mami snapped out of her own shock and began to push her away with Kyouko pushing Sayaka. Mami urged her on.

‘Hurry, we have to go Madoka! We don’t know if there are more nearby.’

’Ho-Homura…’ She could feel tears fill her eyes, ‘Why…?’

‘This could be a Labyrinth Madoka, we need to be careful.’ Homura answered without looking back.

‘She’s right, I’m just sorry that I couldn’t do it myself’ Kyouko interrupted, having gotten Sayaka to move on ahead.

‘But how could you attack it like that, it didn’t seem like it was going to hurt us!’ Sayaka retorted looking back. Kyouko rolled her eyes and bumped her to keep her walking.

‘What are you, stupid? It could be a familiar for all we know. Look at us, she already changed us, who’s to say that that wasn’t one? And with a witch this powerful, I rather fight it on my own terms. Which leads me to the second point,’ Here she trotted next to Homura and looked at her sideways, ‘how did you do it?’

Homura looked at her questioningly.

‘That looks like it belongs to you.’

Kyouko smirked and pointed at something in the air briefly before putting her hoof back down. It was her gun, the Desert Eagle. It was floating in the air, surrounded by a wavy grey glow. Everyone stopped to stare at it. Madoka walked over confusedly to Homura.

‘Homura, how are- *gasp*’

She was spellbound. Right in the middle of Homura’s forehead was a short spiraled horn. Everyone looked at Homura’s forehead and Kyouko had the satisfaction of seeing a reaction out of the stoic girl. Homura’s mouth dropped and at the same time something clattered to the floor. It was the Desert Eagle. It seemed to pull Homura out of her shock as she shook her head.

‘Th-that wasn’t there before,’ Mami tilted her head, unsure her voice low, ‘Maybe it’s because-‘

They heard a moan behind them and looked. It was the pegasus and it was shifting about.

‘We need to go.’

But it was too late, several more began to land around the downed pegasus including one much larger than the rest with both wings and a horn.

Day 2

It was a quiet morning at Sweet Apple Acres. Having gotten up a little before dawn, Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh were having breakfast. Granny Smith was in the kitchen cooking her own breakfast and to stay near the heat of the stove. Normally it was a quiet affair at the farm with Apple Bloom still too sleepy to cause trouble and Big Macintosh and Applejack getting ready for work. But there seemed to be a weight on everyone today. Apple Bloom began to panic, when Kyubey jumped onto the table. Kyubey shook his head.

‘It’s okay, only you can see me for right now.’

Kyubey then walked up and sat in front of her brother as if to prove it. She looked astounded at him. She looked up nervously at her brother.

“Is there something wrong, Apple Bloom?”

She jumped before looking away, the gears in her mind turning as questions sprung up in her head.

“N-no, um… are you okay? You look tired.” It was a legitimate question. Her brother looked like he barely got any sleep. Big Macintosh, for his part, didn’t seem to see Kyubey and only sighed.

“Just up a little late is all”

“Where’s Applejack?” Her question only seemed to tire him some more.

“I don’t know,” Her big brother got up to put his plate away, “don’t worry Apple Bloom, It’ll be fine. Just get ready for school.”

Big Macintosh was not a talkative pony, yet she could tell he was really worried as he walked out. She still had another hour and a half before she had to go to school. Finishing up her own breakfast, she thought back to the night before.

Day 1

“My name is Apple Bloom. What are you doing here?” Apple Bloom asked as she walked closer to Kyubey. He did look very much like a cat with long ears except he had golden loops around his ears.

‘I’m here to see Applejack, but it doesn’t look like Applejack is around…’

“Sorry, I don’t know where she is either.” Apple Bloom answered the unasked question. How did he talk without moving his mouth? Then she took the hat and flipped it on her head. She always wanted to wear her sister’s hat. It completely covered her head. Pushing it up, she asked Kyubey another question. “Are you with Princess Celestia’s guard? Is she going on an adventure?”

‘No, I’m not,’ Kyubey shook his head ‘I was just looking around.’

“Are you new to Ponyville?”

‘It would seem that I am.’

“Then we should tell Pinkie Pie!” Apple Bloom began to shout, before realizing it was still night. Thankfully it didn’t seem that Granny Apple had woken up and her brother was still outside. Turning around to return the hat to the bedpost and then back to Kyubey, she continued in a quieter voice. “Pinkie Pie throws the best parties and she always throws one if you’re new.”

‘Maybe you could show me around, it seems that this place has a lot of potential.’

“Ye *yawn*ah…?” Her eyes began to droop.

‘Maybe we can look around tomorrow, you should sleep.’ Kyubey turned around to leave before looking at Apple Bloom again.

‘See you later.’

Day 2

Walking back up to her room with Kyubey following her, Apple Bloom waited until the door closed behind her before questioning him.

‘How did you do that?’

‘Not many …ponies can see me,’ Kyubey answered knowing what she asked about, ‘It is only those that have potential that can see me. For now only you see me.’

‘Potential?’ Apple Bloom asked as Kyubey walked over to her bed and sat down his tail shifting from one side to the other.

‘Yes, you see I come from a faraway place where there are beings that exist around us that spread despair and cause ponies around them to feel fear, suspicion and hatred. They cause disaster all over the world. Not many can stop them because they hide in a magical place so no one can find them. Any normal pony that does find them doesn’t usually come out alive. We call them Witches.

‘That seems pretty scary, how do you stop them?’ Then she shivered and looked around her room, ‘How do you know where they are?

‘Luckily it seems that there aren’t any here.’ He answered to reassure her, ‘However it seems that you have the potential to defeat them and stop it.’

‘I do!?’ Apple Bloom shouted excitedly having forgotten all about her other questions, ‘How do I do that?’

‘You see there are ponies with the ability to gain magic of their own through wishes. We call them Magical Girls. It is with that magic that they can find the Witches and defeat them.’

‘Oh… you mean unicorns,’ she looked downcast, ‘then how am I supposed to stop them?’

‘No,’ Kyubey shook his head, ‘This is a different magic that unicorns can’t normally access. You see while Witches are born from curses, Magical Girls are born from wishes. Being an Earth Pony shouldn’t make a difference, you only need the potential to make a wish. It can be any wish you like.’

Apple Bloom’s eyes widened.

‘Anything!?’

‘Yes, you can wish for anything and it’ll come true. With it you’ll have the magic to become a Magical Girl.’

‘Oh my gosh, that’s amazing!’ She shouted, and she knew exactly what to wish for! ‘I can’t believe this is happening, oh thank you Kyubey!

She jumped on her bed wrapping her front legs around Kyubey laughing. Her door swung open and her brother Big Macintosh appeared. She stopped.

‘What are you shouting about Apple Bloom?’

‘Uhhh, nothing?’ She answered trying to look around for an explanation. He snorted, disbelief written on his face. Looking about didn’t seem to yield any answers to him either so he simply sighed.

‘Well, if you’re finished with getting ready you can start on your chores.’

Aww….

Day 1
Mitakihara Town, Japan

In a floor locked down under maintenance, six girls shifted about looking around themselves, one in particular jumping every time the chains above their head clanked about yet at same time tried to make herself as small as possible. Another held her hand up, it glowed. With its light they could see each other and a little around themselves. They all shivered, it was much colder than they were used to and they had no clothes to cover themselves with. They tried to see some way out nearby, but the light didn’t reach that far. It didn’t look like anything that any of them had seen before. Fluttershy whispered to the others.

‘Where are we?’

‘I don’t know Fluttershy, I don’t know.’

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