Crime: The Beginning

by WwolfJade123

OutLands

"You're all here!" Night called out, gliding down the group of ponies.

Immediately, all of them took their stance. The surroundings barely registered, they only knew they were teleported here –wherever here was– and now they were with their best friends, minus two of course.

Nightfall smoothly landed and fluttered her wings, releasing some stress. She looked very worried for some reason and she couldn't help but check her surroundings.

They were all cautious. All of them except Rainbow.

The mare bolted between her friends and grabbed the unknown mare by the neck. She squeezed it tightly and pulled her up. This surprises Night, the speed of this pegasus didn't even catch her eye, just a rainbow blur and before she knew it, she was being held securely.

There was an unknown intent behind Rainbow's eyes, "Where's Twilight..." She stated threateningly. The venom was dripping down her voice and Night couldn't help but be amused.

There weren't that many creatures in the OutLands that knows how to threaten, too scared to face off one of the most powerful sorcerers in the lands. Those who did though, always seem to faze her like it was nothing. This was different.

She actually shuddered under Rainbow's gaze.

"Let me down..." She whispered. A yelp escaped her lips when Rainbow held her tighter and higher. She grunted, "Let me down! I know what's happening to Twilight! Shining–"

"How do we know we can trust you?" Applejack took a step towards them, followed bravely by the others.

Night grunted and tried to adjust in Rainbow's grip only to fail. "Because I'm not the one that teleported you all here. My father did." She said, "That itself is a very bad sign. Something is clearly wrong here..."

"I still don't know if I could trust you..." Rainbow muttered as she dragged Night's attention back towards her and her strength to lift the girl up. "For all, we know you're just tricking us into believing that you know what's happening to Twi..."

"I am not tricking you! The liquid Shining Armour injected on her is spreading! The changelings will get their way if we don't move now!" She shouted, her volume rises like it's the only thing that's going to convince the pegasus to let her go and actually let her help her own sister.

Rainbow placed her back down, not because she completely trusts her, nope, it so far from that. She placed her down on the ground because there was something that ha caught her interest.

She tilted her head to the side as a foal would in the middle of an awesome story, "What do you mean the changelings?"

Night breathed heavily, catching her breath, "One of my friends in the pub... they said that there was a plan the queen wanted to do that involves around poisoning the newest princess..." She said in between pants.

"Chrysalis? That meanie bug is behind bars! She couldn't make a plan that big." Pinkie commented, raising one hoof as a shrug.

Night shook her head, "You don't get it. Changelings are able to make communication even without verbal cues, they send each other electromagnetic waves from their horns." Rarity opened her mouth for a question but Night already knew what was up, "They only speak verbally in order to trick equestrians that they only know communications through the means of speaking."

"Ya sure do sound like Twilight." Applejack commented, rubbing the back of her head in confusion. In truth, what was on her mind was how the longer she stared at the mare the more she sees her alicorn friend on her.

"That isn't the point. What was inside that poison." Rarity demanded, hoof hitting the dirt as an act of asserting and dominance.

"I don't know yet... all I know is that it's from the changelings, my friend told me that they were ordered to do the deed by controlling the real Shining Armour."

"But why?" Fluttershy asked, her face focused on the information given to her.

Night looked up the night sky, brows scrunching as she ponders her words carefully. "It's likely due to not bringing any suspicion towards the changeling race." She said, "If it was discovered as a changeling that poisoned the princess, they will have Chrysalis' head."

"Those are good points. So how do we help? And I have another question, where the buck are we?!" Rainbow yelled.

Night looked around, then she giggled making one of Rainbow's eyebrow twitch. "This is your first time outside of Equestria, is it?" They all stared at her in shock, "Well everypony, Welcome to the OutLands where all the criminals and outcasts call home."

Applejack shuddered, "This doesn't look that homey to me..."

"Nor does it feel like it," Rarity added, inching closer to the farmer, seeking comfort from one of her closest friends.

Night cleared her throat, "Alright, so if you guys want to save Twilight from the poison, I want you all to follow my directions. My friend told me that this poison involves..."

~

Night didn't get to finish her sentence because they all go cut off when a huge green flame lit up in the middle of their small little circle.

Everyone took their stances for an upcoming attack, but it never really came. The things that did come were six scrolls that had Spike's emblem and Twilight's cutie mark embedded on the Siegel. They all instantly dropped their guard as soon as they saw the emblem.

Rainbow dashed toward the nearest scroll and ripped the ribbon that held it together. She began reading the thing at lightning speed, her worry seen by the way her tail was twitching nervously.

Night picked up one and shared reading the words of the letter with Pinkie Pie, the only one that doesn't seem to be afraid of her presence.

As soon as everypony finished reading the letters, they were all eye widen in shock. Rainbow was the first one to break the silence, she appeared in front of Night in a snap of a hoof, looking into her eyes with worry that rivals a mother missing their foal.

"Can you teleport us to the castle?" She murmured, her voice only audible to Night.

The purple pony opened her mouth but closed it when she saw just how high Rainbow's worry seem to show. She closes her eyes and sighed, nodding her head slightly.

The ponies around her started to circle her, one hoof at one part of her body.

Her horn glowed as she focuses all her magic in teleporting at the beacon she set to her sister when she was still a young filly. The same beacon she remembers she used to teleport to whenever she had a bad dream.

With a blue blink, all six of them disappeared.

Author's Note:

Do ponies know how to control their tails? Because I am genuinely confused about what I've seen in the series...

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