Castle
Sunset and Sprout had spent an hour carefully removing each picture frame that made up Flash's family tree and carefully wrapping them up for transport, before moving them out into the truck, where they were neatly stacked in one of the lower compartments. Sunset made a mental note to take a closer look at the set of pony armor that was on display at the Maretime Bay museum the next time she was in town, now that she knew it had come from either him or one of his descendants.
Being here, exploring these abandoned buildings, and very soon going through ancient books gave Sunset a faint feeling of déjà vu, and she couldn't quite put her hoof on why. Once their first load was secure, Sprout did a quick check of the fuel levels and temperatures, then tugged his balaclava back on and exited the vehicle with Sunset, just in time to see Sunny come down the frozen steps of the library they had parked in front of, identifiable by her mane and tail flowing out from her winter clothing.
"We just loaded up a few pictures of a family of royal guards," Sprout told her. "We might want to see if there are any genealogical records in that library."
"If there are any, we'll come across them eventually. We've got nearly all the empty crates inside on the main floor, and Zipp and Pipp are ready to start sorting and loading up. I'm headed back to the castle, so who wants to come with me, and who wants to go help the pega-sisters?"
"I suppose I can take another trip down memory lane, I'll go with you to the castle," Sunset answered, and Sunny nodded before turning to Sprout.
"Is the trailer temperature set for when they start loading crates up?" she asked the stallion.
Sprout shook his head.
"No need to waste fuel yet. The thermostat is set for the ambient temperature, but the cooling unit isn't on, and doesn't have to be until we get back down to the warmer climate."
"Good point. Well, don't you three work too hard. Come on, Sunset," Sunny said, before turning to head down the main avenue towards the towering, frozen structure looming ahead.
"We need music for any future trips up here, this silence is so unnerving," the unicorn commented as she walked next to Sunny, her hooves crunching on the snow as they retraced the tracks to underneath the four archways.
"I'm certain it's nothing natural. For this storm to be centered around this city, unmoving, for who knows how long... Equestria was saved up here, but they couldn't save this place," Sunny commented.
"At least everypony got out. Well, almost everypony," Sunset mused as they came up to the door in the back left arch that she and Izzy had dug out. They had closed it on the way out, and Sunny slid down into the small trench and gave it a few test pulls, and found that it had refrozen.
"Well, Sunset, if you wouldn't mind," Sunny told her friend, stepping aside. "We've already yanked this door open once, don't want to take the whole thing off the hinges by doing it too many times."
Sunset smirked, and her horn lit up as she fired off a wide heat beam at the door. When Sunny and Izzy were here, they might as well have opened a slab of ice, but as Sunset's spell began to melt away the buildup, the earth mare saw that the door was intricate, expertly engraved crystal. Sunny stepped forward and saw that the door now pulled open much easier, and Sunset followed her in. Almost immediately there was a set of stairs that spiraled to the right and rapidly ascended up the interior of the arch. After several looping rotations, they came to another door, that had been left open, and the pair of ponies stepped out of the corridor into the Crystal Heart chamber.
"You said you've been here before?" Sunny asked as they made their way around the central pedestal to the adjacent door, which led to more steps.
"Once. The mirror had been in Canterlot when I jumped through the portal the first time, so I was a bit surprised to realize that I came back to a location that didn't exist when I had left. But magic isn't that complicated to track, especially if you know what you're looking for, and I did; Princess Twilight's crown. I waited until I was sure patrols would be at a minimum, and it honestly would have been a clean getaway if I had been more careful with my footing. Princess Twilight gave chase, and it set me on the path I'm on now. Wherever it leads..."
The doors led to another set of stairs, climbing to the third and fourth floors.
"Princess Flurry Heart's quarters were here on the fourth floor. I found a letter she had left under a sheet of glass. I don't think she intended for this storm to last as long as it did. I think she was hoping her citizens were going to be able to come back home one day," Sunny told Sunset.
"I think they left in a hurry, with everything that got left behind; it makes sense that they made all the room for ponies and food," the unicorn replied.
"There should be another, smaller library here in the castle that I wanted to start going through. It's not nearly as big as the main one, but I'd still like to not miss anything." Sunny said.
They came to a large window, iced over like everything else close to the exterior had been, and Sunset once again applied her heat beam for a few moments, before gently pushing them open.
The view was a wide open field, frozen in snow. She made the educated guess of it being the castle's athletic field; she remembered Twilight writing to her about the Equestria Games. She envisioned ponies running, throwing, practicing their various athletic pursuits while Shining Armor and Cadance looked on.
"Sunset?" Sunny asked, seeing that the unicorn had become lost in thought again.
"Oh, sorry. It just feels eerie. The first time the Empire vanished, it was just that, vanished; frozen in time. Not like this, not frozen in ice. I don't know if it's been another thousand years, but I wonder if we'll ever figure out what this storm is, and if there's any way to stop it. If there's a way to once again save and restore the Crystal Empire."
Sunny came up and put a hoof around her.
"And if not, that's what we're here for. To uncover, restore, and preserve what's been forgotten."
Art by: SymbianL@twitter.com
I haven't written a story this fluffy in like, forever. I seriously think this is the fluffiest story I've ever written.
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Yep pretty much that was like the beginning of the Equestria Girls and the first appearance of the humans
So after Sunset and Sprout left flashes home Sunny told about exploring inside the castle which Sunset volunteered to go with her while the others are still checking for more histories she even talks about the Crystal Empire disappeared for a thousand years then reappeared again and it looks like they found another picture during the Equestria games which it was a pretty awesome day especially for Spike saving the ponies in the stadium and whatever happened here I'm sure the others will find a way to discover anything what really happened to the Crystal Empire and hopefully Equestria itself guess we'll find out next time
Someday I hope they save the Crystal Empire. I do wonder if Sombra will come back again since I bet the girls will stumble into his hidden chambers to mistakenly bring him back.
Btw yes, Sunset is fluffy but have you not seen the Snow Ponies? They are so fluffy that they walk on snow and ice
Ooh, I can't wait to see if they find anything in the library!
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A la Siege of the Crystal Empire? I admit that'd be pretty cool, but I doubt Miles would go that route in a story this fluffy. I don't think they've written a story this fluffy in like, forever. I seriously think this is— wait, that was said already…
Fluffy Sunset~
That's an excellent question. Why hasn't the storm abated? I know of would still be cold, but for it to keep swirling, exactly like that, with no real change in the weather pattern? Something's keeping it in place. Has to be.
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Not that pic of Sunset isn't of a fluffy pony either
Hehe, pega sisters. 😂 Idk why I laughed, I just found it weird hearing Sunny calling them that. Yes, I know they are sisters, just never thought I'd hear her say that...
And they sadly never did...
Again, a very good job on the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up. Definitely liked Sunset's reflections on all the stuff that was collected from this trip thus far as well as her own brief past experience with the Crystal Empire. And, yes, some careful family records checks should be quite helpful, not only for finding any of Flash's descendants, but also for finding Crystal Pony descendants as well. And, yeah, I DO find this story thus far to be refreshingly fluffy.
VERY much looking forward to more of this.
Bonus points for using the word "balaclava." Most people who aren't familiar with it confuse it with "baklava."
the feeling in the chapter are amazing i love it.
Hopefully, nothing of King Sombra survived the icing of the city. Otherwise, this could turn into a creature feature.
Still sad to know Flurry is to long gone. Wish slightly she would be around somehow. Perhaps her being a natural born alicorn and the magic she used allowed her to be kept safe.
But I understand the path you took.
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I've got a short story where she survives on the back burner. Not sure when I'll get to it, probably when I wrap up the stories I'm working on now.
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Roger that.
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Why short story, why not try to explain the canterlot ruins with flurry? Granted we need more context to what is happening in g5 to make that so...
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Found another chapter with a broken pic.