> Friendship Academy > by Dusk_Writer > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1- School > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Rainbow Dash's POV- *Beep.* *Beep.* *Bee—* "Ugh." I groaned as I slammed the alarm clock on my bedside table. I rubbed my eyes to get a clear view of the clock. It read 7:03 AM. ... 7:03 AM. The thought processed in my mind. "I'M LATE!" I shouted as I sprinted out of bed and quickly ran towards my bathroom to get ready. I blinked and stopped halfway. "Wait. Since when did I care about going to school on time? Huh, egghead personality must be rubbing off on me." I shrugged and entered the bathroom. After a quick shower, I took my backpack and hurried to school. Within minutes I reached Canterlot Academy. Being the fastest does come at an advantage. I panted as I came to a stop, I entered the building and quickly went to my first class, Maths. Gosh, I HATE Maths. It's like the king of boring subjects. I entered the class as Ms. Cheerilee was in the middle of the lesson. "…So that equals—" Ms. Cheerilee noticed me and glared at me. "You're late." I shrugged. "Geez, I overslept. What's the big deal?" I nonchalantly said. Some students snickered. Meanwhile, Ms. Cheerilee was far from amused, so she glared harder. "Okay, okay. It won't happen again." I grumbled, rolling my eyes. "Hmph. It better not, Miss Dash. Now please take your seat." She demanded, obviously controlling her anger. "Yeah, yeah." I muttered under my breath and sat next to Twilight. She smiled widely while I prepared for intense boredom. At that moment, Twilight spoke up. "This is gonna be fun." I sighed. "Yeah. 'Fun'." I said with sarcasm. [Time skip to lunch (cause I know u don't want a math lecture X3)] -Rarity's POV- I entered the cafeteria and took my food from Granny Smith. I looked around, finding my friends. When I saw them, I headed towards the table they were sitting at. As soon as I sat down, I quickly spotted Pinkie headed this way. "Hello darling, how was your day?" I asked her as she sat down next to me. "Hey, Rarity, it was great! I even got on the cheerleading team. GO, CANTERLOT WONDERCOLTS! WOO!" she screamed out enthusiastically. "That's wonderful, Pinkie dear, but could you please speak a little quieter?" I asked. "I believe we're disturbing other students." She looked around and saw a few curious eyes on them. "Oh, uh, sorry." She spoke rather sheepishly. "Oh, it's quite alright, darling." I smiled. "Yo, Rares. Yo, Pinks." Rainbow Dash said calmly as she sat across us with her lunch. "Hello, Rainbow, dear." I greeted her. "Hey, Dashie!" Pinkie waved. "So, Rainbow, I heard from Twilight about your oversleeping incident." I smirked. "Egghead told you, huh?" She sighed. "Fine, I overslept. It's not like I ever cared." I chuckled at her carefree attitude. Eventually, the rest of the girls joined us. After a while of chatting, we agreed that we would later have a sleepover at Pinkie's place. But they were oblivious to someone stalking them from the shadows, observing and planning…… -Fluttershy's POV- "Where am I?" I questioned as I looked around. The last thing I remembered, I was at Canterlot High. My friends and I planned on having a sleepover at Pinkie's, but I didn't know if I'd be available. After that I headed home, had lunch, bought food for Angel Bunny, had dinner and lastly went to sleep. …Wait a minute. SLEEP! I'm dreaming! But... Where am I? Oh, I could be trapped here forever and ever! I would never get to see my friends or any cute critters and it would be horrible! A evil laugh suddenly echoed out, sending shivers through my spine. "W-Who are you? What do you want with me?" I questioned meekly. Come on, Fluttershy! I thought. You need to toughen up, just like Discord said. I blushed at the thought of him. "Oh, hello, Fluttershy, I'm just greeting an old friend." Someone - or something - greeted with venom in its voice. "Old friend? B-but I don't know you." I was greatly confused.The voice laughed again, "Oh, Fluttershy, always the kind one, eh? Don't tell me you forgot an old face?" I whimpered. "What do you want with me?" I asked desperately. "Oh nothing, nothing at all..." The voice paused. "...JUST THE PATHETIC LOVE AND FEAR INSIDE OF YOU!" It screamed out. I screamed. "TO SUCK IT RIGHT OUT OF YOU!!" The voice continued, screaming even louder. "...…Your death is drawing closer, my dear." "Playing with emotions is one of my favourite parts, but not as much as seeing you suffer!" The voice laughed. "Now, to stop you from telling your fellow friends, we'll have to forget this.. 'dream' now, hmm?" The voice then screamed out once more. "FORGET EVERYTHING, AND LET THE HORRORS HAUNT YOU!!!" …At that moment, everything faded to black. I woke up panting with sweat all over my body. What.. What just happened? Why do I feel so uneasy? I don't remember anything. Was it a nightmare? Aren't you supposed to remember most nightmares? It's rare that you forget them, but why do all I remember is a voice? A dark voice... trying to scare me. Or was it? Was it just my imagination playing tricks on me? Or was I being scared for no reason again? I mean, I'm even afraid of my own shadow. I'm never gonna forget that. Should I tell the girls? I wouldn't want to worry them for no reason...… Maybe I'm over-exaggerating. I'll just go back to sleep. I sighed and laid down on my bed. Once again, I drift into a dreamless sleep, with the evil laugh still echoing at the back of my head… > Chapter 2- Slumber Party > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sugarcube Corner (Pinkie's room) -Pinkie's POV- OOOH, I'M SUPER-DUPER EXCITED! My friends and I are having a super awesome slumber party. Too bad Flutters couldn't be here though, she had to go to the pet shop for work. "Alright, ahm' here." I turned around to see Applejack in the doorway. "Great! we're all here! Let's get this party started!" As if on cue, Dashie took out her phone and put it on the highest volume. Then, the music started! I was smiling ear to ear, 'cause Dashie always has the coolest songs. We danced to the music for a while, and some minutes later, I decided that we should play a game. "Let's play truth or dare!" I exclaimed. That's one of my favourite games. The other girls nodded in agreement. "Alright, I'll go first." I pointed out a finger, circled it around my friends, and after a while of deciding, I chose Rarity. "Hmm…Rarity! Truth or dare?" "Uh.. truth!" She answered. I noticed her tensing up, but I didn't bother. "Aww, I had a good dare on me," I pouted. "Anyways, tell me if you wear fake eyelashes, 'cause I saw 'em on your dresser the other day," The pout turned into a smirk. "I- You wouldn't dare!" She stuttered. "I would." I gave her the best innocent smile I could give. "FINE!" She yelled dramatically. "I wear fake eyelashes!" Rarity cleared her throat. "Anyway, I do believe it's my turn, and I pick…" She grinned mischievously, "…Rainbow Dash." -Rainbow Dash's POV- Rares cleared her throat. "Anyway, I do believe it's my turn and I pick…" She grinned mischievously, "…Rainbow Dash." I pumped my fist in the air. "Ha! Bring it!" "Truth or dare?" she asked. "Dare." I answered immediately. Truths aren't fun at all. Dare has all the action available. "I dare you to…" She giggled. I raised an eyebrow. "…wear a dress to school on Monday." No. Take back what I said about dares having all the action. Wearing dresses are NOT cool. "You have got to be kidding me," I managed to croak out. "Come on, Rainbow, you have to do it." Twilight convinced me. "You would never turn down a dare. You even said it yourself." "Ugh…fine I'll do it." I sighed as I gave in. This is gonna be so embarrassing, I thought. After a few more turns, I got bored, so I grabbed a pillow from behind me and quickly threw it at Rarity. "REVENGE!" I screamed out. She yelped as it hit her right on the face and, that, was how the pillow war began. After 5 minutes or so, AJ and I claimed victorious and we decided to turn in. We layed out our sleeping bags on the ground and soon drifted off in a peaceful slumber. -Mystery's POV- "I will soon get my revenge…just you wait and see." I said to no one in particular. "Dark Shift, get the crystal caves ready. We have some girls to destroy." I commanded. "Yes. Right away." I raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" "...Your highness." Dark Shift said quickly. "Good, now begone." He bowed and walked away. "It's only a matter of time, Elements. Until we meet again.…" > Chapter 3- Pet shop and Practice > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow dash's POV (At the school's Stadium) "Alright team, we have a big game coming up and we need to win against…Cloudsdale High." I sighed, too many bad memories, but I need to stay on top of my game if we're gonna win this. "Now show me what you've got. Soarin and Spitfire and I against Fleetfoot, Misty and Rapidfire. Get into position!" I said. "3, 2, 1, start!" (Sorry but I can't describe soccer idk how to play it but I'll try to describe the end :P) After a few minutes of playing it was 4-4 we needed to strike one more goal and we'd win! Just had to get past Fleet. Hmm…I've got it! I can use my signature sonicboom to win they wouldn't know what hit 'em. "Soar! Pass it to me when your cornered I've got a plan." I said. "But how do you know they'll corner me?" Soarin questioned. "Trust me I know Fleet, and she'll definitely try to corner you so when she does pass it to me and I'll kick it into the goal with the sonicboom, alright?" I asked. "Ok, Dashie I hope this works." Me too, I thought. Just as planned Fleetfoot and her team tried to corner Soarin and when they were just about to, he passed the ball to me and BOOM I quickly kicked it into the goal with my signature sonicboom. I smirked in victory and called the team over. "Alright guys, good game but we'll have to do better if we're gonna beat Cloudsdale High we have to keep practising but for now, take five." I headed over to the bleachers and drank some water. "Hey Dashie you were great out there!" Soarin said as he approached me. I blushed, "thanks Soar but so were you!" It wasn't often I complimented someone back, but when I did, it was usually because I was really impressed, or this time, is it something else? "Heh, thanks." After a moments pause he asked, "Pinkie's plannin' a party after the game right?" "Yeah but only if we win but I'm certain we will." I replied. He chuckled. "Of course we will, and I'm sure the party will be great……" He trailed off. "I'll see you later." He quickly added and went off. He looked like he wanted to say more, I shrugged and called the team back. (At the Pet Shop) Fluttershy's POV I hummed as I worked. I managed to get a part-time job at the pet store. "There all done" I said as I finished cleaning Fluff. He licked me in appreciation. I felt guilty for not coming to the slumber party but I had to go to the pet shop to work. I hope they aren't mad at me please don't let them be mad at me. I suddenly heard a rustle at the back of the shop. "Huh?" I said in confusion. I walked towards the back door where they store pet food. "C-come out s-show yourself." I stuttered, as I entered the room. But, there was no one there. "I could've sworn I saw a shadow, huh, I must be imagining things." I said as I walked back out, with a sigh of relief. Little did she know someone on the ceiling was looking at her and smirking. > Chapter 4- Shadows > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejack's POV (Sweet Apple Acres) I wiped the sweat off my brow and gathered the rest of the apples I picked. "That's the last of 'em." I said to myself, relieved. "That should be enough for the party Pinkie's planin' after the big match." "Eeyup" Big Mac replied from next to me. "I better get these inside the barn." I said. "Eeyup." He replied again. I walked off. The barn came I to view quickly, but, I saw a black figure enter. I raised an eyebrow and quickly walked towards it. I entered and saw...nothing? "What the?...I was sure I saw someone...hmm must've been seeing things with what stuff quiet around here." I said and started whistling as I kept the apples in the crates. I heard the door close again. "Hmm?" I looked back but nothing...I shrugged. "I need more sleep." I muttered. Mystery's POV "SHADOW FORM, YOU FOOL!!!! You could have been caught or worse revealed our plans!!!" I screamed. "B-but your highness, I would never." Shadow Form whimpered. "You were almost caught two times how can I let that pass?!?!?!!!" I screamed some more. "I'm sorry" he whispered. "If you do it again I will see to it that you are relieved from duty!! Is that clear?!" I asked. "Y-yes your majesty" "You're lucky I'm nice. Now off with you." I commanded. He bowed and left. "What am I going to do with them?" I sighed and gritted my teeth > Chapter 5- Preparations > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight's POV [Sugarcube Corner] Applejack just brought in the food for the party, Pinkie's got the decorations, Fluttershy's handling the music, Rainbow's getting the team ready for the game, Rarity is—"Hello girls, please, after all of this, could you come to Carousel Boutique?" Rarity asked, as she walked in the shop. We all nodded. As I was saying, Rarity is making our dresses and I'm overseeing it all. This is going to be amazing...considering if we win or not, but I have faith in Dash, I know she and her team can do it. [Time skip carousel boutique] Raritys POV "Girls, you made it!! I have your dresses ready and I'll get them now" I said and walked in the back room and looked over the dresses one final time. They were perfect for my friends. For Twilight, it was a strapless violet dress turning hot pink at the bottom, she had purple shoes, and a pink star shaped necklace. For Rainbow, she had a light blue dress with hints of midnight blue at the bottom, it was till her knees and had some translucent sleeves, some midnight blue heels, and a red lightning bolt necklace. Applejack's was a green dress with orange straps, with orange boots and an apple shaped necklace. Pinkie's was a blue dress (for once) that had a giant pink balloon at the top, with pink heels and a smiling faced necklace. Fluttershy's was a simple light pink dress that butterflies embroidered at the bottom, with lime green pumps, and a heart shaped necklace. Finally, mine was a violet one strap dress with gem shaped sequences all around it, with a blue diamond shaped necklace and light blue heels. I smiled, and brought them to my friends. "So, what do you think?" I asked them. They gasped and said, "THEY'RE AMAZING!!" I gave each one of them, their respective dresses and they all admired them. "You really outdid yourself Rarity" Fluttershy said. "Thank you. Thank you girls" I said with misty eyes. I always loved when anyone who appreciated my work, it brought me pride, I guess this must be how Rainbow must feel, but I will never have an ego that big, nor will anyone else. "These will be perfect for the party." Pinkie squealed. "The party!! We still have work! We have to get going now!!!" Twilight said. We rushed out of the boutique, to Sugarcube Corner > Chapter 6- The Game > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Rainbow's POV] At the school stadium I sighed, as I looked at the clock. It was almost time for the game and everyone was anticipating for the win or lose, of Canterlot Academy. I felt like giving them a pep talk, to lift their spirits up, and give 'em more determination to reach our goal. "Alright team, this is what we've been waiting for, the match against Cloudsdale High! They're our biggest rivals, but we have to make Canterlot Academy proud!! SO LETS GET OUT THERE AND WIN IT!!!" I cheered. The team cheered with me. Soon enough we were announced, and ran into the arena to come face to face with Cloudsdale High's team and...their captain. The captain was...Hoops. He stepped up and so did I. We shook hands, quite firmly if you ask me. "Your goin' down Rainbow Crash!" Hoops said with a smirk. "In history maybe" I smirked back, recalling that line I said during Junior Speedsters. He gritted his teeth, remembering the loss. We went, back to our teams, and the match started.......... [Time skip, again idk how to describe soccer, sowy] It was 9-9 one more score and we'd win! But then Hoops stole the ball from Rapidfire, and he was about to score! Even if I reached them in time there was no way even my Rainboom could stop the ball...unless.......never tried it before but it might be enough. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me and then... BOOM …BOOM The students nor teachers, knew what happened, heck, the team didn't know what happened, but then they saw the ball...in the other goal!!! I created a Double Rainboom!!!! It was amazing! The people in the stands started cheering as loud as they could, even Cloudsdale High started cheering. The team hoisted me up and we got a huge trophy. Photo Finish took a picture to go on the trophy wall, with the trophy, of course. "Well Dash, looks like you did it again." Soarin said while walking up to me. "That's why I'm the captain, and not you Soar, some has to put you guys in your place." I smirked. He just chuckled. The win was exhilarating it seemed. Welp, on to the party! > Chapter 7- The Party > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight's POV The game was beyond amazing. Dash really knows how to play, I wouldn't be surprised if she became a professional soccer player! The girls and I were heading to Rarity's boutique to get ready, she said she had the dresses over there, ready. Soon enough we were standing right in front of the door. Rarity opened it with her keys, and led us inside. "Now girls, the dresses are right over there—" She said pointing to a rack in the corner with six dresses, neatly ironed. "—grab your dresses and we'll head to the party." She finished, smiling. We all nodded and got ready in a dash (get it cause Dash won the—yeah I should never pull a joke). When we put on our dresses, I noticed how much the matched our personalities, Rarity sure knows her stuff. [Time Skip] We were standing right outside Sugarcube Corner and we could hear the music and laughter from all the teens from school. "Come on girls, what are you waiting for? LET'S PARTY!!!" We entered and were drowned out by all the cheers, music and laughter. Pinkie then took on the stage and said, "Hey, Canterlot Academy!!!" A few cheers rang out. "This party is to celebrate the win of our school against Cloudsdale High, thanks to our AMAZING soccer team and Rainbow Dash!!" The cheers were so loud that they were almost deafening, this time. Dash has somehow been the most popular out of all of us, (Rarity sure was jealous, but, she got over it) not that I'm complaining, I could never handle that much attention. Third Person's POV As the cheers died down Pinkie stepped off the stage and skipped towards Rainbow Dash. "THIS PARTY IS OFF THE CHARTS, I gotta say you really outdid yourself Pinkie!!" I said happily, which was true this party sure was something! "Thanks Dashie! I-" she stopped mid-sentence and looked over my shoulder."-I am gonna get some refreshments, be riiigght back!" She said and skipped off before I could say anything. Curious to her actions, I turned around and saw......Soarin headed towards me!! "Hey Dashie, you look great!" He complimented. "Thanks." I smiled. "Uh, w-would you like to d-dance?" He asked, nervously. I blinked and a blush spread across my cheeks, "s-sure." He smiled and took my hand in his, and lead me to the dance floor. As if on cue a slow song started. I looked into his eyes and we started dancing. Have his eyes always been that green? I never thought of him as more than a friend, but…why do I want it to be something more? I have this unusual feeling inside my chest, I've had it for a while now, it's always around him. …Am I falling for him? "Aww." From a distance, Rarity and Fluttershy were silently cooing at, Soarin and Dash. "They're so cute." Fluttershy gushed. "We have to get them together!" Rarity squealed. "Could we, maybe do that later? I wouldn't want to interrupt them." Fluttershy said. "Aww ok." Rarity pouted. "Hey Fluttershy, could you please get some refreshments from outside? I wanna watch the Soarindash ship sail!!!!" Pinkie said appearing right next to Fluttershy. Pinkie had a tendency to appear out of nowhere, so she was used to her shenanigans. "Alright." She replied. Fluttershy's POV Pinkie's front yard was nice and simple, it had some bushes around it and some flowers, a swing and a picnic table. I went out the front door and saw the refreshments under the picnic table. Suddenly, I heard some rustling in the bushes. "W-who's there?" I asked, afraid. The rustling grew more and more and came out a……bunny? "Oh, hello! You scared me." I giggled. The bunny was black, it hopped over and nuzzled me, and in return I petted it. It's eyes suddenly flashed green. My eyes widened and my pupils shrank. "Y-you're a—" I was cut off and started screaming as the ground beneath me disappeared and I fell in a pitch black hole. I hit a stone-hard ground with a THUD and fell unconscious. Mystery's POV I smirked as I saw the girl fall, through the black hole. "Not so smart are you without your friends.…eh? Kindness." > Chapter 8- Worries and a Mysterious Dream > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejack's POV Mah friends and I, were at sugarcube corner, worrying. What might be so worrying, you ask? Fluttershy was missing. Twilight was pacing back and forth. "Ok Pinkie, tell me again what happened." "Well, I asked Fluttershy to get some refreshments that were in my front yard but then she didn't come back, I thought she forgot, or something like that, so I shrugged it off." She sighed, "I should've checked on her, and been a better friend." She frowned. "Pinkie it wasn't yer fault. No one's blamin' you, right girls?" I said. We all nodded. "Now, we have to focus on finding clues. Hmmm……..…Pinkie you said it was the front yard, right?" Twilight asked. "Yep!" Pinkie answered. Twilight continued. "So we'll start there—" "—tomorrow" Rainbow interrupted her. "But why?" Rarity asked. "Well because, I don't know, it's the middle of the night!! Plus how will we find clues in the darkness, on top of us being sleepy?" Rainbow explained. "Well Rainbow looks like yah're makin' sense……for once." I said with a smirk, getting a 'HEY!' from her. "Maybe you're right Rainbow dear. We'll meet up in the morning and figure it out alright?" Rarity asked, earning a 'right' from us. Ah hope we find Fluttershy tomorrow, I thought. Rainbows POV I opened my eyes, to find myself in an ethereal plane. "W-what? Where am I?" I muttered to myself. "Hello, dear child." Said a male voice right behind me. I whipped around and saw…nothing? "Ok, this is weird……who are you? Where are you?" I yelled into the darkness. "Who or where I am is not important right now Rainbow…and no don't ask how I know your name either." He said. I nodded. "Good, now please listen. Your friend Fluttershy is in danger, and so are you and your friends. I cannot tell you alot, I am not allowed to, but all I can say is prepare to face your fears." He explained. "Ok?….….We will." After a brief moment of hesitation I suddenly felt like……I knew that voice, somewhere I've heard before, and I felt that I could trust it, "But can you please tell me how you know me?" I asked into the darkness once again, which was kinda awkward, since I was literally talking to nothing. "I don't think I would forget my own descendent." He said. I turned to see two magenta eyes staring right at me. And then… I woke up. > Chapter 9- Separation > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight's POV "So what you're saying is that your ancestor who had large wings, came in your dream, and told you to tell us to face our worst fears?" I asked. Rainbow nodded, "Atleast that's what he told me." "I don't know Rainbow, seems fishy to me." I said with a tone of suspicion. "I know, I know...but, I somehow felt I could trust that voice, there was a feeling that only happened once, when we launched our 'rainbow death beam of friendship'." She paused to snicker at the name. "But, really Twi, who else other than us in recorded history has huge wings." "While that might be true, it also brings up a hole in your theory. As you said no one other than us has huge wings, what if our enemy was making fake wings to tell us lies?" I said. "Why would our enemy tell us to face our fears?" Rarity spoke up. "True.........We'll sort this out later, first we gotta find Fluttershy." I said. Rarity's POV My friends and I were standing here in the front yard of Pinkie's house examining it. "I'll have to detect if any magic at all was here." Twilight said. "You learnt how to control the magic?" Dash asked. "Yeah, Celestia taught me to do so, I've learned alot of spells too, and detecting magic is one of them." Twilight replied, proud. "I still think the wings are cooler." Says Dash, looking at her back as if imagining her wings were actually there. "Well, we don't have our full powers now, only a fraction of them." I said, with a sigh. "Only if we knew how to activate them, we'd be finding villains in a snap!" Pinkie said, while snapping her fingers. "I got it!" Twilight exclaimed. "I found a trace of magic energy, it was used recently. I bet that was used on Fluttershy!.........but, wait a minute, the magic that was used, is not known?!" "...It's black magic." Pinkie said, after a pause, while rubbing her chin. We all just stared at her wide eyed. She continued casually. "What? It's obvious, I mean, 'unknown magic?' Your's is not strong enough to detect it, since it's, ya know, 'evil'." "...You're right Pinkie!" Twilight said, after a moments pause. "I'm using, one of Starswirl's spells right now and, the spell that was cast was...a black hole?" "The black hole, must lead somewhere." Applejack said. "Hmm." Twilight hums while standing on the spot where the magic was the strongest. "AAHH!!" She suddenly screamed, as the ground disappeared beneath her. The girls gasped, and soon the ground disappeared beneath them too. They all fell...into a pitch black hole... Separately... > Chapter 10- Rarity > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rarity's POV I groaned as I opened my eyes. The last thing I remembered was falling down a bottomless pit. Not so bottomless now, I thought. I took in my surroundings and noticed I was in some sort of cave, with…dirt! Alot of dirt!! I yelped and stood up, desperately trying to wipe the filthy dirt off of my dress. "This monster is going to pay for putting me in this filth." I grumbled. After wiping all the dirt off, I looked around trying to find a way out. Then I spotted it, an opening! I grinned and walked towards the exit. As I exited the cave I noticed it led outside……TO CANTERLOT?!?!!! "What the…h-how?" I stuttered, as I looked around. The cave I was previously in, was in the middle of Canterlot! Then, an elegant looking woman came up to me and looked at me wide-eyed. "Where did you get that horrid looking 'dress'? The garbage?" The woman said with disgust. "Whaa?" I looked at my dress, it was ripped and really dirty! And admittedly, it did look like something from the garbage. I felt some tears in my eyes. I saw more people look at me in disgust. I held the tears back, I would not cry! More people began to mock me and say things like, 'disgraceful', 'simply horrible', 'not worthy of Canterlot'. Not worthy of Canterlot huh? Well, I'll show them…somehow, I thought. I suddenly then appeared in my sewing room. "Huh, what now?!" I said confused. I hmm'ed as I looked around, for the millionth time. Then I saw it, a timer. It read, 30:00, and was slowly counting down. I took that as a sign to start my dress. I grinned, if only this monster knew who he was dealing with, I could make dresses with hands tied behind my back. And so I began…. Blue silk, with some magenta, and black, gold lining…Oh! This is going to be perfect!! I started working on my dress as I gathered all my materials. I started looking for my sewing machine with all the materials in my hands, but…in the place of my sewing machine was a sewing needle. My eyes widened as I realised the would be no sewing machine. I quickly put down my materials and started sewing… After a while, the timer read 00:05, I had to move fast I only had to make a few adjustments here and there. 4 Tighten the magenta belt… 3 Finish the gold lining 2 Straighten it out 1 …DONE!! I grinned as I looked at my final project, I appeared in the middle of Canterlot again wearing the dress, and those people who mocked me earlier, looked at me in awe. I smirked at their shocked faces. "Criticism…will never bring me down." I said to the crowd, smiling. I disappeared once again and appeared back in the cave. I groaned, this was getting annoying! I walked over to the cave exit once again, but now, it was just a large room instead of Canterlot, with someone sitting on it. I gasped, that's…… > Chapter 11- Applejack > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applejack's POV "Ugh." I said as I opened my eyes. My vision was a bit hazy from the fall I took, speaking of, where am I? I looked up from the ground, and squinted my eyes as I adjusted to the suns light. Sun? Ah must be outside, I thought. As I looked up, I saw the the most horrifying sight, that nearly made my heart stop. My orchard, it was burnt to the ground… My breath hitched as I looked onward, every single tree burnt, our farm, gone. "N-no, w-what happened?!" I stuttered, as I got up and rushed towards the farm to see if anyone was still there. I reached the barn and saw Big Mac, Applebloom and Granny Smith standing there. "Granny, Macintosh, Applebloom, thank goodness you're alright!" I said, as I stopped in front of them. I took a note of their faces and the were scowling at me? I ignored that thought and asked, "but, what happened here?" "You happened Applejack." Granny said with a grim look. "W-what?" "You had no time for your family anymore, always with your friends. This morning you started to cook breakfast but left before it was finished to go to Sugarcube Corner and since Granny and Mac were in town and I was in school, the fire spread, and destroyed everything." Applebloom said while gritting her teeth. "T-that's not true! I have time for mah family and friends……right?" I said with misty eyes. They just stared at me, and with each passing second, it felt like an arrow through the heart. My knees felt weak and I dropped, sobbing into my hands. "Yesss, cry your heart out, everything is gone………and will be, for good." A voice in my head spoke. It was true, wasn't it? Everyone hated me because of my carelessness? Maybe it would be better if—What am I doing? I never gave up before so why now? The girls, would be disappointed I gave up. With a bit of strength I stood up, and ran to my family who at some point turned around and start pet to leave. "No, ya'll are wrong! 'Ah have time for 'mah family as much as mah friends, and ah know, ah haven' been spendin' time with yah'll, but ah wanna change tha'." As she said those words, the orchard around me came back to life again, and so did the barn!! "We know, Applejack." Granny said, and smiled as I started to fade away. The surroundings changed and I was standing in a stone chamber. I looked around I saw Rarity. "Rarity!" But she wasn't looking at me. I turned and saw… > Chapter 12- Pinkie Pie > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pinkie's POV I groaned as I landed on hard ground that strangely smelled rocky. "That wasn't very nice, throwing me on the ground like that." I pouted and looked to see…my old home?!?!!! My eyes widened and a bright grin spread across my face, my old home: The Rock Farm!!! Mom, dad, Limestone, Marble and Maud!! With them in mind I happily skipped towards the house. The house grew closer and my grin bigger. "Mom!! Dad!!! Maud!!!" I yelled happily and knocked. The door opened to my mom standing there, but sometching was different, her smiling expression ONLY when she greeted me, wasn't there. Instead, there was a cold expression that lacked any emotion, the same one from when I was younger. "Oh. It's you, Pinkameana." She said coldly. I gasped, she hadn't called my that since I discovered partying. "M-mom?" I said shakily, looking at her in confusion. "WHAT?!" She snapped. "W-why are you acting like this?" "That's the least I can do for the likes of you." She said, glaring at me. "Uhh…" Then, she slammed the door in my face. I stared wide-eyed at the door, tears formed in my eyes and my lip trembled. I turned around and my hair started to loose its usual bounce. I looked back and recalled all the memories from that place. Determination started to fill me up and I turned around, ran towards the house at full speed and barged in. "COME ON GUYS!!!!!!!!! IT'S TIME TO PPAAARRRTTTYYYY!!!!" I shouted and pulled a party cannon from my hair which turned the whole room into a party! My whole family was there and they all looked up in surprise. I kept smiling at standing in the doorway. Their lips trembled just like the first time I partied. They grinned and I did too. And we started to PAARRRTTTT— A light started to appear around me and I disappeared with a pop. I appeared in a cave this time and there was an opening which I ran straight to. What I saw was Rarity and Applejack and—NO WAY!! > Chapter 13- Rainbow Dash > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 13 Rainbow Dash's POV I woke up with a headache, couldn't the cliched villain at least have me land somewhere soft?! I huffed, and took in my surroundings. What am I doing here? I wondered as I gaped at my surroundings. I was at the Wonderbolts HQ…the most famous soccer team ever!!! I wanted to join the Wonderbolts since…forever!! Our school soccer team was partially named after them soo… "Rainbow Dash," a voice said from behind me. I turned around to see non other than Captain Spitfire herself! "Ma'am?" I asked trying to contain my excitement. Calm down Rainbow Dash! You can't blow this! "I've watched you, and heard you've wanted to join the Wonderbolts, yes?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. Ohmygoshohmygosh!!! She's gonna accept me! She's gonna accept me!! "Y-yeah…" I bit my lip containing myself. "Well…I'm sorry to say, but you're the worst candidate I've ever come across!" She glared. W-what? "I'm sorry, but with skills like those, you shall NEVER be a Wonderbolt!!" I felt my breath hitch as Captain Spitfire gave me a pitiful look, turned around and walked back to the compound. I fell on my knees taking deep breaths, with my eyes wide. This…this wasn't happening! Please…please let this be a dream… Dream? Wait… All the events of earlier came flooding back to me and I realised…this wasn't real! I calmed down and stood back up and ran over to Spitfire. "Captain." Spitfire turned around and glared, "what?!" "I want to say, I might not be good enough for you, but I'm better than you'll ever be, I hope you see that." I glared back, because, that was, in fact true. Spitfire blinked, she was about to speak when she was cut off by a bright light that surrounded me and I disappeared with a 'pop'. I groaned and saw that I was in a cave. I quickly exited and gasped. The girls!!! And…no way… > Chapter 14- Twilight Sparkle > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 14 Twilight's POV "Twilight Sparkle!!!" A regal and stern voice jolted me up. "Whaa?!" I looked around worried and puzzled. I was in the abandoned castle I the Everfree Forest, but now, it didn't look so abandoned anymore… I looked at the voice that had woken me up and saw Princess Celestia?!?! The powerful looking Mage after our first battle with King Sombra then she had appeared again when we defeated Queen Chrysalis and her army of changelings. "Wha? What am I doing here?!" I asked in panic looking for my friends. She said nothing for a moment and examined me. I stopped looking around and stared into her pink eyes. She sighed and hardened her gaze, "you have failed me, Twilight." Those five words were like venom to me but…how…? She looked at me and pointed towards a stain glass window. I gulped and walked over to it…and gasped. It was a dark figure looming over me while my friend's dead bodies surrounded me. B-but… "Princess…?" I turned towards her but she ignored me and started to do some paperwork instead. Tears formed in my eyes and I hugged myself, this was too much to bear. But…was I gonna cry over it all and let go or fight? I stood up and knew what to do. I walked over to the princess and spoke, "I'm going to fight no matter what." She looked at me and whispered, "We'll see…" I disappeared and reappeared in a cave and sighed this was going to be a long day… I walked out of the cave and saw…all my friends!!! Apart from Fluttershy though… …But, they were staring at something. No…someone… I gasped and and saw a throne with changelings surrounding it. Fluttershy was chained to the throne and on it was…SOMBRA?!?!?!? > Chapter 15- Final Battle > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 15 (Finale) They stood there, agape. How? Sombra was their first ever foe they had encountered, they had killed him! Then they had faced off against Queen Chrysalis and her Changelings, they too were defeated, but not killed, they had just…vanished. And now, Sombra was alive with the Changelings, apparently under his command. "Surprised?" Sombra smirked from on his throne. "H-how?" Was all that had come out of Twilight Sparkles mouth. "How? It's quite simple, when you 'killed' me, I wasn't exactly killed. I was in a state of…oblivion, so to say. When I escaped, finally, I found these poor Changelings starving without love, and since their Queen failed them, I took charge." "Give Fluttershy back, you monster!" Rarity screamed at him, furious. "Her?" He pointed towards Fluttershy who cowered next to the throne. "Take her, I don't have any use for her anymore. She was just there so I could know all your worst fears…which I can see you've overcome, sadly. Besides, now I can kill you all together!" He clenched his fist and pointed it at Fluttershy and then the rest of the girls. Fluttershy yelped as she felt herself float and drop down next to the girls, who immediately gave her a group hug. "Pathetic," he scoffed as he saw them hug. "Now, where was I? Oh yes, Changelings charge!!!!!" He ordered. The Changelings saluted to him and began to charge at the girls, they saw the attack and gasped. Sombra began to laugh as he saw the girls scream and get surrounded by the them. This was their end… But then, just as Sombra thought it was over, a bright light came from the swarm of Changelings, and they were blasted off from them. Sombra's eyes widened. This can't be good. He saw them holding hands and a white light surrounding them. "You made a big mistake of regrouping us together Sombra. You didn't learn last time, did you? We are stronger together!!" Twilight screamed towards him, standing in the middle. "Girls, now!" "Rarity! Generosity is my wealth!" "Applejack! Honesty is my truth!" "Pinkie Pie! Laughter is my smile!" "Fluttershy! Kindness is my will!" "Rainbow Dash! Loyalty is my speed!" "Twilight! Magic is my dawn!" "Together we, banish you, King Sombra to the ice of the Arctic North, never to escape!" "NOOOO!!!!" He screamed as a light colored purple, orange, blue, pink, red and magenta shot out of the six and struck him like lightning. It hurt so bad. "It will not end like this!" He screamed out one final time. "That's what they all say…" Twilight whispered as he disappeared along with the Changelings. And then they died. Not really… The six friends lives turned to normal after that, but they could control their powers better. Dash and Fluttershy could get their wings whenever they wanted. Twilight and Rarity could use magic. Pinkie and Appleajck could grow plants out of thin air. It was a long journey but they all prevailed in the end, and always would… Or would they?