This chapter is written by Author Tantei ^.^


Twilight's Castle

Three years after Twilight Sparkle's coronation

. . .

"Spike, come see this!"

Twilight had seen many things in her life. Some of these things were explainable and some were almost unbelievable. She had defeated a centaur, turned into a princess, and got a castle of her own. It was hard to believe all of this happened so quickly, but it did. The sound of footsteps got louder as Spike, Twilight's number one assistant, climbed the stairs quickly to her room and stopped right in front of her, almost out of breath. He looked much older now; not old enough to make a difference, since dragons could live beyond some pony's expectations, but twenty years had passed, after all.

Twenty years have passed, after all.

When Spike looked up, recomposing from the lack of air for one moment, he noticed Twilight had her telescope placed near a window and she looked really… He couldn't really define it. Confused? No, it was something else…Worried; that should be it. Twilight worries too much, thought Spike, but there's something clearly wrong now. Twilight looked at the sky again, biting her lower lip in anxiousness, and then turned to Spike, just then acknowledging his existence.

"Spike, you need to see this right now! It's an urgent matter!" screamed Twilight while pointing to the sky. Spike wasn't sure if he should use the telescope or not, though. He decided to approach the window and peek outside. What he saw made his eyes widen: there was a bright… thing… crossing the sky. It looked like a shooting star, but it was going too slow. Maybe it was a comet? Spike was lost. "Did you see it? That thing can be seen from miles away without a telescope."

"Is it a shooting star? Should I make a wish?" Spike asked jokingly, but his voice sounded serious. That was an urgent matter, after all. An unknown object crossing the sky without any previous warning about it could be dangerous.

"No, it isn't, Spike. That object is too big to be a shooting star, and it's going too slow." Twilight objected, "I can't see it right, even with the telescope. I think we should wait for it to pass. I hope it doesn't fall on Equestria." Twilight sighed, "Or anywhere else…" And with this, they turned around heading towards the bedrooms.

They were barely aware that Twilight's hopes weren't going to come true.

. . .

"A shooting star"

Umbrae had never been more impressed in his life. He had heard about those shooting stars; stars that fell from the sky. But he had never actually seen one. It was almost like a dream coming true. It was almost 1 a.m., but he was awake; the young pegasus was already getting used to staying awake until late. Umbrae closed his eyes; he had heard from Mint Cookie, the orphanage's caretaker, the sweetest grown pony he had even seen, that shooting stars could grant wishes. Umbrae then thought about his wish.

That was until…

CRASH!

All of the fillies and colts who were asleep awoke in a jolt. Umbrae's yellow irises widened as he looked down at the window. That definitely wasn't a shooting star. Shoot, just when I had thought about my wish! Thought Umbrae, a little disappointed, but overwhelmed at the object that had just crashed a few meters from the orphanage. Most of the foals from the room rushed to the single window in the room and peeked at the window from behind Umbrae's shoulders, trying to get a better view of the object that had crashed on their yard.

All of sudden, Umbrae turned around and began to run; he was going for the object, and was going to see what it was. A pony started to run behind him, shouting for Umbra to stop. That was Snowfrost, one of Umbra's best friends. Both started to run downstairs and, soon enough, all of the other fillies were following them. The director hadn't awoken yet, not even with the sound of hoofsteps and shouts, because it was almost impossible to wake her up, obviously.

"Umbra, please, be sensible!" Snowfrost shouted.

"C'mon, Snow, let's just check it out!" Umbrae asked innocently. Before Snowfrost could even open her mouth to reply, Umbrae was already running to the door and out of the orphanage, stopping a few meters away from the unidentified object that had landed on their yard. Snowfrost was behind him, watching everything – not knowing if she should be curious or afraid now. But curiosity overtook her and she approached Umbrae.

Umbrae could see the object now; it looked like an asteroid, those things he had seen in the astronomy books. "Whoa" He said impressed. The younger colt extended a hoof to touch the object. Snowfrost stood next to him and grabbed his hoof. "Hey—" He tried to protest and shot Snowfrost a 'don't you trust me' glare.

"Uh, we should call the director before you touch this and turn into a mutant or something." Snowfrost said with a sympathetic smile. Umbrae nodded and was about to follow her through the crowd of agitated fillies and colts when he felt something; a strange force pulling him back. "Huh?" He asked himself as the force started to get stronger, surrounding the colt in a strange purple aura. "What is— AHAHAHAHA!" Umbrae started laughing when he was completely surrounded by the strange aura, because it tickled so much.

"W— Umbra?" Snowfrost's eyes turned to Umbrae as she noticed how the younger pony was being pulled closer to the strange object whose aura was surrounding him. "Okay, this is definitely a dream or something." Snow sighed as she started to walk towards Umbrae slowly, using her magic to try and pull him back. She was focused on what she was doing until Umbrae's eyes widened and he started screaming in pain.

"MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP!" He begged while doubling in pain on the floor.

"WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?" Every pony's eyes widened as they turned to face a black unicorn — the director of the orphanage, Showdown, — as she stared at the colt with wide eyes. "SNOWFROST, UMBRAE, I DEMAND AN ANSWER!" She shouted. Snowfrost flinched for half a second until she turned to the director, still using her horn to hold Umbrae in place while he lied in pain on the floor. Snowfrost narrowed her eyes at the orphanage's director. She immediately understood the situation. "Step back, Snowfrost, I can take care of that. Your magic is not strong enough yet." All fillies and colts gasped. The director dared to call Snowfrost's magic weak.

No pony has ever done that without ending at least a few hooves away from the orphanage… yet.

Snowfrost turned to Showdown and scoffed, "Like you are any better! I'm trying to help Umbrae and none of you are helping at all!" She had to scream to make sure the other ponies heard her because of how much Umbrae was screaming in pain and for help. "So if you're not willing to help me―" she started with a sweet voice and a small smile until her eyes glinted in a dangerous way and her smile turned into a scowl. "― BACK OFF!" Every pony but the director flinched at her harsh tone.

Showdown furrowed her brows as she started to walk towards Snowfrost slowly, and when the younger pony realized what she had done, it was already too late. Biting her lower lip, Snowfrost started to back away too, but much faster than Showdown was approaching her. Suddenly everything stopped; even Umbrae's screams for help. All they could hear was a tiny continuous "beeping" sound as all of the other sounds eventually stopped.

The object started to glow in a navy-blue color as Umbrae was being pulled by it. His screams ceased and now his eyes were wide open as he just stared at every pony else like they were ghosts or grew a second head. The object's glow increased and Umbrae paled. Then every pony heard an explosion that startled them for a second – even Showdown jumped, and it's hard to scare her – before their vision started to fade…

…And everything went black.

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. . .

Meanwhile, in Manehattan, during the night, a silver coated pony was training with his sword, levitating it and focusing as much as he could, far away from the orphanage lived in. Sighing, he looked at the tree that was now his opponent. "Just focus, Silver Blade, just focus…" Silver Blade told himself as he started to slash the tree with the sword in his hooves, pretending it was alive; pretending it was Circle Lead. I will find you, Circle Lead, and when I do, you'd better pray! Silver Blade chanted in his mind as he slashed the tree again.

Suddenly he heard something. Why is there the sound of something fall―

CRASH!

Never mind…

Silver Blade put his sword back on the sheath and then started to slowly walk towards the object that had crashed near the orphanage, following the cloud of smoke. He started to feel weird after that; his vision was getting a little blurry, he felt cold all of sudden and there was a small tingling sensation on his hooves and chest. The more he walked, the more Silver would become tired. He was already feeling his body heavy, but his curiosity was stronger than the feeling of tiredness. After a few more steps, Silver Blade stopped in front of something that looked like an asteroid of some sort, but of an icy-blue color.

Slowly he stopped in front of it, slowly extending his hoof to touch the surface of the object before he stopped to think: should I really be doing this? What if it's dangerous? ... Well, I'll never find out just standing here… Silver mused before sighing. He extended his hand a little more and then touched the object. Huh, nothing happened, thought Silver as he tried to withdraw his hoof…

…But he couldn't.

Blade silently panicked. He couldn't remove his hoof from the "asteroid" as much as he wanted to. Soon said asteroid started glowing dangerously, something Silver had never seen. He started feeling the sensation of danger around as the air around him got even colder, making him shiver violently. Slowly, Silver Blade used his horn to use his sword. He raised the sword as high as he could and then lowered it quickly, hitting the asteroid with enough strength to break a rock.

However, it didn't work! In fact, the sword's blade broke in half after the impact, falling to the floor. Silver grunted; that was his favorite and only sword. "Just great, what else will happen now?" Silver asked himself as the asteroid's glowing increased and he had to shield his eyes with his other hoof. Then all he heard was an annoying 'beep' sound that got louder each second until an explosion happened.

It threw him very far away. Silver Blade was going to hit the floor when everything went black.


Hello! My name is SilverMoon and I am the new author of The Guardian Angels! The story concept is by Author Tantei, but as they're unable to continue writing I'm going to be updating this fic. I'll try to update as often as I can but I can't assure a new chapter frequently, because we all have our lives outside of fanfiction. Hope you enjoy the story! Until next time...