Burning Twilight

Chapter 1: The Mysterious Disappearance

Scene 1: The Canterlot Castle

It was a glorious day in Canterlot at the palace. Sun was shining through Twilight's windows of her castle room, tempting her to awaken. She looked at her clock as she rose from her bed, and jolted when she glimpsed it was 9:00 AM.

"Oh no! I am late for my duties. I hope the princess won't mind!" Twilight gasped. She quickly shook Spike to wake up.

"Awe...I was having this great dream about this gem world...and Rarity was there..." Spike dreamily thought about it as he got ready for the morning.

The young princess and the baby dragon ran out of the room and into the hallways. As they ran across the halls and towards the main palace room, some guards came across and interrupted them.

"Thank goodness you are awake! We have terrible news," one of the guards tried to say straight, but his voice oddly trembled. "It is about the princesses..um, like..." The guard started to hesitate.

"The princesses are gone!" another guard burst out. "They have gone missing this morning. Haven't you realized it? The sun and the moon are out at the same time. Did you not recognize it through the glass windows of your room?"

"What! The princesses have disappeared? I mustn't have seen the sun and moon at the same time because I was caught up with my duties...that makes no sense. Where could they have gone? Could they be in trouble? All of Equestria will become chaos? No protectors, no security..."

A guard put his hoof up to stop her mumbling. "We must stay calm. Since Princess Luna and Celestia are gone, you are our only hope. What do you order us to do, Princess Twilight?" All three guards bowed to her in unison.

Twilight Sparkle sighed and thought about it for a moment, and decided,"You must look throughout Canterlot to find out if there is any evidence or clues of what happened. I shall take care of any dangers I encounter."

"Yes, princess!" The three guards set off to find any sort of information that could aid this situation.

"We need to go to Ponyville and gather our friends! Immediately! C'mon Spike, hop onto my back and I'll fly you there." Twilight assured Spike.

"Not this again! It is horrible when you are riding to somewhere while I'm on you. It is all wobbly!" Spike complained.

"It is the fastest way, Spike. One of the biggest things needed for Equestria is at our hooves- the princesses. We cannot waste any time!" Twilight exclaimed. Spike groaned in reply and hopped on her back, and then she walked outside and went into the summer breeze.

"Wow, there really is a sun and a moon at the same time, since there is no one to control it," Twilight looked in awe at the land filled with half light and half darkness. The sun and moon were together, not rising nor falling, but fixed in that exact spot. After observing this, she quickly set off- there was no time to inspect anything.

Scene 2: Sugarcube Corner

"Oh my! Pinkie, did you see what unbelievable experience was out there? If not, you must! It is treacherous and mind-bending!"

Rarity had just rushed into Sugarcube Corner and was talking to Pinkie Pie.

"No wonder my "pinkie senses" were trying to warn me about something. I haven't been out yet- been cooking up a storm of cakes and other goods!" Pinkie Pie replied. "What exactly is this experience?"

"Come see!" Rarity dashed off immediately outside, with Pinkie Pie hot at her hooves.

"This doesn't seem like a party to me!" Pinkie whined as she sighted the light and darkness at the same time. "We need to warn the others! Immediately!"

Rarity nodded in agreement, and they first rushed off to Sweet Apple Acres.

When they arrived, Applejack was already gazing at the conflict, fear clear in her eyes. Next to her was Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.

"Hey guys! Saw the trouble. I wonder what happened? Why is the sun and moon up at the same time? Isn't Princess Celestia and Luna ready to deal with this?" Rainbow Dash inquired.

"Yall we can do is wait for Twi. Really hopin' she knows enough 'bout this to help," Applejack guessed.

"And if it is chaos, don't stop it this time! As I said before when Discord was doing it...it comes with chocolate rain! Cotton candy clouds! Popcorn! Upside down buildings! Weird wea-"

"Pinkie, how could you say that darling? Don't you want to think of the consequences of it too?" Rarity was clearly taken aback by this statement. "Equestria is at our stake!"

"Um, I'll go see if Twilight came yet..." Fluttershy quietly told to the rests of the ponies. She flew a few feet above the ground and scanned the sky. Surprisingly, the sky was empty.

What is holding her up? Fluttershy thought with a shiver. Wouldn't she be here by now?

Scene 3: The Skies of Equestria

"I've never seen so many clouds!" Twilight said. "My friends will be concerned." She fought her way through and finally was able to see Ponyville. "Hold on tight Spike!"

"Augh...I'm going to be sick..." Spike rubbed his belly. He had gone through twists and turns and flips, and he just couldn't take it anymore. He felt like gagging.

When Twilight finally made it to solid ground, Spike collapsed on it and quietly muttered under his breath to thank the ground for being there.

"C'mon Spike! We have to find the rest of them!" Twilight called. Spike, now smiling that he was off Twilight's back, walked with her without complaint.

Scene 4: The Town Square

The rest of the pony friends in Ponyville were now at the town square, impatiently waiting.

"Please come..." Rainbow Dash begged to the stretching sky.

And then, just as she had said that very line, a purple speck started to head towards the ponies from the far end of the square.

"Twilight is here! Goodness gracious, I've been worried about her. I was thinking she may be in some sort of tough situation, or even worse, a fight with a powerful villain!" Rarity screeched.

"Hey guys, sorry for the delay. There were tons of clouds on the way!" Twilight spluttered out as she gulped in as much air as she could. Behind her, Spike was sprinting to catch up.

"Twi, ya know what thy reason for thy sun and moon risin' up at thy same time?" Applejack questioned. The ponies looked enthusiastically at the purple alicorn.

"Well...the princesses, both of them, kinda, well, uh...their whereabouts are unknown." Twilight managed to say. "No one is there to rise the sun nor moon. I have no idea why though."

When the ponies stared at her in fright, Twilight hastily added,"But I think I know just where to go to find out a solution!"

Scene 5: Twilight's Library

"This proves it! You are a total egghead. Why do you always choose the library?" Rainbow Dash moaned as she hovered with her wings slightly above Twilight's floor of her house.

"Have any other ideas, Rainbow?" Twilight did not react much to this though, despite the fact she said this, for she was caught up in a book called Legendary Events of Equestria.

"Party book!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

Applejack rolled her eyes. "We aren't findin' a party book, gal, we're findin' a book 'bout anythin' similar or any solution to this matter!"

"No really! I found a book about hosting parties! Hey Twilight, can I borrow this?" Pinkie Pie rummaged through the pages of the How to Host Successful Parties book.

"There's no time!" Twilight put down the legend book she was reading, for she realized there was no event related to this disaster, and decided to see if there was some sort of spell at least. She cast her purple aura on book after book, with her friends helping, but no luck was found.

"I don't mean to be mean, but well, are you sure that there is a book about a unique event?" Fluttershy murmured in such a way that the murmur was so close from being no sound. "Maybe it happened for the very first time."

"Well, that could be a possibility, but how do we know what to do if there is no book!" Twilight looked like she was about to blow into hysterics, until Rarity put a hoof around her.

"Don't worry darling. We will find a way. Plus, we haven't tried the Elements of Harmony yet, and that could be a possible solution." Rarity helped Twilight put back the stacks and stacks of books they had looked through back into the shelves.

After that, Twilight started to rummage through her closet. Finally, she found what satisfied her, and pulled out a case, beautifully embodied with magnificent gems. She opened it happily, but then her face turned into a very shocked one. Why?

The Elements of Harmony were gone!

A NEW BOOK IS COMING OUT!