F3: Well here I go my first movie fic. Now please note that this fic is just a trial run and would appreciated on feedback.
Pinkie: *Holding popcorn* Well what are you waiting for get this going already.
F3: Okay. Hope you enjoy this. I'm Fireuser3 and I'll see you at the finish line.
Chapter 1: Visions and Suspicions.
It was a quite night in Canterlot. Nightclubs opened for their nightly services while other places are closed only to open up again when the sun rose up again. At Canterlot castle the guards as usual are patrolling the ground making sure no unwanted guests were welcome in the castle. In a tower in the east rested the matriarch of the sun Princess Celestia rests in her bed without a care in the world.
However this wouldn't be one of the those nights as Celestia tossed and turned in her oversized bed trying to find peace but even though Celestia was a princess; she was still a pony and all ponies have nightmares and these are one of those times.
In her dream she was in a cave filled with crystals of all sizes. She walked along the path provided and came to a clearing but what she saw was six large crystals in front of her.
She dared to peer inside one of them but when she did she found a rainbow colored pegasi with an angered look on her face. She then glanced at the other five crystals which contained the remaining six including an azure colored unicorn with a sorrow look on her face; her eyes closed and her face staring at the ground and sitting on her haunches.
"Hold on girls I'll free you." Celestia thought but before she could she heard a somepony wailing not far off. She left the girls and went to locate the pony wailing.
She sprinted off toward a tunnel where she found a pony that she couldn't identify. "Identify yourself!" she shouted but before she could do anything else a black smog blasted forth toward her.
"CELESTIA!" Somepony shouted but couldn't tell who.
Celestia woke up from her dream with a start as she was sweating and looking around her room making sure she was still safe.
Her bedroom door burst open revealing her sister Luna with a worried look "Sister did you see what I have seen." Luna asked obviously worried.
"I'm afraid so dear sister. We have to advise Trixie and her friends in the morning." She said.
"Now try to return to sleep dear sister I'll be raising the sun in a few hours." Celestia added. And with that Luna began to exit her sister's room but not before returning a concerning look
"Go on sister." Celestia calmly shooed returning with a reassuring smile.
And with that Luna exited Celestia's room and closed the doors with her magic to give Celestia some privacy.
But once her sister was gone Celestia looked outside her window with a concerned look "I hope that wasn't who I thought it was." She pondered then returned to sleep not thinking about it again.
Hours later in the town of Ponyville with Celestia's sun now in the sky as ponies were beginning there day. However one pony wasn't exactly awake yet due to another all-nighter. Trixie was currently faced first in a book she was reading or more like re-reading. Halyn hanging from her perch sleeping while as for Spike he was up and about.
He noticed Trixie sleeping at her desk with a book under her face snoring loudly. He let out a grunted sigh "Sometimes I think she does this just to annoy me." Spike said to himself but then an idea struck his mind. He grinned almost evilly and went to one of the shelfs in the room and brought out… a bell.
"I knew this would come in handy." He said. He then slowly crept behind Trixie, took in a breath of air and began to ring the bell.
"FIRE!" Spike shouted as he rang the bell.
Trixie went wide eyed jumped from her desk almost scrambled to save some of the books "Spike grab the books from sections A through G and I'll grab the…" Trixie began but then heard laughing coming from said dragon.
Spike was laughing his tail off from the prank he just pulled "Trixie you should have seen the look on your face." He laughed again
"It was priceless." He stated again before going into another fit of laughter.
Trixie only facehoofed "You've been hanging around with Lightning Dust again haven't you." She said.
"Oh yeah." Spike said finally calming himself down from his laughing fit
"But what were you doing up so late again?" He asked.
Trixie cleared her throat "Well if you must know I was looking over this." Trixie said as she approached her desk again and enveloped said book she was reading and showed it to Spike.
Spike took the book out of Trixie's magical grip and read the cover "Mythical creatures. Wouldn't this be like the Nightmare Moon thing that happened when we came to Ponyville?" Spike asked.
"Well we already proven that Nightmare Moon was real but when we used the Elements on her she was in a word 'purified' by it's magic." She stated
"But what I'm wondering what could've took Luna over in the first place." Trixie added.
"That's why I've been going through this book to see any of these Mythical creatures had that same ability and we can find a way to prevent it before it even starts." Trixie finished as she now was starting to flip through the pages.
"Shouldn't you at least get breakfast first before you start?" Spike pointed out. "I'll be fine Spike besides I've done this before…" She began but her stomach interrupted her with a growling sound. Trixie blushed "Perhaps I should get something before then." Trixie added.
After a well-deserved breakfast she grabbed the book and headed out to see the town "Maybe Sunset might have an idea about this she's just as study oriented as me." Trixie said as she and Spike approached Sunsets home. Spike went to open the door only to notice that it won't open.
"I think it's locked Trixie." Spike said.
"Hm… that's strange normally she would be home." Trixie then spotted a note on the door in which she picked up with her magic and begun to read it
"Gone to Canterlot to meet with client. Be back soon. Sunset" Trixie read.
"Well at least we know where she is now right." Spike said
"Yeah I guess." She pulled the book from her saddle bag
"But I'm still wondering if whatever possessed Luna turning her into Nightmare Moon could still be about." Trixie said concerned.
"What are you two talking about now?" A voice sprung out caused Spike and Trixie to flinch then to look around for the source of the voice
"Um… I'm up here." It said as Spike and Trixie looked up only to find Lightning Dust staring at them
"Oh hey Lightning. You know after how long I've been here I'm still not used to that yet." Trixie added.
"Yeah it's cool. So like I said; what are you two talking about now?" Lightning said.
Trixie sighed "You remember when we took down Nightmare Moon and turned into Luna?" She asked quizzed and Dust nodded
"Yeah then we held a big celebration for her return. Why you ask?" Dust questioned.
"Well it's only a theory but I believe Luna was possessed by some kind of creature which in turn turned her into Nightmare Moon." Trixie then sighed again
"But this book doesn't have a single thing about any particular creature or mythical being that has those abilities to control ponies." Trixie continued.
"So I came to see if Sunset had another book about it but it turns out she's in Canterlot with a client." Trixie finished.
"Wow that's rough." Dust stated.
"Tell me about it." Spike added.
"But are you sure that she was possessed?" This time it was Lightning's turn to ask.
"The book about the two sister said that she became Nightmare moon out of jealousy and anger toward Celestia but I think there might be something more to this." She concluded
"I'm not taking a chance on this one." Trixie stated.
"So… you want me to round up the girls or what?" Lightning asked.
"Shouldn't you be taking care of weather duty first?" Trixie said gesturing to the cloud Lightning's on and the other clouds around Ponyville.
"Oh right. No problem." Lightning said as she busted the cloud she was on, gave a little salute and flew off to take care of the rest of the town.
"Let's just hope that I'm wrong about this Spike." Trixie said optimistically
"And if you are right?" Spike asked
"Let's not get there just yet." Trixie said.
They both walked about town seeing that everypony is doing their normal thing. AJ at the apple stand with Big Mac, Cheerliee spending time with her adoptive daughter Emerald, the crusaders doing their usual 'get cutiemark quick' schemes or something like that.
But even though it was a nice day something is bound to happen. Trixie look up at the sky for a minute to survey when she noticed a familiar rainbow colored streak heading toward the park at a fast downward rate.
"What in the hay is Rainbow doing now?" Spike asked
"From her trajectory she heading straight toward the park. C'mon Spike!" Trixie ordered and sprinted off toward the park.
Upon arriving they saw Rainbow dash hanging upside down from her tail being caught in a branch in a tree.
"C'mon you stupid tail." She said trying to untangle her tail from the branch but with no success.
"Rainbow!" Trixie called out getting Dash's attention
"You okay?" She asked.
"Yeah just fine and dandy; you know just hanging around." Dash said trying not to act calm.
Trixie only raised an eyebrow "Your stuck aren't you." She said knowingly.
"What me stuck? No way I'm not…" She exclaimed at first trying to shake it off like nothing but then look at her situation before finally admitting
"Yeah I'm stuck." She admitted crossing her hoofs.
Trixie only chuckled a little "Hold on a gotcha Dash." She said as she lit her horn and aim for the knot around Rainbows tail.
With the knot encased in Trixie's aura she proceeded to untie the knot and was able to free Rainbow from it which resulted in Dash landing on the ground.
"So what happened this time? Failed trick again or not so well timed stunt." Trixie asked.
"Actually neither." Rainbow added. She then showed her left side which had some kind of green slime on it and it was sticking to Dash's coat.
"What in the world is this?" Trixie asked
"I was hoping you would know cause whatever it is caused me to lose control and slam right smack into this tree." Dash added.
"Let's head back to the library so I can get this stuff off of you." Trixie said
"For once I agree." Dash added. But before they could even get going Spike cheeks bulged and he burped up a green flame and a scroll with the princess's seal on it.
"A letter from the princess?" Trixie questioned as Spike opened it
"Actually it's from Shining Armor." Spike corrected.
"Well what's it say?" Rainbow asked peaking interest.
"Dear Trixie; I'm here to inform you that princess Celestia and Luna have summoned you and your friends to Canterlot immediately. Don't ask why that it's me writing to you and not the princesses. Myself, your friend Sunset Shimmer and some of my guard will escort you to the castle. Signed Captain of the Royal Guard; Shining Armor." Spike finished.
"That's all it said." Rainbow asked
"Then were going to Canterlot now." Trixie added with a stern expression on her face
"Shining normally sends a letter if he's going to visit but he never sends one unless it's an emergency." Trixie stated
"Therefore if something has come up with the princess's then when have to go to Canterlot now." She then turned to Rainbow and Spike.
"Rainbow you go get Coco, and Spike you go find Lightning Dust, and I'll go get Cheerliee. Meet up at the train station in ten minutes." Trixie ordered as they both gave a salute and they took off in different directions.
It didn't take long to get Cheerliee, Coco, and Lightning Dust to meet up at the train station. The current mane five plus Spike were on their way to Canterlot.
"So you saying that Shining Armor contacted you via letter about an emergency and he didn't even bother to tell you what it was." Lightning replied.
"Yeah that pretty much sums it all up." Trixie answered.
"I wonder what kind of emergency it is." Cheerliee pondered bringing a hoof to her lower chin
"I mean there was the Nightmare Moon mishap. What could be worse than that?" Cheerliee pondered.
"Only time will tell but for now we must stay focused on the task at hoof." Trixie stated.
"Now that I think about it this whole thing is happening right when I was doing research on mythical creatures, then that strange gunk on Rainbows wing, coincidence… maybe." Trixie thought.
The train whistle blew as it pulled into the Canterlot station and true to the letter Shining Armor, Sunset, and the royal guards were there to greet them.
"Shining what's the problem?" Trixie asked as the guard surrounded the girls and Spike which surprised the girls
"Don't be scared this only protocol." Shining assured them as the girls and guard around them begin to move.
"So what's going on?" Lightning asked.
"Sunset will have to inform you on that part." Shining replied as Sunset spoke up
"There was a good reason I was in Canterlot today." Sunset began
"Because of a new client you were meeting." Spike answered. Sunset stared at him for a minute.
"You left a note on the door." Trixie finished for him
"Right but when I was teaching a new client a friend of my client showed up and they left with happy smiles." Sunset said which confused the rest of them.
"And the problem with that is… what?" Lightning said.
"Thing is not three seconds they left I heard them screaming at each other and broke up then and there." Sunset added
"But that's not the worst part. There was a heart symbol above the both of them and then it turned…black and it shattered." Sunset continued.
The rest were shocked at what Sunset said "Please tell me you didn't see anything else." Lightning added
"Actually I did see something else. There was this green like stuff forming then it took off. I tried to keep up with it then I'd lost it." Sunset said sadly.
"I reported to Shining Armor here afterwards and he sent a letter and now we're here in this situation." Sunset finished.
"Screaming at each other, Black hearts shattering, green stuff forming." Trixie pondered
"What do these things mean?" Trixie questioned herself.
"Maybe the princess's might have an answer." Coco assured her
"Maybe or maybe not." Trixie added.
"Hey as a pony said 'Don't fret over it too much or yah'll end up with a headache the size of a mountain'." Dust said trying to imitate a certain farmpony.
Trixie then smile at Lightning "Your right I shouldn't think too much about it I'm sure the answer will appear before long." Trixie smiled.
"That's the spirit." Cheerliee added.
It took about another ten minutes to get to the castle and another five to get in the castle as the guards were doing inspection. When it came to Lightning Dust turn for inspection they started by looking over her wings.
Lightning wasn't having it and took a defensive stance "HEY! Watch the wings pal!" She snarled.
"Dust its routine. There just making sure you don't have anything hidden on you." Shining assured her. Lightning groan as she lighten up but still kept her stare on the guard. As the guard said she was clear to go through they went inside the castle with only Shining Armor and not the guards as they were left outside to watch for any intruders.
A few minutes later they arrived in the throne room where both Celestia and Luna were sitting on their thrones. The princesses took notice as they've arrived. Shining, the girls, and Spike bowed to the princesses before lifting their heads to face them.
"I've brought them just like you asked Celestia." Shining said. Celestia nodded
"Thank you Shining Armor that'll be all." Celestia said. He bowed once more than exited the room so they could talk to the girls and Spike.
"So Princess why are we here?" Cheerliee questioned.
"Well that's just it isn't." Luna spoke up.
"I'm afraid there might be a problem." Luna said
"Have you ever heard of the Tantabus?" Luna questioned.
"A Tantabus?" Coco said nervously.
They all shook their heads "I don't think we've heard of one before." Rainbow said.
"A Tantabus is… not a creature per say." Luna answered.
It shocked the others "What do you mean not a creature?" Lightning asked.
"It's like I said. Because the Tantabus is thing that can…" Luna sighed stopping and looks away.
"Take control of you." Luna finally said.
Trixie was putting things together then came up with a solution "So what you're saying is that this Tantabus is what turned you into Nightmare Moon." Trixie concluded.
Luna nodded "Yes. But it does more than just that. It feeds off of negative energy and grows stronger. When it grows strong enough it completely controls the user." Luna explained.
Sunset spoke up "Hold on what about when we used the Elements on you. Did it get rid of it?" Sunset asked.
Luna shook her head "All you managed to do was purged the Tantabus from me which means it's still out there. Probably feeding off of another poor soul." Luna said.
"So what do you want us to do?" Coco questioned.
Celestia looked at Trixie "Trixie can I ask you a question?" Celestia asked
"Sure ask away." Trixie said quickly.
"How long has it been since you've seen Cadence?" Celestia said.
Trixie thought it over "Well not ever since she went…" Trixie began then her smile turned into a worried thought
"Missing." Trixie finished then a thought came into her head
"You don't think this Tantabus has to do with Cadence's disappearance." Trixie added.
Celestia nodded "It might be so. Just stay cautious." She warned.
"Um… who's Cadence?" Sunset asked.
"Oh right. Cadence was my old foal sitter when I was a filly. We've became good friends." Trixie added.
Then Trixie remember what Sunset told them "Oh yeah Sunset don't you have something to say to them." Trixie reminded.
"In fact I do." Sunset said and then she went on about to explain what she saw in town, the strange goo that formed, the ponies screaming at each other.
"Hm… I see. An ability to break the relationships between friends and loved ones." Celestia concluded
"Sounds like the opposite of what Cadence could do." She added.
"What do you mean by that?" Spike asked with a thoughtful look.
"Well before Cadence went missing she had an ability to… how do I say it… reconstruct ponies relation with one another." Trixie began which still confused the gang.
"Let me try to explain it easier." Trixie continued as she lit her horn and projected two pony's one mare and one stallion with very angry looks on their faces with a broken heart above them.
"Now picture these two ponies arguing and I mean really going at it. Arguing enough that it breaks any kind of love they have for one another." She explained them projects an image of Cadence.
The projection of Cadence was an alicorn like the princesses with a pale to light grayish cerise coat, moderate violet mane with streaks of moderate rose and pale gold; she also has light purple eyes. Her cutiemark is a flat surfaced light blue crystal heart between two gold laces.
"However with her magic she can restore the bonds between the ponies to help them rekindle their love." Trixie added showing the projection of Cadences magic on the two ponies which they were happy now.
Trixie then cut off her projection spell "So what do you think?" Trixie finished.
The girls and Spike were in short speechless; that is until Lightning spoke up "Wow… I think I know who's the over powered princess." Lightning joked.
"Do you have to make a joke out of everything?" Coco questioned
"Hey I see them as they come." Lightning retorted.
"Yeah so we got some background about you and Cadence. Meanwhile I still have this weird gunk on me!" Rainbow roared
"That is true we'll need to identify it. If it has any side effects were unaware of and left untouched. I hope it won't be anything serious." Celestia added.
"But if this is about Cadence; where do we look?" Cheerliee asked.
"Might thy suggest the Crystal Empire." Luna said.
"The Crystal… what?" Dash wondered.
"The Crystal Empire is where Cadence ruled over before she went missing but without her there the empire will soon crumble out of existence." Trixie explained.
"Well then why are we sitting here on our flanks for let's get going!" Dust shouted obviously pumped as she started to shadow box in the air.
"I agree. But what if there's…" Coco gulped
"Danger where were going." She said nervously.
"I'm sure we'll be fine besides what could happen?" Trixie smiled.
"And you jinxed it." Sunset thought with a small glare aimed at the azure unicorn.
"Even so I would suggest taking extreme caution. You never know what might be lurking when you get there." Celestia warned.
They bowed and exited the room leaving the two sisters to contemplate the situation.
"Sister? What are thou thinking now?" Luna asked.
"Luna I want you to send a letter to Radiant Hope and tell her to meet the girls at the train station when they arrive and to keep an eye on them so that nothing will happen to them." Celestia requested.
"If that's what you wish sister." She was about to exit then turned back to her older sister
"But before I do so; why do you insist on their safety?" Luna asked.
"I have a feeling that there's something more going to happen and I won't allow our subjects to be terrorized by this." Celestia answered glaring out one of the windows like she was getting ready for a fight to come.
Luna glanced at the sun matriarch one more time and then took her leave.
Meanwhile the girls made it back to Ponyville and were packing for a long trip "But how come I can't come?" Spike complained
"I want you to keep an eye on things here till we get back and to keep me informed incase anything goes wrong, and Cheerlie and Sunset need somepony to look over the younger members of there family." Trixie explained.
"Great I'm a scout and a foalsitter." Spike added.
"Plus if anything happened to you while we're there, I would never forgive myself afterwards. So please Spike I'm asking you to stay for your own safety." Trixie pleaded.
Spike just shrugged "Alright if you really want me to. Then you can count on me Trixie!" He saluted.
After saying her goodbyes to Spike she left for the train station. The she was met by Coco, followed by Sunset, Cheerliee, and both Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash.
They arrived at the train station "Alright girls we ready to go?" Trixie asked
"Absolutely!" Lightning and Dash shouted.
"Prepared and ready." Sunset said puffing her chest out.
"I'm ready… ish." Coco said nervously
"I think that everypony." Cheerliee said.
"Okay then let's do it to it." Trixie said as they all got on the train. Their destination: Crystal Empire.
Who knows what kind of trouble they could face once they've arrived.
F3: Okay that's a start.
Pinkie: What are they going to run into next? And who's Radiant Hope?
F3: Oh you'll find out… next time! I'm Fireuser3 Blazing Out!
Pinkie: And I'm Pinkie Pie! Catch yah later!
