Friends and Answers

Normal POV

CB woke up from her sleep and yawned. She noticed that Apple Bloom had left.

"Probably eating breakfast." She thought.

CB rubbed her eyes and got up from the bed. It was a long night for her, but she never slept so comfortable and peaceful in her entire lifetime. CB walked into the dining place and saw Apple Bloom on the table waiting for something.

"Oh, hey CB. My sister is making pancakes. That's if she ever gets up from her nap."

Apple Bloom pointed at the kitchen side where Applejack had her head on the counter. She was snoring and CB almost laughed at this but saw Apple Bloom looking worried.

"My sis has never been this tired since the last time she told me she had a nightmare about a weird purple goo monster. Which of course we defeated."

CB rubbed her chin. She knew Hybrid could have something to do with this. After all, he was able to enter a pony's dreams and thoughts. Her thoughts were then interrupted when Apple Bloom yelled at her sister.

"Applejack!"

AJ woke up and fell on the floor. She rubbed her head and looked around, wondering what was going on.

"Huh! What? What happened?"

"Applejack, are ya okay?"

"Course I am! I'm just...very..."

Applejack then fell asleep on the floor and hugging her hat. Apple Bloom woke her sister up again and Applejack yawned.

"I'm gonna go and visit Twilight and the others. Stay safe Apple Bloom."

"Apple Bloom shrugged and got an idea.

"I know! Want to meet my friends? I'm sure they'll let you into our club!"

CB looked at her in confusion.

"Club? What club?"

"The Cutie Mark Crusaders! See."

Apple Bloom showed CB her cutie mark. CB looked at it with astonishment.

"You got your cutie mark?! That's amazing!"

"Thanks. My friends and I got them at the same time! Neat huh?"

CB nodded and had an idea.

"Hey, do you think you and your friends can help me get my cutie mark?"

"Of course! That's what the Cutie Mark Crusaders are for! C'mon! They're probably at the treehouse right now!"

"Treehouse? What's a treehouse?"

Twilight and the rest of her friends were at her castle, exhausted. Rainbow Dash was flying and then she hit her head on the ceiling and came crashing down.

"Ow! Ugh! I'm so tired from last night! I didn't get sleep at all!"

The rest of the mane six nodded. Twilight yawned.

"Yeah, I had this weird dream of a shadowy fright hound and-"

Twilight was surprised when she saw her friends looking at her with astonishment. Fluttershy was the first to break the silence.

"I had a dream about a fright hound as well. He...he killed my animals!"

Everypony gasped and Pinkie was next in telling her story.

"The fright hound was everywhere! He's even faster then me! He made my cakes explode! Wow, talk about deja vu!"

Twilight was the last to tell hers.

"The fright hound told me that he was from another dimension and that his name was Hybrid. He plans on taking over Equestria!"

The mane six gasped. Spike got a scroll ready and Twilight knew what he was thinking.

"Good idea, Spike. Maybe Princess Luna knows what's going on."

Rainbow Dash thought up something.

"Could Hybrid just be another tantibus?"

Twilight nodded.

"Not likely, it wouldn't make sense. Why would she make another after knowing the consequences?"

Spike got out his quill and began writing down what Twilight said.

"Dear Princess Luna,

It appears that there is great tribulation heading for Ponyville and the rest of Equestria. My friends and I have had the same nightmare like last time. Except much worse. Some fright hound by the name of Hybrid came into our dreams, telling each of us something strange. We hope you can shed some light into this mystery.

Your faithful friend, Twilight Sparkle."

Spike rolled up the letter and sent it off to the princess. Suddenly, the doors of the castle opened revealing the princess of the night.

"Which one of you saw Hybrid?!"

"Wow, talk about serious deja vu!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

Twilight turned her attention to Luna who was standing there in bewilderment.

"You know him?"

Luna walked up to the mane six explaining and shedding some light in there little puzzle.

"Let's just say we were acquaintances a thousand years ago. You must all be careful from this powerful demon. He is able to go into anypony's dreams and cause paranoia. He is like no pony-err-creature like you've ever seen."

"What do you mean?" Rarity asked being puzzled about everything.

"He has the power to destroy a pony in a snap."

Twilight added something to Luna's sentence.

"I've noticed that he is almost joking or laughing all the time."

"Ha! Just seems to me like another Discord!" Rainbow scoffed before Luna nodded her head.

"No, Hybrid has almost the same personality as Discord that's true. But his heart is pure of darkness and madness."

Rainbow Dash gasped and remembered what Hybrid told her.

"Guys! Before I woke up, Hybrid told me that he had some sort of army. Should we be worried? Cause we can just defeat them in less than a day!"

Luna interrupted her,"Rainbow Dash, you don't understand. If Hybrid ever entered into the real world, our world would be obliterated. To Hybrid it's just a game, but to us it would mean the end of Equestria. Look."

Luna used her magic to summon a book. The book appeared to have a hole in the middle, the shape of one of Rarity's diamonds.

"What is that?" Rainbow asked.

"This is what Hybrid is after," Luna answered,"This book contains legends and prophecies of future events. The weird hole you see on the cover of the book is a good thing. The book says,

When the four crystals unite,

They shall hold a key.

Fear the beast with no light,

This will be no cup of tea!"

Applejack was really confused.

"What the hay does that mean?"

"I was confused as well as you, Applejack. The four crystals are hidden somewhere in Equestria. They hold the key to releasing Hybrid from his prison. Celestia and I, a thousand years ago, met Hybrid. You may not know but there is a legend somewhere in that book that says that Hybrid was a third ruler. He helped us by making rainbows with his powers. That is all true, except a few details changed."

Twilight shook her head in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"That's not important right now. What's important is keeping this book safe. That's why I'm asking you, all of you, to be the guardians of this book. You must not let it fall into the wrong hooves! And do not tell anypony about this! Only my sister knows and the rest of you."

CB walked into the treehouse and saw two ponies talking to each other. They looked at CB and said hi to Apple Bloom.

"Hey guys, this is CB. She's my new friend and she wants us to help her get her cutie mark!"

"Sure!" Scootaloo said in excitement.

Sweetie Belle agreed. "This will be fun!"

CB felt happy, but her mission.

"I guess I can put it off one more day. It wouldn't hurt. And Hybrid did say to gain ponies' trust."

"Great! Where do we start?!"

Celestia paced around her throne room waiting for somepony.

"Where is he?"

Suddenly, a familiar face appeared next to her in a flash.

"You called for me, princess?"

"Discord. Where were you?"

"Relax, Celestia. You'll age faster if you keep up with the stress. And for your information, I was busy having my regular Tuesday tea with Fluttershy."

Celestia sighed,"Let's just get to the point. You may not have heard but something terrible has happened."

Discord snapped his fingers and a tea cup appeared in his paw.

"What happened this time? A friendship problem between two fillies? The cakes at Sugar Cube Corner aren't fresh? An evil cult, again."

"Hybrid."

Discord spat out the tea he was drinking and looked at Celestia with astonishment. He then started to laugh.

"What's so funny?!"

Discord wiped a tear from his eye and gasped for air.

"Hybrid? Really?! My old mentor which you banished about a thousand years ago? Please."

"It's true! He visited Luna last night and Twilight and her friends. He is planning on taking over the universe. If not destroy it!"

"Even if he did visit Luna, what's to say he's coming here? He's trapped in the dimension known as the Underworld. There's no way anypony can return from that awful place. But of course, he's no pony. It's Hybrid of course, and if I know my teacher he always finds a way."

"I'm afraid he's already on a quest to finding the crystals. But the only way to find them is if he had possession of the book which holds the map to finding them. And thankfully he can't open the book. He was cursed and banished, therefore a being of pure madness who is banished can't open something made from a pure heart."

A tea cup appeared again next to Discord and next to Celestia. She took it and Discord asked,"What do you suggest we do? Go and find them before he does?"

"Luna is already asking Twilight and her friends for help. The book is kept safe with Twilight. I trust that they will keep it safe."

Pinkamena walked in a dark hallway with Rainbow Factory Dash (RFD) to meet with Hybrid.

"What do you think he wants?" Asked RFD.

Pinkamena shrugged,"I don't know. But it may have something to do with S.P.E.C.T.R.A."

"Do you think it has to do with Creepy Bloom?"

"I hope not. I really do think she's doing what Hybrid asked of her. I hope she's okay. I still think it was a bad idea to send her off alone."

The two entered inside Hybrid's throne room and walked towards Hybrid. His throne was facing the other way and the two stood where they were. Hybrid started laughing and spoke in his cheerful voice.

"Pinkamena! Rainbow Factory Dash! Glad you could make it! Here, make yourself at home!"

Hybrid snapped his fingers and a couch appeared next to the two ponies. Several things appeared such as a table, a lamp, popcorn and tea.

The two looked at each other in confusion.

"You seem happy." RFD said still confused why.

Hybrid turned his throne now facing them.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be?! Being the brilliant fright hound I am, I've found something else that can take us to Equestria! You see, I recently made 'a deal' with my old friend, Chrysalis. She's forc-I mean convinced in helping us. In return I will grant her and her army all the love they want. Now she's working on finding the crystals to opening the book."

"Chrysalis? You never told us that you had another friend." Said Pinkamena.

RFD agreed. "Yeah, the only friend you told us you had was Discord."

"Well, here's the thing. I was Discord's mentor in teaching him the inns and outs of becoming the lord of chaos. In return he was supposed to free me, thousands of years ago! Which I guess he forgot! So I decided to go with Queen Chrysalis. In gaining the love of all Equestria she was supposed to free us with that power. But she failed miserably! Next was King Sombra, he failed as well did Tirek. Oh, almost forgot to mention Nightmare Moon, that failure was no accident though. They were all my puppets! I basically made them who they are. Each of them failed in bringing me what I wanted. And if they do a negative thing to me, I'll do a negative thing to them. So I haunted some of their dreams from time to time. But now, I see that Queen Chrysalis won't disappoint me this time."

RFD then asked Hybrid,"What if she fails, along with Creepy Bloom?"

"Hmm let me think. Eenie meenie minee...OBLITERATE THEM!"

The two looked at him in fear as he laughed. Hybrid turned around facing away from them.

"But don't you ponies worry. I have eyes evvveeeerrryyyyywwhhhheeeerrrreee!"

Hey everypony! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! If you liked it then review and tell me how I did. Or PM me if you like! This story so far has been really fun to write and stay tuned for the upcoming chapter: The Hunt Begins