"Of Fairies and Ponies 2"

by K.C. Ellison

-Four-

Celestia, co-princess of Equestria, was busy waiting the arrival of Timmy and Trixie at Canterlot Castle. She was just about to eat a slice out of a large cake that was prepared for her when a huge cloud of smoke covered the throne room.

"Smoke in the room! Get the princess out of here!" cried one of Princess Celestia's honour guards.

"Hold on a moment," said Celestia as the smoke dissapated, revealing Timmy and the others.

"Greetings, Princess Celestia!" said Timmy.

"Hello, Timmy! I've been expecting you, and I see you went ahead and brought Twilight and here friends here as well!" said Celestia.

"Uh, Princess Celestia...there's a piece of cake right beside you..." said Twilight.

Princess Celestia looked at everyone with an awkward grin. A while ago, the princess was caught stuffing her face with cake, which was then published in the Ponyville School newspaper: the "Foal Free Press."

"Umm...does anypony want some cake?" she asked.

Timmy and his friends didn't partake in the princess' cake...except for one. Wanda was about to take off towards the cake, when Cosmo stopped her.

"But it's chocolate cake!" whined Wanda.

"One slice, and that's it!" said Cosmo.

Wanda squealed in delight and took a slice.

"Wanda, that is NOT a slice! Give me that cake!" Cosmo shouted.

Wanda let out an intimidating roar.

"Now, honey...we both know you need to cut down on the choco...wait, what are you doing with that knife? WANDA? THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING! NO!" Cosmo said before a huge struggle ensued.

-x-x-x-

"You'll have to forgive my wife, princess," said Cosmo, who was covered in scratches next to his wife, whose face was covered in icing. "She's goes beserk whenever she sees any chocolate," he added.

"You should've know better than to go between a pony and their sweets!" said Pinkie Pie.

"That's okay, Cosmo. My nephew keeps saying that I should act more like a royal, but I think a true royal should act like their subjects," replied Celestia.

"So I guess you are just like us after all!" said Trixie.

"Before we get totally off-topic, why did you ask Trixie and I to come see you?" Timmy asked Celestia.

"Oh, I was just about to get to that. You can come in now!" Celestia said.

From a side door, a tall brown furred creature with bat wings came walking out.

"I'd like you all to meet Prince Scorpan of the Mountain Gargoyle Kingdom," said Celestia.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm Scorpan of the Mountain Gargoyles," said Scorpan.

Just then the gargoyle prince spotted Spike the Dragon.

"A dragon? It is a dragon! First one I've seen up close!" continued Scorpan.

"Hi, Scorpan! My name's Spike, and I'm a dragon!" said the little purple dragon.

"Wait, did you say that 'Spike' was your name? That's strange, because I think I heard that name somewhere before..." Scorpan said.

"Scorpan here just informed me of some very important news that he'd like you share with you, isn't that right?" asked Celestia.

"Right," said Scorpan. "About one week ago, I was flying around the ruins of Midnight Castle when I noticed this pillar of darkness shooting up out of it. I went in closer to check it out when I noticed this creature at the epicenter. It was then did I realize that this creature was none other than Tirac the Conqueror!"

"Tirac the Conqueror? Who's that?" asked Trixie.

"An evil, almost demonic creature who, like Nightmare Moon, almost plunged the world into eternal night some 2000 years ago," said Celestia.

"According to legend, he had a weapon called the 'Crystal of Darkness,' which he used to turn anyone into grotesque monsters!" said Scorpan.

"So, how do we stop this Tirac feller?" asked Applejack.

"The only way to stop Tirac is to use the Crystal of Darkness's counterpart: the Crystal of Light; but there is a problem..." said Celestia.

"What's that, Princess Celestia?" asked Twilight.

"The Crystal of Light was destroyed 1200 years ago, thanks to Discord..." replied Celestia.

When Discord first attacked Equestria long ago, I used the Crystal of Light to destroy him, but alas, it had no effect on him. With the most powerful weapon unable to destroy him, I had no other option: I had to surrender to the draconequus. In an act of dominance, he took the crystal from my possession and shattered it into six pieces. Little did Discord knew that those six shards still had some of its former power still in them. So I took the shards to the Dragon Lands, where the shards were reforged as the Elements of Harmony that Luna and I used to turn Discord to stone.

"So the six Elements of Harmony were once one Crystal of Light?" asked Rarity.

Celestia nodded in response to Rarity's question.

"Well we may not have the actual Crystal to defeat Tirac, but the Elements are all we've got!" said Timmy.

"So what you ponies say we go on another adventure to save Equestria? Are you with me?" asked Trixie.

"Aww Yeah!" shouted Rainbow Dash.

"Umm...okay, I guess," whispered Fluttershy.

"I'm all up for it," said Rarity.

"Hey, don't start this party without me!" cheered Pinkie Pie.

"As long as my friends are with me, we can do anything!" said Twilight.

"Ya'll don't forget about me!" said Applejack.

"Woah, you're going to need someone that knows the way. I'm going to!" said Scorpan.

"If Rarity's going, then I'm going to!" said Spike.

"Thanks, everypony! Now let's move out!" shouted Timmy.

"Good luck, my little ponies!" said Celestia just as the team left the throne room.

-Chapter Four Character Mini-Bios-

Scorpan: A gargoyle prince that lives in the faraway mountains. Does he somehow have a connection with Spike? Scorpan is a spirtual successor to the one from the "My Little Pony" cartoon, "Rescue from Midnight Castle."

Spike: A dragon that was hatched and raised amongst ponies. Though his most notable job is being Twilight Sparkle's assistant, his favorite pastime is collecting gems with his girlfriend: Rarity. Although there are many dragons named Spike throughout the history of "My Little Pony," this one appeared in the "Friendship is Magic" episode, "The Mare in the Moon."

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Kellen: ...And go, St. Louis Cardinals! Let's go and win another championship!