Chapter XI: Mistaken
Twilight Sparkle
"Any sign of Danielle?" I ask Applejack but she shakes her head. She couldn't have just disappeared. I go over to where the girl was last seen. "It looks like something dragged her away from here," I point to the boot tracks on the ground.
"Uh Twilight, I think we have another problem," Fluttershy says meekly, "Danny vanished too," WHAT? "Last I saw him he was talking to Rain...," a shout for help hits me ears. I motion for the pegasus to follow me.
Not far away we find Danny sinking in a slime pit, "Twilight! Fluttershy am I glad to see you," he tries to pull himself out. I warn him not to move as it will only make him sink faster.
I take some rope from my bag and tie it around me. "Okay Fluttershy lower me down," she nods lowering me down to the pit. "Grab my hoof," I tell Danny as he reaches out. Once his grip on me is secure I signal for Fluttershy to pull us up. "Are you okay?" He nods. "How did you get in there?"
"Rainbow Dash said she had found Dani. I followed her until I fell into that slime," why would Rainbow Dash do such a thing. I knew she had been uneasy about the two but to trick him into a dangerous situation. I would have to look into this "I would like to know too."
Skulker
"You called Vlad," Plasmius stood up and told me that he had a mission for me. He tells me he wants me to track some intruders. I asked if this was whelp's friends. He shook his head conjuring an image of two ponies.
"I am afraid they learned secrets that are best kept under wraps," I asked why me as he has thousands of ghosts under his command. "Yes but you are the only one with tracking skills. Think of this as your redemption. Take care of this and I might let you scalp the ghost boy."
"Now to find out about these ponies."
Spike
"If one hair is hurt on either of them, I will make you into a rocking horse!" Sam yelled shaking her fist at Rainbow Dash. The pegasus growled at her saying she would clobber the human. "Bring it on horsey!" I try to get between him.
"Please girls I am sure we can work this out," I tell her but she won't listen to me. I try to keep to the peace but the two are bent on fighting. I see Twilight coming back with Danny. "Thank goodness you're here."
"Twi how can you trust him. He's in league with Vlad and Trixie," Twilight uses her magic to restrain them. She asks Rainbow why she tricked him. Dash says that Scootaloo brought a message from the doctor saying they were not to be trusted. "I figured if we...," Twilight's eyes narrow in anger as the blue pony backs away.
"First of all if you had suspicions you should have come to me. I would tell you that we can trust them. Secondly, how could Scootaloo get u..." Twilight swallowed hard realizing what happened. "A changeling!"
Dash turns pales and says we have to hurry as they must have captured Scootaloo. "Oh no! What if they got Sweetie Belle?" Rarity asks nervously.
"Don't worry we'll rescue them."
Queen Chrysalis
"Maybe now I can…," I felt something pull me through the door and into the room. "Plasmius what is…," he throws me to the ground. I stand up and dust myself off.
"Daniel escaped the slime trap. Already he and those miserable horses are on their way up the mountain." he showed me an image of the boy and his friends. I explain to them that the ponies are smart and..."I have a solution," he conjures a book on magic. "Here, a nullification spell," he smiles sadistically.
"Those spells can only be performed by an alicorn. Even with the amulet it would be too dangerous." Plasmius assures he knows how to make it work. He vanishes from the room.
Tucker
"Third floor new exhibitions please exit the elevator," the voice of Danny's mom said as I walked into the room.
"And I thought it was creepy in the daytime," I take out a flashlight and look for the sculptures. All around me are paintings of Vlad and how great he is."He really needs to…," I hear someone nearby and hide behind a pedestal.
"HA! HA!" the voice of the Box Ghost called out triumphantly. "At last I have the legendary Box of Eris and with it…," I knock over the pedestal. "WHO DARES TO INTRUDE…," I place a hand over his mouth and tell him to be quiet.
"What are you doing here anyway?" I ask him curiously. He points to a box on a table. "Never mind, I need your help." I tell him letting him go.
"Why should the all powerful Box Ghost help you, friend of the ghost child?" I tell him that I would give him 90" plasma screen box. His eyes light up, "What do you want me to do?" I tell him to look out for anything Vlad might throw at me.
He salutes as I walk over to what looks an information kiosk. "Jackpot!" I hook up my smartphone to it and look up the statues. According to the readout they are in the Bret Favre Statuary in the next room. "Why does Vlad have to name everything after Danny's mom or football players?"
Scootaloo
I try to break the chains that hold me to the ground. "Come on just a little bit more," I think I can make it but slip and fall. "Darn!" I need to get out of here and warn the others. I look down and see that the links hooked to the floor are rusted. "This gives me an idea." I place the chain in my mouth and pull. The chain crumbles. "Yes it...," I heard a noise coming from behind me.
I look around and see something in the cell next to me. I ask who's there and a muffled reply comes out. I take a breath and squirm my way out of the room.
In the cell next to me there was a mass of vines and tentacles hanging from the ceiling. A muffled noise comes from the mass. "Don't worry my name's Scootaloo and I'm here to help." I look around for something to cut through the plants. I see a shard of glass on the floor and place it in my mouth. I tell whatever is in there to hang on as I slice through the trap.
A strange form drops from the trap. "It's...okay...," it gasps out as I get closer to it. "You said your name's Scootaloo?" I nod. "I'm Dani, I need to get back to my cousin and...the other ponies," she tries to get up but is still weak. I race over and help steady her. "They..." somepony's coming I warn her as we sneak into the corner of the room.
A changeling guard flies into the hall. "I could have sworn I heard something." he studies the cells before changing into a Canterlot guard and flies off.
"I think I can help you," I tell Dani as we think up a plan to get out of here.
