Chapter XVII: Revival

Queen Chrysalis

"I apologize for the interruptions," I told my victim as I held the pod in my hooves. This time there would be no pony to stop me. My horn glowed with power as I drained the love from his unconscious form. It had been ages since I felt this much love. "Don't worry I won't...," the door opened and one of my troops walked into the room. "What is it?" I growl as he walks back.

"I am sorry to bother you but I thought you should see this," he projected an image of Trixie racing out of her room. "Your orders?" I sigh tell them to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't help the ponies. "Should I contact Vlad about this," I shake my head. The last thing I want is to have that being meddle in my affairs. "yes." he flies away.

"Now where were...," I sense something nearby, "Well it seems your friends are here early. I might as well greet them." I take off to prepare for my guests' arrival.

Sam

I am not sure what happened. One minute I am talking to Danny and the next everything goes black. I slowly open my eyes and find myself face to face with the pink pony. "You pick funny times to sleep," she says bouncing on my chest. I push her off and stand up.

"Where are the others?" she shrugs and says it's just the two of us. "God help me." I look around and ask her if she knows where in the castle we were. She says it looks one of the basements. "You mean there are more than one?" She says there are a lot of them. I sigh and feel the walls.

"What are you doing?" I tell her I am looking for a secret passage way. All castles have them and Canterlot should be no different. She walks around the room pushing her hoof against the wall. I was about to ask what she's doing when the wall moved. "I win!" I walk over and shine a light through it. "Where do you think it goes?" there is only one way to find out.

I shine the light on the floor and see a piece of paper. I gently pick it up, "The capture of souls and other spirits,' the title send chills up my spine. I motion for the pony to follow me. She giggles and starts bouncing down the passageway.

Spike

"Hello? Is anyone here?" I call out looking around at my surroundings. One moment I am talking to Rarity and the next I am here alone. It seems like I am one of the lower levels of the palace. "I don't think I've been down this way before." The lower parts were generally off limits to anyone save Celestia.

"If I remember correctly there should be…," I heard the sound of hooves approaching. I rush into a corner and tell whoever is there to back off. "I am a ferocious fire breathing dragon," I breathe a flame trying to scare away the attacker.

A shadow appears on the wall, "Spike is that you," the voice of Scootaloo says as she races into sight. "I am glad to see you," she says as I come out of hiding. She tells me that Dani is in danger. "One minute we are walking and the next it's like she's stuck to the ground." Something in the back of my mind says this all connected to the ponies disappearing.

We arrive where the filly had left her but there is no trace of her. "You don't think they took her?" she asks looking around for her friend. "If those bugs have done anything to her I will squash them." I tell her to take it easy as we don't know what happened.

"She couldn't have gone far," I tell her as we start to look Dani hoping she's all right.

Clockwork

"I hope this is worth it," Dr. Hooves says as we arrive at the tower. I show them a scene of Tucker with two princesses. "Where are they going and why are the princesses with him?" Hooves asks watching them fly through the Ghost Zone.

I explain they are heading to Frostbite's and will need some help. The earth pony asks what he can do as he doesn't know where the Ghost Zone is and with Celestia ad Luna they have all the help they need. "I am glad you asked." I touched the screen with my staff changing to picture of Jasmine coming home from college.

"Who is that?" he asks getting closer to the screen. I explain that is Danny's sister Jasmine and she helps him from time to time. "What does she….no!" the pony stamps his hoof on the ground. "I am done with humans and adventures. You promised me peace," he declared angrily.

"I promised you peace ,yes, but it has its price," I remind him. "Equestria is your home and you refuse to defend it?" Hooves looked at me angrily. "Vlad will destroy Equestria and enslave every earth pony, unicorn and pegasus." He sighed and asked me what he wants me to do.

Princess Celestia

"I thought this place was just a myth," Luna said as we zoomed across the green swirling Limbo. Tucker asked how an alicorn could know have of the Ghost Zone. My sister sighed and closed her eyes. "Long ago, I let my inner darkness control me. I learned things a pony should never know and seen things that should be hidden forever."

I place a hoof around her she smiles and thank me, "anytime sister," I assure her as Tucker listens to something over the receiver in his ear. "What are you listening to?" I ask him curiously. He says he's monitoring the Ghost Zone for signs of trouble so we can avoid any unpleasantness.

"Oh boy! Technus is up ahead. We'll go a…," he began to say when the sound of sirens filled the air. A look of worry crossed his face as green beings swarmed around the vehicle.

"Well well what have here," a voice said as a being dressed in white entered the craft. He had a pale almost skull like face with shining green eyes. "Smuggling foreign species into the Zone is a grave offense," he said taking a small book from his pocket and flipping through the pages. Tucker assures him that we were just passing through and will be out of here soon. "Oh no son, you're here for the long haul," he said as two other beings walked through the door.

"You do not frighten us!" Luna said charging her horn and blasted one of the attackers out the window. "We are princesses and…," she started to say until the being in white hit her with some kind of beam knocking her out cold.

"Anyone else like to try something," the being said as more of his cronies entered and slapped chains and collars on us on us. He walks up to Luna's body and places one around her. I demand to know what he is doing. "Just making sure you don't try anything funny," he walks up to and places one around me before leading us out of the craft.

Dani

"How are you feeling," my host said walking into the room with a cup of tea. "This is very calming and will help re-energize you." I take the cup from her and sip. I tell her I am feeling better thanks to her help. "That is wonderful, your teacher is right. You are a powerful and strong willed being." I blush thinking of the first time Sensei Tommy told me same thing. "When you are ready there is something you need to see."

I follow into a room full of mirrors, "What is this?" I ask her awestruck. She explains this is my mind's eye and from here we can see anything. She places a hoof on the mirrors causing it to glow. An image of Danny and Rainbow Dash locked in metal room.

"Vlad has trapped them in the gem vault," I ask her what I can do as my powers were taken away. "You forget what you learned from your fellow heroes." She changes the scene to me being captured by an evil sorcerer.

He had hoped to use me as his own personal weapon and used some spell to fill my mind with hate. The Power Rangers had come to save me but I had trouble breaking the spell. The leader of the group told me that all I need to win is focus my will power and…

"I can overcome it," I said placing a hand on the mirror. I could sense my guide smiling and the feeling of love surrounding her getting stronger as. "Tell me what I need to do."