Twilight Sparkle and the Blizzard A-Brewing: Part Two

Oh Princess, Where Art Thou?

"Twilight!" Rainbow Dash burst into the room. It was "nice" to say to least that my friends finally came. Maybe unexpected is the right word. Personally, I would have preferred to be in the company of books rather than ponies. But, I had something even more important in mind. The snow has been piling up and has broken Equestria records for the longest snowfall. The only two colors in the sky are white and gray, because the clouds block even the night from taking its natural course. Considering the date, it has officially been a week since Princess Celestia left her ominous message, "WAIT", and I was concerned.

"TWILIGHT!" my friends shouted, my brain stunned for a few seconds. It appears everyone came to see me incapacitated. My flu was almost over, thanks to the specialty vegetarian chicken soup the chef prepared just for me. My mind was quite busy, but my friends came all the way here to see me…

I stuttered slightly, "Oh! Thanks for coming to see me guys…"

"The snow's been awfully dreadful," tossed in Rarity. It wasn't like her to state the obvious…

"Is something up?"

Fluttershy popped in, "The… the Princess…"

Rainbow Dash pushed her to the side and butted in"…IS GONE! VANISHED! WE CAN'T FIND HER!" shouted Rainbow Dash.

Spike had an idea, "Let's make a search party to find her!"

"Oh! A party! I loooooove parties!" declared Pinkie Pie.

I decided to put my hoof into the conversation, "No, Pinkie, a search party is where we all go out and find someone, namely Princess Celestia."

Applejack hesitated, "Where would we even look?"

"Do you need some help?" a noise from outside the room. Princess Luna walked through the open door. "I am always one step ahead of you, Twilight Sparkle," she proudly declared.

"Who are you, Franziska von Karma?" I sarcastically retorted.

"Never mind your silly references, but I found something that may help your search: video footage of the area."

"Wait, what? Do we even have that kind of technology?" I inquired.

"Equestria is slightly more advanced than its neighbors. While you have only read of these marvels, we already have them."

Rainbow Dash decided to intervene on our useless conversation, "Hey guys! We're supposed to be finding Princess Celestia, not arguing!"

Princess Luna flinched, "Fine. We must make haste."

Her horn started to glow and an image the size of a whiteboard appeared in front of us. It showed Princess Celestia walking behind her throne… but not coming out!

"We simply must go investigate what is behind that throne! The fate of all of Equestria may rely on it!" Rarity proclaimed. We all nodded our heads in affirmation.

We headed towards the throne room. Only a few guards stood in front of the empty throne, but they immediately moved to the side at their first glance of Princess Luna. Pinkie Pie must have ran (or teleported, I'm not even sure if she goes by the rules of logic) ahead and appeared. She wore a detective costume from a character I just cannot remember… I will look it up later.

"Hey guys! There's a seeeecret switch over here!" Pinkie Pie announced to us.

"Good job, Pinkie!" I replied. "See if you can activate it somehow."

"Alright, Twilight! Did it!" She bounced around, pleased of her accomplishment.

The ground shook, and the chairs in the main hall fell over. The wall behind the throne sunk into the ground and a cavern was revealed. After a quick glance, I noticed we were far from finding Princess Celestia. We walked into the tunnel, and realized our quest was just beginning.