Chapter 5

Digging for Clues

"So… we still don't know anything?"

Sunset's question hung in the air as the team came back and reported their findings. Applejack and Rainbow Dash reported a low level magic hit everywhere, but not significant PKE hits. Rarity and Twilight reported what they learned from both their interviews, but again… it wasn't much. All they got going for them now is that the ghosts wore medieval style armor and were focused on human Sunset.

"Magic hits all over the town," Twilight said. "The magic hit on the bow, the medieval ghosts…"

"In short… we still ain't got nothin' to work off of," Applejack summarized.

"Now what?" Fluttershy asked.

Twilight thought for a moment as she fingered her cellphone.

"I'm gonna make a call."


Business may have slowed down a bit, but Kylie Girffin was still happy with how things have turned out. Ray's Occults was still making money, and it seemed like anytime something weird happened in town, business spiked.

She did have to admit she missed being a Ghostbuster, but… this wasn't her world. While she was adopted by Twilight's family, she was still an outsider for the most part.

Her cellphone rang, and just as she picked it up, a customer approached the counter.

"Ray's Occults, please hold for a minute," she said as she answered, bracing the device between her shoulder and ear. She took the book the customer handed over and rang it up. "That will be $7.50."

"Nice to have someplace like this in town," the customer said as he handed over the money.

"Well… hope this helps. Thank you and have a nice day," Kylie replied.

As the customer left, Kylie took note that she was the only one in the store at the moment.

"Thank you for holding, how can I help you?" she asked, not having looked at the number due to the customer.

"You really are enjoying running a business huh Kylie?"

"Oh… Hi Twilight. Didn't know you were the one calling."

"Well… you were kinda distracted from the sound of it. Anyways… I need your help with something."

Kylie sat up straighter behind the counter.

"What's up?" she asked.

"I need you to look up some information for me."

"Alright… lay it on me."

"Ok… first… I'm sending you some pictures of a bow I found here on a job. I got a hit off it, but not PKE."

"Not a PKE hit?"

"No. A magic hit."

Kylie thought for a moment as she switched to speakerphone and looked at the images Twilight sent her. Without even needing to look it up she could tell it was more European. After a moment she looked up the details.

"Well… its a European bow… the patterns and markings look… Celtic."

"Celtic… Hm… her accent did sound a bit Irish… would that fit with a Celtic background?"

"From the British Isles… so… potentially yes. It could be Irish in origin… why..."

"We're on a job out here at Westside Island. And… we found Sunset's human counterpart. She owns the bow, and it sounded like she had a slight Irish accent, and I think she can actually speak Irish. Which leads me into the next question. Can you find anything at all on Westside Island?"

Kylie pulled the keyboard over and started an internet search. As she did so, she could tell Twilight also switched to speakerphone as the rest of the team was responding now as well. The idea that Sunset's counterpart was part Irish was interesting in her mind. She met the redhead, and couldn't see any indication of any ethnic background outside of Canterlot, or even the west coast of the United States. But to hear that her counterpart might opened up quite a few interesting questions. But… questions for another time.

"Ok… here's something. Long ago Westside Island was known as Mako Island. Legends say that the island was essentially a wellspring of magic protected by mermaids."

"Mermaids?" Rainbow Dash deadpanned. "You gotta be kidding me… we're not dealing with Ariel here Kylie. We got Medieval ghosts."

"Medieval?"

"That's how Father Michael and Sun… human Sunset described them," Rarity replied.

"Well… anyways… in many ways I guess this… wellspring or font is like what is said to be at other places like Stonehenge and Easter Island. A place of great power. I don't know if I believe the 'protected by mermaids' part, but given what you girls have dealt with… anything is possible."

Kylie looked through more information on Westside Island, but there was not much else beyond legends of mermaids and the island being a magical oasis. Which if according to Twilight's PKE meters… may actually be true to a degree. What came next threw Kylie for a loop.

"You want me to look up what?"

"Any information on Gwenevere," Twilight responded.

"Gwenevere. As in… King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table… that Gwenevere?"

"I know… but the ghost that attacked Human Sunset specifically called her Gwenevere."

In Kylie's mind… something seemed weird about that. But at the same time… there was a connection made. For the most part Arthurian Legend was Medieval. And the ghost was reported to be wearing Medieval armor. There had to be a connection. With a nod, Kylie dug deeper, looking for more obscure references to Gwenevere.

"Well… you never make it easy Twilight. But… I think I found something."

"Lets hear it," Sunset spoke up.

"There are a few obscure references to Gwenevere that aren't part of Arthurian Legend. This one particular story says she… oh now this is interesting. Gwenevere was apparently a Celtic warrior woman. And get this… she was a skilled archer. Not only that… she was considered an honorary Knight because of her skill… and actually joined the Knights on… oh…"

"What? Joined them on what?"

"Apparently there was a conflict. There was a kingdom in Croatia that was spreading at an alarming rate. Many of the nations closer to Britain actually petitioned Camelot to intervene when their borders were threatened. According to this, the king of this expanding nation was a skilled Dark Magic user, and threatened to plunge the world into darkness. King Arthur dispatched his Knights to try and negotiate a peaceful resolution… only for them to be forced into… they were attacked by the dark King and they had to kill him."

"Anything else?" Rarity asked.

"Yea… I got a name. King Sombra. And… oh… this… this could be bad."

"how bad?" Fluttershy asked timidly.

"It says here King Sombra swore revenge upon the descendants of the Knights."

"So… if we assume that the Medieval ghost is somehow connected to this Samba guy..." Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"Sombra," Rarity corrected.

"Whatever. Anyways… if the ghost is connected to him, and Sunset is a descendant of Gwenevere, who is apparently considered a knight..."

"That could be bad… but… I think we could be looking at something even bigger."

"How so?" Applejack asked.

"Location. If Westside Island is a magic font like Stonehenge or Easter Island, and Sombra has returned from the dead to exact revenge..."

"We could be talking Nightmare Moon level threat," Sunset finished.


Father Michael looked over what he could find from Canterlot about the Ghostbusters. It was apparently a team of seven girls, along with a ghost that goes by the name Slimer. And just as Twilight Sparkle and Rarity Belle said, they were from Canterlot High School. It seemed rather unusual that these seven girls would come together when they looked so different in personality from each other. Not only that… there was one in particular that caught him off guard.

Someone who looked exactly like Sunset Shimmer.

There was also the reactions of the magic charms in his office to the two girls that concerned him. According to what little he could find, Canterlot had apparently had some… unusual events happen in the past year. Some sort of disturbance at the Fall Formal, strange light shows and ghostly equine figures in the sky at some kind of Battle of the Bands event, unexplained energy discharges and a carnivorous plant as well as the school statue being destroyed by mysterious circumstances, the so called "Nightmare Moon" incident that was the first instance of the Ghostbusters in action, and finally some unexplained events at Camp Everfree involving Canterlot students.

There certainly was more to these girls than meets the eye.

For a moment, a thought crossed his mind. Were these girls somehow… the descendants of the Knights? It didn't really make sense though. The odds of that were… pretty low. And yet… two girls with magic or in possession of a magic item were sitting in his office asking about paranormal activity as if they had faced it before.

If the Enemy had returned… would these Ghostbusters be an ally? Or a hindrance?