IceStorm

Chapter 4: Truths in Awakening. Darkness, it was the only thing that Princess Celestia could see around her. The sound of running water nearby suggested that she was in a cave of some sorts, and the constant dripping was already working her already tight nerves. Wanting to try and figure out where she was, she tried to activate her horn to at the very least get some light. However, when she tried to activate her magic, she found that it would fade before she could even get her magic powered. What the hey… she thought to herself pushing herself. “Something isn’t right…” she thought to herself her mane completely static at this point. “Oh, is that so, princess?” “Who are you!? Show yourself!” “All in due time princess. Right now, I have bigger plans than to deal with you. The magic containment field that I have you in right now will more than suffice as a prison for you.” “What do you want?” “What does anypony want Celestia? I was full control of Equestria and The Elements of Harmony destroyed. They are becoming quite a nuisance for me. I mean honestly, they have thwarted every attempt that I’ve had made to gain control of your precious little empire and its subjects.” “What are you talking about? I don’t even know who you are! How could I have unleashed The Elements of Harmony on something or someone I don’t even know of!?” “Oh no, you misunderstand. I know you have never used The Elements of Harmony on me specifically. No, you’d have to find me first in order to do so, and by the time that I actually show myself to you, you’ll be all too willing to destroy them and surrender control of your Empire to me. I almost had it once.” “I will never abandon my subject, and The Elements of Harmony can never be destroyed! Regardless if you destroy the artifacts themselves! They will reform in the right hooves!” “Oh yes, you’re faithful students. Twilight and her friends am I right? I know all about them and I took them into account when I said destroying The Elements.” “No!” Celestia screamed over menacing laughter. “Oh my Celestia, you really don’t know what you’re dealing with here now do you? I swear you’re saying the exact same thing that your sister was saying so many years ago. ‘I’ll never give in to you! I love my sister! I could never do what you want me to!’” “Wait… What did you do to Luna!!!” “Well, within the last thousand years, nothing. She’s kinda been out of my reach on the moon. Oh how a wonderful puppet she became. Do you really think that she really felt Revenge and hatred for you a millennium ago? Honestly, her love for you then was just as devout as it is now, but after several weeks without food, and watching several of her friends die by my hands. Oh you should have seen her face when I took her special somepony away from her. The sadness, the despair, the pain, it was all too amazing to look at.” “Wait a millennium ago… that means…” she realized her eyes going wide as the presence begain laughing some more. “Haha, that’s right princess! It was I that was responsible for the creation of Nightmare Moon! Your sister never resented you once, and she was all too willing to stand next to you. Oh how much fun it was to break that royal alicorn and watch her suffer.” “But that’s not possible! Luna never left the palace then except to raise the moon!” “Oh how right you are princess. What you don’t realize however, was the most recent enemy to Canterlot that you’ve encountered wasn’t your first encounter with her!” “What!” “That’s right! Chrysalis was also under my complete control!” “That’s not possible…” Celestia said her voice becoming more hurt as she realized just how many beings this thing had touched negatively. “Oh yes, it’s very possible. Chrysalis had just been elected queen of her changelings, and she was relatively easy to trap. And bending her to my will? Mwahaha, that was the easiest thing I had ever done! All she had to do was watch dozens of her changelings fall from the sky to get her to play along.” “You’re a monster!” “Oh? No, you see, I’m nothing more than a mere alicorn like you. The only difference between you and me,” he said though another laugh. “Is that I'm just a lot darker than you could ever be. And the more you want to seek vengeance and get your revenge for your sister, which I can feel inside of you, the more powerful I become.” “Revenge… What no! It can’t be! You’re supposed to be a Mare’s Tale!!!” Celestia said over more laughter, her face turning to a mixture of shock and fear. “Believe it Celestia! I am very much real, and I grow even more powerful by the second! The alicorn Deadly Revenge Is in fact very much live and well. Soon everything will be bowing before me!” “No! I don’t care what you do! I’ll never turn on my subjects.” “That’s the very answer I was hoping for. After all, why would a pony whose special talents are pain, revenge, and death would want anything less?” “Because I know Twilight and her friends will stop at nothing to find me! And I know that they can put a stop to you!” “Haha, we shall see,” Deadly Revenge said menacingly as his presence faded. Celestia was left in the darkness of the cave. Oh Luna… Chrysalis… I’m so sorry… I didn’t know what was going on… Celestia thought to herself tears forming in the corners of her eyes. She looked up into the darkness and let her tears fall. “I should have been able to see the signs! How could I need notice such a drastic change overnight! I should have known there was something larger in the works… and Chrysalis… If only you had told me what had actually happened… I could have protected you and your changelings… We could have been united and you could have felt real love instead of having to try to steal it from others…” She said aloud to herself letting her head fall on her hooves. “How could I have been so blind!? How could I let something like this happen…” she said once again to herself. Her thoughts turned to The Elements of Harmony. Her mind went immediately to Twilight. “Oh girls… please hurry, but even more importantly… be careful… we’re dealing with an enemy more powerful than we could imagine…” she said knowing her warning was falling on nothing but deaf rocks. “Celestia… is that you…” she heard from a voice behind her. “Who else is there!?” she asked almost jumping where she lay. “Celestia… it’s me… Chrysalis… I know that we aren’t on the best of terms at the moment… but please… you have to help me… I’ve been imprisoned here just like you…” “It’s okay… I’m the one that should be apologizing to you.” “It is right what they said about you…” “Oh? What’s that?” “That you’re one of the most understanding ponies in Equestria,” “I supposed that’s true, but it helps that Deadly just stated his involvement with you.” “Yes… but what are we going to do? If we stay her too long he’s going to kill us both.” “Unless you can create some sort of light source, we can’t go anywhere.” “Yes we can,” Chrysalis said leaning in, feeling along her neck until she found Celestias ear and whispered. “We can use the running water in the stream to find the way out. You and I both have wings so we don’t have to worry about any waterfalls that we would run into. If nothing else we can get to a spot where our magic can work.” Celestia nodded out of instinct but then realized that she wouldn’t be able to see that and whispered back, “good idea.” _______________ Chapter 4. This Chapter is from Celestia's PoV and is the first that we've seen of her in the story so far. It also has one of the largest plot twists of the story. Over all, I think that this is the best chapter yet.

Ice Storm let out a contented sigh. It ended up being a very good decision to come back to Canterlot even if it was only for one night. During the Not-Quite-As-Grand Galloping Gala that Starburst had held, she had made a couple new friends, and had indeed found the side of Canterlot where the ponies where nice. Something that almost made her wish that she had found that place before she had moved to Ponyville. If she had, then maybe she wouldn't have lost everything that she had ever had to move there. Things had definitely gotten better though. She had made several friends in Ponyville, and she wouldn't trade them for anything a this point. Not to mention that her store was already becoming quite popular already there. After a small bit of walking it didn't take long for her to reach the park of which she practically grew up in while in Canterlot. Just walking through it brought back so many memories, though unfortunately not all of them were good. The majority of them were though. Her favorite being on her favorite hill. How she would come to this hill almost every night to look up at the stars in the sky. Now, even though she no longer lived here, she had found her way to her hill once again, and like always it was empty. She looked up to the stars. "Oh Luna, your nights are as beautiful as ever," she said aloud to herself as laid down. "To think that most ponies go inside during something so beautiful. Far more beautiful than anything I've seen in the day personally," She added once again thinking out loud. Content to just sit there and watch the moon in the sky like she always does. Even back home in ponyville on clear nights, she'll go to the park. "Oh how much more beautiful your nights are from that park. There are absolutely no lights there at all. It lets your night shine in full glory, and that alone makes it my favorite stop back at home." she spoke to herself.

Ice sat down at the table that they were shown to at the cafe, and Ice used her magic to grab the menu and look through it. She wasn't really sure what exactly she wanted. Everything sounded to be a good choice at the moment. Ice knew the Mayor had said to not be to shy, but she still waned to be respectful and not go overboard, and the more she thought about it, the more a salad was really sounding good at the moment. With that she closed the menu and handed it back to the waiter. "I'll just take a Cesar Salad," she said completing her order. "I can't thank you again for this Ma'dam Mayor, I... I never got treated this nicely in Canterlot. I think maybe I just tried to fit in somewhere where I just didn't belong," she said looking up to the city that extended off of the mountain. She may visit there again at some point, but she would never live there again.

Ice Storm looked and saw that she was starting to get quite a crowd. This made her extremely happy. Another pegasus landed in front of the tent. His coloration was very much like a cup of her coffee in the mornings. Granted, she prefers her coffees cold or iced, but still, didn't change the fact that he looked like it. She quickly repeated the process for she snow-cone but with blueberry instead of raspberry flavoring. "Here you go Dunder," she said as Rarity stated that she had absolutely loved her snow-cone. This made Ice very happy, "It's just come from years of practice. It always makes me happy to give ponies the absolute best, and nothing short of perfection." she said to her tuning to the new Pegasus in the store. "What can I get for you today?"

"Hmm..." Ice thought to herself, who should get the first turn for the game. She was new to partying so she didn't know what determined who got to go first or not. She was happy to just be there at the moment and have a chance to play the game. She couldn't think on anywhere else she'd rather be at the moment. Rarity was here, and every other pony she had met today was here, and they were all having fun and getting along. That was something unheard of in Canterlot, at least the section that she was in. "Well, I think we should... well I don't know... how do ponies usually decide who goes first at parties?" she asked blushing her inexperience with parties showing already.

"Thank you Ma'dam Mayor. I'm happy that you enjoyed it, and feel free to stop by anytime, short of anything unexpected I plan on being open every day," she said with a smile. She turned back to Rarity. It Excited Ice to hear Rarity's excitement in her voice when she said how lovely the snow cone looked, and when she put the three bits on the counter, Ice politely slid them back to her. "That won't be necessary. I still owe you money remember? I can't in good conscious charge you for something while I still owe you a debt. It just wouldn't be right. And don't worry, I'm not deducting this either, I owe you ten bits, and I will make sure you get all ten." she said with a smile. she loved making others happy, and Rarity had done so much for her already, she couldn't think of charging her right now just like she couldn't really charger her own landlord at the moment. Just then a brown Pegasus landed just at the entrance of the tent and Ice Recognized him immediately. It was Dunder! the Pegasus that had helped her so much when she first got here. She was already seeing so many of her friends here that it was making her happier than she could have imagined. She knew that her store was going to be a success. "Hey Dunder!" she said with a smile and a wave.

Ice Storm had been debating with herself for the past couple days. she had received the invitation for this 'Not-Quite-as-Grand Galloping Gala' a few days ago in the mail, and was unsure of whether or not she should attend. What if she ran into somepony she knew there? What if some of the very ponies that were responsible for her moving away and losing everything she had were showing up to this event? it was a formal event after all. Every pony that was of any sophistication would be going, which mean most of the hich class snobs would be showing up to it. Ice Storm also thought about what a couple of her friends here had said about Canterlot though. That just because she ran into some of the rotten apples in the city didn't mean that they entire city was filled with snobs that couldn't care less about anypony who so much as gave them a glance with their eyes pointing in an odd directions. She let out a loud, heavy sigh as she stepped off the train. Against her better judgement she decided that she would give the City of Canterlot one more chance. She made no desired reservations for her stay, as if the weather was going to stay the way it was, she planned on spending her night in her Fillyhood park that she frequently stayed in when she lived here before. She thought that since she was going to be in town anyway, she might as well visit her old store, and the places she actually liked to go and see what they had done with the place. She go into one of the hotels though just so she could slip into the little mares room so that she could change into her dress as night began to fall. She still couldn't believe that Rarity had sold her such an amazing dress at the price that she did. She would make sure that she would return the favor to Rarity as soon as she could. She was always very careful when she put it on, and this time was no exception. She made extra sure get it cleaned before tonight's event, and it looked simply amazing. At the very least they can't say that I didn't dress for the occasion. I never had the chance to own anything this fancy when I lived here before, she thought to herself as she headed towards the address on the invitation. Once she got to the address that was on the invitation, she looked up, and then with a puzzled look, looked around. The ballroom was empty except for two other ponies. She looked at the address and the time that was on the invitation. She was at the right place and the time was right. At this point she immediately felt bad. It's a good thing I did decide to come.... Oh I can't imagine how the pony who is hosting this can be feeling at the moment... it looks like they put so much work into this, she said walking inside of the ballroom. "Hello?" she said reaching into her saddlebag and pulled out the invitation. "Who do I turn this into?" she asked with a smile hoping to help lighten things up a bit. She had already made er decision that she was going to try to be as nice as possible, and now seeing the turn out, she was going to make extra sure to be nice to anypony she meets.

Unless the oc is an alicorn, then I don't have an issue with it. if it is an alicorn, then just pm me what he/she is capable of doing and ill have an answer for you.

We will be starting from the beginning. I think it would be more fun that way. Adding everypony in for characters they've selected

I know that the site has just made some updates to the chatbar, but It's not loading for me at all. I know that it is normal scrolling at the bottom of the page, so I wonder if with the recent server updates for it, is there something in my profile that I am supposed to use to turn it back on or is this just a glitch?

I've recently been watching through the seasons again, and have been talking with some friends when I noticed something about Trixie's personality. From the way Trixie talks about herself, and how she always tries to announce how she's "The most powerful unicorn in Equestria" I see this more as an attention grabbing tactic than an actual smite against the other ponies. Then it Dawned on me Trixie lived in her traveling cart. I got to thinking about it more and it occurred to me that she could actually be a homeless pony, and her motives behind her stories, and her "bragging" isn't to demoralize others, but just to gain some form of attention after being away from Civilization for so long in between journeys. Has anypony else noticed this?

So for those of you that have been hanging around the fanfic section of the forums may have seen the fanfic I've started where Princess Celestia gets kidnapped. Princess Luna and the Mane 6 set out to find her and bring her home while Cadence watches over Equestria. This will take place after the End of Season 2, and I have a general Idea of where I want the story to go. I think that it would be fun if I made it into a Role-Play as well as a Fanfic. I've got three chapters of the fanfic done so it's far enough ahead that I think that something like this would work rather easily. First off, this RP will require the Elements of Harmony, so the Mane 6 are Required. I will also be participating in the RP, and while the Fanfic has my OC in it, I do not feel comfortable playing two different characters in this RP, and I will be controlling Princess Luna. The Playable Characters for this RP: Princess Luna: xIceStormx Twilight Sparkle: Lux Pinkie Pie: Open Rainbow Dash: ShreddedPegasus Applejack: hinata2000100 Rarity: Open Fluttershy: tyler008bon OCs: Draco InsanityDash HoneyFloral Partheus Posting Rules: Players must wait at least 3 posts before posting again. (to prevent those that don't always have a computer from getting left completely behind. If you are going to be absent for a while, or are going to be dropping the game, please let us know. If you are playing a Mane 6 character, please attempt to have somepony else fill your slot. The plot cannot continue without the Mane 6. Be respectful. This RP will have several problems that some ponies may not agree on. Arguing in character is fine, but please make sure it stays in character. Have Fun. This is a game after all. The entire point is to have fun. Anypony Interested?

Ice Storm heard Golden Heart ask about Pin the Tail on the Pony, and she was about to enthusiastically jump on the invitation when the door opened and a wide smile appeared on her face when she saw Rarity walk into the room. Rarity walked right over to her and greeted her again. "Hey Rarity, I'm glad you were able to make It. We were just about to play Pin the Tail on the Pony!" Ice said with a smile as Rarity introduced herself to the other ponies in the room. At this moment, the day that she moved the ponyville had become the single most happy, and the single best day of her entire life. she had friends, and it her self-esteem had been picked up so much from just these five ponies that she didn't think that she could ever be unhappy again. This had made her decision final. Moving to ponyville was the single most best decision she had made in her life.

Chapter 3: The First Break “Shining Armor!” Twilight yelled from across the lawn in between them. “Twiley!” Shining Armor said running towards her and the other mares accompanying here. “Shining, we need your help…” “I know, I was… I was there when it happened…” “WHAT!?” they said in unison. “I said I was there… I… I failed our princess…” he said looking off to the east. “And I know right now it doesn’t hold much value, but I heard your announcement Princess Luna, and I’ll have you know that I don’t share the same resentment that the rest of Canterlot does. That’s not important now, however…” he said turning his focus to the group as a whole. “I didn’t get anything more than a glimpse of who the assailant was. As soon as that storm came in from the west, everything went dark, and before Princess Celestia could get anything lit up, her magic was suppressed.” “Suppressed? But how? That shouldn’t be possible!” Luna shouted more in worry than in anger. “I don’t know. Whatever it was, it was a dark figure. It was black, and had wings… It wasn’t a changeling though, I know that much. I saw enough of Chrysalis that I wouldn’t forget her or what her minions looked like in a lifetime. Whatever this was, it knew what it was after and how to keep her from calling for help. I do know that whoever took her went east, just past The Eponnine Mountains. That’s unfortunately all the information that I have.” “It gives us something to go off of at least. We have a direction now! Something that we didn’t have just minutes ago,” Twilight stated before turning to Luna. “Luna, how far is it from here to the Eponnine Mountains?” “It’s at least a three to four day walk, and most of it is through mountains. It’s a day and a half just to get out of the Canterlot Range.” “Why do we have to walk anyway? Can’t you just call a Chariot for us like how you did when you sent for us?” Rainbow Dash inquired “She makes a valid point princess. If we are on a time restriction here, which I assume we are, wouldn’t flying there be faster?” “It would be, but only about a day.” “Well, one less day of walking, and one less day whatever this thing is that took Princess Celestia has to hurt her.” Rainbow declared. Luna nodded, “I agree, the closest one is back at the palace. With any luck we’ll be out of the Canterlot Mountain Range by Sunset… Hopefully Cadence has found something to help her figure ut how to lower the Sun.” she said hanging her head. “Why couldn’t I have been the one kidnapped…” “Luna, don’t talk like that…” Twilight said resting a hoof on her shoulder. “If it were me, at least Equestria would still have a normal night and day. No pony would miss me if I was gone…” “You know that’s not true Luna! I love you, We love you! Your niece and sister both love you, and if something happened to you, you better believe I would be right her with my friends and the Elements of harmony just as ready to save you as I would your sister.” “Yeah! Besides, we all know that the whole ‘Nightmare Moon’ thing was a big hoax thing that was just a figment of our imagination right?” Rainbow Dash said with a wink. Luna smiled softly. “You are lucky to have made friends such as these Twilight Sparkle. They are truly amazing.” “Hey! What about me!?” Luna laughed and gave a soft nuzzle to Ice Storm. “And I’m lucky to have met a pony as special as you are,” she said looking up to the chariot. “We’re here, everyone in. I’m going to go check on Cadence before we leave and let her know what’s going on.” The seven mares nodded as Luna flew up unto the Palace. “Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…” “Cadence is everything okay?” “No it’s not. Aunt Celestia doesn’t have a backup for anything anywhere, and I don’t know where else to look for anything to help me with the Sun.” “The only thing I can think of is to try the Starswirl the Bearded Wing in the Canterlot Library. If anyplace is going to have the primary source of that spell, it will be there…” “But what if I can’t do it Luna? You know as well as I that I’m nowhere near as powerful as you or your sister! What if I fail everypony… What if I don’t have the strength to change between day and night?” Cadence yelled with it being her turn to break down. “I’m scared Luna… I want Aunt Celestia back…” “I want her back too Cadence,” Luna said wrapping a hoof and a wing around her. “We will find her. I promise…” she added pulling her in a tighter hug. “It’s actually the reason I came up here. We found a lead. Shining Armor was here when Sister was taken.” “What!?” Luna nodded. “He said everything got dark quickly and whatever took Celestia is able to suppress her magic, which has me more worried than you can imagine.” “How… was he…” “He was quite shaken up from it. You’ll both have to be strong for each other thought this time. The love that we have will get us through this. I have full faith that you can do this.” “Thank you…” Cadence said though her own sniffing as Luna started heading back to the Window. “Luna wait!” “Yes?” she replied turning around. “In case something happens and I don’t get to say it… I love you… IF anything else… please… just make sure you come home… I can’t lose both of you…” Luna smiled as her heart melted. “I love you too Cadence. We’ll be back. All of us, I promise,” and with that she took off down to the Chariot. “Is everything okay? That took longer than expected.” Twilight asked concerned. “Cadence is just struggling with her emotions, as we all are at the moment, so I did what I could to comfort her as much as I could.” Twilight nodded, “I still can’t believe it myself that something could over power Princess Celestia.” “Take off,” Luna ordered before turning back to Twilight. “I’m still puzzled by this as well. First by Chrysalis, and now by whatever this thing is… I can’t help but wonder what’s happening to us that’s making us weaker, or are our enemies really getting that much stronger…” “Well, from what I’ve seen you aren’t getting any weaker. You’re just as strong as I’ve ever seen you,” Ice commented. “Then why didn’t I sense that my sister was in trouble until she was gone…” “Nopony’s perfect, so how can we expect something that’s not even possible? I mean it’s not like you knew about it and didn’t do anything. You had no idea this was going to happen. I know that if you had been able to, you would have been able to stop whoever did this and keep them from your sister,” Ice Storm added reassuringly. “At the very least slow it down so that Celestia would have had a chance…” “This isn’t your fault dear. As you said, no one could have possibly expected this,” Rarity started. “I must admit I was completely shocked myself when she was beaten by Chrysalis. I was hoping that something like that would never happen again. Fortunately we have The Elements of Harmony though. If memory serves me correctly, they are supposed to be the one power to be able to fix anything.” “I hope so girls… I hope so,” Luna finished as the chariot churned through the mountains. When they did get out of the mountains, Luna saw Cadence fly up into the sky with the moon, and much to her relief, was able to bring the sun down with her when she flew back down. I knew you had it in you, she thought to herself with a soft smile. “We should rest here for the night, and continue in the morning. Even though I prefer night travel, I know most of you have been up since Celestia rose the sun this morning, not to mention for once, I am exhausted myself.” “It’s okay princess…” “Luna, please Applejack. As of right now, I am not a princess. Until I have rescued my sister, I have officially resigned my status of princess of the night. So please, just call me Luna.” Applejack nodded, “It’s okay Luna, we understand. This is a being tragedy for all of us, and can be tiring for even the most… dedicated of ponies.” “I agree, however I’m not sure how much rest anypony is going to be able to get tonight. Even as tired as I am, I’m afraid to go to sleep… I’m afraid every second we wait… is another second that we’re going to be too late.” “Have faith Twilight Sparkle, for faith at this moment, really is the only thing we have left.” ______________________ here is chapter 3. Per norm, comments and critiques appreciated.

Thanks, I've decided to go ahead and take Tales' advice (and yours or that matter), and I went ahead with it. For anypony that's still following this topic, I have the Fanfic that was in question in this topic up. It's only the first two chapters. How long it's actually going to be, I'm waiting to see. For anypony that wants to read the fanfic, it's in the writer's discussion, or you can just click here: vv My Little Pony - An Equestrian Emergency -

hmm, I might be interested as a writer/editor. It would depend on what the type of project you're actually looking for.

Ice turned when the mayor suggested that they go get some lunch. That it would be her treat, and to think of it as a welcome lunch for them. "Oh, I think that would be a wonderful idea! Be nice to just sit and talk as well." Ice Storm said as she started thinking about what the mayor had said about Twilight. She wondered what she was like, and what other ponies had moved here from Canterlot. This place seemed to be fairly popular amongst ponies there for moving to. With that said, she wondered if she could be able to find any other nice ponies in the outer areas of Canterlot that would like to make their home in a place far more welcoming than Canterlot is. She finished Separating the last few books from the box she was working on and began to head to the door. "I'm ready when everypony else is," she added with a smile.

Okay, now that I've spent the last I don't know four hours reading from page 10 to this page, I can actually comment on some things. First of all, the Flutterdash ship. Personally, I can see both sides. Being an athlete myself, I know what it's like to have somewhat of an ego and an over competitiveness, but at the same time, most athletes get that way because of a fear of rejection. Athletes do everything they can to make themselves better, to push themselves so that they aren't cast aside. There have been several instances in softball and bowling alike that everything has come down to me in a success or failure situation where if I didn't do everything absolutely perfect, we'd fall under. When you are put in that position, and you fail it's the worse feeling that a player can have. That being said, most athletes will show themselves being more confident than they actually are, case and point, Alex Smith during his first 7 years with San Francisco. He had no confidence in San Francisco at all because he knew he was the most hated person in the city, but every time he stepped in front of a camera, it was masked with the confidence of, "we'll just come back next week and we'll bring it home." Because athletes are expected that. I agree with Ashton, I see Rainbow being more looking for praise than anything else due to a lower-than-normal quotient of self-esteem. __ On the topic of magic, I'm not really sure what to think. I would be under the assumption that the other ponies would be able so see the magic in the air without a problem. It's not that farfetched to say otherwise. I don't really think that they animators would have went through the trouble of animating the magic glows if the other ponies couldn't see them. From an artist's perspective, that's more work that has no real meaning behind it. I don't see that being the case. That being said, it's obvious that it's not Coat color that determines the color of ones magic. I'm more agreeing with the theory that the color of a pony's magic comes from their mane. Twilight, purple mane, purple magic, Rarity, dark purple mane, dark purple magic, Princess Celestia, Her magic is Yellow and Green, two colors of which are present in her mane, Princess Luna, Light greyish blue, same color as her mane. Princess Cadence, the blue is the same color as the ribbons in her mane. So I support the magic color coming from their mane. That being said, I've watched the season finally almost 5 times now. (Yes, I get obsessive with something as awesome as this) Somethings that I've noticed. It was asked earlier in the thread what Luna was doing outside of the barrier in the first part. Well, we don't know whether or not the unicorns/alicorns can actually "penetrate" the spell that shining armor has around the city. It's very possible that when Celestia sent the letter to twilight, she had to do so from outside Canterlot, which means that she would have to leave Canterlot to raise the sun, which is also probably when she sent the letters. That being said, the reason that Luna was outside of the barrier during the night was because she was actually raising the moon for the night. As far as where she was during the day, she is the princess of the night, and she does stay up the entire night watching over Canterlot. IT would be very easy to assume that being constantly on her hooves, would be exhausting so she probably sleeps during the day. This is also why she wouldn't have been present during the actual wedding itself but is why she was able to attend the reception. I /am/ a bit surprised that she didn't since that Celestia was in trouble and come help her, but, :shrugs: not a huge deal. Also, I was a single child, so I can't really relate to twilight in the beginning. I can understand why she's upset though, if I did have a sibling, and they were getting married, I would want to know about it before the event. Chrysalis I would not mind seeing as a future character, but I do agree that in the wrong hands, she could easily be abused, but at the same time, she could also be a very interesting character in her own right. All and all, This is my favorite Episode(s) of both seasons combined, and I'm probably going to end up watching it again tonight. Cadence is just that awesome.

:hugs: the best advice that I can give you, is to be proud of who you are. If they don't like how you portray yourself, buck them. Remember that it's your life and that nopony but you haas the right to tell you what you like or dislike, and nopony has the right to make fun of you for such. Stay strong, and the next time that they try to poke fun at you, put them on their level of the totem pole where they belong. On the bottom. Stay confident. Bullies feed off of fear, and the hurt that they inflict on them. If you shrink away from them, and ignore them like that, then yes, they will continue to poke fun. If you stand up for yourself and hold you head up, and tell them to Buck off when they start coming after you. They will stop.

Um... The most i've ever seen weapon wise in MLP is a spear and a sword, (and in the case of pinkie pie, a party cannon) we don't even know if guns actually exist in Equestria. But from what I've read, I can see the points from both sides here. For the most part, I doubt that I would ever be getting into any of the technology that they have in Equestria short of Train rides between Canterlot and Ponyville for my OC. While I realize most people on this site have more than one OC, for someone like me, most of the technology in the episodes don't really apply so I'd never even used them, and my OC is a unicorn. That being said, my character is one OC of many, and I could easily see how other ponies could make use of some technologies. I haven't been through a lot of OCs, but I'm sure they are out there. Electricity, is pretty much a given that it exists, and has so since the first season, (The slumber party where Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity get caught in the storm and mid-way through the power 'does' actually go out.) Plus in Luna Eclipsed mark 2:25, there were strands of lights that were streaming across the sky from tent to tent. So I do agree that electricity should be allowed into the Mane RP as we've seen multiple occasions of where it exists in the show.

Whoa there, calm down. Are these people on the forums here that are making fun of you, or people irl? cause if they are on here. All you got to do is simply report them. The staff will take care of the rest. As far as people in real life, as long as it doesn't come to violence, I don't see a problem in making your opinion known to those who are making fun of you. At the very least, I would say tell them off once, and then if the continue, just ignore them. They are probably nothing but trolls anyway that aren't even worthy of your glance let alone your attention or what you have to say.

It was actually my friends that got me into the show, so I've never had that issue at all.

Ice Storm smiled at everypony getting along. It was something that she wasn't used to herself, but she knew that would be a lovely thing to get used to in itself. She took another sip of her punch and looked towards dunder. "Indeed, I can't wait until the sun goes down. I'm sure the display will be amazing," Ice Storm said to the others in the room looking to the door. She really hoped that they wouldn't be the only ponies here to celebrate an occasion such as this. Such a feat required a large party as they had planned. She only hoped that they wouldn't be disappointed. They seemed like a nice couple, and she didn't want their special day getting soured. Ice did still feel a bit uncomfortable at the party though. Mainly because this was her first party and well, she didn't really know what she was supposed to do.

Chapter 2: Loss of Information “Luna… you don’t have to do that… I’m sorry,” Princess Cadence admitted to her. “Yes I do Cadence. You’ve made it perfectly clear you don’t trust me, that most of Equestria doesn’t trust me. And you’re right! If I watched the throne while you were out searching for her, everypony would suspect me. Just because of one very bad mistake I made.” Luna cried “All I want is the same love that my sister gets… I don’t want to be hated anymore!” Cadence gave Luna a half-hearted smile. Given the situation it was the only type of smile that she could show. “Luna…” she said leaning over and nuzzling her neck. Luna looked up to meet the soft eyes of her niece. “Luna I’m sorry… I guess I’m just not over the Chrysalis incident yet. It was wrong for me to instantly blame you for this. It is a bit suspicious, but as much as Celestia said you had helped her during the lockdown, I should have known better than to jump to conclusions,” cadence said to her, tears forming in her own eyes. She wrapped Luna in a hug, “And no matter what, I’ll always love you, Aunt Luna.” “There’s the Cadence I know and love,” Twilight said watching the two princesses. “But what now? Princess Celestia is gone, and we have absolutely no leads as to who took here or why, let alone where…” “Well, this could be something that Chrysalis is trying. I wouldn’t put it past her to try to take revenge on Celestia.” “It that were the case though, why just Celestia. You and I were the ones responsible for revealing who she was, and it was you and Shining Armor that actually stopped her. She’s have more reason to come after us than Princess Celestia.” “Hey! What’s that up there?” Rainbow Dash asked as she flew up and grabbed a piece of cloth from a broken window pane. “Hmm, I don’t know. I haven’t seen any materials like that here…” Cadence admitted. “Hey Rarity, you’re the fashion designer here, what kind of cloth is this?” Rainbow inquired tossing the fabric to her. Rarity caught it with her telekinesis. “Hmm… this appears to be some sort of silk. It’s definitely not of a quality that I have ever seen before, nor would I want too. It’s absolutely atrocious. I know for a fact that I would never use something this poor in any dress I made.” Rarity said turning her nose up at the fabric. “It’s obviously from nobility, but there’s no way that I could picture Luna in something as low quality as this. This completely rules her out even if there were still any doubts.” “That still doesn’t help. The only thing it proves is that Luna isn’t involved, but it doesn’t give us a direction to go in,” Applejack stated. “Actually, it does. We know that whoever it was, it was a pony of nobility,” Twilight stated. “Anypony could have gotten ahold of a fabric like that. They may not have gotten it the right way, but they could still obtain it.” Applejack pointed out. “Well, yes, I suppose that’s true, but seriously this? I wouldn’t even steal this…” “Hey, what if we asked around Canterlot to see if anypony here recognizes the fabric and who may have an article of clothing made from it,” Ice Storm stated. “Forgive me dear… but I don’t think we’ve been introduced.” “Rarity, there will be plenty of time for pleasantries later. Right now we have more important things to worry about,” Twilight interrupted. Ice Storm huffed. “Hmph, well, In case you missed when Luna said it, my name is Ice Storm. I was on my way to make sure Luna was okay after the storm, and the first thing I hear when I get in here is everypony yelling at her!” “Ahem… I… was actually the only one yelling at her… and for completely the wrong reasons…” Princess Cadence admitted once again. “Still, Luna is my mentor, and the only real friend I have here in Canterlot. I don’t like how everypony else treats her, and I will defend her honor until the day I take my last breath. That being said though,” Ice Storm slinking back into a hunch. “I would like to find out what happened to Celestia as well. I may not find her as appealing as Luna, but she’s still my princess. If she’s in trouble, I wanna help.” Twilight gave in with a smile, “That’s very noble of you. I’m Twilight Sparkle. I would go into more, but right now, like I told Rarity. We need to find a starting point.” “Well, we know that the kidnapping just happened today.” Cadence started. “We also know that whoever took her had more power than my sister could have imagined. More than I could imagine actually, being able to actually take her away from us. No one could have expected that!” Luna said tearing up again. “I can only hope that the elements will be enough to bring her back to us… We can’t lose her! If that happens… I’ll never be able to show my face in Equestria again… It would be like being banished again, but worse…” “No.” Cadence replied lifting Luna’s snout up. “I would never let that happen,” she added pulling her into a hug. “But we aren’t going to find out anything if everypony stays here and tries to wait for the answer to fall from the sky. Luna, before you go though, I’m going to need a lot of help. I don’t even know how to do the sun or the moon spells let alone even have the strength to be able to do any of it.” “Our love for my sister will, and my love for you will give you that strength. I can give you the moon spell,” Luna said to her, her horn lighting up as she connected it to Cadence’s. “Though you’ll have to look in Celestia’s room to see if she has a backup copy of the sun spell. Just in case something like this happened.” Cadence nodded to her. “You know what we have to do now though, right?” “No, I know what I need to do. I’m not going to let your name get tarnished because the first time that you’ll ever have to make a public announcement is the one like this. I’m already hated… I will take the brunt of this… so that you don’t have to.” “Luna, you don’t have to do that…” “Yes I do,” she stated matter-of-factly. “I’m not going to let you take a hit of this caliber on your first day. It’s going to hurt but… I’m used to getting hurt at this point.” “Luna…” Twilight said as she walked out onto the balcony. “Please Luna… don’t to this to yourself…” Cadence pleaded. “It has to be done…” she said sadly turning to the crowd beneath her. “Citizens of Canterlot… I wish that what I had to say was news of peace and rejoice, but the truth is the complete opposite. I already know the reaction that a majority of you are going to have…” She started a number of ponies mumbling to themselves under her trying to figure out what she meant. “My subjects… it is my biggest regret to inform you, that my sister… our beloved Princess Celestia has been kidnapped!” She yelled over the crowd tears pouring from her eyes knowing the reaction that was going to come. Almost immediately, the crowd was in an uproar. It was the very reaction that Princess Luna both knew was coming and she feared the worst. It only proved that her subjects had no faith in her at all. It was a reality that hurt more on its own than the very fact that her own sister had been kidnapped. “I was already expecting a reaction like this, and believe me when I say it hurts more to hear such accusations than you may think. Which is why I’m not going to be the one taking control over Equestria. I cannot in good conscious take over the throne in my sister’s absence while I’m still the most hated pony in Equestria. Which is why Princess Mi Amora Cadenza will be the new ruler of Equestria until Princess Celestia can be found and returned to us safely. I will be accompanying the six ponies that wield the elements of harmony. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkamina Pie, Rarity, and Applejack have agreed to help us find our beloved princess. I only hope that… that we aren’t too late…” she said hanging her head. The entire crowd went silent as she started to head back inside. They were still in shock of everything that just happened. The princess of the night wasn’t taking over? But she was the next in line it was her duty to fit into that position. All the ponies in the crowd looked to each other as the realized the hurt that they had placed in the princess. “Come girls, it’s best we leave as soon as possible. If there’s one thing that I know for sure, it’s that Celestia isn’t here in Canterlot. We would have found her already if she was.” Princess Luna stated. “Huh? How?” Twilight asked. “The magic of an Alicorn has a very special signature and each signature of magic is different,” Cadence started. “Just as your magic has a different feeling than Rarity’s over there, the magic that we three share is very different and very noticeable.” “I don’t understand though, I can’t detect Rarity’s magic at all, not even when she’s using it. Unless I’m looking at her of course and I watch her use it.” “It’s something special amongst Alicorns. When we’re close we can detect each other, which is why we can be someplace rather quickly if there is anything wrong,” Luna explained. “Something I don’t understand though, whom ever took Celestia was able to mask her signature or strike before she was able to even react. I didn’t even feel anything wrong until after she left and I couldn’t feel her anymore.” “Luna, did you at least get a direction?” Twilight asked. Luna just shook her head. “No, but by the time I had even known what was going on, she was gone. The only thing that we have to go off of at the moment is that fabric.” “Like I said, we should ask around Canterlot. Hopefully somepony recognizes the material,” Ice Storm suggested again. “That is a good idea, though who do we start with? I mean, going around asking questions like that to everypony could also cause more anger as well. They might mistake our questioning as an attack on them, and think that we thought they were responsible.” “But didn’t everypony make that same decision on you?” Ice Storm asked confused. “Why should we care about how they feel if they don’t give a hoot at all about how you feel when they do things like that to you!” “Because it’s better to show them love than anger. If I react violently to their outbursts, I’m only proving them even more right in their thoughts.” “Oh,” Ice said realizing what she meant. “At the very least we should see if Shining Armor has any information. He’s the Captain of the Royal Guard after all. Surely one of the other guards had to have seen something and reported it to him!” “Good idea Twilight!” Cadence said with assertion. “Yes, yes. He would be perfect! Why we should go there immediately!” Rarity agrees with a hint of enthusiasm. All eyes turned to her. “What? He is out best chance to get any information after all.” “Right, right… come on everypony. Let’s see if he knows anything that can help us,” Twilight said as she ran to the door with the others following close behind. _____________ And here is Chapter two. I expanded a little bit on my OC's personality but she won't come completely into the the main focus until after Luna and them leave Canterlot. Again comments and critiques appreciated. Thanks!!

Chapter 1: Celestia’s Disappearance. “Spike! Spiii-iike!” Twilight called loudly. It was already after one, and she was supposed to be meeting her friends for a picnic in the park, as per their usual, and she had misplaced her basket. Within in a heartbeat spike is right next to her, “What is it twilight?” “I need you to help me find my picnic basket. I’ve seemed to have um… misplaced it…” Twilight said, her cheeks flushing a bit with one of her fake smiles. “Whoa, whoa, whoa… You! Twilight Sparkle actually misplaced something? The world is ending!” Spike yelled teasingly. Twilight gave spike a very dissatisfied look, then continued, “Come on spike, there will be plenty of time to remind me of it later. Right now I need to find it or I’m going to be late for our weekly picnic!” “Alright, alright fine. But don’t think that for a moment that I’m ever going to let you live this down. The all mighty, super organized Twilight Sparkle actually lost something!” Spike said laughing. Spike walked up the stairs to their bedroom and looked in there, and sure enough, it had gotten scooted underneath Twilights bed. “Twilight! I found it!” “I highly doubt it, I’ve been looking for it for the last hour.,” she said walking up the stairs. “There’s no way that you’re going to just walk in and…” she said being cut off at the sight of spike holding the picnic basket, “find it.” “Gosh Twilight, it was the easiest thing in the world to find. It was only under the bed.” “Under the bed!? How did it even get upstairs? I don’t ever remember bringing it up here…” Twilight commenting in a puzzled look. “Don’t ask me. I wasn’t the last one that used it.” “Spike!” “What? You asked,” he commented walking back downstairs. “Besides, since when does it take you an hour to fold up the blanket and put the napkins in the basket?” “Well, it doesn’t. I just wanted to have everything organized for when it was time to go without having to rush everything.” She explained. Without wasting any more time she folded up the blanket and napkins as she placed them in the basked and headed for the door. “Come on Spike!” They both left the library and started to head towards the park. Twilight got there just as everypony else was and was greeted with a smile. “Hey girls,” she said looking around and noticing that Pinkie Pie hadn’t shown up yet. “Where’s Pinkie?” As if on cue Pinkie Pie popped right up next to her, “I’m right here silly! Where else would I be this time of week?” she replied bouncing over to where she normally sat. “So, Twilight,” Rarity began, “How’s your week been since the wedding?” “I just can’t stop thinking of Cadence, and how Shining Armor and she are married now. My old Foalsitter is now my big sister! I mean, even when I was a foal, I could only dream of what it would be like to have her as a sister, and now she actually is! I don’t think I could put into words how happy I am!” “So yew still ain’t upset ‘bout yer brother not tellin’ you himself?” Applejack asked. “No, actually. I actually thing Chrysalis was behind that, not him. I still can’t believe her. Trying to use Cadence like that! I’ll never forgive her for that!” “Hey! Not to mention that she tried to make clones out of us!” Rainbow Dash added. “I can’t there let anymore of me going around and being all awesome and such. That’s my job.” “Not to mention that she almost completely ruined the party of a life time. Like really, could she have picked a worse time to be a party crasher?” Pinkie grumbled, all the other ponies looking at her. “What!? She did!” “I think it was absolutely appalling that Chrysalis needed to make such a ruckus that I was forced to drop my dresses on the ground. I’ll admit The Elements of Harmony were far more important at the time, but the simple fact that we had to resort to trying to get to them was absurd. I mean…” Rarity said looking off in the distance as massive storm clouds looked like they were building in the distance and quickly moving in. “Um… Rainbow, correct me if I’m wrong, but we weren’t supposed to have any storms for a couple of days right?” “Huh? Yeah that’s right. Why?” Rainbow questioned as Rarity pointed behind her. She turned and saw the same clouds. Lightning streaked across the clouds and the winds started picking up to a point where they were almost dangerous. “Whoa!” Rainbow yelped as the wind caught her wings. “Everypony to the library now!” Twilight yelled as the six bolted towards her home. They quickly ran inside, and they no sooner ran inside when Spike ran in screaming. “Twilight!!” He screamed running over to her. “Twilight! What’s going on!” “I don’t know. This storm came out of nowhere.” Lightning flashed and sparked right next to the tree, the crash of thunder instantly spreading through the tree knocking out the power. The shrieks of screams could be heard briefly as Twilight used her magic to light up the room, and as quick as the storm had appeared, it left the area. “Is everypony alright?” Twilight asked. “I’m fine, though what concerns me more was where that storm came from.” Rarity stated. “The only thing I can think of is that it’s a rogue storm from Cloudsdale. It happens from time to time, and the ones that get away are the ones that tend to be really strong. That being said though, it was moving completely the wrong way to be coming from Cloudsdale. Heck, it was moving in the direction of Cloudsdale.” Rainbow Dash stated. “Uh, it’s not just going through Cloudsdale. Look!” Twilight pointed out of panic. “It’s got a funnel and it’s heading straight for Canterlot!” “What!? Canterlot is on a mountain!” Rainbow said flying to the window. “Besides, Cloudsdale would never let a tornado hit Canterlot,” she said looking out to see the funnel ripping through The Castle City. “Oh, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad…” “I don’t know about you girls, but this is all too weird. A storm that didn’t come from Cloudsdale, and a tornado in Canterlot, where it should be climatically impossible for one to form. I don’t like this at all.” “You’re telling me. I just hope that all the animals were able to get to shelter in time. Normally when we have a storm, I’m able to let them know in advance when to stay inside,” Fluttershy commented. Moments later spike got a rumbling in his stomach. It was quite a bit different than normal, and it fell weird. He let out a belch of black flame and a black scroll with a crescent shaped seal on it appeared. “Spike! Are you okay? I’ve never seen you have a black flame before…” Twilight asked. “W-I don’t know… it felt really weird…” Twilight moved over to the scroll and lifted it with her magic and opened it. “What’s it say Twi? Applejack asked. “It’s… from Princess Luna… She said we’re needed in Canterlot as soon as possible. That an Equestrian Emergency has occurred.” “Oh my! What happened?” Rarity asked. “It doesn’t say. The only thing else it says is to make sure to bring The Elements of Harmony.” “The Elements!” Rainbow shouted. “Oh my, if it’s that bad already that we need the Elements of Harmony, then we better hurry before it gets worse.” “Well it’s a good thing she sent a chariot for us, otherwise it would take even longer.” Twilight said as she activated her telekinesis to pull out the chest with the elements in it and gave each pony her element. “Come on, let’s hurry!” The group of six all ran out to the chariot and got in. The guards of the chariot seemed very concerned. “What’s going on?” Twilight asked. “We can’t talk about that here. Princess Luna will inform you soon enough,” the guard responded. The Chariot ride was filled with nothing but worry. The most concerning thing that puzzled Twilight was the one fact that Princess Luna had sent the letter. Normally when something like this happened it was Princess Celestia that sent the letter. Like with what happened with Discord. She couldn’t put her hoof on what was going on, but twilight, and the rest of the group were scared. “Twilight…” Rarity said breaking the silence. Are you okay? “I’m scared. Princess Luna has never sent me a letter before, and now this. Something’s really wrong. The last time something happened on a scale as large as needing The Elements of Harmony, it was Princess Celestia that sent us the letter.” “Well, hopefully the elements are just a precautionary thing. You know, the bad thing hasn’t happened yet, but we’re ready in case it does.” Rainbow chimed in. “We can only hope,” Twilight said as the chariot stopped. “Alright girls, let’s not waste any time.” The six ponies ran through the streets of Canterlot as quickly as possible. Guards were stationed everywhere just as they were on the night of the wedding. There was no barrier though. This made them even more nervous and the scaled the palace stairs. The doors flung open and they all changed into the Princess’s chamber. “What have you done with my Aunt, Luna!?” Princess Cadence shouted. Twilight couldn’t believe her eyes, or her ears. She had never seen Cadence so angry before, and did she hear her correctly? Did she ask Luna what she had done with her aunt? “For the last time I had nothing to do with this!” Luna screamed back through the tears on her face. “I know I’ve made mistakes in the past but I’m not Nightmare Moon anymore! I love my sister and she’s the only pony that didn’t fear or hate me when I stepped in the room!” “Princess Luna!” Twilight interrupted. “Twilight!” Cadence shouted in both a relieved and hurt tone. “Twilight Sparkle…” Luna greeted with a hung head. “We came as soon as we got the letter, and we brought the elements.” Twilight announced. “Yeah, we’re ready for anything that could come our way. There’s nothing we can’t handle,” Rainbow dash said confidently. “I sure hope so Rainbow Dash… I sure hope so…” Luna said and collapsed into tears. “What’s… wrong…?” Twilight asked tentatively fearing the answer. “Twilight…” Princess Cadence started, “It’s Princess Celestia. She’s been kidnapped.” “WHAT!?” all six mares shouted simultaneously Rainbow dash dropping from the sky at the news. “I’m afraid you heard right. Princess Celestia has been kidnapped,” Cadence continued. “We don’t know by who or what. Though I have a pretty good feeling I know who,” she added throwing a menacing glare to Luna. “Why are you blaming me for this!? You forget she’s my sister!” Luna shouted back. “Because you’ve always wanted complete control over Equestria! That’s why she banished you to the moon to begin with, and now that you thought nopony was looking, you’d take your chances of trying to gain control of Equestria once again.” “I would never…. NEVER… hurt my sister!” Luna replied. “Really,” “Cadence… I don’t see Luna having that in her. Not after she came to visit Ponyville on Nightmare…” “You leave Princess Luna alone! She’s not the Monster you make her out to be!” another voice came from the entryway. In the doorway, stood a medium-sized Unicorn Mare. Her coat was a very light icy blue in color, while her main was as deep a blue as the purest of oceans. A small stripe of white flowed down the center of her mane. On her flank was a small patch of dark blue, resting above her cutie mark, a mound of snow cradling two shards of ice. “Ice Storm!” Luna yelled in the most relieved voice Twilight had heard since they’d gotten here. “Hmph, If that’s the case, Ms. Ice Storm, then how can you explain that Luna is the next in line to take control, and then coincidentally, Aunt Celestia just disappears.” “I’m not taking control of Equestria,” Luna announced. Everypony in the room was taken back at this statement. “What? Who’s going to take control of Equestria then?” Twilight asked as Luna looked to Cadence. “She is! Mi Amora Cadenza.” “What!?” Princess Cadence said almost jumping out of her royal bracelets. “But I don’t know the first thing about ruling anything!?” “Well you Obviously don’t trust me to do the job, and if my own niece doesn’t believe that I’m not the one responsible for my sister’s disappearance than what makes you think anyone else will? No, I’m going with you Twilight Sparkle. I will help you find her, and then maybe clear my name from the clutches of Nightmare Moon.” ______________________________ Okay, so this is my first Fanfic that I've ever Wrote. AS it appears this is going to be a multiple chapter work and the story will be continuing. Mu issue right now is I want to make sure that I have the personalities right. Also, I know there is a lot of Dialogue, but that's my style of writing. I like letting the characters tell the story. Any comments or Critiques would be welcomed and appreciated. Thanks, Enjoy!!!