Chapter 6: No Worries

                "Ughhhh How long are we going to be here for?" grumbled Spike. What seemed much older in simple pony years, wasn't much in dragon years. He had only grown ever so slightly, an inch or two at the most.

                

                "Only a few more days, I promise. The princess will be very pleased when she sees the results I have come up with" Stated Twilight gleefully. Twilight had moved back to Canterlot to live with the Princess shortly before Rainbow had left for Cloudsdale. She was now Celestia's "Mare In Waiting, her most important pony, and was currently on a special assignment for the princess.

                

                "What are these results for anyway?" He asked.

                

                "Now Spike, you know I can't reveal anything about this. Especially to a dragon. You're going to grow up one day, and knowing such things could jeopardize the entire kingdom"

                

                "But Twilight! I won't fully mature for at least a thousand more years. That's not even in your lifetime. So what do you have to worry?" He mumbled

                

                "It IS in Celestia's though, and I can't take any chances. I love you Spike, but you know how adult dragons can be"

                

                "Yeah yeah yeah. Forget I even said anything" Spike grumbled. "I really miss Rarity"

                

                "Now come on... We've only been gone a few days. She'll still be in Canterlot when we return." Rarity had in fact moved to Canterlot a few years back. She was now a top designer for the famous Fancy Pants. She was living the life she had always hoped for, and still had the majority of the same friends she had always had.

                

                Fluttershy had also moved to Canterlot around the same time as Rarity. She had been invited by Celestia to work for her as her personal gardener and naturist. She as well was living her dream; she got to be in the garden with the most beautiful of any flowers, as well as with her animal companions who had learned to love her in the same way she loved them.

                

                Applejack remained where she was meant to be. On Sweet Apple Acres with Big Macintosh. The two of them had inherited the farm to take care of together after Granny Smith had passed. Mac was in charge of taking care of the trees and apples, while AJ had found that she was doing well in sales. She had made a great deal with a company that specialized in selling apple based products.

                

                Pinkie Pie had gone on to be what else, but a party planner. She had won multiple awards that hailed her as the best party planner in all of Equestria. She even helped a few couples to plan their weddings, which many agreed was the most beautiful wedding they had ever attended. She was the happiest she had ever been. After all, she got to help ponies plan the happiest days of their lives.

                

                "Twilight... I don't feel well"

                

                "What did you eat this time Spike?" Twilight slowly turned to Spike to see him become nauseous and hunch over. He then spit out a green flame and a piece of paper came with it.

                

                "A letter from the princess?" She questioned "She hasn't sent one of these in ages. Then again... she hasn't had the need to. I'm always right at her side when she needs me" She giggled. Spike, still lying on the floor, forgetting how it felt to receive a letter, didn't say a word. Twilight opened up the letter and began reading it to herself

Twilight,

I would have sent out this letter sooner, but there was much that needed my attention. Canterlot is under attack from the Sky Pegasi. Many brave ones have already fallen, yet the battle has just begun. Your friends, as well as I, have been removed from the kingdom unharmed. Our hopes of getting the elements to revert this evil, will cease to succeed, for the evil we are against, is the Element of Loyalty, your friend Rainbow Dash. I would like you to remain where you are for your own safety and do not let anyone know where you are located. I have sent a handful of troops to safely escort you to a secure location.

                

                Twilight's eyes did not move for several moments after reading this. She hadn't spoke a word.

                

                "Twilight?" Spike asked, concerned

                

                "W...we must s...stay here Spike." She shuttered. "Rainbow Dash..." she paused "has placed an attack on Canterlot"

                

                "Rainbow what!?!?!" Spike screamed "There has to be some mistake. It couldn't be her. She wouldn't do such a thing... w...would she?" The two just stood there. Speechless and emotionless. They didn't know what to do.