Chapter II

Twilight told her story...

"It all started when I had this nightmare, it was of the Royal Castle in Canterlot being invaded by shrouded ponies in black cloaks" "ooh scary!" said Pinkie Pie "Pinkie!" twilight said, annoyed. "well these shrouded ponies were invading the castle and they took the Princess hostage!, I woke up and sent the Princess a letter telling her of my nightmare, she replied and told me that I may have inhereted powers from one of my great decendants that let me see the future in my dreams, I cant controll the ability it just happens from time to time, well she thinks we need to get to her as quickly as possible to make sure this nightmare dosen't come true" "Wow" said everypony after hearing the story, "Well then lets be on our way!" said applejack enthusiastically

Celestia was anxious "when will they be here?" she muttered to herself, she kept looking out the window and at the door, checking for 'shrouded ponies' as Twilight had mentioned in her nightmare. The Princess heard a noise, footsteps, she was very worried now, she hid behind the bedside table (which was about a tenth of her size) and the door opened, she was too afraid to look.

then there was a flash of light, then nothing. She couldnt see anything, she couldnt hear anything, except for heavy breathing, that was it. She was scared, more scared than she'd ever been in her life.

There was a banging noise, it sounded like it was coming from far away, then it got quieter gradually. Eventually it faded and she realised it was a banging headache and she had a large bruise on the back of her head, then she realised, she had been kidnapped.

Twilight, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie, Applejack and Fluttershy were on the earliest train to Canterlot, the car they were in wasn't big enough for all of them so Fluttershy and Rarity went into the Dining Car to get food for all of them.

"I Hope the Princess is ok when we get to the castle" said Applejack

"It'll be fine Applejack! you've got me! remember?" exclaimed Rainbow Dash

"oh yeah right, we'll all be fine" said Applejack sarcasically

"If we get to the castle in time then all we have to do is protect the Princess and get her to safety" said Twilight.

"yeah, but what if we don't get there it time?" asked Applejack, who obviously needed some sleep.

"then we'll just have to find her wont we. Applejack you get some rest and we'll wake you up when we arrive at the castle.

In the Dining Car Fluttershy was ordering food

"umm, please could we umm, have 6, hay sandwitches please?" she asked.

"okay, coming right up" said the pony behind the counter.

"I wonder if the princess is okay" said fluttershy

"oh she'll be fine" Rarity replied "even if she's gone it wont be too hard getting her back"

"oh, ok" said Fluttershy.

The waiter pony brought them a plate of sandwitches,

"thank you" said Rarity

they walked back into the other car and put the plate down on a little table,

"me and Applejack have aleady had brunch, silly!" said Pinkie Pie

"oh yes! I forgot" said Rarity.

"I'll have those then!" said Spike

"go on then" said twilight.

The train stopped in Caterlot train station and everypony got off,

"quick! to the castle!" said Rainbow Dash as she flew off

"wait! we need to stick together! shouted Twilight, but Rainbow Dash had already flew half way across  Canterlot

They walked to the castle and couldnt find Rainbow Dash anywhere at all, when they arrived something was very strange, there were no gaurds at the main gate and no gaurds on the castle walls, there should have been hundreds, Applejack opened the gate and there was no one inside the castle either, it was quite spooky.

"where is everyone?" asked Pinkie Pie.

They walked up the stairs to find Rainbow Dash trying to open the Princesses room door,

"why did you zoom off like that earlier?" asked Rarity.

"because I needed to see if the Princess was ok" she answered.

Twilight used her magic to unlock the door from the other side and it opened,

there was no sign of the princess at all she was gone.

"we were too late! how could this happen?" asked Fluttershy

"we need to find her, everypony look for anything that could help us" said Twilight

and everypony started to search the room.